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Witlt BRITISH Bank 5t0ck....... ..... ex di v 2:8 3 per Cent. Red ..... 100 1 4 per Cent. Cons. 181 ii per Cent. Red tor 3% per Cent...„ 102 %, New 5 per Long Annuities to expire PO% .... ........ 12 1-16 12' Oct. Jan. 1860 l2 Indian 5t0ck............... ...... FOREIGN - • - - STANDARD.—The circumstances of the times impose upon us a new and a perplexing, and even painful task. 'We have the greatest possible objec tion to making newspapers the vehicle of theological or quasi theological controversy; but topics more or less nearly connected with this most awful class of subjects are daily pressed upon us by respected and manifestly able and honest correspondents, with an earnestness and unequivocal sincerity wholly beyond our power or resist. Thus we are constantly forced to act in opposition to our own deliberate judgment, and, what adds to the vexation, compelled by the variety of communications sent to us to be for ever weighing in what degree we shall act against our judgment— an exercise that they who have proved it often, must know to be nearly the most distressing in which the mind can be engaged. In all this there is, no doubt, one great consolation. The interest so universally taken in theological questions proves that the minds of the people are seriously set upon religious sub jects. Forty years ago innovations either in doc trine or in order would have been much less re garded, but though we gratefully acknowledge this consolation, we cannot forget that while the public divide it equally among them, a very undue share of the heavy price falls upon our class, who, amid perpetual doubts of the propriety of our conduct (if we are conscientious), must keep aline the controversy. Our own clear conviction as to the main questions in dispute can be no secret to any of our readers. We stand, as to doctrine, upon the Articles of the Church of England honestly interpreted, and as they are commonly understood by Protestants; and as to order, upon the usage of the Church, as it has been known for nearly two centuries, and emi nently blessed with success within the time of nearly all men living. It is not, however, in dealing with the men who openly impugn those doctrines, or violently invade this order—with the Nevvmans, Puseys, Wards, or the other Ro man hits —or yet with the fribble church milliners, like Mr. Oakeley, that we have any difficulty. We know these sectarians, and we may say it without unduly boasting, that we alone knew them from the first—as poor imposters, who had filched a character for talent by retailing tawdry paradoxes, such as any unscrupulous blockhead might prepare ; a character for learn ing by quoting—and not always correctly —books which the good sense, let us add the real piety, of true scholars, had caused to be left unread or kept in the background. These men had their day; but it was not our fault that they had it, for we always advised to treat them with disregard and con tempt; and surely this was the proper treatment for them. The very morning on which we write fur nishes, we think, a clear proof that it was : one of their number, a Mr. Ward, of Balliol College, Ox ford, has lately published a Popish tract, under the title " The Ideal ofa Christian Church" (whoever wishes to see this Popish tract fully exposed, would do well to read " Oxford, No. 90, A Practical Sugg►estion by the Rev. W. Simcox Bricknell.") Mr. Ward's tract claimed the attention of those who had any know ledge of the man and his party, and its undis guised Popery fully justified their anticipations. The learned and pious Dean of Christchurch_a man honoured throughout Europe, and wherever else learning and piety command respect—formally com plained of this work to the University authorities, and these authorities acted promptly and resolutely upon the Dean's complaint. After the Dean had complained and the a utho rities had taken their reso ceshfrom bishops came lution, a number of remono in, requiring that the muatrair_sarould be seriously taken up. Accordingly Ward was summoned OSING PRICES.) FUNDS. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — pm. ,Ditto under £l,OOO B2 pm South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 'Ditto New Annuities i Ex. Bills, 1,000/. I%d , f,7 prn. Ditto 5001. .......... Ditto Small 57 pm Bank Stock for Acct — Consols for Act. ...... ... 101% India Stock for Acct..,. 269 I FUNDS. 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This morn ing we are told that the cargo of Venezuelan sugar, recently entered at Liverpool, amounts only to " a few bags," and that they " doubt whether the whole of Columbia could send us a cargo ;" and, further on, the Herald's estimate of the quantity ad mitted, growing " fine by degrees, and beautifully less," is reduced to " a few spoonsful." What miserable trifling! Is this a specimen of Con servative ethics ? Is the adherence to or the infrac tion of a principle to be measured by the hundred weight ? It is, however, admitted, that whatever the quantity, whether "a few bags" or "a few spoonsful," it is of a very doubtful character. We learn that " the bags were unaccompanied with certificates of origin," and that " there is not the least evidence of the character of the sugar." And all that is ven tured to be asserted is,, that the " inference " that it is slave-grown " does not necessarily follow." We are told, that " whether slavery exists in Venezuela appears to be doubtful ;" and all the aid that is offered us in solving the doubt is the informa tion that Mr. M`Culloch, in his " Geographical Dic tionary," is " silent upon it !" But we would remind the Herald of one point which in the mazes of its random assertions and counter assertions it seems to have forgotten, but which those most interested in this discussion have not forgotten, and are not likely to forget. The Government, by its professions and declarations made on the introduction of the Act in question (7 and 8 Vic., c. 28), stands pledged to the exclusion of slave-grown sugar from home consumption. The material question is—has it redeemed —nay, has it left itself power to redeem that pledge ? Foreign sugar (no matter how much for the present) has, within three weeks of the Act coming into operation, entered the market for home consumption. It comes from a slave-owning State—a near neighbour of slave-trading States, " unaccompanied with certificates of origin," and without "the least evidence" of its character in reference to slave labour. An imputation is cast upon the honour—the good faith—of the Ministry. The facts upon which the imputation is based are admitted. The evidence, what ever else may be said of it, is at least all against the Government; and, if left as it is, is, in our opinion, quite strong enough. The imputation of " the ruin of the West India Islands"—and a resolution "to complete that ruin by maintaining slavery in Cuba and Brazil" —to those who object to the late measure, involves such a confusion of ideas that it is impos sible to answer it. As to its most obvious mean ing we can only remark, that we take no more advanced ground in favour of a free competition between slave labour and free labour than that occupied by that large section of the Anti-Slavery Party whose views have been so ably expounded by Mr. Beldam ; and that we advocate the gradual bringing about of such competition only because we believe that in a fair and full development of the capa bilities of free labour we shall find the only effectual cure for the evils of slavery throughout the world. We are told that the population of Venezuela is only 900,000—therefore it is not likely to send us much sugar. A return made to the House of Commons during the last few years states the coloured popu lation of Jamaica as 322,421. Mr. Martin states the entire population to be only 361,490; and the return already referred to states that of the whole of our West India colonies to be only 798,769. This for the information of the Herald. Will it now abide by its estimate on the basis of population ? There is plenty more of the same sort of argument in the ar ticle we refer to, or, to use the words of the Herald, its " monstrous inconsistencies do not stop here." We cannot, however, at present devote further time to its " inconsistencies," and so we will conclude with em ploying the Herald's own words in declaring our de cided opinion that " the whole history of Peel and Gladstone-ism—record of continuous meannesses though it be —may be ransacked in vain for anything more despicable than this see-saw advocacy ;it is the ne plus ultra of thimble-riggery. ebirb THE FUNDS-(C. to appear at twelve o' c l oc k on S a t ur d ay b e f ore t h e ttall Vice-Chancellor, Pr oc t ors , an d P ro -Vi ce -Ch ance ll ors assembled in the Delegates' Room, with a notary public in attendance. Mr. Ward attended, and was then and there required to acklo ks ledge or to disavow the book published by him, with his name in the title-page, and to say whether he adhered to, or disclaimed, the octrines pro pounded in that work. What was Mr. Ward's conduct ? What would be the conduct of an honest ingenuous man in such a case ? Would he not say at once the book is mine—l published it—l adhere to all its doctrines ? or, I retract them, or some of them, as the case might be ? But this was not the conduct of Mr. Ward; he asked for two days' time to answer so plain a question, as whether he would acknowledge his own book. Any police magistrate would know how to characterise such a request; he might grant the remand, but he would scarcely grant it without a comment not very complimentary to the party soliciting it. In dealing with such persons as Mr. Ward there is little difficulty. Our embarrass ments come from another quarter, and they will be found sufficiently illustrated in a correspondence be tween Mr. Gabriel Kennard and the Archbishop of Canterbury, which will be found in another part of our paper. 'We have great doubts as to the fitness of printing this correspondence ; but Mr. Kennard's ability, his gentlemanly style, and his manifest sincerity, combined with a kind of promise given by us to the remonstrants of East Farleigh, to do all in our power to obtain justice in their case, have determined us. Still we are by no means pre pared to give an unqualified vote ; though we confess that, for a reason which we shall offer at the end of this article, our bias is to say that Mr. Kennard is right, and the rector of East Farleigh altogether wrong. Upon one point, the Archbishop has distinctly decided. If the rector has been guilty of interpolations in the Liturgy, he is clearly wrong: and if the imterpo lations are the same distinctly charged by Mr. Kennard, they go a great way to support the other parts of his complaint. Upon the subject of sermons, it is perfectly true that they cannot be de fended fairly against charges founded solely upon general impressions; but then it is equally true that a very bad sermon, or essay of any kind, taken as a whole, may not afford any particular pa ssages aga i ns t which exception can be easily taken. Propositions in themselves innocent, or apparently innocent, may, without the exercise of any extraordinary ingenuity, be made to converge, as premises, to a very mischievous conclusion, and if the so phister who employs such arts leaves the conclu sion to be inferred, it is not always possible to bring him to book. We cannot help thinking, however, that the clergyman pertinaciously misun derstood or misrepresented, in matter of doctrine, must be himself principally to blame. And this is the reason for thinking the rector of East Farleigh wrong, at which we have hinted above, and it is a reason which we would very earnestly but respectfully press upon the attention of the clergy. The busi ness of a clergyman is to teach, and to teaching to any useful purpose explicitness and a certain degree of precision is indispensable. To impart these ne cessary qualities to his discourse, a speaker must have a full knowledge and a clear and precise con ception of the subject upon which he discourses his own mind ; without them, he can only communicate very much confused and very doubtful instruc tion to his hearers. But this alone is not enough ; a man must speak or write with simplicity and in earnest if he would be perfectly intelligible. lie must mot deal in those riddles to which the low ambi tion of tutors and examiners sometimes makes such people to descend—still less must he endeavour to disguise or hold in reserve his own honest convic tions. A man who observes these rules will be rarely misunderstood ; and it is not easy to see what excuse an appointed minister of the Gospel of our Lord can have for neglecting rules which, after all, enforce no more than the exercise of ordinary diligence and common honesty. If, how ever, the dullness of a congregation, or its per verseness, wrought upon by the insidious arts of enemies, cause a clergyman to be misunderstood, the misapprehension cannot last more than seven days after it shall have come to his knowledge. It is the duty of a teacher, and it will be no less his wish, if he is honest and sincere, to be rightly understood, for if not rightly understood he cannot say that he teaches. When he is supposed to teach unsound doctrine, the obligation upon him to set himself right is still more urgent, because he may mislead others by the influ ence of his name, and thus teach error, which is a great deal worse than teaching nothing. The duty of a clergyman is quite plain ; it is to explain himself in the most distinct and emphatical manner, so as to render doubt of his faith impossible. In such a case to yield to personal pride, were a sin of frightful magnitude. We see how the Apostles acted when they were misunderstood and misrepre sented (Romans, 3, viii.) ; and we suppose no man is entitled to more confidence than the Apostles, who always freely explained themselves, when explanation was required. If thi s were generally reflected upon, we are quite sure that it would put an end to most of the doubts and heartburnings by which so many con gregations are distracted. Meanwhile, we must ad here to the presumption that the clergyman who will not condescend to set himself right must be in the wrong. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY. went to Mr. Ward (who was then Charge d'l in Portugal), requiring of him to see Inei,j Mr. Ward gave me only promises of compli'l was publicly stated, some time age, large remittance of money had been 0 by the King of Portugal, fur the PI compensating the British claimants. I w quently on the subject of my claim to the IVellinglon, h u t a t l engt h I rece i ve d a note; , ; Grace, statin g , th a t o f th e many l etters o f millet` I had in my last communication referred, received not a single letter; thus, it was sP, that the conductors of the Foreign-offien_„: greatest robbers that ever lived. lam not sw' the suppression of my letters took plaee i n quence of the Post-o - ffice espiilim'e Of S ir Graham ; but thi s mu c h t h ere i z 1 , -- ,0;) to 5t that in the money remitted • ,;;gal, th e of Wellington made the gait laughter)—by applying an ( ,17),Ai pat to himself. Ido not thi n k Ow ltn' e would act thus ; he seems to i)- a 1“ - ' 114j e honest man.—(R enewe d l aug h ter. ) object in coming here, at present, is to get tP` o tunity of making th e i n j us ti ce to w hi c h I 111 subjectei, public and notorious—so that it; length, reach the ears of the authorities, an d them to grant me redress. If the maxim be . 4 1 the people are be s t governe d w h ere t h e pr in% vails that an injury done to the mealiest subr injury to the whole community, surely it elv my case in an esp ec i a l manner, an d t h e public insist, and the Government should determine , wrongs to which I have been so long n u . should, at length, give way to impartial) . 4) to the payment to me of those moneys win. remitted from Portugal for my indetvn according. to my claim, as acknowledged W I : The Earl of LUCAN—With reference claims, the gentlemen of the press, who 01 00 present, may assist y ou more t h an we ca n; vince of the Board of Guardians is merely to the propriety of your admission. The claimant withd rew . _ MY. GEORGE ORMSBY .1 -He is a fine old fel! however rich he may h ave b een forrnerlf, bse. poor now. X think we ought to comply application.—Admitted. DUTCH MAIL. ' TrIE HAGUE, Nov. 26.—1 t i s said tha t - „ soros Al projects of law w hi c h h ave b een prese nt Chamber have been exam i ne d b y t h e seettleo the observations and objections communics Government. The sittings of the Chamber , termination of the debates on some projents a j will he adjourned for some time. Among those for amending the laws on the excise on on soap, and that respecting the duties on t THE HAGUE, Nov. 27.—The Second as° its sitting to day, received the answer of tl y Chamber, stating that it could not agree to posed address. Several Members having spoken, it was (1 5, a majority of 35 t o 20, mere l y to acknoeli receipt, and not to proceed any further in 0/ 1 0 1 In the sittin g o f t o -d ay , t wo conimunicsu received from the First Chamber, announcing , had agreed to the projects of law for diesel Netherlands Commercial Company (the Maatschappy), and for the purchase of Tire Half per Cent. Stock. THE HAGUE, Nov. 29.—1 n the evening 51 the Second Chamber of the States-General, tb : mittee of Petiti ons b roug ht up i ts report, a nd number of addresses. The sections o f the Chamber have been engaged to-day in exam' project of law respecting the transit and the duties of importation, exportation, and transit' One hundred and fifty of the principle 0 houses of Amsterdam have presented to the Chamber an address concerning the tariff of The purport of this address, whieh is very is to recommend the adoption of a very libel ! " and that everythi ng ar bit rary i n a charge , or as preventiv e measures , on t h e part o f t h e tration, shall be carefully excluded. The ask the Chamber to reject the tariff of 61 ' answering the condition. ol f " UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, Nov. 29.—The following class list has just been published:— 1. henry J. Coleridge, Trinity College; Chichest er S. Fortescue, Christ Church ; Joh n W. Slegg, New Inn Hall; Edward T. Turner, Trinity College. 2. Matthew Arnold, Balliol College; Frederick Blom field, Exeter College ; Gardner D. Englehart, Christ Church ; Hugo D. Harper, Jesus College ; George E. Hughes, Oriel College ; John G. Orger, Wadham Col lege; Theodore J. Prichard, Magdalen College. 3. Edward Armytage, University College ; Thomas Balston, Brasenose College ; James Banks and William Barrett, Lincoln College ; George Butterworth, Balliol College; Arthur 11. Hamilton, St. John's College; Wil liam F. J. Kaye, Balliol College ; Charles Lloyd, Christ Church ; Richard C. W. Ryder, Wadham College ; Henry T. Whateley, Christ Church. 4. Beckford Bevan and Henry G. Brown, Christ Church ; John J. Oilman, Worcester College; William G. Clark, Oriel College ; Henry E. Cramer, Robert Lawson, William L. Gronow, and Charles Marson, Christ Church ; Percy M. Lousader, Merton College ; George Scaife, Lincoln College ; Thomas F. Smith, Queen's College ; Philip S. Swanwick, Brasenose Col lege ; Henry M. Walker, Oriel College ; Francis G. White, Lincoln College ; Henry H. Wyatt, Queen's College. H. Liddell, J. Wilson, E. C. Woolcombe, A. W. Had dan, Examiners in Literis H uman i or ib us . Of those in the first class three are on the foundation of their colleges, and ono independent member. In the second class four are on the foundation, and three independent members. In the third class six are on the foundation, and four independent members. In the fourth class six are on the foundation, and nine independent members. There is no nobleman or gentleman commoner in the list. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Nov. 29.—1 n the Foreign wool market there is no material change to report this week. Although buyers have not been so numerous, a fair amount of business has been done, and prices are very firm. ENGLISH WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Nov. 29.—There has been a fair demand for combing and clothing wool this week, and last week's prices are firmly maintained. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Nov. 29.—Since our last week's report, several of our large consumers of long wool have been in as buyers, and considerable sales have been made at fully last week's rates, which has imparted more firmness to the trade generally. LEEDS.—On Saturday the cloth markets at both halls were dull, but on Tuesday there was a full ave rage business done as compared with the markets of the last few weeks. The stocks of beavers, pilot cloths, and heavy tweeds, have been much reduced, and are now less than usual at this season, but fine and middle qualities still continue dull of sale, and without any alteration in price. There is little doing in finished goods except to order, very few buyers are visiting the market, and the foreign houses are very still. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is a con tinued improvement in the demand for combing wool ; and of some kinds, such as middling wethers and good bold sorts, the market is not abundantly supplied; but as no improvement in price is yet current to in duce the staplers to get a fresh supply from the grower, it is not improbable the market may be a turn higher. The firmness in the wool market has made the position of the spinner even worse than be fore ; and at the present prices for yarns, the spinners are compelled to continue their curtailed regulations till they can get a corresponding price, compared with the raw material. There is a full average attendance of merchants here to-day, and their operations a little more extensive, which we expect will be continued for so►ne weeks, in order to enable them to get a sup ply of goods ready to meet the next fair at Leipzic, in January. The change in the weather during the week is also looked favourably upon by the home trade houses, whose business has not been so exten, HOPE V. HARNAM AND OTHERS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. KELLY, having stated the case to the jury, pro , ceeded to call witnesses to support his case. Among the witnesses called were Mr. Hartz, of whom Mr. Philip Hope had purchased a great portion of the gems contained in the cabinet. He deposed to the state of the cabinet in 1832, 1838, and subsequently. He had seen Mr. H. P. Hope, deposit the vellum writing in the drawer of the cabinet, and had been frequently in formed by Mr. H. P Hope that he had given the cabinet to Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope. On his cross examination by Sir Thomas Wilde, it was elicited that, between 1832 and 1838, a great many jewels which had formed part of the collection, had been sold or ex changed. He also admitted that a sapphire had been purchased for the collection. Viscount Beresford, who stated that the plaintiff was her son ; that her eldest son, Mr. H. T. Hope, had inherited the bulk of the property of her late husband, Mr. Thomas Hope ; that the property of her late husband's brother Mr. Adrian Hope, who died in Holland, had been divided into two parts, one part of which had been inherited by Mr. H. P. Hope (who had a great aversion to the legacy duty), and the other part had been divided equally be tween her sons. Henry Thomas, Adrian, and Alex ander Beresford, that Mr. H. P. Hope had left his pictures to Mr. H. T. Hope, and his china and bronzes to Mr. Adrian Hope, and that Mr. H. P. Hope had asked her, in 1838, if she thought that Mr. Alex ander Beresford Hope would preserve his collection of gems intact if he left them to him, to which she replied in the affirmative ; that in April, 1838, Mr. H. P. Hope gave her Ladyship a sealed parcel to be delivered to Mr. A. B. Hope, after his, Mr. H. P. Hope's death. That parcel, by the evidence of Gibbs, the footman, and o f B an k s , t h e butler in the Beresford family, was traced into the pos session of Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope, and by the evidence of Viscount Beresford was ;proved to have con tained a deed of gift dated April, 1838, of the gems in question to Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The deed was then put in and read, as was the probate had less doing in cloth thi s wee k, th oug h a great OLD COURT. of the will of Mr. H. P. H ope . (Before Mr. J ust i ce MAIILE and Mr. Commissioner business must be reported : still there is not the brisk- The case for the plaintiff having closed, BULLOCK, &c.) ness and buoyancy that existed on this day week. The Sir T. WILDE, for the executors, contended that it was MANSLAUGHTER ON THE RIVER.—A . young man, home market is rather more still, but, for a month evident the deed was not intended to operate imme- named Samuel Simms, was indicted for having, while in before Christmas, this is by many anticipated. The diately, for Mr. H. P. Hope was very fond of the jewels, command of the Waterman steamer, No. 6, improperly demand for yarns has also rather declined, but a 8 run down) a small boat, rowed by Edward Everett, and therefore was not likly to have given his nephew the power of ousting him of possessio n d ur i ng there are no stocks, and many large spinners engaged licensed waterman, and containing four passengers, by his lifetime. No one knew of the deed. Not till the new year, there is no change in value. which the said Edward Everett and another person were even Lady Beresford or Mr. Alexander Hope. BA.RNSLEY.—The trade of this town is uncom- drowned. The body of the first-named person was af as long as Mr. H. P. Hope lived. Mr. H. P. Hope was monly brisk, particularly in the branch of fancy terwards found, and these proceedings were instituted in consequence. uverse to the payment of the legacy duty, and there drills, so much so that the weavers are scarce; and could be no doubt but that he intendad this Mr. Justice MAULE having summed up the evidence, well they may be, when the manufacturers are confirm deed to operate as a will. In fact, it was ally reducing their wag es .—L ee d s M ercury. the jury retir e d t o cons id er t h e i r ver di ct, and after an a will and not a d ee d, f or h e had never parted with his power over th e d ee d , or over the property, absence of four hours, re t u rned a verdi c t o f G u il ty, but until his death. The d ee d, t h ere f ore, was not a perfect recommended the prison e r to mercy. The Rev. Dr. Cram er , Pri nc i pa l o f N ew Inn deed, and the p ar ty cou ld take nothing History under it. H e pearance, was indi c t e d f o r the mansl aug h ter of Mary, his nephew sho u ld h ave t h e power of depriving him of city of Oxford, is appointed by her Majesty to be Dean asked the jury, did M r . H enry Philip Hope intend that his wife. It a pp eare d f rom the e v id ence of the nurse of Carlisle. emploe on e occasion that te p's wife Possession of the jewels th e d ay a f ter he had exe- SINGULAR CASE.--During the last week, a woman confine y d d in the month of ' August h last, and risoner that about was a i cuted it, for if he did not the deed was void, named Mary Hewett, made application to the magis- fortnight after that event she left the prisoner and his He submitted that the so-called deed was not a deed at trates under the f o llo w i ng p ecu li ar circumsta nces : wile in their bed-room together, and that soon after she all ; that there was nothing to show that it was She was the widow of the late Thomas Hewett, a pri- heard a n o i se an d a ki n d o f scuffling g on te intended to operate as a d eed. There was, be- va t e i n t h e 48t h Regiment, to who m s h e h a d been ma r - room. Sh e li stene d , an d h ear d the Prisoner' oing s wife in ay to to sides an alteration made in the body of the tied 40 years, and had shared active servi ce with hies him, " You may pinch me, or kick me, but I will never deed in describing the cabin e t, which was sufficient to for twenty-seven years. Whilst in the regiment she bore give in." On the following day the nurse again saw her; vitiate it. The cabinet described in the deed was a seven sons, five of whom are dead ;of the two survivors, she was then insensible. A medical man was sent for, former old cabinet ; that description had been erased, one is in the Coldstream Guards and the other i n th e who did what he thought necessary for her, but she died and a description of the dimensions of the present cabi- 12th regiment, now lying in the I s l e o f F rance . on t h e 17t h of the month. S everal medical gentlemen, net inserted in pencil. Th a t erasure b e i ng unaccounted This female veteran accompanied her h us b an d i n a ll w h o h a d made a p ost mortem examination of the de for, vitiated the deed entirely. Th e property, therefore, his peninsular campaigns, sharing all his hard s hip s , ceased' s b o d y, were next called, but their evidence w as remained undisposed of, and pa sse d b y hi s w i ll. and being present at ten general engagements, nam e ly, extremely con fli c ti ng as t o the ca us e of the d ea th o f the Lord DENMAN, in summing up, told th e j ury t h at the Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos, Salamanca, deceased, and there being no evidence:beyond that of the question was, whether the delivery under the deed of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Neville, Orthes, and Thoulouse, nurse as to any ill-treatment of her on the part of the gift had been so complete as to vest the property i n She had lived as servant to General Hamilton, and at the prisoner, the Jur y, w i t h ou t troubling Mr. Ballantine to the plaintiff. If it were not, then the plaintiff battle of Albuera, when the Duke of Wellington had an address them oa hi s b e h a lf, re t u rned a verdict Acquitting could not claim the property. If the deed were properly interview with that General, she had the honour of the prisoner. executed, so that the person witnessing the deed, or any handing his Grace a glass of water, being the only re- EXTORTION.—John Bennett was indicted for obtaining other person knew of it s c on t en t s , althou g h th e d onor freshment he would take. At that battle the mule on a watch, with chain, seals, &c., a purse, and other ar might not, that would be a good delivery. They would which she rode was frightened by a shot striking close titles from William Faulker, under a threat of eharg therefore consider whether he intended at the time to her, and she was thrown off. She took care of Col. ing him with a nameless offence. of executing the deed, to part w ith th e p ro p er ty t o Ae r . Minto when wounded at the battle of Vittoria. She Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. A. B. Hope if he did, th e execu ti on was a goo d one , was taken prisoner by the French in the retreat on Sala- Robinson for the prisoner. There was, however, a difficulty upon t h e f ace o f t h e d ee d manta, and made her escape disguised in man's attire The prosecutor stated that he was a chemist, and had itself. The description o f th e ca bi ne t was most i mpors By the death of her husband she was deprived of all lodgings in Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. On the 10th tent. If the original des cr ip t i on , t h at o f the old cabi- means o f support, and having three daughters to main- of November he had been to Regent-street, and on his net, had stood, great d ou bt s might arise as to w h ether t a i n, s h e a ppli e d f or relief, and wished to be forwarded way home he accidentally met with the prisoner, who anything was given at all, but that description had been to London, to see the Duke of Wellington, who she was previously an utter stranger to him. They en altered ; the question was, had or h a d n o t th ose altera- was confident would assist her. On Monday last, the tered into conversation together. Witness went i n t o a rations taken place before the execution of th e deed, If Deputy Mayor wrote a letter recommending her case to tavern in Fleet-street, where he was foll owe d they had been made before executio n th e d ee d the Noble Duke, and the guardians agreed to allow her by the prisoner. Witness called for half-a-pi n t o f was valid, if not the deed was invalid. Th e expenses to and from London, provided they were as- stout, and prisone r did the same. Witness paid question for th e i r d ec i s i on was Did mr,H. P. su re d o f th e D u k e o f W e lli ngton ' s b e i ng i n t own b e f ore both, and soon after, it being then near twelve o'clofoeck Hope intend to part with the property to Mr. Ale x _ she is sent there. We understand that, in consequence at night, he left the tavern, and went home. n e l et ander Beresford Hope, when he executed the deed, of Mr. Fr eeman ' s l etter, th e N o bl e D u k e has written to himself in with a latch-key, and having gone up sairs With regard to the cl ause reserv i ng • to Mr. H. P. Hope the Rev. J. D. Burton to make inquiries on the subject ; to his bed-room struck a light. Having done so, he t was an almost unlimited power over the property duri ng I and in the meantime has, with . his characteristic kind - alarmed and surprised at finding the prisoner standi ng his life it was a question of law for consideration after- ness, sent the poor woman a pr e sent o f money. Mrs. 1 elongside of him. The prison locked Ihe door, and wards what might h e the effect of that clause, ra th er Hewitt is a tall respectable-looking person; and Mr. demanded 51. of him, saying h er ould neve stook the than a question for the consideration of the jury. Wilde, the City Coroner, in wh ose pari s h she now re- room until he had it. The prisoner ultimately f rom ...... him his watch, &c. Prosecutor at length having some- The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict sides, has taken a great deal of interest in her case. for the plaintiff—Damages, 40,0001. I' Norfolk Chronicle, what recovered from his fright, went down atm ) and His LORDSHIP reserved the point, as also one that was taken on the second count, laying the intent to defraud Dresser and others, that the Bank could not be described in that form, but only by their public officer. The prisoner was found Guilty, sive as was looked for. In prices no marked differ. ence is notable. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 144, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEc. I.—The St. Vin cent, 120, Capt. Rowley,', - took down her topgallant-masts, and struck her topmasts yesterday afternoon, and - made all snug fur the winter. The experimental brig squadron was in the Bay of Biscay, in latitude 45, on the 18th ult. Every precau tion has been taken by Captain Corry to prevent com munication with England upon the merits of the brigs under his command. No authentic information upon the conduct of the vessels will be arrived at until their return to port. The Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Commander Foote, was at the Gallinas on the Bth of October, waiting the arrival of the Hydra steam-sloop to relieve her. DEVONPORT, FRIDAY.—The Swift, Captain Douglas, arrived yesterday, and came into harbour this day, to repair defects. The Caledonia ; 120, Captain Milne, flag of Admiral Sir David Milne, Commander-in-Chief, was towed to her former moorings in this harbour this day by the Confiance and Tartarus steam-vessels, and resumed her duty as a guard-ship. The aedalus, 20, Captain M'Quhae, is hourly ex pected from Woolwich to receive advance. Upwards of 4 cwt. of silver coin is to be sent out in her to Auck land, New Zealand. WINTER ASSIZES. _HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, Nov. 30. (Before Mr. Justice 'WILLIAMS.) Richard Seward, .56, maltster, was acquitted on the charge of having feloniously uttered a bill of exchange for 401., bearing a forged endorsement, well knowing the same to be forged, and with intent to defraud William Gilbert and another, executors of John Miles, deceased. MID LAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, Nov. 29. This morning the four persons convicted yesterday, together with nineteen or twenty others, were put upon their trial f or a r i ot and assault. The evidence was almost identically the same as that adduced yesterday. The names of the prisoners were Thomas Leigh, aged 34 ; Jeremiah Duckworth. 38 ; George Wilcock, 54 ; James Leigh, 30 ; Peter Warburton Lowe, 32 ; John Dalton, 49 ; Luke Hullum, 70 ; Thomas Hopwood, 45 ; Henry North, 37 ; Frederick Townsend, 30 ; John Leigh, 59 ; Samuel Ledbitter, 36 ; William Green, 25 ; Thomas Taylor, 35 ; Joseph Flowers, 42 ; William Watts, 34 ; James Bickley, 33 ; Samuel Merry, 26 ; Thomas Flowers, 37 ; George Flowers, 19 ; Thomas Hill, 29 ; Daniel Scriminger, 44 ; William Flowers, 30 ; Thomas Goldsborough, 36 ; Henry Wilcox, 21 ; Joseph Thompson, 42 ; Charles Butler, 33 ; and James Flowers, 26. One of the persons who had been committed (Robert Miles, aged 65) had died since such committal, of a breaking up of the constitution, and a verdict on the in quest was returned to that effect. The two women spoken of as being with the party were not to be pro ceeded against. With reference to this case the same Counsel appeared in support of the prosecution as were retained in the former, while Mr. Temple defended the three Leighs, and Hullum and Ledbitter. Mr. Spooner defended Duck worth, Dalton, Lowe, and Hopwood ; and Mr. Adams appeared for Hill and Thompson ; the remainder being undefended. For the undefended portion, George Wilcox put in a written defence, which was read by the proper officer of the Court, that they had been given to understand that James Leigh was going to take posses sion of the great Stoneleigh Abbey estates by some novel means, and t d hat being d es i rous o f see i ng the same they accompanie him to the Abbey, but without any evil intent—that they very much regretted the step they had taken in going there at all, which had been productive of such mischief to themselves, their wives, and families, and pledging themselves to abstain from further acts of violence and annoyance to Lord Leigh. The Learned JUDGE closed his summing up shortly after four o'clock, when the jury retired to deliberate, and upon their return into Court at half-past seven, gave a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners upon the eleventh count, alleging forcibly entry ; James Leigh, Guilty of common assault upon Hancocks and. Denser, and Flowers, Guilty of a common assault upon Joseph Freeman ; and all Not Guilty of a riot. His LORDSHIP then desired the four prisoners who had been convicted the previous day to stand forward. The present was a case of great aggravation, and he would have them believe what he said to them, namely, if William Freeman or any other person had died, he did not see how it would have been possible to have denied that the offence committed would have been murder. Considering the violent nature of the affray he must teach them a severe lesson, and to James Leigh, who had acted as ringleader throughout, he should award an imprisonment of eighteen calendar months, with hard labour ; to the other three an imprisonment of twelve calendar months and hard labour ; while the remaining , twenty-four prisoners his Lordship sentenced to an im prisonment of three months each. There was another indictment for trial, but the Coun sel for the Crown thought sufficient had been done to vindicate the law, and it was not proceeded with. Saturday, Nov. 30. This morning the time of the Court was occupied with the trial of a man for an unnatural offence, wherein an acquittal took place. Also a case of rape, and two or three offences of a minor character, with which termi nated the assizes for this part of the county. The calendar for the other division is but light, the principal case one of arson. The Commission will be opened this (Saturday) afternoon. PROMOTION. Lieutenant A. Farquhar (1840), flag of Rear-Admira; Bowles, in the late trial cruise, to be commander. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—H. W. Bayfield, additional, to the Illustrious, for surveying service on the North American station. Lieutenants—Charles E. Rowley, to be flag to his gal lant father, Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, on board the St. Vincent ' • W. Horton to th e St. Vi ncent ; T. H . Christian and G. H. Hodson, to the Excellent; H. D. T. C. Vesconte to the Royal Naval College, for study. Master—C. R. Airey, to the Iris, vice Sullivan. Second Master—F. B. Henwood to the Eagle. Assistant Surgeons—J. Collings and T. Rimell, addi tional to the Agincourt. Chaplains—Rev. J. E. Surridge, M.A., to the Royal Hospital, Greenwich ; Rev. E. Kitson, from Malta, to Pembroke Dockyard, vice Bloxham, retired. Royal Marines—First Lieutenant R. B. Fuddicombe, of the Portsmouth division, has retired on half-pay ; Second Lieutenat T. Forrest, of the Plymouth division, to be First, and appointed to Portsmouth, vice Puddi combe. Lieutenant L. B. Ellis joins the detachment at Spike Island, Cove, in place of Lieutenant Pasco, re signed. First Lieutenant E. S. Browne and a detach ment from the Chatham division have joined the Amazon corvette at Sheerness. Assistant-Surgeon R. Dundas has invalided from the battalion at Cork, to the hospital at Plymouth. Mr. William Stigant, of Portsmouth Dockyard, is to be storekeeper of Devonport Dockyard, vice Jessep, re tired. Mr. Stigant has been a great many (we are in formed 59) years a clerk, and latterly chief clerk, in the storekeeper's department at Portsmouth. The salary attached to his; new office we believe to be 6004 per annum and a house gratis. Mr. Stigant is a very worthy man, and very much respected. His promotion has given general satisfaction—a desideratum very seldom attained in conferring these berths. We are informed Mr. Grant, storekeeper of the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, has not yet received the elegant and costly present from her Majesty, mentioned by several contemporaries. .NORTHERN CIRCUIT._York, Nov. 29. The winter gaol delivery for this county commenced here this morning before Mr. Justice Coleridge. The Learned Judge took his seat on the bench at twelve, and proceeded to charge the grand jury. Th ere are sixty four cases in th e calendar,lincluding eighty-eight pri soners. A - large proportion of those stand charged with offences of the most serious class. There are three com mitted on the charge of murder, five for manslaughter, two for arson, two for forgery, four for rape, three for sacrilege, eight for cutting and wounding, eight for burg lary, and no fewer than twenty-two for robbery with violence. There are two prisoners who stand charged with the unusual offence of blowing up a steam-engine with gunpowder. In the city of York there is but one prisoner, who stands charged with embezzlement. His Lordship having adverted to the several cases, and the grand jury having retired for a short time, re turned into Court with a bill found. Saturday, Nor. 30. Thomas Carter was indicted for knowingly uttering a forged order for the payment of money, purporting to be drawn and signed by Christopher Sadler, with intent to defraud John Dresser, the public officer of the Yorkshire District Bank. A second count laid an intent to de fraud John Dresser and others ; and a third, an intent to defraud Christopher Sadler. Mr. Bliss and .Mr. Blanchard conducted the prosecu tion. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Hall. It appeared that on the 20th of July the prisoner, who is a carter, went into the bank at Thirsk and saw a clerk of the name of J ohnson. He asked if Mr. Sadler, of Thornton-le-Moor, had been at the bank that day. Mr. Jackson said he had not. The prisoner then said he had a letter from him, and presented the order in question, which was, " Please to pay James Jackson the sum of 131., by order of Christopher Sadler." Mr. Johnson asked the prisoner if his name was James Jackson. He replied it was. Mr. Johnson asked if he wanted 13L from Mr. Sadler ? He replied he did, for barley sold to him at Northallerton fair. Mr. Johnson said Mr. Sadler could not be buying barley, as he had given up brewing. The prisoner replied, I know he has. After some futher conversation Mr. Johnson refused to pay the order, and the prisoner left the bank. On the 29th of July he called again, and presented a similar order from Mr. Sadler. Mr. Johnson asked him if Mr. Sadler had sent him with it, and he said he had. The prisoner was then taken into custody, when he begged to be let off, and said he would be glad to make it up. The order was a forgery. I n proof of the first count, laying the intent to de fraud Mr. Dresser, as the public officer of the Bank. Mr. Dresser was called, and produced a copy of the return made to the Stamp-office, under the 7th Geo. IV., in which he was described as a public officer. He stated he acted as such. Mr. HALL objected that this was not sufficient. It was necessary to produce a copy of the return filed, cer tified under the hand of one of the Commissioners of Stamps. That was the mode of proof specified in the statute. The rule of law as to parties acting in certain offices, being taken to be duly appointed, did not apply to the present case. That rule applied to constables and others, acting for the public and official stations. Mr. Dresser was the officer of a public company. He had no duties to discharge in that office but the one, the only one for which he was nominated to succeed ; he sued in the name of the Company, and the sole motive of his appointment to that duty, was his name being in the return filed at the Stamp -office. Of that there was no proof. There was at present no legal proof before the Court that the copy of the return made out by Mr. Dresser, and sworn to, had ever reached the Stamp, office at all. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. NOTICE OF PETITION. J. Musson, Melton Mowbray. INSOLVENT PETITIONS. W. Law, beerseller, Gravesend, Dec. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. A. Morren, milliner, Worthing, Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. W. 0. Overton, draper's assistant, Bristol, Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. W. J. S. Lee, innkeeper, Gravesend, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. M. B. A. Farman, Dec. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. G. Brockwell, bootmaker, Staff 'rd-street, Old Bond street, Dec. 4, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Worland, livery-stable keeper, Cambridge, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Bentley, accountant, Church-street, Westminster Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. H. Edwards, cab proprietor, Exeter-street, Lisson grove, Dec. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Newbon, tailor, Commercial-road, Lambeth, Dec. 12. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. G. W. Hills, Paradise-plac e , Clapham-road, Dec. 9, at twelve, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. P. Wade, grocer, Brittlewell, Essex, Dec. 9, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. A. Johnson, Liverpool, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. G. Brown, clogger, Liverpool, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. IL Bentley, commission agent, Liverpool, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, offi cial assignee. W. C. Fairclough, Liverpool, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Stanley, innkeeper, St. Paul's -street, Lancashire, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. W. Haworth, wheelwright, Witton, Lancashire, Dec. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. Kilburn, jun., policeman, Hull, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. D. Shaw, tailor, Leake, Lincolnshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. W. Barker, saddler, York, Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J Scott, road surveyor, Leeds, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J. Coates, miller, North Stanley, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J. Woods, farmer, Leverton, Lincolnshire, Dee. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. T. Bingham, victualler, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Dec. 16, at eleven. at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. 'Vinnpenny, beerseller, Huddersfield, Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. W. Shaw, cordwainer, Berrybrow, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. N. Barrass, clothier, Holbeck, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official asignee. D. Phipps, labourer, Coxmill, Shropshire, Dec. 17, at one, at the Birmiagham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. 11. Fisher, slater, Batheaston, Somersetshire, Dec. 19, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. G. Reynolds, wire drawer, Highgate, Worcestershire. Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Law, draper, Reading, Berkshire, Dec. 20, at twelve—J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire, Dec. 20, at eleven—J. Scholefield, cutler, Cheapside, Dec. 21, at eleven—H. R. Harraden, printseller, Cambridge, Dec. 20, at one— A. Tregear and T. C. Lewis, pianoforte sellers, Cheapside, Dec. 20, at half-past one—E. H. Foster, tanner, Hathern, Leicestershire, Dec. 20, at two —R. Lee, R. J. Brassey, F. Farr, and G. Lee, bankers, Lombard -street, Dec. 21, at one—A. Portway, tea dealer, Braintree, Essex, Dec. 21, at twelve—J. Balls, livery stable keeper, Holloway-road, Islington, Dec. 20, at eleven —A. Goodeve, warehouseman, Alderman bury, Dec. 20, at half•past one—R. Beesley, wine cooper, Wells-street, Oxford-street, Dec. 20, at one—E. Rey nolds, silk printer, Merton, Surrey, Dec. 21, at half-past eleven—J. Avery, colonial broker, Mincing-lane, Dec. 20, at twelve—T. H. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Black heath, Dec. 20, at eleven—J. C. Crespin, shipping agent, Eastcheap, Dec. 21, at eleven—T. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Tunbridge Wells, Dec. 20, at twelve—R. Cross, saddler, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Dec. 20, at eleven. In the Country. J. Murray and W. Brown, millwrights, Liverpoo, Dec. 20, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—J. J. Brea, tailor, Chester, Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Watson, sen., and J. Watson, jun., common brewers, Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein -mentioned. J. Sanders, carpenter, Reach, Cambridge, Dec. 20— J. Smith, newspaper publisher, Southampton-street, Strand, Dec. 20—B. Nicoll, tailor, Rufford's-row, Is lington, Dec. 21—W . C o lli er, grocer, Cambridge, Dec. 20—D. and H. Davies, road contractors, Asylnm-road, Old Kent-road, Dec. 20—F. Shotter, grocer, Portsea, Hampshire, Dec. 21—W. Minter, builder, Colchester, Dec. 20—A. Pellissier, lodging -house keeper, Bentinck terrace, Regent's Park, Dec. 20—M. Sweetland, baker, John-street, Fitzroy-square, Dec. 20—C. Pensam, dress maker, Cheltenham, Dec. 24—W. Martin, clothier, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, Dec. 23—S. Chapman, sail maker, Liverpool, Dec. 20—J. Bibby, coach pro prietor, Liverpool, Dec. 21—J. J. Brez, tailor, Chester, Dec. 24—J. Peoples, woollen draper, Liverpool, Dec. 30 —I. Tobias, factor, Birmingham, Dec. 20—J. Atkins, beer-house - keeper, Aston, Warwickshire, Dec. 20— P. R. Morrison, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 20-11. R. Harraden, printseller, Camb r id ge, Dec. 30—G. Stent, builder, Pleasant-place, Southampton -street, Camber well, Dec. 20— IL M. Low and W. M. Westermann, merchants, Calcutta. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Skelton and A. Bainbridge, confectioners, Hud dersfield—W. Carron, T. Cox, and G. Drury, patten makers, Birmingham—J. Cooper and R. Warham, mer chants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. H. Garton, G. S. Wake, and C. Trevor, tobacco manufacturers, Kingston upon-Hull—A. Miller and M. C. Grabowski, merchants, Walbrook, London---:W. Perry, j un ., and ' T. Bridges, ironfounders, Wolverh ampton — J. Routh and 0. Routh, cord wainers,Hawes, Yorkshire—W. H. Darby .and W. 11. Hewett, merchants, Liverpool—E. Gregson and W. Marsden, sizers of cotton twist, Over Darwen, Lancashire —J. T. Buckle and J. Bates, china merchants, York—W. Caistor and J. Thompson, millers, Manchester—T. Har rald, J. Hinks, and S. tea dealers, Coventry—R. Dredge, J. Dredge, and S. Dredge, brewers, Devizes (so far as regards J. Dredge —J. Price and G. Watson, sta tioners, Birmingham—A. Laing and C. M. Wlntosh, nurserymen, Beverley, Yorkshire —W. Woodward and J. Turner, drapers, Islington—T. Addy and G. Holmes, butchers, Sheffield—B. Rider, CF. A. Rider, and T. G. Rider, hat-tip makers, Red Cross-street, Southwark (so far as regards T. G. Rider)—R. Compton and Co., paper makers, Manchester. ADVERTISEMENT.--ANOTHER WONDE R, _ OR CURB EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWA Y ' S PILLS.-Mr. Maguire, a respectable person, residing near Sunday's Well, Cork, was given over in a case of dropsy, and was perfectly cured, when pronounced to be at the point of death, by these wonderful Pills. Persons, either young or old, who become corpulent, pottle-bellied, bloated, or drop sical, may not only avoid apoplexy and other dangerous diseases attending thereon, but also regain the highest state of health, v,rength, and energy, and their figures become as tight, as light, and as good, as in the days of youth.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING.-A serious explo sion of gunpowder occured in Limekiln-lane, Rock Ferry, about half-past eight o'clock this morning. It ap pears that the ship Fairfield, belongieg to Messrs. Charles Lawrence and Son, of this town, arrived from Ichaboe yesterday morning, and was towed into the river by one of the steam-tugs. She had on board one barrel of gunpowder, weighing about 201 b., and also 41b. loosely wrapped in paper. One of the laws• for the regula tion of the port enacts, that no vessel shall be allowed to enter the river or docks with any gunpowder on board, but shall deposit it at the magazines. The boat which should have waited on the Fairfield, for the pur pose of taking the powder to the magazines, did not come, and consequently it was put on board the tug and landed at Birkenhead, the mate of the Fairfield, whose name is Carrington, undertaking to have it safely kept on the premises of his father, Mr. Richard Carrington, Custom-house broker, in Limekiln-lane, Rock Ferry. The cask was put into an out• house along with the powder in the paper, and this morning the youngest child, a fine boy, between seven and eight years old, got to it, and it is supposed that by some means he was the cause of its ignition. A terrific explosion took place, by which the out-house was entirely levelled to the ground, and the back and front windows of the house totally de stroyed, besides doing considerable damage in other re spects. The boy, who is supposed to have caused the explosion, was seriously hurt, and a servant was also injured. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The fourth representa tion of Balfe's grand opera of The Daughter of St. Mark attracted, on Saturday evening, one of the most crowded audiences ever in this theatre, hundreds being turned away from the doors. We are led to understand that in the grand proeession, which terminates the second sot, there are nearly 500-people employed, informed one of the police, named Chadwick, w h o l o d ge d THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER OF in the hou se , o f w h at had occurred, by whom the pri- TIIOIZN AT CALAIS . soner was take n i n t o custo d y. ST. ONE R, Nov. 2S.—The business was open e d by The pros ecu t or un d erwent a very long examination the President reading th e ac t o f accusation, which by Mr. Robi nson, b ut nothing material was elicited. The prison er ' s counse l hav i ng addressed the jury at charg considerabl e l engt h , sat down without calling any wit- ed Sallior with h av i ng w ilf u l ly committed homi cide by inflicti ng a morta l wound with a dagger on Mr. nesses on his behalf'. Thorn. The COM MON S ERGEANT summed up the evidence, and The names of th e w it nesses were then called over by the jury, aft er a l ong consultation, acquitted the prisoner. the clerk of the court , an d t h e President ordered that There was anoth er i n di etment against him arising out they should b e con d ucte d out of court, taking care that of the same transaction, but no witnesses being called in the witnesses for the prosecution should be placed in one support of it, h e was acquitted on that charge also.room, and those fo r th e pr i soner i n another. There were fifteen of the former and six of the latter. They were then called in separately, but the material facts were deposed to by five, viz.,—the trumpeter and two privates of the National Guards, and a commissioner of the Hotel Royal. From the testimony of H. V. Bret son, the trumpeter, it appeared that he and some others of the National Guards, then on duty, had observed Sal lior and Thorn walking arm-in-arm across the Place, and enter the office of Sallior, at the Town-hall, about one o'clock in the morning, Sallior apparently being in a . completely drunken state, and Thorn evidently aGcted by liquor. That from time to time himself and com rades watched them, as they supposed, playing and amusing themselves together. That some time after he returned and perceived Sallior and Thorn, face to face, and that, at that moment, he saw Thorn falt backwards, upon which he ran back and called for assistance ; two comrades came, and, on reaching the body, they saw Sallior, as if coming out of' his office, and locking the door. The wit ness was asked, " What time was occupied between his going for assistance and returning to the spot ?" To this he could not answer, but explained that he supposed he had made about twenty-four steps there and back, and had run all the way. On raising the body he heard a noise from the deceased, but whether as an attempt to speak, or from the effect of suffocation, he knew not. They then tried to untie his neckcloth, when they found blood on the left breast of his shirt, and perceived a wound in the breast. Sallior then came up, and ex claimed quel mal/jeur / —(What a calamity !)—and shortly afterwards asked whether it was a Frenchman or an 'Englishman, and then desired that Dr. Boulanger should be sent for ; that the bGdy was then carried into M. Sallior's outer office, and was placed upon the table ; that some time after M. Sallior entered his inner office, and in coming out, rested his two elbows on the body of Thorn, and said, "My poor friend with whom I spent the evening." It was further deposed that every endeavour was made to find some instrument with which the blow had been struck, but in vain. The Commissary of Police (M. le Blond) deposed, that he had searched the pockets of M. Sallior and the deceased, but could find no instrument ; but that he ul timately went into M. Sallior's inner office, and found the dagger produced, standing with the blade upwards against some papers on the desk. There were streaks of blood on it. He also saw a penknife on the floor, and the papers strewed about in much confusion ; that Sal lior fell asleep on a chair, and seemed quite unconscious of all that was going on. M. Morey deposed that about a quarter past one o'clock he had gone to M. Sallior's office, to obtain a per mit of embarkation for a passenger, and that on his pro ducing the passport of the traveller, M. Sallior remarked that it was three months out of date, which having ex plained, he received a permit, but so illegible that it could not be read. M. Sallior was very drunk, and Dr. Thorn stood in the office during the whole time, having M. Sallior's cloak on his arm. That Sallior asked Thorn if he wanted a permit, and repeatedly and angrily told him to leave the office. Drs. Boulanger and Beaupre had made a post mortem examination of the body, and deposed to the nature of the wound, showing, that though possible, it was hardly probable to have been inflicted by the hand of the de ceased, and gave it as their opinion that the blow had been struck by some other hand than his own. The witnesses for the defence were then called, who deposed to their knowledge of Sallior for some years, and described him as civil in his office, honourable in principle, and not addicted to drinking. M. Villenueve then rose to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He complained much of the harsh terms in which the Procureur du Roi had spoken of him. He would not follow him with a detail of what he called a stain on the name of the honourable family of which M. Sallior was a member ; but he would shortly call the attention of the jury to the simple facts of the case, and show that the prisoner could not be found guilty of the crime laid to his charge ; but first he would show the high character in which he had been held by those who were in authority over him. He then read a letter from the Prefect of the Department of La Creuse, and one from the Minister of the Interior, showing that the accused enjoyed their confidence, and the respect in which they held him, M. Sallior having filled the office of Commissary of Police in the department alluded to before he had gone to Calais. He then alluded to the manner in which M. Sallior had been allured into drinking first at Maurice's Hotel, where even he had resisted the temptation offered by some English gentlemen, and lastly, at the Diligence Hotel. He then alluded to what he called the constant habit among the English of drinking toasts, and making exciting speeches. He alluded to the exertions he had made at the masonic lodge, and then entered into a short detail of the evidence given during the proceed ings. With much ingenuity he endeavoured to show the possibility of the deceased himself having committed suicide, either by a blow or falling on the dagger, which had been found in an upright position in the office. He spoke of Thorn as habitually spending his evenings in drinking from six o'clock to twelve or one o'clock, which was not proved in evidence. He sought in vain for a motive which would induce Sallior to murder the deceased, who was his friend. At first the town of Calais was filled with excitement, and every motive that malice could suggest was invented; but all had become calm, and minds had been brought to reflection, and the fatal event was looked upon, as M. Sallior had at first exclaimed it to be, a calamity, and not a wilful crime. Perhaps, even it had been a mere accident. He concluded by a most impressive and pathetic appeal to he feelings of the jury, reminding them that Madame Sallior was near, perhaps within hearing, awaiting that verdict which was to restore him unstained to her arms ; and he told them that his two brothers were then present, waiting to conduct him to his mother, who had long been expecting him, and was ignorant of the accusation against him, and implored them to declare him not guilty. M. Martinex having made a few remarks on the in nocence of his client, then read a paper which was signed by a number of French and English inhabitants of Calais, which was strongly indicative of the high esteem and regard that M. Sallior was held in by them, both in his publie station as an officer, and in his private character as a member of their society. The President summed up, and submitted the follow ing questions to the jury :—l. Whether the accused had or had not committed the crime of wilful homicide under extenuating circumstances. 2. Whether the accused had or had not committed the crime of wilful homicide. The jury retired, and after an absence of ten minutes, returned with a verdict declaring him not guilty as to both questions. M. Sallior was immediately set free by the Judge. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. (From the Northern Whig ) The following singular case came before the Castle bar Board of Poor-law Guardians a few days since : An old man applied for admission to the workhouse, whose appearance and manner, and style of speaking, denoted evidently that he had belonged to, or moved in, the ranks of respectability, before adverse circum stances had reduced him to his present distress. The Earl of Lucan—What is your name ? Applicant—My name, my Lord, is Michael Fitz gerald. I was born in the vicinity of this town, in the village of Minolla. I have moved through every phase of fortune; and, from having been once the possessor of wealth and opulence, I have come, by a sad vicissitude, brought on, indeed, not by my own conduct, but by the misconduct of others, down to the position which I at present occupy. The Earl of Lucan—lndeed, how was that ? Applicant—The incidents of my life are extraor dinary, my Lord, yet may be briefly told. In my youthful days, being desirous to travel and push my fortune in a foreign land, I left Ireland for the island of Madeira, bringing with me a cargo o f suc h goods as I thought would be disposable, on remunerative terms. My wishes and expectations were not then disappointed. Change of scene and the new climate invigorated my sprits, and the enterprise in which I had embarked proved most profitable. Resolving to settle permanently in Madeira, I employed all my available capital in pursuing the trade which I had found so beneficial; and only a few years had elapsed, until the profits of my engagements so accumulated, as to leave me at length in possession of an immense fortune. The Governor of the island, whose acquaint. ance I had the opportunity of making, advised me to turn my capital and attention to the cultivation of land, whereby agricultural produce could be provided internally, without being compelled, as was then the case, to import from America the provisions requisite to support the planters on the island. Well, my Lord, I assented to his proposal, but took the precau tion of making him enter into an agreement with me to indemnify me for any expense or casualties I should incur, by the grant of 75,0001. When the agreement was thus closed, I converted all the merchandise then in my warehouses into cash, as soon as a cheap and rapid sale permitted; and with ample funds I pro ceeded first to Ireland, and afterwards to England, to purchase all sorts of plants and seeds, and implements of husbandry. With a large cargo of these I returned to Madeira, and soon after began the culture of the fields, to a great extent, according to the terms of the Governor's treaty. Nothing could have gone on more auspiciously than our first agricultural essay ; and I am now enabled to boast that I was the first man who introduced into that island the cultivation of potatoes. But, my Lord, to be brief—the Governor was with drawn from the island, through the influence and intrigues of those persons who were deriving a profit able trade from the importation of provisions, and who were, consequently, averse to the proceedings I was engaged in. The result was, that I was com pelled to desist, after having all my own funds ex pended in the manner related, and without any further prospect of indemnification than the fulfilment of the Governor's agreement. To see myself justified, I went to Portugal. The Governor, who made the agreement with me, laid my claim before the King, and his Majesty was pleased to approve of it, and to direct that my claims should be liquidated along with those of other British claimants. Some delay having taken place in my getting the compensation to which I was entitled, and which W 53 thus approved or, I .10° 1 SERIOUS ACCIDEN T FROM THE INCA.U.- OF FIRE - ARMS.—Yesterday morning (Sunday)' 0 o'clock, a man of th e name o f Ri chard T i mo ll employ of the London and Croydon Railway' a serious accident, which will render him a e ll p#, life. It appears that he had loaded a gun and to the end of his garden, near the Jolly Sailor , t i wood, to amuse himself in shooti ng bi r d s . ) 1 1 to get through the hed ge i n t o anot h er inclosso, cautiously put the butt end of his gun tbreV holding the muzzl e i n hi s r i g h t h an d , when the, tyl from some caus e or o th er , su dd enly fell, and ib?, went off, discharging the whole of the contents, 0 9 his right hand, sh a tt er i ng i t i n a most dreadflut He was immediately conve y e d to G uy ' s HosPitti, upon examination, amputation of the injure"4,l found nec essar y. Th e operat i on was imme di o ' formed by the hou se surgeon. -03 COLONEL MAX WELL ' S " ADTENTUIZES?„s requested to stat e th at M r. Colburn, of 9re",t borough-street, ha s thi s d ay published " DIY tures," by Colonel Montgomery Maxwell, manding the 36th Regiment, in 2 vols., small SY pi Portraits, price 21s. bound ; which can now be all Booksellers. 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I Monday last, at the County Sessions Room, To A Little Bolton, William B axen d a l e, an opera tifeel;fi spinner, was summo ne d, un d er t h e Factory Ay; b j Ewings, sub-inspector, f or employing Thomas a boy under thirteen years of age, more tins& hours a day. The cas e was p rove d aga i nst the ant, and he was fined 20s. with 20s. costs. 'oli said, he was surprised to find any operative obstacles in the way of the Factory Act, inason", obvious tendency was to improve their condition. Times. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased, in fA eOr to mark her sense of the services of the iat' e ro p eo lfi Colonel Stoddart, and her deep regret at the b treatment to which he was subjected, to grant o b oe for life of 150 L per a nnum , t o b e equa ll y divided j the Misses Stoddart. ! i BIRTHS On the 29th ult., at Porchester Stokes, of a daughter. On the 25th ult., at Craigdarroch, Dunifrieshire , 0 11 of J. G. Jan-is, Esq , late Captain of the :i2d Light os , of a daughter. 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