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Z ieII EQUER.—(THIS DAY.) -ta xB v. THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY t . he C ogrt thiseaB e, the arguments iu which occupied Tit yesterday and Monday. titifontitignalhnetencttei,stiasrythcti.wßerreamowt it v i s.. e L ORD. CEIIEF BARON intimated this morning that rt udg " - 1 c o ll pin to ion pro t c h e a e i d i ho given for the plaintiff utigraeat for plaintiff accordingly. SCONDARIFEs;:i--qilS DAY.) A z . (Before Mr. Secondary PoTTEn.) 1'4 4, "i i t 'rY was empannelled this morning, to ser i v v e k Relletillett 3il tmonths. The oily excuse made was kill 1,,,,"1t1n named Lopez, who i-tid he wag a Foreigner,don the f or 4. net been naturalized, and he had a!so serve Ile '3l4tl idrY at the C entral Criminal Court. W as excused on those grounds. The THOMA S V. GRDUE. in the Il letti.i Plai ntiff was described as a publisher, trisi,smul the action was brought to recover the s &e., sum LThe p 4 1 ., °4 a nrorniasory note for advertisements. _ 4114 -4tiff'S ATTORNEY said that there was .or : t4ii B4 811% , due on the same account, but they v- in drai n " abandon it in consequence of the difficulty 1 , 4 C the order. hi lt ili'dtrettidEtnt pleaded that he did not make the note, The i,,,, a PPeur t Support his plea. "1 uave a verdiet for the amount claimed. ..!!!........., LW --- t ietik t , •AL INTELLIGENCE. N Y ate -ant e l • P. P. Barrow has been appointed to d.l,iet: at • Woolwich. tile! bar Towers has baen appointed ad rale w 4,6 Waterloo, 120, at Sheerness. l II, I Ient,; II L : .. C. Clarke has been appointed to the b ti w :, fo""erY-ship at Portsmouth. C AD ,"as, e,,hltig a ncers ' liad interviews with Admiral 41 4' 4 E. g M .P., at the Admiralty yesterday , :--- ii- 2 -04; Li tanley ; (;111 L.ll ieatenants Commanders C. Starma, and Charles Kent, H. D. Selby, td_ (Jail, li b Hants Pay m ' aster G. 8..E . a . 1e . 5 .5 ; Masters Ntke fleet ~ t. Giles, and M. C. Richards. 4rt fi t t )ll a ,.,"der the command of Admiral . Sir W. Der -')(1013 • ~ Was at Port Mahon on the 30th q ui rok, oit foN e Ad ttlip l ; -Nov. 1 7.—The Lords Commissioners th e4 iy stett 3ity ', ,L workingn directions that ohne in till 014Yadin.w-le hours of the smit lit ' ot opt ' Is to h e well 0 4 ed 4t w s . stablished, and that th s e i time 4 el Ittip oolwich, and found to work . t 4 lt Pted-... e l it of 4 44., to , stnely, to come into the yard at six 104 t he 3. 04 u sve half an hour at breakfast, to gc 4 4 44 -30 °r le hour at dinner, and to leave the Nte 1 ' .14 . A l , 6 idiq ar t i ve( i Iteare•sloop, Commander George S. ts k ast evening,and came into Barnpool. tl t s, ke 81' h k ik tp o , - -4de i g t defects in her engine, which are Ilk, ' l 4 e j ". She will take in a supply of coal , 4 0i 6 i tt d " titv ; 8° 80 ° 11 as she is ready she will re '44l'4 ip u relieving homeward-bound vessels 1 04 /lif t the e l, --° l 3B of the Channel. Should the A ke di.4, 14 ,,,, °8 i t likely her services may be required 4 4 - 3 I , l li€V u . '"S i SZe , to Lisbon. 1 I, ill r, ic „ e ft . p - e , " „ ee 'z'f Mr. Gahrael (the gentleman who 41:1 me is a ge in the Crane) not being ready, ~ - Ilot ' V 11 1414 4 , 4 expected to sail till about the 25th ittit i fl to 4 ' I ‘ l.O Y. 17. Th Admiralty have been qft op' le,,ract the widow e of the late IV. Coles 44111ildoethiceillilintt u ni i a ti o of shipwrights, who lost his tuo, by the breaking of a hawser I NZ' and tb e Tartar hulk, a pension of 171. per 6.lllelvti&lvlths4bscription set on foot for the benefit dNollowillas realised upwards of 30/. tt" l 2.. g artificers, Etc., have been superan ik It b --- tcl 1 Eno Itoi o rtd \arid Richard Rogers, shipwrights ; 1...141Let4---.44241:111.1iin Douglas, and John Hatt, peg w i. , , lacr annum each. l'o' th ge n, rigg and Timothy Mahoney, o,tiitiklkollpz°llf,l4,,b,ourer-pe—r ; 20/.per annum each. Lt,,,7 41 te r . 0 I inESDAT.—The Fairy Royal steam -11411) wander "u4 Welch, went out of har ttptot belay Ll t.O ye machinery prior to em k11:4110li' a J es tY at Gosport, for Osborne, on ,11 Royall44llettitiug.ra de spatch-yacht, Mr. Alfred Bal i Il e ip ast er, commanding, was undocked Vi l . : 40 op a headiness to attend upon her Majesty.. 1.1 t,, °4 1; -r -," N team-frigate is fast progressing )1 1t 111 : 1,1 1,,, ,i ' 5,i 0 ' 1 ,, e . r topmasts are pointed, &c. She vd t „ (1 14,„, s ett in a few days. th; 44 }e. f t? N-"guerland, American packet, sailed w/4114(1 s ew e , ork. k. .I\t„-°l4lll6„ll.‘"°ltinaander Blanej,is all ataunto. S:oh tl 'e l lt, iFed au Friday next. c ., X. l ) . ' e t e llido: sv • 18 .—Lieutcnant Hervey,_ U. V t iady ~I,'Y ( 18 14), having complete } d , a .. th t klw• ;_" marine steam-engines at the a l e Y tt er: eg 13°01 E ard was examined by .1I r. w ill nit 4-,,Z :ieli!Zengin ' eer, and having passed, 44041, ................. m.,22te. A 1 ° k 4 1 1, 1 1`1 „ ( i IN TELIAGENCE 'tett, " L EA.MINGTON NOVEMBER PO) I ktd 01Ni tin 8, eon t , M I:ETING. A faint l y, d `arY to the opinion of the majority \ Y„ . Ni 4 not •:eided kt ti F t ° Te l ~- 4., s ta Y t e e st t e o r r d u a n y postponed on that the Scl' Otlebiel,;'suaY and Wednesday' next. Bets, as i tit) II ' .ll eei'• at ' e ce• and it is doubtful if the races N I 45 4% 41 ., wiled over Into another week—no power d f4l ; t , e ;1 111 „, t 4t1 ,4 b t ' . ieV ie, been taken in the published k i lth;itL lP s, by 1 0 h 1 being postponed from e nodta to3E:lto tkttto,. tp 4 ,, ?tad vs.," ockey Club rules, ar r 10 N I , 4 184 4 e " stakes in the card yesterday been alto t4 4 tal t 43 tot: there would have been twelve or 4 Y I 0 Cr 0 the ,ot. th otw Warwick Handicap, as I to*wel t e f 3 h e „,.° Yrs old and upwards, nearly 1 fp t l t t, N''lle selling stakes, and a good fie . d l'lp., 'e a teepl ® A good many horses were also in ti t ~. ae1`...............t ze:____ ` 1 41,„ Pa s 1, A 'A TAT Ar ~„ 14 4 ' 4 Y ,A - ItT L ' }4 OCCURRENCE AT 1 / 41. t otk kftehin liEftWE fL. ttll li Vi t jl e t 7; ll(l e l r - t ° Q 11 1 4 ,... 4 inquest Was held ,„ at the Prince 1 4; e INu t i l , l e L ,%'4 1 ." e adOn• street, Camber ivell New lh iN I * ( tly tt ' °he of the coroners for Surrey,_ ,° If tl nfo 4 s Nlrs ag ed 51, ih t °n. G 11 14 thrib • iiarriet Browne, 1 4p Re • 0 4te y i Ped to the violence of her own 1 I,lilkt.j; QE lit i : ?rtpZ l th who had been brought before ,gli t. 4 D PI% 15 4 :a Saturday night Jost, ou to ' l 4; 11 11 1 :1 - ` 8 Of ,/:. `'llent an inmate of the County , - ,,..'t th e ro 0 44 h , ,q,,,40, 1 .ekti of a ppeared in Tice Sun of Monday Ithtti'q h ttili.lnipr,Bll`lt, Lambeth Police court, and it IN le 'to • Inu that the death of the deceased t 4, 4 ,, al c 0 ' Ora' Kto „ lea give to whiles by her own son iii 4 h i tiNti n tl I. oo, e ' et aP, and he was endeavour er or th e ta m g f ro tti h i ° o( 4 % ,te h", ap ~„,,,tbe t.stimony of Mr. Flower, the -1411t3.the3iY, 'm°4l3srie the Post mortem examina -1 n turn 4 Ve rA . t lelp a i k. ,eath was caused by sae r p ' 4. el, 'let te, „uzcod-vesaels in the head, the jury 1• 4 % at Effect 'i li e t \ t t N 4/. . em ° P - • 1 4 t i l t t l. attJ, lt ins l o i f it „ LATE MATTHIAS ATTWOOD• l o ittl . to i ntta ' N,l:aeretdoria Zabcove lamented gentleman were rk , family vault at the Norwood 1 41 1 . 4 1° 4, 1 ; e irti N trieti - ,: e with the wish of the deceased the Ilit t - N ' , ad t l l l l ecli ede -, Private, the attendance being con- V( 4 00 r ~. oil_ relatives and the most intimate con • Net t tt, i ,ilkij carriages were those of the Earl of tithel°4l'. Rio° h tt ' s a jd Mr. Pearce. It is understood . 4, 4 4 4 4, ver , eft the whole of his property to his 0 4 r eef Of teY Attwood - ill ei ' , epi •$, , ue dee . , and that to him reverts it kyti t4 Y r, r ,,evr ~,,e , .., ased in the firm of Spooner. Att 7 I N t htortted L '"4 n.ave occurred more generally and Wt/%„tt, es w th a ~ oath an the political and the commer tlt4e univ uf_ r a s th of mt. Attwooci. His abilities te tt ; t thtrt I ,,Vhat_ : .al.ly recognised and respected, and d Mott tli lot il;4ot.twithstanding the distinguished an t 4t 1 11i 4 44 4184 too f ° ° l s on most important public ques- ,ieli b il. base to feeling of personal hostility between S 4 °lit e 3 ' hi s mare measures he gave the strongest •11.4 OF sitrobarious friends no man could be more , i, ti l , e ft t , F L . e eyed i !N I . t)ti 4 dea f ‘ lsl \VA R • • Oi l 4 ID. til t h of Lad D-- With deep regret we Nl4, l ited t(l eai ng o ;,Y ti Ward, at Schwalbach, in ler , li p 4 t i t' aft,,,tave occurt4 l4til i u ns d t denT h ; o m m e p la a n r c aly2s k 4p 4f , t his )1 1° 4 zei:ontland painfYelsillness3Of e r leven weeks. IN"i 4 % s - ciuti, ''. ago we bad to announce the mar ' l 'lt ( Iti'- 41 and accomplished t 4 ,1 11 44 4 q,:ab5......,, . lady. i Sit til ti le , '1:!, the (I,3:_a circular lately. issued th f e ro a ni t tl i tl iti 4; 1 knsegitcthers e cf tre 4 an er - i t n o - th h e i ef fact t directs a h the lec -4'41;44 , tet tt, c'. Practical army Gology, in ;fermyn-street, k 1,1 o t , i. , n:5,07,8We1l as to the officers of the navy and tiNbll.l7taishit';i7YL service, at one-half of the usual Nth til tt Ait tl‘ it • - --P re • , Ni i N kt, 4 te ro me auth ori v t l . °ll sl3 , to the setting , in of the !Iltilhtlli,trettlorary aunieasgeofdthe t V d s haveand ir tor y st t s her_ ' ll l, % w itaZ 4 . 3's a e t r n o % . ol the foootnpaethos hi ettrk, fo ' rmation of NWeli t ' ci ll!e , r ot i sa ' the grass in various parts of the pltrkd ;ZVoeit,h; ': 1 . 1. w aywtopaenrsd7s who ho for s t o ll o gibM ' o t n, to 114, thegr.aveiling therom,pe.Gre,a various directions, ~ it lf 4 fo r th 814e8 with i ro P n a t s rd in les: a to prev n en .o t s t h h o e l i v r 4 i. ew lif o Present 4 1 4 4 4 fre e ' 413(1 th'• The grass has begu tth li ki e ou,, h app im The park will very shortly . 1414 tt t t Ve - ‘' e ci earg .nce, and all traces of the myriads t° Vt „Ptfid gds BB it from all parts of the world during tt!illtitZ(NdlB7_oBas altogether removed; thus proving !e tki. of ti:,41,91, lit 9f the fears of the Alarmists who liii i ' l ; It:fokireat '',tch.t.l!'struction of the pexk among the ts li,„ r ltd 4 Por ti ll . ri er freti l ition, and the impossibility of i ty l l kk i t he ttl g t !rnprove aPpearance. NI e ob:lerye als_o e t c h e at . , aci,, e of rtia, _ ments are in course of being ell t a ti l id,oi l d the bridg e to Ken‘ington..gardens, on the the eq°e'elltailinri,l'e' lace the removal of the . old an . dde• t i W a ndki h Fi tt b B ' and the substitution of , iron rails .of a f ,t'a t , B ,.6 4 , det tint et' character, and a)so the repair o \t . 11 4 1 4 ,g c n"g the large enclosure at this spot for ti%)• ; I t W ec l'Alred ° . l "PanY to the gardens, and which were \S * l., (k beoe 00Nt0 41(4 a ..I '''''' o ll the 30th ult.., John Ilan ‘oiteoa,,,,lqz wa, wiodenek on the estate 0' Moilance. A '''tip Boo's oo t h e '", l ,e't hy Mr. Corrie, upo n his lands of NA, t t tope an on ae th inst. This is the first we have N, on e 04 i - - 13 lir. lel 4 1. lk . r e 2801 - elsh, of Fur , t , lth , c i i e ld r , also killed 1 tet t , ''' ash ~, .- Dumfries t,ou • •,,, tO lt ) , ' 4 fo r A ' °I Westminster, are appointed Co iVev °N Il'tralia e 4 „, ----I,Le • kth' s rte n ,, j 'et td t", pressure of the times floes not seem \ , V 4 t l nt eie r . r value of land in this loniship, an estate for,l U P acres, I,,yi ngi were„ ry, ust beers scold at 601, per _. ,~.v T E LITERATURE CONVICTION, a Tale. By B. Clarke, Esq. 3 Vols. London : T. C. Newby. The scene of this novel is laid in England at the time of the civil war between Charles I. and the Parliament. It opens in August, 1645, and concludes with the battle of Marston Moor, between which two periods the reader is presented with a series of graphic pictures of the state of the country during that inelanc'noly contest. The hero of the tale is Trenton Daubigny, an orphan, who has been brought up under the care of Colonel Dornford, an adherent of the King, and who has joined the Royalists, with his protector. Albert, the son of Colonel Dornford has, however, joined the Parliamentarians; but before the battle of Marston Moor, prevailed upon by an old friend, Herbert Endsleigh, the eon of the vicar of Chaveley, he assists Trenton Daubigny, who has been taken prisoner and condemned as a spy, to escape with Herbert, who is also a prisoner, and with them goes over to the Royalists. There are two heroines, Helen Endsleigh and Edith Dornford, the former beloved by Daubigny and the latter by Herbert Endsleigh. Edith has been confided by her father, at the commencement of the civil war, to one Vovasour, a Romish priest, who has induced her to embrace the Roman Catholic faith. Helen has been immured in an English convent, by means of an in. trigging Italian Jesuit,who plays the part of a spy alter nately in the Royalist and Republican camps, as best suits his purpose. She undergoes many hardships in flicted on her for the purpose of making her become a member of the Roman Catholic Church ' but even tually escapes, and joins her friends and her lover. Edith also is at last made to perceive the error she committed in abjuring her first religion. In the course of the tale Trenton Daubigny takes a journey to London, and witnesses one of the tumults which were then of such frequent occurrence in the city. It is thus described : " At length they emerged from the narrow street upon the open space of Smithfield, where the greater light enabled them to distinguish a number repidiy congro gating before the hospital of St. Bartholomew. The boisterous expression of an ungovernable mob owe sieually broke out, and while the few minutes elapsed, during which the travellers waited to allow a baud of adherents to pass, who were making their way through the.bars from the precincts of Clerkenwell, they had an opportunity of scanning the visages of these rough par tizans of peace and loyalty. " The long continuance of the war had so grievously affected the trade of the country that that class, which is generally the last to feel the misery and farthest re moved from the brunt of civil warfare, were now endur ing the plague in all its severity. Surge after surge had rolled on upon each other, each overwhelming wave being overtopped by its successor, till, breaking through the land-mark, by which its tide had hitherto been con fined or restrained, the mighty flood of discord and dis tress had covered the heights, and was now absolutely hanging over, and about to sweep down upon the very vales of society. The spirit of proud independ ence, and almost scorn of the power of their rulers, by which the Londoners had ever been distinguished, urged on by the wild insinuations of those by whom the rest less disorder of a few hundred people were used to fur ther their own dark designs, for whose operations the multitudinous population of a great city offered an ample and desirable field, had led them to coalesce readily with the Parliamentary faction in the commencement of their struggle with the King. They took up the cause as one in perfect coincidence with their feelings, and exactly adapted to their prejudices. Every appeal that was made to their understanding came from persons whom they were reaay to acknowledge as champions of free dom, and was strongly bsekcd by their passions. As to the justice on which these appeals were grounded, they took no time for consideration. They conceived only that their own present interests would be advanced and the bounds of liberty enlarged, and did not look forward enough to perceive how much suffering must be endured to accomplish their ends, and how surely despotism would result from license. But the dawn ot a new day had broken around them. The expectaticre which had from the first been so profusely held out by the Parliament, that the power which they had extorted, by wily diplo macy, from the weakness of the King, would speedily enable them to crush him, by whom it had been given, had proved fallacious. Defeat had followed defeat; re striction had come upon restriction, until circumscribed in their bounds, cut off from their supplies, thwarted of their object, wasted in their means, they felt the success which from month to month they had been taught to think was within their grasp, had receded farther than ever, and they began, with the same pertinacity as they had called for war, to clamour for peace. " Already a large crowd had assembled on the south west side, and the stream which was pouring past the end of King-street, added greatly to swell its numbers. Above their heads they held a number of torches, which served to show the ghastly countenances and tattered garments of the various multitude, and exhibited all the squalidness of the miserable wretches, who hurried on beneath and about them. " A man whose excited, yet ascetic countenance, evinced even more plainly than his long dark cloak, fas tened at the throat, his plain garments and straight whit 9 collar, that he was of the number of those enthu siasts who, gifted with the power of fluent delivery, without the facility of correct reasoning, to see whither their flight tended, or the discretion to restrain them, was mounted on a cask, surrounded by at least a dozen flambeaux, wildly haranguing the people upon their suf ferings. "He pointed with his arm to a party at the moment approaching from Clerkenwell, and a cheer of demoniac fierceness greeted their arrival, which was responded to by a cry of equal energy, and as the two parties closed, the air was again rent by their unnatural and tumultuous assertions of fealty and good will. Again silence prevailed, and the voice of the orator was heard above the din of the multitude. A few words from the apprentice who had accosted him sufficed to explain to Trenton the cause of the assemblage, and as the expressions occasionally fell upon his ear, he could not but acknowledge that the force with which they were uttered, as well as the purport of them, was well calculated to rouse all the passions of a mob pre viously disposed to violence. At length his object was declared to be the demolition of the (louses ot Parlia ment, and as ho went on to enforce his project by cogent arguments, all appealing to their hatred of those above them, and pointing out the probability of spoil, the people began to flourish tbo various arms with which they were supplied with increased frenzy. " The heavy and measured tread, as of a numerous anti disciplined body, came faintly along; the ground behind them, and then rapidly increased, till on turning their heads the body of the advancing columns of hai berdiers was seen turning up the steep rise of Snow-hill. Trenton and his parry immediately retreated to the obscurity of the shaded portion of the field behind the coping of a large hostel on the west. " There could not, according to Trenton's calculation, be less than four or five hundred halberdiers, who steadily wound up, in a column of six abreast, to the scene of action. They were preceded by an (Boer, whose sheathed sword and steady quietness showed him to be well used to times of conflict. After an interval of two feet followed two or three squadrons of cavalry, armed to the teeth, and prepared for any encounter. " At the moment of their approach the wild multi tu:le was at its very height of excitement, and the shouts, cries, and groans vveio truly terrific. Onward, how ever, the military went, and their appearance was only perceived by the endeavour of their leader to force his horse into the thickness of the dense mass. For a mo ment ha was resisted, but putting spurs to his steed, the anima! absolutely leaped amongst the multitude, bearing down by his weight alone all beneath him, and severely injuring several. An opening once made, the soldiery peen trated as a wedge into the trunk of some great tree; they appeared to make little opening, and yet they ad vanced, the commander urging his horse forward as before. "At length, when about a fourth of the column had entered the crowd, the whole multitude appeared to have become sensible of their presence, and a terrible heaving to and fro among the tremendous crowd immediately ensued. Shoulder to shoulder, and foot to toot, not an inch did they seem to yield, and for a while the passive resistance of mere weight was all they opposed to the progress of the soldiery." " But this could not long continue; their absorption in the words of their orator gave place at Last to bad*. nation at the cries of those who had been hurt by the officer's charger, and the hands of several powerful men were stretched to unseat him. He was, however, appa rently only intent upon his object, and as they vainly endeavoured to lay hold of the polished surface of his care.ss, a prick with his heel caused his horse to make another bound which placed him beyond the grasp of his assailants, whilst the °tidy of his followers effectually closed up the track against them. " Again, and with a bound, his steed placed his fore feet upon their breasts, but a hundred hands were atretched out to throw him, and his utter destruction must have immediately followed, had not, at that mo ment, a deafening peal of firearms rattled from the car bines of the cavalry. A momentary panic was visible among the multitude, and the instant was seized by the leader to take advantage of the little space they had left. " Forward!' " The word was obeyed, and the crowd yielded like waves of the sea before the advancing weapons of the soldiery, For a moment there was a silence, and the n ' i g ht Y mass heaved to and fco like a huge monster agitated by its death-throo. Then a wild cry of despair, rage, and terror seemed to break from every aide, and, as if space had b een su d denly f oun d, every individual of that immense multitude to have a different object and a diff erent way to appeared. " Again that terrible report peeled through the air, and at least twenty more bodies lay pros trate on the t earth. Onward th e cavalry dashed to what had been the centre of the mass. The yielding multitudel gave way before them, while such as were not • • grodud." . own, and lay writhing ou the quick enough to escape were ridd en d Mr. Clarke has been peculiarly successful in his de scriptions, not only of such scenes as the above, but also of old country houses, which were so often the theatres of sanguinary conflicts between the Royalists and Parliamentarians. Although, as will be seen by the extract, he thinks the Parlia►ncntarians were in the wrong, he gives them credit for conscientiousness, and for believing in the principles that they advocated. In the same manner, when speaking of the Roman Catholics, although the principal portion of the tale consists of descriptions of the intrigues of the Romish 1 priesthood, there is one person, Vavasour, or Father Hildebrand, whose character is drawn as that of a good and high-principled, though mistaken man. All the characters are well drawn. Besides these we ►J LONDON, WEDNESDAY have already mentioned, there are several officers of both armies, the Jesuit Derivale and his revengeful 1 mistress, Olivia, D'Ossuna, and Colonel Dornford the Royalist, the latter one perhaps the most interesting in the book. They are grouped mast effectively. There are also sketches of Charles himself, of Cromwell, Fairfax, and Ireton;. On the whole Mr. Clarke has been most successful in what we believe is his first work of fiction, and these volumes will be read with pleasure, not only by those who, seek merely for amusement, but by those who take an interest in the history of the great Parliamentary war, and desire to be made better acquainted with the condition of the country during the time it was being carried on. ON THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES OF THE HEART. By James Wardrop, Esq, &c. Fatal results arising from diseases of the heart have been recently so frequent, and so little is known of the nature and treatment of the varied forms of disease to which this great central organ of vitality is liable, that he who opens up any new path of research on the subject deserves to be ranked among the bene factors of his fellow man, and merits the thanks of the profession and the public. The heart, like all other organs of the human body, is necessarily sub ject to all those varied forms of disease " which flesh is heir to," but hitherto, from its great importance in the animal economy, the smallest or slightest derange ment of its ordinary functions has been looked upon as almost hopeless. The poor victim was declared to be afflicted with " disease of the heart," and no matter whether functional or organic, whether in its inci pient or more advanced stage, he was looked upon with that melancholy hopelessness with which we view one whose days are numbered, and who but drags on the weary chain of a precarious existence from minute to minute in pain and fear. Dr. Wardrop has led the way on this interesting sub ject by the production of a very able work, remark able for the originality of its matter, the profound philosophy of its reasoning, and the minute accuracy of its practical science. The many phenomena hitherto unexplained which have been cleared up in this treatise, and the important contributions added to the physiology of the circulation, must render it eminently valuable to the medical world, and will, we have no doubt, tend much to the advancement of the healing art; whilst its simple, graceful, and un technical style will recommend it to the litterateur and the man of science. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 18. His Excellency General Prince Castelcicala, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, had an audi ence of the Queen at the Castle to-day, on his de parture on leave of absence. - His Excellency Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Minister, had an audience of her Ma jesty, to present his letters of recall. M. Alacedo had an audience of her Majesty, to present his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of the Brazils. The three Ministers were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting, and Major-General Berkeley Drum mond, Groom in Waiting. Their Excellencies and Viscount Palmerston par took of luncheon at the Castle. The Royal dinner circle yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. Frederick Peel. The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger branches of the Royal Family took their usual walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by the Earl of Listowel, Major-General B. Drummond, Colonel F. IL Sey mour, and Lieutenant-Colonel 13iddulph. The Hon. Charles Gore is expected at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. F. Peel took his departure from the Castle to day. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Dow ning-street. Present— the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson (Secretary).. _ _ Mr. W. - Pinney, M.P., had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Anderson, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Laboueaere, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office, yesterday, from the Governor of Labuan. ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN. SOUTUAMPTON, Nov. 18.— The United States mail steam-ship Hermann, Capta'in Wilson, from New York, en route for Germany, arrived off Cowes early this morning, and after transhipping her English mails and passengers to the small steamer awaiting her arrival, at once proceeded to her destination. The Hermann left New York on the Ist instant, and has had a succession of head winds, which ac counts for the length of time she has been making the voyage, about seventeen days. She brought about thirty passengers, a good cargo, and specie to the amount of 15,0001. The news from America by this arrival has been anticipated by the Niagara, w hich steamer left four days after the Hermann, and arrived at Liverpool early this morning. FIRES YESTERDAY. Between two and three o'clock yesterday morning, nt with n ed expr i es tlu express arrivingof a at the serious Londo firenhaving fire-engine ing am stations,ou broken out at. Golden-green, Hendon, about ten miles from London, two of the brigade engines were imme diately dispatched to the place, on reaching which the firemen found the extensive farmyard belonging to Mr. G. J. Morant in flames. There seemed every probability of the entire property falling a prey to the destructive element. Strenuous exertions were made to cut off the further extension of the fire. A vast quantity of rye, straw, and hay was soon destroyed, but the engines being immediately set to work from a pond, the flames were so far subdued as to allay all learn of any further mischief. The origin of the fire is net precisely known; but. it is generally supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. The loss, it is understood, will fall on the Westminster Fire office. A short time previous to this another fire happened in one of the large double mansions num bered 3 and 4, St. James's-road, Liverpool-road, Hol loway, the property of Mr. Alexander Ward, builder, of Frederick-terrace, Ilampstead-road. When dis covered, the flames were issuing from the lower windows with great impetuosity. Messengers were dispatched for proper aid, and with all possible ex pedition the escapes of the Royal Society arrived, as well as the engines of the parish, London Brigade, and. West of England-office. Fortunately the fire inels succeeded in extinguishing the conflagration, but not until great damage was done, which was thus officially reported :—" No. 3 burned out, part of roof burned off of No, 4, and the floors damaged by fire. The premises were insured in the Guardian Fire office." About the same hour a fire took place in the premises of Mr. Murphy, a green-grocer, No. 11, Mint-street, Borough; but owing to its timely dis covery was soon extinguished. A fourth outbreak happened about one hour previous in the premises of G. Jordan, a bootmaker, No. 22, Murray-street, Camden New-town. It was caused by a cat upsetting a lamp in the ground floor back, which set the apartment in a blaze. Considerable damage was done to the premises and their contents. Mr. Jordan was insured in :the Alliance-office. Another fire, which occurred during the same night, was occasioned by some boys letting off fireworks in Fair-field, Stepney-road, which, falling on the roof of a building belonging to Mr. Marsh, rope manufacturer, set the building in flames, but the damage done was incon siderable. ENTHRONEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BI- SnoP OF NorrurairAm.—The ceremony of the enthronement of a Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham is fixed to take place on. Tuesday, the 2d of December. The arrangements for the inauguration are of a most imposing and magnificent character. Several wealthy lay members of this sect have contributed liberally towards decorating the various chapels clustered together under the roof of St. Barnabas, the Romish "cathedral" of Nottingham. All the priests of the so-called diocese are invited to take part in the proceedings. Cardinal Wiseman, it is understood, will not be present. Dr. Ulla thorne, " Bishop of Birmingham," will, however, take a con spicuous part in the proceedings. The admission is to be only by tickets, for which the prices arerather high. Dr. Hendren, whose name became rather notorious a. short time ago, in re ference to the affair of Miss Talbot, is the new "bishop." RAPID COMMUNICATION.--The death of the King of Hanover, as our readers will see in anothor part of our paper, occurred at Hanover yesterday morning, and the in telligence of the melancholy event reached the office of the ]►lozning Post at nine o'clock the same evening, having been forwarded to Paris by telegraph, and thence by electric and sub-marine telegraph, to London.—Post. THE WEATHER.—From Sunday evening up to the time at which wo write, the weather has been exceedingly cold and stormy. A gale of wind has been blowing from the north-west for many hours, and the falls of snow have been so heavy that the earth has been covered with it to the depth of from four to six inches. There is every prospect of an other very boisterous night. We fear there will be many s hipping disasters to record. A large number of vessels have sought shelter in Harwich harbour, amongst which are many colliers that are unable to make their passage to the north. In consequence of the prevalent winds the arrivals of coal laden vessels at this port have been fewer than usual. Ipswich Express. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—THE COLLECTION FORMING B y TILE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—A nice assortment of articles was received yesterday from the Sweedish Govern ment, to be added to the collection now in course of forma tion by the Royal Commissioners, illustrating, in a complete manner, the raw preduce and manufactnrea of Sweden. DEATH of the KING of HANOVER. To survive prejudice and live down calumny, to be denounced as a tyrant abroad, and to be respected es the most truly constitutional Sovereign by his people are contrarieties that seldom fall to the lot of either man or monarch. Yet such has been the fate of Ernest King of Hanover, whose earthly career was brought to a close in his palace at Herrenhaueen at an early hour yesterday morning. It may fairly be questioned whether the decease of any ruler now living (with the exception of our own beloved Queen) would be received with more sincere manifestations of regret than the announcement of King Ernest's death by the people of Hanover. Alone, of all the potentates of Germany, he has in creased the privileges of the people over whom he reigned, without detriment to order or damage to wholesome authority ; and with a gratitude unusual in princes, he preserved to the British connexion the advantage of an inlet for our trade and manufactures into Germany, without injuring the resources of Hanover by the mischievous forcing of the principles of free trade upon a country to which they were en tirely unsuited. Firm iu authority, and inflexible in the just administration of the laws, during a reign of 13 years, the King of Hanover has never forgotten a friend or made an enemy, or given occasion to com plaint ; and while in the year of revolutions a change was threatened in every state of the Continent, the Throne of Hanover alone remained unshaken, under its honoured and venerable occupant. The deceased Prince—the fifth and last surviving son of George llL—was born at Kew on the sth of June, seventeen hundred and seventy-one. His early deys were spent at the place which gave him birth, and his first preceptors were Mr. Cookson and Dr. Hughes. In the year 1786 he accompanied his royal brothers, the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, to the University of Gottingen, there to complete their studies and close their academic career. It was at Gottingen that the late monarch of Hanover acquired a knowledge of the military art under the instruc tions and superintendence of General Malortie, who, at that period enjoyed, as ho merited, the reputation of being one of the ablest professors of the science of warfare that Germany possessed. His then Royal Highness, in 1790, entered the army, and served in the 9th Hanoverian Light Dragoons from that period until 1793, when he obtained the command of the regiment. During the whole of the following year be served and took an active part in the war which then raged on the European continent. In the com mand of the Ist brigade of cavalry, in charge. of the outposts of Marshal Walmoden's army, his Royal Highness gave several proofs of his gallantry in the field ; and during a rencontre near Tourney he lost an eye and was wounded in the arm ; but, in spite these "fortunes of war," such was his enterprise, and so great his ardour, that when only partially recovered, he hastened in the November of the same year, within a few months after the occurrence of the casualties mentioned, to• rejoin his regiment, and to share in the toils and the dangers as well as the glories of war. His Royal Highness took part in the sortie from Nimeguen, and afterwards commanded the rear-guard of the British forces in the retreat through Holland—apost of great importance and difficulty. The year 1796 saw his Royal Highness return to England, where he re mained until April, 1799, when he was created Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Armagh, and Duke of Teviotdale, with a Parliamentary grant of 12,0001. per annum. At this time be was appointed to com mand the British cavalry in the unfortunate Helder expedition, but, in consequence of its early failure, that branch of the force sent out did not disembark. In 1801 the deceased was appointed Colonel of the 15th Hussars, and invested with the command of the Severn district, from which he subsequently re moved to the South-Western district, residing at Winchester until 1807. In the latter end of that year he went abroad and joined the Prussian army, then engaged in the great struggle against the en croaching power of Napoleon. His Royal Highness took part in several important engagements fought about this period, and on the defeat of the French by the allied forces, his Royal Highness proceeded to Hanover, and took possession of that kingdom on be half of the English crown. The Duke of Cumberland committed one great fault in the eyes of all Radicals and disaffected per sons. His Royal Highness was, throughout his life, a firm and consistent supporter of Church and State, and on several occasions, in his zeal, allied himself with the extreme party. In 1810, when the Regency question formed the subject of much public excitement, the Duke of Cum berland entered into its discussion with great energy, and vehemently opposed the Government of the day on every point at issue. His consistent opposition to the recognition of the claims of the Roman Catholics for parliamentary emancipation is also a matter of history. It was about this period of the Prince's life that a very painful affair, in which the toaderness of a kind master to the memory of a faithful servant, who in a moment of frenzy had raised a murderous hand against the master who cherished him, and in the agony of remorse expiated the crime by suicide, gave occasion to much scandal amongst the ignorant vul gar, and afforded a fitting opportunity to scandalous maligners. The Duke suffered the slanderers to re main unpunished for some years, until one flagrant instance occurred. A vindication founded on a mass of evidence (and that, too, from parties otherwise pre judiced) for ever silenced the hideous falsity. The marriage of his. Royal Highness took place on the 2911 of May, 1815, at Strelitz ; the Princess to whom he was united being Frederica Caroline Sophia Alexandrine, third dau g ht er o f Ch ar les Louis Frederick, late reigning Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, a lady who had been married twice pre viously, first to Prince Frederick Louis Charles of Prusida ; and secondly to Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels. The issue of this union, which was subsequently solemnized at Carlton House on the 29th of August in the same year, was a Prince born at Berlin, May 27, 1817—the present King of Hanover—long remembered in this country as Prince George of Cumberland, and endeared to the Court by his cheerful and frank manners. The sad affliction which has since fallen upon this young Prince has but brought out more prominently the amiability of his disposition. In 1818 the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland left England for Berlin, where they fixed their residence for some years. In 1828, how ever, we find the deceased and his illustrious consort once more in England; for thither he returned to resist a measure propounded by the Government, which, he conceived to be an unpardonable ag gression upon the Constitution of the country. Accordingly, in his place in the House of Lords, he raised his voice in firm denunciation of the proposal to repeal the Corporation and Test Acts. On the introduction of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill, which occurred during his brief absence on the continent, he again journeyed to London to oppose that „measure. That opposition, however, proved unavailing, and the Bill became part and parcel of the law of the land. The event induced him, without disguise, to declare he could no longer have confidence in, or act with, the Duke of Welling ton; and, in conformity with the sentiments which dictated that declaration, he resigned the command of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Blue. The Reform Bill was another measure which he regarded as an invasion of ancient rights and privileges, and which in like manner met his strenuous hostility. The Duke of Cumberland continued to reside in England from the year 1828. until the death of William IV., by which the Salique Law came into operation, and alienated the Crown of Hanover from that of Great Britain—bestowing it upon the Sovereign whose demise we now record. The wisdom and policy of a Prince of the Blood Royal allying himself with any party may and has been questioned. Still, the illustrious deceased showed a memorable obedience to the edicts of the Government when, on receiving Lord John Russell's missive, that after a certain day the exist ence of the Orange lodges of Ireland (of which he was the patron and head) would lee illegal, he at once replied to the Noble Lord announcing his perfect readiness to succumb to the law as enacted by three estates of the realm. In his capacity of Chancellor of the University of Dublin , t h e late Prince exhibited feetnheetitluatteienSaiir lawyers an unwearied interest in the educational affairs of that ever graced this country , he was the intimate t ‘ h v a e t t h p e a r r e l t of e n e t b e e f e t m h e p i g r r e e . per sonal friend, as shown by th e f act that in 1843, on greatest the occasion of his visit to this country, after his ac cession to the Hanoverian Throne, he honoured the Ding's cause ated learned and eccentric knight b y dining with him at his chambers in Stone -buildings , Lincoln's-inn; and guest at in reference to the crown jewels — a question not the Si r Court Charles o f wa s frequently Hanover. e yet finally settled—Sir Charles Wetherell was his thethe ce Majesty's leading counsel and adviser. The reign of the deceased in Hanover has not been marked by any events of importance; he governed that nation in accordance with the constitution given to it by King William the Fourth in 1832, when the States- General entertained fears of an outbreak. The Duke was a ready worker in the cause of charity. When famined raged in Ireland, be forwarded the sum of 2,0001. j to the British Relief Association, 1,0001. being contributed in his capacity of Chancellor of the University of Dublin, and 1,0001. as King of FRANKLIN. TO THE EDITOIL OF THE TIMES. Hanover. The deceased Prince's titles were severally :—Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviot• dale in Great Britain, and Earl of Armagh in Ireland, and King of Hanover. His Royal Highness was a Knight of the Garter, a Knight of St. Patrick, G.C.8., and G.C.H. He was also a Knight of the Prussian orders of the Black and Red Eagle, a Field-Marshal in the British army, Chancellor and Visitor of the University of Dublin, a Commissioner of the Royal `Military College and Asylum, a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Arts.—Post. EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1851. LORD PALMERSTON AND THE KOS SUTLI DEMONSTRATIOAS. ADDRESSES AND DEPUTATIONS TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER. Last evening an event elucidating the opinions of the Foreign Minister in reference to the recent pub lic demonstrations in favour of Kossuth and the cause of Hungary took place, on the occasion of the presen tation of addresses from the borough 9f Finsbury and the parish of Islington to Lord Palmerston, at the Foreign-office, congratulating his Lordship on the aid he rendered the Sultan of Turkey in effecting the liberation of the late Governor of Hungary. It appears that Mr. Daniel Harris, the secretary to the Kossuth Committee for the borough of Fins bury, wrote a letter to Lard Palmerston, asking the Noble Lord whether it would be convenient for him to receive a deputation for the purpose of presenting to him the addresses agreed to at large public meet ings which had been held in the borough of Finsbury and parish of Islington, to which that gentleman re ceived the following reply : " Foreign Office, Nov. 15, 1851. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the lath instant, lam directed by Viscount Palmerston to say that he will be glad to receive the delegates from Finsbury and Islington at the office, either Monday or Tues day next. "I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " Daniel Harris, Esq. " H. S TANL EY." In pursuance of this communication the deputa tion waited upon Lord Palmerston yesterday after noon at five o clock, at the Foreign-office, Downing street, and consisted of Mr. W. Sheen, Mr. P. Barnes, barrister; Messrs. Thomas Lewis, D. Harris, Green, Browne, James, Janson, Mudie, Moore, Wakelin, Medley, Elt, Goorge Rogers, M'Claren, J. H. Parry, barrister; Pike, and C. H. Williams. The deputation, who were introduced by Mr. Sheen, were received, by the Noble Lord with the greatest courtesy. Mr. DANIEL HARRIS s then read to Lord Palmer ston the addresses which had been unanimously agreed to at large public meetings, and which his Lordship had come up from Windsor expressly to receive. Lord PALMERSTON said he felt extremely flattered and highly gratified by this expression of opinion on the part of so large a number of his fellow-country men for his exertions in endeavouring to promote the cause of national freedom of those nations who stood in need of it. The Government were fully aware of the sympathies of the British nation in favour of the cause of Hungary ; but of course, as the organ of her Majesty's Government, who was in friendly alliance with the great foreign powers which had been referred to, it could not be expected that he (the Noble Vis count) should concur in some of the expressions which had been used in the addresses. He felt, how ever, that it was highly gratifying to have been in strumental in aiding the cause of the patriotic Hun garians and Poles, who, without British intervention, would no doubt have been doomed to perpetual im prisonment, and sacrificed their freedom, if not their lives, in the cause of their country's independence.— (Hear, hear.) They never could have been rescued from the fate which awaited them, even by the aid which the Government of this country was enabled to afford, had not the Government been backed by public opinion here. There was no ques tion of the great moral power which the Government of this country had over foreign affairs so long as the Government were backed in the exercise of that power by the public opinion of the people. No doubt the moral power of the British Government was immense—more than people generally imagined —but it would be only effective so long as the people and the Government went together.—(Hear.) There could be no doubt but with regard to its Hungarian policy the Government had been backed by the people, as was instanced by the fact of the appeals which had been made from all quarters and from all the large towns and cities in the kingdom urging on the Government of this country interference in that important question. It was not necessary that Eng land should exercise a power with its armies, with its bayonets, or with its cannons. The moral power, where the Government was backed by the people, would do a great deal more. The moral power was greater than anything else, but even that could not he made effective unless the Government and people acted in unison. The Government, more especially the foreign department, were sometimes accused with keeping so much secrecy with regard to their transactions with foreign powers. It was said there ought not to be so much secrecy in diplo macy ; but, upon the same ground that men in the ordinary business transactions of life did not make public all the details of such transactions until the bargains in which they might be engaged were com pleted, so also was it necessary that the publication of the proceedings of diplomacy should be left to the judgment and discretion of that department of the Government, in order properly to transact the busi ness of the nation. The Noble Lord again said the reception of those addresses just read, and the general expression of approval of his conduct on the part of bis countrymen, afforded him unfeigned pleasure and gratification. Mr. SRAEN observed that he felt that the people of England had been hitherto somewhat lukewarm and callous as to the relations of this country with foreign questions ; but recent events, coupled with the cir cumstance that encouragement was held out to them by the Government that they should do so, would have the effect for the future of making them equally alive to foreign es to domestic subjects. Lord PALMERSTON remarked that one of the diffi culties in foreign affairs which was felt was from the fact of the great bulk of the people caring generally little about them. The Government had no desire to be urged on to war, although they were desirous of upholding the nationality of foreign countries. At the time when Hungarian affairs were agitating the world—he did not allude to recent demonstrations here, but those which led to the step oa the part of the Government—were the great demonstrations held in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, and all the great towns, as well as the metropolis. When forty or fifty addresses had reached him from all the great towns, he forwarded them to Sir Stratford Canning, to show him that it was not merely the wish of the Government, but the wish of the people, that he should interfere and prevent that, if possible, which other powers were demanding, and that it was only that circumstance which rendered the Government in a position to grant aid if it were needed. But the Sultan, to do him justice, was most willing to lend his aid, and co-operate with this country in carrying oat the wishes of the British Government.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time, however, a great deal of good generalship and judgment was required, and during the pending struggle a good deal of judicious bottle-holding was obliged to be brought into play. —(Hear, hear.) His Lordship having again ex pressed his gratification at these marks of confidence and approbation on the part of the people, The deputation withdrew, highly gratified with the warm reception they had received from the Noble Viscount. LIEUT. PIM'S SEARCH AFTER SIR JOHN Sir,—As the announcement of Lieutenant Pim's projected search after Franklin's expedition, by tra velling across Siberia this winter, and by afterwards exploring during two or three years the region to the north of Behring's Strait, was first made known through your journal, I now beg to state, for the in formation of the public, that Lord John Russell has complied with a request I made in the name of the Royal Geographical Society, and has granted the sum of 6001. to aid the special adventurous service of the gallant officer, adding these kind words :—" I trust he will not, in the ardour of his pursuit, risk unduly his own life. I heartily wish him success." This well-timed aid on the part of the First Minis ter of the Crown, not only prevents the necessity of any present appeal to the friends of Franklin for a subscription (which I know from numerous letters addressed to me would have been promptly contri buted), or of making further demands on the purse— alas ! I fear, too much exhausted—of a noble-minded woman, but will also give Lieut. Pim great moral support in Russia. It is known that the Emperor is deeply interested in procuring intelligence of the missing expedition, and has long ago given orders to obtain every in formation respecting it which could be procured from the natives of the northern coasts of Siberia. It may, therefore, be hoped that the more definite mis sion of our countryman who is well inured to the life of the Esquimaux, will be so countenanced by the authorities at St. Petersburgh as to enable him to carry out, with the Imperial assistance, a survey of the distant and mountainous lands first descried by the Russian navigator Wrangell, and since seen by Captain Kellett, of her Majesty's ship H e r a ld, b eyon d which it is supposed that Franklin's s hip s may have been frozen up. It is through such Imperial co-ope ration that we must look for success. Charged with dispatches by Lord Palmerston, and having obtained unlimited leave from the Admiralty, Lieutenant Pim proceeds on his journey to-morrow, and carries with him, I am sure, the prayer of thousands that his object may be attained. I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, RoDERIcic J. MURCUI6ON. 16, Belgrave-square, Nov. 18. LOLA 3.J0NT.E3.--.7iit informs us that the celebrated Lola Montes h as engaged (about two months since) the state cabins of the Humboldt steamer, which will leave Havre on the 20th instant, for the purpose of proceed ing to America to fulfil an engagement she ba , entered into with B arnum, under whose auspices Jenny proceeded to the United States. The engagement is, to dance in the Unit e d S tates, including Canada and California, for twelve m on th s, and to receive 32,0001. At the termina7 tien of the engagement, it is understood that this celebrated_ lady will pro ceed through the West India Islandssto4 l- „ a. vannah to South America, and from thence cross the Patine to china and ludic. MANCHESTER DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Baer,. Mr. Commissioner SKIRRow.) RE d. N. BATESON. , On the 711 instant, a meeting was held at the Bankruptcy Court, for the purpose of auditing the accounts of this bankrupt, who was a cotton spinner, near Rochdale. On the official assignee, Mr. Charles Lee, handing up his account to the Commissioner, his Honour refused to raceive it, alleging as his rea son that it w as not i n accordance with the rules and orders, esp ec i a ll y as regarded one item,—that of a payment, made by the official assignee, to the chief registrar, and that he had not made out and sent a debtor and creditor account to Mr. Harper, of Bury, the solicitor to the assignee. Mr. Lee stated that he had fully complied with the rules and orders, that he had duly rendered the ac count three days before the meetings, that they were approved and countersigned by Mr. Harper, that he had paid the chief registrar before the audit, and that he had produced the usual voucher for the payment. The COMMISSIONER refused to proceed to the audit, stating that the rules and orders had not been com plied with. He then adjourned the audit meeting until the 11th (Tuesday last), stating as the reason in the memorandum that Mr. Charles Lee, the official assignee, had not made out and sent in a debtor and creditor account, in the manner and form directed by the Lord Chancellor's order, No. IG, bearing date No vember 12, 1842 ; and that he had not paid the pz.r tentage to the chief registrar's account, as directed by Lord Chancellor Cottenham's order of May 31, 1850. On Tuesday last when the case was called on, Mr, Edward Bennett appeared with Mr. Harper as his agent. The Commissioner inquired whether the official assignee had rendered an amended account. The official assignee stated that he had not done so ; that the account he had forwarded to the solicitor was strictly regular, and he could not deviate from it. The COMMISSIONER intimated that in consequence of the official assignee not having rendered another account, he would not adopt the audit sheet handed to him at the previous meeting. Mr. Bennett strongly urged upon the Commis sioneri the " fix" the credit o rs would be placed n ; that their dividend, which would be a large one, would be stayed, and he begged that the Court would at any rate attend to them. The COMMISSIONER said that he deeply felt for the creditors, but he could not, and would not relax his determination; and he asked Mr. Bennett if he could suggest any course to meet the difficulty, inasmuch as he should most anxiously consider it. He again called upon Mr. Lee to furnish another account, which Mr. Lee declined to do, for his previous rea sons—that he had already done it in accordance with the rules and orders. Mr. Bennett suggested to the Commissioner that he should at once intimate what order he would make. He apprehended it would be to call upon Mr. Lee to pay the cost of the adjourned audit, and that if so, the whole question would be raised, and give the official assignee the power of appeal to the Lords Justices. The COMMISSIONER stated that such would be his course. The official assignee again declined offering any other account, inasmuch as all the items and vouchers had been examined by the registrar, according to the regular practice, and had been also approved by the solicitor to the trade assignee, and the audit-paper having been sworn to, was signed by him. Mr. Bennett trusted his Honour would make such an order forthwith, that the creditors should not be delayed, and that he would adjourn the audit. The CommissioNEn said he mde an order for the adjournment of the audit to the 27th of November, ordering that the official assignee should pay the cost of and attending the adjournment, and stating in the memorandum setting forth the reason of the adjourn ment— Such adjournment being in consequence of the said official assignee not having complied with the rules and orders as set forth in the memorandum of adjournment, and at this sitting requested the official assignee to make out the audit paper in manner and form described by the rules and orders, and " the Bankrupt Law Consoli dation Act, 1849," to which I especially called his atten tion, whereupon the said official assignee, instead of complying with my directions, stated in open court, " I have already done it on the seventh, and cannot do it again." Upon application being made to mo by Mr. Harper, solicitor to the assignees, for a further adjourn ment, the said official assignee stated in open court, " It is of no use adjourning; I can do no more." In order that the official assignee may appeal forthwith from my orders, which ho has undertaken to do. The meeting lasted nearly three hours. On Thursday, which was the day on which the dividend meeting was fixed, the matter again came before the Court. Mr. Heelis, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Mr. C. Lee, the official assignee. The COMMISSIONER stated that, in order that there might be no delay, he had drawn up his certificate to the Lords Justices, and it only wanted his signature. Any gentlemen who were present on the previous occasion might see with what anxiety, he might say with what submission, he had laboured to induce the officer of the court to do his duty He had waited for two hours to afford him the opportunity of doing so. When th© name of a gentleman of the first re spectability was mentioned, he waited for half an hour that he might come, being anxious himself to have the assistance of that gentleman, but nothing was done. He had made the order, and would not relax one iota of it. Mr. Bennett inquired what was to be done about the dividend meeting ? The COMMISSIONER said that the 187th section of the Act provided that no dividend should be declared until there had been an audit. He had adjourned the audit, ergo it was impossible to have a dividend, as it was against the law. He made the order adjourning the dividend from the 11th, in order that the officer of the Court might appeal to the Lords Justices, be undertaking to do so ; and, therefore, when he (the Commissioner) signed that order, be stated upon it the reason of the adjournment. Mr. Bennett asked to be allowed to see the order to which his Honour consented. The COMMISSIONER said it was perfectly useless any one addressing him to relax on the point of the order he bad made—all he should do would be to adjourn the dividend. Mr. Bennett asked whether his Honour considered that he had adjourned the last audit ? The COMMISSIONER said he had adjourned the audit from the last meeting to the 22d. He repeated that on the last occasion. Upon the name of Mr. Heelis being mentioned, he had sat in the court half an hour, in order that he might have his assistance, as well as that of the officer of the court; and he had waited in the precincts of the court until four o'clock, trusting that he would explain the matter. Mr. Heelis said that he was not aware that his Honour was waiting for him. The COMMISSIONER said that he thought it MS a matter of discretion for him to wait, that he might have Mr. Heelis's assistance ; but he should not have thought of mentioning that gentleman's name, had it not been mentioned to him first. Mr. Lee said that he had stated that he was only waiting for his Honour's order, to hand it to the solicitor. The COMMISSIONER said that the exhibit which waa presented to him on November 7, 1851, he had marked as exhibited, and put upon it the particular day on which it was exhibited, because he made a peremptory order to have it; but, instead of that being at first complied with, a great liberty was taken with the Court, by his order being brought back to him interlined with some pencil marks. He ordered these words to be taken out, and said he would know wby the order was not obeyed. If the order had not been obeyed, be should have considered the officer in con tempt of court, and should have proceeded according to law. Mr. Lee said the order had been obeyed. The COMMISSIONER, after stating how he had marked different papers relating to this matter, said that it was no use going further into the question. Great as was Mr. Heelis's influence with him, he i s g a h id t it in the kindest manner, he was afraid h e s h ould not be influenced on this occasion by anything he say. He repeated what he had before stated, that he should send the papers to th e L or d s ' Justices, and that show w ad t y o m dr r a . w u n es u i p ts th e s,s csoelritsiifitocarteto, the ehicc)ffili official a h isi ah g la n dd ee. It would then be for the Lords' J us ti ces to deal with the matte r . He should adjourn th e divi dendorder t. i‘ir u .t n hß t e i e l rne a na f after to aotshfkeet the e a h u ai d adiu r it o , and would state in th e -Honaoltirto allow the trade assignee to see the documents, as he would have to appear. The COMMISSIONE R said that the trade assignee might or might not have to that he should not have to chlaedarhteheant,piufrtshuesd,appear.appe appear, r .His It o w hj a e s o t q u w i a t : had whi e t h o appear . trade assignee would not have for h is a pp eal, t a h te e d g gentleman t m l e mode e n e o v f er p y ro f c a e c d il u it r y e anxiousnu delay that ea dividendcou r s e sh ; o h u o l i t be ee purs ued (the official which a sli ss h ieweg suggested ) sd had said, he durst say very wisely, cautiously, and consistently, that he should do nothing, because he might prejudice his appeal. lie (the Commissioner) assured him that he would not prejudice himself as to his appeal, but he did right in not taking his counsel. Mr. Lee was about to speak when the COMMISSIONER said—l do not require you to say anything. Mr. Lee—l wish to state my exact position. The COMMISSIONER—You will have an opportunity before the Lords Justices. Mr. Lee—His Honour has brought charges against me in open court before this large assembly. I ap peal to the different gentlemen. The COMMISSIONER (interrupting Mr. Lee)—You have nothing to do with it. Mr. Lee—Whether I have not a right to be heard. The COMMISSIONER —Th e law makes me master. I say you shall not be heard. Mr. Lee—l appeal to your Honour in reply to your observations. i nterrupting heheard A i l n r. re L pl e y e) ; I T hbegeCyone cue: pardon, isst oNen y (again onshall not I beg you will sit down. Mr. Lee resumed his seat. [The following has been handed to us by Mr. Charles Lee, the official assignee, as the remarks he intended to make when he was ordered by the Com missioner to sit down :—I am desirous of explaining to the profession and the public my position in the matter nowibefore the Court. So impbrtant is the office I have the honour to hold considered by the Legislature to be, that clauses in the Act of Parlia• ment, and rules and orders, have been specially framed for the guidance of the official assignees in the discharge of their responsible duties. In strict ac cordance then with these rules and orders, I made out end sent a debtor and creditor account to the solicitor to the assignees. I paid the percentage to the chief registrar's account, and the audit paper was in every respect complete and ready at the meeting of the 7th. That paper was examined, approved, and signed as correct, by the solicitor to the assignees, the vouchers were ticketed by the registrar, and I was sworn to it, as is the usual practice in this court. I submit most respectfully that it was the bounden duty of your Honour to have passed that audit on the 7th; and if the creditors are prevented for the present from receiving their dividends, it is from no &lilt or neg lect of mine, but with your Honour will the respon sibility rest.] The Coetens.siorien having explained to Mr. Heelis the letters which he had placed on the various papers which he was about to forw o ar fb d eHb to arei t n h g e fieni Lords Justices, k Mr. Ile eli zi e unp s te a hee i ers d i,opir t tu h r a cwp t is lwas satisfactory to him to now that this letter corresponded with that of the papers which he had sent to London on the previous thebeforeeyenninr evening, h m e f s to the the Commissioner and re presented, to have the matter brought point as expeditiously as might be, gt satisfaction w t h t 1 l e o t e , m both matter at under t t e to and to a on the previous even ing, therefore, he had sent the papers to London. The COMMISSIONER said that jar, Heelis had done quite right; and if there was an thing else which he might wish to have, he (the I gentleman Commissioner) would have great pleasure in furnishing_him with it, and do ing all he could to facilitate the settlement of the question. The matter then dropped.--M a nchester Gum.' TH" _E NEW LAW OF EVIDENCE. It is only a fortnight si nce th e A ct of Parliament icr admitting the evidence o f p ar ti es i n civil suits has come into operation, and though the time has been too short and the number of cases tried too small to admit of any very satisfactory inferences as to its probable working, we rally at any rate conclude that this law is destined to exercise, for good or for evil, a most important influence on the future administra tion of justice in this country. Hardly an action leas been tried in which one or both of the parties have not been examined, and the summings up of judges and verdicts of juries clearly show that the testimony of the parties has a tendency to throw into the shade the evidence of all other witnesses, to bring out the points in dispute with the greatest clearness and pre cision, and to concentrate attention on the conflicting statements of those best informed and most interested, instead of suffering it to wander over the evidence of a large number of less completely informed persons. The problem which the jury have to solve is made eitupler and more comprehensible by being thus con tracted into a smaller compass, though the decision may be more painful and the responsibility more heavy. Having carefully watched every case to which the new law has been applied, we are bound to say that we can find no instance in which the jury seem to have been misled in their estimate of the re lative weight of testimony or been drawn into a faulty conclusion by the artful misstatement of parties. The interest of such witnesses is admitted and allowed for, and their conflicting st a t ements h ave as yet presented no question which the common sense of our national tribunal has been unable to solve. In one respect, however, it is probable that the first working of the Act may have disappointed some of its more sanguine advocates. it cannot be doubted that the amount of perjury already com mitted under it has been considerable, and two learned judges have with great propriety directed prosecutions against two plaintiffs for statements flatly contradicted by the respective defendants and their witnesses, and disbelieved by the juries who tried the case. We have little doubt that if this virzorous method of treating such delinquents be per severed in the evil will be speedily abated, and that by discharging themselves the office of public prose cutor the judges will effectually put down this odious crime. Hitherto punishment of witnesses for perjury nos in a great measure been left to the discretion of private prosecutors, who have often used this power rather as a means of extorting terms from an adver eery than of furthering the ends of public justice. We trust that judges will awake to the necessity of guarding the purity of our courts, by taking upon themselves the responsibility of sending before juries any cases in which they may be satisfied that perjury has been committed ; and it will not be the least among the benefits of the new Act if it shall be the means of initiating so desirable a practice. As regards the cases of perjury in question, we neither consider them as impeaching the policy of the Act, nor are we surprised at their occurrence. It is the business of a Court of Justice to neglect no honourable or reasonable means of ascertaining the truth, and all rules of evidence which prevent its having recourse to such means are so many bulwarks to the wrongdoer and oppressor. But it is no part of the duty of a Court to avoid leading persons into temptation ; nay, it must prosecute every investiga tion of importance with a fall knowledge that by its inquiries it is holding out strong inducements to perjury, to forgery and subornation. Such things, unhappily,must be; but rights must not be with held nor wrongs unredressed because there are men whose consciences cannot pass through the searching ordeal with impunity. Abusus non tollit usum. A contrary doctrine would, if carried out logically, de stroy the possibility of proof, and, in order to spare the irresolute villain from temptation, would give full impunity to every species of fraud and violence. Perjury may be committed by ordinary wit nesses as well as by parties, and the danger of its occurrence is compensated by a far better in sight into the merits in the latter case than in the former. When it was shown that juries are con stantly deceived by these false statements, we admit that something will have been Made out against the law, but so long as they do not deceive, but only bring down punishment on those who make them, they rather serve to show the excellence of a system which is able to unveil and counteract such resolute attempts at delusion. We have said we are not surprised at the perjury that has occurred, because we sincerely believe that the present system of pleading in our courts in addi tion to all the other defects, has tendered to lower the morality of litigant parties, and to introduce a sys tem of solemn and authorized falsehood. It is, and always: has been, in the power of a plaintiff to place on the tiles of our courts of law and equity statements under the name of declaration or bill which may be utterly false, for the falsehood of which he is subject to no punishment or disgrace, which necessarily entail on his antagonist considerable expense, and by virtue of which Ile may succeed in the suit should the ali defendant nkde dmec, manner ractioetml deliberately is allowed commit state tee m d a i s a t t o a m k a e tnhye i n ft h l fsieesiel e nfe a tu d sc i o n el g se . In mnly s he p p u l e n a s e h s i.anntd, butf or this e tu m a a l y l p a r malpracticea reward e is th n e t sha l pe of delay and vexation to the plaintiff. It is h ard l y t o expectedalse thatsshould be e ucourts ablewhicha lat l tolerate onee pl eadings ut tbtie rly false to whom thi s scandalous licen se dacity has been granted evidence entirely true. To allow, and ev en encourage, parties to make false state ments before th e trial, and then to punish th em for supporti ng t h e statements at the trial by their oath, is to tempt men to crime by the bait of impunity in the fir s t i nstance. It is no long step from telling a s b t o a o f i n n from e o n n lie to swearing to it. The remedy for this is clearly h to require o equ f i r t e h t e h that parties es pleadings befo rethy sheoucladhbiemvreri fi eivdedby, andnt inducements not by tolerating f a lsehood to hold out uceme to perjury. the the the A i n n o e Another c aus e criminal prevalence l law. . perjury A pa r t i y s wilfully, and corruptly, and yet if may swear falsely, technically termed " ma his evidence be not what is ion involved in much technicali t y . ; this IS th e te of o f least t of the evil. Such a doctrine really preaches feria]," he cannot be convicted. Thus b is tthepro.secu the most scandalous immorality. It tells the witness that the law sees no objection to the violation of the obligation of an oath, however wilful, however ma licious, however calculated to influence the result, provided such false swearing does not come within certain technical rules. Who can expect a high tone of veracity in witnesses when the law itself thus preaches impunity to crime ? Abolish the absurd and most immoral distinction. and punish all wilful and corrupt false swearing alike. Something should also be done to make punishment more prompt. Why, when the judge is satisfied that perjury has been committed, should he not have the power, after the verdict in the civil case has been given, of calling upon the witness for his defence, and leaving the question of his guilt to the jury which has heard the perjury committed, s that punishment may immediately follow the transgression ? Such a power would forcibly remind men of the responsibility under which they speak, and, if discreetly exercised, would tend to sweep away much of the corruption which our faulty prosecution has engender e d.— system of pleading and , Times. HULL, Nov. 17.—The Vesta, from Newcastle to Hamburg)), foundered at the mouth of the Humber last night; crew caved.