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FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. THE BORNEO PIRATES. ADMILALTY, Nov. 27, 1845. Dispatches have been received at this office from Rear- Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the East India station, of which the following are copies or extracts : Agincourt, off Pulo Luboan, Coast of Borneo, 13th August, 1845. Sir,—l arrived off the river Brune (Borneo Proper) on the 6th instant. If their Lordships will be good enough to refer to a para graph towards the conclusion of the memorandum addressed to me by Mr. Brooke, under date the 3d July, 1845, they will find a statement of two natives of India having been detained as slaves in the capital itself for two years, continu ing under captivity in the presence of the British men-of war, and from which slavery they made their escape on board the Honourable East India Company's steam-vessel Phlegethon on her last visit there, only a few weeks since. Under such a glaring disregard of the understanding en tered into with the Sultan in respect of slavery, I felt, in conjunction with Mr. Brooke, that it would not be right to permit this transaction to pass without, in the first instance, holding the Sultan responsible for it, and Paugerau Beduru deen having stated that Paugerau Usop was the real of fender, everything should be kept quiet until my arrival at the capital ; on the following day I went with the steamers to visit this singular capital—or what is called city—being a miserable collection of bamboo houses, elevated upon piles, surrounded by water, except at low tide, when under many of them you perceive the bare mud; the poverty of the buildings being singularly and inexplicably contrasted with the manners, dresses, and deportment of the higher orders. I visited the Sultan with all due ceremony, and, by pre vious understanding with the Raja Muda Hassien and his brotbor Bedurudeen, the visit was entirely complimentary, bur after my departure on the 'same evening, and following morning, Mr. Brooke had several meetings with those per sons. The Sultan stated he was quite ready to punish Paugerau Usop if I would afford my assistance in accomplish ing it. It appeared that Usop (I suppose from conscious guilty concluded he was the object sought, and bad, on the day of my visit, told the Sultan that if called on to answer in the score of piracy, be would defend himself to the last. In answer to my address to the Sultan, I received the ac companying documents (Nos. 2 and 3), one calling for as sistance, the other for personal protection ; a subaltern's guard was accordingly sent to the Sultan's residence; and it was settled, through Mr. Brooke, that the Sultan should call on, [hop to present himself before him, unarmed, to an swer fer'his conduct, and if he did not do so, his residence was to be attacked. The Sultan's commands were accordingly conveyed to him, - which not having been replied to within a given time, a shot was fired over his house, to which he promptly re plied by a salvo from his battery, when a fire in earnest was opened upon him, and in a few minutes sent him and all his adherents off to the woods, and the marines landed and took possession of his house, where, among other things, twenty handsome brass guns, of various calibre, were found, and one hundred and fifty half barrels of gunpowder. The guns the Sultan requested me to keep; but reserving two of the smallest, for the purpose of sale, to produce funds to remunerate the two natives (now serving on board the Pluto) for their four years' captivity, I sent the remainder to the Sultan, with a message, through Mr. Brooke, to say, that we never accepted any remuneration for the protection of friends who were disposed faithfully to carry out the engage. ments they had entered into. I learn from Mr. Brooke, who has been in communication with Muda Hassin and his brother since the flight of Usop and destruction of his property, that the occurrence has given great confidence to the well• disposed party, and that it will equally depress Usop's adherents in the town, of whom there were not a few; and I look for a double result from his punishment, namely, that while it assures the legi timate Government of all proper support, they will equally perceive the rod that hangs over them should they be found wanting in their own conduct.—l have, &c. T. COCHRANE, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Agincourt, at Sea, in lat. 8 deg. 14 min. N., lon. 116 deg. 43 min. E., Aug. 26, 1845. Sir,—Following out the intentions referred to in my dis palch from Laboan (No. 142), of the 13th August, I left that anchorage on the 15th instant, and reached the northern end of Borneo on the 17th. Having heard from various sources that Serif Housman had, for the last twelvemonth, been making preparations against a probable attack, that he had strongly fortified one of the branches of a river in Malloodoo Bay, and was of a character, and supported by resolute adherents not likely to yield without a sharp struggle, I made correspond ing arrangements for attack, and having anchored the Agincourt and frigates in a safe position, in the hitherto little known tine bay of Malloodoo, I hoisted my flag on board the Vixen steam-sloop, and, attended by the Cruizer and Wolverine brigs, and the Honourable East India Com pany's steam-vessels Pluto and Nemesis, proceeded to the head of the bay, carrying deep water until within a couple of miles of the river's mouth, when the Vixen and brigs were obliged to anchor, and not far within them the Pluto, drawing only six feet, grounded on the bar. It being hopeless to attempt to make a further progress in these small vessels, I directed Captain Talbot, assisted by Acting Captain Lyster, and Commanders Fanshawe and Clifford, to take command of the gun and ether boats of the squadron, tilled with as many marines and small arm men as they could with propriety carry, and proceed up that branch of the Malloodoo, stated by the pilots to be in the occupation of Serif Housman ; and should their statements prove correct, to ascertain, as far as possible, the strength of his position, and amount of force, either attacking the Seriff on his refusal to surrender, should he feel equal to the enterprise, or falling back to some suitable position, while he communicated with me in the event of his not considering his force sufficient to guarantee his success. The accompanying letter and report from Captain Talbot will convey to their Lordships a gratifying narration of his success, and prove the soundness of my judgment in selecting this officer for the important duty confided to him. Their Lordships will not fail to unite with me in deep regret at the heavy loss we have incurred; but when the great strength of the position is referred to, and that the force was for one hour exposed to the steadily sustained fire of eleven heavy guns, within little more than 200 yards of our own position, it is rather astonishing than otherwise, and a source of thankfulness, the casualties were not more numerous.' Their Lordships will not fail to notice the valorous con duct of Acting Captain Lyster. and those immediately under him, upon this occasion ; who, undaunted by the fire with which they were assailed, steadily worked at a remarkably well-constructed boom for above an hour before he could effect an opening, and in the success of whose exertions mainly depended the advance of the force, who, in ignorance of any other inannerof approaching the f orts than by the river, could not be brought forward until this object was accom plished ; and while I feel persuaded their Lordships will be fully alive to such meritorious conduct, I deeply lament that death has removed from their Lordships' power of reward that promising young officer, Mr. Leonard Gibbard, mate of the Wolverine, who bravely worked by Captain Lyster's side; the wound he received on that occasion having, un fortunately for his country and his friends, proved fatal on the following day. I sent up the same evening a small detachment of gun-boats, under Commander Giffard, to burn such prahnes and boats, and parts of the forts or town, as might have remained not completely :destroyed, and to render unserviceable any iron guns, and to bring down with him any brass ord nance that might be there. Two or three chiefs are known to have fallen on the pre sent occasion, and there is every reason to believe that Seriff Housman, so formidable to all the neighbouring country, and whose valour was worthy of a better cause, is among the number slain ; at least I have certain inforthation that he was carried off badly wounded ; but, whether dead or living, I consider his influence to be en tirely annihilated, and his confederacy with various piratical chiefs in the Archipelago broken up, for his power as much depended upon his being the encourager of other piratical tribes, and their supplier with goods in exchange for slaves, as in the force naturally at his command. I may add that, among many other articles of European workman ship, a bell belonging to the ship Guilbelen Ludwig, of Bre men, was found in the town. This vessel was supposed to have been wrecked on the Garsi Isles about October or November last, but nothiug has been heard of the crew. I have, &C. THOS. COCHRANE, Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Her Majesty's steam •yessel Vixen, Mabode() Bfty, Aug. qO. Sir,—l have to report the proceedings of the expedition you did me the honour to place under my command., Your Excellency's flag having been flying on board the Vixen, you are aware of its progress to the anchorage at the lead of the Maloodoo Bay; I commence, therefore, the details from that period. The force,consisting of five hundred and thirty seamen and marines (the details of which I annex), conveyed in twenty four boats, of which nine were gun-boats, left the Vixen at 3 P.M. on the 18th inst., and, after some little difficulty in hitting on the channel, was anchored off the mouth of the Sonoy -boar, a little after sun-set. Here we were joined by a boat from the Pluto, carrying the Agincourt's field-piece. The tide serving, about eleven P.M., weighed, and, passing the bar, anchored within it; at daylight, on the 19th, we proceeded up the river in two divisions ; after proceeding about two miles, I was inforthed by the Brune pilots we were nearing the town. I therefore went ahead. with Captain Lyater to reconnoitre. On coming to an abrupt turn in the river, Wont three miles higher, we found ourselves suddenly in front of the position, which consisted of two stockaded forts, of eight and three guns each, commanding the reach. About two hundred yards below the forts was a boom across the river, apparently well constructed. The forts appeared to us to stand on a tongue of land, from which we were separated by the river, which at that point divided into two branches, and the pilots declared such to be the case; that turn ing to the right we observed was still further defended by a floating battery. There appeared, therefore, to be no means of carrying the position but by forcing the boom. On rejoining the force, arrangements were made for the gun-boats to advance to the boom, to cover the party ap poieted to cut through it, the remainder of the force to hold themselves to act when ordered. We had approached the boom to within one hundred yards, when a flag of truce was observed to be coming towards us. Conceiving the object of the eunelmsAy.Las merely to gain time, I sent back a message, " that ,liff,_Osman came to me in half an hour, I should This being conveyed to the fort, the flag re tirneenedfi6with an offer to admit me with two boats, that I might visit the Seriff. I declined, and the flag retired : the moment it was clear of the line of fire, the three-gun bat tery opened, and the cannona de became general on both sides. 'the boom was composed of two large-sided trees, each sup porting a chain cable, equal to te n or twelve inches, firmly b o lted and secured round the tru nk of a to trepea pass, but t cl w i bank as iim passible .; a cut in the right bank allowed a canoe passible to any of eur boats. One hour nearly elapsed before we could in an y way remove the obstacle, during which time the fire of the w ell sustained, all the guns being laid f or the bootn e en . ern f need h a rdly mention it was briskly returned from ourseboth from guns and small arms; a nd some rocket s , well y a part which had been landed on the right bank, p ap_ thr own eared to produce considerable effect. As soon as the passage was open for the smaller boat s they passed through rapidly , and embark ed the marines s from the large boats across the boom ; ultimately, the whole force ps used through. The enemy immediately quitted their d e _ fences, and fled in every direction. The marines and small arm men having cleared the town, the marines were formed as a covering party, and parties of seamen were pushed up both banks of the river, but met with no opposition; at the same time preparations were made forspiking the guns and destroying the stockade and town ; in a short time these were completed, and the whole town in flames, as well as three large proas, and several smaller ones. Being anxious to save the tide, and conceiving that the abject contemplated by your Excellency was accomplished, I ordered the force to be re-embarked, and proceeded down the river to the Vixen. When your Excellency considers the strength of the „elittaY'a paktlon and the obvious state of preparation in k) which we-round 9 him, you will be prepared to learn that this service has not been performed without considerable loss. I regret very much to state it at six killed and fifteen igotinded ; the lots on the part of the enemy was, unques- . 1 4 - I'7" 1/::1 elt, i o \zi_ *I II ~~ f ., '""''. tionably, very great, but the surrounding jungle afforded the enemy the means of carrying away their dead, according to their custom in such cases. Nevertheless, some of those left on the field we recognised as persons of considerable influence. Whilst I record my admiration of the gallantry and steadi ness of the whole force under a galling fire, sustained for a long period, I must particularly mention Captain Lyster, who directed his attention to the boom, and by whose personal ex ertions that obstacle was overcome. Mr. Gibbard, mate of her Majesty's ship Wolverine, was, I grieve to say, mortally wounded by an early shot, when gal lantly working at the boom with an axe. I beg leave to point out to your Excellency the conduct of Mr. Williamson, Malay interpreter to Mr. Brooke; he was with me during the attack, and was exposed to the whole of the fire —I have, Esc., CHARLES TALBOT, Captain. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, C. 8., Command er- in -Chief. Detail of the Naval Force employed in the Attack on and the Destruction of Maloodoo, under the command of Captain Charles Talbot, H.M. Ship Vestal, on the 19th day of August, 1845. Her Majesty's ship Agincourt's (gig), Captain Lister; Mr. Cresswell, mid. • 1 petty officer and 5 seamen. Gun-Boat (launch ), Lieut. Lowther; Mr. Whepple, assist ant surgeon ; Mr. Burnaby, mid. ; Mr. Barton, mid.; I petty officer and 18 seamen: Gun-Boat (barge), Lieut. Paynter ; Mr. May, mate; Mr. Patrick, assistant-surgeon ; 1 petty officer and 14 seamen. (Pinnace, with rockets), Mr. Reeve, mate ; 3 petty officers and 18 seamen. (Cutter), Mr. Simcoe, mid. ; 11 seamen. (sun-Boat, manned from Agincourt, Hon. East India Com pany's steam-vessel Nemesis, with Ist company small armed men (Ist cutter), Lieut. Reid ; Mr. Hathom, mid. ; 1 petty officer and 10 seamen. Gun-Boat (2d cutter), Mr. Young, mate ; 1 petty officer and 10 seamen. Gun-Boat, with Agincourt's field piece men, Pluto's (cutter), Lieut. Heard ; 2 petty officers and 13 men. Her Majesty's ship Vestal's (barge), Lieut. Morritt, senior lieutenant ; gun boat, Mr. Pym, second master ; 1 petty officer and 13 seamen. (Pinnace), Lieut. Pasco ; Mr. Ward, assistant-surgeon ; Mr. Sanders, mid. ; 1 petty officer and 13 men. Her Majesty's ship Vestal's, gun-boat (cutter), Mr4Durbin, mate; 11 seamen; (gig), Mr. Ecles, clerk; 5 seamen. Her Majesty's ship Daedalus, gun-boat (launch), Mr. Wilki nson, second master ; 1 petty officer and 18 seamen ; (barge), Lieutenant Randolph, sen. lieut.; Mr. Huxham, mid. ; 2 petty officers and 17 seamen ; (pinnace), Mr. Nol loth, mate ; Mr. Balcomb, mid.; 1 petty officer and 12 seamen ; (cutter), Mr. Protheroe, mid. ; 1 - petty officer and 8 seamen. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Vixen's, gun-boat (pinnace),. Lieut. Wilcox, sen. lieut.; Mr. Dent, mate; 1 petty officer and 15 men; (Ist cutter), Mr. W. Sainsbury, mid.; 9 seamen ; (2d cutter), Lieut. Bonham ; 11 seamen. Her Majesty's sloop Crnizer's, gun-boat (pinnace), Lieut. Rodney, sen. lieut.; Mr. Cotter, mid. ; .1 petty officer and 12 men; (gig), Commander Fanshawe ; 1 petty officer and 4 seamen; (cutter), Mr. Tuke, mid.; 1 petty officer and 8 seamen. Her Majesty's sloop Wolverine's (pinnace), Lieut. Hillier, sen. lieut.; Mr. Johnson, mid. ; 1 petty officer and 12 seamen ; (gig), Commander Clifford ; 1 petty officer and 4 seamen; (cutter), Mr. Gibbard, mate; 1 petty officet and 4 men. Abstract of the foregoing Detail. Agincourt—officers, 15 ; petty officers, 10 ; seamen, 99. Total 124. Vestal—officers, 8 ; petty officers, 2; seamen, 42.—Total 52. Daedalus—officers, 6 ; petty officers, 5 ; seamen 55. Total 66. Vixen—officers, 4 ; petty officers, I ; seamen, 35. Total 40. Cruizer—officers, 4 ; petty officers, 3 ; seamen, 24. Total 31. Wolverine—officers, 4 ; petty officers, 3 ; seamen, 24. Total 31. Grand Total—officers, 44 ; petty officers, 24 ; seamen, 279.—T0ta1, 344. Royal Marines Employed. Captain Hawkins, H.M.S. Agincourt. Lieutenant Hambly, H.M.S. Daedalus. Lieutenant Dyer, H.M.S. Vestal. Lieutenant Kennedy, H.M.S. Agincourt. Lieutenant Mansell, H.M.S. Agincourt. 8 sergeants, 8 corporals, 3 fifers, 178 privates. Abstract. Captain, 1; Lieutenants, 4; Sergeants, 8 ; Corporals, 8; Fifers, 3 ; Privates, 178—Total, 202. Total number of seamen, 344 ; marines, 202. Grand total, 546. CHARLES TALBOT, Captain, H.M.S. Vestal. Return of Killed and Wounded in the Boats of the Squadron employed in the Attack on Maloodoo, August 19, 1845. H.M.S. Agincourt. Killed-2 seamen ; 2 royal marines. Wounded—Lieut. Thos. Heard (supernumerary belonging to the Semarang), slightly; 2 seamen, severely; 1 marine, slightly. H.M.S. Vestal. Killed-1 royal marine. Wounded—Mr. Pym, second master, badly; I royal marine, slightly. H.M.S. Dndalus. Killed—ncne. Wounded-2 seamen, dangerously. H.M. Steam-vessel Vixen. Killed—none. Wounded-1 seaman, severely; 1 seaman, slightly; 1 stoker, slightly. H.M. Brig Cruizer. Killed—none. Wounded-2 seamen, slightly. H.M. Brig Wolverine. Killed—none. Wounded—Mr. Leonard Gilbard, mate, dangerously ; 1 royal marine, severely. Killed—Total 6. Wounded—Total 15. _ D. A. WHIPPLE, Assistant-Surgeon, H.M.S. Agincourt, and Senior Medical officer of the Fiirce employed. WHITEHALL, Nov. 26, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to present the Venerable Wil liam Rowe Lyall, M.A., to the place and dignity of Dean of her Majesty's metropolitical church of Canterbury, void by the translation of the Hon. and Right Rev. Father in God Richard Bishop of Oxford, late Dean of the said metropoliti cal church, to the see of Bath and Wells. WHITEHALL, Nov. 27. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Rev. William Buckland, D.D., to be Dean of the col legiate church of St. Peter, Westminster, void by the pro motion of Dr. Samuel Wilberforce, late Dean thereof, to the Bishopric of Oxford. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas Walpole, M.A., to the rectory of Alverstoke, in the county of Hants and diocese of Winchester, the same being void by the promotion of Dr. Samuel Wilberforce to the Bishopric of Oxford. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 28. . _ 4th Dragoon Guards—Ensign T. B. Williams, from 59th Foot, to be Cornet, vice J. S. I'. Clarke, appointed to 59th Foot, Noy. 28. sth Dragoon Guards—Cornet J. Henley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir W. H. Don, Bart., whe retires ; Ensign H. Peard, from 69th Poot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henley, Nov. 28. 6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet S. J. Morton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord A. Churchill, who retires; T. Hey wood, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Morton, Nov. 28. 17th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. I. Anderton to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Lindow, who retires; W. H. K. Erskine, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Anderton, Nov. 28. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards--Captain R. Younghusband, from half-pay 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice the Hon. W. H. Leicester. deceased ; En sign and Lieutenant J. G. H. Visco un t St o pf or d, t o b e Lieu tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Younghusband, who retires ; Second Lieutenant F. A. Thesiger, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Stopford, Nov. 28. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut.-Col. G. Tuite, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice F. H. Turner, who exchanges; Lieut. and Capt. F. H. G. Seymotir, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Tuite, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart., to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase % vice Sey mour; Second Lieut. Lord A. F. C. W. Vane, G•om the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by rtechase, vice Sir A. IC Macdonald, Nov. 28. 4th Foot—Ensign A. V. D. Harri, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glazbrook, who - retires; J. R. Lovett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harris, Nov. 28. 6th Foot—Lieut. R. Peel to be Captain, by purchase, vice Home, who retires ; Ensign T. H. Somerville to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Q. A. H. Chichester, who retires, Nov. 28 ; Ensign G. Armytage to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Peel, Nov. ; Ensign R. Thompson, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Somerville, Nov. 28 ; Hon. H. L. B. Rowley to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Armytage, Nov. 29. 16th Foot— Ensign A. C. M‘Barnet to be Lieutenant, without purchase, *vice Dickenson, who retires ; W. S. Loder, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Barnet, Nov. 28. 31st Foot—Ensign and Quartermaster J. A. Hickson, from the 73d foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice C. T. Oormick, dismissed the service by the sentence of a General Court. martial, Nov. 28. 46th Foot-4. Crymes, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, appointed to the 6th Foot, Nov. 28. 56th Foot—H. J. Tolcher, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Spedding, who retires, Nov. 28. 59th Foot—Cornet J. S. P. Clarke, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign, vice Williams, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards, Nov. 28. 69th Foot—W. S. Milner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peard, appointed to the sth Dragoon Guards,Nov. 28. 73d Foot—Quartermaster Serjeant J. Carson to be Quar termaster, vice Hickson, promoted in the 31st Foot, Nov. 28. 78th Foot—Serjeant Major T. Walsh, from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase,vice T. Collingwood, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-martial, Nov. 28. Rifle Brigade—J. E. Boileau, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord A. Vane, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, Nov. 28 ; the Hon. L. Curzon to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thesiger, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, Nov. 29. STAFF.—Major G. C. Mundy, on half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the troops serving in New South Wales, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, Nov. 28: BREVET.—Capt. R. Younghusband, of the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards,_ to be Major in the army, July 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia—Major J. Paine to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. 11. Willard, deceased, Nov. 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Second Regiment of Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—A. T. Knight, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 25. DECLARATIOST OF INSOLVENCY. Charles Scriven, farmer, Speen, Berkshire. BANKRUPTS. Lucy Long and Ann Bayley Smith, private boarding house-keepers, Charterhouse• square, to surrender Dec. 12, at eleven, and Jan. 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hindmarsh and Son, Jewin-crescent, Cripplegate. Thomas M'Laren Forrester, woollen factor, Gresbam,street, City, Dec. 12, at half-past two, and Jan. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury Andrew Palmer, druggist, Feltwell, Norfolk, Dec. 9, at twelve, and Jan. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Isaacson and Martyr, Norfolk-street, Strand. Henry Robinson, sharebroker, Copthall-chambers, Cop thall-court, Dec. 9, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street ; Spiller, Camomile-street. George Bond, licensed victualler, Epsom, Dec. 3, at half past one, and Jan. 7, at two at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dell, o ffi cial assignee, C oleman -street-buildings ; Pile, Castle street, Holborn. Thomas Ellis, bootmaker, Wisbeeb St. Peters, Cambridge shire,Dec. 9, at half-past one, and J an . 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official Basing. hall-street ; Fladgate and Co., Essex.weetc.g.t'4ll7 Thoinaa Snaith and George Snaith; ironmongers, Bishop Auckland, Durham, Dec. 11, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 14. at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry, London. Mark Cooke, builder, Denton, Lancashire, Dec. 10 and Jan. 7, at twelve, at/the Manchester Dist r i c t Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Clarke, Medcalf, and Gray, Lincoln's Inn- fields, London ; Brooks, Ashton-under-Lyne. George Atkins, brewer, Liverpool, Dec. 12, at twelve, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, London-wall ; Dodge, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British Possessions in America, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the 25th day of No vember, 1845, is 345. 4 3 4 d. per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 28. Oil Sings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DBIIMAIi and Common Juries.) COBB s. SAVILLE. This was an action by the proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Brighton, against the defendant, who was lessee for a period of three years, and it sought to recover about 401. for alleged breaches of certain covenants in the lease. The lease was dated in 1841, and expired 13th April, 1844, at a yearly rent of 4001., and the breach complained of was neglect in keep ing the theatre itself, and the properties belonging to it, in proper and sufficient repair, as covenanted in the lease. Counsel for the defendant maintained that he gave up the theatre and properties in a much better condition than he had received them in, having expended a considerable sum out of his own pocket in repairs and embellishments. A great number of witnesses were examined on both sides as to this point, but the evidence was of a most contradictory character. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury returned a ♦erdict for the defendant. IjitEL.-HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. MATHEW TRENDEn PEARSON. This was an action for libel brought by the Duke of Bruns wick against the present proprietor of the Satirist, and the Duke to-day appeared in Court and conducted his case in person, in a Court unusually crowded. The proprietor of the Satirist was defended by ➢ir. Cock burn, Q.C., and Mr. Hugh Hill. The Duke opened his case by stating that he had, during the greater part of the ten years that he had been in this country, been assailed by the Satirist newspaper with charges of the most libellous and calumnious nature, and that feeling their object was only to intimidate him and induce him to purchase examptions (corn this sort of persecution by giving to the libeller of his life and conduct money, he had deter mined to prosecute the editor. There were two allegations of libel in the declaration. The first was, that the defendant had published on the 3d of November, 1844, a libel in the fol- I lowing words _ " Our Old Reader, who dates his letter from Charing-cross, is assured that Mr. Gregory is better than, under the merci less and unmerited persecution which he has experienced, we could be led to hope. He has been sustained under his savage and unchristian' treatment by mental energy alone, and we mistake much if he will not have abundance of energy left to make his enemies quail, be they the worthless occu pants of great houses, or the grovelling dabblers in legal filth. We understand it is the intention of Mr. Gregory to give to the world a statement of all the facts in connexion with this extraordinary case—extraordinary as being from its commencement sustained in strong truth—extraordinary from the legal injustice which has been done him, and most extraordinary from the worse than' Bastile' treatment to which he has been subjected under the tyrant sway of judicial and Tory despotism. Mr. Gregory will be much gratified, we are sure, by the generous and manly expressions contained in the letter of An Old Reader,' and we shall take the earliest op portunity, after the termination of his unjust sentence, of lay ing the letter before him. _ I. ‘ Several correspondents have expressed a doubt on the subject of the statement made last week of an attempt on the life of the Duke of Brunswick, grounding their suspi cion on the improbability of some of the details. Many things, however, seem improbable, which, nevertheless, are found to be based on truth, and this, we believe, is one one of them, and, with reference to the apparent anxiety for the con cealment of the facts, it would not be difficult to assign very plausible reasons for such a course, especially when it is pos sible that the ends of justice may, by that means be best answered. We did not, our readers may be sure, publish the statement in question on light grounds ; and even those who are most sceptical on the subject may, if they take the trouble to make a little inquiry, easily learn that a rumour of the leading facts was in circuletion for several days before we gave it the additional publicity of our columns." The second allegation of libel was upon a passage which sub sequently appeared in the Satirist, relative to the examine nation of T. H. locker, before the magistrate, at Marylebone Police-office, when locker was charged with the murder of James. Delarue, upon which occasion the noble plaintiff ob tained a seat on the bench by permission of the magistrate, to witness the proceed2ings. The libel ran in these words : " CONGENIALTAT.—The Duke of Brunswick, the papers tell us, was acce*.nmodated with a seat on the bench at Mary lebone Pe:ace-office, on the examination of the alleged mur derer, clocker. The journals do not add whether his Sere nity,took a pinch of snuff with the prisoner, who, it is stated, handed his box about in the most affable mannerimaginable." The plaintiff's complaint was that the defendant had by these last-mentioned libels, or writings, attempted to cause it to be believed that the libels for which the plaintiff had successfully prosecuted Gregory were in fact not libels, but were true. The necessary documents to prove the liability of the de fendant as the proprietor of the paper called the Satirist, were then put in by Mr. Fred. Harrison. An officer from the Central Criminal Court produced an examined copy of the conviction of Hocker at the Central Criminal Court. Lord DENMAN observed, it was admitted on the record by Gregory's conviction, that he had charged the plaintiff with the murder of Eliza Grimwood. Edward Scott, the policeman, who had taken up locker to the police-office, said he saw the Duke at the examination. Cross-examined—There were many persons present ; some on the bench as spectators. P. Fell, from Marylebone Police-office, saw on the bench but Lord Mountford and the Duke upon the 4th of ➢larch, the second examination. Baron Audlau, late equerry to the Duke, believed the two paragraphs relative to the murder of Eliza Grimwood and the Duke offßrunswick were put in juxtaposition purposely in the Satirist of 10th November, and he thought the impu tation was, that the Duke was accused in some quarter of being accessory to it. The Duke stated that was his case. Mr. COCKBURN, QC, began by , expressing his astonish ment and his pity at the exhibition which the had just witnessed on the part of the noble and distinguished plain. tiff, who had gone so far out of his way to tell the Court and jury who he was, and what was his station. He could not see what could be the reason why he had thus put himself forward as his own advocate, or why the case might not have been left in the ordinary way to one of the learned profession. The only motive he could conjecture for this was, that the plaintiff expected and hoped, by appearing thus in person. that he would by his rank and connexion effect that which proved to be the great object of his life—namely, the putting down and crushing of the Satirist newspaper. fie thought he would, however, be able to show that there never was a person of his high station who had so forgotten his own dignity; nor was there ever a more trumpery case brought into court o: rien that on which they were then engaged; and if so, he was sure the jury would not forget what was due to a ;erson so ar raigned and so circumstanced. Whilst the Vtaintiff talked of protecting himself, he (the learned cotttisel) thought that the plaintiff had sought by this mea of proceeding to put money in his pocket ; a.nd he now, perhaps, could divine the reason why he pr , :ierred advocating his own cause in Pe counsel. He must have b een i n d uce d to person rather thus because bs sei lie could not otherwise secure to himself an opportunity fcr displaying that rancorous and vindictive feeling which characterised his present conduct, and which blindly car:tad his animosity to the extreme, in the hope to crush, as if it had been an active responsible agent, an ina nimate paper, whoever might happen to be connected with it. The plaintiff certainly had a right to come there when aSsalled by a newspaper slanderer, and defend himself, and seek redress by filing a criminal information against him. He had come in that way into Court to repel the charges of Barnard Gregory once and twice, and convicted, perhaps ruined the libeller for ever ; certainly had driven him from the paper. (Here the Duke expressed his dissent.) One would have thought that, wrapped up in the mantle of innocence so clearly established, he could have afforded to say to the defendant, " I will treat you with the scorn you deserve if you reiterate accusations disproved by a decision of a jury in the Court of Queen's Bench, where my character has been fully vindicated in the highest court of justice in this free country. I have brought my defamer to justice, and lam content." This, he should have thought, would have been the attitude such a plaintiff might have safely assumed. But not so thought the plaintiff; for instead of proceeding criminally against him, instead of purging him- self of the imputed crime by his own oath, he stood here to day a noble and illustrious plaintiff seeking by the verdict of a jury, to put a few paltry pounds—happily a few paltry pence —in his illustrious pockets out of the proceeds of this most pitiful and contemptible newspaper. Did the plaintiff, by pro ceeding in this way, seek to offer the defendant an oppor tunity to prove the truth of the alleged libel ?—(" Yes," in terrupted the Duke, "that is what it is.") Mr. Cockburn continued—lt was not so; that was not what the plaintiff sought, and he could and would prove it was not what he sought. There could be little doubt that if the .jury should give the Duke 40s. dama ges t o -d a y, th e y would hear to morrow that his attorney had commenced another action on his own private account. He trusted that the jury, whilst generously disposed to protect a foreigner against any unjust attack by fellow-subjects, would weigh nicely in the balance the amount of offence offered as well as the atonement, an„; by giving the lowest p oss ibl e co i n i n d amages , if da: deges they must award, chuck the vindictive feelings of 4 ,:ne prose cutor, and rescue a eomparatively poor and weak party from the grasp of his w ou ld-b e o pp ressor . Mr. Henry Crocker, attorney for th'.. defendant, had called upon the Duke's attorney, Mr. G'aeffe, when there was a conversation, upon the contents of a paragraph in the Satirist of the 9th of March last, and upon a second paragraph in the same paper. The Duke's attorney said the actions had been brouglit because the Duke considered it was a libel. There were three actions commenced at once, and on the next day of 'publication there was a paragraph inserted in the Satirist, disclaiming, on the part of the editor and proprietor, any in tention to mix the Duke up with the offender Hooker or his propensities. And, previously to the trial, the defendant had been served by the Duke's attorney with notice that a copy of the paper containing that disavowal of all such intention, would be produced at the trial. The three writs were all issued on the same day. The Duke of Brunswick replied, disclaiming all desire to reap pecuniary benefit from a verdict. The Learned .JUDGE summed up the evidence with great care and impartiality. If the jury thought the inuendoes pointed to the plaintiff, this was a case of malice and not of mistake, and therefore not contemplated by the statute passed to protect publishers of a newspaper, who, without malice, published a libel upon a party who brought his action. Upon the whole, he would put the case to the jury upon the plain intelligible ground of making the complainant's case their own, and deciding accordingly. The jury retired for nearly half an hour, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff, w ith a farthing da mages. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. Yesterday George Gamble, 31, watchmaker, and Adolphus William Bodill, 31, traveller, were charged, the former with stealing eight watches, value 1001., the property of John French, and the latter with felo niously receiving the same, well knowing that they had been stolen. In addition to this indictment there were live others against the prisoners, the whole amount of the property stolen being in value above 1,0004 The case occupied the Court a con siderable time, but it will be more easily understood in the form of a narrative than if the evidence were given in detail. It appeared that the prosecutor carries on a very extensive business as a watch and chronometer maker in Cornhill, and the prisoner Gamble had been in his service as foreman, and acted in a confidential capacity for several years, but on. the 16th October, in cbnsequence of some circumstances that had come to the knowledge of Mr. French, he was discharged, but at this time it would appear that no direct suspicion was entertained against him. Almost immediately afterwards, however, some further information was received which led to the prisoner Gamble being apprehended at the Waterford Arms, in the Haymarket, by Hall, a sergeant of the C divi sion ; and upon his telling him that he was charged with rob bing his master, Mr. French, he said that it was all over with him, and that there was nothing before him but transporta tion. So far as this prisoner was concerned, there did not appear to be any doubt of his guilt, for after be was in cus tody, he sent for the brother of the prosecutor, Mr. Wm. French, and told him he admitted his guilt, and expressed his deep regret for his conduct, stating, at the same time, that he had given a great number of watches to the prisoner Bo dill and another person, whose name he mentioned, for the purpose of being pawned, and he declared that neither of those persons ever gave him either the duplicates or any share of the proceeds. He also stated that be had repeatedly applied to Bodell to give him the duplicates, as he intended to redeem the property, but that he would not do so, and that he bad threatened to expose him to his master if he did not take more property; and this had led him to commit further depredations. The prisoner Gamble, in addition to this, also told Mr. French that he should never have committed the rob beries if it had not been for the solicitations of the prisoner Bodill, who had suggested that they should open gaming rooms at a house in Manton-street, Haymarket, for the pur pose of playing at French hazard, as a means of making money, and that this scheme was tried. The evidence against the other prisoner, Bodill, was of an equally cogent charac ter. It appeared that in consequence of information which had been received by the police in reference to the robbery, a sergeant of the C division, named Gray, went to the shop of Mr. Rochford, a pawnbroker in Brewer-street, who ap peared to have acted in a most creditable and proper manner in the transaction, giving all the information in his power tending to convict the guilty parties ; and the sergeant then found the prisoner Bodill, who was at the time dealing with two gold watches that had formed part of the stolen property. Upon questioning him, Bodill informed the sergeant that he knew Gamble, and said that he had seen him shortly before, and that he had an appointment to meet him at five o'clock in the City. The sergeant then told him that he should take him into custody upon the charge of being concerned in the robbery of watches from Mr. French ; and upon search ing him he found no fewer than one hundred and ten duplicates, all referring to watches that had been pledged, the amount advanced upon them being over 7001. In addition to this, it was proved that the prisoner Bodill had been in the habit of visiting Gamble at Mr. French's, and that they were on intimate terms ; and it was likewise shown that apartments had been engaged in Pan ton-street for their joint use, and, as there was very little d , ,ubt, for the purpose referred to in the statement made by Gamble to Mr. French. The watches, which formed the subject of the present indictment, were produced by the pawnbroker with whom they were pledged, and they were clearly identified as being either the actual property of the prosecutor, or as belonging to customers, and for which he was, of course, legally responsible. Mr. DOA_NE, on behalf of the principal, did not attempt to set up any defence, and said that he was merely instructed by the friends of Gamble to watch the evidence, and see that the charge was legally substantiated. Having done this, he had no further observations to offer, than to state that the prisoner appeared to have made all the reparation in his power by confessing his guilt, and assisting in the recovery of the property. Mr. CLARKsos addressed the jury on behalf of Bodill, and called some witnesse who gave him a good character. Mr. Justice ComiAN having summed up, The jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a ver dict of Guilty against both prisoners. Upon their being called up for judgment, the prisoner Gamble declared that he had been dragged into the commis sion of the offence in consequence of his being surrounded by a nest of gamblers and swindlers. Mr. Justice COLTMAN, on passing sentence, said he was in clined to believe the statement of the prisoner Gamble, and he thought it very probable that he had been led to commit the offence by the solicitations of the other prisoner. That, however, was no excuse or mitigation for his conduct, but merely made the offence of the other prisoner of a worse cha racter. He then sentenced Gamble to be transported for ten years, and Bodill for fourteen years. Mr. BODKIN said there were six indictments against the prisoners, and as it would not be necessary to proceed with the whole of them, he applied to the Court to order that the whole of the property which formed the subject of those in dictments, and - which had been identified, should be delivered up to the prosecutor. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said he saw no objection to this course, and the property, consisting of valuable gold and silver watches, was accordingly ordered to be given up to Mr. French. John Williams and Robert Waywood, who were convicted at the September Sessions, were then placed at the bar. It will be recollected that the prisoner Waywood was charged with stealing a quantity of tea, the property of his employers, and the other prisoner was charged with feloni ously receiving the property. Waywood pleaded guilty, and was afterwards called as a witness, and an objection being taken by counsel as to the admissibility of his evidence under such circumstances, judgment was respited, and the prisoners were now brought up to hear the decision of the Judges. iii. Justice CoLrmAikt, after having briefly alluded to the circumstances, said the Judges were of opinion that the evi dence was legally admissible, and that the Recorder, who tried the case, was justified in law in examining the witness, and the conviction must therefore stand. The RECORDER then passed sentence, and said that the offence of the prisoner Williams was of a very serious tbaracter. It appeared, that being himself a d;,aler in tea, he bad been in the habit of going about with a horse and cart, and receiving property of that description from persons who had plundered their employers of it. He considered his was a very aggravated case, and, therefore, he felt it his duty to pass upon him the extreme penalty of the law, which was that he be transported beyond the seas for fourteen years. With regard to the other prisoner, the sentence upon him was, that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William Harding and Thomas Jones, notorious members of the thieving fraternity, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed Mr. R. V. W. Williams, of a pocket-book containing property to a very large amount. Mr. Robinson attended for Jones. Mr. Williams stated that he is a solicitor, and that he car ries on business at 3, Paper-buildings, Temple. That on Thursday, at about half-past one o'clock, be was returning from Masterman's bank, where he had received some bank notes, which he had placed in his pocket-book, and deposited in his inside coat-pocket, and that on his return to his cham bers, in about an hour, he missed his pocket-book. He had passed through Cheapside, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Bois verie-street, to the Temple. That he had a bundle of letters in his pocket, and at the top of Bucklersbury, in Cheapside, he fancied he had his pocket touched, but upon feeling his pocket and finding hi s b undle o f letters safe, he conc l uded that his pocket-b oo k with its contents, was also secure. The pocket-b oo k w hi c h he afterwards ascertained he had lost, had at the time nine 101. Bank of England notes, three Si. Bank of England notes, two orders for the payment of .t,OOOl, each, an order for 5001., an order for 501., and several bills of exchange, which were overdue, and had been paid. Mr. Thomas Brand, cashier at Masterman's bank, stated that at about one o'clock on Thursday he paid to Mr. Wil liams, the prosecutor, the nine 101. Bank of England notes produced, and the two 5/. Bank of England notes. John Coram (policeman 403) stated that at half-past one o'clock, in consequence of information which he received that a gentleman's pocket had been picked, he went across the street in Cheapside and looked down Gutter-lane, and saw the prisoner Harding with both his hands in his pockets. Witness followed him down the lane. The prisoner turned his head round and witness knew him. The prisoner then began to run, and witness cried out "Stop him," and pur sued. The prisoner ran as far as Goldsmith-street, across Wood-street, through Mitre-court, and back through Russia row, where witness saw him take a pocket-book out of his pocket and hold it in his hand. The prisoner turned the corner into a court, and witness gave him the double and ran round to the end of another court, met him, took him into custody, and asked him where the pocket-book was. At that moment a boy came to witness and handed him the hook, which was identified by Mr. Williams, and contained all the property described. George Bell, a boy in the employment of Mr. Davis, of Bull's Head-court, Newgate-street, as an errand-boy, stated that as he was walking up Russia-row he saw Harding run ning along, and the constable in close pursuit, calling out " Stop thief!" The prisoner turned down Robin Hood- court, and witness followed him and saw him drop the pocket-book produced. Witness picked up the pocket-book, and when he got to the end of the court he saw the prisoner in the custody of John Coram, the policeman, to whom he gave up the pocket-book, in Harding 's presence. The witnesses, Coram and Bell, on being questioned by Mr. Robinson, for Jones, stated that th e y h a d no t seen t h a t prisoner at all in company with Hardin A 30, st a ted g. t b t e dangot to notorious thaßtohbeert was in Andrews, ehea Ideetrboeptowliatean one and tw o o'clotk the n policeman, day in question, and he saw the prisoners, Winslll. he knew to o sail' :times pass same ran up Chepside towards St. Pa u l' s , and crossed to the op- H ou a s rding, thieves, wh t o og im et m he e r d . iat H eL e r ad. Jones trossed the r op posite side of the street., and went towards the Bank, and witness pursued and took him into custody at the corner of Milk-street, °`.s 1 and -ged him in the station-house. On h i s erns. ..-examination, the witness said he had not told the police ...man who was with him that he had seen anything p as : mom Jones to Harding, as the case was his (witness's), end not his comrade's. Neither had he mentioned at the station-house that he had seen anything pass between the prisoners. Inspector Walter stated that the witness Andrews said at the station-house that he saw nothing of the robbery, but that he had seen the prisoners together before. The LORD MAYOR did not consider that the evidence against Jones was sufficient to warrant the committal of that prisoner, and dischargsi him. Harding was comm i tt e d to lientte kr trial. It was stated by several nettle policemen present that both prisoners were t'Oßstafttly together, and that Harding had been tried at the Central Criminal Court, in the name of Stevens!, for a robbery some time ago. It was indeed matter of regret, that the testimony against Jones, who is the elder and more experienced thief, Was hot sufficient to sanction his committal for trial. Q UE EN- S Q UA RE. SERIOUS CHARGE Or CONSPIRACY , —On Friday; Iteite# Spicer, a broker, residi n g i n th e Marlbnrtelei-roa , Chelsea, and Henry Stevenson, the proprietor of the 'rown beer-shop, College-street, Chelsea, Were charged with conspiracy. The circumstances of the case, as stated by Mr. Robinson, and proved by the evidence, are these a—Mr. Thomas Docket, of high-street, Marylebone, auctioneer and appraiser, who is agent for a Mr. White, was desirous of getting possession of a house belonging to that gentleman, at No. 8, Robert-street, Chelsea, occupied by a lady named Freneh ; but finding this a matter of no little difficulty, he accepted the proposal of the prisoner Spicer, who undertook, by the exercise of some ruse, to effect that object. As there were considerable ar rears of rent due, Spicer was armed, on the Bth of Novem ber, with a distress warrant, but was distinctly told by Mr. Docket, that if le succeeded in getting in, he was not to touch or move a single thing, but leave a man in possession until he (Mr. Docket) was made acquainted with the circum stance. On Monday, the 10th instant, Spicer called on Mr. Docket, and, to lis great surprise, informed him that lie had made an entry, and had removed all the furniture, and im pounded it at Stevenson's. Mr. Docket then went to Chel sea, and in the presence of Spicer, and a gentleman named King, the friend if Mrs. French, that lady gave up possession of her house—Mi. Docket, from feelings of humanity, as the lady had seven ccildren, undertaking to restore the whole of her furniture excening eight articles named, which were to be sent to Mr. Docket's house, and detained until the unfor tunate lady shoull be in a condition to pay 10/. Spicer drew out the list of these articles, and a note to the effect above stated was appented in his presence, and read by him. Shortly after the arrangement had been effected, Stevenson was made acquained with it in the presence of Spicer, and told that on the lady producing the inventory, with Mr. Docket's signature to it, the whole of her property, with the exception of the eght articles, were to be given •up to her. On the 13th instant, not having received the goods, Mr. Docket went to Stevenson, and asked him the reason they were not sent, when he replied, " Me send them, what have I to do about sending them ?" and then added, Spicer had borrowed money of him upon the goods, and he should not let them go until 51. was paid, as Spicer had instructed him. Mr. Docket informed Stevenson that no expense wes to be incurred upon the things after the first day, as all had been amicably arranged, and they were not to be condemned. On the 15th instant, Mr. Docket again went to Stevenson, when Spicer told him that the eight articles had been condemned, and Stevenson then admitted, in the presence of Spicer, that the condemnation had taken place on the previous day, and that he had bought them, and added, that if Mr. Docket would give him M. 125., he should have them. On Mr. Docket expostulating and threatening to go before a magis trate, Stevenson said he would kick him out of the place. Spicer and Stevenson were perfectly well acquainted with the nature of the agreement, and the former, from first to last, never had any authority to dispose of the property. Spicer, in answer to the charge, pretended that as he had had a warrant given him to distrain, he was perfectly justi fied in removing and impounding the furniture, and was bound to sell it in five days after the seizure. He had been at a great deal of expense in getting into the house, moving the goods, &c., and sold the things to reimburse himself, as Mr. Docket would not pay his list of charges (amounting to nearly 5/.) Stevenson declared most positively that he had no con nexion with Spicer, and that the relation in which they stood to each other was simply that of landlord and tenant. He assured the magistrate that he never had the goods in his possession until after they were regularly appraised in the presence of a policeman, when he bought them at an in creased price. Spicer occupied some premises of his, where he impounded furniture, and whenever he seized any he locked it up. He (Stevenson) had, of course, no control over property in possession of another, and having seen the ap praiser sworn by the police, and the articles valued, he was not aware when they were afterwards offered to him that he did any wrong in buying them. After a great deal of conversation, much of which was irrelevant, Mr. BURRELL ordered Spicer to find good bail for his ap pearance at the Central Criminal Court, to answer the charge of conspiracy ; but, considering the case much lighter against Stevenson, said he should be content with his own recog nizances to appear at the same time and place. Spicer was locked up. WORSHIP-STREET. CIIARGE OF STABBlNG.—Yesterday, Benjamin Freeman was charged before Mr. Bingham with stabbing a young woman, named Mary Ann Webb, with whom he cohabited. William Long, 77 K, stated that about eight o'clock on Thursday evening he was called into a house in Collingwood street, Bethnal-green, where he found a young woman lying upon a bed and attended by a surgeon, and was informed that she had been stabbed in the abdomen with a knife now produced. The prisoner was sitting in the room, and from what was stated, it appeared that he had become irritated by the refusal of the female to partake of some provision which he had brought in for their supper. A certificate was produced from the London Hospital, to which the female had hem conveyed, stating that the wound was of a very dangerous nature. A large double-bladed clasp knife was exhibited, the large blade of which appeared to be stained to the extent of nearly two inches, the depth of the wound. The prisoner, who appeared grieved by the occurrence, stated that it was entirely accidental. He was eating at the time with the knife in his hand, and was not aware that it was pointed towards the female. The Magistrate remanded the prisoner for a week. SOUTHWARK. _ _ _ DARING ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE.—Yesterday, John Watson and John Samuels, two well-dressed men, the former about 45, and the latter 30 years of age, were charged with stealing upwards of 501. in sovereigns and silver, besides two watches, in a public-house called the Old Justice, in Bermondsey-wall, and also with committing violent assaults on policeman 237, M division, and on a young man named Samuel Brown. Mrs. Mary Wickens, the wife of the landlord of the Old Justice public-house, stated, that between two and three o'clock on Thursday afternoon the two prisoners entered the house, and inquired—if they could be accommodated with a private room to transact some important business, saying that they had be .' there on the preceding week, and that they should wis to occupy the same room in which they bad been on that oc sion. Witness informed him that the room was in confusiOn, but that they could be accommodated in the parlour. They, however, replied that they had some letters to write, that they did not wish to be broken in upon, and that as to the room mentioned being in confusion, they did not mind that so that they would not be interrupted. Witness accordingly accompanied them up stairs to the club-room on the first floor, and on taking their seats at the table they called for pen, ink, and paper, and a glass of hot rum-and ) water, and addressing the landlady, said they expected gentleman there, but that if he called she.,was not to permi him up stairs, but to let him remain below in the parlo until they were informed of his arrival, and that they wo d go down and see him. The witness then left the room, and, by way of precaution, although she had not the slightest sus picion of the two customers, on passing her own bedroom, on the same floor, she locked the door and placed the key in her pocket, and afterwards sent up the writing materials and the glass of rum-and-water by her neice, who observed that both men appeared to be intent upon some manuscript which one was reading to the other. The niece then quitted the room, and in about a quarter of an hour afterwards the prisoners left the house, one of them carrying a blue bag, which he was seen to have on their entrance. Almost im mediately after the departure of the strangers the landlady went up stairs, and perceiving the door of her bedroom was ajar, she quickly entered, and found that her drawers bad been forced open, and and a bag containing between 201. and 30/. in sovereigns, a bowl containing 301. in silver, and two watches also had been taken. She hastened down stairs, and having given her husband a hurried account of the robbery, desired him to mind the bar while she went in quest of the thieves. She ran down Bermondsey-wall, and at the same time exercising her lungs to their fullest extent, gave notice of the plunder that had just been committed in her house, which soon attracted the passengers, amongst whom was a young man named Samuel Brown, who joined in the pur suit. Theycontinued running until theygot into the Spa-road, when the landlady obtained a distinct view of the two priso ners, whom she pointed out, and they were soon overtaken by Brown, who, perceiving that kafnuels carried a blue bag, immediately tried to arrest him. Samuels, however, dis engaged himself from the young man's grasp, and ran into a gateway, followed by the other prisoner. Brown directly went in after them, when he was attacked by Samuels, who had a "life-preserver," with which he struck him a severe blow on the head, in his attempt to secure him. By this time policeman 237 M arrived, and a desperate struggle took place between them, both the pnsonerg making the most determined resistance, during which Samuels, still in possession of the weapon, turned upon the policeman, and struck him with such force on the head as to cut through his hat, and inflict a wound near the temple. The policeman was stunned from the effects of the blow, but he still retained hold of his assailant until he was at length disarmed of the life-preserver, and both the prisoners were ultimately secured. The blue bag which Samuels was previously known to have carried was missed, and on a subsequent examination of the place under the gateway where he and his companion had taken refuge in the heat of the pursuit, the bag containing the whole of the money was discovered concealed under a quantity of mould, which had evidently been recently dug up for the purpose. The bag, with its contents, was produced in Court, and it was further stated that the two watches were found in the possession of Watson, upon whom were also found a crow bar and several picklock keys. At the conclusion of the examination, Mr. Traill perceiv ing that the prisoners had refused to give their addresses at the station-house, asked them if they were now willing to disclose their places of abode? Samuels, who is supposed to be a Jew, with an air of com plete nonchalance, said that he was not going to tell where he lived, bat that he was prepared to abide the consequences of his conduct. The other prisoner said that he was willing to take the whole responsibility of the act of plundering the Old Justice upon himself, and that Samuels had no hand in the affair. In reply to a question put by Mr. TRAILL, the policemen in attendance said that they could not identify either of the prisoners; but it was stronly suspected they belonged to a gang of well-dressed thieves who have committed robberies to a serious extent in the houses of licensed victuallers. The men in custody were well-dressed and respectable-leaking, their appearance being well calculated to throw the landlords of public-houses thoroughly off their guard. Mr. TRAILL said that he should remand the prisoners until to-morrow (this day), and probably other charges of a simi lar nature would be preferred against them. THE BOILER EXPLOSION IN BISHOPWEARMOUTH. SUNDERLAND, THURSDAY EvEsusto.—The excitement consequent on the terrible explosion at the Bishopwear mouth Ironworks has partially subsided, but still the spot has been visited by thousands in the course of the day, and the most anziolia inquiries are made respecting those suffer ing from the injuries they received, all of whom are going on well, with the exception of three—namely, Richard Pearson, William Carr, and George Siddle, who are not expected to reethier. 'The inquest tin those who have been killed will be held to-morrow morning, and will probably occupy the whole day. Downey, the engineer, is much improved, and it is considered that he will be sufficiently well to attend the in quest. He was not, It appears, actually . within the engine room when the explosion occurred, but just on the outside, and his injuries were caused by the fall of materials pro jected with such violence into the air. A witness of the appalling calamity observes that the top of the building for a moment rose like a cloud, but the next it flew to pieces, and, along with nearly the entire contents of the building the boiler and the steam escaping from it, ascended as if from a Volcano, and instantly the air was tilled with the wreck of maehinery, broken splinters, iron, bricks, tiles, wood, and dust, which Woe driven in every direction. In the vicinity of the works, and to a con.. • siderable distance, the appearance of the roads and houses was as If the ruins of the entire factory had been strewed ' tround, The boiler itself, which had exploded, huge as it • Was, was broken into several pieces, and distributed to Ira- Vow!) distAncee. One piece Weighing between two and three tons, was dashed against a portion of the warehouse adjoin- , jug the roan, wi l ic% it ;;;;::,!: through, and alighted on the opposite side of the road, having been driven from its posi tion a distalide of nearly billet,. feet. Another larg,-: frag nient; Weighing abolit 4 toil Slid it Hilt; WA§ thrown into the yard Of MesSO: Hartley and Co.'g glagsWotksi Whitt era situate oil the fiotth side 11 16 ftOdi e ray feet front where the explosion iiaiiffi4l. A Ple6e of . pipe connected with the boiler, weighing about kifiq sirae ctiiilily throWn a distance of 687 feet, and alighted In Johnstoii-stfei4; Where it MA& a deep indentation in the ground ; and, strange to say, anOtll l 4 wqemied so high, and was thrown to such a distance, that it enteral 6 - 14.. 4 ir the lofty chimneys of Messrs. Hartley and Co.'s works, whetB it formed an obstruction for some time. When pieces of iron of-such immense weights were thrown to such distances, it may be well conceived- how flakes of iron and missiles of hick, wood, and tile would be showered around. No lives were lost by the falling materials beyond the works, though various individuals were slightly injured by the light mis siles ; others had a narrow escape, and the houses in the imme diate vicinity of the catastrophe sustained slight damage. Mr. Hutton, of Ford Paper-mill, had a narrow escape, he having ju s t p asse d a spo t on th e roa d on w hi c h a ofty chimney was thrown. , A huge bark of timber was thrown against the house of Matthew Smith, a farmer, nearly oppo site the works. It struck the window, broke the sashes and glass, and a portion of the splinters were dashed across the room against a plate-rack on the opposite wall, where it shivered the shelf to atoms. Fortunately, none of the family were in the apartment at the time, the do mestics being engaged sorting diseased potatoes, in a shed behind the premi s e s . Another portion of timber was thrown over the house on to the roof a kitchen behind, the roof of which it smas h e d i n ; but ,'gain there was, fortu nately, no one near a t the time. Indekd , casualties of this kind are too numerous to particularise, there being scarcely a house in the vicinity of the Works but ha s sustained more or •less damage. One poor woman, name d _!lnn Hurst, on the eve of her confinement, was so much alarm ed as to bring on premature labour, and she was removed frOm her own house to another, some distance from it, in a state bordering on frenzy. A mere list of the wounded can he of little inter est to par ties at a distance from the loalit.r l but 4 the folliowin .or ° r+ ,' V • ~` ~~ .~' vZ .mac<:> ~:~ appended a variety of particulars which will serve to convey some notion of the nature of the calamity, and the amount of suffering it has occasioned. DEAD.—Charles Conforth, John Sugden, and William Phillips, the latter having entered the works just before the accident with his father's breakfast. John Oxley, who was taken out alive, but died soon afterwards. His wound is de scribed as a compound fracture of the skull, or more properly, fracture of the dorsal vertebra;. He was forty-five years of age, and has left a wife and eight children. MEN WOUNDED.—Thomas Hurst and Richard Oliver, cut about the head ; Thomas Pearson. cut in the back, , and se verely injured internally ; Owen Thomas, skull fractured, and otherwise much cut and bruised; John Lumber, head injured and nose carried away, scarcely expected to survive; Almond, cut on the head; Thomas Downey, the engineman, cut in the head and arm ; William Lewis, head fractured and Richard West, cut in the head and arm. YOUNG MEN AND Boys.—John Shotton, much scalded; two brothers, named Gardener, hurt in the arm and head ; John Pegman, seriously injured, and carried to the infir mary, where his fingers, which had been broken, and were hanging by mere threads, were taken off; William Richley, cut on the head; John Mowbray, skull fractured ; William Pearson, very much hurt, having received a compound frac ture of the skull, has been trepanned, and is not expected to recover; Richard Boswell, slightly cut; Mrs. Boswell, the mother of this boy, was nearly smothered in the ruins, while bringing her son's breakfast, she escaped with great fright; James Robson, much cut about the head and arms; William Carr, skull fractured, and not expected to live; George Sid dle, much cut and bruised internally; Henry Cornforth and William Buskell, bruised about the head and arms. It will tl be seen that there are about equal proportions of men and boys wounded. The fact of so many of the boys being wounded is accounted for by their staying in the works to take their breakfasts more generally than the men. As they were all in or about the more immediate scene of the explosion, their escape from instant death is attributable to the boiler flying upwards, carrying along with it the roof and all above and around it in its flight, and a great portion of the fragments of which alighted, not in the works, but at a distance. The injury sustained by the wounded appears to hare been mostly about the head, a circumstance easily accounted for by the fact that they were standing in the works, and were injured from the fall of the materials blown upwards by the explosion. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY Tr AFFIL.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : •c!i Week Last g a. ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. r, ‘' 7, v - t , 3 e) - - - X Nov. 22 Arbroath and Forfar .••••••• • • • • • • • 198 230 - Bristol and Birmingham . 21 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 514 385 20 Dublin and Drogheda. • ..... ••••• • • • • 616 574 25 Dublin and Kingstown .. •••• • • • • 870 700 23 Dundee and Arbroath .••••••• • • • • • • • 281 269 22 Durham and Sunderland .•••••• • • • • • • 707 1,145 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • • • • • 2,427 2,227 23 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 5,480 3,549 22 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 1,857 1,453 22 Glasgow and Greenock.• •••• • • • •• • • 773 707 - Grand Junction •.• • • • ....... ... 22 Gravesend and Rochester •••••• • • • • • • 117 - - Great North of England •••••• • • . • • • - 23 Great Western .••• • • • ...... •••• • • • • 15,561 13,101 24 Hartlepool . • - 22 London and Birmingham, &c. .• ••• • • 31,301 25,117 23 London and 81ackwa11......... ..... 704 660 22 London and Brighton 4,078 3,615 - Londoa and Croydon .•••••• • • • • • • 1,044 - London and Greenwich . 22 London and South Western .•.• . • . • 23 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 21 Manchester and Birmingham. ..... • • 3,779 2,926 22 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc. • 5,918 5,415 22 Midland Counties ... • • ..... 14,981 11,486 22 Newcastle and Darlington ...... •• • • 2,508 1,063 22 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••••.. • • • • • • 1,669 1,743 23 Newcastle and North Shields•••••••• 426 __362 23 Norfolk ••••••••..••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1,024 187 21 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,389 1,454 24 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • ....... • • 6,672 4,909 24 Paris and Rouen ...• • • . • . 4,998 4,305 22 Preston and Wyre •. • ........ ..... 394 TOG 22 Sheffield and Manchester •• • ... 22 South Eastern •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 22 Taff Vale •••• . • • ........ •••• • • • • 401 594 - Yarmouth and Norwich 22 York and North Midland ....... 4,892 6,716 PROJECTED RAILWAYS Notices that application is intended to be made to Parlia ment, in the ensuing session, on behalf of the undermen tioned schemes, appeared in the Gazette of Thursday night Chester and Birkenhead. Great North of England, and, Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Junction. South Devon Railway branches. Monmouth and Hereford. Ipswich and Yarmouth—branch to Arminghall. North Kent. Lancashire and North Yorkshire. Manchester, Southampton, and Poole. Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway, rid Elland. London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct. Dunstable and Maldon. Rye and Pett. Birmingham and Derby Coleshill and Sawley, and branches. Midland Railway—Nottingham and Mansfield branch. Manchester and Leeds—Shaw, Syke, and Huddersfield bianch. Kent and Essex Union. Erewash Valley—Stanton-by-Dale and Shipley branch. Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction. Bristol and Exeter (Yeovil branch)—Martock to Crew kerne or Misterton. Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junction. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, and Nottingham and Grantham Junction. West Riding Union —Halifax and Keighley branch. Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Amendment). South Metropolitan Rail xay. Furness and Windermere. Plymouth and North Cornwall. Northampton and Bedford. Direct London and Dublin. Croydon and Hastings. Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and Deal and Dover Junction. London, Hastings, and St. Leonard's Direct. Syston and Peterborough—Melton Mowbray and Boston branch. Chester and Holyhead—Llandrillo Rhos and Llandadne branch. Mellorn and Blackrock (Cornwall) Railway (Amendment). Plymonth and North Cornwall. Direct London and Liverpool. Newcastle and Darlington Junction—Houghton-le-Spring and Hartlepool branch. Knightsbridge and Staines, with branch. Cambridge and Lincoln Extension, and Lincoln, York, and Leeds Junction, with a branch to Doncaster. North London Junction. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union. Hull and Lincoln Direct. West Lancashire. Hull and Great North of England Junction. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton. South Yorkshire Coal Railway. South Staffordshire. North Devon, Tiverton, Honiton, and London Direct Junction. • Midland Grand Junction. Blackburn, Clitheroc, and North Western Junction., Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester—Sheffield and Madeley branch. Bedale Branch Railway. London and Bury St. Edmund's and Direct Norwich Rail way and Extension. West Lancashire—Wigan branch. Wear Valley Extension. Great North of England and Boroughbridge branch. Oxford and Salisbury Direct.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan. Taunton and Stoke Courcy, and branches. Great North of England—Northallerton and Thomaby branch. Ogmoreg And Garw Vales and fort of Cardiff Union Rail way. Rhondda and Ely Vallies Junction. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway. Stamford, Market Harborough, and Rugby. Frimley and Bristol. Glasgow, Partick, and Dumbarton Direct. ' Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway Branch Southampton and Swindon. Macclesfield and Manchester Junction. Essex Midland Junction. Liverpool and Bury Railway Branches. Liverpool, Birkenhead, Parkgate, and Holyhead Junction. Manchester and Southampton—Poole branch. Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction. Shrewsbury and Leicester Direct. Derby and Crewe Junction. Lancashire, Weardale, and Hartlepool Union. Trent Valley, Chester, and Holyhead Continuation. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Great Eastern and Western. Carmarthen Junction Mineral Railway. Eastern Counties—Bedford branch. Central Kent. York and North Midland—Leeds Extension. Lynn and Ely—Downham and Swaffham branch. Midland and Thirsk. Junction. Southampton, Petersfield, and London Direct. Lancaster and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Junction. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole. Liverpool and Derby. Trent Valley Midlands, and Grand Junction. Porlock and Bridgewater. Chester and Birkenhead—Sutton and Llangollen branch. Newcas._ . ' .7`etu— le Durham, and Hartlepool Union. Bristol and .5... Exeter and Dorchester branch. Blackburn and Pr,.."" ton, Lancashire, Weardale,.nd iigrtlepool Union. North Staffordshire. Liiicaeter and Carlisle. Maticliester, Wigan, and Southport. St. Helen% Carla, and Railway. DUNSTER CASTLE, A TALE OF THE GU:UT RE trt, 4;oN.—The public may be congratulated on the appear and Of a Pew and powerful writer of historic fiction in the person of the alithor of " Peter Priggins," and other hu morous works. which, their particular line, approached nearly to the writings of tug late Theodore Hook, that they were for sonic time attributed it; that popular author. It is also not the least curious coincidenCs as respects the writer of " Dunster Castle," that his celebrated predecessor, Horace Smith, the author of " Brambletye House," also commenced his literary career with works of humour and sa tire. Jud g in g from the stirring scenes and striking characters in " Dunster Castle," it. may be confidently predicted that its author will continue his new career with the same brilliant success as attended his eminent and more experienced contemporary. NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY MES. GORE.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough street, has this day published " The Queen of Denmark," an Historical Novel, Edited by Mrs. Gore, in 3 vols., which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also pub lished the following popular new works of fiction :-2. Duns ter Castle, a Tale of the Great Rebellion, by J. T. Hewlett, MA ~ Author of " Peter Priggins," &c., 3 vols.-3. Pomfret; or, I 'ublic Opinion and Private Judgment, by H. F. Chorley, Ese r , 3 vols.-4. The Attractive Man, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vol . 8 .-5. Love, a Tale of Venice, by Horace Smith, Esq., A. ithor of " Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols.-6. The Story of a Royal Favourite, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-7. The Master I .'assion, and other Tales, by T. C. Grattan, Esq., Author of The Heiress of Bruges," &c., 3 vols.—S. The White Slave and the Russian Prince, by the Author of "Revelations of Russia," 3 vols. ; and, 9. Count Konigsmark, an Historical Romance, by Captain Frederic Chamier, R.N., 3 vols. ------------------- RAILWAY SHARE MARIC.ETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, --rd/ shire, and Cheshire, 2 p. —Birmingham and Gloucester, to?, —British and Irish Union, I A, p.—Boston, Newark , and eg o field, ls. 61—Cambridge and Lincoln, 28s. 6d. p.--Ch ...., and Birkenhead, New 20/. Shares, par —Derby and Ch I % P. — Grand Junction, 927—Huddersfield Canal and 0t . , 1 , way, 3 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junesf., 14 p.—London and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, . London and York, par—Direct Northern, % dis.---Mauchee ter and Ilirmingham, 61 IA —Ditto, Quarter Shares,..4ll,P.: Ditto, New Quarter Shares, - 4 1 / 2 p.-111anchester, ss , 41 1 a N n o d rth Gr u e n at ion Grimsby, % p.—Manchester and Leed s, '" Shares, Worcester,B% a p n . (d — A ;idland, 137—Ditto, 401. Shares , i gl i ft 7 d, 0210v3er—haNtnorptthonStalLirdps._hirh, e2;fiirandk,„i chester, Quarter Shares, 7 p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares , rg r (scrip), 2% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 34—Ditt0,r,,..,_ solidated Thirds, Half Shares, 1 p.—Tean and Dove 1 In g l o 1 ls. 6d. dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 11A Paris and 14Y° P. — (Lafitte), par MANCHESTER, Nov. 28. Par iceti ; STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Black.---, gnu' and Bolton, 7-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2iirortli dersfield an Sheffield Junction, 16-Lancashire and Nod Yorkshire, 445. 6d.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchestejorth, g -Leicester and Birmingham, 1-Leicester and Tinny% and Lark, -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2N-Manchester and Birmingham, 62-Ditto, Qui"lietgll -Ditto, ditto, 7.-North Staffordshire, 945. 6d lan ' ebe ger, and Lincolnshire Junction, 214-Sheffield and Quarters, No. 3, 4%-York and Carlisle, 2 3 / 4 . 3%-London SHEFFIELD, Nov. 28.1 N. 51 04 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Midland, 'ffi' A so d Lir 17-Caledonian 8-Ditto, Extension, 3-Sheffield colnshire, 2 1 / 5 - * South Midland, 3%. BRI, Nov. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The STOL sales are-B r istol 0 (1 g l 78-Birmingham and Gloucester, 123-Great Westeruf -North Devon, 11.18 s. 9d. LEEDS, Nov. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-London fili d ) 1 C11 1 (1 101 18-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 7 P* -- .1 . ....Gr e5 i New, 164-York and North Midland Extension,.• Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 3-audds?,. v is Sheffield, 13-Leeds and Bradford Extensions', 'ts - c ole and Dewsbury 12 ex n.-Leeds and Thirsk, Sandisfolfs Newcastle and Berwick, 9-Oxford, Worcester, GoolLi hampton, 134 cash-Wakefield, Ponte f r act, an u sh•OP", c. n. cash-Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, Parrno,ll, and Liacoln, 2 5 / 87 -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pret-II West Riding Union, 44 -Buckinghamshire ss. dis.-Chelmsford and Bury, 10s. dis.-•C S d or' 2N-E , sex and Suffolk, 15s. dis.-Lancashire 11 I.'" 1 00' Yorkshire, Is. p.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, ands oe s o JA 9s. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, ls. dis.-Leicesterd 2s. 6d. p.-South Midlands, 17/ worth, par-North Western, 1%-Nottinghr ll ;id P ls. p-York and Carlisle, 2%. 16 4 HUDDERSFIELD, Nov 28. L 9 0, d STOCK EXCHANGE.-The Nov. sales are- . r .„ c fi t s& Bs. 9d.-London and York, 21. 14s. 0 ,1 North Yorkshire, 1/. 195.-Huddersfield, ford Union, 225. 6d.-Nottingham and Boston,' Western, 455. 6d. Wakefield tr HULL, Nov 28. bOr el . as i / 1 STOCK EXCHANGE. Th b• * gir l pi - e usiness "sin more 4 pa, day is very limited, and until something m ° r eject • known as to the likelihood of success of new r i ,oo little amendment can be expected to take place,'Ano The heavy stocks, having gone below their invi r est i pt must shortly improve. It would, doubtless, b e , s iottr a r to the markets, if those companies who do n ot of ceeding to Parliament would return the baltt n g, posits as early as possible. The sales are--uglier 205.-Hull and Selby, 98.14-East Coast, 30.3.-''' • Lincolnshire, 2 1 / 2 . 0 YORK, Nov. 28. d P c j i i ol l STOCK EXCHANGL-The sales are-York all.„. 0 , , • land Extension, 20-Ipswich and Bury, 4 1 A -- ''',, T, Berwick, 8%-London and York, OA-Gran!, /5. -Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 0 " Western, 11. 195.-Welsh Midland, 1/. 19s. EDINBURGH, Nov. 26. 011i d? STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Ainarte 0 r 0 gate, 505.-British and Irish Union, 615.-Caledljitetta" sion, 505.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric...Ai/ -Edinburgh and Northern, 775. 6d.-Ditto, N7185.' e Ditto, Lochgelly, 295.-Edinburgh and Peeble s ; 40 1 ' burgh and Perth, 5-Glasgow and Dundee Ju"sod., -Great North of Scotland, 575. 6d.-Inver 355.-Lanark and Galloway, 4s. p.-North 1 3 t: 4 ; e 55,/if/ Perth and Cried Direct, 425.-Perth and In,n,:f rd),LP -Scottish Central, 14-Shrewsbury and orii t t ° 41. 47 " Stirling and Dunfermline, 505.-Stirling and 6d.-Tyne Valley, 85s. GLASGOW, Nov. 27. Bad STOCK. EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Airdrie ti s h sr,, 475. 6d. -Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 425.- --13 ,7 e ,:190 4 Union, 60s. -Caledonian Extension, 555.-- - e'„,bi I f Ayrshire Junction, 365.-Caledonian and • 01- 38§. 0 ,01 01 Junction, 475. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 0 . v i dburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 215.-- 09 , 4° 4 9 'de Terminus, 9-Glasgow, Dumfries and Catiis' i4 o,4Gl , -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 56 5 ...,:p01y Dundee Junction, 445.-Glasgow Harbour N.1.,..,1: 00 , -Great North and South Wales, 103.-Great P . ' .", solar, 3s. p.-Lanark and Lothians, 475. fiel f • -- , 6d• 191', / and Galloway Junction, 428.-Lestnahagow , ni r,ti land, 501. Shares, 18-Paisley, Barrhead, and '' 3 4 „ (1 5 . o t; Perth and Inverness, 355.-Perth and Crieli; ''," J Southern, 405.-Scottish Central and Caledoln°4o4l 325. 6d.-South Midland, 803,--Wishaw and Co DUTCH MAIL. , 1 , 8 0 ,1 THE HAGUE, Nov. 25.-The sections 0 44 Chamber of the States-General have bee.tlecoo, yesterday and to-day, in examining the Pr o ) 0 09 1 1, relative to the elective franchise. In the sitting of the Chamber tilg yesterdaf, oiAllf section brought up its report on the project f i l e or 3 tivo to the augmentation of the budget of i tu d. :' ii year for the increase of the civil pension ' . discussion may be very shortly expected. 0 0 The central section brought up its report `ye V, ject of law. It objects to several parts Of "" f of law. T / Nov. 25.-Yesterday eYe o „ A j i- O m / i g IS )0 ,1 therlands' Religious Tract Society celebranc,Vo anniversary of its foundation in the new e 11 .. 11 0 0., t o/ city. The assembly was unusually nurne'ults , accounts of the state of the Society was big f oroi, able. The Society consists of above 2, 0 7 t ;b10, e . The list of tracts is more than 300. The io e s eif nack, the tracts and the reports , are nie re disti;isl circulated. In the last year there wer e k s, 001_,A gratis, 176,033 tracts, 19,386 Bible a lmanne,.,ooe j reports. In the twenty-five years since the • I " 6, 4 7 the society, there have been put in circulation do, tracts, 686,036 almanacks, 231,521 repe r/5 ;01 2,756,445 tracts, 376,559 Bible almanacks, 00 reports, were distributed gratis. i 4 04,4 DUTCH:PAPERS, Nov. 26.-The wins' l c ' o f ' o f r ) the price of corn in the several provin ees al e ffo are now received, and it is a remarkable el i bis de A extraordinary difference in the produne43lold i 7 t r e i harvest, that in the southern province el, , t d ' o itil ton* of rye is fixed at 20 rix-dollars, barNir oats at 9 ; whereas in the northern silu do lll o ,,e bt Teinfland rye is only 12, and barley 7i ri .. . t ogo " j o o ''; The conveyance of corn by aid of s tealn aI , t yl i j gratis on all the lakes, rivers, and canals , osleclOrA breaking of the ice for the same purpose,o oo_3a, shall be practicable. A convention has b ee , reCei with the Russian Government, by which ttli $ 4/ 4 " - to p respecting prohibited articles shall be et i oce4. forced. Corn and other provisions will 13 ., e 0 ot_ d ' Ord which the inhabitants are absolutely in 1 ),, v o f'i subsistence. Brandy, however, is whl ll Zier e 10 This convention is limited to the land fr °- sho five classes, and comes into operation o n ph 1 Decomber. • lit of i. 1 1 09 .1 111 :1 1* PESTENBURGH, Nov. 13.-In the nig :A v , p 1 01 November, after a north-east wind, w h A MO 0 : 0 11 1 ,'" for some days, the first drift ice appear e : uc h stifieei and yesterday morning it came down in ' ta ble 'o' that it was necessary to take up all lel_ t he eual Yesterday at noon, with a south-west wi n ',wa i l ; L A near Wassily Ostroro was nearly quite free , 7, 0 c1 'pi munication by means of boats nowhere ielfi e tbl ° ,o arm of the Newa flowing on the Wiburg ,907019 flakes of ice, and the Little Newa above° dth000;#1 bridge was covered with ice in its whole hreloolt, o'clock. The steamer which left for COI on io 11th of November was obliged to put bitc"o of the ice. Drifting ice was seen in Croat': ry, on the 3d November.-Borsenhalle, Nov. 2 `, o a 0 ' The German word tonne means bottt ... / 011 ' ----------,-- 0 1 , 1 ;11 -pe n Arl el MohE CONVERSIONS TO THE ..- -S e Ph- 00101 e CUURCIL-Three clergymen of the Church °. o r e dll v ig 0 a young gentleman from Littlemore, were on ,;',. 1 1,,,, received into the Roman Catholic Church, at : er go° lof lege, Oscott. Mr. Newman assisted at the ivee u.. 0 ' O lOl, shall give the names of the clergymen ness t _ re stl:dA t Es q., barrister, and a member of the co Or i Richards, at Margaret-street Chapel , Wage .t. the ,fo' Roman Catholic Church, in London, o n on 0 p ol l this week.- Church and State Gazette. ...P I A,/ SO T. Alb o trills FIRE AT LORD WATERPASK S Are -h . nesday afternoon a fire broke out at DoverYig t he 00, of Lord Waterpark, which was occasioned ness of some workmen employed on the P", to rentoril being given, the s thespot o i t n inhabitants t a r e i t a r l iacmt alarm hastened allaying the fire, which we are IIaPP.; ra ge 0 guished before any very considerable da Derby Reporter. I. t i s d e o r f e d t bees;:r.,:sr:isi;oV f f ----------- 0, BIRTHS. .he S etif A t)1 On the 16th „November, at Lewishanl, l' -- gtv ' I der, jun., Esq., of A son. , olia ~r On the 20th November, at Clarence-terrace , tfr wife of E. J. Barker, l',,sq , barrister, of a son- te , til` .. a On the 22d Novemlwr, at Red-hill, Rieg il 00 Y . G. G. Richardson, Esq., of a son. 10 1/t ' / Fr O an n ce t s he F 2 le 4 t t c h he N r, o o v f en a tb so er n ,. at Ulcombe-place, „AO' 1 gar o f On the 25th November, in Sussex-Plaee' 0 ( the wife of C. Cumberlege, Esq of a daughtec;re, the „.• o On the 26th November, in"Lowades-eq° t he it's A. Walford, Esq., of a son. see, On the 26th _November, at Porchester-terr .4 , E. D. Bottrdillon. Esq., of a daughter. bsol/1 111A.RRIED, , to JO Lieut. Magdalene, e O u n t. tNhve. Southey,B secondt h N o d y t e Bu m tgh b h November, at od a fr t mc O A I N 1: ra S .t c v l J.l $ 1 , 61 00 0 :0 0 0, La t h ' tli p y „to 1" Royal Artillery. ool°, O A , On the 23d November, at St. MarT;a , asbirlie," W. 2'. K. Davies, Esq., Croft Castle, er efo4* eic os c , fifth das'ihter of the late M. O'Brien, E s q'' ''. gt• ri n ° o 3frie ; of Limer,: 1 .0 4 ~-* yo , 0 On the 27 . : 11 November, at the New . Cbil J• 6' g e r by the Lord li:.shop of Lichfield, the Be v sti rt-e i : 3 5 ,0 ( ' d second son of the I.lishop, to Sarah, ° lll3T Reg,e nt 011 . j cd f ri D. Jardine, Esq., of Cnmberland - te rrace ' P c s oo pf D r /E.D. lobe ral . • se At Bombay, on the 13 th October, ,v,esg rCtis'eo l t l i, 01° 4 ; Robertson, of the East India Compat* third son of Major-General Arcbibald It° tb e ra i bay Army. t , ro ceS p viog'fov 4 l , On the 24th November, Elizabe th ''. ar 1..- lite et e 1 431 IL J. Bell, Esq., of White ln ight's-lodge,,, l'edford'PA el A, On the 24th November, in Lower Pe I collet'its l . o * Williams, Esq., M.D., Fellow of the 1103:5,5 0 0 Ibliel t , V cians, and Senior Physici'an of St- 'Dr ' , ter ro„e ef ,t Ja cil On the 26th November, at Bays-Inhe Da - 0 9. Eliza, the wife of Major G. Barker , ca " t o, 4 er patty's service. , 01 06 'il ie 1 1° Lo o n f do t n he : Printed savo am Published bY ...!" at ter *vu_ig,osond 0 2, 0 1 0 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 1 4 °• 1 OA 29, 1845. . 3'. 1n the County of Aildd leP4 a CAN THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV_ENJ G, NOVEMBER 29, 1845.