The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-18 00:00:00

iptrl.:( ISZittion, QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE PRINTER IND PUBLISHER OF THE " MORNING HERALD." CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-DON PACIFICO. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he bad to apply to the Court on the part of Don Pacifico, for a rule to . show cause why a criminal information should not issue against Charles Baldwin and John George Chap man, respectively, the registered proprietor and the printer and publisher of the Morning Herald, for a libel on Don Pacifico, which appeared in that paper in the month of March last. He would explain to the Court why the application had not been made sooner. Don Pacifico stated in an affidavit that when the article in question appeared in the Morning Herald he was not resident in this country, and that he was obliged, in consequence of certain occurrences -which had taken place at Athens, to quit that city, and to take ref uge on b oar d h er dajesty's ship Cale donia, which vessel landed him at Malta, where he was attacked by cholera. He was confined to his house by illness for a period of three months, and he was not aware of the libel of which he now complained until his arrival in England on the Bth of August last. Hence Don Pacifico bad not been in a position to make this application for a criminal information to this Court earlier. The libel in question arose out of what had been a topic of so much discussion during the present year, namely, the interferenee of her Majesty's Government in the claims of M. Pacifico, and it appeared in the Morning Herald on the 13th of March of this year. Their Lordships !would see that it was an at tack on M. Pacifico, in relation not only to his public but also to his private and domestic affairs. The passage alleged as libellous was as follows, and appeared in a letter of a correspondent addressed to the Morning Herald, from Athens, under the date of Feb. 28 :—" Lord Palmerston's principle, that to re dress private wrongs justice may be taken into one's awn hands, without others having a right to interfere, may be applicable between nations of equal weight ; as, if an injustice can be imposed by force it can also be repulsed by force. But when so powerful a nation as Great Britain decides upon demanding from a nation as feeble as Greece the re dression of her wrongs, these wrongs should first be weighed in the balance of the strictest justice, at the risk of incurring the same dishonour as that of one who insults, without - reason, a woman or a child. And to prove to you that Lord Palmerston, before giving to the world the spectacle of the English fleet blockading Greece in time of peace—before having thrown on the English nation the responsibility of an unqualified abuse of power, had not sufficiently ex amined whether justice was on his side, I can furnish you with several new and authentic details on his two principal reclamations. The Jew Pacifico, before his fraudulent bankruptcy at Constantinople, and before his Consulship in Greece, held an inn in a village in Portugal. On one occasion Don Pedro, on his way to Lisbon, first sent to say that he would stop there, and then having changed his mind, and Taken another road, was much astonished some time afterwards to see mine host arrive with a hill for 1501. for the costs, he said, of his preparations to receive his Majesty. Don Pedro took the thing as a joke, but gave him 251. and sent him to the right about. Since then, Pacifico having changed for the third time his nationality, and put himself under Sir E. Lyons' protection, raked up his old account, which he pretends to have been torn or lost in the pil lage of his house, and which suddenly took the fearful proportion of 25,0001. This is the principal item of the Pacifico affair, which also comprehends the indemnities for the harm done in his house, such as 2,0001. for bronzes and crystal broken, and the rest in proportion. Now, it happens that before the riot in his bou3e, Don Pacifico had had the misfortune to have one of his daughters run away with twice, first by a merchant's clerk, and se condly by an apothecary's boy; and on this second sad catasbrophe he addressed himself to King Otho, protesting that his daughter had stolen every thing he possessed, and that he had nothing left to live upon, and, consequently, asked for alms. The King, it is a well-known fact, lent him more than once a hundred drachmas at a time. You may judge, therefore, of the crystal and bronzes there mast have been to break in his miserable dwelling. To complete your information on this subject, I may add that this man possessed a piece of ground contained within the enclosure of the palace gardens. After the damage committed in his house, the King, instead of giving him the two or three thousand drachmas, which his ground was worth, sent him 8,000 drachmas as an indemnification of his losses, and further ' Pacifico signed a rece i p t, i n w hi c h h e de clares himself satisfied, but unfortunately the act is so worded as to say only ' for his territory and for the circumstances which had occurred to him. It is this ambiguity which has permitted him to raise the fabric of falsehood about which so much noise has been made." Now be (the Solicitor-General) had to state on the part of Don Pacifico that he was never at Constantinople in his life; that he had never been a bankrupt or insolvent; that he never owed a shilling which he had not paid ; that he never kept an inn in Portugal ; that he had never seen Don Pedro in the course of his life, and therefore had had no such transaction with that Prince as was re lated in the libel, or made such a demand upon him ; that,, in a word, the whole statement was a tis sue of falsehood from beginning to end. With regard to the reference made to his daughters in the passage which had been read to the Court, Don Pacifico had stated in his affidavit that he had three daughters, that the eldest was married with his perfect consent, and was a lady on whom not the slightest imputation could rest ; that his youngest daughter was only a girl of thirteen, and was still living in his family ; and that with respect to the second daughter, who was spoken of as having run away, first with a merchant's clerk, and secondly with an apothecary's boy, the fact was that she was mar ried to a M. Zante, a captain of artillery, though not with her father's consent, which was withheld on the ground that M. Zante was of a different religion from M. Pacifico's daughter, he being a Christian and she a Jewess. Notwithstanding her father's disapproval of the match, the daughter married M. Zante. She was certainly married without her father's consent ; but with reference to the story of her having run away with either a merchant's clerk or an apothecary's boy, or of her having taken away any of the property of her father, there was not the :lightest truth in it. Lord CAMPBELL said his only difficulty arose from the length of time that had elapsed since the publica tion of the alleged libel and the application to this Court. The SOLICITOR. GENERAL (at the request of the Court) read that portion of M. Pacifico's affidavit, substantially given above, which explained the reasons of his. not applying sooner fur a criminal information to this Court. Lord CAMPBELL—Take a ruhe to show cause, Mr. Solicitor.Ganeral.—Rule granted accordingly. POPULARITY OF BISHOP PHILLPOTTS. At Stokeinteignhead, on the 7th inst., the Rev. Nutcombe Gould, rector of that parish, held his tithe dinner, and about twenty-seven tithe-payers and their representatives sat down to a substantial repast: at the Rectory. The Rev. Mr. Gould presided ; Mr. Langley, the attorney, was vice-presi dent. . The company was respectable, those paying under 2/. having been cut off from the privilege of the dinner. After the cloth was removed, grog was sup plied, and the chairman gave as the first toast " rine Church." The Vice-Chairman, Mr. Langley, then gave "The Queen." As the company had not drunk the Chair's toast, that gentleman added " Church and Qseen," and the toast was given in that form. The nest toast was " Prince Albert and the Royal Family." After these preliminaries had been ar ranged and completed, the Vice-Chairman gave the health of Mrs. Gould. Mr. Gould, in reply, thanked the company for drinking his wife's health, and with that domestic blessing in his house, appeared to be re minded of the hard lot of the Roman Catholic clergy man, who is not allowed the solace of the domestic tie, and naturally came at once upon the subject of the Popish aggressions; whereupon Mr. Tuckett, a farmer, said, " It's all the faun of the clergymen—look at Mr. Haskell, he not only went astray, but led his flock astray." Mr. Gould replied—" Although aft w had gone astray, he trusted that the remaining por tion would stand t rue - to t h e C hurch, and that a frien d of his at Torquay was drawing up a petition, which was well calcul a t e d to have a beneficial effect in the press nt crisis ; that h e s h ould have a copy of that pe titior, afd would wait upon each of them personally for thegnatu!e, when he trusted he should meet with that reception which he expected from all lovers of the Church. Mr. TUCK TT—HOW about the Bishop, Mr. Gould 2 Mr. GOULD—In reply to that observation, said whstever their private opinions jabout the Bishop might be, he could not allow any peason to sit at his table, and express anything derogatory to the Bishop's character. As soon as the Rev. Gentleman had sat down, the whole of the company arose and immediately left the table, in the most marked and emphatic manner. Some of them had just mixed their second glass of grog; others had got half way through that moderate manifestation of the tithe dinner, and every one se emed to be animated with the tame feeling. They were determined not to be tongue-tied by the parson, and at the same time not to make any rude return for his hospitality. They retired to the "Church Inn" and discussed the general question as to the po sition which the clergy held with regard to those aoraiekaggressions, and the conclusion of the ma- T.H. SUN, jority appeared to be, that too many of the clergy would turn over to the Pope at the present moment, if they could take the loaves and fishes with them. We have received this statement from a highly re spectable party, who was one of the guests at the dinner, who witnessed the spirit which prevailed, and who thinks it right, that the Bishop should know, through the medium of the papers, what his neigh- bours think about him and the Church generally, and that he would be more likely to be edified by the in formation, on receiving it through the present chan nel.— Western Times. or washing purposes than the water generally pro cured in casks. We have told what the distilling apparatus of Messrs. Peyre and Roger does for the French navy, but we have to speak now of what Mr. Grant's dis tilling and cooking galley does for the British navy. In June last the Arrogant, 46, Captain Fitzroy, with a complement of 450 men ; the Plumper, 12, Commander M. S. Nolloth, with a complement of 100 men; and the Reynard, Commander P. Cracroft, with a complement of 110 men, sailed from Plymouth, provided each with one of Mr. Grant's distilling and cooking galleys. The reports of the captains of these ships prove that the distillation of salt water during the time only that the fire was lighted for cooking the crews' meals, produced one gallon of pure water fit for drinking and culinary purposes for every man on board. This water was found greatly prefereed to the tank water embarked ashore. The distilled water becomes very shortly fit for use, as it passes from the condensor to tanks, where it cools to the same tempe rature as that of the sea, the motion of the vessel aerating it in a few hours, and restoring it to the oxygen which it had lost by distillation, and conse quently rendering it as brisk as spring water, with out even employing any chemical or mechanical means. Experiments have proved, that if the water is required for immediate use, it may be aerated by means of a simple and self-acting electric apparatus, which will supply the required oxygen in a few minutes. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) We beg leave to call the attention of our readers to the address delivered by the Rev. Mr. Twells at the currency meeting at Derby, of which a full report appears in another part of the Courier. Many of the facts referred to in that address de serve, we think, the serious consideration of thinking men. Not to go far back into the historical sketch of the monetary system which Mr. Twells laid before the meeting, take the financial position of this country on the ac cession of William the Third in 1689. " The revenue of the United Kingdom, as stated by Mr. Macaulay, was about 2,000,000/. per annum, or 165,0001. less than the amount collected, principally by pennies, by our post-office in the year 1849." The Bank of England was chartered in 1693, and from that period a gradual increase took place, by means of the bank paper and that of private banks, in the circulating medium of the country. Now under3this system the progress made by the country was considerable ; and this was quite in ac cordance with the opinion expressed by Mr. Hume, in his Essay on Money. " The good policy of the Magistrate," said he, " consists only in keeping it (money), if possible, still increasing; because by that means he keeps alive a spirit of industry in the nation, and increases the stock of labour, in which consists all power and riches." The medium of exchange, then, undergoing a gradual increase, during the period be tween 1693 and 1775, the wealth of the country in creased also. "In 11775 the revenue had increased to 10,038,0001."—i. e., to five times the amount of the revenue in 1689, when William the Third began his reign. But in 1793 the revenue nearly equalled eighteen millions, or almost nine times its amount in 1689. By the year 1796 the total expenditure of the nation, including the interest on the debt, had risen to 37,000,000/. ; and of this expenditure Mr. Pitt said in Parliament that it was so large that " it never had been equalled, and probably never would be surpassed." And yet within twenty years the actual expenditure of the country was three times the amount of what it was in 1796. For 1816 the actual expenditure amounted to the enormous sum of 111,045,249/. ! Now it is quite evident that to enable a country to raise such a sum as this some most power ful agent must have been called into operation. This agent we have no hesitation in saying was a Repre sentative Paper Money. But observe, we do not mean to say that Paper Money, and nothing but Paper Money, will make a nation rich and powerful. We have many and great advantages for which to thank Providence in this country. Our insular position has great advantages—the natural produc tions of our soil are varied and valuable, the religious light and liberty (may they never be less) with which this nation was early favoured, the freedom of our institutions—all these have doubtlessly contributed largely to our national greatness. And let us not omit the indomitable energy, perseverance, and in dustry of our people. For if, as Adam Smith says, labour is the source of all wealth, a people able and willing to work are the primary source of a nation's greatness. We take, therefore, all the advantages which we possess, and we allow them all full value, and then we say thatlwhat the paper-money system did was this—it called forth all the nation's energies, developed all its capabilities, and expanded all its resources. Just as good roads—or railways, the perfection of roads—improve a district by affording greater facilities of communication, so does a representative money, whether made of paper or of anything else, improve the condition of a country by increasing its facilities of making exchanges. We say a represen tative money, because if flume is right, as we believe he is, in saying that it is important that money should be kept increasing, it is evident that the material of which money is made must be something not dependent, as are gold and silver, on the quantity which may be discovered in mines, or washed out of rocks by rivers. But we return to the existing state of the currency, and we say that a great mistake has evidently been made in its regulation. The de pressions, panics, and ruinous monetary convulsions of recent years are matters of fact. Science, skill, and wealth increase—we have more men, and men more capable of working, and with better tools to work with, than ever, and yet what is, at frequently returning periods, the condition of the great body of the people ? Are the masses of the people educated, clothed, fed, and lodged as they ought to be ? as the wisest and the best men in the nation wish them to be ? Then is there riot, we respectfully submit to the con sideration of our readers, a flaw in our system ? We say with the distinguished historian of the French Re volution, Mr. Alison, that the bad monetary system established by Sir B. Peel is this flaw. And that the nation will never' for any lengthened period prosper, nor will the industrious producer obtain the just reward of his labour, till that system is revised. We think, therefore, that the efforts making by the members of the Retford Currency Society to inform the country on this vital subject deserve encourage ment. And we hope that the meeting of that society , at Retford to-day, November 16th, will encourage those who are labouring in this matter to persist in their exertions, and uphold the cause of " Truth and Justice." Now, with these facts before us, we demand the solution of this simple question—Why do vessels going on long voyages persevere in embarking large quantities of water, in many cases as much as one ton per man on board ? Why do emigrant ships take out a supply which they can command at all times and at all hours ? Why do they carry from 100 to 200 tons of water ? Since it is calculated that an adult during a South Australian voyage consumes a ton, why do they not provide themselves with distilling and cook ing galleys, which would give them a fresh and wholesome daily supply ? Having seen what has been done abroad, and what is done or doing at home every day, we are at a loss to find a reason why a ship owner should prefer embarking water to goods. It will be seen what an economy the adaptation of such galley on board an emigrant ship will present, even on the first voyage. Let us take a vessel of 500 or 600 tons, with a crew of 30 men and 200 pas sengers. For the voyage to Australia, these people will consume 250 tons of water. If it be intended to go straight, without watering at any intermediate port, that water must be on hoard at the departure ; if she waters half way, then some 120 tons are em barked. Taking the last hypothesis, she will have to procure casks, which will cost at the minimum price 21. per ton, or 2401. Then she will lose the freight of 120 tons of goods at 21., or 3001., making altogether 5001., besides the delays incident on going out of her way to water. Now, the cost of an appa ratus, tank and all complete, does not exceed 1501. (we speak of the French galley, not being acquainted with Mr. Grant's scale of prices) ; out of that sum we must deduct about 30/., the price of the common cooking apparatus for such a vessel : then the oost will be 1201. Then we have a profit on the very first voyage of 3801. If the observation is made that the casks may be sold in Australia at the cost price, still there must remain on board some 20 tons or more for the provision of the crew on the re turn voyage ; giving the shipowner the benefit of that observation, and assuming he sells 100 tons o 4 water-casks at 21., which we take out of the 3801., there will remain after all 180/. balance in favour of the galley—taking no account whatever of the loss incurred on the 20 tons, or about 1001. on the return voyage. The results proving the efficiency of these galleys have been numerouse and satisfactory ; why then persevere in the old water-casks course ? It is said that the Emigration Board would not permit a vessel to leave port without a sufficiency of water. We may predict, with certainty, that such foolish notions will soon be exploded, and that these machines will be required by the same Board to be placed on board of every passenger ship. Looking now at the royal navy, the large quanti ties of water embarked on board a ship take a great portion of the stowage away ; that part of the ship may be usefully employed in carrying stores for a long voyage, and instead of being stored, as now, for six months, by the introduction of the new galley she may be provisioned for twelve months without any difficulty. The time is past when the Admiralty used to have a certain scale cf certain stores for a certain class of ships. We remember a friend of ours telling us the following anecdote, which he (Captain Hickey) called the acme of official wisdom. He was on the Lake Ontario, under Sir Jame Yeo, at the close of the American war; a 100-gun ship, called the Prince Regent, was then building at Kings town, and as 100-gun ships had water casks, brooms, &e., at home, so the Prince Regent must have, and they were sent from here to the American lake at no small expense. It never came into the wise heads of the Lords of the Admiralty that the Prince Regent was to float on soft water, and that brooms may be cut on the banks of the lake, and consequently they could have saved the trouble of sending and the expense of buying and carrying such articles. It was literally beating, in absurdity, the old proverb of sending coal to Newcastle. that cast a gloom over the enjoyment of the party dur ing the tour. Here was an interesting female of the early age of 22, removed by an act of excusable impru dence from the abode of civilization—her home in the wilderness, surrounded by beings of uncongenial na tures, and whose very enjoyments, derived from a cultivated mind, were tinctured with bitterness by their contrast with the mere animated propensities of those among whom she dwells. She emplo3 s her time, however, in keeping a school, and in "teaching the young idea how to shoot," among the children of the Indian village.—New York Herald. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING SIX O'CLOCK. WARWICK HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Doubt 5 to 1 agst Chief Justice. 8 to 1 agst Woodlark 8 to 1 agst Cockermouth 10 to 1 apt Grief 12 to 1 agst Clothworker 14 to 1 agst Egret 15 to 1 agst Forrester OPEN STEEPLECHASE. to 1 agst British Yeoman 7 to l agst Abd-el-Kader 8 to 1 agst Champagne 8 to 1 agst Victim CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Cossack—taken 1,000 to 15 each agst Clarissa, Miss Anne, and Montague—taken 5,000 to 75 agst Langton—taken The Scotia is the name of the magnificent steam-ship now being erected on the Clyde for the royal mail squadron from Liverpool to New York. Perhaps we may suggest the Arabia as a significant and elegant title for any other ship which hereafter may be built. —Liverpool Albion. GREAT EXHIBITION, 1851.-2/CBSM J. and R. M'Cracken, of No. 7, Old Jewry, have this day received a further consignment from the Russian Commission, consisting of 129 packages, which they are taking steps to deposit with the previous consignment under the re gulations established by the Board of Customs for the custody of the•goods from the northern ports. until the building in Hyde-park be ready to receive them. The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain Luce, leaves Liverpool, on Wednesday, on her first re turn trip to New York. During the week vast numbers of spectators have visited ber in the Huskisson Lock in order to inspect her model whilst she was dry. Much astonishment was expressed, and her gorgeous fittings up especially attracted commendation. She will carry out a fair number of passengers and a tolerable freight. —Liverpool Albion. POST-OFFICE DEFALCATION.—WORCESTER.—A se cond case of this kind has just been discovered in the Wor cester Post-office, the delinquent being the chief clerk, Mr. Price, who it appears is in good circumstances, and has money in a local bank, besides an inheritance in prospectu. It appears that for some time the !accused party has been in the habit of appropriating to his own use part of the moneys received for the payment of Post-office orders, &c., which it was his duty to hand over to the Postmaster, Mr. Harding. When charged with the delinquency he at once confessed his guilt. The extent of the defalcation is upwards of 501. Price has absconded, but the deficiency has been paid to Mr. Harding by a friend of Price's from funds of his deposited in Messrs. Parley and Co.'s Bank at Worcester. INQUEST ON MR. PENNINGT ON. Oa Saturday, at half-past one o'clock, Mr. Bed ford, coroner for Westminster, and a jury of sixteen parhhioners, held an inquest at the Brown Bear, Knightsbridge, on the body of Mr. George James Pennington, recently Auditor of the Civil List. Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Horatio Waddington, Under-Secretary for the Home Department, and other friends of the deceased, were present. Mr. P. Hood, surgeon, of 15, George-street, Port man-square, examined—l have known deceased for many years. The body the jury have just seen in the next room was his. Ido not know his age. Sir F. Thesiger—Fifty-six the 23d of January next. Mr. Hood, in continuation—He was the Auditor of the Civil List formerly—a few days before his death. He was also a barrister. I have attended him pro fessionally. The CORONER—WiII you state anything you know of your own knowledge necessary for the purpose of this inquiry ? Mr. Hood—He was seized with an attack of paraly sis on the Bth August last, which left him both mentally and bodily in a state of great prostration. He reco vered partially from the paralysis, but his mind re mained much weaker than it was before. This was more evident, because he had always been remark able amongst his friends as being a man of a very decided and strong mind. I ranked myself amongst them, and was aware of what I state. After he had recovered in some measure from the effects of disease I advised him to go down into the country and he went to the Isle of Wight first, and then to Brighton. After he had been there a week he came back unexpectedly, and called on me. This was about a month ago. He told me he had come up from Brighton on account of the agonising feelings he had had the day before, which caused him to contemplate suicide. lie said he felt something that was impelling him to throw himself over the cliff, and that it was with the greatest difficulty he could restrain himself from doing so. He also said he felt sure that if he had had a pistol within his reach he should have blown his brains out. I calmed him as well as I could, and told him that his bodily health was much deranged, and that I would prescribe to restore him, and again advised a sojourn in the country. He went again to Brighton. When he returned, about a fortnight ago, I saw him. He did not complain of having any return of those feelings I mentioned ; but on Thursday week last more papers were brought to him than usual by one of the clerks. I think I ought to have stated that I recommended him to go back to the Treasury, as I thought it would do him good provided he did not do too much work. He did go back to the Treasury, and was there for a few days. He was so frightened at the sight of the papers I have alluded to, that he ran down to the Treasury and resigned bis situation to Sir Charles Trevellyan. He told him this on Friday week, and he told me that he felt unable to undertake any more calculations, and that he had in conse quence resigned. He appeared then very nervous, and seemed to regret having done it. I have no doubt that his mind was much weakened, and that he never recovered from the effects of paralysis, which left his mind in a very weak state. I have no doubt he was labouring under affection of the mind. I continued to see him after that. He continued very much the same, viz., desponding. I saw him last Wednesday. I did not think it was necessary to place him under against g e restraint, the depressionr o a s n t ' i because he w actions, and struggled as m uc h as man cou ld do of his perfectly master of his s mind. I am decidedly of opinion that he was labouring u n d e r di sease of the brain, and very extensive disease of the h ear t also. A person labouring under such di sease wou ld b e lik e ly to commit self-destruction. He never talked to me en the subject except upon his return from Brighton the first time. _ _ SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER ON LONG VOYAGES. (From the Nautical Standard.) We have many times been surprised at the very slowness with which improvements are adopted in our Royal and mercantile navies. As a nation, we are ad verse to innovation, and it requires a long time to introduce in our system even things that are de cidedly and tangibly superior and better than those we have been accustomed to. It is notorious that the most useful inventions, and even the greatest discoveries, have found detractors or enemies among those they were intended to benefit. There are yet men with prejudices so strong that they cannot be convinced by the evidence of their own senses. They are so wedded to their old ideas and ways that they cannot see with their own eyes open that they are wrong, or that tome newer means are better than those they have used all their lifetime. Some others, whose interest draws them another way, have, of course, reasons of their own for not adopti ng , or even for speaking against and running down all improvements. The old cant of new-(angled systems, delusive hopes, dan gerous experiment, poisonous stuff, were the expres sions of all those interested in the several trades con nected with lighting when gas was first spoken of. The inventor of the apparatus that, first manufactured the gas that lighted the first experimental lamp, awl the discoverer of the application of gas for lighting pur poses, after having spent their last shilling to bring out their discovery, were reduced to pine away the last years of their existence in the most abject penury; like many other benefactors of their race, they worked hard to pave the way to those splendid establishments we see springing up every day. They sowed the seed, and starved whilst it was growing up ; but others after them reaped a rich harvest. In spite of the efforts of thousands interested iu the dark status quo, gas at last triumphed, and is now become as necessary to the inhabitants of our cities as the very air they breathe; with it, too, it has brought immense improvements in our manner of building ; and although met with the greatest abuse and out cries at first, it has now become an indispensable article. Another discovery, as important to the navies of England, has been made, and the outcry raised is that it cannot answer ; without any trial, without the least possible chance of appreciation of its merit, there were, and there are now, found men so bigoted to their old notions that they have pro claimed, and continue to proclaim, the utter im possibility of the success of the discovery. When those men are told that vessels have been for months, nay years, at sea without being provided with a ton of water ; that their crews, composed of several hundred men, have found a constant and abundant supply with the simplest apparatus, and only by distilling the sea-water on which their ship floated—those men, with the obstinacy belonging to ignorance, persevere in their old and foolish way, and will not, or cannot, believe what everybody else is convinced of. There are many ships in the French Republican and mercantile navies provided with what our neighbours call " Appareil-Cuisine Distillatoire," which, whilst it cooks the crew's meals, distils the water necessary for all purposes. This apparatus is of the simplest con struction, easy of access to all on board, and not liable to get out of order. The price in Franca is extremely moderate, and probably at the time we write nearly half of the merchant navy, going on long voyages, are provided with this eco nomical and most useful galley. Many large men-of-war, with numerous crews, have re ceived the improved machine, and find it answer admirably. We have before us reports of numerous captains who speak in the highest terms of its efficiency, and advise its introduction in every vessel, even for short voyages, as more economical and safer than the old plan of water-casks or tanks. They report that the water is better than that provided at the commonwateri places, free from all the earthy, mineral, or vegetable matters which are found in larger or lesser proportion in every drop of water shipped from springs, rivers, or reservoirs—by far more useful for drinking, Cooking, affeScitredF,di e k Tlhe i s ge in r' timately acquainial with who appeared deeply deceased for upwards of 20 years. He did not prac rdeepeorscd—w a s prac tise as a barrister, and was on the civil list of the Treasury. Few persons were better acquainted with him than I. He had a cultivated mi n d an d a parti cularly cheerful disposition, and was one who bore the events of life with great calmness; he was the last man in the world to commit suicide if he were in a right state of mind. The attack of paralysis was the cause of the postponement of a marriage in his family. About this time I left ; England, and on my re t urn I . saw a marked change is lie scarcely recog nised me when I visited him, and instead of his re ceiving me in his usual affectionate way, he said nothing to me, more than merely answering my ques tions. This was about the 14th or 15th o f A ugust last. On his return from Brighton I called on him, and found him much improved, but he w as not t h e man he had been before. It was evident his mind had received a shock from which it had not entirely re covered, though it appeared much better. Th e l ast time I saw him I had no conversation with him that could be called conversation. I understood he intended to resign his situation at the Treasury, and I recom mended him not t o t a k e that step until he h a d con sulted Drs. tWatson an d Latham, his physi c i ans. When I heard of his resignation I called on him, and went into his library. He did not seem to notice me, and was engaged in putting bills on a file. He went out of the room and came back again, and ask e d me to assist him in filing the papers, which I did ; but seeing that he was not inclined for conversation I left him, and was then satisfied his mind was not in a sound state. I do not know that I have anything more to add. Mr. Horatio Waddington examined—l am Under- Secretary of State for the Home Department. I have known the deceased most intimately for 25 years. We were most intimate friends. I saw him the day after the attack of which you have heard. He was much in the same state as described by Sir F. The siLser. He did ❑ot know me at all. He afterwards improved gradually, though be was scarcely in pos session of his faculties. He first went to Richmond and made some improvement there, but his intellect seemed to me broken down, and I did not expect he would ever recover. He then went to Brighton, and on his return came to me - 1;i the Home-office, and he did not seem tome so well as before. He appeared to be labouring under disease of the brain. He would speak coherently fur a time, and then lose the thread of his discourse. lie then went to the Treasury on his usual business, though I was sure he would fail in transacting it. The next day he seemed better, and went through the business of it. What I consider most remarkable was that he never told me he in• tended to resign. He never called on me, and I never saw him since. His mind was gone, and if he had LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1850. not died in the way he has done, he would, in my opi nion, have bad another attack of paralysis. The cha racter given of him by Sir F. Thesiger is correct. He was in happy circumstances as regarded the world and his own family. Mr. H. Parker, solicitor, said he had had frequent opportunities of seeing deceased before the attack of paralysis, and could bear testimony to the powers of his mind. He saw him a few days after the attack, and his mind was completely prostrated. had an interview with him on Tuesday last, and saw that his mind was greatly affected. He complained of deaf ness and pain in the heart, and seemed greatly de pressed. He said, " You know what I have done," alluding to his retirement from the Treasury. He said two or three papers had been placed before him ; that he got through the first two well, but when he ex amined the third he could not get through it, and seeing a considerable quantity of papers on the table he said he made up his mind to resign, and did so at once. He was afterwards vexed at what he had done. Witness wished to talk to him concerning some affairs of his uncle. He made a repugnant gesture, saying, " No, no; George Pennington is dead." The witness added, that deceased called on him on Thurs day last (the day he shot himself), and made an ap pointment with him for the following morning (Fri day). He appeared much more cheerful, but witness was satisfied that his mind went on gradually decli ning ever since the paralytic attack, and that if he had remained in the same state of mind he enjoyed before the attack he would never have made away with himself. Mr. 'W. Collins, of 14, Westbourne-grove, said, that on Thursday evening last, about half-past 4 o'clock, after leaving the buildings in the Park, he was walk ing along nearly opposite the entrance of the late Lady Blessington's. He saw in that direction a flash, and heard the report of fire-arms. Advancing towards the spot he saw a policeman running towards it, and when witness came up he saw a man (deceased) lying under a small fir-tree. He had a wound in the head, which witness saw at once was fatal. Witness took a double barrelled pistol from the hands of the policeman, and took the cap off the left nipple, and put the hammer down, because the left barrel was not discharged. The other barrel had been recently discharged. Deceased appeared perfectly insensible, and with the exception of opening his mouth two or three times after the lapse of as many minutes gave no signs of life. Henry John, police-constable 223 T, said that at the hour indicated he was coming out of Gore House, Kensington-lane, when he heard the report of fire arms in the park. He jumped over the palings and saw a person just falling to the ground under a tree. When witness got close to him he found a pistol in his right hand, and saw blood flowing from his right temple and a large quantity coming from his mouth. In four or five minutes he moved his tongue and bottom lip, but not any of his limbs. He found on deceased's person, besides some property, a card-case with two cards, on which was printed "Mr. Penning ton, 20, Cumberland-street, Portman-square." Wit ness sent for a surgeon, but in the meantime Mr. Bonney, surgeon, of Knightsbridge, came up and pro nounced deceased dead. Mr. Bonney described deceased's wounds. There was a circular wound in the temple, admitting the finger for two inches into the brain. There was a corresponding wound on the other side of the held, more jagged, with a small portion of the skull de tached. Looking to the nature of the orifice, the wound was likely to have been inflicted with buck shot. He had no doubt that the wound canned death. In answer to the CORONER, Mr. Waddington said deceased was not in the habit of using pistols. He was fond of shooting with a double-barreled gun. The CORONER — Mid the jury had three points to de termine ; whether deceased died of a pistol-shot wound; and whether he inflicted that wound himself; and, if so, under what condition of mind. He thought the evidence so full and clear on all these points that they could easily mine to a right decision. The jury immediately returned a verdict, " That deceased destroyed his own life whilst in an unsound state of mind." mahogany for the dockyard, and 125 tons of logwood and 3,750 cocoa nuts on private account. The end. grants by this ship, on the outward passage, encountered a most fearful fatality after landing. She left Stettin on the 19th of April, having about 140 passengers, joiners, tailors, and artisans of all trades, besides others of a superior grade, inhabitants of Stettin and the vicinity. They had a fair passage, and arrived at Point Gorda, near Belize, in the Bay of Honduras, on the 27th of June. The emigrants were at once located at Point Gorda, and at St. Thomas, a Belgian settlement, on the Isthmus, near Panama. Within eight days of their landing they were assailed by typhus and the country fever, by which five died on the first day; the surgeon waa the sixth person who died, and trey continued dropping oil until the departure of the Norma, on the 18th of September, when 100 had been interred, and the remainder were sick. Four gentlemen and two ladies who went out in her returned by the Norman, and were landed at Cork. APPOINTMENT. Woovivicll, Nov. 16.—Captain Michael Seymour (1826) to be Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard, vice David Price, promoted to be Rear-Admiral. PROMOTION. Assistant-Surgeon John Joliffe (1845) to be Surgeon. The promotion of Assistant-Surgeon Ernest Elliott (1841) to be Surgeon is cancelled by his own request, as he prefers to remain Assistan-Surgeon to the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, at present held by him. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, returned to Woolwich from Sheerness to-day at 3 o'clock E.M., the court-martial on M. Samuel Parry, chief engineer of the Pluto steam-vessel, having con cluded on the previous day. The charges against Mr. Parry were under three heads—first, disobedience of orders; secondly, contemp tuous conduct, and thirdly, neglect of duty, contained in six letters from Lieutenant-Commander Joliffe, of the Plato, to the Admiralty. The prisoner was found guilty on all the charges se parately, and sentenced to be dismissed the service. The - Pluto is now ordered to ba paid off at Woolwich on Tuesday next, the 19th inst. SHIP NEWS. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Oporto, Nov. 8. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the Board of Health in this city have given notice that no vessel arriving from any infected port, or port suspected of in• fecfion, will hereafter be allowed to enter the river Douro, without previously performing quarantine at Lisbon, Vigo, or some other accredited lazaretto. T. C. WIOHAM, Agent to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. LITERP3OL O Nov. 16.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.— The Jane Cook, from Wells for this port, has arrived at Weymouth with loss of foremast, &c., having been in contact with the Iberia steamer, from Gibraltar for Southampton. The Coquette, hence for Africa, has ar rived at Holyhead with damage to -main rigging on starboard side, and some channel plates carried away, having been in contact with a black bark, outward bound, off Point Lynas. 17th, Wind W., moderate. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 15.—Wind S E., moderate.— Arrd. Grace, from Calais; Carl Richard; Mary Gillespie, from Prince Edward's Island. The screw steam-ship City of Glasgow, which left New York on the 2d inst., arrived at Greenock at one o'clock this morning. Arrd. Astoria, from New Orleans; New Commercial, from Palermo; Sultan, from St. Andrew's; Helen Champion and Hargreaves, from St. Petersburgh; Elenor, from Rotterdam; John Myers, from Bordeaux; Clemente, from Rouen; Antaa4. Off port, Amathea and Morton. Sid. Helen, from Buenos Ayres. Put back, Flirt, for Constantinople, leaky, having been aground Arklow on Bank. TIIISTED, Nov. 4.—The Orion, from London for Christinestead, was stranded and wrecked near Stette in the night of the 2d of November; crew saved. CuxuAvEN, Nov. 13.—A British barque, supposed to be the Mohawk, is on shore near Frthburg. BANGOR, Nov. 14.—The Sarah Ann, for Newry, and the Coromandel, for Dublin, in working out of the river got aground on the Sands. LE - RIVICR, Nov. 12.—The Brothers, of this port, drove on shore at Uycasund Unst on November 7, and has re ceived considerable damage. GRIMSBY, Nov. 15.—The Olivia, from Dantzic, which came into the roads yesterday leaky, has been surveyed, and must discharge to rerair. DUBLIN, Nov. 15.—The steamer City of Limerick, in proceeding down the river last night, took the ground on the North Bull, and remained till five o'clock this morn ing, when she floated, and proceeded on her passage, not having sustained any damage. The George W. Snow, of New York, was fallen in with diamasted on October 3, in lat. 32 N., long, 78 W., about 75 miles from Charleston, by the Catherine, ar rived in the river, which had encountered a gale on Sep tember 30; three of her men got on board the Catherine, but the master and rest of the crew, consisting of the mate and a boy, remained by the vessel, which could not be seen the following morning. GRAVESEND, NOV. 17 .—Wind W., light, cloudy. Arrd. Jenny Lind, from Calcutta; Sarah, Metcalfe, from Madras; Peter Senn, from Rio de Janiero; Anna Letitia, from Marseilles; Menai, from Calais; Eole and the Lionne, from Gravlines; Alliance, from Lisbon; Comet and Eclipse, from Madeira; Leda, from St. Melo; Leone Victoire, from Havre; Jane Goodyear, Tonnere, and Spy, from Patras; Fantome, from Genoa; Thames, from Hamburgh ; St a dt D o d rec h t, f rom D ort; Giraffe, Attwood, Apollo, and Rainbow, from Rotterdam; Diana and Roscommon, from Harlingen; Sir R. Peel, from Dunkirk; Frederike, from Rostock; Spy, from Patras; Alfred, from Callao; Speed, from Randers; Robert, from Boston; Ocean Queen, from Co penhagen; Naiad, from Guernsey; Seine, from Bou logne; Duke of Cornwall and Wilton, from St. Peters. burgh; Tweed, from Memel; Providence, from Oporto; City of London, from Dunkirk; Dorothea, from Naples; Briton, from Havan na h ; T r it on , f rom Ostend; Mar chioness of Bute, from Cadiz; Onward, from Patras; Cassiopea, from Algos Bay; Active, from Naskoe. Sailed—Northam ' for Mogadore; Mooltan, for Hon g - Kong; Point, for Jamaica; Seringapatam, for Port Adelaide; Joven Rosita, for Cadiz; Lalla Rookh, for California; Magnet, for Amsterdam; Lord John Russell, for Harlingen; Arrow, for Leghorn; Wilberforce, for Tonniugen; William Inglis, for Ascension; Batavier, Ocean, and Earl of Auckland, for Rotterdam; Fame, for Calais; Albion, for BJulogne; Princess Victoria, for Antwerp; Northumberland, for New York; Columbine, for Sierra Leone; John Bull, for Hamburgh; William Jolliffe, for Havre; Sir Edward Banks, for Ostend; Caesarea, for Jersey; City of Rotterdam, for Dunkirk; Thomas Arbuthnot, fur Sydney ; Queen, for Ton ningen ; White Mouse, for St. Michael's; Saggitarus, for Trieste. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. British Queen, from Newport, for Barcelona, Nov. 12, eight leagues S.W. of Scilly. Cumberland brig, from Middlesborough for Almoira, out 21 days, Oct. 19, Ist. 37.43 N., long. 10.40 W., all well. George and Richard, Oct. 22, lat. 43.38 N., long. 13 10W. Macleod, from Odessa for Falmouth, Nov. 10. let. 49, long. 10. Ocean Queen barque, of and from Liverpool for California, out 29 days, Oct. 4, lat. 11.15 N., long. 27 W. Richard and Ann, of Pl 3 mouth, Nov. 7, lat. 46 N., long. 14 W. Reward, from London for Jamaica, Nor. 11, off the Start. Sir Edward Paget, Sept. 30, let. 5 S., long. 17 W. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—The plan of the direc tors of this company for bringing about an amicable arrangement between the original and preferential shareholders having been carried on Tuesday, by the overwhelming majority of 10 to 1, we can confidently state that a dividend will be forthwith paid to both classes of shareholders. We can also state that the dividend to the original shareholders, in 1851, is ex pected to be 2, if not 2 per cent. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—The proposals of the directors for raising new capital, by the crea tion of new preferential shares, were unanimously agreed to at the meeting at Bristol, on Thursday. THE BARBADOES RAILWAY.---011 Friday at eleven o'clock, a meeting was held before his Honour the Master in Chancery Blunt, to appoint an official manager to investigate and wind up the affairs of this company, on the petition of the shareholders, who state that it was started in 1845, with a pro posed capital of 300,0001., in 12,000 shares of 21. each, deposit 1/. Ali the shares were allotted with the exception of 1,000, which were reserved for the island of Barbadoes. An Act of the Colonial Legis lature was obtained. The deposits paid on shares amounted to 11,0001., which the directors drew from the bankers, and disposed of, with the exception of a balance of 201., now in the hands of the bankers. The liabilities have to be ascertained. Five gentlemen were proposed to fill the office of official manager, Messrs. Sandeman, Ainger, Cooper, Symonds, and Goodchap. His Honour appointed Mr. Ainger, whose nomination was supported by 425 shares. DIRECT %VEST-END AND CROYDON...—On Friday his Honour Master Tinney revised the list of provi sional committeemen whom he had made liable in connexion with this company, and struck off up wards of sixty from the list, in conformity with the law as laid down by the House of Lords, on the ground that they had neither acted nor taken shares, though they had paid money in respect of creditors' claims. This will leave about thirty provisional men on the list liable for the payment of any call that may be made, or contribution that may be required, which it is expected will not exceed 60/. each. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN FRANCE.—The Minister of the Interior has given orders that engineers shall be admitted to the railways from Metz to Nancy, Paris to Rennes, Nantes to Augers, Creil to Saint Quentin, Avignon to Marseilles, Bordeaux to La Teste, Tours to Poitiers, Montereau to Troyes, and the railways of the Gard, in order to make arrange-- meats for laying down electric telegraph lines with out delay. • GREAT WESTERN. — The increase of traffic during the present half-year, and the reduction of the per manent-way expenses, will enable the Great Western Railway Company to pay a dividend at the rate of four per cent. per annum, end carry a large balance —say, considerably beyond 30,000/.—over to the as sistance of the June six months. This calculation supposes all probable charges against revenue being paid out of it. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.—The first anni versary of the opening of the line from this town to NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Commander-in-Chief. Vice-Admiral Earl of Dnndcnald, G.C.8., in the Wellesley, 72, Captain Gold smith, with the Helena, 16, Commander De Courcy; Sappho, Commander lion. L. Cochrane; and Plumper, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Nolioth, left Halifax, Oct. 29, for Bermuda. FOREIGN BIEN-OF-WAR AT PORTSMOUTH. The Austrian man-of-war corvette Carolina, Captain Count Caroalize, arrived at Spithead on Friday morning from Copenhagen, bound up the Mediterranean. She saluted the garrison at noon with 21 guns, and, soon after, the flag of Admiral Sir Bladen Capel, which was returned by the Platform Battery and the Victory. She appears a very fine vessel, mounting 20 guns,' looks well about her rigging, and has royal yards rigged aloft. The Russian corvette, Oamhyna,:of 20 guns , that ar rived at Spithead, took out h er p ow d er and her live shells on Thursday afternoon and on Friday morning; and at four o'clock on Friday evening was towed into harbour by the Bloodhound. This vessel is from St. Petersburgh bound to Kamtschatka. We hear she touched the ground somewhere coming down the Baltic, and has suffered much from stress of weather, which has been very severe. She has been twenty days on her passage. As she has a good many defects and a long voyage in view, she will probably remain at Portsmouth for a month or so. The Turkish officers are moving about a good deal, visiting the' yard and sights in Portsmouth. On Thurs day Mehemet Bey, Captain of the Marat Zefre, with some of his principal officers, Captain Mehemet and his second and third captains of the Suray Bahre brig, were out in the Fanny, Sir Bladen Capel's yacht, with a large party, including Lady Essex, Lady Capel, &c. They afterwards were entertained at the Admiral's residence at dinner. Numbers of persons have visited these ves sels, and have been received with all courtesy, coffee and tea being always offered. The crews are remarkably clean in their persons, and come on shore a good deal. The frigate has on board, on her main deck, 28 English guns that have been presented on some occasion to the Turks; they are 32-pounders—all brass. The brig is an uncommonly fine vessel, of American build, measur ing 600 tons; she is also in very good order, and clean, mounting 20 brass guns. It is probable these vessels will remain in Portsmouth harbour for the winter months. There are now men of war of four different powers at Portsmouth—English, Turkish, Austrian, and Russian. Dasher steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Parks, now employed in raising men for the Albion, is ordered to Sheerness to be paid, and to be kept ready in the basin for commissioning in the spring. Encounter, 12, screw -corvette, Captain Gordon, it is said, will not return to Lisbon, but will proceed to the Mediterranean. Faatome, 12, is ready for commission at Portsmouth. She has her top-gallant masts fidded, and has been turned out of hand by the yard riggers in a most com plete manner. Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmot, has been masted and taken in and out of dock at Devonport. Hecate, 6, steam-frigate, Commander Rand, is wait ing at Devonport to take the marines and seamen of the Cambrian eastward on paying off. Naiad store-ship, at Valparaiso, Master Commander Browne, is ordered to be paid off there and recommis sioned. North Star, 26, was moved from Sheerness to Chatham on the 12th inst. to lay in ordinary, in preference to re maining at Sheerness, where the worm was committing ravages on the bottom. Spy brigatine, Lieutenant. Commander G. Western, was paid off at Chatham on Saturday. Sparrow surveying -vessel, Commander Fraser, is ordered to be employed in the duties of the station. Trident steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Risk,' is ordered to Devonport, where she is to remain under the orders of the port admiral. Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, will be ready on the 28th. She is ordered to Woolwich to be paid advance, and to embark stores for Rio. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., will shortly be ordered to fill up her complement to 750, and sail for the Mediterranean, following the Albion, 90, to that station.—Portsnrouth Times and Naval Gazette. The Victory, Excellent, and Blenheim (it is reported to us), will be paid off on the 2ud of next month and re commissioned on the following day under tho now Ad miralty regulations.—l6id. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Caradoc steam-packet was brought down alongside the Malabar yesterday after noon to complete coaling, and proceed to Woolwich. APPOINTMENTS. Commander G. H e Blenheim. Lieutenant Boughey, to command the Harlequin. Assistant-Surgeons—W. H. Cameron, to the Albion; T. G. Harson, to the Harlequin. E. J. Foster, account•purser, to the Persian. B. F. B. Clarke, master's-assistant, to the Harlequin. ROYAL MARINES. Two recruiting paTties,oneto Stafford, under Captain frockings, and the other to Newbury, under Captain Lowder, are ordered to proceed from this division on Monday. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Wasp was undocked on Thursday. She went from Hamoese into the Sound yesterday. Her crew will be paid wages to-day, and she is appointed to sail to morrow (Sunda)) with the mails for the coast of Africa. The Britomort having been found defective, th e li ar _ !equip, as a substitute, was masted and docked on Tursday to have her copper examined and be rep)ired. She was taken out of dock yesterday. Commander Wil mot and the crew of the Britomart have been transferred to the Harlequin, which is to go to the coast of Africa. I The crew cf the Cambrian will not be paid off until the conclusion of the private inquiry at the office of the Commodore Superintendent, relative to Commodore Plumridge, upon certain charges preferred by Mr. Wymold Hanley, late secretary to the Commodore in the East Indies. It is expected that the inquiry will terminate only in an open court-martial. Colour-Sergeant Thomas Guy, R.AL, late of the Mariner, has been presented by the officers of that ship with au e!egaut silver watch and append ages as a mark of their appr ova l o f his conduct tor a period of upwards of three years. Sergeant Guy has had awarded to him by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the long service medal, and a gratuity of lst The Prussian bark Norma, Captain Schultz, from Belize, arrived on Thursday with 215 pieces of . BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Nov. 14:— ASSETS. ---- Cash in band ... ~. . . f.340,948,916 91 Ditto in branch banks ... 101,959,222 0 Bills past due ~, •.• ~, 186,202 14 Bills discounted, but not yet due Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto by the branch banks ... 937,424 0 Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions Etentes of the reserve fund ... Rentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new branch banksin the public funds ... ... ... 12,952,725 74 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks ... 3,522,574 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 230,000 0 Bills protested at Paris 579,659 38 Expenses of administration of the Bank 384,914 70 Ditto of the branches ... ... ..• 409,238 0 Miscellaneous ... .. . ... 1,896,447 48 f. 772,770,482 25 LLLBILITIEV. Capital . . f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,730 14 Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation 421,334,300 6 Ditto of the branch banks ... 82,321,425 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 7,609,395 38 Account-current with Treasury creditor 48,254,689 46 Various accounts current ... 67,608,142 17 Ditto in branches ... 26,089,451 0 Bills payable at sight ... ... 4,133,000 0 Ditto at branches ... 1,200,629 0 Dividends payable ... 343,838 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 8,730 0 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 2,972,530 87 Expenses anticipated ... 258,532 90 Ditto of branch banks ... ... 1,660,510 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 114,831 83 Ditto in branch banks ... 244,973 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 384,733 25 f. 772.770,482 25 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. The preceding account shows that the cash in hand has increased since last weak by 500,000 f. The com mercial bills discounted have increased by 1,500,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have increased by 2,250,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury remains unchanged. The sundry credits have de creased by 1,250,000 f. THE ENGLISH WIFE OF THE OJIBBE WAY INDIAN. On Garden Island, by Lake Superior, Toronto, there are three Indian settlements of considerable ex tent, the entire island being an Indian reserve, at two of which extensive clearances have been made, and where the natives cultivate the soil ; but those of the other still indulge in their unsettled propensities. The Indians had collected from all quarters to the number of 3,000, whose lodges and wigwams thickly studded the shore, and were scattered around on the surrounding heights. Among the concourse thus brought together was a broken-hearted English young lady, who, carried away by a romantic and sanguine disposition, about five years before, at the eerly age of seventeen, had become the wife of an Indian chief who visited England, and had be come the victim of a mistaken and confiding attachment. Her parents seem to have par taken of the strange credulity of their unhappy child, as the father had sent to the Canadian wilds Brus se l s carpet i ng, a p i ano, an d ot h er ar ticles of lu xury , w i th which to decorate the rude dwelling or Indian wigwam, where anything would be out of keeping that was unsuited to the verdant carpeting of nature. The tribe to which her husband belongs are located in the interior of the island, and she had accompanied them to the place of rendez vous, probably to beguile the tedium of a wilderness life, little expecting to meet with a party, composed, for the most part, of natives of her own "distant isle of the ocean," to remind her of the endearments and associations of her own early home, and of the sacrifice she had made in exchanging the allure ments and refinements of civilized lif e f or t h e soc i ety o f those who, however kindly they may treat her, are still the unsophisticated, untutored, savage, and uncultivated , denizens of the forest. The sight of this evidently dis-1 eppointed young creature was the only circumstance IVolverhampton the , gntletnen connected with the railw a y dining to' was celebrated on Tu esday l ast bY getneer at the S;van Hotel, Wolverhampton. The en' tertamment was on a most liberal scale, end the ut most- cordiality and good feeling characterised the evening. Mr. Knox, the secretary presided, and , amongst those present were Mr. Josep h Walker An Badger, the two managing directors.......,,,hreus- bury Chronicle. M EWCASTLE N AND CARLISLE, ARTFORT env CARLISLE, AND WHITERAYEN JUNCTION.---We 118", good i authority for stating that the abo ve lines ot railway will have an imnvnse increase of trait, on; sequent upon the orning of the White haven ana Furness Junction Railway, which took place a fe w days ago ; and what will make such a traffic mere remunerative is, that coke will go from Neweastie. and Carlisle to the neighbourhood of 13arrow, o°.°_ the waggons be loaded back again with iron ore to tla vi v iron works in the vicinity of Newcastle. A salt trade has also just commenced in the transit o f sal from Liverpool to the Aiken Works on the Tr e ' which is now being brought from Liverpool to Mar)" port by sailing vessels, and thence to its destinatio.a den per rail. 300 tons this week have been lea I° Liverpool, destined for that route ; and there is ev e . r t ) :, reason to suppose it will be preferred by the tnaP r i l r ; of alkali manufacturers to the circuitous route . O Le Lands adopted, viz., by sailing ships round t, ° ,, End; and, when it is taken into account that the consumption i n the Tyne is 70, 000 tons per 911 % ; Il Uln, we think the r a ilway managers are per making a strong attemp t to secure the traffi Carlisle Journal. THE COUNTRY MARKETSg,fro EXETER, Nov. 15.-Cattle Market --There 113 -, - an d derate supply and a great demand, for both e 5 1,.." F a t sheep. Prices were much the same as last we i e ° .* o b a r• beef sold at from 7s 6d to 7s 9d per score, and but lrilitble, reners, store bullOcks, and steers there was alteration in price. Sheep; fat ewes 41.1 to 4 a d ' l i e ge wethers 4P to 51. Pork Carow - es There "vs 9 % co re. supply, which sold at f r om Gs 9d to 73 3. Pe r p an . Seeds-Rye ss, and winter tick beans 3s 9(1 to il s ' i ea ch; nier-Turkeys 4s 6d to 5s 6rl; geese 45 Gd to 59 . 6 , 1 ditto ; ducks 4s to 5s per couple ; fowls 2s 3d to 35 ', s 41 to pheasants 6s ditto; partridges 3s ditto; woodcoe& . ch ; 4s 6d ditto ; snipes Is 6d ditto ; hares 2s 6d to 3 5 !", d to rabbits is ditto; roasters 4s 6d to 5s 6d; butter Rises Is per lb; eggs 10 to 12 for Is. Corn Exchange ea t ` at 5e were about the same as last week. Best nevi 60 3s per bushbushel; old 5s 6d. Malting barley 2s Od t u .0 , to el. Oats ls 10d to 2s. And fine flour fro' n 30s per sack of 2801bs. 'besb ell DALREITN, Nov. 14.-The relative weight per fou and 16st of the three prices of wheat were 18st 61b, I7st 1 1 b , ,, 5 , folb, I Olb. Oats, 13st 21b, 12st 21b, and lOst 91b. Bar le y' o's Isst 131 b, and 14st 81b. Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, and 17st 101bs. i n fer ri kg. Qrs. Be s t. Current. pi 10 u 357 Wheat ... ...... £2 4 6 £1 19 0 4 ' . O 13 1404 Oats ... 1 0 t!! 0 17 0 j o 6 1117 Barley .l 2 3 14 0 °o 0 27 Peas and Beans 112 0 110 0 1 Average of wheat 38s 4id. 1 8 1 64; ABERDEEN, Nov. 15.-Grain-Oats (old), 05° te- steel; 401bs per bushel ; o a t s ( new ), 15 s t o 15s 6d, 4 01 bs per67o2os barley, 00s Od to 205. 521bs per bushel; bear (new), les 4O 0d,521bs per bushel; wheat 40s to 435; oatmeal,l2sdate° Beef, per boll ; flour, 3.s to 34s per sack. Provisionitto, 4J 4d to 6d per lb mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; yel l ' A to 6d; to 6d ; pork, p er lb, 3d to 6d ; l am b, per lb , - d6d to 7d; tallow, per st one , 3 s t o 3 s 6d ; po t a t oes , per peck, each, is hay, per cwt, Osto Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; hares, c e. to 9J; 6d to 25 ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per DI t A . bet* eggs, per doz, 10d to Is 2d; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 23 5 °,, ditto, pet pair, 2s to 2s 6d; chickens, ditto, Is ld to ls 6d; duel , 6 9 0 d dill roo t Is 6d to 2s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os; turkeys, to 7s Od; geese, ditto, 6s Od to 7s; butter for exportations P zerb °4 cure), per cwt, 60s to 005; eggs. wholesale price, Pe r f 141bs' to 9d ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone ° Ig o 3,6 d to 3s 9d; pock fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od; pork t ' o o f . 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lba, Ti to Sdi, Meal-Oatmeal, Is 3d to is 4d ; barley dust' 7 " . ., 92° peasemeal, Is 8d to is 10d; sids, 6d to 7d ; bearroesegistrleY ca ttle na ca t fl o e : u O r s , O i d e ; 3d flo to ur i , s l 4 s d B . d to is 10d; barley, per lb, Id to 2d; "- market had only a middling GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 14.- - -'7 ord' ing, and the greatest proportion from Irelano; -r e ; o r from our own best grazing districts. Owing to tb doo ee. ply being small prices were fully 2s per cwt• in. s d - 3 6a to Best ox beef 45s to 475, second 41s to 445, thin t delt• 40s, cows, bulls, and inferior, 30s to 37s per ef t l aa llst lug offal. The supply of good wethers was mitten 8 ,.; es a supply of cettleith:se - few , than on any of the last two market days, and p 4 to to shade higher, and looking up. Best aged 'b e g eP d 30 sid, second 3}d to 4d. E wes mor e plentY --- nal ~. per lb., sinking offal. Pigs still in demand at In to OS rates, 30s to 40e. C a l ves in good demand a t 455 per i A l " MONTROSE, NOV. 15.-There is still little grx-rilvbeatt ing in our market. Prices the same as last week' 17S 62!bs, 38s to 40s; barley, 531bs, 225; oats, 401bs' to 17s 3d per quarter. CORK, Nov, 15. n ' t, e s !, The trade during the week has been very I L I : of o r we have no change to notice in either the W ba d demand for any description of grain. We is i v ibllntt several arrivals both of wheat and maize fro° ~ The The supplies of home grain still continue mode r a g i;els,s: receiptss for the week amount to-Wheat 1, 23 ; 4 gcl p er nhoamv ien w ca e hl laybnag theveed eery I r S . to 21s per brl; barley 2.832 brie. at 93 to , I ' - ja Pre pared and for d ei b 1, oats 6,480 brls, at 7s 6d to 9s 6cl per br'' business e p e a l s s s o in f g p , a re n p d are pricesgn wheatbarleyare„k P s rs We do not know cf any transactions h a ving •-- ° till ''' in f prepared oats, which are held firmly, holder s e g -- WI using to accede to the offersmade - rchas er " 1 °` by pu , T.O s o e , do not alter ' our quotations of last week. 4 %, is e $ fine flour continues very restricted, and the mar let's Or ar ticie e l e s ale ceedingly dull, though the value of the changed. Coarse flours, however, command 8 f i r 0 f ir sa hands e ati f a te- e rate at last week's prices. Indian corn meets on Y o fro ® stricted retail inquiry at a decline of 2s. 61. P er t : a ltie u ' . the prices named in our last. We quote t h e ',boor the article 71 to 71 7 s 6(1 nor ton, the latter m eets rent i D.lndian rent value of prim e Galatz corn. pea- very little inquiry. Barrels. Curren,,„ c y'toa° 3 White wheat ...21 s Od to 00s O d 00s Od" - 2° `" do 20 Red wheat . ..... 18 s Od to 20s Od 205 6d' l 6 do 16 ° 43 Barley 0 Bere .. ...... 369 Oats - co t 170 Pigs l 6s O d to 30s Od 275 °p er Quantit sold at th e Hi hest Prices: -- q 1 O W 0 barrel white wheat; 51 red; - _ 5 pis. Qu g antity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last v 7 e e . , 432. Wheat, e 1,209. Barley, 3,537. Oati, 5,989. Ft R turn of Cattle sold for the week ending No v ' 1 8 6 . Cow" 1-. 6d l Pigs, 1,381. Sheep, 324. Flour • -First 125 6d to l3s 6d ; e xtra , 145 6 e t0 99 seconds, Ils 6d to 12s 6d; households 9s to lls Od; thir d s, wbes," per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to lOs 6(1; Indian meal 7s 6d W 7 410 Odr, meal, lOs to 10s Griper cwt. Indian corn 715 s Od to 1 " J eers*" ton. Bran 90s Od to 95s per ton. Hay-Farmers 25s to 401 0 00 365; dealers 35 s t o 42 9 Od ; average 40s per ton . S_ Od 41 didl*l; to 2 , lOs Od to 24 s Od ; average 1 7 5; dea l ers 22s us average 00s Od per ton. Bread-Wheaten loaf 6d W 9J te household lo a f 5d t o bid per 41b. Fresh butter, cap."' lid per lb. E ggs -5 s 6d to 5s 8d per hundred• fit col's Newport Iss Od; Lydney 16s • Landore 14s* S ea e K lee' Whisky, 61.1 per ton. T a lk, ' '40 5 P i Ale' w 395 Od to ..„ „ , 25 0 - P., 5s 9d per imperial 8°" 49-. 4d " e veal lb' -Beef 4d to 4/ I d; mutton kid t o 6d; - A d per, 5d ; pork 4d to Oe ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausage' - 3/5s ri. 6d to yro ce Hops 6110 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/2 5 ton. Bark-Barbary 71 Os to 8/0s; Valonia 151 t° °I; P ot el .A e. 6105 ; Spanish 0/per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to Iss Pa r os; 1..- Hemp 321 to 34/ per ton. Fish- Se t h herrings 2 1 5 1 ‘ , 0 , Os l''! 6/ to w/ 11oe ditto, 24s to 003 per barrel ; ee Newfoundland , ios; ye ...., ton. Timber 54 1 --erne., 80s per ton; red pine, 3 1 ,,,,' flulel - 0 ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 1""' calf °l‘,„a'" Market 20s to 325 ; salted 21s to 32s per c wt ' , elid'" - e: 3d to 30 per lb. Potatoes, white 6d f 0 7C I , to 91 1 * 10d to 12d ; Guano- Peruvian, 11/ 10s : Ichaboe, 8 ` per ton; Tar-Are/mime!, 199 per barrel. pal': [ADvERTisEauNT.] THE SURPASSING or TO' LENCE OF HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENV AND Fli f:s ..." I , °lr CURE OF OLD WOUNDS OR SCROFULOUS Soe,;,besel years since Thomas Watkins, a cotton spinner at 3-1 .: ectal j se d received a severe wound in the arm by its comi n g . 1 atte s 'e e a t with the machinery. For a considerable time he "1 - ided ti i . by several medical men at the infirmary, who ",; e :u; "° t- e ig t nothing could save the poor man's life but arept . tta - „ele. " n f he objected, whereupon he was discharged as la n ; st n t ; this crisis his friends subscribed a trifle to pureh,vi eel': Holloway's ointment and pills, which remedies, lo s' e 501d,7 healed the wound after so long a period of sufferiug'.„eot, 2 ' ' all druggists, and at Professor Hollows ' Establish"' y s TO Strand, London. s r o , '" 08 A STRANGE EXHIBITION OF biTciLEBA-C *ce nt „ Rev. J. Tindal, Wesleyan minister of this tovil,weslei Sunday last to the Sabbath-school ofthe iscn all • ' g• eti cirri° • 0 5 chapel in Cattle-fields, for the pious purpose of , a 00 00,. the whole of the adult male class, because they b e '. P" ' 110' ba d favourable to the reform of the ‘Vesleyan discigii he .0 actually accomplished his purpose, standing b-Y,,„its of it 1 fore be l'il seen them all retire, one by one, outside the '" ' priestly dominions. It was only the Sunday be so le preached a sermon for promoting. th e i n terest of the stitution !-Shrewsbury Chronjcle -------------- [illiTsl~`i OF A SON. aeo r r On the 9th inst., at Limerick, the wife of Cs o3lll Wilder, Royal Horse Artillery. On the 14th inst., at South c h urc h, Essex, the w ife of th e Rev. John H. R. Sumner. the OF A DAUGHTER. On the 12th inst., at Tibberton-court, on-ershire' lady of P. R. Gordon Canning, Esq. w ife of tb on the 14th inst., a t W oo d lands, Bl an dford, th e Rev. T. Fox, jun. At Oakley-street, Ch e l sea , Mrs. R. Formby- MARRIED. On the 12th inst. , at Brewood Staffordshire, Tillotson, Esq., of PriOr y Grange near ' Sheffi e ld, to c Esqo of elder daughter of the late Samuel 9 C. Si rn P BCM ' Brocton, Staffordshire On the 14th inst ,at St. P ancr as Church, In f a to Davies, of the 15th Re Benffal Native t ri o obit Helena Adelaid e Anderson fourth daughter of the iatroyty Anderson, E sq ., o f the Penang Civil Servi ce, late of ham and Dun ess li n , D um f r i es - s hire. Horatio N elSO° : e t r h y e .ia l n 2 e th an in d s G t. Ch -s it -11 On , '• 'reaegn-etdpeirrjßrasDc'e-B, ITlrnejto3l.ew 0 the 13th mg , aged 69, Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah ..-- 0 . 1 ,, road, ton, relict of the late Mr. W. Houghton, of Lower TO" ' burn, rsq•' °I Surrey. I,path' Emily, second . daughter of W. James, Lsq• AB 4 On the 13th inst ,at Paradise -place, Cambridge, — Mrs. Royle, widow of the late T. Royle, Esq., On the 14th inst., at Churton-loclge, near Chester, ag e- On the 14th inst., at Kilburn, aged 61, Mary, relict I j „, Bramwell, Esq , of Selside, Westmoreland, and sister 'l' Alderman Thompson, M P. ralP h On the 15th inst., in King William-street, City• `_ ~ Wilcoxon, aged 21, eldest son of the late Ralph Wilcox°. Esq., Dulwich-common.) _.--------, of Chestero.. i_. L4t, don : Printed and Published by M URDO YO G; 1 , I 4 No. 12, Strand : Printer, at. The Sun Offic . 11 . .„ ° " w"0 , 4 2 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the co Aluldleees, Monday, November 18, 1850. ~,: ] 1 TE Tel rao N o let bIC DA ~; Iv Ti re ..,,, wt, ...,,, ~e (80. Xi 4 li *ill -.,.. tßlr Dtta Ae, ktt Co, Ali