The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-09 00:00:00

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) An accident, attended with loss of life, took place near the railway station, Northampton, on Thursday evening last. About six o'clock an engine leaves Nor thampton Station, to go to Bliswortb, to meet the trains that leave Euston-square Station at four o'clock and to bring part of the train that contains the Nor thampton and Peterborough passengers, and the rest of the train goes on to Birmingham. About a hun dred yards from the engine-shed, where the engine starts from, there is a level crossing of the tuappike road leading from Northampton to Towcester; where a policeman is always in attendance. It appears when the engine had proceeded about two hundred yards the policeman was on the up-line, attending a down-train coming into the Northampton Station on the down line. It being dark, the driver did not see the policeman, and the engine knocked him down and instantly killed him, mutilating his body awfully, one leg being► cut off and the body severed into many pieces, his liver and entrails being scattered about the place. The engine-driver went on to l3lisworth and fetched the train as usual, and brought Lit to North ampton, when the foreman ordered him to take his engine in the shed, and to put the fire out. lle then called the driver on one side and told him of the ac cident, who immediately fell in a swoon, he being ignorant of the accident until mentioned by the foreman. The deceased was an old servant of the company, having been some years in the service, and was for merly a sergeant of the police at Irthlinghorough station, but by his own request was reduced to a private and stationed at Northampton. His name is Underwood, a single man, about 50 years of age. The body was taken to the White Hart Hotel, Cotton End, Northampton, to await the coroner's inquest. A THREE-DECKER BLOWN UP ! A postscript to a letter, dated Constantinople, Oct 25, 1850, received this morning, via Berlin, Vienna, and Ostend, states—" That the Admiral's ship, a three decker, has blown up in the Arsenal, and all on board perished."—London, Nov. 8, 1850. GERMAN Y. Baron von Rosenburg, Prussian Secretary of Le gation in Frankfort, has left for Vienna, to undertake the business of the Prussian Embassy during the absence of Count von Bernstorff. He is the bearer of a note from the Prussian GotteTnment, in which it accepts the proposal for free conferences made by the Congress of Warsaw, but coupled with the con dition that Austria shall suspend her warlike prepa rations ; if they are persisted in, Prussia will continue preparations of the same kind. . . . . The Constitutionelle Zeitung states that in the course of the night of the 34 • inst. a courier was sent to Vienna with the news that Prussia is prepared de finitively to sacrifice the Lague and its constitution, and no resistance will be made to the Austrian in tervention in Electoral Hesse 'RI Holstein. The same paper states likewise that the Parliament will be adjournel immediately after its meeting. Another Austrian note has been received at Berlin, in which it is d'manded that the Prussian troops shall evacuate Electoral Hesse, with the exception of the Etappe roads. General Radoiiitz, although out of office, was consulted on this point, and his advice was, that the entry of Prussian troops into Hesse ought to be considered as a fait acmnpli, and that the Cabinet ought to refuse the Austrian demand. An answer, conceived in the spirit of the above reply, was immediately sent to Vienna. The Zeitung far Norddeutschland states, from Hanover, of the sth instant, that among the first acts of the Munchhausen Cabinet is a prohibition of col lections of money for the war in Holstein. Respect ing the position of the Hanoverian Government in the Holstein question, the following declarations have been given : 1. The Hanoverian Government will march no troops for the purpose of the pacification of Holstein. 2: It refuses to recognise the federal resolutions on that subject. As to the question of Electoral Hesse, Hanover has promised the assistance of nine bat talions if M. Hassenpflug.be dismissed, and the com mand of the army given to an Austrian General. The non-acceptation of these conditions has influenced the Hanoverian Cabinet to refuse taking part in the occupation of Hesse. FEARFUL EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT SEACOMBE. Between seven and eight o'clock on Wednesday evening last, a dreadful explosion of naphtha, attended with fatal consequences, occurred in Mersey-street, Higher Seacombe, Cheshire. The house in which the melancholy occurrence took place is used as a Roman Catholic school and reading-room, in con nexion with St. Alban's Chapel, Liscard, and is under the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. Lennon. It appears that on the evening in question, previous to the commencement of the duties of the school, Mr. Johnson, the schoolmaster, and six of the scholars, were in the front room on the ground floor. The master was engaged in pouring some naphtha into a lamp from a tin can, containing about half a gallon ; and a lad named John Crossie, about ten years of age, was holding a candle by his side. Never having before filled the lamp, Mr. Johnson was ignorant of the quantity required, and before he was aware the 'inflammable liquid ran over, and, coming in contact with the lighted candle which was held by the boy Crossie, ignited. The scene which followed it is impossible accurately to describe ; but from what we can learn an instantaneous report, like that of a cannon, was heard, followed by a tremendous crash occasioned by the falling of the partition wall, about twelve feet long and nine feet high, which was forced with such violence against the oppo site side of the lobby that several deep indenta tions were made in the plaster work. In some places large portions of the wall were removed, without being shattered, and forced sgr.inst the wall forming the other side of the lobby. But the - most melancholy and heartrending part of the occurrence remains to be told. In the reading-room, immediately above the scene of the explosion, were fourteen persons, one of whom was in the act of reading aloud an article from the Morning Chronicle. On hearing the report, and the noise which followed, they thought that the arches on which the houses were built, had given way, and a rush instantly t oo k pl ace t o t h e d oor and window, through which a safe exit was made. But what was their horror on beholding the ghastly visages and burning clothes of the poor un ortunate creatures who had previously occupied the apartment underneath ? Mathew Riley, who lived in the house, got out of the window, and the first person he saw was the lad Crossie, who was enveloped in flames, but his features could not be recognised. Riley immediately clung round the lad, and rolled with him on the floor until the flames were extin guished. The pour little fellow was then removed to the Abbotsford Hotel, and afterwards to his own residence, Newton Bridge, Seacombe, where he died between eight and nine o'clock yesterday morning. James M‘Geary, a joiner and builder, who was in the reading-room at the time of the explosion, on reaching the bottom of the stairs met Mr. Johnson, whose face presented a very disfigured appearance, and who was much burnt about the legs and body. M'Geary succeeded in putting out the fire, and pushed Mr. Johnson into the street, when he ex elaimed, " Don't mind me, look to the children." He next met a lad named Riley, and afterwards another lad named Duffy, both of whom be treated in a similar manner. M'Geary, on going into the school room, found the chairs, tables, books, &c., in flames, which ultimately he, with some assistance, succeeded in extinguishing. Edward Burns, a boy twelve years of age, is so much burnt, that little hopes are enter tained of his recovery. A lad named Patrick Riley is also in a dangerous state. A youth named Cox, about sixteen years of age, and Mr. Johnson, are also suffer ing much from the injuries received ; but it is pro bable that the last-named sufferer may recover. Peter Riley escaped with little harm. It is impossible, however, to state what may be the result to the sufferers, as up to the time of the pre sent particulars being collected, not 24 hours had elapsed from the period of the accident. James Burns, who was in the reading-room, on seeing his injured brother, took him into his arms, and was about get ting over a wall behind the house, which on the inside was only about five or six feet high, but on the outside (the house being built on an arch), was 30 feet high from the ground, when he was prevented by Matthew Riley, who caught hold of his leg and pulled him back. Had it not b een f or th e t i me l y i nterference of Riley, both Edward and James Burns would, in all probability, have been killed by the fall into the yard beneath. The houses of the row in which the school is situate belong to Mr. Cornelius Kennedy, and are built on arches with stables underneath. The arch on which the school-house is built appears to have given way, and a temporary support of a few post s has been erected with a view to secure it; but such is the present dangerous appearance of the arch, that unless some proper precautions be taken , it will pro bably fall, bringing with it the other arches and houses above. Drs. Halliday, Shaw, and Horne, and Messrs. Bird (druggist) and R. Parry were speedily on the spot, and rendered valuable assistance.—Liverpool Mercury JERSEY NEWSPAPERS.—Some time since, news papers published in the English language in the Channel Islands, were prohibited from passing through the Post offices in Gnat Britain as newspapers. They were after wards allowed to do so if ld. stamp was affixed to each news paper, in Jersey or Guernsey. The Lords of the Treasury have now permitted such newspapers to contain writing or marks of reference, provided they contain an additional ld. stamp. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1850. A DOCTOR'S OPINION OF THE WATER-CURE. Dr. J. Stuart Wilkinson, who is delivering a course of lectures at the Manchester Mechanics' Institution, on " The Philosophy of Eating and Drinking," re ferred to the water. cure. After remarking that he was no "water-doctor," and that he had great faith in the power of medicine, he said that at water-cure establishments the patient's diet was attended to, he was bathed, he had good exercise, had the purest water (and much depended upon the water), and had pure air, and these establishments were generally situ ated in the most healthy parts of the country. He (Dr. Wilkinson) could not see how this could be quackery. The truth was that if it were possible to devise anything for health, he did not think they could agree upon anything better than proper diet, bathing, exercise, pure water and air, and a healthy situation. These were all that were necessary for hygiene. Water cure was called " quackery be cause certain men, styling themselves " water doctors," represented it as capable of doing more than it really would; but it ought to be remembered that judicious water doctors did not say it would cure all dis eases. They said it would cure chronic diseases, and such as were connected with digestion ; and there was no doubt it would, for it was applicable to them ; but there were fevers, and other complaints, to which the water cure was inapplicable. Next, adverting to the subject of baths, the lecturer said it was fortunate that, as many people were unable to go to water-cure establishments, they could use many kinds of baths at home, and thus do a vast amount of good to the body. The water in the cold bath ought to be between 33 and 60 degrees of heat. Many people now went to establishments where they were furnished with a vapour-bath and a shower-bath after it. This was not a new matter, (and stange to say, the water cure had introduced scarcely any new mode of bathing), that bath had been in use for ages by the inhabitants of California. They dug a hole, managed to patch it over, put some hot stones in it, then threw water on them, remained a while in the place, which was thus filled with vapour, and, on coming out, jumped into the river. The sponging bath was one of the most healthy things he knew of. A wet sheet, or dripping bath was not by any means such a dreadful application as some people appeared to think. He had used it with children ; and if he ever saw magic done it was with that remedy. His mode of management was the following :—He took three or four thick blankets, spread them out, then took a table cloth or large towel, put it in cold water, wring ing it out as hard as he could, put it round the naked child, and then folded the child up in the blankets. This never failed to do as much as perspiration would do, which was a good deal. Ho had never seen the wet sheet fail, or produce harm. He made these remarks about baths and the water cure because he was convinced that at no distant period the whole regimen would be absorbed into the regular practice of medicine. There were at that moment not fewer than from twelve to fifteen of the very first consulting men in London, who regularly recommended the water cure where medicine failed. No one had a stronger belief in the power of medicine than himself, but still it was not natural. He thought the best plan was to use as little medicine as possible, and to improve the health by every other means. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Nov. 8.) SUGAR.—To-day British Plantation Sugar was only t in limited demand for home trade purposes; but holders ' are firm and will not sell but at prices fully equal to Friday last; at a small reduction there were large buyers. The purchases are 290, making for the week 1,766 hhds. The only public sale of Sugar at present declared for next week is one of 150 hhd3 Barbadocs. REFINED.—To-day home dealers were buyers to a fair extent of Refined goods, paying 51s to 53s for grocery lumps. Crushed Sugar is at present not mach in demand. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the small sales of Ma dras Sugar of 556 bags went at full rates ; mid soft yellow at 363, low 32s to 335, and brown 30s 6d to 32s per cwt. In Bengal there is little passing privately, still a public sale of 400 bags went at full rates ; crystalized 44s to 45e, superior at 47s 6d to 48s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day small parcels of Foreign Sugar were sold by private treaty, but holders would not sell at a reduction; about 1,000 chests mid yellow Havannah realised 42s per cwt; at auction 300 chests damaged white Havannah were all disposed of at 25s 6d t 0,285. On 'Change 850 chests brown Bahia Sugar sold at 20s 6d, and 150 casks Porto Rico Molasses 15s 6d. MAURITIUS.—To-day there was no publie sale of Mauritius Sugar, and little was done in the private market; still lower terms are not taken. MOLASSES.—There is a firm market for West India, and a fair business has been concluded; West India at 15s to 17s; Bengal and Mauritius 12s to 13s; and Porto Rico 15s 6d to 16s. Of Cuba Honey, 30 pkgs at auction, were taken in at 43s to 53s for mid and fine, but 6 kegs Jamaica Tamarinds were sold at 24s for low. COFFEE.—This afternoon the public sales of Costa Rica Coffee went off at full rates, and 3,406 bags of old were disposed of; low, at 44s 6d, good ord 50s to 51s 6d, fine ord 52s to 54s 63, fine fine ord and low mid 55s 6d to 58s, damaged, 46s 6d to 525; of Malabar 110 cases 13 bales 415 begs in part found buyers at the full valua tions; middling 51s 6d to 53s Col, inferior and low 40s 6d to 465, damaged 38s 6d to 52s 6d. Native Ceylon was sold to a fair extent by private treaty, and good ord is not to be obtained under 55s per cwt. For Plantation a good demand exists, and full rates are paid at the public sales of 260 casks; 140 bags low mid and mid selling at 625 to 675, good to fine fine ord 56s to 61s, and Triage 51s 6d to 56s 6d; of My sore 168 bales realised 52s to 54s for good ord; three lots low 39s to 463, and 21 cases Mocha mid 72s 6d per cwt. CocoA.—Grenada continues to attract little attention, and at auction 53,bags: were taken in at 43s for fair red. For Trinidad, the demand is however yet good, supply is small, and prices are firm at from 473 to 53; a cargo, however, has arrived. On the part of holders of Foreign there is confidence, and purchases to a fair extent have been made. Para and Bahia at 30s to 31s, and Guaya quil at 32s to 335. Rree.—To-day the market for Rice presented a quiet aspect. At auction 840 bags Bengal were taken in, very ord white 8s 6d, common 9s 6d, mid 10s, but damaged sold at 5s to 8s 63. 54 bags Java for export only went at 5s for very low dusty; 52 casks American Cleaned Rice were taken in at 19s 63 per cwt. 48i- barrels Ber muda Arrowrect at is 7d to is 8d per lb. SPICES.—To-clay at public sale 484 bags Pimento were taken in at:6o; 114 . bgs Cloves, Bourbon and Afri can 7d; 8 pkgt Nutmegs, mid brown 3s to 3s 2d; 3 es Mace, mid 2s 103; 20 cs dry China Ginger 9d; 48 bgs Nutmegs in the shell 6id. TEA.—The market has this week been more freely supplied than for some time past. In consequence of rather lower rates having been accepted for Green, a good demand has been experienced from town and coun try dealers. Holders of Black refuse to make any con cession in the value; there has in consequence been only a limited business concluded, but at a slight reduction there are many buyers. For low and good ord Congcu the value is is Old to Is ld, medium is 1,41 to is 2d, and better sorts is lid to Is 73. Prices are supported for scented and Pekoe Teas ; at the same rime there is a quiet market. The quantity of Tea of fered at auction this week has been 19,100 pkgs of which 5,000 found buyers, but the biddings were languid, com mon Congou with all faults went at is to Is Old, and medium to fine sound is 2d to is ed per lb. At Liver pool a cargo of 475,500 lbs of common Congou has been purchased on speculation. SPIRITS.—The demand has been brisk for Leeward Island Rum this week, and an improvement in the value is apparent. About 300 puns have been sold at is bid to Is 73 per gallon proof strength. East India is wanted, and realised better prices; the sales are 300 puns at is 5d to Is sid proof. Demerara has been much inquired after, and stiffer rates are offered, but the supply is small, and the business con cluded has been at 2s 2d to 2s scl for 32 to 40 per cent over proof. Jamaica met with greater attention from shippers and home dealers, whilst in some cases rather higher rates have been obtained. The transactions are 400 puns; plain and mid quality 32 to 35 per cent over proof at 2s 7d to 2s 110, 33 to 37 over good and fine 3s to 3s 9d, and superior 35 10d to 4s 4d per gallon. In Brandy a good business has been concluded this week, and the market is firm. Prices for Cognac best brands of the vintace of 1847 rule at 5s Id to 5s 33, 1848 ditto 4s 9d to 4s Ild, 1849 ditto, 4s 8d to 4s 10d, and inferior sorts 3s to 4s 6d. Geneva sells more freely at is 7d for common, and fine at is 9d to 2s. Prices remain at 9s 5d to 9s 6d per gallon for British made Spirit cash, but the market is brisker. FRUIT.—The market is plentifully supplied with new Valencia Raisins, and sales have been limited at from 38s to 40s per cwt. Currants are, however, in exten sive demand, and there is a further advance, new selling at 45s to 48s, and old at 40s to 44s per cwt, there is also much confidence on the part of holders. In Turkey pulled Figs larger sales have been made at 45s to 555, good and fine at 56s to 655. Prunes are not much in request, and offered at 25s to 28s. Sultanas are operated in with caution at 603 to 625. For Muscatels there are, how ever, ready buyers, bunch at 52s to 575, layers 58s to 70s fine 76s to 80s. French Plums move off steady at 70s to 74s for I chests, and at 803 to 100 s for other pkgs. For new Jordan Almonds the market is quiet at 81 lOs to 91 10s, and lower rates are looked for. INDIGO.—OnIy a limited business has been concluded in East India this week, but holders remain firm, and demand an advance on last quarterly sales terms of 2d to 4d per lb. There are, however, several buyers at the rates of that period. In Spanish little business has been done, at the same time former prices are woll up, and supply is not larger. For auction next week 53 chests Manilla, and 30 serons Guatimala are declared. COCHINEAL.—To-day Cochineal met with little atten tion, and prices were barely supported. At sanction 30 bags Teneriffe in part sold at 4s to 4s 3d. SALTPETRE.—None has been offered at auction this week, and privately operations have been small at from 268 to 28s for Calcutta, whilst the tendency of prices is to decline. British Refined met a slow sale at 30s to 365. Nitrato of Soda is held for 14s to 14s 6d, butt there is less doing. TURPENTINE.—The Sales have been upon a small scale in Spirits, British refined at 29s 6d to 303, and American 30s 6d to 31s. The rates demanded for Rough 7s to is 3d, but only a limited demand exists. Tar is again higher; Stockholm selling at 21s, other sorts 18s 6d to 19s, American 13s 53 to 14s per brl. TALLow.—This afternoon there was a quiet market for Tallow, at auction of 225 pkgs South American a small part only sold at 37s 3d to 37s 9d for tine; 309 casks Australian, partly found buyers at 36s 6d to 37s 9d for fair to fine. OlLS.—This afternoon a public sale of 30 tuns Sprm Oil went at higher rates, fine Colonial 871 lOs to 8815 s, 40 tuns Southern, fine 37/ lOs to 38/, 40 tuns Labrador Setl, tinged 381, straw 361 ss, and brown 35s 5s to 351 15s. METALS.—There are few buyers of East India Tin, and prices are drooping, Banca selling at 79s 6d to 80s, and Straits 78s per cwt; but British is in fair request at 80s to 81a for block and bar. In Tin Plates there is rather more doing; I C Coke at 27s to 283, and Charcoal ditto at 32s to 33s per box. For Lead the market has a quieter aspect, and sellers are willing to accept 161 103 to 171 for British Pig, and 161 for Spanish. In Spelter for spring shipment a considerable business has been done at 16/, but on the spot operations are limited at 1617 s 6d to 161 103 per ton; the stock here is 4,100 tons, and last year 3,500 tons. Prices s are firm for Copper at 831 to 84l for British Tile Cake, and Sheet at 9id per lb; there is also no falling off in the demand. Swedish Steel has been selling at 141 10s to 14115 s for keg, and faggot 151 ss. There continues to be a good demand for common Welch bar Iron, and sales cannot be made under 4/ 12s 6d; of Rails several parcels have been sold at 41 15s to 41 17s 6d. In Swedish Iron larger purchases have been made at 11/ lOs to 12/. The market for Scotch Pig Iron has a quiet appearance, and prices tend downwards, ruling at 42s to 42s 6d for mixed numbers; the stock at Glasgow and the neighbourhood is com puted at the large quantity of 300,000 tons. Welch Pig is, however, in fair demand; foundry at 60s to 655; forge 40s to 50s. Quicksilver is 3s 9d per lb. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) einAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 2d day of November, 1850. 189172 DEPARTMENT. X. Notes 29,424,840 Government debt •• 11,0151100 Other securities .. . • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,379,173 Silver bunion ...... 45,667 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 8. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice JERVIS, and Justices MAULE, WILLIAMS, and TALFOURD.) SIBURY V. WILKINS. In this case Mr. IlAwaiNs moved for a rule nisi to rescind an order of the Chief Justice for setting aside the judgment in this case. The action was com menced on the 15th of February, appearance was entered on the 24th, and afterwards a judge's order was agreed to, by which the debt was to be paid by certain instalments, and the action was to be stayed. Some of the instalments bad been paid. Afterwards there had been a change of attorney on the part of the defendant, and a summons was taken out to set aside that judge's order, and that summons had been referred by his Lordship to the full Court and came on to be beard the other day. No intimation bad been given to the plaintiff that that order was intended to be acted upon until the 12th of September, before which time, namely, on the 11th, the plaintiff regu larly signed judgment, the instalments not having been paid; and a summons had been taken out to set aside that judgment, and the Lord Chief Justice had set aside the judgment on hearing the facts. The Learned Counsel now asked for a rule to set aside that order setting aside the judgment. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICEI must say it is rather a strong motion, Mr. Hawkins, under the circum stancec. The plaintiff, however, shall not be pre cluded from making his motion after the other motion in this case has been heard, if it shall then be neces sary. The motion must be postponed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 8. (Sittings in Banco.) SKINNER V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover damages from the defendants for negli gence in carrying him as a passenger for hire, by reason of which he suffered certain injuries. The de fendants pleaded that he was not a passenger on their line. At the trial before Sir F. Pollock, on the last Home Circuit, it appeared that the plaintiff had taken a ticket from the Treasurer of the Printers' Pension Society, for the benefit of which body an excursion trip to Brighton had been arranged. At Anerley the excursionists' ran into another train which had started from London before them, and had there been suddenly arrested in its progress by a luggage-train, the engine of which had broken down. Under these circumstances, the Chief Baron was of opinion that there was evidence to go to the jury to show negli gence even in the fact of the collision, and a verdict passed accordingly for the plaintiff. Mr. BRAMWELL now moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection in this respect. He sub mitted that the plaintiff was bound to make out some specific act of negligence on the part of the company, and that it was not enough for him to show merely that an accident had occurred which injured him. It might be that no preaaution could have averted the accident. Mr. Baron ALDEBSON.—It might be that it was negligence in the company to run trains so frequently that when one stops it is impossible for the next one to avoid a collision. I think the Chief Baron was right. Mr. BRAMWELL then submitted that the plaintiff ought to be nonsuited, as he had not proved the con tract, as laid in the declaration. he was no passenger in any train of the defendants, but was a passenger in the excursion train appropriated to the society; and, though he might not be a member of that body, yet, as he had taken his ticket from the steward, the company had not contracted with him. The COURT, however, was of opinion that there was no ground for the motion. The train was that of the company ; for it appeared that one of the witnesses had taken his ticket at the office in the usual way, so that it was not confined to the Printers' Pension So ciety. As to the first ground, it was clear that the facts proved were evidence to go to the jury to make out negligence. The rule must be refused.—Rule refused. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, NOM 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE OWEN GRAY. The bankrupt was a builder in Great Tower-street. A second-class certificate was granted, on the con dition that he should execute a bond for the subse quent payment to his creditors of a dividend of ss. in the pound, subject to the discretion of the Court to enforce the bond. Mr. Lawrence was unsuccessful in an application to obtain a certificate without this con dition, the Learned Commissioner stating that profes sional men who stepped out of their course and ren dered themselves liable to the bankrupt law, must take the consequences. He considered that they, in some degree, pledged their professional incomes to their creditors. IN RE J. MAINPRICE. The bankrupt was an innkeeper at Soham. His balance-sheet, prepared by Mr. Pettis, shows debts, 405/. ; assets, 901. An adjournment had been or dered, that the bankrupt might satisfactorily account for the disposal of some wine. This was done, and he passed his examination. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN AE TAYLOR. The bankrupt's debts (a cheesemonger, of Staines) are 4001, and many of the creditors not having proved, there will be an average dividend. Ile had been struggling with difficulties many years ; the assignee considered him to be an honest man, and no creditor preferred any complaint; the Commissioner, however, suspended the certificate six months, and to be of the third class only, on the ground that the bankrupt had been a bad bookkeeper, and ought to have come to that court earlier. It was in vain urged that the bankrupt had offered his creditors 103. in the pound, and come to the court voluntarily up on th e fi rs t judgment being obtained against him. The Court could not order a less suspension, or award a certifi cate of a higher class, but it would grant protection. for a gentleman to be placed in who had distinguished himself in the service of his country, who had re ceived honourable wounds, and who would suffer from them for the rest of his days. There was a class of persons, sucla as students at the Universities, clergy men, and officers in the army, who were preyed upon by another class, ruinous bill-discounters, who tempted the unwary with their Birmingham ware or with their money, for which they made the borrowers pay some sixty per cent. Was this Court to protect such a class of persons —men who protected themselves in the exorbitant interest they charged ? He hoped the Court would protect the gentleman now before it, and shield him from such a class of persons, relying as he had done on the promise of Lieutenant Mullens, that he would rather sell his commission than he should suffer—a promise which would have been fulfilled, but for the sudden death of that gentleman. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, said he would again ad journ the case, to see whether something could not be done between the parties, by which he would be relieved from the painful duty of deciding the matter. He felt the force of what had been said by the Learned Counsel for the insolvent. The question was a simple one ; it was this :—Had the insolvent rea sonable expectations of paying the debts when he in curred them ? Had he such a reliance on the pro mise of Lieutenant Mullens that he would receive the money from him, that he could accept the bills, and make himself liable ? He hoped the matter would be settled before the next occasion. The case was adjourned to the 9th of January next. and protection renewed. IN RE ADAM GILFILLAN. nis insolvent, :who was a tally linen-draper and tea-dealer, having " rounds" at Greenwich, was op posed by Mr. Cooke, for Mr. Tarsey, warehouseman, Aldermanbury ; Mr. Peram, tea-dealer ; Messrs. Outhwaite and Co., tea-dealers ; and other creditors. Mr. Sargood supported. The case occupied several hours on Thursday, and judgment was given at the end of the day. Several complaints were urged against the insolvent. He owed 3231, contracted in a short time. He had nine creditors, and as many as 323 debtors on the tally system, who owed him 2571. It was urged that the insolvent had made away with his property, in con nexion with a person named Hill and a Mrs. Wilson, from which last-mentioned person money, it was al leged, had been borrowed. A meeting of the credi tors had been called in April last, ana accounts were exhibited, which were now admitted to have been false. Another complaint was, that the insolvent had obtained about 2001. worth of goods in a very short time from the opposing creditors, paying them nothing. Mr. Commissioner LAW was of opinion that the creditors had been grossly cheated, and remanded the insolvent for 18 months, for contracting debts by fraud, for making away with property, and making false en tries in his account-books. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Richard Hammett Drake, charged with having feloniously embezzled the sums of 4771. 1 ls. 3d., 125/. 18s. 6d., and 51., the property of his employers, Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., was brought up for final examination. The prisoner, it will be recollected, had made a confession to a fellow-clerk, by whom he had been pursued, of having plundered the house, and witnesses were produced at the former examination to show that he had feloniously appropriated the sum of 4771. lls. 3d. The following is the substance of the evidence with which the final examination of the prisoner con cluded : Mr. D. King, clerk to Messrs. Twining and Co., bankers in the Strand—On the 29th of June I re ceived directions to pay to Robarts and Co., Lombard. street, 721. 14s. 11d., to the credit of the Rev. Henry Mair • and 531. 3J. 7d. to the credit of Messrs. Mayor and Brackenbury. I paid those two sums in notes and money as follows : one Bank of England note for 1001., No. 30,442 ; one for 201., No. 83,138 ; and Si. 18s. 6d. money. The person to whom I paid the amounts gave me the receipts produced, as far as I can remember. Mr. Edward P. Nunn, clerk to Messrs. Dixon and Co., bankers, in Chancery-lane, said—On the 18th of October last I had to pay Si. to Messrs. Roberts, and I received the acknowledgment produced. Mr. G. T. Oldfield, clerk in Messrs. Roberts, Cur tis, and Co.'s bank, proved that the receipts produced were in the prisoner's handwriting. It was also proved that there was no entry in the cash-book of the sums referred to. Alderman GIBBS then asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything ? The prisoner—Nothing whatever. He was then committed for trial. GUILDHALL. William Dawn was charged with stealing a num ber of books, the property of Mr. Collins, bookseller and publisher, of 113, Fleet-street, his master. Mr. Collins stated that on Tuesday last he missed one volume of Knell's Chemistry, and on the following day another volume of a different work, value, cost price, 1/. I ls. 6d. On snaking inquiries he fcund prisoner had taken them to Simpkin and Marshall's, and sold them. The books had been originally pur chased from Simpkin and Co.'s, and prisoner was sent there to buy other books. He took the two volumes back and got the firm to allow for them in the goods he was buying, instead of entering them to Mr. Col lins's account as goods received back. Police. constable 372, said he took prisoner into custody about eight o'clock on Thursday evening. He denied all knowledge of the charge ; and when taken before the inspector at the station, he said, "It's no use telling a lie about it, I did take the books. I sold them for 1/. 11s. 6d., and got the money. If you will take me back to Mr. Collins I will pay him for the books." Prisoner saw Mr. Collins shortly after, and said, " If you will forgive me, master, I'll pay you for the books." Witness searched prisoner's lodgings at No. 6, Bride-lane, and found a large trunk full of books of various descriptions, amounting in number to about 86 volumes. There were also some articles of wearing apparel, and about 2/. 13s. in money. Witness went to Simpkin and Co.'s, and they immediately produced the two volumes prisoner had sold them back. A fellow-servant of the prisoner's was here produced to identify the books as his master's property, but he prevaricated in such a manner that his evidence was perfectly useless. At length questions were put to him so straightforward and distinct that he could not possibly misunderstand them, but he still con tinued to prevaricate, and Alderman HUNTER said he would not trouble him any further. He had made his decision, and he would commit the prisoner to the House of Correction for two months, and punish the last witness, who acted as a friend towards the prisoner, by sending him to the same place for seven days. SOUTH W ARK. ;Vary Sprery, a young woman with an infant in her arms, attended before Mr. Arnold, to solicit his advice under the following circumstances The applicant stated that she had been in service in Cork, and twelve months ago was married to a private in the 26th, or Cameronians, which regiment was then quartered in that , city. About eight months ago the regiment was ordered for foreign service, and her husband embarked for Gibraltar, a certain number of the men's wires going out with them, but she was not included. Since then she had given birth to the infant she held in her arms, and as she was unable to make a livelihood in Cork, she came over here with a view of proceeding to Jersey, the dept of the regiment, in the hope that the officers in command there would send her and her child over to Gibraltar to join her husband. She raised money enough by pawning her clothes at Cork to defray the expense of her passage to London, and arrived on Saturday, but being destitute of everything, she applied to the officers of the parish of Bermondsey, who refused to as sist her on her journey, and she therefore called here to know what she was to do. Mr. ARNOLD said that she ought not to have left Ireland, her home, without being provided with the means of proceeding to her husband. It was evident she came over here upon the mere chance of getting out to Gibraltar, so that whatever privations she en dured she had brought upon herself by her precipi tancy in not making the requisite inquiries before she left Cork. Mr. Slow, one of the relieving officers of Ber mondsey, being in court on other business, and hear ing the nature of the application, said ,that on Sundy morning a large steam-boat arrived in the river crowded with poor people from Ireland, some of whom were landed on the north and others on the south side of the water, without money and in rags. In their distress, the unfortunate people applied for relief, many of them at Bermondsey workhouse, and although they had no claims upon the parish, they were relieved with food, but the guardians had de termined not to put the parish to the expense of send ing them back again —that they were brought over here for 2s. and 9s. ed. per head, and that to send them back to Ireland, the parishes were charged at the rate of twenty-six shillings for each adult. That under such circumstances, they (the guardians of Bermondsey) had come to the resolution not t o pass any but those who had a claim by having lived in the parish for some length of time. It was only the pre ceding day he had paid on account of the parish a large sum of money for the expenses attendant upon passing paupers to Ireland. That with respect to the applicant, it appeared she had only been in London since last Saturday, and had slept in Bermondsey. He knew that money would not be given her to take her to Jersey, whence it appeared she wanted to go, but they would have no objection to give her a little temporary relief. The applicant said that if she had as much as would pay her !mange to Jersey, she was confident that at the det;Ot of her husband's regiment she would meet with friends who would subscribe and send her out to Gibraltar. At all events, they would not let her starve. Mr. ARNOLD directed that the applicant should apply again to the parochial officers of Ihrmondsey to relieve her present wants. In about an hour she returned to the court, and presented a note, given to her by the relieving officer, merely specifying as follows :—" Admit Speery to see the guardians on Wednesday, the 18th day of Nov., 1850, at four o'clock." The applicant said that she did not know what to do until next Wednesday, or where to go, being en tirely destitute ; and that with her infant she would be compelled to remain in the streets. Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, on perusing the reliev ing officer's note, said that the woman could not exist from that day until next Wednesday without relief, and that they were bound to see that she did not starve. He therefore sent her back to Bermondsey with Winch, the summoning officer, with a request that she might have immediate relief. THE LATE PLATE ROBBERIES. Martin Maguire, the man implicated along with Macauley and Sirrell in the late extensive plate rob beries, but who was discharged from custody through want of proof being produced of his handwriting, was placed at the bar at the Liverpool Police-court yes terday (Friday), on a charge of having had in his pos session a gold watch, knowing the same to have been stolen. Police-officer Johnson stated that on the previous Friday afternoon he received instructions from Mr. Clough to go in search of the prisoner, and proceeded for that purpose to Wrexham. On the Wednesday afternoon a carpet-bag was taken by a female in an omnibus from Wrexham to Cheater. He proceeded to Chester, and saw the prisoner go into Mr. Hook's public-house. He then proceeded to the Police-office, Chester, where he met Bates, one of the detective officers of the Liverpool police force, and they went together to Mr. Hook's, and took the prisoner into custody. Bates deposed that on apprehending the prisoner in Chester they found upon him a 101. note and a silver watch. He (Bates) told him that they were taking him into custody on the charge of stealing a gold watch at Halifax. On the 2d of October last he (Bates) apprehended the prisoner on a charge of being implicated in the sale of stolen plate, and on searching him on that occasion found in his pocket a key which opened a chest claimed by Maguire, and in this chest he found a ticket for a gold watch pledged in September last. He obtained possession of the watch from the pawnbroker, and found that the num ber and maker's name had been taken from it, but in consequence of information he was possessed of he took it to Coventry, to Mr. Hill, a watchmaker, who, on taking it to pieces, stated that he was the maker, and that he had supplied it to Mr. Voleno, of Halifax. Mr. Wheeler, the attorney for the prisoner, here interrupted the officer, and objected to any state ment made to him by a third person being retailed in court. Mr. Rushton said he shoukl take good care that nothing should be taken against the prisoner which was not strictly evidence, but it was necessary for the ends of justice that the whole history of the case should be gone into. Mr. Wheeler rather pertinaciously urged his ob jection, but it was overruled by Mr. Rushton telling the officer to proceed with his statement. Bates went on to state that Mr. Voleno's shop, in Halifax, was entered on the night of the 14th of July by means of cutting a circular piece out of the door, in a similar way to the means adopted to accomplish the late Liverpool suburban robberies, end property to the value of nearly 2,0001. stolen. The watch had been pledged in the name of Murphy. The prisoner (impetuously indignant)—The ticket belongs to me, and you found it in the chest. What is the use of making such a blather about it ? The prisoner here consulted with his attorney, who informed Mr. Rushton that he wished to know whe ther the examination would be gone into here or elsewhere. Mr. Rushton said this depended upon circum stances. Prisoner—l can prove that I bought the watch and paid a fair price for it. Mr. Rushton—You are at liberty to do anything you like about it. The prisoner was placed under a general remand. It may be interesting to this case to state that some time ago a man of the name of Murray, alias Haw king, was, along with others, tried and convicted for having robbed the captain of a vessel of four dou bloons, by means of " ringing the changes." Hawkins kept, under the guise of a beer-house, a rendezvous for thieves. After being detained in custody, his wife went to the police-station to make inquiry after her husband, having heard of his apprehension. On searching her a roll of bank notes, to the amount of 351., was found, and she was detained, and, being taken before the magistrates, remanded for seven days. During this time Mr. Keswick, chief superin tendent of the Manchester police, wrote to Mr. Clough to ascertain whether he was in a position to establish a erre against the prisoner, other wise he had a charge against her for receiving 40 gold watches, stalen from the premises of Mr. Voleno, of Halifax. The prisoner was given into the custody of the Man chester police, and on her trial the case was proved against her, and she is now imprisoned in York Castle. When Bates apprehended Maguire he (Ma guire) stated that he he had bought the watch from Hawkins, and that he had paid a fair trade price for it ; and in his statement made before Mr. Rushton to-day to that effect Hawkins is the person to whom he alludes. _------ _ ditto 15s Od to 17s Od per load ; barley 255 Od to 305 Od stove. qr.; beans 12s Od to 14s Od per load ; oats BAd to 100 per s 249 to 2 ,9 ; to 5s 90 • ,beans, 3s 9d to 4s Id per bushel ; barley RIPON, Nov. 7.—White wheat 53 3d - to 6s Od, rchtto.s 3s 9d to 4s Od per bushel ; barley 0 4 oats . lEs lid to 22s per qr. ~... nA • beans KNAREsuoaouGH, Nov. 6.—Wheat 5s 3d to o s ..,...,225 is; to .. s to - S y per qr. og • oats, SCARBOROUGH', Nov. 7. —New wheat 40s Od old ditto 44s to 47s per qr. of 40 stones; black oats 80 to_ . white ditto 7d to Ed • ' barley 23s to 2 19, per stone ; malting 4„, dour grinding ditto 215 to 2 per qr. of 32 stones; sur r " -- 35s to 365, seconds ditto, 27s to 30s per sack of 20 stones. e t a to NORTHALLERTuN, Nov. 6.—White whea t ' "! be " 6s 0, red ditto 4s 60 to 5s 6d ; oats Is 9d to 2s 7d ; 3s 9d to 4s 3d; barley 35 3d to 3s 6d per bushel. 0 6d; SHEFFIELD, Nov. s.—Wheat, white, ISs Od to 4 9 0, 6 i ditto, red, ICs to 17s Cd ; beans, 1 Is 6d to 13s Od; Pa s, Iv o ., , to I2s per load. Barley, 213 to 23s ; malt, 485 to 52s ; ter. ( feed), 17s to 19s; ditto (mealing), 19s to 22s 6d per V al Millers' prices of flour, Is 6d, and is 8d per stone of 1,41b,5.,.., INVERNESS, Nov. 5.--Wheat, new, per qr, weigbinstiri, A 2 t o 41s 9d oc 1 : per bushel, 38s to 40s Od ; ditto, old, weig b4 .. 6 !i i hfhig bushel, 00s Od to 00s Od; barley, per quarter, ":thing 511 b per bushel, 20s to 21s 0d; oats, per quarter, c c 4 el ner ial 421 b per bushel, 18s Od to 20s Od. Oatmeal, Pe r ''''' boll, 16s Od to Os Od; ditto second, 15s Od to Os Od; barle y' meal, 123 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 14s Oel to Os Od; bran , l 5; stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 345 Od to 3b .. 5 ,,ib second ditto, 26, Od to 2Es Od; oatmeal, best, per stone (11; 0 imperial, is 8d to Os Od; ditto second, I s 6d to Os Od; bi ou ' rt meal, 1 s 2d to Os 03 • peasemeal, Is 4d to Os Od ; fi,,.. 11 , t d cry dit. Potatoes, per stone, 3d to Od ; 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 25 Od cash, "'"„d, c Id to 60; veal, 4d to 3d; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, : oolts, each, Od to Od ; eggs, per dozen, 7d to 8d ; fowls, each, 12d to 14d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 14d; " r ob, beef, Pe r P " ' t o 4d; , , cite per lb, 10d to Cd ; ditto, salt, 9d to 10d ; croudie (eur," i ii , o. ' c r id; 40 ; four-pound loaf, cash, 50 to 6d ; ditto, credit, 5P coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd. butter, THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES' boa WooL, LONIX,N, Nov. 7.--The market ha!, rat e, d quiet for wool, and th e a rr i va l s of foreign ar e w ° " e ,y, is 0.1 fro The quantity imported during the week ending t 2,120 bales, of which 941 w e re from Turkey' 81,35 f rom Sydney, 200 from Bombay, 73 from Spain, e nd Germany. have lid FOREIGN WOOL, LEEDS, Nov. B:—We but rather a quieter market for foreign wools this we prices remain very firm. big of ce° fi r a ENGLISH WOOL, LEEDS, Nov, B.—Sales wools this week have been limited. Prices condi° and stationary. e _ ar k te at TRADE OF LEEDS.—We have had better thos the Cloth-halls, both on Saturday and Tnes,, da il Y%tocla has been the cas e f or th e l ast f ew weeks past. lt of h goods in the manufacturers' hands are Ma e ' s tn t au usual at this period of the year, an d P rices M a without any alteration. Business in the been pretty brisk during the week for certain or - o d warehoe se f fdes, such as mohair and Alpaca cloths, heavy' "i tti l eY aitr pilots; but fur cloths generally there has bee"e quiry. a p e 0 1 ; HUDDERSFIELD, NOV. s.—The market has oa orS' the same 113 the few preceding ones. The dersa,% air not staple active in any branch of th e trade o f t ` n ol trict. A good business is, however, anticipated for - mon th. p yidett l BRADFORD, Nov. 7.—Wools—There is a n `..v0 019 ' slackening in the demand fur all kinds of colphi n ,g a . lose f t o o r the prices now sought will certainly entai' a nd much i l es h s : n irea the consumers, who are using very this course of things must continue. Nods a" " i stfo r ' from the diminished production, are eagerly 100'4 and commanding better prices than when Coe, This wools were many pence per lb. cheaper. 1', 31 ; 1 3, 8 rt• branch of the trade is most thoroughly out or J -a i n ' tr) - prices now offered are so fearfully that alloolifoas m on achinery to stand is the onl alternative. The 13 1 , t t s° f labour in combing and spinning,during th e ', s ave °. years, has been such a formidable item, irresPeT,, tbe the advance of wool, that the price of aims "WWI, autumn has not left such a large margin Y as W a s .; Lit low supposed, and the reduction of October (4 0 0°' paralysed the trade. It is morally certain that at any so great as is to Is 6d per gross reduction , vr7 -(1 los; decline in the price of wool arid labour 05- a ere nt l' A t '' bring about a reaction. There are now a gre at 'ler . "' of spool spinning frames only very partially °W O' ac' and no stock can be kept in this state, so thl at cumulation of yarns on weaving bobbins is ire P vt been On yarns suitable for expo r t th e re duction ha s 13° , 0 01 so great, as the prices were never so high a s °l3 e ns the demand is not very ac ti ve , an d the buyers see hlis tl94• posed to pause till a fixed price becomes more t ce Pieces—There is but littl e business doing eceP sos".l heavy goods, su c h as moreens &c., which a re ° NW .' very brisk fur two or three months ' at this seas on ' a d t il ( alpacas, cobourgs, and orleans are not brilkt - , c t i o clq; sales effected in them are only in small lots. Tb e i , - „, goods both in the merchants' d manufacturers light, for during the autumnanallbavebeen enVcreilid.l" order, and at an early period caution was eviuee'tsilope be o b - o ass manufacturers. In October looms to „ and this, combined of weaving, has tended to lessen the quantity, hP 9 a „ -- alte'_,, with the introduction of fre s alit I ,' market. Throughout the summer the delain e attW have been acting on the defensive, and large g li tslos; of hand loom weavers have been aee~ a 0 asto know what will be the going article for sP t lisere fancy articles are unsafe tomake for stock, but little doing in this branch. u told; TRADE OF MANCHESTER, Nov, 7, We aa / t e r a c quiet market, the heaviness of the id c le tto Al al l ing still very unfavourably upon bu h si e n u e e s ff s e , c a l t e t Taisl: r l; holding back of buyers has not had ing ho prices. Both spinners an y d , a in n alufictoter t s _rate_f; Id their produce very firmly, where s ic acsaa'f forall moderive full prices have to be ' India, though considerable in sgolmveeu.descriPtiCl3,Blo tad goods, is hardly equal to what was anticipate Licata! buyers still tiold off in consequence of the' state of Germany. MINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES SOLD AT R EDRUTH NOT*2; COP 4 P il e6 2,565 tons ; average p ro d uce , 8/ • quantity of : A "; ' o ;r 213 tons 10 cwt ; amount of ' sale, 14,388/ 4 s o"'oci; r standard, 100/ 8s Od. Last Sale— Standard, 1051 165 / duce, 7i. Average price per 21 cwt, 5/ 12s Cd. Toy , , 1 9 ' / Corm. ORES FOR SALE AT SWANSEA+ ' ho p rip° Bearhaven 439—Chili 421—Cebre 4CO—Kriool;g a- Viste r pa Burra Burra 139 Kaw-aw 126—Spanish Slag Slag 70— Kapunda 31—B a lly nee 25—Vine ta gli Ore 10—Australian B—London Slag 4-liallynitir Lydney 2—Total, 2,025 tons. A COAL MARKET.—YEs Te nDAT. 00 1 )4 Bate's West Hartley 13s 6d Hetton .................. 165 od Buddle's W. Hartley 14s Od, Haswell ............ .... 155 0 Carr's West Hartley 14 s O c UK eep i er Orange ...... 15 5 i a Creswell Main l2s 3d lambton ............. • 159 6d Holywell - •••••,,.. i bl 0 North Percy Hartley l 3s 6d R usse ll' s Hetton ••"'' 14 5 sRI Orig. Windsor Pontop 12s Odd Whitwell ........... 1 45 ,41 Ord's Maiu ...... South Peareth Penfield Moor Butes l3s Od lielloe ............. . 1' 1 " ;1 4 Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. Pease's West Tees ••• j o ij Acorn Close Brown ... Bewicke and Co. Gosforth ..... 14s 9! Derwentwaterlifo •, 13 54 13 5 4 acl . ..... • ' Hatton Northumberland Riddell ..... ...... ..... . ••• /1. Bell _ . reef .. 1 istl Belmont lss Od 'Ships at mare — ‘O fS RAILWAY SHARE 111A-Ftl A 8 , V II BRISTOL,rot, II ,,; STOCK EXCHANGE.-'1 he market WAS aCl3`,. n - o ctiv" prices were not quite so good. The only tr' ported was-Great Western, 69. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 8. ere Vs; STOCK EXCHANGE.-The transactions to-TvrP'oh follow :-East Lancashire, 8%-Lancashir e 1111 /01 Consolidated, 46 3 4-Ditto, Fifths, 8 15-16 cli 3 • -• 2 9 -1 Or North-Western, 117!4-Ditto, New Quarters: 1 / 4 p i st ior Ditto, Fifths, 3 5.16 p.-Ditto, Quarters (C)' 2 04010 * chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quartersbitto,ol 61. New Preference, 419 1 ,, -- fe reac e '•dls l3 ": 22% dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, . 1-1. - t z e " rth '7, 1 001 -South-Eastern and Dover, 19 3 4-York and .1" 13alvSfl 22% -Lancaster and Carlisle, 62-Belfast hh, a dorn b ire• 22 1 / - Cork and Bandon, 134‘, - Great ?, ri e d Western, 35% -Birkenhead, Lancashire , '- 15 1 4 dis. di e MANCHESTER, Nov. 8 ' STOCK MECHAM:M.—There was a modera te wad to-clay, at rather advanced prices. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 8 . fe port STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transactio n was—South Staftbrdshire, dis. We rV YORK, Nov. 7. to' cl • al it (S er STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transaction s Great Northern, 13 7 ,4 —York, .Newcastle, and aero castle Extension), 11%. CONTINENTAL Titerric.—FoLKEsro - , c lot The Princess llelena, South-Eastern and Cel it ' t li e vels re d ° o, s t) h packet Company's ship, sailed yesterday at - ca rroo sa for Boulogne, with sixty-three passengers, one arr ived l'o# three horses; and the Princess Clementiri,e„ologe,,e. ninety-five passengers and one carriage from Pv, c lo 4 day the Prince Ernest left for that port, at tics e ctli F fifty-one passenge rs . ooo g ° ol o.,i6, 1 ADVERTISEMENT.: 0 15 I—THE EARL or 091 o'o4 AND HOLLOWAY'S PILL S .—A n as t oun ding cure by i atre et, 1 9lt e ls , : medicine, alter every other means had failed. Few ts . OP, t oit Lordship's letter, dat e d " Villa Messina, Legll°.'"our th e 0. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that 1 14 -. IV fected a cure of a disorder In my liver and stomach Arch of 7 0 eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the f‘ ) S s al__,S l,l 7,ol,: ( ll been able to effect ; nay, not even tha waters 0 der op .d 4o t oS rlenbad. (Signed) " ALDBOROUGH." Thel o r d °ll (.s4 r i r t ,"o4. ' care aay disease of the liver or stomach. — Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 'rlo, by 411 medicine vendors throughout the civilised Frederick ~.o e n t i li .ll .. c e ek 6th inst., On the sth inst., at Bury St. Edmunds' the . fe Of 7t Sutton,inst E a s t cl P . u O t F i ll ie l y ßA , 2' :safi:jyll'Eardley 1 . 1 . be ii l O at F Al A p al nard w. rota' hpa.Aioudogen,TWEeTt no, Eoeg, On ^ ' the rth inst, at Charin Di Charles g-cross, TS. 0 141 On 7th MARRIED. - the inst., at St. 31artirt's. in- the-N v ie - c iorle s 0 1 Graves, E , -(1., Captain 82d Regiment, son of . ~.,0010„h Graves, Esq., to Emily, f 1,113 0 ' 1 41 " eldest daughter 0 h opal North, Regiment. art " At Steil St. George's Hanover-square, Georgm - ~f the ~„i, kenzie E , , sq., 72d Highlanders, youngest so_ris 1,01,1,t, Right Hon. T. A. Stewart Mackenzie, to Ala i r a , f. Su Genera l youngest daughter of the late Lieutenant riott, of the Madras Army. Do ., motabe WAD. At Clyffe-hall, Wilts, Vice-Admiral the WV' , P g.' Pleydell Bouverie. Droll ° On the sth inst., at Red Lion-square, James rcl Ed' sli aged 65. , of jr. .. On the 6th inst , Charlotte Maria, Vi le 3s' . ..;./ .4 Ci Ag a Govett, Upper Norlh-place, Gray's Itm-rou_,___--- ,rt . --......-..... .....-___---....-- -----.--- 'OUP a p 'Y . 0 11A Landon: Printed and Published by MIJIW O , c e" 10', of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T the Sun OL u coa d Strand, in the Precinct of the ztvoy: IS. Middle. Saturday, November 9 1850' THE GOLD MOUNTAIN. We have seen a gentleman just returned from California who has personally visited the so-called " Gold Mountain," which has been quite commonly considered fabulous. It lies in about lat. 33 deg. north, two hundred and fifty miles east of Los Angelos in southern California, and per haps one hundred west of the Colorado. The region is as forbidding as can be, with out inhabitants, even aboriginal, though there is a spare population of savages on the Mahave River, say 50 miles east. To approach it, you pass over the Sierra Nevada, near Mount San Bernardino, across two sand deserts of 60 or 80 miles, and thence to a region of deep canons and rugged mountains, sterile, almost des titute of grass, and with no timber except the musquit, (something like our alder), which rarely grows to the size of a man's arm. The region is infested with rattlesnakes in incredible numbers, and the earth so full of minerals (especially sal mratus) that the water is absolutely poisonous. There is no water fit to drink within sixteen miles of the " Gold Mountain," so called, which rises about 450 feet rather steeply from a canon, which has an eleva tion of some 150 feet on the other side of it. The canon is about one-fourth of a mile long, and the two hills are surrounded by sand deserts. The hills are composed of a dark hornblende rock, with perhaps a tenth of white feldspar intermixed with it; and the gold is found in both, generally running in streaks or strings, though sometimes showing bulbs or lumps like a button. It has been found by analysis to yield an average of about 21 dollars per pound of the rock. Eight miles north -of this mountain, our informant tried his luck at digging in the usual California fashion —scraping off the surface earth and washing that which lies immediately above the rock. lie dug thus with two Indians for four hours, obtained about ten ounces of pure gold, taking only the " lumps," having nothing to wash the earth with. Probably as much was thus left as taken. He did not try in any other spot, • but has no doubt that the golf extends all the way from Sonora, in northern Mexico, to the Upper Sacramento arid Oregon—a distance of full 800 miles. The re gion here described is about 500 miles from the nearest diggings in California, but cannot be ap proached by less than a thousand miles of actual travel. It is very near the boundary line just estab lished by Congress between California and Utah.— New York Tribune. PORTLAND HARBOUR of REFUGE Surely it were a project worthy the honour of our warlike and commercial island, the empress of the seas, to establish an asylum not only for her own navies, but for those of the whole world, friends or foes, when occasional distress might drive them undesignedly upon her coasts. It will also most effectually counteract the formidable port of Cher bourg, and altogether present a noble specimen of the riches, the strength, the commerce, a►nd the beauty of everything connected with British sea manship most worthy the renown of England, creditable to her Majesty's Government, and very beneficial to the country at large. 'The Government works exhibit an interesting scene of activity, and attract numbers of visiters daily. Some of the break water i❑ an unfinished state is now seen projecting from the shore, and the deposition of stone from the quarries is regularly and rapidly carried forward by railway. A number of additional tram waggons have lately been received at the works, with a view to the employment of a still larger number of convicts on the arrival of whom this great national enterprise will be carried on with increased rapidity. Amongst the re markable machinery to be observed on these works may be mentioned a gigantic crane on a moveable platform, intended for the raising of stones from the recesses of the quarries, and which is capable of sus taining with ease the immense weight of 60 tons. An engine has also been recently erected for the chemical impregnation of the driving piles for their preserva tion, by a new and ingenious process, by which they are rendered impervious to the action of water. The interest which attaches itself to Portland from its rare and abundant fossils, its striking geological stratifi cation, and antiquarian remains is sufficiently notori• ous. These attractions are now varied and enhanced by the grand exhibition of the fertile resources, the all-conquering ingenuity, and profound achievements of the skilful engineer bending to his uses the most stubborn obstacles, and circumbscribing the power and sway of the mighty ocean.— Vide "Book of Re marks on the subject of an Asylum Harbour, for Portland Roads," as projected by the late Mr. John Harvey, price ls., Post-office, Weymouth. LONDON SIGNS. Few casual observers are perhaps aware of the curious origin of many of the shop and public-house signs, and a still smaller number rem em b er w h en mos t shopkeepers displayed signs, which projected far into the street, with iron supports, and upon which large sums were expended. It is stated in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1770, that the signs exhibited upon Ludgate-hill cost several hundred pounds. In a paper (No. 28) o f t h e S pectator, written b y Addison, and in alluding to this ancient custom, he mentions the sign of a goat before the door of a per fumer, and the French king's head, at a sword cutler's. In the sixth plate of Hogarth's " Industry and Idle ness," the sign of West and Goodchild, who are silk weavers, is a rampant lion with a cornucopia on either side. In the same artist's plate of " Noon," the cook's shop has a Baptist's head; and in the plate of " Ni g h t, " in the same series, the sign of the barber's shop is, besides his pole, a hand drawing a tooth, the head being in exquisite pain, having written underneath, " shaving, bleeding, and teeth drawn with a touch—Ecce Signs.m." The well-known sign of the " Good W oman , " which is a woman without a head, was a common emblem at oil shops, and it is supposed to have been originally started from a large oil jar, fancifully painted, so as to resemble a headless woman; and at the present day it is very frequently seen over the door, by way of sign. At ironmongers' shops, a dog licking a porridge-pot was the usual sigu : an i ns t ance m ight, a short time ago, be seen at a large ironmonger's in the Blackfriars-road. The barber's pole, lik ew i se , i s one o f th e f e w remaining shop signs, and one which has caused much antiquarian dis cussion: it is supposed to represent (when barbers were surgeons also) the bleeding-stick, the black stripes being the . tape wound rou n d i t . A s recent l y as seventy y ears since, and perhaps even later, th e s h o p s i n L on d on dis played signs swinging across th e streets , b at f rom t h e i r impeding the free circulation of air they were taken down and placed against the houses, and were, after a time, superseded by the present fashion, of th e name and business being painted on the front.—Budder. The line of railway formerly projected between Windermere and Furness via Newby Bridge, has within the last few days been re-surveyed on the part of the Kendal and Windermere Company, with a view to the extension of their line to I.llyerSton, Scc.— , Cumberland racquet. 1 1 1. mARsuA.Lto Chie f c 29,424,840 X 29,424,840 1. 1850. Dated the 7th daylof29; BARRING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital • • 14,553,000 nut 3,111,393 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 6,594,381 Other deposits .. .. • • 9,932,226 Seven day and other bills ••••••• • • • • • 1,379,907 Government a ecuri- . ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 14,228,901 Other securities .. • • 11,038,486 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 9,703,145 Gold and silver coin•. 1000,375 £35,570,907 X 35,570,907 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. •, 1850. Dated the 7th day of Noyeml UNREMITTING KINDNESS.—A comedian went to America and remained there two years, leaving his wife de pendent on her relatives. Mrs. F-tt, expatiating in the green-room on such conduct, the comedian found a warm advocate in a well-known dramatist. " I have heard," says the latter, " that he is the kindest of men, and I know that he writes to his wife every packet." " Yes, he writes," re plied Mrs. F., " a parcel of flummery about the agony of absence, but he has never remitted her a shilling. Do you call that kindness?" " Decidedly," replied the author, " unremitting kindness." Logic and metaphysic make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.—Eliza Cook's Journal. TUE' GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles open, 219.) — Amount of revenue for the week ending Oct. 27 ... .. ••• ...X7,110 18 6 Corresponding week last year ... 2,847 0 2 IN RE GEORGE BIILLER. The bankrupt was an auctioneer. This was the examination meeting. The bankrupt's balance-sheet, as prepared by Messrs. Mackillop and Young, extends from January, 1842, to June, 1850, and contains the following items :—To capital, 3,4511. ; to creditors, 173/. ; to drawings from the firm of Fuller and Marsh, and G. and R. Fuller, 1,995/. ; to partnership liabilities, 6,4631. The assets are about 2,0001. An adjournment was ordered, that some partnership ac counts might be filed. an B E TOM innkeeper I N. The bankrupt wassNat Finchley. His certificate was unopposed, but Learned the Commis sioner said Lit mmst be suspended for twelve months. The bankrupt had been little better than a brewer's puppet, except that he had gone out of his way to add farming to the business of innkeeper. He almost doubted whether he ought to grant certificates at all to brewers' puppets. However, in this case, as there was no opposition, the certificate would be suspended twelve months. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN RE RADFORD AND SOUTHALL. The bankrupts were coal merchants in Gracechurch street. Their balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Glover and Son, contains the following items :—The separate balance-sheet of Southall showed debts of 4,1371., including a sum of 1,1334 to the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company, and assets of 3,1291. The capital was 2,008/. The debts of Radford are 1,5551. • the assets, property, an d goo d d e b ts, 745/ . ; doubtful debts, 5281. The bankrupts passed. IN BE JOHN GRIFFITHS. The bankrupt was a draper carrying on business in the Strand and at Hoxton. His balance-sheet, as prepared by Messrs. Mackillop and Y oung , exten d s from the 3d of April, 1847, to the 3d of August, 1850, and contains the following items :—Dr.: To capital in 1847, 2,203/. ; to creditors, 4,0221. ; to creditors holding security, 8031. ; gross profits, 4,251/. Cr.: Good debts, 340/. ; property as realised, 2.867/. ; property held as security, 5081.; trade expenses, 5, 0 02/. ; house and personal expenses, 3301. The losses include a sum of 700/. by the lease of 246, Strand, and 8581. on realization of stock. Mr. Dupree appeared for the bankrupt, who passed. There was no opposition. IN R 8 GARLICK. warehouseman i n Ch arter HoTuhsee-sbqaunakrer.upt His s balance-sheet, as prepared by Mr. Butler, shows debts, 2,8111. ; as sets , 790 1. Mr. Lawrance supported, and M r. Linklater op., posed the certificate. cer After some discussion, His c a l e o N o o f HONOUR e g t h r a i r n d t e c tthe bankrupt an imm e di a t e IN RE JARDINE. The bankrupt was a draper and the actuary of the Dartford Savings' Bank. The certificate meeting was this day adjourned in order to give further time for the depositors to prove their debts against the estate, in order that they may be in a position to op. pose the certificate should they think proper to do so. Mr. Jones, of Sise-lane, appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Linklater for the bankrupt. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 8. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN THE LATTER OF LIEUT. C HARLES ABNEY MOUAT. This insolvent, a lieutenant on full pay in the 50th Regiment of Infantry (Queen's Own) , who bad dis tinguished himself during the Indian campaign, ap plied under the Protection Act. Mr. Nicholls opposed for Philip Beyfus, and Mr. Dowse for Messrs. Lyon and Co. Mr. Cooke, with whom was Mr. Sargood, supported the application. The case was before the Court in August, when it Was adjourned with the view of effecting an arrange ment, but it had not been completed. Mr. Nicuorxs and Mr. DOWSE submitted that the insolvent, having incurred debts with the opposing creditors, without reasonable or probable expectation of payment, it was not a case fur protection. Mr. Ccox made a powerful appeal to the Court on the part of the insolvent. It was a painful position THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, Nov. B.—The arrival of wheat con tinues large, for which the demand is very inactive and much confined to the finest qualities, on which there is but little submission in price; for other descriptions a reduction of is per quarter is made without effecting a clearance. Oats and shelling are fully as dear. Barley maintains last week's prices, fine samples continue to meet a ready sale. Beans rather cheaper. bid. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... —to Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Hunts., red Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... Ditto, white ... Yorkshire, red Ditto, white ••• ••• Dantaic and Konigsburg, white .. Lowerßaltic and llamburgh, red... Mediterranean, red ... •.• __ BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... .„ Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ••• ••• ••• ••• New. 8. 8. 41 to 44 48 50 40 42 46 48 34 41 40 45 35 40 40 45 ••• - -:- ••• 46 - - 25 - 28 24 - 28 25 - 28 Grinding per 30 stone Foreign ... BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... Ticks ••• Foreign ... OATS, per stone : Mealing . ... 9d to 10d 9d to 101 Feeding ... •.. ... 9d to 10d 8d to 9d Foreign ... 8d to 9d Od to Od SHELLING, per load of 2611 b —— 24 —25 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 23 - 27 ▪ - 31 28 - 30 ... 27 - 30 -28 ▪ 26 -29 26 -28 .. ••• --- 28 - 30 ... - --..- 26 - 28 VALE. ARAI' Qrs. Wheat ... 16,323 Barley ... 3,524 1 Oats ... ... 331 Qrs. Rapeseed ... ... 330 Shelling 670 Linseed .• Malt ... ... • • ... Flour ... ... ... ... Beans... 000 SOO 040 1,231 Peas ... ... ... ... 436 Tares... ... ... ... ...... LIVERPOOL, Nov. B.—At this day's market there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade, who directed their attention chiefly to barrel flour, of which they purchased to a fair extent at late rat e s. Wheat and sack flour were comparatively neglected, but Tuesday's prices were generally well maintained. Fine malting oats were scarce, and rather dearer, but inferior and oatmeal were difficult to move. In barley, beans, and peas there was hardly anything done. Indian corn met with a moderate demand, and 29s 6d per quarter was refused for prime fiat American yellow, being an im provement of about 6d per quarter since Tuesday. NEWZURY, Nov. 7.—The supply of wheat to-day is a fair average, but the condition is by no means good. For old and the finest descriptions of new full rates have readily been given, whilst other descriptions are a dull dragging sale, at rather declining prices. Barley mo derate supply; best malting, of which there is but little in offer, sells freely at full rates, but other sorts are very difficult to quit, at a reduction of Is per quar ter. Beans, oats, and peas, short supply, and in fair re quest at late rates. EXETER, Nov. B.—Cattle—A very small supply, but it seemed equal to the demand. No very first-rate beef was driven in—but for what was sold the price varied from 7s to 7s 9d per score. Cows and calves were not plentiful, and sold at 71 to 111 each. In barreners, steers, and store bullocks generally no alteration from last week. The supply of sheep was also small, fat wethers 5d per lb; ewes, 4id. Pannier —Turkeys, 4s 6d to Gs each; geese, 4s to 4s 6d; ducks, 3s 3d to 4s 9d per couple; fowls, 2s 6d to 4s ditto; pheasants, 6s to 6s 6d per brace; partridges, 2s 9d to 35 ditto; wild ducks, 4s 6d to ss ditto; teal 28 to 2s 6d ditto; widgeon, 3s ditto; wood cocks, 3s 6d to 4s slitto; hares, 2s 6d to 2s 9d each; roasters, 3s 6d to 55 each; butter, lOid to lld per lb; eggs, 12 for Is. Corn Exchange—Prices remain nearly as last week. Best new wheat 5s per bushel; old ditto, 5s 6d. Foreign is still comparatively dearer than Eng lish, and nothing is doing. Malting barley, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel; oats, is 10d to 2s ditto. Fine flour, 293 to 30s per sack. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. B . —Scarcely 100 hhds of West India sugar have been disposed of this we ek, the offices being still quite bare of samples; prices are steady. The refined market has been exceedingly quiet, and must be quoted as rather easier. In rum the sales of the week are unimportant.—Bristol Mercury. LLANRWST, Nov. s. —Wheat from 12s to 14s, Barley 7s to Bs, Oatmeal 10s. Potatoes, which are plentiful, 6s. DENBIGR, Nov. 6.—The market this day was very dull, and but little business transacted. Wheat from 12s to 123 6i per 168 lbs, barley 8s per 147 lbs. Oats vary from 4s 6d to 7s 3d per 105 lbs. WEIIIERBY, Nov. 7.—White wheat 17s Od to 19s Od, red I