The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-08 00:00:00

133,i.NK RET URNS (From the Loadon Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32., of the Average AmoanL ot Bank Notes of the sev eral Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur _ day, the 26th day ot October, L 8,30.— Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 15,093 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11.044 Aylshaca Bank, Aylaham—R. and G Copeman 5,032 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Bickford 25,740 1 nt Bialdoek Bank and Baldock and Bigglesvalia Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 24 058 4u-fling:le Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 12,064 Basingstoke and Odihart Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Bedford Bank, Bedford—'l'. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Banc, Bedford — Trapp, llalfhea , i, and Co. ewt'lley Bank, Bewiley—Nichols, Baker, and Criria Biesater and Oxforishire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubh and Co. .. ...• Birmingham Bank, Birraing;iare—Attaraz ds, Spoirier, and Co 22,152 irrnirsirmra and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham---,J. L. M,illiett, a nd Sons 14.290 Biandioral Bank, Man VlM—Bastard aria Oah 6.961 B on Bank, Boston—Garfit and C 0....... -11stor4 Bank. Boston—Gee and Co 13.460 Bridgariter Bank, Bridgwater—T. &.1. Seale) , 5.542 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Niles, Harford, and Co. 34,421 Broselec , and Bridgnorth, and Briignorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 21,669 Baekin(;•ham Bank, Buckiagham —Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. - Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury — Gi llett and Tawney. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb Bit?. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son . Bedfordshire Letghton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and 21,077 68.104 30,769 26.995 3,032 35,542 33,209 uova, . Bradiord Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshiro—H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and. Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Thiry St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J..Woriledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, 12,718 65,633 25,941 12,261 and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Hortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridp,-e—Mes3rs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Cirmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Niessrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleih Bank, Suffolk, Colchester Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co • Coventry Bank, Coventry — Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co ';raven Bank„Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage , Snead, and Co. .., Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby' Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co.— Dovizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—HugheT, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster —Leath9.m, Tow. 1,945 11,486 16,689 41,822 33,033 19,656 2,795 16,607 32,489 37,825 7,201 18,135 74,857 6,214 8,853 8.486 39.115 24,457 10,114 10,255 sona Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster Cool(e and Co 61,472 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Dgrlington—Backhouse, &Co 76,682 Devinport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and D , )rsetshire Bank, I)urchester—`•Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskcard —Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall. and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford —Sparrow. and C 0.... 39.742 Exeter 'Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 26,416 Faknnhara Bank, Fakenhana —gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farrie. , rdon Bank and Bank O.Z Wantage, Far ringlon—Barnes an I A1,3,11ey 6,319 Farnham Bank. Farnharn—Nlesirs. Knight 13.563 Faversham I3ank, FaverghaTu—Milton and C^, Golalming Bank, Gocialming—!•lllersh aria. Kco:i .......... . Grantham Bank, CI rantha , n —7cowney and King Guild Bank, fraidon.. 7 . .583 Grantham Bank, O r ranthain—l - rardy and C 0.... 25,1 9 0 Hastings Oh! Bank, HasAngs —Smith, Milder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews And Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—s. Ad,,„ and Co 12,620 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Cc 4,675 Tome! Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bark, lioniton—Flood and Co. Hertfor Hitchen Bank, llitchen—Sharples and Co. 31,475 VeroFord, Ross, and Arc'nenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, linTford—Nturgan, 5.037 Hoskins, and Co 20.617 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, ll#dleigh Bank, i‘lanningtree and illistley Bank', and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexancidrs and Co. Kentish Bank, ;Maidstone—Ntercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Ttadnorshire Bank, ICington—.T Davies and Co 20,192 Kniv:hton 131,nk li;nl2-,ht.on—S. Davies and CO. 7,962 Knareiborough-Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna7o- - iborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, 19,467 awl Co. 39,60G Ketteriw; Beal Kstterin9.:—GotAL and Sons... 9,1?6 Law. End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. liarycy and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 51,112 L<h,ds 'Union Bank, Lqedi—W.Williarns, Brown, and C L and StAfforclahlre Bank, and Leek and Congleton Tiank,Lelc—Fowler,qaunt, and Co. Leviester Bank, LeicesterPageta and Kirby... Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—ltolineux and C 0.... LicllC , eld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Lutcuin Bank, Lincolh—Sinith and Co Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, .Llando very —David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle- 37,380 29,525 33.174 15.391 79,244 24,401 tans and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St 6,873 - Barbe Lynn Rees and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Ilacclestleld—Brooklehurst 4,047 37,732 11,836 and Co Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bjnk, Mearthorough and Wilts Old Bank, arlborough Old Bank, Marl boroulh Old Bank and Rungerford Bank, and Lhng•erford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinnkney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank Marlborough--Ward, 'Merriman, and Hillier Merionethshire Bank, Dolgally—Jones and 15.67 4,880 8,424 1,669 Williams Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Aberlovnny—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Brnk, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Baulk, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Morimouth —Bromac , e and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton Newark and Sleaford Bank, - and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Haudley, Peacock, and Co 46.030 Newbury Bank, Newbury —Bunny and Slocock 22,811 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond. and Son 23,140 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—T a yl or and J)yson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and 1ind50n5............................................. 47,902 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddoek and 8.273 13,076 Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Madge, and Co. . New Strum Bank, Sarum Everett, and 25,693 16,583 8.132 19,864 72,025 7,76 3,82 23,73 1'.;43 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 29,553 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os weptrr—Croxon and Co Oxford sank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, ;Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenpaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beaching and Sons.— Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Clinoh, snd Co 7,620 13,150 6,105 THE SUN, LONDON, Average Amount. Peas,' 3 Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Bev,;rley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0... Pezerborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson 40,288 10,817 and White Peniorokeshire Bank, Ila,verfordwest—J, and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 12,176 28,320 27,120 4,923 - - Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood- , Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds 10,512 and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches- tar—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Dorking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury--Rocke, Eytons. and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddisnn and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and llampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 22,328 St. Alban's and _Hertz Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 22,043 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and 3,306 1,525 11,596 11,120 28,523 16,952 Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns- ford and Barne.. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 11,445 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt &Co 7,664 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox Brothers . West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 42,824 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 11,510 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkes worth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkeswnrth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Viveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W 6,020 Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake.. 12,749 Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury' Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, all Co 78,674 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley 7,038 and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons 1,279 Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbe3k, and Co. Yarmouth, Noriolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,415 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clowzh, and Co 43,761 13,962 Wolverhampton— JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal ... Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,155 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Afford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company. Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington .. Cheltenham. and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham ... Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,628 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,844 Dudley and West Bromwich .T3anking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,122 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington l7 038 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 145,710 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 19,137 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,748 Hull Banking Company, Hull 24,323 lialifmc Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1.396 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 21,818 Knareshorough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 26,213 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 54,891 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company,, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,280 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 31,983 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 48,949 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 63,194 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton . 19,739 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 28,103 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester 46,865 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 3,027 Sheffield Bankirg Company, Sheffield ... . 35.785 Stamford, Spalding, and Bo s t on Banking . . . Com pany, Stamford 51,690 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and. Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 295,110 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Co m - , Py, 55 226 Sheffieldn Stourbridgend shiro Banking Comp any , , a a m Sheffield •... a 20,973 Sheffield and Rotherham joint-Stock Banking Company, Sl-4li,lid Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 34,056 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,63 S Whitehaven Joint •Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven ..... •, Warwick and Leionir:,gton Banking Company, Warwick 27,306 West of England and South Wales District Bank. Bristol .. 75,020 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,201 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield 30,702 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 2,973 Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York 70,032 York City and County Banking Company, York 91,779 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Noy. 2, 1830. 9,248 9,675 9,604 1,270 9,863 GERMAN Y - - From Frankfort we learn that a Prussian Corps of Observation is concentrating on the Nassau terri tory in the immediate vicinity of Frankfort. This corps consists of three battalions of the 28th Regiment, of two squadrons of the 6th Lancers, and of one bat tery. These troops have been marched up from the Grand Duchy of Baden. It was intended to quarter them on Frankfort in the course of their march, but the Senate refused to billet them. Other Prus sian troops are concentrating at Kreuznach. The Prussian and Bavarian outposts are at a very short distance from each other, near Flie dern and Neuhoff. It is stated that General von der Groben has declared that he thinks only of occupying the Etappe roads, and that he would not attack the Bavarians and Austrians unless they wen+, to ende,avour to push him out of his positions. No thing of the kind is likely to be attempted, for both the Prussian and the Bavarian Commanders have re ceived orders from their respective Governments to stay all proceedings, and not to advance. It is also stated that Count Thun, the Austrian agent at Frank Fort, was w9ll informed of the impending re signation of Baron Ridowitz as early as Saturday last. The Austrian army against Prussia is to be in creased until it musters 180,000 men, and among them 130 squadrons of horse, at 140 each. This may appear extraordinary, as certain conciliatory procosals have of late been sent in by the Prussian Court, but it is stated that these proposals cannot be accepted by Prince Schwarzenberz, since Prussia insists, in the Hessian question, to protect the Electorate against the intervention of the "Federal Diet." The ques tion as to peace or war will be settled by the manner in which Prussia receives the propsals which Prince Schwarzinberg is now making. The Oesterreichische Correspondentz states that Austria and Russia are completely agreed as to the German question. The Breslauer Zeitung states from Vienna that the financial apprehensions which at an earlier time were thought to stand in the way of an energetic progress of Austria in the German question have n,w been conquered, and that men of influence do not hesitate to declare that Austria ought not to allow herself to be hampered by financial tears and the panic of the Exchange • but that, on the contrary, she ought to establish her credit by proving to the world that she fears no danger. These men protest that the credit of Austria has been shaken by the very prejudice that the Austrian empire is unable to afford the expense of a foreign war. This superstition of the money market ought to receive an official and practical con tradiction, and the " sword ought to cut in twain the lying accounts of the Stock Exchange." In spite of the late injunction against the publi cation of military details, the Deutsche Wehrzeitung contains a full account of the strength of the Bavarian army. The infantry consists of 26 battalions, with a total of 17,400 men • the cavalry of 4,800 men, is divided into 32 squadrons; and with the addition of the artillery, this army numbers 23,000 men—that is to say, 7,000 less than Bavaria is bound by the treaty of Bregeoz to supply to the Federal army. But the number of 30,000 which Bavaria promised to place at the disposal of Austria is the more out of the ques tion, since from her army of 23,000 she must have four regiments of foot and one regiment of light horse in the Bavarian Palatinates, which reduces the army at her disposal to 12,600 foot and 3,900 horse. The Bavarian Artillery has 48 field-pieces. DA N ÜBI AN PRINCIPALITIES. The Wanderer has letters from Sarajero of the 24th ult., which contains an account of the Bosnian insurrection. From these letters it appears that Omer Pasha sent two battalions into the Herzegovina to garrison the cities of Mostar, Trebinje, and Stolacz. On the news of this movement, Rivas Pasha went out to meet these troops at the frontier of the dis trict, where he told them that the Herzegovina was not in want of any troops of the Seraskier, and that they would not be received in the province. When in spite of this warning the troops appeared before Mostar, an insurrection brae out in that place. The people expelled the Vizier, captured his son, Rustee Bey, and prepared the city for a siege. The insurgents published an address to the inhabi ants of the Herzegovina, calling upon them to join their cause. Meetings are being held in various places, and measures are taking for an energetic de fence. Almost all the Mussulmans have joined the insurrection. The defiles leading to Bosnia are occu pied by the mountaineers. The Vizier intends re treating to the fortress of Stolacz; it has no artillery, but is strong enough to resist a surprise. He has ad dressed the nation, calling upon them to rally round him ; and he has the support of the Christian popula tion and of some Turks. The city of Trebinje is commanded by Assan Bey, who opposes the revolu tionists. He is supported by the Rajas. Rivas Pasha, at Mostar, is the chief of the insur rection, and the city of Mostar is being besieged by Omer Pasha at the head of a Turkish army of 24 battalions. He has 34 heavy guns, and is accom panied by a corps of German, Polish, and Magyar refugees. G-meral Bem and Hadi Pasha (PerLzel) hay.! received orders to join his army. In the face of thes2 events an Austrian corps of observation of 15,000 men is being concentrated in the frontier towns of Sainlin an d B ro d. , SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The late South Australian advices allude to some proceedings which had taken place between the Governor, Sir Henry Young, and the inhabitants of Adelaide relative to proposed improvements in the shape of communication by railway between a point on the Murray river named the Goolwa, and the sea coast at Encounter Bay. It appears that the great object of the present undertaking is to effect a ready mode of transit to Port Elliot, which is represented as a place well calulated for anchorage, and which it appears might, if encouraged, be made avilable for trade. The Governor, adopting the views laid down in the reports presented to him on the subject, had taken the formal measures for bringing it under consideration. Opposing parties had prepared a memorial objecting to the employment of the Government funds in the manner described, contending that the public works already in progress had absorbed a considerable amount; that the proceeds of the land fund (the source whence it was suggested this outlay might be made) should at once be faith fully devoted to the supply of labour, and not to its employment ; and, finally, that the project itself did not warrant the expectations raised concerning its ulti mate advantages. The Governor had replied to the me morialists, answering their statements seriatim, conclud ing by assuring them that " whether her Mjesty's Government should be pleased to acquiesce in their objections to the proposed appropriation of the Crown moiety of the Land Fund, and consequently should direct its application to a further and earlier liquida tion of the Colonial debt, or should exercise the con trol vested in her Majesty by Parliament, and sig nify the royal pleasure to employ it in the manner that has been proposed, it was his sincere hope and wish that the appropriation might prove conducive to the permanent interests of the colony." In support of the proposal of the Governor a meeting had taken place at Encounter Bay, where the views entertained on the question were expressed in the following reso lution : " That a port at Encounter Bay is the natural out let for the whole of the province of South Australia to the eastward and southward of the Mount Lotty chain of hills drained by the Murray and its tributa ries, as well as of those portions of New South Wales and of the new province of Victoria drained by the same rivers ; and consequently that the projected im provements at Port Elliot and the Goolwa Railway are of the greatest consequence to the settlers located throughout an immense extent of country, of whom a very considerable number have contributed largely to ,the Land Fund and general revenue of South Australia." FLAX CULTIVATION. The question of flax cultivation in I re l an d con tinues to receive attention. It was stated a short time back that application had been made to the Board of Trade for a charter to incorporate a company with a capital of 1,000,0001., who proposed to furnish a market to the growers by an offer of 121. per acre (exclusive of the seed) for the produce of land to the extent of 100,000 acres, and who contemplated the adoption of a new process of preparation, by whi c h th e slow, injurious, and unhealthy operation of steepi ng would be entirely done away with. The ans wer o f t h e Board of Tr a d e h as no t yet been received, but it is ex pected to be favourable, although contrary to the s pi r it of the rec ommen d a ti ons o f t h e Committee of last session on the savings of the working classes. Some difficulty has been raised on the point of limited responsibility, without which the plan cannot and should not be car ried forward. Meanwhile further improvements of a very remarkable kind for facilitating the dressing of the plant are represented to have been introduced, on behalf of a foreign inventor, by Mr. J. S. Chris topher, of Natal, and to have received the entire ap proval of the principal persons conversant with the peculiar manufactures for which flax is adapted, either alone or in combination of wool, cotton, or silk. By the new process, it is said, the fibre fresh from the field may, in the course of three hours, be converted into a silky white material of the purest description, fit for the finest as well as for the most durable articles, while at the same time other portions of the plant hitherto destroyed are preserved and held available for agriculturists. Should these statements prove strictly accurate, the probable re sults, as regards the prosperity of Ireland, can hardly be over-estimated. The experiments on Irish peat which we described on the 31st ult. were such as to promise the profitable redemption of one-seventh of the entire soil of the island, and the cultivation of flax un der tb high scale of remuneration held out in conse quence of the alleged inventions, and of the deficiency of cotton, would almost double their importance. The quantity of bog in Ireland is estimated at 2,830 000 acres, and, according to a statement of the secretary of the Royal Irish Flax Improvement Society, the additional land required to be put into cultivation to meet even the present demand for flax is 500,000 acres. With an improvement of texture and a reduction in cost, such as appears now to have been attained, the increased demand which has lately manifested itself must receive a continued impulse, and it is, perhaps, not vain to contemplate the possible arrival of a period when, instead of paying 6,000,0001. to 8,000,000/ annually for our importations of this article, we may consume an infinitely larger amount, and yet at the same time supply it to other countries. METROPOLITAN SEWAGE MANURE COMPANY. On Tuesday the tenth half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. Janes's. Mr. H. P. Fuller, chairman of the company, presided. The report of the directors stated that the works for bringing the contents of the Rsnelagh and intermediate ,ewers to the comyany's station at Sta.nley-bri Ige were in active progress. The consequent improvement from this measure would, it was alleged, have been very important, if, by the extension of the present share list, and the payment of calls in arrear, they had been enabled at once to carry the pipes as origi nally intended, to a distant district, upon the exe cution of which mainly depends the prosperity of the company ; and in which case, it was confidently be lieved, its early anticipation of profit would have been realised. The general depression of the horti cultural interests had operated to discourage a spirit of enterprise, and prevented many from meeting their engagements with the company. Notwithstanding these adverse circumstances, their works had been continued with sufficient success to authorise their engaging for an early and abundant supply of strong sewage water, sufficient to fertilise an area at least six times the size of their present sphere of operations, at little more expense than is incurred at present, as far as the working of the engine is con cerned. The shares of certain parties, against whom it was hopeless to proceed for the recovery of arrears, had been declared to be forfeited, and legal steps were taken for the recovery of such arrears in other cases, not entitled to the extension of further time for pay ment. In conclusion, the directors expressed a con fident hope that the requisite means would be placed at their disposal by the shareholders for the prosecu tion and extension of their operations, as being the steps most advantageous to their joint interests ; and more especially that they may be enabled, in concert with the Commissioners of Sewers, to trans. fer the entire contents of the sewers within their dis trict from the waters of the Thames, to the manifest improvement of the land as far as Hounslow and Isleworth. Of the new sewer now in progress, 300 yards in the Fulham-road, and 30 yards in the King's road, are now completed. From the accounts of the past half-year, the current expenses have been 5,0951. Os. Bd. ; the total amount received on seven calls was 20,9571. 143. 6d. ; the balance at the bankers', 1,3481. Os. sd. The report was ultimately adopted, the three retiring directors, Messrs. Fuller, Har greaves, and Hodgkin, and Mr. Owen Jones, being afterwards re-elected. A vote of thanks to the Chair man terminated the proceedings. 13,822 9,000 5,337 8,021 9,155 12,186 15,556 4,315 25,14 11,887 23,966 32,073 3,498 12,325 13,744 9,570 6,903 9,184 8,707 9,278 5,393 9,059 FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER B, 1850. THE NEW CUSTOMS ACT. By the 26th section of the Customs Act of the past session of Parliament (13th and 14th Virtoria, cap. 95) it is enacted that no entry shall from and after the passing of the Act be received for or in respect of any timber or wood goods depo sited in any warehouse, yard, or other bonded pre mises for security of duties for any less quantity at any one time than five loads of such timber or wood goods, unless such wood goods shall be delivered by tale, in which case such entry may be passed for any quantity thereof, not less than 240 pieces, or two great hundreds of such wood goods; and that no less quantity of such timber or wood goods shall be deliverea in virtue of any such entry at any one time than five loads of such timber or wood goods, or 240 pieces of such wood good., if delivered by tale. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having received applications praying that the pro visions of this Act, which limits the taking out of wood from bond to quantities not less than five loads of 240 deals, may not be enforced as respects wood so taken out for the purpose of exportation, their Lord ships have caused one of their secretaries to acquaint the Commissioners of Customs that their Lordships concur in their suggestion as to the relaxation of this law relating to the taking of wood from bonded pre mises, and desire them to give the necessary direc tions accordingly. In pursuance of this order of the Treasury, the collectors and controllers, and other principal officers of the Customs at the several ports of the United Kingdom have received a notification from the Commissioners to that effect, with directions to observe that in future wood goods entered for exporta tion may, if required, be taken out of bond in less quantities than five loads under the authority of this order, which will be of conside , r,thle importance, as the operation of the Act in this regard has been found very inconvenient to the trade. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. On Wednesday a commission de lunatic° was opened at the Cadogan Hotel, Sloane-street, Chelsea, before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and a special jury, to in quire into the state of mind of Mr. William Lee, of No. 17, Chesham-street, a gentleman of large and independent property. The commission was in• stituted at the instance of three married sisters of the lunatic. Mr. Bacon, Q.C., appeared in support of the commission, and Mr. Elinslie was instructed on the other side. Air. Bacon ad dressed the court at considerable length, indicating the nature of the delusions, which, though extremely peculiar, appeared to he perfectly harmless, at least as far as others were concerned. Mr. Lee fancied that nothing that he saw or heard was real. All his friends were changed, and though he was quick in distinguishing the voice, he could not recognise the appearance of his nearest relative. He thought also that his food was poisoned, and that every person was engaged in a conspiracy against him. Another of his peculiarities was, that though neither a sordid nor a poor man, he could not be persuaded to part with any money for the payment of his servants or any accounts whatever. From June, 1849, until May of the present year, his affairs had been managed and his debts discharged by Mrs. Coulthard, one of his sisters. In May last, however, it was thought desirable to leave him to conduct his own affairs, and from that period to the present he had never paid a single bill nor drawn a single cheque, although he had a large balance in the hands of Messrs. Coutts, his bankers. This statement was borne out by the evidence of Dr. Sutherland, Dr. Watson, whe had been a fellow-student with Mr. Lee, at Cambridge, 3.5 years iuthey, an d M r. Coulthard, the br(ith ago, e r•inlaDwr. S .lA ' 'hen the jury had returned from seeing the alleged lunatic at his residence in Chesham-street, afier a words from Mr. Elmslie, and a brief summing up by thw Learnel Commissioner, they unanimously found that IVilliam Lee was of unsound mind, and incapable of conducting his own affairs, and that he had been so since the 18th of June, 1849. I HdSTORY. ROMANTIC Our obituary this week records the death of a per son (Ann, Duchess of Palata) the history of wh ose fortunes would fill no small page in rom a nti c s t or y. She was the d aug hter of Joh n P ee l e, a small farmer near livelihoodGainsborough, who eked out by dealing in a a t e o rri somewhatngh a tu, declining horses, &c., having previously been in better cir cumstances. Being an only daughter, and aware that she possessed no small share of rustic charms, our embryo Duchess, despising the limited sphere in which she lived, resolved to try her fortune else where. She became a dressmaker in Gainsborough, and resided subsequently in Hull, and it is said as housemaid in a good family in London, where her attractions obtained for her the attention of a person of rank, to whom she afterwards averred she was married • and she from that time occupied a po sition Where her fortunes led her into contact with some of the highest classes. A few years afterwards she astonished her former companions by appearing with her carriage and livery servant s i n the character of cher amie to Mr. Fauntleroy, then a flourishing banker in London. Unfortunately, the riches of the banker were of a doubtful character, and some time afterwards he was convicted of forgery, and paid the penalty with his life. Affected by the ruin, but not participating in the crime of Fauntleroy, our heroine struggled bravely with fate, ang generally maintained a fair appearance in so ciety, both in London and in Poi'. She shortly re appeared in her native country as Duchess of Palate. At this time the fortunes of her family had re duced them to be the occupants of a small cottage at Morton, and, age rendering her father incapable of active exertion, he filled the humble office of rural postman. To her honour it should be recorded that she enabled her parents to pass the remainder of their days in comfort. Six or seven years ago she again visited her native place, a widow, his Grace the Duke of Palata having paid the debt of nature. Her mother she left at Morton, paid the last duties to her father (somewhat ostentatiousl.o, and volun. teered her assistance to promote the advancement of her female relatives. Again, however, " a change came o'er the spirit of her dream ;" and, some thr ee or four y ears ago the public journals announced her marriage to the son of an Irish clergyman of good family. In this character, accompanied by her niece as femme de chambre, but not by her husband, she once more visited Gainsborough and the scenes of her youth. After making her mother an allowance, to be paid monthly (to prevent some avaricious person from defrauding her of it, as she had too much reason to suspect would be the case), she again departed for Italy, in good health ; but death, which spares neither rank nor character, has closed the " last scene of all this strange eventful history." The above are but the broad lines of her career, although it would be easy to expand them to any limit. As related to the writer of this notice, they seemed more like the tales of romance than of veritable narrative, so true it is that " truth is yet more strange than fiction."—Sheffield Times. INSTANCE OF CLAIRVOYANCE DURING SLEEP. (From the Zoist.) " My dear -, "It: accordance with your request I herewith transm., you particulars, El 3 they occurred, of the peculiar dream if such it may be called, which proved of so essential service to me. " As I mentioned to you, I had been bothered since September with an error in my cash account for that month; and, despite many hours' examination, it defied all my efbrts, and I almost gave it up as a hopeless case. It had been the subject of my waking thoughts for many nights, and hal occupied a large portion of my leisure hours. 11%tters remained thus unsettled until the 11th December. On this night I had not, to my knowledge, once thought of the subject; but I had not long been in bed, and asleep, when my brain was as busy with the books, as though I had been at my desk. The cash bolt, bankers' pass books, &c. kc., appeared before me, and, without any apparent trouble, I almost immediately discovered the cause of the mistake, which had arisen out of a complicated cross•entry. I perfectly recollect having taken a slip of paper in my dream and made such a memorandum as would enable me to correct the error at some leisure time; and, having done this, that the whole of the circumstances had passed from my mind. When I awoke in the morning I had not the slightest recollection of my dream, nor did it once occur to me throughout the day, although I had the very books before me on which I had apparently been engaged in my sleep. When I returned home in the afternoon, as I did early for the purpose of dressing, and proceeded to shave, I took up a piece of paper from my dressing table to wipe my razor, and you may imagine my surprise at finding thereon the very memorandum I fancied had been made during the previous night. The effect on me was such that I returned to our office and turned to the cash book, when I found that I had really when asleep detected the error which I could not detect in my waking hours, and had actually jotted it down at the time. I should not have thought much of all this but for our con versation. It certainly is a convincing proof to me, that the mind can and does act quite independently of the body,• and that in a more rational and connected manner than many folks would suppose. " You are perfectly at liberty to make any use you please of this communication if it will support any theory you are anxious to establish. " I remain, dear Sir, yours truly, " Jan. 14, 1850. _ "C. J. E. " P. S. I may add that, on a former occasion, nearly a similar occurrence took place; with, however, this difference, that I awoke at the conclusion of the dream, and was perfectly aware, when certainly awake, of having made the memorandum at that time. This, how ever, was Rot the case in the occurrence I have above de tailed." In reply to our inquiry for further information, our informant writes as follows: " I have no recollection whatever as to where I ob• tained the writing materials, or rather paper and pencil, with which I made the memorandum referred to. It certainly must have been written in the dark, and in my bedroom, as I found both paper and pencil there the following afternoon, and could not for a long time un derstand anything about it. The pencil was not one which I am in the habit of carrying, and my impression is that I must have either found it accidentally in the room, or gone down stairs for it. "C. J. E," a This is absurdity. The brain was acting in all this : and the writer, while he uses the babyish language of the world, really knows better; for he says his "brain was as busy with his books, as if he had been at his desk." Sleep is quite consistent with partial action of the brain : and this partial action may be more intense than in the waking state. Ima gination or conception is infinitely stronger in dreams than in the waking state. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, Nov. 7. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) SPRAGUE V. MOORE. Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Hawkins were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shea and Mr. Willey for the defendant. This action was brought by the plaintiff, an archi tect, to recover 1121. (from the defendant, who . was the Roman Catholic priest in the district of the Com mercial-road, for different plans and drawings he had made for some schools and a new Roman Catholic church, which it was proposed to erect in that dis trict. The matter was one entirely of liability, the defendant contending that he was not liable. The following evid«•nce was adduced : The Rev. John Kay—l am the Catholic chaplain in Spanish-place. The plaintiff i 9 an architect. The defendant is chaplain for the district of the Commer cial-road. I introduced the plaintiff to the defendant in 1847. The defendant was building schools, and I having been appointed to the same mission by our bishop, introduced the plaintiff, who prepared plans by which some of the buildings have been erected. The school will cost 3,0001., and 1,000/. has gone through my hands on this account. The money was provided by subscriptions, which were given to the defendant. There was a proposition to build a new district church, as the dis trict was too large. The defendant was appointed to that mission as well as myself. It was arranged that the money received should be funded in the defen dant's name. All bills were to be sent in to him, and paid by him, and he had the entire control of the money. I paid to him all moneys I received. The defendant gave the plaintiff instructions about the plans for the church. The defendant paid the charges to the Metropolitan Building Commissioners. The plans were altered because they did not give satisfac tion to the parish. Dr. Wiseman also objected to them, as he thought it better to have a permanent structure at,once, and not a temporary church, and the plaintiff prepared fresh plans. One plan of the church had no tower, but the defendant ordered a plan to be prepared having a tower. Upon some occasions the defendant complained that the plans were too long about, and said be must give them into other bands if they were not delivered. The defendant desired to have the plans delivered in time for a meeting on St. Patrick's-day, when the Lord Mayor of Dublin was present in his gorgeous official robes. The plans were then produced, and were much approved of. We first thought of 3,0001. or 4,000/. to build the church, but we doubled that sum as we proceeded. The church was to contain 1,200 sittings, and there were not to be any galleries. The church has not yet been built. Cross-examined—The plaintiff is a convert to our faith. He knew neither the defendant nor myself had any means, but he knew there was money in the parish. The poor are quite as liberal contributors as the rich. There was 1,500/. in the hands of Dean Horrabin, who had charge of another district. Our congregation amounted to 12,000 persons. The sub scriptions amounted to about 500/. a year to pay all expenses. I wanted accommodation for four priests fur that parish. There has been a good deal of church building going on in England of late in the Catholic religion. Re-examined-3,000 shillings were stated to have been brought up from the Wapping boys. Emily Sprague—The defendant came to my father about the plans for the Church of our Lady Loretto. He gave particular directions about a tower. Other witnesses stated they bad always heard the defendant speak as having employed his architect (the plaintiff). For the defendant it was urged, that the plaintiff had volunteered to prepare the plans without remu neration upon the expectation of being employed to build the church. It was absurd to suppose that a man like the defendant, who was dependent for his support on the contributions of the poorest of the poor, would give orders to render himself liable for such an amount. Mr. Justice PATTESON having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the- plaintiff for the whole amount. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 7. :Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice JERVIS and Justices 111AuLE, WILLIAMS, and TALFOURD.) HOOPER V. PARKER. This was an action of trespass charging the defen dant with having assaulted the plaintiff, and was tried before the late Lord Chief• Justice at the Guildhall, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff—damages 200/. Mr. Sergeant BYLES now moved for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, and the damages excessive. It appeared that the plaintiff, who was a tea. dealer in the city, was indebted to the defendant 547/., and that the defendant, on the 3d of February last year, called upon him to endeavour to obtain pay. ment. Not being able to get his money a quarrel took place between them, and according to the evi dence of the plaintiff's clerk the defendant struck the plaintiff, and called him a " liar," upon which the clerk ran for a policeman; but the plaintiff would not give the defendant into custody, saying he should deal with the affair in a different way. Soon after wards the plaintiff was taken ill, and two medical men deposed that his illness was occasioned by his having fallen against a chair and hurt himself. On cross. examination it appeared that the plaintiff was of " strutnous" habits, and that his illness might have been attributed to that. The COURT thought the question was one to be de cided by a jury, and that the verdict ought not to be disturbed.—Rule refused. Immediately before the rising of the Court Mr. Martin, Q C., entered, and went through the form of being created a sergeant, prior to his elevation to the bench. The Court immediately afterwards adjourned. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at 'Westminster, before Mr. Justice Cams WELL and Common Juries.) HANDLEY V. THE BANK CANTONALE OF BEENE. Mr. Lush appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and Dir. Di. Chambers, Q.C., for the defendant. This was an interpleader issue directed to try the title to certain furniture and cif-cts which had been taken in execution by the Sheriff of Middlesex. Mr. Lusa said, that the plaintiff is a widow lady and the proprietor of several houses, and among others, of the house 20, Spencer-street, Clerlienwell, which was some time since let to a foreigner of the name of Bourkinn, et the yearly rent of 401. The rent was regularly paid up to Christmas, 1849, soon after which Bourkinn, becoming under pecuniary difficulties in consequence of the non-payment of certain instal ments of a debt due from him to the defendants, left London and returned to the continent, leaving his wife in the house in an almost destitute state. The quarter's rent due at Lady-day in the present year, not having been paid on the 3d of June, a distress was put into the premises. At that time Mrs. Bourkinn had not the means of paying the sum due. The dis tress was made by the plaintiff's son, Mr. Sylvanus Handley, under an authority from his mother, and the plaintiff; with consent of Mrs. Bourkinn, took as much of the furniture as was valued at the sum of 101., in satisfaction of the quarter's rent diatrained for, and it was further agreed that the remainder of the furniture belonging to Mrs Bourkinn should be valued to Mr. S%lvanus Handley, and that he should become the purchaser, which was accordingly done. Mrs. Handley, being desirous of befriending Mrs. Bourkinn in her deserted state, then agreed to allow her to occupy another and a smaller house, situate in Gowen- terrace, and the furniture taken under the distress, and also the furniture purchased by Mr. Handley, were removed thither, and it was agreed that Mrs. Bourkinn should pay 101. for rent up to the expiration of the then current quarter. On the 20th of July the defendants' agent in this country issued execution against Bourkinn, under which that portion of the furniture agreed to be accepted by Mrs. Handley in lieu of payment of the quarter's rent, and also the remainder which had been sold to the plaintiff's son, were seized by the sheriff. The latter had abandoned his claim, not thinking it worth while to contest the point, so that the sole question was as to which of the parties to the issue was entitled to the furniture claimed by Mrs. Handley. Mr. Sylvanus Handley, the son of the plaintiff, de posed to the above facts, and in cross-examination stated that he had formerly kept a few terms at the Inner Temple, but finding his mind " not sufficiently acute for the proper understanding of the law," he abandoned that pursuit, and had since been " absorbed in the study of natural history." He acted as broker on the occasion of the distress simply to save Mrs. Bourkinn expense. For the defence it was contended the distress was put in, not for the purpose of securing the amount of the quarter's rent due at Lady-day, which object would have been effected by the statute which obliges the sheriff in cases where execution is issued against a tenant to pay the landlord out of the proceeds a year's rent, should so much be due, but in reality to enable Mrs. Bourkinn to defraud the creditors of her husband. It was also elicited that shortly before the distress was levied Mrs. Bourkinn called on Mrs. Handley, and informed her that threats of execution had been held out by the defendants' agents, under which she expected the goods would be taken. The hurried manner of the distress was also a suspicious circumstance, the goods being immediately taken possession of and carried away without the period allowed by law for replevying being suffered to The jury, after some hesitation, gave a verdict for the defendants. PREROGATIVE COURT, Nov. 7. (Before Sir H. J. FusT.) IN THE GOODS OF JAMES SMITH, ESQ. The deceased, James Smith, Esq., late of Port Louis, in the island of Mauritius, and Assistant Co lonial Secretary there, died on the 14th of July, 1849, having made a will dated the 10th of October, 1845, with a codicil thereto bearing date the 10th of May, 1849. He had been many years domiciled in the Mauritius. The will and codicil were both signed by the testator, but there were no witnesses to either of them, and they had been duly registered in the proper Court at the Mauritius. A doubt arose whether the Ist Victoria, cap. 26 (the Wills Act) ap plied to the wills of persons dying domiciled in the co lonies, which rendered it necessary to bring the case under the notice of this Court. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE, in moving for probate of the papers, contended that the rule of law was to fol low the grant of the country wherever the party died domiciled. It was proved by affidavits that the French Code Civil was the prevailing law in the Mauritius. The only question for the decision of the Court was, whether the Wills Act did or did not apply to the colonies. It was laid down by Mr. Justice Blackstone, and sustained by other writers, that a sta tute of the English Parliament did not apply to settled or conquered colonies unless it was expressly extended to them. There were no words to that effect in the Wills Act. The Learned JUDGE, after observing that the case was one of great importance, inasmuch as the prin ciple would extend to all colonies, said he was per fectly satisfied that the deceased was domiciled in the Mauritius ; that the prevailing law there was the Code Civil Francais; that the execution of the papers was good and valid according to that law ; and there fore he would decree probate of them to pass to the executors. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 7. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE JAMES ROGERS. This insolvent applied for his discharge, which was unopposed. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS asked insolvent what was his trade ? Mr. COOKE, who supported, said the insolvent had formerly been an Italian warehouseman, but had lately been a jobbing dealer in railway shares. The COMMISSIONER said he saw there were some losses by time bargains, which were just a species of gambling. For a man burdened with 6,0001. of debts under a previous bankruptcy, dealing in time bar gains was a blessed trade, and it was no wonder that he came to this court. Mr. COOKE remarked that those who had not lived within the influence of the Stock Exchange at the time of the railway mania could not understand the temptations it offered. The Learned COMMISSIONER said the influence of the Stock Exchange could not warrant a man like this in indulging in accommodation bills. The law allowed creditors every opportunity, and if they did not choose to oppose he (the Commissioner) would not; but if the insolvent had been opposed he would certainly have been remanded. Insolvent was then ordered to be discharged forth with. IN RE THOMAS JOHN BENNETT. This insolvent, who some time since brought an action against the Oriental Steam-packet Company for a breach of contract in refusing to convey him to Portugal, upon the ground that he was an agent of Don Miguel's, to stir up disaffection in that country, applied to be discharged. Mr. Sargood and Mr. Way opposed. A preliminary objection was taken that the insol vent, having described himself in the petition as Thomas John Bennett, had signed his petition as T. Bennett. Mr. Way said he had bills of exchange and letters in which the insolvent had signed his name as T. Bennett and J. Bennett. The Learned COMMISSIONER said the schedule must be amended, and the insolvent must re-advertise by all the names he had ever used. The case was then adjourned, and the bail enlarged POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Mr. Sirrell appeared before Alderman Gibbs for final examination upon the charge of having received stolen articles of plate with the knowledge that they had been stolen. Mr. Bodkin attended for the prose cution, and Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, for the defence. The justice-room was crowded. Mr. Bodkin said he appeared by the direction of the Government to prosecute, under circumstances which were considered to be of great public importance, and he briefly referred to the evidence upon the four cases to which the Alderman's attention had been called as having occurred within the jurisdiction of the Man sion-house. It was not his intention to produce any evidence additional to that which had been taken down by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, on the cases already entered into. Mr. Lewis requested to be informed whether it was the intention of Mr. Bodkin to bring any further charges against the prisoner, who ought in fairness to be informed if any additional accusation were con templated ; and he proceeded to comment upon the evidence of the witnesses in the four cases which had come under the consideration of the magistrate. Ile contended that there were not the slightest grounds for attributing guilty knowledge to his client, who had been for many years carrying on an extensive trade as a refiner and dealer in plate, and who h a d never once shown by his conduct, either as regarded the articles in question, or any other good., the most remote disposition to concealment or prevarication. Mr. Bodkin left the cg.se entirely in the hands of the magistrate. He said that, as to the question of Mr. Lewis, on the subject of other cases and other proceedings, he thought it necessary to state that in quiries were in progress into matters in which the prisoner was interested, but further statement than that he did not think proper to make. He, however, assured Mr. Lewis that whatever steps the Govern ment might think proper to take, the prisoner should be treated with perfect fairness. At the same time, he must say that he thought the doctrine laid down by Mr. Lewis was fraught with danger to the public. Alderman GIBBS—The question has been left to me by the Learned Counsel, and without observation whether to commit or not to commit on the charges which have been brought before me, I have to (state ---------- set that I have paid the utmost attention to the subj B + , not Only as aff cting the interests of the public' but d b reg . l a I° aff-cting the oh4rooter of the pri-on,,r, s tb :d e f, fa a c n .t d that courted iNlr. a S n i rr i c n i v l e v s o tt l uganttiaertill ea , , ,:-. „„ight brill any other charges . which - the police forward against him. The result has beat f o ns o : sidering the amount of property, about three:" his pre sand or four thousand pounds, found oPn a r at bitit mises, and that the only charges brought ;given, ere before me, upon which evidence has been modeglv er o f such as might have occurred in the usual t he transacting business, that there is was at all aware of the purchase of the articles, a _ a " as they did not appear to have been n :e y o fs utredhearre t6tesn:Tor tially destroyed, or concealed, I consider it to be t 4 duty to discharge the prisoner. u gis- Loud applause followed the decision of the fn trate, and the prisoner was immediately set at liberty' MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Wil. Ferdinand Napoleon de Maillepree and Louis for , helmina Teichert, two foreigners, were brough t be o f Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen articles jewellery from different jewellers' shops. lic e Citl It appeared that Brett and Haydon, two Bo io di, police-constables, on Tuesday last, about ten e'c lo g e were in Cheapside, when the fParced°l, tol:pns: they, prisoo r er 6 t : s g o ps • il r$ i ln who had been going about pilfering in Jewe - f e ol e• and, as they answered theysadwestchreiption 0 , P e , a other tradesmen's shops, they watched their i d e end the constables The prisoners went towards the Stran , blic' constables saw them go together into 1 : r r u t ttsY house in Bedford-street. After making a ei l . , - t s eett the prisoners came out and went to Rege a r i c 'b r ont where the woman went into the shop of ig r * w- o tb ° jeweller, the male prisoner remained ourslu e ° ho? watch. Ina few mi n ut es th e woma n came outof thes e , and spoke to the man, and then hurried off in th e k air tbe of Hanover-square, followed imm tion an 00" male prisoner. The constable followe d , - w ho, trived to pass the prisoners in Hanover•Fcluare,,,'.o4, not suspecting they were watched, were " 6-1 r pea some articles of jewellery. The prisoners the i n to thn ou t, into Regent-street, and went to ether A n ifill of another jeweller, named West . g Thai nen3e ' and went into several other jewellers anl',,ratiel brokers' shops. Afterwards the prisoners r : e " t d; the into the Strand, and the male prisoner went Into r id pawnbrokers'-shop of Mr. Vaughan, the fe rn ': P O stoner waiting outside for a minute or tient e-d the d also went - in. City constable Brett folio sta ble, woman into the shop, and told her be was a, ee f t s slisg e diately 4 s• and she must consider herself in custody for en, a breguet key and gold locket. The 1 ° 1 1; The broken English, said, .. Me no steal a nything; i u bet constable asked her to give hi m w hat she ha" ' a nd pocket. The female prisoner held up her d re f s 'pds told him to take what was th ere . Witness -°ll purse and 2i. Bd. in money. h M ed Police-constable H a yd on corro borated t' e a d the going state men t, an d a dd e d th a t he corroborates pita male prisoner into Mr. Vau han's shop, an d tons il place a gold key on the counter , g which th e 5 " . " ib e t ok took up and began to examine. Witness -e h , key' prisoner into custody on suspicion of stealing t—pert The prisoner declared the key was his owl) Pr°. god Witness searched the prisoner, and found ti le lockets and Is. in his possession ' , 1 66 ' Joseph Profage, assistant to . Mr. Conb rs- L (111 T Regent-street, said the woman came into the ei i g ) o ld uesday morning last, and asked to look at sl e helsl lockets. A tray containing lockets, seals' 50- 6 OP d was shown her, and the prisoner selected f', ll she asked the price. He told her the price was 2 ,, aa s. 6 10' About offered 18s., which being refused, she left t'lvdsi l out two hours afterwards police-constable '-';', _ . 'pd 0 locket, into the shop and showed him a gold ke g ' W it ' found in the possession of the prisoner pro' ness immediately recognized the articles as t ,: - pre party of his employer, and in the tray when P e o at. Witness d it for the inspection of the female Prrogi, itness examined the tray and ascertained the i f I A Charles Hayward, assistant to Mr. West , n ,, leil Regent-street, h said the prisoners came tOgetbe'„ gOO the lockets. op on Tuesday last, and asked to see 8 0 ° 3 " 1 , oP cets. The tray was produced, and they ta n ot hert several lockets, passing them quickly to each - I rgs a $ a and making remarks. They asked for ~. t to: enamelled frid locket, as they said it was to Pre'l oh , en , but, as witness had not one that Yia ni a O a they asked for one of the business cards, a n alibi ° quitted the shop. Sh or tl y a ft erwar ds police-qa'l6l,l Haydon came to hi m w ith a l oc ket tvnt,.. tu p ritle which had been fou n d i n the p ossess ion of tf e hes a ner, and which wit ness th en di sc overed a a " stolen from the tray. et tea The female prisoner said she had drunk rat' h i - befe Hieds uc h h eari t l htkoa knowledge toa m wk o el r e n tdh i g n ee g go , ofladtnhde key. r s o h e feared that Mig",t do ledbbTerhieesm been merely asked by his gold key, and he consented, not suspecting A wrong. The prisoners were fully committed. companion aalne dtoPsrsPiCaecbs,l-::10i RAILWAY SHARE MARK.- BRISTOL. Nov. 7, tber. o p . '; STOCK EXCHANGE. — . l he mark e t to-day va s " 2 O ti tive, but without much vari a ti on i n price. via trarlse were as follow :—Great Western, 69N—Litto, Shares, 51 dis.—Midland, 41. LI V EttPoOL. Nov. 7. weft,* STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to - d a if o rO o d follow :—East Lan ca shir e , Bg—L an cashire Consolidated, 46 1 7 .,—Ditt0, Fifths, 8 1-16 dis.—,r,„..-Yr e f North-Western, 117 1 4—Ditto. New Quarters , 2'/2 1 •"/. cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 191 a —D itt° :2i Preference, 1 4, p.—Midland. 41 c.—Ditto, Halves, an tern 6 , 0 4 South-Eastern and Dover, —Sheffield, R• l3 '„,oter Dir., par—York and North Midland, 22%- -142 ' - Carlisle, 61 1 ,6. MANCHESTER, Nov. 7. dope STOCK EXCHANGE.— There w a s a good buainessfogos!:„ day, and prices are firm. The transactions were al wia ,..Vr y East Lancashire, B%—Ditt o , P re f erence , Quarters , T sof t o cashire and Yorkshi re , Fif t h s , 814—London t r ri a elle s ie r. Western, 117—Ditt 7 , N ew Q uarters. 21,4 17 4— :i PP: t b• Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 19%—Ditto, ence, 2s. 6d p.—No r th S ta ff or d s hi re, 10 1 .1 "; e ' e giote Eastern and Dover, 19 11-16—Di tto (No. 4 ) , 6 9-16. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETVII"' ~L P s` MANCHESTER, ,,,, BUXTO N , M ATLOCK , AND week e 0 TION RAILWAY.—Return o f Tr a ffi c f or the I f — Nov. 3 : Passengers, &c. Merchandise £5 6 1 , 2 , 1 57 ---- 0 0 Total £ll 4 " 6 Corresponding week last year 10 8 Iv fe LONDON AND BLACKWALL BAILWAT.--AMOUIIt o fro "or the week ending Nov. 3 : Passengers Goods 7 5 Z;35 1 0 28 ° Total ... £763 1 ' 9 Corresponding week last year ... 652 14 1 1/ " NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.— (Miles OrnCl3, Return of traffic for the week ending Oct. 'l7 A 0 Railway and canal .., ....£1,73 5 0 Corresponding week last year " receiPt s `Pe st Note.— The above is exclusive of the , under the agreement w ith th e L on d on a nd Noll° Railway Company. 1 10 pa , for • CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY... 4 ' II. week ending Nov. 3 : MAIN LINE. Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Mails ... 1 ..• £1,048 1 4 1 9 7 1 1 1 8 ••• 46 1 ' 0 - ••• 575 .., ---- --- 1 ••• £2,164 15 Total MOLD. 6 6 £3O - 5 2 I ' 2 1 1 •• 110 ---- 1 0 Total £143 STEAM-BOATS. 1 11 Passengers ... 1:13,5 . 4 10 Parcels, H. C. and D. 11 9 , zi46 . ea ere' SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHA M R A ILWAY . •' . ceipts for the week ending :Nov. 3:— 5 Passengers .£315 5 Carriages, horses, and parcels ... 17 1J 4 Live stock 2 7 0 Merchandise and 19 5 Total ••• ••• 455 , 0 6 Corresponding period last year.. 1-4" Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... Tot al BIRTHS OF A SON. , A o 9oo' SOC' On the 6th inst., In Devonshire-place, La d y ,—;• o f Ih` i . On the 3d inst., at Wrexham Rectory, the w"' - 0 Rife A. A. Kempe. 1 „„ the On the sth inst., at Leonard's-terrace, Chelse a ' the Rev. John Patteson. ri Vi r ' OF A DAUGHTER. th e o ° ' On the 4th inst., at Heavitree, the lady of .4, ,„ Wl' Addington. t 0, /'- On the cth inst., at 11.Iontpelier-square, BromP ° ds . of \V. Locke, Esq., late of the sth Dragoon Guar Vil liersd9 ARRIE'D. di e , r ' On the 6th inst., at St. George's, Hanove r-sq ler G ui „li La Touche Hatton, Esq., Captain in the Grent,,,fary, only son of Rear-Admiral Hatton, to Rosin '7 nes' daughter of Sir William de Bathe, Bart. 040 5 On the sth inst., at the parish church, DoncasteLlr:3l)llictir J. B. Brodrick, rector of Sneaton and chaplain to ,tharpc,.. of Gordon, to Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Dr.,.,_.k. of Doncaster and Broadsworth, and canon of "" ___ WED On the Ist inst., at Gosport, Hants, Captain Joseph V. Larcow,f'fil- R.N., aged 55. ; k of f On the 4th init., at Cambridge, Ernest F . f,scl" ° manuel College, and son of the lat e T. ts d,fsterre Cambridge. On the sth inst. at S',rophain-hall, Seary Hemsworth, Esq., Deputy - Lieutenant for Norfol On the 6th inst., at Devonshire-squar e, of s ' . Ann, only daughter of the late Mr. E. Bale*, d, 8r 4,1 HOnngtheha6thrn, E i nst. ssex , in , aged 33. Oxford-terrace Claphanl4.og ,cast'e of 87, Anne, relict of the late J. Bean, i Stirlls q. , ai ., , ,fed 17 ' Jamaica. On the sth inst., in Bell-yard , Lincoln's lon' D . Valentine Richard, eldest son of Mr. V. Stevoas• he late On the 3d inst., at Dublin, Jannet , widow of FraserMarg, E. Id 3 ' At 9q ate, Mr. J. Joy, of Cheam , Surrey, aged L N rici 3g o . n l : l2 Printed and Published by Murtoo '4O 11.1 ; "OU SG ' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, w Iditialegt t;t:""d, Printer, at. The Suo 4211tifie; tf ea* Friday, November 8,185 e,