The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-01 00:00:00

The Great y m ----------- " ,t, 7--- 1 ------ (r 0 dog.) wEre divide . .1 Ip i , le Yorkshire Sfa ' . ,CE• , J Ai r G. _ ioline , s kotrety. Fatsun s Lcstlutrun and ~ • 1 Jilt Lendesborough Stakes ..ere won by Mr. Fobi r i . v 's I " Jock ; Mr. vv. Bailei's The Three Blues ran 2 1 8. U. NTOIITII BERWICK AND DIRLETON, OCT. _.r. J. The St. Leger Stakes (26 puppies) were won by Al lbws Stanley; Mr. Fwit g'd Jolly Miller ran up. .. The North lierti,ick Stakes,. - ler all ar..;('s The North bY Mr. Ewing' • Equinox and Exotic. The Chat Stakes s tecrro won by Mr. J. Gibson (12 dogs), 44 Chei nint Mr. H. Deans nit Aaricula ran up. ,/, HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. k. Th e Brighton harrs., Men. Patcham; Wed. Thunders Tel :ti ll ; : :r r i r . l IL): k i e o i. 1o 4 3 . T , ltruokside harrs., Mon. Newmarket-hill; Thurs. Crawley vil h Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon. i:: W• Butlegreen UuckLield; Fri. Buck Barn, Griusteadlol ' t o , etton hds., Mom Spurway Mill; 111: " ell 4 v • 4. Thurs. Wi,ts bhlhe East Essex hds., Tues. Mark's Hall; i l l i t 11411; Sat. Green Dragon—mi. MTh e tim e Wash • Sat. Thurs. Bird- TT 1C Unton hds., Wed. Furleigh Was , e,.J.lititiiiiefild Tye-101. aieOouth Es3sex hds., Tuts. Tilbury Mill; T tl e a k - -10i, Hand ; Pited T l) ulte of Beaufort's hds., Mon. Crois Sat. rad ii:lo )able House; Sat.. Kiegton St. Michael. kill; Sraven lids., Mond. Fr( , xfleld ; Wed. Hampstead ed. Field-rhige; Sat. Liley-101. 1? • "Somerset Subqcripton lids Tues. Hinton Abbey; 14 tongleet--10i. ' - .' 4.L W , ,_-_----,-- M ARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (11Y EL ECTRIc TELEGRAPH.) Lib ii i Selli ng Handicap. A.E.C. ct m • 44 td •• lihtt Randic: itt ,p Sweepstakes; R.M. c olov h 1, ‘eePttakes t°ll'Guy iianneting beat • Knight of the Garter. 4 1/.atet ," of 5 sovs• each; first half 13 -4 ••• ..• te un 'The gAltisi d Il uughton Handicap. 110., Ora - `lord ••. ••• L'• ••• ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ~. 2 RR SAN - ....a. AND THE MY A eO - writing a fki, _trespondent of the New York. t hp (!kireeada, gives the following - 100 ti u P the Illy SaoJ •—" San Juannturons- k R e , 0 er Juan . Tdreisbeurnipe,tion 9fa. jet a-titlr 4reYtew, looks like an adve of whom ifeltie_4lent of 500 in habitants, thirdstwo n . w unwholesome site, am is"A4t or negroes. It has an u Ot ahualltrOGUaded by inapene is ndcessary for 111-4 have been cut down than two board impenetrable woods, no m hae, e. e thatched huts and one orinhabitants ve 11 solely ft e „ a ' th at the settlers. The A few horses, ectilcattle, an Pelee e trade in inaported products. the entire form mhooner lay in d several bungoes the bay,qthe elace. An English war-sc town consists of 4 The military force of the . blue Mr. Foote Jaeltet,'44 fifteela to twenty black soldiers in I,ll44l„tspits,..„ll.,.ktigh the kindness o hours a ea - in. trolly, I Passed many pleasantursions we -ut iii.-44. On one of our e i n the me on my mutesLigetor 16i feet long, which e l x it b h uried teak. ( I ) .r er to take the t•lreleton June,with in COM' lity 1,4 left San Juan on the 23d of " W hired a bungo „ 4 . leo 'd t,ll,ree other passengers. •- e dug from the IT:litire°tl'r4orsl. A. bungo is generallyof planks. Ours -.shout ) Lad sometimes is made ine boatmen. %44 or feet long, manned by n 0, guar , sort. 1 tetlleeitclrila. The last stand s on 1 hoe 1. °lding the rudder between his enables him to 'ltl o y ,rithog a broo tck. This din the tsl4ll the settin ulspoles which we use twelve to legs, kith, The boat g - h • oars from stand n, p like 144 ett lonD .111aaedia, ;t"every stroke, bacit 4st(iPt!ll With°' 1,4 tall the 1 a 1 their weight, leantihnegir seats. ,4 04,s0.Ye..come Plump down on their in the li e 4 Part ° '6 are under a little trunks, the space il eat q the • ht. It ,la the boat theing on their used for freight. la t ' e tl e a, le t:itie:_tsronf rowers being as ineenee -115e:4404 s_s the boat, being five feet, and mouth of the li L ty et C I si x fellgt.a .17e boungedo into the war-schooner was which w hundereloud 4t bee ,44an just asettl:e Englishw s 444: tokt,tettliog g u,. The heavy t Sri ltithweilt bcattered, and the glowing up • te tier lisps s last beams, lighted the m ... ekeh_ hi,,l'lf ray j ourney into oarsmenwhen tropical the . % It ts'vas ee,;' Proceeded but a short distance he bit s l'n %%T e ed us to cast ancho h r. The blankets. T got ba,,_ of the ~ aehes, covered with forme, an d I 00. Seek. Aiu°at was too warm the new e rn trits,44l,i,B Daly ?Ye Wandered among the ' *. '4le 06, -- lt was fixed upon from tradition. clkeibl etiti,.' ees which I knew and the N't s ' el. ' 1.7' awoke by the mosquitoespenetrated be tlit 1 ~Illi which I was quite fur Southern ~ ge ed , 41 44 ~ morning prayer but 'ae bare 'WI sung their : drink iii Itert4 riser' We had nothing tday the heat to;_ft,et) IN:" Water. lkit"ik the re7PPertahle, and leads a" During the n naked Sam It ibt j 4; t i e ret,shoaent of a bath. The. the water to 1 ivitt,' "saisorne race, leap into we came in the boat s o " %Wen • , ill effects. We an rth or 4 wit any 4 , of th a t th e. large dam mouth of the at here re. river San Juan. in A _ order to get ! the 4144'1 for the canal, u‘,...1 spot. Colorado, 64'044 tpliaillts. This is a most. b. eathtelrinliely hi - % 4 t ees 4dora the shore with wind tzckti"ellaw fl here is a profusion often he the . °Wet's. io•antic creepers top, , 1 4 ~ qu i , i , ~., . to th e very tet„i, Wateh to. ii young tree the the level of . i ll lilt' PlO O l, eY fall again to ~,, the air of red, violet, ttii dir eeti B cf Ray coloured parrots fill i l ,, the sa,ar• ,We pas.ed the the south. 4ir tt°llo4htltitit`rios) both fbwing from the it seemed hit‘.% regi44rAst came in sight here,a healthy—the nms river Sorapique Illttr Were l e as au beeoine more rt,n, Nild tones'aarloyin I was already We di I%ntl soar h anywhere. In 4as blade 0 ." 111 3 7 fingers ducks. The kt, dra y ver ~ our dinner on wild but I could not so bitten joi.'k il i lte e taste Y '''hi of roast monkeys, passed the l lti It, fat t,hern. Oat the 28th we --re had tlt:lu'ith t phls, teree after the t e t ti , ,,,, ,w° h a , t one boat twenty t ote , . the rather•,, d 8, and drew time Miles in length. IN tateilledit •Plus This took each a lke a /v ith es"it. In the water, while the most difficult 41totili- tea m%tat ,I:g_Pcles. Just in the seemed as if i t 'etre, t -- "n se. The thunder fell in others asi or, (1.40' ill vltetYthing in pieces ; the rain in „ash-lam RN Jclt , tplarter of a hour MY I% /V-% till an —he lightning I,llon, ,itret) L i , tilled four inches. -1: , alarm 14 0 1 c, Ne eclOre us. This spread gre.a - tt strleks arta°/I'l Who gave vent to their terror ray to pray ; ali e i - i , 440 tears. two he captain began 1 ,;(Ireattiill4l°) the two Am ricans uttered cur club. kftittelltilecie'obwith a pistol ethe other Z114111;1;4 1 -- v nt f " ) .4,, ' Agzinrdiente ! aguarch whether eeeolp tilf.• We at last got throuh, the club, teachoo,' had to t, Antonio, the alcohol or . with a .enter snakes 44 4 :P. ve4n7„e'' with me to guard against k°l ht:tile4'l°Us reptiles. St. Antonio, the patron would tl Pie - ' 4 14 itl:IPIC18) haa a thankless office. over the of 4' It it `8 Place to bring the boats wreck ttle,i4 Att) eri a diMcult task. Her e lay Anotonio the e 4 4 4 ,i, 1 have matte steato-bnat, which St. not )I,,hiel;" the 4sund too heavy, or else did The ra i n l'a t t, ctiteraa "mllerieans as his friends. vered q,tt "%en' °lir boat soaked the skin that c 0 We 44:1!‘ve bii,' antld occasioned a villanous smell.l, who 4t111,1111 4 boa. `4.°PriY, the engineer of the delighted "' tit 14.freithtlat.aLt.taehed to a boat. He 411;orts1$ f1041,11141ch was delivered to him be eu o n btained was g ky:weie tiltiliwitiet'yatZesOffeegaWfh a ricahs the enrnaoptids of Castillo Sold::!' ettittue%s erriooth, and also above m to The h 44e ylve r h 4 for large Mississippi . boats. ~_-.- in l ael t ' ta r " na to o bstructions than hose ‘til I Iv% hence, which are easily overcome. ttritilSrabie necessary in the canal. Theon a 181,11411; .P. labourers. Castillo Vie.i° lies d in N 4 • Iv:- 1 % in rai having been demo:11161)e 1 much IVll,lterv,hFollid scam e 1 y find- any ~.r. natives li lqi,t),ol"hlng over row in this short time. withlll a a 4 4f t t of •i•" CAnal R C () 4 nri w as at work, e 0 i bi t , i -Ltelittas at htnl y' of hill, building . al Pl at P a O , L ., , t e root the made tit thpt of tt'ar steam-boats. He also e worked ~\42llsitlif ips'te jadians as labourers. They wor ked and ,tltOitArit,ci' %tie woods, as they were riht place. great 're lett, WE: woods, the tree NVAB cut in the which pis 1,4 N IL "' We arrived at Port San Carlos, One Nis Mtl of h soldiers. lt Piet, half -a -dozen ragged mounted Aoll toad tha devolired with rust, and tree, ue „te,(ll, thatr.*cre cut out of the trunk of a _ nnon, .I'll e NI ,cl,v,er, `band aorne beautiful brass Ca sand. N 4 4 41 4 l'a the year 1618 lay buried in the _ be 14 httkill/N IQ the f ' ,fort is hardly to be of ti,''''tt a ,, With , • oot of th e. a become I,l3aii.Juan, yet in tim e m v "f the Nica" ,i)t, ea to 13 the Custom -house 0 small, is in -11,144 „ er,e ',tvaery trunk, however The sea voyage, iti`loritips'zti,eo4 a irltereinrnAk%truisa. forget the tripol? Ei t ;4ll each h e*i'dhe lcomen:e surfac e of water is hemmedthe left 'jilt % II gr t „ e ,. 11 beautiful mountains; on, Pi'' towards r ~ •kie lt ,-,„' 14ountain chaio stretches 0-- el e (I , 160. volcanoes oti ~i lt , - surolliita e ........ great the LN,v llt stew, -, , '''' the ''''' - Pically to L 'lh ti ' h l'atil . -,ilands rising ' M ies' interspersed -- , 41,1 % k " 41 1 3 s of trtes - thickly , C 4 ttlp 4114-/vers, line the . 1 1 re on the right. A with -,4ltil'" cloald" 41) from the e no s rt i h e filled the I,kY fie. A„ it,t)vq„ 4 , q evk.ru f h 1 the twilight a e ib • u 5.... -e tes ~ or . r o , w i. 3 of colour-. t 4'l's atith'. 4'.a ivith a riLli pompon in lait An) IN miserable sail, glided quietly broke i *lth Ivied Iwth it- vial th i when at length the storm tend IL) lull t 'ite ; the erew were afraid to The _ 0 „ . 4 tkiltht t il e to auchor until daybreak. f 1 itttlyed at Gtea4da.". THE SUN, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. IIMES —lt the omnibus proprietors bad g ot pos se-sion of a particular line, and should, in order to avert. a threatened competition, cffer to pey the corn petitcrs one-half of the gross proceeds of his business, we should naturally infer that such a person W 65 melting a very good thing of it at the public expense, and regard such a compact as little else than an agreement to share in the profits of extortion and plunder. We Should desire that such a contract should not be carried out, and should wish to see the exorbitant profits of the monopolist restrained within a fair limit by wholesome competition. The attorneys are alarmed at a rumoured combination among the barristers to take business in the County Courts with out inflicting on the client the needless expense of employing one man to employ another, and, in order to prevent them from carrying their threat into exe cution, off , r to halve the proceeds with them. Surely these gentlemen must have been driving a very com fortable trade when is profits admit of so very sweeping a reduction, and the public will be much to blame if it do not avail itself of the hint, and secure to itself in some shape or other emancipation from the grevious tax which the lower branch of the legal profession have hitherto levied upon it. The attorneys have heretofore enjoyed the monopoly of giving legal ad vice in the first instance ; they are the janitors of the temple of the law, and it is only by satisfying their demands that the laity are admitted to consult the oracle within. The supposition seems to have been that enough could be extracted from the public to support two persons, and that it was therefore neces sary to divide between them the work which could have been better executed by one. Now, however, that the payment has fallen below this comfortable standard a struggle seems likely to ensue between the two branches of the profession somewhat analogous to that on going between landlords and tenants. The landlord endeavours to persuade the tenant that the loss occasioned by diminished prices must be deducted from profits, while the tenant, with much more justice, maintains that the deduction should fall on rent. In this struggle it is easy to predict t hat the advantage will ultimately remain with the tenant, be cause it is through his bands that the landlord receives his produce in the shape of rent, and that. share will in the long run only be paid after sufficient profit has been reserved. Just so, there is no doubt that in the struggle pending be tween barrister and attorney, supposing the etiquette of the profession to remain the same, the advantage must remain with the latter ; the attorney will take care of himself first, and if any loss is to be sus tained, will be sure to throw it rather on fees than on costs. Thus the barrister will gradually be ground down, his independence destroyed, his social position deteriorated, till talent, despairing of remuneration, shall be obliged to seek soma other field for its exer tions. We do not wonder that with such a prospect before them the junior bar should combine to rescind the rule of etiquette which forbids them to commu nicate with their client directly, and requires the intervention of an attorney. In such an under taking we wish them all p ossible success, because their interests are identical with those of the public at large. Place a person requiring legal advice as near as possible in the centre of Pump-court. Within twenty yards of the spot where he stands are dozens of clear-headed men, thoroughly versed in the law, who w ould think one guinea, or at most two, an ample reward for the most complete solution which industry and acuteness can give to his difficulties. Why does he not, then, enter the first staircase, knock at the first door, an d receive from the inmate, in exchange for his guinea, the mo dicum of information he requires? Simply because such a process would be making the law tar too easy and accessible, would be a s p aring of the Egyptians, and an omission to levy the toll which the British pub lic has hitherto been comp elled to pay. Our queriet must leave the learned purlieus of Pump-ceurt, and betake himself to his attor ne y in the City, to whom he must propound the question which, but for insu perable etiquette, would have been already asked and answered. The attorney writes down the question and the statement, transmits it to Pump-court, and re turns the answer of the barrister to his client. The barrister gets his guinea; the client, if the case has been stated rightly, gets his opinion, the only difference being that he has to pay seven or eight guineas more to the attorney for asking for him a question which be could just as well have asked for himself. Suppose a person wants to take i a house ; the attorney , i f he is a reasonable man, will prepare the lease for sixteen guineas, but that lease a barrister has probably drawn who thought himself handsomely paid with two; the fourteen guineas are the toll paid for access to legal skill—the tax levied on the public for the maintenance of the etiquette of the bar. Now, we say it is the interest of the public that this state of things should cease, and that they should be allowed, if they are so minded, to go straight to their counsel, without being forced through the expensive labyrinth of an attorney's office. We say that the rule which compels the paying ten guineas for having indirectly that which could be obtained directly for one is contrary to the principle of politi cal economy which requires all commodities to be produced as cheaply as possible, and regards artificial and factitious dearness es a tax ,levied on the many for the benefit of the few. Let any landed proprietor consider the legal expenses of his estate for a single year, and rt fisct how much of them would have been saved bad he been able to go directly to rst-rate legal authorities w , ithout being obliged fi to em ploy the interve ntion of an attorney, and he will see at once the justice of our remarks. We say further, that in this matter the interests of the pubrliceti and the bar are identical, a nd that by a ltering theiquette they would not only confer a great benefit OD us, but on themselves. The most honourable and resp.ohsi ble duty which a lawyer exercises is that of giving . advice; the duties of an advocate or of a manager of the details of practice and business are, compared with it, mean and technical. Yet this, the d have function of the lawyer, the bar of his, abdicated, from a mistaken feeling of delicacy, and leaving to be exercised b y the attorneys, have con fined themselves to the lower walk of advocacy, or to the mere answering of such questions as the at torney may choose to place before them. It was not thus that Setevola, Hortensius, or Cicero dealt with their clients, bat in this matter the poorest com moner in England is more exclusive that the proudest noble of Rome. By this voluntary withdrawal from the highest department of their profession the bar has sacrificed to a phantom its considera tion, its emoluments, and, what is of infinitely more consequence, its honour and independence. By obliging the client in the first instance to place him self in the hands of the attorney, it has vested in him the patronage of the profession; it is only through the good-will of that powerful class that a barrister can hope to succeed. If they smile upon him, he flourishes; if they frown upon him, he is ruined. The attorneys have very naturally become conscious of their power, and have brought up their own rela tions to the bar as the future recipients of those go od things whose distribution etiquette has forced up on them. The bar is ceasing to be a profession, and be coming an inheritance. Mr. A. holds the brief for t he plaintiff by descent, inasmuch as he is the son of the plaintiffs attorney. Mr. B. is seized of the brief for the defendant in right of his wife, who is the daughter of the defendant's solicitor. It is nowgenerally admitted that without strong interest success at the bar i▪ s not to be hoped for, and that interest is becoming daily more an d more restricted to the frie• nds of attorneys, or of those persons who are able to influence them. To this cause, which reduces the effective competition of the bar to a very small number of its members, we must trace that mediocrity of talent so generally complained of. We have no Scotts and Erskines, because we have no longer the free competition which forms them. F or this state of things the attorneys, who have merely turned the advantages to blame. of their posi tion to the best account, ae in no way lt is the bar which has brought these evils on itself, by refusing to exercise the function of adviser,. and forc ing on the othe r branch of the .profession a duty which necessarily p laced them at its . mercy. It is the interest of the bar to reconquer itshndependence ; it is the interest of the public to obtain the best ad vice with the least delay, and on the c heapest terms. the relaxation Both these objects can be attained by of a single rule of etiquette. We thereforeheartily wish success to those g entlemen who are said to be combined for this object , a nd trust that in this, as in many other matters, the County Courts may lead the way to the improvement of Westminsterhall. CHRONICLE.—Lord Broughara's Act to amend the Law of Evidence comes into operation to-day and as it will unquestionably aff ect v e ry material alteration in the practice of our su p justice, erior courts of ustice, we cannot serve the public better t han by drawing their attention shortly to some of its most important . provisions. By far the most remarkable section in c i e n p i t h io e ns, Act is the second, which—with. cer which we shall presently mention — renders every party to a suit, and every person on whose behalf it is brought or defended, competent to give evidence on his own behalf, and compel lable to testify on behalf of any of the ther parties. That this . change in the law will produce the m ost bene ficial results we cannot entertain a doubt. In c ourts . of law, will net only enable many honest persons to establish just claims, which, under the old system of ex clusion, could never have been brought to tr ial with any hope of success ; but it will deter at least a n qual number of dishonest men from attempting , on the one hand, to enforce a fraudulent demand, an d on the other to set up a fictitious defence. Theknowledgethat a party may tell his own story t o th e Court and jury cannot fail to operate strongly as an encourage mentnlet checkthe exposure,d re litigation d of willcira o s ch s aa - s e ve x : aami correspondingn ati cross-examination, n , . to the suitor who is the witness of truth; while d o f tendencyconie: where a conse quentverdict CAD only ... 1 ... 1 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER l, lB5l. AMERICAN NEWS. be obtained through the medium of perjury. In courts of equity, the same advantages will arise, so far as respects the power now first granted to parties of giving testimony in their own favour ; while de- fendants, who under the former law would have been forced to file cross bills for the purpose of " scraping the conscience" of plaintiffs, will be enabled to effect that desirable object without having recourse to this dilatory and costly proceeding. The exceptions to the general rule, which makes parties witnesses, are contained in the third and fourth sections of the Act, and are fourfold :-1. No person can be compelled to answer any question tending to criminate himself. 2. No person " who, in any criminal proceeding, is charged. with the commission of any indictable offence, or any offence punishable on summary conviction," is competent, or compellable to testily for or against himself. 3. Husband and wives are neither competent nor compellable to give evidence for or against each other in any criminal proceeding; and lastly, the Act does not apply to any proceeding instituted in consequence of adultery, or to any action for breach of promise of marriage. The great exception, above cited, was in troduced into the Act by the House of Lords, at the pressing instance of Lord Truro, and ought most as suredly never to have been inserted ; for, as Lord Campbell pointed out at the time, it is merely calcu lated to raise doubts where none should exist. By the general law of the land, every witness is pro teoted from answering questions where the answers would tend either to criminate himself or to expose him to any penalty, forfeiture, or ecclesiastical cen sure; and as the Act simply makes parties witnesses, it is obvious that, without any special enactment, they might have claimed the same protection as all other persons under examination. But, how stands the matter now ? The Act rates that they cannot be forced to critninate themselves. Good ; but can they be compelled to disclose what will render them liable to penalties, forfeitures, or spiritual reprimands ? Is the maxim, " express= facet cessare taciturn," to apply, or can the party give the go-by to the statute, and rest on the common law ? The Lord Chancellor, aided by his new lieutenants, the Lords Justices of Appeal, will probably, ere long, have to settle this knotty point, and we shall be anxi ous to see whether his judicial and legislative opinions coincide. The second exception, which still leaves defendants in our criminal courts, and parties charged before magistrates with minor offences, incompetent to testify on oath either for or against themselves, is certainly a prudent, and, for the present at least, pro bably a wise provision ; although we are well aware that many sensible men, and among others the Re corder of London, entertain a different opinion. The third exception, which relates to married people, has been misunderstood by more than one writer on the subject, and it has been suggested that this exception, when read in connexion with the second section, raises a doubt, by implication, whether, in civil suits, wives are not rendered by the Act admissible wit nesses either for or against their husbands. In reality, however, no doubt exists. It was certainly in tended, in the first instance, that wives should be made competent witnesses, and a clause to that effect was embodied in the Bill ; but this provision, though sanctioned by the Commons, met with so strenuous an opposition in the Lords that it was withdrawn at the last moment. The Act, therefore, finally passed in a form which left the law of husband and wife precisely where they found it — excepting only in those few cases where both of them are either parties to the record, or persons on whose behalf an action, suit, or other proceeding is brought or defended. Whenever this state of things occurs, the wife, as a party, or an interested person, may, under the express terms of the second section, give evidence for or against her husband, and the hus band, in like manner, may give evidence for or against his wife ; and it was merely because a married couple occasionally find themselves side by side in a dock—being both of them parties to the same indictment—that the exception which pro hibits them from testifying, under these circum stances, for or against each other, was retained in the Act, although the general enactment respect ing husbands and wives was struck out. Had it not been for this exception, a wife, conjointly indicted with her husband for murder, might have been called by the prosecutor to establish the man's guilt, and the man might have been examined by the counsel for the defence to prove the woman's innocence. The wide distinction established by the Act between those wives who are parties to the record, and those who are not, will doubtless call into play much profes sional manceuv ring in that class of cases, well known to lawyers, in which it is optional with the plaintiff whether the wife be joined with the husband, or whether the action be brought by or against him alone. If the lady's testimony be required by the plaintiff she will be made a party; if her evidence be inconvenient, her name will be omitted from the record. The clause which excludes from the operation of the Act all proceedings insti tuted in consequence of adultry, and all actions for breach of promise of marriage, was obviously dedicated by feelings of deli cacy ; and, although it may be questionable whether such feelings ought to interfere with the as certainment of truth and the administration of justice, few people will feel inclined to quarrel with the ex ception on that ground. It has been objected to this clause, that by using the words " nothing herein con tained," iestead of " nothing hereiobefore contained," the exception is made to extend the whole Act, and not merely to the second section. This is no doubt true, but the objecion founded upon it is somewhat hypercritical, as it is difficult to discover any section in the statute, except the second, which could by pos sibility apply to either of the proceedings excluded. We have hitherto been content to comment upon the Act as it will affect the practice of our courts of law and equity ; but they who wish thoroughly to appreciate the extent of the alterations made by its first five sections, will do well to contemplate their bearing on proceedings instituted befor our eccle siastical tribunals. To those who have not con sidered the subject in this light, it will perhaps scarcely have ,occurred, that, henceforth, in all suits of nullity of marriage, whether founded on impotence or on prior nuptials ; in all suits fordivorce by reason of cruelty ; and in all suite for jactitation of mar riage, or for restitution of conjugal rights, the respec tive husbands and wives, w hether de jure or de facto will be competent or compellable, as parties to the suit, to he examined as witnesses on either aide. Yet, such is beyond all dispute the operation of the Act, and we rejoice that it is so. Again, we suspect that it is not at present sa generally known . as it ought to be, that, in every penal proceeding which may here after be instituted in the Ecclesiastical Courts—as, for instance , i f the office of the judge be promoted d a g a a n i t n w s t i l e l clergyman t f e o n r t i m t o n; e o s r t a i l fy c o i n n d u h c i t s — o w t hne behalf, and may even be subjemay be true thatcted to examinationhe will not be the part of the prose c utor. It compellable to answer any questions tending to ex pose him to conviction, though this is a matter which, as we have before observed, is by no Teens clear ; b u t should he rely o n this legal protection, .and cline to answer, the necessary inference against him raised by such conduct will indeed be strong. We doubt whether this distinction between criminal.ps?- ceedings in the e Ecclesiastical Courts and those insti tuted at Common Law was present to the minds of all our legislators when the Bill was before Parliament ; but, however this may be, the Act can only bear the interpretation which we have put upon it. The second exception, as we have already stated, is confined to persons charged either with an indictable offencn, or with on offence punishable on summary conviction ; and it is quite clear that the offences over whic ei h ther the S p i r itual Courts have cognizance fall within n of these two categories. If, however, this result was not contemplated by our lawgivers, we can only re gard it as a happy accident; for it will afford the most favourable opportunity for ascertaining how far the rule of law which closes the mouths of defendants in our Criminal Courts can be safely relaxed. We shall take an early opportunity of renewing our comments on the new Law of Evidence, and of drawing attention to the remaining sections of that remarkable Act. WINDSOR.—On Thursday her Majesty honoured Mr. H. C. Scions with a first sitting of upwards of an hour's duration for his picture of the Inauguration of the Great Exhibition of all Nations, which he is painting for the firm of Messrs. Lloyd, Brothers, and Co., with a view to publica tion. Last week his Royal Highness Prince Albert sat on several occasions, to the same artist, for that important his torical work. During this week his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal conferred the same honour on the distinguished artist. THE NEW LAW OF EVIDENCE ACT.—TO-(18y (Saturday) the New Law of Evidence Act comes into force. In all courts in the United Kingdom, with the exception of Scotland, plaintiffs and defendants are now competent and compellable witnesses. In the ensuing term the principle will be carried out, and the operation of the Act anxiously watched. The words of the statute are very comprehensive. On the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or ques tion, or in any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any court of justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence; the parties thereto and the persons in whose behalf any such suit, action or other pro ceedings may be brought or defended, shall, except as herein after excepted, be competent and compellable to give evi dence, either virci roce or by deposition, according to the p ractice of the court, on behalf of either or any of the parties to the said suit, action, or other proceedings." The excep tion is in criminal cases, and to proceedings instituted in con sequence of adultery, end to any action for breach of promise of in srriage. In all other actions—assault, slander, &c., the parties can be examined, as well as in matters relating to bill discounting. The Act extends the admission of documentary evidence. More than ordinary interest will be attached to the trials in the superior courts in next term, commencing on Monday. APOTHECARIES HALL.—Names of gentlemen who h c a e r r i e t isSc Edward s t Bowman ct D o a n n r rs o d c a k y .: pa ssed their examination in the science and practice of me s nu Yorkshire ; Edwin Josiah Miles, Gillingham, Dorset; Boyle Chavasse, Birmingham ; Richard Nugent, Amigo; w Coyftp, Llaufitir, Alcattgomery4hire. me dicine, o n b e e , r,a3nod, j r B e s c .l e i:Le The news brought by the Humboldt is of three da3 s later date than that last received, but it contains little of interest. Financial affairs were assuming a more healthy appearance, and prospects were brightening through out the country. The Spanish Government has sent a special envoy to Washington. The New York Times on this sub ject says:— " There is a great deal of speculation afloat about the probable upshot of the special Spanish Envoy's visit to Washington. All that appears to be known is that such a messenger is on his way thither ; that he goes backed up with a subscriptio❑ paper bearing the signatures and counter-signatures of Victoria it., Palmerston, and Louis Napoleon ; that a guarantee of the independence of Cuba is to be demanded; and that Mr. Webster will have the handling of the man and the matter. The impression is prevalent that Chevalier Halsemann is likely to have a smpathizing companion in his mortifying diplomatic overthrows. It would not be the first time that Spain and Austria have consoled themselves together for common adver sity and common contempt. The House of Haps burg was wont to have a family feeling in such cala mities." We have advices from Chagres to the 9th of Sep• temberf and, in reference to the Panama railway, it is stated that— "The connexion of the Panama Railroad to Gatun was to take place on Friday, October 10, or Saturday, the 11th, as, at the time of the sailing of the Illinois there remained only 400 feet to be filled in, and they were making that distance daily. The engineers confidently expect to have the rock laid, and run the locomotive through to Gatun, on Saturday, the 12th inst. The absence of the usual amount of rain has enabled them to push the road through with dispatch. "We understand that the whole of the force will now be put on the line above Gatun, in order to finish to Gorgona as soon as possible. Among the passengers per Illinois are seven persons, who have made at the mines 100,000 dollars." Fresh robberies bad taken place on the Isthmus of Panama, and one of the New York papers contains the following : "The great specie train of the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company was robbed on Saturday, after leaving Panama, seven miles on the way. The news flaw like electricity through Panama, and merchants, officers, and soldiers, forthwith started in hot pursuit. "After riding seven miles, Captain Garrison and his friends came up with the train, and found it in the wildest confusion. Three of the guard had been shot by the robbers, and were lying on the road side. Two were found dying, shot in the breast, and the other badly wounded. "The robbers had made off with one box of gold dust, but, delayed by the heavy box, the pursuers soon overhauled them, when they abandoned the box and fled. Two of the robbers were captured. " Thomas Summers, from New York city, was one of them. A rope was put about his neck, and Lynch law was making the last of him, when he begged for his life, and promised to tell all if they would not hang him, when he did tell the whole story and all the persons engaged with him. " Another party of the pursuers overtook Charles Cromwell, an intelligent coloured gentleman from New York. He too begged bard for his life, and they spared him after he made full confessions, but not until he had been half hung some ten minutes. " Two other persons captured were Dr. Berry, of New Orleans, and Laban Manning, of Illinois. There are also in prison, Dr. Burt, or Burk, one Mireraud and one Degnant, residence unknown. There are five here still at large, but who, it is said, cannot escape. " The robbers had been informed, and believed, that the specie train had in it 2,000,000 dollars. " One of the guard shot, died in a short time. Thirty-six buckshot, it is said, were taken from his body. The news brought by the Illinois furnished some important information regarding, the whaling fleets. It is as follows : " The following vessels are reported as being totally lost this season : " The Ajax, of Havre ; total loss. " The Aramatta, of New London ; total loss. " The Henry Thompson, of New London ; total loss. " The Arabella, of New Bedford ; total loss. "The New Bedford, of New Bedford; total loss. " The America, of New Bedford ; total loss. " The Cosmopolite, of France; total less. "The Mary Mitchell, of San Francisco; total loss. " It appears that the whole whaling fleet had win tered in the Gulf of Anadir, in the northern part of the sea of Kamschatka, in Russia in Asia, and, on the coming on of spring, had set sail for Behring's Straits, but, in attempting to pass through into the Arctic Ocean, the fleet was environed by ice, and the above named vessels were totally wrecked. " The crews of the destroyed vessels are reported to have reached the main land in safety ; but it is said that in some disturbances afterwards with the natives, 11 of the whalemen lost their lives. " The John Wells is stated to have borne evidence cf the severe navigation she had encountered. Her spars were nearly all gone, her hull more or less damaged, and she had scarcely a sheet of copper upon her. " (The John Wells was the first whaler ever sent from Newark.) " It was supposed that some sixty more vessels had shared the fate of those mentioned above, and it was quite impossible to tell how many more would be likely to be lost in their attempts to escape from the ice. " The general result of this; season's whale fishing is set down as a total failure. The following vessels have done nothing : " Ship John Wells, clean this season. " Ship Neptune, New London, clean this season, August 1. Ship Magnolia, New Bedford, clean this season, August 1. " Ship A. H. Howland, clean this season, Aug. 1. " Ship Vinegard, Martha's V., 450 sperm., clean this season. " The whole fleet is believed to have done little if any better. " It is thought that the whole fleet (some 600 sail, we believe) are now wending their way as rapidly as possible to the north-west coast, for the purpose of refitting and endeavouring to retrieve their ill for tunes." esayest shape o rr yo THE G eitithmag l eo t ethrof E motsnthhehes A T EXHIBITION. tecalor oee i rmp l ht i stoa s n eni R mhdsas o ipool y :no fdistsneentcdara presents.e rni tccAoee Ordnance, them Palace.be Albert acknowledging T h bt haThysee hythee addressedEanr Sappers i anolyes eioanrl, an autograph letter to the _Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General y l teihens i dt we understand, to receive service medals, and the po biteiso especially oi with al l y reference with regard t o the t h lice are to be similarly decorated. Some valuable information has been derive d from cuptions of the people. There now remains in the building not more t han t t h u e rn E s, l and hi 500 or 600 British exhibitors , but the foreig ners have ma d e comparatively slow progress in their arrange ments for departure, and many of them se em reluc tant to leave. Others , howeve r , are di stin g uished the next classified census o rce: for their alacrity in this respect, and it is an honour able characteristic of the Swiss and the Tunisians especially that the have been more prompt both in their arrival and in their departure th an any other country. Cogan's model of the Great Exhibition building is one of the last remaining articles in the English glass department. Our a ttention was drawn to it the other day, and we had , through the courtesy of the pro prietor, a full inspection internally and externally, w hich was very gratifying, it being very accurately put together, which has been a r work case of some larmonths ; it contains all the landings, stais, e xact to scale and number. We are given to under stand that it has be en very much admired since the parties about the building have had time to thoroughly d that exam ine its proportions , and Sir Joseph Paxton a has expressed himself in high terms of the little model d by himself of that great on desigr___!..e_____________ Larkins, mate of ditto, LLOYD'S.—REWARD S FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICES. —The committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's have reso lved that a complime ntar y letter be written to Captain bronze Keene, ni of e d the o f sp l i o p y J d o ,s h n t , o o T f b O o m d e a s e s a L ; voted the honorary and the sum of 101. out of the fund of that establishment, to be equally divided amongst the mark the semaining nse five entertained by men who ac co h m m panied the boat's crew, to the committee of their brave and humane exertions M on the occa sion when the Owen Glendower dismasted in a heavy gale of wind, off the Arr an Island, 014 the 25 th of September last. The committee have also voted the sßobertum o W f 5/. to John Richardson, John Richardson, jun., atson, Thomas Knaggs, and John Daly, five men, labourers in the employ of Mr. koberly, of the alum works, at Sandsend, near Whitby, who at the peril cf their lives were instruments in saving W. Breadlam, of the ship Friends Goodwill, capsized in a heavy gale of wind, near Whitby, on the 26th of Sep tember last. Omnibus proprietors are gredunlly. reducing their fares to the standard at which they were prior to the opening of the Exhibition. For a week or two back passengers have been taken from Stockwell to the Bank for 4d., and from Kennington-gate to the Bank for 3d. The fares have for a fey days been also reduced on some other rutos, and yester day the Atlas, Waterloo, King's-cross, nin omni buses commenced running the short stages at 3d. Others can scarcely avoid following the example in the face of the o f port,i first-class Sir captain i Henry ry i in standsh erpr pre-eminent e Majestyin Id. and 2d. omnibuses, which appear to receive much , near this public support. THE CoMMAND-IN-CIIIEF OF TIIE INDIAN NAVY. —We have heard that this appointment will be conferred on Captain Sir Henry Leeke, K.H., of West Leigh 's in n e navy y i nofthleB2e6s,timanat.tiioann of f tii t c h e e r :class services. Out C,i' about 300 candidates, we be lieve_,alit India Directory..-.Portsmodh Times and Naval Hon. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. Lord and Lady Bloomfield had the honour of dining with her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home-, pat k and the Slopes this morning. The Prince of \Vales and Prince Alfred, attended by the Rev. Mr. Birch, went out in an open carriage. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa were also taken out in an open carriage. Her Majesty'and his Royal Highness Prince Albert went out on horseback to-day, attended by the Hon. Miss Seymour, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Lord High Commissioners of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo nial-office to the Governors of the North American provinces. The Lord Chief Justice of England arrived at Stratheden-house yesterday evening from a tour in Italy. ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS. On Thursday the autumnal election of persons into this asylum took place at the London Tavern. The unfortunate and pitiable objects who were deemed eligible to become candidates numbered 164, out of which only 15 could be elected. Sir G. OARROLL, on taking the chair, expressed his gratification that the institution was gradually pro gressing, and that year by year it was enabled to open its doors to those afflicted creatures, whose health, comfort, and, if possible, restoration to reason, it made its special care. He was convinced that there was a large number of benevolent individuals who only required to have their attention drawn to this good charity to induce them to support it to the ut most. There were now two large asylums in con nexion with the charity, which required great care and unwearied attention—almost every separate case involving the necessity of a distinct treatment. He wished the public would visit those institutions, and see the improvement that they were enabled to effect in the condition of the hitherto helpless idiot. It had come to his knowledge only that day that one of the parents who had gone down to the asylum at Colchester a short time since, and who had not seen his son for 12 months before, actually did not know his own child, so great was the improvement. He appealed to the press for assistance, the press which was ever ready to give its kind countenance to any institution which deserved the support and sympathy of the public. The great want which the society now experienced was a large establishment where they could classify a great number of patients, for which purpose 10,0001. was required: It seemed a large sum of money, but it was nothing compared to the large charities with which the metropolis abounded, and which were so liberally aided by private benevolence. Dr. REED read the annual report. It was an ex tremely interesting document, but many of the details which might engross the philanthropist we must ne cessarily omit. There was at present in the institu tion 180 patients, which, with the 15 to be elected, would make 195. Physical training had the first place among them ; and all the arrangements for bathing, shampooing, and gymnastic exercises, had been improved. In the schools there were classes for reading, writing, figures, natural and scripture his tory, singing, drawing, and music ; and, besides these, there were classes of gardeners, carpenters, shoemakers, basketmakers, knitters, and netters. On the subject of the success which had attended the operations of the society (and with regard to which, at its forma tion, grave doubts were entertained), the report stated that among those originally placed under the care of the board from the commencement, three years ago, there had been 25 unable to walk, 114 un able to teed, dress, or take care of their persons, 20 epileptic, 12 paralyzed, 68 dumb, and 25 under nine years of uge, all subjects of physical infirmity and mental imbecility. So helpless and unpromising a family bad perhaps never before been brought toge• ther. Of these 6 had been taught to walk, and 14 much improved in the use of their limbs, 27 who had been dumb or made strange and unmeaning noises were getting the use of articulate sounds and begin ning to speak; 48 had been taught to feed and dress themselves, and to observe cleanly habits; 23 had been taught to read, 27 to write, 11 to cipher, 16 to draw. Some were taught music, nearly all singing, and most of them were in the drilling or gymnastic classes; 90 could attend with propriety on domestic, and about 50 on public worship, and had pleasure in doing so. Order had been established, good habits had been formed, and there were health and happi ness among them. " May not then," concluded the report, " the movement, as one of experiment, be considered as complete ? and may it not from this day be pursued as one of clear certainty, unquestionable duty, and national importance ?" A long report was appended from Drs. Conolly and Little, and Mr. Callaway, M.R C S., the medical offi cers of the institution. Without committing them selves to any very strong expression of their impres sions and feelings, they gave utterance to their perfect satisfaction at the progress of this " great attempt," and their lively belief, founded on careful observa tions, that the grand design of the founders would be eventually and completely fulfilled. The receipts of the year tor general purposes had amounted to 8,1041. 7s. 41., and the expendidure 7,4491. 141., leaving a balance of 6541. 13s. 41. The receipts towards the building fund had been 2,3291 . , of which 1,5001. had been invested, and 6401. remained in the treasurer's hands. _ _ The election then commenced, and terminated at 3 o'clock, when the names of the successful candidates were announced. BLOOMERISM. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Bloomer ladies generally have no right to com plain of the ill success of their agitation, for they have challenged public criticism in that way which, in England, we have not yet learned to think other than offensive. Lady lecturers are rare in Europe ; and when they take up subjects verging on critical mat ters, a greater amount of decorum, modesty, and dis cretion is demanded than has been presented to us at Miss Kelly's Theatre, or in the Holborn Hall. At present Mrs. Foster is an exception to her sect, but even in her clever management the crucial experiment was fatal. To have teen a Bloomer settles Bloomerism. It is not the trivial witticism about the wife wear ing the breeches, nor the unhappy suggestion of the George Sand and Debardeur school of morale, with which this dress has unfortunately been con nected, that will do all the mischief; but the cos tume itself is its own condemnation. "Pillows under all arm-holes" are, perhaps, a female abomination — but then they may plead precedent. They are as old as the Bible, at least in the English trans lation—" ten or fifteen pounds of petticoat round the body, and balloons in the sleeves," are neither grace ful nor reasonable we admit—" sixteen square yards of skirt" merely " depositing strata of thick black slosh on the ankles, and turning their wearer into a walking mop." is certainly a feature suggestive of nothing agreeable—and English fashion, which, with out Transatlantic prompting, has encased our females in shaggy paletots with large pearl buttons, has, we allow, little ground to object to the andro-gynous aspect of the " pettiloon" or " pantalette." Nor in deed can any of us, with any show of propriety, ob ject to the novelty of a costume which, anyhow, every English girl under fourteen has worn this many a year. But all these objections to every existing fashion fail utterly in demonstrating the propriety of the new one. We do not pretend to have been initiated in the greater mysteries of the gymeceum ; and we therefore content ourselves with an American lady's criticism on the Bloomer costume, which we cite with the more satisfaction as it is ex pressed in that rich vernacular, which so graphically exceeds the powers of any masculine pen. " If " and the dilemma is to us insuperable—" if," says Mrs. Jane Swisshelm, " the trowsers are loose at the ankle, they gojlip-flap ; if gathered to a band and falling over in a puff, they go slip-slap as one walks. If there is a ruffle to fall deivn on the top of the foot, it gets in the mud, and is as ugly as the longest skirt. If it is drawn up to be convenient, as much of the foot and ankle is exposed as need be in a moderately short skirt. Then the trowsers, all of them, give a general appearance of dropsical legs." An Aristotelian sorites of dilemmas—" either flip-flap or slip-slap;" the division is exhaustive : there is no tertium quid. If long, dirty ; if short, immodest, and a common nature, dropsical-looking, in all oases. Is not this enough to condemn Bloomerism pure and simple? Mrs. Swisshelm helps us to another illustration. " In stooping far enough to lift a thimble"—but our American ally is here again more gra phic than we wish to be. Only let our readers imagine how a stooping Venus would look, simply braccata et tunicata, with the natural rise and fall of a "vest" which, in its standing position, is only to reach " two inches below the knee"—the regulation cut —and then let us idealise the modesty of a Bloomer female " visibly trowsered to the waist !" And so as to another class of objections we admit their force, but they do not prove Bloomerism. Five ici, hundred uui:eaetrrsukei wrongs rtthsa,,t— ei d se do not i nanbosstoumridneist absurdity involves right. nvei ve s mathematicallt proportion another,m ay self-propagating and be t t b o a t t he th s e qua ci r u e sn of tit t y hei o r f de p n e s t i t t i y co a a n ts d — vo w l e um b e e . g I t pardon, r o d th o e n r , words, that one petticoat, like one foowl,hmenakaeamosimnayn, slleeheaniretcuthrdeage, catgut, cane, and.... e—or, b t a e t crinoline is differently,like a zothhyatte, present mode, past ra fashion, she wants clothing whaleboneinside constructeda quilted o ef of horsehair ah b e g tu e b ts to protect her from her clothes. But, • me . repeat, admitting the absurdity of all .* tins, there is some intermediate stage where taste and may be found between this style of dress, which the Bloomers so effectively den:Iola ! end ,what latte been celled the "forked I parsnip" attire—their own. With respect to the "naturalness" oF dress, which Mrs. Bloomer urges, of course that w hi c h th e poet gives Nora Creira ; beats Mrs. Bloomer's hollow on that score. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. TILE COM3IITTEE OF TUE Roo:A.—Before the list was read, the subscribers met for the purpose of electing a member of the committee, in the place of Mr. Rudston Read, whose term expired this meeting, when that gentleman was unanimously re-elected. Mr. Payne was named to fill up the vacancy on the part of the Jockey Club. THE DONCASTER COP CASE.—The following is a copy of the decision given by the Stewards of the Jockey Club:— " We, the Stewards of the Jockey Club, having con sidered the case referred to us by the Stewards of Don caster Races, in relation to the objection made by Mr. Saxon to the qualification of The Ban to win the Cup, on the ground that another horse, still the property of Sir Joseph Hawley, had started, contrary to Rule 40, concerning horse •racing in general, and having heard the evidence produced by Mr. Saxon in support of his objection, are satisfied that a bona fide sale of Vatican to Mr. Morris took place previous to the race. " We are nevertheless of opinion that the stewards 01 the Doncaster committed an error in allowing Vatican to run, he having been entered in Sir Joseph Hawley'. name; and that if he had come in first, Mr. Morris would not have been entitled to the Cup; but the horse having started with the sanction of the stewards as Mr. Morris's property, we do not think that any objection to The Ban can be sustained on that ground, and there. fore decide that The Ban is the winner of the Doncaster Cup. " As, however, considerable doubt may exist as to the right of Vatican to start, the stewards of the Jockey Club will take an early opportunity of submitting this point to the members of the club, in order t o o b tain their opinion, and have the wording of Rule 40 ma d e more explicit in this respect. (Signed) " GLASGOW. " J. PEEL. "H. LOWTHER." FRIDAY'S RACES. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Morris's flungerford, 3 yrs, Bst 71b...(F Butler) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstead, 2 yrs, 7st ...(Charlton) 2 Even betting. Won by two lengths; not timed. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, and only 5, it declared, &c., to go to the second horse; for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. (16 Subs., 10 of whom de clared.) Mr. E. Phillips's Truth, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Wells) 1 Prince Galarzin's Y. Altisidora, Est 51b...(Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Halford's Primo Minister, Bst 71b (Whitehouse) 3 Mr. Bickham's No Chance, Est 111 b ......(.T. Closter) 4 Mr. Martinson's Eliza Middleton, 7st 51b (Charlton) 5 Lord Exeter's Plalegra, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (J. Mann) 6 Betting-9 to 4 agst Young Altisidora, sto 2 agsi Prime Minister, and 7to 2 agat Eliza Middleton. The running was made by Young Altisidora into the cords, where Truth, who had been waiting on her from the first, took it up, and ran home an easy winner by a length. Run in 1 min. 12 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for three yrs old, 7st 91b; four, Bst 31b; five and upwards, Bst 81b. The winner to be sold for 400 soya., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. Mr. Merry's Louis Napoleon, 3 yrs (J. Sharp) 1 Lord Exeter's Turtle, 3 yrs J. Mann) 2 Mr. Carew's Longinus, 4 yrs (A. Day) 3 Lord Clifden's Loadatone, 6 yrs (Robinson) 4 Even on Longinus. Won very cleverly by a length; a neck between the second and third; Loadatone well up. Run in 50 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst slb; the winner to be sold for 50 soya., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. Mr. CLiley's Brawn ...(Rogers) 0 1 Mr. Sherring's The Grand Duchess (W. Treen) 0 2 Mr. Sexton's Chaffinch (Whitehouse) 0 3 Mr. H. Stebbings's Celeste filly (Flatman) 4 Mr. B. Eddion's Valentine's-day ...(G Simpson) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Celeste filly-5 to 2 agst Chaf finch—and 4to 1 agat Brawn. A head-and-head race between Chaffinch, Brawn, and Grand Duchess, termi nating in a dead heat with the three; the Celeste filly well up. Run in 52 secs. Deciding heat-6 to 4 agat Chaffinch, and 2to 1 agst each of the others. Won by a head. Chaffinch beaten off. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, to ft, for three _ _ yrs old and upwards. D.M. Sir R. Pigot's .lE.)lus, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (T. Smith) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Wells) 2 Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 3 Mr. R. H. Nevill's Artisan, 7st 31b ...(G. E. Sharp) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Breba, 3 yrs, 7st (Nurdin) 0 Baron L. Rothschild's c by Charles XII., dam by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 0 Mr. Etwall's Bushranger, 4 yrs, bat 71b (E Harrison) 0 Lord Clifdon's Borneo, 5 yrs, 6st 61b (G. Mann) 0 Mr. Dawson na Cyclops, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Carroll) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Bordeaux, 4to 1 agst Humphrey, and 5 to 1 agst Bushranger. Humphrey and .2E3lus ran together from the start into the cords, ./Ealus then taking up the running, and winning cleverly by a length, Humphrey beating Bordeaux as fir. Nothing was near these three. Run in 1 min. 46 secs. The Nursery Stakes of 25 soya. each, for two yrs olds. D.M. Mr. G. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 7st 51b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. G. Osborne na Merry Bird, Sat llb (W.Abdale) 2 Mr. Stephenson's My Dear colt, 7st 81b. (J. Sharp) 3 Lord Ex€tsr's Mountain Flower, Sat 31b...(Norman) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Caloric, Bst llb (J. Marson) 0 Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sopnitary. Bst...(Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow, 7st 131 b ..... (Flatulan) 0 Lord Gla'gow's Caracara, 7st I llb (Pettit) 0 Lord Ribblesd de's Orpheus, 7st 101 b (Cnapple) 0 Mr. Mare's 1331ia colt, 7st 101 b (G. Simpson) 0 Mr. King's Cytherea silly, 7st 91b...(11. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Equal, 7st 9lb (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. E. R. Glade's Pluinstead, 7st 810...(W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Payne's Hirsute, 7st 81b ([larding) 0 Lord Exeter's Ilex ' 7st 71b ...(J. Mann) 0 Captain Lowther's Barbara Bell, 7st 21b (G.E Sharp) 0 Lord Clifden's Royalty, ist llb (G. Mann) 0 Mr. Thirlby's Mary Ann, 6st 131 b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 6st 121 b (Ilarlock) 0 Mr. Merry's Happy Joe, 6st 91b (Knott) 0 Betting-7 to 2 agst Dromedary colt, sto 1 agst Mary Ann, 6 to 1 agst Lady Agnes, 10 to 1 each agst So phistry and Scarecrow, 12 to 1 agst Mountain Flower. With the exception of Lady Agnes, who had the worst of the start, all got off well; and without either having a decided lead ran in close order almost to the cords. Lady Agnes then went up, obtained the lead fifty yards from home, and won by a length. Merry Bird, trained in the same stable, beating the favourite by a head. Mary Ann a good fourth. Sophistry, Scarecrow, and Mountain Flower, well up. Fifty Pounds for three yrs old, 7st 61b; four, Bst 51b; five and upwards, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for 100 sous. if demanded, &c. A.F. Mr. Coomb's Necklace, 4 yrs (Rogers) 1 Mr. Stephensou'e Brother to Willingham (Chspple) 2 Mr. Merry's Brennus, 4 yrs . . Mr. Smith's The Eor, 4 yrs (Lye) 4 Mr. Maxfield's Ribaldry, 6 yrs .(W. Sharpe) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Brennus, sto 2 agst Brother to Willingham, and 4 to 1 each agst Ribaldry and Necklace. Brother to Willingham made the running into the cords, was challenged half up, and beaten on the post by a head; Brennus a bad third. Run in 2 min. 23 secs.. Sweepstakes of 10 BOTII. each; for two years old, 7st; and three, Bst 111 b. The winner to be sold for 300 Boys. if demanded, &c. First half of Ab.M. Mr. Winch's Herschel, 2 yrs (Charlton) 1 Mr. T. Fryer's Captain Flash, 2 yrs (Lye) 2 Mr. R. Harrison's Miss Julia Bennett colt (Bum by) 3 Mr. R. H. Nevill's Telescope, 3 yrs (F. Butler) 4 Betting-5 to 4 egst Herschel, and sto 2 agst Tales. cope. Won by a head, Miss Julia Bennett colt a bad third. Run in 51 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 Boys. each, for two years old, 7st 71b; and three, 9st 41b; the winner to be sold for 200 son., if demanded, &c. ; and allowances if to be sold for less. T.Y.C. Mr. Lialfurd's Deceitful, Bst 81b (1001.) (Marlow) 1 Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 2 yrs, Est 111 b (1000 2 Mr. Robinson's Glee colt, 3yrs, Bst 81b (1000 Mr. Medley's Paquette, 3 yrs, Bst 81b (loot.) 4 Betting—Even on Cotton Lady, 7 to 2 agst Glee colt, and 4 to 1 agst Deceitful. Won by three parts of a length, a neck between second and third. Not timed. The Audley End Stakes of 30 soya. each. A.E.C. Lord Exeter's Nutshell walked over. Match; 300 h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. Greville's Frantic, 6st 71b, received forfeit from Lord Exeter's Clelie, Bst 71b. Erratum—The D. I. Plate (Thursday)—The betting at starting for this race was 5 to 2 agat Tophana, not agst Lady Evelyn. NEWMARKET, FRIDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY. Selling Handicap. A.E.C. Abdallab, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Borneo, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Cor• nelius, 3 yrs, 7st 101b—Reindeer, 3 yrs, 7 at 9 1b—Liberty 2 yrs, sst 81b—Grand Duchess, 2 yrs, sst 81b. _ - Handicap for two years old. RAI. Equal, Bst 71b—Hyacinth, Bst 21b—Poodle, 7st 131 b Royalty, Tat 131 b. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each. Winner to be sold for 251 Diligence, 4 yrs—Arlette, 4 yrs—Teeswater, 4 yrs— F ra nce, 2 yrs—f by St. Martin, out of Toga, 2 yrs_ Caffinch, 2 yrs—Forlorn Hope, 3 yrs—Falcon, 4 yrs—f by Slane, out of Exotic, 4 yrs. Houghton Handicap. T.Y.C. Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs, Bst 1 01b—Iris, 3 yrs, Bat 71b— Nutshell, 4 yrs, Bst 71 b — Loadstone, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Dar kie, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Caurire 5 yrs, Bst—L ou i s Na poleon, 3 yrs, Bst—ilungerford, 3 yrs, 7st 91b—Califor nia, 4 yrs, Tat 71b—Laybourne, 3 yrs. 7st 71b—Eliza Middleton, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Young Altisidora, aged, 7st 31b—Phlegra, 3 yrs, 7st 31b —c by Charles XII., dam by louchstone, 3 yrs, 6st 121b—Curl, 3 yrs, Est 71b—San tidgo, 3 yrs, Gst. Sweepstakes for two years old and upwards. T.Y.C. C by Princo Caradoc, out of Miss Julia Bennett, 3 yrs—Old Rowley, 2 yrs—Liberty, 2 yrs—happy Joe, 2 yrs — Newport, 5 yrs—Equal, 2 yrs—Turtle, 3 yrs. Swot pstalees. Ab M. Winner to be sold for 12 01. Vanguard, 5 yrs—/EAus, 5 yrs—Reindeer, 3 yrs— Catirire, 5 yrs—Lo a d s t o ne, 6 yrs—Post-tempore, 5 yrs b c by Charles 12th, dam by Touchstone. 3 yrs. ST. HELEN'S (LANCASHIRE) STEEPLECHASE. FRIDAY. Tho Free Handicap Hurdle Race, was won in three heats, easily, by Royal Blue, beating three others. The Steeplechase Handicap. Three miles and a half. Mr. Henderson's Barrister, lOst (W. Fowler) 1 Mr. Wainwright's Heroine, lost 61b ......... Mr. Peyton's Chatterbox, lOst 61b ................... 2 ..... ........ Mr. Tiernan's Isaac, list slb Won by a length. ............... 0 COURSING. WEIGLLION Vcz, 28 To 3 C.A.N.A.3‘15. Names of i Dividend ~,.... Names of Dividend per Companies. .71 per I - - • Companies. .. A nmm. Price, se Annum. on I - - X I X I Ashtn& Oldh t'Bl 71. 140 Macclesfield. 100' 21. 108, 50 Barnsley • • • • 160 - - Neath - • • • • 1001 161. ..... 2rknk&Abrg ISO 31. s 5 Oxford.. • • • • 100? 131. 135 Birmingham 40 41. 933¢ Teak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 10 Coventry...• 100, 251. 1200 Regent's .... 83 111. 3s. 19% Derby • • • • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale-- 85 21. 42 Ellsnare&Chs I 69 21i p. ct.l 3544 Somrset Coal 150 1 - - 4rancl•T uuctn l loo 3/ pr. ct. 52 Do•LkFdSt 12 1 - Do., 6 pr. Ct., 10 Et. pr. ct. 11 Stlird &Worc 140 281. 405 Grand Surrey 1100 21. Os. 3234 Shrewsbury.. 125 •:.• 'rand Union 1 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridgs.. 201. 290 Kenn t ac Avn ' 39 4s. 04. 6 Severs andl 145 Lancaster .1100 - - Wye Rail. 1 26 21 . Os. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100 201. 405 Warwick& 1 , r,eicester - • • f.eicstr&Nth, 83 41. 44% Warwickaq m ,,, LouLrhhoregh l l42 701. 510 Napton-j 1 " - V. IS Monmouthek 100 - - Worcetr Bti 78 31. 33 iintggnaryshl 100 - - Birming. ‘lcltnAimbry 100 - - Wilts & 13rks - 1 11 s. 6d. 7 u PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CON• PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. rUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31. JOINT-STOCH B.&ZrZli. Dividend Per flame of Company. Annum. Amoan t Of Share. Z a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 2500 50 0 0 100 0 0 h 0 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 293 18% 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 21. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. pr cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 kastralasia .......... Britsh North American Commercial of London Colonial.- .... Gloucestershire •. • lonian •. • . .... .. London and County .. Londn and Westminatr London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New.. • • • ... Orier,tal Bank Corpora. South Australia •• .. Union vt Australia.... Ditto .• Union of L0nd0n..... anion of Madrid ..... Paid. Z s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 2500 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 INSUNANCE CODIPANIZS. Name of Compaay. Dividend I Amount per of Annum. Share. raid. Albion •••••'• •• • • Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Afarine... •• •• Wei .... • • • • . . • • ... Argus Life .. British Commercial • • Clerlel,M ed.&Gen.Life Caunty •• •• •• • •• Earle .... • • .... Egity and Law ...... ,:iirepean Life .• •. • General •• •• •• ••• • .. Glabe •• ... Guardian •. • • ........ ..... imperial Fire .. • • •• •• Imperial Life •• • • • •• Indemnity Marine.... aw Fire • • • •• •• •• •• Law Life.. •• •• Legal and General Life London Fire London Ship ...•• •... Marine.. ........... died. Invlid & Gen. Life Monarch •• Nrational Lean Fund.. Palladium Life.. Phmaix .. • ........ Professional Life...... Provident Life • . • . lock Life....... doyal Exchange iun Fire.. Ditte Life ..... United Kingdom .jniversal Life triotoria Life •. • • • • Name el Company. flungerford•• •• •• •• •• Southwrk .... •• •• • • Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. Waterloo .. .. • • •• •• Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .... • • • Ay. 3/.loa. 71. 148. fid.ba, €l. p.c.& ba. 138.6 d. 41. per cent. ie. 6d. spr ct.&be 41. 14e. be. 4% per cent 10e. 61. per cent. 51, Per cent 121. per cent 12s. . 11,14. & ha. 2s. & 2s. bs. 15 11 : 0 . e pe 3..8c b 8 r s b h : a r : e 4%1. per ct. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. sh. & bs. 51. per cent. 11. bs. & bs. 58. 61. p.ct. & 61. 10s. 11. 6s. 41. p. et. & bs. 10 1 1( et. &bs. Si. per cnt. Z e. . 500 0 100 0 100 0 50 0 100 e 50 0 100 0 100 0 00 0 50 100 20 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 2S 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 60 0 0 6 B 0 00 0 0 1 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 BRIDGES Dividend per Annum. 703. per cent. 21. Bs. Od. 21. 2s. Od. Amount of Share. Z. s. d. 100 0 0 5000 100 0 0 70 10 8 WILTEZ-V7ORILI3 Dividend per Ai:inum. Amonat of Share. Name of Company. East L0nd0n.......... 81. per cent. Grand Janctien ...... 41. per cut. Rcnt .• •• •• •• 4/. per cut. Lambeth ........ •• •• W. per cnt. New Rivr Lndn Brdge 41. Os. Vauxhall'.. •• •• •• 51. per cnt. ?Test Middlesex . . . :61.0x. pr cnt. Name of Company. Commercial • • •• • • • • .. East and West India... East Country London ... • • •• • •• .. Ditto Bonds.. .. .. .. %t. Katharine ........ Ditto Bonds• • •... •• Southampton ........ DOC Dividend per Annum. 41. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 20s. per eh. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 3% per cent. 4341. pr cent. 21. per cent. IX 5. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Amount of Share. Z 5. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. SO 0 0 X i. 41. 5000 11 0 0 25 0 0 5 10 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 psid. 45 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 29 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 19 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 I 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 to 0 all 4 P 0 10 0 0 4 12 6 A. i. d. 60 0 0 40 0 0 A •. d. A B. d. 50 0 0 114 176.44 OAS-LIGHT AND COME COMPANIMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prise. Annum. Share. ..-..... ---- - £. a. d. A. 8. d. British .. •• - ........ 11. 40 0 18 0 0 113 Ditto Provincial..., 11. Bs. 20 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton - - - - - .. 51. 20 0 - - City of London .. -•• 61. 100 0 150 0 0 Ixo ContinentalConsolidat. 505. 75 0 31 i 0 39% Equitable- ...• .. •• •• 50s. 50 0 50 0 0 254 imperial ........ - - 81. 50 0 50 0 0 70 independent .....•••• 61. 40 0 40 0 0 46 - SO 0 50 0 0 - - 50 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 710 0 - Phoenix ............ 41. 50 0 49 0 0 274 Ratcliff ..... ....•• 61. 100 0 90 0 0 - United General . •• •• •• 11. 50 0 60 0 0 16 Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 - 45 Ditto, New •• •• •• - 125. 50 0 10 0 0 9 WSW OP SCOTTXBU 003121 6 .12.N1Z13' PRICES Dividend Amount - Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -- -- X a. d. £ a. d --•, Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 ;aiedonian Bank City of Glasgow hank 41. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% 31ydesdale Bank - •••• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% 2emmercial Bank - - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 175% Eastern Bank .....• • • 61. p e r cen t . 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 EclinbAGlasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 3R, Exahangelink of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 42 0 0 g National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0010 0 0 154 North of Scotlandßank 51. percent. .10 082 10 0 29, Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 185 Unionßank of Scotland 8/.percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 91 Western Bank --•• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 704 Alliance Fire and Life 3%/. p r cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 214 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 225 City of Glasgow Lite.. 41. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 SI. 15s colonial Life ........5i. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 21. Is. Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 ; 214 ng.Br Scot, Law Life 5/.percent. 50 0 0 217 6 34 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 81. 151 National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,255.0 d North British Incur... 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ' 27 ScottishUnionlnsrnce. 63(1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ,262.0c1 standard Life ...... • . 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 ' 12% United Dep.Assurance 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17. 04 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Cerapany• per of Paid.. pric es Annum. Share. --- Assam Tea . 7-----6• _^• a. • I. I. 41. ...•• .... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 9 kuctien Mart •••• • • • • DI. s s. 50 0 0 61 . 1 p i e . r 10 c g en . t. 100 10 _ O O 0 0 0 3 1 0 50 0 0 0 00 2 1 2 6 4 03 ; tuatralian Agriculturl 11. ul g Australian io_m xie Trust an 11 I . n . t . :. 10 10 0 0 4 - 7 Ditto, Half Shares.. - 2lO 0 British American Land •• -..- - GI. per Cent. 100 - 0 0 8 38 2 Canada ... o e Do. Ditto,. l tse Navigationpeprrrs centc k t. - - - City lß En Bonds ovo un e d s d t : . 5 631 pi . percent. p c e . r fk e i1n,21 -- - 109 - 934 100 0 0 100 0 0 95 Equitto itable Reveralonry sp.c. lc be. 5 f 100 0 0 100 0 0 1074 D New ........ - 50 Clan.StaamNa v i ga ti on 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 0 710 00 14 0 0 27 906 Hudson's Bay .. .. .. .. - Rungerford .......... Stock. - 21. ss. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... New Zealand Comp any - 15 725 0 - 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New ....... 25 0 0 12 10 0 - - Rnssell Institution.... 26 5 0 - - - Penin slanOrient.Stm. 81. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 101 34 Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0i 60 0 0 78 South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 1 1 25 0 0 334 VanDieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 1 INTREPIDITY OF —On Friday l as t VLady 5° James, .with Sir Walt er Lady Vernon, and her the Wortb, 180 yard s i n depth ascended by the L dyLADtTer more than a mile by railway u n d erground, James, descended_b a y th pi P t, ri in nce Albert Pit, in Poy n t on, and having travelled the a stonishment and delight of all In her progress, her Ladyship witnessed the the colliers. f hewing and wedging out large blocks of whole process o . with perfect safety, to a, coal. The works being made perfectly safe from explosion by fventilation, in one straight l eve l or road underground, lg o e od colliers had fixed their lighted candles by clay against the wall in straight lines, thus forming the most beautiful and complete illumination. On their Ladyships' return to the top of the pit, they were greeted by repeated hearty cheers from the assembled multitude of workmen, who had hastily collected in their black faces. Lady Vernon kindly rewarded the men who had accompanied her underground, and also gave them a present of 10/. ; which, as might have been supposed, would have been spent in ale—instead of which, they have generously given 51 to the colliers' sick club, and 5/. as a subscription towards building two alms houses. After inspecting the schools, at which about three hundred children are gratuitously educated by Lord Ver non, and visiting a number of cottage houses, and kindly relieving s ome s i c k colliers who had met with accidents in the pits, he r L a d ys hi p returned with Mr. Ashworth Bar low Fold, an d l e f t next morning for Sudbury, m uc h to grati fied ar was, we fled with thi s unexpecte d excursion, Lord Ver non regret to say, p reven t e d j o i n i ng Stockport Ad ver ti ser . the party yindisposition. THE BATH POISONING CASE.-Mr. Crosby, who, it will be remembered, was committed for trial in come vence of tbe verdict of tbe jury impannelled to inquire rela tive to the death of the infant Miss Lewis, has been liberated 04 bail, in tWQ guretito of 2504 sect. o io fr e----__ Paid. 15% Pric• 21% 42% 16% • I t 133 84* 3% 48% 4% If lb% 2% 11s. 1% 6% 221 2O