The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-16 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. SEVENTH DAY'S SITTING. The royal commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the corporation of the city of London, met yes terday in the Judicial-office of the Privy Council, for the purpose of resuming their labours. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere presided. Sir John Patteson and George Jornwall Lewis were also present. But three persons besides the representatives of the public journals were in attendance as spectators when the chair was taken. The first witness called was— Mr. John Remington Mills. He stated that he had been for many years both a freeman and liveryman of London. His chief anxiety in wishing to give evidence upon that occasion was with regard to the election of sheriffs for the city, respecting which there were many abuses. He retired from business in the year 1804, but some time afterwards, while residing in Stamford-street, he was nominated for Sheriff entirely without his know ledge. In 1848, Aldermen Finnis and Lawrence were chosen, but they were excused, a nd two unconscious citizens were chosen. He considered that the Court of Common Council of 1748, made it compulsory for Aldermen to serve if they were nominated ; but in this, and other cases, excuses were made, and they were at the time relieved from the responsibility. No doubt there were private views which induced the livery to act as they did upon such occasions. It was the rule, he believed, that no Alderman could be Lord Mayor unless he had served the office of sheriff. Mr. Lewis inquired whether the witness thought that the expense attendant upon the duties of the office compelled parties to pay the fine rather than serve. Mr. Mills believed that they chose to pay the fine rather than undergo the trouble of filling the office. He, believed that the chief part Of the mischief lay with the under-sheriffs, or those who were desirous of becoming so, because if they could only get their friends to serve, they (the under-sheriffs) were certain to realize a large amount of emolument. Should a party be desirous of becoming sheriff, or of evading the office, all that was necessary for him to do was to employ what was termed " the longshore" men, who, under their managers, would muster sufficiently strong to obtain a show of hands in Common-hall, to carry the nomination of the parties either way most conducive to their own interests. He complained still further that the fines paid by those refusing to serve, were not paid in a proper manner to those funds to which it had been ordered that they should be applied. He thought it would be well for the Commissioners to make further inquiries into this matter, in order to do away with the grievance. J. D. Powles;Esq.,-wa,s the next witness. He had for 16 years been chairman of one of the dock compa nies. He thought that the chief evil connected with the working of the corporation was the control they pos sessed as to the navigation of the river Thames. He would not complain of the way in which it had been managed by the corporation, but of the system. The Navigation Committee consisted of 40 persons, whose previous knowledge and position in society gave to them no standing by which they were at all fitted to take the charge. Some years ago the dock companies brought a bill into Parliament, the object of which was to obtain a committee to superintend the navigation, composed jointly. of common - councilmen and parties' connected with the dock companies, but the bill was opposed and ultimately withdrawn. It was not at all probable that merchants would join in the body of the corporation, where they might obtain an opportunity of becoming members of the navigation committee, for the simple reason that they had not time to attend to the duties, and because we do not join the body we are excluded from any management in an affair so deeply interesting to us. Mr. Lewis said, he observed that there were four harbour-masters ; would the witness say who appointed them ? The salaries he found to be severally 5001., 4001., 3501., and 3001. per annum. Mr. Powles replied that the choice of the harbour master was vested in the Court of Common Council. He believed that no special qualifications were necessary for either of the situations. He had never heard of any complaints as to the mode in which the duties had been discharged. He considered the metage dues to be most objectionable. Mr. Lewis wished to know whether the witness con sidered that the metage dues had not been originally framed, more with regard to the convenience of the pub lic than as a source of profit to the corporation ? Mr. Powles did not know. Their imposition now was, in his opinion, most objectionable. Nothing of the kind took place at the docks. He would suggest the desira bility of a Chamber of Commerce being established, composed of corporators and merchants, not for the pur poses of general municipal duty, but for the diffusion of fit and useful laws for the regulation of the commerce of the city. He would propose that the chamber should eonsist of six members of the Corporation, and 10 or 12 East India, West India, Assyrian, Brazilian, and other merchants. Unless they had something of this sort, the city merchants never would be satisfied with the Corpo ration, nor would ever these defects be remedied as it was at present constituted. He thought that by this mode a channel might be supplied by which effective representations might be made to the Government and other bodies, as frequently as occasion might require. He could not think that such a plain, and simply com mercial arrangement, could possibly be objected to by the corporate authorities. Mr. J. Hawkins Elliott, one of the Common Council men for the Ward of Candlewick, was next called.—He had been for five years member of that court, and had paid some attention to the duties of the office. He bad Ling carried on business in the City, and long resided there. He was of opinion that the inquiry into the state of the corporation was necessary. Its area he be lieved to be too circumscribed ; if it was bad, the sooner it was reformed the better ; if good, there existed no reason, of which he was aware, why its benefits should not be extended. Intelligent men were wanted in the corporation ; and indeed he would say that he objected to the general principle. To the present constituted Court of Aldermen he objected. They were elected without sufficient regard to their qualifications. They were constituted magistrates for life, and after all they were not in a position to be independent in the dis charge of the duties of their office. He (Mr. E.) would propose that the wards be divided into 12, and the Common Council be reduced to 180 members ; thewards might be so altered for municipal purposes, but there might be some difficulty in altering the present boun daries in cases where charitable institutions might in terfere. The Courts of Common Council were in general conducted in an orderly manner. He did not think - when any confusion arose that it was caused simply by the numbers of which the Court was composed. Mr. Elliott then withdrew. Francis Bennoch, Esq., Deputy of the ward of Crip plegate Within, was then called. He stated himself to be a warehousemen, residing in Wood-street, Cheapside. He had been several years in the Corporation of the city of London, to whieh he had turned his attention for some time, and of which he had been a very active member. He might say that he was sent into the Council in consequence of a movement made on the part of the Corporation at that period in oppositio n t o the wholesale trader s , w h om they attempted to make pay for their privileg e t o trade. Within the last two years they had summoned 4,000 persons, and frightened 300 into taking up their f ree d om. In, some instances parties had had their goods taken away and sold be cause they refused to take up their freedom. Nume rous reforms had been attempted by the Corporation, and many days had been spent in suc h attempts ; at the same time they had never been abl e to carry it out. They had always been defeated, either by a combination of their own officers or by the livery companies. F or this purpose there had been several committees. The Chairman.—What became of the last committee? Mr. Bennoch replied that it continued its sittings un til the Royal Commissions were appointed, and then it was discontinued. They had adopted a report pro posing the periodical election of aldermen, and a vast extension of the municipal franchise. He thought it would be absurd to attempt the adoption of the Municipal Reform Act to the city of London. Its large extent, its peculiarities of commerce, and its charities were different to those of any other place. Before he had concluded his evidence, however, he would put in a scheme which he thought would be an improvement upon the present system. Mr. Bennoch then went on most minutely to show that in many instances the funds of the City had been from time to time wasted. He alluded to the large amounts paid by the corporation to Sir Hugh Myddleton and his heirs ; to Sir Thomas Gresham for the markets ; for the construction of bridges over the Thames, not one of which was now in good order. He then alluded to his scheme for a new bridge over the Thames between Blackfriars and Southwark bridges, and ridiculed the idea of the corporation's plans to relieve Ludgate-hill and the western part of the me tropolis by a new street from Bow-lane to Earl-street, Blackfriars ; he proposed to have a new one directly l eading to the west-end. As to the New Cattle market at Copenhagen-fields, he believed that the ar rsage.ments were upon a much too expensive c l initt A.s to the mode of appointing the corporate selectione, his opinion was that the mode of their • Was not good, but calculated to lead parties to making the e a ek their own aggrandisement, instead of welfare the primary consideration. The dinners, of each comrnitteeuth?r creature comforts the members identojoyed during the year, amounted to about 300/. it happens that tavern-keepers, &c. ' Frequently kind, is presented to a pie ceof plate, or something of that if any the chairman, at the end of their terms of office, surplus remains. H e th oug ht certainly, that the argument to the eff ec t t h at i t was through the numb er of dinners had that a bett er attendance was obtained, should be regarded as b e i ng an insult to the whol e o f the they enled for th e m embers of th e Corpora tion. The total amo un t annually above purpose, was bet ween 2,0001 e and believed that the appointme n t o f members 'Cito:seli.ichilaes the Navigation Committee, and o th er similar not anything less than a farce. Doubtless, however well all parties desired to do their duty, they were not fit for it. This, perhaps, might be remedied ; but the idea of an Amalgamated Chamber of Commerce, such as allusion had been made to that day, he felt convinced would not work a single week. It would be far better to have a committee, practically appointed with th e duties of the spebial bjects for which it was appointed. The chief difficulty of a mixed committee of Commo n Councilmen and merchants, would be found to be, the constant objections which would arise in the whole of the body as to the measures the joint committe ethat migh bring up, th oug h h e wa s not fully of opinionF the t Common Council, as at present constituted, did not re presentf the inter es t s of th e whole body of the citizens of London. He suggested that the Commissioners would de,well to call for a return of the total sums of money expended for the last ten years; also to call upon the Hall-keeper to' furnish them with an account of all the moneys !Said for any purposes, such as might have been hinted at by other witnesses. He had ; in the case of ror TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EsVENING-, NOVEMBER 16, 1853.! the Consolidated Committee, requested a return of money spent for newspapers, and for advocating the re tention of Smithfield-market (a very large sum indeed) ; these, he hoped, would be furnished as soon as possible. It had frequently been the case that newspapers had been purchased, when the articles had been favourable to the Corporation ; but he did not recollect any being pur chased, when this was not so. There was no special sum voted for this purpose. The sum named by Mr. John Wood, of 150 e., for this purpose, he believed to be correct ; and the principle was to encourage that newspaper which gave the most elaborate ac count, in the way of a report of their proceedings, just in the same way as the large public companies were in the habit of doing, almost daily. He be lieved it to be the desire of the Corporation to give all the information in their power to the members, but there was frequently a difficulty in the whole of the body obtaining the information supplied to any particular committee, without a vote of the Court, and in the case of such applications, antagonism would sometimes spring up, and the return would not be made. He believed a party the Commissioners had had before them had been paid out of the City cash, as at that time he was an agent of the Corporation in advocating the retention of Smithfield-market on its present site, as a market; how much had been paid, he could not say. Mr. Bennoch having stated the practice, as to the election of alder men, common council, common hall, &c., the Commis sioners, at five minutes past four o'clock, separated until twelve o'clock this day, when Mr. Bennoch will go into the financial statements of the. Corporation, alluded to above, and finally propose his scheme of reform to the Commissioners.—Adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH.—YESTERDAY. (Sittings in Banco.—Before Lord Campbell and Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Erle. GOMPERTZ V. OLI VER — REGISTRATION OF VESSELS. This was an action upon an agreement brought to re cover 7,875/., the price , of a vessel called the Progress, which the defendant had agreed to purchase from the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded that the contract did not contain a'recital of the registry of the vessel and of the contents thereof. To this plea there was a demurrer, and the question raised was whether, notwithstanding the provisions of the 8 and 9 Vict., cap. 89, sec. 34, an agreement of this description was void by reason of the omission of the recital of the registry. The act provided that no transfer of a vessel should be valid unless it con tained such a recital. Mr. Willes, in support of the demurrer, referred to the previous acts, 26 Geo. 111., c. 103, and 34 Geo. IV., c. 68, relating to the registration of ships, to show that the operation of the act ought to be confined to trans fers, and could not extend to the instrument on which this action was brought. Mr. Bramwell, on the other side, was not called upon. Lord Campbell said that as there were conflicting de cisions, the court thought it would be the most conve nient course to give judgment for the defendant in ac cordance with the decision of the Court of Common Pleas, in order that the case might be taken before a court of error. He expressed no opinion on the case. Judgment for the defendants. COUCH V. STEEL.-UNSEAWORTHY VESSELS.-LIABILITY OP SHIPOWNERS. The defendant in this case is the owner of a vessel, and the plaintiff, who is an able-bodied seaman, had en tered into an agreement to work in the ship during a voyage between Plymouth and Calcutta. The declara tion having recited the agreement, alleged that the de fendant's vessel was unseaworthy, in consequence of which the plaintiff had been unable to sleep in his ham mock, had got wet and become sick. A second count alleged that the defendant had neglected to provide his vessel with sufficient medicine for the cure of sickness. Both counts were demurred to. Mr. Kingdon, in support of the demurrer, said this was the first time such an action had ever been brought, and it was contrary to all principle. A shipowner was not bound to provide his seamen with a vessel which was seaworthy at the commencement of a voyage. The seamen might receive higher wages in consequence of the defective state of the vessel. The learned counsel cited Seymour v. Maddox (20 Law Journal, p. 327), and Priestly and Forster (Ist Mees. and Wells, p. 1), to show that a master was not bound to have premises upon which he hired servants to work in such a state of repair that the servants could not possibly sustain injury. Millward, in support of the declaration, referred to Gibson and Small, which was decided in the House of Lords last session, to show that the shipowner was bound to provide A seaworthy vessel for the seamen he hired as well as for all other purposes. Lord Campbell said the court would look into the case before calling on Mr. Kingdon to reply. Judgment deferred. Alderman Humphery—Had they been paying you any money ? Complainant—No, sir—not a farthing. Alderman Humphery—But might they not h ave bought tickets of other parties that would have entitled them to some claim upon you ? Complainant—That is possible. John Cochrane—l presented a ticket, your worship, that I bought for 305., and the complainant immediately tore it up and said when the person who sold me the ticket paid him what he owed him, he would pay the amount of the ticket. Alderman Humphery—Well, Mr. Palmer, is that true? Complainant—Yes, sir, it is—l did tear up the ticket. Alderman Humphery—Then why did you not tell us the whole truth at once. It seems now that these men had a right to be in your office. Complainant—But they had no claim upon me. Alderman Humphety—l know they have no legal claim, nor can any one from the manner in which betting offices are conducted. It's a very fortunate thing for you that the new act for the suppression of betting houses is not yet in force, or I [should most assuredly have sent you to Bridewell for three months. John Cochrane—How am I to get my money back, sir ? I have paid 1/. on this ticket ? Alderman Humphrey—You must go to the County Court. Complainant—Am I to be subject to this annoyance again ? Alderman Humphrey—lt is very plain that you have had these men's money, and it's hard for them to be robbed of it. Complainant—But we ought to have protection. Alderman Humphrey—You don't deserve protection, for you take the money of these people and in many in stances men and boys are induced to rob their em ployers to enable them to go to these betting-houses, the consequence of which.. is that many are utterly ruined and the comfort of thousands of families for ever destroyed. Complainant—The holder of the ticket only sold it for the purpose of annoying me, and if I am not pro tected these men will molest me again, Alderman Humphrey—And serve you right ; you should pay these men their money. The defendants were then discharged. WORSUIP-STREET.—Mr. Vann, the solicitor ac• companied by several master boot and shoe manufac turers in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch and Hoxton, applied for summonses against certain persons who were alleged to be connected with a recent strike for an ad vance of wages, for having entered into an unlawful conspiracy for the purpose of i n j ur i ng th em i n th e i r business. Mr. Vann stated that a handbill had been circulated which bore the signatures of John Connelly, chairman, 'and Wm. Marlow, secretary to the committee of the turn outs, and which after a brief statement of the matters in dispute, proceeded as follows :—We, therefore earnestly request the public to support us by not dealing with those shops who refuse to pay such a trifling advance to their workpeople, at the same time charging the public so much more than those shops that pay the full wages ; and the journeymen shoemakers are also earnestly requested to co-operate with us, by not working for the under-men tioned shops." Then followed, in large capitals, the names and addresses of all the masters who had refused to submit to the demands of the workmen. Not satis fied with this, the committee had employed several men to stand before the doors of their late masters, in ordei to dissuade the public from entering their shops to make purchases ; and some of the men who were satisfied with the existing rate of wages, and continued in their em ployment, had been subjected to such gross maltreat ment and intimidation that they had returned their work in an unfinished state, and had declined to execute it. Under these circumstances, he was instructed to apply for summonses against Connelly and Marlow. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Are you in a condition to prove that the persons complained of took any part in the cir culation of the offensive placards, or were at all privy to their publication ? Mr. V - ann—l have been assured by Mr. Richmond, the printer of the bills, who appears to have acted in entire ignorance of the law, that he received direct in structions for their publication from the man Connelly, and it will also be shown on a future occasion that Mar low, the secretary, was equally implicated in the trans action. Mr. D'Eyncourt said that it was a case of great public importance, and he had no hesitation in directing a summons to be issued against the parties. MURDER AT DUNSTER. The hitherto quiet neighbourhood of Dunster, in Soraersetshire, was on Wednesday thrown into great excitement by the perpetration of a horrible murder, committed on a girl about twelve years old, named Cole. She resided with her mother (who is a widow) and brother, a lad about seventeen. On Tuesday the mother and brother went out to work, and left the girl at home in care of a lonely cottage, situated in the parish of Cutcombe, near Dunster, Somerset. There are two dwellings under the same roof, the other being occupied by an old woman more than eighty years of age, who on Tuesday morning about ten o'clock saw a young man, named Bailey, in the house with the girl. He Boon after left the house, and did not again return. On the return of the mother and brother, they made a search for the girl, and at last found her in an old barn close by, with her throat cut, and quite dead. We.extract the following particulars from the aFomerset County Gazette : " Information of the circumstances having been given to the constables, they immediately proceeded to the house of Bailey's father, who lives at a short distance from the cottages, but whose house is in the parish of Luxborough. They found the son in bed, and having stated that they were come to take him into custody on a charge of murder, the prisoner exclaimed, "I didn't murder her ;" but he admitted that he had been at the house on his way from work, and stated that on his leaving she accompanied him a short distance, and then returned. " On examining the barn, blood was found on some ashes near the duor, and also oil part of a buckle strap, which was identified as beloaging to the pri soner ; the other part was found upon him. Near the barn is a stream of water, and a little beyond this, from the barn was discovered a foot print, which cor responded with one of the prisoner's boots. On examining the prisoner's clothes, blood was found on different parts, and there was a line of blood over them, from left to right, which had been partially washed ont. On Friday Mr. Hole, surgeon, made an examination of the body of the deceased. Marks of two severe blows were found on the top of the head, and also a mark of a violent blow over the left eye. There were two stabs in the neck, one on each side,and these corresponded with the blade of the knife found on the prisoner. There was a horrid gash right across the neck, from left to right, which divided all the principal parts down to the bone, and at the bottom of this cut was the mark of another stab. between two of the vital verte brm or neckbones. From the appearances there could be no doubt that the murderer first s t unne d hi s vie- tim by striking her on the head, and then dragged her to a darker part of the barn, where placing the back of her neck on one of the stone sleepers, he completed the horrid crime. "On Friday the prisoner was taken before the Rev. G. F. Luttrell and Mr. Hole, at Dunster, magistrates of the district, and an investigation into the circum stances took place, the result of which was that the prisoner was fully committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder. " The position in which the deceased was found in duced a suspicion that another crime had preceded that of the murder ; but we understand that the examination by the surgeon fully showed that no such crime had been committed. It is said that the prisoner has often taken indecent liberties with females, and that on their resist- ante he has evinced great anger, and on one occasion he went so far as to pursue a young woman whom he had thus treated with a pick-axe, threatening to take her life, because she refus e d t o submit to his brutal desire. It is also said that he is somewhat unsound in intellect, and we understand that he has shown some peculiarities of disposition since his confinement in Wilton gaol, where he now is. To judge from his appearance one would not suppose him to be labouring under insanity, nor anything bordering upon it." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15. The order for the St. Jean d'Acre to proceed to Ply mouth to be docked has been cancelled, and the Caesar, 90, has been " plugged," and undocked to make room for her, and thereby escape the ridicule which sending her to Plymouth would have entailed upon such a pro ceeding, while a Russian frigate maintains possession of the principal fitting in this yard. In the absence of Major-General Simpson, Colonel Menzies, K.H., Royal Marines, commands this garri son and the south-west district. Commander Bunce has been appointed to the Prince Regent, 90, at Spithead, vice Stewart, to command the Modeste sloop, in the Mediterranean. This appoint ment has been made some weeks, but not given in the daily journals. Captain Nicholas Moore, of this division of Royal Marines, has proceeded to Chippenham to relieve Capt. Delacombe in the recruiting service, the latter officer being required for foreign service. The Princess Charlotte, 104, old sailing ship, is ordered to be brought down from the ordinary, it is said to be refitted or fitted for some service, though what we are at a loss to conjecture, unless to take the place of that noblest of sailing three-deckers, the Nep tune, 120, ordinary depot ship. A sailmaker of this port, formerly in the employ of Mr. Childs, late alderman of Portsmouth, who went to St. Petersburg some time ago as chief sailmaker in the Russian Government dockyard, h as j ust returned, and arsenalsstztt states that has e beenve r every summarily Englishman discharged. employed in th e R uss i a n The Marquis of Winchester (Colonel) and the staff of the Hampshire Militia Artillery have been at Ports mouth to-day to select head -quarters for the officers, and we believe the Government premises in St. Thomas's street, lately the official residence of the Commandant of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marine Corps, will be chosen. The Frolic, 14, Commander Nolloth has been un docked to-day and taken to her hulk (the Dryad) to complete her fit out for sea. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15. The broken cast iron fan (Griffiths's) of the Agamem non, 91, taken up last week, has been returned to the Devonport Dockyard. Her former fan, which is made of brass, is to he replaced, and it is probable that she will sail on Thursday for the Mediterranean. The masts of the frigate Pique were placed on board the Rhadamanthus yesterday, and she is appointed to sail to-day for Pembroke. The frigate Alarm, having been docked, is to have her copper taken off and her bottom caulked. The Undine steamer arrived at 8 o'clock last night from Falmouth with the hull of a cutter in tow. The following order has been promulgated to the ships in commission at this port : "Impregnable, in Hamoaze, Nov. 5. " It having come to the knowledge of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty that a practice, heretofore unusual and most detrimental to the service, is practised on board some of her Majesty's ships—namely, that the officers second in command (more especially ships of the line) are in the habit of sleeping out of their ships when in harbour, or elsewhere—their lordships hereby desire to remind commanders of ships of the line that their duty is essentially that which was formerly required of the senior lieutenants, they being the executive officers re sponsible to the captains for the discipline and well-being of the crew during the temporary absence of such cap tains. Their lordships are pleased to direct that, except under special circumstances, the captain and commander of a ship-of-war are not to sleep out of the ship on the same night ; and, when the captain is on the spot, the commander is not - to sleep out of the ship without, on each occasion, having obtained the consent of the cap tain. The same rules are to apply to ships not having a commander as second in command ; and no senior lieu tenant is allowed to sleep out of his ship without a like sanction from his captain or commander. "JOHN A. OMMANNEY, Admiral. "To the respective captains and commanders." The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's mail packet Indiana, Commander Lambert, arrived at 7 o'clock this morning from Southampton to ship the mails for the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. At 2 p.m. yesterday a large paddle-wheel steam-vessel with three masts, mizenmast well aft, no head, supposed to be a mail packet, passed up Channel outside the har bour. WOOLWICH, Nov. 15. APPOINTMENTS. Masters.—Peter Wellington (1840), at present in command of the Tyne store-ship, refitting at Woolwich for service in conveying stores to the island of Ascension and Rio, to the Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth ; James B. Tucker (1830), to command the Tyne, vice Wellington. Midshipman J. L. Pearson to the Princess Royal, 90, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. Masters' Assistants.—R. R. T. Quinn and Samuel M. Spry to the Scorpion, 6, surveying -vessel, at Devonport. The Archer, screw steam-sloop, Commander James N. Strange, was paid off here to-day, and in the after noon a.number of the crew took their departure to pro ' ceed by railway to the eastern ports. One sergeant, one corporal, and eight gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, with eight privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, were landed from the Archer screw steam-sloop on that vessel being paid off to-day at Woolwich, and marched to the barracks of the division. The gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery will shortly proceed to the head-quarters of that branch of the corps at Portsmouth. The Jasper steam-vessel was in readiness to go down the river, in charge of Second Master Richard Reed, of the Lightning steam-vessel, to try her engines, which were to be worked by the officers studying steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard ; but the dense fog which prevailed during the day prevented her leaving her moorings. BAIL COURT-YESTERDAY. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.---Before Mr. Justice Erle and Common Juries. HUGHES AND ANOTHER v. LUMLEY AND ANOTHER.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -EJECTMENT. Mr. Bramwell and Mr. Unthank appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Hoggins, Mr. Lush, Mr. Wise, and Mr. Raymond for the defendant. Mr. Bramwell, in stating the case for the plaintiff, said that this was an action of ejectment to recover pos session of the Italian Opera House, in the Haymarket. The plaintiffs were Mr. Hughes, an attorney residing at Worcester, Messrs, Lyons and Barnes, attorneys, and a Mr. Storer, a gentleman of fortune. Mr. Lumley, the defendant, was well known as the lessee and manager of the Italian Opera House. The other defendant was a Mr. Fish, a person under the control of Mr. Lumley. It appeared that each of the plaintiffs had severally re covered judgments against Mr. Lumley, and they had all issued writs of extent against his property. They had also all joined in bringing this action. As far as ho could see, the only question in this case would be which of the plaintiffs would be entitled to succeed. Hughes had been the first to register his judgment for 1,1431. 10s., on the 10th of August, 1852, in the Court of Common Pleas, and in Middlesex on the 11th of May, 1852. One of the other plaintiffs, Mr. Storer, registered his judgment for 2,5691. in the Court of Common Pleas, on the 22d July, 1852, and in Middlesex on the 4th of January, 1853, and another judgment for 22,4821. was registered in the Common Pleas on the 18th December, 1852, and in Middlesex on the 20th December, 1852, by Messrs. Lyons and Barnes. The writs weredelivered to the sheriff, who did not execute them until the 26th Ja nuary, 1853, on which day they were all put into exe cution without notice to Lumley, according to the priority in which they had been delivered. The inquisi tions were taken in the same form, and stating that when Hughes's writ was issued there were no other writs in the office. Mr. Hoggins, for the defendant, submitted that Mr. Hughes was not entitled to recover in this action. The first question was whether the three plaintiffs, or which of them, would be entitled to recover, and that would depend upon the meaning to be put upon the statue of Ist & 2nd Victoria, c. 110. Hughes' case stood in this form : his judgment was registered on the 10th of Au gust and Storer's on the 22nd July ; and by the 11th section of the statute, the sheriff was empowered to de liver execution to a judgment creditor, but the section, after reciting that the law was defective in not provid ing sufficient means for a judgment creditor to obtain satisfaction for his judgment, enacted that the sheriff should deliver execution to the person seized at the time of entering up the judgment. On looking at this it would appear that Storer's judgment was anterior to that of Hughes'. The 19th section provided that no judgment, by virtue of this act, should affect any lands unless a memorandum of minutes should be left with the Master of the Common Pleas. It was provided by the 14th section that a judgment should operate as a charge upon real estates &c., to which the party should beE entitled , a n d t h en its gave a remedy in a Co ur t o f Equity. Thus it would appear Storer's judgment must s Tt h h a he y e hs P ehr i r e i f fr o i r fft i o t y h L aa a dv n e d n eo i x n t e cd t u h e tl a ie t vde c rs a et s do e r pe i troi:ws writeos u s i l o d bn e b f e teor t e h L e Hy duty Lyon ng hae ns o d, . f Barnes, in consequence of Hughes and Storer having a previous m r. or u p s o t s i se ce ss E io r n le . said that 'the construction of the statute must be left to the court above. Mr. Hoggins would then submit his defences with regard to Hughes alone. It was enacted by the statute of Anne, c. 16, sec. 1, that no one should take directly or indirectly for the loan of money more than 5 per cent per annum, and the loans, &c., securing more should be void. The defendant did not seek to set aside the judgment on the ground of usury, however frightful it might have been, but he said the law did not impose this restraint upon him, that he should not obtain a u priority over other persons. Mr. Justice Erle said that it had been decided:gm d that ent this only applied to a loan upon land. Mr. Hoggins submitted that th is w upon a wrrrant of attorney, dated theta2hse a sth def of June, 1852. The advance was 1,0001., with for the payment of 1,1401., the whole of which was t o be repaid within two months. The learned council then called H was P e J a. advanced Hughes, anhceeeddlu, poeo 01. n w a h h o said agreementtha t t andlie sum bills e h f e e a x d e v h a a n n c g e e d . and was to have 1, 1401 ., payable weekly within two months. That would be more than 5 per cent, per annum. That .was including expenses of the preparation of papers and journies. There was Dr. Ba r ker , and agreement signed by Mr. Lumley and and subsequently one with Mr. Gye, under which he (Hughes) received from Mr. Gye 5,0001. for his interest in the theatre and for a lease. He had to pay the rent and insurance. He considered the 5,0001. as applicable to the payments he had to make in respect of the theatre. Mr. Gye had demanded the repayment of the 5,0001., because he could not give him possession. He knew that Mr. Gye did not enter into the agreement with him in order that the theatre might be closed. Mr. Hogging then submitted that Mr. *Hughes' evi dence clearly proved that lie had been paid out of the 5 ,000 i. he had received from Mr. Gve. A great deal of discussion having taken place, it was eventually agreed that a verdict should be taken for the plaintiff Hughes, with leave to the defendants to set aside or alter the verdict. [A DVERTISEMENT.]—D A RIC DAYS AND LONG NIGHTS.—The necessity of having the most perfect eye sight and hearing.—Messrs. S. and B. Salmons, opticians and oculists, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe— opposite the York Hotel. Newly-invented preserving Spectacle Lenses. Immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct ; the most aged, defective sight becames bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori ginal state.—RoyalExhibitions, 1851.- —A valuable, newly. invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be at 12 to' 14 miles. t T o h seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they a p n o d we t r 7: l i ia st t s s . answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera houses, country scene ey r yr are invaluable shi p s faorre shoot l e ar l y deem ee in telescopes , stalking, yachting,n, show distinctly J'upirtei) sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, copes—A new and most important 5 moons, possessing some, inches, with an extra eye-piece, will invention sa t u s r n u such ringextraordinary, an the double stars • with the ounces, can be seen same telescope, weighinc , only 3 and a half distant, aandP:nrg°onb's' countenance three miles They supersede every other kinide;otrf 16 to 20 miles. and are of larger and all sizes, with the waistcoat-pocket. accordingly. Opera and race-co e increasing powers power; distant. Deafness—New Discove r vl e l4 c o 16 miles brator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-invented vi instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from others, to surpass anything of the kind that hraesni:ieeanil or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enable s deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the a.ssist anus that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle- s t reet, Fiecadilly. Observe , opposite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT. - I—A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vaunted -------•—_____ i as sure remedies, did him any ,good, and the treatment of GUILDHALL.—JeIdn Cochr ane , , the doctor, after several months' trial, was without suc and Andrew C oc h rane, were James Armstrong, 1 • these Pills cess. At this juncture he commenced taking charg e d • with creating disturbance in a betting- ffi 0 ce., a , and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining parts Mr. Palmer, who described himself twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course of , man, said he kept a betting -office atas an independent six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched for and the prisoners in street, came with others 36, Parringdon- by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Due.—Sold by all drag. a great disturbance. and created gists • and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, I Strand, London. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. { . _ 1«- : .. µ .:. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY RACES.—TUESDAY. The ABBEY STAKES of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added. Optional selling weights. About three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Mr. Moseley's Romeo, by California, 3 yrs (301.) 6st 41b. (T. Cliffe) 1 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 4 yrs (301.), 7st 61b (Goodman) 2 Mr. Drinkald's Inder, 3 yrs (701.), 7st 31b...(Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Hyacinth, dam by Mel bourne, Escape, Lawsuit, Euphemus, Black Bess, Tonic, Madame Landau, Batterfly. Betting-3 to 1 agst Romeo, 4to 1 agst Tonic, 9to 2 agst Hyacinth. Won by a neck, same between second and third. Tonic a moderate fourth, Hyacinth fifth, and Hornsea filly next. The winner was bought in for 1501. SHREWSBURY HANDICAP of 50 sovs., added to a handi cap sweepstakes of 10 Boys. each; second horse to re ceive 201., and the third to save his stake. Certain winners extra. About two miles and a quarter. Sixty-four subs., thirty-one of whom declared. Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Leeming, by Voltaire, aged 6st . all) Mr. J. J. Henderson's L oug h B awn, 5 yrs, (J 7st H 11b. 1 (Crouch) 2 Mr. Saxon's Cleveland, 4 yrs, sst 131 b The following also ran :—Red Lion, Little Harry, Little Fawn, St. Michael, Lerrywheut, Black Doctor, Montague, Mr. Sykes, Sleeping Partner, Morning Star, Massa Mungo, Angelo. Betting-5 to 2 agst Little Harry-7 to 2 agst St. Michael-4 to 1 agst Black Doctor and Cleveland (coupled)- -10 to 1 each agst Red Lion, Morning Star, and Lough Bawn—] 2 to 1 agst Sleeping Partner. Won rather cleverly by a length and a half ; a length between the second and third. Little Harry was fourth about two lengths behind Cleveland, St. Michael, fifth, Mr. Sykes sixth, Black Doctor and Massa Mungo, close together, were the next two. On returning to scale, Crouch, the rider of Lough Bawn, entered an objection against Hall, the rider of Jack Leeming, on the ground that Hall had crossed him on taking the lead, but the objection was not sus tained. The ASTLEY HOUSE STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, the second horse to save his stake, for two-year old colts, 9st. ; and fillies, Bst 10Ib ; the winner to be sold for 1001., allowances if entered to be sold for less. T.Y.C. 15 subs. Mr. Chilton's Middleborough (301.), 7st 81b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Barton's The Gem (301.), 7st 41b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Bennion's b f by Venison—Una's dam (301.), 7st 41b (Palmer) 3 The following also ran : —Pope John, Shunting, Jujube, Lady Ponsonby, Virago, bf by Verulam, and br c by Vitellius. Betting—At first 7to 4 was taken about Shunting, but at the close she receded to 100 to 5, and 6 to 4 was taken about Middleborough. Middleborough made all the running, and won by half a length ; Una's dam filly was third, a short head only separating her from The Gem ; Virago was fourth. The winner was sold to Mr. Barber for 1501. The COLUMN HANDICAP of 50 sovs., added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 10 sove. each ; the second horse to receive 201., and the third to save his stake ; penalties for certain winners, &c. ; about a mile and a quarter. 65 subs., 25 of whom declared. Mr. Palmer's Catherine Parr, 3 yr.. 3 sst 101b(Ashmall) 1 Sir J. Boswell's Annie Sutherland, 3 yrs, 6st Sib ates 2 Mr. Manning's M a y -d ay, 5 yrs, sst 131 b .. (B ells) ) 3 Mr. Mose!ey's, jun., Alonzo, 5 yrs, fist 131b(Charlton) 4 The following also ran :—The Calot, Kiteflyer, Le Juif, Warwick, Georgy, ( Jorybantes, Bourgeois, Eliza, Nerva. Betting -3 to 1 agst Calot, 4to 1 agst Catherine Parr, 6 to 1 each agst Alonzo, 'Warwick, and Kiteflyer, S to 1 agst Mayday, 10 to 1. each agst Le Juif and Nerva. A good race in ended. in favour of Catherine Parr by half a neck. A length between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth ; Kiteflyer was filth, and Coryhantea sixth. The Racing Plate was won in three heats by Mr. Car- 1 ter's Eccentricity, 3 yrs (251.), sst 121 b (J. Hall), beat ing Mr. G. Munro'a Lady Sarah 3 yrs (251.), sst 121 b (T. Clifre), and Mr., Bennion's Roger Thornton, 3 yrs (251.), sst 101 b (Palmer). In the first heat Roger Thorn ton bolted at the top turn, jumped the rails, and was distanced. The winner was objected to. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 15 each apt Defiance ,and Trifle. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 1 NEW COLLEGE. The warden and fellows of the society have elected the Rev. John Samuel Sidebotham, 8.A., of Lincoln Col lege, to the chaplaincy of New College, rendered vacant by the death of•the Rev. Lawrence Eborall Judge. MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION. The public examination "in, Scientis Mathematicis ei Physics" will commence on Friday, Nov. 25.—Exami• ners, G. F. Donkin, B. Price, S. W. Waite. BOTANIC! GARDEN. The Professor of Botany, Dr. Daubeny, has added a new feature to this establishment by the formation of a marine vivarium on a small scale. Only one glass tank of moderate dimensions has yet been provided ; but in this a number of sea-anemones have been in troduced, being specimens sent home by the profes sor in the course of a recent sojourn on the sea coast. The tank is furnished, conformably to the habits of the zoophytes, with pieces of reek, and a quantity of the algw, or seaweeds growing upon them, and there is a simple but ingenious arrange ment for keeping it supplied with fresh seawater from a jar near it. These ser-anemones are objects of much admiration from the elegance of form and beauty of colouring which the different species present. They belong to a family called the Actinece, of which there are a number of species. They are considered by the ancients as belonging to the vegetable kingdom ; but subsequent study of their nature has clearly de monstrated that they belong to animated nature, having a progressive motion, means of defence, deglutition, diges tion, and other functions of animal life. They sometimes Present to the eye the appearance of a truncated cone but can expand themselves into a beautiful disk of varied colours, presenting a striking resemblance to the corolla of certain flowers, with numerous tecles, or feeders at tached. Like the zoophytes in general, they are deeply interesting to the naturalist, as forming the last link be ween the animal and veget 'ble creation, marking the gradation of life in the sense in which sensation and voli tion are implied by the term to the lower stage of vitality which belongs to the organisation of plants. It is not always easy to see them to advantage in their artificial habitation, but in the present moment all their beauties and peculiarities are to be seen in great perfection at the Botanic Garden. The time and duration of their appear ance are both sudden and uncertain, but during the last few days an unusual number have expanded. The preservation of these animal plants is attended with great difficulty, which can only be overcome by care and skill, combined with scientific knowledge ; but the sucbess which has attended Dr. Daubeny's labours in this very interesting department will doubtless induce him to extend this new feature, and to carry it out on a larger scale. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS. The Bishop of Oxford has instituted the Rev. Henry Templer, M.A., late curate of Little Missenden, to the rectory of Thornton, near Buckingham, rendered vacant by. the death of the Rev. John Risley, M.A., on the nomination of the Hon. Richard Cavendish. The Bishop of St. Asaph has instituted the Rev. John Husband, M.A., late of Aston Hale, Flintshire, to the rectory of Selattyn, near Oswestry, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry J. Lloyd, M.A., on the nomination of Mrs. Lloyd, of Aston Hale, Salop. VACANCIES. The rectory of Curry Mallet, with the incumbency of Curland annexed, near Taunton, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. John Haydon Cardew, M.A. The beneficer, which is worth 4001. a year, is in the gift of the Crown. By Mr. Cardew's death the vicarage of Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth, has also become vacant. It is worth 2001. a year, and is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. GENERAL ORDINATION. The Bishop of Ely held a general ordination in the Cathedral Church of his diocese on Sunday last, when the following gentlemen were admitted into holy orders, viz. : DEACONS. J. F. Bateman, 8.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. W. J. Beaumont, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. W. Jay Bolton, 8.A., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Frederic Cox, 8.A., Wadh am C o ll ege , O x f or d. C. M. de Plignan Gillan, 8.A., Pembroke College, Oxford. James Jenks, 8.A., Fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. E. M. Lomax, 8.A., Corpus Christi, College, Cam bridge. J. Moorham, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. E. T. Sale, M.A., Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cam bridge. J. Sharpe, 8.A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cam bridge. J.W. Pepys, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Worcester. J. Fox, a literate person, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Lichfield. A. Hinde, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Lichfield. PRIESTS. Rev. W. Hing Brown, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Rev. G. R. Fenwick, 8.A., St. Alban's Hall, Oxford. Rev. A. Kenmin, BA., Trinity College, Cambridge. Rev. Charles F. Norm:in, 8.A., St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge. Rev. H. H. A. Smith, 8.A., Worcester College, Ox ford. Rev. H. E. Yeoman, 8.A., Trinity Hall, Cam bridge. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Thomas Napier Champ, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the colony of Van Diemen's Land. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Thomas Birley, Esq., to be First Writer in the Office of the Colo nial Secretary for the Settlements in the Gambia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Rear- Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., to be a Member of the Council of Government of the Island of Malta. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward Joseph Darley, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of tho Island of Ceylon. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint George Price, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Jamaica. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Girdlestone, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Virgin Islands. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Work, Esq., to be a member of the Council of Vancouver's Island. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Ernest Baudot, Esq., to be a member of the Council of Govern ment of the Island of Mauritius during the temporary ab sence of William Forster, Esq., a member of that Board. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 14. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Carthagena, in closing a translation of a Decree, a copy of which is sub joined declaring certain ports and territories in the pro vince of Choco free from all import duties for 20 years from the Ist of January, 1554.-- --By order, .TAMER BOOTH, (Copy.) PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. E. Andrews, Iwerne Courtney, otherwise Shroton, Dor setshire, farmer and brewer, 2s. 90., on any Tuesday or Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. J. Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn-factor, is 6d., on new proofs, on Saturday, 19th inst., or on any subse quent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basiughall-street. . _ E. Brock, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, tailor, Dec. 8, at half-past eleven—J. Winter, Sandhurst, Kent, builder, Dec. 7, at one—F. C. Dodsworth, Turnham-green, sur• geon and apothecary, Dac. 7, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Mellor, Manchester, innkeeper, Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. M. Grouse, Oxford-street, tailor, certificate of the second class—J. Scovell, St. George's-road, New Kent-road, and Botolph-lane, City, fish salesman, certificate of the third class—H. Bates and C. Hitchman, Addle-street, City, Bristol and Birmingham, straw plait dealers, certificate of the second class—E. C. Fyffe and E. W. Fyffe, Howford buildings, Fenchurch-street, merchants, certificate of the third class—T. Linnell, Gresham-street, City, commission agent, certificate of the third class—A. Rogers, Upper Marylebone-street, draper, certificate of the third class— H. Hunt, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, and Glossop, Derby shire and Manchester, paper-manufacturer, certificate of the first class—G. Hirst, Horncoat, Kirkburton, York shire, manufacturer, certificate of the third class, subject to 'a suspension of three calendar months from the 7th of November—J. Ireland, Kingston-upon-Hull, draper, cer tificate of the first class—Jane Walker, Halifax, York shire, linendraper, certificate of the third class, subject to a suspension of six calendar months from the 10th of No vember. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Jane Leighton, R. Leighton, and F. Hodge, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, bookbinders (so far as regards F. Hodge)— R. Lyddon and G. C. Fletcher, 3road-street, Ratcliff, farina manufacturers and potatoe merchants- J. Andrew and N. Harrison, Manchester, general Manchester ware housemen—R. Lord and G. Lord, Burnley, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers—W. Edgerton, J. Beech, and S. Birks, Longton, Staffordshire, manufacturers of china—J. Spackman, W. Little, and H. Spackman, Corsham, iltshire, grocers—L. Scott, R. White, J. S. Crowley, and E. Crowley, junr., Grand Surrey Canal Docks and Lombard-street, manufacturers of oxide of zinc and zinc driers (so far as regards L. Scott)—J. E. Piper and T. R. Goodbarne, Egremont-place, New-road, King's. cross, fruit essence manufacturers—S. Crowther and T. Crowther, Birstal, Yorkshire, farmers and coal leaders—J. Wilson and J. Wilson, Burnley, Lancashire, brush manufacturers —J. Sage and S. Sage, Frome, Somersetshire, tailors and drapers—S. Hodges and R. Floyd, Egremont-place, New road, pianoforte manufacturers—H. E. Goodall and J. Reeves, Laurence Pountney-place, City, merchants—G. Hockley and A. Hockley, Rushey-green, Lewisham, smiths, farriers, and wheelwrights—J. Bonner, junr., and S. C. Strickland, Bristol, printers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Susannah Davies, Birmingham, carrier. William Welch, Birmingham, labourer. John Dean, Birmingham, journeyman iron caster. Richard Plastans, Birmingham, butcher. Samuel Hodges, Birmingham, warehouse clerk. George Reynolds, Aston, Warwickshire, coachman. Benjamin Stone, Birmingham, slipper manufacturer. Henry Price, Birmingham, watchman at the Birmin, ham Gas Works. William Millichamp, Mill-place, Stepney, accountant's clerk. Samuel Tomlinson, Birmingham, clerk. David Phillips, Cardiff, al ainorgan shire. licensed hawker, James Dugmore, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, beer-house keeper. William Watson, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, licensed vic tualler. John Henry Kington, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Isaac Phillips, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, licensed hawker. William Colman, Broadelist, Devonshire, boot and shoe maker. Thomas Marsden, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, journeyman joiner. - Arthur Edmund Buckell, Newport, Isle of Wight, medical assistant. Frederick Chapple, Bedminster, Bristol, stamper in the Bristol Post-office. Stephen Vincent, Hythe, Kent, butcher. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION'S. W. Wright, Edinburgh, tailor, Nov. 24, at two, within the Anchor Tavern, Edinburgh. J. Templeton, Kilmarnock, merchant, Nov. 28, at one, within tha Black Bull Inn, Kilmarnock. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 15. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Enigheden, from Sartwick ; Gem, Memel; Hoop, Worcum ; Dankbar,:Dantzic; Cecilia, Stovanger; Emilia, Trinidad; Skiold, Altota ; Carl Johann, Christiania ; Ettina, Emden ; Tenegina, Stettin ; Fame, Stockholm; Wittow, Riga; Ann, Dantzic; Twee Gebroe der,_ Norkoping ; Jane, Antw er p. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Young Aus tralia, for Melbourne; Triumph, Santa Cruz and Grand Canary; Primera de Sagua, Havannah ; Shannon, Mauri tius; Louise, Harburg; Federal, Cadi z , M a l aga , an d Va lencia; Caroline, Falkland Islands; Pelham, Sydney; Calcutta, Belize; Maria, Demerara. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Doctrina and Annetta, for Sydney; Midway, Port Philip; Victoire, Havre; Ann, Dunkirk; Marie, Grenada; Albion, Gothen berg; Lima, Hamburg; Norfolk Hero, Trieste; Susette, Hamburg; Stedfast, Adelaide; Progress, Dunkirk; Vier Gezusters, Port Philip; Georgic) aneEclwardo, Genoa. LIVERPOOL, NOV. 15. The tugs proceeded yesterday to the Lucy, on shore at the Isle of Man, and efforts were to be made to-day to float her. The Edward, from St. Petersburg, did not arrive on the 11th inst., as reported. A ship of about 1,000 tons, apparently North American built, and not coppered, was passed, bottom up, by the Fidget, from Denia. The Mary Anne, Londonderry, bound west, was spoken, Nov. 6, lat. 50 N., long. 20 W. A ship from Glasgow to Melbourne was spoken Nov. 11. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Trafalgar, London to Madras, Oct. 6, lat. 12 N., long. 28 W. The James Brown, from Calcutta, Sept. 23, lat. 18, long. 88. The Hugh Walker, Aug. 27, lat. 37 S., long. 30 E. The Germaina (st.), supposed for New York, Nov. 7, lat. 48 N., long. 45 W. The Toronto, bound E., Nov. 11, lat. 51 N., long. 16 W. The Henry Clay, bound W., Nov. 12, lat. 52 N., long. 9 W. The Empire Queen, bound W., Nov. 6, lat. 49, long. 10, The Helen Wallace, same day. The Genova (supposed Glenna), Liverpool to St. John's, Newfoundland, Nov. 3, lat. 51, long. 19. The James Brown, from Calcutta, Sept. 23, 88 long. The Australia, for Bombay, off Booly Island. The Moses Taylor, Liverpool to Havanna, Oct. 15, lat. 25, long. 80. The - Hartford, Mobile to Liverpool, Nov. 2, lat. 30, long. 79. The Guiding Star, New Orleans to Liverpool, same day, near Key West. The Horizon, Swansea to New Orleans, Oct. 17, lat. 25, long. 80. The Brunette (barque), Key West to London, Oct. 23, lat. 40, long. 70. A large steamer, steering West, supposed to be one of the American mails, Nov. 2, lat. 51 N., long. 28 W. The Wortley (brig), from Rio Janeiro, Oct. 9, lat. 1 S., long. 32 W. THE FINANCES OF WORKING MEN.—Working men will now be compelled to turn their attention to those monied interests which they have so long neglected. They have now the opportunity of becoming com paratively easy in their circumstances, if not rich, through the marvellous extension of life and benefit assurance. They will now, therefore, possess • a stake in the country," and a qualification they have never yet enjoyed. It would be well if they pon dered this circumstance a little more seriously, than is common among their class, more especially those who have wives and families wholly dependent on the - n, and who, at their death, if unprovided for by the means indicated, must be thrown on the streets. The working class, however, has not, so far, exhibited any culpable indiff ranee to the protection offered, if we may judge from the enormous operations of the " British Industry Life Assurance Comp try and Family Friendly Society." Since the latter portion of the year 1852 they have effected 77,000 assurances in the manufacturing and other districts. It would seem incredible, but the books of the company, at 300, Regent-street, are "confirmation strong." Let this in stitution proceed as hitherto, with its solid, working, and respectable men of business for directors ; its - Probity, its prompt payments, and its economy, and the good whi c h mus t result from it, in a social point of view, is incalculable. :Translation.) LAW, 27th MAY, 1853 Granting freedom to certain ports and territories in the Province of Choco, and establishing Custom-houses. The Senate and Chamber of Representatives of New Granada in Session. DECREE : Art. I. The following ports and territories of the pro vince of Choco shall be free for all nations in the world, from the Ist of January, 1854, for 20 years. 1. The ports of the Atlantic, and the territory watered by the river Atrato, from its mouth to its confluence with the river Guito, comprehended between the w e st ern — chain of the Andes and that branch of it towards the eastward which separates said province from that of Antiochia. 2. The ports of the Pacific. and the territory watered by the river San Juan, from its embouchure as far as the city of Novita, contained between the above-mentioned chain of the Andes and that branch of it which separates it towards the southward from the province of Buonaventura. Art. IL Consequently no Custom-houses can be esta blished in said ports and territories within the time speci fied, nor can any duties be levied, save those of toll passage and excise corresponding to the municipal revenues, and in conformity with existing laws. Art. 111. In order to recover the duties on importation of foreign merchandise which may be introduced for the consumption of the interior of the rest of the province, and other provinces of the Republic there shall be established two Custom-houses, one in the city of Quibdo, and the other in the city of Novita, with the following officers, and their yearly salaries. [Here follows an enumeration of the different officers and their respective salaries.] Art. IV. The Executive Power is authorised, when it deems it indispensable for weighty motives of public con venience, to assign other ports for Custom-houses than those expressed in this law, in which case the maritime ports expressed in Article I. and the territory comprised between the coasts and the spot on which such Custom houses shall be fixed, alone can enjoy freedom. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 12. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, reporting that wheat, maize, and oats will be allowed to enter free of duty into the Lombardo-Venetian Provinces until the 31st December next. By order, JAMES BOOTH. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. 4th Royal Lancashire (Light Infantry) Militia—Ensign Thomas Byron Whitehead, to be Lieutenant, vice Phibbs, who retires, Nov. 7. The Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia — Second Lieutenant John Railton, to be First Lieutenant, Nov. 7 ; Second Lieutenant William Graham Furnival, to be First Lieutenant, Nov. 8 ; Second Lieutenant John Eneas Deans Campbell, to be First Lieutenant, Nov. 9. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Leabon Curtis and Edward Charles Curtis, builders, Stratford. BANKRUPTS. Charles Robert Roper, dru gg ist, Hackney, to surrender, Nov. 24, at one, and Dec.ls, at ono, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Stopher, Cheapside. John Ready, oilman, Holywell street, Shoreditch, Nov. 25, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermambury ; J. and J. Gole, Lime-street. John Salter, yeast =gehapt, Whitechapel, Nov. 24, at eleven, and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cox and Sons, Sise-lane. William Wrenn, grazier, Penge, Surrey, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings ; Thompson, Sise-lane. John Edward Loader, b u ild er, Devonshire-street, Mile end, Nov. 25, and Dec. 24, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Philp, Bucklelsbum Thomas Cook Millington, chemist and druggist, Maldon, Essex, Nov. 23, at two, and Dec. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Hindmarsh and Evans, Cripplegate ; Driffield, Chel ms f or d . Robert ntigie Hopekirk, perfumer, Exeter, Dec. 15, at one, at the District Court, Exeter. Hirtzel, official assig nee, Exeter • Stogdon, Exeter. James Rohertson, timber merchant, Blackwall, Nov. 21 and Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more; official assignee, Basinghall-street ; J. and J. H Linklater, Size-lane. Jamts Windeyer Lewty, William Henry Partridge, and Edmund Lewty, iron and tin plate workers, Wilden, Wor cestershire, Nov. 30 and Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Elgie, Worcester ; Hodgson, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Matts, Edgware-road, ironmonger, Dec. 8, at eleven —W. Gosling, Hi g h- s t ree t, W oo l w i c h, ironmonger and builder, Dec. 6, at twelve—D. Keith and T. Shoobrid g e, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehousemen, Dec. 6, at one— J. W. Haylock, Lawrence-street, Chelsea, licensed vic tualler, Dec. 6, at one—M. T. S. Welsh, Romford, linen draper, Dec. 6, at twelve. In the Country. J. Malley, Lancaster, silversmith, Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchest er —W. E cc l es' Walton-le-Dale, Lan cashire, cotton-spi nner , D ec . 1, a t twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Frost, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk-throw ster, Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Fowler, Macclesfield, Cheshire; provision -dealer, Dec. 9. at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, Manchester, bankers, Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester — Jane Walker, Halifax, Yorkshire, linendraper, Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Skaifa, Keighley, Yorkshire, corn-miller, Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds,—C. Hare, Huddersfield, manu facturing chemist, Dec. 5, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Leeds. COUNTRY MAICKETS. LIVERPOOL —Nov. 15. The attendance of .millers and dealers at this morning'S markeb was good. In some few instances usefal red wheat, from scarcity, brought ld to 2d per bushel advance. In dian corn was in slack demand, but not quoted cheaper. Irish new oats and barley coming forward in indifferent condition, the former declined l d t o 2d, an d the latter Zd to 4d per bushel. Oatmeal is per load lower. In heaps and peas no change of price. IPSWICH —Nov. 15. - - We only get a scanty supply of wheat. There was some what more tone in the trade, and all samples in good grinding condition recovered what was lost in price last week. The show of barley was f a i r i n quan tity. The bes, samples were sold at about is per qr. less money than last week, whilst other sorts were fully 2s per qr. cheaper. Beans maintained high rates. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 70s to 74s Barley, grinding 3(5 to 4es Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 7tis to 83s,Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 42s to 46s1Flour, per sack 00s to 000 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING} NOV. 12, 1853. Wheat Barley ff 42s 3d • Oats - ff 03s Od Beans /l 0051 Od Peas HULL—Nov. 15. There was a fair supply of farmers' wheat at this dei, ° market, the con diti on var i ous. B est runs were ready sa le at 2s over th e ra t es current l ast Tuesday, and fore i gn o f All best quality go o d t o se ll a t i s t o 2s advance. Barley o f AP kinds rather depressed, and is to 2s less money taken' Beans is to 2s dearer. No alteration in oats and Pea s ...; Linseed cakes may b e b oug ht on eas i er terms. W e hey' of no transactions i n ra p esee d , an d th e hi gh price o f wee makes the sale slow. Bones support our currency. Al Wheat, English, red 74 t o 761 Ditto white 7B to 80 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham- 0 . e 1 Peas, gray and black 50 to Linseed, Black Sea 52 to 5 : Ditto Petersburgh . 44 to Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4O to 44 75 to 781 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 6B to 7G Russian and Odessa 58 to 6 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 34 to 36 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and, yel 55 to 65 Per Ton. Lins. c.,Hnll 1015 s Od tooo/ Ditto fine for. 91 Os Od 91 151° Ditto inf. for Ol Os Od to 010 0 Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 011 Rape cakes 126 s Od to o",„, Tares, English 6os to O:, Ditto foreign Guano 4/ 9/ to 101 0 ° Bones lo7s 6d to Os Uu Rye Meal RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been dull and heavy, although it is the commencement of the new a c ' count. The closing prices were about a half per (sent. low!! than yesterday. Caledonian, 274 ' • Eastern Counties, 1 2 /' East Lancashire, 16/ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 30c.; Law cashire and Yorkshire, 64,1, ; Lancaster and Carlisle, new third shares, 11/ pm. ; London and North-Wester n, 102/, ic. ; Midland, 61g ; South-Eastern and Dover, 1.81. MANCHESTER, Nov. 15. ,hst STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market opened some - higher than the prices of those of yesterday, but the el' vance was not maintained until the close. The sales we re , —London Stock, 1024 ; Sheffield New Preference, ierai , Midland, 618 ; Leeds Stock, 64j ; Dovers, 18g Blackburns, 5 1-16; Eastern Counties, 121 ; Edinburg and Glasgow, 30A ; Sheffield, 20i. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was no transactions in 1 114/ ' way Stocks to-day, and th e s h are market ruled extrerael/ heavy. BRISTOL, Nov. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened well, but b e. came depressed towards the close. Great Westerns W (lone at 82 ; Midland Stock, 61i ; Taff Vale, 139 ; Vale Neath, 15g. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam 11 14% GT-eltar Le ßotterdam 11 16 gnorn ............ . Ditto, three months .. 11 16 •• • • ••• oa Antwerp .............. 25 2'2% Milan ................ • 2 Hamburgh ............ 13 Naples Altona ............ •• • • Palermo •• • • • '` Paris •• • • .... 25 :Messina • • • ; 3 4 Ditto, three months .. 25 2 :Lisbon ........ ••.•• • • • 5 3 Marseilles........ • • .... 25 27% 'Oporto ................ ' Bourdeaux ............ 'Rio Janeiro •• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 114% Buenos Ayres ...• ••• • • • -- Berlin . .............. 'New York, 60 days' sight Vienna ........ • ....... 11 42 :Philadelphia .... ••• • • • Trieste .... • • • ..... • ••..11 45 PRICES OF BULLION, FEB 9 Petersburgh ............ 34 Foreign Gold ;n Bars £3 „ 50 Madrid 50% 'Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 Cadiz r iM•O 4 Barcelona.. , Seville., ,exican Dollars .... New Dollars 0 cut ver in bars 0 5 <SEABORNE ;WAILS. (N signifies that the mails are' sent from the General P °3"fnce by the night—and Mby the morning --dispatch.) Day when made up From what aen COUNTRIE.S. i n G eneral Post- Port d ue in Office, London.. Dispat c h e ,t. , America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... a." America (by United Sts. 22 packet) .... N Nov. 15 .... !Liverpo o l Nov America (by U. States packet) ...... N Nov. 27 .... Sou! hampt, o ,) Nov. 30 ? Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Jan. 4.. Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan. H..... Dover ...... Nov. Ditto (via Cape of Ooodl Hope) ...... • • • ...N, Dec. 4 Africa (West Coast) ..N li3d of the month .. Plymouth Nov. Alexandria ....N 8,9, 24, & 30 of tn. Dover • Nov. ' Alexandria .. ....31 4th & 20th o f mon. Southampton Nov. xy • • Liverpool ... Unce rlB2l4 Bahamas ............M 17th of the month Southampton Nov. 1 ° Belgium ............N Daily.. _ ••• • •• Dover ...... Daily 6 Brazil ...... ..31i9th of the mouth.. S ou th ampton N ov . 1 e Buenos Ayres ........Ml9th of the month.. Southampton Nov. 1 " Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Nov, 26 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month. Southampton Nov. 16 Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the mo n th .. Plymouth ..Nov. 2 ° Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th o f th e month Plymouth Nov. 96 Channel Isles .... • • ••N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. Southampton ru.Tr• Chili. ............ AI id & 17th of month S ou th ampton Nov . 16 China (see India) Constantinople .. • • N 7,8,17,21,&27 of m. Dover Nov. 10 Constantinople .... • • .. 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Nov. 2 0 ,, wont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover rwtoe- 10 u 1 Egypt (see India) France .... • • • • M & N Twice daily__ Dover Gibraltar ••• • • • ..31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 o f m. Southampton Nov. 1 " Greece (see India) Greytown • • • • • • ....M 2nd & 17th of mon. 4 outhampton Nov. 16 ti Hamhurgh • • • • Tuesday & Friday London rues." Havatinah An 2nd of th e month Southampton Dec. 1 Holland _ ........M Wednesday & Sat. London Mon.Tif Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton N o v. lo India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Nov. 20 India (via Marseilles) AI Sth& 24th of month D over Nov 16 lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Nov. 1 " Ireland _ ▪ & N Twice daily Holyhead rwicedow.at Lt5b0n.............. Ai 7,9, 17, &28of m. Southampton Nov. 16 Madeira 34 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 1 6 Madeira N23d of month .... Plymouth Malta (see I n di a) Malta __IS 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover Nov. Mauritius (see India) Mauritius N 14th of the month Plymouth gov. 26 Maxi• • 2nd of the month.. S ou th ampton Dec . 1 ples sth Isth2sthofmon. Dover New Granada ▪ --hi 25 & 17th of month Southampton Nov. 16 .4 New Zelland. ..... By private ship .. Vari ous port O n certsiw Papal States ..N ithlsth2sthohnon. Dover Nov. 1 ! Peninsula /thl7th2B thohnon. Southampton, Nov. 1 : Port Na Peru ..... & 27th of mon. 4outhanapt oi 1 ,, u tal 14th of the month Ply mout h .. Nov. Sicily s thl 4 th2sthofmon, Dover Nov. Tuscany _ • _N stlllsth2sthoftnoo. Dover .. Nov. 12 Venezuela ....M 2d & 17th of. onth Southampton Nov. 16 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) -• • • West Indies .... 2,15. 17th of month Southampton Nov. 16 • When any of these lispatche 1 on the followil iouthampton), and the IV lay preceding. dates Al o i a Sunday', the malls w-ill r ig tig clay, with the except i on of the India As [alts. both of' which will be dispatched "- RE -OPENING OF NEWGATE-STREET.—The repa..-Z ° r which this stre e t h as b een closed having been e'en; the thoroughfare h as b een re - opened for traffic, to of great convenience of the public vehicles on this line take road, which h ave i n th e meant i me been obliged to a circuitous route through Smithfield or Farriagd °l r greet and Ludgate-hill to and from their several dead' nations. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 12th inst., at 44, St. St ep h en ' s-green Eas t, Dab' lin, the Hon. Mrs. Tombe. On the 13th inst., a t th e N unnery, Horsham, the wif. of H. R. W. Brett, Esq., 2d Bombay Cavalry Or A DAUGHTER. On the 12th inst , at Plymouth, the wife of Capt. Wes' 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment. On the 12th inst., the wife of the Rev. Allen T. EdW' incumbent of St. Matthias, Bethnal-green. MA ARIED. On the 12th inst., a t St. Th omas ' s Church, Du,bli to Charles Todd Hust on , o f T ynan, Esq., L.R. C.S.",w- Catherine Jane, second daughter of the late Hugh K` thorn Barton, Esq., of Armagh. On the 11th inst., a t Adb as t on, Aston Lewis, s(l' c, M.R.C.S., L.A.C., &c., of Fulbeck, oldest p ox ' to Wm. Lewis, Esq., of Woodbrook, Alderleo, Cheshire , Sir Georgina E. Rose, y ounges t d aug h ter of G D eDY Bart., of Easton Neston, Northamptonshire DIED. ri o ter, On the 14th inst., at Bath, Willoughby Harcourt Esq., of New-park, in the county of Dublin, aged 81 %7'010 On the 11th inst., at Poulton-le-Sands, the Rev- of Swainson, rector o f E pperstone, Notts, second 801) Charles Swainson, Esq., of Cooper-hill, aged 46.., On the 13th inst., a t I vy -b ank, Rothsay, N. 8., "a`froller relict of the late D an i e l Morison, Esq., late 00111 P of H.M.'s Customs Glascrow, aged 79. Geo r g e On the 21th of September, at Saugor, Captain Coliingwood Dickson, 23d M.L.I ; son of the late Au Sir Archibald Coliingwood Dickson,' Bart. 00 °14- On the 13th inst., Edward I'Anson, Esq., 81, un tner terrace, Hyde-park, and some time of Laurence P O lane, London. so ur On the 11th inst., at Coventry, John Twist, EA" e? citor, in 112 78th year. WiOdonwtohfethetlhateinEstd.,wastrd2DB,llßßrooims,pEtosnq-.:rberrrienstte, rind of of 16, Sloane-street. 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