The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Royal Commissioners re-assembled in the Privy Council Chamber on Tuesday, and resumed their investiga tion into the state of the corporation of the city of London. Commissioners present—Right Hon. Mr. Labouchere (in the chair), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined was Mr. James Cherry, the Mayor of Yarmouth, who stated that he appeared before the commissioners for the purpose of representing to them the prejudicial effects of certain dues and customs levied by the city of London on corn im ported into the port of London. He alluded to the motage, lastage, fillage, wharfage, porterage, the Lord Mayor's and other dues, which are levied upon all cargoes of grain brought to the port of London, but are not levied upon any grain brought by railway. This he regarded as most unfair towards the shipping interest, who could not com pete with land carriage on equal terms. The taxation im posed by the City on all corn brought by water was . per quarter, while corn brought by railway was entirely exempt from any taxation whatever. In the yea r 1847 there were imported into London from Yarmout h 56, 000 quarters of malt and 210,000 quarters of barley, or a total ' of 266,000 quarters • and in 1852 the quantity of malt im ported was 55,000 quarters, and of barley 31,748 _ __quarters, as making a total of 86,000 quarters imported in 1852 compared with 266,000 quarters imported in 1847. This falling off in the importations was a ttributable to the une qual competition of the railway carriage, _which had caused a great portion of the grain which used to be conveyed to London by ships to be conveyed by ra ilway..f The Chairman—Do you believe that corn carried by ships and by railway were placed on an equal footing, the shipowners could compete with the railways in the trans port of grain from Yarmouth ? Mr. Cherry—Undoubtedly they could. It would pay the shipping interest to bring corn to London for Is. per quarter. Mr. C. Lewis—Does the diminution in the amount of corn carried from Yarmouth to London by water not arise from any general falling off in the extent of the trade ? Mr. Cherry—No ; from my own experience I can say that there is not 100 quarters of grain less exported from Yarmouth than there used to be. The next witness examined was Mr. Belton, coal mer chant, Bing-street, Portman-square, who stated—l attend here as a deputation from a public meeting held recently in Marylebone. lam instructed to lay before this commis sion the injurious effects of the coal dues imposed upon the whole metropolis by the city of London. We estimate the burden which this tax imposes upon the consump tion of gas in M ary l e b one at 5,0001. a - year . On the public lights the burden is 4001. a-year. There are 17,000 houses in Maylebone, a n d we compute the coal tax as amo unting to 11. per h ouse , making 17,0 001 - a yea r. I t h ink principle of th e coa l t ax is objectionable, and so al so is the mode of expending its produce. The revenue raised by the tax is devoted to the improvement of the streets of the City, and a small portion to improvements in West minster and Middlesex. Marylebone does not obtain any thing like its fair share of these improvements, in propor tion to the amount it contributes to the tax. The tax also presses heavily upon the poor, and limits their com forts ; and has the effect likewise of driving manufactures from the metropolis. At Reading, which is aituated twenty miles from London, coals can be bought 2s. Gd. per ton cheaper than in the metropolis. We object also to the cart dues or tolls levied by the City authorities. These tolls are Lt for 5,0001. a year to contractors, who make 10,0001. a year out of them, or .100 per cent. By VI, :nude in which the toll is levied, it often amounts to ou s single cart-load of goods. Mr. F. Bennoch, who has already appeared be ore the commissioners, attended again to-day to conclude his evi dence. lie said—Befora entering upon the financial ztffairs of the corporation, I wi s h to vouch upon one or tie° other points of a preliminary nature. .1 believe the at iermen have performed their magisterial functions with ;reat, ad vantage to the citizens. At the same time, looking at their ordinary business' putsuits, I would L,l_loln of these functions, and have them transferred to two sti oen diary magistrates appointed by the Crown. The tJonrt of Aldermen have as much power and control over the City purse as the Court of Common Council itself, end can order whit. payments they plea s e. On a late occasion thy wished to pay a compliment to Alderman Sidney, the present Lord Mayor, and they had his portrait painted, which cost a sum of 300/. or 4001. The estates of the corporation, I be lieve, are liberally and kindly administered, us far as re lates to the tenants ; and, on the other hand, a fair return of rent is obtained from them. No blame can be attached to the corporation in that respect. The number of agents for these. estates is not excessive. The property is well conditioned and easily managed. With regard to the sewers, I think nothing can be better than the manage ment of the City Commission of Sewers ; and their ac counts have, of late years, been kept very satisfactorily ; but, at the same time, I consider it would be an improve ment to have but one authority with regard to sewer age for the whole metropolis. lam a 'member of the City Commission of Sewers myself. I believe the City commission are anxious to carry out any recommen dation of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. I think, however, it would be much better to have the City sewers merged in the general drainage of the whole metro polis. With respect to the financial affairs of the corporation I do not believe the members of the corporation are chargo able with malversation, peculation, or any conduct of that description; but the multiplicity of offices, and the large salaries attached to them, bring out a total expenditure which is highly reprehensible. The gross income of the corporation amounts to 213,5721., which is collected as fol lows :—Rents and quit rents, 86,3111.; renewing fines, 12,8001.; markets, 20,5951.; toll s an d d u ti es, 6,9411.; offices (a curious term, but it really means coal dues and corn met age), 73,169/. ; bequests, 1321. • brokers' rents, 3,7561. ; freedoms, 8401. ; i n t eres t, 1,3921. ; sheriffs' fines, 1,2001. ; and casual revenue, 6,459/. These items make a total of 213,5721. Then there is an additional income from the navigation of 8,377/. ; consolidation of sewers rates, 66,861/. ; general dues, 19,426/. ; Bridge-house _Estate, 47,021/. ; making the total, 355,257/. This does not in . elude the receipts of the Irish Society, because, not being a member of that society, I have no power of getting at the particulars of their accounts. Nor does it include the police rate, which is about 30,0001. snore. But with the addition of these items I believe to total income will amount to nearly 400,0001. per annum. Now to the expenses of ad ministration I wish to direct attention, as that is a point on which the corporation must be condemned, if it is to be condemned at all. The general salaries pail to corporate officers amount to 38,672/. ; the legal salaries to 14,700/. ; legal expenses, 4,600/. ; pensions to relations of officers, 3,64441. ; pensions to relations of aldermen, 580/. ; Parlia mentary expenses, 1,467/. ; committees allowances, 2,9001. (an item which other expenses connected with the corpora tion barge, with feasting, kc., would bring up to fully 4,000/4 ; auditors, 106/. ; printing and stationery, 3,182/. ; state coach and official clothing, disbursements of the hall keeper, and re-imbursing officers for petty expenditure, 4,067/. ; a similar item of 1421. ; a variety of sundries, amounting in the gross to 14,688/., of which one-half, I think, may fairly be taken as being applied to general ex - penses of administration, leaving the other half to go for works, the improvement of estates, or repairs. Then there are discrepancies in the account of salaries, 10,061/. ; and further discrepancies in the accounts connected with sala ries, 13,1871. ; and expenses of the chamberlain's clerks, 2,3721. This brings the total expenses of administration in expending the balance of 255,3271. Then, in addition to that, there is, for certain artificers with names attached, 5,4401. ; for artificers, without names attached, 4,1601. There was also expended on charities, of which so much had been heard, 1,1471.; and also a curious item of 1331. for cloth to Minis ters of State. The Chairman—Who are the fortunate individuals who get this cloth ? Mr. Bennoch—l believe the First Lord of the Treasury is one, and I am sure the Lord Chancellor is another. (Laughter.) Th ere i s a l so an item of 2521. for e mblazon- . ing an address to the French Emperor, and another of 1561. for emblazoning a vote of thanks to Alderman Sydney. In page 61 of th e Bl ue -book there appeared 19,625/. unde r . the head of lod g i ng -h ouses for the labouring poor. Any bod y looking at th e account would naturally infer that this money had been expended erecting lodging-ho uses f or the labouring p oor, but it is merely th e b a l ance o f th e s Finsbury estate, which he ld in trust, and which the corporation is too virtuous thealaalulo,we it t o be erged into the general fund. Out of this foundations will be o proposed to build these lodging-houses, but the ious have not been laid, although, I suppose, the y convicuo n n a l future occasion. Then the coal tax figures very The Chairman—Has the Corporation ex pe nded e anything on baths and washhouses ? Mr. Bennoch—Not a peony, except in the votin g of 501 . or 100/. occasionally to such au establishment after it has' been erected in the neighbourhood. The Chairman—Has it paid attention to the subject of improved dwellings for the labouring poor? Mr. Bennoch—By no means. It is one great condemna tion of its past conduct, that while new streets have been opened, the poor, who have been disturbed and turned out to make way for these improvements, have been compelled to crowd together in the spots nearest to their employment. In Moorfields, Clerkenwell, and other places where ine. provements have been effected, no provision has been made for the poor who were deprived of their former accommo tion, and very unhealthy over-crowding in the adjacent localities has necessarily resulted. The Chairman-- Has the City pursued a different course, in this respect, to the rest of the metropolis ? Mr. Bennoch—l am afraid not. As regards the coal tax, general misapprehension appears to prevail. The whole tax amounts to ls. ld. per ton. Of this the City receives ld. for the expenses of collection, &c.; and it also receives and ap propriates, underact of Parliament, to public improvements 4d. more, whilst the remaining Bd. is handed over to the Government,for the purpose of effecting general metropolitan improvements. Out of that latter fund New Oxford-street was constructed, as were also most of the improvements in and about Trafalgar and Leicester squares, the New Vic toria-street, Westminster; and I believe 90,0001. is to be applied to the opening of a street from the Town-hall, in the Borough, to Southwark-bridge -road. The whole of the remaining 4d. is placed at the discretion of the City corporation. The present coal tax can be levied until the year 1364, and the proceeds of it are pl e d ge d t o pu bli c bodies who have advanced money on the security of the tax for public improvements. The tax will, however, expire in 1864, unl ess it i s renewe d b y ac t o f P ar li ament. It would be very desirable to anticipate the expiration of the tax, and to impose in lieu of it a genera l i mprovemen t rate, extending over the entire m e t ro p o li s . p i a c Chairman—Hav e y ou so a p pre h ens i on o f th e unpo urrileof a direct tax of that kind ? w ini ngly rch—Not in the least. I believe it would be police rate ° 1„ , as was the case with the case with the The coal tax b ich was felt to be for the general advantage. consume afargeears very hard on particular trades, which whose business rantiti of coals, such as sugar refiners, know a contractor wete y confined to the metropolis. I manufaethas engaged to supply 50,000 tons of coal for the quantity, amounting teT of gas, and the tax upon that There are several discrepancies in the accounts to which I 5 9 0 /e is a very heavy burden. wish to call attention. A certain number of officers are stated in the accounts to r 441 348 1, but in the Blue book they figure as receiving e is arises in this man- , between the two returns of 10,001/ , T his a differen c e ner : Mr. Beddome, for instance, is , and the e as in the general his own showing, 5501. per annum; r e c eiving, according to the Case account he is put down for 440/. with the salary of the comptroller, and othsftereloeffiCe amount of discrepancies are accounted for by the fact that these officers receive, in addition to their salaries, a cer t ain fees. This system is clearly an abuse whi c h ought to be got rid of, by requiring all fees to be paid into the common chamber, and allotting fi xed salaries to the Officers fr om the general fund. The total sum paid in sal ar i es by the corporation is 55,318/., of which amount 23,000/. is ex pended in a manner that cannot be understood f rom the accounts kept in the chamber l a i n's offic e. N ow , su pp os ing no farther alterations to be ma de in the corporati on beyond that of remodelling it , I think the following reduc tions in the fixed salaries ought to be made, which alone would give an aggregate saving of 12,00 0 /. a year. The Recorder now receives 3,000/. ; the Commo n Ser g eant, 1,500/. ; and the judge of the Sheriffs' Court, 1,200/. ; but as the duties of th e se three gentlemen must either bo performed by them, or by the judges appointed by the Crown, and as I do not consider them to be overpaid, I do not think any reduction ought to be made in their sala ries. But there is the town clerk receiving 1,8921. ; the secondary, 1,2491. (the latter an office which was pur chased) ; and the remembrancer receiving 1,7691. Now I never could make out what are the duties of the remem brancer, unless it be to attend a few hours in the gallery of the House of Commons, and take notice of things on be half of the corporation, which, if he never noticed at all, it would be better for the community. These three last offices I would throw together, and consolidate into one, attaching to it a salary of 1,250/. ; and then if a clerk was required to superintend each of the two extinguished de partments, there would would be no difficulty, I appre hend, in securing their services at 3001. a year each. Then there is the City Solicitor, who receives 2,0661. ; the comp troller (who is merely a conveyance r ), 1,500 1. ; and the comptroller of the Bridge-house Estate, 1,013/. ; but for some time the duties of solicitor and of comptroller of the Bridge-house Estate were performed by one person with out a double salary, and no inconvenience occurred. Then there are the High Bailiff of Southwark and the common pleaders, receiving together 1,0361. These I would abo lish altogether, because they are no use to the corporation. Then there is the clerk of the peace, receiving 3491. ; and the coroner, 482/. ; both of which offices I would amalga mate, and give the occupant 5001. Adding to these reduc tions in the salaries of the legal officers further reductions in the salaries attached to the police-courts at the Mansion House and Guildhall, where the salaries of the chief clerks are as high as 1,2301. each, and those of the assistant clerks 5001. each, the total saving that could easily be boats further, upper-marshalreceives 5501. ,the 4501. amount, the sum of 14 1 . ; for cocked hats 20!. mo re , and also for uniform 701 . I speak from memory, but I believe I am correct when I say that the total expense of these two marshals amounts to 2,0001., when any two re spectable police sergeants could be easily got to do the duty for 1201. or 1501. The duty consists in ushering persons into the presence of the Lord Mayor who desire to have his signature to certify invoices which are to be sent to the United States or elsewhere, and in riding on a horse in front of the procession on every 9th of November. On the whole, then, I arrive at th e conc l us i on that you might save, without impairing in the slightest degree the efficiency of an y office, at least from 40,0001. to 50,0001. per annum of the 107,0001. and upwards which is annually squandered in expenses of administration. I have no hesitation in saying that the whole of the duties of the various offices might certainly be performed for 50,0001. a year. Here, then, you would obtain at four per cent. a capital, applicable to improvements in the city, of a million and a quarter, and that, too, in perpetuity. The Chairman—Would not compensation be necessary for offices abolished ? Mr. Bennoch—l believe that 99 out of the 100 offices are offices to which the election is annual, and I have no doubt that the City or Parliament could call upon the occupiers to resign without any compensation whatever ; but I am sure that no Government or city would act so unjustly in regard to o ffi cers, many of whom have served for years, as to dismiss them in any such manner. The Chairman—You mean that, although they have no legal, they yet have an equitable claim ? Mr. Bennoch—l do, and I should be sorry to see that claim unacknowledged. I have a curious document here, which I would submit to the commissioners. I have sail that 50,0001. a year might be saved to the corporation ; aml I felt that to speculate or guess at a conclusion of this nature would be exceedingly unwise and unsafe, and, there fore, I put myself in communication with the lea.dio! , nice in Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glas,2:ow, and'Dtib lin. I found, however, that the case of Dublin did not exactly apply, and, therefore, I have omitted it. The re sult of the statistical information 1 received, contrasted with similar statistics in the city of London, is as follows : —The population resident in the city of London, accordin to the last census, was 127,000 persons ; that of Liverpool I was 367,665 ; that of Manchester, 316.213 ; that of Edin burgh, 160,302 ; and that of Glasgow, 329,097. The mini ber of inhabited houses (which shows the area covered iu each city) was—in the city of London, 14,580; in Liver pool, 54,310 ; in Manchester, 53,204 ; in Edinburgh, 7,786; and in Glasgow, 11,965. The smallness of the number of houses in Edinburgh and Glasgow, arises from the f ac t th a t they are built very hi g h an d very large; and it is the prac tice for families to live in "flats." I have obtained also an account of the receipts and expenditure of the corporations of each of these cities, which affords the means of comparing the cost of analogous important municipal offices. For instance, I find that the salary of the architect and surveyor to the city of London is 2,5001., and in addition to that there is a surveyor of sowers who receivesl,2ool. Now, the surveyor of Liverpool receives 1,0001., the surveyor of Manchester 7001., and the surveyor of Edinburgh 3001. There is no correspondin g item of this kind in th e Gl asgow accounts, but I believe the corporation there has what is called a river trust, the account of which I have been unable to obtain. The city of London has a bridge-house comptroller, with a salary of 1,013 ; while these four other cities haveno officer of the sort. The city of London has a chamberlain, with a salary of 2,5001. ; the salary of the same officer in Liver pool is 700/., in Manchester 5001., in Edinburgh 4701., an d iu Glasgow 4001. I n eac h of these places the officer is called a treasurer. Now the city of London has a clerk of the chamber, but the other cities have none. The city of London has a clerk of the peace, - who receives 3191. ; there is no such officer in Liverpool ; irt Manchester he receives 4501., in Edinburgh 1501., and in Glasgow there is no such officer. The Lord Mayor of London receives 8,000 a-year, the Mayor of Liverpool receives 2,000/., the Mayor of Man ch esterreceives nothing, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh receives 5141. Neither of these other cities has a remem brancer or secondary. The aggregate result of the compari son of the cost of analogous offices in each of these cities stood thus :—ln the city of Lond on the cost was 31,787/. ; - whereas in Liverpool it was 9,86 U., in Manchester 5,7741., in Edinburgh 1,7891., and in Glasgow 1,075. The total expenditure of the chamberlain's-office in the city of Lon don in 1852 was 4,8721. 10s.: in 'Liverpool the correspond ing expenditure was only 1,113/. 17s. 4d, in Manchester it was 6701.145.8 d., in Edinburgh 6135/., and in Glasgow 5831. The expense of analogous offices in the city of London, as I have said, was 31,787/. ; whereas, in proportion to its population as compared with Liverpool, it ought only to have amounted to 3,3541., or a little more than one-tenth of its actual present amount. Again, as compared with Manchester the same expenditure in proportion to popula tion ought to have been only 2,3351. for the city of London ; as compared with Glasgow and its popula tion, it ought not to have exceeded 1,429/. ; and as com pared with Glasgow, it should o:nly have been 4181. Why, the aggregate expenditure of upwards of 100,0001. on cor porate offices in connection with, the city of London is very much larger than the whole civil exgeuditure of the Fede ral Government of United Statess of America ; and what is perhaps still more startling, its expenditure upon itself, in administering the funds of the corporation, is larger than the whole amount of its revenue from rents, tolls, and fees from brokers—three great item& of its income. And here I must say that the accounts kept by the Manchester corpo ration might be taken as a model for the accounts of every corporation iu the kingdom ; they form a small pamphlet, in which every item is separated. and lucidly explained. The Chairman —Does the corporation of Manchester pos sess estates like the city of London ? Mr. Bennoch—l thick not. The Chairman—Then Liverpool would present a greater resemblance to the city of London in this respect ? Mr. Benuoch—l suppose it wc , uld. The corporation of Manchester undertakes the management of the waterworks and the gas supply, upon which two items alone its expen diture is 233,000/. ; and the gr(lss expenditure under all heads which is made by the corporation of Manchester amounts to 485,252/. Now, tho total cost of salaries and expenses in administering the whole of that large expendi ture is under 10,000/. per annurct, or only 8,8491. ; whereas the cost of administering a smaller sum i n th e city of Lon don amounts to upwards of 107,000/. per annum. Mr. C. Lewis—Has the subject of salaries never come before the Court of Common Council ? Mr. Bennoch—Sometimes ; Lut iu an old corporation like that of London, not so oftem as might be wished. In cases where an office falls through by the deeease of its oc cupant, a committee is sometimes appointed to ascertain if a reduction should be made : but in the majority of cases the salary is maintained intact. Mr. C. Lewis—When the offi.: o of chamberlain was re cently vacant, what took place then ? Mr - . Bennoch—A committee was appointed to inquire into what should be the salary, and it was ultimately de termined that the salary of 2,5(01. a year to the chamber lain, and the allowance of 2,102/. 10s. for his staff of clerks, were not excessive, and ought to be continued. An alder man was a candidate for the vacancy who had been useful as a magistrate, and it was probably, therefore, thought that it would not be proper that the state and emoluments of the office of chamberlain should be shorn or diminished. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think the hospitality of the City is popular ? Mr. Bennoch—To judge from the anxiety of people to get tickets to the dinners at the Guildhall, you would think it must be popular, and that its abolition would be regarded as a national calamity ; but the majority of sensible people who attend go ay only to laugh at it. Mr- C. Lewis away only to laugh at it. Mr. C. Lewis_wijat is the feeling with regard to the Lord Mayor's show ? Mr. Bennoch—lt is considered perfectly contemptible ; and when it was omitted in the year of the late Duke of Wellington's funeral, it was sincerely hoped that it would never be revived again.This year, however, the show ha s b een restored, and in a style that is more absurd taond which frighten ud t l. i c o ro ludicrousors sheriffs a t a a u n ac ere , e v ge e el reno. gentlemen elected, eitnthhei into respect ee p t o itai ntgo theetohmde endeavouroffice. One of the present sheriffs refused to have any thing to do with the puerile p ageantry of the office, or to contribute towards the [expenses of the banquet at Guildhall. The consequence was that the Lord Mayor was obliged this y e ar to increase his contributi on f or that feast from 1,0001. or 1,200 1 . to 1,4001. or 1,6001. ; and the other sheriff had to raise his from 5001. or 6 00 1 . to mak e up the deficiency. Th e Chairman —Have you any suggesti ons to offer to the esson with regard the any reform which you would question in the . system or management of the corpora tpcioomnpinoosfi the WY • / .have. I have examined the • fully ; and I am upon the principle of extending the mu nicipalreforraougehartto be ve which is not based Mr. Bennoch -- satisfied that no us an The Chairman—W l you you propose? outline of the scheme which y system to the.lvihooleumbeetgroopodoliesn. the following Mr. Bennoch then propose d to lay before the committee "SCHEME. " 1. That the representative system be maintained in its full integrity. - "2. That the metropolis be divided into nine munici palities. " 3. That each municipality be divided into wards. "4. That each ward have one alderman and six coun cillors. " Taking the city of London as an example, which con tains : Total Houses. Males. Females. Persons. . 7,174 26,550 28,152 54,702 Within the walls... Without the walls, including Inner Temple Middle do. Barnard's-inn Sergeant's do. Clifford's do. 'navies' do. part of Purnival's do. 7,406 36,147 37,020 75,167 14,580 62,697 65,172 127,869 The number of persons rated at and above 101. is 16,761, which, when divided into 12 wards, gives an avErage of nearly 1,400 constituents in each ward ; these would return 12 alder men and 72 councillors—in all, 84 repre sentatives. Although about 130,000 appears to be the number of inha bitants who reside in the city of London, it is estimated that, during its limits; the. day, at le as t 25 0,000 more pursue their avocations withiti it is th ere f ore c l ear th a t t h e larger portion . of its p opu l ation is contributed by the sur rounding districts ; thus, it differs from all others, and cannot, in this respect, be taken as an example. In this scheme 300,000 is taken as the average of the City. " 5. The municipalities into which it is proposed to divide the metropolis are :-1. City Proper; 2. Tower Hamlets ; 3. Finsbury ; 4. Marylebone ; 5. Westminster ; 6. Kensington ; 7. Lambeth ; 8. Southwark ; 9. Greenwich and Deptford. " 6. Each municipality to have 12 wards, 12 aldermen, and 72 councillors, as proposed for the City Proper. " 7. All councillors to be elected on the same day; one third to retire annually, but qualified for re-election. " 8. All aldermen to be elected on the same day ; one third to retire triennially, but qualified for re-election. 9. That the aldermen and councillors be elected by the registered rate payers. " 10. That the mayor be elected annually by the alder men and councillors, and have an allowance of 500/. per annum. —" 11. That each municipality appoint four aldermen and twelve councillors to form a central council, which would thus consist of 144 members, viz. 36 aldermen and 108 councillors. " 12. That each municipality in rotation have the right of nominating the Lord Mayor, and that he be elected by the whole constituency of his municipality, but not neces sarily from the body of aldermen. " 13. That the Lord Mayor preside over all meetings of the central council, and reside at the Mansion-house, with an allowance of 5,0001. per annum. " 14. That each municipality in rotation have the right of nominating the Sheriff of London ; that he be elected by the whole constituency of his municipality, have au allowance of 1,0001. per annum, and be ex officio a member of the central council. " 15. That the Sheriff of Middlesex be nominated by the Crown ; the two sheriffs to have the care of prisoners, (Ix., as at present. " 16. That should any municipality decline to nominate or elect the Lord Mayor or Sheriff, the right shall fall to the next municipality in rotation on the list, such list in the first instance to be determined by lot, " 17. That the central council have the general manage ment of all lighting and police, water and sewers, river and bridges, improvements and streets, finance, rates, and rents, general purposes, education and charities, under the imme diate superintendence of committees, which might bear names analogous to the duties to be performed. " 18. That each municipality carry out the various works to be executed within its own limits which may have received the sanction of the central council. " 19. That for the more perfect sanitary condition of the metropolis, the whole district of London, within a radius of ten miles from St. Paul's, be surveyed, and no streets be laid out or houses built unless approved of by the cen tral council, and certified by the surveyor as capable of being thoroughly drained. " 20. That the construction of all bridges or steam ferries across the Thames be under the control of the river and bridge committee of the central council, and paid for by a general rate ; all bridges to be free, but on all ferries a toll be charged, just sufficient to defray expenses and ensure their proper maintenance. " 21. That all persons occupying premises and paying rates have the right of voting, and none other. " 22. That the expense of the local coancil or munici pality be raised by a rate levied on the inhabitants of its own district. " 23. That the expenses of the central council, and the cost of all works of a general nature executed through it, be met by a general rate levied on the inhabitants of all the municipalities. " 24: That the Central Criminal Court bo under the ma nagement of the aldermen of the central council, (who shall be magistrates), and the expenses borne by a rate on the whole metropolis. " 25. That, after the general Act of Incorporation, all commissioners exercising the functions of commissioners of improvements, sewers, &c., be abolished, and the works placed in the hands of the central council. • " 2(1 That the Mansion-house, Guildhall, and such pre mises as might be required by the central council, be valued and paid for by the united municipalities. "`27. That all funds left in trust to the city of London he held sacred to the purposes for which they were so left ; that all charities be consolidated and administered by one committee; that all property left by individuals, or arising from property granted by charters, for ser vices rendered or money paid in times gone by, so soon as the obligations are cancelled for ,which they have been mortgaged, be appropriated to improvements within the City. In like manner the bridge-house estates, when relieved from their present burdens, be devoted to the pur poses of maintaining the old, and building new, bridges over the Thames—thus fulfilling the original intention, and observing the corporate right of property as jealously as the property granted to private individualsfor similar services rendered in times of national peril. Under such a system—a system calculated to benefit the entire community of the metropolis, from the squares of Bel gra-via to the docks of Limehouse, embracing the whole valley of the Thames, and the Thames itself—we may fairly conclude that the nobleman taking any interest in his neighbourhood, and the merchant desirous of extending the commerce and trade of London, would willingly and cordially associate to carry out an enlightened system of independent muncipal government, which could only be secured by the highest intelligences heartily co-operating. With such a corporation far removed from paltry bicker ings and petty jealousies, we might, in a few years, see the Thames embanked from Putney to Blackwall—its waters purified, new streets opened, bridges constructed, sewers perfected, and the whole metropolis exhibiting a striking contrast to its present aspect under conflicting jurisdic tions. " While the establishment of a central authority is ad vocated in the foregoing scheme, it is centralisation spring ing out of and controlled by the principle of representa tion, and not that dreaded system of centralisation—the tool of individual will or arbitrary power. " Officers of new municipalities need only be—Town clerk (a solicitor), 1,0001.; treasurer, 5001.; mayor, 500 1 . ; committee, clerks, &c., 5001.; total, 2,5001. " The officers of the central council must be determined hereafter in accordance with the duties that have to be per formed when they are definitively known ; but the judi cial functions of Recorder, Common Sergeant, and Judge of Sheriffs' Court, as at present understood, should be transferred to judges appointed by the Crown. The Lord Mayor, aldermen, and councillors of the Central Council, should continuo to possess all the rights and privileges now enjoyed by the corporation of London—viz., the Lord Mayor to be ex otiicio a privy councillor ; the right to peti tion both Houses of Parliament through their sheriff; the right to be represented in Parliament by an official ; and such other privileges as may have been granted by charter for services rendered to the Crown in bygone days ; that two stipendiary magistrates be appointed by the Crown, and paid by the municipality of the city of London." Mr. Bennoch then said that be had heard of a sugges tion to the effect that a reformed corporation should first be given to the City, and that until the result of that ex periment was ascertained the extension of municipal insti tutions to the rest of the metropolis should be postponed. He (Mr. Bennoch) entirely dissented from that view, and thought the only proper course to pursue would be to make the municipal system general throughout the whole metropolis, and to carry out the plan at once. - - ----- The Chairman—Have you contemplated the political consequences likely to ensue from the adoption of your recommendation—that the whole of London should be or ganized into one vast municipality? Mr. Bennoch—l have, and I entertain no apprehension whatever on the subject. In former times, when London was even greater in proportion to the other towns of the country than it is at present, instead of acting injuriously, it always promoted the general liberties of the country at large ; and if the change were effected which I propose, I believe the influence of the metropolis would be exercised in the same beneficial manner. I think the fear that the inhabitants of the metropolis would exercise their rights in a mode that would be subversive of the best interests of society is an unworthy and a groundless one. The Chairman—Of course we will not now discuss that question. We have elicited your opinion, which is suffi cient. The examination of Mr. Bennoch having been concluded, the inquiry was adjourned. The Commissioners met again in the Privy Council Chamber yesterday, and resumed their inquiry. Com missioners present :—The Right Hon. H. Labouchero (chairman), Sir J. Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. Before the examination of any new witnesses was pro ceeded with, Mr. Bennoch, who was under examination at the pre vious sitting, presented himself to the Commissioners, for the purpose, as he said, of elucidating two or three points on which he yesterday could not speak positively, although he had then felt that he was substantially accurate in his statements. And, first, with regard to the power which he had said was possessed by the Court of Aldermen to dip their hands into the City purse in the same manner as the Court of Common Council. The Lord Mayor and alder men visited Oxford in either 1848 or 1849, where they were received by the authorities in great state, and afterwards solaced themselves with a dejeuner. The little bill sent in for this exclusion amounted to between 1,1001. and 1,2001. The corporation thought the sum was a most extravagant one to pay for a visitation beyond the limits of their juris diction ; but finding that there existed no definite autho rity to restrain the Court of Aldermen, the Court of Com mon Council passed a by-law on the subject, which was to the following effect :—" That the chamberlain shill not pay out of the chamber any sum of money for any charges or expenses for any v i s it a ti on or j ourney by the Lord Mayor, the aldermen, or any other branch of the corporation, either for the purposes of con servancy or otherwise, when such visit or journey shall be beyond the boundary of the jurisdiction of the City, with out the previous authority of the Common Council, upon motion for that purpose." He (Mr. Bennoch) had also mentioned yesterday an item in the accounts of the corpora tion of 1331. for cloth given to the Ministers of State. Now he found, according to a list which had been in existence about 60 years in the Chamberlain's office, that the per sons who received this cloth are the first Secretary of State, the second Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor, the Chamberlain of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, the Treasurer of the Household, the Lord Steward, the Comptroller, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Mast er o f th e Rolls, the Recorder of London, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and the Common Sergeant. The origin of this gift of cloth is now rather obscure; but it appears it arose at a time when the City claimed the right to measure all cloth with its limits as it now claims a metage up on Ton i cog e rn on a t n in d u f e ru a fruit ; sendbut it ye ar ly t appearsothe Ministers that the corporation f ra o tio s n ta h t a e s , and the other gentlemen above-m en ti one d, 46 y ar d s o f th e finest black cloth which the country could produce ; and the object of this custom , it is supposed, must have been to encourage the woollen manufacture at an early period in its % y id - 6 t rr ie , n to show to the highest authority in the count particular branch of would state, in order to illustrate the eh lo a o m se he Progress made each year in that Monument, Committee, wh o forp eanrad industry. t i l Next, he which the accounts were rendered to the e there were certain officers who were under themrlanapinnpn'oetinrhuitnt fothers annum.among series o years s l i v n a e s nt th o e f k t e h op e er Ci o t f y th L e Lands had been receiving from 2401. to 2501. officer, it seemed, was either a common councilman himself or brother to a common councilman ; the duties were merely nominal, and ho had two deputies, one of whom was sta tioned at the foot of the Monument, to collect th e admis sion money f r om the public, and the other a t th e top to preven t per sons from committing suicide by throwing themselves over. Formerly the sum charged for a d m i ss i on to each person to see the Monument was 6 d., but by mean s of his (Mr. Bennoc h's) own efforts , and those of other mem bers, it had since been reduced to 3d., for the corporati on would not consent that the admission should be gratis— andeven after th e 1851, it was remarkable that in the year reduction of 3d had been in operation, the sum taken for nt rose so high— whether because it was the exhibition year, or from some other cause, he could not state—that in that one year the 3171 keeper received for himself a profit of 1p• • • from the no advantage threepences, and the Corporation derived whatever from the amount. THE SUN, LON'D - ON, THURSDAY ETENINIG, NOVEMBER `24, 1853. The Chairman—Was no part of this fund applied to keeping the Monument in repair, or for lighting it ? Mr. Bennoch—l believe not. The cost of the lighting must be merely nominal. The witness then proceed to state, with regard to the Irish Society of the corporation that the accounts of that society were not included among the chamberlain's returns. That society regarded itself as an independent body, and it kept its own accounts. He had also omitted to mention that the detail which he gave yestefday of the saving of 50,0001. per annum, which he thought might be effected in the salaries of the corporation without impairing the efficiency of any of the offices, was entirely based upon the supposition that the existing cor poration should be allowed to continue only in an improved form. Now, he wished to expl a i n th a t if th e sc h eme o f re form which he had submitted at the previous sitting were to be carried out, he believed that instead of a saving of only 50,0001., a saving of from 80,0001. to 00,0001. might easily be effected in the annual expenditure of the corpora tion, which would leave 20,0001. for the cost of the reduced establishments. These were the whole of the explanations and additions which he wished to make. Mr. Samuel Morley, wholesale warehouseman. city, was the next witness examined. He said—l appear here on invitation, less in the hope that I shall be able to add any thing to the information which has already been given to the commissioners, than to add my testimony to the opinion expressed by the previous witnesses, to the effect that the feeling in the city is, that an extensive reform in the constitution of the corporation is demanded. The Chairman—What are the alterations which you think would be desirable to make in the present consti tution ? Mr. Morley—l believe the system is thoroughly out of harmony with the general wants and feelings of the city. I believe there are many merchants and large traders who would be ready to devote the requisite time to tho dis charge of the ordinary and legitimate functions of the corporation ; and for myself, I can say, as one who has never been a member of the corporation, although I have I occupied the position of an interested looker-on, that under an altered system I should be willing to co-operate. The Chairman—Then you have never been a member of the present corporation? Mr. Morley—l have never had any connection with it, although I have been repeatedly requested to become a member. I could not afford the time necessary for the purpose, and many of the duties of the office would be distateful to me. The Lord Mayor's show is a relic of the dark ages, and offensive and inconvenient to everybody but children, nurserymaids, and idlers. I consider also that the habit of connecting dinners and entertainments with the duties of the corporation deters many gentlemen from accepting offices which they would otherwise be dis posed to undertake. The Court of Common Council con sists of 206 members, and the Court of Aldermen of 26 members snore, making alt oge th er 232. If thi s num b er were reduced to 50, and one or two members were elected from each ward, instead of seven or eight, as at present, more interest would be taken in the elections, more care would be taken to elect the right men, and the corpora tion would find more favour with the mercantile classes. The mode of electing sheriffs is very objectionable and unjust. For the purpose of exacting a fine, a gentle man is nut up as a candidate without his consent, and in order to ensure his election the 'long-shoremen and voters of that class are drummed up from the river banks to thrust the office upon a reluctant individual. The ne cessity under which a newly-elected sheriff lies to pay 6001. or 7001. • in thane for the dinner at Guildhall is very onerous and intolerable ; and so, also, is the burden of the dinners at the Old Bailey, which, although they may be very proper, ought not to be paid for out of the pocket of a private individual. lam in favour of the system of a paid magistracy ; and I would abolish the judicial func tions of the aldermen. I do not consider the present system of unpaid magistracy in the City as by any means economical. I have carefully perused the scheme sub mitted to the co nmissioners by Mr. Acland, and although I have not communicated in any way with that gentle man, I am bound to say that there is much in his plan which appears to be very desirable. There is a simplicity of arrangement about the proposition which meets with general approbation in the City. The Chairman—Do you approve of the entire abolition of the corporation of the City ? Mr. Morley—No ; I do not think it would be desirable to abolish it altogether ; but I would confine the City cor poration to purely municipal functions. ' Mr. C. Lewis—Would you have the City corporation placed under the provisions of the Municipal Corporation Act, like the other boroughs and cities of the country ? Mr. Morley—l would not object to the application of that act to the City, with certain modifications suitable to the peculiar circumstances of London. I am opposed to the extension of the corporation of the City to the whole metropolis. I would prefer a healthy system of local self government, and the giving of separato municipal institu tions to the various metropolitan boroughs, with the pro vision at the same time of some common centre, means of which the different local municipalities could combine for joint action on ;matters affecting the common interest of all, such as the sewers, paving, lighting, clic. Mr. C. Lewis—Would you maintain the existing con nection between the livery companies and the City cor poration ? Mr. Morley—l would not. I would have the municipal constituency composed entirely of householders, and the peculiar mode of admitting freemen I would abolish. The Chairman—What is your opinion with regard to a chamber of commerce ? Mr. Morley-1 think a chamber of commerce is very desirable for the metropolis, but I consider it ought to be allowed to grow out of the felt wants of the trading com munity, and not be established by the corporation. I can, however, see many uses for a chamber of commerce. There is, for instance, the question of the new receipt stamp, which is at present causing doubt and difficulty in the City ; and there are also the bearings of the Post-office arrangements on the interests of trade ; which are both questions that could be advantageously dealt with by a chamber of commerce. The Chairman—Do yon not think that a portion of the revenue arising from the property of the corporation might fairly be applied in affording facilities to commerce? Mr. Morley—No ; I consider if traders like myself de sire any accommodation or convenience in our business, that they ought to be, and that they really would be wil ling to pay for it. Sanitary improvement is a subject to which I think the corporation should have directed more attention than they have done. I consider the coal-tax a very objectionable impost, and a general improvement rate on all householders throughout the metropolis would be a preferable mode of raising revenue for metropolitan im provements. I hold the practice of exacting a payment for permission ;to trade in the City as very unjust, and acts very partially in favour of wholesale dealers ; and with regard to the exclusive trade privileges of the City, I don't know one of them that I would retain. I would sweep them all away. I wish to cast no reflection on the mem bers of the corporation, who, I think, are better than the system; but I am bound to say that their conduct has not been such as, in my opinion, it ought to have been. The Chairman—Has not greater care been displayed of late years in the election of corporate officers ? Mr. Morley—l believe the corporation has acted of late years under the knowledge that things were approaching the crisis which has at length arrived, and that that feel ing has operated to some extent as a, check upon it. The next witness examined was Mr. George Richard Corner, vestry-clerk of St. Olave's, Southwark, who said— I am connected with the borough of Southwark, where I have been a practising solicitor since 1824. A large portion of the inhabitants of the borough of Southwark have for the last sixty or seventy years been strenuously endeavour. ing to have Southwark fully incorporated with the city of London, and to have conceded to it the same privileges as the other wards of the City. This they claimed under a charter of Edward VI., which declares that Southwark shall be governed in the same manner as the City itself. In 1660, the people of Southwark applied to Parliament for separate municipal institutions ; but the city of London opposed them, and the application failed. Since which period Southwark has remained under the anoma lous and imperfect jurisdiction of the City. Sir J. Patteson—lf Southwark were to be completely incorporated with the City, and constituted a separate ward, would it not be necessary that it should be taken out of the county of Surrey? Mr. Corner—That is precisely our difficulty ; but I ap prehend that Southwark would, as a matter of course, be dissevered from the county of Surrey if it were regularly incorporated with and assimilated to the city of London. Sir J. Patteson—But I apprehend that the charter of Edward VI. does not provide for the separation of South wark from the county of Surrey ? Mr. Corner—lt does not ; and Southwark's peculiar hardship is, that it is subject to the double jurisdictions and double duties, viz., to those of the county-of surrey and those of the city of London. Mr. C. Lewis—ln what respect does the City interfere with the borough of Southwark? Mr. Corner—Our grievance is, that the City does not in terfere with Southwark enough. Mr. C. Lewis—We wish to know the practical mode in which the City interferes with Southwark. Mr. Corner --They hold three courts a year in Southwark. These courts are the ancient court beets of the manor. The steward of Southwark, who presides in them, is appointed by the Court of Aldermen. The City also holds quarter sessions in Southwark, but these sessions are merely formal, no actual business being done at them, and the grand jury is summoned only in order to be discharged immediately. The City has also the metage of corn and fruit in South wark, as well as in other parts of the metropolis. They ap point the coroner of Southwark. There is a borough court, of which Mr. Payne is judge. lam the prothonotary of that court. It can try cases of trespass and debt to any amount, and solicitors of the superior courts may practise My sa l a ry, as it s p ro th ono t ary, is 501. a year; ; in it. This court is a very excell en t one , an d I would pre serve it. but that circumstance does not influence my opinion in re commending its retention. The Court of Common Council appoints the high bailiff of Southwark. Mr. C. Lewis—What is the feeling of the people of South wark with respect to complete incorporation of the City ? Mr. Corner—l believe they are in favour of such a mea sure ; but as a meeting of the inhabitants of Southwark is to be held in the Town-hall on Friday next on that very subject, I would rather defer stating what is the feeling of the inhabitants of the borough until I have seen the result of that meeting. The Chairman—lf Southwark were to be add e d t o th e city of London, would not the addition thus made to it be larger than the original jurisdiction of the City itself ! Mr. Corner—Yes ; but both the City and Southwark com bined would not be so large as the Tower Hamlets alone. The population of the City is 127,000, and that of South wark is 155,000, making together 182,000 ; whereas the population of the borough of the Tower Hamlets alone numbers 400,000 souls. In the years 1787, 1814, 1827, 1835, and again in 1852, the inhabitants of Southwark had successively assembled in public meeting, and agreed to memorials to the corporation of London, praying for the restoration of their ancient rights and privileges, secured to them under the charter of Edward VI. The witness was about to enter into historical details, when The Chairman said—We do not wish to accumulate anti quarian evidence as to the borough of Southwark ; the pre vious commissioners collected all the information that was necessary on that head. We wish rather to ascertain facts of a practical charactes. Do you not think that if Southwark were incorporated with the city} of London, the City would lose much of its peculiar character ? Mr. Corner- -No, Ido not. I believe that Southwark has a large trading and mercantile community as well as the City. The Chairman—Then yon think that the general charac ter of the community of Southwark has ac lose resemblance to the general character of the city of London ? prison is the City prison, which Mr. Corner—l do. The Chairman—Does the City have a jurisdiction over the prisons in Southwark ? 0. smallerthe parishes a wards in intoin tu t the City,tativ on nr d e is never used, and is on the point of being pulled down. The i o d T r a h t s e e p loitnthtl only n The Town-hall of Southwark is the property of the City.l . divide Southwark into several wards, creating one an d in ward where they are very e large. Mr. Corner's evidence having been concluded, The Chairman, at half-past one o'clock, declared the inquiry to stand adjourned to 12 this day. would M e arc.h C:Carnori: .. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Nov. 23. (Before Mr. Serjeant Adams, Assistant Judge, at Westminster.) Gilbert, whose case was mentioned on Mond. was brought up for judgment. Mr. Torre produced a certificate from the Horse Guards, to the effect that the prisoner had borne a good character for the seven years he had served in the army. He mentioned that the inhabitants of the neighbourhood entertained so good an opinion of him that some of them had drawn up a memorial, showing doubts as to the correctness of the verdict against him. No one appeared to substantiate an assertion made at the trial, and as the prisoner had been already in prison seven weeks, he should sentence him to be kept to hard labour for one month further. James Machell was indicted for a nuisance at New Breutford. Mr. Ularkson appeared for the defendant, and ;stated that he would plead guilty, and was willing to enter into a recognisance to come up for judgment when called upon. Whatever the court thought he ought to do with respect to the nuisance complained of, would be done willingly by the defendant. Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the prosecution, which was instituted by the local authorities, stated the grounds of their having taken these proceedings. The defendant was a butcher, and had occupied premises in New Brentford for four or five years, and in the yard connected therewith he kept 40 or 50 pigs, whichi were fed on the offal of his trade. The stench arising ..`rom this yard was enough to poison the air. The defendant was besides this a dealer in hides and skins, which he collected on the premises at night, creating an abomino ble stench, dung and manure were heaped up againsi`, neighbours' houses, and when a pig died it was thrown on the heap with the offal. In addition he carried on a bone boiling business, to the prejudice of the health of the neighbourhood ; and under these circumstances, all that was required was that the nuisance should be abated. They were willing to adopt the suggestion of his friend, and leave the court to determine what abatement there should be. The Assistant-Judge said after he had visited the place himself it might be necessary for him to consult some scientific person as to what should be done. _ _ This was agreed to, and the defendant having pleaded guilty, and entered into a recognisance, The Assistant-Judge informed him that he should visit the place himself, and if he found that the business could not be carried on except with prejudice to the health of the neighbourhood, it must be given up altogether, but the court would see whether by any alteration this necessity might not be obviated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK.AIfred Jones, s well-dressed young man was charged with unlawfully conveying a bottle of gin into the Queen's Prison, contrary to the regulations. William Dennis, one of the turnkeys, said, about a quarter to four yesterday afternoon, the prisoner entered the lobby for the purpose of going into the prison, and as he was passing him he saw something protrude from his pricket. He asked him what he. had got, when he produced a bottle of gin. Mr. Cornbe said he had no alternative but to fine him 31., and, in default of payment, commit him to the House of Correction for a month. The prisoner, who said he had not the money, was committed. THAMES.—Richard Thmnas Clement Gray, a well dressed middle-aged man, lately trading as an ale and porter merchant, under the style of R. Gray and Co., 16, Crescent, Minories, was committed for bigamy. He had married, on the sth of August, 1840, a very re spectably-connected woman, at the parish church of Alton, Hants. He had had two children by this mar riage, one of whom was dead, and he had be e n sepa rated from his wife six years. During that period he had become acquainted with a Mrs. Adams, the widow of a tradesman residing at 53, Great Prescott -street, Whitechapel ; and on the 20th of last August he mar ried Mary Bagnall Adams, her daughter, aged 21, at the registrar's-office, Stepney. Mrs. Adams swore that when the prisoner proposed to her daughter, four months ago, she was not aware that his wife was alive. His son had been under (Mrs. Adams's) care for four months. Miss Adams, who appeared to be deeply affected at the sight of the first wife, admitted that the prisoner had told her that the first wife was alive, but be said he was separated from her. Witness therefore thought her own marriage was valid. On cross•examination she ad mitted also that twelve months ago she visited the pri soner in the Queen's Bench prison, and cohabited with him there befsre he had proposed marriage to her. The witness's evidence was given in a very confused manner, and she manifested an evident desire to screen the pri soner. Prisoner, when apprehended by Sergeant Foay, said he was an injured man, for both Mrs. and Miss Adams knew that his wife was living before he was married the seeond time. Mr. Yardley consented to accept substantial bail, but the prisoner not being prepared with sureties to the amount specified was committed to Newgate. Patrick M 'Namara, an Irish coalwhipper, about 35 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley on re mand, charged with committing a savage and mur derous assault on his wife, Bridget, who has received most fearful injuries, which will probably affect her for the remainder of her life. The prisoner had been in custody since the 6th inst., for the manner in which his wife gave her evidence at the first examination was so remakably confused and con tradictory, that the magistrate thought she could not have sufficiently recovered from her injuries, and she was taken back to the London Hospial. The prisoner's landlady, Mrs. Wells, had deposed that she heard a noise and a fall in the prisoner's apartments ; and not afterwards hearing the wife stir she became alarmed, and on breaking into the room after the prisoner had gone out, she found the poor woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood insensible, and all but dead. Prisoner had previously said to her that the quarrel she had heard was all through the wife's tongue, and that he would not allow any one to come to the public-house after him. The poor woman was now recalled and her evidence was of the most extraordinary description. In her anxiety not to criminate her husband she made the most contradictory statements. She alleged that her husband had never struck her, but that Mrs. Wells had given her a glass of rum, and that had made her drunk. This Mrs. Wells emphatically denied, and the surgeon deposed that there were no traces of liquor about her when she was brought to the hospital, but that, on the contrary, it was clear she had been awfully beaten. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. BOW-STREET.—Several cases of assault, pocket picking, and accident during the intense fog of Tuesday night, were brought under the consideration of Mr. Henry, the presiding magistrate. In one case the driver of a van belonging to the Great Western Railway Company was charged with having caused the death of a young woman named Elizabeth Trow, who was crossing Searle-street, Lincoln's-inn fields, at about 6 o'clock, when she either slipped or was knocked down, and was instantly crushed to death, one of the wheels of the van having passed over her head. It was proved, however, that the driver was proceeding very slowly at the time, and Mr. Henry, in discharging him from custody, stated that he was wholly free from blame. Mr. Collard, the police superintendent of the Great Western Railway, attended to watch the case, and as certained that the deceased, although a married woman, had left no family ; and her brother stated that she had been a long time separated from her husband by mutual consent. Mr. Collard undertook, on behalf of the com pany, to defray the expenses of the funeral. George Yeates, described as a clerk in the City, was charged with putting a lighted torch in the face of Mr. W. Smith, the engineer, of Salisbury street, A.delphi, and burning his hat and whiskers, during the fog of the previous night. Mr. Smith stated his complaint, and was entirely corro borated by a gentleman who happened to be walking be hind him, in Fleet-street, and who saw the defendant throw his burning torch into the faces of five or six respectable people, greatly to their discomfiture and alarm. He appeared to be somewhat intoxicated. A brother of the defendant, who said he was the se cretary of a railway company, stated that he was on the spot, and believed the occurrence was purely accidental. He had certainly been a little merry, but he did not in tentionally burn the complainant's face. The defendant also stated that he was only having a bit of fun, and was very sorry. Mr. Henry considered it a very discreditable sort of amusement, and ordered the defendant to pay a penalty of 51., or two months' imprisonment. Edward Saunders, a pedlar, was charged with having in his possession a quantity of manufactured tobacco which had not paid duty. The prisoner was apprehended on Westminster bridge by the Inspector of the Thames Police and an Excise officer, with 191bs. of the tobacco in his possession. The defendant, who said he was merely holding it for somebody whom he did not know, while he had gone over the bridge, was fined 1001., and committed for six months in default. HAMMERSMITH.--Mr. Henry White, a gentle man residing at No. 8, Lower Queen's-road, Norland market, Shepherd's-bush, and his son Philip, a youth about 15 years of age, appeared to answer an adjourned summons for having on the 7th inst. unlawfully per mitted certain squibs, and other fireworks, to be thrown from their garden into the house and garden of Mr. Thomas Salmon Selway, residing at No. 9, Lower Queen's-road. There was a second summons for setting fire to squibs within 80 feet of the centre of a turnpike road, and a third summons for unlawfully making a bon fite on the Bth inst. in their garden within 80 feet of the highway. A younger son of the defendant was also summoned, but he was not called upon to answer the complaint. The parties were neighbours, living next door to each other, and on Monday night, the 7th instant, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, the defendant's sons were in their garden letting off fireworks. One of the lighted squibs fell upon the mat in the passage of the complain ant's house and set it on fire. The complainant deposed that he looked out of the window and called out, " Who threw up that squib ?" The elder defendant replied "I, your neighbour." The complainant told him that if they did not desist, he should call in the aid of a police constable. The defendant replied, "Oh, send for two ; put your head in, and go to bed." The younger defendant then lighted another squib and threw it up, and that also fell into the complainant's yard. The father applauded his son, and said, " Well done ! that's right." The complainant said, " You will set my house en fire, and also my fowl-house, be. fendant laughed, and said " A good job too ; I shan't then be annoyed with your fowls." Two other squibs were afterwards thrown up by the defendant Philip, and witness then made a complaint to the agent of the property. After he returned, two br three other squibs were thrown up, and one of them fell into the complainant's garden. Complainant was quite willing to allow the matter to drop if the defendant would make an apology. This the defendant did not seem inclined to do, and the case was adjourned till yesterday, in order to procure the attendance of witnesses. Some evidence having accordingly been given. Mr. Beadon asked the defendant if he had anything to say, and he replied that he had nit. Mr. Beadon observed that this was one of the most unneighbourly and abominable cases he had heard of for some time. The defendant's conduct had been most dis graceful in the transaction, and it was his full intention to allow all the costs he possibly could in the matter. He fined eachtf the defendants 205., and he ordered the father to pay a further sum of three guineas as costs for the trouble and expense of the complainant in bringing the case before his notice. The defendant hoped he might be allowed to speak and call his witnesses. Mr. Beadon remarked that he had just told him be had nothing to say. The defendant denied the language which had been imputed to him. He had lived two years in his present house, and had never had any quarrels with his neigh bours. The act was purely accidental, and was not done to injure Mr. Selway. Mr. Beadon again remarked in very strong language upon the case, and said he should not alter his decision. The defendant would have to pay 51. 35., or be com mitted for one month. He also sentenced the son to be imprisoned for one month, in default of paying the 20s. The money not being paid the magistrate stated that a distress would follow, and if there should be no effects the defendants would be imprisoned. The defendant, who intimated that he had not brought any money with him, asked if there was any appeal ? Mr. Beadon said there was not. The defendant then left the court, expressing regret that such was the case. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report) The mortality for last week shows but a small reduc tion on the previous return, which was rather high. In the week that ended on Saturday the number of deaths registered in London was 1,162. In the ten corres ponding weeks of the years 184352 the average number was 1,023, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becoMes 1,125. Therefore the actual mor tality somewhat exceeded the estimated amount. It is satisfactory to perceive that the;;;;lity from cholera was not so great as in the four previous weeks, the numb9r of deaths having fallen to 72, while that from diarrhoea was only 36. In the three weeks of No vember cholera carried off 102, 98, and 72 persons. The mean weekly temperature, which rose so high as 55.5 deg. in the last week of October, declined in the two subsequent weeks to 48.9 deg. and 45.7 deg., and last week fell so low as 38.5 deg. Of last week's deaths from cholera, 5 occurred in the west districts, 11 in the north, 3 in the central. 20 in the east, and 33 in the districts on the south side of the river. Last week the births of 814 boys and 747 girls, in all 1,561 children, were registered in London. The average number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 was 1,356. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.723 inches. The mean temperature was 38.5 deg., which is 4.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week, and this depression extended to 8.5 deg. and 6.8 deg. on Thursday and Friday. The dew point temperature was 36.2 deg. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 19. Zymotic Diseases . 321 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 126 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration lBO Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 3O Atrophy 42 Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance .. 38 Causes not specified • 1 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES I,IN Population Deaths in corre- Death Enumerated. spending week in the lsbl. of 1852. Week. West Districts North Districts 490.396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 , 209 South Districts Totals . Males Females.. ... 2,362,236 1,162 606 556 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. 814 747 Total ...1,561 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTHOUSE ON CAPE MACHICHACO, EAST OF BILBAO. BILBAO, Nov. 14.—The lighthouse on Cape Machichaco, about four leagues to the east of this port, will cease to ex. hibit a light from this day, until the repairs, of which it stands in need, are finished. CUSTOM HOUSE, NOV. 23. ENTERED INWARDS.—The ElHe, from Riga; David, Christiania ; Betty, Riga ; Athalia, Sonnesund ; Familier, do. ; Eamilier, Brevig ; Valhalla, Dram ; Gemini, Dantzic ; Alfred, Skien ; Hendrick Hudson, New. York ; Henriette Auguste, Riga ; Henriette Sophie, Holbeck ; Codan, do. ; Christen, Dantzic ; Jason, Rouen Trientje, Rotterdam; Frau Margaretha, Carolinenziel ; Elise, Memel ; Union, Dunkirk ; Tvendre Brodre, Nyland ; Sally, Gothenberg ; Patrioten, Aaborg ; Latona, Bondhohn ; Dank barheid, Pillau ; William Fotheringham, New York ; Solid, Go thenberg ; Andacia, Soderham ; Ariel, Cronstadt ; Lord Nelson, New Zealand ; Beata, Charente ; Courier, Nantes ; Nautilus, Patras ; Port Wallace, Melbourne ; Claret, Cha rente ; Lady Williamson, Cronstadt ; Huntcliff, do. ; Curios, Gothenberg ; Cyclone, Mauritius ; Johanna Maria, Swartwick ; Dew Drop, Dantzic ; Marguerite, Bahia. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Everhardus, for Bremen ; Eter, Carthagena, Alicante, and Taragona ; Emilie, Cadiz, Valencia, and Barcelona ; Merchantman, Port Philip; Port Wallace, Wallace ; Ocean Lady, Dun kirk ; Nimrod, Sydney ; Hendrik Hudson, New York. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Arco, for Rotterdam ; Typhoon, Bombay ; Helena, Halmstoed ; Byron, Charlston ; Dolores, Madeira; Harfruen, Saudi ford ; Neptune, Hobart Town ; Colombo, Trieste and An cona ; Elizabeth, Melbourne ; Welcome, Havre. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23. The United States Mail steamer Arctic, from New York at this port, having been aground on Burbo Bank, but without much damage. The Regatta, from New York for Plymouth (England), has put into Newbury Port, R. 1., leaky. The Champion put back to New York, Nov. 11, with hawser and pipes broken. About ten square-rigged vessels, inward bound, were off the Bell Buoy at anchor this morning ; the weather very thick. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Standard, from Liverpool to Halifax, Oct. 21, lat 42 N., long 52 W. The Constance from Singapore to London, Aug. 23, lai 20 S., long 71 W. The Ge - orgiad, from Callao to Queenstown (brig), Nov. 8,14. 43 N., long. 23 W. " The Elizabeth - Archer (barque), steering S.W., 16th, lat. 47 N., long. 12 W. The Thetis, from Liverpool to Hobart Town, Oct. 9, lat. 2 N. long. 24 W. The Hannah Eastee, from Liverpool to Cape Good Hope, Nov. 18. The Empress, Sept. 22, lat. 32 S., long. 18 E. The Lady Franklin, from Calcutta to London, Oct. 8, lat. 2. S., long. 19 W. _ _ _ The Eliza, from Moulmein, Oct. 16, lat. 9 S., long. 25 W. The Sir George Pollock, from Singapore to London, Oct. 12, lat. 2 . N., long. 21 W. The GillnUre, With emigrants, for Melbourne, 12th, lal 10 N., long. 20 W. No. 9,423, 2nd dist pendt. (ship), Nov. 7, lat. 41 N. Long. 52 W. . . The Devonport, running westward, Nov. 12, lat. 46 N., long. 18 W. _ _ The Delghos, from Bristol to New Orleans, 17th, lat. 48 N., long. 12 W. The Argo and Templar, both standing to the west 19th, lat. 48 N. long. 11 W. The Nora Creina, of Liverpool, Nov. 18, lat. 51 N. long. 14 W. The D'Elmina, from Hartlepool to Batavia, 03t. 5, lat. 10 N., long. 23 W. The Hugo Grotius, from London to Melbourne, Nov. 6, lat. 48, long. 7 W. The Shark, from Liverpool to Para, Nov. 17, lat. 49 N., long. 9 W. The Ariadne, from Liverpool to Port Philip, Oct. 24. The Pallas, from Bombay to Hull, Nov. 7, lat. 38 N., long. 26 W. The Nestor (barque), lat. 31, long. 34 W. The Comleridge (ship) from Liverpool, steering W.S.W. Bth, lat. 2 N., long. 22 W. The Leipsig, of and from Glasgow, to Melbourne, 13th, lat. 9 N., long. 23 W. The Eugenie, from Shanghai to London, 23d, lat. 27 N. long. 33 W. The Athenian (brig), from Southampton to Sydney, N.S.W., Sept. 19, lat. 21 S. long. 25 W. The Naomi (b arque ) , Oct. 1, lat. 9 S., long. `,O W. The John Meslones, from Calcutta to Liverpool, out 132 days, Nov. 17. LATE HARVEST IN WALES.—For upwards of forty years so protracted a harvest as the present has not been known in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, it having but just been completed. The weather is now all that rapidly p could be de s i re d , an d ploug hi ng an d sowing are being roceeded with. In some parts of Denbighshire, also, and other portions of the Principality, the harvest is equally late. LEEDS, Nov. 23. STOOK EXCHANGE.--Shares opened this rriL__ y ia improvement on the terms of yesteraay. The tra d e Lancashire and Yorkshires was at 674, but sonle Lions afterwards took place at 67; Caledonians O'er" at 28k, and Leeds Northerns at 14. SEABORNE MAILS. W Jul Fn' l 4/, (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Genera l - by the night—and M by the morning --dispatch.] Day when made up From what I• p au , • • COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port E .,,,1 4 , Office, London.* Dispatched. ----- ..-- -- 0 , 1 America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday ..... Liverpool •• '' i America ( .. N by United Sts. Sol. / packet) ........ Nov. 20 ...... Liverpool , •• • America (by Ur States . . - ov• 1\ ' packet) ..........N Nov. 27 .... ..... . SouthamPt- 411 ' ' 1 Australia (via South- , p.c. ampton) ..........M Jan. 4...... •• .... Solltharn . P M ' sfirr. 3 Ditto (via Marseilles ) N Jan, 8. . Dover ...... - Ditto (via Cape of • wood i , eln n awe) .. ...•• • • • N Dec. 4 ••. . • • ...• rAverpoo l •• • ~j „ f iv e 2 , Africa (West Coast)..N 13d of the month.. Plymouth •• „ . 7..„ - ' il Alexandria..........N 3,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover • • •,* o ',', k0e ,, , ,.. 4 1,., Alexandria........ —ICI 4th & 20th of men, soafna n w B Be a l h g a iu rn m as .: 7. : .. M 9th of the mouth.. Brazil ........... SouthamptonDeclll •••• 7 . 7 . 711 17th of the tri . o .s tb . .., souttiampton Daily Buenos Ayres ........31 9th of the month.. SO uthamPt" Z. 0 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Ply Dover ...... D c _, -month • • ‘ , 01 ,. 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th o f th e month. Sont.hamPtn n IZ o r. 0 Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month.. Plynit.mith • • fi Ceylon (see India) , Nol• 6 1 Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth • 5 „.,..fti., Channel Isles ..N Mon ..Wed.,&Frid. SouthanaPlo n n !;,`,.,,, 1/ Chili.... ..... ..... M id &17th of month Seutharnpto I"' China (see India) go y. 6 1 Constantinople .... .. N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover .. . • •• • o e. 4I Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of-mon. Southampto 1 ,price r Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily .. Dover ...• • • , ~ Egypt (see India) . rodoi ° 4 France ........ ht & N Twice daily-- Dover •• • • • • '' re v ' Gibraltar .... ..- ...M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton IN li Greece (see India) 1 , 70 n f ' 0 Greytown .......... M 2nd & 17th of nioii. AouthaMPton „,, co.• Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday 84 - Friday London .• •• • ~' 46/ Havannah .......... m 2nd of - the 'month SouthamPtnn v ` w Mor g ' 1 4 Holland ............ AI Wednesday & Sat. London ..• • • :. 0 .„ Honduras .......... M 17th of the month: Southampton ffl . 4, India (viaSouthampt.)lM 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton ', 0 ,„ . P. India (via Marseffles)M Elth/le24th of Month Dover ...• •• l ' of . 1 0 lonian Isles (see Indiay7, i 7,427 of nion,Dover.• •• " co,‘ Ireland ........31 &I+l' Twice daily _ ' Hoiyhead •• . 70 .,,? 4 fishoh• •• • • ••• - ....M /; 9, 17, &2a ortii. Southampton " - I" n Do 4 Madeira ............M 9th of the month SouthamPto- - ~,o r , ' Madeira ............ N 23d of month •... Plymouth •• ' Malta (see India) No f, Malta .......... _ • N 7,17,19,28.30 ofm. Dover ..... • Mauritius (see India) OC.f Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth • • no , . Mexico _ ... _.. .. _34 2nd of the month. Southampton ' ; Naples . . . ........N sthl s th2.sthofmon. Dover .. •• • • soc• 16 r New tiranada ......M 2d & 17 th of month• Southampton C card o New Zealand ....., .IBy private ship .. Various po rt . - y. q . 4 Papal States .. : _ • .Nl3 thlhth2s thoftnon. Dover .. • • • • ;"i c e. '6 Peninsula ...... ~M 7 th I 7th2Bthormon. Southampton J , ,,,,, i , , Peru . ..... ...... ~SI 'd & 37th of mon. Southampton v o a• II P'n't Natal .........,N 14th or the month Plymouth • • — O, 'd Sicily .... ..........N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover .. •• •• gov• 1 6 Tuscany .. . ~ ~„N 5 thist h2stholi non . D ove r .• • • ••I=on. Venezuela .. ........M 2d & , :7 tb of mouth Southampton Van Diemen's Land (?ee lt Australia) .... — 5 O/ West Indies ... .. . m Mk: 14th 0 monthiSouthamptoh , SouthaMPtO 1 / vo ill .1 4 ' When any of these dat es . a 0.1 munday, the Tre-118 Id Southampton), diapatched on the following day with the ex c eption of the Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dieP a day preceding. 17th n month. Od THE PRESS. —To the seve n ty millions of news r A f ew annually published i n B r it a i n , are to be added ,`, O ; millions of che a p uns t ampe d pu bli cat i ons . l i ,"% t re sold at from a h a lfp enny to t h ree -h a lf pence , snre", in the servi ce o f i mmora li ty. I t i s true, the vir these publications are of no name, and of little Irrepo, but we may say o f th em , as Burke said of the writers of his time—" The writers of thee e r ot 1 1 indeed, for th e greater part, are e i ther un krevg b contempt ; but they are lik e a b a tt er y, in v ' 13 , 1 00i; ) , IP I stroke of any one ball produces no great in 3 t; hut the am o u n t o f cont i nue d repetition i s dec' s Witness. 6 00 . 4 r [ADVERTISEMENT. ]--A LIEUTENANT OF I),Ve i ' CURED OF R HEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S uhl" AND PILLS.—Thi s officer, who is in the Du tch e states that Holl owa y' s Pills and Ointment be` r him of rheumatism, which appeared to be 01 n either sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparatie n° o 4',/ as sure remedies, did him any good, and the tret ti j2 2 the doctor, after several months' trial, was wiles cess. At this j unc t ure h e commence d t a king ~e and rubting the Ointment into the compiai el loOfof twice a day, whi c h e ff ec t ua ll y cure d hi m in the c ° l six weeks. The truth of this statement can be you II by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Duc.—Sold by 4 gists • and a t P ro f essor H o ll oway ' s establisheleil Strand, London. BIRTHS. tY OF A SON. LivelT — / s iou On the 21st inst., a t 64, G rove - s t re et, tiof wife of Dr. William J. Gruggen, late of the 1 L9• 7 000, On the 21st inst., a t 3, Upwell-place, Neilnin wife of Captain Cossar, Royal Marines. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23d in s t., a t C r i c kl ewoo d , Middlesex, the 1 0 . i i f Adam River s St ee l e , E sq. On the 20th inst., at Armagh, the wife o f the T te sobo , o , H. Guille22mard. . St' On the d inst., at 27', Finchleyre ad , wood, the wife of Hugh Adams Silver, Esq. MAERIED. 01, C w il " On the 22d inst., at St. Mas Catholic Cbik 0 5 0 ry' .- 0 ; gan-terrace, Chelsea, Edmund Rodney Pollesfen Atogb Esq., of Kitley, Devon, to Florence Mary, eldest " of Simon Scrope, Esq., of Danby, Yorksh ire. gr, 67 . 0 On the 21st inst., at Villafield-place, Glaset r oponto' Gray, of the City of Glasgow Life Assuran ce forb P " Margaret Jane, only daughter of the late Reber' Esq., Ballymena, county Antrim. DIED. Clis rj°l On the 26th of Sept., at Simll,, East Indies, 100 Herbert, wife of Theophilus Metcalfe, Esq : , fl' eg l3. Ar f Service, and eldest daughter of Colone J. 1 -I° lf 'the f l " — On the Bth ult , drowned, in the wreck of no OW Queen, off the coast ' of Nova Scotia, Nicholson:olo2i* konzie, M.D., son of the late Major Forbes Fodderty, Ross-shire. -.4-... Kst be uc rin° On the 19th inst , at Edinburgh, aged 86,.,.1 nr ib0 11 ' Laurie, relict of A. Marjoribanks, Esq ,of in,A. r ,J, r osidi . On the 21st inst., at 13, Dalby-terrace, 'l"' Williams, Esq., in his 86th year. <o.i. -----------__ yo v OA LONDON : Printed and Published lff 31 1 : 1 B 9 2 e , So. of of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Pie SUM o,f e 00 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy,,ill w ° Ki4dleeca i Thuredety , NOileiba 24-1°917. .. nig l'ECTur Thr ee, 401 RISTI brenin nEv ulastrate, L'opular zou lcm eZArefigi v It Ni ne " ( n Nen TR Asu brikdigiez.rao: TR Asit ', 75 Are F 0 I f 901 --ce or d( b( -4.lstiq Euston St pOST t,4'onlBs4. and I te nded. that fltms; th Aincipal div increases ul-ectory." h ` The Fe, ink w•or1( \\*.th Batters( ibt;dge I I\l a "hit u, 1) '.1 I t q-1 11 ,•• _ e 41 " br. t 4ll tot itr ; , , he i " 0thZ44 1 . 1) . 4 4 Nl ( l4ril tb ad is ° e4 Bch ''' o ll 41 1, Ik4 t D to COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARB:ET-- NOTBMBEit 22. There was a large supply of straw of all desctiptioniii the market. The prices were as follow : Oat straw, from Ts Od to 9s Od per kemple of 16 5t0.1,166 tron ; wheaedo., 6s 6d to 8s Od ; b a rley do., 4s 6d t o t * Hay from 9d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Noi. 22. There were in the market to-day, 3 sacks oatnies l „,tl 4 weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-3 at and 0 at 0/. Os Od. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Nov. 21. , There were in the market to-day 131 b a gs oatmeal of barleymeal, and 6 of pot-b ar l e y. Sales were , C 1 wa ; The top price of oatmeal 6d, a nd se c o nd quality 6d, ( I° _. l is and third is 6d down from l a st market. Barleyrana the same as last market on th e t o p. P o t-barley u ll down on the top and second prices. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Poasemeal, per ditto -s Od —a, Od Flour, per ditto l—s . 0d - , --s Od„ Pot-barley, per ditto rfbira' 35 5 --5 —5 C'" COAL MARX Prices of Coal per ton at t' :ET.—Nov : . 23. ho close of the market :--- Wallsend, ke• s. d, .25 25 .26 ,26 26 ,25 8. d. Gate's West Hartley 20 0 Edon Main '''''' Buddle W. Hartley 2O 0 Belmont... ................ ••, Burnhope 2O 0 Braddyll ................ Carr's Hartley 2O 0 Hett,on ..... ................ Cookson's Hartl e y l9 0 Haswell ...L. ............... Davison's West Hartley 20 0 Kepler Hasting's Hartley 20 0 Plummer ..., ........... .26 Longridge's Wst Hartley2o 0 Russell's Hetton . ......... ,25 Hasting's Nuts ... l7 0 Scarborough ....•-• ........ 2 6 Tanfield Moor l9 6 Stewzat's .. ..... .... ..... !.. g 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 19 6 Whit we ll .25 West Hartley 20 0 Cassop s 5 Wylam . 22 6 Caradoc - ..... .24 Walleend, &c. Denison, .. • ....... 26 ....20 6 Hough Hall — • .......... 06 . 0 ..20 6 Kelloe ~, .25 0 South Hartlepool ......... .. J 25 OiSouth Kelloe .... .......... ::; .. 6 ..25 O i • Tees ..24 OlSouth Durham ._...•- •• 2 ,4 ..20 6'St. Helen's Tees .. . ...... ~,,, ..25 0. Derwent w ater gartleY; 19 0 Watney'sAnthranite...• ''' ..109 I Sold 96. Clark Clennell Gosforth Harton Hedley Lawson Northumberland E Riddell Bell's Primrose Ships at market RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a market,. roe 0 1 ) 0 the share market to-day, occasioned by some unfav°,ll4 ttl' symptoms in tho money market, and also by the fact' tot, large "bear" account which has been open being 11 °,,,, the most part closed. The market closed at a dectool la per cent, from the highest point of yesterday in fo sbi rs our leading stocks. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and ell e fssi 10 d. • Caledonian, 284 ; Eastern Counties, 13 s .l 6 Agi Lancashire, 16 9-16 a ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , "f je d Lancaster and Carlisle (new third shares), ni p• ; d Northern, 14 ; London and North-Western, lu I gi Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 224 • Midlan i petl North British, 78 11-16 ; South-Eastern and 5 04; 18 11-16 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick F0094101' 16i • York and North Midland, 24 ; Manchester,...:i field, and Lincoln (6/. new), 3-16 p. ; Grand TPilec Canada, 1 d. ; Quebec and Richmond Debenture cent.), 105. MANCHESTER, Nov. 23. bo: STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a good business' to prices were lower. Cheshire Junction, 10 d. ; Sh e 224 • Ditto New Pref., p. ; Midland, 62i • Dove r ' Caledonian, 281; Lo n don Stock, 103 i ; Leeds Sto cl' Edinburgh and Glasgow, 31; London Fifths, I p. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 23. opi STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was brisk to-ut'ocic°, shares were again in advance as regards prices. bori and North-Westerns closed at 103 A 104 i, and Shrew and Birminghams at 62. tOrning 14 °‘1)1 MIMI .