The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. 1 CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION WINDSOR, Nov, 26. TY: 0, an . "Vi , ,!ltl'';' ), ("ti ll pained by the by the Marchioness of Eiv, the Count and Conn ess G us tave de Lannov Lord Charles Fitzroy, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A Gordon, left Windsor at half-past ten o'clock this morning for i i Osborne. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Countess of Desart as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor left the Castle this morning for London. OSBORNE, Nov. 27. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and the whole of the royal family, arrived at Osborne yesterday, at two o'clock. The Duke of Brabant, attended by the Count de Lan noy, left again in the afternoon for Dover and Ostend. CABINET COUNCIL.—A cabinet council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing•street, on Saturday. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. After the breahing.up of the Council, the Marquis of Lansdowne left town on a visit to Lord Ashburton, at the Grange. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town on Saturday morning from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office on Satur day to the Governor of Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26. Her Majesty, Prince Albert and the royal family, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, ar rived at this port to-day per South Western Railway from Basingstoke), at 12.45 having made the run down from Basingstoke in l i ttle more than an hour. The following officials of the South Western Railway accom panied the train down :—Mr. Crombie, secretary ; Mr. Scott, traffic manager ; Mr. Beattie, locomotive depart ment ; and Mr. Godson, superintendent. Her Majesty was received by the Commander-in -Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.C.B. ; the Lieut.-Governor, Major-General Simpson • A d m i ra l Superintendent Fan ' shawe, C.B. ; Captain C o urtenay, Superintendent of Clarence-yard; Captains the Hon. J. Denman and Crispin, of the Royal Yacht ; Mr. Davies, of Clarence yard ,• the Flag-Lieutenants of the Commander-in-Chief and Admiral Superintendent; Town-Major Maitland and Brigade -Major Purvis, and a guard of honour fur nished by the 42d Highlanders, with the band of that regiment. Having alighted from the royal train, her Majesty immediately proceeded on board the Fairy steamer, and crossed over to the Isle of Wight, amid the usual salutes from the ships in harbour and at Spithead and the garrison. The shipping was dressed in colours. His Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant received three messages per electric telegraph in the course of the day requiring his immediate return to Brussels on mat ters of moment. One came direct from Brussels by submarine telegraph, and another was from Dover, 'in forming him that a Belgian steamer had arrived there to convey him across the Channel. His Royal Highness having accompanied her Majesty across to the Isle of Wight, immediately returned again in the Fairy, and left per special train on the South-Western Railway. The Queen has bestowed the vacant Garter upon the Earl of Carlisle. The piiblic will learn with peculiar satisfaction that Sir Edward Parry, the veteran voyager of the Arctic Seas, has been appointed Deputy-Governor of Greenwich .Hospital. The Queen has appointed the Rev. John Colvin to the living of Maryhill, and the Rev. Frederick Cruikshank to the living of Lethnot and Navar, in the Church of Scotland. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Charles W. Doherty to the rectory of Pilham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The Rev. Dr. Crawford and Mr. Charles Millie, ad vocate (1830), are appointed to fill the vacancies at the Bible Board in Edinburgh. The Royal Commissioners re-as:o abled at twelve o'clock on Friday , in the Privy C ouncil Uhamber , and continued I iitto th , sts.tt of the City corporation. , Commis3ioners preseut—the Right Hon. Mr. Labouehere, Sir J. Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined was Captain Williams, one of the Government prison inspec tors, who stated that he had filled that situation for about 18 years. He had had the charge of the home district now for more than the last six years. The City prisons came under his jurisdiction, and he had, therefore, been enabled to form an opinion of the manner in which they were con ducted. He had inspected them very regularly. The Chairman—What is your impression of the manner in which the City prisons are conducted ? Captain Williams—l will first state that the prisons under the jurisdiction of the city of London are as fol lows :—Newgate, which is the county gaol for Middlesex, and the gaol for the city of London ; the New City Prison at Holloway, which is the House of Correction for the city of London ; the City Bridewell, which belongs to the Bridewell Hospital, but to which the aldermen have the right of committing in conjunction with the chamberlain, and (as I have latterly understood) with the comptroller of the City lands ; and there is also a debtors' prison in Whitecross-street, for London and Midd d lesex, and also the Borough Compter, which is now is used, but which was lately occupied solely by female pri soners who had been removed there from the Giltspur street Compter, owing to some ( 14.utits having arisen in the mind of the Secretary of State as to the power of the City magistrates to commit to the latter prison. The whole of these prisons, with the exception of the House of Cor rection at Holloway, are within the limits of the City. A very extraordinary power is given to the city of London undei statute ; because, under the 4th of Geo. IV., cap. 64, the Court of Aldermen are constituted a court of quar ter sessions at all times for prison purposes. This act gives a power which ought never to have been given to the city of London, viz., the power of excluding strangers from the court of quarter sessions, which is not possessed sub ject atthe Court r a eo n f y motfy o h s t eAe h l fN: Aldermen c e wrbo au o c u r te i,nttythofe exercisequarter attime s, sessi on ands. T w h h i se when power th o standing Prison having I sus pended, I was excluded with all other strangers, an the same practice may b e resor t e d t o w h en su p era nnuations to officers are discussed ; whereas, but for the clause in the act to which I have referred, the business would neces sarily take place in a public court of quarter sessions. Mr. C. Lewis —Do the aldermen vote pensions and allowances ? Captain Williams—They have the power to do so under statute, but I am not aware of a case in which it has been exercised. I know, however, that they have not adhered to the provisions of the act in one instance. In the case of a late superannuation, or rather pension, to the governor of the late Giltspur-street Compter, the act of Parliament was not adhered to. Why it was not, I am unable to explain. Mr. C. Lewis—Was the decision upon which that grant was made come to in one of the courts you have described —that is, with closed doors, the public being excluded ? Captain Williams—l understand that it was, but I can not positively state. It was done upon a recommendation from the gaol committee, which is composed of the Lord Mayor and the aldermen, and that committee reports to the Court of Aldermen. The Chairman—Are there no members of the Court of Common Council on the gaol committee ? Captain Williams -No; it is composed exclusively from the Court of Aldermen. The pensions granted in the case in question, I believe. amounted to 500/. a-year. The Chairman—What do you think c tn be the object of excluding the public on the occasions to which you have referred ? Captain Williams—l have not the least idea. I only know that I attended as a mere spectator, and was ex cluded. I know that any alderman can move the suspen sion of the standing orders and shut out the public. The Chairman—But must not any resolutions to which the aldermen come for the spending of money be after wards made public ? Captain Williams—l do not know. I have seen no notice of any such resolution in the newspapers, and I generally pay attention to such things. I now come to the subject of the management of the City prisons by the Court of Aldermen, and my belief is that there are no prisons in existence where the visitations are so well kept up as in those of the City. The general man gement of the prisons reflects very great credit on them, and has done so espe cially of late years, since I have been connected with the district. The new prison at Holloway is managed in such a way as will make it always the pattern prison of the country. The Chairman—By whom is the visitation made ? Captain Williams—By the aldermen who are the visiting justices on the rota. The duty is exceedingly w ell perfor med, and, perhaps, the visitations are more frequent in the City than they are anywhere else. But with regard to the gaol of Newgate itself, the construction of the building is such as renders it totally impossible, even as a well-regulated prison, to do anything satisfactory with it. It is without exception a complete mass of quarried stone, without any order or arrangement, and nothing can ever make it a good prison. It was built in 1780, shortly after the riots, and, perhaps, it has the most imposing exterior to be found, and that, indeed, may have been of some use in deterring from crime ; but it has the very worst interior. It is, however, exceedingly clean. Mr. C. Lewis—You mean that the only remedy is the entire abandonment of Newgate, and construction of a new prison ? Captain Williams—My opinion is that the House of Correction at Holloway is most admirably situated. It has many unoccupied cells, and is infinitely too largo for the City. The prisoners in Newgate could be advantage ously transferred there, and then the City would be able to build ample courts on the present site of Newgate. During the intervals between the sittings of the Central Criminal Court there are scarcely any prisoners in New gate, and especially since the business of the Middlesex Sessions has increased, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, the labours of the Central Criminal Court have been much diminished, which circumstance would render the removal from Newgate to Holloway much more easy than it other wise would be. At present none but convicted prisoners are in Holloway New Prison. This prison has been open about a year and a half. It was built at the exclusive expense of the City, and it is one of the most convenient prisons I know of, and reflects great credit on the archi tect. One reason for there being so many unoccupied cells in Holloway Prison is partly because of the decrease of crime. The salaries of the officers of Newgate Prison aro very enormous, amounting to 3,9531. annually, besides fees and emoluments. They are fixed by the Court of Alder men. lam well acquainted with the general scale of pri son salaries throughout the country, and the salaries at Newgate are far too large, especially for the small number of prisoners. The keeper has a salary of 7001., and 351. of other emoluments. The chaplain receives 5001. a year, be sides various other curious allowances. The cost per annum of the maintenance of each prisoner in Newgate is 3:'/. 3s. 2d., but in other prisons 201. or even as low as 181. is the average. The excessive cost at Newgate is owing to the large salaries paid, and the small number of prisoners con fined there. The condition of the prisoners in Newgate is not better than that of the inmates of other prisons. There are large bequests and charitable funds connected with Newgate Prison, which are increased by voluntary dona tions from various parties, in addition to which the sheriff makes an annual contribution. These funds include 8,1001. of Three per Cent. Stock, 2,0001. of Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., and 1,0001. of Reduced Annuities. They are applied for the benefit of prisoners who have been tried and acquitted ; and also for the advantage of con victed prisoners who have undergone sentences of impri sonment, whose wants are supplied, and they are often as sisted to emigrate. In short, these charity funds are well and liberally administered. I come next to the City Bride well, situated in Bridge-street, Blackfriars ' and which is an appurtenance of Bridewell Hospital. It is one of the most inconvenient and ill-arranged prisons that I ever saw, and I may add that it is a most useless one. The prisoners sent to that prison are generally of the class of vagrants, who are committed by the chamberlain, and, as I now un derstand, also by the comptroller of the City lands. Both of these officers have also the power of committing City ap prentices to the Bridewell Prison in criminal cases. These cases of apprentices- -who are both boys and girls— generally number about ten per annum. and the prac tice of sending them to such a prison as the . Bridewell, where the vagrants are confined, is very prejudicial to their reformation. I believe, however, that there is now a dis position on the part of the governors of the city of Bride well to place this jurisdiction in abeyance, because it is most injurious to the boys. I have recommended them to send the boys an girls to the House of Occupation, which is a most excellent institution, attached to Bethlehem Hospital. The Bridewell Prison cannot be made a useful establishment ; and if the governors are obliged by their chart er t o ma i n t a i n it as a pr i son , th e sooner they are re leased from that obligation the better. The present cost of p r i soners in the Bridewell Hospital Prison actually average s 501. a year ; and the average number of prisoners confined there is only 30. The Giltspur-street Prison, I have alre a d y s t ated, has beon abandone d , an d th e B oroug h 130 m P ter, also, is not now used, all the prisoners being sent to the House of Correction at Holloway. I come next to the debtors' prison for London and Middlesex, which was erected in 1812 ; and there is scarcely a prison in England which is in so bad a state with regard to its construction and its internal arrangement ; but I believe it is exceed ingly well managed as to discipline and visitation, and the present governor is a very humane and discreet man. This prison has a series of four distinct prisons within itself. There were formerly three old debtors' prisons in London, v iz., Ludgate, Poultry, and the Giltspur-street Compter, into which debtors were received. By an act of George 111. the prison in Whitecross-street was ordered to be divided into four compartments. Now the whole four are amalgamated, with the exception of the prison for the women, who are all placed together. There are charities connected with these prisons which are ex ceedingly large in amount, and realise from 1,6001. to 1,7001. a year—a sum which is likely soon to be greatly in creased. These charitable funds are distributed for the advantage of the prisoners belonging to the Ludgat e and the Giltspur-street divisions ; but the Middlesex prisoners, who are by far the most numerous o nr t .p e o s rt e ifuonndosf the in mates, are excluded from the benefit of gifts w . Besides the i tmhaedoethinerbbehegarfesotfs,tthheeprerisaorneerslik;e %avniscie gifts in twopenny loaves, stance is a gift of thirty ambadecieueevsetryfrommontthhe, famousfor the psriesllonaewrsyuofufeL.udTghatees-e ted t for a sum of money, they allowing them to be commu kind are often very inconvenien, and an act were passed would be much more advantageous. The Chairman—Do you think the existence of these prison charities is beneficial? Captain Williams—That is very doubtful. Pin my own experience I have known that where there are large chari ties of this nature, low practitioners will procure the im prisonment of persons for the mere sake of getting their costs. That the benefit, however, which arises from these charities far exceeds the abuses to which they give rise, I have not the least doubt. Ido not, therefore, go so far as to say that the charities ought not to exist, but I think that where such large sums as 1,6001. or 1,7001. a year are distributed over so small a surface, they are liable to ex treme abuse ; and I do not think that the administration of such a fund ought to be entrusted, as it is now, to any prison -keeper, however trustworthy or conscientious he may be. These gifts are very frequent among the pri. tit/11R of the country. They were often given during Catholic times, when the religious houses existed ; but i c •e o g m n in la o te n cl ly , since that period I believe they have not been so nume rous. If these bequests to prisoners were properly m l ade do in nottim times when there could be a better mode of bestowing charity, but I believe they were most i g n a fi r.d ni to tel t y he worse than the state of the prisons was magisterialit is serv i ntetehse of p re t s h e e n t city, da I a W m i thr quitee os satisfied ti transactingsfle d that one stipendiary B vi ti h P o e i n : o il amagistrate would be capable with both of the city police-courts duties at present connected for nrt stileanClt the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate opinion, he one of the greatest boons thatiy would, in my conferred on the inhabitants. could possibly be I Mr. Martin Pratt examined—l am s tary to the General St earn Navigation Company, which office I have held for th e last four . years. I have to complain, on the part of the company in whose gru ploy I am, of the imper fect state i n which the navigation of the river is kent by the corpora Ltion, who are its supposed conservators. Nume rous shoals and other impediments are suffered to exist in the course of the river between London-bridge and Frith, which cause great dela y and inconvenience to our com pany's fleet. Vessels ofthdeoordn areinary stopped draug on reaching ht of water (12 or r e l s h 3e feet)when I"'ssingliP and 7 the tide is within two hours of low water. The Chairms , n—Do you mean that proper care is not taken by the city to keep the river free from shoals ? Mr. Pratt—l do ; and the best evidence of this to which I can refer the 'commissioners is the report of the commis sion issued in 11346 on the subject of tidal harbours, and of which Captain ' , Washington, R.N., was the chairman. Our vessels experience very great obstruction and detention from the shoals in the river, and they also sustain serious damage when One pilot tries to pass over them, and the ship comes in contact with the hard substance of which they are formed:. The Chairman—Do you consider that the shoals have been growing worse from year to year ? Mr. Pratt—They remain very much the same. The city sometime ago improved the ri ver near Li me h ouse by in creasing the dept of water eighteen inches, but still the navigation is in a very bad state. The present harbour master does his duty very efficiently. By his exertions the water has been deepened at the piers where steamers of a large draught of water are lying. The regulations of the City and the regulations of the Admiralty are at variance with each other. The 38th by-law of the City, revised and published in 1852, requires all steamers passing up and down the river between the sunset and sunrise to hoist one light at the mast-head, and another at the bowsprit head ; but by au Act of the 14th and 15th of Victoria power is conferred on the Admiralty to issue regulations of the same nature, and accordingly in 1848 the Admiralty published an order requiring steam-vessels to carry a green light on one paddle-box and a red light on the other ; and in the concluding clause the rights of the corporation to issue such regulations are saved. The consequence is that the conflicting regulations of the City and of the Admiralty are both continued in existence, simultaneously. The Chairman—Do you think the corporation is a fit body to be entrusted with the conservancy of the river. Mr. Pratt—No ; I think it would be managed better if it were placed under the control of the Government. The Chairman—ls your company affected by the dues which the City imposes on the commerce of the port of London ? Mr. Pratt —lt is. The metage, tillage, and lastage dues exacted by the City interfere with our grain trade very much ; and in some instances they amount to one-third of our freight, which of course makes it impossible for us to compete with carriage by railway. Again, the Watermen's Company of the corporat ion have very exclusive and injurious privileges. No barge or lighter can be navigated on the Thames except by a freeman of the Waterman's Company ; and the number of these men being limited, and the business very large, it is difficult to get cargoes discharged in sufficient time to leave at the appointed hours. There are not barges enongh to discharge and load vessels lying in the stream. The proper remedy would be to throw the trade, open, which would lead to a great saving of expense. Our company's vessels could also make more voyages in a year if we could load and discharge them ourselves. A short time ago there was a strike of the privileged lightermen on the Thames, which nearly threatened the entire suspension of business on the river. Mr. John Mathews examined —I am a solicitor practising in the city of London, and have had to apply to the City authorities on behalf of my clients with respect to tha con servancy of the river. My clients were wharfingers, and they had complaints to make or applications for privileges to send in ; and my experience, which extends over a period of 30 years, leads me to believe that the City either wants authority or is incompetent to discharge its duty to the public. The Chairman—On what ground do you make thst assertion ? Mr. Mathews—From the fact that the navigation com mittee always endeavour to make a compromise in all matters of dispute, or they defer and delay them, or if they are forced to come to judgment, execution does not follow, and relief does not arrive. I have conducted my cominuni cation with the sub-committee of the navigation committee, which consists of about twenty persons, none of whom have any knowledge of the river beyond what they have picked up as committeemen. They have harbour masters and a water bailiff, but the duties of these officers are of an execu tive nature, and they cannot be present at the deliberations of the committee to assist them with their advice. A client of mine, Mr. George Simmons, occupies on the bank of the river at Gravesend certain warehouses and premises, in which he carries on business as a mast and block maker. He and his predecessors have occupied these premises for up wards of 60 years. They front the river on the north, and have also a river frontage on the east, where there is a sort of harbour or lay-by place for small craft, near which my client placed his masts, in order to convey them with greater facility to vessels which had lost them from stress of weather, and required to be supplied with fresh ones at a moment's notice. In the year 1850 my client was sur prised to find that a powerful neighbour had made an ap plication to the navigation committee for power to enclose and fill up the harbour or lay-by place which he and his predecessors had used for their business in common with the fishermen and watermen of the neighbourhood. This would have been destructive of my client's business, and he and 330 of the fishermen and watermen appealed to the navigation committee of the corporation not to comply with the application. After some delay the navigation committee inspected the locus in quo in December, 1851, and in the month of April following came to the resolution to make no grant to the party wishing to enclose the ground, but intimating that it would be advantageous to the neighbourhood to fill in the spot, and would not be detrimental to the navigation. Upon this hint the party who wished to enclose the ground lay by until August, when the courts of law were not sitting, and then began with a large number of men to pull down some of his old houses and to fill in the bay with the rubbish, driving out the fishermen and watermen, and displacing the stock-in trade of my client. Information was given to the water bailiff, but my client was compelled to apply to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the party from occupying the river to his detriment. An in junction was granted on condition that the question as to the right should be tried in a court of law. It was so tried in December, 1552, and the City of ficers afforded him every facility at the trial, and al lowed him to inspect the City documents. A verdict was given in favour of my client's right to use that part of the Thames, and the Court of Chancery granted a perpetual injunction to restrain all persoes from casting rubbish into the bay. I afterwards called on the water-bailiff of the City to cause the rubbish which had been deposited to be removed, and Mr. Merewether, the town clerk, afterward s sent me a letter stating that the navigation committee were of opinion that it was not desirable that the water bailiff should interfere in the matter. The result, there- fore, is that the obstruction continues, the fishermen are deprived of their anchorage, and my client has been seri ously injured. What I complain of, therefore, is, that the City are exceedingly polite, but they either compromise all matters of complaint, or they do nothing to uphold what are their assumed rights over the river. In other cases my clients have been seriously injured by encroach ments and obstructions which the City, as the conservators of the Thames, have allowed to be made, and have not ordered to be removed. One client in particular lost from 7,0001. to 8,0001. by parties being permitted to make such an encroachment, but the corporation would afford no re dress. In fact, the practice of the City is to interdict en croachments if the parties about to make them choose to yield ; but if the parties show themselves to be determined, and are bold enough to question the City's right to inter fere with them, the City does not resist or put its rights in force against them. In 1842 the navigation committee re ported to the Court of Common Council that serious com plaints had been at different times made to them of pro jections obstructive of the navigation, which had been carried out in defiance of their authority, and that they (the committee) wished to be authorised as to the means of enforcing their authority. Now, the same state of things de scribed in that report of 1812 still continues, and seeing that no redress can be obtained by parties who complain of these en croachments and obstructions, I am driven to the conclu sion that the City feels that it either has no title or but an imperfect one to enforce the rights of conservancy which it claims. I therefore think it is absolutely necessary that in so important a matter as the conservancy of the Thames there should be a tribunal consisting of a permanent chair man, with legal acquirements, with an infusion into the committee of persons specially connected with shipping, similar to the Trinity masters. Whilst lam before the commissioners I may also add, on the general question, that as a citizen of London I would purge the corporation of all anomalies and incongruities, and of every abuse, but that I would otherwise keep the City intact. I think the citizens have well earned their privileges and immunities, and I do not consider that there ought to be a fusion with the whole metropolis, as respects the City property and City rights. I would have a Government auditor ap pointed to audit the City accounts, with power to disallow all illegal payments ; and there might, I think, be an appeal to the recorder. In short, my view is that the municipal institutions of the City ought to be preserved, but that whatever is injurious to the community at large should be purged away. The next witness was— Mr: P. Richardson, solicitor, practising in the City. The Chairman—ls thero not a newspaper, called the Citizen, with respect to which, Mr. Richardson, you can give us some information ? _ . - Mr. Richardson—There was a newspaper of that name established in the City in the latter end of 1848, or the beginning of 1849. _ . The Chairman—Have you any objection to give us in formation with regard to it ? Mr. Richardson—l can state that I was employed profes sionally in purchasing the copyright of the Citizen on behalf of Mr. Scott and Mr. Toulmin Smith. It was purchased from a person named Peet. I have no objection to state the circumstances of the negotiation. I received instructions from Mr. Scott and Mr. Smith to do so. Ido not know with whom the idea originated of purchasing this paper—whether it was with Mr. Scott or with Mr. Smith ; but I think it was with Mr. Scott. I think a they acmtahnenexeni someptooiwruent proceedings sae : yeoi aed t f. sn o i tnth b ßagre e nseuer .otrecouped portion of the necessary funds for carrying it on was fur nished by the officers of the corporation • but whether werutttrhihtvaesoethfcorporation. their ma Commonoccurred bbeer o m u woc t af l aod a sueyt Council Tfhcer w hiio Isehm. were reports corporation,lo l eri l y pe o ro time. inefficientlyr t r ts i s onc Scott fmta that t weht , haao l setf given, and, in fact, almost wholly suppressed from one cir cumstance and another ; and he thought that it would be desirable that the corporation should have some organ whereby their proceedings might be reported, and the re ports of the committees published, and expression given in some measure to the views of the corporation. The Chairman—You mean by newspaper articles ? Mr. Richardson—No, I mean by reporting the pro ceedings. The Chairman—Were they not to have leading articles, like ordinary newspapers ? Mr. Richardson—No ; I believe only reports. At all events, if the design was that there should be leading articles on behalf of the corporation, that design was not carried out. The paper was very short-lived. What occurred was this. A representation was made to the Lord Mayor, of this Council, cr o et t i h t e Court u referredr t o f mont o su pposed want, viz., a paper to report the procee hogs. This was presented eseannd it tedb ss y ,a t s h , e l Lor(l believe, Mayormi• t the consolidated committee. I t was so referre d , an d the committee considered the subjec t, but what decisi on they came to I do not precisely know ; but I know this fact, that the solicitor of the City (Mr. Charles Pearson) and Mr. Scott did, by authority, I believe, wait upon Mr. Toul min Smith, with the desire that he should act as editor. Mr. C. Lewis—You say that certain officers of the cor poration established the paper by their subscriptions, but that whether they were recouped the outlay you do not know ? Mr. Richardson—No '• I say that Mr. Smith and Mr. Scott purchased it, and then the officers of the corporation assisted in supporting it by their subscriptions. Mr. C. Lewis- Do yon know what officers subscribed in that way ? Mr. Richardson—l have no certain information. ---- ----- Mr. C. Lewis—Have you any belief ? ----- Mr. Richardson Yes ; I believe the remembrancer was one. Mr. C. Lewis—Hate you any belief as to any other officer ? Mr. Richardson—l believe that Mr. Scott himself also endeavoured to support the paper, with the object I have mentioned—that is, the furnishing of reports of the pro ceedings of the corporati on . The Chairman—How long did this paper continue in existence ? Mr. Richardson—l think only ten numbers appeared in all, and eight of them, I believe, were published after Mr. Scott and Mr Smith purchased the copyright. Mr. C. Lewis— You say that Mr. Smith was applied to to act as the editor, and you say that he was also one of the parties who originally purchased the paper. What was his object in purchasing it with Mr. Scott? Mr. Richardson Mr. Toulmin Smith had given much attention to the subject of municipal iistitutions. He had entirely gratuitously, previous to this, taken up various matters connected with the City, and he was desirous of doing that in the most effectual way ; and I think upon the strong representation of Mr. Scott of the utility of this paper in advocating his own general views, as well as Mr. Scott's, he was induced to become a purchaser. Mr. C. Lewis—What was the reason why the paper was discontinued ? Mr. Richardson—l think the reason was this—that Mr. Smith's views as to the management of the paper did not accord with those of the officers of the corporation who were interested in its establishment. The Chairman—Have you any objection to state what the amount was that was given for the purchase of this paper ? Mr. Richardson—l think, if you will pardon me, that I would rather refer that question for Mr. Scott himself, who said that he had not the least desire to withhold the facts. The Chairman—Very well. The witness then withdrew. Mr. Sidney Waterlow examined—He was a liveryman of the Stationers' Company, and wished to call attention to the practice of electing some score of inquestmen ever y year in the various wards of the City. This election was an annoyance to the citizens, and was per fectly needless ; because the duties of inquestmen have now almost entir e ly l apsed into the hands of paid ' officers of the corporation. The hardship is that al though the inquestm en h ave no l onger any duties to per form, they are yet compelled to waste their time in attend ing the inquest meetings. The inquestmen are solemnly charged, for instance, to assist in maintaining the Queen's peace—duties which the City police now discharge. They are required also to see that the common ground of the City is not encroached upon ; but the City surveyor looks after that matter much better than they could do. They are also formally required to examine all weights and mea sures ; but there is a hired inspector to do that duty in stead of them also. They are directed, further, to see that no parties open shops in the City who are not freemen ; but the Court of Aldermen, by requiring the ward beadles to give a list of all such persons, have relieved the inquestmen of this duty likewise. The whole thing is, therefore, an antiquated and empty form, which is only troublesome and annoying to the citizens, who are elected to an obsolete office, and who, if they do not serve—that is, attend the in quest meetings —are liable to a fine of five guineas. - Witness knew of seven or eight cases this year in which this fine had been enforced, and with the proceeds of which those inquestmen who did serve claimed to do as they pleased. The only part of the duty of the inquestmen which was not an idle form was this : they went about at Christmas time collecting money, and in the ward of Bread-street about 4001. a year had been collected in this way for some years past. Mr. W. M. Christie and Mr. Benjamin Steel also pre sented themselves to the commissioners as witnesses, but their evidence, although generally condemnatory of the corporation, did not add any material fact to the testi mony already adduced, and the chairman repeatedly in formed them that he would not trouble them to enter into any detail. _ The commissioners then adjourned till Tuesday next. BURY ATHEN.XUM-STRIKES. ( From the Times) Fortune, which the poets tell us delights in contrasts, presented us the other day with one as surprising and unaccountable as her lawless caprice ever imagined. What contrast, we say, can be greater than that between the inauguration of the Bury Athenreuin and the present unhappy position of employers and operatives in that borough ? On the one hand, we have the philanthropy of the higher classes exhibited, not only in large subscrip tions, but in careful inquiries into the proper nia,nagement of such institutions, in able lectures, and eloquent ad dresses. On the other hand, we have the relations of capi tal and labour reduced to an apparently hopeless entangle ment. On the one hand, there is such a flood of illumination—so we are told—that former centuries were night in comparison with it ; and, on the other hand, we have an unparalleled example of popular ignorance. Now is the time, exclaim lords and bishops, to teach, to lead, to train, to ennoble the people ; to disabuse them of antiquated error, to show them who are their proper guides, to raise them from sensual enjoyment to ma terial knowledge, from material knowledge to spiritual apprehension, and from that to the graces and amenities of Christian life. The people to whom they appeal, and to whom they have reiterated this appeal now for a whole generation,—the populace, that has successively passed from the Infant School to the National or the British, and thence to the Mechanics' Insti tute, are suffering a thraldom from which they can neither escape nor be delivered, except by that fell necessity that cuts all knots in time. It is said that out of every hundred operatives now on the strike in Lancashire ninety-nine would gladly return to work if they saw only the way ; but that the remaining hun dredth part of the class possess so thoroughly the key of the present position of affairs, and are so interested in its continuance, that nothing can be done. Talk of despots and emperors, talk of Councils of Ten, Inquisitions, Carbonari, Whiteboys, and all the forms of religious, agrarian, or industrial conspiracy, what can be worse than a system which robs ninety nine men of their independence, ties their tongues, and dries the very brains in their heads, in order to swell a few rogues or sots, the very brambles of the forest, into well-paid and consequential agitators and rulers ? Yet, so it is at Bury and other parts of Lan cashire. The ninety-nine are chained like a convict gang, and some public-house charlatan, whom they all despise in their hearts, is leading them at his will. This takes place in the middle of the nineteenth century, when the worthy son of an able and eloquent statesman is addressing himself especially to the absent operatives of Bury, and his generous appeal is as ably and as fruit lessly seconded by one of the most distinguished educa tionists of his time —the first Bishop of Manchester. No wonder that, under these circumstances, a certain mixed tone of encouragement and caution should pervade noble and episcopal harangues. " Elevate yourselves," we hear it emphatically urged ; " rise a step over the last generation, and raise the next above yourselves ; learn, go on learning all your lives, till death alone stops the flight of your new-winged intellect ; look to the United States, that tax themselves heavily and right gladly, not for admirals and field-marshals, but for schoolmasters and lecturers ; do something more than flock to an occasional lecture ; read, study, select your own lines, and follow where your tastes lead you ; learn to soar above material and utilitarian knowledge ; love literature and science for their own sakes ; follow the noblest instinct implanted in you by the Author of your being, and be assured that lie will bless the result." The people to whom this vision of glory is thus unfolded were not there. They for whom it is chiefly designed, as the class whose manual employments leave them little time for study, and much to do in that little time, are moping in cheerless homes, listlessly sauntering in lanes, idly crowd ing thoroughfares, or drinking at public-houses, to drown, if possible, the sense of their perplexities. Hence the re actionary expressions that obtrude themselves even in the glowing anticipations. "Y ou mus t rea d you m us t thi n k as we ll as read ; without l common s ense , i s f o ll y ; w i t h out kaf religiongsniww flowelelld i go t afes i t s h l d ei sseteaetnh ; ; without kindness it is fanaticism ; without method it is waste. Educate your children, or they will do no good in libraries and lecture-rooms. Refine your taste, and seek a higher learning, or you will never be more than mechanics, copyists, and drudges." The Bishop of Manchester looks for his people at church and in the Schools of Design, and finds them equally wanting in both places. What is more immediately to the purpose, they are not even present to hear these expostulations. What a lesson on the vanity of even the noblest designs ! And yet it is not vanity, unless we are to fall into the morbid tone of those who think to build up society as they would a house or a steam-engine, and are then disappointed to find the material has a will of its own. In nothing human are we to expect the entire success of the arith metician, who makes his calculation. and finds it comes true. It is true that Athenmums, institutes, and all the new means for bringing science within reach of the work ing man, 411 miserably short of the ideal success their projectors desired. But where is the perfect success of our universities, of our public schools, of our church establishment, or of the Legislature itself ? The most staple class of this country, and the rude material out of which Providence creates and fashions the great fabric of British society, is the native peasantry. Can their condition, under a patriarchal and religious regime a thousand years old, be called a success ? We fear it .annot. There are savage tribes that are said to worship their implements and arms. They deify air axe, offer sacri fices to a canoe, propitiate a net, avert the caprices of a bow and the spontaneous aberrations of an arrow. The shortcomings of the tool they ascribe to the wayward ness of some spirit within. Now, what are the most elaborate and pretending institutions of civilised society but so many passive instruments, the success of which depends on the zeal and address of the user ? It may be assumed as an axiom that whenever a thing is really good it will be appreciated and sought for, unless the approach to it be rendered disagreeable or difficult. A book may be a good one, but in a cramped style or an unreadable type. A preacher may be well informed and wise, but his delivery thick and unem phatic. But a book or a preacher that is good both in matter and in style is sure to be popular and useful, and we cannot see what binders that an institution for the improvement of the people should be as widely popular as a man or a book. There are books that nobody reads, and there are preachers that nobody would listen to but from a sense of sacred obligation. What of that ? It is no discouragement to those who think themselves capable of teaching and pleasing. Mechanics' in stitutes have been worshipped in their time, like the nets and bows of the above-mentioned savages. They have been invested with a sort of sacramental efficacy for the regeneration of mankind. As savages who have long worshipped in vai❑ some times beat their idols or break them in despair, so these institutions have been given up by many a man who is distressed to find they cannot work miracles. Miracles are not the order of this day. It is as vain to expect an immense and entire success from any human scheme as the cure of an inveterate disease or the restoration of a limb at the prayer of faith. For our part, we ars ready to accept these institutions, among many others, as parts of the system in which we happen to find ourselves. They are open to criticism. What is not open ? They do no good in idle or inju dicious hands. All that we have to do, if our voca tion lies that way, is to make the best of them. Genius and goodness will bring sweet music out of the very worst instrument ; they will quicken the very stones, and fill the dead husk with nourishment and flavour. Nowhere can a man of real power and honest aims pre sent himself without doing a good work, whether from his place in the House of Commons, or from the pulpit, or from the chair of the mechanics' institute. The man is the thing. All depends, not on the building, or the name, or the rules, or on any material or nominal affair, but on the spirit that moves within both speakers and hearers—the knowledge, wisdom, and grace of the one —the capacity and willingness of the other. MURDER OF AN AGED CRIPPLE. LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDFORDSHIRE, SUNDAY EVENING. The greatest consternation has prevailed in this popu lous market town since Friday last, in consequence of a most brutal murder having been committed at a place distant about a mile and a quarter from here, called Heathand Reach, by a man named Jno. Burrows, upon an aged and cripple woman, named Glemister. It appears that the murderer, who is an agricultural labourer, is a married man, and, when at home, lives in the village mentioned, but he bears a very bad cha racter, and has been frequently in the habit of ill-treat ing his wife and deserting her for weeks together, so that they have led a very unhappy life. He had but very lately returned home, after being absent for some time at Watford, where he had been spending his time in the most profligate manner. On Thursday night he went to bed with his wife, but they had not been there long before he began to ill-use her ; and at last, seizing her by the throat, tried to strangle her. After a violent struggle, she managed to get away from him, and rushing out of the house, nearly naked, she went to his father's, which is a short distance, there to seek refuge from his brutality. The old man, learn ing what had taken place, at once gave her shelter, arid said be would go down to his son and try and pacify him. Ho did so, and finally lay down upon the bed with him. He lay there until about three in the morn ing, when Burrows began to abuse him, and pushing him from the bed, swore he would kill him. He then beat his head upon the floor until the poor old man was almost insensible. In this state the wretch left his aged parent, and went in search of his wife. He then bent his way to the borne of his father, expressing his de termination to do for his wife ; but she, observing him approach, and fearing she would be deprived of life should he get hold of her, slipped out of the house, and concealed herself in a passage close by. At home he found his mother, who had been for nearly five months confined to her bed with illness ; and, learning that his wife had fled, he commenced a most brutal attack upon the poor old woman. His fiendish yen gearice being partially satisfied, he sat down and began eating some breakfast, apparently quite calmed. In the room, and attendant upon the sick woman, was the deceased, who was a cripple and used a crutch. During the breakfast she happened to make some remark about the ill-treatment of his wife, upon which Burrows seized a long-handled hammer, used for stone-breaking in the roads, and attempted to strike her. So great was her ter ror at seeing this that she managed without her crutch to get from the house and into that of a neighbour named Adams, and, going into his bedroom, sought his protec tion. Adams got up and took the poor creature in his arms, but no sooner had he done so than Burrows rushed into the room armed with the hammer, and whilst the de ceased was in Adams's arms struck her three blows on the head, completely breaking in the skull, an d causing the brain to protrude. Her death w as i ns t an t aneous. Bur rows than turned upon Adams, and aimed a blow at his skull, which he providentially missed ; and Adams, rush ing past him, escaped by leaping the entire flight of stairs, and running out into the road, where he raised an alarm. Burrows quickly followed him down stairs,•and again attempted to strike him on the head with the ham mer. Adams, however, having avoided the blow, and some of the neighbours coming up, Burrows kept them at bay. Having threatened any one with instant death who should oppose him, however, and swearing that he meant to take the life of his wife, he compelled those round him to give way, and walked off to find her ; but three working men who had watched him turn his back came from behind, and, throwing him to the ground, got the hammer from him, though not before they had been much hurt by his kicks. They then procured a strong rope and bound his legs. The constable by this time arrived, bringing with him the handcuffs and leg irons, and ultimately the prisoner was secured. They then returned to - look after the deceased, whom they -found lying where she first fell, quite dead, and sur rounded with so much blood that it seemed all she pos sessed had oozed from her body. Two surgeons from Leighton were speedily upon the spot, but their services were unneeded except to render some assistance to the other persons who had been so furiously attacked. The prisoner's father, an old man apparently verging upon 70, was most fearfully lacerated and bruised about the face from the violence done to him by his son. The prisoner, after he found himself secured, made a 'variety of grimaces, and affected to be insane, but the two 'medical gentlemen who saw the attempt pronounced it to be a most - clumsy act, and it was a matter of doubt .whether he had even been drinking. He was ultimately conveyed to the Woburn lock-up, and the police having taken up the inquiry have dis covered grounds for suspecting that the attack upon his *gib was not the result of a quarrel, but a preconcerted latent to murder her, and that having been foiled in that • h e had w rea k e d hi s bloodthirsty vengeance upon the poor unoffending creature who lies a corpse, mangled in a manner horrible to think of. Prisoner's last regular " I° Pnent was with Mr. Bassett, the banker, of Leigh ton, and u woman, , t o on leaving that service he ran away with a which reeentlhought him a single man, but from letters truth, and the fell into her hands she found out the their acquaintance existence of the wife was deemed a bar to on the night of the ra n is said h e had met this woman utter threats against ilder, a n d was a ft erwar d s heard to It appears that when I : l l 7.: ife victim first g a i ne d the interior of Adams's cottage, she itilrin such to bar th e door against him, and that he struck it wt forcech that the ham mier went right through the doors tearing away all the fastenings, , forcing it open, and The deceased, whose name was Charity G emister, was a widow, her husband having been killedby a fall of sand in a pit some years since. She leaves several chil dren, but none very young. Contrary to the usual custom, no officer or official was left in care of the cor p se, which lay u p on a be d in the room where the deed was committed. The place where the deed has been committed is one of a few small old-fashioned cotter houses, about a mile and a quarter from Leighton, on the Woburn road. EXTENSIVE EURGLART.—ScarceIy had the above me . lancholy affair become gen erall y known, when a fresh cause for excitement occurred in the town, namely, the robbery, by some London thieves, of the shop of Mr. Matthews, watchmaker, of the High-street. Between Friday night and Saturday morning they had effected an entrance from the first floor window , drugged the two dogs, lit the gas in the shop, and swept off all they could find, many being valuable watches left to repair. The plunder is estimated at 1,6001. No clue to the thieves has been obtained. THE £UN x LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 185 3. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 27. The Russian corvette Navarin, 22, put back to St. Helen's yesterday afternoon from stress of weather. The Leopard, 12, paddle-sloop, Capt. Giffard, steamed into harbour yesterday morning, and hauled alongside the jetty. Tile Rattlesnake, 8, Commander Trollope, was at the Sandwich Islands on July 30. Commanders to the ships of the senior officers of steam reserve squadrons at the home ports will not be re-ap pointed on the next commissions of such ships. Baking for the fleet will be resumed at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, on Mon day._ Lieutenant Browne, who recently joined the Blenheim, has been invalided to Ilaslar for epileptic fits, and it is not expected he will rejoin. We are informed by letter that Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief, is on the West India station. The gunnery examination day in December for mates and midshipmen on board the Excellent will be on Mon day, the 19th, and not on Monday, the 26th. The Indiaman Ann, Captain Brown, from Bombay to London, put in at this port to-night, having been in collision. She had her starboard bow stove in by a schooner (name unknown) off St. Alban's Head, last night, about 9 p.m. The schooner lost her foremast, but it was too dark to ascertaip what other damage she met with. The Ann sailed.lkom Bombay on the 4th of July, and St. Helena, Oct. 1. She spoke Oct. 9in iat. 36 S., long. 18 . 30 W., the Harriet Humble ; Oct. 25, in lat. 23.30 N., long. 39.0 W., th e A re th usa , f rom Callao for Londo n ; Nov. 17, in lat. 43 . 36 N., long. 16.0 W., the Governor of Liverpool standing to the westward. The Channel squadron, under the orders of Rear-Ad miral Corry, got under way at Spithead at 20 minutes past 12 to-day, and took their departure for the westward. It comprises the following vesBels :—Prince Regent, 90, flag-ship, Capt. F. Hutton ; Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Commodore H. B. Martin, C.B. ; Arrogant, 46, screw, Capt. Yelverton ; Amphion, 34, screw, Capt, A. C. Key ; Tribune, 30, screw, Captain the Hon. S. T. Car negie, and Cruiser, 14, screw, Commander the Hon. G. Douglas. It is understood that they will proceed to Lisbon. Having a fair wind, they got well away to the back of the Isle of Wight before dusk, being last seen at 4 p.m. The Rifleman, 8, screw steam sloop, Lieutenant Com mander Christian, arrived at Spithead this morning from Woolwich. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-com manding Belam, sailed last night for Woolwich. The Russian corvette Navarin, which returned to Spithead last night, again exchanged salutes this morn ing with the port and garrison. A new steam frigate on the screw principle, to be named the Shannon, with 600 horse power, is about to be built, of the following dimensions : ft. in. Length between the perpendiculars 235 0 Length of keel for tonnage 203 51 Breadth extreme 5O 0 Breadth for tonnage 49 6 Breadth moulded 4B 8 Depth in hold l7 8 Burden in tons, 2,651 29.94 PLYMOUTH, Nov. 27. Her Majesty's screw steamship Duke of Wellington, 131, Commodo , .e H. B. Martin, is reported off Berry Head at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She was in the run of the Eddystone, under steam only. Wind squally from the north-west. Well outside her was another screw steamship of war, under steam only, pur suing the same southerly course. To the eastward of both these was a large sailing ship reaching in towards the land. She would fetch the Bolt if she kept her reach. The surveying vessel Saracen was commissioned on Saturday by Commander Richards. The sloop Racehorse, 14, is to be fitted with all des patch for immediate commission. The Mariner, 12, was placed in dock on Friday, pre paratory to her being put in commission. WOOLWICH, Nov. 2G. APPOINTMENTS. Paymaster James S. Mounsteven (1837) to the Bog cawen, 70, fitting at Chatham, for service as flag-ship on the North American and West Indies station. Assistant-Surgeon Cecil Crandell, (1843), recently serving in the Daedalus, 20, on the Pacific station, to the St. George, 120, guard-ship of ordinary, at Devon port. Second Masters.—James H. Lawrence (1853) to the Leopard, 12, paddlewheel steam-frigate ; C. G. Mitchell, to the Bonetta, 3, brigantine. Naval Cadets.—Berkeley G. A. Benson, to the Prin cess Royal, 90, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth ; John Eliot to the Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship at Sheerness. The Myrmidon, iron paddle-wheel-steamer, Lieute nant-Commander William K. Joliffe, on the west coast of Africa station, has recently h a d h er false keel put right, and. by the latest accounts, had left Ascension for Sierra Leone. The Myrmidon is not expected to re turn to this country from her present station until the middle of next summer, when she will have completed her full period of service, having been commissioned at this port in June, 1851. Surgeon David Cowan (1800) died in the early part of the present week, at Southsea, where he had resided since he retired, after having been many years a surgeon of Portsmouth Dockyard. The deceased served as assistant-surgeon of the Superb at the taking of St. Domingo, and was for many years surgeon to the house hold of his late Majesty King William IV., when Duke of Clarence. THE NEW SCREW STEAM-FLEET OF THE ROYAL NAVY. —The following tenders have been accepted by the Ad miralty for supplying the machinery for the new men-of war. For the Orion, 80, engines of 600 horse power, and Pylades, 50, 350 horse power, Penn and Co. ; Re pulse, 80, 600 horse power, Curacoa, 50, 350 horse power, Maudslay and Field ; Harriet, sloop, 100 horse power, Humphrey and Dyke ; Hornet, sloop, 100 horse power, Bolton and Watt ; Falcon and Fawn, sloops, 100 horse power each, and Swallow and Ariel, 60 horse power each, by Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld.—Ply mouth Mail. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. THE GREAT COAL QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,---I have waited some days in order to see whether any of the London coal agents would challenge the ac curacy of the details so obligingly given by " Veritas" in your paper of the 23d inst. As none of them have done so, I will assume that they admit them to be correct. Let us see what they prove. Last year, it seems, the best Durham coal was deli vered on board ship at Bs. per ton. This year the price of it on board is 9s. 6d. per ton ; the miner and the coalowner dividing equally the in creased charge of ls. 6d. per ton. Last year freights averaged 6s. 6d. ; this year they average 10s. 6d.; showing an increase of 4s. per ton. To these charges must be added Is. 10d. per ton, city dues (the Bd. per ton, city metage, being included in the freight), and 3s. sd. per ton, coal merchant's charges for screening, filling, and cart hire ; in all, ss. 3d. The remainder is the coal merchant's profit. Last year, therefore, when best sea-borne coal cost the consumer in London 225. per ton, the price appears to have been apportioned thus : Minor ... ... ... Cos.lowner ... ... Coalfitter, &c. ... Freight ... ... ... City dues ... ... Coal merchant's charges Coal merchant's profit £ s. d. 0 5 6 . . 0 1 0 0 1 6 .0 6 6 O 1 10 O 3 5 ••• ••• O 2 3 £1 2 0 This year, when " the trade" wish us to believe that the present exorbitant price is caused by the misconduct of the pitmen, we find the cha r ge of 325. per ton is to be apportioned thus : Increased Charges. 2 s. d, s. d. Miner ... 0 6 3 0 9 Coalo wner ... 0 1 9 0 9 Coalfitter, 1 6 0 0 Freight 010 6 ... 4 0 City dues ... 0 110 ... 0 0 Coal merchant's charges 0 3 5 0 0 Coal merchant's profits 0 6 9 ... 4 6 £1 12 0 10 0 Now, I do not think that, considering the present price of provisions, any one can reasonably complain of the increase of 9d. per ton conceded to the miners. The coal owner might, perhaps, have been content with a less increase of price than 75 per cent. on his charge of last year. But I cannot, for the life of me, see why the coal merchant in London should this year consider him self, after all his charges for screening, filling, and cart age have been paid, entitled to an increase of no less than 200 per cent. on his very large net profits of last year. Perhaps some of them will be good enough to explain away this " difficulty." I suspect, however, they will prefer saying that, as coals are scarce, they have a right to get as high a price as they can for the commodity which they sell ; to which I will answer, " So you have ; but then we, the public, have an equal right to look in future for our supply of fuel to persons who, possessing larger capital than you have, dealing for ready money— which you do not— and combining the two trades of coal-carrying and coal-selling, can afford to be satis fied with less exorbitant profits than those you are now pocketing." The Great Northern Railway, on the very day on which I paid Messrs. Cockerell 325. per ton cash for their best Durham coals, took my order for their best Durham at 225. per ton. Now, if according to " Veritas," they pay 98. 6d. per ton for it delivered into their cars, ls. 10d. city dues, and 3s. sd. screening, filling, and carting charges—in all 14s. 9d.—it follows that for freight and coal merchants' profits they only charge 7s. 3d., at the very time when sea coal is burdened with a charge of 10s. 6d. freight, and 6s. 9d. coal merchants's profit. These figures show a difference in favour of rail-borne coal of 10s. per ton. But "Fairplay" and "Detector"— two of the cham pions of sea coal in your columns—declare that the best Durham coal is charged for by the railway companies 245. to 265. 6d. per ton. Even supposing their statements to he correct, it would appear, by their own showing, that the rail. ways can and do sell the very same article at 268. 6d. for which the sea coal merchants are charging us 325. —Q.E.D.- -I am, sir, your obedient servant, PATERFAMILIAS. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 25.—The business of the present week, in the medium and lower counts of water and mule yarns, for home consumption and for shipment, to the continent of Europe, has still consisted merely of small individual purchases for the supply of imme diate wants. The moderate demand we have lately had for 30's, 40's, and 50's mule twist on India account, has not yet ceased ; but it is falling off. Altogether, there fore, the sales of the week have been very inconsiderable, and the prices of last week are, barely sustained. Some articles may be had on rather lower terms, but in gene ral there is no quotable change. In the department of goods, there has continued to be a limited call for certain light fabrics, chiefly jacconets and shirtings, from the India houses. The general characteristics of the cloth market, however, has been that of great dullness, with a tendency in prices against producers ; but here, as in yarns, there is little quotable alteration. GLASGOW, Nov. 25.—The beginning of the week the market opened very quietly with little bnsiness doing, and that in favour of the buyer, but about, for the few days, there was a slight change for the better, and prices may be quoted the same. LEICESTER, Nov. 24.—As a precautionary step, the worsted spinners have further decreased production, the wool staplers not being willing to recede in price beyond a certain point, and are not pushing sales. There is, however, a full average amount of business doing in the warehouses for the present period of the year, though many more frames have been laid down, and work is getting scarce. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, Nov. 25.—We have no change to report in the state of the woollen cloth trade. The markets have been well supported this week. Both on Saturday and on Tuesday there was a good business done in the cloth halls ; and considering that on the latter day the town WAS enveloped in a dense fog, which rendered it almost impossible to transact business, a much larger quantity of cloth was sold than might have been expected. The trade in the warehouses is rather still and quiet, but we believe the business that is doing is a seasonable one, and not less than is usual at this period of the year. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. '22.—There has been a better demand for goods to-day than last week, although there has not been any large quantity sold. Merchants have generally offered prices that the manufacturers were un willing to take, as the reduction would have been more than the recent fall in the price of wool would admit of. A fair business has been done in some of the wool ware houses. ROCHDALE.—We have had but a slack market, and notwithstanding the firm prioe of wool, the merchants were offering less for flannels, and in numerous instances it was taken. Wool maintains its price, but there is little doing. BRADFORD. — WOOLS.—The sales effected are still limited. The prices asked in the country prevent pur chases for this market. Noils and brokes are only limited in quantity. Yarns—The dispute with the weavers at Barnsley is settled, and they will resume work on Monday for five days a week. Pieces.—The seasonable month is favourable for stuffs, and there is an improvement in the warehouses. There is more doing in grey goods, and the opinion prevails that goods have seen their lowest price. HALIFAX.—We have no improvement to record in the piece and worsted yarn trades. In the wool market, notwithstanding the materially diminished consumption, useful combing descriptions are in moderately good de mand, at somewhat improved prices. The short wool trade is dull at inferior prices to what were ruling at the close of last month. The present value of middle wetbers is about Hid. per lb. ; that of common noils and broke about 12d. " SWEATING " SOVEREIGNS. Messrs. Savory and Co., of Cornhill, state, that they have recently had through their hands several sovereigns which have had from ten to 16 grains of gold taken from the edges, and been then remilled. These coins are, of course, genuine, but reduced in value from ls. 7d. to 2s. 7d. each. The only difference in appearance from when first issued from the Mint is, that they are rather less in diameter. —Shipping Gazette. IMPROVEMENTS IN KENSINGTON AND BROMPTON.— " The Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851" propose to obtain powers to make several new roads in the locality of Kensington and Brompton. The first from Kensing ton Gore to the Brompton Almshouses in Old Brompton; a second from this new road to Gloucester-road ; and a third from Gloucester -road, near to Cromwell-road, to terminate near the Holy Trinity Church, Brompton road. The road trustees also propose to make a new road front the north end of Brompton-square to the south end of Prince's-terrace. THE CONTEMPLATED NEW STREET FROM CAREY STREET.—The improvements contemplated by her Ma jesty's Commissioners of Works and Buildings, in the vicinity of the new Record Offices, will take much wider scope than a single street from Carey street to Fetter lane, as it is intended to widen and improve the exist ing streets, and to make new and commodious ap proaches, from every point, to the above-mentioned national building. The streets in contemplation are as follows :—From Carey-street across Chancery-lane, passing the northern facade of the Record Offices, thence crossing Fetter-lane, and passing to the north of Trinity Church, Gough-square, will terminate at the corner of Stonecutter-street, at the south-west angle of Farringdon-market. Another new street will com mence at Great Turnstile, Holborn, and passing along the west side o f Li nco l n ' s- i nn, will term i na t e i n the Strand, near Pi c k e tt- p l ace, b y wh i c h means the whole ' of Clement's-lane will be removed. Fetter-lane will be widened from Fleet street to the northern extremity of the new building. These will be the principal improve ments in that neighbourhood, but it is believed there will be others, which will destroy nests of pestilential courts and alleys in the vicinity of Fetter-lane. NEWCASTLE CHOLERA FUND.—The cholera fund now amounts to up wards of 6, 000 /., and it has been an nounced that the vicar of Newcastle, the incumbents, and churchwardens hope to be able in a few days t o o p en a school for the eduoatien ,of th e orphan children. NOTICE TO MARINERS. A communication ha be n received a', L'oyd's from t' e East India House, respecting the result of a series of ex periments, showing a change in the magnetic variati n a Aden. The new Beacon on the Reef at Frederiksort was to be lighted for the first time on the 10th inst. CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 26. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Nancy Dawson, from Denia ; George and Elizabeth, St. Malo ; Paragon, Naples ; Jane Howard, Callao ; Cruizer, Stettin ; Royal Alie, Sydney ; Marie Stella, Bordeaux ; Vectis, Stettin ; Lotus, Smyrna ; Juanita, Bilboa ; Koh-i-noor, Bombay, &c. ; Valens, Rotterdam ; Exchange, Riga ; Adolph, Rostock ; Bertha, Riga ; Wave, S,n,rna ; Tautivy, Patras ; Elizabeth, Ulia berg ; Sir George Pollock, Singapore ; Johanna, Gefle. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Christina, for Stavenger ; Lady Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Eagle, Bruges ; Murray, Antwerp ; Sarah, do. ; Magrico, Lis on ; Mary, Geelong ; Lady Hodgkinson, do. ; Fatima, Port Phil.p ; Fe ampois, Havre ; A! ben . Newport; Victory, Swan River ; Lady EbrinAcn, New Zealand ; Pl•cenix, Sydney. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Catharil.a Charlotte, for Antwerp ; Emulorus, Madeir ; Ei inghed, Altona ; Renard, Cape of Good Hope and Madras ; Hope, .Madeira and Africa ; Eliza, Bruges ; Tartar, Algoa Bay ; Minerva, Leer ; Cheshire, Adel tide ; Mentor, Rouen; Monsoon, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26. The Navigator, from Smyrna to Falmouth, was spoken Oct. 30, off Cape de Gat.. The Et N‘ and Beck, from Palermo to Liverpool, w. , s spoken Nov. 3, off Capa St. Vincent. The Martha was spoken Nov. 14, lat. 43 N., long. 15 W. The Union, from Messina to Liverpool, was spoken Oct. 29, off Cape Palos. The Dauntless, from J dfa to Falmouth, was spoken Oct. 27, lat. 38 N., long. 3 E. The Jane Tudor, Capt .in Thomas, from Quebec to Con 4-ay, has arrived at Beaumat is—all well. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Southern Cross, bound t, Hobart Town, Oct. 9 lat. 0 S. long. 21 W. The Alexander, from London to Mauritius, 12th, lat. 5 N., tong. 23 W. The Levi, from Liverpool, with passengers, Nov. 17, lat. 49 N., long. 13 W. The M ssie (~rig), from Loudon to Port Philip, lat. 18 S., long. 28 W. , The Star, of Liverpool, for Buenos Ayres, lat. 8 S., long. 3 . ) W. T,:e Julia (Hamburgh brig), from Hartlepool to the East Indies, lat 9 S., berg. 30 W. The Venilia,, Maluitius to London, Sept. 13, off Algoa Bay. The Ratcliffe, bound to Port Philip, Oct. 10, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. A brig, No. 7,321, second distinguishing pendant, bound to . ..11elbourne, 11th, lat. 3 N., lon , . 22 W. The Endymion, 160, lat. 9 N., long. 25 W. The Osiris, from Batavia, O. . 1, lat. 22 S., long. 1 E. The Sarepta, from Calcutta to Lond 2n, 3d, lat. 99 S., long. 2 W. The Osman t 16th, let. 4 N., long. 22 W. The Eva Johanna, from Calcutta to London, 18th, lat. 8 N., long. 24 W. The Nelson, from London to Port Philip, 21st, lat. 10 N.. long. 5 W. The Cerra, for Nowfoundllnd, Nov. 18, lat. 50 N., long. 1 W. The Eos, Nov. 19, lftt. 50 N., long. 6 W. The E. D. T., from Shields to the Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 15, 100 miles west of Scilly. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON—Nov. 25. The supply of wheat was larger, and of all other gill!' much the same as in last market. The sales were du ll ' Old wheat same as last week, and average 3s 3d dol and new wheat 2s down on the to an d average l down. Barley on the top 3d down,and average le dos I Oats on the top 2s down, and average is ld down. on the top ls down, and average 4s 7d down. The following are the prices of grain at our Inarke to-day I :g OATS. Blau r ,,, 31s Od 63 s IL' 28s 9d 56s 1 25s Od 5 0 s 494 qrs., 4 ° l s l 1 j 595 qrs., 57 n a 406 qrs., 3 03 o ,a 38 qrs., 33 B °' .. £3 14 9 10-12ths 1 19 9 11-12ths 1 8 9 1-12ths 2 16 9 1-1200 WHEAT. BAICLEY. First B6s Od 43s Od Second 763 10d 39s 9d Third 703 Od I 33s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, fl 11 barley PP oats b /7 ,f eans Average of wheat . Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beaus DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Nov. 24. There was a large supply of all kinds of grain l ' t 0 ° a market to-day, with the exception of peas and bolo , ~.4 , sales heavy. Wheat on the top 5s down, and lowest ri up. Oats on the top same as last week, and lowest lsissal up. Barley on the top 2s down, and lowest same 0 the week. Peas and beans is up on the top, and 3d up (31/1 lowest price. Wen ° Qrs. B es t . C urren t. • f , 0 211 Wheat 80 s Od 1249 Oats 32s 01 2ls 0(1 ......... 146 Od 1082 Barley 4ls Od 3ss Gd ......... 266 Od 16 Peas & beans 60s Od s7s Gd ......... 466 Average of wheat, 3/. 13$ 81c1. ABERDEEN—Nov. 25. 6 el The prices of gra i n are —Old oa t s, 26 s Od to 22 401bs per bushel; new oa t s, 25 s O d to 26 s Od, 4°1,1;10po bushel ; bere, 37s Od t o 38 s Od , 531b s per bushel I: . No 36s Od to 373 Od, 531b s p er b us h e l • w h ea t, red, °7, 1 , 60s Od, 621b3 per bushel ; wheat, white, 68i Od to 621bs per nush€l ' • oatmeal, 20s Od tc 21s Od P er Oh flour, 584 Od to 60s Od per sa c k. P rov i s i o ns—Beef , P er o Gd to 8d ; mutton, ditto, 6d to Sri ; veal, ditto ! 6 c l pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 7d ; sa l mon, per lb, Os Oa t ° oo pi; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 6s 3(1 , t° ,,, oa; potatoes, per peck, 9d to 10d; butter, per lb, uo,,w6a eggs, per doz, Os 10;1 to Os 12d ; hens, per pair, 49 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, is 3(1 to 2s Od ; ducks, dit to ' yet to 2s C 1 • ducklings, ditto, 2s 6(1 to Os Od "'T A O. each, 33 0(1 2 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 43 Oa ; A L - pi; for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 76s to u "'„fjOi , ditto (summer cured), OOs to OOs Od • eggs, wholesal e r;4, per dozen, Od to Bd. ; 41b loaf, 8d; 21b loaf, 4(1 ; 00 0a; fine small, Os Od. to is Od ; pork, large, Os o€ l t ° lamb, per lb., Os Od t o Od ; c h eese, per i m Perl' 1 5s 6d to 7s. DUBLIN—Nov. 25. 40 01 White wheat, 38s 6d to 42 5; re d ditt o, 36s Od to _ ..0 1 1 barley, 188 tid to 20s 6d ; oats, 12s 6d to 15s 6d ; er!, 27s Od to 29s 6d per brl ; oa t mea l , 14 s 6d to 16s Od ; flour, 22s Od to 26s Od per cwt ; 'Lucian corn, 45s OW per 4801ba. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26. 0 40 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been better Colt but closed with le s s an i ma ti on th an a t the open-114'OP, donian, 28 ; Eastern Counties, 13.1 ; Lancashire an 1 11p1 shire, 67i ; Lancast er and Carlisle New Thirds , do ne, Lancaster and Prest on , 114/. s h ares, 81 p . ; Lnruiloo74 North-Western, 1031 ; Manchester, Sheffield, 313 ,, U. 910 0 ' 23$ ; Midland 634" ; N or th British, 7i; and Dover, 18i. MANCHESTER, Nov. 26. Ac STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices are steady, and "l e eS, A r buying-in day a dditi ona l fi rmness was gained by demand from that cause. Caledonian, 281 ; 11 ,, 811 b i sul Yorkshire, llin,bipo m and 67i ; Manchest er an d Biri Quarters), 5-16 p. ; Manchester, Sheffield, ana, paw" shire, 233 ; Midland Railway Consols, 63i ; Seto' and Dover, 14 ; York and North Midland, 25. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 26. lIA-norkso STOCK EXCNGE.—Pricea were fi rm in this . day, and a fair amount of business was transacni; land, Birmingham, and D er by s were d one at London and North-Westerns closed at Mi. SEABORNE MALLS. ♦ . OO (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Pat by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] 11 . Day when made up From w hat v e COUNTRIES. In General Post Epila - Office, London.. „0 1 America(byßrit.pack)N Every Frid a y .... Li verpoo l ..• America (by United Sts. , 0 /.1- Disp P a o tc. rt hea packet) ..........N Nov. 20 ~ Liverpoo• •• America (by U States ••T° f• packet) ..........N Nov. 27 Southampto n Australia (via South ampton) ........ M Jan. 4.. .. Southampto n Ditto (via Marseilles) NJan. 8.. - Ditto (via Cape of flood' . U n'r it Hope) ...... •• • ..• N Dec. 4 . • AlAfrica' ( West Coast) ...IsT q3d of the month.. elyrnouth •• ,; Tc o 17th m. of the mono, Bahamas %, 2 1 1 h 9, 8t 2 0 8 h 3 o o f n t soa Dove r tha m . rbe e " Brazil o n ' Belgium '•• • • . t .7.;r7arr;ii • • Mi9th of the . .. Southampton D eo. Buenos Ayre5........ Ai 9th of the month.. Southamptol e .l (lope of Good trope ~N ;14th of the month Flytnouth Cape of Good Hope ..N,l4th of the month. Southamptoo:f,'; f , Cape de Verds Lb, of the month.. Plymouth • • Ceylon (tee India) 9 6 Ceylon.. a To Channel Isles ...•,..,N Mon ~Wed.,&Fr i d. BouthaMPChili •o -3112d & 17th of month SeuthamPt° ; of, 0 China (see India) Constantinople .... ..N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover .• • • eo." Constantinople ...... • . 4th k 20th of mon. SoutharaPt n 'll , ` Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover • • •• ' ,40 1 Egypt (see India) France .. M& N Twice daily., Dover .. • • •'Nov Gibraltar ...... —.31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southall:lo °n ' if Greece (see India) ve.. 01 , Greytown ........ 2nd & 17th of mon.:southamPto n ilaek i Flamburgli NI Tuesday & Friday I London • .• • n lpee• 00 1 Ravannah N.l, 2nd of the month !South amPtn'; 00 0 ' 0 Holland . Wednesday & Sat.;London • • • Honduras India (viaSouthampt.)Ml4th & 20th of mon.!SouthamPt o- log• e p India (via Marseilles)ll4:Bth& 24th of month;Dover ...• " lonian Isles (see India)'7, 17, &27 of mon Dover .. •• ". Ire 0 Ireland M & N Twice daily ... ... Holyhead •,,;170f' 1 6 Lisboa Madeira ............31 9th of the nlonth:SoutliaMPW' of' Ma.leira ............ N 23d of month 'Plymouth •• Malta (see India) 'Latta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m.lDover • • 9 6 Mauritius (see India) ;40 Mauritius 14th of the month I Plymouth •• l i-oa• Mexico M '2nd of the month ., SouthamPt °l . ! id Naples .. N stb 15 th2i thof mon. Dover .• • ; /.10 f ,'4f New Granada 3l 2d & 17th of month;SoutharriPl°ttn , ll New Zealand.-- .. By private ship .. ! Various P° 77e' 0 Papal States sth 15th25thoftnon.1Dover ...• '. 0 "TO 0 Peninsula .... M 7thi7th2Bthofmon.lSouthanlP_Wn Pl' 0 Peru . & 27th of mon ;SouthanlPw so 9 ' 0 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the monthlPlymouth •• pg . Sicily N sth 1 sth2sthol mon, Dover .• •• Tuscany..„,.„ sthlsth2sthofinoli.Dover .• • • "Tr Venezuela ..........71 2d& 17th of •rtonthSouthalnO n n Van Diemen's Land (tee , Australia) ..... West Indies .... I2dlic I;th of month Southampton 0 11 0 T rsl l lo dates oil o e t s•unday , the 0 1 D i ing day with the exception of P' ,td , iialta, both of which will be dlir a When any of these dispatchel on the follow] Southampton), and the I day preceding. FALL OF A BUILDING.---011 Friday mo nink little before ten, an extensive building in Duk e ; ptifti Maldon-road, Kentish Town, intended for,:boV house, suddenly f e ll w ith a t remen d ous a: 104 , 1 70"o' eight of the workmen in the ruins. They w e leili t rescued, and two of the m f oun d t o b e so fie• - irL i jured that they were removed to the Unt fe g O rr pital, the rest being tak en h ome i n ca bs. -6 the poor fellows lie in a precarious state. rfor ° o pe [ADVERTISEMENT.]— The wonderful cure- e ciP. by Holloway's pills astonish everybody; the/ m i eni remove complaints which the faculty pro n°tl ietell..4 9l ; able : the debilitated are, by their use, COmPfor" r y , gorated. They are also an excellent rernedLothA t liii cal affections, and every disease incident to stand unrivalled as an excellent family medic w i iiht purify the blood, cl eanse th e system,. strap so,eref body, and rein s t a t e it i n th e soundest beair h ' f j 4 after every other remedy h a d failed.--Sol d "'" eli t " gists, and at Prof essor H o ll oway s E s t a blish ° } Strand, London. PRIZ: c .Tll .00t., I mp cle.e s n FT rak-Street Malug, ROY. The COI FBSLTRAN( noon ; th. BOO] December b ig thatth ir ..h arte c hange, on and that the anent In the T II (ECon of Houses at c hange Assu Of both Coro Ottity Comp Additional NO VICE to be made iU a bill to a I) Oration of f ront Fire, Ns t barqe Assu tXercise all 63, POrations and the 1(03 also to confe and to alter i selling, or g the loan and Inds and o u alsiness of t A ssurance t( ather Insura fiend certa qeorge LEL ' se veral acts acts relating Copies of Mee of the bar next. Dated this THE J. Campbell Itichard Mal William John Atl Henry A John Dm' John Ha ll,enrj John Ma C. OctaN The $67. Jar ,Captain Cree Eger Gaclstl. Charles Peml G eorge Y. II( ,equare, Lin • 11. Trinde , The policiel tROVISION: ... not depends "'Previous re GENT: Provisional Act of Par . 0 0be_ ries, Fo meat of Bent Life Ass= e aPita], 500,0 SOLIDI This Comp `II one office. I 4 lodes in whti The btudnem ._ l4lB es all the : " u nle new an public. Them wowing man lit. Irstirai 2 d. Insuran N.nls departn iiisrantee, at Insolvent U nrealised ass Of Estates. Fire an •imort gagen, aitUties and L( The Fire Dep. „tate. Insure vsre. For each of 'Which the pat , All applicat 1 0 the Secrete lINITE Earl of Ce Earl Love Earl of N( Viscount ] CHA CHA Blair Avar t Ofennox Bc Brawl , D. 41 Fairli • lienriqu hth Art e h b u o r n H u; 7f413111er.184 aur a Au tired Tin * 5 OOO : 13 y 4 *lOOO 600 j 7 yi I yi h. ! EXAMPLE. ;; 41 3 , took out 2 4/. Is Sd •, e • .. Profits bel ; 2 21, ips . per °11 ...cY, almost :the Premiui LOY one-half .4h tnee is for b. hf' v erY inforr -'rector. GRIT. tnPOWerl %lOW ROB] Willi= c4eorge F. P. CI George Millis C John D Erasmu T. S. 01 A. L. S }I. Be -Ars. lii'Lec ~ets in kThe rtislrr e : a sn s ; lo r n p ked ature in Z e t he benefit al t also en acc 4 11 tein of life Y. „ Loans galf Premit 4 k,„lsurances 410 vislon, Empt groats premiums c ,Ztalf-credit rvi leY-holders !+t the last_▪ . ) • ein the c (Ps.ovanrr. Half premium First Seven Years. 4 d. 40 1 I I 9 60 9 2 t o 2 2 6 R 0 other Pad 1 14 packets Te r ?Zee IL % 0 1 --L Tra i 44 tIbus 4 1 7 Y qus z t:, 1348 W1C1 10w1 lo az 94 12Z -- 24* 11 tr "Ch th i x t ttvr e , vet n 4n 4 4r —4 TI /, ,„641 -4 4; : 5 4 4". ITO F en S e ~h ~t. ..9 ••••• BIRTHS. 0 31°P OF A HON. , -rAellt.. 4 On the 26th inst., at Barnes, the wife o f ••••• j ''' Grove. ,b, •, is mongers • , the I f) ' . On the 26th inst . , at F' h ' • hall - Beckwith Towse, Esq. bt 1 ' OF A DAUGHTER. .... ze fr ig On the 23d inst., at No. 27, Brunswick - W .l.— n' l'i• or"' the wife of Commander the Hon. Mark ICerr , — g o . I°. On the 25th inst., at 16, Denbigh-place , v" ...... 1 ...„,, ,/ Pimlico, Mrs. T. Anwyl. MARRIED. sailliyolo 'On the 22d i ns t., at St. James's Church , r ice . 0: " 0 ' - bert Shore, Esq., of Summer-hill-parade, I)bh n. o roP Or Mary Ann, only daughter of the late John - 1 -" 0 07' Esq., of London. i ch t nove r l#: On the 26th inst., at St. George s, to plin% Thomas May, Esq., of Northernhay, I ,l „°''' of ~ eldest daughter of the late John Ibbetson, Ocl'' Of° ttt", M Wan iddlesex. ..,.,01 On the 24th inst., at St. Barnabas' Church, w ow- t o road, Mr. John Crossley, of 27, BishoPeg il e ,„ 91; Hannah, widow of the late Richard C. Efe i rbi r ,;6o daughter of the late Thomas Tegg, Esq., °' _ reli • c t DIED. „ g y gerl:of I) On the 25th inst., at Wandsworth, Sn• - ~ , h iv — Aa i of the late William Nottidge, Esq., in the ' .0 5 ' - 10 ag O e. n the 25th inst.,at H I -lodge Clifton , 11, Harley-Lodge , cy 1 Rickards, Esq. A et S ri n s On the 25th inst., at No. 493, Ox ford4t J r g — e te'-blj ' i r relict of Mr. Nicholas Isherwood, late ef L u IZ her 81st year. t o rre ce ' bridge - 13, On the 26th inst., at his house, Cam ~A r . . 4 11 g gene , park, John Cifford, Esq., On the 26th inst., at Suffolk-villa, Con• 9 doe MariaL°ie , 0 , in his 67thtroad, Ug h Df c ton, in the 13th year of her age, of William Andre, Esq. hot, pte deng tbe o f her v , o f On the 22d inst., at the house James Touchet, Mrs. Betty Buckley, v e l a Bs. _alin e ' Robert Buckley, Esq., of Manchester, sge usre , Vni°' On the 24th inst., at 50, BelgT‘le' s qv u oselh eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William -Lb y' i tt ll ----"-----------------:--- gaRDO 1 10. 1- 0 LONDON : Printed and Published 1 27 ..,,__,. °DUO/ _AY at olir , to Ow" of No. 112, Strand, Printer, Strand, in the Precinct of the Slivo,L e T • Middlesex, Diondaly, Novembor 28, Lew. Mil ~~