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CITY OF LUND( )N COMMISSION. The Royal Commissioner .s met again at twelve o'clock, yesterday, in the Privy Council Chamber, Downing street, and continued the prosecution of their inquiry into the state of the city corporation. Commissioners present :—Right Hon. Mr. Labouchere (who presides), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined at this sitting was Mr. Alexander Pulling, barrister-at law, of the Inner Temple, who stated that he was the author of a treatise upon the laws and usages of the city of London. The Chairman —We are anxious to have the benefit of your evidence on the subject which has been referred to us, because we are aware that you have paid special at tention to it. Mr. Pulling—l am desirous of stating at the outset that I have been reluctant to attend here to give evi dence, except upon the compulsory process of this Court, for I felt that having been engaged in several City cases there ought not to attach to me the imputation of dis losing matters known to me under professional con fidence. The Chairman- -The Commissioners are quite willing to receive your evidence with the limitations and re strictions which you yourself place upon it. Have you turned your attention to the state of the corporation of the city of London, not merely as a lawyer, but more generally in regard to any defects which may exist in the present system, or to any remedies which it may be desirable to apply for them ? Mr. Pulling—My attention has been more particu larly directed to the law and constitution of the city of London, and to the existing rights and franchises of the corporation, than to the moral or political bearings of the question. I have certainly noticed defects in it in the course of my professional engagements as a lawyer, and these I will point out to the commission, but my opinion as a reformer will be of very little value. The Chairman—Can you inform us as to the relations between the corporation of the City and the State ? Mr. Pulling—No doubt, looking at the ancient char ters, the corporation, or rather the body politic, the citizens of London, stood once in a very important posi tion as regards the State—a position which it would be impossible that, at the present day, it could at all stand. It has been a question whether in the time of the Anglo- Saxons it was not in a degree independent of the Crown. It had a palatinate power of a very extensive character. The only remains of its ancient power and influence with the State are the ceremonial observances with regard to the office of Lord Mayor, the sitting of the members for the City in Parliament, and in the presentation of ipeti tions. Formerly, the corporation exercised a powerful influence in the choice of the Sovereign, and historians have related that some kings have lost their crown by opposing the city of London ; whilst others, again, have gained the crown by the support of the citizens. In the struggle between the rival houses of York and Lan caster we know, f or i ns t ance, that great influence was exercised by the City in the choice of the Sovereign. As far back even as the reign of Athelstan there was a com pact made between the " reeves " or governors of the City and the State. After the Norman conquest, Wil liam the Conqueror confirmed (but without specifying) the whole of the franchises and peculiar rights of the City then in existence, and which were handed down from the remotest ages. Other charters followed, be tween the time of William the Conqueror and that of Richard 1., confirming all the ancient customs of the City, which were also sanctioned by both houses of Par liament. Magna Charts contained a memorable instance of this confirmation. On each of these occasions the City paid large sums of money to the Crown ; and, in addition to that, it was in the habit of lending very large sums to the Government for State purposes. This is evident from the fact that even before the Conquest 11,0001. out of the sum of 83,0001. levied on the whole kingdom was paid by the city of London. These levies, I believe, were made from the whole body of citizens ; but there could be no doubt that the loans were made by the body politic, the folk mote of the City, or by whatever name the assembly was called. I cannot attribute to the City any direct political influence on the State later than the time of Henry VII., although it had, no doubt, a moral influenc e; at all eve n t s , if did not form part of the machinery ' of the Government. We know, however, that it enjoyed —at a period much later than the time of the civil wars —great political influence ; and possibly, even at the present day, it does enjoy some undue, or at least more than ordinary, political influence ; but I do not find, from the records of the corporation, that it has had any more direct influence on the movements of the State than any other part of the country. In the centuries to which I have alluded a very important trust was held by the Lord Mayor, and is still held by him ; for the Lord Mayor is a member of the Privy Council. Mr. C. Lewis —ls the Lord Mayor a member of the Privy Council on any other occasion but one, viz., when the Privy Council assemble on the demise of the Crown ? Mr. Pulling—lt has always been contended that h is a ineinher of the .Privy Council. Mr. C. Lewis--Are you aware of his ever having been summoned on any other occasion than the one I. have mentioned ? Mr. Pulling—ln ancient times I apprehend that he was. At the coronation of the Sovereign the Lord Mayor receives a golden tankard, and he also claims to act as chief butler at the coronation banquets, which in ancient times was considered a great City privilege, and used to be insisted upon as a right. This right is still asserted, but I am not aware whether, practically, the Lord Mayor took any part in the last coronation. Sir J. Patteson —ls there any trace of the Lord Mayor having been made a Privy Councillor? Mr. Pulling—l do not know. Sir J. Patteson—ls he ever sworn in ? Mr. Pulling—l believe not. It is said that he is the only member of the Privy Council whose character as such continues uninterrupted by the demise of the e vereign, and thus differ from all othe'r members, who require to he sworn in. There are other ceremonies at which the Lord Mayor has asserted his rights. At the proclamation of the Sovereign, for instance ; he re ceives the announcement of the new accession to the throne at Temple-bar. It is still usual that on all great State occasions, when the Sovereign is in ill health, or when any member of the Royal Family is deceased, for the Secretary of State to communicate with the Lord Mayor; but, except as a mere matter of ceremony, I be lieve the corporation o f th e C i ty of London has now no legal influence on the Government of the State beyond any other corporation in the country. The Chairman—Have you any observations to address to the Commission in regard to the relations of the cor poration to the trade of the metropolis ? Mr. Pulling—l have. On that subject the earliest charters belonging to the City show that the corporation (which at that time was composed of all the citizens of London) had the exclusive right to and control over the entire trade of the City. There is a law of Ethelred 11. with regard to the customs to be paid by foreign mer chants, together with a provision that they shall not forestall the markets from the burghers of London. That showed an entire control to have been enjoyed by the corporation over the trade at that early period, and this control was subsequently made the subject of charters. Exclusive rights of trading were enjoyed by the citizens. Every resident was compelled to be free, and the citi zens chiefly consisted of resident merchants. A custom prevailed of seizing foreign bought and foreign sold goods, which custom is said to date from time immemo rial. The contest in these times was not between differ ent classes of native inhabitants, but between citizens and foreign or alien merchants. The corporation had the right of exclusive trading, and no foreigner was allowed to sell to any citizen, unless it was done in the public markets, or in what were called " markets ouvertes.'' The city of London was certainly less liberal to alien merchants than other parts of the kingdom. In the reign of Henry IV. the acts passed in favour of foreign mer oha nts expressly ex ce pt e d th e exc l us i ve trad i ng pr i v i leges o f the city o f [L on d on. At the present moment, the !ily regulations with regard to exclusive trading practically , enf orce d b y the City are enforced against brokers, publicans, are not and retail dealer s genera ll y . Th ey and daFain s t th e w h o l esale dealers. The legal right of seizingexists,whether foreign b oug ht an d f ore i gn sold goods in th e City bat now wwhlioelsesdaoiremoarntr.etThaile right to req u i re all trader, to take up their freedom before being allowed to trade, also exists in law now, b ut it lies dormant as regards wholesale dealers. The Chairman —Do the exclusive trading privileges mpeargtrsounds as those claimed by the City rest on the sa fßth,e country privileges which prevailed in other abolished Act until they were repealed by the Municipli Mr. Pulling--The exclusive privileges the Municipal Reform Act in other boroughs rested upon by mmemorial custom, and those now belonging the City rest upon charters. The Chairman—But the exclusive privileges of the city of London may be dealt with at the discretion of the Legislature, in the same manner that the same pri. ',lieges were dealt with by the Municipal Reform Act. Mr. Pulling—Precisely so ; and I must say, to the honour of the city authorities, that in the bill which they introduced into Parliament last session, they pro ., posed to abolish these privileges. The Chairman—Go to the next point, if you please. Ur. Pulling—The regulation * and conservancy of the river Thames is vested in the corporation. In the an cient charters (such as that of Henry VI.), conferring the powers of conservancy, those powers are chiefly con fined to the preservation of the fish in the river, and for this purpose there was a water-bailiff appointed, whose office still survives. The City also possessed the power of removing weirs impeding the navigation of the river ; but I am not aware of the corporation's ever dealing with the great stream of the Thames below London bridge. There is a case now pending in the Court of Chancery between the Crown and the Corporation of London as to the right of the corporation to the conser vancy of the Thames, and that action involves the whole question of the rights of the City on that subject. With regard to the trade of London, the rights of the corpora tion extended to the exaction of tolls at a very early period. The City, no doubt, expended moneys in the erection of quays, wharves, and landing places for the port of London in ancient times, and it also obtained the privilege of levying tolls on merchandise in consideration of advances made to the Crown. These tolls extend to corn, roots, and fruits of every kind. A charter of James the First gives the City the power of levying tolls and imposing metage on all the articles above stated brought within the limits of the port of London. The question now at issue in the Court of Chancery is whether these rights of the corporation apply to the limits of the City proper or to what is called the port of London, in cluding both banks of the Thames between Yanleete Creek and Staines. The metage of corn and coal is com pulsory, and the claims of the fellowship of City porters to land such goods are co-extensive with the City's right as to metage. The office of a City meter is very valuable. The metage and porterage claims have been resisted by the Messrs. Combe and Delafield. The charges of the City porters and meters are much higher than they would be if these exclusive privileges were done away with. The exclusive privileges claimed by the City engender a vast amount of litigation ; and when it is remembered that there are 700 local acts in the metro polis, and 100 charters, and nearly as many customs which can be woke up from their slumbers by any ad venturous lawyer at any moment, how injurious it is to allow obsolete customs to exist, and conflicting laws to remain unconsolidated, can easily be conceived. I have certainly experienced very great difficulty in ob taining access professionally to the records of the City, in order to authenticate any custom or charter, popular copies of which are already before the public, and the contents of which the legal profession suppose them selves to be familiar with. When any portion of the pnblic feels itself aggrieved with regard to the claims of the City to metage and porterage, and desire to be allowed to inspect the documents upon which the City authorities ground their claims, they are denied per mission to examine them, and in fact the corporation practically treats its charters authorising it to place these imposts upon the trade of the port as if they were title deeds of a private proprietor to his own estate. The course which the City has pursued with regard to the application of Messrs. Combe and Delafield to be allowed to inspect the City documents, is such as would have ruined a small firm before the first bill of discovery could be finally decided in the House of Lords. The Chairman—Will you be good enough to go to the next point ? Mr. Pulling—A great many of the charters of the livery companies extend over a distance of seven miles, and in other cases twent-one miles from the City ; and, indeed, in the case ofthe tobacco-pipe makers, they extend all over England. In Edward the Third's reign the City obtained a grant of the whole of Southwark ; and an ordinance of the Court of Common Council subse quently constituted Southwark into a ward, called Bridge -ward "Without. At that time there were houses situated on London-bridge, and in the course of time the application of the municipal system of the city to Southwark fell into disuetude, and the ward of Bridge-without was considered only to include the houses at the bridge foot. The senior alderman came to be ap pointed an alderman for the ward of Bridge-without, without being elected. Southwark was never thoroughly assimilated to the City. The reason for that might be that there was a legal difficulty as to how far the rights of the City over Southwark extended. Perhaps, it might have been thought that the City's jurisdiction over it extended to certain purposes, but not to others. How ever, that legal difficulty might have been easily over come, because the City was constantly applying to Par liament for new acts, and an act could easily have been obtained for this purpose also. Mr. C. Lewis—Was not Southwark poorer in ancient times than it is now, as compared with the City ? Mr. Pulling—Yes. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you not think it is more probable that the poverty of Southwark was the reason why the City did not completely i ncor p ora t e S out h wark into its municipal system, rather than any legal difficulty with regard to the nature of its jurisdiction over Southwark ? Mr. Pulling—l cannot say ;it might have been so, and, as I have said, the legal difficulty could easily have been set aside if the corporation had chosen to go to Parliament for the purpose. The best course now to be pursued, with regard not only to Southwark, but also t 4, all the other parliamentary boroughs of the metropo lis, would, in my opinion, be to incorporate each o f them separately, and give them all distinct municipal institutions. The Chairman—Proceed to any observations you may wish to make with regard to the constitution of the cor poration. Mr. Pulling—The corporation of London is different from any other corporation in the kingdom, because it has no governing charter, and there is no act of Parlia ment which has really defined what its constitution is. The ancient charters always speak of the mayor and com monalty as composing the corporation. The office of mayor may be traced as far back as the reign of King John. In pleading their privileges, the corporation now adopt the style of " the mayor, commonalty, and citizens," and declare that they have been a corporation from time immemorial. Mr. C. Lewis—ls there no charter declaring that there shall be a mayor, aldermen, and common council of the City, having certain powers ? Mr. Pulling—There is no charter or act which ex pressly says so, but there is a charter which confers cer tain powers on aldermen, and certain powers which can only be exercised by the Common Council, and certain powers also which can only be exercised by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council ; but there is no charter which constitutes or creates them a corporation. It is in the reign of Edward 11. or Edward 111. that the first mention is made of aldermen. The corporation of London being the citizens of London assembled in various courts and having various governors, there are also certain laws which regulate the qualification of citi zens to preside at certain courts, and one law (which has been certified in the Court of Westminster) is that before a person cin become a citizen of London he must be free of one of the trading companies ; and therefore it has always appeared to me that these companies form in tegral parts of the corporation. The Court of Common Council is qualified to perform any act of legislation or administration which is within the competence of the corporation, with the exception of the elections at common -hall and the functions of a judicial nature. The Court of Aldermen claim control over the elections by a certain custom. In the case of Mr. Scales, the Court of Aldermen opposed him on the ground that, like the late Lord . Mayor, he was a butcher. Mr. Scales was three times returned by the ward, and three times re jected by the Court of Aldermen, and then the alder men claimed the right of electing an alderman them selves ; and that act of the Court of Aldermen was held to be justified by custom. That custom is very ob jectionable. The Lord Mayor must be an alderman, and must also have been sheriff. I do not think any great evil Would arise from diminishing the dignity of the office of alderman. I do not believe the aldermen are very popular is the city of London ; and I think that many of their powers may be taken away, as not being essen tial to the good government of the City. They are elected practically for life, and they are not subject to the con trol of the citizens ; and no question is ever brought before the Court of Common Council without having been first considered in the Court of Aldermen, which generally meets the day before the Court of Common Council. The Coup of Aldermen claim the right to ex- elude the public from their proceedings, and often exer- cise it. They elect certain Officers, and have a power of voting► away money from the City purse, such as in granting pensions, and in ordering prosecutions. There is a certain limit imposed by the Court of Common Council on the right of the Court of Aldermen in voting away the public funds. The common seal of the cor- poration can only be affixed by the Court of Common Council, and no expense can be incurred by the Court of Aldermen in opposing bills in Parliament by petition. The real abuse is in the power of the Court of Aldermen to institute prosecutions. They discharge the functions of a public prosecutor out of the City funds. They select their cases, and sometimes they prosecute a man for political reasons where a strong feeling has been shown. Mr. C. Lewis —Do you think the decision of the com mitting magistrate would weigh with his brother alder men in ordering prosecutions ? Mr. Pulling -_I do. The aldermen are thrown very much together. I know that in many eases prosecutions have been very properly instituted, and the aldermen are considered as the guardians of public morals ; but I cbcidedly object to the principle of allowing them to institute prosecutions. The office of sheriff is almost I entirely ceremonial, and the under-sheriffs are generally permanent officers. With regard to the Court of Com mon Council, that court is the great council of the City. It possesses extensive legislative powers, and has the entire control of the funds of the City, with the excep tion of the votes above named, which are made by the aldermen. The Lord Mayor, on his locum tenens, and two aldermen, are necessary to constitute a Court of Common Council, and the court is adjourned by the Lord Mayor taking up his mace and walking out. If a Lord Mayor were to abuse his power of adjourning the Court of Common Council, by preventing the sittings of the court, I apprehend that a mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench would compel him to enable the court to meet. With the exception of this power of the Lord Mayor, and the regulation re quiring the presence of two aldermen, I think the Court of .Common Council is a very free body. I conceive that the number of its members ought to be reduced, The privilege of the aldermen to meet and consider ques tions intended to be subsequently brought before the Court of Common Council in no way fetters or restricts the right of any member of the latter court to introduce any subject. Mr. C. Lewis—Then the previous discussion of ques tions by the Court of Aldermen has not the effect of a veto as against the Court of Common Council ? Mr. Pulling—No, it is merely deliberative. The Chairman—Proceed now to the subject of the common hall. Mr. Pulling—The livery are the higher class of mem bers of the guilds or companies ; and there are several companies which exist without livery, such as the Water men's Company and others, which have never been ad mitted to the freedom of the City. The Court of Com mon Hall elects the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and the Chamberlain. It is a very numerously attended court, composed of persons who are members of the livery companies, and many non-residents. A great crowding and confusion arises at the meetings, and many persons are introduced who are not liverymen, but they are ad mitted by the want of proper regulations, and they often pass as liverymen, and create that uproar which is so constantly witnessed at the City elections. The cor poration might easily have remedied these evils by a proper system of registration. The Chairman—Will you proceed next to the subject of the paid officers of the corporation ? Mr. Pulling--It appears to me that the paid officers of the corporation are very numerous indeed. There are certainly among them gentlemen of very great intel ligence and worth, but, looking at the limited size of the City as compared with the rest of the metropolis, I think the number of the officers has been multiplied unneces sarily. At the same time, I believe that many of the officers are extremely efficient, and their services would be very useful if extended over a much larger area. Looking at the great number of different boards for paving, sewerage, &c., throughout the metropolis, I regard the conflict of powers between the different offi cers as a very serious inconvenience. It is said that there are upwards of 100 different boards in the metro• polls. Mr. C. Lewis—Surely there are a great many more than 100 separate boards in all London Mr. Pulling—l cannot be positive as to the exact number ; but I know that it is very large. The corpora tion have four or five different classes of officers for al most every department of municipal government. In the legal department there are the Recorder and the Common Sergeant, the ancient duties of whose offices have almost entirely fallen into disuetude. The Recorder sits as ,a judge at the Old Bailey and other courts, but be rarely acts in the ancient and distinctive capacity of his office—viz., as a recorder of the custom of the City. The Recorder only appears in 'Westminster-hall on such rare occasions as when the Lord Mayor is sworn in, for the purpose of certifying the customs of the City. His judicial functions nearly absorb the whole of his time, and the same also is the case with the Common Sergeant who hears compensation cases in the Lord Mayor's Court. Then there is the judge of the Sheriffs' Court, which is a tribunal of the nature of a small debts court. The City Solicitor is engaged with the prosecutions on behealf of the corporation, and the City Retnembrancer is entrusted with the care of the Parliamentary business of the corporation. The Comptroller is charged with the conveyancing department, and then there is also the Town Clerk, who is not a solicitor at present, although that officer used to be a solictor also ; so that the cor poration has three, and formerly it had four, different gentlemen, attorneys, and solicitors, acting as its legal agents. The Town Clerk attends, all' the corporate meet ings, has the custody of the records, and has to take care of the whole routine business of the corporation and of the various committees which are constantly sitting. Mr. C. Lewis—Then the Town Clerk must be the most active legal officer of the corporation ? Mr. Pulling—l suppose ho must be. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think it falls within the legal powers of the corporation of any other place to apply a portion of its funds in opposing bills in Parliament, such, for instance, as a bill for constructing a railway ? Mr. Pulling—l should think not. The Chairman—Suppose the railway should affect the property of the corporation ? Mr. Pulling—Then I think it would not be illegal for the corporation to defend its rights in that way. Mr. C. Lewis—But I am supposing the introduction of entirely new legislation, say to open a railway or a canal at a distance of ten or twenty miles from a borough, and that the property of the corporation of that borough would not be affected by the project, or, at all events, would only be indirectly affected—would it in that case be a legitimate application of its funds to go to expense to op pose such a measure in Parliament '? Mr. Pulling-La suppose a corporation would have a general right to protect its own interests, and the ques tion must always depend entirely upon whether the pro perty of the corporation is likely to be affected. Mr. C. Lewis—You say that the number of the paid officers of the corporation is too numerous—is it your opinion that offices have been multiplied for the sake of creating additional patronage, or that they have been increased by the gradual complication of the affairs of the co rporation necessitating a larger staff ? Mr. Pulling—l believe that many of the evils which exist have arisen from the want of system, and from not legislating in accordance with altered circumstances, and not from any corrupt or improper motive on the part of the members of the corporation, or any desire to find places for their favourites or friends, _ _ The Chairman--Your objection is that the system has been allowed to become too complicated ? Mr. Fulling—l think it has. At this stage of Mr. Pulling's examination the corn• missioners adjourned the inquiry till Tuesday next. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. v.e. W c , , i, - r t,....:, 0 --"-e.,;;t, pki Miles opened, 1853. NAME OF RAILWAY. 811 l TIBO. Aberdeen • • .... • • .. Belfast and Ballymena .............. Belfast and County Down.• • • • • • • • • .. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York . • • . Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ••• • • • • • • • Ca1ed0nian............. Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... • • • • Chester and Holyhead... • • .... •• • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • Cork and Bandon .. • • Dublin and Belfast Junction • • Dublin and Drogheda.• .• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • •• •• •• Dundee and Arbroath •••• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen • • • • • • • • East • • • • East Lancashire.. • ......... • • •• • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk • • .... Eastern Union • . •.•••• • • . . • • •• • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dandee .• • • • Exeter and Crediton.. • • .... • • •• • • • • Furness Railway ... .... • • • .• • Glasgow, and South-Western.• • • • • • • Great Northern and E. L. • • • • • • • • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Irish South Eastern • . • •• ••..•• • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle. • • • •• •• ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • • • Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport. • • • London and North Western .• • • • • • • • London and Blackwall • • • • • • • • •• • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. Newcastle Londonderry thoir Lond o n dretl,ahv n_sldbv u a .r y d South an d e s Enniskillen te r n . .• .• .• .• .• .• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. N Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester: lorkia ,i Junction ... Maryport and Carlisle •• • • • • • • ...... and Carli▪ sle.. and Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • •• North British • • • • ••••••• • • • • • • • North staffordshire .......• •• •••• •• tsrn Scottish Central •• ••▪ •• •• .:•• •• .• Scottish Midland •..••• • • • • —• • 3 26% 854 CON 89% 91% 20 81% 322 171% 283 188 3E4% 25% 10 78% 149 232 288 4 131 57 18344 41,617 216 1,734 4,500 13,229 443% 577 240 3,180 157 188 987 1,227 831 489 677 188 744 4,606 15,605 2,302 2,319 103 484 4,084 15,020 4,920 17,396 214 4,710 17,072 361 47,311 947 11,573 9,666 413 7,212 1,294 567 656 23,704 2,540 833 2,698 3,700 1,974 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ Shropshire Union .. •. ...... ....... South Devon ..... • .. South Ea5tern.................... South Wales South York., Doncaster, and Goole Waterford and . Limerick ........ .. West Cornwall ...... . ........ •.: ': Whitehaven Junction ..............: York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds 5,181 14,648 4,095 144 ..... 1,009 FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish ........... . Lyons and Mediterranean •.. Montereau and Troyes .•• Namur and Liege Northern of France .......... .. Orleans and Central* .. Paris and Lyons .... •• •• •• Paris and Rouen. •• •• •• •••• •• •• •• •• Paris and Strasbnrgh •• ••• •• Rouen and Havre•• ........ Western of France 182 1,037 1,398 1,190 414 806 4,790 18,870 2,553 2,385 99 540 4,658 18,366 4,754 20,832 223 5,694 18,008 353 49,167 1,182 13,793 12,032 493 7,883 633 820 24,860 2,566 1,003 2,7,8 4,546 25,135 1,165 2,198 28,232 946 7,815 1,155 1,635 32,191 33,695 17,875 9,022 20,934 4,129 4,856 * The !mints include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or. .eana and Bordeaux,. and Touts.and liantea Receipts. 1852. ING, NOVEMBER 12, 1853 , NiW' PENNY RECEIPT STAMP ACT. The following correspondence is important, as showing that although the acknowledgments sent by the General Post o.ftile arrival of bills of exchange and other securi ties are •exempt from the new receipt duty, yet they must not express that the amount has been applied to the payment of any debt, or placed to the credit of an ac count "To. Thomas Keogh, Esq., Inland Revenue, Somerset House. "Union-road, Plymouth, Oct. 28, 1353. "Srlz,—l have duly received your communication of the 27th inst., and feel much obliged for your courtesy and. kindness in giving such explicit answers to my nu• stemus queries. lam really sorry to trouble you again, but on referring to the paragraph in your letter relating to the transmission of bills, &c., through the post, I sh(mld like to know what is meant by other securities,' Do you mean cheques, post-office orders, &c., or any other document, not actually money or bank-notes " I have the honour to remain, Sir, "Your obedient servant, " WILLIAM E. RENDLE." Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, Nov. 5, 1553. " SIB, —ln answer to your further letter of the 2Sth ult., inquiring with reference to the exemption from the duty on stamp receipts in favour of letters by the Gene ral Post, acknowl e d g i ng t h e safe arrival of Vpromissory notes, bills of exchange, and other securities for money, what is meant by 'other securities,' and whether cheques, post-office orders, &c., are included in that expression, I am directed to acquaint you that cheques, post-office orders, and bank -notes are within the exception. "The board desire me, however, to observe that the exemption is limited to a simple acknowledgment of the safe arrival of such documents, and would not extend to a letter expressing that they had been applied to the payment of any debt, or placed to the credit of the sender, as the letter in that case would be subject to the receipt duty. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "THOMAS KEOGH, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. THE COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDING NEW H. By an ord er i n Council CHUßC , dated October 24, 1853, her Majesty has been pleased to approve of a representation of the Commissioners for Building Churches for uniting cer tain contiguous parts of the parishes of Newchurch and Arreton in the Isle of Wight, sot forth in the said repre sentation, and forming them into one consolidated chapelry for the church of St. Peter, Haven-street, in the said parish of Newchurch. . RATE OF POSTAGE. By a Treasury warrant, dated November the sth, 1853, it is directed that any packet sent by post, under the pro visions of certain warrants set forth in the said warrant, dated November the sth, 1853, from any department, &c., of the public service, in addition to the name and address of the person to whom the same shall be sent, shall have printed or written thereon the words, "On Her Majesty's Service," and the name and department, or public office, from which the same shall be forwarded, and also the name of any public officer belonging to any such department. By the said first-mentioned warrant it is also directed that the term, "by the post," shall no longer include the conveyance through Egypt. Packets, vicrEgypt, shall be charged with the full rates of postage. A rate of one halfpenny is made payable in lieu of any rates of British postage now payable on newspapers, &c., transmitted by post between France and the East Indies, or China or Australia, without passing through the United Kingdom, provided they be forwarded in conformity with the regulations of the 4th Victoria ; if not they are to 133 charged the letter rates of postage. It is further directed, that publications sent by post of any post-town in the United Kingdom, addressed to any person within the limits of the said post-town, may, at the option of the sender, be prepaid by a p os t age - s t amp . If pos t e d a t t h e chief ffice in London before 5 o'clock p.m., the postage may be prepaid by money or postage stamps. The postage of any publication posted in the United Kingdom addressed to a foreign country or any of her Majesty's colonies may also be prepaid in money or postage itself. Publications .required to be prepaid, if not prepaid, to be sent to the Dead Letter-office. This warrant, as far as respects packets from Ceylon, the Mauritius, the East Indies, and New South Wales, to the United Kingdom, shall come into operation on the Ist of June, 1854, and in all other respects on the day of the date thereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Stein, as Consul at Port Louis, Mauritius, for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. WAR-OFFICE, NOV. 11. 2nd Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant John Arthur Freeman, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scobell, who retires ; Cornet William Taylor Prentis, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Freeman, Nov. 11. 12th Regiment of Fcot- -Ensign James Fielding Sweeny, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilkie, whose promo tion, by purchase, on 21st O c t o b er , 1853 , h as b een can celled, Oct. 21. 14th Foot—Caotain Granville Levison Proby, from the 74th Foot, to be Captain, vice Macdonald, who exchanges, Nov. 11. 15th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Applethwaite, from the 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tilghman, appointed Paymaster, Nov. 11. 39th Foot — Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cole, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Wright, C. 8., who exchanges ; Major William Munro to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Cole, who retires ; Captain William Clarges Wolfe to be Major, by purchase, vice Munro ; Lieutenant W. Hucks Harding Warner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Clarges Wolfe ; Ensign Charles Milligan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warner ; George Henry Young, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Milligan, Nov. 11. 41st Foot—Lieutenant George Skipwith to Captain, by purchase, vice Wells, who retires ; Ensign William Allan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skipwith ; Armar Graham Lowry, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. vice Allan, Nov. 11. 42d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Clarke Jervoise, from the 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Kennedy, who retires upon half-pay, Nov. 11. 46th Foot--Richard Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Stretton, who retires, Nov. 11. 53d Foot—Lieutenant William Peel to be Paymaster, vice Hall, who retires upon half-pay, Nov. 11. 57th Foot—Lord Ernest M`Donnell Vane to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lee, who retires, Nov. 11. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Cockburn to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Da Cane, de ceased, June 23. 67th Foot—Brabazon Thomas Disney, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Basset, appointed to the 72d Foot, Nov. 11. 69th Foot—Owen Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leggett, promoted, Nov. 11. 72d. Foot--Lieutenant Archibald Alison to be Captain, by purchase, vice Evelyn, who retires ; Ensign Honour able Somerset Hamilton Ward to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Alison ; Ensign Gustavus Lambert Basset, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ward, Nov. 11. 74th Foot—Captain Robert Macdonald, from the 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Proby, who exchanges, Nov. 11. 2nd West India Regim en t—E ns i gn Edward Dampier Cockell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leslie, who retires ; Robert Bourne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cockell ; John Harger, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hill, deceased, Nov. 11. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Thomas Ravenscroft Whitty, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice William Sin clair, appointed to the 93d Foot, Nov. 11.. MEMORANDUM. 2d West India Regiment—The commissions of the under mentioned Officers have been ante-dated to the 14th Feb. : —Major Henry Wase Whitfeild ; Captain William Elliot Mockler ; Lieutenant Horatio James Wise. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Kent—William Brook Northey, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, Nov. 9. Northern Troop of Hertfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet George Devins Wade to be Lieutenant, vice Cur ling, resigned ; Quartermaster James Smyth to be Cornet, vice Wade, promoted, Nov. 9. Ist Regiment of the Duko of Lancaster's OWn Militia— William Lindsey Patterson, Gent, to be Lieutenant, Nov. 1. 4th Royal Lancashire Light Infantry Militia-- Lieu tenant Henry Myers to be Captain, vice Robson, resigned; Ensign Robert Mather to be Lieutenant, vice Myers, pro meted, Nov. 2. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia.— Augustus Henry Stephens Gent., to be Ensign, N ov . 4. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Ifantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—James Peters, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 4; [The following Article is substitued for that which ap peired in the Gazette of the 25th October last.] King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.— Frederick Solly Gosling, Gent., to be Ensign. [This Article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the Ist Nov.] Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Wm. Ker Gray, Gent., to be Captain, Oct. 27. BANKRUPTS. Edwin Orphin, builder, Brighton, to surrender, Nov. 23, at two, an d D ec . 21 , at one, at: the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; May, Brighton ; May and Sweetland, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. James Harding, china and glass dealer, Edgware-road, Nov. 21, at eleven, and Dec. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba.singhall street ; J. and S. Solomon, Fenchurch-street. William Younger the younger, auctioneer, Cornhill, Nov. 23, at h a lf- pas t one, and 'Dec. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee ; Pagden and Hodgkinson, Mark-lane. Charles John Webb, silversmith, Leadenhall-street, Nov. 22, at eleven, and Dec. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Lea, Barge yard-chambers, City. John Bosworth Crocker, draper, Sheffield, Nov. 21 at half-past one, and Dec. 20 at one, at the Court of Bank - ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Parker, Saint Paul's-churchyard. Richard Anderson, licensed victualler, Wright's-lane, Kensington, Nov. 24, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Waller, Furnival's-inn. Frederick John Hensley, apothecary, Montague-place, Nov. 19, at one, and Dec. 24, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers ; Cooper and Hodgson, Vernlam-buildings. Joshua Crampton, victualler, Idle, Yorkshire, Nov. 25, and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Park-row, Leeds; Foster, Brad ford, or Harle, Leeds. William Lynall, plumber and glazier, Birmingham, Nov. 23, find Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Stanbridge, Birmingham. Joseph Hargrave, banker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 17, and Dec. 21, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Bell, Brodrick and Bell, Bow-churchyard, London. John Clapham Fawcett (and not John Clapham Faucett as advertised in Tuesday's Gazette), draper and milliner, York, Nov. 18, at one, and Dec. 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Heather, Paternoster-row. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - William Hackett, of Leicester, pianoforte dealer, first dividend of is. 7d. in the pound, p a y a bl e a t 39, Waterloo street, Birmingham, on Thursday, Nov. 17, and every alternate Thursday, Frederick Wale, of Leicester, grocer, second dividend of 2d. in the pound, payable at 39, Waterloo-street, Birming ham, on Thursday, Nov. 17, and every alternate Thursday. James Gibbs, of 42, Jermyn-street, Westminster, scri vener, third dividend of lid. in the pound, and llid. is now payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, on Saturday, Nov. 12, and three subsequent Saturdays. John Brooks, of Eling, Southampton, coal-merchant, first dividend of is. 100. in the pound payable at 1, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street, on Saturday, Nov. 12, and three subsequent Saturdays. John Cadman, of Derby, grocer, first dividend of ss. id. in the pound, payable at 39, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on Thursday, Nov. 17, and every alternate Thursday. William Martin, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, grocer, first dividend of 4d. in the pound, payable at 39, Waterloo street, Birmingham, on Thursday, Nov. 17, and every alternate Thursday. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Golightly Belson, of Canterbury, builder— William Olive Hulbert, of Gloucester, tailor's foreman— John Nicholl, of Northowram, Yorkshire, mason—Joseph Dennis, of Halifax, joiner. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Simond Rood Pittard and Wm. Tucker, of 39, Well close-square, surgeons—Thomas Cunningham and D. A. Edwards, of Liverpool, plumbers—Jere Bunny and Henry Bunny, of Newbury, Berkshire, attorneys—Robert and James Kemp, of Dartford, Kent, butchers—George Charles Fletcher and Richard Lyddon, of 53, Broad-street. Rat cliff, farina manufacturers—Thomas Armstrong Gordon and Samuel Henry Brownhill, of Manchester, yarn agents —Edward Villiers Seymour and Wm. Andrew Dilke, of Warwick and Birmingham, wine merchants—Wm. Onions and Joseph Onions, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, en gineers —Thomas Lawson, Henry Lawson, and John Law son, of York, clog-makers (so far as regards Thomas Lawson)—John Whitmee and John Chapman, of 18, Fen church-buildings, City, 70, St. John-street, and 11, Ray street, Clerkenwell, mill.makers—Moses Fullwood and Jeremiah Eggleshaw, of Marpool, Derbyshire, coal masters Wm. Green and Arthur Sarjeant, of Durham, surgeons —John Ramsden, William Sowden, and Joseph Scho field, of Leeds, dyers (so far as regards William Sow den) William Brailsford and Charlotte Brailsford, of Nottingham, smallware dealers Thomas Robin son, James Robinson, and Spencer Banks Booth, of Brad ford and Keighley, Yorkshire, worsted spinners (so far as regards James Robinson)—Charles North and Abraham Rogers, of Birk's Hall Colliery, Bradford, Yorkshire-- , William Tyrwhit Caparn, Richard Butler, and Thomas A.-110ock, of Ratcliffe - on-T rent, Nottinghamshire ' proprie. tors of steam threshing machines (so far as regards Thomas Allcock)—John Hatton, Fen., John Hatton, jun., and Charles Hatton, of Hereford, tanners (so far as regards John Hatton, sen.)—Henry Bartlett and John Carroll Hele, of Teignmouth, Devonshire, shipowners--Richard Wilson and Thomas Bostock, of Manchester, packers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Coull, of Buckie, Banffshire, merchant, Nov. 21, at one, at Douglas Watson's Hotel, Cullen. Andrew Nicol, of Ayr, grocer, Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Ayr Arms Hotel, Ayr. James M`Farlane (deceased), of Edinburgh, seedsman, Nov. 21, at two, at Messrs. Dowell and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh. William Craig, of Glasgow, victualler, Nov. 18, at two, at the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday 1 ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap R 2, for ;he sth day of November, 1853. ARTIKENT. ISSUE DEP Notes issued .. • ..... 29,0447,331 Covertunent debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities 2,944,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,1)17,330 Silver bullion...—. • • £29,047,330 Ernlift••111•1 X 29,047.330 Dated the 10th day of Nev., 1853ISIARSII.A.LL, Chi ef Cashier. BANKING DEPARTMENT, Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,184,275 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,077,159 Other deposits ...... 12,171,02 Seven Day and other Bills.. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) •• • . • 11.494,152 Other securities... . .. 16,749,699 Notes .• • . •• • • 6,419,885 Gold and silver coin .. 634'415 ........ 1,314,4c5 £35,299,951 X 35,299,91,1 7. MARSHALL, Chtef Cashier. Dated the 10th day of Nov., 18 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Musco ;ado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the Bth day of Nov., 1853, is 225. 10(1. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. THE CHOLERA. (From the General Board of Health, Nov. 11.) DUNDEE. —Deaths, Nov. 9. Cholera l4 GORLESTON, SUFFOLL—Deaths, Nov. 7 to 10. Cholera DARTFORD.—Deaths, Nov. 9. HARWICH.—Deaths, Nov. 9. POLICE INTELLIGENCE BOW-STREET. —Thomas Stewart, the proprietor of cab No. 387, was charged with suffering a hackney car riage to be used in Trafalgar-square, on the 30th ult., the same not having been certified by the Commissioners of Police to be in a fit and proper condition. This was the first summons taken out under the new act to enforce the introduction of a better class of cabs for the London traffic. It was proved that the defendant's vehicle was an old ricketty brougham, with one of its panels broken out, and the cushions and lining so torn as to exhibit quantities of shavings, hay, and straw protruding in all directions. It had never been submitted to the Com missioners of Police, and consequently bad never been licensed. The defendant stated that he had had an accident with one of his cabs, and had merely put on the one in question for a day or so, while the other was undergoing repair. Mr. Jardine declined to receive this statement, even if true, as an excuse for using a cab in so disgraceful a condition ; but as this was the first conviction under the new act he would consent to mitigate the penalty from 3/. to 1/. The fine was paid. Mary Hearn, a servant in the employ of Mr. Chap pel boot and shoe maker, Strand, was charged with stealing a pair of ladies' boots. It was proved by the shopman that the prisoner brought the stolen property to him, and observing that the boots were a little too tight for her, begged him to stretch them. He saw, however, from a private mark on the lining inside that they belonged to his master, to whom he communicated the fact. She stoutly denied that she had taken them out of the warehouse, and said that she had purchased them of a shoemaker in New port-market, mentioning the tradesman's name. The latter, consequently, was sent for, but he declared that the boots were never in his possession. They were not his manufacture, and he knew nothing of the prisoner. Mr. Jardine said it certainly seemed extraordinary that the servant girl, after stealing a pair of boots from her master's shop, should go and ask the shopman to stretch them for her. But the facts deposed to looked like this, and there must be a remand for further inquiry. The prisoner was then remanded accordingly. WESTMINSTER.—AIfred Jellep, the conductor of a Chelsea omnibus, was charged with demanding more than the legal fare of an old lady, named Mary Fog harty. Complainant said, she hailed the omnibus at the Bank, and said to the conductor " I want to go to Chelsea ;" he replied " all right," and then she got in, but soon afterwards discovered herself at Hoxton, when defendant said he would take her to Chelsea, but she would have to pay 9d. instead of 4d. She rode to Chelsea and tendered 4d., which he refused to take, and dragging a basket out of her hand, put it on the roof until she paid the 9d. Defendant said, he never heard her say a word when she got in, and as they were going to Hoxton she was conveyed thither. He denied having taken the basket from her by violence, but said she consented to leave it while she fetched the money. He called two witnesses in proof of this. _ Arnold Mr. said it was possible that defendant did not hear what the complainant said on getting in, but it was quite clear that she had been carried to Hoxton by mistake, and it was unjust and unfair to exact the sum defendant had claimed in consequence. He should therefore order him to restore the overcharge, and pay the complainant 4s. costs. SPORTING EVTELLIGENCE. SWAFFHAM COURSING MEETING. THURSDAY.—AIarham Smeeth. Westacre Stakes. First Ties : Lord Stradbroke's Mayo beat Mr. Gurney's Attila. Second Ties : Bedouin against Mayo, not run. Derby Stakes for Dog Puppies. Deciding Course : Mr. King's Rokeby beat Mr. Do bede's Diamond, and won the stakes. Old Stakes for Bitch Puppies. Deciding Course : Lord Stradbroke's Merrymaid beat Mr. King's Rosaline, and won the stakes. The Cup. Deciding Course : Mr. King's Rutland beat Mr. R. Bagge's Trafalgar, and won the cup. Walton All-aged Stakes. Deciding Course : Mr. Dobede's Dot beat Lord Strad broke's Mayday, and won the stakes. Marham All-aged Stakes. Mr. Buckworth's Bravo agst Mr. King's Ringleader ; not run. Narborongh Stakes. Mr. Gurney's Attraction agst Mr. Caldwell's Jerry ; not run. Matches. Mr. King's Roydon beat Lord Stradbroke's Merino. Mr. Dobede's Dunkeld beat Lord Stradbroke's Made moiselle. Mr. Caldwell's Jackdaw beat Lord Stradbroke's March. Mr. Buckworth's Blush beat Lord Stradbroke's Mineral. Owing to the want of hares, the Westacre, Marham All-aged, and Narborough Stakes were divided. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING. THURSDAY. —Judge, Mr. Assheton Bennett.— Sefton Stakes for Dog Puppies. First Ties. Mr. Ardern's Mars beat Mr. T. Booth's Daylight. Mr. Swan's Stereotype beat Mr. Johnstone's Black Eagle. Mr. B. H. Jones's Jam beat Mr. Blundell's Berniger. Mr. R. G. Jebb's Pyramid beat Mr. Cook's Hurkaru. Lord Sefton's Slipper beat Mr. Cooke's Cut and Run. Mr. T. Brocklebank's Beaumont beat Mr. Moore's Mameluke. Mr. Tempest Booth's Twilight beat Mr. W. Langton's Lather. Mr. George's Celt beat Mr. R. G. Jebb's Fyson. Mr. R. G. Temple's Tact beat Lord Sefton's Sectarian. Mr. B. H. Jones's Just-in-Time beat Mr. Ardern's Milton, Lord Sefton's Sackcloth beat Mr. Tempest Booth's Starlight. Mr. B. H. Jones's Juniper beat Mr. Moore's Mar mion. Second Ties—Mars beat Stereotype, Jam beat Un hopeful, Pyramid beat Jalap, Beaumont beat Slipper, Celt beat Twilight, Tact beat Just-in-Time, and Sack cloth beat Juniper. Croxteth Stakes for Bitch Puppies. First Ties. Lord Sefton's Sylph beat Mr. H. Jefferson's Judy. Mr. Blundell's Blackbird beat Mr. George's Curfew. Mr Randall's Remembrance beat Mr. C. Langton's Lady Franklin. _ _ B. G. Jebb's Insecurity beat Mr. Tempest Booth's Moonlight. Mr. T. Brocklebank's Belle Blondine beat Mr. IL G. Jebb's Lady of the Manor. Mr. Ardern's Minerva beat Mr. Swan's St. Catherine. Lord Sefton's Sempstress beat Mr. Peacock's Pamela. Mr. W. Neilson's Necklace beat Mr. Moore's May flower. Mr. Peacock's Penitent beat Mr. R. G. Temple's Triplex. Mr. Randall's Reliance beat Lord Sefton's Shame. Mr. Ardern's Maria beat Mr. Swan's Sappho. Mr. R. G. Jebb's Ibis beat Mr. Cooke's Chemisette. Mr. H. Jefferson's Jilt beat Mr. B. H. Jones's Julep. Mr. Moore's Mignionette beat Mr. George's Creeper. Second Ties—Sylph beat Blackbird, Remembrance beat Insecurity, Minerva beat Belle Blondine, Neck lace beat Sempstress, Reliance beat Penitent, Maria beat Ibis, Jilt beat Mignionette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] --The Earl of Aldborough and Hol loway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine after every other means had failed. See ex tract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. 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With reference to a death that took place at 16, Red cross-court, Borough, the returns state that this is the ninth fatal case in this court, in which there are 13 houses, occupied by 80 to 90 persons, fir the use of whom there are only two filthy privies, the stench from which is very bad, more particularly to persons living opposite to them ; the drain is also very offensive. At the rear of the houses in the same court are eight or nine houses, inhabited by 70 or 80 individuals, who have only two filthy privies • the boards ar e covere d w i th soil, the smell from which is insufferable. The drain also smells very offensive, and in wet weather the inha bitants are ankle deep in water in their houses. For the use of 20 houses in Redcross-square, there is an iron tank 4 feet high, which is never more than half filled with water, the tap is about 12 inches from the bottom where there is a quantity of stagnant'filth, the tank not having been cleaned out for the last six months. There are two filthy privies in the square for the use of not less than 80 individuals. The drain and tank emit very unwholesome smells. In the house No. 10, Hargreaves -square, where a death occurred on the Bth instant, the inhabitants com plain of very offensive smells arising from the grating over the common sewer. A woman was found lying ill of cholera in a common lodging-house, in Holloway-court, Whitechapel ; she was immediately removed to the workhouse, where she died. Two new cases and one death are reported as having occurred in the Millbank Prison, from the sth to the 9th instant. Mr. Spaull, the medical parochial officer of the dis trict of Hammersmith, in the Kensington Union, gives the following account of six fatal cases of cholera which have occurred in this district. He was called to the first case at No. 2, Brook-green-place ; the patient, a deformed woman, a vendor of fruit, was attacked with the disease in its most virulent form, and died in. 22 hours, having had neglected diarrhoea of some standing. The second case was that of a girl, aged 20, who bad been dancing almost all night at a public-house, and afterwards attended the wake on the body of the woman who first died. She was attacked at six in the morning and died at three in the afternoon. The mother of the girl was attacked two days afterwards, and died in eight hours, she having got drunk at her own daughter's funeral. Two brothers in the same place were attacked within a day of each other, and both perished. The sixth case was that of a child who was attacked with diarrhoea, which quickly passed into cholera, and proved fatal in 13 hours. Brook-green-place, where these de'ths occurred, is a densely -crowded locality, inhabited by Irish, and has very imperfect drainage- -is ill-ventilated, and badly supplied with water, which is sometimes almost black, and of a bad smell—it is obtained from a pump common to most of the houses ; at present it is clear and free from odour. The surface of the place was muddy and filthy, from ashes, soil, vegetable matter, &c., being thrown from the houses. This nuisance was certified to by the medical officer. Eventually the soil has been carted away, and the houses lime•washed, so that at present they present quite a different aspect. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, Nov. 11. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Alacrity, from Cronstadt ; Fifteen, do. ; Hoffnung, do. ; Captain, do. ; Kelloe, do. ; Lady Napier, do. ; Lucinde, do. ; Elizabeth, do. ; Friendschaft, Rostock; Ohlia, Hudickswall ; Fury, Memel; Copernicus, do. ; Eliza and J ane , d o. ; R o b ert Burrell, , do. • Branch, do. ; Othello, St e tti n ; Rose, do. ; Frede ricka, Dantzic ; Laurina M ar i a , d o. ; Syra,do. ; Commo dore, do. ; Savannah, do. ; Rose, do. •, Sisters, do. • Nau tilus, Stockholm ; Alexand er , d o . ; Resolution, Aalborg ; A. Kyerstone, Nestoed, Pauline, Delphine, Riga ; Aurora, do. ; Corunna, do. ; Elise, St. Petersburgh ; Mary, Svend borg, Brodrene, Frederickshald ; Johanne, Eisserup Elizabeth, Gothenbu rg ; Elizabeth, Ostend; Panama, Havannah ; Swallow, Gothenburg. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Is'abella, for Port Beaufort; Countess of Severn and Melville, Mar seilles ; Neptune, Hobart Town • Thalestres, Port Philip, Cape of Good Hope, a nd Madras; Phcenaah, Sydney ; Undine, Launceston. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Abbeylands, for Sydney; Catherine Jameson, do. ; Templar, do. Fredericke and Dora, Hamburgh ; Candidate, Barbadoes; York Town, New York; Caroline, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11. The Lean, for Ostend, has put back to this port leaky. The Henry Gardner, China to London, was spoken Sepi 7, lat. 21. S., long. 1 . . . The FranCis Theodore, Madras to Bordeaux, was spoken Sept. 13, lat. 14 S., long. 7 W. The Mary Queen of Scots, Liverpool to Melbourne, Nov. 7, 40 miles S. W. of Smalls. REVAL, Nov. I.—Part of the cargo of the Wave, from Hull to Narva, stranded west of Sump Light, 25th O c t ., has been saved ; and as the weather continues fine, it is expected that the entire cargo will be landed. PARIS, Nov. 11.—The Emilie, from Cardiffe to Mar seilles, put into Cherbourg Nov. 2, in a leaky state, with damaged rigging, and part of cargo thrown overboard. QUINSII, by Tobermory, Nov. 7.—A brig, timber laden, dismasted, and bottom upwards, is on shore on the rocks of Ruaig Island of Tyree. LIMERICK, Nov. 9.—The Californian Packet, from Broad haven to New York, was abandoned the sth November, having nine feet water in her hold ; the crew and passen gers (58) got into the life, long-boats and pinnace ' • the latter, with the master and eight oth ers , were picked up off Achill Head the following morning. The weather being moderate, hopes are entertained that the other boats have reached the coast. VESSELS SPORFN WITH. --- The Continent, from New York to Liverpool, 10th Oct., lat. 43 N., long. 57 W. The Bahamed Packet, from China to Liverpool, under jurymasts, 20th Sept., lat. 37 N., long. 36 W. The Progress, from Liverpool to New York, 24th, Mt. 50 N., long. 30 W. The Ellen, from 'New York to London, 14th Oct., lat. 43 N., long. 52 W. The Liezen, from Xabea to London, 25th Oct., off Cape St. Mary. The Duchess of Sutherland, 9th Sept., lat. 22 S., long. 26 W. The Melpomene, 16th, lat. 14 S., 23 W. REPAIRING OF NEWGATE-STREET.—This important public thoroughfare is again closed, by order of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, to vehicles of every description, omnibuses, cabs, waggons, carts, &c., for the purpose of being repaired. A number of paviours are hard at work in laying down solid granite blocks, on a strong under bed of concrete. Much inconve nience is experienced in consequence of these continual repairs of the leading great thoroughfares of traffic, not only in the City, but many other parts of the metro polis as they are a gr e at hi n d rance to b usiness. The omnibuses and other vehicles going to the west-end, up Holborn, Oxford-street, &c., or coining to the City, are obliged to take the circuit by the Old Bailey, and round St. Paul's Churchyard, Cheapside, and eastwards. The numerous butchers' carts attending every mornii g Newgate-market are obliged to be stationed in the Old Bailey, Giltspur-street, and the vicinity, as they cannot approach nearer the extensive salesmen in that great emporium of animal food for the denizens of this vast metropolis and neighbourhood. It was stated yesterday that Snow-hill and Holborn are also to be repaved, the same as Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill, just completed. THE WOOD DOCKS.—On the application of the Grand Surrey Canal Docks Company, and in consequence of the increase in the importation of wood goods, and the great pressure for bonding room in those docks, the Customs authorities have approved of additional pre mises belonging thereto for bonding wood goods, in order to meet' the increased wants of the trade. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t Bate's West Hartley 19 01 Buddle W. Hartley 2O 0) Bell .. ....................... .0 Chester Main 21 0 Braddyll ................. .93 Cragwood's Hartley _l9 0 Framwellgate ............ .0 Davison's West Hartley 20 0 Hetton ............•• j .. . • '.0 Hedley's Hartley 18 6 Haswell ............... . .., 0 H01ywe11...... ........ 22 6 Kepler ................... •••:0 Howard's West Hartley Lambton ........ .. ..... . 0 10 Netherton 20 0 Lumley ................... ..0 Longridge's Wst Hartleyl9 9 North Hetton Lyono ' i 3 North Percy Hartley l9 0 Pensher .................. 0 Old Adairs 18 6 Russell's Hetton ••••• ..... 0 Ravensworth Hartley l9 9 Scarborough ........." .. ..0 Tanfield Moor 2O 0 Stewart's . ......... ••••"' .IS Tanfield Moor Butes 20 3 Primrose ............ • ..... , ),4 Walker Primrose l9 6 Cassop West Hartley 20 O 1 Hartlep oo l ... ........... :0 Willington Hartley 2O o:lleugh Hall . ........... •• . 5 4 Wylam . 22 OlKelloe ................... •••624 Tanfield W. l9 6 South Hartlepool ..••••"0 'South Kelloe ............ •• .g I tees .n................... ..... ' ' l3 19 6 Trimdo 19 0 Adelaide Tees ............ .0. Wallsencl, &c. Clark ... Clennell liedley Northumberland E. Riddell 22 3 Richardson's Tees ••'"' . ;o 19 to Cowpen ............. 22 6 Sidney's Hartley 22 6)Watney's Anthracit e... 23 0 Wharneliffe Eden Main Ships at market 14' :7 1 Sold 1:27. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was rather 01 to-day, there being less inquiry after stock. S hre and Isirmiughams were done at 62. LEEDS, Nov. 11. triorrw'itt STOOK EXCHANGE.—The mark e t h a s this lO the whole, been rather better, though without %Wel rial variation in p r i ces . Th e c l os i ng t ra nsaction ea follows :—Lar oats lire and Yorkshire, 65. ; 614 ; South Eastern and Dover, 18g. MANCHESTER, Nov. 11. bue STOCK EXCHANGE.----There was not a Argo and prices were rather lower. London Stock' g SheffiAds, 204 ; ditto Preference, 9 t ; gidlancT 6 ( lit; Shropshire Union, 3/ di s . ; W es t Ridings 4 1 1 Great Luxembou rg , 9 ; Ch es hi re J unc ti o n, 100 donians, 27f ; Dovers, 18} ; Leeds, 658. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTER D AY' I Amsterdam ...... • ..... 11 14% (I•l , 4itar .... •• • ei Ditto, three mo n ths .. 1 1 16 ,eghoria Rotterdam . Antwerp .......• .• .... 25 22 Milan • .. • . • • • • • • •• .4A Brussels • • .... 25 Venice 1 254 ilamburgh .. • • •..• 13 5 Naples Altona ................ " j2i; Palermo •••• Paris•• .......•• •• •... 24 25 '.dessina ...• ••"":: .• • • Ditto, three months •• 25 25 'Lisbon ••• • • / Marseilles........ •• •... 25 27%10p0rt0 • • • • • Bourdeaux .. • • itio Janeiro .. ••• • • Frankfort-on• Maine .... 119 q 3, Buenos Ayres •• • ', • l o g bt Berlin ..... New York, 60 dsYs 00 , Vienna ................ 11 32 Philadelphia .• •• Trieste . ..... ••..11 35 PRICES OF 'wain P S 0 Petersburgh............ 37% F ore i gn G o ld i n Barg ; Madrid 50 , A vortugal Gold Coin •• 0 Cadiz .......... • • 504 Mexican Dollars •• " 0 u Barcelona . New Dollars .• •• •• 0 ‘ Seville ................ in bars .. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Ganef ( ' by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.) JOl , En° s ,/, 3f o ' Istg' PY. COUNTRIES. Day when made up In General Post- Office, London.* From What Port Dispatched- America(byßrit.pack)Nevery Friday .... America (by United Sts. packet) • • • ..N:Nov. 15 .......... America (by U. St ates ' packet) .... • • •...N Nov. 27 .......... Australia (via South ampton) .....• ..M'Jan. 4 .... ........ Ditto (via Marseilles) N,Tan. • Ditto (via Cape of Good, Hoe ..........Dec. 4 ..... ....... ,Ifrica p (West .. NI Coast) ..Nl 9 3d of the month .. Alexandria .. 'B, 9, 24, & 30 ofm. Alexandria .. 2‘l 4th & 20th of mon. Bahamas ............I1 17th of the month Belgium ........ N Dai1y...... Brazil si 9th of the mon th ..1 Buenos Ayres ........ ',I 9th of the month.. Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the rrumtli Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month. Cape de Verds 9th of the mouth.. Ceylon (see India) I Ceylon ........Nll4th of the month Cbannel Isles ........N,Mon & Frid. Chi 11........ ........ M 2d & 17th of month China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7 ,8,17,21,&27 of m. Constantinople ........,4th It 20th of mon. liont. of Europe Id & NiTwiee daily .• •• Egypt (see India) France .... • • .. M & NlTwice daily.. .. Gibraltar 7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Greece (see India) 1 Greytown 2tid & 17th of mon. Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday Flavannah . D 1 2nd of the month Holland M. Wednesday & Sat. Honduras 31117th of the mo n th. India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. India (via Marsellles)M 81.11/k74tli of month lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Ireland .. 111 & N.Twice daily Lt5b0n....... • • 9, 17, & 23 ofm. Madeira .....• .• ....3419111. of the month Madeira ............ N 23d of month Malta (see India) Malta .......• • N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .... • 14th of the month Mexico . .1 1 .4,2nd of the month.. Naples ........N 'hthlsth2sthofmon. New Granada 2d & 17th of month. New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Papal States thl hthlSthormon. Peninsula • • • . 7 thl7th2Btlaohnon. Peru . Port Natal 14th of the month Sicily ............ N sthlsth2sthofmon, Tuscany .• „N athlsth2sthofinon. Venezuela . 2d& 17th of month Van Diemen's Land (set Australia) .. West Indies ... ..... M 2d& 1,70 0! month Liverpool ••• Liverpool ••• (Southampto n, ' P ee. 3° V° Y. I eae y' 1/ 0 Liverpool • • • $Ol , 15 Plymouth •• isov• 60 ?Dover .. • • • • l og. 0 rSouthamPOT outhamPt° pai ,4 / 6 Dover .. • • 50'/' 16 southamPte ;of'• Sou thamP Plymouth •' 60 SoutliamPO -„ a.10'• Plymouth 6 soi"; p ,P Plymouth " 16 couthamPton , loir• Southampton 111 50'0 s D o o u v t Dover p . o •• 1 ,1 1 d 4 1 Dover .. • • • • Tsti e 1 0 Dover .. • • • i ; douthaMPw SO AouthamPOn 'l%Ol London ..• • • D ec. po SouthamPto i lmoo' l 6 London ..• southamPWl qv , ' 16 Southall - WW l ' /sof' 15 Dover .• • • Dover- •• '• ;•c 10 (Holyhead • • !pg. 0 SouthamPW"rov• j. .„ 0 1 e, • e Southampton soY• Plymouth •• SonthamPtO Dower •• •• Dover •• •• SO , ' No Dee; 'lu ( 00 cue! 5 0 ' 16 2 40°. 1 6 li r o` 1 0 NO' it 501' 1 Plymouth •• Southampto n ' lDover ..... • ;Southampton Dover Various . Southampton•P.°.r.. Southampton Plymouth . • . Dover .....• Dover •• .••• : Southampton' 1„„ ,, > , When any of these dates Last 0 . 1 6unday, the I ! i ii)d_, l4 the ll dispatched on the following day. with th e exce ption of to ped Southampton). and the Malta, both o f w hi c h w ill be disP A ` day preceding. !southanwtoni ot J MARRIED. 11, Aff• J. On the 10th inst., a t St. J o h n ' s , N o tting-la „ " Galt, of High-str ee t, P or t smou th , eldest B ° ll , e st Esq., of King's-terr ace , S ou th sea , t o J ane , young ff. ter of J. Mitchell, Es q., of Notting-hill. , 1 Be v ' b' On the 9th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, 1 ' I , es t al b Skrine of Sunbury, Middlesex, to Louisa, 37 0 ",nr i v 00 11 0 ter of the late Rev. W. Greenlaw, Rector 0, Kent. DIED. qu ffoli‘' 10' On the Bth inst., Mr. E. Collis, late of Barilvvelb guff aged 64. Eli° widow of th On the 9the lateinst., J. a t Broadley, Kirkella near Hull, A line A. On the 9,th i ns t., a t S ca if e 's-cls g ri: 3-IC-geet tie' M rB. ° 7 51 10 9 Richardson, aged 83. of the On the 9th i ns t., a t Al s t on , M ar y, wi d ow Mr. J. White, aged 71 TO, LONDON : Printed and Published by 31 . 17 111 ' ..-41 1 11 0 ' 1 '1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at ne Sun 0151 0 00 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , isl th e 3 fiddlesua aturdiiy, NOM* 24901 COUNTRY MARKETS. .... i ....° LIVERPOOL—Nov. 11. To-day holders of wheat and flour displayed ranch l e ness, and fair t ransac ti ons occurre d a t ld per bushel former, and Cd p er b arre l on th e l a tt er , over the price s Tuesday. In th e va l ue o f I n di an corn, beans, ane nte there was no chan ge , b u t a l arge supp l y o f barley s ,J p ice of that arti c l e d own 3d t o 4d per b us hel. Oatu > " ( 4 e dined is per load. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 11. thth Oar arrivals of grain continue extremely short, wl exception of barley, o f w hi c h th e su pply this sre e- i n i : moderate. New wh ea t i s genera ll y c l eare d off at a de al For of ls. to 2s. per quarter from the rates of last old, tho demand to-d a y is very limited, and on the ra,:n ness done, a reducti on of ls. to 2s. per quarter has conceded. Barley, is. to 2s. per quarter elicaßer, bu t, i b e i eta/at for the finest qualities, the sale is slow. Beal l L ts in favour of th e b u y er . I n oa t s no c h ange . She'„"'"°' par load lower. EXETER—Nov. 11. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 0d per score ; COWS an ci OOs to 13/. ; butchers' calves, 6d to Od per lb. , re te calves OOs to COs each. Sheep, 6d to 63d. Lambs, Od per lb. Store hogs, 30s to 55s each. CORN.—The following are on offer this In° 1 ' ) ,„009; Wheat, English, 71 s 9d t o Os ; Danube,. red, 00 6, Dantzic, OOs to 00s • ditto fine, 00s to 00s ; Americ a to 0 - Ds per qr. Barley, 41s 3d to Os. Oats, OOs OA; 006 French, grey, OOs Od. B eans , ti c k s, 48 s 10d ; French, Oils. Flour.—Fine, 53s to 545; seconds, 52s per sack. INVERNESS.—Nov. 8. CORN.—Wheat, per quart er , we i g hi ng 621 b Per bl 3/0t 738 Od to 75s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 35s Od is Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 23s Od to 25s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 20s Od to 210 v u ,:e is Oi . ,! second, 00s Oct to Os Od; barleymeal, 15s Od 7d to 0041 peasemeal, 15s Oct to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7 0 -,;7 1 ", Ist flour, per 2801 b, 548 Oct to 568 Od.; 2d ditto, " 1 ;P3 tr i 493 Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imPer l3 l , l r to 2s 2d ; ditto second, Os Oct to Os Od ; barleyno o d to is 6d ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od ; Ist flour, 2 s " 3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 11. t r oll i 6 The market has s omew h a t recovere d thi s week' for languid appearance noti ce d i n our l as t , an d bu t as ioe paucity of the supply offering, a larger amount 0 " p s • We ° would have been don e . I n th e sa l es a ff ec t e d, Pr"?' ocs the shade better, and more firm. The sales of forelg,htY p g amounted to betwaen 1,500 and 2,000 bales, for l o t previous values were o bt a i ne d . Th e refined u u he co l ticipates in the improvement experienced in market. 8. d. ET.--Noy. 11. Ile close of the market!. Wallsend, dro° f, BIRTHS. OF A SON 10 °4. The lady of Wm. Ge o . Ward, . Esq., of, - g ore' . park, Isle of Wight. ChAeliat' On the Bth inst., a t W ans t ea d , E ssex, Mrs. a . . fe 0 1P. On the 9th inst., a t Bi s h opwearmou th , the wl` J. C. Mounsey. OF A DAUGHTER. 0 On the 9th inst., at Ch a p e l- s t ree t , Devonporty the i t of Mr. T. S. Bayley. of '/' '- On the 10th inst., at Claph am - par k , the w" re Andreae, Esq. __..---