The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-17 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Commission met again yesterday in the Privy Council Chamber, and resumed their inquiry. Corn. missioners present—Mr. Labouchere (chairman), Sir J. Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined was— Mr. John Cattley, who deposed : I am a merchant in the city of London, and engaged in the East India trade, and I also am chairman of the London Dock Company. I have been twice pressed to accept an alderman's gown, but have refused, because I could not spare the time necessary for the discharge of the duties. My opinion of the corporation is rather favourable than otherwise. I think the way in which the aldermen discharge their judicial duties would bear comparison with the manner in which justice is administered by paid magistrates or unpaid county magistrates. An examination of the comparative number of commitments and subsequent convictions would, I think, bear out this opinion of the administrative efficiency of the aldermen. They have very able professional assistance from an assessor or clerk, whose advice, I suppose, they generally follow on legal points. I should be sorry to think the unpaid magistracy in the City is more economical than a sys tem of stipendiary magistracy. I think the merchants in the City are much favoured by those gentlemen who act as aldermen and magistrates, and relieve them of the duty. It might be desirable that the corporation should be brought into closer connection with the larger class of merchants ; but I think the principal merchants of the City could never afford the time to act as members o f the corporation. I know one leading merchant, how ever, who is an alderman. I mean Alderman Thomp son. We do not allow the City porters to enter the docks, but the City meters and guagers come there to act as a check in favour of the merchants. The services of the City guagers and meters in the docks are, how ever, optional only. A chamber of commerce might be useful in the City, but there have been many plans for establishing chambers of commerce recently proposed in the City by adventurers, which have not been re eived with much general favour. A chamber of com merce, such as I should suggest, would not be in the nature of a tribunal of commerce, but merely an organ for representing the grievances of the commercial body o the Government. Ido not think we have much rea son to complain of the manner in which the Corporation manage the conservancy of the Thames. At the same ime the n avigation committee of the corporation cannot be at all conversant with the duties they have to per or in, as they are generally small tradesmen, and I think the various dock masters would be more suitable for the exercise of such functions. I think the best navigation o mmittee would be a mixed one, composed of harbour masters, some members of the corporation, and some other mercantile members. I should think the present navigation committee must rely in most eases upon the advice of the harbour master, who is an efficient officer. I think the exemption of the London Dock Company from the imposts of the City porters rests upon a provi sion of its special act. A cargo of corn unloaded in the London Docks is, however, subject to the City metage. I do not think it desirable that the City should retain the right of enforcing its metage upon importers who do not wish to have their goods measured, or in cases where there is no transaction between buyer and seller. At the same time, supposing the importer does not want his goods measured, if he only manages well and goes to the City authorities, and pays a proper amount of dues to them, I do not think he will experience any great incon venience. Ido not recollect whether the London Dock Company compensated the City porters for the loss of their privileges as regards the docks, but I dare say it did, because when the company got its act it was compensating almost everybody. With regard to the City police, Ido not consider it would be advantageous to incorporate it in the general system of metropolitan po lice, because there is so much property condensed within so small ,a space in this City, that I am afraid there would not be a sufficient number of the police force allowed to watch and protect it. If such a change were effected, very likely the City would only be allowed to have the same number of policemen to the square mile as the rest of the metropolis ; and that would be quite sufficient. I have received many summonses from the corporation to take up the freedom of the City, but I have never paid any attention to them, because the City could not compel me to take it up, on account of my not being a re,tail trader. The next warless examined was Mr. James T. Goixien, who stated—l am a yachtsman and sketcher, and have paid considerable attention to the subject of the conservancy of the river Medway by the city of London. I believe the powers of the City in this respect are much misunderstood. In ancient times the City was solemnly entrusted with the duty of walling and embanking the course of the Thames and Medway ; and my charge against the corporation is that it has not adequately maintained the embankments of either of these rivers. With regard to the river Med way especially, their neglect is causing great diaster. In the year 1850 I called the attention of the Admiralty Board to the neglected state of the river Medway, and they had the river re-surveyed in consequence of my re presentations. The whole of the banks of the Medway have been disintegrated, and it is too late now to remedy the evil. Mr. C. Lewis—Your object then is to show that the corporation of London were charged with certain duties, which they have wholly failed to perform in respect to the river Medway, and that the consequences of their failure are irreparable. Mr. Gooden —lt is so. The witness then withdrew. Mr. Wallis, one of the sheriffs appointed by the City corporation, and a freeman and liveryman, was next ex amined. He stated : The office of sheriff for a number of years past has fallen into disrepute, owing to the jobbing of the under-sheriffs, and at the request of several gen. tlemen in the City I was induced to undertake the shrievalty when it was last vacant. Indeed, I may call myself a sort of stop-gap, in order to prevent the autho. rity of the Queen's sheriff from dying out in the City. The reason why the office of sheriff has become so un popular is, first, the expense attending the office, and next, because the sheriff has no voice in the Court of Common Council, where he is a kind of "dummy," decked out in official robes, indeed, but destitute of any real power. I think, the sheriff ought to be an ex officio member of the Court of Common Council, as well as a member of the Court of Aldermen ; but at present the practical duties of the office are little more than nominal and they are chiefly performed by a deputy. The sheriffs attend the judges when they presid e at the Cen tral Criminal Court, and also acts on other ceremonial occasions. I have known as much as 3 ,000/. or 4,000/. a-year to be expended by the holder of the office ; but that is a larger sum than it is necessary for him to ex pend. I think 2,500/. a-year is about the ordinary amount expended. It is requisite to go through the shrievalty before becoming lord mayor. I have been employed as an agent at elections both for parliamentary and civic offices, and I have clients now who wish to be made sheriffs in order to become aldermen. I think the elections of aldermen in the City are not pure. Cor ruption also takes place at the election of chamberlain, and I have known as much as 10,0001. to be spent on both sides to secure an office worth 2,000/, or 3,000/. a-year. Some of the money is given to the voters, and some is spent in treating. I have known 1,500/. to have been expended in obtaining an alderman's gown. Since the contest between Laurie and Key more bribery has been practised than before that period. I am, however, inclined to think that the elections of common councilmen are generally pure, because the matter at stake is not much, and nothing to be compared with the prize involved in the office of an alderman. I believe an alderman has great power of providing for his relatives if he chooses to exercise it. I think the franchise under which aldermen and common council. men are elected is very objectionable, and ought to be extended so as to include all occupiers, that is, all who Pay scot and lot. Mr. C. Lewis—What do you think of the municipal franchise now established in other boroughs ? Mr. Wallis--My only objection . to its application to the city of London is, that it is not extensive enough. I think th a t the livery of London ought to be taken the basis of the constituency, but I consider that the oc cupiers should be amalgamated with them. I object t o the condition of residence being attached . to the fran chise of the liv er y, f urther than to require that they the liver y should not live out o f England. At present I may live in any p ar t o f the world, which think is ob jectionable. I see no occasion to do away with th e wards, provided their in equa li t i es are redressed My opinion is that the Court of Ald ermen should be . away, and that a Lord Lieutenant of London should be elected by the citizens at large in the place of Lord Mayor. The Chairman—What advantage would be gained by calling him Lord Lieutenant instead of L or d M ayor 2 Mr. Wallis—l think it would be more palatable in the City; but that is only an opinion of mine. m y suggestion for improving the franchise is this—that the S I," builis-roll should be formed of all occupiers paying GAy/ by r if ..,> 1 ., ,', .), and h. that when the existing liverymen have 1; 1. - - , v ~ tot,„o , e burgess-roll should be composed exclu . , ?t'" r,,ii, i uplero. I consider that tho elections at j. : % Ava: .. :7,•• ........ ~~:/ common-hall are very defective, and many persons are admitted who are not entitled to be present, but who are anxious to obtain the allowance. Mr. C. Lewis—That is, the compensation given for loss of time ? Mr. Wallis—Yes ; but I think the allowance to the poor bona fide voter for the loss of his day's work is not very objectionable, and it has been given, I believe, ever since London was a city. Mr. C. Lewis—Have you known any contest to take place for the office of Lord Mayor ? Mr. Wallis—Yes, several, and I have known as much as 15,0001. to have been spent by both candidates. The poll is open for seven days, which I think a long period. The office of chamberlain is very lucrative, the emolu ments being, 1 believe, 2,5001. a year. The office is generally given to the senior alderman who stands next on the rota. The duties are very light, the real work being done by Mr. Scott, the clerk to the chamberlain. Mr. C. Lewis—Have you any knowledge of the ap plication of the funds of the corporation to purposes of corruption ? Mr. Wallis—l only know that a candidate for whom I was engaged once informed me that 1,9001. was sub scribed among the aldermen at the Mansion-house in order to secure a brother alderman's election to a civic office. Mr. C. Lewis—But you do not call such a subscrip tion the funds of the corporation ! Mr. Wallis—l do not know about that—in general cases I would not consider it so. The change in the corporation which I would propose is that I would have a Lord Lieutenant for the City elected by his fellow citizens, and twenty deputy li eu t enants appointed by the Crown, to assist the Lord Lieutenant in all mat- t ers of public interest. I would retain the Court of Common Council pretty much as it now exists, but re ducing the number of its members, and requiring it to render to the court of deputy lieutenants a statement of its accounts. I would also place the sewerage and lighting of the City under the Common Council, but I would amalgamate the City police with the general metropolitan system—a measure which I think would secure both economy and greater efficiency. I would substitute for the aldermen four stipendiary may gistrates —two for the Guildhall and two for the Man sion-house. I would not incorporate the borough of Southwark with the city of London, but would make it a separate municipality. The practice of charging the public for admission to the Old Bailey courts is very ob jectionable, but I think I may say that the practice is nearly at an end. Mr. George Hyde examined : I am a sealing-wax maker and stationer in Fleet-street, but have had nothing to do with the corporation. I was compelled to take up my freedom in 1846, after resisting as long as possible, and had to pay 121. 10s. for my freedom. I have directed my attention to the constitution of the corpora tion. The state of the constituency is the radical evil ; and another glaring defect is the inequality of the wards. I would not make the livery the basis of the constitu ency, but I would extend the franchise to all occupiers paying rates. I would sweep away the livery altogether, and only allow them to vote as occupiers. I would have the aldermen elected once in three years, to make them responsible to their fellow-citizens ; but would still con tinue them as a distinct court from the Court of Com mon Council. I would have the smaller wards consoli dated. I would retain the Common Hall with the ex tended constituency I recommend, and I would have the officers now elected by the Common Hall still elected by the same body, and not by the Court of Common Council. Mr. C. Lewis—Then you would not have the officers elected in the same way as is done in other municipal boroughs? Mr. Hyde--No ; I think there ought to be some dif ference between the city of London and other boroughs. I think many of the aldermen make good magistrates, and they have many opportunities of fitting themselves for the office. The office of Lord Mayor ought to be stripped of its tinsel and absurd pageantry, and be made more worthy of the respect of the public, but I would not designate him a Lord Lieutenant. I would consti tute Southwark into a separate municipality from the City. As an inquestman of a ward, I can state that the presentations of the ward inquests are not attended to by the corporation committees. I have not paid at tention to the finances of the City. I think the power of voting money ought to be taken away from the Court of Aldermen, and exclusively vested in the Court of Common Council. There are too many offices in the pay of the corporation, and their salaries are on too high a scale. At present Ido not think there is much cor ruption practised at the city elections, and things are much better in this respect than they used to be. I be lieve the emoluments of the chamberlain amount to 3,200/. a-year. Mr. .1 oh. Jonoo, wo.t.hronlzer, Strand, was next ex amined. He stated--I am a liveryman of the Turners' Company, but never resided in the City. I was de puted by my company, of whose court I am a member, to oppose the last Parliamentary effort of the corpo ration to reform its own constitution. My opinion is that the City Corporation is composed of a series of trades, and I would not have a man admitted to the freedom of the City unless he was a member of a com pany. Ido not object to persons carrying on trade in the City being allowed to vote for members of the Court of Common Council ; but I would only permit the livery to have the election of the aldermen and the other higher appointments, because I consider that the livery is one of the most valuable and intelligent bodies in the kingdom, and comprises the choice men of all the trades. When the livery meet in Common Hall a more respectable body could not be ap- pealed to by the Government of the day for an expres sion of the intelligent public opinion of the country. I believe the elections at Common Hall are properly con ducted when any question of real interest is involved in them ; but I have heard of bribery taking place at these elections. When I attended the Guildhall a year or two ago, when Mr. Croll was a candidate for the office of sheriff, I saw a number of men go up to a clerk, and each receive a ticket. I offered one of the men ss. for his ticket, but he refused to accept it. I then offered him 10s. for it, and he still refused ; from which I conclude that the tickets were worth more than 10s. each. There were not more than 150, or at the most 200 persons in the hall when this took place. I wish to see the trading guilds of the City restored to their original purpose, and made to promote trade, and take care that apprentices are adequately taught. The Chairman—You say that you are a member of the Turners' Company, and yet that you are a watch maker by trade. Is there any connection between the business of . watchmaking generally and the business of turners ? Mr. Jones—No. Sir John Patteson-----So that your case resembles that of a witness we had before us, who was a barrister and a member of the Spectacle-makers' Company, without ever having seen a spectacle made in his life. Mr. Jones—Yes ; and it is often the case that a person will join a company the particular trade of which he never learnt, because he considers it the best company in which to take up his freedom, and the most advan tageous to belong to it in the event of sickness and old age. My idea is, that the corporation does not exist without the companies. The Chairman—We are not competent to enter at large into the subject of the companies. The Commissioners having concluded the examination of Mr. Jones, adjourned their inquiry till twelve o'clock this day. THE CIIOLERA. ( From the General Board of Health, NOV. 14.) The returns from the K, M,. and P and R divisions METROPOLIS. 7 new cases, and 5 inspector of the R divi sionof the Metropolitan Police, deaths. The return from tite e two fatal cases of Cooper, aged gives the following accounto same co 'Her husband inm complaint, and cholera at Deptford. A woman 52 years, residing at No. 8, Creek -street was burial of St. Paul, died yesterday at 5 a . m. the parish died on Friday night last of the both were interred at noon yes T te fi r e day man ground of St. Paul's Church. with surface what older than the woman, and both were s of some. dirty habits. The street is in the most filthy ver y co dition possible to conceive. The mud and filth lie l i l i; the road about six or eight inches deep, drainage on the right hand side, close to the houses. There are only houses on one side, the chemical factory of Messrs. Hill being on the othe r . O f these sixteen houses, it must be stated, not one i s supplied with water. The inhabitants are com pelled to go across the coal barges lying at Messrs. Smith's wharf, and dip into the creek for all they require for domestic purposes ; and at this spot the refuse water from gas works, chemical works, oil mills, &c., is discharged. The closets at the rear of many of the houses are in the most filly state. With reference to a death which occurred in a house, No. 32, Nrine• street, St. John's, Horselydown, the police state that the house is badly ventilated, there being no back door or window, and the arrangements being very offensive. Several other houses adjoining are in the same condition, and a fatal case of cholera occurred at No. 29 on the 27th ult. DUNDEE. Since the 3d int., when the visitation system com menced, there have been discovered of diarrhoea, 1,348 cases ; approaching cholera, 8; cholera, 5 ; corpses, 3. Total deaths since commencement of disease, 100. On the 13th there were 9 deaths; and on the 14th, 6. DARLINGTON. Nov. I¢,_ DARLINGTON. X Nov. 14.BAIINBLEy. —Cholera ............. THANKSGIVING.-NEWCASTL, Nov. 16.—T0-day is thanksgivi ng d ay i n this borough for its delivery f r o m cholera, It seem s t o be very gentra,lly kept corporal of a guard which was sent into the town of Harwich to quell a disturbance which took place between some of the townspeople and some of the 18th Regi ment. On that occasion privates Reddin and Fitz patrick were active in the row, and he felt it his duty to take them prisoners to the main guard, and they said that they would give him a lift some time or other. He also stated that while the detachment was at Harwich the soldiers of the 18th Regiment and those of the SOth were at variance. In conclusion, the prisoner appealed to the court whether it was likely that he would rob a man in the guard room, and at the time two men were sitting on the bed looking at him ? He begged to state to the court that he had been a prisoner already for 21 days on a charge of which he was not guilty. Staff Captain Jackson gave the prisoner a good character, who has been one year and eight months in the service. The issue of the trial will not be known until con firmed at the Horse Guards. Assistant Surgeon Fraser, of the 2d West India Regiment, is relieved from duty at Chatham, for the purpose of embarking on the 17th inst. to join his corps. The following officers have obtained leave of absence from Chatham garrison, for the periods stated : Second Class Staff Surgeon Macbeth, to 14th January, 1854 ; Ensign Wringfield, 71st Foot, to 30th December ne xt Lieutenant Frisson, 98th. to 30th December ; Ensign Connor, 18th, to 27th, and Assistant Surgeon Lawlor, 88th, to 14th December next. Woormicil GARRISON, Nov. 16.—Ten gunner , and drivers have been added to each of the field batteries of the Royal Artillery, making the present strength of gunners and drivers i❑ each battery 128 men. The strength of the batteries during the last war was 120 gunners to each battery ; but at that time there was a corps of drivers exclusively attached to the horses, and not included in the 120 for serving and working the guns. The men and horses of the batteries are at pre sent in excellent condition, and have on erery occasion, when the weather is favourable, plenty of exercise. On Monday morning last, the whole of the troops in the garrison off duty paraded in heavy marching order, and proceeded into the country as far as Bexley-heath, which they marched across, and returned to the barracks at 1 o'clock. On the recent departure of the three compa nies of Royal Artillery to relieve an equal number of companies from foreign service on the West Indies sta tion, three companies of the 95th Regiment of Foot arrived in the garrison here to assist in performing the necessary duties. It is now said that the whole of the companies of the 95th, at present at head-quarters at Weedon, will come up to Woolwich to do duty here. By that arrangement a considerable number of the Royal Marines could be spared, to form, with men from the other divisions, a battalion of that excellent sea or land force for service at Malta. There are at present upwards of 300 fine young men, recruits of the Royal Marines of this division, acquiring a knowledge of the duties of the profession they have chosen. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY RACES. -WEDNESDAY. THE COPELAND HANDICAP of sovs. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; the second to save his stake. About three-quarters of a mile. (31 subs, 16 of whom de• dared.) Mr. Dawson's The Merry Monk, fist 71b...(Aldcroft)0 1 Mr. .Elalforcl's Topsy, by Orlando, fist 71b...(Hughes)0 2 The following also ran :—Eva, Tom, ch c by Pyrrhus the First, Toggery, Glenstrae, Boddicot, bf by Veni son, Cestrae, Commodore Charley, Lurley, Vingt-tin, Young Celia, The Mysterious Lady. Betting-3 to 1 agst Lurley, 4to 1 agst Vingt-Un, 6 to 1 each agst Merry Monk and Commodore Charley, 7to 1 agst Topsy, Bto 1 agst Glenstrae. A fine race, in with the first two resulted in a dead heat. Topsy had a good start, and was in front throughout. Glen strae was third, Commodore Charley and Vingt-Un were fourth and fifth. The others widely scattered. On returning to 3 scale the rider of Merry Monk com plained that the rider of Topsy had crossed him just below the distance. The case was brought before the stewards, who decided that the charge was not proved. Deciding Heat.—Betting-5 to 2 on Merry Monk, who waited to the half distance, when a fine set-to en sued, and he won by a neck. The MANK3IOOE STAKES of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added, The second to save his stake. About half a mile, (32 subs.) Mr. E. Fenning's Tonic by Theon, 5 yrs, Bst (Chariton) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Grey Tommy, 4 yrs, 7st 21b...(We115) 2 Mr. Bennion's The General, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Windsucker ' Master Slen der, The Pilot, Flycatcher, Hazlenut, Helena, Cole raine, Telegraph, Butterfly, Maid of Golborne, Athena Pallas, Black Bess, Maria Bell, Sampson. Betting-2 to 1 asst Grey Tommy, 7to 2 agst Maria Bell, 7to 1 agst Tonic, Bto 1 agst The General. A slashing race in with the the three placed ended in favour of Tonic by a neck. Half a length between second and third. Coleraine was fourth, Helena fifth, and Maid of Golborne sixth. Considerable delay took place before the start was effected. The SEVERN STAKES of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added. The second to save his stake. Optional selling weights, &c. Once round. Mr. Hutchinson's Jujube, by Sweetmeat, 2 yrs (Bates) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Inder, 3 yrs (601.), Bst 131 b (Aldcroft) 2 The following also ran :—Sabra, Minerva, Nerva, Roger Thornton, The Nun, The Gem, Effie Deans, Voucher, Cleveland, Madame Landeau, Mary Ann, and Luxurious. The GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE CHASE Of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 50 added. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. Penalties for certain winners. About four miles. (32 subs., 16 of whom declared.) Mr. Evans's Bourton, aged, list 71b (Tasker) 1 Mr. Land's The General, aged, list 21b (S. Darling, jun.) 2 Sir Edward Smythe nd Peter, aged, lOst 121 h (R. Sly, jun.) 3 Mr. A. Snit's Sam Hood, aged, 10st 41b (Ow ner ) 4 Mr. Davenport' s B as ti on , 5 yrs, 9st 13Ib ...(Bradley) 5 The following also ran :—Montague, Sir Philip, The Old Rake, Miss Purdon, and Trout. Betting-6 to 4 agst Bourton, 4to 1 each asst The General and Sam Hood, 10 to 1 agst Bastion. Won by three lengths. The General and Peter made a good race for second honours, which the former obtained by half a length. Sam Hood and Bastion were the only other horses that passed the post. Miss Purdon fell at the leap in the enclosure adjoining the course, and Montague " came down " at the water jump opposite the stand the first time round. He rolled over his jockey, whO" was much shaken. HURDLE RACE of 40 sows., added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each, 1 ft. About two miles and a quarter. (33 subs., 11 of whom declared.) Mr. Johnson's Star of England, 6 yrs, lOst (Tasker) 1 Mr. A. Sait's Timothy, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (Owner) 2 Mr. Harrison's John Bright, lOst 21b (Jones) 3 The following also ran :—Mellon, h by Drayton, Ger ard, The Merry Lass, Ducrow, Badsworth. Betting-2 to 1 agst Drayton horse, sto 2 agst Mel lon, 4 to 1 agst Gerard, 5 to 1 agst Timothy, 6 to 1 agst Star of England. Won by three lengths ; bad third ; Drayton horse was fourth ; Gerard fifth. Mel lon fell at the hurdles near the half-mile post, and the jockey was much injured. Badsworth also fell. MATCH, 100 sovs. each, 25 ft. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Warrington's Voucher, Bst, received forfeit from Mr. W. Hutchinson's B us h a belle, Bst 71b. RACING PLATE (Tuesday).—The stakes have been awarded to the owner of Eccentricity. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT PO.RTIIERN RAIL WA Y. An accident of a very alarming character occurred yesterday morning on the Great Northern Railway, about five miles south of Doncaster. The night fast goods' train, from York and Leeds, consisting of seven trucks, an engine and tender, and break-van, left Don caster station for London, between 12 and 1 o'clock, being only a few minutes behind time, and had pro ceeded as far as Rossington station, when one of the axle-trees of the fifth truck, which was laden with gir ders and coupling irons, suddenly snapped in two, and threw the truck across the do wn li ne o f ra il s . At the same instant, and before any alarm could possibly be raised, the night express, which leaves London at 9.15 p.m., came up (punctually to its time) and dashed into the dislocated train at full speed, or at the rate of about 40 miles an hour. The engine of the express was cap sized in a moment, the break-van next to it was partially smashed, and three of the passenger carriages were thrown off the line. The greatest alarm and excitement prevailed amongst the passen gers ; b u t, f or t una t e l y, th e injuries sustained were not so serious as those generally resulting from such frightful accidents, or as might have been expected on this occasion. A guard in the passenger train, named Joseph Amobelina (not on duty, but proceeding to the north) received an ex tensive lacerated wound on the forehead, and he is now lying at lodgings at Doncaster. The engine• driver of the express had his top lip cut and his knee bruised ; three of the passengers were rather severely bruised also, and were unable to proceed on their journey until the middle of the day. The stoker of the express engine had a very narrow escape. He is a man of small stature, and at the moment the col lision took place his head passed under a bar projecting from the prostrated goods' waggon ; had he been three inches taller, his head would have been knocked off. As soon as the accident had occurred, information was sent by telegraph to Doncaster, where Mr. Seymour Clarke, the general manager of the] Great Northern line happened to be staying, and he, together with Mr. Sturrock, the locomotive engineer, and Mr. Lister, sur geon, accompanied by a staff of porters and workmen, proceeded as soon as possible, by special train, to the scene of the accident, where every assistance was ren dered to the passengers, about twenty in number, who were ultimately forwarded to Doncaster by the special train, and the greater part of them were despatched thence to their several destinations. The up line was cleared within an hour or two after the accident, and the down line was also free for traffic in the course of the morning. This is the fifth accident which has occurred within a month or two on the Great Northern and Midland lines, from precisely the same cause, viz., the breaking of axletrees—a coincidence which it is believed by compe tent judges to be less due to sudden fluctuations of tem perature acting upon the metal than to the overloading of the waggons which these axletrees have had to sup port. This explanation derives confirmation from the fact that in all the five cases we have alluded to, the ac cident happened to goods waggons. NEW SCOTTISH RAILWAYS. —We understand that during the past few weeks surveys have been made with the view of constructing a railway from Aberdeen to Peterhead, and also a line to branch off from the Dee side at Colford, a short distance above Culter, to run to Alford.—Abcraoen Ewald. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1853. MINN NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, DEATH OF NELSON'S FLAG-LIEUTENANT REAR-ADMIRAL PASCO. We stated yesterday, on the authority of the Ply mouth Mail, that Rear-Admiral Pasco was not exp ec t e d to live. Yesterday we received intelligence, by electric telegraph, to the effect that he had died. So another link of the living history of the immortal hero has de parted ; one, too, so imperishably identified with his c ommander-in-chief as to have been the officer selected to convey to the Trafalgar fleet the undying signal, " England expects every man to do his duty ;" one, too, who popularised the signal of his illustrious chief by suggesting an alteration in its terms which makes it read as it now does, for, as first published many years since, on the authority of the gallant deceased, the ori ginal order to Lieutenant Pasco was to make the signal " Nelson expects," &c., when, on remarking to his lordship that it would take some time to spell the word " Nelson," but that England could be ( - riven at one signal, the " patriot hero said, " Right right, make it England." " E ng l an d" was accedingl; substituted for " Nelson," and that signal which was so gloriously obeyed, is now the watchword of that gallant profession which is the chief arm of the country's defence. Rear Admiral Pasco was horn Dec. 20, 1774-conse quently he was nearly 79 years of ag, e. As narrated by O'Byrce," lie ente re d th e navy June 4, 1734, on board the Druid, 32, Captains George Anson Byron and Joseph Ellison, lying at Plymouth. In 1786 he joined the Pegasus, 28, commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, with whom he served for about twelve months in the West Indies and on the coast of North America. He then became attached to the Impregnable, 98, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral Graves, and to the Penelope, 32, Captain John Linzee, on the Halifax station ; and he was next, between 1790 and 1795. em ployed as midshipman and master's mate, principally in the Channel and West Indies, on board the Syren, 32, Captain John Manley ; Orion, 74, Captain John Thomas Duckworth ; London, 98, Captain Richard Goodwin Keats ; Caesar, 80, Captain Anthony James Pye Molloy ; Orion again, Captain J. T. Duckworth ; Minotaur, 74, and Aimable, 32, flag-ships of Admirals John Macbride and Sir John Laforey. Attaining the rank of lieutenant July 15, 1795, he was subsequently appointed in that capacity-in 1795-6 to the Majestic, 74, flag-ship of Sir J. Laforey ; again to the Beaulieu, Captain Launcelot Skynner ; and to the Minotaur, 74, Captain Thomas Louis, all in the West Indies-September 27, 1796, to the Raisonable, 64, Captain Charles Boyles, em ployed at the Cape of Good Hope and in the Chan nel-December 27, 1799, as first, to the Immortalite, 36, Captains Hon. Henry Hotham and Edward W. C. R. Owen, on the latter station-and April 7, 1803 (after six months of half-pay), to the Victory, 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson. When senior lieutenant, in 1796, of the Beaulieu, Mr. Pasco landed with a battalion of seamen, and assisted at the reduction of St. Lucie ; and, in 1801, at which period he belonged to the Im mortaliV, he volunteered and was appointed to cut out from Camaret Bay the French corvette La Chevrette, but was prevented from carrying his plans into execu tion by the circumstance of his ship being ordered on a cruise before the weather had proved sufficiently favour able. The glory of acheiving the exploit, fell in conse quence to the lot, as is well known, of the late Captain Keith Maxwell. On his passage to the Mediterranean in May, 1803, Mr. Pasco, then in the Victory, contri buted to the capture of the French 32-gun frigate Em bnscade. He afterwards went in pursuit of the com bined squadrons to the West Indies ; and on his return he shared, Oct. 21, 1805, in the battle of Trafalgar. It being Lord Nelson's practice to make the officer first on his list for promotion to the duty of signal-officer, and the junior that of first-lieutenant, Mr. Pasco, al though senior of the Victory in the action, was obliged to submit to the regulation enforced by his lordship, through whose death he in consequence lost that pro motion to which his rank entitled him. He had thus the mortification of only receiving a com mander's commission, dated Dec. 24, 1805 ; while Mr. Quilliam, the sixth lieutenant, was at once ad vanced to post rank. During the battle he had the misfortune to be severely wounded by a grape shot in the right side and arm ; for which he received a pension of 2501. per annum, besides having at the time obtained a grant from the Patriotic Fund. After he left the Victory, Captain Pasco remained on half-pay until May, 1808. He then at length succeeded in pro curing command of the Mediator, 32, which vessel he served for three months off Cadiz and Lisbon. In the following November he joined the Hindostan, 50, armee en-flute, fitting fora voyage to New South Wales ; on his return whence he was appointed, in November, 1810, to the Tartarus, 20. In that ship, in which lie was made post by commission bearing date April 3, 1811, Captain Pasco continued employed on the Chan nel, American, and Cork stations until May, 1815. In the ensuing June he assumed command, at Lisbon, of the Rosa, 38 ; and he next, from August 20, 1815, until paid off September 2, 1818, served in the Lee, 20, on the Channel station, where he made prizes of several smuggling vessels. On March 18, 1846, he was ad mitted into the Royal Hospital at Greenwich ; but, re signing the appointment almost immediately, he was placed on the Ist of April following in command of his old ship the Victory, stationed at Portsmouth. He had been previously, Feb. 19, 1342, selected as a recipient for the captain's good service pension. He attained his present rank Sept. 22, 1847. Rear Admiral Pasco mar ried, first, Sept. 1, 1805, Rebecca, daughter of J. L. Penfold, Esq., of the Royal Dockyard at Plymouth ; and, secondly, July 22, 1843, Eliza, relict of Captain John Weaver, R.M., (1826). By his first wife he bad issue three sons and two daughters. Of the former, the eldest, William, is a commander, and the second, Crau ford, a lieutenant in the Royal navy. The youngest son, George Magrath Ley Pasco, was a second lieute nant, Royal marines (1341). One•of the rear admiral's daughters is married to Captain J. B. B. M`Hardy, RN. ; the other to Lieutenant H. M. Kinsman, R.N." We regret the loss of the deceased admiral, as an old friend and correspondent. He was a truly gallant sailor, and a mild and amiable gentleman. He was most un obtrusive in his manners, and shrunk from pressing his peculiar claims on the Admiralty, either on his own be half or his sons ; consequently, although he served afloat for 32 years-longer than any of the Lords of the Admiralty, lie had no chance against the "Parkers' " interest. One son, therefore, is a commander of seven years' standing, without employment, and another is a lieutenant of ten years seniority. His son-in-law, Cap tain M`Hardy, is the high constable of Essex, and his son is a promising young midshipman in her Majesty's service. By the decease of Rear Admiral Pasco the following promotions and changes take place : To be Rear-Admiral on the reserved half-pay list, Captain Percy Grace, Feb. 1825, that officer not having served his time as captain. To be Rear Admiral of the Blue.—Captain Henry Dundas, Feb. 1825, vice Sir James Stirling, to be Rear- Admiral of the 'White, vice Sir Watkin Owen Pell, to be Rear Admiral of the Red, vice Pasco. The Hon. Montagu StopfOrd (April, 1825) flag captain to the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., commander-in-chief at the Nore, is now senior captain on the active list. Sir Burton Macnamara (1833) becomes one of the seniors, and Captain the Hon. C. G. B. Elliot (1841) of the Sybille, 40, East Indies, is included in the second list of senior captains. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16. Mr. Parratt, of the Treasury, brought his life raft to this port to-day, which has been the wonder of all who have inspected it. We have before reported favourably of this admirable and simple invention for saving and preserving life at sea. A trial before Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Commander-in-Chief, &c., will be made in this harbour on Friday. The Prussian frigate Gefion, 46, Commodore Schroeder, and corvette Amazone, sailed for Malta from Spithead this morning before 8 o'clock. The Commodore on leaving fired a salute of 21 guns for the national flag, and 15 for the Port Admiral. The salute to the lag was not acknowledged until 3 p.m., when the gallant and courteous foreigners must have been well on their way towards the Mediterranean ! The Neptune, 120, Captain E. H. Scott, flag of Rear- Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., was paid wages to-day. The Princess Royal, Captai n L or d Clarence Paget, has fitted her bowsprit and stepped her main and mizen masts to-day. APPOINTMENT. Commander Nioholas Vansittart (January, 1847), who commanded Her Majesty's ship Wolf, 18, East Indies, and then her Majesty's sloop Frolic, 16, Mediterranean, to study at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. WOOLWICH, Nov. la. APPOINTMENTS. Chaplain, Rev. Arthur Browne, B.A. (1841), to be chaplain and naval instructor to the Arrogant, 36, screw steam-frigate at Portsmouth. Clerk in charge, Joseph Whittall (1846), from the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness, to the Rifleman, screw steam-sloop at Woolwich. Clerks.---John Truss, (1852), from the Blenheim, screw steam guard-ship, to the Neptune, 120, flagship of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, at Portsmouth. William J. Richards, recently serving in the Phcenix screw steam sloop, to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steamship at Devon port; Frederick Lima (1851), to the Princess Royal, 90, The em to Ascension screw steam-ship at Portsmouth. Tyne. cen s si to o r n e- a sh nd ip, Ri. M o aster Commander James B. Tucker, will b e rea d y t o b e ta k en out o f th e b as i n on Saturday, an d w h en l oa d e d w i th stores w ill proceed with t T E ARMY. CHARGE OF ROTIIIERY AGAINST A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. —Corporal George Clemison, 80th Regiment s za , s oi t i r o ie n d e by e a court-martial on Tuesday, the from Cornelius " For disgraceful conduct, of ls t F b oo i t n , Colonel Edward Private Reddin' at Harwich that on the 25th 2, Reddin, private, 18th e t e u l s ai P a a h r i k in e s r e , lf ß d . o M wn ., NRsNtaeeasglipresident. y arwich ; about four . purchase y . il t e some u 'went thed fetl town l a y s i l i ee t p o of October last he was on guard a s o'clock in the afternoon of that d cu a g y l ; ll l B tobacco, a o n n d tl 7 le a g n l d ta w rd en b t ed toanbetween 6 he then found that he had no mone back o to the guard room and charged the whole of the men guard with having robbed him of is. 6d. in silver. on the witnesses Currey and Fitzpatrick were examined. They were both privates of the 18th Regiment. Each distinctly swore that they saw the prisoner go to Reddin, who was asleep in the bed , an d the prisoner took from Reddin's pocket some copper money. They made no remark about it to any person at the time. They were both sitting on the guard bed. Tho pri soner made a long defence, stating that the charge preferred against him was untrue, and had arisen from I spite by the three persons examined this day. Ho stated that about a fortnight before October 25th he was LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 16. BAIL COURT. GOUGH V. COBB. Mr. Ed win James and Mr. Phinn were 'counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Boville for the defendant. The plaintiff was an auctioneer residing at Sunbury. The defendant formerly drove the Sunbury coach, but had some property left him, a portion of which consisted of 14 acres of land, situate at Feltham. The defendant made up his mind to sell the land, and applied to the plaintiff on the subject, and the plaintiff made nn entry in his book, which he read to the defendant, in these terms—" Instructed by Mr. Cobb to sell his land for 9501., Mr. Cobb to pay a commission of 21 per cent.' To this the defendant agreed. The plaintiff caused handbills, describing the property and offer for sale, to be printed and circulated, and, and after many offers had been made, he obtained a purchaser at the 9501. The defendant had then altered his mind and would not sell, and when the plaintiff claimed his commission he re fused to pay it, but offered to give him 31. if he would give him a receipt for 231. 15s. The defence was, that the defendant had not given the plaintiff any instructions to sell the property. Tile parties were called, and they contradicted each other in the most positive terms. The jury, without hearing the summing up, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The learned Judge said he approved of the verdict, without at all imputing perjury. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. HAZLITT V. VIZETELLY-NEW TRIAL. Mr. Macnamara moved in this case to set aside the verdict and have a new trial, upon payment of the costs of the day, upon the ground that the defendant's attor ney was misled as to the time that the trial was to take place. The action was to recover a sum of money for translating the Life of Louis the 17th ; and it came on to be heard on Monday last at Guildhall, when it was tried as an undefended cause, and a verdict given for the plaintiff for 75/. It unfortunately happened that on the morning of Monday it was stated in the Times that the court would sit at 11 o'clock, instead of the correct time, 10 o'clock, and the consequence was that the defendant's attorney did not arrive at Guildhall un til half-past 10 o'clock, and then he found that the cause had been tried in his absence. The Chief Justice—lt was printed very plainly in the sittings paper that the court would sit at 10 o'clock, the correct time. Suppose the Times had said that the sourt would sit in Lincoln's-inn-hall, and the attorney had gone there, would that be ground for a new trial ? Mr. Macuamara, said that his client was prepared to pay the costs of the day, and there was an af f idavit of merits. Mr. Justice Maule—The full courts had recently been in the habit of adjourning from Saturday until Monday at 11 o'clock, because some gentlemen at the bar, and he believed some of the judges—but he was not so sure about that had country houses. (A. laugh.) Now, that reason would apply just as much to the sittings at Guildhall, unless the gentlemen there had their country houses near at hand— asat Hoxton. (A laugh.) The Chief Justice said that not meeting until eleven o'clock on Mondays they had returned in part to the old practice, which was to adjourn on Saturday at 3 until Monday at 11 q and as to one court, a reason was given for this, the Chief Baron saying that "the gentlemen who practised there had country houses." (A laugh.) Mr. Watson, Q.C., appeared to show cause in the first instance, and he submitted that the affidavit was not sufficient. It stated that the attorney had intended to instruct counsel in court ; so that it seemed that counsel, like another class of persons, could be called off the stand at a moment's notice. (A laugh.) The Chief Justice said be thought that there should be a new trial, upon payment of the costs of the day. Rule absolute for a new trial accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. SPECIAL PAPER. THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY V. COCHRANE, This was an action against the defendant - on a bond for 2001. given by him to secure the fidelity and honesty of one Coles, a clerk to the Eastern Union Railway Company before its amalgamation with the Bury and Ipswich Company, when the two original companies were by an act, 11th and 12th of Victoria, chap. 174, dissolved and reconstituted and amalgamated under the title of "the Eastern Union Railway Company." By one of the clauses of that act it is provided, inter alia, that all " bonds" given to either of the dissolved com panies shall enure to the benefit of the new company, and shall be read as if the title of the new company had been inserted in them, instead of that of the old com panies respectively. It appeared that the clerk con tinued to discharge his duties under the amalgamated companies as before, and that he ultimately absconded with some of the funds received by virtue of such ser vice, and thereupon this action was brought on the joint bond given by him and the defendant to the original company. To the declaration setting forth these facts the defendant generally demurred, and now Mr. O'Malley appeared in support of the demurrer, contending that the clause transferring all contracts and bonds from the old company to the new was to be con fined to those cases in which the contract was in such a state before the dissolution as that the old company, if it continued, would have had a right to sue ; but that it ought not to be extended to include cases such as this, where no liability arose, for there had not been any breach in the time of the old company. Mr. Bramwell, on the other hand, relied on the words of the act, which gave certain rights to the new com pany, and insisted that the Court could not pay any at tention to the hypothetical hardships or cases of his learned friend. The Court was of opinion that the plaintiffs were entitled to its judgment for the reasons assigned. The words of the act were so clear that it was impossible to draw the distinction sought to be put on them in favour of the defendant by his learned counsel, and, therefore, there must be judgment for the plaintiffs. Judgment accordingly. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE LORD HUNTINGTOWER. To-day was appointed for consideration of the certifi cate in this case, which was appointed to be heard at one o'clock, but was not called on until some time after,.in consequence of the learned commissioner being engaged at a private meeting. Mr. Lucas, counsel on part of the assignees, did not object 'to a certificate being granted, on the ground that the estate would eventually clear off the whole of the debts. The present bankruptcy arose principally in conse quence of the renewal of debts under a formerjbank ruptcy and insolvency. His Honour considered that injustice would be done to the new creditors by renewing the old debts, and suspended the certificate for six months for not keeping books which every person rendering himself liable to the bankrupt laws was bound to do. He (his Honour) would take time to consider whether he ought to im pose terms on the subsequently acquired property. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) A FASHIONABLE FOREIGN COUNT IN DIFFICULTY.- WRIGHT. V. THE COUNT ST. JEAN. The plaintiff is a livery stable keeper, in Eldon-place, Hyde-park, and defendant was stated to be a foreign count, residing at the time the debt was contracted in Conduit-street, Bond-street. The claim was fain/. 18s., the balance of an account for the hire of carriages and horses. Evidence was adduced to prove the hiring and use o ; he carriages, and also a promise to pay the balance o: ,he account. Defendant having suffered judgment to go by default, was given against him for the amount claimed. This was the only case in the list. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--Charles Vos, a Dutchman, about 25 years of age, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with breaking into the branch post office in Lombard-street. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, appeared for the prosecution, and stated that on the 2d inst. the branch office in question was broken into, an entrance having been effected at the window, and several drawers were forced open. Upon inquiry, it appeared that be tween 91. - and 10/. had been stolen, although a cash drawer which contained 1701. had not been touched. About a week afterwards, a second attempt was made to commit a burglary at the same place. Since which time two officers had been secreted in the inside to watch. Last night the prisoner, having entered through a window, was seized and taken into custody, and it turned out that a portion of the property stolen on the 2d inst. was found by the officers at his lodgings. Meshach Mead, City officer 426, said, in consequence of a burglary committed at the branch post-office in Lombard-street on the 2d instant, and another on the Bth, a constable, named Carrol, and myself were em ployed to watch the premises. We went there last night at ten o'clock, and remained inside. About twelve o'clock we heard a noise at the window as if somebody was trying to break in. The noise continued, with the exception of intervals of two or three minutes, till about half-past two, when a square of glass was broken, and the prisoner came through the hole into the room in which we were and made his way down to where we were secreted, with the chisel in his hand which I pro duce. We then sprang upon him, and, seizing him by the arms, took the chisel from him, as well as a dirk from his waistcoat pocket. He also had about him four sovereigns and a Swedish dollar. The Lord Mayor—Did he say anything when you seized him ? Officer—No, my lord ; he merely gave a scream, and said he was Dutch. He was in his shirt sleeves, and shoeless. He said nothing to me in the English lam. guage. The prisoner signified that he was unable to speak a word of English, and as no interpreter was at hand, he was remanded. LAMBETH.—Mr. W. B. Boddy, a surgeon, re siding in the Walworth-road, applied to Mr. Elliott for his assistance to obtain possession of his daughter, a young lady 19 years of age, who had disappeared from the residence of her sister under somewhat mysterious circumstances. It appeared that a fortnight ago the young lady, while on a visit with her sister, had left the house at three o'clock, saying that she should be back in a short time ; but she had not returned from that day, and her fathily, as might well be imagined, had been kept in a state of the greatest suspense and anxiety ae to what lad become of her, In the course of the inquiries made about her, it transpired that the young lady had been in the habit, unknown to her parents and friends, of attending the services at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in St. George's-fields, and had ultimately embraced the Romish faith. On Monday evening information had reached her father that she was locked up in a nunnery at Clapham, which was under the supervision and authority of Dr. Grant, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark. Mr. Elliott inquired if an application had been made at the nunnery in question, and Mr. Boddy replied in the negative, observing that he was of opinion that there would be but little good in applying there, as his daughter would be denied him and kept locked up. Mr. Elliott observed that he had no jurisdiction in such cases, and therefore could not give the applicant any assistance. His only legal course would be, when he had ascertained where his daughter was, to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a habeas corpus against the parties detaining her, and this would at once compel them to produce the young lady before the court. He (Mr. Elliott), however, had no objection to send an officer with Mr. Boddy to Dr.. Grant, and that gentle man, upon being informed of the application that had been made, might give such information as might lead to the recovery of the young lady, without the necessity of appealing to the higher courts. Bodily thanked his worship for the suggestion, and Lockyer, one of the summoning officers, was directed to accompany the applicant to the residence of Dr. Grant. On applying at the house adjoining the St. George's Cathedral, Mr. Boddy and the officer were at once admitted to an interview with Dr. Grant, and that rev. gentleman admitted that he had some recollection of a young lady answering the description of Miss Soddy asking him some questions, but he assured them that he did not know where she was. He, however, admitted that if she was in the nunnery at Clapham, as had been conjectured, or at the Servants' Home, there could not be the slightest , difficulty in getting ber out, as there could be no desire to detain her from her father and friends. Lockyer said it was generally represented that no ordinary person applying to a nunnery would be allowed to see any of its inmates, upon , which Dr. Grant remarked that it was not so, and lest there should be any difficulty or doubt in - the mutter, he should give Mr. Boddy a note to the Principal at the nunnery. Mr. Boddy expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the candour, courtesy, and kindness of Dr. Grant, on his leaving that rev, gentleman, and it was arranged that in the course of the afternoon Mrs. Boddy should accompany the officer to the nunnery, to identify her daughter, in the event of her going by any other than her real name. Lockyer, accompanied by Mrs. Boddy, first went to the nunnery, where he saw the principal (Sister Maria Theresa), who assured them that neither Miss Boddy nor any person resembling her had entered the nunnery for three weeks preceding, but at the same time she re commended them to go to the "The Servants' Home," where she might perhaps be. They accordingly went there, and on inquiring from Mrs. Rushworth, the lady who had charge of the place, if Miss Boddy was there, she at once, and without hesitation, admitted that she was, and said that she had been brought there about a. fortnight before by a female. She added that she was merely kept there until a situation suited to her age and capacity could be obtained. The young lady was then brought to her mother, and she at once declared that she had been kept at the place at her own particular request, and that she had not been restrained in any way whatever. She cried bitterly, and seemed to leave the place with much reluctance, saying that she was afraid that she should not be allowed to attend the church of her adoption. She was taken away in a cab to the residence of her sister. ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR OF GLAkGOW UNIVERSITY. The election of Lord Rector took place at Glasgow on Tuesday forenoon, when the Earl of Eglinton was re appointed, after a sharp contest, the opposing candidate being Mr. Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate. The following is the state of the poll in the different " na tions" into which the students are divided : Eglinton. Tennyson. Natio Glottiana Loudoniana 29 ... 28 - Transforthana 27 ... 28 - Rothesayana 223 Majority of single votes for Eglinton The election, however, is not decided by cumulative votes, but by " nations," and, as there were two for each candidate, they were thus equal. Dr. Rainey, the vice -rector, however, gave his casting vote in favour of the Earl of Eglinton, who was accordingly declared Lord Rector for the ensuing year. It has been generally the custom that the Lord Rector should be re-elected the second year without opposition ; and it is not unlikely that the weakness or (ejection of the Poet Laureate may have been caused by the preci pitancy of his supporters in putting him forward in a manner which would have infringed an honourable and well-understood arrangement. It is scarcely necessary to say that neither of the eminent persons voted for took any personal part in the election. MMINIMMIN STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 15.—The American cotton mar kets are affected by the question of peace or war, which is disturbing the nations of Europe. Making the most of the frost that had occurred, the holders of cotton were unable to keep up prices in the southern markets. On the 31st October, strict "middling" was telegraphed from New Orleans at Sid. per lb. The purchases of the day have been extremely limited (consisting in yarns of numerous small transactions), and, although, in general, prices are not quotably lower, yet there is in them a slight further bias against botn spinners and manufac turers. The cloths most in request for India, during the last few days, have been low jaconets, madapollains, and shirtings, the prices of which are well sustained ; but the better qualities of nearly all descriptions have been ex ceedingly dull, with prices in favour of the buyers. HALIFAX, Nov. 12.—Our piece hall has been yen slenderly attended to-day, and scarcely any worsted goods, either plain or figured, have found purchasers. In the corn market the langour increases rather than diminishes, and the merchants are extremely shy of en tering into engagements. There is a little more doing in wool, and the quotations are, if anything, somewhat firmer. HUDDERSFIELD, Nor. 15.—Beyond a few buyers from London, Glasgow, and Belfast, the market has been thinly attended. The transactions have been in winter cloths, and have been effected more in job lots than at regular prices. Waistcoatings are very slow of sale, and excepting new patterns in silk plush, scarcely anything is asked for. There has been rather more doing in the wool warehouses during the week. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 14.—Great activity still prevails in every branch of the iron trade. The late increase in each succeeding month's reports, not only in iron wrought and unwrought, but in every article manufac tured from iron, and which is likely to receive a still further impulse from the contemplated reduction of duty across the channel, connected with the fact that Scotch bar iron is actually quoted at 10s. per ton above our nominal rates, justify the expectation that higher prices will rule here again shortly. Coals and iron stone maintain their prices without alteration, and that with a demand far exceeding the production of the district ; and more furnaces have been put out of blast from inability to obtain a supply. The metal market has been again agitated to the annoyance and loss of our manufacturers. On Tuesday last the metal dealers of Birmingham announced a rise in the price of copper of 91. 10s. per ton, and a further advance is talked of. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 16. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Traveller, from Rotterdam Margaretta, ditto • Anderian, Kierstemin ; Emulou s , M es • sins; Catherine irilhelmina, Nebe ; Edward and Jamel Almeira ; Wilhelm, Memel ; Burghcastle ° Antwerp; Queen of Chase, Malaga ; San Francisco, New York; Porsgrund, Nyland; Margaretha, Konigsberg; Harlequin, Nieudepe • Slater Rebow, Messina ; Alarm, St. Mab ; Lucy, Rotlerdani ; Brandt, Memel. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR \ LOADING.—The Leander, for Havre ; Heinrick Bruno, Hamburg ' • Helena, Harli ns tod ; Welcome, Havre ; Pauline Houghton, Bussorah ; Amy, Rotterdam ' • William Large, Barbadoes ; Alexand er , Ascension ; Plumstead, Melbourne, &c. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Carl Frede rick, for Monte Video and Buenos Ayres; Helene, Bre men ; Asiatic, Port Philip and Calcutta ; Den Gode Hen gist, Stavanger ' • Antipodes, Sydney ; Prins H en d r ik, Launceston ; Ond Alblas, Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16. Efforts were 'made yesterday to get off the Lucy, hence to Mobile, on shore at the Isle of Man, but the S. E. wind having cut off the tide about four f ee t , they were unsuc cessful, and the steam-tugs returned here this morning. The Charlotte, from China, arrived here this for enoon , after a rapid passage. She left this port on her outward trip on the 16th April, thus making both passages in seven months. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Colinda, London to Vancouver's Island, Sept. 17, la 19 S., long. 33 Vir: Vanderwcrl, Hartlepool to Hong Kong, Sept. 29, lat. N., 22. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE PORTLAND BREAKWATER.— PORTLAND, MONDAY.—A shocking accident happened to-day at the works of the breakwater of the harbour of refuge now forming off here, by the giving way of the timber viaduct supporting the railway. About eleven o'clock a train, consisting of a locomotive, tender, and four waggons, the latter filled with stone, was pro ceeding along at a moderate pace, when suddenly the driver noticed an alarming oscillation of the viaduct, and, looking in front, observed that come of the timbers had given way. Re immediately shut off his steam, but finding that an accident was inevitable, he and his stoker sprang off the engine into the sea, and thus escaped ; but in a moment or two afterwards the train reached the point where the viaduct had given way, and the whole of it, with two r nfortu nate breaksmen clinging to the waggons, was precipi tated into the sea. The two breaksmen were not seen afterwards, which has led to an inference that they ware crushed to death between the waggons. As soon as possible the superintendent of the works caused several divers to go down about the spot and search for the bodies of the unfortunate fellows, but up to late this evening their diode had not been successful, COUNTRY MARKETS. .., EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW 'KA RV 3T-- NOTEMBIIt 15. There was a largo supply of straw of all descrip he market. The prlees were as follow : Oat straw, from 8s t;d to us 6d per kemple of IE. ' stonet .rou ; wheat do., 7s Od to 8s Od ; barley do., 6s Od. to 76 Hay from 9d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per ACM' EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Nov. 35. There were in the market to-day, 3 sacks °alum Alt,e 4 r is weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-3 a t 2 " and 2 at a 2s Od. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Nov. I 4. There were in the market to-d a y 76 bags os tin l es ls t x, of barleymeal, a n d 2 o f p o t-b ar l ey . S a l e s a rare 0 . The top price of oatmeal Gd up ; second pant y 3 4 11 P6i and third is 6d up f rom l as t mar k e t . B a rleTmeul' down on the top and second prices. a• Oatmeal, per sack of 2801b s I First. Second. rr bir o3 imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto -8 Od —s Oat .--' 61 Pot-barley, per ditto KIEKCALDY—Nov. 12. oLlcinfl J Here, to-day, we h a d unusua l small supplies of -- of grain. Wheat an d b ar l e y so ld the for tosr er fully last week's rates, and the latter at from Gd to 1 ' r qr. lower. Oats sold quickly at 6d per qr. adVane 8 . I'9 , Wheat. Barley. Oats. 13 „ ° . 5 0,1 Fiist Ol Second Bos Od 39s Od 29s Od Og Od Third Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 39s Od to 4 Os °I XT.—Nov. 16. ;he close of the marks Wa s , d. Lawson ................ . , 0 Northumberland ........ .39 Northumberland E. ••••• Riddell .................... Primrose Eden Main ............ Bell Belmont .• 0 3 Braddyll ................... Fmmwellgate ........... Eletton ........$3 : Elaswell ..................... Lambton ... 13 ' Lumley .................... Pefisher .............. . ..... •, 23 Plummer . . ............... '0 Russell's Hetton ... . . •••13 Stewart's .............. Whitwell "": 53 Cassop ................. •••• 43 Heugh Hall . ... . ... ... •••• :0 Kelloe ... 0 South Hartlepool .... South Kelloe ...... . ...... ° 33 Tees .... Thornley ................... ja Ludworth (unscreenedi' Sj aichardson's Tees •••"":39 South Durham ...... .'" Witton Park ............... 19 Cowper ; • ......19 Derwentwater 11.art. 1 0 . 31 Watney's Anthracites.. •• Cwm Garnant Stone..."' 19 I Sold 5B, RAILWAY SHARE .MA,REETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been f °1 1, 0 : steady to-day at the full p r i ces o f yesterday. Oti 0, 4P 271; Eastern Counties, 12i ; Edinburgh and cio o O r o 30c.; Lancashire an d Yorkshire, 644, sc. ; 10' n - IP North-Western, 102 A, c. ; Midland, 61i British, 7 3-16; South-Eastern and Dover, 3 84 Sge m Chester and Sheffield, and Lincoln (pref. 6/. new 3-16 p. ; North Union A (guar.), 238. MANCHESTER, Nov. 16. ~ 0 It' STOOK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t h as d ean ' a n u, 1 , 1 , four sales being recorded. P r i ces ra th er s t em ili 6 ' Ifiet don and North Wester', 1021; Midland, ali ; Fifths, i dis. ; Dover, 184. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 16. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was rather 0, 1 1 day ; there being less inquiry for stock, prices 0° 10 1.4 in consequence. London and North Western 102, 3, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham at 61, 0' LEEDS, Nov. 16. le STOOK EXCHANGE.—The railway share market 11 14 been without any chan g e thi s morn i ng . 111°b4111 quotations of yesterd a y h ave b een ma i n t a i n ed, . a6 f, out any indication of i m p rovemen t . Th e follor the closing transactions :—Lancashire and York shi t :oo Ilidland Stock, 61i ; Eastern Union (B), e ; Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 20. SEABORNE iIIAILL (N signifies that the mails are sent from he General by the night—and M by the morning —dlspsteh.l oy too morning Day when made Iv From what lac COUNTRIES. in General Yost.. Port if pl Office, London. Dispatched. kinerica(hyllrit.pack)N Every Friday ... Liverpool ••• 1 nu kracrica (by United Sts. packet) .... •• .. N NOv. 20 Liverpool NoV• kmerica (by U. States packet) .... .. N Nov. 27 Southampton kustralia (via South- 4 ampton) 4.. • •• . • • • ... Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) Nlj an . 8.. ... Dover .. ••-• •• ' t o• Ditto (via Cape of tloodl 11n c 99 . Hope) 4 . kfrica (West Coast) ..N nd of Ine month Plymoui II •• Nov 0 klexandria.......... N 8,9,2;& 30 of m Dover —•• N ov. e . 1 6 llexandria .. lahamas ........... M 17th if the month Southan3pto° pwlfi6 ............N Dover ...• •• pec• 1 3razil .. 9th of the mouth.. S ou thampton pee. '6 :kuenos Ayres ........M 9tt of the month.. South a mpton 150 v, 1 6 ':ape of Good Hose ..N lth of th e month Plymoir.h •' we. 'Jape of Good Hope ..N Lth of the month. Southarapia 01.• ,'ape de Verds ......Nifth of the month.. Plymou tit •• 0 leylon (see India) I Nov. ;A Ceylon ..............Nl4th of the -mo n th Plymouth •• ro f l ' o Manuel 151e5.... • • Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. Southan soy' • • • • • .3I 2d & 17th of m on th Southar, wtol. 10 china (see India) sof' 0 4 lonstantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 0 f m. Dover •• •• Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southa aipton No „or, ;ont. of Europe M N Twice daily Dover Egypt (see India) I' ol 'l6 e d• 'o'rance •••••• • • M& N Twice daily... Dover iibraltar 4,7, 17,20, 27 ofin. Southampton Treece (see India' of• ireytown ,„ ..M.2nd & 17th o f mon. .Inntllnmiltnn china (see India) onstantinoPle • • N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon.; ;out. of Europe M N Twice daily Egypt (see India) Franco ••• • • 31& N Twice daily.. ithraltar ...34 4,7, 17,20, 27 ofm. 'ireeee (see India' (Ireytown & 17th of mon. ilamburgh ~ ....NiTuesday & Friday Savannah ...., [ ; 2nd of the month Holland .. Di, Wednesday & Sat. Elonduras M , ll7th of the m on th. India (viaSout iamp t )M/4th & 20th of mon. India (Yia Mirseilles)MBth&24th of month Conian Isles (see India)+7, 17, & 27 of mon Ireland & Twice daily Lisbon M'7, 9, 17, & 28 of m. Wadeira 9th of the month Wadeira N 23d of month .... 11alta (seelndia) Yalta 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Waurititu (see India) Waurititu of the month lleaico 3ll2nd of the month., Naples _ „ sth 15 th2sthofmon.l New (4'anada • . & 17th of months New 7421 and....... __ib* private ship PaPal3tates • . N l 5 thlsth2s thofinon. Peninsula M Ithl7o2Bthofinon, Peru • , M 7d & 27th of m o n. Port Natal . 14th of the month • • N sthlsth2sthonnon, Puscany N sthlsth2sthofmon. Venezuela 2d & 17th of month Vat Dlemen's Land (see lustralia) .... vast Indies .. 4 ontliamptOn London ..• •• De c, Southampton mo o. London • • ~,ro c . Southampton Southampton Dover ...• •• s r o i , Dover.... •• Yea Holyhead •• I Southampton D ec , iouthampton? of Plymouth •• , Dover ....••r • N° Y. !Plymouth • ' Gov, Southampton 16 Dover • sof' eel Southampton ne e 0 Various port s ov' et ! Dover . • • • , io Southampton Southampton gi tiymouth • • • sof' st Dover . • • • •• sol' 16 Dover 50' Southampton 11/12d& lithoi month ISouthampton sof'l _.., ---- * When any of these dates lall o a Sunday, the In pan ii• is patched on the following day, with the exception of th e tate Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will bo dISPe lay preceding, I [ADVEHTISEMENT.]—ALIEUTNANT OF CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the .Dutch c . states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment ba s,: him of rheumatism, which appeared to be In cil- voi 0 ;o1 neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparation s ,. „owe as sure remedies, did him any good, ' and the trl: ti t .- 5 the doctor, after several months' trial was vvi t rio f:4 4 cess. At this juncture he commenced taking tL!Le', roc and rubbing the Ointment into the complain ll3 o l,,g twice a day, which effectually cured him in the c c he„ g , six weeks. The truth of this statement can be W il li (341, by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Duc.----Sold by sty gists ; and at Professor Holloway's establishi ne Strand, London. lb MARRIED, On the 15th inst., at St. Pancras Church, __ n u — Al f n a ll Esq., of 21, Lincoln's-inn-fields, to Ellen 31 : — . - 1111.'" daughter of the late Joseph Cal row, Esq., inn-fields. ,ale °P e On the 16th inst., at St. J a m es ' s , Penton—,..,' to -. o r Beighton Tobitt, of G rea t T ower - s t r eet, C 1 % 7 4 G l . l Maria Ann Couves, nie c e of R. D. R o ss, Esq" - / end, Kent. w idoh On the 13th inst., at Dover, Jane CrAigi e d 80. m et Arthur Manclark, Esq., o f R oc h es t er , Sent',-441 On the 14th inst., at Brighton, Georg ° al* Esq., of Upper Grosvenor-street, London- Thottl, i ,,A. to On the 14th inst., after a prolonged illness; Do , man, for 47 year s th e proprietor of the Ang el _ n ew chapel, High-street, aged 76. . t, Il.rpoll' On the 15th inst., at No. 28, Glocester-strcooce, , o , park, Wm. Smeddle, Esq., of the Ordnallt ofpurlm— mall, and Bishop Middleham-hall, in the connig (to w, aged 53. viright, ` l ,, r tollo On the 15th inst., at Ventnor,_lslo of Abbo tto seventh son son of Wm. Simonds, Escl., ° f near Winchester. rea ct Sarah At Churchill, Haslemere, SurreY, Rev. James Freakes Parson, aged_7 4 . ...ryita yOu—a, 301 10° 10' 1 LONDON : Printed and Published 1, 1 ~,, ,Th officl , ft of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 2. " ' i n the 9 0411 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ~,,. 2444""P ThilaCillYs NOYoMher V', LW— . _ : • ` 1 list hi t Irm Tie, Cor al t!th, -Not, th e / Lt h, Crnsl rao ek Itaki] Pei for N Cai To ht and f and , krti six n At th 1 4 th, Th () f Or kap re, those taryi To s 4 Rame Thus guar, come char, 11. c a 111011' Vent era bi - S area 1 3;r 1 Root C In r 4 ti en COAL MARK. Prices of Coal per ton at t S. d. Bate's West Hartley 19 0 Huddle W. Hartley l9 0 Burnhope l9 6 Care's Hartley l9 0 Chester Main 2J 6 Cookson's Hartley l9 0 Davison's West Hartley 19 0 Hasting,'s Hartley 19 0 Rol ywell 22 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 19 6 Longridge's Wst Hartleyl9 0 North Percy Hartley l9 0 Newcastle Hartley 19 0 Old Adairs 18 6 Ravensworth Hartley l9 0 Smith's West Hartley l9 6 South Peareth 2O 0 Tanfield Moor l9 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 19 9 Townley .20 Walker Primrose .........19 6 West Hartley 19 0 Tanfield W. lB 9 Willington Hartley l9 6 Wylam . 21 9 Wallsend, &c. Wallsend 2l ( Acorn Close 22 Clark 19 IJ Clennell 19 0 Gosforth 22 0 llarton 22 0 Hedley 22 0 Killingsworth E. l9 0 Ships at market 8 BIRTHS. OF A BON. ~i t eri On the 12th inst., at W oo dfi e ld, D ro it w ich, 18f rP f shire, th e wif e o f H enry Pid coc k , E sq., l a te ° ger Civil Service. o°ll- On the 15th inst., at 1, S on th-pl ace , C a mber° the wife of David Young, Esq. f ill° OF A DAUGHTER. /61°° . . i .e On the 14th inst., a t Up-Ott ery , D evon , t he H s w- Hon. W. W. Addi ng t on . ye .,-,o On the 16th inst., a t 23, Ch es h am - p l ace , Belgrt"/ the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton.