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

COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 26. The Queen and Prince, with the royal children, accom panied by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Count and Countess Gus tave de Lannoy, Lord Charles Fitzroy, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A Gordon, left Windsor at half-past ten o'clock this morning for Osborne. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Countess of Desart as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor left the Castle this morning for London. OSBORNE, Nov. 27. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and the whole of the royal family, arrived at Osborne yesterday, at two o'clock. The Duke of Brabant, attended by the Count de Lan noy, left again in the afternoon for Dover and Ostend. CABINET COUNCIL—A cabinet council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Mar quis of Lansdowne Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of • Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. After the breaking-up of the Council, the Marquis of Lansdowne left town on a visit to Lord Ashburton, at the Grange. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town on Saturday morn i n g from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Despatches were sent from the Colonial•osice on Satur day to the Governor of Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26. Her Majesty, Prince Albert and the royal family, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, ar rived at this port to-day per South Western Railway from Basingstoke), at 12 . 45 having made the run down from Basingstoke in little more than an hour. The following officials of the South Western Railway accom panied the train down :—Mr. Crombie, secretary ; Mr. Scott, traffi c manager ; M r . Beattie, locomotive depart ment ; and Mr. Godson, superintendent. Her Majesty was received by the Comman d er -in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.C.B. ; the Lieut.-Governor, Major-General Simpson ; Admiral Superintendent Fan shawe, C.B. ; Captain Court ena y , Superintendent of Clarence-yard ; Captains the Hon. J. Denman and Crispin, of the Royal Yacht ; Mr. Davies, of Clarence yard ; the Flag-Lieutenants of the Commander-in-Chief and Admiral Superintendent; Town-M a j or M a i t l an d and Brigade -Major Purvis , and a guard o f h onour fur nished by the 42d Highlanders, with th e b an d o f t h at regiment. Having alighted from the royal trai n , h er Majesty immediately proceeded on board the Fairy steamer, and crossed over to the Isle of Wight, amid the usual salutes from the ships in h ar b our an d at S p i t h ea d and the garrison. The shippi ng was d resse d i n co l ours . His Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant received three messages per elect r i c t e l egrap h i n t h e course o f th e day requiring his immediate return to Brussels on mat ters of moment. One came direct from Brussels by submarine telegraph, and another was from Dover, in forming him that a Belgian steamer had arrived there to convey him across the Channel. His Royal Highness having accompanied her Majesty across to the Isle of Wight, immediately returned again in the Fairy, and left per special train on the South-Western Railway. The Queen has bestowed the vacant Garter upon the Earl of Carlisle. The public will learn with peculiar satisfaction that Sir Edward Parry, the veteran voyager of the Arctic Seas, has been appointed Deputy-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. The Queen has appointed the Rev. John Colvin to the living of Maryhill, and the Rev. Frederick Cruikshank to the living of Lethnot and Navar, in the Church of Scotland. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Charles W. Doherty to the rectory of Pilhaw, in the diocese of Lincoln. The Rev. Dr. Crawford and Mr. Charles Baillie, ad vocate (1830), are appointed to fill the vacancies at the Bible Board in Edinburgh. MURDER OF AN AGED CRIPPLE. LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDFORDSHIRE, SUNDAY EVENING. The greatest consternation has prevailed in this popu lous market town since Friday last, in consequence of a most brutal murder having been committed at a place distant about a mile and a quarter from here, called Ileathaad Reach, by a man named Jno. Burrows, upon an aged and cripple woman, named Glemister. It appears that the murderer, who is an agricultural labourer, is a married man, and, when at home, lives in the village mentioned, but he bears a very bad cha racter, and has been frequently is the habit of ill-treat ing his wife and deserting her for weeks together, so that they have led a very unhappy life. He had but very lately returned home, after being absent for some time at Watford, where he had been spending his time in the most profligate manner. On Thursday night he went to bed with his wife, but they had not been there long before he began to ill-use her ; and at last, seizing her by the throat, tried to strangle her. After a violent struggle, she managed to get away from him, and rushing out of the house, nearly naked, she went to his father's, which is a short distance, there to seek refuge from his brutality. The old man, learn ing what had taken place, at once gave her shelter, and said he would go down to his son and try and pacify him. He did so, and finally lay down upon the bed with him. He lay there until about three in the morn ing, when Burrows began to abuse him, and pushing him from the bed, swore he would kill him. He then beat his head upon the floor until the poor old man was almost insensible. In this state the wretch left his aged parent, and went in search of his wife. He then bent his way to the house of his father, expressing his de termination to do for his wife ; but she, observing him approach, and fearing she would be deprived of life should he get hold of her, slipped out of the house, and concealed herself in a passage close by. At home he found his mother, who had been for nearly five months confined to her bed with illness ; and, learning that his wife had fled, he commenced a most brutal attack upon the poor old woman. His fiendish ven geance being partially satisfied, he sat down and began eating some breakfast, apparently quite calmed. In the room, and attendant upon the sick woman, was the deceased, who was a cripple and used a crutch. During the breakfast she happened to make some remark about the ill-treatment of his wife, upon which Burrows seized a long-handled hammer, used for stone-breaking in the roads, and attempted to strike her. So great was her ter ror at seeing this that she manaued without ber crutch to get from the house and into that of a neighbour named Adams, and, going into his bedroom, t sought his protec tion.s Adams got up an d took h arms, but no sooner had h e d one soe rhoaonr Burrows creature i n rushedhi w into the room armed with th e hammer andw hils t t he ceased was in Adams's arms str uc k h e ; three blows on the head, completely breaking in the sk u ll , and causin g the brain to protrude. Her death was instantaneous. Bur rows than turned upon Adams, and aim e d a blo w .. at skull, which he providentially missed ; and Ad ams, rush ing" past him, escaped by leaping the entir e fli g h t of stairs, and running out into the road, where he raised an alarm. Burrows quickly followed him down stairs, and again attempted to strike him on the head with the ham mer. Adams, however, having avoided the blow, an d some of the neighbours coming up, Burrows kept them at bay. Having threatened any one with instant death who should oppose him, however, and swearing that he meant to take the life of his wife, he compelled those round him to give way, and walked off to find her ; but three working men who had watched him turn his back came from behind, and, throwing him to the ground, got the hammer from him, though not before they had been much hurt by his kicks. They then p rocured a strong rope and bound his legs. The constable by this time arrived, bringing with him the handcuffs and leg irons, and ultimately the prisoner was secured. They then returned to look after the deceased, whom they found lying where she first fell, quite dead, and sur rounded with so much blood that it seemed all she pos sessed had oozed from her body. Two surgeons from Leighton were speedily upon the spot, but their services were unneeded except to render some assistance to the other persons who had been so furiously attacked. The prisoner's father, an old man apparently verging upon 70, was most fearfully lacerated and bruised about the face from the violence done to him by his son. The prisoner, after he found himself secured, made a variety of grimaces, and affected to be insane, but the two medical gentlemen who saw the attempt pronounced it to be a most clumsy act, and it was a matter of doubt whether lie had even been drinking. Re was ultimately conveyed to the Woburn lock-up, and the police having taken up the inquiry have dis cw7_sred grounds for suspecti n g th a t th e a tt ac k u p on hi s int : ‘,van not the result of a quarrel, but a precon cer t e d nt to murder her , and that having been foiled in that he had wreaked hi s bloodthirsty vengeance upon the poor unoff ending creature who lies a corpse, mangled in a manner horrible to think of. Prisoner's last regular employment was with Mr. Bassett, the banker, of Leigh ton, and up on l woman, who thoeuatg that service he ran away with a which recently fe f t him a single man, but from letters truth, and the in toexistence her hands she found out the their acquaintance. is s f the wife was deemed a bar to d he had me t thi s woman on the night of:the m urder, his wi fe , f a a e i and was afte rwar d s h ear d t o utter threats a g ains t It appears that when his victim first gained the i n t er i or of Adams's cottage, she had ti me to r the do or aga i nst him, and that he struck it with such fo rc e that the ham tmearing away all the fas tenier went right through th ngs.e door, for c i ng it open, and The deceased, whose name was Charity Glemister, a widow, her husband havi n g been killed by a fa t l l l va o s i sand in a pit some years since. She leaves several chil dren, but none very young. Contrary to the usual custom, no officer or official Wag left in care of the corpse, which lay upon a bed in the room where the deed was committed. The place where the deed has been committed is o ne of a few small old-fashioned cotter houses, about a mile and a quarter from Leighton, on the Woburn road. EXTENSIVE EURGLAET.—ScarceIy had the above me lancholy affair become generally known, when a fresh cause for excitement occurred in the town, namely, the robbery, by some London thieves, of the shop of Mr. Matthews, watchmaker, of the High-street. Between Friday night and Saturday morning they had effected an entrance from the first floor window, drugged the two clop, lit the gas in the shop, and swept off all they could find, many being valuable watches left to repair. The plunder is estimated at 1,6001. No clue to the thieves has been obtained. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Royal Commissioners re-assembled at twelve o'clock on Friday, in the Privy Council Chamber, and continued their investigations into the state of the City corporation. Commissioners present—the Right Hon. Mr. Labouchere, Sir J. Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined was Captain Williams, one of the Government prison inspec tors, who stated that he had filled that situation for about 18 years. He had had the charge of the home district now for more than the last six years. The City prisons came under his jurisdiction, and he had, therefore, been enabled to form an opinion of the manner in which they were con ducted. He had inspected them very regularly. The Chairman—What is your impression of the manner in which the City prisons are conducted ? Captain Williams—l will first state that the prisons under the jurisdiction of the city of London are as fol lows :—Newgate, which is the county gaol for Middlesex, and the gaol for the city of London ; the New City Prison at Holloway, which is the House of Correction for the city of London ; the City Bridewell, which belongs to the Bridewell Hospital, but to which the aldermen have the right of committing in conjunction with the chamberlain, and (as I have latterly u nderstood) with the , comptroller of the City lands ; and there is also a debtors' , which is now prison in Whitecross-street, for L ondo n and Middlesex, and also the Borough Comp ter, dis used, but which was lately oc cu p ied solely by fem a le pri soners who had been rem oved there from the Giltspur s the t rt)et m n e d o Compter , ttehre tar , oseirengy of State as to some doubts having arisen in to the power of the commit to the latter prison. The whole ocifttyhmesafstrasorss, to wih the exception of the House of Cor rection at Holloway, are within the limits of the City. A very extraordinary power is given to the city of London under statute ; because, under the 4th of Geo. IV., cap. 64, the Court of Aldermen are constituted a court of slier ter sessions at all times for prison purposes. This act gives a power which ought never to have been given to the city of London, viz., the power of excluding strangers from the court of quarter sessions, which is not possessed at any other court of quarter sessions. This power the Court of Aldermen exercise at times, and when the sub ject of the New City Prison was before them, I attended there myself, but, the standing order having been sus pended, I was e xc l u d e d w ith all other strangers, and the same practice may be resorted to when superannuations to officers are discussed ; whereas, but for the clause in the act to which I have referred, the business would neces sarily take place in a public court of quarter sessions. Mr. C. Lewis—Do the aldermen vote pensions and allowances ? Captain Williams—They have the power to do so under statute, but I am not aware of a case in which it has been exercised. I know, however, that they have not adhered to the provisions of the act in one instance. In the case of a late superannuation, or rather pension, to the governor of the late Giltspur-street Compter, the act of Parliament was not adhered to. Why it was not, I am unable to explain. Mr. C. Lewis—Was the decision upon which that grant was made come to in one of the courts you have described —that is, with closed doors, the public being excluded ? Captain Williams—l understand that it was, but I can not positively state. It was done upon a recommendation from the gaol committee, which is composed of the Lord Mayor and the aldermen, and that committee reports to the Court of Aldermen. The Chairman—Are there no members of the Court of Common Council on the gaol committee ? Captain Williams -No • it-is composed exclusively from the Court of Aldermen. The pensions granted in the case in question, I believe. amounted to 5001. a-year. The Chairman—What do you think can be the object of excluding the public on the occasions to which you have referred ? Captain Williams—l have not the least idea. I only know that I attended as a mere spectator, and was ex cluded. I know that any alderman can move the suspen sion of the standing orders and shut out the public. The Chairman—But must not any resolutions to which the aldermen come for the spending of •money be after wards made public ? Captain Williams—l do not know. I have seen no notice of any such resolution in the newspapers, and I generally pay attention to such things. I now come to the subject of the management of the City prisons by the Court of Aldermen, anu my belief is that there are no prisons in existence where the visitations are so well kept up as in those of the City. The general man gement of the prisons reflects very great credit on them, and has done so espe cially of late years, since I have been connected with the district. The new prison at Holloway is managed in such a way as will make it always the pattern prison of the country. The Chairman—By whom is the visitation made? Captain Williams—By the aldermen who are the visiting justices on the rota. The duty is exceedingly w ell perfor med, and, perhaps, the visitations are more frequent in the City than they are anywhere else. But with regard to the gaol of Newgate itself, the construction of the building is such as renders it totally impossible, even as a well-regulated prison, to do anything satisfactory with it. It is without exception a complete mass of quarried stone, without any order or arrangement, and nothing can ever make it a good prison. It was built in 1780, shortly after the riots, and, perhaps, it has the most imposing exterior to be found, and that, indeed, may have been of some use in deterring from crime ; but it has the very worst interior. It is, however, exceedingly clean. Mr. C. Lewis—You mean that the only remedy is the entire abandonment of Newgate, and construction of a new prison ? Captain Williams—My opinion is that the House of Correction at Holloway is most admirably situated. It has many unoccupied cells, and is infinitely too large for the City. The prisoners in Newgate could be advantage ously transferred there, and then the City would be able to build ample courts on the present site of Newgate. During the intervals between the sittings of the Central Criminal Court there are scarcely any prisoners in New gate, and especially since the business of the Middlesex Sessions has increased, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, the labours of the Central Criminal Court have been much diminished, which circumstance would render the removal from Newgate to Holloway much more easy than it other wise would be. At present none but convicted prisoners are in Holloway New Prison. This prison has been open about a year and a half. It was built at the exclusive expense of the City, and it is one of the most convenient prisons I know of, and reflects great credit on the archi tect. One reason for there being so many unoccupied cells in Holloway Prison is partly because of the decrease of crime. The salaries of the officers of Newgate Prison are very enormous, amounting to 3,9531. annually, besides fees and emoluments. They are fixed by the Court of Alder men. lam well acquainted with the general scale of pri son salaries throughout the country, and the salaries at Newgate are far too large, especially for the small number of prisoners. The keeper has a salary of 7001., and 351. of other emoluments. The chaplain receives 5001. a year, be sides various other curious allowances. The cost per annum of the maintenance of each prisoner in Newgate is 391. 3s. 2d., but in other prisons 201. or even as low as 181. is the average. The excessive cost at Newgate is owing to the large salaries paid, and the small number of prisoners con fined there. The condition of the prisoners in Newgate is not better than that of the inmates of other prisons. There are large bequests and charitable funds connected with Newgate Prison, which are increased by voluntary dona tions from various parties, in addition to which the sheriff makes an annual contribution. These funds include 8,1001. of Three per Cent. Stock, 2,0001. of Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., and 1,0001. of Reduced Annuities. They are applied for the benefit of prisoners who have been tried and acquitted ; and also for the advantage of con victed prisoners who have undergone sentences of impri sonment, whose wants are supplied, and they are often as sisted to emigrate. In short, these charity funds are well and liberally administered. I come next to the City Bride well, situated in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and which is an appurtenance of Bridewell Hospital. It is one of the most inconvenient and ill-arranged prisons that I ever saw, and I may add that it is a most useless one. The prisoners sent to that prison are generally of the class of vagrants, who are committed by the chamberlain, and, as I now un derstand, also by the comptroller of the City lands. Both of these officers have also the power of committing City ap prentices to the Bridewell Prison in criminal cases. These cases of apprentices- -who are both boys and girls— generally number about ten per annum. and the prac tice of sending them to such a prison as the Bridewell, whore the vagrants are confined, is very prejudicial to their reformation. I believe, however, that there is now a dis position on the part of the governors of the city of Bride well to place this jurisdiction in abeyance, because it is most injurious to the boys. I have recommended them to send the boys and girls to the House of Occupation, which chart is most excellent institution, attached to Bethlehem Hospital. The Bridewell Prison cannot be made a useful leased'i t° establishment ; and if the governors are obliged by their maintain it as a prison, the sooner they are ro of r. from that obligation the better. The present cost confined there y is ear ave T ag t Zs . in the Bridewell Hospital Prison actually have already stated and the average number of prisoners only 30. The Giltspur-street Prison, I also, is not has been abandoned, and the Borough to the House of CorrencotY° Compter, used, all the prisoners being sent the debtors' prison for ion at Holloway. I come next to and ondon and Middlesex, which was ate. there w is scarcely a te pri it so s erected in 1812 ; aalraanstgement ; but I believe it is exceed ingly c ons t ruction nieti E n gland on tn m erns a o n a a bl ged as to discipline and visitation, and the distinct Bypri se a : a w ct ith of in o i e t o se r l g f e prison has a series of •es of four di • lifw:nroghe'siliyecinht`stvie„,isenlolivernor is a very h umane an discreet man. This There were formerly three old debtors' prisons in London, viz., Ludgate, Poultry, and the Giltspur-street Compter, into which debtors were received. 111. the prison in Whitecross-street was ordered to be divided into fo ur compartments • Now the w h o l e four are amalgamated, w ith the exception of th e prison for the women, who are all placed together. There are amount, and realise from 1 600/ +- charities connected with these prisons which are ex ceedingly large in . re distrib ted greatly creased. These charitable funds a u for the belonging to the Ludgate and 1,7001. a year—a sum which is likely soon to be v • i se advantage of the prisoners the Giltspur-street divisions ; but the Middlesex prisoners, who are by far the most numer ous p roportion of the f these funds. Besides in mates, are excluded from the benefi t o the other bequests, there are likewise ' many gifts in kind made in behalf of the prisoners ; and e in stance is a gift of thirty twopenny loaves, remarkable s, which is still made every month, for the prisoners of Ludgate-ward, as kind are often very inconvenient, and if an a ct were p _ a bequest from the famous Nell Gwynne. These giftssein d as allowing them to be commuted for a sum would be much more advantageous. The Chairman—Do you think the existence of these prison charities is beneficial? of money, they Captain Williams—That is very doubtful. In my own experience I have known that where there are large chari ties of this nature, low practitioners will procure the im prisonment of persons for the mere sake of getting their costs. That the benefit, however, which arises from these charities far exceeds the abuses to which they give rise, I have not the least doubt. Ido not, therefore, go so far as to say that the charities ought not to exist, but I think that where such large sums as 1,600/. or 1,7001. a year are distributed over so small a surface, they are liable to ex treme abuse ; and I do not think that the administration of such a fund ought to be entrusted, as it is now, to any prison -keeper, however trustworthy or conscientious he may be. These gifts ar e very frequent among the pH ' son s of. the country. Th e y were o ft en g i ven durin g Catholi c ti mes, when lietvhee they v s l e n io o l t ise h s e e e x n is s te o d n ; um bi e it . since th a t per i od rous. If th ese b equests to prisoners were properly regnlated . , es do n t wing not thi n k th ere cou ld b e a b etter mode of charity, but I believe they were most commonly made i n times when the state of the prisons was infinitely wor se th an i t is in Ile p resen t d ay . With re gard to the magisterial services duties would be satisfied that one stipendiary magistrateofthe city, I am quite capable of transacting the whole o f the l the appointment present connected n would with both of the city police-c our t s ; a of a stipendiary magistrate for the city v opinion, he one of the greatest boon s that ceuapdo'sstbnlymbye conferred on the inhabitants. Mr. Martin Pratt examined—l am Secretary to the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1853. to wh co ic m h p o la ffi in c , e ( l in ha th v e e a y t e i a o r n s. Cor h p a a v n e y, held G3ue forral Steam the last N f s o v u i r g part of the company in whose employ I am, of the imper fect state in which the navigation of the river is kept by re shoals and other impe dime nts are suffered to exist in the corporation, who are its supposed conservators. Nume thuescourse of the river between London-bridge and Frith, which cause great delay and inconvenience to our com pany', fl ee t. Vessels of the ordinary draught of water (12 c and down are stopp e d on reac hi ng these 13 feet)ese shoalspassg p whenin up tide is within two hours of low water. The Chairman—Do you mean that proper care is not taken by the city to keep the river free from shoals ? Mr. Pratt—l do ; and the best evidence of this to which I can refer the commissioners is the report of the commis sion issued in 1846 on the subject of tidal harbours, and of which Captain Washington, R.N., was the chairman. Our vessels experience very great obstruction and detention from the shoals in the river, and they also sustain serious damage when the pilot tries to pass over them, and the ship comes in contact with the hard substance of which they are formed. The Chairman—Do you consider that the shoals have been growing worse from year to year ? Mr. Pratt—They remain very mach the same. The city some time ago improved the river near Limehouse by in creasing the dept of water eighteen inches, brit still the navigation is in a very bad state. The present harbour master does his duty very efficiently. By his exertions the water has been deepened at the piers where steamers of a large draught of water are lying. The regulations of the City and the regulations of the Admiralty are at variance with each other. The 38th by-law of the City, revised and published in 1852, requires all steamers passing up and down the river between the sunset and sunrise to hoist one light at the mast-head, and another at the bowsprit head ; but by an Act of the 14th and 15th of Victoria power is conferred on the Admiralty to issue regulations of the same nature, and accordingly in 1848 the Admiralty published an order requiring steam-vessels to carry a green light on one paddle-box and a red light on the other ; and in the concluding clause the rights of the corporation to issue such regulations are saved. The consequence is that the conflicting regulations of the City and of the Admiralty are both continued in existence simultaneously. The Chairman—Do you think the corporation is a fit body to be entrusted with the conservancy of the river. Mr. Pratt—No ; I think it would be managed better if it were placed under the control of the Government. The Chairman—ls your company affected by the dues which the City imposes on the commerce of the port of London ? Mr. Pratt —lt is. The metage, tillage, and lastage dues exacted by the City interfere with our grain trade very much ; and in some instances they amount to one-third of our freight, which of course makes it impossible for us to compete with carriage by railway. Again, the Watermen's Company of the corporation have very exclusive and injurious privileges. No barge or lighter can be navigated on the Thames except by a freeman of the Waterman's Company ; and the number of these men beinglimited, and the business very large, it is difficult to get cargoes discharged in sufficient time to leave at the appointed hours. There are not barges enough to discharge and load vessels lying in the stream. The proper remedy would be to throw the trade open, which would lead to a great saving of expense. Our company's vessels could also make more voyages in a year if we could load and discharge them ourselves. A short time ago there was a strike of the privileged lightermen on the Thames, which nearly threatened the entire suspension of business on the river. Mr. John Mathews examined —I am a solicitor practising in the city of London, and have had to apply to the City authorities on behalf of my clients with respect to the con servancy of the river. My clients were wharfingers, and they had complaints to make er applications for privileges to send in ; and my experience, which extends over a period of 30 years, leads me to believe that the City either wants authority or is incompetent to discharge its duty to the public. The Chairman—On what ground do you make thst assertion ? Mr. Mathews—From the fact that the navigation com mittee always endeavour to make a compromise in all matters of dispute, or they defer and delay them, or if they are forced to come to judgment, execution does not follow, and relief does not arrive. I have conducted my communi cation with the sub-committee of the navigation committee, which consists of about twenty persons, none of whom have any knowledge of the river beyond what they have picked up as committeemen. They have harbour masters and a water bailiff, but the duties of these officers are of an execu tive nature, and they cannot be present at the deliberations of the committee to assist them with their advice. A client of mine, Mr. George Simmons, occupies on the bank of the river at Gravesend certain warehouses and premises, in which he carries on business as a mast and block maker. He and his predecessors have occupied these premises for up wards of 60 years. They front the river on the north, and have also a river frontage on the east, where there is a sort of harbour or lay-by place for small craft, near which my client placed his masts, in order to convey them with greater facility to vessels which had lost them from stress of weather, and required to be supplied with fresh ones at a moment's notice. In the year 1850 my client was sur prised to find that a powerful neighbour had made an ap plication to the navigation committee for power to enclose and fill up the harbour or lay-by place which he and his predecessors had used for their business in common with the fishermen and watermen of the neighbourhood. This would have been destructive of my client's business, and he and 330 of the fishermen and watermen appealed to the navigation committee of the corporation not to comply with the application. After some delay the navigation committee inspected the locus in quo in December, 1851, and in the month of April following came to the resolution to make no grant to the party wishing to enclose the ground, but intimating that it would be advantageous to the neighbourhood to fill in the spot, and would not be detrimental to the navigation. Upon this hint the party who wished to enclose the ground lay by until August, when the courts of law were not sitting, and then began with a large number of men to pull down some of his old houses and to fill in the bay with the rubbish, driving out the fishermen and watermen, and displacing the stock-in trade of my client. Information was given to the water bailiff, but my client was compelled to apply to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the party from occupying the river to his detriment. An in junction was granted on condition that the question as to the right should be tried in a court of law. It was so tried in December, 1852, and the City of ficers afforded him every facility at the trial, and al lowed him to inspect the City documents. A verdict was given in favour of my client's right to use that part of the Thames, and the Court of Chancery granted a perpetual injunction to restrain all persons from casting rubbish into the bay. I afterwards called on the water-bailiff of the City to cause the rubbish which had been deposited to be removed, and Mr. Merewether, the town clerk, afterwards sent me a letter stating that the navigation committee were of opinion that it was not desirable that the water bailiff should interfere in the matter. The result, there fore, is that the obstruction continues, the fishermen are deprived of their anchorage, and m y client has been seri ously injured. What I complain of, therefore, is, that the City are exceedingly polite, but they either compromise all matters of complaint, or they do nothing to uphold what are their assumed rights over the river. In other cases my clients have been seriously injured by encroach ments and obstructions which the City, as the conservators of the Thames, have allowed to be made, and have not ordered to be removed. One client in particular lost from 7,0001. to 8,0001. by parties being permitted to make such an encroachment, but the corporation would afford no re dress. In fact, the practice of the City is to interdict en croachments if the parties about to make them choose to yield ; but if the parties show themselves to be determined, and are bold enough to question the City's right to inter fere with them, the City does not resist or put its rights in force against them. In 1842 the navigation committee re ported to the Court of Common Council that serious com plaints had been at different times made to them of pro jections obstructive of the navigation, which had been carried out in defiance of their authority, and that they (the committee) wished to be authorised as to the means of enforcing their authority. Now, the same state of things de scribed in that report of 1812 still continues, and seeing that no redress can be obtained by parties who complain of these en croachments and obstructions, I am driven to the conclu sion that the City feels that it either has no title or but an imperfect one to enforce the rights of conservancy which it claims. I therefore think it is absolutely necessary that in so important a matter as the conservancy of the Thames there should be a tribunal consisting of a permanent chair man, with legal acquirements, with an i n f us i on i n t o th e committee of persons specially connected with shipping, similar to the Trinity masters. Whilst lam before the commissioners I may also add, on the general question, that as a citizen of London I would purge the corporation of all anomalies and incongruities, and of every abuse, but that I would otherwise keep the City intact. I think the citizens have well earned their privileges and immunities, and I do not consider that there ought to be a fusion with the whole metropolis, as resp ec t s the City property and City rights. I would have a Government auditor ap pointed to audit the City accounts, with power to disallow all illegal payments ; and there might, I think, be an appeal to the recorder. In short, my view is that the municipal institutions of the City ought to be preserved, but that whatever is injurious to the community at large should be purged away. The next witness was— Mr. P. Richardson, solicitor, practising in the City. The Chairman—ls there not a newspaper, called the Citizen, with respect to which, Mr. Richardson, you can give us some information ? Mr. Richardson—There was a newspaper of that name established in the City in the latter end of 1848, or the beginning of 1849. The Chairman—Have you any objection to give us in formation with regard to it ? this Mr. Richardson—l can state that I was employed profes sionally in purchasing the copyright of the Citizen on behalf of Mr. Scott and Mr. Toulmin Smith. It was purchased o from a person named Peet. I have no objection Portion obfuthtz_necessary t , state the circumstances of the negotiation. I received smittorTtru7wpetzezk it t was with wtth 3 ju lr r .. know with whom the idea originated of purchasing na instructions from Mr. Scott and Mr. Smith to do so. Ido cannot say.ScottScott. o r with l thi think Mr. funds for carrying it on was fur nishedofficers of the corporation ; but whether some efficient r they were ' to the officers Butrecow_uped their outlay, wholly or in part, I meet roceedings of the rep or t should emember of the corporation, that anxious be made from time to time of as an active occurred was this. Mr. Scott was urt of orporation. The roports of the ngs of the Co ahnosramon Council were inefficiently anvfahicialy suppressed from one cir e:hought that it would be c g t i l v m e s n t ' a a n n ce d' a i n n d f a a n ct ah e r ; have some organ desirable that the corporation anA e e p x o pt d ss'ion given in whereby their proceedings mig a hn i 3 l e d and the re ports of the committees published, some measure to the views of the corporation. Mr. Richardson — No , I mean paper article s ? po ing the pro ceedings. airman—Were they not to h ave l eading articles, like ordinary newspapers ? Mr. Richardson —No ; I believe only reports. At all events, if the design was that there should be leading articles on behalf of the corporation, that design was not carried out. The paper vas very short-lived. What occurred was this. A representation was made to the Lord Mayor, of this supposed want, viz., a pap er to re p ort the p roceedin g s . This was presented by the Lo rd Ma y or to the Court of Com mon Council, and it was, I believ e, ordered to be referred to the consolidated committee. I t was so referred, and the committee considered the subject, but what decision they came to I do not precisely know ; but I know this fact, that the solicitor of the City (Mr. Charles Pearson) and Mr. Scott did, by authority, I believe, wait upon Mr. Toni min Smith, with the desire that he should act as editor. Mr. C. Lewis—You say that certain officers of the cor poration established the paper by their subscriptions, but that whether they were recouped the outlay you do not know ? Mr. Richardson—No 7 • I say that Mr. Smith and Mr. Scott purchased it, and then the officers of the corporation assisted in supporting it by their subscriptions. Mr. C. Lewis- Do you know what officers subscribed in that way? Mr. Richardson—l have no certain information. Mr. C. Lewis—Have you any belief ? Mr. Richardson -Yes ; I believe the remembrancer was one. Mr. C. Lewis—Have you any belief as to any other officer ? Mr. Richardson—l believe that Mr. Scott himself also endeavoured to support the paper, with the object I have mentioned—that is, the furnishing of reports of the pro ceedings of the corporation. The Chairman—How long did this paper continue in existence ? Mr. Richardson—l think only ten numbers appeared in all, and eight of them, I believe, were published after Mr. Scott and Mr Smith purchased the copyright. Mr. C. Lewis— You say that Mr. Smith was applied to to act as the editor, and you say that he was also one of the parties who originally purchased the paper. What was his object in purchasing it with Mr. Scott? Mr. Richardson Mr. Toulmin Smith had given much attention to the subject of municipal institutions. He had entirely gratuitously, previous to this, taken up various matters connected with the City, and he was desirous of doing that in the most effectual way ; and I think upon the strong representation of Mr. S co t t o f the utility of this paper in advocating his own general views, as well as Mr. Scott's, he was induced to become a purchaser. Mr. C. Lewis—What was the reason why the paper was discontinued ? Mr. Richardson—l think the reason was this—that Mr. Smith's views as to the management of the paper did not accord with those of the officers of the corporation who were interested in its establishment. The Chairman—Have you any objection to state what the amount was that was given for the purchase of this paper ? Mr. Richardson—l think, if you will p ar d on me , th a t I would rather refer that question for Mr. Scott himself, who said that he had not the least desire to withhold the facts. The Chairman—Very well. The witness then withdrew. Mr. Sidney Waterlow examined—He was a liveryman of the Stationers' Company, and wished to call attention to the practice of electing some score of inquestmen every year in the various wards of the City. This election was an annoyance to the citizens, and was per fectly needless ; because the duties of inquestmen have now almost entirely lapsed into the hands of paid officers of the corporation. The hardship is, that al though the inquestmen have no longer any duties to per form, they are yet compelled to waste their time in attend ing the inquest meetings. The inquestmen are solemnly charged, for instance, to assist in maintaining the Queen's peace--duties which the City police now discharge. They are required also to see that the common ground of the City is not encroached upon ; but the City surveyor looks after that matter much better than they could do. They , are also formally required to examine all weights and mea sures ; but there is a hired inspector to do that duty in stead of them also. They are directed, further, to see that no parties open shops in the City who are not freemen ; but the Court of Aldermen, by requiring the ward beadles to give a list of all such persons, have relieved the inquestmen of this duty likewise. The whole thing is, therefore, an antiquated and empty form, which is only troublesome and annoying to the citizens, who are elected to an obsolete office, and who, if they do not serve—that is, attend the in quest meetings —are liable to a fine of five guineas. Witness knew of seven or eight cases this year in which this fine had been enforced, and with the proceeds of which those inquestmen who did serve claimed to do as they pleased. The only part of the duty of the inquestmen which was not an idle form was this : they went about at Christmas time collecting money, and in the ward of Bread-street about 4001. a year had been collected in this way for some years past. Mr. W. M. Christie and Mr. Benjamin Steel also pre sented themselves to the commissioners as witnesses, but their evidence, although generally condemnatory of the corporation, did not add any material fact to the testi mony already adduced, and the chairman repeatedly in formed them that he would not trouble them to enter into any detail. The commissioners then adjourned till Tuesday next. BURY ATHENAEUM STRIKES. ( From the Times. ) Fortune, which the poets tell us delights in contrasts, presented us the other day with one as surprising and unaccountable as her lawless caprice ever imagined. What contrast, we say, can be greater than that between the inauguration of the Bury Athenaeum and the present unhappy position of employers and operatives in that borough ? On the one hand, we have the philanthropy of the higher classes exhibited, not only in large subscrip tions, but in careful inquiries into the proper management of such institutions, in able lectures, and eloquent ad ' dresses. On the other hand, we have the relations of capi tal and labour reduced to an apparently hopeless entangle. ment. On the one hand, there is such a flood of illumination—so we are told—that former centuries were night in comparison with it ; and, on the other hand, we have an unparalleled example of popular ignorance. Now is the time, exclaim lords and bishops, to teach, to lead, to train, to ennoble the people ; to disabuse them of antiquated error, to show them who are their proper guides, to raise them from sensual enjoyment to ma terial knowledge, from material knowledge to spiritual apprehension, and from that to the graces and amenities of Christian life. The people to whom they appeal, and to whom they have reiterated this appeal now for a whole generation,—the populace, that has successively passed from the Infant School to the National or the British, and thence to the Mechanics' Insti tute, are suffering a thraldom from which they can neither escape nor be delivered, except by that fell necessity that cuts all knots in time. It is said that out of every hundred operatives now on the strike in Lancashire ninety-nine would gladly return to work if they saw only the way; but that the remaining hun dredth part of the class possess so thoroughly the key of the present position of affairs, and are so interested in its continuance, that nothing can be done. Talk of despots and emperors, talk of Councils of Ten, Inquisitions, Carbonari, Whiteboys, and all the forms of religious, agrarian, or industrial conspiracy, what can be worse than a system which robs ninety nine men of their independence, ties their tongues, and dries the very brains in their heads, in order to swell a few rogues or sots, the very brambles of the forest, into well-paid and consequential agitators and rulers ? Yet, so it is at Bury and other parts of Lan cashire. The ninety-nine are chained like a convict gang, and some public-house charlatan, whom they all despise in their hearts, is leading them at his will. This takes place in the middle of the nineteenth century, when the worthy son of an able and eloquent statesman is addressing himself especially to the absent operatives of Bury, and his generous appeal is as ably and as fruit lessly seconded by one of the most distinguished educa tionists of his time—the first Bishop of Manchester. No wonder that, under these circumstances, a certain mixed tone of encouragement and caution should pervade noble and episcopal harangues. " Elevate yourselves," we hear it emphatically urged ; "rise a step over the last generation, and raise the next above yourselves ; learn, go on learning all your lives, till death a l one s t o p s th e flight of your new -winged intellect ; look to the United States, that tax themselves heavily and right gladly, not for admirals and field-marshals, but for schoolmasters and lecturers ; do something more than flock to an occasional lecture ; read, study, select your own lines, and follow where your tastes lead you ; learn to soar above material and utilitarian knowledge ; love literature and sc i ence f or their own sakes ; follow the noblest instinct implanted in you b . y the A u th or o f your b e i ng, and be assured that will bless the result." The people to whom this vision of glory is thus unfolded were not there. They for whom it is chiefly designed, as the class whose manual employments leave them little time for study, and much . to do in th a t li tt l e t i me, are moping in cheerless homes, listlessly sauntering in lanes, idly crowd ing thoroughfares, or drinking at public-houses, to drown, if possible, the sense of their perplexities. Hence the re actionary expressions that obtrude themselves even in the fall flow of these glowing anticipations. "You must read as well as listen ; you must think as well as read ; knowledge, without commo n sense, is folly ; without religion it is death ; without kindness it is fanaticism ; without method it is waste. Educate your children, or they will do no good in libraries and lecture-rooms. Refine your taste, and seek a higher learning, or you will never be more than mechanics, copyists, and drudges." The Bishop of Manchester looks for his people at church and in the Schools of Design, and finds them equally wanting in both places. What is more immediately to the purpose, they are not even present to hear these expostulations. What a lesson on the vanity of even the noblest designs ! And yet it is not vanity, unless we are to fall into the morbid tone of those who think to build up society as they would a house or a steam-engine, and are then disappointed to find the material has a will of its own. In nothing human are we to expect the entire success of the arith metician, who makes his calculation and finds it comes true. It is true that Athenaeums, institutes, and all the new means for bringing science within reach of the work ing man, fall miserably short of the ideal success their projectors desired. But where is the perfect success of our universities, of our public schools, of our church establishment, or of the Legislature itself ? The most staple class of this country, and the rude material out of which Providence creates and fashions the great fabric of British society, is the native peasantry. Can their condition, under a patriarchal and religious regime a thousand years old, be called a success ? We fear it cannot. There are savage tribes that are said to worship their implements and arms. They deify an axe, offer sacri fices to a canoe, propitiate a net, avert the caprices of a bow and the spontaneous aberrations of an arrow. The shortcomings of the tool they ascribe to the wayward ness of some spirit within. Now, what are the most elaborate and pretending institutions of civilised society but so many passive instruments, the success of which depends on the zeal and address of the user ? It may be assumed as an axiom that whenever a thing is really good it will be appreciated and sought for, unless the approach to it be rendered disagreeable or difficult. A book may be a good one, but in a cramped style or an unreadable type. A preacher may be well informed and wise, but his delivery thick and unem phatic. But a book or a preacher that is good both in matter and in style is sure to be popular and useful, and we cannot see what hinders that an institution for the improvement of the people should be as widely popular as a man or a book. There are books that nobody rends, and there are preachers that nobody would listen to but from a sense of sacred obligation. What of that ? It is no discouragement to those who think themselves capable of teaching and pleasing. Mechanics' in stitutes have been worshipped in their time, like the nets an d b ows o f the above-mentioned savages.' They have be en i nves t e d w i t h a sort of sacramental efficacy for the regeneration of mankind. As savagrs who have long worshipped in vain some times beat their idols or break them in despair, so these institutions have been given up by many a man who is di 'tressed to find they cannot work miracles. Miracles are not the order of this day. It is as vain to expect an immense and entire success from any human scheme as the cure of an inveterate disease or the restoration of a limb at the prayer of faith. For our part, we are ready to accept these institutions, among many others, as parts of the system in which we happen to find ourselves. They are open to criticism. What is not open ? They do no good in idle or inju dicious hands. All that we have to do, if our voca tion lies that way, is to make the best of them. Genius and goodness will bring sweet music out of the very worst instrument ; they will quicken the very stones, and fill the dead husk with nourishment and flavour. Nowhere can a man of real power and honest aims pre sent himself without' doing a good work, whether from his place in the House of Commons, or from the pulpit, or from the chair of the mechanics' institute. The man is the thing. All depends, not on the building, or the name, or the rules, or on any material or nominal affair, but on the spirit that moves within both speakers and hearers--the knowledge, wisdom, and grace of the one —the capacity and willingness of the other. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 27. The Russian corvette Navarin, 22, put back to St. Helen's yesterday afternoon from stress of weather. The Leopard, 12, paddle-sloop, Capt. Giffard, steamed into harbour yesterday morning, and hauled alongside the jetty. The Rattlesnake, 8, Commander Trollope, was at the Sandwich Islands on July 30. Commanders to the ships of the senior officers of steam reserve squadrons at the home ports will not be re-ap pointed on the next commissions of such ships. Baking for the fleet will be resumed at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, on Mon day. Lieutenant Browne, who recently joined the Blenheim, has been invalided to Haslar for epileptic fits,'and it is not expected he will rejoin. We are informed by letter that Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief, is on the West India station. The gunnery examination day in December for mates and midshipmen on board the Excellent will be on Mon day, the 19th, and not on Monday, the 26th. The Indiaman Ann, Captain Brown, from Bombay to London, put in at this port to-night, having been in collision. She had her starboard bow stove in by a schooner (name unknown) off St. Alban's Head, last night, about 9 p.m. The schooner lost her foremast, but it was too dark to ascertain what other damage she met with. The Ann sailed:lllpm Bombay on the 4th of July, and St. Helena, Oct. 1 She spoke Oct. 9in iat. 36 S., long. 18.30 W., the Harriet Humble ; Oct. 25, in lat. 23 . 30 N., long. 39 . 0 W., the Arethusa, from Callao for London ; Nov. 17, in lat. 43.36 N., long. 16 . 0 W., the Governor of Liverpool standing to the westward. The Channel squadron, under the orders of Rear-Ad miral Corry, got under way at Spithead at 20 minutes past 12 to-day, and took their departure for the westward. It comprises the following vessels :—Prince Regent, 90, flag-ship, Capt. F. Hutton ; Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Commodore H. B. Martin, C.B. ; Arrogant, 46, screw, Capt. Yelverton ; Amphion, 34, screw, Capt, A. C. Key ; Tribune, 30, screw, Captain the Hon. S. T. Car negie, and Cruiser, 14, screw, Commander the Hon. G. Douglas. It is understood that they will proceed to Lisbon. Having a fair wind, they got well away to the back of the Isle of Wight before dusk, being last seen at 4 p.m. The Rifleman, 8, screw steam sloop, Lieutenant Com mander Christian, arrived at Spithead this morning from Woolwich. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-com manding Belam, sailed last night for Woolwich. The Russian corvette Navarin, which returned to Spithead last night, again exchanged salutes this morn ing with the port and garrison. A new steam frigate on the screw principle, to be named the Shannon, with 600 horse power, is about to be built, of the following dimensions : ft. Length betwee n th e perpen di culars 235 in 0 Length of keel for tonnage 203 5. Breadth extreme 5O 0 Breadth for tonnage 49 6 Breadth moulded 4B 8 Depth in hold l7 8 Burden in tons, 2,651 29.94 PLYMOUTH, Nov. 27. Her Majesty's screw steamship Duke of 'Wellington, 131, Commodore H. B. Martin, is reported off Berry Head at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She was in the run of the Eddystone, under steam only. Wind squally from the north-west. Well outside her was another screw steamship of war, under steam only, pur suing the same southerly course. To the eastward of both these was a large sailing ship reaching in towards the land. She would fetch the Bolt if she kept her reach. The surveying vessel Saracen was commissioned on Saturday by Commander Richards. The sloop Racehorse, 14, is to be fitted with all des patch for immediate commission. The Mariner, 12, was placed in dock on Friday, pre paratory to her being put in commission. WOOLWICH, Nov. 26, APPOINTMENTS. Paymaster James S. Mounsteven (1837) to the Boa• cawen, 70, fitting at Chatham, for service as flag-ship on the North American and West Indies station. Assistant-Surgeon Cecil Crandell, (1843), recently serving in the Dffldalus, 20, on the Pacific station, to the St. George, 120, guard-ship of ordinary, at Devon port. - Second Masters.—James H. Lawrence (1853) to the Leopard, 12, paddlewheel steam-frigate ; C. G. Mitchell, to the Bonetta, 3, brigantine. Naval Cadets.—Berkeley G. A. Benson, to the Prin cess Royal, 90, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth ; John Eliot to the Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship at Sheerness. The Myrmidon, iron paddle-wheel-steamer, Lieute nant-Commander William K. Joliffe, on the west coast of Africa station, has recently had h er f a l se k ee l put right, and, by the latest accounts, had left Ascension for Sierra Leone. The Myrmidon is not expected to re turn to this country from her present station until the middle of next summer, when she will have completed her full period of service, having been commissioned at this port in June, 1851. ... Surgeon David Cowan (1800) died in the early part of the present week, at Southsea, where he had resided since he retired, after having been many years a surgeon of Portsmouth Dockyard. The deceased served as assistant-surgeon of the Superb at the taking of St. Domingo, and was for many years surgeon to the house hold of his late Majesty Bing William IV., when Duke of Clarence. THE NEW SCREW STEAM-FLEET OF THE ROYAL NAVY. —The following tenders have been accepted by the Ad• miralty for supplying the machinery for the new men-of war. For the Orion, 80, engines of 600 horse power, and PS lades, 50, 350 horse power, Penn and Co. ; Re pulse, 80, 600 horse power, Curacoa, 50, 350 horse power, Mandalay and Field ; Harriet, sloop, 100 horse power, Humphrey and Dyke ; Hornet, sloop, 100 horse power, Bolton and Watt ; Falcon and Fawn, sloops, 100 horse power each, and Swallow and Ariel, 60 horse power each, by Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld.—Ply mouth Mail. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. A communication ha--, be- n received af, Voyd's from tLe East India House, respecting the result of a series of ex periments, showing a change in the magnetic variatiun a' Aden. The new Beacon on the Reef at Frederiksort was to be lighted for the first time on the 10th inst. CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 26. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Nancy Dawson, from Denia ; George and Elizabeth, St. Malo ; Paragon, Naples ; Jane Howard, Callao ; Cruizer, Stettin ; Royal Alie, Sydney ; Marie Stella, Bordeaux • Vectis, Stettin ; Lotus, S m y rna ; Juanita, Bilboa ; Koh-i-noor, Bombay, &c. ; Valens, Rotterdam ; Exchange, Riga ; Adolph, Rostock; Bertha, Riga ; Wave, S , ,ir - rna ; Tantivy, Patras ; Elizabeth, Ulia borg ; Sir George Pollock, Singapore ; Johanna, Gefle. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Christina, for Stavenger ; Lady Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Eagle, Bruges ; Murray, Antwerp • Sarah, do. ; Ma gr i co , Li s on ; M ary, Geelong ; L a dy Hodgkinson, do. ; Fatima, Port Phil.p ; Fe ampois, Havre ; ATher, Newport; Victory, Swan River ; Lady Ebrin , . kn, New Zealand ; Pl cenix 2 Sydney. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Cathari..a Charlotte, for Antwerp ; Emulorus, Madeir ; Ei inghed, Altona ; Renard, Cape of Good Hope and Madras ; Hope, Madeira and Africa ; Eliza, Bruges • Tartar, Algoa Bay ; Minerva, Leer; Cheshire, Adel ide ; Mentor, Rouen; Monsoon, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26. The Navigator, from Smyrna to Falmouth, was spoken Oct. 30, off Cape de Gat . The E and Beck, from Palermo to Liverpool, w. spoken Nov. 3, off Capa St. Vincent. The Martha was spoken Nov. 14, lat. 43 N., long. 15 W. The Union, from Messina to Liverpool, was spoken Oct : 29, off Cape Palos. The Dauntless, from J .ffa to Falmouth, was spoken Oct. 27, lat. 38 N., long. 3 E. The Jane Tudor, Capt in Thomas, from Quebec to Con 4-ay, has arrived at Beaumai is—all well. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Southern Cross, bound b Hobart Town, Oct. 9 lat. 0 S., long. 21 W. . . The Xlexander, from London to Mauritius, 12th, lat. 5 N., long. 23 W. The Lev :t, from Li verpoo l , w ith passengers , N ov . 17, lat. 49 N., long. 13 W. The M ssie (.prig), from London to Port Philip, lat. 18 S., long. 28 W. The Star, of Liverpool, for Buenos Ayres, lat. 8 S., long. 3) W. T .e Julia (Hamburgh brig), from Hartlepool t.) the East Indies, lat 9 S., 10. g. 30 W. The Venilia, Mauritius to London, Sept. 13, off Algoa Bay. The Ratcliffe, bound to Port Philip, Oct. 10, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. brig, No. 7,321, second distinguishing pendant, bound to Melbourne, 11th, lat. 3 N., long. 22 W. The Endymion, 16ti, lat. 9 N., long. 25 W. The Osiris ' from Batavia, O s :- 1, lat. 22 S., long. 1 E. The Sarepta, from Calcutta to Lend )n, 3d, lat. 99 S., long. 2 W. The Camanl ' 16th, lat. 4 N., long. 22 W. The Eva Johanna, from Calcutta to London, 18th, lat. 8 N., long. 24 W. The Nelson, from London to Port Philip, '2lst, lat. 10 N.. long. 5 W. The Carra, for 'Newfoundland, Nov. 18, lat. 50 N., long. 1 W. The Eos, Nov. 19, M. 50 N. long. 6 W. The E. D. T., f rom Shi e l ds to the Cape of Good Hype, Nov. 15, 100 miles west of Scilly. ~~ THE GREAT COAL QUESTION: TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l have waited some days in order to see whether any of the London coal agents would challenge the ac curacy of the details so obligingly given by " Veritas" in your paper of the 23d inst. As none of them have done so, I will assume that they admit them to be correct. Let us see what they prove. - Last year, it seems, the best Durham coal was deli vered on board ship at Bs. per ton. This year the price of it on board is 9s. 6d. per ton ; the miner and the coalowner dividing equally the in creased charge of ls. 6d. per ton. Last year freights averaged 6s. 6d. ; this year they average 10s. 6d.; showing an increase of 4s. per ton. To these charges must be added ls. 10d. per ton, city dues (the Bd. per ton, city metage, being included in the freight), and 3s. sd. per ton, coal merchant's charges for screening, filling, and cart hire ; in all, 55. 3d. The remainder is the coal merchant's profit. Last year, therefore, when best sea-borne coal cost the consumer in London 225. per ton, the price appears to have been apportioned thus : Miner ... ... ... Coalowner ... ... Coalfitter, &c. ... Freight ... ... .. City dues ... ... Coal merchant's charges Coal merchant's profit £ s. d. O 5 6 O 1 0 O 1 6 O 6 6 0 1 10 O 3 5 O 2 3 £1 2 0 This year, when " the trade" wish us to believe that the present exorbitant price is caused by the misconduct of the pitmen, we find the charge of 325. per ton is to be apportioned thus : Increased Ch 2 e. d. g. d. Miner ... 0 6 3 ... 0 9 Coalo wner 0 1 9 0 9 Coalfitter, drc. 0 1 6 ... 0 0 Freight 010 6 ... 4 0 City dues ... 0 110 ... 0 0 Coal merchant's charges 0 3 5 ... 0 0 Coal merchant's profits 0 6 9 ... 4 6 £1 12 0 10 0 Now, I do not think that, considering the present price of provisions, any one can reasonably complain of the increase of 9d. per ton conceded to the miners. The coalowner might, perhaps, have been content with a less increase of price than 75 per cent. on his charge of last year. But I cannot, for the life of me, see why the coal merchant in London should this year consider him self, after all his charges for screening, filling, and cart age have been paid, entitled to an increase of no less than 200 per cent, on his very large net profits of last year. - Perhaps some of them will be good enough to explain away this " difficulty." I suspect, however, they will prefer saying that, as coals are scarce, they have a right to get as high a price as they can for the commodity which they sell ; to which I will answer, " So you have ; but then we, the public, have an equal right to look in future for our supply of fuel to persons who, possessing larger capital than you have, dealing for ready money— which you :do not— and combining the two trades of coal-carrying and coal-selling, can afford to be satis fied with less exorbitant profits than those you are now pocketing." The Great Northern Railway, on the very day on which I paid Messrs. Cockerell 323, per ton cash for their best Durham coals, took my order for their best Durham at 225. per ton. Now, if according to " Teritas," they pay 9s. 6d. per ton for it delivered into their cars, ls. 10d. city dues, and 3s. sd. scree n i ng , filli ng , an d cart i ng charges—in all 14s. 9d.—it follows that for freight and coal merchants' profits they only charge 7s. 3d., at the very time when sea coal is burdened with a charge of 10s. 6d. freight, and 6s. 9d. coal merchants's profit. These figures show a difference in favour of rail-borne coal of 10s. per ton. But "Fairplay" and "Detector"— two of the cham pions of sea coal in your columns—declare that the best Durham coal is charged for by the railway companies 245. to 265. 6d. per ton. Even supposing their statements to he correct, it would appear, by their own showing, that the rail ways can and do sell the very same article at 265. 6d. for which the sea coal merchants are charging us 325. —Q.E.D.- -I am, sir, your obedient servant, PATERFAMILIAS, STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 25.—The business of the present week, in the medium and lower counts of water and mule yarns, for home consumption and for shipment, to the continent of Europe, has still consisted merely of small individual purchases for the supply of imme diate wants. The moderate demand we have lately had for 30's, 40's, and 50's mule twist on India account, has not yet ceased ; but it is falling off. Altogether, there fore, the sales of the week have been very inconsiderable, and the prices pf last week are barely sustained. Some articles may be had on rather lower terms, but in gene ral there is no quotable change. In the department of goods, there has continued to be a limited call for certain light fabrics, chiefly jacconets and skirtings, from the India houses. The general characteristics of the cloth market, however, has been that of great dullness, with a tendency in prices against producers ; but here, as in yarns, there is little quotable alteration. GLASGOW, Nov. 25.—The beginning of the week the market opened very quietly with little bnsiness doing, and that in favour of the buyer, but about, for the few days, there was a slight change for the better, and prices may be quoted the same. LEICESTER, Nov. 24.—As a precautionary step, the worsted spinners have further decreased production, the wool staplers not being willing to recede in price beyond a certain point, and are not pushing sales. There is, however, a full average amount of business doing in the warehouses for the present period of the year, though many more frames have been laid down, and work is getting scarce. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, Nov. 25.—We have no change to report in the state of the woollen cloth trade. The markets have been well supported this week. Both on Saturday and on Tuesday there was a good business done in the cloth halls ; and considering that on the latter day the town was enveloped in a dense fog, which rendered it almost impossible to transact business, a much larger quantity of cloth was sold than might have been expected. The trade in the warehouses is rather still and quiet, but we believe the business that is doing is a seasonable one, and not less than is usual at this period of the year. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 22.—There has been a better demand for goods to-day than last week, although there has not been any large quantity sold. Merchants have generally offered prices that the manufacturers were un willing to take, as the reduction would have been more than the recent fall in the price of wool would admit of. A fair business has been done in some of the wool ware houses. ROCHDALE.—We have had but a slack market, and notwithstanding the firm price of wool, the merchants were offering less for flannels, and in numerous instances it was taken. Wool maintains its price, but there is little doing. BRADFORD.—WOOLS.--The sales effected are still limited. The prices asked in the country prevent pur chases for this market. Noils and brokes are only limited in quantity. Yarns—The dispute with the weavers at Barnsley is settled, and they will resume work on Monday for five days a week. Pieces.—The seasonable month is favourable for stuffs, and there is an improvement in the warehouses. There is more doing in grey goods, and the opinion prevails that goods have seen their lowest price. HALIFAX.—We have no improvement to record in the piece and worsted yarn trades. In the wool market, notwithstanding the materially diminished consumption, useful combing descriptions are in moderately good de mand, at somewhat improved prices. The short wool trade is dull at inferior prices to what were ruling at the olose of last month. The present value of middle wethers is about 151 d. per lb. ; that of common noils and broke ' about 12d. " SWEATING " SOVEREIGNS. Messrs. Savory and Co., of Cornhill, state, that they have recently had through their hands several sovereigns which have had from ten to 16 grains of gold taken from the edges, and been then remilled. These coins are, of course, genuine, but reduced in value from ls. 7d. to 2s. 7d. each. The only difference in appearance from when first issued from the Mint is, that they are rather less in diameter. —Skipping bazette. IMPROVEMENTS IN KENSINGTON AND BROMPTON.— " The Commissioners of the Exhibition of 18M" propose to obtain powers to make several new roads in the locality of Kensington and Brompton. The first from Kensing ton Gore to the Brompton Almshouses in Old Brompton; a second from this new road to Gloucester-road ; and a third from Gloucester -road, near to Cromwell-road, to terminate near the Holy Trinity Church, Brompton road. The road trustees also propose to make a new road from the north end of Brompton-square to the south end of Prince's -terrace. THE CONTEMPLATED NEW STREET FROM CAREY sTREET.--The improvements contemplated by her Ma jesty's Commissioners of Works and Buildings, in the vicinity of the new Record Offices, will take much wider scope than a single street from Carey street to Fetter lane, as it is intended to widen and improve the exist ing streets, and to make new and commodious ap proaches, from every point, to the above -mentioned national building. The streets in contemplation are as follows :—From Carey-street across Chancery-lane, passing the northern facade of the Record Offices, thence crossing Fetter-lane, and passing to the north of Trinity Church, Gough-square, will terminate at the corner of Stonecutter-street, at the south-west angle of Farringdon-market. Another new street will com mence at Great Turnstile, Holborn, and passing along the west s i d e o f Li ncoln ' s-inn, will terminate in the Strand, nea r Pi c k ett-place, by which means the whole . of Clement's-lane will be removed. Fetter-lane will be widened from Fleet street to the northern extremity of the new b u ildi ng. These will be the principalimprove ments in that neighbourhood, but it is believed there will be o th ers, w hi ch will destroy nes t s o f pestilential courts and alleys in the vicinity of Fetter-lane. NEWCASTLE CHOLERA FUND.—The lia .been choleraan fund n ow amounts to upwards of 6,000/., and it nouneed that the vicar of Newcastle, the incumbents, and churchwardens hope to be able in a few days to o p en a school for the education of the orphan children, COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON—Nov. go. The supply of wheat was larger, and of all other grain much the same as in last market. The sales were dull- Old wheat same as last week, and average 3s 3d dowill and new wheat 2s down on the top, and average is down. Barley on the top 3d down, and average is doh• Oats on the top 2s down, and average is id down. Bea ns on the top is down, and average 4s 7d down. The following are the prices of grain at our mar ket to-day : WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. 13gAid First B6s Od. 43s Od 31s Od 638 m w Second Third 76s 10d. 39s 9d 28s 9d. 560 Od 70s Od 33s Od 25 s Od 50. "",a Total quantity o f w h ea t i n market, 494 qrs., 401 9°Td PP barley „ 595 qrs ., 571 s°' beans id oats 406 qrs., 3 03 8.3 d PP 3s qrs., 3 3 801 PP 2P Of Average of wheat £3 14 9 10-12ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats -12ths Ditto of Beans ................. f f ~ DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Nov. 24. There was a large supply of all kinds of grain at (gli d market to-day, with the exception of peas and beans, an , sales h eav y. Wh eat on the top 5s down, and loweon up. Oats on th e t op same as l ast week, and lowest 10f1 up. Barley on th e t op 2 s down, and lowest same as PM week. Peas and beans is up on the top, and 3d up on Low lowest price. Qrs. Best. Current. 211 Whea ......... 80s Od 69 s Od 1249 Oats .....32s 0.1 2ls Od . 1082 Barley 41s Od 3ss 6d 16 Peas & beans 60s Od s7s 6d Average of wheat, 31. 13s Btd. Infe 561rior. O d 14e ° a m 26e "" na 45e v" ABERDEEN —Nov. 25. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 26s Od to 260 401bs per bushel; new oats, 25s Od to 26s Od, 401bs bushel ; bere, 37s Od t o 38s Od, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 36s Od to 37a Od, 531bs p er b us h el ; wheat, red, 58s Wm. 60s Od, 621bs per bushel ; w h eat, white, 689 Od to 710 i: 621bs per nush€l ; oa t mea l, 20 s Od to 21s Od per bo ll, flour, 588 Od to 60s Od p er sac k . P rovisions —Beef, Pe r lb/ 6d to 8d ; mutton, ditto, 6d to 8(i ; veal, ditto, 6d to pork, per lb, Os 5(1 to Os 71 • salmon, per lb, Os Od to Os A vi rabbits, each, Od t o Od ; tallow, per stone, 6 s 3d to Osr.,„A potatoes, per pe c k, 9d t o 10d ; I mttor, per lb 9d to 11 "...' f• im eggs, per doz, Cs 10:1 to Os 12d ; h ens , per pa i r, 2s eu 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, is 3d to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto, 1 • 11 to 2s 0 , 1; ducklings, ditt o , 2 9 6d to Os Od ; tur key each, 3s Od to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od- ' bl it o a; for esoortation (p resen t cure ) , per cwt, 76s to 00s ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od ' - eggs, wholesale pri me , per dozen, Od to 8d ; 41b loaf, 8(1; 21b loaf, 4d • P°,,T. ; fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; p or k , l arge, O s Od t o ' Os 7;• lamb, per lb., ai Od t o ; cheese, per imperial s° 5s 6d to 7s. DI7BLIN—Nov. 25. White wheat, 38s 6d to 425; red ditto, 36s Od to 400_ 0 4 barley, 18s 6d to 20s 6d ; o a t s , 12 s 6d to 1 5s 6d ; raP.erio 27s Od to 29s 6d p er b r l ; oa t meal, 14s 6d to les Od ; Din 6cl flour, 22s Od to 263 Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 45s Od to 4 01 per 4801bs. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, NOV. 26. 'Cl i) STOCK EicoHANGE.—The mark e t h as b een better tO P but closed with less animation than at the opening. 0. (lonian, ; Eastern C oun ti es , 13 „,. ; Lancashire and ,; shire, 67i ; L ancas t er an d C ar li sle New Thirds, Pj Lancaster and Preston, 11.0. shares, 8/ p. ; Lond?l , l, North-Western, 1034 ; M anc h ester, Sheffield, and kint.s 23$ ; Midland 636"; North British, 7i ; and Dover, 184. MANCHESTER, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices are s t ea d y, and this __lit! buying-in day addition a l fi rmness was gained by the 6.1,70 demand from that cause . C a l e d onian, 285 ; Lanes 10 and Yorkshire, 67i ; M anc h es t er anal Birmingh9.,lll4, Quarters), 5-16 p. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and kinn i o shire, 23i ; Midland Railway Consols, 635 ; South btu" — and Dover, 18i ; York and North Midland, 25. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Prices were firm in this mar..-..ed , day, and a fair amount of business was transacted. Tod land, Birmingham, and Derbys were done at 3 7 ; London and North-Westerns closed at 1.035. SEABORNE MAILS. t-O till (N signifies that the malls are sent from th e General - p os by the night—and M by the morning --dispatch.] _./ Day when made up From what W ll COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London London.* Dispatched. Ene lllo > i America(byßrit.pack)N Every F r id ay Liverpool k;so. c° America (by United Sts. packet) .... •••• • • N Nov. 20 Liverpool •,• 94 America (by U States packet) Nov. 27 Southampton 1.1.°1 ' Australia (via South ampton) .......... M 'Jan. 4.. •... • • Southampton ee• ta Ditto (via Marseilles) N'J an . ........ D over 50. Ditto (via Cape of c oe d ne Hope) ........ . • .1% , T Deo. 4 Africa (West Coast) ..N 3d of the month, ' Plymouth .• Nov. 2g 5, •24, & 30 of in Dover ...... Nov 16 ' Alexandria.-- .31'4th & 20th of mon Southampton Dec. 4 6 Bahamas ..... • ... 41 :17th of the month soutnaMPtOn Nov Belgium ••• • .. Nll ) aily.. ....• • • Dover ...... Daily a Brazil ..Ml9th of the month„ Southampton 'Deo. 1 ; Buenos Ayres • ...M9th of the month Southampton ;Deo. 1 26 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth • •11 40 v• 1 6 Cape of Good Hope .. N ;14th of the month. Southampton Noy. 26 Cape de Verdi ......N '9 th of the month Plymouth ..NOV.I Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. ......N 14th o f th e month Plymouth 26 gd Channel Isles ..N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton To I ",6 • .. 2d & 17th of m on th Southampton Nov. ' China (see India) 20 Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24, &27 of m. Dover .. .. • • ' • Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Deo• 4 a d, a 0 cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ....... , f' Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily .... .. Dover Tue e Gibraltar 31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton Nev Greece (see India) 0 Greytown ..151 i 2nd & 17th of mon . Southampton Nolt• 1 gat , Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London T 0 0• llavannah Holland Ali Wednesday & Sat. Londo n ! ,1 °' 1. 16 Honduras ...... ....3.11117th of the month. S outhampton '50 , 4 India (viaSouthampt.)M ;4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Dec 30 India (via Marseilles)MlBth& 24th of month Dover lonian Isles (see India) l 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.... •• :No g ;00 ), Ireland ........M & N T w i ce daily Holyhead ;Tw'''' 94 Lisbon .• • • ....M 7,9, 17, &28of m. Southampton No f 'l6 Madeira••• 31 9th of the month Southampton De" 90 Madeira•••• ••N 23d of month .... Plymouth .. ;NO' Malta (see India) 16 Malta .... • Mauritius (see India) 9 6 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. 'adu'• Mexico 3,1 2nd of the month.. Southampton De' Naples . N s thl 6 th26thormon.l Dover .....•1 1 6 New Granada 2d & 17th of month ,Southampton ifof .. ; 10 10 New Zealand.— .... By privat e s ki p .. Various ports 111 'f' 9 1 Papal States N s th ls th 2s thofmon.,Dover .......NO 14 Peninsula 311 7 th I 7 th 2B thothion.;Southampton NO' 16 Peru Port Natal .. Nll4 th of the month; Plymouth . • NI 0 Sicily Nl. s thlSth2 s thofmon, 'Dover .....•_ 99 Tuscany .• „ ....N s thiSth2sthofmon.Dover 1 6 Venezuela .. 2d & 17th of month:SoUthampton .r 4 °' Van !nem en's Lan (.1 (see Australia) 16 West Indies 2(1.F.r. o month Southampton 24.0"._./ When any of these , lispatchei on the followi: Southampton), and the IN day preceding. dates t Ro .unday, the mails log day with the exception of the n ,„ — e j %lalta, both of, which will be dispatch 2 ,„ FALL OF A BUILDI NG .—O n Friday morninris boo' little befor e ten, an extens i ve b u i lding in Duke's-te b oo' Mallon-road, K en ti s h T own, intended for a Etirfisi house, suddenly f e ll w ith a t remendous crash, b''';etiti eight of the workmen in the ruins. They were 0 1 3 7 fi iiii rescued, and two of them found to be so serion° l jured that they were removed to the UniveraitY...l pital, the res t b e i ng t a k en h ome in cabs. the poor fellows lie in a precarious state. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— The wonderful cures „ or , by Hollow a y' s p ill s astonish everybody; they fregi ci j o remove complai n t s w hi c h the faculty pronounce able : the debilitated are, by their use com pletelf, o o: gorated. Th ey are also an excellent reme dy for c;,0 6 cal affection s , an d every d i sease incident to fernaleNbef stand unrivalled as an excellent family medicine, ego the purify the blood, cleanse the system, strength! ! O S body, and re i n st a t e it i n the -soundest health, an droir after every o th er reme d y h ad failed.—Sold by g . gists. and at P ro f essor H o ll oway s Estab lishment' Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 26th inst., at Barnes, the wife of Liente C Grove. On the 26th i ns t., a t Fi s h mongers ' •hall, t h e w ife f Beckwith Towee, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. Brig i On the 23d inst., at No. 27, Brunswick-terrace , ,, r the wife of Commander the Hon. Mark Kerr, B" pr " On the 25th inst., at 16, Denbigh - place, Belgral Pimlico, Mrs. T. Anwyl. WED. 'et Onth a e te 2 W sth ill i i n a s m t. , N a e t t W t dagned, Esq sN or . yh i n, the Surrey, 79t ' ofrms_ l. • 4 of the l age. On the 25th inst., a t H ar l ey -l o d ge , Clifton, 13er;i6vv*- Rickards, Esq. t Sfir *b i t : On the 25th inst at No. 493, Oxford - s tree ,,,' bill, - relict of Mr. Nicholas' Isherwood d, late of Lnclga. her 81st year. On the 26th inst., at his house, Cambridge -I''''' gent's-park, John Clifford, Esq., in his 67th Pm' r ' c i , On the 26th i ns t ., at Suffolk-villa, Conipton-roaisught ton, in th e 13th year o f h er age , Maria Louisa, " of William Adre Es. 0 1 . On the 22(1 inst., at q the house of her daugtite t t h ' e 10 0 James Touchet, Mrs. Betty Buckley, Nvid°°T of • 9 Robert Buckley, Esq., of Manchester, aged 85- On the 24th inst., at 50, Belgrave-squarc, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rusee ... r p„Tat LONDON : Printed and Published by MURD°_ 24r0.' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T he Sun Cl , aim_tua Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in ske Middlesex. Dionday, November 28,1863. 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Lead, Whi 8 • Dernications Z. 47, No vers b e Easton Station, ~,...,.Forms of Tei rrtles applyin 'r Which they Patterns mai rr2ht, from ti 'us, ton Station " 415 1 ed on applit ,Tenders to b 'ecenlber 7th. Ztlaton Static LLSI a n H d A R a I PALL-M 9 hl the finest pc there are prof r_, SON'S PAI 4 -KICEIt and 1 ire never sold „` - ' II S, and that "els has been gr Messrs. HAF - the attentio the all-impor .141P,ecially recon 4 a general b tending, from en 'Ployed, the n ? leoasiderab e qus P 8 alone whic t he stomach, an state of weak' all ewes in aired effect mon b 1 the faculty.' c onducted cause Wi_rt es raore tha :ecount they do l ess perfectly fe Other pr eparatic tractive matter quently more ea ,_These salutar2 alleasra. ALLSO , by the following :octantMe author Baron Liebig Professor Graha Professor Hof] BE kEDICAL h bit • SAAMEI - - , utor of Medio Edinburgh, I oty. Lice] MAY be the var tw eed from tare more mi re decay at al C'es,. ',mown to _:E ...tweei. lbo btli e ti:te t cyca r :eb e ev, a stot t ar m icriutteett e toue n ti Impotent - ,Heas modific, % l eiPles of pc ,Laing grieve heyday of end be rnitigat how the ev at .eren there cc. gement to 4 "OCTOR N . l tn exten,iv and is `,He taunts al etntildence, 1...!ti0n to tin _ln select :ried by tl -- ' 4 . °H erlent of tl b 4 b e ll t tin q uai eltionS, as haZ i , r Patent oeen inch Rix t b orne for Medicilll Eight. It Tnes can th 0 „, 13 desira. 'ma first obt Medi cal Tre ;4p erative De Iqg in detai dek ri 4 ". Th Tr im Ptton o f tltah: l 4 . San' e rg and ( by ", 3 9 cor de .)oat r ft, fo • B_E:C_ a Ug DIZ (IN Tit %r eit! () ` pit h )uvEttire Fit! rrani ttl c o r ' Plekfc t t ntrlbuti c cal :he h 'e4er, er equal] y hlB, 4l °n Meg Witti d k nn d ita t t :t - v r e l Iltiet, n 'Pftrt tle r; emapirrnoney tattit ' 4l sYal 1 41 41)"d rn a to __,--~.. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadiolsli° bert Shore, Esq., of Summer-hill-parade, Dublin , o o rtii , Mary An n , only daughter of the late John B. 1 " °13 Esq., of London. g oo On the 26th i ns t., a t St. G eorge ' s, rfanuv° r4 Fog q 1 1 P Thomas May, Esq., of Northernhay, Exeter, tc ;pling' eldest d aug ht er o f th e l a t e J o h n Ibb e t son , Esq., °` Middlesex. rib' vo - e On the 24th inst., at St. Barnabas' Church, r• dso 0 j road, Mr. John Crossley, of 27, Bi s hopsgste - S o ., Hannah, widow of the late Richard C. Harvey, O N. daughter of the late Thomas Tegg, Esq., of ChesP ..~