The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-10 00:00:00

{ EVENING EDITION. kerself to such a combination. If it be considered that the pacific assurances of Louis PHILIPPE, deli vered from his throne, be not a guarantee for the pre servation of peace, and that he is less powerful than the w ar - seeking faction of his subjects, and that, therefor e , it is necessary to take measures of pre caution, it is surely not wise, not prudent, not re spectful to him to put the doubts of his friends and f l lies into a tangible shape, and give the war party 1 a France a justification of their madness, by boast !ng of measures to assemble 500,000 G ermans on t he Rhine to resist French aggression. Every body l a aware that the Germans have nothing in com mon with the French propagandists—that the So vereigns of Germany are almost always ready for tvar......and that the French, with a distracted Go.. verotaent, could have no hope of making a suc .fgeetaful irruption into Germany. To say, there re, " that the Government of England and the p owers, who are its Allies in carrying into t rillion th e T rea ty o f J u ly, are t a ki ng th e m o st e eroal means to protect Europe from the horrors nar) by organizing arrangements for assembling, thn a very short space of time, should it be -- ` te aeary to do so, a force of 500,000 Germans : 1 the Rhi ne , to res i st any aggress i ons o f F rance , n ti defe n d t h e F at h er -l an d f r om violation by deign invasion," seems to us an uncallei-for and • hievous boast. England and her Allies, ac t:ding to that, are collecting a large army on the .7!tiers of France, to threaten France. Those are the same northern nations with which eland was before allied against France ; and the 1 7:iast of the Globe, were it correct, would be a jus iLt4tion of all the tirades of the National. Does execution of the Treaty of July authorise Eng 44 and her Allies to assemble 500,000 men on f• rontiers of France ? We never so read it. th ! 4 e Fren c h wa r party so read it ; and according to -e Globe, the French war party are right. `We give no more credit, however, to the Globe 1 1. 4 his point, than we give to the assertion of the 142 eg, that the English Ministers have taken no 2 4 to prevent a dispute with France by the in °lace of Russia. The English Ministers will i s li o N tioly not wait for instructions from St. Peters -01• 1 .• They see that the stability of Louts :2 111 4PrE's throne and the peace of the world are r ubling in the balance. They must know how t i erel is the desire in England to preserve peace, they must be well convinced that the present ratio n would never forgive them, and posterity it 941 ( 1 execrate them, were they, even for i t whole T ur ki s h em pi re , t o b e in s t rumen t a l ti T h i nvolving all Europe in a revolutionary war. " 44 - 1 :Y hav e no t wa i te d ; t h ey h ave met an d con - It 1; and what e v e r may be the aims of Ru ss i a , e 4 fe el convinced that the Ministers have not hesi t and co u ld no t h es it a te, a moment to g i ve .14e tt PHILIPPE the strongest assurances that pi ? would aid his noble and held endeavours to Ber ve) against his own subjects, the peace of !Pe. They must know that a war between gland and France would place at the mercy of t 7 l 3B : j a the very existence of Turkey, to preserve 414 °, utegrity of which has beta the policy of Lord 144 zusrox. That he and the other Ministers th o 111(1 madly defer to Russia, and so bring on a 1111 e 1 with France, no sane man believes ; not even w riter in the Times, though for a party pur- Zhe asserts it, as he asserts that the Ministers t been " inert and indifferent." t :p ts ''Within a short period certain clergymen of the ,l :uteh of England have resorted to acts of intoler ,, ,asind even persecution, which the friends of the a • -•d letbs &llment boast are alien to her character and 0 sh e We We are ready to admit that at one time it l oose 8 very tol e rant, that she shut her eyes at the e Aard s s M orals of h er c l e r g y, was no t ov er s evere to candCalvinists Wes!evens, and was well con- Er l ent to enjoy • 'wi t the ample funds set apart for her use C I: sti h ll : lit annoying her neighbours. But all this was t - good old times when the strong arm of the law o „ ' eve rything for her, when Catholics were shut ,Mt f 0 -torn all I 'es of trust or emolument, when the 'Test ; S lid Corporation Acts were in force, and when ' t,,. the e taiumo n ; joined with the Lords in securing for . rt - ef • ' 4 hses'ing Protestants all the seats in Parliament, AeF j high appointments in the army and navy, ' 4 4 - all the ot h er goo d t hi ngs t h at are now distri ted indi scr i m i nately among a var i ety o f g M s• Affairs ate now. in a very different post °4)< and the Church, in order to regain her !t h :. 1 7' power has recourse to her spiritual autho ,• • We have complaints from all quarters „the encroachments made for this purpose, but rust none are the complaints so loud as against - 7 assumed right of the Church to refuse the sacred =-of burial to those who have not been baptised hi h ' I t ••! t. f a ith. The Clergy vainly suppose that they lIIi Induce Dissenters to join them, that they may ,v e , v .. Christian burial. They are producing the el2..eontrary effect. We remember no occasion t i le `' , l , it e l l such a bad feeling was displayed against ''' e stablishment. Respect for the dead, the de -lie 't 1 9 ' ill 'i ) ( 1 see their remains decently laid in the ie . ' and the tears of afflicted relatives, contrast ,whl-verfully with that unfeeling and selfish bigotry, be ich would compel a man to renounce his faith or ..tile;, b uried lik e a d og. B ut the people have atilt tlis ' elyes chiefl y to blame for these in - Nut ; and acts of oppression. Their folly has ef i e gods of these pri es ts, w h o , t a ki ng a d van t age S u ' gn° Kance, superstition, and that devotion to the . 0 Nea le B . ' Invented eing inherent in the human breast, have -.._ .. _ rite s and ceremonies (not forgetting fees . ltti ll a'h e 9fr consecrationrin g 8) nnkonfown to the primitive Christians. a burial-ground is a relic of :, 0 ., Pery ; ; so is the burial service; and, however be .li Ping and impressive when properly performed, it tgther imperative on Christians, nor sanctioned s ie - ' l .,,lyine authority. In our colonies the ceremony olii ; _ of , u performed by a layman, or by some friend , e s deceased, who, unlike the hired funtionary, ki tes 1,0, with fervid emotion, that beautiful service 1 1 '7 11 he commits the " body of a dear brother to ike re g r "nd." Why may not the same be done r Consecration of ground is a useless cere eitttati t enders The fi rst b o d y comm i tte d to our mother :of enders t h e spot sacre d. L et t h e Di ssenters ~ thi sei Part of t h e i s l and, t h ere f ore , i m i tate t h e it le the . ofr S et both by Dissenters and Churchmen in ~ Pariah o f Pilr eh St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; let them i tiilet a ss in the neighbourhood of towns ground for et a° reject and . reject the consecration of the priest. 1 . 0 ~- - '"e Intimate friend of the deceased be chosen • elta li b " the burial service. It will not be a less Preee t o ,. tve, or less religious ceremony, when per nrned , N eat . °Y a friend, who mourns indeed, than by a th e 1 ° his robes, and paid for the service. Let Peopl e . . with IL ' In fact, show that they can dispense . "e priest, and they will be no longer insulted of Q Bn e ch il len as the Rector of Dover and the Vicar dney, Ther e i s --- -.. 00 .------ .14 18 • no thi ng in the shape of news in the in., J°uroals of Sunday. Notwithstandini, the ...r tr ,„, li t -.. ra v i n „„ l , -1, of n gs of the National and the fierce hosti- Vati c • e arly the whole of the daily press, the peace 44- 7 ° f the sou % t i n LT-GUIZOT Cabinet is rapidly tria u ... ,g Popularity among the respectable, indus tWe'kei!as. see, The Journal des Debals states that t lii ' n-i f ter ial majority in the Chamber of Depu -441. c ` lM Paet and homogenous, while the Opposi -18 °lade -la i ts , up of the most discordant elements. otiu9rnnaolfdenies to the late Cabinet the t' ll o t ti Ble te j o going to war about Syria, and "I" ... : tke . that the present Ministry is only carry ing 11111 L . .__,!, ° . l ,i°Y indicated in the diplomatic notes of the late President of the Council. The [llonileur Parisien, which warmly supports the Government, says, the speech from the Throne must be judged by the whole of France, and not by the Metropoli tan press only. " That press," says the Monileur, " taxes the Speech with being pacific. Un doubtedly it is so. It is so obviously so, that no sagacity was required to make the discovery. The Cabinet does not conceal that it wishes for peace. The Ministry wishes for peace ; it says so, and it undertakes to maintain it, because it intends to do so honourably." We are glad to find the or gans of the Ministry thus frank and straightfor ward in proclaiming its pacific intentions. The lovers of peace will thus have an opportunity of rallying round it. But it would be strange, indeed, if a return to good sense or the part of the French people did not call forth some offensive braggadocio on the part of our blundering Contemporary the Morning Chronicle. After reading the excellent article in the illoniteur Parisien, we instinctively turned to the Chronicle for a bit of bullying bluster, the never-failing accompaniment of any conciliatory language on the part of France. Nor were we dis appointed, as will be seen from the following extract from its leading columns this morning : Whilst the French are in this pacific and submissive temper, they are roused once more to thoughts of war and resistance by reports of meetings held in England in favour of theoretic peace, of peace at any price. The instant re flection of the French is, how came we to yield to the rights or pretensions of a people who thus profess the prin ciples and spirit of a flock of sheep ? The consequence of one people determining to enact the part of a flock of sheep would be to suggest to others the assumption of the part of wolves. The French would gladly take the latter character, provided, according to the un- English recom mendation of some of our Manchester folks, the British were to aim at no higher rank or condition than that of being fat mutton. But it requires only a small port•on of common sense to feel that the fat would soon leave us, and the wool be torn from our backs, unless we had teeth to show, and allowed it to be understood that we could use them. This is very graceful and pretty, is it not ? The illustration of our national courage and willingness to fight is peculiarly happy, is it not ? A sheep showing his teeth in a passion is a most formidable animal, especially to a wolf. Well, after all, the Chronicle is a most sagacious journal. We shall never think of it without reviving the memory of this sheepish illustration of genuine John Bullisin. The correspondence between Captain FISHER, the officer immediately in command of the blockading squadron off Alexandria, and the European Con suls-General, of which we stated the substance in The Sun of Saturday last, is published at le►igth in the French journals of Sunday, with some unimportant letters from Alexandria, of the 16th ult. The impression that Syria was lost to ME HEMET ALI was general in Paris on Sunday. The inundations of the Rhone and the Saone are frightful. Lyons, Avignon, Arles, Valence, Zain, Macon, Verden, and several other towns are all flooded. This will occasion dreadful distress among the working classes of the south and north of France. The packet with the mail from Africa has not yet ar rived at Toulon ; it has been due six days, and some un easiness begins to be felt. Some news has been received by the Brasier steam-boat. A letter from Algiers, of the 25th says:—By an order of the day of Marshal Valee, General Schramm is ap pointed Commander-in-Chief in the province of Algiers during the absence of the expeditionary corps. . Another letter, of the 26th, announces that the Marshal had set out on that day to join at Blidah the corps em ployed in the expedition, which consists of 600 cavalry. It is said that the Marshal will confine himself to the rc victualling of Mcdeah and Aliliana. We have had a tertible hurricane at Algiers, whieh destroyed several Moorish houses and greatly damaged some buildings. BONA, OCT. 24.—A fatal event has just occurred at Bona. Captain Saget of the Staff, having ventured into the mountains for the purpose of making a topographical survey, has been assassinated, as well as his servant and Caid Aly, who accompanied him. Nine spahis who escorted them escaped with their lives, but were com pletely stripped. It is said that the assassin was formerly one of the spahis at Bona, who has put himself at the head of some banditti. The bodies of Captain Saget and of the Caid, have been brought to Bona, where the last honours have been paid to them —La Gazette de France. Our readers will find, in another column, a diplomatic note from Lord PALMERSTON to Earl GRANVILLE, our Ambassador in Paris, dated the 2d instant, in answer to M. THIERS' note of the Bth of October, which has already ap peared in The Sun. We have not space to-day for any remarks on this official document, which is at once moderate and conciliatory in its tone, and pacific in its purport. As its appearance at the present moment will strengthen the hands of the peace party in France, we shall to-morrow examine it at some length. In the mean time we recom mend it to general attention. Letters from Constantinople of the 18th, Alex andria of the 16th, and Athens of the 20th ult., have been received this morning, but they merely detail local versions of the official reports already published of the success of the Allies on the coast of Syria. At a Council held at Windsor to-day the Par• liament was to be further prorogued, and it is sup posed till about the 12th of December. Lord John Russell's rumoured marriage with one of the Hon. Misses Elliott is contradicted by the Kelso Chronicle, and we have good reason to believe that the contradiction is correct, and that the original rumour was without any just foundation. PARIS.—Dr. Turnbull, whose cures of deafness have attained for him so much celebrity in London, has been operating here at the Deaf and Dumb Institution with wonderful success. The medical men of that estab lishment acted with great jealousy towards him, and threw every impediment in his way ; they gave him Also two of the worst eases there. He applied his liquid to the ears of two of the pupils, and in less than a quarter of an hour they could hear the ticking of a watch two feet off. They could also hear the Doctor pronounce the words mamma, papa, &e., near them, and actually repeated them immediately. This has made a great sensation in Paris.—Literary Gazette. RAILWAYS.--One of the securities which these a ford against accidents is, thht nothing travels on them but the locomotives. The time of starting is known, and the time of arrival calculated, and nearly certain. The whereabouts of every train may be known at all times to the Directors and every servant of the esta blishment, so that it may be looked out for, and prepa tions made for its arrival. Fogs will not lead to colli sions. There ought to be no such thing as one vehicle running against another, from one goilg on the wrong side of the road. Horsemen cannot be dismounted, nor toot-passengers run over; they have nobusiness on railways. The common road, however, serves for carriages, wag gons, and foot passengers, all going different paces, anti many of them in different directions, and exposed to a multitude of chances of collision and injury, which never can happen on railways. The source of safety, how ever, requires that the Directors should inclose the railway, and keep intruders off. Nothing but the loco motive engines and the trains they drag, and the men of the establishment, should be allowed to intrude on a railway. It will then be much safer than a common road. A RICA AND CHARITABLE JEWESS.—The will of Sarah Freidburg, late of Finsbury-place South, London, spinster, deceased, has just been proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, in Doctors'-commons, b) Solomon Herchell, the Chief Rabbi of the Jews, John Petty Muspratt, Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, and Hyam HyamQ, Esqrs., the executors. The personsl property of this lady has been sworn under 100,0001,, and a stamp duty of 1,3501. has been paid on the probate, independ,nt o f the legacy duty at 3 per cent. on nearly 80,C00/. (be queathed to Miss Phillips, a sister of the deceased), which will amount to nearly 3,000/. more. Amongst the it v rious bequests under the will, independent of legacies to several friends, arc the following charitable ones :—To the Jews' Synagogue 1001. ; to the Jews' Hospital 1001. ; to the Jews' Frce School 1001. ; to the Society of Poor Jews, to distributed in bread, meat, and coals, loot. ; and to the poor Jews, at the , discretien of her executors, to be distributed in the three winter months, on the S4b. bath-day, 1001 ; to the Chief Rabbi 2001., and to each of her other executors 100/. The deceased was extremely charitable whilst living, and her loss by the poor will be deeply flit. CURIOUS NOTICE.—The following is a lite ral copy of a notice issued by the overseers of a parish in this county:_ , . Notes.--I have Recd. Instruking to Pay Into the Thereshers of the Union the sum of one Hundred and Forty Pounds For the Rehr() of the Poor of By Orders of the Boards of Gardiens, the Eighteenth day of July, One Thousin Eight Hundred and Therty Nienc. Wich Will Requre A Rate of One Shilling in the Pound 1"—/ 1 'orthompt on Mercury. The Vanguard arrived at Sidon, after a passage ne.;. A.... THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 1810. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY•) FAULKNER V. DANIEL —JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLO R gave judgment in this case, in which the plaint ff, who was entitled to a charge of 5,000/. upon a West India estate, filed his bill for the purpose of obtaining the appointment of a receiver. His Lordship was of opinion that the plaintiff had failed in making out a case for a receiver, and decreed accordingly. THE ATTORNEY•GENERA L V. THE EARL OF STAMFORD—THE MANCHESTE R GRAMMAR-SCHOOL. The Loan CHANCELL OR also gave judgment in this case, which was argued before his Lordship in the course of the present year. The Information prayed that the present trustees of the Manchester Grammar-School might be diimissed, that new trustees might be appointed, and that the: scheme of 1833, obtained by the present trustees, might be wholly set aside, awl a new scheme might be approved of by the Master for the future administration of the charity. His Lordship, in giving judgment, ob served that the Act which had passed in the last Session would for the future guard against many of the difficulties which had attended upon cases of a similar description to the present ; but it was a satisfaction to his Lordship to know that there was sufficient in the present case to enable him to deal with it to the satisfaction of all parties. There was no doubt that, according to the sta tutes, the trustees of the school were to be composed of honest men, resident in the town of Manchester, but that principle had been departed from for a great length of time, in favour of the most sapient and respectable persons in the neighbourhood, and his Lordship thought that the school had derived great advantage frJrn their zeal and protection. Whatever advantage, however, they might have derived, it was one thing to disturb what had taken place, and another to sanction it for the future. His Lordship was of opinion that the state of things was now very difnrent, and that Manchester presenting in - its resi dents a large class of persons from whom trustees should be selected, that in future they should be taken from that class. The information then complained that a large sum of money had been unnecessarily expended in the erection of a house for the master and boarders. It was unhappily too late to remedy that ; but what his Lordship proposed to do was, to refer that matter to the Master, allowing the Attorney-General to make what suggestions he should think proper, in order to ascertain how far the funds of the charity might be applied more properly to the education of all classes, his Lordship being of opinion that it was the original intention of the founder not only to make it a grammar school, but also a school in which lms were to be prepared for becoming- acquainted with the learned languages. With respect to the exhibitions it had been proved that the larger proportion had been given to boarders, his Lordship proposed for the future to make a decree with respect to that part of the matter, prohibiting the boarders from participating altogether in those exhi bitions, but allowing those to be paid which had already been granted. His Lordship was also of opinion that the question of whether the salary of the master was greater than it ought to be, should come under the attention of the Master. With respect to the schenie of 1833, although there were many parts of it most objectionable : yet there were, other parts of it entitled to praise, and his Lordship thought it would not be expedient now to disturb it, but he must take occasion to express his disapprobation of the Attor ney-General's being excluded from any proceedings of that description, and if partial reports were to be had in that manner under Sir Samuel Romilly's Act, it would tend to make that Act an injury instead of a benefit to the public. It such proceedings were afterwards found to prevail in the Master's Office, he would take measures to prevent it. Upon the whole, therefore, he was of opinion that the matter must be referred to the Master, with liberty to the Attorney-General to make such suggestions as he should think proper with respect to the future ad ministration of the charity funds. 11USGRAV6 V. NEWTON. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, in which the plaintiff, by his bill, prayed to be relieved as surety to a bond for a bond for 2,0001., which, in the event of a good title being made to the estate was to be of no eff:et. The plaintiff assertad, by his bill, that a good title had been made ; but his Lordship was of opinion that those allegations were not sup}•ortcd. 11, however, the plaintiff thought proper, at his own peril, to go before the Master, far the purpose of ascertaining whether a good title could be made, he might do so; if he did not, the bill must be dismissed with costs. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BALLS V. MARGRAVE. This case was argued yesterday, and came before the Court upon a demurrer to a bill of discovery in aid of are action at law. The action was brought upon a covenant which could only be restrained upon the footing that the plaintiff had the legal estate, and the plaintiff stated in the bill of equity that be was "seized or well entitled." To this the defendant alleged that as it was put in the al ternative, " seized or well entitled," be bad a right to take the statement most against the pleader, and to con sider that it meant " seized, or otherwise entitled"—other wise entitled might mean that there was an equitable title ; and if the plaintiff had an equitable title there would be no foundation for the action at law, and consequently nn use in the discovery sought by the bill. On these grounds the defendant demurred to the bill. The Counsel for the plaintiff contended that any ex pression in the bill was to be taken most against. the pleader, must depend not upon any single detached state ment, but upon the whole, and the Master of the Rolls yesterday stated, that he would look into the bill, and see if there were any such expressions in it as would take it out of the rule, although be had seldom seen a de murrer that was less likely to WI a real benefit to any party in the cause. His LORDSHIP on coming into Court this morning staled over nk t h t e h e s b u i l b ! s , e q a r u i d e n t u p o a n ll e c g o a n t s i i o ta tlun h th e at d h id e h n ad et re t a h d as sisted the uncertainty of the first statement, although the demurrer was of a very frirolcus nature, yet it appeared to him that, in strictness, greater certainty than was to be found in the statements in the bill was re quired. He must therefore allow the demurrer, but would give the plaintiff leave to amend. Under the cir cumstances, however, he would not allow any costs of the demurrer. The COURT, after disposing of the consent petitions and short causes, heard the arguments of Counsel upon two petitions in a case of HALES:V. DARRELL. The question arising upon which was, whether two an annuities of 5001. and 9001. a-year, bequeathed by the will of Sir Edward Hales to his two sisters, amounted to a performance of the covenants in certain annuity deeds, by which 3001. a-year to each of them vc as chargeable on his estate. The case was not concluded when the Court rose. QUEEN'S BENCII-(TIIIS DAY.) The Grand Jury of Middlesex were sworn in this morn ing before Mr. Justice Littledale, who briefly addressed them on the nature of the duties they had to perform. IRISH LORD CHANCELLOR. It was rumoured this morning in Westminster Hall that Sir John Campbell, the Attorney-General, had been sent for to the Home Office, for the purpose of tendering him the Irish Chancellorship, which there is little doubt the Hots, and Learned Gentleman will accept. It is under stood that the official announcement of his appointment will appear in the Gazette of this evening. It is also said that Mr. Justice Littledale has declared he will not go another Circuit. BAIL COURT._(TIUS DAY.) (Bcfore Mr. Justicc PATTESON. ) the JuE_ on various the ► liberty THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF HERTFORDSHIRE. 8 t e h S e Si rate ,forand Mr. CHAMBERS moved for a rule calling upon tices of Hertforgshire to show cause why their order fur pay 201. quashing a rate for the relief of the poor of the parish of Watford, should not be quashed. A poor -rate had been made by the overseers of Watford, and against this rate grounds, one o a n n e d o li f e n v ilie l h V. w J a . s C a a d p e e fe l, ot ba in d p a o p i P n e t a o le f d form. The o A f lag s is t t . rat A ea lba s n i s t : i n h g a d i n q u p a e s i t i t e y d ordered the respondents, about fifty in number, to the appellant for costs. Now, as the ord p er s the rate did not set forth that Watford was i the liberty of St. Albans, he contended that the the valid, valid, neither did the order contain any all . e was egation that n otice had been given to the re s p ond ents. The Learned Counsel also contended that. the Justices had no 111)1 t o dai e r to award costs, and that it was essent ia l to the the v ty of the order that the grounds on which th e rate Was quashed should be distinctly set forth. n e t w f forth that ft h q a u t Mr. Justice PATTESON—Take a rule. MANDAMUS—THE Q UEEN V. THE TOWN COUNCI L OF EXETER. oin warranto, one consequence Mr. ROGF.RS applied for a rule, calling upon the Town Council of Exeter to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, ordering them to proceed imtned'ately to the election of an Alderman of that city. The affidavits on which of the Aldermen had last year been displaced. The time o th f c c a e i r T a l i i n ca p t r io o n ce ri ed a i s n f g o s u appointed by the statute for the election of Aldermen, had this year expired, and the vacancy had not been filled up. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted the application. CERTIORARI..—TIIE QUEEO V. MAUDE AND ANOTHER, JUS TICES OF MANCHESTER. Mr. CORBETT applied u nd n e d d er s fora rule for a certi orar i to re move into the Cou rt of Qaeen's Bench the conviction of a man named Higginbotham, who had been convicted by the Manchester justices 111 , nt penalty o f 201., under the 39th George 111. cap; 79, 1 ituled "An Act for the suppression of seditious and treasonable so c i et i es. I t ap peared that at th e Hall of Science at Manchester, a lecture had been deli%ered "on the Formation of Character." Higginbotham had received moziey for the admission of persons to this lecture at the door. As the room was not I ccused, the Justices held that an offence had been com muted under the Act referred to, and ep,ivicted Higgin botham accordingly. TP Learned Counsel now con tended that the statute alluded to had expired, and that tlc conviction, if made at all, could only he upon a prose ctvion by the Attorney or Solicitor-General. There were also several technical objections to the conviction. Mr. Justice PaTTEsoN granted the application. CRIMINAL INFORMATION —THE QUEEN V. MEE. Mr. CCCKBURN applied to the Cou rt f i . r a rule nisi for a th c e ri l m l ) e n s a t l Kinefti7trna'a against Mr. M ee , the proprietor of Guardian, for the publication of a libel reflecting on the character of Mr. hare John Dodd, a messenger in the Dockyard at Chatham. It appears that i n Chatham party spirit has been run very high, particularly on the subject of Church-rates. Mr. Dodd it appeared was conscientiously opposed to Church-rates, and had been in consequence subjected to repeated attacks from the supporters of that impost. veral attacks had appeared upon him in the West Kent Guardian, and it was in consequence of these attacks that the present application had been made. A mong other attacks there was one which assumed the shape of a letter to Lord Melbourne, signed W. Barron, in which Mr. Dodd bad been accused of riotous and insulting conduct, of dese crating the Church at one of the Church-rate meetings, . • • A« had nign THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) I COLONIAL MARKET. The demand for most kinds of produce was dull, arid prices mostly on the decline. The imports were large, and some important public sales have been declared. The sales in B. P. Sugar were very small, say about 500 hhda, but prices were not lower. Ramed Sugar was also dull, and fine grocery goods sold at 102 s. per cwt. Coffee very dull, and prices on the decline. Cocoa, a fair demand at full prices. Rum in good demand, and prices looking up—proof Lrewards 3s. 4d. per gallon. Cotton scarcely asked for, an? prices merely nominal. TEA MARKET. The bidding were languid at the public sales of free trade, and only a small part of that offered found buyers, but in prices no variation occurred. Company's Congou dull at 23. 31 cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices for Russian Tallow were rather lower, and the detnAnd was very dull ; 465. was the value of P. Y. Candle on the spot. IVHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. There was a pretty fair supply, the demand steady, and prices firm. Clover, 31. JOs. to 51. 12s. Meadow, 31. to 4/. jos. Straw, I/. 94. to 11. 121. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDDIN, Nov. 10 —Wind this day at noon, light breeze t S. W. by W. and fine. DEAL, Nov. 9.—Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Arrived the Asia, Freeman, from China ; Guinea, Nl‘Kellat, Bet bict ; Gambia, Sierra Leone ; Florence, Davis, Madeira. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 9 —Wind N.W., fresh. —Arrived, the Isabella, Runer, from Pernambuco—sailed, Sept. 28 ; the Lotus, Head, Porto Cibello—sailed, Sept. 27 ; Lee, Demerara; Universe, Brock, Laguna ; Planter, INl'Matin, Virginia ; Belvidere, Apalachicola ; Xylon, Putnam, New York ; Columbine, Quebec ; Amelia, ditto; John Bentley, ditto; Alcyone. ditto; Yarrow, ditto; Mary, ditto; Ann Jeffrey, ditto; City of Waterford, ditto; Currency, Hore, Calcutta. Off port, Crown, Bombay ; Shannon, ditto; Acadia, Quebec ; Ganges, ditto ; England, New York. The Sir Colin Campbell, bound to New Orleans, has put back leaky from long. 12. MARGATE, Nov. 9.—Arrived off port, the Mary, Tate, from Quebec; John .Brown, Rugless, do. ; Welsford, Michie, do. RAMSGATE, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Deux Soeurs, Cor nelisen, from Bahia, with loss of bulwarks,:&c. ; Majestic, Wainwright, Mobile, for Antwerp. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind W. to W. N. W., strong and squally.—Arrived the Trade, Plewes, from Quebec ; Claude, Minter, do. Put back the Montreal, Griffing, New York. FISHGUARD, Nov. 8. —Thc Chirk Castle of Liverpool, was fallen in with to the Eastward of the Banks of New foundland, on the 19th ult., in a sinking state. Crew, except nine, saved by the Triton, arrived here, from Quebec. COWES, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Romulus, Webster, from Havannah. PLINIOUTII, Nov. 9. —Wind W.—Arrived the Eliza, from Quebec; Aid, Cephalonia. FALMOUTH, Nov. B.—Wind W. to S.W., strong and squally.—Arrived the Victoria, Simpson, from Quebec ; Elizabeth, Damdson, from Miramichi. BRISTOL, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Eleanor, Reis, from Demera►a ; Rokeby, Goble, Quebec ; Albion, Hick, ditto ; Countess of Durham, ditto. GLOUCESTER, Nov. B.—Arrived the Briton, Lightfoot, from Quebec ; Mazeppa, Middleton, Miramichi. NEWPORT, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Eliza, Corner, Quebec. SWANSEA, Nov. B.—Arrived the Alexander, Robertson, from Cuba. SUNDERLAND, Nov. B.—Arrived the Maria. Elizabeth, Stonehouse, from Quebec. Tullis°, Nov. 6 —Since the last severe gale a great quantity of fir logs have come on shore from Strathy Head to Cape Wrath ; also a piece of a vessel's deck, a new spar for a mast. On the 3d instant upwards of 400 logs were seen off Whitten Head, inside the Cape. It is feared a north country vessel must have been lost on the Stock and Skerry. HARWICH, Nov. 9.—A loaded schooner is on shore on the West Rocks. Some smacks have gone to her assist ance. It has blown a heavy gale during the day at S. W., but is now more moderate. _ _ PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9. —The Lusetano &lifts, from Lisbon to Havre, which put in here yesterday, is leaky, and will discharge. Part of a mainmast, &c., was picked up yesterday between the Nab Light and Dcmnose, sup posed to belong to a schooner put into Cowes. It blew a heavy gale all last night and this morning from W. to W. N. W., but moderated about noon. 7r. M.— Looking very wild. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 8. —The Neptune, from Ancona, in working up Hamoaze, got on the German Rock, but was assisted off, it is supposed without damage. SaLcomnE, Nov. 8. —The Pire, Dawe, arrived here to. day from Liverpool, with bows stove, masts sprung, and having becn struck by lightning in lon. 10, bound for Terceira. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL, COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—Nov. 9. —The Cotton Market has been very brisk to-day, the sales 5,000 to 6,000 bags, and lull prices have been obtained. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, Nov.9.—Eastern Counties, 8:1- S ; deb., 4i ; Great Western Half Shares, 47i ; Fifths, 8 ; London and Birmingham, 164 ; Manches ter and Leeds, 85 ; North Midland, 73. Rather more business doing with a slightly improved market. The packet-ship England arrived off Liverpool, sup posed to have sailed on the 19th or 20th ult. Our last dates were from the United States of the 14th ult. Hamburgh mail of the 6th inst. has arrived, bringing papers of the above date. exchange upon London 18, 21 of a schilling• Gold two marks lower. Metal 104 i. Bank Actions, 1,700. Accounts from Vienna of the 31st of October state that since last week scarcely a day passes without the arrival of couriers from Berlin, relative to the ►esolu tions taken to keep in check the armaments of the French Government. Whilst Prussia is charged with the defence of the frontiers of the Rhine, Austria is to send a corps of 10,000 men to arm the federal fortresses. Bavaria and the other States of the Confederation are to furnish for the same object a contingent of 20,000 men. That which regards Austria in particular, she will put in a state of defence, not only her Italian pro- vinces but those of her western frontiers, for which end the fortremi of Kufstein (Tyrol) and Salzbourg are going to be provided with munitions of war. The thirty-two forts constructed by the Archduke Maximilian d'Este in the valley of the Danube and in the environs of Linz, and which belonged to the Government since 1838, have already received a reinforcement of artillery, as also the taw❑ of Linz, which is well fortified. A new remount of cavalry has been ordered, and the num ber of horses which it will require will be 20,000. Nu merous promotions have taken place in the Etat Major of the army, and are at this moment submitted for the sanction of the Government. Accounts from St. Petersburgh of the 27th October state that the frost which prevailed for several days past was at 3 to 4 degrees below zero ; a thaw his, however, taken place, and the navigation continues. THE FUNDS. The British Funds arc not quite so good as they were in the course of yesterday morning. Consols left off at 898 for the Account, and may be quoted the same at present ; Money 878 88, with scarce a bargain doing to the present hour ; Exchequer Bills par, 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 159 160 ; India Stock, 242 244. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active same as it left off, 211 ; Deferred, 10h 8 ; Passive, 54 ; Por tuguese 341 ; Three per Cents., 22 . ; Colombian im proved, left off 244- at present 244 25-1 ; Mexican also improved, left off 281 29, at present 28i. 291 ; Chilian higher, closed at 50 to 55, at present 53 56 ; Brazilian, 73 75 ; Danish, 76 77 ; Russian, 112 116 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514 ; Five per Cents 971 98i. SHARES.—Great Western, 18 19 prem. ; London and Brighton, 12 dis. ; Blackwall, 44 4 dis. ; Bir mingham, 74 76 prem. ; Southampton, 511 52 per share ; Croydon, 11- per share ; Greenwich, 61 7 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 14 12 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New . Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Greenwich ..... ...... 20 HALF-PAST ONE. We still continue without the overland express from India. Although the inundations in the south of France might have retarded the courier from Marseilles to Paris, it would not have prevented the telegraph com munication of its arrival at Marseillcs. The British funds are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 898 for the Account, at present may be quoted 888 89 ; Money 88 89. Exchequer Bills, '2 prem., par ; India Stock, 244 ; Bank Stock, 159 160. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Ac tive, a shade lower, 2l ; Portuguese also lower, 34/, have been 34:1 ;Three per Cents., 22/ ; Colombian, same as the morniog, 24i 25/ ; Mexican continues at 29 ; Chilian, rather improved, 55 56 ; Dutch Two and-a Half per Cents. 5 ; Five per Cents., 98/. Very little has been done in shares :—Great Western, New, 47 ; Fifths, 81 8; London and Brigh ton, 9.7 i ; London and Greenwich, 6i. HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR STAINES, During Sunday and Monday great excitement pre v6led in the neighbourhood of Staines and Egham, in consequence of a most desperate attempt at murder and highway robbery on the person of a man named Higgins, which was committed on the night of Saturday, near Egliam Hythe. A police constable coming up, the men ran away, but on Sunday one of them (John Connell) was apprehended. Barnes, the other ruffian has made good his escape. The Russian General Tcheffkine left for Paris on Tuesday evening last, highly gratified by the great at tention paid to him by nearly every railway engineer and railway direction in the United Kingdom. The General will inspect the railways of France and Germany pre vious to making his report to the Emperor of Russia on appeared, beaded " Church-rate Rioters' Anniversary," in which it was stated that the Church-rate rioters at Chatham bad held their anniversary at the Unitarian Tavern, alias the Queen's Posting-house, and that there bad been the usual assemblage of infidels, Chartists. and Church-haters, and then proceeded to state that Mr. Dodd was present. Mr. Dodd's affidavit denied that he had been guilty of rioting or indecent conduct, and he swore distinctly that he was not an infidel or a Chartist. Under these circumstances he thought he was entitled to a rule. Mr. Justice PATTESCN did not mean to say that the ex pressions made use of were at all justifiable, but he thought the defendant too thin-skinned a great deal. The article did not impute to him that he was an infidel or a Chartist, but only that he was present at a meeting where such per sons were. Mr. COCKBURN—The defendant swears the allegations are false. Mr. Justice PATTESON said, that admitting the whole of the allegations to be false, he did not think them of suffi cient weight to warrant a criminal information. It was a case that ought to be left to the ordinary tribunals. The Court would have nothing to do but to hear cases of li criminal information, if such applications as these were granted.—Application refused. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) WILSON V. BAILEY AND OTHERS. This was an action on a bill of exchange, given by one of the defendants, wholesale druggists, to the plain tiff, a livery stable kerper, in discharge of his account against the firm, for hire of gigs and horses to their travellers. It appeared that part of the debt was incurred by a previous partnership, one member of which (Clift) retired at the end of 1837, giving way to Lewis, who commenced in the concern on the Ist of January, 1838, but claimed to be exempt from liabilities until the 16th of that month, when the deed of partnership was signed. The bill in question for 601. was given by Bailey in discharge of the debt standing from the old partner ship, as well as lOr so much as was incurred under the new one. The Jury found against the new firm, that is. substantially, against Lewis for 291 , or from the 16th of January. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD obtained a rule nisi to enter a verdict fur the amount from the Ist of January, on a point reserved. Mr. WORTLEY Showed cause against the rule, and con tended that the plaintiff was not at all entitled to a ver dict, inasmach as the bill was given in fraud of the new company for a debt due in part by the old one, plaintiff being cognisant of the fraud ; and further that in any case the evidence failed to fix the partnership of Lewis before the 16th of January, Is3B. After a reply fmm Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, _ . • • • • • • The COUTO' held that Lewis was liable in the whole debt, occurring from the Ist of January, and the rule for entering a verdict for the plaintiff as against him to that effect was made absolute ; the damages against the other defendants, Bailey and Potter, (who were clearly liable in the whole bill, and had suffered judgment by default) 'to be assessed. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY ( Sittings in Banco.) DIANSEI.I. V. AINSWORTH. Mr. RAMSITAW moved to set aside a verdict with 201. damages, which had been given against the defendant at the late Assizes held At Liverpool, before Mr. Baron Rolfe. The action was brought to recover damages against the defendant for not attending as a witness, according to a subpoena served upon him. The defendant was on the steps of the Crown Court in Liverpool on the day of the trial, when he was subpoenaed by the clerk of the plaintiff; ha said it would be inconvenient, bat he would attend. H e was a policeman, and was otherwise engaged when the trial was called on about three hours afterwards, in conse quence of which the plaintiff alleged he was obliged to withdraw the record. The Learned Gentleman contended upon all the cases in the books that this was not a sufficient service—it was clearly laid down that witnesses were not obliged to attend, to their own detriment, unless they were subpoenaed in sufficient time to allow them to arrange their affairs. In this case there had heetrno such sufficient time allowed, and the witness was,not bound to attend upon his peril. The COURT said there was nothing in the point raised, for the defendant had cured every thing by his promise to attend; had he refused it was probable that the plaintiff might have obtained other testimony. Air. RAMSEIAW then moved for an arrest of judgment, on the ground that the declaration did not set out that the defendant had been served in good and proper time, so as to bring the case fully before the Court. Mr. Baron PARKE—We cannot grant a rule upon that point ; the declaration alleges that the reasonable and pro per expenses were tendered, and that the defendant pro mised to attend ; that is sufficient.—Rule refused. WILLIABIS V. NOLSTEAD. When this ease;;;l3efcre the Jury, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, with 6001. damages, subject to a reference. The referee made an award, vacating the verdict for the plaintiff, and entering it for the defendant, upon all the pleas. Mr. TOMLINSON now moved to set aside the award, upon the ground of inconsistency. The COURT. however, were of opinion that the arbitrator had acted in accordance with the order of reference made at Nisi Prius, and it was therefore goud.—Rule refused. HENLY V. WATSON. Mr. TnEsiout moved for a rule nisi, to increase a verdict given a few days ago for 57/. to 132/. by leave reserved b 3 Mr Baron Alderson. The plaintiffs were executors of a person named Wsitt, who held the lease of a house in Somerstown, of which the defendants were the under les sees. An action was brought for dllapidations which oc curred in the occupation of the defendant, and they consi dered that they were entitled to recover their own costs as well as those they were obliged to pay in such action. Ilia Lordship thought otherwise, but gave him leave to move.—Rule granted. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) A ragged urchin named John M‘ Cue, aged eleven years, was brought by constable Westmoreland, charged with stealing the greater part of a rump of beef from a butcher': shop, under the following circumstances : Wm. Neil, who attends as a helper on the coach-stand, Agar-street, Strand, saw the prisoner in company with a young girl, go up to the shop window of Mr. Farr, and while the youth in the shop was asleep in a chair the pri soner pulled the meat produced and ran away with it, but before he got to the end of the street he was overtaken, and brought back with the property in his possession. The prosecutor, having identified the meat as his pro perty, said that the prisoner's two brothers had been trans ported for similar offences, and if he was ordered to be im prisoned only for a short time he would come out a more hardened character than ever. Mr. Twr FORD said that such had been the opinion of the Judges at the Central Criminal Court for a considerable time, and there was every probability, if he was committed and convicted for the offence, he would be better provided for by the sentence that might be passe:] upon him, that if he was suffered to run about the streets committing other robberies when he was discharged from prison. The prisoner was then committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Marcus Lucius Stanly, about 23 years of age, of gen tlemanly eppearance and manners, and very fashionably dressed„and who is stated to be the brother of Mr. Stanly. the Member of Congress for North Carolina, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, the presiding Magistrate, charged with stealing two sovereigns and two shillings. Mr. George ICatlin, of No. 11, Old Bond.street, stated that he is the proprietor of en exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, and had been for the last eight months acquainted with the prisoner, whom he had believed to be a young gentleman of the strictest honour. Having lately missed money several times from the pcckets of his pantaloons, which he was in the habit of leaving in a dressing-room at the Hall, while he assumed an Indian dress to take part in the exhibition, he ap plied to the police to detect the thief; and last evening marked two sovereigns and two shillings, and placed them in the pocket of his pantaloons, which were left as usual lying on a bear-skin on the floor of his dressing room. In about an hour and a half afterwards on putting them on again he missed the marked money, and in a minute or two afterwards he saw it in the pos. session of the police constable. The prisoner had fre quently visited him at his lodgings, and with several other of his countrymen frequented the exhibition. Police constable, No. 96 C, stated that he watched the prisoner in plain clothes, saw him take the money from the pantaloons, and on charging him with the theft, the prisoner gave him out of his waistcoat-pocket the two marked sovereigns, a half-sovereign, and the two marked shillings. The prisoner stated that as he was crossing the dressing room from one door to the other, his foot kicked against the prosecutor's pantaloons, and that he then saw the two sovereigns and the silver lying on the ground, and con cluding that they had fallen out of one of the pcckets he took them up and put them into his own, intending to re turn them to the prosecutor and reprove him for his ex treme carelessness in leaving such temptations in the way of others. He was fully committed to take his trial at the Wes!. minster Sessions next week. -,.---- . _ DISASTROUS SIIIPWRECK.—The Madrid jour nals contain the following particulars of one of the Inca melancholy shipwrecks upon record :—" The Cadiz packet boat El Castellano was shipwrecked on Oct. 23d on the high seas. Not seeing any assistance coming during an in terval of four days, the crew constructed a raft, on which none but the strongest men found a place. They fought to get upon it. and the result of this was that the sailors only, and two of the passengers who were stronger than the rest, were enabled to save themselves by it means. More than 60 passengers perished, and amongst these the daughter of General Narvez. For eight days the men who quitted the wreck in the boat were exposed to a continued tempest on the high seas. At length they succeded in reaching La Guanaja, A negro who had taken his master's daughter upon his shoulders, and had thrown himself with this burden on the raft, was flung back by the crew into the sea with the child which he attempted to save. When be st t 6 mpted to regain it (it being already very much crowded) they slew him I The. child was immediately drowned. This me h n icholy shipwreck was accompanied with other frightful circus. stances. It appears that the man who was on the watch, and some others, who perceived the approaching clanger, And were convinced that the vessel was going to sink, left her in the long boat. It was the captain of the frigate Vizt . arrondo, who happened to be on board, that s uggested thto construction of the raft. The women and children were to have been placed on a second raft, which was 'co be attacLed to the other by ropes, but were left be hind, and perished miserably. Seven of those who fleet on board the raft died. raving mad, and those who reached La Guanaia were all in A state ef mental alienation." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaeton this afternoon, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the Hon. Misl,es Anson and Paget, Earl of Listowel, Lord A. Paget, Sir Frederick Stovin, and Colonel Wylde. Prince Albert took the diversion of shooting this morning in the vicinity of Virginia Water, attended by Mr. George E. Anson, Lord A. Paget, and Colonel Wylde. Lord Robert Grosvenor came to the Castle th:s morning, paid his respects to her Majesty and Prince Albert, and left this evening. The Right Hon. Sir Got; and Lady Ouseley ar rived on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl of Ux bridge, the Lldies Eleanora and Constance Paget, and Mr. G. E. Anson, will have the honour of dining this evening with her Majesty. The Council is appointed for two o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge went yesterday to Coombe Wood, and spent the day shooting. His Royal High na!,-s returned to town :n the evening, and honoured Sir Henry Halford with his company at dinner, at his resi dence in Curzon•street. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived in town yesterday morning, from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. His Serene Highness left town by the London and Birmingham Railway for Sudbury Hall, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Education Committee of the Privy Council held a meeting yesterday at the Council-office. The Lords present were, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Ruscell, Viscount Duncannon, Lord Monte:11:1e, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir G. Grey. Baron de Bourqueney, the French Charge d'Af faires, bad an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean of Dur ban' had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial Office. Viscount Lismore and the lion. Miss O'Callaghan left Farrance's Flotel yesterday for Shambally Castle,lrcland. Sir Henry and Mr. Mildmay left town yesterday for Dogmersfield Park, Hants. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, in St. James's-square, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Cowper. at Pansanger, Harts ; Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., M. P., in Lower Grosvenor -street, from St. Leo nard's-on-Sea; the Earl and Countess of Wilton, in Grosvenor-square, from a visit to the Duke of Wel lington, at Walmer Castle; Admiral Sir John and Lady Sandford, in the Regent's Park, from Dover; the Earl of Galloway, in Grosvenor-square, from Gal loway House, Wigtonshire, N. B.; Mr. and Mrs. Thorn hill, at Mivart'a Hotel, Brook -street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Wiltshire, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, from the Continent;. Major Humphreys, at Dudley House, Park-lane, from his seat in Ireland. DEPARTURES. Lord de Tabley, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street ; the Earl of Shelburne, M.P., and Countess of Shelburne, from ditto, for Bowood Park, Wilts ; Sir George Talbot, Bart., and the Misses Talbot, from ditto, for Leamington Spa; the Hon. Mr. Maxwell, from ditto, to join Lord and Lady Farnham, in Ireland ; the Hint. Dudley Ward, from ditto; Sir Brooke Taylor, from the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street; the Earl of Sandwich, from ditto, for Hinchinbrooke; Lady Aslitown, from ditto, for Bath ; Lord Dufferitt, tram ditto, for Salt-hill; Sir J. and Lady Pollen, from ditto, for Redder.ham House, Hants; Lady Ramsden, from Piccadilly, for Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Surrey, and the Ladies Howard, from Hyde park-place for Farnham Hall, near Bury St. Edmund's, on a visit to the Duke of Norfolk ; the Hon. W. Burrell, for Dover; the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, from Whitehall Place, for his seat in Kent. CHANGES. Lord and Lady Petre, and the Hon. Miss Petre, at Brighton, from Thorndon Hall, Essex; the Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, at Dysart House, Fifeshire, from Large' House, Yorkshire; Lord Gage, at Firle-place, from town ; Lord and Lady Dunfermline, from Stubbing Court, their seat near Chesterfield, for their estates in Scotland ; the Earl of Scarborough, at Sandbeck Park, Yorkshire, from a visit to Lord Rancliffe, at Bunny Hall, Notts ; Mr. and Lady Louisa Rabett, at Brighton, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Winterton, at Shillinglee Park ; the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, at Drum. lanrig Castle, Dumfries, from Roxburghshire ; the Hon. Colonel Westenra, at Cheltenham, trom Ireland • the Earl and Countess of Guildford, at Waldcrshare, Kent, from Hants ; Sir Arthur de Capel Broke, Bart., from Northamptonshire, for Brighton. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday, at Isleworth, Henry Stuart, Esq. son of Rear-Admiral Lord George Stuart, to Miss Cecilia Hammcrsley, daughter of Charles Hammersley, Esq. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Locke, and the following relatives and friends of both families were present:—The Marquis of Bute, Lord George Stuart, Mr. Townshend, Lord Tenterden, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. Hammerslev, Mr. and Mrs. Littledale, Mr. and Mrs Je kyll, Mr. and Mrs. Thomson Hankey, Sec. An elegant dejeune was given by Mr. and Mrs. Hammersley at their villa at Islcworth, on the happy occasion. After the cc_ remony - Mr. and Mrs. Stuart started for Luton Park. tue seat of the Marquis of Bute, for the boneymoLn. :1 paragraph having appeared its many of ele Newspapers referring to the intended occupation of Frog more by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, vie have authority to state that there is no foundation whatever for the report. Lord Melgund goes to Cambridge to-motrow, and from thence to Scotland. The Earl of Minto will leave the Admiralty on Thursday next, to join the Countess and Ladies Elliot at Minto House, Roxburghshire. The Marquis St. Angelo left Mivart's Hotel on Saturday last, for Birmingham, and from thence intends to visit Liverpool and the other great manufacturing towns of the north, The Earl of itosslyn is now in Scotland, but leaves next week for Melton Mowbray, for the hunting season. Viscount and Viscountess Canning, who have left Malta for Constantinople, in their yacht, do not return to this country until May next. The Countess of Lisburne was safely delivered of a daughter on Friday last, at Crosswood Park, near Aberystwitb. The Countess of Galloway's accouchement took place en Friday last, and yesterday her Ladyship and infant daughter were both going on very favourably. Lady Dufferin, we understand, has considerably recovered from her recent severe illness. His Excellency Baron Brunow was much better yesterday, and was able to transact business with Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign-office. The answer to inquiries yesterday at the Hon. Colonel Cavendish's residence in Burlington-gardens, was, that Mrs. Cavendish was not considered any better than the day preceding. Lord and Lady Petre and the Hon. Miss Petre arrived at Brighton, on Thursday last, from Thorndon Hall, Essex. His Lordship intends residing there some time, having taken a mansion for the season. LYDIARD HALL, NEAR SWINDON, SATUR DAY.—Mr. and Lady Sarah Bayly arc expected here this day, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Orby Hunter, from Hamp ton Court Palace. RIDDLESWORTH PARK, SUFFOLK.— The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have left for Badminton Park, Gloucestershire. Mr. Spencer De Horsey, M. P., and Lady Louisa have also left here on a tour of visits. EUSTON HALL, THETFORD, SATURDAY. — The Earl of Jersey has left for Middleton Park, Oxford shire. The Earl and Countess of Euston, Viscount Ips wich, Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, are still here on a visit to his Grace the Duke of Grafton. Sir Horace Seymour and Lady Clinton left Cow drq Park, Sussex, last week, for Hampton Court, and will shortly go on a visit to her Majesty the Qacen Dow ager, at Sudbury Hall. Vicouut Dungannon, M.P., has been elected a member of the Architectural Society of Oxford. The Duke of Buecleuch and the Earl of Eglin toun have consented to act as stewards of the Dumfries Races for the ensuing year. HIGH STEWARD OF, THE UNIVERSITY OF CANIBRIDGE..—The Members of the Senate are requested to bear in mind that the approaching election will be con ducted in. the same manner as that for representatives in Pariiament, viz., by individual voting, and not by Houses. In accordance with the practice of the last University election, the list of pairs will be published, as well the list of those who have voted, after the election of the High Steward. His Excellency the Marquis of Clanricarde will take his departure for St. Petersburgh next week, to re sume his duties as British Ambassador at that Court. The Marchioness intends to accompany the Noble Marquis. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, who are now in Germany, intend being at Combermere Abbey, Ch es hire, by Christmas. LORD RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY.—TW O meetings of the members of the medical profession, and of the medical stude nts of the Universit y , f a v ourable to the election of Sir Astle y Paston Coo p er, Bart., in the as Lord Rector of the Un iversit y , have been held this week resolved a e on Argyll Hotel , Mr. R. Mac g re g or, surgeon, and lectu rer onem f el forward aofevery entirely shde o o f otpoon support uthipcepamol sentimentchemistry, Sir) t r Astley, w i wereh chair. Gentlemen ho is brought present, and t nliin wu sty scientific grounds. The Duke etngton has re fused to be put in nomination, it is reported at College.— Glasgow Courier. THE LATE FIRE IN PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD. --By an order of the Lords Commis si o ners Admi ralty, the workmen of this dockyard of the howere engaged dat the fire on the Sunday have each been paidnednayand a half's pay, according to their several classes, and those who watched on that night have been paid a day's PaY for such service. The workmen whose tools were destroyed are to have their losses made good. In copy "s G aze lle we included Frida hided the y names of " William Purchase Owen, Wine and Spirit Merchant, EAeter, and Joseph Thompson, dealer, Aston, Warwickshire," in the list of " Declarations of Insolvenc y ." They should have been under the bead of " Bank ruptcies Superseded." Mrs. Harris, otherwise Jane Petreset (the lady thief ), has been liberated from Glasgow Jail, on procuring bail to the amount, we believe, of 501. _ EVENING EDITION. LITERATURE. SPORTING ALMANACK. Churion, London, 1840. The useful and the entertaining are blended very judiciously in this Almanack, which furnishes us with a vast quantity of sporting information, partly original, and partly derived from some of the ablest and most recent works on the subject. All that is necessary, too, to constitute an ahnanack, is supplied in ample measure, so that „ the book has, as it we re , " t wo s t r i ngs to its buw, and will satisfy the sportsman, while it fulfils the expecta tions of the matter-of-fact man, who may turn to it to ascertain the changes of the moon, progress of time, &c., &c. The plates are twelve in number, corresponding with the months of the year, and each plate is illustrative of some popular sport, both at home and abroad. " Tiger Hunting" is a spirited sketch of this manly but perilous pastime. A party of hunters mounted on elephants are represented in the thick of a deep Indian jungle, waiting calmly the close approach of a royal tiger, who is just in the act of rushing from his lair, seeking, like Apollyon, " whom he may devour." The long, wavy, ou line of the tangled jungle which stretches away to the furthest point of sight, conveys a very fair idea of this vast growth of underwood. " Giraffe Shooting in Africa" shows us a group of those elegant quadru peds taking refuge in a mimosa grove from the pursuit of huntsmen. The engraving is neatly finished ; and the literary description affixed to it is by no means deficient in graphic skill and vigour. The remaining plates are of the average order of merit. ROBERT MACAIRE IN ENGLAND. 3 VJLS. Tegg, London, 1540. There is some humour, and more flippancy, in these volumes, which relate to the personal adventures of a chevalier d'industrie, by name Robert Macaire, who, after robbing the Calais mail, and acquiring thereby a handsome booty, comes over to England with the intention of de frauding unsophisticated John Bull. To a certain extent he is successful in his villainous schemes, and subsequently returns to France, where he con tinues to practise his vocation on a most compre hensive scale; but being ultimately discovered by a gentleman named Stantnore, is saved with difficulty from the tenacious grasp of the French Police by means of his daughter Blanche, whom he takes leave of with the design of passing the remainder of his life in peaceful, a2cl for the first time, honest obscurity in Switzerland. The lighter scenes in this story arc the most readable, for the author has not the slightest idea of passion and feeling. We must protest, however, against a flash song which ap pears in the second volume, and which contains neither point nor vivacity, but is a mrte tissue of coarse, unmitigated vulgarity. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. DURHAM, Nov. s.—At a Convocation holden on Satur day last, the Rev. T. Peile, M. A., and the Rev. C. T. Whitley, M.A., made the requisite declaration on being appointed to the office of Proctor. The Rev. Thomas Garnett, M.A., and the R'2V. John Cundill, M.A., were nominated by the Senior and Junior Proctors respectively, to the office of the Pro.proctor, and made the requisite declaration. The Rev. Temple Chevalier, 8.D., Professor of Ma thematics, was nominated by the Wardtn to the office of Sub. Warden for the ensuing year. The Professor of Mathematics was nominated by the Warden, and approved by Convocation, to the office of, Examiner in Theology, in the room of George Pearson, 13. D. Roderick Impey Murchison, F. R. S., F. L. S., V. P. G.S., was presented by the Professor of Mathema tics, and admitted to the honorary degree of M.A., in pursuance of a grace passed June 19, 1539. In presenting Mr. Murchison, the Professor of Mathe matics took occasion to congratulate the University ui.on at length having an opportunity of conferring a public mark of their high regard upon one so distinguished in the world of science. Mr. Murchison's indefatigable exer tions in all philosophical pursuits, and especially in those of geology, had already pointed him out as a fit person to fig the important station of President of the Geological Society. His personal labours had fully justified this d.s. tinetiou. During the seven years in which he bad been occupied in classifying anti arranging that portion of the geological series to which he had aptly given the name of the " .Silurian System," his eye had been the first to detect differences which had escaped the notice of former observers, and his Mind the first to collect the scattered fragments and combine them into one complete and harmonious whole. By this minute accuracy of observation, combined with the far higher power of gcocralization, he had secured for himself a place in the very first rank of those who have suc ,l c.:ssfully cultivated the philosophy of geology. Since the close a these arduous labours, Mr. Murchison had been actively and successfully engaged in tracir.g the same series of rocks, which he had been the first to reduce into a sys tem, spread over the extensive plains of the Russian em pire; the Professor, therefore, hailed with pleasure the occasion of Mr. Murchison's return to his native land. to present him to the honorary distinction which the Uni versity was anxious to confer. Tiie following persons were then presented and admitted ad rundem:— Rev. W. Robinson Gilby, M. A., late Fellow of Trinity, Cambridge. Rev. John Whitley, M.A., Queen's, Cambridge. Rev. George Fyley Townsend, M. A., Trinity, Cam. bridge. The following persons were admitted ad eundem by vote of house:— Rev. John Slcath, D. D., Wadham, Oxford, Sub Dean of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. James's. Rev. John Young, D. D. , Trinity, Cambridge. John Losh, M. A., Trinity, Cambridge. Rev. 'Wm. Chas. Wollaston, M. A., Trinity, Cambridge. Rev. William Williamson, M. A , late Fellow of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge. Rev. Rich Garvey, M.A., Emanuel, Cambridge. Rev. Alex. Watson, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. William Tiverton Preedy, 13. A., St. John's, Cambridge. Henry Wall Tibbs, 13. A., Trinity, Dublin. The following Bachelors of Arts were admitted to the degree of M. A.:—Henry Stoker. George Herint. A grace was passed for permitting Richard J. Shields, an Engineer Student, to become a Student in Arts. Prizemen.—J. S. Robson, second Year; B. F. Sulli van, first year. FLOODS IN FRANCE. LYONS, Nov. 4.—A1l communication being stopped by the increase of the waters, I do not know when you will re ceive this letter ; our courier is going by the Bourbon nais ; I do not know whether he is more likely to arrive than yours. For three days past we have received no letters from Paris. Some parts of the Brotteaux belong ing to us are under water ; the Rhone has increased thirty five centimeters higher than the year 1812. A hundred houses, some of tour and five stories high, have fallen. The desolation is general ; a number of families are reduced to the greatest misery—without bread, without asylum, at the beginning of the cold season. The waters have to - day partly decreased ; but the inhabitants of the houses which have not yet fallen have met with other misfortunes. Robbers have assembled to profit by the confusion. They attack, by night, in boats, the houses half thrown down by the waters, but measures have already been taken by the military authority to check their career, although it is rather d;fficult at present. Thn ravages of the Saone are much greater, and so serious that those of the Rhone are forgotten. The Saone is much higher than it has ever yet been; the bridge of Sarin is quite under water. The bridge of St. Vincent has tieen carried off; that of Feuillce is half so. The stone bridge is cracking, and the houses adjoining it are disappearing one co covered y a ,ebrue f td t e Ib r yt t .n h %iT e nak o t t e hr the.e r. greatTi T , e l i ber archbri d g i bridge will fl o f Seguin rTesili s s Tilsit acts is h although ct}: sou a i:g l sh f a carried es: the water being higher than the arches. The bridge of Chazourace has been carried away, as well as the bridge of La Mulatiere. The Saone rushes into the Rhone by the Rue Pont Charlet on the Pont des Cordeliers. There is a very strong current on the ;Place do l'Herberie. The Saone COMICS there by the Rue Tete de Mort, and a boat is necessary to reach the Port de Pierre. You may judge whether the boats of every description have been able to resist this. They have almost all been knocked to pieces against the Pont de Pierre, and as they only arrive at the Pont Seguin in a complete state of wreck, it is to be hoped that it will resist. Vaise has been completely evacuated. The forts and barracks were open to all those who wished to take ref uge t h ere. O ne h un d re d or one hundre d and fifty houses hav e f a ll en at V a i se , an d a great manyhe Tapia to h ave also fallen a t S er i n. Thi s wentmorning to look, and every m i nute I b ear d the noise ling of hou ses lik e t h a t o f th e avalanches for me to tell sight you how my heart yearned at the s : w so frequently in the Alps. It is impossible h° tfcob th e t are c r h u e n a l r b d has again increased the fright tonfilge, ht, and .the opposite the bridge of Serin took establish ment, do not e fourfiknn fine weather, when l else stories high, has been b ur nt from top to bottom. I b d isa sters e that the waters will not increase. I have ju st been t a h ll e t m hi a s n . ry ufa A ct fi o re top will end. To - day told that the Saone hail not a n risen for the last hour. dth e have ho Saone continues to letter; t i is gone. P. S. Two hours a nd a half rise l .s a t t h er e bltidrae-coopiensedegmuiya ColNrts. Yesterday ai gang of Koners, who had been carrying ~ . on their trade in St. Giles, was appre- In the expectation that a determined resistan ce wouldappre hended. made, the officers acted with every p recaut i on, a nd reparre • dto the house without their unif orms . O n t h e i r arrival they immediately burst into the h ouse , an d proceeded through to the back part, where th e y un d erstoo d the coiners were in the habit of working, and on their entrance, in a kind of closet, they found three rough-look ing fellows sitting on a stool, before 'a large fire, upon which there was a pot for the purpose of melting, and they were surrounded by all the paraphernalia of coining. The officers instantly took possession of the crucibles, a great quantity of Queen's metal spoons, and some of it in a liquia state, and they immediately handcuffed the wholn of the party. A great mob collected, and a cry of "rescue" was raise(?, but they were safely lodged in the ' ttation-house.