The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-22 00:00:00

JEWISH DISABILITIES. (From the Times.) It will very soon be seen what reception will be given, in the great council of the nation, to the ver dict of its greatest city in the last case of religious liberty. This question would not be worthily settled if the decision were otherwise than formal and ex plicit, given on a clear understanding and by a candid vote. We lately published a letter in which it was argued that the test at present supp ose d t o opera t e against the admi ss i on . of the cla ss i n ques ti on to t h e national cony:els was never devised with any such end, and might be evaded without any illegality. Much of such reasoning may b e t rue , b u t t o pro ceed on its suggestions wou ld no t b e more un becoming to the . country itself than unacceptable to that por tion of lie citizens who were to benefit by the evasion, Least of all people are the Jews given to bro:. ches of form or law, and it certainly is not On. this particular occasion that they would transgress their wonted rules. It is not in claiming the rights of citizenship that they will, for the first time, neglect its duties. The case was not thrust upon the court by clamour, and it is not to be decided by shuffling. An honest and straightforward sentence of the House upon the continuance of the religions disabi- Ede% of the Jews is the judgment by which the Jews *in abide. They will not avail themselves of the shabby shelter of a quibble. It is " a grave political question," and it will not "be unconstitutionally solved." Our own opinions on this subject are already known, nor are we greatly apprehensive that they will be found at variance with those of the nation. Ile theory of religious tests in civil affairs has been too long abandoned, that little need be said to convince any thoughtful advocate of the opposite system that the removal of Jewish disabilities is but the consistent and necessary development of a long established prin ciple. We say that the disability now affecting a Jewish candidate for Parliament is the last of a long series of similar restrictions, differing in no essential point from any of those which have successively , yielded to the suggestions of humanity and the dic tates of reason. If, indeed, the particular case of the Jew had been exempted from all those remissions of penal rigour which testified the growing enlightenment of the times ; if the gradual indulgence to the varia tions of Protestant churches had never been extended to such a creed as his ; if the idea had never been abandoned that Christianity could only be becom ingly professed by the exclusion of a Jew from the social community ; if he were still confined to his Jewry, stigmatised in his costume, oppressed by special enactments, and proscribed by universal con sent, then it could be easily understood that his opinions should be still held destructive of his civil rights, even though such a persuasion had been ex ploded in all other cases of heterodoxy. Nay, if the abolition of all these substantial penalties had merely been a concession to the instincts of humanity—if, while civilised Britain extinguished such barbarous badges of Judaism, Christian Britain still shrank from all social contact with the Jew, then would his disabilities be consistently supported. But when the spirit of the age has involuntarily and insensibly become such that not the smallest repulsion is in dicated between the citizens of the two creeds, —when the followers of the proscribed faith are employed in all the common duties of citizen ship, and confessed to be exemplary in the discharge of them—when they take not only equal, but ex traordinary rank in the social scale—when they are admitted to acquisitions of influence and offices of trust, how can they be consistently visited with a disability based only on assumptions which are thus practically exploded ? A Jew can only be reason ably excluded from Parliament on account of his misbelief, or on account of opinions dangerous to the commonwealth. The latter cause will not be alleged, since the political demeanour of the Jew is allowed to be beyond exception. If the former cause holds good in this case it holds good in every other. If the Jew is to be visited for the sins of his fathers with any civil incapacity, be should be visited with all, short of those examples of active persecution which humanity forbids. It is impossible that a man who conscientiously votes egaiest the admission of a Jew to Parliament can conscien tiously hold any but necessary dealings with him in any other transaction. Persecute him he may not, but avoid him he must. As regards the re ligious bearings of the question, he can only justify a vote of exclusion on this particular point by a con tinuous expression of his convictions in all other actions of life—by a return, in fact, to that general deportment towards Jews which has been abolished by the operation of the surest and most unexception able agents. Nature and reason have insensibly de cided the point, and their judgment may be read in the daily events of life. As regards the political bearings of the question, nothing is even likely to be urged requiring a rep l y , th oug h o bj ect i ons aga i nst " aliens" have cert a i n ly b een suggeste d , an d i n t h ese particular quarters, too, where the system which enabled a Mussulman nabob to buy his seats in the, House of Commons found its boldest defenders The most plausible argument alleged against the impending decision is, that, inasmuch as it will amount to a national negation of Christianity, it must most seriously injure the prospects of national reli gion ; that it comes as a conclusive sin upon repeated errors ; that it finally destroys our character of a Christian kingdom which we had hitherto retained, and removes the last barrier which might have been opposed to national indifference or infidelity. It is said that the exaction of even a nominal conformity is something, and can only be dispensed with at a great cost of credit and consequences. Such argu ments are serious indeed. We admit they would decide the question, if sound, and they demand, therefore, a careful consideration. It is not disguised that they apply with more or less force to all the questions previously raised and decided on cases of religious liberty. It is admitted that " much has been lost " by the abolition of other tests of conformity somewhat less momentous than this. The force of the argument, therefore, must depend upon the postu late, that a remission of such kind of tests entails a certain peril upon the religion they protected, and implies a certain indifference in its protectors. A succession of such acts should consequently have issued in the degradation of the authority and in fluence of the faith, and in the apostacy of latitudinarianism of its votaries. Religion should have flourished nobly while tests abounded, and should decline when they were removed. Now, take the testimony of two characteriitic periods to the truth of the proposition. In 1752 the City of London presented a most veh emen t pet i t i on aga i nst such an emancipation of the Jews as Mr. Pelham proposed to grant; the whole country was in an uproar against such an outrage upon their faith ; and the prospect of little less than a religious insurrection compelled the Ministry to withdraw their plan. In 1847 the City of London elect a Jew for their representative, and the nation remains passive under the instigations of those who recommend a similar demonstration. Steadfast faith was, therefore, the characteristic of 1752, and indifference is that of 1847. Now, is there one among the thousand readers of these columns, in the smallest degree acquainted with the history of the country, who does not know that the very contrary is the fact? As much religious spirit could not have been then collected from the province of Canterbury as is now manifested in every county town . N o r are we spea ki ng o f t h ose erratic orirregular impulses which may be reputed as in volving n o great gain. W e say t h at such a spirit as Hookerillustrated and Andrewes taughtis inconceiv ably more rife and active no w th an i t was at any of those former times. While the Church of England was receiving the presumed support ed support of th ese protec tive tests—while a crushing interdict lay on the most excusable phases of nonconformity—while the mob were permitted to burn meeting-houses and harry priests, the most deplorable abasement of spirit and practice pervaded every department of her ministry, and every portion of the people. Cathedrals went to ruin, while chapters pocketed the funds ; parish churches were seldom water-tight, and con gregations were nominal; the most open in fi.delity was professed by the upper classes, rsing in the Hellfire Club and culminat log at Medenham Abbey ; nor did anything but a most exemplary Court under George 111. save ‘ l3 _ from worse morality than that of France. And now, after all the successive concessions have been /Tide to religious freedom, what is the result? Reli g"u ff*renee ? We will only shortly state what We ere Surello in of one will deny, that between the land there was no sl oa t. and th e access i on o f G eorge IV . present for the sin in any degree comparable to the for the Yi extension,. and activity of religions spirit, ertions, influence, and au thority of the church, takoarbl thegeneral decency of morals, and the unrolls m a nifestations of faith. it is matter of history that ° infidelity, the are not incompatible with the most rigorous tests t utter holl ow . utmost laxity of discipline, and the moat their ness of spirit. It is matter of expe rie nce remission is compatible with sincere con v ictions awakened energies ; with undiminished faith and laborious works. And, if this be th e cue not be justified in co ncluding that religious'impryovwee ment may go handin hand with e n li g h tened tolera l tion ? (From the Observer.) So much has been said and written on the pro priety of admitt in g the Jews to an equal participa tion in the rights of citizenship, that we should scarcely dwell on the subject, which, though it oc cupies a considerable space in the columns of the Morning Herald and the Standard, does not suffi ciently attract the notice of the pnblic at large. This indifference on the part of the English people is sufficiently significant of their opinions and feelings on the subject, and demonstrates that we could no more get up a Lord George Gordon riot at the pre sent day than we could an auto da fe at Smithfield. Persecution for conscience sake is no longer possible, trust its vu e , o o . rrollary, exclusion from public of 'ices of ck now. Let the opponents to the Admis sion of the Jews to Parliament crier a gorge deployer as they list, their exhortations and arguments, theo logical and political, must fail with all those who re member, that as Christianity is now u ged as an insuperable bar to the emancipation of the Jews, whose efforts it is asserted must ever be directed against our faith, so our Protestantism was exhibited as in the utmost danger—nay, as certain of destruc tion—if Catholic Emancipation were granted. 'The argument against the Jew is, that this is a Christian country, that its people is a Christian people, and that the Jew, being neither a Christian, nor pro perly, an Englishman, is, and ought to remain, ex cluded from Parliament. The argument against the Catholic was, that he worshipped the Virgin Mary and saints, statues and images, and that in fact he was an Idolater, and no Christian ; that, moreover, his paramount obedience to a foreign potentate and spi ritual master would always neutralise his allegiance to his native sovereign whenever it appeared to clash with the supreme obligation of his exclusive religion. The reasonings against the admission of either Catholic or Jew are similar. But Parliament has disregarded those admirable deductions of logic by the opponents of Catholic emancipation, and by its acts has de clared them to be untenable. If the arguments against Catholic Emancipation were deemed by the Legislature as futile and irrational as the penal laws themselves were oppressive and impolitic, those em ployed against the Jews are still more so, and a for tiori to be disregarded. The Catholic was looked upon and designated, not as a Christian, but as an Idolater. The Jew, however, though no Chris tian, is not only a worshipper of the true and only living God, but Christianity has its origin in Judaism—its founder was a Jew his apostles were Jews. The Jew, therefore, in a religious point of view, must occupy a much higher space in the veneration and confidence of the Pro testant Christian than the idolater Catholic ; but the Catholic has, notwithstanding his idolatry, been ad mitted to a full participation in political rights—why not the Jew, the worshipper of God, and the founder of our Church ? He will plot, say you, against Christianity, because he is no Christian ; so will the Catholic against Protestantism, if difference in religi ous persuasion must necessarily create a desire in the dissentients for the destruction of each other, a neces• sity which is by no means evident. Nay, more, the Jewish senator is rather likely to become a juste milieu arbitrator between Catholics and Protestants, not without some leanings in behalf of his Protestant fellow-subject, if historical recollections of persecu tions endured in the dark ages are calculated to con• firm prejudice and hatred against Catholics, and the sense of the toleration he has uniformly experienced from Protestants in free countries produce attach ment, loyalty, and affection for the institutions which have secured to him the fruits of his industry and his rights as a man. In religious questions he must ever side with that party whose object is toleration, libera lity, and knowledge ; on these depends his own conti nuance as a free citizen and legislator. Protestants, will, therefore, always have him on their side when they are engaged in promoting and extending the Protestantism founded on the right of private judgment and pro gressive improvement. And should the Protestant part of the Legislature for a moment forget their principles, and be inclined to revert to any of the slightest intolerance of the penal laws, the Jew would see in this retrogression the precursor of his own re newed degradation, and accordingly oppose them. Of the Jew, therefore, neither the Protestant nor Catho lic has anything to apprehend as a religious oppo nent. That the Israelite will, by his admission into Parliament, have facilities to subvert Christianity, or corrupt it.by the introduction of rabbinical or Talmu dic doctrines and superstitions, is a supposition too absurd to need refutation. The objection against the Israelite as being a foreigner is equally untenable. He is no more a foreigner here in England than is the Saxon population in Wales or Ireland. The Welsh are the original Britons. The Saxons came from Germany, as did the Jews from the Holy Land, hut are either therefore to be deemed at this day foreigners in Wales—are the Welsh the only subjects of Queen Victoria ? The Jews are not more a dis tinctive race in England than are the Saxons in Wales. Yet the Welsh and the Saxons are deemed native subjects, and why not the Jew ? Is he not amenable to the same hurthens and the same laws as his Christian fellow-subject ? The law constrains him to perform all the duties of a citizen, because it re cognises him as a subject. Why should it not entitle him to all the privileges of one ? But the Jew him self, it is said, proclaims himself a stranger and a sojourner with us, and looks forward to be restored to the land of promise. But does the law take this belief of some or all of the Jews into account, and dispense with his obligations to the state as a citizen ? Certainly not. He must perform them all, pay taxes, and submit to all the duties of a fubject. It leaves him no option ; at least it should allow him such as regards the higher privileges of a citizen, and leave him free to be a Member of Parliament. If so it suits him and any of the constituencies of the country to make him one. It can with truth be affirmed that there is no argument or pretence of ; argument against the admission of the Jews to all offices of trust and honour that is not capable of refutation. In France, in Holland, in America, none of the inconveniences and dangers have appeared from their perfect eman cipation. In those countries they are found to be subjects as loyal, peaceable, industrious, and talented as the rest of the community. They have proved themselves so in England, and it is to be hoped that we shall see, in the course of the ensuing session, this remnant of a barbarous, cruel, and superstitious gene ration erased for ever from the statute book, and thus remove from us a reproach to which the most glo rious institutions and the most renowned nation for its wealth, its civilization, dominion, and power ought to be no longer obnoxious. LIE " DODGES" OF lIIENDICITY.—AII know of various " dodges" practised upon the credulous, and even the suspecting, but a couple, which are now profit able to two individuals, are worthy of record. There is a hungry man, who prowls about the street with bread-crumbs in his hand. He watches his opportunity. Upon seeing respectable, charitable-looking people, he 4 ►lingado.vens.theeinorsels before them, far in advance, and then manages to be picking up the food, and devouring it with assumed voracity, just as the people pass. Ten to one but, h gets 4 a sixaeßce, for his performance. The next is - still mgre,clever. A girl, of about 13 years old or younger, goes abroad with half a dozen halfpenny boxes of lucifer matches. In some great thoroughfare, and :the - rnbst dirty part of it, she lets fall her ware's. Ilia`matches are strewed aq about, anffshe falls to work -deliberately picking np, one by one, the scattered matches. The passe, s-by, to whom she does not even cast a glance, say, " poor thing;" and many of them give her more than three times the value of her matches. This industrious young lady was seen three times during last Friday busily performing her profitable part, and the public will do well to bear this in mind, fur it is a pity to encourage such deception, especially in the young. WESTMINSTER. COURT OF SBWERS, FRIDAY.— A General Court of Sewers for Westminster was held at the Court-house, Greek-street, Soho-square, Captain George Bogue, R.N., in the chair.—The Lord Chan cellor and the Westminster Commissioners of Sewers.— The Chairman wished to take the opinion of the Court, whether, in so important a matter as that now before them, the answer of the Lord Chancellor's secretary being a verbal refusal to renew the commission, could in point of law be received, and whether a written answer should not be obtained from the Lord Chancellor oa the subject ? Mr. E. Willoughby said the court could not be appointed at the whim of any Lord Chancellor, as Acts of Parliament had declared that commissions of sewers shall issue, giving power to the Lord Chancellor for the time being to appoint the commissioners, which provisions had been followed up, approved, and ratified. If any legal enactment was made to supersede him, as a loyal subject he should feel bound to obey it; but while the law was in existence, he should like to kiow why the commission should be thrown into abeyance. The court had recently been invested with additional powers by Act of Parliament, and:these additional powers had been granted with the concurrence of Government. He felt assured the Lord Chancellor had not had his atten tion drawn to all these f ac t s , an d t h ere f ore h e thought a deputation should wait upon him to point out the diffi culty that would arise if th e comm i ss i on were allowed to drop without some other course being adopted. The Honourable Commissioner concluded by moving a reso lution, " That a deputation do wait on the Lord High Chancellor, respectfully urging him to renew the com mission." The resolution having been seconded, Mr. Hawker thought they had done quite enough already, and that it would be the most di gn ifi e d course not to complain of not being re-appointed. Mr. F rance was o f opinion it would be extremely indecorous to take any further steps in the matter. Mr. T. Donaldson thought the great question was whether the public should suffer by their works being stopped at once, and it was a pity the Lord Chancellor had not allowed matters to go on until Parliament adopted some other mode of operatio n . If the Lord Chancellor allowed the commission to lapse, he could not be aware of the consequences. Some other business having been transacted, the Court rose at a.late hour. THE LATE G ENERAL OUDINOT —The Emperor of . _ a. Oudin o t on the occasion of the death of the Russia ha s a dd resse d the follow i ng letter to zjUaernsehrabl his father :—" I received, General, at the end of Octo ber, the letter which you sent to me to mention the death of the venerable Marshal Oudinot. The loss of a man whose name ranked among the first at a period so fertile in great captains cannot but be strongly felt by all who ronder homage to talents and military glory. The noble de e d s and honourable character of the Marshal had gained the esteem and affection of my late brother, , the Emperor Alexander, and I know that the marks of honour which he received from him had always left in his mind a grateful reminiscence. This is an additional reason for me to regret him, and to sympathize in the affliction which his death has caused to his country and h i s family. I cannot, therefore, but be sensible to your attention in informing me of that event." A few evenings since a large squib was lit and put on the ground in the Market-place, `yells. bed- have It flew db for prompt assislo4—Bath Chronicle. t a a n n d ce la th to e t h e o house e mayor 's would done was about don. The " rune across the street /HZ SUN, LONDON, HAMBURGH MAIL. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. FRIGHTFUL EFFECTS OF FEVER ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT SHIP BOUND FOR CANADA. " St. John's, New Brunswick, Oct. 19, 1847. " You probably have learned, ere this, part of the dreadful story of the ship Avon, Nicholas Johnson master, of 1,100 tons register, with about 500 pas sengers, which vessel arrived disabled at Miramichi. No fiction (for it would require a perverted or dis torted mind to give birth to so horrific a tale) could ' pourtray the frightful scenes that occurred on board of that ill-fated vessel, or relate the extent of misery and suffering which were borne by most of the pas sengers in listless and mournful despair, and by others, including the captain, with a fortitude bordering on the most romantic heroism. Already, at the onset, the vessel's doom seemed sealed, for, encountering heavy weather, she lost several spars, and suffered in her rigging, which retarded her progress during the voyage ; still, all would have been compara tively well but for the quality and perverseness of the passengers themselves, who were the most unruly, tur bulent, and wildest set that ever Ireland sent forth. In vain did the captain and mate exert every nerve, and use every means and persuasion to bring them under some kind of rule for their own preservation's sake. They would harken to no remonstrances, adopt no sanitary measures, and even resisted and repelled with main force every attempt that was made to ventilate and clean the steerage. Listlessly they would behold the violent typhus fever spread among them and cause immediate death. But this was not all ; the infatuated beings, moved by some inconceivable and demoniacal spirit, would not separate themselves from the dead, until the infection rose to such a pitch on board, that, frantic with despair, the captain, uniting with the Presbyterian part of the passengers, and a few able hands of the crew still remaining, assailing the unruly in their stronghold and giving them regular battle, succeeded in overcoming them, when to their horror and dismay they discovered above sixty dead bodies stowed away in chests or sewed up in beds !! The deep received them, and many a fresh victim soon followed, until the largest portion of the passengers, including all the crew except two hands, died away I " The emigrant agent, Mr. Perley, has just re turned from Miramichi, where he instituted, by order of Government, a most searching investigation re specting the immense loss of life sustained on board the Looshtauk, which catastrophe attracted so much attention at home a few months ago. It now officially appears that out of 462 passengers There died on the passage out ...... 153 And shortly after arrival ... 249 Sent to Quebec Discharged at their own request, after per- 213 forming quarantine 462 But of these surviving 213 emigrants only 190 are still in existence! presenting a total loss of 272 lives out of 462, or about 60 per cent., independent of the numerous crew and worthy mate, who, with the ex ception of five hands, have all perished. " It has been established by the unanimous evidence of many of the surviving passengers, that far from any blame being attached to the captain, both he and his deceased mate exhausted every possible means to alleviate the boundless misery and suffering of their passengers ; but in vain were their humane and un ceasing efforts directed towards arresting the deadly distemper aboard ; it was written above that they should not succeed. Not only did the greatest por tion of the emigrants succumb under the virulence of the disease, but all the crew gradually sickened, and were consigned to a watery grave, until none of the ship's company remained, but the captain and his mate, the miserable though not idle spectators of the melancholy scene around them, providing for all and for everything as long as their noble souls could resist the moral afflictions they endured, and the bodily , fatigue they underwent. Most liberally and gratui tously did the captain distribute all the stores to those who stood in need of them, and he even at last was forced to perform the office of cook in his own cabin for the sick ; with his own weak hands he cut holes in the deck for the purpose of ventilation, and left no thing untried which humanity could suggest, for such was the violence of the fever among the pas sengers, and their consequent weakness, that scarcely any one could rise from his couch to come on deck to breathe a purer air. " When off Prince Edward's Island, the Loosh tauk fell in with a vessel, of which the captain begged assistance, but self-preservation taught the other to decline acceding to his request. The former then bore up fir a neighbouring port in the island, but the pilot who came alongside sheered off imme• diately he heard the fatal condition of the ship, and the wind springing up favourably for the opposite mainland, he at last got into Miramichi Bay, where a steamer towed .the vessel up the river, after the most frightful voyage on record, Completely wor ried out, and a prey to the intensity of his feelings, the captain became delirious on his arrival, from which state, he happily recovered after a month's able treatment on shore. " Such is the horrible picture I have to draw of these two ships, to which I might add a sad tale of many similar disasters; but my pen refuses to pro ceed in so doleful a task, and I shall close my letter, already too long, by warning emigrant how they proceed to this hemisphere, where they can expect little or no sympathy, as sufficiently evinced by the blunt report of the commissioners., which I have enclosed, and to which, .1 am satisfied, you will give publicity in the cause of humanity." HAMBURCIII, Nov. 15.—With very little business on the Bourse, there has been no essential variation in the price of the funds. Exchange on London was in great request. FRANKFORT, Nov. 12.—1 n some of the funds only was' , there any activity. Amsterdam Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were more in demand, as were like wise Moscow and Darmstadt. All the other funds were in the same state, and yesterday Spanish 'Funds were - withont animation. On the whole, business was very insignificant. ALTONA, Nor. 15.—Our little fair was extremely well supplied, but scarcely more than the half was sold. BRESLAIL—No change of importance has taken place here since our last report, except that there is a general tendency to depression, especially in the case of rye. Several purchasers from Upper Siberia helped to keep up the prices yesterday, otherwise there must have been a considerable abatement. The best qualities of wheat still maintain their price. STETTIN, Nov. 12.—Our supply of herrings has been considerably augmented by fresh arrivals, in consequence of which there has been considerable reduction in the prices. _ _ _ BRESLAU, Nov. 13.—We have had many pnr chasers in the wool trade within the last week or ten days, and within that period about 1,000 cwt. have been purchased in the market, the prices, however, were very low, cheaper even than last month. STETTIN, Nov.l2.—Our corn market was not only firm this week, but there was even a tendency in the prices to rise. ST. PETERSBURGII, Nov. 5.—A spirit of speculation begins again to manifest itself in our corn trade. The price of rye remains firm at 18r. ; very little business is doing in wheat.—Hamburgh Papers, No vember 16. THH THOROUGH IMPROVEMENT OF THE METRO POLIs.—However the proposed new street may be car ried out, it will hay* the effect of further burthening Cheapside, if that is possible, unless, at the same time, another direct street is formed from London-bridge to St. Paul's. But the reply would be, the Improvement Commission must not venture within a small space in the heart of the metropolis, called the " City," as that is " forbidden ground." Again, therefore, this must be left to the Corporation; and what will they do? Nothing, or worse than nothing! And so things go on, and ever will, unless the " thorough improvement of the whole of the metropolis, upon one specific and well digested plan" (without respect of persons, as Benchers, Aldermen, Common Councillors, &c. &c.), is entrusted to one efficient Improvement Commission, with ample powers, so as to obviate the necessity and consequent delay and cost of applications to Parliament in each case; and then Southwark, Lambeth, and the outskirts will receive a due share of attention, as well as the more wealthy quarters of the City and West-end.—Builder. THE STEAM-VESSEL ACT.—It gives us pleasure to state that the provisions of this Act, which was of so much importance to the public, are likely to be rigidly enforced by the officers deputed on the part of the Crown to see that all steam-vessels going to sea, and carrying passengers, are provided with the proper quantity and description of life-boats, not failing to take care that such as are not so provided, and therefore not enabled to make the periodical return required by this salutary enactment, are brought specially under the notice of the Government authorities, in order that they may be forthwith required to furnish their vessels with the re quisite complement. Without specifying particular ves sels, we may state this supervision has been found to he called for with regard to some of the steamers in imme diate communication with the continental ports from the ports on the south-eastern coast, which have now been amply supplied with all the requisites for the safety of the public, in case of probable danger at sea requiring abandonment of the main craft; and the same interfe rence has been found requisite in respect to steam-ves sels trading from the port of London with cargo, but which alto generally carry a considerable number of passengers to the foreign port of destination. This strict carrying out of the provisions of this most im portant and salutary enactment is very satisfactory to teuhi understand °e e l rTwoi CITY t o uh rn eN p cl 00 1 e nN a t s i nu WORKHOUSE ot a o ßl r Kp ro u t s us i i n oE e f s E s c, r lo e r pupei or ri t T o eil o e s e n I N vv. b h_ a e r r k el I. f e r for tliZtndty,tuht.ofilfaty in a r oom M the Auction competitors Martb y eision w ill probably -one Workhouse. The t the e designsh a Bank, v e senta andr ei the h plans placedl d e n e - s e arrived at in the beginning of the week.—.Buildcr. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, N0v.20. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied nearly the whole of the day with a case arising out of an order made by Mr. Baron Platt respecting the delivery of certain title deeds, upon which it was contended a lien was held by the attorney to the defendant. The particulars of the case were not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant a lengthened report. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20. BOOST V. TOMLIN. Mr. Sergeant BYLES applied for a rule to show cause why an order obtained by the defendant in this case, and made by Mr. Baron Parke, should not be rescinded. The order directed the plaintiff to strike out the first and second counts, or the third count of the declaration, it being alleged by the defendant that they could not be pleaded together without a violation of the ordinary rules of Court in such cases. The action had been instituted in consequence of the alleged infringement by the defendant of the copy right of an air contained in Bellini's opera of La Sonnambula.—Rule granted. COBBETT V. lIIIDSON. At the conclusion of the business of the Court, Mrs. Cobbett appeared on the floor of the Court, and re quested their Lordships to issue a habeas corpus, calling upon Captain Hudson, the Keeper of the Queen's Bench Prison, to bring her husband, William Cobbett, before their Lordships, for the purpose of showing that the return made by him to a certain writ was a false return, and that her husband was i illegally detained n custody. The COURT promised to look over the return, and give their decision on Monday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday John Fisher, a savage-looking fellow, who stated that he had lately come from Manchester, where he could not get work, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having committed an out rageous robbery. The shopman of Messrs. W. and G. Mott, of 36, Cheapside, jewellers, said, that at about a quarter before ten o'clock in the morning he heard a crash, and saw that the window, in which were several watches, was broken, and that the prisoner, who had done the mischief with a large stone, about 121 b. in weight, had taken a tray containing a dozen gold watches, worth to the firm about 1201. The prisoner struggled hard against the attempts to dispossess him of his plunder. The watches were scattered about the streets, and picked up by the passers by, but one of them, which had been hanging in the window, was lost. They sustained no damage beyond breaking the glasses. A City policeman, who was on duty in Cheapside at the time of the robbery, saw a crowd collected about the shop, and saw the prisoner on the floor on his back, struggling violently with several persons who held him down. The fellow seemed determined to carry off the plunder, and to smash all around him, but was at last mastered and dragged to the station house. The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, what account do you give of this desperate robbery ? The prisoner, in a whining tone, quite at variance with his act, said— I've got nothing to say, my Lord, but that real dis tress drove me to it. Indeed it did. The LORD MAYOR—What ! Hunger made you run away with a dozen gold watches ? The prisoner— Yes, indeed, your Lordship ; but that I was so poor, I wouldn't have thought of such a thing. The LORD MAYOR—You'll go for trial to the Old Bailey. I suppose you thought that was the best way to relieve your distress? The prisoner —Yes, I thought they'd last me some time. The LORD MAYOR told the shop:ran he was sur prised that more frequent attempts were not made upon valuable articles so foolishly exposed. The City jewellers really seemed to think that they were privi leged against all attempts at robbery. Tha prisoner, who said he thought it a great hard ship that he should be sent to take the trouble of a trial, was then committed. A jeweller who was present said, he kept an oak stick in his shop, and the moment he observed any fellow endeavouring to steal, he used it with the ut most violence about his shins, and sent him away roaring. John Wheeler was charged under the following circumstances : Mr. Francis Dodd, silversmith and jeweller, at 78, Cornhill, said—A little before nine o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, the 17th inst., the prisoner came into the shop and asked the price of some dia mond mourning rings. I told him from 3/. 15s. to 81. or 9/. He required to see them, and I put them on the counter before him. He looked at one for 5/. lOs , and handled several others. There was but one that fitted his finger. lie then took up a hoop ring, of which he asked the price, and while I was looking for the figure I saw his hand, which was over the tray, pass to his pocket, and I immediately missed a ring. The prisoner then took up another hoop ring and asked the price, and then dropped into his pocket another, which jingled. He then selected a ring, and asked to look at some pencil-cases, and whilst I was showing him some, another person came in and asked for a watch ring. I said I had none, and he went away. The prisoner then asked for a watch key. I showed him one, and he told me to make out a bill of the articles, and he would call again. He had his hand on the door, and I stopped him and told him he had some of my property. He denied that he had, and I said I must search him. I then put my hand into his pocket, but could not find anything, and I said that I would send for a policeman. I told him to empty his pockets, and he took out some silver, and I observed that he had something in the palm of his hand. At last he gave me one of the rings, declaring that he had not any other, but put the other on the counter, and begged that I would not punish him. I gave him into the custody of a policeman. The two rings are worth 51. 12s. 6d. The prisoner said, the awkwardness with which the thing was tried on, _showed that he had never made any attempt before. The LORD MAYOR said, Mr. Doad was more in debted to his own vigilance than to the inexperience of the thief. The prisoner was committed. A man named Enos Hancock, one of those persons who help abandoned women of the town to rob gen tlemen at night in the streets, was brought up charged with having performed an office of that kind some nights ago. A prostitute of the lowest sort about a fornight ago was charged, with having snatched a gold watch of considerable value from the fob of a gentleman who was passing through Thames -street. She passed it over to a man who had been observing her from a concealed place, and that man was identified as the prisoner. She was taken into custody and committed for the robbery, but the prisoner was kept out of the way for some time ; at last he was detected lying in wait for another customer, whose pockets were tried by a female thief, who supplied the place of the girl nosy in Newgate, and was apprehended. The prisoner said he was a hard-working man, and never stole a watch or knew a naughty woman in his life, for he had a watch as well as a wife of his own. He was committed for trial. Leybe Aaronson Jacob Friedeburg, Raphael Kaufman, and Ichman llefuscowitz, the persons charged with having an immense number of forged notes, purporting to be the bank paper of the Russian Government, were brought before Sir G. Carroll for re-examination. Mr. Ballantine, the counsel, and Mr. Peachy, from the offices of Messrs. Oliverson and Co., solicitors, of the Old Jewry, attended for the Russian Govern ment ; Mr. Robinson, of the bar, and other counsel, appeared on the part of the prisoners. Mr. Ballantine said he was under the necessity of requesting that the Lord Mayor would further post pone the case, as the Russian Government, to which a message had been transmitted, desiring that the necessary testimony should be sent over to England to show that the notes were forgeries, had, by mis take, sent ov er au th ent i c notes of the bank, from a comparison of which it would be very readily seen that the notes found in possession of the prisoners were fabricat e d. A s t h e courts of justice in England required evidence of a more conclusive kind, those who conducted the prosecu tion, upon finding that the Russia n Government had fallen into an error which it was important to have at once corrected, sent over to th a t coun t r y for some person qualified to discriminate between the real and the false notes, and now applied to the Lord May or for the further postp onement o f t hi s i m p o rtant case to the 11th of Decemb er , w h en t h e pr i sone rs could be committed for trial upon the perfect evidence that would then be produced. The counsel for the defence considered it a great hardship upon the prisoners that they should be sub jected to such delay. Mr. Ballantine said he did not think there was any hardship at all in the matter, but it certainly would have been a very grea t hardship upon the poor Rus sians if the villanous forgeries which had been seized in the possession of the prisoners had obtained circula tion amongst them, as was intended. The forms of English law demanded the production of evidence which was not considered necessary in Russia, and he thought it very lucky for the prisoners that it was in their own country they were to take their trial. The LORD MAYOR said the application of Mr. Ballantine was as reasonable as any that could pos sibly be imagined. The offence of which the pri soners were accused was one of great magnitude, and they should be remanded until the 11th of December, two days before the commencement of the next session. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 22, )847. GUILDHALL. On Saturday, a young man, named John Frederick Byron, was brought before Sir John Pirie for further examination, charged wits stealing About 401, from the iron safe of his employer, Mr. Toker, a proctor in Doctors' Cos nmons, on the 9th of November. At the pt.( ,vious hearing Mr. Toker deposed to the general feat. arcs of the charge. Sir J. Pr BIE asked if any additional evidence had been procra:ed ? Ilbdingb )n, one of the City detective policemen, stated, that he followed a trace he obtained, and found that the prisoner went down to Southampton, where he put up at the Clarendon Hotel, picked up some loose wome , a, treated one of them to a ride out into the country , and brought another up to London. He took lodgings with her at a coffee-house in Covent garden, where he had run up a long bill. He had been seen in the possession of money at Southampton, having give n the landlord of the hotel 25/ to take care of; but it was given back to him without taking the numbers of the notes. Sir J. Fist m asked if the numbers of the notes stolen had been ascertained ? Hedington said the inquiries into that had failed. If the notes were produced they could not be identified. A witness, who lived in town, could show the prisoner was in possession of money. Mr. Cutt, of Beresford-street, Walworth, stated that the priso tier was a relative, and called on him on the evening o f the 9th of November. He saw the prisoner had a good deal of gold, and asked him how much he had. The prisoner said 371. Witness sup posed he had received a legacy to which he was en titled. Mr. Cooper, a tailor, in the Walworth-road, who made clothes for the prisoner, had changed a 101. note for him about the 9th of November. He had paid away the note to one of his neighbours without taking the number. Sir J. PIRIB regretted this, 'as, if produced, some name or date might be found endorsed on it that would lead to its identity. Mr. Mason, clerk to Mr. Toker, said the prisoner had been in that gentleman's service about a month. Mr. Toker was absent on the 9th, and witness locked up the iron safe, putting the key in a cupboard, the key of the cupboard in his desk, and the key of the desk between the framework of the desk and the wall. This was done by arrangement with Mr. Toker, that he might have access to the safe in the absence of witness, and the prisoner had been there long enough to observe this. The prisoner was re maining at the office when witness left on the 9th. The prisoner did not come at his usual time next morning, or at any time, and when the safe was opened (for the several keys had been duly replaced) the money was found to have been stolen. The prisoner took with him the key of the office, so that he could let himself in without ringing the bell, and on the evening of the 13th inst., after business hours, the prisoner came to the door of the premises. Wit ness had returned for his umbrella, and was standing at an inner door when the prisoner came up the step of the outer door. He had a handkerchief over part of his face to disguise his features; seeing witness in the passage, the prisoner halted at the outer door, and began taking down the names on the doorpost. Wit ness asked him who he wanted ? He replied, in a feigned voice, " Which is the College ?" This re ferred to a notice that a person had removed to the College. Witness pointed it out to him, and he crossed over to it. Witness thought he recognised him, and that he had called to pay a second visit to the safe, and he followed, and caused him to be ap prehended. The prisoner declined saying anything to the charge. Sir J. PIRIB remanded him that the depositions might be prepared, when he will be committed for trial. Ann Davis, a young woman, was brought up for further hearing, charged with having stolen a gold ring from the bedroom of the landlady of a coffee house on Holborn-hill, where she had taken a lodging for the night, on the 9th of November. Mrs. fluff, of the Bell Tavern, Bell-yard, Grace church-atreet, now preferred a similar charge against her. She came to her house on the 14th of October for a lodging for the night, representing that she was unfortunately too late for the Gravesend boat. Prom the respectability of her appearance, witness without hesitation placed her in a room where there was a chest of drawers with clothes in it. She did not go away till two o'clock the next day. AVitness remarked that her appearance was very bulky, and the servant said the lady had told her she was pregnant. After she had left, witness missed from her drawers a handsome satin shawl, a large rich scarf, two new shirts, two petticoats, a gold neck chain, and a red silk pocket-handkerchief. The prisoner's breakfast was taken to her in bed, as she slept late, and complained of feeling poorly. The prisoner made no answer to this charge. Two other like charges were entered into, and the prisoner was remanded till Monday. BOW-STREET. On Saturday John Fisher, shopman to Mr. Gadd, linendraper, of Hungerford-street, and Francis Burgess, a por:er, were charged with robbing their employer of property to a large extent. It seemed that Burgess had called at the shop of Mr. Fledges, a pawnbroker in Drury-lane, and offered a quantity of new satin handkerchiefs in pledge, stating, in answer to inquiries, that they had been given to him by Fisher to raise money upon. He had another parcel under his arm, which contained a number of new shirts. On being asked what he intended to do with them, he declared he was about to take them to Fisher's mother to be washed. Mr. Hedges, suspect ing all was not right, detained both parcels, and ordered Burgess to send Fisher to him, or he would detain the property. Mr. Hedges sent a shoprnan to Mr. Gadd's warehouse, who learned that the articles had been stolen from the stock of that gentleman. Fisher, however, declared that he had taken the pro perty and paid fbr it at the time, haring entered it on the books at cost price. Burgess said that he pledged the property at the request of Fisher, for whom he had been in the habit of performing similar offices for some time back. Mr. Gadd's father-in-law was in attendance, who said his son had been confined to his bed for some time, during which _he suspected a constant system of robbery had been carried on by both the prisoners. The prisoners, who declined saying anything, were remanded for a week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Lumley's lids., Mon., Drakeholes ; Tues., Malpas Hill; Thurs., Rossington Bridge ; Fri., Headon Clump, 10i. Raiford Hds., Mon., Norwood Park ; Thurs, Wink burn; Sat., Sound Hull, mi. Earl of Harewood's Hds., Mon., West Woods; Wed., Hookmoor; FA., Marston Moor, -I to 11. VrM;aimsollan,astg.: eC, Blithfield, i to 11. Lord Yarborough's Hds., Mon., Normanby Clump ; Wed., Elsham Hall; Fri., Swallow Village, 11. Lord Henry Bentinck's lids., Mon., Hackthorne ; Tues., Midge Inn ; Wed., Tile House Beck ; Thurs., Normanby-by- Stow; Fri., Scopwick ; Sat., Norton Place. Holderness Hds., Mon., Louthorpe Lodge ; Tues., Bainton New Inn; Thurs., Cavill Hall; Wyton Tollbar, i to 11. Cheshire Hds., Mon., Rocksavage ; Wed., Kinderton Guide Post; Thurs., Tatton, 10i. Sir W. W. Wynn's Hds., Mon., Abermordda Gate; Wed., Hawkstone ; Thurs , Cloverley ; Sat., Tevenclews. North Staffordshire lids., Tues., Summerton Park ; Fri., Whitmore Station, 10f.. l i ii t t o on l V l. illage; Wed., Ast o n Hds., Mon., Egginton ; T hors., Inn;G Gate; tea d; Fri.,sEwro Hds., Mon., Holt; Tues., Bardon Hall; Village, 11; Thurs., Great Glenn, 12; Fri., SWiHall;TSDle adli r°:* T k'n. I 68i W h lMnt E gSiet d ndt d :n anti Bolton ntßeeogll Hds., P w i dionsgr. Ingram th ; Sat . , Ratcliffe Raby Hds—Mon., Raby Kennels; Wed., Caldwell; Fri., Kirring-10f. Mr. Hildyard's liarrs.—Mon., Eastgate; Wed., Ken nels; Fri., Broadwood Bridge-10f. Lord Elcho's Hds.—Mon., Palinsburn; Tues., Wark; Wed., Hatchetrise; Fri., Ford Bridge; Sat., Broom Dykes-10f. Mr. Watson's Hds.—Mon., Longhirat; Wel, Wark worth ; Fri., Saltwick Village-10f. Tindale Hds.—Mon., Fallowfield; Thurs., Nefferton Berkshire o eaffi u t : yrr r roko . n h hunad a ahnb m Rmidor Hounds, t County rllhDniisaue rdHrhrshi s.ala_. dr—m H : sms-x id. Durham-road; to. Hds. — Mon., Barton; ,titfooTo E nrr:dt i n ; 00;o b n-Wn l m e . 1 i 7, T t ei 00l Wed., Middleton; i;.1:01 t W guiFis e drie d nisd. .:_,I Thurs., ttti flare oooannt.;;. and Bar court-11. Sat., Fineham Turnpike-10, Aston Abbotts-11. i F. ih is Step trHeed tsh. , Farm. amT Bedale Hds.—Mon., Hauxwell Hall; Wed., York — ue lo}. Womersley Park ; Thurs., Scawsby Bar; Sat., Ackworth Moor, 10f. Sherwood Harrs., Tues., Mansfield Race-course; Fri., Bolsover Moor, 11. Hurworth Hds.—Tues., Hilton; Sat. Dalton Village. Mr. Selby's Hds.—Tues., Preston; Thurs., Heiferlaw Bank-10f. Haydon Hds.—Wed., Woodshield; Sat., Langley Castle-9. Lord Lonsdale's Harrs.—Tues., Buckland; Sat., Wendover Dean-12. THAMES Coxszuverwr.—On Saturday the City Remembrancer (Mr. Tyrell) lodged the requisite no tices, with the plans and sections, &c., on behalf of the Mayor and Corporation of the city of London, of in tended application, during the ensuing session of Parlia ment, for power to effectually conserve the navigation of the River Thames. This proposed Act empowers the Mayor and Corporation to erect jettys and piers for steam-boats, to levy tolls on steam-boats, to license steam-boat captains, and regulate the number of pas sengers to be carried according to the tonnage of the vessel, &c. _ _ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.—While a worthy indi vidual was " laying down the law," the other day to a knot of hislacquaintances, he caught the eye of a carter hard by, who had been vainly endeavouring to raise a sack of potatoes to his cart, and who appealed to the man of knowledge, " Come awe., Mr. -, knowledge is power, ye ken ; gie us a lift on wi' this peck o' tattes." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, Nov. 13.—We announced in our last the departure of the fleet on the morning of the 6th inst. At sunset on that day the vessels bore from the island N., distant 15 miles, and steering a N.N.E. course. On the 7th the fleet was still in sight. At 6, A.M. it bore N.N.W., distant 18 miles, and was steering N.W.; at 5, P.M. the fleet bore N.W. from the island, distant 25 miles, and was steering a W.N.W. course. On the Bth, at 6, A.m., the fleet bore N.N.W., dis tant 35 miles, and was making a northerly course. On this day the Spitfire steam-sloop was sent out with dispatches, and having delivered them, returned to the island. The fleet was about 40 miles off the coast of Sicily. Some evolutions and trials of speed had been ordered, but the Trafalgar had proved her self so dull a sailor as to he the cause of delay in the progress of the fleet. On Tuesday, the 9th, the Spitfire left our waters on her return to the lonian Islands, where she will re lieve the Locust, and be at the disposal of the Lord High Commissioner. By the arrival yesterday of the Monzibello, we heard that the Spitfire had been obliged to put into Syracuse, on the coast of Sicily, on account of the heavy weather she experienced. The Monsibello is one of the Neapolitan steamers which arrive here every ten days. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier was this morning admitted to pratique, and will leave Malta on the morning of the 16th, by the French steamer, for Naples. The garrison has offered this distin guished officer a dinner on Monday next at the club, and he has accepted it. The usual quarterly inspections commence on Monday, the 15th inst., by the R. M. Fencibles, on the 17th the 54th will be reviewed, and on the 19th the Ist battalion 97th Regiment. No day is fixed for the reserve battalion of that regiment, quartered on the other side of the water. We are given to understand that orders have been forwarded to the Hecla to return immediately to Malta, whence she will be sent to England to be paid off: In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, 21, receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart.; the Amazon, 19, Captain J. Stopford ; the Mutine, 12, Captain Tyron ; and the Wee Pet, steam-tug. On a Cruise—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Nott ; the Albion, 90, Cap tain C. H. Fremantle ; the Rodney, 90, Captain E. Collier; the Vanguard, 80 ; the Superb, 80, Captain Corry ; the Thetis, 36, Captain H. J. Codrington ; the Gladiator war-steamer, Captain Robb ; the Bull dog, Captain A. C. Key. On surveying duty—The Volage, 22, Captain T. Graves ; and the Research, Lieutenant Spratt. At Gibraltar—The Virago war. steamer, Com mander J. Lunn. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Harlequin, Com mander Moore ; and the Meteor, Commander Buttler, At Beyrout—The. Spartan, 22, Captain T. M. C. Symonds. At Smyrna—The Fantome, 16, Commander Le Hardy. At Constantinople—The Ueda war-steamer, Com mander C. Starmer. At Corfu—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Mae (ion ald. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta, the Volcano, Lieutenant J. Crang ; the Ardent, Lieutenant W. C. Nowel; and the Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smyth. En route to Gibraltar, the Albion, Captain C. H. Fremantle. En route to Malta from Marseilles, the Flamer, Commander Lavie. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece, none. En route from the lonian Islands and Greece to Malta, the Locust, Lieutenant-Commander Power. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT. The French steamer Rhamses ; the Neapolitan steamer Ercolano, and the yacht Louisa. PORTSMOUTII, SUNDAY.—A board of Admiralty, comprising Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C.8.,M.P., First Naval Lord, Captain the Right Hon. Lord John Hay, C. 8., M.P., and the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., accompanied by Captain Alexander Ellice, Controller of Steam Machinery, arrived at this port by the South-Western Railway yesterday morning, on an official visit of inspection of the works in progress, in order that they might be prepared with an account of their stewardship should they be called upon in their places in Parliament. Their Lordships paid particular attention to the state of the steamers at this port, and the progress of the works of the new steam basin, which will be ready for service by the end of the financial year, and when the workshops on its banks are completed and in working order, which will be about the same time the establishment will re lieve Woolwich from that preisure of steam business which now necessarily is confined to the latter place. Their Lordships expressed their most unquali fied admiration at the rapid approach to completion of the steam basin, and workshops connected with it. The Retribution steam-frigate, in the basin, was in spected by their Lordships. She is having her fun nel adapted to the telescope principle, and being fitted with a third mast. The Ajax steam guard-ship, the Prince Regent, 92, the Malabar and Pitt, coal depots the Blake 50 -gun frigate, the Terrible, the Plumper, the Arrogant, the new slips and docks, were inspec ted, and their several states and progress inquired into, which we have every reason to believe yielded satisfaction. After partaking of the hospitality of Sir Charles Ogle, Admiral Dundas, accompanied by Rear- Admiral Superintendent Shirreff, proceeded to the Blenheim steam guard-ship, and remained a long time on board of her, discussing, amongst other imperfec tions, the fact that in consequence of the casing of her screw she cannot work her aftermost guns. Nu merous rumours have sprung out of this inspection b 3 the First Naval Lord, of the Blenheim the first of the intended steam guard-ships, one of which is the pro bability of her becoming (like the French ship of the same purpose) the sea-going gunnery ship, in lieu of the stationary Excellent. Their Lordship moved about very unostentatiously, no salutes or manning yards being ordered. Ad miral Sir Charles Ogle entertained them at his offi cial mansion in the evening, all the heads of the naval departments being invited by the Gallant Admiral to meet and dine with their Lordships, who this morning paid a visit to Vice-Admiral Warren at Southsea, and left the port for town this afternoon by the South- Western Railway. The Board of Ordnance have given directions for the purchase of about 600 acres of land, for the pur pose of circumvallating the north side of the present fortifications at Gosport, either by a continued line of rampart, or detached forts or martello towers, reach ing from Brown-down at the north-west end of Stokes' Bay, and completely comman di ng the b each at that landing place, and extending thence through Grange and running south of Rowner to Elson, at which point it will r eac h th e h ar b our ; h ere a strong position will protect the powder magazines at Priddy's hard, and effectually cover the north-west and ex posed part of the dockyard boundary. We regret t o announce t h e d eat h , among t h e vic tims to the yellow fever on the West India station, of the Rev. George W. G arrow, 8.A., chaplain of the Imaum, 72, which took place at Port Royal, Ja maica, a day or two before the mail left. Captain Charles George Elers Napier, 1840, step son of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., will have the command of the Avenger steam-frigate, vice Dacres to the St. Vincent, vice Milne to the Victory, vice Yates to the ordinary guard-ship at this port. The Cockatrice brigantine to be a tender to the Asia, 84, arrived from Sheerness yesterday. Mr. Robert Rawson is appointed head-master of the apprentices' school in this dockyard. Mr. James Spence is appointed Acting Chief Fore man of Works in the factory in this dockyard. Contracts were made at the Royal Clarence Vic• tualling Establishment on Thursday for 1,000 sacks of dressed biscuit meal, weighing 2801 b. each, at 375. 6d. to 38s. sd. each, being an advance of 6d. on the contract made on the 21st ult. At Midsummer last the price was 575. The following are the promotions and appointments of the past week : PROMOTIONS. Mate—Charles 0. B. Hall (1840 to the rank of Lieutenant. Clerk—Beresford Scott, to the rank of Paymaster and Purser, and confirmed to the Columbine. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—S. C. Dacres, to the St. Vincent. Commanders—George Caswell, to study at the Steam-factory, Woolwich; George Granville Ran dolph (1846), to the Bellerophon, vice West. Lieutenants—R. E. Bullen, to the Victory ; ter Leslie, to command the Penguin ; W. P. Johnson, to the Cygnet; W. F. G. Fead, to the Hibernia ; John Cartwright, to the Belleisle ; Byron G. Rowles,. to the Queen; W. It, G. Palliser, to the Gladiator; Thomas E. L. Moore, to the Plover. Masters—Charles Pope, to the San Josef; James B. Tucker, to the Queen. Acting Master—G. H. Blakey, to the Stromboli. Surgeons —Dr. John Burke, to the Stromboli; W. R.Dalton, to the Cygnet; Frederick J. Whipple, to the Alert. Chaplain—James R. Moffatt, to the Asia. Assistant-Surgeons—Gerald Yeo, to the Strom boli; Lawrence Carey, to the Porcupine; T. B. Forster and C. K. Ord, to the Asia ; John Ward, to the Vengeance ; Hart Gimlett, to the Lizard ; W. C. Tucker, to the Raleigh ; W. Bine, to the Blazer; Charles Forbes, to the Acheron ; C. S. Lester, to the Clerks—Edward G. Hooper, to the Fly ; Frederick C. Dusatoy, to the ,Stromboli ; Charles P. Fielon, to the Alert; Charles W. Motherwell, to the Cro codile. Midshipmen—Beyille Nicolas, to the Racehorse ; Thomas Saumarez, R. P. Cator, James H. Coxon, and F. P. Staples, to the Ocean ; Murray J. Parkes, to the Victory. Naval Cadets—F. C. Count de Degenfield Schom berg, to the Hibernia; Richard Wells, to the Strom boli ; F. Suttie, to the Meander ; W. A. Welsh, to the Cygnet. Masters' Assistants—H. W. G-ilham, to the Strom boli; W. Pead and John Tucker, to the Crocodile; George Polglaze and William Long, to the Comet ; Alfred Sidlatter, to the Birkenhead ; J. F. R. Ap len, to the Rhadamanthus • N. B. llerbert and Cha rles Saunders, to the Terrible; A. B. Martin, to the Por cupine; Charles Downward, to the Ocean; W. M. Randall, to the Cygnet. Wind, S.E. by E. Light airs, with thick, hazy weather. CHATHAM, Nov. 20.—The Waterwich, 10, Com mander T. F. Birch, will be paid off on Thursday next, without her bulkheads or internal fittings being removed. This vessel is very short of hands, there being only about forty, including officers, on board — circumstance owing to some of the men having been sent away in charge of three prize vessels. This por tion of the crew is suffering very severely from the cold, they having no other clothingithan that which they wore during the time they were on the coast of Africa. It is considered that the Admiralty should adopt some other time than this cold season for the return of ships from warm climates. When the vessel is paid off she will be immediately inspected and her defects made good, as she is to be placed in commission for another three years' service. The Hermes steam vessel is taken in hand and making good defects and fitting for service. The Ganges, 80 guns, from Sheerness, will arrive here on Monday next, when she will be taken into dock to have her copper cleaned and her masts shifted. The Bonetta brigantine, and the Sealark 1 0- gun brig will be put out of dock on Monday next. Both these vessels are ready for the pendent. The Aid, Smallman, master, sailed on the 18th instant with stores for Portsmouth. ROYAL MARINES. It is with regret we have to record the sudden cleath of a young and brave officer, First Lieutenant Lewis W. Rowley Denman, belonging to this division, who expired on the night of Thursday, the 18th instant, at Melville Hospital. This officer was at the storming of Sidon, was in the Powerful at the bombardment of Acre, and was late of the Cleopatra, 26 guns. He is about thirty years of age, and greatly respected by his brother officers. His death was from erysipelas., First Lieutenant Robert Seppings Harrison an Second Lieutenant Kennedy, with 2 sergeants, 2 cor porals, and 24 privates from the Castor frigate, joined their head quarters at this division on the 19th inst.; and 1 corporal and 19 privates joined this division On the 19th instant from Woolwich, paid off from the Virago steam-vessel. One sergeant, 1 corporal, and 10 privates left their head quarters yesterday by steam-vessel for Sheerness, to join the Cygnet, 10- gun brig, Commander George Kenyon. First Lieu tenant Charles F. Menzies joined this division this day, the 20th instant, from Woolwich, and Second Lieutenant Kennedy, from the Castor, has proceeded to Woolwich to join that division. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a steady firm market for shares to-day, and prices are well maintained. A fair amount of business has been done, and the market closest at the following rates—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6 dis.—Ditto (late C. and 13 .) , 174 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares 6 dis.—Dit to, , Fifths (late West Riding Union), 2% dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 14s. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, dis.—Lon don and North-Western, 154—Ditto, New Quarters, 6% C. 1),; —London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 60—Lond on and South-Western, 55—Manchester, Sheffield, and L incoln: shire, Eighths, 34 1 dis.—Midland Stock, 109—Ditto, 44:1f., Shares, 42—Ditto, New Halves, 14 dis.—Shrewsbu r y an Cheshire, 10/. Preferential, 1 3 / 4 c. p.—South-Eastern an" Dover, No. 1, 5 , 4 1 dis.—Ditto, No. 4,2% dis.— York, Newcast'e, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, p• —pitt° ' (Great North of England), 4 p. MANCHESTER, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 7 / 8 dis—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire (A), 44 dis.—Eastern Coun ties, 10, 8 —Great Northern, 6 dis.—Lancashire and York shire, 321. Shares, 5% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 2 1 h dis.--• Ditto, (West Riding Union), 2 9-16 c. dis.—Mancliester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, i/ s p.— Ditto ditto (Grimsby Dock), 6% dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincol shire), 54 dis.—Manchester and Southampton , 1,4 North Staffordshire, 5-16 dis.—North British, Thirds, par ;; Preston and Wyre (B) scrip, p.—Shropshire Union, 2 dis.—South-Eastern alai Dover, No. 4, 24 dis.—Ditto ditto (Old), 28 3 / 1 c.—Manchester and Birmingham (A), 4 IN LEEDS, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A bu.iness of limited extent con tinues to be done, and prices which have varied more t ota- han usual during the week end firm, at an advance en the qu tions of this day se'nnight. The most marked change f9r the better is in East Lancashire Shares of all sorts, and in New Newcastle and Berwicks. The demand for the former arises in a great measure from the general expectation that the line is likely to be leased on advantageous terms, an d that there is some competition for it among two or three established companies. The sales are—East Lancashire, New, 11% dis.—Ditto. Quarters, 153. n. dis. —Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 255. n. dis.—North British, Halves, 11% —Ditto, Thirds, Is. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 7s. 6d. _ Ditto, Extension, 2s. 6d. dis.—North Staffordshire, ss. dis• —North-Western. 4 1 / 2 n. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 335. 9d. n. p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 71% p. HULL, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE —The current report to-day Mr. Hudson has offered to amalgamate the North British with the Turk, Newcastle, and Berwick, upon equal terms This has caused,a good deal of inquiry for North British, and 7s. 6d. dis. was readily paid. The nominal quatations are Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 15s.—Hull and Selby. Old, 98 , ;( 2 —Ditto, Halves, 481—North Western, 905.c113-1 Urea York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, % is, that Northern, 40s. - - NE WCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NOVE3II3EIt 20. STOCK EXCHANGL-The sales are-Edinburgh and castle Junction, 21. 25.-Newcastle and Carlisle, Northern, 51. 6s. 3d. dis.- Liverpool, Manchester, and NeW" British, 261.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick (lat e Nel" castle and Berwick), New, No. 2, 355. p. EDINBURGH, Nov. 19. i' ST - - OCK ExcuANox.-The share market has shown cons derable firmness for some days back. Although a fal l t(x)k place, consequent upon the decline in the English funds at the beginning of the week, prices have since recoverd, ana O. -North some stocks are quoted even higher than previous to the fall. The sales are-Aberdeen, 251.-Airdrie and Bath gate, 31. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 26/.---Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 2s. 6c1.-Caledonian, 35/' 10s.-Ditto, New, 11. Is. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumber.: tonshire, 1/. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 591.-Deeside, 31: Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 68.--Dundee c a n 34/.-Ditto, New, Arbroath, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 1 254-Ditto, Nev r, Junction, 11. 10s. -Dundee s.- 291. 10 -Ditto, NeW, 13/and Perth, a• . 1 15 0 . . 10s.-Ditto Quarters, 21. 6s. 6d.-East of Fif, • ....... No. 3,3/. 5 ' Dundee and Northern Edinburgh and Glasgow, -East Lothian ' Central, 1/. -Edinburgh and Bathgata, W 1 g 121. nd ex div.-Ditto, New Halves, 6L-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 151.- Ditto, Preference, 151. 10s.-Ditto, New , _ 921. ex div.-Ditto, 'Rote, 155.-Ditto, Quarters, Reg., 35.-Edinburgh and Northern, 171. ss. ex int.-Ditto, New, Reg., 1/. 15s. 6d.-Ditto, , N ".." port, 51. 10s. ex. int.-Ditto, ditto, New, Rek , 5.-- Edinburgh and Perth (New Co. ), 15s. 6d. -Ditto, halves, ss. -Glasgow and Ayrshire,-1001. -Ditto, New Stock , ",. 4 155.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 1. 55.-Ditto, Halves, No. 7, alas -71. 2s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 95. -- --- go w and Garnkirk, 381. 155.-Glasgow General Terminus, 101. 10s-Glasgow and Greenock, 164 10s.-Ditte, Halves, 8/.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 19s. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 3/. 95.-Great North of Scotland Bs , 171. (late Lone 6c1.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 41. to don and York), 2L-North British, 261. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 11/. 15s. ex int.-Ditto, Quarters, 41. 6s. ex int.--- Ditto, New Quarters, 125.,.3d. scrip-Ditto, Thirds,Reg., 3l /. 183.-Ditto, Fifths, 54,55. -Scottish Central, 23/. 155 ex bonus - Scottish Grand Junction, 65.-Scottish Midland, 151. eX int.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, °ewes try and Chester, 181. 55.-Stirling and Dunfeimline, 31:-. Stirling and Midland, 61.-Wishaw and Coltness, 441.--- York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 321. 10s.-Ditto, Exten sions, No. 1, 134,-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 111. 2s. 6c1.-Direct Bombay and Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, 1/. Os. 3e1.--* Great North of India, ls. 3d.-Great Southern of Madrah ls.-Madra.s, Nellore, and Arcot, ls. 6d. GLASGOW, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, ISr,e,vt,' 225,--Dundee and „ Perth, Quarters. 465. 6c1.-Glasgovi, i"'"- marnock, and Ay, 101/.-Ditto, 401. Shares, 4014 t DO)! Halves, No.l, 7%-Great Northern, 88s.-Manchester Oa Southampton, Bs.-North British, Thirds, 385.-Ditto, Ne.vr Quarters (scrip), Ils. 3d.-Scottish Central, 23 1 A --Sc° " .* tish Grand Junction, 10s. 6d. ----=------- BI RTIIS. On the 15th inst., in Clarendon-place, the lady of Lieu t i e : nant-Colonel C. C. Hay, 19th Regiment, Governor Sl-1411°—' of a daughter. On the 17th inst., in Park - road, Regent's - pa rk, the lady o f Samuel John Pullin, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Ely-place, Great Yarmouth, 31116 OnJoh Ayers, of a dughter. the 18th inst. a , at Albion-terrace, Chelsea, the wife .f T. Hertshit, Esq., of a son. of On the 19th inst., at Norwood Lodge, Surrey, the la- , Joseph Maudslay, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On Saturday, the 20th inst. at at St. Clement Danes, Strand, to by the Rev. James W. Markwell, 111. A M.A. domestic chaplain Viscount Torrington, Joseph Stonnill, Esq. of Great Badial, Suffolk, late of Thornton Heath, near Croydon, to Mrgaret' eldest daughter of Mr. Hemp, of Serle's-place, Lincoln's fret On the 18th inst., at Eckington, William Lloyd Floo__ Esq., of Farmly, county of Kilkenny, Ireland, to Francef.: only daughter of C. E. Ilanford, Esq., of Woollas Wel cestershire. DIED. On the 15th inst., at Islington, Mrs. Banks. f ED" On the 16th inst. , Sara h Jane, y oun g est daughter o. Naylor, Esq., Morniugton-place, Hampstead •road. C. nen - On the 16th inst., at Storrington, Sussex, Captain ti• ..`" nett, of the H. E. I. C's. M. S., aged 45. Bir• On the 17th inst., at Moreton Cottages, Kentish-toWn; James Birks, aged 54. ..,(0 of On the 18th inst. , at Clapton-square, Margaret n' Mr. Alexander Green. On the 18th inst., at Staines, Harriot , the wife of -- M r• j. Rickman, jun. IJos ep h On the 19th inst., Joseph Williams, eldest son o. r William and Isabella Gray, of London-fields, Hacknef• i or, t h eO O sn n o tn t h h oe e f l ll‘9 9 .it t rh l . l Ri i n n tse s th t . . a , vi rr a d t i Gi ß i i r r ae lo w k we - s p ,o l a ao c ige e i.d 6 i.llTottenham,B. f o go pson, Ef ( l.o tague-place, Russell-square, aged 64. stra ford On the 19th inst , at Walworth, Mr. W illiam Vaile, aged 57. • latOenJothhenlL9ettht,inEsstq.,.,aatgDeudlwnic.h H ouse , Louisa, reliieltool flantb: . On the 20th inst., at the Falcon Glass Works, street, Blackfriars, Mr. J. Green, aged 46. -------- , f , a t London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOthwils No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , 14° .: t y of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 011 °' ' Middlesex, MOnday t NOTorubsr 22, 1134 T. A