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• lionee that it Was moat desirable that ft should be brought forward for argument, and the Learned Counsel had better, therefore, take a rule. Rule granted. No other cases of any importance were heard by the Court during the morning. JANE EYRE. LITERATURE. An Autobiogravhy. Edited by Currer Bell. Three Vols. Jane, who is poor and dependent, wishes to obtain some employment, and St. John offers her a very humble one, the direction of an obscure village school. But, insignificant as the situation seems, the sublime and beautiful sentiments in which the proffer is made at cnce elevate it to its true position. " Since lam myself poor and obscure," he says, " I can offer you but a service of poverty and obscurity. You may even think it degrading, for your habits are what the world calls refined, your tastes lean to the ideal ; but I consider that no service degrades that can better our race. I hold that the more arid and un reclaimed the soil where the Christian labourer's task of tillage is appointed him, the scantier the meed his toil brings, the higher the honour. This, under such circumstances, is the destiny of the pioneer, and the first pioneers of the Gospel were the Apostles —their captain was Jesus the Redeemer him self." Were it not, as we have said, for his sternness and coldness, both external and internal, St. John Rivers presents an almost perfect character, bearing some resemblance, in his contempt of worldly, conventionalities, in his self.denial and relinquishment of earthly affections, to those Christian heroes of former times who earned the appellation of saints ; yet, perhaps, if we come to compare them closely, one great diffe rence is perceptible. St. John, good Christian though he was, appears to have triumphed over his affections rather by the force of an indomitable self command—by a vigorous effort uprooting earthly passion from his heart, while, on the contrary, with those to whom we have compared him, the light of the human love was not annihilated by extinction, but rendered powerless by the superior radiance of the divine—as the stars shine always, yet are in visible in the daylight. We have lingered too long over the character of St. John, but it forms in many respects a most interesting study, and in some, per haps, an excellent example. Various adventures befal Jane Eyre ; she of course again meets Mr. Rochester, but under most melancholy circum stances—he is blind. This bereavement, while it grieves her to the heart, naturally increases her affection, and the account of her tender attention and playful attempts to restore him to cheerfulness, are necessarily interesting. But we need follow her fortunes no further; and we may conclude as we commenced, by observing that, notwithstanding its imperfections—and it has many —the "Autobio graphy of Jane Eyre" is full of interest. Whatever the blemishes or imperfection; of this work —and what work in three volumes is quite free from them ?—it is certainly full of interest and not deficient in originality, qualities which—for a novel especially —are no small recommendation. Its interesting character is, to a certain extent, to be attributed to its form ; a biography—and especially an autobiography —must necessarily, unless ill-arranged and ill-nar rated, possess some peculiar points of attraction. Generalization destroys interest ; the more our powers of observation are concentrated the greater is the pleasure and the benefit that we derive from them. Whatever were the ill effects of what has been called the "star-system" upon the stage, by which the chief interest of a play was concentrated in the person of its hero, it is certain that the pleasure of the audience, for the time being, was in nowise di minished by the practice. On the contrary, be coming peculiarly interested in an individual, they took an almost personal concern in everything con nected with him and his affairs. Some such sentiments are experienced by the readers of biographies; they become for the time personally associated with those whose fortunes they are, in imagination, following, and they are naturally dis posed to sympathise with emotions of which they are constituted as it were the sole confidantes. Being an autobiography, then, the history of Jane Eyre pos sesses these attractive qualities, and they are consi derably enhanced by the very natural and simple manner in which the various adventures are narrated, and the very vigorous way in which feelings and passions are portrayed. But perhaps the characte ristic which is most deserving of commendation is the very admirable delineation and nice discrimina tion of character which it reveals. Jane Eyre, the heroine, is of course drawn at full length, but most of the minor personages (as is natural in a biography) are merely sketched ; these sketches are, however, of that kind in which every li ne t e ll s, and in which a few strokes convey as perfect a resemblance as the most elaborate portrait. Some portions of the tale are not of a very pleasing character, and many, very many, of the incidents are most unnatural. The story, more over, as a whole has no definite object, it lays down no main principle, carries out no one idea; as we have said, it is not without imperfections. Never theless, if it aim after no particular object, it cer tainly attains a not unimportant one—namely, the en tertainment of the reader during its perusal ; and if it have no one great principle it view, it contains many sublime and beautiful thoughts, and inculcates some most ennobling sentiments. If many of the incidents of the tale are unnatural, that fault is in some degree atoned for by their novelty. In the present day espe cially, when we are so often wearied by " thrice-told tales," it is almost a relief to have something new, even if not quite within the bounds of probability. Jane Eyre is a friendless orphan, committed by her rela tions to a sort of charitable institution, from which, on her education being completed, she emerges as a governess. Owing to her friendless and solitary life, she has early acquired a h a bit o f thi n ki ng f or herself, and like all persons much accustomed to thinking, she exhibits a strongly marked individuality of character. We do not propose to follow the young governess through all her wanderings, but merely to notice two scenes in which she takes part, and in which she be comes associated with two rather striking characters. Although one of that unhappy sisterhood, the ordi nary troubles of a governess 's life are quite unknown to Janc,—her first situation is her last. Engaged as the instructress of a little French girl at the house of her guardian, Mr. Rochester, a gentleman consider ably older than herself, a n d o f very peculiar tempera ment, Jane excites his attention, and ultimately wins his affection. She is about to become his wife, when it is discovered that he has a wife still living who is a maniac, and consequently whose existence he endea vours to keep a secret. Jane is tenderly attached to Mr. Rochester, and this intelligence, and the separation which it occasions, are necessa rily most painful to her. She is next do mesticated with some newly-discovered cousins, one of whom St. John Rivers is a most interesting cha racter admirably described. A most interesting character, and were it not for a certain coldness of manner and deficiency of heart, a most beautiful and exemplary character is this St. John. A clergyman, but naturally of a most ambitious and enterprising temperament, his energy and ambition are all devoted to advancing the sacred cause in which he has em barked. He becomes a missionary, and prepares to leave home, and friends, and country, to carry the sacred message among the unbelievers. His sister describes him as " inexorable as death," and great in deed is his self-command and his perseverance in his self-appointed course ; nevertheless it is not achieved without a struggle. Love, which like death knows no distinctions, but tyrannises over all alike, the strong as well as the feeble, attempts to bend him from his purpose. The beautiful Rosamond Oliver, en dowed, of course, with a thousand nameless perfections, is beloved by him and not in vain. Yet even while WO RSHIP-SrREET.—(THIS DAY.) Charles Coggan, a mechanic, was charged with brutally assaulting a married female named Sarah Ray, in the public street. Mrs. Ray stated that she was proceeding along Shoredi.tch last evening at about five o'clock, when she observed the defendant, struggling to release himself from his friend and as he did so he ran and gave her such a blow in the breast as to knock her violently against the wall, and, he would have repeated the blow, but for the interference of his friend. She had not given him the slightest provocation or said a word to hi m. The complainant here exhibited a black mark upon her bosom of the size of a large penny Piece, and which she said gave her great pain. The defendant said he was very sorry for what he had done. It was very seldom he drunk more than V as necessary, and when he did so it greatly affected his head. Mr. RAMMILL, the sitting magistrate, said that that Wag the very reason he should hare for refraining from excess. His conduct had been brutal in the extreme. He (Mr. Hammill) would suffer him to retir e in order that he may have an opportunity of Makin g the poor woman proper compensation. One o f the officers (Alderman) quickly returned, and inti mated to the magistrate that the defendant had offered the complainant ss. as a liberal compensation for the injuries he had inflicted. Mr. HAsimlLL—Twenty shillings would have been little enough. A fine of 21. or three weeks' impri sonment will be inflicted. This appeared to have the desired effect, as in a very short time the magistrate Was informed that the desired compensation was forth coming. " She is lovely,' he murmured. She is well named the Rose of the World, indeed!' " And may I not paint one like it for you?' " Cui bow; ? No.' THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Charles Nicholson, a very respectably dressed Young man was charged on suspicion of having stolen a cheque for 71. 55., the property of Mr. West, brass founder, Commercial-road. It appeared, that on the 21st of August last, Mr. West received a cheque for 71. ss. drawn on Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co., 68, Lombard-street, from Mr. Hazeltine, engineer, Stratford, in payment for some castings he had made for that gentleman. On the same night Mr. West's house was broken open, and a great deal of property abstracted, amongst which was the cheque in question. Mr. West proceeded the next morning to Lombard-street, and stopped payment of the cheque, which was not presented till between three and foul. o'clock yes terday afternoon. Mr. W. Stone, cashier to Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co., attended and identified the prisoner as the party who had presented the cheque for Payment. When informed that the cheque was a stolen one, and that payment thereof had been con sequently stopped, he appeared very confused and said he had picked it up in the street. He was immediately given into custody. Police -constable K 228, said Mr. West was not then iri attendance, but if the prisoner was remanded there was good reason to suppose that some light would be thrown on the burglary which had been committed on the 21st of August. The prisoner was remanded accordingly. TRIAL BY JURY. Yesterday the fifty-third anniversary of the ac quittal of Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, and John Thelwall, from a charge of high treason, was celebrated at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Black friars, when upwards of one hundred gentlemen at tended to do honour to that great palladium of public liberty—trial by jury. Among the gentlemen pre sent we noticed Alexander Galloway, Esq., who had been a member of the London Correspondent So ciety ; R. Taylor, Esq., F.R.S.; R. Burnett, Esq. ; R. R. Moore, Esq. ; J. H. Parry, Esq ; J. Beckwith, Esq. ;J. A. Galloway, Esq. ; Williams, Esq. ; Saul, Esq.; Ashurst, Esq., &c. A letter was received from W. J. Fox, M.P. for Oldham, expressive of his regret that illness pre vented him from attending the anniversary. Colonel T. P. Thompson, M.P., presided on the occasion. COURT CIRCULAR. Wamsou FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. „ .The R oya l F am i ly walked and took pony exercise C "as tle. morning in the s l o p es an d groun d s aroun d the as His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horse back this forenoon, attended by his Equerry in waiting. Gill The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening includ e her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, li tlY Anna M ar i a D awson, Baroness de Speth, and '• G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The cloth having been removed, The CHAIRMAN said they had met that evening to commemorate the sufferings of men who had preceded them, and whose sufferings in the cause of popular principles had given to them that peace which they now enjoyed.—(Hear, bear.) They therefore did not expect that they would be found fault with if, that evening, they observed upon what had taken place, on what was then going forward, and, as far as they could judge, on what was likely to arise, in respect to the great question of the rights of the people.—(Hear.) He would be an unhandsome traitor to the great question settled in the year 1688, if he should decline to give, upon all occasions, " The sovereignty of the people."—(Cheers.) Foreign countries looked to us for the assertion of this great principle, for it was admitted to be the panacea for all the evils that afflicted a state.—(Hear.) There was no dispute in this country as to the origin of power, for the will of the community was the origin of all power, and when that will was properly exercised, it was sure to be for the benefit of the state generally. He begged in col clusion to give " The sovereignty of the people." —(Three times three.) & Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yester• , Lay afternoon, at the Foreign-o ffi ce. The Ministers Sir Pres ent were Lord John R usse ll, th e L o rd Chancellor, ,_George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auck and, Sir John Hobhouse, and Lord Campbell. The Council sat two hours and a half. de p ut ation, consisting of Sir William Clay, Mr. rd tunes, and Mr. James Clay, had an interview with J o h n Russell ye s t er d a y, a t hi s official resi uenee in Downing -street. ..............„.........„...... ThSPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE, ~TY OFLCESTER STEE PLR -CHASE—YESTERDAY. it norcester Handicap of 0 0 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 on ly If decl ared, with 100 added. Four miles. Gentlemen riders. (37 Subs 21 of whom declared.) ult.:: loittle:s Chandle; ..• ••• ••• (Owner) . 2 1 nr r. tries abg by Glaucus ... ••• :. 3 Mr, Holman nd Daddy Long Legs ••• ' - /lack Stake s of 2 soVS , each, and 10 added. Heats. One mile an d a quarter, ( 6 S u b s. ) Mr. J'. DaOy's The Milliner ... (Wakefield) 0 1 1 Mr.Ml l .r. EL John s t one ' s John Harris ••• ... 1 2 2 r. Amazement Wood's .. 0 3 3 Minor' Minors Augustus"' • • 2 0 0 •- ... r. P earce ' s Arkwriht .• —.3 0 0 The Worcestershire Free Handicap Hurdle Race Stakes of 10 sovs , each, and 50 added. Heats, two miles. 1 Lir. Pearce 's Jack, 10st 71b ~,(Fitton) 3 0 2 2 Ai r. J. Anderson's Chance, lOst 71b ••• 1 2 1 0 44 1 „,r• Ar. Ilawkin's Teresa, list ... 4Ylr. b onaldson's Variety, lost 71b Ur. Smith's Pembroke, lOst ... 000 dr ......... 0 2 0 - 0 - dr - th• J. Herbert's Powick, lOst ... 0 0 odr Mr, Oliver's Auricula, 9st 71b ... ••• 0 00 dr fir. Davies' Jack, 9st 71b 0 dr • ••• 'tr. Pulleston's Geor•ty, • 9st ••• ••• 0 dr The first heat was won by half a length, the second zR a dead heat between Jack and Clarence, the third e s o : la a canter, the fourth was run in the dark, t' -- win o easily; the stewerds postponed the fifth for III SaturdaY, but Jack's rider persisted in walking over . it; his claim is disputed. EWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—FRIDAY. CHIPPENHAM FIELD. kworth's Bute tuThe Derby was won by Mr. Dobede's Dorou; Mr. c ute ran up. fv T a oike Cupldeston was won by Mr. Gillett's Girl of Kent; Mr. •-'3's Whittington ran up. The ran up Oaks was wonby Mr. _The Port Stakes were won by Mr. Gillett's Great Then;Wester Mr. Buckworth's Batchelor ran up. t la Stakes were won by Mr. Buckworth's aksheesh; and the Downing Gustavus. Stakes by Mr. Fyson's HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Brighton harrs., Mon , p a t c h ro • Wed., the Race course; Fri., the Dyke---. 10/. a ' Brookside harrs.,Xt on . v 9 Newmarket -hill; Thurs., Tels combo Tye-10i. Crawley and Hawley hds., Mon. , Crawley Village; Wed., West Grinstead; Pri.,llohnbush Lodge-10i• Dorrington hds., Mon., Costock Village; Wed., Little Eaton Village; Sat., Coleorton Village-10i. Sherwood h arrs., Tues., Mansfield Race-course; Fri., kl anableton•hill- 11. . Mr. Lumley's hds., Mon., Barnby Moor; Tues., Di nington ; Thurs., Armthorpe Village; Fri., Marlton Bar. _ Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Collingham Bar; Wed., Deighton Bar; Fri., Tadcaster Bar --11. he loves her with all the fervour of a generally unim passioned nature, he perceives plainly that hers are but superficial attractions, that she could never be a mis . sionary's wife, and, consequently, he must relinquish his project or relinquish her, and he chooses the latter alternative. His conduct in these trying circum stances is very naturally and effectively portrayed. The following conversation between St. John and his cousin Jane, gives a favourable description of his character, and gives, moreover, a beautiful description of the influence of religion on such a character as his. Jane, who is a very skilful artist, has taken a portrait of Rosamond, and offers to copy it for St. John ; he, somewhat reluctantly, refuses the proffered gift and then, breaking through his habitual reserve, speaks of the powerful but contradictory emotions which agitate his heart. The CHAIRMAN said that they had the happiness to live under a monarch whose pride it was to be in truth the Sovereign of the people.—(Applause.) It seemed to him as if there was at that moment a set made against queens.—(llear, hear.) For himself he owned that he was favourable to the rule of woman. It seemed to him that when a woman ruled the supremacy of the law was sure to be upheld. In such a case physical force m as sure to give way to moral force. He, therefore, confessed upon all those grounds he loved a queen.—(Applause and a laugh.) The Gallant Chairman, after adverting to the success ful rule of Queen Elizabeth, concluded by proposing, "Long life to the Queen ; may she never be sur rounded by those perils which beset the reign of her predecessor, Queen Elizabeth."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said he now came to the considera tion of that great question in reference to which their forefathers exercised the greatest jealousy, and in support of which he trusted those present were ready to exercise the same jealousy, and, if need be, to adopt the most energetic course to defend—need he say that he alluded to the great principle of "trial by jury" ?—(Applause.) The principle had been tested in the worst of times, and trial by jury had been found equal to all that could be required of it.— (Hear, hear.) Let them think what might have been the consequence if, in the instance of the men whose acquital they had that evening met to celebrate, the jury had bowed down to the dictum of a legal tyrant, and consigned the defendants to the tender mercies of the executioner.—(Hear, hear.) The jury, however, were not overawed by power. They acted as became honest men, and in the exercise of the right which belonged to them they acquitted the men whom the law-officers of the Crown were anxious should be convicted of high treason.—(Applause.) This was as it should be, and let them be ready, if ever the time came again when they should be required to stand by the liberties of the people, to do so, and to do so with the same effect as their forefathers. A judge may be a most learned person—something superhuman if they pleased, but give him twelve honest men of ordinary understanding, and with well regulated minds, and he would place greater dependence on their decision than he would upon any that might be arrived at by the most learned judge they could think of.—(Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he begged to give " Trial by j ury."— (Applause.) Mr. R. TAYLOR said he felt greatly honoured by being called upon to give the next toast—namely, the memory of the twelve men who, in 1794, were put upon their trial for sedition and treason, and whose acquittal they were that night met to celebrate. The toast was " The memory of Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, John Thelwall, John Augustus Bon ney, Stewart Ryd, Richard Hodgson, Thomas Hol croft, 'Jeremiah Joyce, Thomas Wardle, Matthew Moore, John Baxter, and John Ritchter." When he considered that this ist consisted of persons in various situations in life, from the humble shoemaker, as Mr. Hardy was, to the minister of religion, he was bound to believe that this was a determined effort on the part of the Government of the day to make all classes feel the weight of their hostility in opposing the rights of the people.—(Hear, hear.) All that the men whose memory they were about to do honour to did, was to attempt to effect that which had since been successful. They sought to uphold the rights of the people and carry out Parliamentary reform.— (Hear, hear.) For this they were branded as traitors to their country.—(Hear.) But they were not traitors—they were worthy men and good citizens, and he believed that much of the success that attended the prisoners upon that occasion resulted from the excellent cha racter of that worthy man, Thomas Hardy.—(Ap plause.) They could hardly believe now that such things had occurred, and which had been alluded to that evening, had in reality taken place. But there was no doubt of the fact, and yet, bad as the times were in 1794, there had been worse times, when men were sent to the scaffold by , that cruel and wicked judge, Jeffery, and when the intervention of a jury could not save an innocent man from destruc tion.— (Hear, hear.) Trial by jury had, however, saved twelve good men from being immolated at the shrine of despotic power under cover of the law, and it was the duty of the people of this country to keep up the recollection of that happy result.—(Hear, hear.) He had always great pleasure in attending those meetings, and so long as he was able to be present he should appear amongst them.—(Hear, o f t hear.) he Hehad twelve meh the whosepleasu memories e t know in m o orni eosthey wereight were about to do honour to, and he could truly say of them, as might be said of all, that they were virtuous and good men.—(Hear, hear.) They had defied death and torture, and all the fearful consequences that arose to persons found guilty of treason, in order that right principles might be upheld. He therefore thought they were worthy of all the sympathy that could be a, of counselnf, o a dot n t i o e f ef e , s Eat of three e nr d d s kt he Thelwall , i n towards them. With that view he pro posed th e i r memor i es i n so l emn s il ence . Mr. F. L AWRENCE then propose d " Th e memory c accused ," ca juries cnud s Gibbs, e who, i on a n andcharge 1794, aefrtgae ebr acquitted, al nu dd highip g t rHardy,teoa gratuitousstohoe: honesty of the jury and to the ability of Mr. Gibbs, he proceeded to pass a high eulogium on Mr. Erskine, to whose unequalled eloquence and honest enthusiasm in favour of his clients he attributed the acquittal of I Messrs. Hardy, Tooke, and Thelwall. The judges, " ' While something in me,' he went on, is acutely sensible to her charms, something else is as deeply im pressed with her defects: they are such that she could sympathise in nothing I aspired to—co-operate in nothing I undertook. Rosamond a sufferer, a labourer, a female apostle? Rosamond a missionary's wife? No!' " But you need not be a missionary. You might re linquish that scheme.' " Relinquish ! What—my vocation ? My great work? My foundation laid on earth for a mansion in heaven? My hopes of being numbered in the band who have merged all ambitions in the glorious one of better ing their race—of carrying knowledge into the realms of ignorance —of substituting peace for war—freedom for bondage—religion for superstition—the hope of heaven for the fear of hell? Must I relinquish that? It is dearer than the blood in my veins. It is what I have to look forward to, and to live for.' " After a considerable pause, I said —' And Miss Oliver? Are her disappointment and sorrow of no interest to you?' " ' Miss Oliver is ever surrounded by suitors and flatterers: in less than a month my image will be effaced from her heart. She will forget me ; and will marry, probably, some one who will make her far happier than I should do.' " You speak coolly enough ; but you suffer in the conflict. You are wasting away.' " No. If I get a little thin, it is with anxiety about my prospects, yet unsettl e d—my departure, continually procrastinated. Only ,this morning I received intelli gence that the successor, whose arrival I have been so long expecting, cannot be ready to replace me for three months to come yet: and perhaps the three months may extend to six.' " You tremble and become flushed whenever Miss Oliver enters the school room.' RAILWAY RETURNS itimwAy TRAFFIC, RETURN following are the Total Receipts of R&' h !rays for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the week returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year :- -__________.____ Week eliding Oct, 31 NAME OF RAILWAY. Amiens and Boulogne Ar broath and Forfar :: • •• •• •• •• ••• ••• •• •• • • • Chester and Birkenhead • •• •••• • • • Dublin and Dro g h e d a ... : • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • ****** • ••• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdecii • • ••• Edinburgh and Glasgow .... •• • • •• • • Eastern Counties and North Etui t • • East Lancashire ..... ern Eastern Union..... • ... • • •.. •- • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and A3l• • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock.. .. ••• • • • Great Southern and Western .. :• • • Great Western, &c ...............: Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Lancaster and Carlisle London and North Western, &c. London and Biackwall ............ London and Brighton . • • London and South Western... ,Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields North British .. • • • • • • • • • • • • " • • " • • Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Preston and Wyre........ • • • • • • • • • • Rouen and Havre .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester .. South Eastern and Branches ... • • • • • South Devon Taff Vale ............. ..... ........ Whitehaven Junction .• . .•.•• • . • . York and Newcastle . •..• . • • . .• York and North Midland ••••• • • • • • Last week. 674 218 773 815 1,422 28 '" ~ y. 2 Qet. z 31 30 24 30 30 30 a..", ci.i.:, • V.i t co be ~ 0 -9 750 1,456 3,602 12,004 352 3,714 9,509 890 1,118 2,632 1,001 1,940 8,967 1,404 39,273 418 2,116 962 18,539 9,647 39,098 855 8,727 8,598 726 7,639 6,232 2,248 1,762 648 21,449 586 17,864 975 2,40 2,404 1,946 2,367 7,253 1,531 1,170 6,356 2,861 556 9,062 1,291 1,913 8,487 872 1,326 767 IS7 12,279 8,946 5,791 6,524 - _ DRATH Or SIR NATHANIELL LEVETT PEACOCKE, 4 • 14.111 %--We have to record the demise of this li venerable a ronet, who ex pi re d on t h e I st i nst, a f ter a short I lln ess. The deceased who, in early life, served in the was born in 17 6 0, b e i ng th e son tithe first holder of ilia title. T/LE WICK FISH AND POTATO MARKETS.—Last W eek, in the Wick fish and potato markets, very large "PPles were bought. The potatoes, it is said, were gener ally of inferior quality, th oug h hi gh prices were (t ined. A sma ll cargo f rom M orayshire was disposed 0 at 203• per boll in retail. —lnverness Courier. i _ggs are now exte ns i ve ly exporte d f rom Zetland. tzsnort time ago they might be had in plenty at 2d. per en in Lerwick, though now they se ll at 5d ., and at 4 t Price are scarcely to be had.—lnverness Courier. " Again the surprised expression crossed his face. He had not imagined that a woman would dare to speak so to a man. For me, I felt at home in this sort of dis course. I could never rest in communication with strong, discreet, and refined minds, whether male or female, till I had passed the outworks of conventional reserve, and crossed the threshold of confidence, and won a place by their heart's very hearthstone. " You are original,' said he, and not timid. There is something brave in your spirit, as well as penetrating in your eye : but allow me to assure you that you par tially misinterpret my emotions. You think them more profound and potent than they are. You give me a larger allowance of sympathy than I have a just claim to. When I colour, and when I shake before Miss Oliver, I do not pity myself. I scorn the weakness. I know it is ignoble; a mere fever of the flesh: not, I declare, a con vulsion of the soul. That is just as fixed as a rock, firm set in the depths of a restless sea. Know me to be what I am —a co ld, hard man.' " I smiled incredulously. _ `You have t a k en my con fid ence by s t o rm,' lie con simply, l d,.tinned; ! and now i t i s much at your serv i ce . I am .3 7 . _in my ori g i na l state — str i ppe d o f th a t blood bleached robe with which Christianity covers human de:ormity—a cold, hard, man. Natural affec tion only, o f over me. Reason, i n the sentiments, has permanent power ald not Fe e li ng , i s m y gu ide : my ambition is unlimited ; my desire t o r i so hi g h e r, to do more than others, insatiable. I honour endurance, per severance, indust ry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends, and mount to lofty eminence. I watch your career with interest, because I consider you a specimen of a diligent, orderly, energetic woman : not because I deeply compassionate what you have gone throu g h, or what you still suffer.' " You would describe yourself as a mere pagan phi losopher,' I said. 44 No. There is this difference between me and deisti c philosophers: I believ e; an d I believe missed your epithet. lam no t a paganthe Gospel.o Youhristian philosopher—a follower of th e sect of but j a u s b s en A ig s na ll i i i s t disciple, I adopt his pure, his merciful, his doctrines. I advocate them : I am sworn to spread them. Won in youth to religion, she has cultivat e 1 original qualities thus: —Fr om the minute germ, natural affection, she has developed the overshadowing tree, phi lanthropy. From the wild, stringy root of human uprightness, she has reared a due sense of the Divine justice. Of the ambition to win power and renown for my wretched self, she has formed the ambition to spread my Master's kingdom ; to achieve victories for the standard of the cross. So much has religion done for me ; turning the original materials to the best account: pruning and training nature. But she could not eradicate nature: nor will it be eradicated till this mortal shall put on immortality.' " Having said this, he took his bat, which lay on the table beside my pitletta. Once more be looked at the portrait. THE SUN, LONDON, SA.TURDA.Y EVENING, NOVEMBER, 0, 1847. juries, prisoners, and advocates; had all passed away from that sublunary scene, but the memory of those who suffered in the cause of the people, and of those who upheld the sufferers, still lived, and was deeply cherished by the people generally; and he trusted that such means as that afforded to them that evening, by which they were enabled to give expression to their feelings on this most interesting subject, would long be continued to them. He begged, in conclusion, to give the toast with which he commenced his observa tions.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BECKWITH then proposed " The memory of Thomas Muir, Joseph Gerrald, Maurice Margarot, Fyshe Palmer, and William Skirving, victims of the arbitrary sentence of a v i n di ct i ve S co t c h C ou rt in 1799," and observed upon the hardship of the treat ment which these men endured for endeavouring to carry out principles which were now declared to be the law of the land.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HAVESTOCK, as we understood, proposed "The members of the London Corresponding Society," and eulogised the efforts of that society to uphold the rights of the people.— (Cheers.) Mr. ALEXANDER GALLOWAY rose to return thanks, and was received with applause. He said—lt is fifty years since I was arrested at a public meeting at St. Pancras with seven others, and bound over to take our trial on the charge of sedition. I was taken in 1789, on the imputation of high treason, examined by the Privy Council twice, and discharged on bail, to take trial for high treason.—(Hear, hear.) In less than a month a warrant for high treason was issued against me. I surrendered to it, and after being ex amined by the Privy Council, I was committed to Newgate. There were 70 or 80 persons confined in gaols on charges of treasonable practices, and many were imprisoned for four and six months, and about 20 or 30 were incarcerated for 40 months.—(Hear, hear.) I am, with one other, the only survivor of 70 or 80 who were imprisoned in the year 1798. In the year 1803 I was arrested on the charge of sedi tion, but never br oug h t to ' trial. I have been f our times in custody, and no guilt has been proved against me.—(Hear, hear.) The next year will make half a century, and here I am, and have seen the condition of the country greatly improved. —(Hear, hear.) The great objects of the London Corresponding Society have been accomplished. The Parliamentary Reform Bill, the Postage Bill, the Corn Bill, the Railway Bill, the Free Trade, and the Re duction of the Tariff Bill. The principles and ex ample of the London Corresponding Society have produced that sublime doctrine—the people are the sovereign power.—(Applause.) I hope to see you all again. Rest assured I will come amongst you so long as I am able to do so, and when I am not, why I must only bid you farewell.—(Applause.) Mr. PARRY said they had gone through all the for mal toasts of the evening. They had r emem b ere d Hardy and Thelwall, and !their coadjutors. They had done honour to the services of the juries who had tried those men—to the advocates who h a d d e f en d e d them. They had remembered their brother reformers who had suffered in Scotland; and there was yet one other thing they had to do, and that was, not to forget the principle for which the men whose memories they had that night celebrated were ready to suffer the se verest penalty of the law, rather than see it violated. That principle was enunciated by the c h a i rman when he propos e d the "Sovereignty of the People." It had been often upheld by the Gall an t Ch a i rman upon platforms and in his place . in the House of Com mons. He was proud to think that the Hon. Gentle man would shortly have an . opportunity of again ex pressing his views respecting i t his place in th e Commons of England, and th at principle was the ri g ht of every man of sound mind to be in possession of the elective franchise.—(Cheers.) Th at was the principle the London Corresponding Society upheld and propagated in the tracts of great ability, and which he should be glad to see reprinted, a t t h e in stance of a political tract society.—(H ear , h ear.) He contended that the principle of universal suffrage, which Hardy, Tooke, and The lwall were pr osecute d for proposing, was as much violated now as it had been in 1794, and the effect of the present system was to say to six millions out of seven of our fellow subjects, that they were unfitted to disch arge t h e duties of citizens as electors, while they were at the same time called upon to bear all the b ur d ens o f the state, in common with their more favoured fellow subjects.—(Hear.) After some equally appropriate observations, the Learned Gentleman concluded by proposing—" A radical reform of all abuses, and a true representation of the people of the British empire in Parliament."—(Cheers.) Mr. SAUL proposed " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world," which was drunk with enthusiasm. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII, Nov. s.—The Sharpshooter iron gun boat of 489 tons, and a screw propeller of 202 horse power, built on lines by Fincham, at Blackwell last year, was hauled alongside this jetty this morning, to be immediately rigged and prepared for commis sion by the dockyard hands. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, is getting on very well with her fitment and manning. She now only wants about 130 to complete her crew. It is highly creditable to both officers and men in this ship, that up to this time not one man has " run." Desertion generally prevails to a great extent in ships fitting out. The orders for the Terrible steam frigate to proceed to Sheerness to refit have been countermanded, boilermakers having been sent from London to make the necessary repairs at this port. The Virago steam sloop, Commander Lunn, arrived to• day from the Mediterranean. She left Gibraltar on Saturday last, direct for Spithead. She has been four years and seven months in commission, and will now be paid off at Woolwich. Mr. R. R. MOORE proposed " The Press," after which, Mr. P. A. TAYLOR proposed, in complimentary terms, the health of " The Chairman." The Asia, 84, Captain R. P. Stopford, and the Satellite, 18, Commander R. I-1. B. Rowley, are hourly expected here ; the former from Sheerness, the latter from Plymouth. In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Al bert, Bellerophon, and Recruit; Terrible, Sidon, Lightning, Fairy, Myrtle, and Echo steamers ; Blenheim, and Maria Somes, transports. At Spithead—Virago, and Princess Royal trans port. _ In the Basin—The Prince Regent, Retribution, Birkenhead, Helena, Frolic, and Rocket. The CHAIRMAN briefly expressed his acknowledg ments for the compliment conferred upon him, and assured the company that he was always happy to be present on occasions of that kind, when the real principles of public liberty were to be upheld and supported. Thanks having been given to the stewards, the company retired, evidently much gratified at the proceedings of the evening. In Dock—Leander, Ajax, Orestes, Sappho, Firefly, Rifleman, and Emerald, tender. ___. Wind south, fresh breezes, and cloudy weather -5' P.M. Royal Clarence-yard Battalion—The drills for the summer season having terminated, the officers of this battalion have presented their serjeant-major (John Snedwell) with a handsome gold-headed cane, and their drill-serjeants (Messrs. Charles Betts, William Lock, Joseph Clark, and John vegan) with silver headed canes, with suitable inscriptions. CHATHAM, Nov. s.—The Castor, 36 guns, Captain Charles Graham, from the East Indies, is ordered to be paid off at this port, without any of her bulkheads or internal fittings being removed. The Bonetta brigantine, and Sealark, 10 guns, in dock, were both finished in their coppering up to their loadwater line. They are being painted, and both will be undocked next week, when it is expected they will be immediately placed in commission. The Oberon steam packet, Lieutenant Commander (Tardner,:will be completed and put out of dock in the ea lorlypth instant. artofnext week, and will leave this port on the The Meander, 44 guns, fitting for sea, is to have a complement of 320 men. Her captain, the Hon. 11. Keppel, arrived at this dockyard yesterday and went on board the ship, where he remained some time. The marines for this ship will be draughted from the Chatham division. The Rhadamanthus steam•vessel, Master-Com mander Jonathan Aylen, arrived yesterday morning and disembarked the seamen belonging to the ordinary guard-ship Poictiers. She also brought the seamen belonging to the Ocean at Sheerness, being the seamen who navigated the Blenheim steam guard-ship to Portsmouth. She sailed again the same day. The Rochester, Sedwick, master, remains loading for Portsmouth, and will sail on the 9th inst. it,4„ 4: -0 BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) STANGE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AN IN SOLVE N PARKER V. BAILEY. Mr. CHARNOCA applied to the Court for a rule to show cause why the defendant, who had been arrested on a writ of capias ad satisfaciendem, should not be discharged out of custody on the ground of irregula rity. In June, 1844, the defendant was taken into custody on this writ, and he immediately filed a petition in accordance with the 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 Vict., chapters 116 and 78 and 9G, in order that he might obtain his discharge from custody and protec tion. The Commissioner discharged him, granted him his interim order, and appointed the 16th of October for him to come up to receive his final order; he was consequently discharged on the 9th of Sep tember in the Fame year, after having been in con finement from June until that day. Prior to the 16th an agreement was entered into by the defendant with his creditors, by which they were to receive 20g. in the pound, he agreeing to pay Si. per mouth for the first six months of the ensuing year, and 101. subsequently into the hands of the official assignee, until all their claims were dis charged. This was explained to the Commissioner when he came up, and as all the creditors, save one, assented to his proposition, the Court seeing that he was at large, and that his creditors were satisfied, dis missed his petition. However, from some cause, he was not able to complete this arrangement ; and on the 28th of September last the plaintiff issued a fresh writ on the same judgment, and the defendant was taken into custody. His first objection to the pro ceeding was that the proceedings with respect to the first writ ought to have been fulfilled. Then there was no return made to the first writ that he had been arrested upon it, and this was a fresh writ without any statement that the process was a fresh one. He contended, therefore, that the scire facias was wrong, inasmuch as it ought to have contained a recital of the former proceeding. Then the Court held that a man could not be taken twice on the same judgment; even it had been held that a man who had been arrested, and liberated, on his making an arrange • ment with his creditors, or in default to consent to be again arrested, could not thereby be bound; and surely a similar rule would apply to this case.--Rule granted. EXCEIEQUER—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron PLATT and Common Juries.) FESSEMEYER V. ANCOCH. This case, which has occupied the attention of the Court during the last two days, and whi c h wa s an action brought to recover the amount of a solicitor's bill of costs, for professional services alleged to be rendered to the plaintiff, was again resumed to-day. The evidence, which was of a very voluminous na ture, having been con c l u d e d, Mr. CROWDER and Mr. MARTIN were heard in reply. The Learned JUDGE, having summed up, The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of upwards ofan hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of 11. 11s., the jury being of opinion that there was no evidence to show that the plaintiff was employed upon any other business by the defendant than that for which charges were made, amounting to the sum given in the verdict. (Sittings in Banco.) STAGG V. LORD MILTOWN. In this case the Lord Chief Baron stated at the sitting of the Court, that the Court had had an op portunity of consulting with Mr. Justice Coleridge, and they were of opinion that the rule applied for yesterday ought to be granfed.—Rule granted. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. s.—The grocers have shown rather more disposition to purchase, and a fair amount of business has been done, since our last, chiefly in Barbadoes, at from 375. to 48s. per ordinary good middling qualities. Nothing doing in rum or molasses.—Bristol Mercury. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—Our ar rivals of grain are moderate, and the report generally from the - agricultural districts represent the sup plies as very small. To-day we experience a steady sale for wheat at an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter over the rates of last week. Barley realises full prices, but there is no desire to purchase beyond actual want. Oats and Shelling steady. THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT HACKNEY.--For the third time, the inquiry concerni ng th e mysterious death of Mr. Samuel Nelme, aged 73, was resumed yes terday, before Mr. H. Baker, the Middlesex coroner. On the last occasion it was stated, on oath, by Dr. Letheby, of the London Hospital, that he had detected arsenic in the contents of the stomach. He also ana l) sed some pounded sugar taken from the residence of the deceased, which had been used to sweeten a wine glassful! of arrow root which the deceased had drank just before he had been attacked. In four ounces and a half of this pounded sugar, Dr. Letheby extracted half an ounce of arsenic—enough to kill 100 persons. The following additional evidence was adduced::—Maria Buchan, a servant at Mr. Nelme's residence, stated that she did not attend to the pounding of the sugar. On Sunday week the lad Allt well brought her some pears to bake, and asked her if she did not think his grandfather would not die suddenly. She replied she did not know, and ' inquired of him why he thought so. He answered be cause his eyes looked so queer. On Tuesday, as well as she could recollect, she found two keys under the sofa cushion. One was the garden-gate key, and the other belonged to a closet, but not where the sugar was kept. [lt was explained that the arsenic was kept in a book case, in a back room.] Mrs. Simpson,, who was on a visit at Mr. Nelme's house when he expired, spoke to receiving the keys from the above witness, and handing the drawer key to the police. Sergeant Ha wkes pro duced it. Ile then went into a lengthened statement about the shooting transaction. It was ottly a repetition of what has already appeared. It was explained that Dr. Letheby was now engaged in a more extensive and satisfactory analysis of the contents of the sto mach. After much evidence had been Lepia'etle Main" bj6LYSi&r." l "' - ' '-- • ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The monthly meeting of this club on Thursday, at the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden, was most nume rously attended by members, it having been very generally understood that some discussion would take place with respect to the charge of smuggling against le Due de Stackpoole, a member of the club, whose yacht, the Gipsy Queen, had been seized by the officers of Customs. After the disposal of some routine business, Lord ALFRED PAGET (the Commodore) expressed his desire to hear the opinions of any gentleman upon the matter. He understood a lumber of the club had been charged with some violation of the law, and wished to hear the views that the members pre sent took. Several gentlemen said a few words. They, one and all, agreed that, pending an inquiry by the pro per authorities into the matter, any proceeding on their part would be premature, but that, 11 the accused party were found guilty, they would express the indignation which gentlemer of a club of the character of the Royal Thames Tacht Club, whose dignity had been ccenpromi se d should evince. , Lord ALFRED PAGE T then proposed the following motion :—" That the c l u b deeply ragret t h at, th roug h the medium of the pre ss , t h ey lave heard that a member has been accu se d o f breaking the laws of his country. They sincer e l y hope such may not the case, nor will they pass any have found him guilty. Sh ould suc h un f or t un ately be the case, they will n o t l ose the fi rst oppor t un ity of expressing their indi gna ti on that Any mem b er s h ou ld have so acted." censare until the laws It was carried unanimously. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AIIIPUITHE A7 RE.—A new grand military spectacle, lm entitled The Ca of Silesia, founded on the libretto of Meyerbeer's celebrated opera, is to be produced here on Monday evening. The play is written by Mr. J. H. Stocqueler, and the s?octacle is produced under the superintendence of Mr, W. West. Report speaks highly of the gorgeousness and magnificence with which this drama has been placed upon the stage, and great success may be confidently articipated. HIS EXCELLENC Y MR. JAMES BROOXE.—In addi tion to other marks of appreciation which will be con ferred by her Majesty upon the enterprising Englishman who has done so much tor the interests of his country during his residence in Borneo, the Meander, of 44 guns, commissioned at Chatham on Monday last by Lieutenant Reed, late of the Asia, and to be commanded by the Hon. Henry Keppel, late of the Dido, 18 guns, recently returned from service in the Chinese seas, will convey his Excellency, Governor James Brooke, to Borneo, the scene of his former labours, in the early part of next year, and remain at that station, to assist him in pro tecting the interests of Great Britain in that quarter of osifbnrn Arsenal. b a egn, a t moa t t e twe e r tr the world. Several of the parties who served in the Dido have applied to the Admiralty for permission to serve in the Meander, under their former gallant com mander; and it is expected that she will be ready for sea and leave this country for Borneo early in Februar next. platforms,F og:T r r ooumupei ground od t tar h wpo e dpof oe p twa r her down the 56-pounder gun-carriages and platforms have the bottom of the wheels supporting the platform, will wharf-wall, and the point-blank, or the level of the guns will be at an elevation of ten feet from the ground, te a th ll e ow riv t e h r e , m ov t e o r 32- pounders can only be fired across the river, or near the front of the battery, the position they will occupy being on the ground of the wharf-wall, and they will be fired through embrasoures constructed for that purpose. The battery is built of bricks, and strongly coped with granite. DISASTROUS FlRE.—About five o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the tan-yard premises of Mr. Joseph Watson, anner, of Kirkstall, near Leeds. not only to the buildings, The fire engines kept ' by the mill-owners in the neigh bourhood, and also those from Leeds. were promptly on the spot, but the flames were not subdued till consider ablek of leather and bark. The damage is estimated at near 10,0001, by far the larger portion buti d o a t m he ag la e rg h e ad st b oc een done being in the stock, which was not insured; but the pre miseshad its origin in the loss. The fire is supposed to have engine -house, but that has not been satisfactorily ascer were protected by insurance to the amount of the ascer tained. r LONDON.—The ordinary BOTANICAL SOCIETY O meeting was held last eventri.g at the society's rooms, 20, Gray, Esq., F.R.S., presi dent,Bedford-street, Strand, J. valuable specimens of British last meeting some very and that they would be dis tributedplants have been received, the next distribution of the to the members at . ens of a new British plant in the chair. The secretary stated that since the society's duplicates. Specimens draa or anacharis, was and supposed to be an bi pre sented by the Rev. A. Bloxstri. (exhibited at the Linnean Society, on Tuesday last), ryhoyes nearly ats t h e completed, landing place LIGHTHOUSES AT FARON AND YSTAD. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Swedish and Norwegian Consulate-General, 2, Crosby-square, Nov. 4, 1847. Sir,—l have the honour to communicate to you the following translation of an ordinance issued by the Royal Navy Board at Stockholm, on Sept. 24, 1847 : " The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known, for the information of mariners, the following publi cation regarding the lighthouses at Faron and Ystad, viz.:— " Ist. The lighthouse on the N. E. point, or the Holm point, on Faron, referred to in the ordinance of the 16th of April last, has been built during the sum mer, and will be lighted about the latter half of the month of October, of the present year. As a differ ence between the light house on the island of Oster garn, east of Gottland, this new one will be revolving, and will give four equally strong lustres, of about thirty seconds each, during a period of eight minutes, with a minute and a half's darkness between each lustre. The light will be visible in every direction from north to east and to south-west, and can be seen from a ship's deck in clear weather at a distance of 3} geographical miles. " 2nd. In place of the lanterns at Ystad, hitherto only lighted on certain occasions, there have been built two light-houses, provided with sideral lamps. The larger one, or the one furthest in the harbour, will have a common white lustre, fifty-two feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible from W.N.W. to S. to E.N.E., and can be seen at a distance of from two to three miles during clear weather. The lesser and outer light-house is erected on the farthest end of the west pier of the harbour, is twenty feet above the level of the sea ; and, to distinguish it from the greater light-house, as well as from the lights of the houses of the town, has a red lustre visible all round the horizon, at a distance of about one to one-and-a-half geographical miles. This light-house, on entering the harbour, must be taken close on the larboard tack. The bearings of these light-houses from each other is N.E. by N. and S.W. by S., and the distance between them is 1451 feet. The light-house on the west pier is painted white, and the larger one is painted two thirds from the bottom red, and the remainder white. These two will be lighted first towards the end of the month of October, and will, as well as the light-house on the island of Faron, be lighted during the hours appointed by Government in the rules and regulations regarding pilotage and beacons. " Signed CHARLES TOTTIE. " W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." Royal Board of Trade and Customs, C i llptLalaue,••••, •.7 lAA l-I,IAJLPV., 10 . 11 • At Spotsbjerg, on the east side of the entrance to Isefiord, in 55 deg. 58 min. 35 sec. north latitude, and 11 deg. 51 min. 50 sec. east longitude, a fixed sideral light will be exhibited, placed in a light house 10 feet from the ground, and 120 feet above the level of the sea. This new light, which will appear for the first time on the Ist November next, and afterwards will con tinue to burn the same time as the other lights of the kingdom, will be visible at sea at the distance of two Danish miles, and will also light the Isefiord in the direction of about S.W. by S. In consequence of the establishment of this new light, the !anthem on Spotsbjerg, which the fisher men have hitherto been allowed to exhibit there from the Ist of September to the Ist of November, will be discontinued in future. Danish Consulate, London, 30th Oct., 1847. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day of October, 1847. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. _ X. Note i 13sued • . .. • • • . 22,009,490 Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities •• • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 6,664,511 Silver bullion ...... 1,144,979 £22,009,490 A 22,009,490 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. . 1847. fated the 4th day of November, IEP AITKEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 10,619,607 Other securities .. .. 20,409,897 Notes .. .. •.•... .. .. 1,176,740 Gold and silver coin.. 429,384 X 32,1129,628 M. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. 1847. BANKING D: Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 [test • .•• • • • . 3,537,819 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say -Ings-bank s, and Dl viaend accounts).. 4,696,032 Other deposits ...... 8,911,442 Seven day and other bills• • •• ...... .... 931,335 432,629,628 Dated the 4th day of November, nn s ae o h rt t ece m hrd cropaieannnrtgato. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF CORNWALLIS.—This much respected lady died on Thursday, the 4th inst., at St. Leonard's • on-Sea, after a lengthened illness, at the early age of 37. Her Ladyship, who was particularly known for her benevolent disposition, was the fourth daughter of Thomas Bacon, Esq., of Redland, Berks, su lB e 42 ; andne being g was i s married h Lordships Earlthiv third Cornwallis She e n August,leaves daughter, ILLNESS sheep. ]Four lit A‘this Lady ooNiuusrorayhTtrehtH J Oaeo u l aurris i I t jav b born r n o r i n s l k B n 4 D 4. la t A . —A Frankfort journal states, on the authority of a letter from Turin, that e t n h a t e p l King a i n t o i fn the esaenn Sardinia ddE. there Eh chest, SHEEP. —From ibeenwhich hadattacked required with lentm tto be bled four times. He was afterwards better. WESTMINSTER OPTHALMIC HOSPlTAL.—Yester day a meeting of the Governors and Committee of the above Hospital, founded in 1816, for the relief of the in digent poor labouring under diseases of the eye (without letters of recommendation), was held in the Board-room of the Institution, in Agar-street, Charing-cross, for the transaction of business. The report stated that there were now on the books near 3,000 out-patients and 15 in-patients ; for the reception of the latter class the o w f a w r wards contain 30 were beds, in-p in-patients. t u i e t owing nts. abuslrelr t iok o ntmhnac t eei h .ogt e whil p etaaiss r cya e kbee s f low sru e ooto n nfnam t sdbwiladvi: state of the funds, the above number only can be admitted. 4,100 persons had been relieved during the past year, more than 67,000 poor have participated in its benefits. e e i n g a h no t t s : o t of Mr.Le o farmsch Cunningham,e i l ' s o f m r country , Rmo sa ha have er t ds h a i i in our o th u e r h n e e e ig t h s b h o ee u p rh w o e o l d k , e a in g t r h e e atpo r ti on of which fm o abor f errr W i t a.sv u mheG r l ed n o N ern i enterprising sn a tt i e g o r , pb i re n i wintereds i the n g ht this 1 w , to e e b k : Highlands, and its one of the most extensive rearers of sheep, present on that farm alone being upwards of 16,000. Ross-sliire Advertiser. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 5.) SIIIIAR.--To-day the raw Sugar market presented a healthy appearance: all parties were desirous to operate, prices advanced, and supplies were small. West India Muscovado of all qualities was in excellent demand, 890 hhds and trcs finding buyers; the rates paid are 6d, and in some cases is per cwt above those of Friday last. The total sales for the week amount to 3,100 hhds and trcs. The public sales held to-day were small. The market for Sugar of all kinds closes with an improving appearance. A public sale of 120 hhds of Barbadoes is declared for Tuesday. REFINED.—To-day prices were firm for refined goods, and the demand was active—Standard lumps at 53s to 1 53s Gd, and brown grocery 52s Gd to 535. For Bonded crushed Sugar the demand is active for exportation, chiefly at 28s tid per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, but a good business was concluded privately, and the rates paid were rather above those that prevailed previously. A cargo of Porto Bice sold at 18s Gd to 19s, and 500 chests brown and yellow Bahia 17a to 19a per cwt. MOLASSES.—For West India of all sorts the market continues in a dull state, and prices are on the decline. A parcel of good Antigua has been sold at 18s per cwt. Bengal Treacle is little wanted, and 17s to Hs is the value. Coco.a.—West India is offered rather under former rates, but buyers have operated with reluctance on all kinds, and the supply is more than sufficient for the de mand. Of 700 bags of Trinidad offered at auction, a part only sold : good grey 42s to 42s 6d, middling 40s to 41s, good red 43s to 455. In Foreign there has been little passing privately, and 460 bags of Bahia at auction were taken in at 39s for fine bright red. A further fall it is expected will take place in the value of all kinds of Cocoa, as there is a plentiful stock here. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon was in good demand, and 670 bags 24 casks at auction all sold at an advance on former rates of 2s to 31—good coloury fetched 63s to 655, middling 52s 6d to 56s 6d, low middling 49s to 50s 6d, fine fine ordinary 46s Gd to 463 6d, fine ordinary 43s to 43s Gd, good ordinary 41s to 42s 6d, triage 31s, and damaged 3'2s Gd to 465, very low ditto 15s to 15s 6d. Native met with increased atten tion, and 1,434 bags all found buyers at very low rates —good ordinary 32s 6d to 335, real good ordinary 33s to 33s 6d, and damaged 25s Gd to 31s Gd. For auction, 3,700 bags 200 casks Plantation Ceylon and 50 casks 200 barrels Jamaica are declared. TEA.—There is no improvement to notice in the value of Congou, but the low rates that exist induced the home trade to be more inclined to do business, and they have taken several parcels of all qualities ; indeed, the business concluded has been greater than dating the last few weeks. The rates accepted have been-1,,w qua lity 71d to Bd, good common 8!d to 8:0, mid and but mid 93 to lid, good strong black leaf 1i to Is 2d, fine and Pekoe flavour, is Is 3d to is 7d; upon these terms there is, however, a desire on the part of h o ld ers to sell. Souchong met with little attention, and is offered at 11,1 to is 2d fur ordinary and middlin g, an d at is ' 3d to 2s 2d for good to fine. In Pouchong,, sales t o a f a i r extent have been m a d e at d to gd, A f a i r amount of business has ken conclud e d i n green, -, but holders are sellers It ' p ' on low t erms. F or Pekoe Tea there are few l buyers, o cheap a s a ll ki nds are; we quote bl ac k leaf at.d to p e Irslb6.d, f s lo ii N i N c •e e ry tb l is Oi d i a t y o o 8s 6d, and ora nge 8 d to 1s 8d week the arri va l s have been unimportant, but the deli veries are upon a large scale for home consumption I are likely so to continue on account of the cheapness and o c f all kinds. Ric an ' d Ti the 3 . k..— 0-(.ay demand was good for East India Rice privately many pllrchases were made in all kinds and higher rates were paid. At public sale 517 bags Ceylon sold at lOs 6d to lls for middling white, and which is an advance on former rates of 3d to Gd per cwt. SAGO. —There is a better opinion entertained towards this article; but at present no advance can be noticed in the val ue. P r i vately, however, several parcels have been sold—low to mid small Pearl at 16s to 18s, and good to s ___l7 N 7 k . , r'••-•,...n: , , ~~~ Rum, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—AIthough there are sellers of Jamaica Rum upon previous reduced terms, yet shippers and the home trade operated with caution in all sorts, and the total sales for the week are only 100 puns ; fair quality 33 to 35 per cent. over proof at 3s 6d to 3s Bd, good 36 to 38 35 9d to 3s 11d, fine in small parcels 4s 2d to 4s 4d. For Leeward Island rather lower rates having been again taken caused the demand to be brisker, and 300 puns have been sold at Is 8d to is 9d proof strength. East India met with little attention, and proof is only worth Is 6d to Is 7d. Demerara is not much in demand, and strong sorts can be obtained at 3s to 3s 3d. Brandy is not offered at any further reduction, but the home and export demand has been limited, and 4 the supply keeps good. FRIIIT.—There have been three public sales this week, consisting of 85 butts 41 caroteels Patras Currants, damaged, a part sold from 42s to 455; 4,113 di ums Turkey Figs 38s to 50s; 303 boxes of Muscatel Itaixins, layers, 42s to 465; 130 boxes, ditto, bunch, 40s to 425, half ditto 425, quarters 48s: 76 casks new Dates taken in at 655. 1,550 boxes New Valentia ltainna at 38s, all sold; subsequently, a cargo by private con tract has been put on the market at the same price. Of new Currants there have been several arrivals this week, new Cephalonia and Zante; the two first. cargoes in London opened at 435, quality fine; new Pats as gc off steadily at 455. Of new Turkey Figs the arrivals have been considerable, and a great proportion of very inferior quality, and much out of condition; fine masts a ready sale at good prices. COCHINEAL—This afternoon Cochineal met with less attention, and 41 bags at auction sold at 4s 6d to 4b 7d for good Teneriffe Silvers for exportation only, being rather cheaper. 200 bags are declared for auction. TURPENTINE.—Rough has fallen in value, and not much business has been done ; the latest rates accepted were 9s 6d to 9s 9d. For Spirits the market is in a dull state, and prices aro on the decline, British drawn selling at 42s to 435, and American at 43s to 43s 6ti. Tar is still wanted, and the parcels sold were at 18s to 18s 6d for Stockholm, and at 19s 6d to 20s per barrel for Archangel. OILS.—A further increase has taken place in the stock of Fish Oils, and although there are sellers at a further reduction in prices, yet there is no increase to notice in the demand from exporters or the home trade. This afternoon at public sale 45 casks Cochin Cocoa Nut Oil sold at 62s 9d to to 64s for fine. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 500 casks of Australian tallow sold at 39s 6d to 43s 9d, low 36s to 395; 480 boxes, 80 pipes, 35 hogsheads South American 44s to 455, low and middling 42s 9d to 43s 6d ; fifty casks new first sort Yellow Can dle 43s to 43s 3d, and which are lower rates. - BRODIE'S BANK. EXTENTS IN AID. SALTSBURY, THURSDAY, Nov. 4.—A jury WAS specially empannelled this morning, at nine o'clock, at the White Hart Hotel, by Mr. Goidney, under sheriff for Wilts, to ascertain in what amount the Messrs. Brodie, bankers at Salisbury, were indebted to the Crown for moneys deposited on account of the Salisbury Savings Bank, the staff officer and Pen sioners, and the Excise. The UNDER SHERIFF, after reading the writs, stated that the present proceedings were instituted for the purpose of enabling the officers of the Crown to attach the property of the bank in liquidation of the claims immediately. Proofs were put in, showing that a sum of 8731. ss. 2d. had been paid into the bank on account of the Salisbury Savings Bank, another sum of 546/ on account of the Excise department, and a furthe sum of 981. 12s. 4. on account of the staff officer, for the payment of Pensioners. The UNDER SHERIFF stated to the jury that pro perty to the following amount had been seized, that there were no available securities yet found, that there was no land nor buildings likely to benefit the estate, all appearing to be either mortgaged, or secured on life annuities : Notes and good cheques ... £1,601 15 5 Old gold Shop stock at W. B. Brodie's ....... 3,720 0 0 Printing-office stock, &c.......... ... 820 0 0 At Charles G. Brodie's first wine cellar 1,408 0 0 Second cellar ••• •••• Spirits William Bird Brodie's furniture, plate, carriage, &c. . . Charles G. Brodie's ditto ditto 1,050 0 0 420 0 0 T0ta1......... 15 5 The jury gave a verdict for the sums claimed, with expenses, amounting together to 1,5191. 17s. Gd., and leaving a balance of 8,7551. 17s. 11d. only to satisfy the claims of all the other creditors. This day r large mill has been taken possessinni-. Hearn, at and a stationee.s..s,h2ne-street, has also been closed eihs morning, in which Mr. Brodie had the principal share. The jury had each 3s. awarded them, which they unanimously agreed should be given to a poor man who has been thirty years a servant of Mr. W. Brodie's, and everything in money he possesses is in the notes of that bank—himself in the last stage of consumption, he having a wife and seven children, four of them at the present moment lying ill of a dan gerous fever. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.—Last evening upwards of 800 inhabitants and electors of this borough, suppArt ers of the Liberal cause, assembled at the Victoria Rooms, to celebrate the return of Messrs. Cockburn and Willcox at the late general election. The bo rough of Southampton had for many years past been represented by Conservatives, and although many attempts had been made at various times to return Liberal candidates, those attempts were never successful till the last election, when, on account of the care with which the registration had been attended to by the Liberal party, the Conservatives who were the former members, namely, Messrs. Hope and Mildmay, retired from the contest, leaving the Liberal candidates, Messrs. Cockburn and Willcox, in undisputed possession of the field. A tri umph so complete has given a fresh impetus to the Liberal cause in this town, and there can be little doubt that henceforth the support it will receive, will render the return of popular candidates at future elections a matter of certainty. The :victory gained for the first time by the Liberal party, in the recently contested muni cipal elections, also served to put them in good spirits, and contributed very materially to the interest and enthusiasm of yesterday's demonstration. Mr. Cockburn arrived in the town by special train about three o'clock, and was warmly received by his friends and supporters, who met him at the station. In corn.. Aliment to Mr. Willcox, who is extensively engaged in the shipping trade, flags were flying from all the vessels on the Southampton waters, and dinners took place on board many of them, to celebrate the lion. Member's return to Parliament. The dinner took place at the Victoria-rooms, a was supported lobruteldldbinygmart. the end of the High-street, and was presided over by Mr, Anderson, Mr. Lankester, Richard Andrews, Esq , who Cockburn, M.P., Mr. Willcox, IMP., ALP., Mr. George 'Alihro.nurip.soLna,iAlli.P., Mr. Behan, Mr. lil eYj J. DCraelvtlialyr., I‘ .ll l l r r J ci o . h A n t Coll hc rl y e ' y e wereD. Brooks,cbaracAteirr. characterised F. Cet'boyopmer, I, &c e . ntb The sm pr . oc l e v edi e n r gs e. are unable touficod s gret that w e delivered on th e occasion. pace for the sp ee ch es 0 Lynatic THEATRE —INYe have been inf o rm e d th a t this hous e h as been taken for " legitimate " purposes by Mr. James Wallack and Mr. Vaudenhoff. Mr. Wallack, one of the most brilliant actors and perfect artists of his d \Av a i y re. , hA o e u .a g rii ht to be heartily welcomed back to our stage. (B) Beckett, k b e u t r t l , the stock for this theatre by es ard e th en at A t i h r e u introduction to the pan tomime will be written by Mayhew lIIGIITON'S ELECTRIC TELEG o lt r Ar e Th . electric telegraph on the Baden Railway was opened li on e the of October last. The Government of Baden, before laying it down, appointed a commission to examine all the different electric telegraphs in use, and to report as to the best plan. In accordance with the recommenda tion of this commission, they adopted IJighton's Patent Gold Leaf Telegraph ; and the practical working of it gives them the highest satisfaction. Professor Eisenlohr of Carlsruhe, who has been appointed by the Govern ment to superintend it, reports that the plan is so perfect that it must come into general use throughout the world. lle states that with one wire only information is being transmitted at the rate of thirty letters a minute, whilst the most complicated apparatus, and one that costs ten times as much and requires a much more powerful cur rent of electricity, gives not more than sixty or seventy letters per minute and is not so certain in its action. The words in the report of the learned Professor are, excites the admiration of the world." I / . ~ _~ ~'-. _. 4 -,•~~ 131 lii to no pei +S 1, ffiiii ritAii- 41410 WiTil f iKW„- a the supply i s sma ll , pr i ces are supported. 1 ~. AR. SPICE6.—The demand for brown Nutmegs has been active this week, and the rates paid are fully equal to those that prevailed previousle, indeed fine kinds brought 2d per lb advance: at auction 61 chests 6 boxes and 9 bags were all sold. Mace is in larger supply, and a decline in the value of 2d per lb has taken place ; but 42 chests Penang at public sale all found buyers. Cloves are. little required, and prices tend downwards: of 66 ehests Penang offered at auction a part only sold. For Pimento a good demand has been experienced, but in consequence of the supply having been larger, a slight decline in the value took place : at auction 680 bags were all sold. Black Pepper is not to be obtained at any further reduction in prices, but exporters and the home trade operate with caution ; at suction 757 bags of Tellicherry were sold. White sells more freely, and at auction 121 cases were disposed of at 71d to 7 a l-d for fine TellicheiTY, being the full value. The supply is very small of Cast is Lignea, and buyers are compelled to pay further ad vanced rates. For Ginger there is only a limited de mand; prices are low. Cinnamon met with lit:le atten tion, and there is a desire to sell on previous low terms, viz., Ceylon, first sort 3s to 4s 6d, second is to 3s 3d, third and fourth 6d to 2s 4d per lb. INDIGO.—Since the conclusion of the quarterly sale, of East India the market has presented a firmer appear ance. All kinds have been in good demand by exporters and the home trade, whilst the rates paid are 2d to 3d per lb. higher, and there is but a moderate quantity on offer. For Spanish full rates are asked. For auction 150 serons of Guatemala are declared. I