The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-17 00:00:00

I ONDrIN. WEDNESa A Y P-IV PIN LNG N 0 V P B /1,1 n 1 , 1847, T Ft n 4. IN.z.r - 41`7-V'",.., , A. , -----stt , 4 , ,wtt , v , -„ 20: ":,.,,t , ettresato-s , ft. ' - Wad other damage, having experienced dreadful weather, ilr absa'utely mill and void to all intents and pueposes with heavy wh'cli stove in her stern, end nearly whatsoever. New the question at issue was simply, filled the ship with water. whether inarrietae with a deceaF-ed wife's sister came LYNN, NOV. 16.—Tne Economy, Il'ncliffe, of and for w ithi n the prohibited degrees of affinity. Prohibition Hull, from Barwick, get upon the Long Sand 13th i :sr by what? By whom ? It might be prohibited by and filled ; she has since been g ot oft and brought in the laws of Goal, by the canons of the church or by here much damaged. the ccyttnion er statute law of the land. The 4 and 5 SWANSEA, Nov. 16 —The barque Henry, Potts, of and from Liverpool, for Cardiff, ran on the Sker-weather William IV. determined those marriages which came this mo rn i ng , and afterwards broke up ; crew (exceia within the proliibitel degrces. The Act of Henry VIII. one) sav e d. lie concaive.l, contained the whole law of England PORT TALB t ,T, Nov. 16. The Ann an I Sarah, on the ,itije and presented to their Lordships this Hawk, for Bristol, got ashore on the Bar yesterday important question ripe for their judgment. The morning, and sunk, but it is expected she is ill Le got off statute, which was passed in 1540, stated that marriage to-day. might be contracted in the Church of England be tween parties if they were not prohibited by the law of God or the law of the land. Therefore, all mar riages were le wful which were not against the law of God as promulgated in the book of Leviticus. It was right that he should state to the Court that the happiness of tens of thousands of persons depended upon the construction which might be put upon this matter by the Court. Marriage was an institution enjoined by the Almighty, and was a human tribunal to restrain the liberty given to man by God ? Surely no. No human tribunal had a right to place any restraint upon the natural desire of man to enter into the institution of marriage, unless the act was proved to be immoral, and against the command of the Supreme Being, that man should contract marriage of his own free choice. It might be said to be unnatural for a young girl of 16 or 18 to marry a man of 80 years of age, and for ladies of high rank to marry pot-boys, or for persons afflicted with hereditary diseases to marry, yet the Legislature did not interfere with such marriages; there was no interference, except, perhaps, with royal marriages. He contended, therefore, that the law must be largely and liberally construed by their L )rdships in favour of the liberty of man. For 1,500 years before the advent of our Saviour, the law, as set down in Leviticus. had been practised without restraint or censure by the Jews ; and up to the time he spoke the practice had not fallen into disuetude, but had been extensively followed. Some centuries ago a Council of Bishops assembled in a small town in Spain, and framed laws, forbidding clergymen to marry, and commanding those who were married to repudiate their wives, making laws, at the same time, for the government of marriages for the future. But they must not take the law from the dicta of " Popes, priests, and councils," they must look at the words of the Bible—for fallible man had commit ted, in dealing with the question, many gross errors; for instance, these " Popes, priests, and councils," had determined that it was unlawful for a man to marry his seventh cousin. But they must not take the book of Leviticus as a perfect code of laws with respect to marriage—they must seek for some interpretation of its meaning in the natural feelings and dispositions of men. The 18th chapter of Leviticus stated that a man might marry " those near of kin to him ;" whilst the 21st chapter explained, that what was meant by this was, that a man might not marry his mother nor his sister, and that a daughter might not marry her father or her brother. There was no prohibition against a man marrying his grandmother or his great-grandmother. Such marriages were not forbidden, because they were deemed too unnatural and extraordinary to be possible. The words in the 16th verse of the same chapter had been made the foundation of this pro hibition. " Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife : it is thy brother's nakedness." Though a man was forbidden in these words to marry his brother's widow, their Lordships could not therefore consider them to import that a man was forbidden to marry his deceased wife's sister. He was at a loss to understand on what ground, after the law of God had been practised for 4,000 years, it was sought to he impugned, and a different import put upon it. If the passage he had just quoted stood alone, it would be an absolute prohi bition ; but it did not stand alone. The Scripture said further, " Thou shalt not marry thy wife's sister in her lifetime to vex her," and it was well known that Jacob married two sisters, Rachel and Leah, and they were told that during the life of his first wife his domestic tribula tion with the two was great. Let the Court permit hiM, without irreverence, to assume that the Bible was an English Act of Parliament, would they in that case hold that such a marriage was unlawful ? The Jews of this and other countries had for thou sands of years married in this way, and no doubt had been cast upon the validity of their contracts. It was contended, on the other side, that the translation of the Bible was incorrect, as the Hebrew and Greek differed ; and that in reality the Bible was opposed to polygamy altogether. The marriage of Henry the Eighth with Catherine, his deceased ' brother's wife, was deemed to be strictly in conformity with the law of God, but it was subsequently an nulled by another Parliament, showing how made- quate man was to interpret properly the law of God. Returns had been received from not more than one third of the kingdom, and they showed that since the statute of William IV. upwards of 1,600 of these marriages with deceased wife's sisters had been con tracted by nobles and poor men, clergymen, bar risters, officers in the army and navy ; and on a fair calculation, the question of the legitimacy of the 5,000 of the issue of these marriages depended upon the decision of the Court, and 500 petitions had been presented to Parliament in favour of the passing of an Act legalising all these marriages. The Bishop of Lan ded' had interpreted the law of God as he (the Learned Counsel) had stated it, although he doubted its expe diency. The Learned Counsel stated, that the fact of the law of man having been altered four times since the time of Henry VIII., showed that they should rely solely in this matter on the law of God; and having referred to a number of old statutes and autho rities, concluded by contending that the Court ought to decide in his favour. Mr. APSLAND replied, and contended, on the strength of numerous authorities which he cited, that ;he marriage was void. The further hearing of the arguments was ad ourned. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY Although the arrivals of English Wheat for our market this week have been by no means extensive, the show of samples here to-day, owing to a clearance not being effected cn Monday, was somewhat on the increase. All kinds met a very inactive demand at the late decline in the quotations. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been somewhat large. Selected qualities were in fair request, and at full prices ; but all other descriptions were a very slow inquiry. The sale for Barley and Malt was very dull, and the quotations had a downward tendency. The best parcels of Oats sold steadily, at full currencies ; otherwise, the Oat trade ruled dull. Beans and Peas were easier to purchase, but all other articles, including both English and Foreign 'lour, were held at full prices. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 1,760 qrs. 4,520 qrs. English • • •• • • Irish. Foreign •• •• • • Oats. I Flour. 1,050 qrs. I 1.710 sks. 5,010 I -- 2,350 1,090 Malt. 1.980 an. WHITECLI.ELPEZ. 9,190 The general demand was very firm this morning, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his Court at West minster to-day, to give several judgments, and to hear appeals. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The ATTORNEY• GENERAL made application to the Court to have the case of Captain Denman (which is appointed for a trial at bar), fixed for December 6th. The grounds upon which he based his application were that the attendance of a large number of officers connected with the Government was required, and that regulations had been made for their attendance upon that day. The CouuT accordingly fixed Dec. 6 for the trial. BUSINESS OF THE COURT. Public notice was given that the Court would sit in Banco upon the Ist, 3d, and 6th days of December, for the purpose of procet ding with such cases upon the new trial and demurrer paper as were not then disposed of. This arrangement would not interfere with the sittings at Nisi Prius. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the demurrer paper to-day, but no case of any general intere s t came un d er d i scuss i on during the morning. SECONDARIES'. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) FOWLER V. FREEBUER. This was an action to recover the sum of 421.25. 4d. on a bill of exchange accepted by the plaintiff for the a thereon, ec oni m od an a d t ()1 of 51.17 s . the 6d defendant,bought 3 for for and interestde livered to him. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default, and this was an inuir toas a ses r s o . mise The admission of li a bili ty on the bid, and to pay, was clearly made ou t. T he goods charged for were wines forwarded from Guernsey, but there was no evidence of delivery. The clerk to the plain tiff s attorney was called, and proved servin g the writ, with the amount of the claim endorsed, also with the particulars of demand, and notice of exe cuting the writ of inquiry, on each of which occa sions defendant said he knew that the plaintiff was entitled to the amount, but he was unable to pay at the time. No sum was mentioned, as the defendant had the documents in his hands at the time. The Learned SECONDARY held that as no notice had been given to produce the writ or particulars, the amount could not be inferred. There was no doubt as to the bill, but he was bound to tell the jury that there was no evidence as to the amount of the goods sold, but the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict for nominal damages on that count. The jury after consulting for about a quarter of an hour, gave a verdict for the full amount. The Learned SECOND/ART said that the jury had, in all probability, done no i n j us ti ce , b ut t h e i r ver di c t was open to legal objection. A Juror said they might, in the absence of evi dence, as well infer that 51. 17s. 6d. was due as ls. The SECONDARY said that defendant, by not plead , ing, admitted something was due, and plaintiff would have been entitled, in order to get costs, to a nominal verdict, although the debt itself had been paid. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Benedict Murphy, a respectable middle aged man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with embezzling various sums of money, amounting to 251., received on account of his employer, Mr. Thomas Walker, stove manufacturer and iron founder, of No. 48, Oxford-street, Birmingham, and 302, Oxford-street, London. The prosecutor stated that, ;about five months ago, he employed the prisoner to collect a number of out standing accounts, at a commission of ten per cent. for his trouble. He gave him a list of the debts, and requested that, as soon as he received any part of the money, to pay it directly to Mr. Spencer, his clerk, in London. From information he subsequently re ceived prosecutor was induced to come to Lyndon, and, On seeing Mr. Spencer, was informed that the prisoner had received upwards of 361., and had paid in only 81., keeping the rest for himself. He caused an inquiry to be instituted amongst the parties who owed the money, when it was ascertained that the whole of them had paid the prisoner, and produced receipts as an acknowledgment thereof. He then caused the prisoner to be taken into custody. Mr. Henry Lee, No.. 50, Noel-street, Islington, produced three receipts for the following sums-5/. paid on the 12th of July, 51. on the 16th of August, and 2/. 10s. 9d. on the 26th of August. The pri soner received the money, and signed the receipts. Mrs. Jane Gumins, No. 9, Quickset-row, New road, said on the 28th of August she paid the pri soner 21., and on the 18th of September 11.; the pri soner signed the receipts for the same. Mr. Samuel Spencer, clerk to the prosecutor, said he was requested by Mr. Walker to make out the bills of the outstanding debts, and to give them to the prisoner to collect. The prisoner was told by Mr. Walker to hand over to witness all the money that he collected, and not to keep any in hand for a single day. The prisoner had not accounted to him for any of the above sums. The prisoner denied the charge of embezzlement, and said when he was engaged by Mr. Walker that gentleman did not state that there was to be any specific time for the money to be paid to Mr. Spencer. He would repay Mr. Walker if he was allowed a few days. Mr. BINGHAM remanded him till Monday next. INCREAS 'FAX. (Prim the Times.) Among the many questions of the crisis, there is one of a very old fashioned sort beginning to pre:s for an answer. The nation is at this time living on its capital. It has recently added nine millions to its debt, a process which reduces the credit of the nation by that amount, and entails the addition of about 270,0001. to the annual expenditure. The question is, how is this loss to be met ? Are we to leave it alone, letting it stand over as a bequest to posterity ? Or are we to do our very best to retrieve it in a few years, and to transmit the estate to our children with no more encumbrances than we found on it when it came into our hands ? The latter of these is the snore honest and more !wilily course. There is not a more genuine and honourable object of pride than the preservation of i n h er it ances f rom was t e an d decay. It is not, inde e d, a l ways perm i tte d to man . Na tions, as w e ll as individuals, are occasionally obliged to preserve their existence or their liberty at the cost of their substance. We will assume, what it is usel ess t o d ou b t, t h at suc h was the necessity under which this empire was placed by the overwhelming pressure of the continental war, when its e lf, i ts possess i ons, and its trade were con tinually menaced and circumscribed by a furious and powerful foe. In that extraordinary case there might be no alternative than to charge on the future for ever the stupendou s cos t o f t h e nat i ona l ransom . But there is no such necessity now. It would be weak to allege th a t a p a lt ry n i ne millions can never b e re paid, and that our posterity in A.D. 2000 must still be paying the cost of Irish relief in 1847. No ; with our resources, we ought to wipe nine millions from the score at most in nine years. With a revenue, however, now on the decline, with a prospect of in creased demands on the Imperial Exchequer, with economy, too, somewhat overdone, it is evident we cannot liquidate the debt recently con tracted without fresh taxation. To that, in fact, we must come. It is a serious question whether we have not gone too far in the plausible and self indulgent plan of fiscal remission ; and whether we should not have done very much better to apply the surplus of good years to the abatement of our intoler able debt. The removal of those taxes which pressed upon industry was a sound speculation. The re moval of those which checked consumption might afford some relief; and make us more comfortable for the time, without any immediate injury to the Ex chequer. So far, however, f rom a ddi ng t o th e cap i ta l of the nation, an increased consumption of less neces sary articles can only be looked on in the same light as an increased private expenditure, which we know must make a man poorer, as far as it goes. It is still a question, therefore, whether we have made a right use of the savings which Providence lately threw in our way. There is a growing opinion that nations ought to seize the earliest opportunity for extinguishing what they can of their debt, and ought not to leave more than a moderate term of indebtedness to their children. In this respect our cousins across the Atlantic are teaching us a very useful lesson. So long as a state, however, can be sure of its own resolution to keep down it s d e b ts b y redeeming in good years the obligations contracted in bad ones, it is much more convenient to reduce the whole debt, old and new, to one simpl e an d eas il y negotiable form, as is our practice. We ar e on l y in sisting on the principle of keeping th e d e bt d own, even at some temporary inconvenience, by a sus t a i ne d or even augmented taxation. Of all the forms of taxation likely to come under review, perhaps the easiest to collect, and at the same time the mo s t pro ductive, would be the addition of two or three per cent. to the Property and Income-tax. To that tax, however, in its present form, there are serious ob jections often noticed in these columns, and, as it happens, new more than ever apparent. The hi s t or y of this lamentable year sufficiently proves the uncer tain tenure and fluctuating amount of incomes derived from trades and professions. The al mos t daily catastrophes announced in our City ar ticles, and the increasing record of lesser mis fortunes presented by the Gazette, render it probable that Income-tax, perhaps to the amount of hundreds of thousands has been paid this last year on profits starved below zero, and doomed soon to expire altogether. The same crisis which renders a new tax necessary has, in a multi tude of instances, almost, or even quite, annihilated income. All trades dependent on the price of colo nial produce, or on the condition of the money market, have proved not only unprofitable, but ruin ous. There could not be a greater mockery than a tax on commercial incomes at this moment, when there can be no doubt they do not generally exist, except in the negative form of annual deficiencies. Nor is it much to the purpose to allege that where there is no income there mill be no tax. The ob jection felt to confessing no income is almost as great as that felt against a more specious return. If the emergency is to be met by raising the pro perty and income tax to five per cent., now is the timb to remedy, if possible, the original imperfections of the measure. .Now is the time to change it into a property-tax, in which income will not be excluded, but only estimated as property, according to its marketable value. We have often exposed the in justice of taxing at the same rate as an estate in land an income which, as property, is worth only five or six years' purchase at the very most, which may fall off next year, and cease altogether the year after. A property-tax, to comprehend income estimated as property, would present some difficulties of adjust ment, and perhaps would never be quite clear of anomalies, so many and so fine are the gradations from income to property. We see, however, no insuperable difficulty, and, even if there should be a few smaller anomalies, they are preferable to one monster injustice, which falls heavy on poverty, and exacts as much from the breath of the nostrils, from the tongue, from the pen, from ephemeral reputation and credit, from the cap r i c i ous f anc i e s of the multi tude and every. other sort of fickleness, as from houses and lands, pits and mines, railways and canals, and, more solid than all the rest, the Three per Cent. Consols. ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR OF, GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. GLASGOW, MONDAY AFTERNOON. This election has been decided to day, after a very keeii struggle. Lord John Russell has been defeated by Mr. Mure, of Caldwell, M.P. for Renfrewshire. The defeat is the more marked as it has been almost the universal custom to return the Lord Rector for the second year, Lord John having been elected to the office in 1846, when he was unsuccessfully op posed by Mr. Wordsworth. The following is the state of the poll: NATIO LOUDONIANA. Lord John Russell .. 43 Mure, of Caldwell .. .. 17 Majority for Russell .. NATIO GLOTTIAI%A. Ohre Russell tir 4 ' t i 4 t bittor MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 13, 1847. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 322 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ..„ 92 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 131 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of • Respiration ... 299 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 43 Diseases of the Stom ac h, Li ver , an d o th er . Organs of Digestion ... -• • •• • •• • 97 Diseases of the Kidne)s, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 17 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 11 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• ••• 3 Old Age, er Natural Decay ... 46 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 27 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 88 ... 77 inure Russell Majority for Alure NATIO TRANBFORTIIANA. ... 1,098 Alure Russell Majority for Mure NATIO ROTIIShIANA, ... 100 ... 81 Majority for Mure ... • • 19 Mr. Mure has thus been elected by a majority of natiuns and separate votes. Po••ulation Average weekly Deaths Enumerwed, Deaths, 1842-8. In the 1841. Five Autumns. Week. West Districts... 301,326 . . 146 ... 173 North Districts.. 376,396 ... 184 ... 215 Central Districts 374,759 ... 196 ... 210 East Districts ... 393,247 ... 232 ... 221 South Districts .. 502,483 ... 288 ... 279 Totals... ..... 1,948,211 ... 1,046 ... 1,098 Alales ... ... ... ... ... 549 Females ~. ... ... ... ... 549 WRECK of the STEPHEN WHITNEY LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The following letter has been received to-day : " Canton House, Skibbereen, Nov. 13. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. " Gentlemen,—Being informed by the chief mate of the unfortunate Stephen Whitney packet-ship that you are agents for the property, I beg leave to in troduce myself as the Receiver of Droits of the Ad miralty in this district, and to state that I am making every possible exertion to secure whatever portion may be saved; and I regret to say there appears a disposition to secrete rather than give up the goods. However, I hope by intimidation and inducement to persuade the salvors that honesty is the best policy. I am just returning from Crookhaven and Skull, and proceed to-morrow to Baltimore and along that coast, where some articles have been removed. Males Females 0.0 •• • 638 ... 637 Total ... 1,275 WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) It will be recollected by our readers that a lad, named William Newton Allnntt, twelve years of age, was a few days ago charged at this office with steal ing a gold watch and appendages and other articles, the property of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Nelme, widow of the late Mr. Nelme, of No. 2, Grove-place; Hackney, respecting whose mysterious death by poison a protracted inquiry is going on before Dir. Baker, the coroner. The youthful prisoner was this morning again brought before Mr. Hammill, for final examination. " I shall be most happy to meet your wishes in any way my services can be available on this distressing occasion.—l have the honour to be yours, very cbe diently, " H. HIGGINSON, "Receiver of Droits of Admiralty. " Mears. S. and J. Sands." The prisoner was brought up in the prison van, his friends, who are highly respectable, having re fused to become bail for him for reasons which it was then deemed imprudent to state. The Rev. Mr. Goodchild, Rector of St. John's, Hackney, and several respectable individuals in the parish, as also the solicitor of the family of the de ceased, attended to watch the proceedings. Mr. John Cass Waller, of the N division, stated that having been informed that the above-mentioned property had, in some way, disappeared from the re sidence of the deceased gentleman a few hours after his death, he lost no time in instituting the necessary search after the missing property, when he at length received a message from Mrs. Allnutt, the prisoner's mother, and daughter of the deceased, requesting witness's prompt attendance at the house, as her son had made a voluntary confession of considerable importance. He immediately repaired thither, and on the prisoner's introduction to him, the former at once acknow ledged that he had stolen the articles in question from one of the drawers in his grandmother's bed room, and that he had afterwards thrown them from the parapet of an upper room into the gutter of an adjoining house. Accompanied by constable Spinks, 276 N, he at once repaired to the place pointed out, and there the property was found by Spinks wrapped in a piece of bed ticken. The prisoner, on being told that he must be taken into custody, begged for forgiveness, and said that he had been tempted to commit the act, but in what way he could not tell exactly. Police-constable Spinks corroborated the greater portion of his inspector's statement, and added that on conveying the lad to the station-house he was very communicative, and although witness had repeatedly cautioned him not to do so, he at length exclaimed, " I will, I will tell you all the truth; my grand mother, as she was passing through the parlour, struck her basket against a table, and her keys fell out; I picked them up, but kept back the key of the drawer, which contained the watch, &c." Mrs. Sarah Nelme said she is grandmother-in-law to the prisoner, who is twelve years of age. He re sided with her up to and since the death of her hus band. The watch and appendages, &c., now pro duced belonged to her husband and was now hers, she having been left sole executrix. " P.S. There are but 18 bales of cotton, 56 cheeses, and 17 casks of rosin saved up to yesterday; but I hope to report considerably more to-morrow or next day. When there is a quantity it will be ne cessary to make further arrangements than those done." Sergeant Hawkes, No. 6 N, deposed that he was sent by the coroner to the house of Mrs. Nelme to make some inquiries about the above key, &c., touching the inquest upon the body of the late hus band of Mrs. Nelme who had so mysteriously and suddenly died, and which is now pending. The key alluded to was given to him by Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. Simpson explained, that the key in question had been found behind one of the sofas on its being removed. She was at the time on a visit at Mrs. Nelme's. Mr. liemmiLL ordered the prisoner to be removed into the deposition-room preparatory to his full com mittal for trial. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Again, after a gradual amelioration in the state of business at the close of one week, has the prospect of substantial and perma nent improvement been clouded by the announce ment of serious disasters at the commencement of the week ensuing. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last, as well as yesterday, there was a decidedly more cheerful feeling here, and some rather extensive pur chases were made for the Levant and other foreign markets, though without any very decided improvement in prices. This morning, however, the announcement of the failure of the extensiveand well- known firm of Trueman and Cook, of London, cast a serious gloom upon the market, and the improved feeling which had previously been experienced, though not entirely lost, was sensibly diminished. Although this failure does not directly affect Manchester to any considerable extent, it must produce results injurious to general credit, and postpone for a time that restoration of confidence which is so necessary to the commerce of the country. Most of our readers are, no doubt, aware that Messrs. Trueman and Cook carried on an exceedingly extensive business as produce brokers, and, in that capacity, made advanc es on pro d uce placed in their hands, usually by accepting the drafts of the owners. Latterly, we believe, they had made very large advances in this wa y t o R e id , I rv i ng, and Co : , Gower and Nephews, Barclay Brothers, Cockerill and Co., and other houses which have recently . suspended payme n t. Th ese a d vances were made principally on sugar, coffee, and indigo, all of which have latterly suffered such a serious decline in price, as, in all probability, to reduce the proceeds of sales considerably below the sums advanced. It is stated in the City article of the Times of to-day, that the immediate cause of the failure was the presentation of a bill for 10,0001., which Trueman and Cook had accepted for Gower and Nephews, and which had been discounted by the Bank of England. It is generally understood that the liabilities of the house, which are now stated at about 350,0001., were, a few months ago, very much larger, and probably exceeded 1,000,000/. As the capital of the house was always understood to be ample, and its business, until recently, very profitable, we,.be lieve there cannot be a doubt of a favourable liqui dation; and the partners so far retain the confidence of their friends, that they will be enabled to carry on their business as brokers for the sale of produce. There is no material change in the condition of the working classes in this district, except that the con tinuance of the want of employment and the gradual approach of winter begins to press with increased severity upon their scanty resources ; and the suffering is daily increasing, particularly in Ashton under-Lyne, Oldham, Stockport, and Blackburn. At Ashton, the mills are still at a stand ; but, we believe, there is little doubt that the lapse of a few days will witness a termination of the strike. At Mossley, the mills have all, or nearly all, resumed work, though generally for half time only. In all quarters, and under all circumstances , the conduct and demeanour of the workpeople under their very severe privations prdiivffaetrieonncseacoasntintuoe exemplary. t m he ost amo untafwages Even exist between themselves a nd their employers, there are no symptoms of violen ce or disorder. The weekly return of the employment of mills and workpeople in the borough of Manchester will no t be made up till this day, in consequence of the infor mation being intended to be given in an improved form. We understand, however, that the figures, as far as they had been returned f rom th e different' police divisions, do not exhibit much improvement in have in had attend ancean of the amount of employment. ROCHDALE, u 1 l market,MON D A there ' I-IdasaYbeen a tll we d buyers, and a very li mited number of pieces extr emely have been sold, at prices less than those of the pre- In wool th ere h as been little or no ctheidninggdozekg.. The sellers have no desire to part with their wool except for cash, and that is extremely scarce. HALIFAX, SATURDAY There has been a better attendance of merchants in the piece -hall to-day than for many months, and rather more business has been done, both in plain and fancy goods, but chiefly in the latter. Prices, however, are exceedingly low, and we understand that many offers were declined by the manufacturers, on account of the extreme lowness of the rates off ere d. Th e d eman d f or yarn h as slightly improved. The merchants engage in operations with more confidence, and there is reason to hope, that until the close of the shipping season, there will be a ttlimore activity. The banie caution prevails purchasing wool, and the same limited t.upply frola the country. Prices are without variatlon. In rho: C wools there is no alteration to notice. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have had a vt•7 gloomy week, and the market to-d.ly has not in:- proved our condition. The announcement of t! s stoppage of a Leeds house, appears to have no foundll tion, and causes regret that such unfounded repor7s should appear, when confidence is already too mucA shaken. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have had a quiet market, and very little doing, to-day, at prices about the sime as last week.—Mancheste,• Gliardiun. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—('THIS DA Y.) At the see of Railway Shares to-day, by Mes...-r 3 Lamonl and Co., priors Were raner Th:! lowing are a few of the quotatiLns:— Calcutta and St. George's Point - 0 2 6 Belgian Eastern JuLction... •••• •••• 0 6 6 Leicester and IlielfOrd Shrewsbury and Hereford South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 14 0 Redding and IZ , _iigate 6 15 0 11irinnurharn and Oxford tine; iok ..... 18 10 0 Arnherrate, Nottinqinun, and Boston.— 0 12 6 Manchester and Southampton.. ...... 0 7 6 Eastern Counties, York Extension 8 0 0 Eastern Counties ..... ........ 16 3 U THE LATE ASSASSINATION AT CRACOW. - - - - - : We have received the teilowleg details of the I,.te assassination of the President of the Courts Political Offences at Cracow, on the evenine of the 4th instant. The daring manner in which the cruse was committed is truly astonishing. It was at eight o'clock in the evening that the president was return ing to his domicile, situated at the end of St. Anne street, and almost touching St. Anne's Church. The night was densely dark, and he was preceded by an orderly bearing a lantern. They were walking on in silence, when the president suddenly made a remark on the darkness, and said how easy it would he for a man to attack them without being perceived. De prophetic words were the last that passed his s. Almost at the same moment two tall figures wrap t ; d up in cloaks passed the soldier. On arriving near t: - .e president, one of them exclaimed "Ten !" (it is hi::,) whereupon the other tapped him upon the should, r, and said, "How fares it, comrade ?" As the preside nt turned his head towards his unknown questioner, ti►e other stranger fired a pistol at his head, at only a few inches distance, and the unfortunate man fell down dead immediately. Another account states, that one of the men remained in the distance, whilst the other seized the victim by the throat with his left hand, and blew his brains out with the other. A mysterious silence prevailed during this tragic act. The boldness of the act will be doubly wondered at when it is known that only a few hundred yards higher up Caere is a guard house, and the regular sentries before the castle. The orderly seems to have been so taken by surprise as not to have been capal to of doing anything. The report of the pistol was dis tinctly heard in many parts of the town. A sentinel on duty at the castle, which is situated on an emi nence, saw the flash of the pistol. The armed fore was on the spot in a moment, but the corpse of tae murdered man was all they found—all clue to the murderers was in vain. All the gates were imme diately closed, and all persons in the street arreste 1. Up to the present moment nothing has transpired to discover the assassins. Suspicion rests on some of the political offenders who have been set at large ; it was also but recently that five escaped from prison. One of these, a priest, is said to have written threat ening letters to the President, saying he had friends in Cracow who would pay him off according to his merits. Placards announcing that the President Zajaczkowski had been assassinated, and offering a reward for the apprehension of the murderer, was stuck up next day, but some unknown hands took them down, and substituted others to the effect that sixteen other persons were doomed to the same death as the President. The latter is said to have been advised by his friends to be less severe in his proceed. ings against political offenders, but always laughed at them, saying that he knew very well who he had to deal with. ANDREWS V. LOCKWOOD.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morn ing in this case, which came before his Lordship in November last year, upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England. The case was one of a bill of revivor by the personal representative of one of the defendants in a cause of " Lockwood v. Abdy." The bill ruled the case had been heard, the plaintiff's bill dismissed with costs, and that certain documents were by consent to be delivered to the defendants. Andrews had since died, the plaintiff in the present suit beirig his personal representative, and the bill prayed that the decree might be revived. To this bill of revivor Lockwood, who was the party to Pay the costs, put in a plea that the documents or dered to be delivered had been delivered, and the de cree therefore being executed before the filing of the plaintiff's bill, except in so far as respects the taxa tion and payment of costs, that was a bar to the bill, and to all the relief thereby sought. The question therefore was, whether upon the death of the party who was to receive the costs a bill of revivor lay when nothing remained to be done under the decree but the taxation and payment of costs. When the matter was argued before the Vice-Chancellor, his Honour held that the plea was good, because the practice which prohibited the filing of a bill of revivor for costs had been too firmly established to admit of any alteration on his authority. From that decision the present appeal %as brought. His Lordship, in giving Judgment, said that two points were raised in this ease—first, whether, in the case of a decree merely di recting the payment of costs, and the subsequent death of the party to whom the costs were to be paid, the Personal representative of the party to whom the costs were to be paid could revive the decree for the purpose of taking those costs. With respect to that question, his Lordship entertained no doubt that he could, and it was unnecessary for him to say more upon that point The second question was, whether the Bill of Revivor had properly raised the question in that suit, and whether a plea could be maintained against it, on the ground that it had not. The Vice- Chancellor of Engl a nd, on th e case com i ng b e f ore him, decided that such a plea could be maintained, and ordered it to be allowed. The Lord Chancellor was clearly of opinion that the allowance of the plea Of the court below was erroneous. The appeal, there fore, must be allowed.- : —Judgment below reversed. MINOR V. MINOR—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this c ase, which came before him nearly twelve months ago, upon appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce, dismissing the bill of the plaintiff. The suit was instituted for the purpose of corn pelling the defendant, who is the uncle of the plaintiff, to account for certain sums which he r eceived as executor and trustee of his brother, and which had not been handed over to the use of the plaintiff. The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, on the case coming before him, and upon a review of the Keen was of o pi n i on t h at t h e matters i n di spu t e h a d 'leen made the subject of family arrangement to which the plaintiff was a party. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the decree of the Court below was correct, and ordered the appeal to be dismissed with costs. WELLS V. HYDE.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which also came before his Lordship upon appeal from;the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. The bill was filed for the purpose of carrying out the trusts of a deed of arrangement with certain of the plaintiff's creditors. The defendant, by his answer, raised a new issue, and the plaintiff pro ceeded to the hearing of the cause without asking for leave to amend, but the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, before the case coming before him, gave that leave, and from that decision the defendant appealed. His Lordship, after going at some length into the ease, stated his opinion clearly to be that the order appealed from was wrong, and ordered it to be dis charged. After some short discussion, at the suggestion of his LORDSHIP, who stated that besides those in to-day's paper there were only four appeals ready for hearing, It was arranged that the case should stand in the paper for hearing after the appeals already set down. ETRE V. GREEN.--JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which was also an appeal from the decision of Vice -Ch ance ll or K n i g h t B ruce. Th e on l y question in the case was, whether a jointure to the widow of the testator was chargeable on the real and copyhold estates, or only on the real estate. The Court below decided that it was chargeable on both, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. His Lordship ordered the appeal to be dismissed with costs.—Judg nient below affirmed. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF LUDLOW. On the application of Mr. M. D. HILL, this case was ordered to stand on the paper on Friday for argument. AXE v. ANDREWS. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied the court the remainder of the morning. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) MARTIN V. THE MARQUIS DE CROISMERE. This cause came before the Court upon further directions and costs. By a marriage settlement the personal and real property of the defendants was sub ject to certain limitations, and a covenant had been executed, to the effect that any property accruing to the parties subsequently should be under the same provisions. The Marchioness became possessed of considerable real property, and the question at issue was as to the mode in which the terms of that cove nant could be carried out, the Marquis being an alien, and consequently incapable of inheriting the real estate, and two of the children of the marriage being born abroad. The plaintiffs w ere the trustees to the marriage settlement, and they prayed for a declara tion of the Court to enable them to carry out the trust. The arguments being concluded, The MASTER of the Ron's postponed his judgment. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with the further argu ments in the part-heard case of Strother v. Dutton, the facts of which present no feature of interest except to the parties concerned. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. CHADWICK..---MARRYING A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. This was a writ of error upon a special verdict which stated that on the 14th of Sept., 1845, James Chadwick was married to Anne Fisher, and after wards on the 2d o f M a rch, 1846, at Manchester, to Eliza Barton, th e sa id A nn e Fisher being still Annealive, and the s a id ver di c t b e i ng t o th e effect that Fisher was his lawful wife. The defendant had pre viously marr i e d a s i ster o f Fi s h er w h o was deceased. The matter w as i n di c t e d f or bi gamy an d di sc h arge d. matter was carried to this court. Sir FITZROY KELLY said the question for the de cision of the court was, whether by the laws now in force, a marriage with a deceased wife's sister was lawful or altogether unlawful and void. He had to submit to their Lordships in support of this rule, that such a marriage was good and valid by the law of this country. The law of the realm, on the matter was contained in two Acts of Parliament—the 5 and 6 William IV., c. 54, and the 32 Henry VIII., c. 54. The later Act enacted that all marriages solemnized before the passing of the Act within the prohibited degrees should not hereafter be annulled by any sen tence of the Ecclesiastical Court,. except so far as re lated to any suit pending at the time of its passing. Then came the substantive enactment, that all mar riafies hereafter celebrated by persons within the pro hibited degrees of consanguinity and affinity should CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Dennis Durham, a boy about ten years of age, was charged by his mother, Mary Durham, residing at No. 8, Horse-shoe-lane, Golden-square, with robbing her of two half-crowns and other silver money. The mother, who seemed deeply affected, said that within the last two years he had robbed them several times; he took the clothes of his little brothers and sisters, which he sold for a mere trifle at a marine store dealer's, and nothing upon which he could lay his hands was safe. Latterly they used to lock up their money, but he managed to pick the lock of the drawer in which it was placed, and broke no less than two locks, one of the room door, and the other of the box. She had d.me all she could to reform him, but finding him incorrigible, she determined to pro secute. He was fully committed for trial. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. As a good deal has lately been said about the coin parative quantities of Wheat delivered during the three months succeeding harvest this year and last, we beg to submit the following table of the sales at the towns where an official account is made up for the purpose of compiling the averages. The state ment appears to us to prove that the stocks of old Wheat were used up much closer this autumn than in ordinary seasons ; but when we consider that the crop is admitted to be a full average, we are inclined to think that, making every allowance for the small ness of the quantity of old in farmers' hands, the scanty manner in which they have hitherto brought forward the new must render them quite as large holders as in former years at the same period. - 1847. 1846. August 21 1, 28 September 4 46,697 )9 11 » 18 61,172 , 9 25 74,833 October 2 0 9 9 f 9 16 „ 23 „ 30 November 6 » 13 ... .. 87,008 Totals... 1,042,484 1,926,269 In connection with the above subject an account of the imports of Wheat from abroad into the United Kingdom in August, September, and October (the November return is not yet officially made up), may prove of service to our readers : 1847. 1846. Qrs. Qrs. Month ending sth August ...... 409,550 ... 152,036 Ditto sth September 439,583 ... 101,787 Ditto 10th October . Total 1,253,759 ... 333,216 Though we have had occasional showers during the week, the weather has, on the whole, been favour able for outdoor work, with which further progress has been made, and the sowing of Wheat is now fast drawing to a close. Hitherto the supplies from the farmers have, however, continued small, and the ar rivals of grain from abroad have, on the whole, been less than expected. The trade has, nevertheless, been very languid, and at most of the leading provincial markets prices have tended downwards. _ _ The supply of wheat coastwise into London has been very small; indeed up to the present time we have received very little from Lincolnshire or neighbour ing ports, the shipments from thence having been principally directed to the northern markets. The quantity of Wheat exhibited at Mark-lane by land carriage samples from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk has like wise been trifling. 04 Wednesday there was scarcely any fresh up, the show consisting of those parcels which could not be placed on Monday. The millers were, however, exceedingly cautious in their operations, and it was necessary to make a slight concession to succeed in clearing the stands. On Friday, with even less on sale than before, prices is. below those of Monday were accepted. The market has been only moderately supplied with Foreign Wheat; still the receipts have somewhat exceeded expectation, and se veral large cargoes are reported to be off Falmouth from Black Sea ports. In the meanwhile the country demand for Foreign Wheat has decreased, and where purchases have been made by buyers from distant parts of the kingdom they liave been on a more restricted scale than previously. Even under these somewhat discouraging circumstances holders of really fine Wheat have remained very firm, it being the general opinion that the finer sorts, such as Dantzic and Rostock, will throughout the winter meet a steady sale for mixing with the damp qualities of our own growth. Small, therefore, as have been the transac tions, no quotable alteration has occurred in prices. Inferior sorts of Wheat have in some cases been offered at Is. to 2s. per quarter lower without exciting attention.—Jlark-lane Express. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlEE.—Yesterday, at St. Peter's Church, was solemnized the marriage of Ernest Rodolphe Baron Bertouche to Louisa Henrietta, fourth daughter of the late John Gage, Esq., and niece to Ad miral sir William Hall Gage. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Sir Henry Dukinfield, Bart. The bride was given away by her consin, Viscount Gage, and was attended to the altar by the Lady Charlotte M. Bertie, the Hon. Fanny Gage, and the Misses Gage, sisters to the bride. The ceremony was strictly private, and immediately afterwards the Baron and Baroness Bertouche left town in a travellinc , carriage and four for Firle Place, the seat of Viscount Gage, in Sussex, there to pass the honeymoon. Among the company we ob served his Excellency the Danish Minister, Viscount and Viscountess Gage, the Earl of Abingdon, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Mr. and Mrs. John Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Del mare, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott York, Baron Ferdinand Berteuche, &c. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—The market for pig iron during the past week has been very depressed, and only a limited business done, at rates rather under last week's quotations. The number of furnaces that will mostvery soon me be put materially yle o s u of la se t eth b ep s r t in England oduetio and W production hisarti a e ls will lee, and so cause a greater demand from the south for Scotch pig iron. To-day prices are nominal at for No. 3. 495. 6d.; for mixed Nos., 50s. 6d.; and tor No. 1, Ms. 6d. per tt,n cash, f. o. b.-IVational Advertiser. RAPID DECAY OF TIMBER IN THE SEA.—A piece of the planking (American elm) of one of the groins at the South Eastern Railway Station, which was this week removed for inspection, though it has been in use a com paratively short time, exhibits all the symptoms of total mdinenocrhaeeys.rethsTeicmhkibsletssaistroeusephecwi worm o m od en, which wa s or i g i na ll y two eattehnanansodliwd timberasted, tha ; t a i n t d now circumstance has induced strong doubts in the minds of some of our practical men as to the prudence of continu ing to use timber in such situations. —Dover Chronicle. Wild fowl, in large numbers, have already arrived along the banks of the Severn. This is a fortnight earlier than usual, and the weather-wise prognosticate a hard winter. The Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, and family have just arrived from the Right Hon. Gentle. man's chateau, near Magny, France, where they have been passing the autumn. . - SUPPOSED MURDER.—We understond that an in dividual, who followed the vocation of an itenerant ven der of gingerbread, and articles of a similar description, was apprehended in town on Monday forenoon, on sus picion of being concerned in the supposed murder of the woman whose body was lately found in the Union Canal. It is said that she was last seen alive in his company, and several other circumstances have tended to fix the suspicion of guilt upon him. The case is at present un dergoing investigation by the authorities.—Edinburgh Witness. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Mr. Robert Foxcroft, stonemason, of Wrayton, near Melling, has at present in his possession a cat, which, a few weeks ago, brought him a number of kittens ; but he, not being desirous to have them reared, gave orders for them all to be drowned, and in the room of liaty'S feline progeny he placed under her maternal care a number of young rabbits, which were found in the warren near to his own house, and which the old dame suckled and fostered until such time as they were able to run about. At length the rabbits were taken away from her, but she never rested until she became acquainted with the place to which they had been removed, when she was seen to bring them, one by one, in her mouth, and replace them in the corner which she had selected for her nursery; and, what is more strange than all, she was in the constant habit of rambling in the woods to seek provisions for her little ones, and would now and then bring to them, as a treat, one of their own species.--liresinwreland Gazette. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TuEsDay.---ihe unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Majesty taking her usual early morning wa lk. Prince Albert left the Castle early this morning for town, travelling by the Great Western Railway. His Royal Highness was attended by Colonel Make ley Drummond, General Bowles, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon. His Royal Highness returned to the Castle about two, P.M. The Earl and Countess Grey and the Earl of Desart took their departure to-day. The Countess of Desart, Lady in Waiting to her Majesty, also left the Castle to-day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at Buckinghan i P a l ace soon a f ter ten o ' c l oc k y es t er d ay morning from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, left the Palace shortly befbre eleven o'clock for Somerset House, and attended a meeting at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall. The Prince afterwards returned to the Paddington terminus, and left for Windsor by a spe cial train on the Great Western Railway. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Vis count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours and a half. Mr. Mark Boyd had an interview yesterday with her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners. Sir Donald Campbell, Governor of Prince Ed ward's Island, had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday, at the Colonial-office, to take leave on his de parture for that colony. Mr. Baker had also an in terview with the Noble Earl yesterday. The Earl and Countess Grey returned to their re sidence in Belgrave-square yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India colonies. TUE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Letters were received at Marlborough House on Monday morning, announcing the safe arrival at the island 7tshurt . oe o herm f n l yeFave:osal. l Madeira hrrletao:sros ttanc. nut of her Majesty COUNTESS FORTESCUE. and r) E suite, Tli all oF in Tigood DOWAGER health. late would d — lai re T dd haßii have lady; agtahhvDeet elv completedio w oe n h s .1 family o tTr h seha:oda Thomas b aeao e rs e rs n saGt w y a e s ar t s he an th d ir a d ha d l a r ugh s t heer o h f ad th a e t i d e :H s e 'e s e_ u3 r W ro L t t ih ava in d isposed,eri d n e d } s , s G tha h i ne i i p r .- l h a a t i e l she hue ha survived.ed about h 0 a t S l a m i x large family, four sons and seven daughte . rs, nearly all of whom survive her. victimised by a " travelling artist " limn ART.—The host of the Exeter I who took unn, wasl quarters there the other day, in company w i t h a young man, g man, whom he stated he maintained out of charity, his proteg6 having earned his sympathy by being a tailor out of work—" high art " had so humanised bis feelings, that he couldn't bear to see a tailor out of work—and so he maintained him. After remaining a fortnight with the landlord—pretending that he had work from the stationers, the "high artist" was no more seen—nor was his proteg6 to be found. It is possible he may have forgotten the circumstance, but the people there think he has bolted. He had a portfolio, in which there were no pictures, but the representation of a shirt—that being all dickey. He is of the middle height, dark hair, sharp features, with straight and wiry whiskers—he is usually dressed in black. It is expected that be will patronise other susceptible host. — Western Times. ' AN EDITORIAL COMPLIMENT.—A wr iter in our contemporary of Saturday last speaks of the some Gateshead contempora Newcastle Chronicle and its editor as " the heavy headed gentleman who does the duty editorial of that soporific lettdomadal f' SHIP WRECK. The brig Elizabeth, 250 tons, Captain Richard Wilson, belonging to Mr. Metcalf, of Newcastle, left Odessa on the 16th of August, with 2,500 chetwerts, or rather above 1,900 quarters of wheat, bound to Cork or Falmouth, for orders. She passed the Straits of Gibraltar on the 30th of October. The vessel was then tolerably stanch, and only required to be pumped occasionally, but after clearing the Mediterranean her condition was altered ; she ex perienced very heavy weather, particularly on Sunday the 7th inst., when, being about 30A miles from land, a very severe gale came on from the south-west, which strained the vessel, and was the means of choking both the pumps. Unfortunately, in the afternoon the wind chopped round suddenly to the north-west, from which quarter it blew with great force, and kept the vessel nearly on her beam ends all night, in a dangerous cross sea. On Monday morning the men unshipped the starboard pump, and meanwhile with buckets endeavoured to bale her out of the fore peak, but the water gaining on them they were at length compelled to fly to the last resource. From the quantity of water now in her hold, the ship rolled so heavily that great difficulty existed in getting the long boat over her side. Any attempt to launch the jolly boat would have been useless. During the morning two schooners, outward bound to the westward, were sufficiently near to descry her perilous situation, when the union jack, reversed, was hoisted on the fore top-gallant mast head, and some! of the hands went on the topsail yard and waved their hats. One of these vessels kept on her course, the other purposely altered her course, so that they thus both callously passed on without answering these indubitable signals of dis tress. On Monday afternoon her captain, mate, and eight hands, got into the long boat, taking with them a compass, quadrant, and charts, a few blankets, some clothes, bread, pork, and water. For three or four previous days they could keep no fire on board, and their very inadequate food consisted in consequence of a small glass of brandy and a piece of bread each every four hours. After stopping by the ship three hours, in a fearful sea, they saw a smack providentially bearing down towards them. She proved to be the Peter John, of Plymouth, whose master, Captain John Hill, imme diately took the unfortunate mariners on board. The smack, by Captain Wilson's request, lay near the Elizabeth until noon the next day (Tuesday), when the ill-fated brig, with all her masts standing, went down head foremost, her stern blowing up as she dis appeared in the fathomless deep. The Peter John was from London, bound to Seville for fruit, but put back in consequence of the unexpected addition to her crew. After treating Captain Wilson and his men in a hospitable manner, Captain Hill landed them safely at Plymouth on Friday, the 12th inst., most grateful for the hospitable treatment they had expe rienced on board his ship. ACCIDENT ON THE NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY,—An alarming accident, but fortunately un attended by fatal consequences, occured on Friday last on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. As the ex press train, which leaves Tweedmouth, at half-past nine A.M., was proceeding at full speed, a little north of the Lucker station, the bolt of one of the springs of the engine broke, and that caused the body of the engine to be depressed in front on one side, which brought the " guard," as it is termed, in contact with the sleepers and chairs ; this caused the engine to jump in a fearful manner, which attracted the attention of the engine man, who instantly turned off the steam and put on the break; but so great was the momentum of the train that it rushed forward, breaking the chairs and tearing up the rails a distance of between thirty and forty yards, when the engine was thrown over off the rails and plunged nearly overhead in the boggy ground over which the line at this place is con structed. The tender and a luggage van were like wise overturned, and sunk some feet int* the bog, but the passenger carriages, of which there were three, continued in their upright position. As soon as the train had stopped, all the passengers, none of whom had received any injury, immediately got out, and on looking for the engine man and stoker they were found buried nearly overhead in the bog underneath the luggage van. The guard, who was sitting on the van, held on by the rail of his seat, and escaped without sus taining any injury. It was found impossible to re move the van so as to liberate the engine man and stoker without assistance, but the guard and some of the passengers removed the earth from their head and faces so as to enable them to breathe freely, and a messenger was dispatched along the line to give warning at the station and procure help. A number of platelayers who were working on the line, on hearing of the accident, hastened to the spot, and with their spades dug the en gine man and stoker out of the bog, where they had lain more than half an hour, when they were found, to the surprise of every one, to havo sustained very little injury. The engine man was most hurt, and he was conveyed to Berwick upon-Tweed, but the stoker walked about afterwards as if nothing particular had happened to him. The passengers went forward to the Lucker station, where they remained till the arrival of the mail train, by which they were forwarded to New castle, where they arrived about three hours after the express train, to which the accident had happened, was due. The engine still lies buried in the bog, but the way has been repaired, and the trains now pass over it as usual. No blame is attached to any one, the occur rence having been purely accidental. PERSONAL GRACES.—The countenance is rendered additionally pleasing by the well-arranged curl, the braided plait, or the flowing tress. In dressing the hair, nothing can equal the effect of Rowland's Macassar Oil, on either natural or artificial hair, rendering it so ad mirably soft that it will lie in any direction, producing beautifully flowing curls, and, by the transcendent lustre it imparts, rendering the head-dress truly enchanting. Rowland's Kalydor is a preparation of unparalleled efficiency in improving and beautifying the skin and complexion, preserving them from every vicissitude of the weather ; and Rowland's Odonto, or Pearl Dentri fice, is alike invaluable for its beautifying and preserva tive effects on the teeth and gums. Caution—lt is necessary to see that the word " Rowland's " precedes the name of the article on the wrapper of each, as spu rious imitations are abroad. CAPTURE OF A THIEF BY MEANS OF THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. On Tues day, Nov. 9, a message from Newton was received by the officer in charge of the instrument at Exeter Sta tion, at 12.20 e.m., to the following eSect:—" A woman in mourning, with brown silk umbrella in hand, has robbed Mr Cub's house here, of gold rings and money —supposed gone to Exeter—inform the police of this. " By a strange coincidence, Mr. Hobbs, the company's officer, on his way to the station, met, as he supposed, the identical party, who asked him to direct her to Milk street, and with good tact he instantly replied he was going that way, and walked the lady to the statios-hous e , P there, upon searching her, the s t o l en art i c l es were found upon her.— Western Times. GLASGOW COTTON MARKET, Nov. 12. The im provement which has taken place in the Liverpool market has been followed up by a similar improvement in the demand here, and prices are very firm. In some cases a slight advance has been obtained on last Friday's rates.—National Advertiser. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 16.) Sucea.—To-day there was a considerable falling off in the home demand for Raw Sugar, and on the part of exportersless desire was manifested to operate. Although there was but a moderate supply, yet holders were com pelled to take rather lower rates. The demand was cry limited for West India of all kinds, and the prices accept(d are 61 under those of Friday. The total purchases amounted to 160 hhds and tierces, including a public sale of 125 hhds of Barbadoes, which went off quietly at steady prices; fine yellow at 44s to 45s 6d, good 42s to 43s 6d, and middling 39s to 41s 61 per cwt. The market closes with an untavourable ap pearance for Sugar of all kinds. RETINED.—T;day the home trade purchased Refir.ed goods with less freedom, and prices have assumed a downward tc ndency, Lumps to pass the standard being 'obtainable at 54s to 54s Gd, and brown grue,ry at .53s per cwt. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the demand is active, and first quality is not to be obtained under 30s Gd per cwt. MAunrrrus.—This afternoon there was less demand for all purposes: at auction 2,501 bags were offered, the chief part consisted of brown and common yellow kinds; the sale went off flatly, and the rates taken were rather under those that existed previously. Privately there was little passing in any kind. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon two parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 2,847 bags, were offered at auction; there was less demand, a small part on l y so l d at rather lower rates, low and mid white Benares went at 41, eiti to 42s 6d, fine soft yellow 40s to 41s, middling 34 to 365, low 31s to 325, good and fi ne b rown 30s to 31s, low strong yellow 33s to 34s ; the chief part was taken in at 43s to 46s 6d for middling and good sound white Benares. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of clay kind of Foreign Sugar, and privately little desire t-..as evinced by exporters or the home trade to purchase; holders were, however, for the most part not disposed to submit to lower rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon was lass in request, and 12 casks 467 bags at auction were taken in above the value. Native met with little attenti-on, still good ordinary was not to be obtained under 335. Mocha is not much wanted, and 200 bales 400 half-bsleS were taken in ; good greenish 56s to 575, ordinary 40$ to 455, good yellow long berry 80s, and triage 30s to Of Costa Rica 2,305 bags were all sold, and at a lise oirs former rates of is to 2s per cwt. RICE.—To-day East India Rice met with attent:in, and privately but few parcels were sold: at auction. 1,600 bags and 647 pockets were sold at about former rates; good white Bombay, but rather small grain, fetched 13s 6d to 14s, middling and good middling 13s to 13s 6d, damaged 9s to 13s 6d, ordinary Cargo 9,6 d, fine yellow ifs 6d, and damaged 9s to les 6d per cwt. SPlRlTS.—Previous rates are maintained for Jamaica Rum of fine quality; the demand is good, whereas the supply is small; for other sorts a fall in the value of 2d per gallon has taken place; the purchases however, have been upon a larger scale both for home consumption and exportation. There is a desire on the part of the home trade generally to get into stock, as prices are model ate. Brandy is not offered at any further reduction in the value, but there is yet little desire on the part of shippers or the home trade to do business, the supply is piet; ful, and consists chiefly of old landed sorts. The market for Geneva has a firm appearance; the supply is small, whilst there is a good demand. British Corn Spirits fully supported previous quotations; the demand being active. To-day the market for all kinds of Rum was in a dull state; East India w as t o b e o b ta i ne d a t is 6d proof, and Leward Island at is 8d per gallon. COCHINEAL.—Previous rates are sustained for ell descriptions, but the demand has not been so good, and privately the amount of business concluded has been of little moment. At auction 39 bags of Bond km were sold, middling and good bold silvers at 4s 3:i to 4s 7d; 32 bags of Mexican, black ordinary 5s 1 , 1 to .5s 3d, but silvers were taken in at 456 d, being above the value. .d—emThedmexarisktest for r fi a r l m i , so a r n t d s. a l f , a h i i r s h a r er a n a o s or t7 a ll t public sale, 62 chests of Bengal, bankrupts' effects, v•era good o i e e d r Nx e Dp w d io , e Gr nt and a s l o s l d 9d t rather o3 s 9 under r last sale's rates; low to t SALTPETRE. —To day rough was in good request. and 211 bags at auct ion s towkshocel continues ne a at i t sn stiffer uoenstohne pt rates , haertiomnici increase ling st, )ng grey, 8 per cent. refraction, went at 30s per cwt. Oils, and there is no improvement to notice ioanlscietehrOesfl:hojemsrele T t demand, o he realise. Southern is offered ten r t ath o e n r ls u wider p ioa r r e aOe v :d io Lspe u os. s ir—rte rates, still the purchases made in all kinds have been to a limitede private treaty, at auction 40 tuns sold at 231 153 to 2h6elofho obtained i middling 6 t fine. ind e le ai r t e i r w ir i e t d h , under these rates. Seal ee h d a o s fe b r e l s en li Sperm has been arrival t d t there are sellers lcontract.ittie momentln made have hhaovme home t bean trade. For For Linseed Oil, further reduced rates having been taken, occasioned the home trade to purchase largely; d and a lair quantity has been taken by exporters, the Oblyi vpe shippers,u t r h c purchased s psudr as shwaiwst with sl well as by ca p au r t: t v i can a o t u e . prices accepted are 23s 3d to 23s 6d, and the supply is plentiful. For forward delivery there are few buyers, although there are sellers at 245. The market is in a quiet state for Rapeseed Oil. Cocoa-nut is little re quired, prices continue on the decline, and rule at 605 to 62s for fine quality. In Lard Oil a fair business has been done. Ground Nut Oil is dull of sale. of this period in Holders g els year, whereas large parcels are still to is TALLOW.—Thera t f h ea• t ther arrivals, and . the t _ stock su bmitting ands to go r o a d th o e n r lower rates made the town and country arethe prices ace,-pied 44s to 4459 d per in c of Russian are willing sellers, d bu the spot : d gto the terms of payment, for fine P.Y. at which rates there Is Candle * cc a or desire to refeise ; the dealers to d m large stocks. ,. For forward de livery hold ..,en little passing, although43s 6d 43s 9d wouldaccepted to the close f the be to r ; 44s to 44s 6d for spring months. in home :nade year purchases have been made in consequence of 453 to 46s having been accepted nett cash ; there is, however, are nottbero dispo sedh a has o b a good supply. Other kinds of Tallow have slightly declined in value, but the parcels offered at public sale 1 were - all sell 1 ,~ .r