The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.—The Court are expected
at Gosport, en route to the Isle of 'Wight, on the
21st inst.
The Leander, 50, Captain Dacres, was paid ad-
vance at Spithead to-day by Rear-Admiral Prescott,
C.B. She will sail to-morrow or Sunday.
A brigantine, reported to be the Kestrel, Lieut..
Commander Baker, from the Brazils, has come up
to Spithead since sunset. A pilot from Spithead pro-
nounces her positively to be the Kestrel.
The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Lord F. IL

PRICES OF SHARES
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.
LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16.

ROYAL AND MERCHANT DOCKS.
(From the Times.)
There is an old saying about " neither precept nor
discipline being so forcible as example." The ap-
plication we are going to make of it is certainly not
in correspondence with its original import, and yet
we hope the result will verify the soundness of the
proverb. Time after time we have directed public
attention to the fruitless experiments and repeated
failures of our national dockyards, as compared with
the steady and uniform success of private builders.
As far as the leading facts were concerned the case
was to clear to admit of dispute ; but it was plausibly
alleged on the other side that the requirements of a
war-steamer involved conditions unusually difficult
of attainment, and that the ponderous scantling
x and heavy deckload of an armed frigate pre-
. eluded the ready realization of all those weatherly
. and convenient qualities which could be guaranteed
• in a common packet-boat. To this it was retorted
that the deckloads of merchant steamers were
• often in reality as cumbersome as those of frigates,
and that their c( nstruction, under recent regulations,
.M was actually stronger. As to duties, it was truly
enough stated that the services between Liverpool and
Tampico, Southampton and Hong-Kong, included at
e, the, Jenst as rough work as ever could be anticipated
for a Retribution or a Terrible. So stood the argu-
- meat, we do not say very doubtfully, for few persons
5 could get over the plain factii'so credibly deposed to,
9. but there still, perhaps, remained a loophole of escape
51.•!" for the experimentalists. Now, however, even this
4 has been blocked up, far the construction of actual
war-steamers has been intrusted to private yards, and
with such results, at this present stage of naval archi-
l-ecture, as we here subjoin.
On Tuesday last the Termagant steam frigate, of
1,556 tons, 24 guns, and 620 horse power, sailed out
21 of Portsmouth harbour for the express purpose of
• 49 trying her "speed and sea-worthiness." There was
o 223% a good deal of sea on, and a stiff breeze blowing, and
035 15 she proceeded, under these circumstances, to the
O 2 regular practice-water of " the measured mile "in
0
o 424% Stakes'-bay. She was deep—drawing no less than
O 17 feet 2 inches forward, and 16 feet 9 inches abaft;
o ea so that this condition must be regarded as unfavour-
-0
o 9 able ; but in other respects the trial was as fair as
o could be, and to work she went, under the inspection
o and advice of the most competent officers of the
0 21 Os.
establishment. She was found to make six 'mots and
a half per hour.
26 On the very same morning a war-steamer, built
% by Mr. Paterson, of Bristol, for the rudimentary
navy of the Germanic Confederation, was taken out
of Cumberland-basin to undergo a similar trial.
The Inca, as she was called, was 628 tons measure-
ment, and of corresponding horse power, and she
had been built, like a sister-vessel previously
launched, with especial regard to all the require-
Lee. meats of active service. Not satisfied ssith a trip
over a pleasure-ground, her inspectors took her down
the Channel, and there encountered such a gale as
" not only tested the strength of the Inca's build,
3% but of some of the visitors' bones," for the wind
- was violent in the extreme, and the sea, which was
strong ahead, tremendous- Notwithstanding these
- unfavourable conditions, she was unanimously pro-
nounced as "very lively," and the trip was charac-
terised by the professional voyagers as being remarkably
entertaining and pleasant. At length, in deference to
ice. the sensations of another class of visitors, her head was
put about, and it was found, upon investigation, that
her speed, with a strong head wind and the sea dead
on end, had been six knots and a half per hour by
, the patent log, while after putting about she had made
;Ss eleven and a half with perfect ease.
So much for the visible contrast between two
• war-steamers built one in a private and the other in
a public yard, but we are strongly inclined to think
that a more edifying item of comparison remains still
ice. behind. What the Termagant cost we are unable to
say, and perhaps, indeed, the calculations on this
head are even yet incomplete, but we should be in no
Islas. degree surprised if the porportion of six to eleven
82 which indicated the relative speed of the two vessels,
-7i
95 might be quietly inverted to represent there relative
55 cost. We know at least that the Termagant has un-
-12(
98 dergone her share of those experiments and devices
_ which have served in similar cases to run up the
figures to such an ugly point, and there is no reason
we fear to hope that the consequences of the process
tee on the present occasion have been other than usual.
Now, the combination of these results gives a very
disagreeable total. We not only pay more, but we
get less. By a higher rate of wage we actually
secure an inferior performance, and so lose on both
sides of the account at once.
The question lately before the Legislature con-
cerned, not the possibility of building war-steamers
in merchants' yards, but the practicability of substi-
tuting, on emergencies, a steamer built for a mer-
chantman in the place or stead of one built for war.
We may say, upon the whole, that this practicability
was not proved, for it would be hazardous to set
Ts aside the concurrence of professional testimony,
- however naturally prejudiced, which was given
against the proposal. But this conclusion does
not in any way affect the question at issue here.
ce. This is not simply whether it would be advisable to
get our war-steamers generally built by contract, for
such a suggestion would introduce many other ele-
ments of discussion. The question is whether
steamers, realising all the conditions of war-steamers,
are not proved to have been built in merchants' yards
without any such expenses and failures as are repro-
rented in our national dockyards to be inseparable
from the construction of such fabrics; and whether,
therefore, these expenses and failures, thus proved to
300 be unnecessary, ought not to be peremptorily stopped ?
On these points we conceive no doubt can remain.
The assertion that private yards can turn out good
33 war-steamers has been established over and over again.
i 3 Besides the example we have now given, an eminent
builder at Northfleet thus deposed before the committee
i 2 of iaquiry on this subject—" I constructed four vessels
for the King of Naples, of 1,000 tons eack; they had
guns of 86 cwt. and 68 cwt.; they were found to
anwer well, and the vessels to stand up well under
iea canvass; they can fire all :their guns at once; they
have been lately proved ; such is the information I
receive, and I never heard a complaint of insuffi-
ciency." We need not multiply instances, for, ex-
-18 cepting the great maritime powers, there is hardly
i% a single state which has not created or recruited
is its navy from the yards of our merchant builders.
.114 The argument, in short, that war-steamers are neces-
sarily liable in their construction to such errors, ex-
penditure, and failures as we (for the last 10 years)
have witnessed, is now fairly demolished by positive
proof ; they can be built without any such trouble-
some or costly incidents, and now that this has
been so unquestionably shown it is time to put into
serious practice the lesson we have been so rudely
taught.

ZWENT-STOCX 73.0.1V1E5.

Dividend Amount
„ Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
-- Annum. ' Share.
/ -
--.....--___ 4
s. d. 4 s. d.
Australasia .........• 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
. Ceylon ........ ••• • •• 71. per cent. 25 0025 0 0 -
. Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0020 0 0 -
Colonial. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Gloucestershire •• • • • • 15/per cent. - - -
lonian .............. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Londn and Westmlustr Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25
Ditto .. - - •• •• •• •• - - 13 0 0 -
',olden Joint-Stock... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17%
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New... • •• 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland •• 51. per cent. SO 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. IN 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. • •• .. • • 5/, per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Australia - •• • • 51. per cent. - 22 10 0 -
Union et Australia.... 61. -ter cant. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto - - - . . • • •• •• Si. per cent. - 2 10 0 -
Union of London. - • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Union of Madrid ..... -- 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
ENSUZANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Pr!, e.
Annum. Share.
----
.4 s. d. 4 s. d.
Albion ........ • • •• •• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. nod For. 711456 d& bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 19%
Ditto Marine. • • • • •• W. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Atlas . 1315.6d.pr5h. 50 0 0 5 6 8 14%
Britian Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0
Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life 5 pr et.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
Jaunty ........ - - - 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 GO
Cr)wri - - - .• - •• •• I4s. 30 0 0 5 0 0 14
II . - 1
Eug.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 12 6 -4iiropean Life •• •• •• 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 10
FamllyEndowmnt Soc. 41. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0
ereemasons' .• • - • • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - GI )be ... - • • • • • • • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 121% c
Giardian • • Si. 100 0 0 36 10- 0 49% 1
finverial Fire •• • • • • •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 223% 2
imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15
indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 35
Law Fire - - - - ... - - 100 0 0 2 10 0 2% T
‘, A w 1 ife•• •• •• - •• - 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42%
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4
London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% 1
London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% S
liarine .• • •• •• • • • • .. 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9
Wed. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% n '''
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - C
at.lonal Life.
Pelican •• - •• • • •• .. • - - - - e
,?tteenix . 3/. p. sh. &bs. - - 141 a
Pi otector Life.... • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 -
Provident Life 11.58. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
itocic Life.... .. _ „ „ 58. SOO 0 10 0 5% b
-Loyal Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock, - 201 ;ln Fire - - 205 n
i;itte Life . 11. 6s. - 47 0
iraiversal Life.... - • • 10% pr cut. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - 1
Viztoria Life.. - •• . •• Si. per cnt. - 4 0 0 4% „

Kerr, went oat to Spithead-this afternoon, after being
paid advance.
The American frigate St. Lawrence, 46, Captain
Paulding, passed through Spithead on her way to
Cowes, where she anchored this afternoon at half.
past two. She did not salute the Admiral's flag on
passing.
Ttit. Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Shad well,

weighed and left Spithead this morning at seve
for the United States with Sir H. Bulwer and suite
on board.
In Harbour—The Victory, Illustrious, Excellent,
Blenheim, Victoria and Albert, Fairy, Elfin, Myrtle,
Funny, and Portsmouth.
At Spithead—The Leander, Scourge, and Pandora.
In the Basin —The Actaeon, Contest, and
Sprightley.
In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, Fox, Daunt-
less, Fantome, Lily, Birkenhead, Devastation, and
Bloudhound.
In the Steam-basin—The Sidon, Penelope, Ajax,
Urgent, Fire Queen, Pike, Asp, and Blszer.
Building—The Royal Frederick, 110 ; Prince of
\Vales, 120; Princess Royal, 90; Argus, steam-sloop
(to be followed by the Royal Sovereign, 120); and
the Furious steam sloop (ro be followed by the Marl-
borough, 120).

PoRTSMOUTh GARRISON.

• Major Harvey, half pay unattached, is re-appointed
Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Lord Frethrick
Fitzclarence, G.C.H., commanding at Portsmouth.
WooLwicu, Nov. 16.—The Stromboli steam-
sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, arrived
at Sheerness yesterday, and landed the seamen riggers
at that port, who navigated the Vulture steam-frigate
to Devonport. Lieutenant Robertson and the seamen

riggers who navigated the Styx steam-sloop from
Woolwich to Devonport, and returned in the
Stromboli, came up from Sheerness to Woolwich in
the African steam-vessel, the Stromboli being re-
quired to return with supernumeraries to Devonport.
The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross,
and the Investigator, Captain Bird, are ordered to be
paid off on Monday, the 26th instant.
The Terrible steam-frigate was taken into dock to-
day to have the copper on her bottom examined.
CHATHAM, Nov. 15.—The Devonshire, 72 guns,
was towed into this port on the 14th instant by the
African and Pigmy steam-vessels from the river
Thames, the shiphaving been recently employed as a
seamen's hospital ship.
The Enterprise and Investigator, discovery ships,
recently returned from the polar regions, are both
ordered to be sent from Woolwich to Chatham when
they are paid off.
The Horatio steam-screw guard-ship will be put
out of dock on Saturday, the 17th instant, and early
in the next week the ship will be navigated to the
Thames to have her machinery, &c., put on board and
fitted.

DOCICS.

Name; of Company.

Dividend
per

Amount

killd.

Annum.

Share.

East and West India... 6/. pr cent.
East Country
Condon .... .
Ditto Bonds... .. •• • 41. per cent,
it. Katharine .• •• •• • • 4 per cent.
Ditto, Scrip .
_ .

Ditto Bonds...
ion th ampton • • ..

13‘1. pr cent.
21. per cent.

This day being duly appointed by the Queen to be
observed as a day of general thanksgiving for the late
mercies orAlmighty Providence in removing from us
the cholera visitation, the day was observed with every
devotional spirit in appearance and reality. The
kS hole of the public departments of this great naval
and military garrison were closed, and collections for

the necessitous poor were made in the several churches
and chapels throughout the town and neighbourhood.

ROYAL ARTILLERY COMPANY.
The Times of Monday last stated that a dispatch
had been received at the Armoury House, Artillery-
ground, on the previous Thursday, addressed to the
commanding officer, superseding, by order of her
Majesty, twelve captains and nine lieutenants, and
reducing all the sergeants to the ranks ; which state-
ment is altogether untrue. The officers are elected
annually by their respective companies, and their
term of holding office does not expire till the first
Thursday in December next. To have superseded
them so near to that period—for any ulterior object
whatever—would have been the reverse of compli-
mentary. The dispatch in question intimated her
Majesty's intention, as a mark of her royal favour,"
to take upon herself the conferring commissions to the
officers in future, leaving the appointment of the non-
commissioned officers to the Lieutenant-Colonel of
the regiment. It is presumed, by this arrangement,
that some other honours are about to be conferred on
this distinguished corps.—Nautical Standard.

COUNTY COURTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,-Everybody knows_ that debtors who vie

timize creditors right and left receive a greater share
of attention and lenity from the judicial functionaries
and public at large, than those who unhappily, from
uncontrollabe circumstances, get into merely minor
difficulties. But, although every person may read in
the papers how civilly Mr. So•and-so, who possessed
thousands of pounds, and got rid of them, running
into debt some thousands more, is received at the
Bankruptcy Court—how commiserative the Commis-
sioners and Counsel are for his misfortune—they
d 3 not always hear of what is passing in the
little county courts of the various districts
in the metropolis, what great efforts are made
to swell out a paltry case, affecting the sari of a
couple of pounds, into one of enormous magnitude
and importance; nor do they know that the judges of
such places can make the most extraordinary and
contradictory decisions, just as it may suit their par-
ticular humour. I chanced to be present in the Is-

lington County Court on Wednesday, the 7th inst.,
when a defendant was summoned to show cause why
he Lad not obeyed an order made by the Court for
him to pay a small debt by monthly instalments. On
saying that he regretted he had been unable to do so,
he was told in the most uncourteous way that "that
was the excuse of every one who did not pay."
He was then (tbe court being crowded
as though a criminal case were going on), in an ex-
ceedingly rough manner, subjected to a more strict
and a far harsher examination than he would have
been exposed to had he appeared at the Insolvent
Court to clear off all his debts, instead of being where
he was, to arrange time 'for paying one; and on stat-
ing, in reply to a question, his profession, and how
that he had been unfortunate enough to make nothing
by it of late, he was treated with a sneering remark
of its being "an exceedingly novel one." Much more
was urged by the defendant, but the mind of " his
Honour" was made up; for, although the assistant,
who appeared for the plaintiff, said that his master
authorised him to state that he would be perfectly
satisfied if an order was made for payment in a
month's time, the decision of the Court was, " that
the most charitable way to proceed in this instance
would be to commit the defendant to gaol for fourteen
days, and he could arrange with the plaintiff if the
latter pleased."
Surely, Sir, this is not as it should be. The petty
judge of a court like this has no right to treat a
defendant in a manner that would only have been
deserved had he stood at the felon's bar of a police-
court. He has no right to pass sneering and
would-be sagacious remarks when he is told
by a defendant, that the profession he has been forced
to adopt for a living (his position in life having for-
merly been widely different) has not been sufficiently
productive to prevent him from having to appear in
such a place. And surely, when a plaintiff does not
urge immediate payment, but says he is " content to
wait a little," and the statements made by the de-
fendant are in no way condradicted or shaken, the
discretionary power that is left to the judge must be
misused when he immediately makes an order of
commitment.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Nov. 16.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transactions to-day were—
Great Western, Quarters, 12 dis.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16.
STOCKEXCITANGE.— The transactions to-day were as fol-
low :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late C. and
B.), 6 per cent. till 1850, 13—Great Northern (B.), 635. 9d.
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Halves, 20 dis.—Ditto,
Fifths, 6% c. dis.—Lancaster and Preston, 24 dis.—London
and North-Western, 1134—Ditto, New Quarters, c. p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Quarters (No. 1), gua •
ranteed V 4 till 1853, 11—Midland, 484 c.—Ditto, Halves,
21 N
MANCHESTER, Nov. 16.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow:—Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1%
p.—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 3-16—Old Sheffield, 1614—
Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 65,E p.—Midland, Halves,
214 dis.—London and North-Western, 11314—Ditto, New
Quarters, IA2 p. Etetwoods, 7 dis. Grimsby, Quarters,
10A dis.—Sheffielci, Preference, 911 n.—North Staffordshire,
91/4—Kendal and Windermere, 414.
GLASGOW, Nov. 14.

STOCR EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follew :—Caledonian, 22 - Great Northern, Preference, 5 per
cent. guaranteed, 7%—Wilsontown, Morningside, and Colt-
ness, 70.

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KING'S COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday (Friday)
evening a meeting was held in the board-room of King's
College Hospital, Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
The report announced that three-fourths of the proceeds
of a sermon, delivered at Lincoln's Inn Chapel on the
day of thanksgiving, was about to be applied towards
liquidating the expenses of receiving and treating cases
of cholera and diarrheas, during the prevalence of the
epidemic. It appeared that 1,339 patients so afflicted
had participated in the benefits of the hospital, of whom
more than 400 applied during the night, causing an addi-
tion both of medical offictrs and nurses to tie required
for the service of the institution. In announcing a fifth
donation of Idol. front Mrs. E. M. Chandler, the chair-
man observed that several other offerings had been made
by benevolent individuals, who had availed themselves of
the opportunity of thanksgiving by aiding an hospital
which had certainly rendered substantial service during
the ravages of the cholera, and had incurred considerable
expense in consequence. Some other business of a
routine nature having passed, thanks were voted to the
chairman, and the meeting separated,

I am, Sir, your obediently,
A LOVER OF JUSTICE.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The following, is a summary of the transactions yes-
terday

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
12 to 1 agst Victoria.
The Oaks is scratched for this race.
CHESTER CCP .
1,000 to 20 agst Whim colt-1,000 to 20 and I,Muloyooo to
15 agst Lady Evelyn-2,000 to 20 agst colt by
Moloch, out of 1 ondulum-1,000 to 10, five cr six times,
asst Melody-3,000 to 45 and 1,000 to 10 agst Idle Boy
(Mr. Parr s)-2,000 to 20 agst Kennington—and 1,000
to 15 agst Canezou.

DEBBY.
350 to 10 agst Mr. Henry's Pitsford—ti,kqn.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY,

LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CIIASE.-7 to 1 agst Knight of
Gwy nue, 8 to 1 agst The Doctor, 9 to 1 agst Shinrone,
9 to 1 agst Wolverhampton, 16 to 1 agst The Young-un,
10 to 1 agst Vain Hope.
SEFTON HANDICAP, LIVERPOOL-2 to 1 agst The
Alp and Priestess (taken to 401.), 3 to 1 agst Mantle
(taken to 254), t; to 1 agst The Dart (taken to 201.)
CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 20 egat Peep-o'-Day Boy
(taken freely), 1,000 to 20 agst any other.

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DEATH OF THE REV. DR. MACFARLAN, OF
REENOCK.—This rev. gentle tan, who was about 70
years of age, and hail been 43 years a minister of the
Christian religion, died on TueL•day last. He was a
staunch non-intrusionist, and, when the disruption tw,l{
place, was found amongst the tcceders.—Glasgow Daily
Mail.

UNIVERSITY or GLASGOW.--The Conservative stu-
dents in the University of Glasgow hnvo resolved not to
oi•posc the re-election of Mr. Macaulay as Lord Rector
for the present year.—Glasgow Courier.
Colonel hawker is now at Birmingham, in order
to superinted the forging, &c., for his new improvements
in guns.

THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDA Y EVENING, NOVEMBER 17 i 849

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.
AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS.
Yesterday, in pursuance of the resolutions passed
at the meeting of the representatives of the railway
companies on the Bth iost., communications in con-
formity with the instructions of the committee of
railway chairmen. appointed to prepare a Bill for
Parliament were transmitted to the secretary of
every railway company in the kingdom, calling their
attention to the resolutions passed at the meeting, and
to the suggested provisions of the proposed Bill for
the more efficient audit of railway accounts. Parti-
cular attention is called to the fourth resolution,
recommending that these suggestions should be cir-
culated among the shareholders, as the parties most
concerned in the efficiency of the audit, with a view
to obtain their opinions on the outline of the Bill.
Accompanying is a form of circular for communi-
cating the suggestions to the shareholders, the result
to be reported in the following form :—Number ap-
proving, number of shares; number disapproving,
number of shares ; special answers, number of
shares. The committee express themselves reluctant
to impose this trouble, but state that the parti-
cular board of directors and secretary to whom
the communication is addressed will feel that it is
necessary, once for all, to establish a system of audit,
not only satisfactory, but which Parliament may be
assured is satisfactory to shareholders. The circular
proposed for adoption by the various companies in
taking the sense of the shareholders, to be signed by
the respective:chairmen and secretaries, sets forth that
it is wished the opinion of all shareholders should be
obtained concerning the proposed Bill. If they dis-
approve of the suggestions, they are requested to inti-
mate it, either with or without their reasons for it.
If, on the other hand, they are not heard from, it is
to be assumed that they approve the proposed outline
of the Bill, as embodied in the resolutions of the dele-
gate meeting of directors on the Bth instant.
Yesterday, also the directors of the London and
WI,
oessttieornns
toR a
alli w
atyheirCsohmapraehnyoldeirs
ss uoend t
hoe ffis
nb-
oNo omr h
ject, signed by Mr. Stewart, the secretary, which, in
the form of interrogatory, differ from the preceding
one drawn out for general adoption. The communi-
cation commences by adverting to the resolutions of
the proprietors passed at their special general meeting
on the 17th of July last, when it was resolved that
the proposed compulsory interference of Govern-
ment with the accounts and affairs of railway com-
panies would be highly objectionable, both on public
and private grounds, and 'that for these reasons the
directors be instructed to oppose the Bill, but that
under existing circumstances it was expedient that it
-should' be made compulsory on the auditors of rail-
way accounts on all occasions, to call in to their
assistance some known public accountant, but without
the interference of Government: Accompanying
the communication are the resolutions passed at the
meeting of railway directors on the Bth, coupled with
a request that the proprietors will transmit their ap-
proval or otherwise of the suggestions for the proposed
Bill for the information and guidance of the direc-
tors in the course they may find it necessary to pur-
sue with reference to the question of audit by the
proprietors, 'and of Government interference in the
conduct and management of railway property. The
communication concludes by impressing on the pro-
prietors the desirableness of an immediate and serious
consideration of the matter, and calls upon
them to assist in forming such a measure
as will secure an efficient audit vested in
themselves, and so avoid the permanent evils to be
apprehended from the interference of Government in
commercial affairs. Questions upon the following
points are then put to the proprietors for reply :
First, as to whether they approve or otherwise of the
suggestions generally, and, if specially, whether it
should be.compulsory on the auditors to be appointed
by the proprietors to employ a known public ac-
countant ? Then, upon the question whether the
audit of the account should be continuous; if the
half-yearly financial statement of all the companies
should be made out as nearly as may be in the form
prescribed, &c.; whether it shall be competent for a
minority to appoint special auditors and accountants
as suggested.
The directors of the London and South-Western
Railway have informed their proprietors, simultane-
ously with the transmission of the suggestions, that an
opportunity will be afforded them at the special
general meeting on Wednesday, the 28th instant,
for collecting the views of their proprietors on the
subject.

LIVERPOOL' AND MANCHESTER
RAILWAY. •

An accident of a serious nature occurred to the
train from the north which should have arrived at
Liverpool at 46 minutes past five last night. We are
furnished with the following particulars by the re-
porter of a local print, who was in the train, having
' left Wigan by it at ten minutes to four o'clock :
The train would be that which left Carlisle at half-
past eleven. The train proceeded with perfect safety
till it arrived within a short distance of Huyton
Quarry station, when the passengers were alarmed
by the shrill and continuous sound of the whistle,
immediately succeeded by a loud crash and a sudden
jerk, which had the effect of throwing the passengers
forward in their seats with great force, and it was at
once apparent that something very serious had hap-
pened in the forepart of the train. The passengers
issued out of the carriages in the greatest consterna-
tion, and almost immediately, another train
appearing in sight behind, a cry was raised of " The
express, the express it is running into us !" To
describe the excitement at this moment would be
utterly impossibly, and the people, some with their
luggage, and others reckless of anything except life
and safety, ran down the steep embankment, and fell
with great violence over the wall at the bottom,
whilst others jumped into the field beneath. However,
the approaching train proved to be a goods train from
Manchester, and, having been duly signalled, was
stopped in time to prevent a further collision. When
the excitement had somewhat subsided, it was ascer-
tained that the engine of the passenger train had
come in contact with a portion of a luggage train,
which had become detached going down the Whiston
incline, the fore part of the latter train having pro-
ceeded towards Huyton. The guard on the end
van of the luggage train that had become detached
had perceived his danger, applied the breaks and
signalled ; and he had only just time to jump off
when a collision took place, the engine of the
passenger train running into the van, which
was reared up in the air, and with two or
three :of the trucks shattered to pieces. The
engine which was thrown off the line was very much
injured, and also the luggage van next to it, the
chimney of the former being broken off. The breaks
had been applied on the engine, and by the guard,
but did not take effect, in consequence of the wet state
of the rails, it raining very hard at the time. The
men maintained their position, sustaining only slight
injury. Most of the passengers, particularly those
in the second and third• class carriages at the back of the
train, were very much bruised and stunned, and some
of them sustained severe cuts. Trains from Man-
chester and the north followed on the same line,
but were stopped in time to prevent further acci-
dent. They were aftewards taken back with the
luggage train to Rainhill, where they were shunted
on to the other line, and conveyed to Huyton,
to be again shunted and taken on the proper
line to Liverpool. In the meantime the passenger
train which had met with the accident remained
stationary, the rain pouring in torrents, and ever and
anon there was a vivid flash of lightning, adding
fresh terror to the awful state of suspense in which
the passengers were kept. A number of miners from
the adjacent colliery, belonging to Mr. Willis, congre-
gated on the line, and with their torches rendered
considerable assistance ; but it was nine o'clock before
the train could be removed, and then it had to be
taken to Rainhill to be shunted and taken to Liver-
pool, part on one line and part on the other. Much
complaint was made that the passengers were kept
waiting at the scene of the accident, without any
apparent effort being made to convey them to their
destination; but every allowance should be made
under such circumstances, and the parties concerned
have to congratulate themselves that the accident,
though serious, was no worse.—Liverpool Times of
Thursday.

THE CASE OF MR. ROOKES.
EXETER, FRIDAY, Nov. t.—This morning the
Lord Bishop of the diocese held a court in the
Chapter-house of the Cathedral, for the purpose of
delivering his judgment in the case of the Rev. Ches.
Rookes, M.A., rector of Nymett-Rowland, Chumleigh,
Devon.
he Rev. Gentleman, who is a married man, was
the defendant in an action for seduction tried at the
last Summer Assizes in this city, before Mr. Justice
Williams, on which occasion the plaintiff obtained a
verdict for 1001. The evidence taken at the trial
showed that the Rev. Gentleman had for some tune
past been living in a most abandoned manner with
several women. The case which called the attention
of the Bishop was that of a young person named j
Maria Brooks. It appeared that she went into the
service of the defendant in September, 1842. He
seduced her early in the following January ; in No-
vember she miscarried ; the connexion continued, and
in 1844 Miss Brooks gave birth to a child
in Ib4B the Rev. Gentleman commenced a
liaison with another woman, and the conse-
quence was, that the mother of Maria Brooks brought
an action and recovered the above mentioned sum.
Immediately after the assizes the lii-hop issued a
commission, under the 3,1 and 4th Victeria known
as the Church Discipline Act, and it having been de-
cided by the Commission that there was a prima facie
case against the rev. defendant for further proceed-
ings, the necessary steps were taken by the Bishop;
but Mr. Rookes, in order to save the expense of a
suit in the Arches' Court, pleaded " Guilty," and the
Bishop fixed this day for giving judgment.
The Bishop took his seat on the bench at half-past
12 o'clock.
The proceedings commenced by the Bishop calling
up Mr. Barnes, his Lordship's secretary, to read Mr.
Rookes's consent.
Mr. Barnes read the notice, which was that the
Rev. Charles Rookes consented to his Lordship's
passing sentence without further inquiry.
His Loapsnir said that so late as four o'clock yes-
terday he had received from Mr. Ilookes a revocation
of his former consent, which Mr. Barnes would read
to the Court.
Mr. Barnes then read the revocation. Mr. Rookes
revoked his former consent, in consequence of having
received from Dr. Phillimore an opinion that the
evidence which had been taken by the commission
issued by the Bishop was not admissible, as it went
beyond the two years prior to the issuing of the coin-
mission. It further said that Mr. Rookes intended to
indict the witnesses who were examined for perjury
at the next spring assizes for the county of Devon,
and he therefore requested that all further proceed-
ings might be stayed until after that period, or until
the issue of the rule nisi which had been obtained in
the Court of Exchequer, in the case of " Brooks and
Rookes," should be known.
The Bisnop then proceeded to deliver his judgment.
His Lordship said, in this case due notice having been
given to Mr. Rookes that it was his (the Bishop's)
intention to proceed to judgment, and Mr. Rookes not
being present, he (the Bishop) did not think that he
ought in justice to himself or to Mr. Rookes to delay
proceeding. It was a case under the 3d and 4th
Victoria, commonly known as the Church Discipline
Act, which empowered the bishop of a diocese to issue
a commission to five beneficed clergymen to inquire
into any matter relating to the clergy. In this case
he had issued his commission, and the commissioners
decided that there was a prima facie case for further
proceedings. Mr. Rookes consented to his passing
sentence, but he had since applied to him (the
Bishop) to suspend his judgment until after it should
be ascertained whether the Court of Exchequer would
make absolute the rule nisi for a new trial in the case
of seduction of "Brooks v. Rookes." In answer to
this application he could not help saying that Mr.
Rookes had it in his power to forbear giving his con-
sent, and when that consent was given he knew that
he was going to move for a new trial, and therefore
why did he give his consent ? Mr. Rookes
also referred to an opinion of a highly respectable
advocate of Doctors' Commons (Dr. Rich Phillimore),
which opinion stated that evidence had been taken by
the commissioners referring to a period prior to the
two years over which the commission had power, and
that that evidence would be prohibited by a temporal
court. The case to which that opinion was an an-
swer—for he had them both before him—he must
observe, though sent so late as Friday last, forbore to
state to the learned advocate all the facts. It was
therefore very clear that the case was not sent for the
purpose of influencing the commission, but with a vie w
to sway his conduct that day; but before that was done
care ought to have been taken to have informed the advo-
cate that the charges arising out of the case of seduc-
tion had nothing to do with the present charge. As
no such intimation had been given to the Learned
Counsel, he could not be induced to postpone his
judgment ; and with regard to waiting the result of
the rule nisi, if he were to do so it would appear to
recognize a connexion between the two issues. The
action for seduction related to a period of time to
which the Court could not look, and it was quite as
much for the interest of Mr. Rookes as otherwise that
it should not, for if the result of that action one way
was to be taken as in favour of Mr. Rookes, the op-
posite must be against him. Now with respect to the
alleged intention to prefer an indictment against the
principal witnesses for perjury, that might be entitled
to more weight if the case rested solely upon their
testimony. If the witness Brooks was deemed
unworthy of belief, she might be said not to be a
sufficient witness, but in the proceedings before the
commission there was sufficient testimony if the
whole of her evidenee had been rejected ; indepen-
dently of which, he did not believe that if a bill was
prepared at the next , assizes, the case would
be tried then ; he could not, therefore, postpone his
sentence on that ground. There was another point
suggested by Mr. Rookes, and that was that the
commissioners had taken evidence beyond the two
years. Although it was too late to object to this
evidence, he should feel bound to reject it altogether
if he could believe that the Learned Counsel's opinion
which Mr. Rookes had obtained was a just interpre-
tation of the law. That opinion was requested by
return of post, and the Counsel himself advised that
they should take the opinion of some gentleman of
the common law bar. On the other hand, he (the
Bishop) rejoiced to say that he had not been left to
his own judgment in the matter ; he had taken the
opinion of a gentleman of the common law bar. He
had stated that the evidence ought to be received. It
was, moreover, right for him to state that he had re-
ferred to the case of the Duke of Norfolk, in the
" State Trials," and he felt confident that the commis-
sioners were right in receiving the evidence. His
Lordship then said he would proceed to consider the
case in its outset; and he rejoiced to say that he
had had the assistance of his Chancellor and three
other reverend gentlemen who formed the com-
mission. The commissioners having reported
that there was a priind facie case for further
proceeding, and Mr. Rookes having given his consent
to the sentence, he (the Bishop) proposed to state, in
the first place, why Mr. Rookes should be deprived.
Mr. Laidman, Mr. Rookes' solicitor, endeavoured in
the first place, to shake the credibility of the evidence
of the three sisters, for the seduction of one of whom
the action was brought. Mr. Laidman said that if
they had nut a pecuniary interest in view, at any rate
they had an interest in trying to get a verdict in favour
of the mother. He says, that on that trial it was
important for them to show that Miss Brooks entered
into the service of the Rev. Mr. Rookes in the year
1843 ; Maria Brooks and her sisters swore that it did
so commence, but that he (Mr. Laidman) was pre-
pared to show that it commenced before. Now, he
(the Bishop) wished to impress upon them the fact
that the question of the seduction was wholly irrele-
vant to the present case. The question which the
commission had to decide was, whether Mr. Rookes
had been guilty of adultery during the last two
years. The testimony of two of the witnesses had
been objected to because they swore that Mr. Rookes
was frequently in the habit of getting intoxicated, that
that evidence was contrary to Mr. Rookes' character,
and had been contradicted by witnesses whom Mr.
Rookes called. He (the Bishop) acquitted Mr. Rookes
of that charge, but he could not altogether throw over the
evidence of the witnesses. Another point to which
Mr. Laidman had referred was the absence of a ma-
terial witness who could have contradicted the evi-
dence of the Brookses, but that she was prevented
from being present in conseqence of illness. Now,
it was proved by a witness that the last day the com-
mission sat in that place they met the witness alluded
to in the cathedral yard. His Lordship said he had
now gone through all the matter affecting the credit
of the witnesses. The principal witness was Maria
Brooks, and he confessed he saw enough to object to
her testimony, if it was not strongly corroborated ;
but she was corroborated by her sister Anne, and her
testimony was not shaken. The other sister, Eliza. j
swore to certain things which she heard and saw in
Mr. Brookes' house, and that he had committed adul-
tery with Miss E (His Lordship said he
thought in the present instance he had better not
mention the name of the party.) Now, if Eliza
swore that which was true, it was in the power of
Mr. Rookes to have called Miss E--_ to have con-
tradicted her testimony, but he had not done so.
This evidence, too, was in a measure confirmed by
one of Mr. Rookes' own witnesses, who said he knew
Miss E— and Miss P--. They used to come
often to Mr. Rookes' house ; sometimes together and
sometimes separately. They used to stay as late as
10 or 11 o'clock at night. And here, said his Lord-
ship, it appears that .Mies E--, although a single
woman, was in the habit of going to the house of Mr.
Rookes, who, although a married man, was living
separate from his wife, and therefore he (the Bishop)
did not see any reason to doubt that the guilty act
was committed. On the other act of adultery—that
with Miss Brooks—it was clearly proved that it had
taken place within the two years, if the evidence of
the sister was to be believed; but even if that failed,
there was the evidence of the medical man who

delivered Miss Brooks of her child. That gentleman
r stated that Mr. Rookes had fetched him between the
hours of 2 and 3 in the morning to attend Miss
Brooks in her confinement, and thlt he had paid him.
His Lordship, in conclusion, said he found Mr.
Rookes guilty of adultery within the two years from
the 20th of July last, and it only remained for him to
pass what sentence the case demanded. Mr. Rookes
could not plead that he had been tempted, and had
fallen in an unguarded moment; neither could he
plead youth, because he was a man stricken in years.
He considered him no longer fit to hold office as a
clergyman, and he therefore deprived him of all
ecclesiastical preferment which he possessed in the
diocese, especially the rectory of Nytnett-Rowlaad,
or any other within the diocese ; he is hereby deprived
accordingly.
The case excited much interest, and the court was
crowded.

DESTRUCTION OF CLIEFDEN HOUSE,
NEAR MAIDENHEAD.

A few short months since we announced the pur-
chase of this celebrated mansion by the Duke of
utherland, from the executors of the late Sir George
Warrender ; we have now to record its almost entire
destruction, this being the second time it has fallen a
prey to the flames within the last GO years. The
family of the Duke of Sutherland are at present in
Scotland, and the only persons in charge of the mmn-
sion when the unfortunate outbreak occurred were
two female servants. The accident seems to have
originated in the library, where some workmen had
been employed until nearly ten o'clock on Thursday
morning. The flames were first observed through the
front windows of the mansion about one o'clock P.M. by
some persons near the spot, who hastened to the house
and gave an alarm. Messengers were instantly dis-
patched to Maidenhead, and in a short time two engines
arrived, but the fire had by this time attained so
great a mastery that although an ample supply of
water was at hand very little effect was produced
upon the conflagration. The flames having commu-
nicated with the grand staircase, the whole of the
upper floor of the main building was speedily on fire,
and all hope of saving any portion of it being at an
end, the endeavours of those engaged were directed
to the salvage of the wings, which were connected
with the central portion by two colonnades. These
colonnades were speedily pulled down, and several
other engines having by this time arrived, from
Windsor and elsewhere, the firemen poured large
quantities of water over the ruins, and the flames
were at length subdued, after having consumed the
wliole of the central portion of the mansion, with a
large portion of its valuable and interesting contents.
Several of the more choice paintings, of which Chief-
den contained en immense number, were saved by the
exertions of the persons present, among whom the
Hon. Colonel Irby, Col. Vansittart, and Mr. Raikes
Currie, all of whom reside in the neighbourhood, were
most conspicuous.

The original mansion of Cliefden was erected by
George Villars, second Duke of Buckingham, in the
reign of Charles 11. From the Duke of Bucking-
ham the mansion passed into the possession of Frede-
rick Prince of \Vales, who resided there many years,
and greatly improved the place. On the 20th of May,
1795, the house was destroyed by fire, the flames
spreading with great rapidity, and leaving no portion
of the building standing, except the wings. The
house occupied a position on the brow of a lofty
eminence, overlooking Windsor Castle, which consti-
tutes a prominent object in the view. The declivity
towards the Thames is hung with natural woods, and
the meanderings of that river through the adjoining
pastures constitute one of the richest and most beau-
tiful prospects that can be imagined. The mansion
now destroyed was built on the ruins or that which
was burnt in 1795, about 25 years ago, by the late
Sir George Warrender, who made it the receptacle
of his most remarkable collection of works of art and
virtu. Many of these treasures were purchased with
the mansion by the Duke of Sutherland, and we fear
that a very large portion of them is destroyed.
It need scarcely be added that the lamentable acci-
dent has occasioned the deepest regret in the neigh-
bourhood.

The mansion, it is understood, is fully insured.

A GAME- WATCHER MURDERED.
A melancholy tragedy has been committed in the
remote and wild district of Bewcastle, on the borders,
between Scotland and East Cumberland. The vic-
tim, Thomas Davidson, has been for many years a
game-watcher for Sir James Graham upon the hills
and commons in that neighbourhood. On Monday
and Tuesday last a long and tedious investigation was
held before Mr. Carrick, the coroner for the eastern
division of the county, when the following facts were
proved :—" The deceased left home about nine o'clock
on Thursday morning, for his usual beat on the hills,
and not returning at night his family became alarmed
for his safety, and gave notice to the neighbours.
On the following morning an active search was
made, but it was not until Saturday morning
that he was discovered far away on the
heights, upwards of two miles from his home,
bearing evident marks of having been murdered
by strangulation. Suspicion immediately fixed
upon Joseph Itogg, one of the prisoners, a notorious
poacher in the district, who had, about a fortnight ago,
been fined on the evidence of the deceased. On that
occasion he threatened deceased. The father of the
accused is now in gaol, undergoing imprisonment for
poaching also upon the evidence of the deceased.
After a variety of contradictory evidence given during
the two days' investigation by theprisoners' friends to
prove an alibi, it was shown that the prisoners, Joseph
Hogg, Nichol Hogg alias John Nichol, and Andrew
Turnbull, had been seen together several times during
the week, and had been out poaching in the neigh-
bourhood where deceased was found on the day he
was murdered. After the investigation had proceeded
several hours on the second day, Andrew Turnbull
expressed a wish to make a statement to Mr.
Sabbage, the superintendent of police, and which
was to the following effect :—" He and the prisoners,
Joseph Hogg, Nichol llogg alias John Nichol, had
gone out together poaching on the morning of the
day of the murder, and they then agreed that if they
met deceased they would kill him. After shooting
the whole day, they were on their return home at
night, when the deceased saw and chased them about
100 yards. Joseph Hogg and Nichol Hogg then
turned round upon and seized the deceased, and
strangled him ; but he (Turnbull) ran away, and left
the other two prisoners, and was thus unable to give
further particulars. The last that he saw was Hogg
and the deceased falling down together.' The pri-
soner Joseph Hogg had a scratch over his upper lip,
and a pair of breeches of his were produced bearing
a mark of blood upon the knee. The inquest was
then adjourned for further evidence until the :36th
inst., and the three prisoners committed to Carlisle
gaol during the interval. The deceased was a steady
honest, and dutiful servant, and had held his present
situation for 20 years.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the ♦ct 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of lc oTember, 184,.
IBBI7E DEP.&B.TILENT.

Notas issues—. •• .. 23,718,070

Government debt •• 11,015,100
Other securities •. 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 14,835,993
Silver bullion .. ... • 2132,077

228,818,070 28,818,070
M. Dated the 14th day of November, MARSIIA.LL, Chief Cashier.
1849.

BANKING DEPAZTILZNT.
X.
Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest - •••. • • • 3,161,032
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and Di-

vidend accounts)• • 6,221,770
Other deposits •• •• 10,352,089
Seven day and other

bills.. :....... •• •• 1,099,295

£35,387,186

Dated the 14th day of Neveml

Government scour!.

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) 14,228,068
Other securities .. . • 9,753,886
Notes •••••• • • • • • • 16,402,390
Gold and silyer coin.. 1,002,642

X 3.5,387,186
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
or, 1849.

DEATH OF CHARLES LYELL, ESQ., OF KINNORDY.
—This gentleman, who was for many years vice-lieu.
tenant of the county, died at Kinnordy, on the Bth inst.
Mr. Lyell was educated in the College of S'. Andrew's
and afterwards in the University of Cambridge, at both
of which seats of learning he was eminently distinguished.
Having passed many of his early years in England, Mr.
Lyell returned to his paternal estate, in the parish of
Kirriemuir, in 1826, where he has constantly resided
since that time. For many years Mr. Lyell's pursuits
were scientific. He was the discoverer of a great num-
ber of British plants previously unknown. how much
his labours in promoting botany were appreciated by
men of the first eminence is proved by the fact that two
excellent works were severally dedicated to him by
botanists of no less distinction than Sir William Hooker
and Professor Lindley, and a genus of plants (Lyellia)
named after him by Mr. Robert Brown. In the literary
world he is known by a translation of the lyrical poems
of Dante, the first edition of which, printed at his own
cost, was so well received by the public, that a London
publisher obtained permission to print a second on his
own account. Mr. Lyell's essay on " The Anti-Papal
Spirit of Dante," shows a profound knowledge of me-
diaeval Italian literature and history, and is full of en-
larged and philosophical views. These studies he con-
tinued till withi❑ a short period of his death. He has
left an extensive botanical library, including among
them several rare works of the older naturalists, and his
collection of the various editions of Dante and the writ-
ings of his numerous commentators, and of authors illus-
trative of Dante and his times, are such as could hardly
be found in any other private library in the kingdom.
Dundee Advertiser.

A BIPED 110 G.-At Carlton, Arthur Cowlishaw,
of Gedling, undertook, for a wager, to drink seven pinta
of ale, and eat twenty. one apples in half-an-hour, which
he performed within a few minutes of the time.—lVotts
Guardian.

As the diamond is found in the darkness of the mine,
as the lightning shoots with most vivid flashes from the
gloomiest cloud, so does mirthfulness frequently proceed
from a heart susceptible of the deepest melancholy.—
Eliza Cook's 'owns,.