The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA EVENING, OCTOBER 19? 184

THE REV. JAMES SHORE AND

THE BISHOP OF EXETER.

The following statement of facts respecting this case
of eccleekistieel oppression has just been made public :
The Rev. J. Shore was, in the year 1832, app( inted
minister of a chapel at Bridgetown, in the parish of
Berry Pomery, Devon, then lately erected by the Duke
s.f Somerset ; and having received a nomination from the
Rev. J. Edwards, thee vicar of the parish, he was
licensed, by the Bishop of Exeter, to officiate in the
chapel, which was not consecrated, but was opened as a
chapel in connexion with the Established Church, under
the license of the same Bishop. In April, 1834, Mr.
Edwards died, the Rev. E. Browne was inducted to the
living, and Mr. Shore continued to officiate in the chapel
without any fresh nomination being required by the
Bishop or given by the Incumbent. In the year 1843,
Mr. Brown (the Vicar) wishing to exchange the living,
of Berry Pomeroy for another, obtained the consent of
the Duke of Somerset to the arrangement, and in Sep-
tember, 1843, the Rev. W. B Cosens was inducted to the
living on the presentation of the Duke of Somerset.
Shortly after the induction of Mr. Cosens, the secretary
of the Bishop of Exeter informed Mr. Shore that it was
necessary for him to obtain a nomination from the new
vicar, and that unless he obtained it his license
would be withdrawn. Mr. Cosens refusing to give the
nomination, the chapel was closed in October
1843, and after many attempts to procure from the
Bishop and Mr. Cosens an arrangement of the affair, the
chapel was, in the month of February, 1844 (after an
interval of nearly six months), by the direction of the
Duke of Somerset, certified in the Archdeacon's Court
of Totnes, as a place for religious worship of Protestants,
under the provisions of the Toleration Acts, and Mr.
Shore resumed his duties as the minister of the chapel,
conducting the services nearly in accordance with the
forms of the Church of England as before. On the 13th
of March, 1844, Mr. Shore was served with a document,
withdrawing his license, whereupon a correspondence
ensued between Mr. Shore and the Bishop, in which
Mr. Shore stated that he could no longer conform to
the discipline of the Church of England, and had se-
ceded from the establishment ; and requested to be
informed if anything more was necessary to complete
the separation which he desired. To this inquiry he
received only evasive replies. Mr. Shore then having
consulted his legal advisers, took the oaths, &c., required
by the Toleration Acts, and qualified himself in a way it
had never before been denied a clergyman could do, to
preach and teach as a protestant dissenting Minister.
But the Bishop of Exeter would not permit an evan-
gelical clergyman thus to throw off his yoke, carrying
with him his church and a large congregation, and ac-
cordingly commenced legal proceedings in the Eccle-
siastical Courts. After a Commission, under the Church
Discipline Act, had sat on the case at Totnes (at which
Mr. Shure appeared under protest), and had reported, in
the firsrinstance, that Mr. Snore was liable to punish-
ment as a clergyman disobeying his Bishop, Mr. Shore
was cited in the Arches Court, and he appeared to such
citation under protest. This protest, although ably
argued by Sir John Dobson (the Queen's Advocate)
and Dr. Twiss, for Mr. Shore, was overruled by the
Judge, and Mr. Shore assigned to appear absolutely.
He did so, and prayed articles. These exhibit and charge
no other fault or crime, but that Mr. Shore was, at
the time of exhibiting such articles, a priest in holy
orders of the Church of England, and that being such,
he, " on the 14th April, 1844, and 28th July, 1844, took
upon him to read prayers, preach, administer, (to wit on
the 28th July, 1844) the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper, and perform ecclesiastical duties and divine
offices, according to the rites and ceremonies of the
United Church of England and Ireland, in the said un-
consecrated chapel or building, situate in the said parish
of Berry Pomeroy, in the county of Devon, &c., without
any license or authority for so doing, and contrary to,
and in spite of, the aforesaid injunction or monition of
the said Bishop of Exeter." To this Mr. Shore presented
to the Court a responsive allegation, setting forth the
license of the chapel as a dissenting place of worship, and
his having taken the oaths, &c., &c., under the
Toleration Acts, the protection of which he claimed
against this prosecution. This question was ably
urged in the Court of Arches, by Sir J. Dobson and
Dr. Twiss for Mr. Shore, but the allegation was
dismissed. Mr. Shore thereupon in Michaelmas term
last, moved, by Sir F. Kelly, fir a prohibition in the
Queen's Bench, to restrain the Arches Court from
proceeding further with the case. A rule nisi was then
granted, and in Hilary Term this question was ably and
fully argued by the late Attorney-General, Dr. Adams
and Mr. Montague Smith, for the Bishop, and Sir F.
Kelly, Mr. Sergeant Manning and Dr. Twiss for Mr.
Shore ; and in the term following, Lord Denman pro-
nounced judgment, discharging the rule, notwithstanding
the able and energetic arguments of Mr. Share's counsel,
and deciding that no clergyman could voluntarily quit
the establishment ; and Mr. Shore was consequently
driven back to the Court of Arches, where he has been
sentenced to abstain from again preaching, &c., and to
pay the costs. At the commencement of this unprece-
dented prosecution, a committee of the friends of civil
and religious liberty in Totnes, and its neighbourhood,
was formed, and considering that the great question of
religious liberty was directly assailed in this attack on
Mr. Shore, they determined to support him in resisting
to the utmost this unconstitutional invasion of religious
rights, and set about raising subscriptions. These, at
present, we hear, amount to about 200/., but Mr. Shore
has already incurred upwards of 4001. for his own ex-
penses, and as he was determined, with the advise of his
counsel, and at the request of the committee, to proceed
yet further, a larger amount will be required.— West
Briton.

THE SHUTTING UP OF 'HIGH-
LAND PASSES.
(From the Glasgow Argus.)
We are glad to see that the illegal attempt of the
Duke of Leeds to shut up the pass to Glen Lui Beg
amid the Cairngorm mountains, has excited so much at

tention throughout England ant? Scotland. There has
been a growing disposition for some years, on the part
of great Highland proprietors, and the English sports-
men to whom they let their shootings, to exclude the
people from the mountain paths, to which the people
have as clear a right as any landlord has to his estate.
Fortunately, this last attempt of the Duke of Leeds,
and the odd defence made for it by the Duke and

his eccentric friend, Mr. Grantley Berkeley, have put
matters in such a train as will bring the question
to a speedy issue. The Duke of Athol, imitating
his southern compeer, has, it seems, determined to
close Glen Tilt, which he has no more right to do
than any Mr. Smith or Mr. Jones of London has to
take possession of the best bed-room or drawing-room of
Duakeld House. These great Nimrods have yet to learn
the great fact, that in the eyes of the law their fondly
cherished deer are not " game," but " vermin "—a fact
which was very clearly proved not many months ago, to
the great disci,mF.ture of a Ross-shire laird, whose deer
were very summarily dispatched by a lowland farmer,
now settivd in Ross-shire, in whose turnip Gelds they had
made depredations more extensive than welcome. They
have yet to learn an equally indisputable fact, that no
landlord has any right of exclusion over the wilder-
ness. Waste land, if not free for the plough and
the spade is free for the foot ;—at least there are very
good lawyers who maintain so, and any doubts that may
exist upon the question will soon be set at rest. The
right of way is in England a right most dear to the
people—a right which the common law has ever enforced.
One John Lewis, a brewer of Richmond, tried this right
against the influence of the whole Royal Family of Eng-
land, and beat it triumphantly. The Princess Amelia,
daughter of George the Third, was ranger of the Royal
Park at Richmond, and thought fit to shut up a footway
that had been used by the inhabitants from time imme-
morial. Her father and all his court supported her. The
brewer, back♦ d by the people of Richmond resisted the
oppression ; and after a long suit, vexatiously def, n led,
won the cans,.. The Scottish law is not less clear and de-
cisive. If there is not public spirit enough in the few
Highlanders yet left amid the magnificent glens and
mountains of Perth and Aberdeenshire to re-
sist these autocratic deer preservers, there is sufficient
among the tourists of England and other parts of the
world to try the point. It will not be difficult to found an
association for the preservation of the rights of way, and
to depute half a-dozen sturdy pedestrians next season to
force the passes, if need be. We fancy the Dukes and their
gamekeepers will be rather shy of laying forcible hands
upon any pedestrians sent upon such a mission ; and we
would advise the instant formation of a society for this
very purpose. It will be well supported ; and funds will
not be wanting for a cause so noble. We invite the co-
operation of sight-seers, of the admirers of the grand
and the beautiful in nature, as well as of the friends of
popular rights in this cause. Such a society would soon
bring the Dukes to reason, and show them that what roy-
alty could not do for a few acres of ground in Surrey,
aristocracy shall not do for whole counties in Scotland.

MEMOR.IAL AGAINST THE ASSOCIATION OP ARCH
AND STATCE.—If Lord Morpeth and the Government
were sincere, when they stipulated that if the appear-
ance of the Wellington colossus on the arch was not
satisfactory to competent persons, after being "on
liking" for three weeks, it should come down—down,
unquestionably, it must come. We would suggest that
a respectful protest against its continuance on the arch,
addressed to her Majesty, should be forthwith drawn
up for signature, and should lie, during a specified time,
at some public place fur that purpose. The accom-
plished professor (Cockerell), whose personal protest we
commented on a short time since, would but perform a
duty he owes the public were he to imitate this mea-
sure, and would thereby entitle himself to the thanks of
every lover of art, and of every man jealous for the re-
putation of England in matters fof taste.— The Budder.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE or CAMPERDOWN.
—Monday last being the 49th anniversary of this
glorious battle, which gave the first check to the hitherto
irresistible prowess of revolutionary France, and anni-
hilated the fleet which Napoleon had destined for the
subjugation of Great Britain, was celebrated at Cam
perdown, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Camper-
down. A large party of the friends and connexions of
the family assembled on the occasion. Among the dis-
tinguished visitors were Admiral the Marquis of Tho-
mond,_ Viscount and Viscountess Duncan, Sir Henry and
Lady Jehn.tone and family, the Lady IL Allen, Sir
Hew Dalrymple, Sir John Ogilvie, &e. The party sat
down to a sumptuous entertainment' at seven o'clock.
The dinner table and sideboards
belonging
ornatnented with
the splendid service of gold onglng to the family.
The large suite of rooms was throwne open. In the
saloon, round the portrait of the distinguished.hfl Admiral
were displayed the colours of the Dtc.a:n !et, and in the
i tming.
fell-length
a' grand staircase hangs the celebrated
rd Lyndhurst), representing
iral de Winter delivering up his sword to
*At:WI 3
'ou Duncan. The company did '
es -411*lateltostr, and nothing could hilarityexceednotitieselarte
ird'inirtlipti,ttle party. In the early part of the day
es
citc.-:if 411.032-014114 visftors who were fond of the sports of the
ett.„-al, stk-t4 eloyetl_ le amusement of a battue in the park.
Cr --r..--Vpwards, 0 I 0 head of game were brought home
4411- _ 0 ours, ehiefly consisting of Pheasants.
_NI ,:i S

COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL

RELATIONS WITH SWITZERLAND.

Statistical science has at length been more directed
in the Helvetic federation to the investigation an clas-
sification of positive industrial facts. To the depressed
state of some branches of Swiss industry we owe the re-
port of a commission of practical men, appointed for the
purpose of investigating the causes of depression, and, if
possible, of suggesting the means of remedy or of preven-
tion for the future. With an intelligent impartiality,
the protectionist party was admitted by its representa-
tives into the commission. We find that a minority of
members dissented from the free trade laissez faire re-
port laid before the diet by the majority. That report,
however, was fully affirmed in its conclusions and princi-
ples by the Diet. As a well-written, ably-reasoned do-
cument, it is highly creditable to M. de Gonzsnbach, Se-
cretary of State to the Confederation, and a distinguished
economist, to whom was committ, d the task of preparing
it. Although in some respects not so compete in its
statistical details and information as might be wished,
the returns embodied in it will establish, for the first
time, a basis from which the industrial statistics of
Switzerland may start, and hereafter be gradually per-
fected, like those of other neighbouring or advanced
countries. We proceed briefly to notice some of the
chief points and figures relating to textile industry.
Of the various manufactures, that of cotton ranks first
in the order of importance. The first spinning factories
date, it is said, from the continental system of Bonaparte.
We are rather inclined to question the accuracy of this
statement, for we have heard, on competent authority in
Lancashire, that some, if but few, spinneries were esta-
blished in Switzerland before that period. One of the
oldest cotton spinners, if not the oldest, yet living in
Lancashire, a contemporary of Sir Richard Arkwright,
Sir Robert Peel, &c., who was largely concerned in the
supply of cotton yarn to the Swiss markets, assured us
some short time since that he had an offer made, about
the year 1795 or 179 G, as nearly as we can recollect—
say ten years or more before the continental system—to
undertake the establishment of a large cotton mill, to be
built, filled with the best machinery, and conducted
under his own superintendence, with a large allowance for
management, in addition to one half-share of the profits,
for which a capital of 100,0001. was to be supplied by, or
under the guarantee of, the Government of the Canton
of, we believe, St. Gall. From patriotic motives, and
himself largely embarked in spinning and mercantile
concerns, with the interests of which it might have in-
terfered, he declined the offer. But he had the means of
knowing, through his travellers and agents, that factories,
though certainly on a much smaller scale, then existed
in Switzerland. The continental system communicated,
doubtless, a powerful impulse to the spread of the factory
system. There were, according to the report of the
Commission, in Switzerland, in 1844, 131 spinneries, of
which 70 were in the canton of Zurich, turning 660,001)
spindles, and producing 160,000 quintals of cotton yarn.
The imports of raw cotton for their supply had for
several years been in constant progression: in 1842, the
last year cited, the quantity was 228,000 quintals. The
number of factory operatives employed was upwards of
10,000 Of power-loom factories there were eighteen,
in which yarn was worked up into 100,000 pieces yearly.
But the far larger portion of the fabrics was still woven
by hand, in common looms, of which there were not far
from 100,000. The canton of Zurich alone reckoned from
18,000 to 20,000 hand-loom weavers, who wove each year
nearly 1,000,000 of pieces of all kinds.
The situation of the hand-loom weavers was, however,
becoming very precarious, in consequence of the fearful
competition of the power-loom. Their wages had fallen
to 16 batzen per week, or less than 2s. On such a
miserable pittance it was not possible long to exist.
The remedy looked to was in the extension of power-
loom works, and their gradual absorption of the desti-
tute hand-loom labour, or the exclusive transference of
the labour to the fabrication of fancy tissues, which
could not be so easily executed by power-looms.
Jacquard looms had recently been introduced into several
cantons and it was hoped that the operative crisis in the
cotton manufacture might thus by degrees be alleviated
and pass away.
Next after cotton ranks the silk manufacture. It em-
ploys about 40,000 workpeople. Silk-worms are culti-
vated in the cantons of the Grisons and the Tessin,
which yield a product of about 50,000 pounds (the Swiss
is rather more than the English pound) of silk. The
quantity of raw silk, and of silk, and half silk fabric im-
ported besides, was, in 1842, 28,300 ; and, in 1842,
29,900 quintals. In piece-goods, the manufacture is
chiefly in plain silk, from the strongest taffetas to the
lightest fabrics. The ribband manufacture, the chief
seat of which is at Basle, although largely extended also
in Berne, Soleure, Argovia, Thuringia, and Zurich, is,
however, the principal branch of silk industry, and en-
joys a great repute. Exported to Paris, the ribb Inds of
'Basle are so alike to the finished products of Lyons and
St. Etienne, as not unfrequently, it is said, to be pur-
chased and re-exported to Switzerland, as the choice fa-
brics of those famous places.
The manufacture of flax and hemp, although no
longer of the same consideration as formerly, was not,
and is not, without importance. The raw material for
working is amply produced in the cantons ; flax is
grown in Berne and Argovia, and hemp everywhere.
But flax-spinning machinery was operating the same
revolution in the linen as had been similarly accom-
plished through the same causes in the cotton 'manufac-
ture. Flax was no longer spun by the Swiss female
peasantry, except for household use. Foreign machine
spun yarns were imported from all parts, but
particularly from England. The imports of linen and
hempen yarns and fabrics amounted, in 1842, to 14,600
quintals, and in 1843 to 14,000. The transition from
spinning by hand to machine spinning was a great diffi-
culty in the way of the establishment and extension of
flax-spinning mills, and, again, Swiss linen fabrics were
repulsed by the prohibitive duties of all the bordering
states. But several spinning mills had been established,
and every confidence was felt that the linen manufacture
would progress and prosper like that of cotton.
The woollen manufacture occupies the least important
place in the textile industry of Switzerland ; it is far
from sufficing, indeed, for domestic consumption. Flocks
of the ovine race are extremely rare, and agriculture
furnishes but a small quantity of raw material, and that
is worked up in the places where produced. The
greater part of the wool consumed is imported from
Hungary, Bohemia, Wirtemberg, and Italy. Each can
ton possesses one or several manufactories of wool.
There are twelve in the canton of Zurich, employing 500
or 600 workmen. The quantity of wool imported in
1813 was 13,000 quintals, a portion of which, however,
only enters the country in transit. But the consump-
tion of Switzerland still requires, in addition to the
home manufactured products, a large importation of
foreign-made woollen fabrics ; in 1843, more than
28,000 quintals were thus imported. The report refers
with just pride to the fact of the wealth and well-being
which such an extent of consumption implies. The
workmen of the towns, and the peasantry of the country
are always seen well clothed ; there is not the humble
proprietor of the most modest cottage who has no-, be-
sides his holiday suit, good and warm clothing for work
days, and who does not renew it often.

EXTENSIVE BURGLARY AT
BRIG FUTON.
A burglary was committed on Thursday night, or Fri-
day morning, on the premises of Mr. Morganti, jeweller,
50, Grand-parade., and property to a large amount car-
ried off. It seems that Mr. Morganti retired to rest on
Thursday night soon after eleven o'clock, leaving every-
thin safe. He sleeps himself at the top of the house ;
the floor immediately above the shop is used as an office
by Mr. King, solicitor ; and the floor above that is let to
ledgers, who state that they heard no noise during the
night. On Friday morning, however, on the servant
coming down at half-past six o'clock, she found the
shop in a state of great confusion—the glass cases open,
the glass-sash in the front window drawn aside, the
shutters of the room behind the shop undone and two
panes of glass broken. Here, it was apparent, the
thieves had effected an entrance ; and indeed no very
formidable obstacle was opposed to them. They had to
get over a wall (facing into Circus-street) about seven
feet in height ; the shutters were only fastened by an
ordinary bolt, and this being forced, and the glass
broken, the window of the back parlour was opened.
There was a door separating the parlour from the shop ;
but it was left open. The thieves must have taken their
time ; for they literally stripped the shop of its most
valuable contents, taking them from their case,,, which
they left behind, and sweeping them from the rods on
which they hung. Watches, rings, and chains were
their principal aim. Seven gold watches were carried
off—the only remaining one escaping by being covered
over by some other articles, also several silver watches,
four gold chains, a gold box and several silver ones, 3
silver guard-chains, 18 gold pencil cases, five diamond
and ruby rings, and about 100 lady's and gentlemen's
gold rings, with stones, about 36 gentlemen's pins, 8 gold
lockets 5 gold brooches, 6 gold cord guard-chains, a
diamond earring, silver spoons and forks, and a variety
of other articles of value, which the owner estimates
altogether at upwards of 5004 Many articles of value,
as cameos, gold brooches, &c., were left behind ; the
object of the thieves evidently being to get as much
booty within as small a compass as possible. They left
by the same way they entered, leaving the back-door
unfastened. At half-past two, the policeman on duty in
Circus. street states that he tried this door, and that it
was fastened ; he was again on that beat at half-past
five, and saw nothing to excite his suspicion. On the
police being made acquainted with the robbery, an officer
was dispatched by an early train to London ; but as yet
sio traces have been found of the offenders.—Brighion
Herald.

A YOUNG DISTILLER.—On Saturday a little boy,
known by the name of " Billy," whose chin scarcely
touched the upper part of the dock, was brought before
Mr. Rushton, charged with having been found in at-
tendance upon an illicit still, at work, in Marybone.
Mr. Walker, an officer of the Customs, said that " Billy"
was an acquaintance of his, of pretty considerable stand-
ing, for that he had met the young gentleman in almost
every house
he entered, where illicit distillation was
being carried on. He had always taken the principals
into custody, and allowed "Billy," on account of his
extreme youth and apparent innocence, to go at large.
but that day he had found him the sole tenant of the
house in which the still was. lle had, moreover, seen
him attending sedulously to the illicit occupation of
kr.eping the still at full work. Mr. Rushton ordered the
lad to be remanded, observing that he was manifestly
an instrument in the hands of the other parties.—Gorc's
Liverpool Advertiser.
Tai NOTT MONUMENT.—Government has offered
sufficient metal for a statue in bronze of the late gallant
General Nott, in Carmarthen, but it is doubtful if the
Committee can avail themselves of it, on account of the
great expense of the casting. Colonel Trevor still seems
to think that Llangunnor Hill, facing the town, is the
gthat
distance, place for the site ; but to look anything at
distance, it should be a column of considerable height,
and of imposing appearance, and the amount collected
precludes, it is found, anything of that sort.—Cumbrian.

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGEN, OCT. 14.—0 n Monday there was a
Cabinet Council, which sat very long ; at which were
present their Excellencies the Minister Van Hail, who
has wholly recovered from his indisposition, and M.
Van Randwyk, the newly appointed Minister of the
Interior.

GOEZ, OCT. 11.—As we are informed, by a letter
from Zwolle, of the 7th, that numbers of sheep have
passed through the province of Overyssel to Harlingen,
there to be embarked for England, we can state
that many droves of sheep from Gilderland and North
Brabant have passed through our province to Flushing,
where they are embarked for France; most of them
were of large size. Many sheep have likewise been
forwarded by the steamer to Gorinchem, to be sent
from our island, a large proportion of them fcr Eng-
land. Though the expense of conveyance is very high,
considerable profit will be realised on them.
12th.—Though the potato crop is not so abundant this
year as last, yet many are dug up in very good condi-
tion, and therefore the scarcity will be by no means so
great as last year. The price is, indeed, double that of
good years; but people have learnt to be more economi-
cal in the use of this invaluable vegetable.
ZWOLLE, OCT. 13.—We have already announced that
two ships with Dutch emigrants were to sail for North
America, but the mania for emigration increases to such
a degree that a third ship will sail during this
month, besides the Isabella, fur New York, which
was to sail on the Bth or 10th of this month, with
100 emigrants from Gilderland, Oberyssel, Gronin-
gen, &c. This ship, which is to sail on the
13th, is an American frigate bound to New Orleans, and
though the passengers in general are averse from taking
this way, yet the desire to emigrate is so great that they
are contented to take this less desirable route. The an-
nouncement of persons intending to emigrate in the
spring are very numerous, and thy are chiefly persons
of property, who cannot so speedily arrange their exten-
sive affairs. Among them is a farmer of the province
of Groningen, whose property is estimated at 100,000
florins, and who has commissioned another emigrant to
purchase land in North America, fur which purpose he
has given him 10,000 florins. It is self evident that the
participation of such persons is a great support to the
emigration and excites others to partake in it. Every-
where we see advertisements of sales of landed property,
and we fear a dimunition to the strength of the country.
'THE HAGUE, OCT. 14.—1 t has been asserted that the
Government intends, in order to cover a deficit of some
millions of florins in the public revenue, to negotiate a
loan of twelve millions of florins at four per cent. We
can state on good authority that the Government has no
such intention of contracting a loan.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BausiELs, Ocr. 14.
Actual Debt, 23% per Cent ..... .• - •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • • • • --
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent— • •
Ditto Three per Cent . • • • •• • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • •
,
Ditto, ditt0,1840...................... 100%
Ditto, ditto, 1842
Ditto, ... 99%
Ditto, 1836. •• 96
Ditto, 1838 .
Ditto of the City, 1832 ....... .......
Ditto, 1843 ........................ 9934
Bank of Belgium.... ....... •• • • 920
—Brussels Papers. Oct. 15.
lIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, OCT. 9.
Bills. Money.
.ustrian 5 per Cents
Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • 1570
Anglo-Russian Loan . • • •• •••• • • • • 107%
Russian 5 per Cont., llamb. Certificate. 101
Ditto Ist series Inscription .• 102
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 9534
Ditto, in Certificate • 97
Now 4 per Cent., Hope and CO. ••• • .• 90
Ditto Stieglltz .. • . ........ • • •• 88
Spanish New 5 per Cent.. • 1814 18
Ditto 3 per Cent •• • • • . 3134 --
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 214 per Cent • •
Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent •.• • . 5834
Ditto 3 per Cent...
Polish New 4 per Cent. 3.oan, 1844.• • . 78
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .• • 8514
National Bank Shares.-- .• •• •• ••
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. 10.
5 per Cent. Metalliques. . 109%
4 per Cent. ditto.. .... • • • • • • • • • • • • 9934
3 per Cent. ditto•••• •• .••.•••• • - • • • • • 72
Loan, 1834 • • •• • •
Ditto, 1839 ...... • • •• • • • ....... ••• • • • 127%
Bank Shares ..
Esterhazy's Loan ...... •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand • • •••• • • • • • 175%
Gloggnitz • •
Vienna—Milan • •••••••• • • • • • • .
Oldenburg ............................
Apenninen
—ABgemelne Zeitunz, Oct. 11.

MICHAELMAS TERM SITTINGS.
AT WESTMINSTER.
(Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.)
Monday, Nov. 2.-Arp motions.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.-Petition day; lunatic and bank-
rupt petitions.
Thursday, NOT. 5; Friday, 6; Saturday, 7; Monday,
9; Tuesday, 10; Wednesday, 11.-Appeals.
Thursday, Nov. 12.-Appeal motions.
Friday, Nov. 13.-Petitions, unopposed petitions, and
appeals.
Saturday, Nov. 14; Monday, 16; Tuesday, 17; Wed-
nesday, 18.-Appeals.
Thursday, Nov. 19.-Appeal motions.
Friday, Nov. 20.-Petition day ; unopposed petitions
and appeals.
Saturday, Nov. 21; Monday, 23; Tuesday, 24.-Ap-
peals.
Wednesday, Nov. 25.-Appeal motions.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor of England.)
Monday, Nov. 2.-Motions.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.-Petition day.
Wednesday, Nov. 4; Thursday, 5.-Pleas, demurrers,
exceptions, causes, and further directions.
Friday, Nov. 6.-Short causes ; unopposed petitions,
and causes.
Saturday, Nov. 7; Monday, 9; Tuesday, 10; Wednes-
day, 11.- Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and fur-
ther directions.
Thursday, Nov. 12.-Motions.
Friday, Nov. 13.-Petition day; unopposed petitions,
short causes, and causes.
Saturday, Nov. 14; Monday, 16; Tuesday, 17; Wed-
nesday, 18.-Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and
further directions.
Thursday, Nov. 19.-Motions.
Friday, Nov. 20.-Petition day; unopposed petitions.
Saturday, Nov. 21 ; Monday, 23 ; Tuesday, 24.-
Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further di-
rections.
Wednesday, Nov. 25.-Motions.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce.)
Monday, Nov. 2.-Motions.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.-Petition day; petitions, and causes.
Wednesday, Nov. 4.-Bankrupt petitions and causes.
Thursday, Nov. 5; Friday, 6.-Pleas, demurrers, ex-
ceptions, causes, and further directions.
Saturday, Nov. 7.-Short causes and general paper.
Monday, Nov. 9 ; Tuesday, 10.-Pleas, demurrers,
exceptions, causes, and further directions.
Wednesday, Nov. 11.-Bankrupt petitions.
Thursday, Nov. 12.-Motions.
Friday, Nov. 13.-Petition day; petitions. and causes.
Saturday, Nov. 14.-Short causes and causes.
Monday, Nov. 16; Tuesday, 17.-Pleas, demurrers,
exceptions, causes, and further directions.
Wednesday, Nov. 18.-Bankrupt petitions and further
directions.
Thursday, Nov. 19.-Motions and causes.
Friday, Nov. 20.-Petition day, petitions, and causes.
Saturday, Nov. 21.-Short causes and causes.
Monday, Nov. 23 ; Thursday, 24.-Pleas, demurrers,
exceptions, causes, and further directions.
Wednesday, Nov. 25.-Motions.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Wigram.)
Monday, Nov. 2.-Motions.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.-Petition day; pleas, demurrers, ex-
ceptions, causes, and further directions.
Wednesday, Nov. 4 ; Thursday, 5 ; Friday, 6.-
Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further di-
rections.
Saturday, Nov. 7.-Short causes, petitions, unopposed
first, and causes.
Monday, Nov. 9 ; Tuesday, 10 ; Wednesday, 11.-
Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further di-
rections.
Thursday. Nov. 12.-Motions.
Friday, Nov. 13.-Petition day; pleas, demurrers, &c.
Saturday, Nov. 14.-Short causes, petitions, unop-
posed first, and causes.
Monday, Nov. 16 ; Tuesday, 17 ; Wednesday, 18.-
Pleas, demurrers. exceptions, causes, and further di-
rections.
Thursday, Nov. 19.-Motions.
Friday, Nov. 20.-Petition day, pleas, demurrers, &c.
Saturday, Nov. 21.-Short causes, petitions, unop-
posed first, and causes.
Monday, Nov. 23; Tuesday, 24.-Pleas, demurrers,
exceptions, causes, and further directions.
Wednesday, Nov. 25.-Motions.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)
Monday, Nov. 2.-Motions.
Tuesday, Nov. 3.-Petitions, unopposed first.
Wednesday, Nov. 4 ; Thursday; 5 ; Friday, 6 ; Sa-
turday, 7; Monday, 9; Tuesday, 10; Wednesday, 11.-
Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further di-
rections.
Thursday, Nov. 12.-Motions.
Friday, Nov. 13 ; Saturday, 14 • Monday, 16 ; Tues-
day, 17; Wednesday, 18.-Pleas, demurrers, exceptions,
causes, and further directions.
Thursday, Nov. 19.-Motions.
Friday, Nov. 20; Saturday, 21; Monday, 23.-Pleas,
demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions.
Tuesday, Nov. 24.-Petitions, unopposed first.
Wednesday, Nor. 25.-Motions.
Short causes, consent causes, and consent petitions
every Saturday at the sitting of the Court.
NOTE.-Petitions must be presented and copies left
with the secretary on or before the Saturday on which it
is intended they should be heard.

Hill Hassell, a medical practitioner, residing in the
Queen's-road, Notting-hill, appeared before Mr. Paynter,
the Fitt;ne magistrate, to answer a summons for having
assaulted Mary Anne Tustin.
Mary Anne Tustin, a decent-looking female, 'deposed
that she owed the defendant a bill for 11. is., for attend-
ing her child (since deceased), for which he had sent her
a lawyer's letter. On the 7th instant she went to him,
and told him she thought it was very sharp practice ;
that she thought that he was not treating her properly ;
and that he had not acted properly to her child while he
attended it. Defendant denied having murdered her
child, as she said, and made use of some very vulgar
language towards her in reference to the letter. Upon
that he put on his hat, and seizing hold of her by the
arms, he forced her out of the surgery, and threw her
violently into the street, by which her knee was cut.
This was the assault complained of.
George Moore corroborated in some particulars the
evidence of the complainant.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said he pro-
fessionally attended the complainant's child. After its
decease he sent in his bill. The complainant accused
him of having murdered her child, and he sent her a
lawyer's letter. On the -receipt she came to him, a►id
abused him in his surgery. He ordered her out, bat she
continued her abuse, threatening him that his name
should appear in all the newspapers. He then put her
out of the house, using no more violence than was ne-
cessary, but in so doing she tripped her feet over the sill
of the door.

Edward Miller, defendant's assistant, deposed that he
was in the surgery, and heard an altercation between the
defendant and complainant, and thinking it was a pri-
♦ate matter, he went out into the adjoining room. Re
beard her accuse Mr. Hassel with murdering her child,
and also heard him turning her out.

Mr. PAYNTJR said he could not see what the com-
plainant wanted in going to the defendant's house, if it
was not to insult him, as she did not go to
pay him. She had, however, gone there, and
insulted the defendant, by charging him with a cri-
minal offence ; yet that did not justify the improper re-
mark which the defendant had made to the complainant,
and which, as a medical man, he must ever lament having
used, but it justified the defendant in turning her out of
his house, provided that he did not use more violence
than was necessary. According, however, to the evi-
dence of Moore, the defendant had used more and un
necessary violence, for which he must fine the defendant
40s. and costs.
Defendant immediately paid the amount.

NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO
MR. VILLIERS.
(From the Edinburgh Chronicle.)
We continue to receive letters, from various parts of
the kingdom, communicating the gratifying fact, that
but one opinion prevails concerning the strange neglect
of Mr. Villiers's claims, witnessed in the Free Trade
Testimonials. lA. number of influential gentlemen, in
Manchester and elsewhere, are ben; upon repairing this
neglect at the earliest possible moment ; but they state
that it is deemed advisable to postpone any general
movement with this object until the Cobden tribute and
Bright memorial are completed. In the expediency of
this view we are disposed to concur, although we retain
our original opinion that Mr. Villiers's earlier services
should not have been suffered to remain the last for ac-
knowledgment.
There can be no doubt that, whenever a committee is
formed and subscriptions commenced with this object, it
will be found that Mr. Villiers's claims are estimated far
more highly by the public than the delay to offer him a
testimonial hitherto has indicated. The intimations we
have received satisfy us that a large number of those
who have already subscribed so munificently in the case
of Messrs. Cobden and Bright, are prepared to contri-
bute with equal liberality in honour of Mr. Villiers.
There is a class of free-traders, too, who have been far
more backward than they should have been in the case of
the Cobden and Bright testimonials, who may confi-
dently be expected to contribute largely in the case
of Mr. Villiers. We allude to the Whig aristocracy.
With the exception of Lord John Russell, Lord
Morpeth, and a few others, the members of this
body have not testified as they ought to have done their
sense of obligation to the distinguished leaders of the
great movement which has placed the Whig party once
more in power. Whether this backwardness has pro-
ceeded from unworthy Whig jealousy of the merited po-
pularity and political position acquired by these illus-
trious members of the formerly-derided " cotton-lord"
fraternity, or whether it has arisen from a mere ex-
cusable sense of the slight offered by the free-traders of
the manufacturing and mercantile classes to a member
of the aristocracy who had worked so long, so hard, and
so ably in their cause as Mr. Villiers, we will not un-
dertake to determine. But we believe no such back-
wardness will be exhibited when a corresponding testi-
monial in behalf of Mr. Villiers is set on foot. The Whig
aristocracy must feel anxious to testify the pride they feel
in possessing at least one member of their order who can
fairly lay claim to share with Messrs. Cobden and Bright,
and the principal leaders of the League, the applause
and gratitude of the public. Now that the principles
which Mr. Villiers had so long and so ably advocated
have received the sanction of every enlightened states-
man of the age, the Whigs must turn to him with admi-
ration of his judgment and prescience.
Although the political ambition of the Hon. Member
for Wolverhampton is not of a selfish nature, it must
have been discouraging and mortifying to his feelings to
see his servicei thus remarkably overlooked by the public.
At a period when the press has been industriously hold-
ing up to public admiration the individuals who have most
prominently contributed to the triumph of free trade,
and when the various popular constituencies of the
kingdom have vied with each other in offering tributes
of public gratitude to these patriots, the apparent
total unmidfulness of Mr. Villiers's claims could scarcely
fail to be painful to that gentleman That, with a few
important exceptions, such unmindfulness has been dis-
played, is obvious. These exceptions, however, must
have been peculiarly gratifying to Mr. Villiers, emanat-
ing from the quarters they have. In the ca-e of the
newspaper press, writers pre-eminently distinguished
for their talent and ardour in the cause of free trade
have been found to call to mind Mr. Villiers's invaluable
services, at a period when all others appeared to have
lost sight of them. We allude to the Time, the Ex-
aminer, and Douglas Jerrold., In the ably written re-
marks with which the Times some months ago noticed
the farewell articles of the League newspaper, the writer
took occasion to render a well-merited tribute to Mr.
Villiers, and to express satisfaction that the important
aid which the member for Wolverhampton had
rendered to the anti-corn-law agitation appeared
to be admitted by the orgaa of the League.
More recently the tallented editor of the Examiner
signified his sense of Mr. Villier's claims, and
his regret at the apparent neglect thereof, in a leading
article, headed " The Overlooked Services;" and Douglas
Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper still more recently reminded
the gentlemen of lanchester and other manufacturing
communities of their somewhat unbecoming exclusive-
ness in acknowledging past services in their cause, by
the eloquent biographical memoir which we transferred
to our columns.
These testimonies, we have no doubt, must have been
peculiarly gratifying to Mr. Villiers, under the circum-
stance of the singular rarity of such references to his
services on the part of the press of late; and the few
personal acknowledgments which have been afforded
must have been equally so, from the same cause. Of
these latter we are sorry to have noticed only two
instances since the period when, in the course of
their united struggle, Mr. Cobden and the delegates to
the great Manchester and London gatherings of free.
traders were accustomed to proclaim their sense of Mr.
Villiers's brilliant abilities and Parliamentary services
by frequent votes of thanks. The instances we refer to
are those of the late resolutions of the Glasgow Anti-
Corn-law Association, and a more recent tribute from
the pen of Sir Robert Peel. Compliments from a com-
munity so important as the city of Glasgow, and from a
statesman so distinguished as Sir Robert Peel, must have
gone far to recompense Mr. Villiers for the paucity of
such acknowledgments from other quarters.

LAUNCH OF THE IRON STEAM-SHIP MINERVA.—
Another magnificent new iron steam-ship was launched
from the building-yard of Messrs. Vernon and Co. at
Liverpool, en Saturday week. It is intended to be placed
e
upon the Cork and Glasgow line, and it is one of the
finest vessels those eminent builders have ever
con-
structed. The launch was witnessed by an immense
number of persons, who were accommodated as far as
from
which in the yard, and the other adjacent places
which a glimpse of the interesting spectacle could be ob-
tained. At half-past eleven o'clock, all the preparations
having been made, the unique fabric was set in motion,
but nearly six minutes elapsed before she had traversed
the launchways and glided into her future element. The
deck of the vessel was crowded with spectators, who
cheered heartily as she descended to the water. The cere-
mony of christening was performed by Mrs. Pike,
daughter of the late Lieut. Watson, of the St. George
Steam-packet Company. After the vessel had remained
a short time in the water to allow the builders an oppor-
tunity of observing upon her appearance, she was taken
in tow by a river steamer, and safely introduced into the
dock. The length of the Minerva between perpendicu-
lars is 190 feet ; over all, 217 feet ; breadth inside the
paddle-boxes 26 feet, depth of hold, 16 feet. She is re-
gistered to contain 627 tons, and her engines, constructed
by Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, are of 420-horse
power. After the conclusion of the ceremony, upwards
of 150 of the principal guests were entertained by the
Messrs. Vernon, in the model-room of the establishment,
where a magnificent dejeuner was spread. After the
usual loyal toasts, "Prosperity to the Minerva" was
drunk amid general enthusiasm ; after which the com-
pany separated.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER AND THE FAMILY OF THE
LATE LIEUTENANT PEARSE, R.N., ELDEST SON OF HIS
LATE MAJESTY WILLIAM TUE FOURTH.—By the death
of the late Lieutenant Pearse, his family, consisting of
two daughters, were reduced to comparative destitution,
on account of their late father having contracted a
second marriage, and settled all his property upon his
widow. As soon after his death as decency would per-
mit, application was made on behalf of the two daughters
to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who almost imme-
diately upon the receipt of the communication, caused
inquiry to be made by Lord Howe of the rector of the
narish where the two young ladies resided, as to their
character, &c., and having been fully satisfied upon that
point, she immediately forwarded to the Misses Pearse
a cheque upon Messrs. Coutts for a sum of money each,
for their present wants, and requested to be informed
what they wished her to do for them, and whether they
would accept situations in the household, as if they
would, she would procure them for them. The late
Lieutenant Pearse was the eldest son of his late Majesty
by an American lady of the name of Pearse,
Mr. Wocknaghagenikdewegnabitnigenstorben fell
down stairs the other day and broke his name into three
pieces. It's a pity he didn't break it into twenty.—Mon-
(real Courier.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
MIDDLESEX.
Mr. Shadwell held his court on Saturday at Jack
Straw's Castle, Hampstead-heath, in order to revise the
lists of county voters for the parishes of Hornsey,
Willesden, and Hampstead. These lists were gone
through without th© occurrence of any feature of the
slightest interest.

The Learned Barrister sits to-day (Monday) at
Enfield.

DEVONPORT.

The revision of the lists for this borough commenced
on Tuesday before J. L. Stock, Esq., and was not con-
cluded till Wednesday afternoon. The objections were
very heavy, but the cases comprised few facts of more
than locnl interest. Mr. R. R. Oram appeared for the Re-
formers, and Mr. John Beer for the Tories. The follow-
ing is the result:—

Morice Ward
St. Aubyn Ward
St. John's Ward
Clowance Ward
Tamar Ward
Stoke Ward

Liberal gain on objections
Liberal claims allowed

Tories
Expunged.
30
23

47

Clear gain to the Liberal:s3
The Conservatives substantiated no claims for persons
not previously on the list.

STONE [LOUSE.

This town-is united with Devonport in returning to o
Members to Parliament, and although decidedly Liberal
in its politics, it has again added to its numbers. J. L.
Luncena, Esq., held his court on Wednesday, when Mr.
Oram attended for the Liberals, and Mr. John Beer for
the Tories.

The case of most interest, as upon it turned the events
of, the day, was that of Mr. John Commin, who was
objected to by the Conservatives.

Mr. ORAL raised a question as to the validity of the
notice—first, because Mr. Commin, in the overseer's list,
appeared as OOMMOD ; and, secondly, that the address of
the claimant being omitted in the notice, and that notice
being forwarded through the post-office, the notice fell
to the ground, and the party objected to was not before
the Court, inasmuch as the objector was, by sec. 100, re-
quired to set out the place of abode as described in the
list, and the clause referred to particularly mentioned
that the notice, when forwarded through the post-office,
should he directed to such place of abode, &c.
Mr. BEER having replied, •
The COURT, after having reviewed the particulars of
the case, said that with' regard to the first objection
taken by Mr. Oram, it was of opinion, that it came
within the interpretation clause of the 6 Vic. c. 18,
sec. 101, that no misnomer in any notice shall abridge
or prevent the operation of the Act with respect to any
person, place, or thing, provided such person, place, or
thing, shall be so denominated in such notice as to be
commonly understood, and inasmuch as Mr. Commin
could only be understood as the Mr. Commin described
in the overseers' list, he held the objection taken by Mr.
Oram as not tenable ; but with regard to the other ob-
jection, the absence of the place of abode so clearly re-
quired by the Act: that he held to be fatal, and the ob-
jection to the claimant could not be entertained.
The whole of the objections by the Conservatives
being of a similar description, consequently fell to the
ground.
The result of the revision was as follows :
Objected to by Liberals
Expunged.
The claims were about equal.
Gained at Devonport..
Ditto at Stonehouse

53
34

Clear gain B7

1 OTNES.

In this borough the Liberals have been very success-
ful, and Mr. Barry Baldwin stands but a poor chance at
the next election. The following is the result of the
revision:—

Radical. Tory. Gain. Loss.
On the last register, but
omitted last year 7 9 2 0
Addition this year
Expunged
Admitted on claims
Deaths 3 0 0 3
Taken post-office, disqualifi-

cation
Removed from the borough

o 1 1 0
0 3 3 0

20 5

Total gain to Reformers
Tory gains

Clear Cain

LISKEA RD.

Mr. Merrivale has held his court for the revision of
his lists in this borough, and about twenty new votes
were placed on the list without objection, a large ma-
jority of them being Liberals.