The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

PRE SUNT, 1,011/4,TDON, TtrE'SbAY EV.E.NNer,

oNE CLOSING
P'tict:N (ir HRITISII FUNDS o'cLOCK. PRICES.
flank Stick
tl;' I.er Cent. Reduced A,: r: s 8614 %86 86%
7,TPec Cant. Consols Annuities-- 87%%;4% 87%
'T
_"r 34 per Cent. Amts.--
`4'ngArtia. to expire J an.-1860
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8%
India Bond., I,CC3/.
Ditto under 1,0001. . ..... — 4 O p 37 p
Coi•rls for Account 87%14 A. t 37% LlEChelller Billr. 2%d. & 2d.
1,000/. March
1,0C3/. June 37p 40 p
SW/. Maich.
500/. Juno — 40 p
40 p
Small. June —

PRICES OF FOP TIGN FIIIWS. C,-1 CLOSING
O'CLOCK. ri7ci S.
Brazilian Bones
D 1 o, Accop9 — 71
'
Equador Bonds ' 2 2
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent, 35 35
Vortugaese 5 per Cont.,: —
Ditto, 4 per C 02-
Russian Bonds ..
Spanish 5 pc7Ceut. ir '').
Ditto, .3 per Cent .. . ..... 24,4 24 24
_. .. .. . . . .

Divirdenfig on the above rvyab'e -,-i London.
Dutch 24 per Cent. 12 Guild-- 464 46%
Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 71
PRICES OF BUSINESS MAE RAILWAY SIM RES. PAID' AT 01•.4.1 O'CLCOK• PPOF...
CLOSISG
Aberdeen - Amber. Nott., Bosun,
and Eestei, Jpnc''on 414..
A) tallire and Gr'loway.. 7
Belfast & Coonty DIN%, a 19
13irry`nghrli rnd Ox-
ford,. unct., ceui dii'y
paid, cr vii,tia&aarvn. 20
B4'n'ing, Virolverh'ton,
and Dudley,•epib dr ly
7cl, or
i•Tl'n' w:th iaarantea 10 •"--
p 1)% th t --
011 i,narantee 10
-W
,Wolverh'p ton ,
and Stour Valley
•••
B; ireuhead, Lancost"^e,
13/. 145...
.0 rid Cheshire J..... 10
, S'irec
_rd & 81l . 5 ...
Bestol and Exeter ...... CO •••••• —
ingttr
Ditto, 'Ibl*(11 .... 274 150,./' • h b' ...
. ~:e... pi. A - - ........ • •••• ---
CalViliam
nitre ...
..
4 ...... , Half Shrres •• B%
Do. Nevr 10/. Pig.-- 5 ...,.. 4s/a 4%
,Di t to,Clyder la le 'Trine 50
Qlr4ter and Holheld.. 1.-1
Ditto, Preference l 5
Clarence ............... 78N( —.•
uo. Ist Clafl, per Ct 10
Do. 20 Chiss, 5 per Ct. 10 ... ..
Do. GovernmentGovernment L 3P 'l,
~ per Cent. ........ 10 .. .. ••• —
uirect London & Poi ',:.
Dmonth ... ............ 5!.i — ............ .
unblinand Bele?.st June. 25 bnndaik & EnuiT 1...
2.-", en 20
•• ............ -
East Anglia, 25/ L. &
. and L. end D...... 25 ..» —
-
Do., 184 E. & F.... 18 •
Do., 3!. 103. ......
......... 31,4 "•••••
Eastern Conatiee...
..... r 0 ... ... 12 1134%
Do. New Guarantied
6 per Cent. ..... ..... 74 ...... 8%
Di t to,Exter sion,s per ----
Cent., No. 1... -.64 13s. 4,' ...
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
..
Do., 5 per cent.
••• •• ............
..............
Do. Quarteia ... 12% — ....• ..... .
Do. New
t'.l ...... ••• ...........
Ernern Union, C'n.ss A

11%

-4
Louvain sl la Sambre ... 7"--
Luxembourg..
Ditto
Madrid and Valentia 2 ...... ....... .......
Namur and Liege
North( It Fr

50 %

aern of . ranee...—. 12
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7
Paris and Lyons ll ••• ••• - ••• ............
Do. Do. .
Paris and Orleans - ............ ..
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Tours and Nantes 9 ....•• 1

(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A ditto... 1
""""""'••
Ditto, Class B (L & .......... .....
and B.) ............... 20
Ditto, Class C,e'tto•••
20 . .... •
DiDo. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ••••••
tto, ditto .. ......... 20
Ditto (C. &P,..) Cua •
,b. 5 per cent.-- ...... 2% -•"
.....
••••••••••
•E•skst Lamb:- ...... ~.. 25
.........
Ditto, New
........ .... 21 ••••••
Ditto, New Quarters 6'i —
D., 6 per C .nt. Pre-
—•• ••••.. .....
ference Quarters ... GA -•'-'• . —
East Lincolnabive •••••• c's
_
Eeburgh and Glasgow 50 ••••••
... -
Ditto, Half Shares ••• 15 - "
--
Edinbr-RhandNorthern 25
Ditto, liew pox t ......... 16
-
Exeter,Yeovit, & Dorch. 2%
Glsgow, Dun, :es, and
Carlisle ....... ... ..r. 6s. 8d....
, ••
Glasgovr,B;Lnar &A 3 • 40 ......
~ •
• ..... •• I •••
...•
Do. Preference Consol•
43,1 4 41.4 -••''
Great Northern ....... 17
0., % A Deferred... 1214 •••••• 4""
Do., % B 6 per CPlt.
kola"anteed ........ 414.
(3rDo. Extension ......... 2th
eat Beath. and West.
_22%
_ (Ireland) ...... ........ 42%...„. 22% ......... .. ...
tirertNort'ionglard.loo --
DiDitto, New, 0, ........ 40 ......
Dittto, c'tto ........ , ..... 25 ......
, Now, C 3/ ......... 30
........ , .....
Great Ditto, New,lsl ......... 14 ..
Wcztera ........ .... 90
Ditto, li Shores ...... 50
... •••
_ Ditto, .4. Shares ...... 21 ..... 17 ...............
Mao, r, th 9 ....... ... ..... 20 ...... ...............
Ditto, New 17/... ..... 13 ... .. 10 ... ..... ....
iludderSfield and kr- nch. 30 ...... ''"" —'
i.,Ditto,_Tb;rds ....... .. 10 ..... ••• ........... =
lull and Selby . ...... 50 ••••••
46
DDitt 3, Rolf Share 3 ... 25 ••••••
tto, .!‘ Shares ..,.. 12% .....
47
47-14-••••••••
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
itto, Thirds ......... 10
...............
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 •••••
b ............... --
Ditto, ditto ............ 86 ..„. ... ............
Ditto, % Shares ...-. 43 ... -
% Quitter Shares... 17hi. ..... 10;0 .... ...........

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Colonial
MINES
Australian 2I,E 4

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10%

LLOYD'S SHIPPI.NG—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Noy. 21.—Wind S.W., light breeie,: and
fine clear weather.
WDITSTABLN, Noy. 20.—The Friends, Brown, from
Christchurch, for Middlesborough, whilst lying at anchor
off Herne Bay, was ran into by the Prince Cobourg, of
Poole, got to the main Bishopstone and filled; dry at
low water.

HULL, Nov. 20.—The Helen M'Gregor steamer,
arrived here, experienced heavy gales, 16th inst., from
W. by N., and on the 16th ;saw a schooner onshore
near the Scaly, the wind blowing at the time W. by S.
Since the 18th inst. it has blown strong gales here from
N.W. to W., and this morning it blew very hard from
the westward.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Arrd. Duke of Clarence,
Birch, Calcutta; Secret, Hilton, Callao; Columbus,
Green, Pernambuco; Kalamagoo, Foulke, Philadelphia;
Far-West, Briand, New York; Creole, Foster, ditto;
Lucinda, Delano, Boston; Lady Flora Hastings, Quebec.
20th, Waringford, Chigwell, Bahia; Cumberland, Power,
Pernambuco; Lancashire, Hadley, Savannah; Carnatic,
Devereux, New Orleans; Thomas Bennett, Sherman,
Charlestown; Andrew Foster, Howes, New York; Bri-
tannia, Hamilton, Montreal; Dash, Cothay, Newfound-
land. Sld. Elizabeth, Buenos Ayres; Agorian, Phillips,
Gibraltar. Three vessels under jurymasta were seen
27th Sept.; the barques Manchester and Paoli, under
jurymasts, were passed off Cape Florida, 27th Sept., by
the Carnatic, arrived here.
YARMOUTH. Nor. 20.—The Josephine, Chirmite,
from Newcastle to Bordeaux, has been assisted in here
very leaky, having been run aground to prevent her
sinking.
REDCAR, Nov. 20.—The Wm. Watson, of Newcastle,
from London to Hartlepool, got on the rocks to-day,
near this place, but was assisted off, and taken in tow, fur
her port of destination, supposed not much damage.
DELL, Nov. 20.—Wi8d S.W., heavy squalls.—And.

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101 A

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Do. Fifths... ... 9
Do. Sixteenths 61,4, .. .
CITY, QUARTER TO 7'fil?' I
. . .
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday e ex.: 7,000 Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 -Dc, New, Gua. 6 perct
bales, with a good market.-Railway Shares at re rat he r Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 - •••
better, and with a fair business doing. Ditto V, (late Hud-
The continental advises received to-day are of a mere dersneld and Shelf.) 43
tranquil character generally,.but the existence e,f Wl,: c - Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
spread discontent is not to be denied. frac+ and Goole) ... 50
There are accounts of August Ist from Wellington, Do.(W. Riding Union) 7 -••••••-• •••••
New Zealand, and they appear to be of a favourable Do. (Preston tic Wyse} 25
complexion again. Do. 1,4 Shares (A)... 9%
Leeds and Bradford SO
From Pernambuco direct per Columbus we have, Leeds liter dates. The exchange on London was firm at 231 d.
Do., Shares Dewsbury,Half ares &c.... 50 , .....
25 - •••
to 24d. Freights were depressed. Sugar was stead
At Rio on the 14th of September the vessels could withy. Le Doe.,
atnbdluTeh)iSrsck .
Scrip.....,
5
.:..20%..... -
-- ••..•••• ......
difficulty obtain cargoes. Ditto, New ...... ....... 35 -
- ••
of September from the River Plate. At Buenos A) res Liverpool, Crosby and
the exchange was 2 13-16 d., and business was brisker Southport -
than it had been. Liverp., Manchester, and
From Monte Video, the letters to Sept. 4, are, how- Newcastle Juncdon... _
_214
ever,.
London &Blackwell-10/. 6s. 8d
La' by no means cheerful. Do. Extension ..... ... 22%... .. - ....••.... ..... vannah papers of Oct. 23, merely notice matters o; London, Bn,
local interest, but confirm the report that un'ess anything South Coast rod
50
Untoward occur's, the harvest will be must abundant. Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9
From Hayti we hear that a decree had been pub- Do. Pref. Con.sper ct. 50 .. -
lished for regulating commercial affairs. The Govern- Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 - ......
Lunt was to have the right of establishing and controlling Ditto, New 51., •••••..•
guar. 4
the monopolies of the whole or part of the country, and
6onpearn wich edeGntreen" 12/15s 4d - -
••• ••
Only a certain number of brokers would be allowed to Lond
act in each town. Ditto, Preference... 18/17a 2d... -
N.
The money market in Ameriea had not varied to any
London and
extent when the Europa steamer left. It is stated Do Quarter Western 100 ......117 117%
s (L.& B.) 22 -
from New York, that-
Ditto, New
" The stock market has experienced no very im- Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 25 -
portant change during the past week. Prices closed Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 -
Yesterday within a fraction of those ruling at the close Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 - ....„ .
... -
uf the previous week, and the transactions do not indi-
Dno. 101. (M. & B.) C. I
°ate any improvement in the minds of opera- Land. &
Do. New 501. .. S. Western 5O ...... 38•
... •••
....
tors. The fact is, the brokers have specula-
Do. New 40/. . . 42%.. ..
84 -
•••
••• ... .. .. ..
liens in fancy stocks almost entirely to them- r.
•• ••• ••••. selves, outsiders are very shy and very scarce, and the Ditto ditto -
Tenths (Consol.) 50 - .
appearance of the political, financial, and commercial Ditto. Third.... ....-134 6s. 8d 5 dis
the
is by no means sufficiently flattering to give Do., New Scrip, 1848,
buena any hope, fur a long time, of any advance in Pie 7 per Cent, on
Price,.
Purposes Deposit, and 5 per
Money is plenty enough for all the ordinary
Cent. on Calls ...I/. 13s. 4d... lea p..........
months of commerce, but not enough as to give an irn-
Pet" to speculation. We look for quiet times for many
prices for London, Salisbury, and
, and we have no doubt a further depreciation in Yeovil ..... -- --e••• 15...." -
Londonderry&Culerame 283/4 - ...... .........
stocks and for produce generally, will be ex-
perienced befo're 'the opening of another season." Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ... ........ ... TVA...-. - ... ..... .•...
The following from Cantle describes the progress of tbe Lowestoft (4 per cL) ... 20 -
St. Laurence and Atlantic Railway, an important
-
Ditto (6 per ct.)
link in colonial communication :-" The work on this eianehester,Buxton,and
road is progressing with great rapidity; the whole line is Matlock 4 - •••
graded to St. Hyacinthe, the bridges over the Richelieu Manchester, Sheffield,
and Huron rivers finished, depot houses and engine and Lincolnshire...loo house erected at Longueuil, St. Hilaire, and St. Ilya- Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18
cinthe, water stations nearly completed, cars for freight D ditto (No. 3) ... 10
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 -
- ..... ••••• •••
and passengers made and laLded at Longueuil, super- tto
structure completed, all but six miles, having
Ditto, New
Ditto, Gt. G rim
... 40 -
Pref... 10 -
eighteen miles of iron rails laid, and the lay- Ditto ditto . ...-... 13 ...... -
lug of the remainder of the superstructure and Ditto ditto
rails is advancing so rapidly that there is every Ditto Sheffield and
prospect of the road being opened to St. Hya- Lincolnshire l6 . ... -
cinthe from the 15th to the 20th of November, when Do., Grimsby Dock... 20 -
the directors, it is understood, intend to invite the stock- Do., Manchester and holders to witness the opening of this road, so all im-
Lincoln Union..... 41. 2s -..........
portant to Montreal, and it may be said, to the whole of Midland ... 100
-
Canada, being the link which is to connect this city with Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do ,do , 501. Shares.- 20 •••
the sea at all seasons of the year, and the outlet for the Do. Bir.m~ and Derbyloo
produce of the west passing through the canals and pub- a).Consol.Bristol and
lic works of this province, of which it will thus become Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 - ........
..
....
the continuation. The large locomotive made for the Ditto,Brist.&Glocstr. 38 - broader track of this railroad has reached Longueuil, Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 14/. 18s - ...............
where it is being put up, so that there will be no want of Ditto,Leieest& Swan-
Moving power." nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo -
-
There was some attempt to " bang" the Consol market Midland Great Western
_.
yesterday afternoon after the official hours of business, Irish ". , -
and the decided improvement in prices had the usual
result, viz., to bring forward a few sellers desirous of e.ille
6 per cent, guar.
iddlesbro and Redcar,
5-0
- ...............
- ...... ••• .....
realising their profits. Upon the opening of business -
A Dwoc.aQstulareatnedr-sCarbsie...loo
to-day, however, the market again had a steady appear- Newmarket -
..... ..
ance, if not ranging quite so high as yesterday, and Do. Extension .........21. 125.... -
• •••
aince then a partial reaction has occurred. It is Newport, Abergavenny,
Probable that, as we have before remarked, there and Hereford
will be frequent fluctuation until the Presidential Newry and Enniskillen 7 -
election is over. Consols were first marked. 87 - .....
i, have Newry, Warrenpomt, 20
since been 87-1- g, and are now about 871 1. There has and Rostrevor
Norfolk .., 100 - .............
been a small !allure in the " house." The New Three-
Do. New 20/.
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 86i g, and Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 - ...............
tile Three per Cents. 86 to 86g. Bank Stock le-as been Do. Guaranteed 5 % pc. 5 firm at 189. Exchequer-bills of March are 40s. to 435. Do. do. VVaveney Val. 2 - ..............
-
Premium.
Northern Counties Union 4 .- - ............ ...
Tee Foreign Securities are buoyant again. Spanish North British .......• -- 25 •••••• 15 ............ •
Five p Cents,
er ents. realise Ili to 11g, and the Three per Ditto, Halves .. -
•••- ..... ....„
Cents. 24 to 241. Portuguese tour per Cents. have Ditto, Quarters
been quoted 251. Peruvian Bonds are steady at 35. Ditto, Extension O% -.. ........ ...
Brazilian Old Stock is at 724. Dutch Two-and-a-Llalf Ditto,Thirde -........ 81/4 - ... ............
North & South-Western 2
per Cents. have been 46i, and Russian Bonds 99/.
Reilway Shares are . • The North Staffordshire l5 , 8 %%• ..........
looking up again. trans- North Wales
actions are not large, but appear to be chiefly for cash, N 31A; -.. .............
10 -
which is a favourable indication. Eastern Counties are orth-Western ...
Oxford, Worcester, and
held better North-Western are fairly 14 higher, Great Wolverhampton~
Weetern have risen 1/. to 21., Midland 1/., and some Reading, Guildford', and
others in proportion. South- Western aro dull. Brighton Reigate -
Royston and Hitchin ... 2 -
Scottish Central - ....... ...-...
. Scottish Midland 25 - ••• •..••••
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (Nor. Div.) -
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... -
Shrewsbury sod Bine-. 9 - .....
Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 -
Shrewsbury aud Ilerefd. 2 . . ,
......
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) -
Ditto lialret, ... ditto 812.-- - .. .•..••.••.••
Ditto Oswestry ..... 17. i . •
-
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO - • • .••„_
Shropsh're Ur!on
South Devon... 5O .... -
..
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 61./.
....... .•
oath Eastern -
Do., No. 1 24 -
Do., N 0.2. .. 22 -
D 0.,.....
.....•.. ...... 25 -
Do., No. 4 Th:rds ... 10 ....„-
South Wales . 28 ...... -
••
S,,uth Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 5 -
...•••
Swans. & Lougho: & Ca- .. ••
me:on's Stm. C3a1.... 6 - raw Vale Extension ... 8 - ••• ••.
••• .. .... •••
Tkames Haven Dock ..
and Railway 17% -
Vale of Neetli -.. ...... 4 -
WEI tei.ord and Kilkeeny 17%......
Wirmaird and 1 ;merck 47% -
•••
W?tei:o.Wx .d,Wicklw,
ard Dublin -
Wear Valley 6 per Celt.
i Guaranteed ... 4234 -
Do. do. do. ... 25 _-
Do. do. do. ... 10 -
West Cornwall "' ..... "' _
West London -
Do. Do. Ist Clr,'s - - .... ••••
‘V hitehaven & Furness IS -
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 9% ...... -
W'lt s, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth - .... 40
York, Newcastle, and
Bei wick. ... . ..... .... 25 - ... - ...
Do. Origins! New and
Bare ick -.. ... . 25 .... . 25
Do. Extension No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2. ..... . 15
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ..... 6533/4 %..
York and Noi th Mid iced 50
- ............
C tie, Prefeience ...... 10
Do. East and I,Vest Rid-
ing,,Extens:on - .....
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian). ... 41/2 -
Boulogne ard Aulieos... 20 -
---
Central of France (Or-
leans and Perzon) ... 17 -
Ceylon
1/2 -
.„.„.. _ -
Demerara
Dendrc Valley... 4 -
Direct Bombay and
Madras ..... ... ......... ss. . ... -
Dutch Rhenish ...-.. 7,A.. ... - East Indian .... ..... -•• ...... ........ 314 - ...... - .... .
Great Indian Peninsular 1/

10%
54

46

314
334
8%

224

24 th

12%
12%
6%
60
8

23

a ship, Calcutta; Twee 1, Catchpole, Africa; Wilber-
force, Malcolm, Malesborough; Burnt Island,' for the
Cape de Verds; an American barque, westward.

(lARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.I

COLONIAL.

SUCAII.—The market for British Plantation has been
rather firmer, and the transactions amounted to 670
hhds, including at auction 330 Barbadocs, at 35s to 398
for raw to good yellow; and 120 Dominica, at 32s to
35s per cwt. The public sales have comprised 2,800
bags Mauritius, 800 bags Bengal, and 3,500 bags Ma-
dras. The Mauritius was disposed of, mostly at a de-
cline of 6d to Is per cwt: brown, at 26s to 335, with
grey and yellow, at 33s 6d to 37s 6d for low to
good quality, but Bengal brought an advance of 6d ;
viz. 42s to 435, for fine white Benares ; whilst the
Madras, being sulphury, sold at 31s 6d to 38s
for good grocery quality, being comparatively cheap
rates. There was no sugar landed last week at the
East and West India Docks, but there were taken fur
home consumption 1,376 hhds 155 tierces, 333 barrels.
The stock in the same places is 23,296 hhds, 3,329 tierces,
5,647 barrels.

88Ih

28%

COFNEE.-150 bags Ceylon at auction realised pre
vious rates.

45
4A

Rum.--The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was only two puncheons; there were
taken for home consumption 363 puns, 90 hhds; and
exported, 88 puns, 145 hhds. The stock in the same
places is 22,671 puns, 2,384 hhds. The market is rather
better. Proof Leewards is 4d to Is 6d per gallon.
SALTPETRE.-200 bags Bengal sold at 25s per cwt for
9 per cent refraction, being the full previous value.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 45s per cwt on the spot, and
Town 47s 6d.
TEA.—The consumption is good, and prices were
steady.

38t

COTTON.—A fair business has been done.
EicE.—There is much heaviness in this article.
HAT 211.11.1 METS.
SMITIEFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 13s; Clover,
ditto, 31 10s to 41 18s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s4per
load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand.
C lIMBERLA.ND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 15s ;
Clover ditto, 31 10s to 41 12s; and Straw, 11 4s to
I l lOs per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations.
WarrEcitsPEL.--Meadew Hay, 21 lOs to 31 14s;
Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 lOs
per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull.

5 dis.

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BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY.)
HOLMES V. LONDON AND SOUTIE-WESTERN RAILWAY

COMPANY.
Mr. HELPS moved for a rule calling upon the plaintiff
to show cause why a new trial should not be had, and in
the meantime all further proceedings stayed. The action
was brought to recover 6L 10s., being the amount of 26
deductions from the salary of the plaintiff as guard on
the railway of the defendants; and in the trial before
the sheriff of Middlesex the jury found for the plaintiff
because it was not shown that the defendants had any
specific list of fines to inflict upon their servants for
misconduct. It would seem that in the early part of the
present year the plaintiff, who filled the situation of
under-guard on the South-Western line, left London
with the Southampton express train unprovided with the
necessary lamps to be used on the journey, and for this
omission his salary was reduced from 255. per week to
20s. Some time afterwards he was dismissed from the
company's service, and he brought the present action to
recover the deductions which had been made from his
salary in the shape of fines. At the trial the sheriff told
the jury that the company had no power in law to
inflict arbitrary fines upon their servants, and the
jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. It was quite
clear, however, that the sheriff had erroneously charged
the jury, for there was no law to prevent the company
from inflicting arbitrary fines, although there was no
doubt the company was precluded by law from enforcing
excessive fines.

Mr. JusticePATTESON remarked that the amount in-
volved in the action was small.
Mr. HELPS said it was not so much to save the money
as to establish the principle involved in the action which
induced the company to contest it. It was important
for the safety and convenience of the public that railway
companies should have the power of fining their servants
for misconduct instead of dismissing them from their
service, but if the law laid down by the sheriff were al-
lowed to prevail, there would be an end of that discretion
which usage and common sense had established in the
management of railways.
Mr. Justice PATTESON granted the application.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONRLANQUE.)
IN RE RIIRTON.
This bankrupt was described as of the Commercial-
road, Lambeth, builder, and extensively engaged in
railway contracts, and to-day was named for a dividend
meeting.
Since the last meeting an award had been made by
the arbitrator on a disputed account between the assig-
nees and the directors of the London and North-Western
Railway Company, and the company had been directed
to pay about 22,000/. for measured work and plant, &c.,
on ditlerent branches on the line.
Mr. PENDELL said that the amount had not been paid
in, and, therefore, the dividend must be adjourned, but
the first dividend would probably be about 12s. in the
pound.
Mr. EJILLIEARY, solicitor, applied to his Honour to
expunge a proof for 6301. made by a Mr. Brydges, as
a partner with a Mr. Hooker, but the partnership was
denied by the latter.
His Ilorroun decided that ho had no jurisdiction to
try the question of partnership, and it was of no import-
ance to the estate to whom the dividend was paid, and
Brydges had sworn at his peril as to the justice of
the debt.
Thy dividend was adjourned till the 15th December.
It is expected the estate will pay nearly 20s. in the
pound.

MARLBRO' STREET—(THIS DAY.)
Edward Leyden, an elderly man, attired in the uniform
of the 24th Regiment of Foot, was brought before Mr.
Bingham, charged with having caused a crowd of per-
sons to assemble opposite Apsley House, Piccadilly.
Barton, 22 C, stated that on the previous day he was
on duty in Piccadilly, when he saw the prisoner with a
broom in his hand, standing near the crossing opposite
the Duke of Wellington's, surrounded by a crowd of
persons, to whom he was relating that he bad served in
the 6th Foot for eighteen years, that he had been dis-
charged about six years ago without a pension, and that
he had adopted the pi esent course in order that his case
should be brought before the Commander-in-Chief 'a
notice. As the crowd caused an obstruction, witness
requested defendant to go away. He refused to do so,
and witness took him into custody. On searching him
at the station, witness found a certificate stating that the
defendant had been discharged from the 6th Foot for bad
conduct.

The accused, in defence, said he had been unjustly
treated. He served in India under Colonel l'ottiager,
for 16 years, and was discharged at Canterbury six
years ago, for being intoxicated whilst on duty. The
regimentals he at present wore he bought at Chatham,
and the reason that be appeared in them opposite Apsley
House was that his Grace might notice him, and cause
inquiries to be made into his unfortunate circumstance►.
If he had acted wrong he was very sorry for it. He had
a wife and three children to support, and could have a
good character from Colonel Pottinger.
Mr. BINGHAM said the defendant had acted very
foolishly in appearing in a masquerade dress. He (de-.
fendant) was not entitled to wear regimentals, as he did
not now belong to any regiment. It he had grievances
to be redressed, he should apply at the Horse Guards.
He should now discharge him with a caution, and advise
him to adopt another course to get redress.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Two brothers, named Wade, were charged with the
following robbery:—
From the evidence of a commercial gentleman, named
Kelly, it appeared that he was passing through Charles-
square, Horton, last night at about twelve o'clock, when
the prisoners suddenly pounced upon him, and in an in-
stant he was felled to the ground. Ho struggled with
his assailants, but they contrived to take from him a
valuable watch, gold guard chain, &c. &c., and made
their escape. The witness at once proceeded to the
police station•house, and having fortunately caught a
glance of their persons, by the aid of the gas-light, he
was enabled to give a description' of them.
sergeant Brannan, G division, discovered the prisoners
in the neighbourhood of the Vinegar Ground, but the
stolen property could not then be traced.
Mr. Kelly, in answer to a question from the magis-
trate, said he was positive as to the identity of the pri-
soners.

Mr. HAMMILL said he should remand the prisoners,
in order to give Sergeant Brannan time to discover, if
possible, the stolen property.

ATTEMPTED MURDER of a WIFE
BY HER lIUSBAND.—(THIS DAY.)
At an early hour this morning, considerable conster-
nation and excitement was created in the neighbourhood
of Bill-street, Walworth, in consequence of a report
that a man, named George Crome, about twenty-six
years of age, a cabinet maker, residing at No. 126, Hill-
street, had attempted to murder his wife. The previous
night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the woman
and her husband had been heard to quarrel in the kit-
ehen, where they had been sitting. Shortly after the
conduct of the husband became more violent; he threat-
ened to murder her, and heavy blows were dis-
tinctly heard, accompanied by the cries of " Mur-
der " from the unfortunate victim. The par-
ties in the house became alarmed, and sent
for the wife's brother, Mr. White, residing in the neigh-
bourhood, who went immediately, and endeavoured to
force the kitchen door, the husband, however, prevented
his doing so, when he went to the back of the house and
got into the kitchen by the back door, and on entering
the kitchen the husband was standing calmly looking
on, but with no weapon in his hand, when the first thing
he said was, " You had better give me into custody." The room was in the utmost confusion, and on looking
under the table, Mr. Smith found his sister lying in a
state of insensibility, bleeding profusely from a wound
in the right temple and from other parts of her head.
In the meantime the front door was opened, and
further assistance obtained, and one of the police
constables of the S division was called in, who took the
husband into custody, and conveyed him to the Wel-
worth station. Owing to the insensibility of the wife,
from which she had not recovered at twelve o'clock this
day, nothing can be gleaned as to what had passed be-
tween them. As soon as the husband was given into
custody, Mr. Clisp, of the firm of Taylor and Crisp,
surgeons, of Wrlworth, promptly attended, and had 1
the unfortunate woman removed from the kitchen to the

WEST RIDING ELECTION.
WHAT SORT OF MEMBER WILL MR. FITZ-
ILLIAM, IF ELECTED, BE?
TO TILE EDITOR OF ThE SUN.
SIR,— As I know of no newspaper pul;lished in the
West Riding in the early part of the week, I am in-
duced to ash you to allow the a short space in your
columns. The importance of the approaching election
to Yorkshire, and in some respects to the nation at
large, is my only claim on your courtesy. Lord
Fitzwilliam asks the thirty-six thousand electors of
the West Riding to send his youngest son, a youth
of twenty-two years of age as their representative to
Parliament. We may infer from the conduct of those
Members who are now in Parliament through the
influence of Lord Fitzwilliam, how his son would vote
on all important matters, and the policy, generally
speaking, which he would advocate.
Lord Fitzwilliam is the owner of a large part of
the borough of Melton, and appoints two Members
for that borough. At the general election in 1841,
when I happened to be residing in Malton, within one
Week of the day of the election not a single voter for
the borough knew who were to be the Members.
The only question in men's mouths was—Has the
letter arrived ? meaning from Wentworth House.
During the sitting of the last Parliament, Lord Fitz-
william desired that his eldest son, Lord Milton, who
was unsuccessful as a candidate for the West Riding
at the general election in 1841, should again enter
Parliament, and one of the Members for Malton re-
tired to make way for him.
At the last election Messrs. Denison and Childers
were returned without apparent opposition, but the
majority of the electors do not regard them as their
representatives, and with the protection of the ballot
would immediately say so. Both the present Mem-
bers for Malton voted against Mr. Hume's motion.
Why recal these matters ?; That the electors of the
West Riding may clearly understand what sort of
representative they will find in Mr. C. W. W. Fitz-
william. On all important questions he will, in all
probability, vote as the present: Members for Malton
do. He is a member of, and will do all he can to
support, the aristocracy. On those great questions
which will have to be brought before Par-
liament again and again, the extension of the suf-
frage, the reduction of expenditure, the separation of
Church and State, the Vote by Ballot ; in a word, on
those questions on which the great majority of the
electors of the West Riding have not only fully made
up their minds, but on which they feel very strongly,
this young man, if now returned, will vote against
their wishes or not vote at all.
Is this the position which the greatest constituency
of the kingdom will voluntarily take ?
But the expense alarms them. Let every man pay
his own expenses, and a very small subscription from
each elector will be sufficient to meet all other
charges. Music and banners may be dispensed with
by such a constituency. Twenty thousand men ani-
mated by one common purpose, that of sending a man
" fit and proper" to speak and vote for them in the
great council of the nation, is a grander spectacle than
all other outward things can exhibit.
Will Lord Fitzwilliam stand a contest ? Those
who best know his resources have their doubts. The
support of the Tory party would be an expensive affair.
But where is a suitable candidate to be found ? Is
there no one among the aldermen and town-council-
lors of the West Riding boroughs ? Is there no
merchant or manufacturer of Leeds, Bradford, Hali-
fax, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Wakefield ? Send a
man blindfold into any market-place, cloth-hall, or
corn-exchange of the Riding during the present
week, and he cannot fail to lay hold of some man far
better qualified than this young man is to represent
such a constituency. Names may be mentioned at
random which suggest ideas of labour done, and indi-
cate the ability required. This youth asks the West
Riding to send him to Parliament for this single rea-
son, because his father once advocated the liberal
cause. Goodman, D. Gaskell, Hamer Stansfeld,
Luccock, Milligan, Carbutt, any one of these would
infinitely better represent the feelings and wants of
the constituency than Mr. Fitzwilliam can pretend to
do ; and if we may step across the boundary of the
Riding, there is Wilson of the League, well worthy
to take a seat beside R. Cobden. What matter if he
be a Manchester man ? If Yorkshire can produce no
other than Mr. Fitzwilliam as its representative,
would it not be better to send a Lancashire man, or
one from any quarter of the globe, provided he pos-
sessed those qualities of mind and attributes of cha-
racter which the representative of the West Riding
ought to possess ?
The Mayor of Wakefield offers 500/. towards the
expenses of a contest, thanks and honour be given
him; others will follow his example. Let the League
organization, once treated so contemptuously by Lord
Fitzwilliam, be resumed, and engagements for meet-
ing expenses be received. There are fourteen days
before the election. I cannot despair of twenty
thousand who have ever advocated the Liberal cause.
Some one it is to be hoped will yet be found whose
return cannot be such an unspeakable disgrace to the
constituency as would in the estimation of all
thinking men be the return of Mr. Fitzwilliam.
Yours, &c.,
A NON-RESIDENT ELECTOR
Nov. 20, 1848. For the West Riding.

N 0 VEMBE'R

up-stairs bid-room, where the wounds were dressed.
Alr. -Crisp remained with her till three o'clock this
morning, end has frequently seen her since, but from
hE r precarkus state he can give net hopes, as there vp-
pears to be Symptoms of a concussion of the brain.
The unfortunate woman, who is only twenty-six years
of age, has been married about four } ears, has no ceil-
dre.n; they were in comfortable circumstances, but the
husband has lately taken to drinking and spending all
the money he could get. lie was examined at Lambeth
Police-office this morning, and remanded.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIIK
SIR,—In my letter of the 19th I omitted to state
that the reason the working expenses of the New-
castle and Berwick Railway are put down at so low
a rate is, that one of the must important items in the
working expenses of railways generally is that of
coke; but the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Com-
pany having erected enormous ovens for making
coke, they supply several other lines, and their profit
is so great that their own coke which they use stands
them at nothing; and when we consider this makes
a difference of between 6 and 7 per cent. on the
orking expenses, we may fairly hope that the line
will be efficiently worked for the sum named.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Liverpool, Nov. 20. VINDEX.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Will you excuse me in calling your attention
to the incompleteness of the Lancashire and York.
shire Railway Company's statement, as I perfectly
agree with your suggestion, that whatever statements
companies publish in the present sad state of railway
property should be both complete an,' unassailable,
except upon their respective merits. With this view,
I and many others complain that the directors have
not shown the amount of weekly traffic necessary for
them to continpe paying the present dividend of six
per cent. Other companies have done so, and I am
afraid it is on account of the largeness of the sum
required that it is not done so in the present instance.
What confirms me in this is, a private calculation
which I was shown the other day, and which made it
appear that a weekly income of near 22,0001. would
be necessary in order to pay a dividend of even five per
cent., being an increase of near 100 per cent. upon
the present receipts from the main line. If this be
true the shareholders and the public ought to be
made aware of it, and be placed in a position to
judge whether such an enormous increase was probable,
Oldham, Nov. 20. A DAILY READER.

THE SEA SERPENT ONCE MORE.
TO THE EDITOR or TILE TIMES.
Sir,—Will you do me the very great favour to give
a place in your widely circulating columns to the
following reply to the animadversions of "Professor
Owen "on the serpent or animal seen by me and
others from her Majesty's ship Daedalus on the Gth
of August last, and which were published in the Times
of the 14th instant?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
P. M'QUHAE,
Late Captain of her Majesty's ship Daedalus.
London, Nov. 18.

'rofessor Owen correctly states that I " evidently
saw a large creature moving rapidly through the water
very different from anything I had before witnessed,
neither a whale, a grampus, a great shark, an alligator,
nor any other of the larger surface-swimming creatures
fallen in with in ordinary voyages." I now assert—
raither was it a common seal nor a sea elephant, its
great length and its totally differing physiognomy pre-
cluding the possibility of its being a " Phoca" of any
species. Tho head was flat, and not a " capacious
vaulted cranium;" nor had it " a stiff inflexible trunk"—
a conclusion to which Professor Owen has jumped, most
certainly not justified by the simple statement, that no
" portion of the 60 feet seen by us was used in propel-
ling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal
undulation,"
It is also assumed that the "calculation of its length
was made under a strong preconception of the nature of
the beast;" another conclusion quite the contrary to the
fact. It was not until after the great length was deve-
loped by its nearest approach to the ship, and until after
that moat important point had been duly considered and
debated, as well as such could be in the brief space of
time allowed for so doing, that it was pronounced to be
a serpent by
all who saw it, and who are too well ac-
customed to judge of lengths and breadths of objects in
the sea to mistake a real substance and an actual living
body, coolly and dispassionately contemplated, at so
short a distance too, for the " eddy caused by the action
of the deeper immersed fins and tail of a rapidly moving
gigantic seal raising its head above the surface of the
water," as Professor Owen imagines, in quest of its lost
iceberg.
The creative powers of the human mind may be very
limited. On this occasion they were not called into re-
quisitioi, my purpose and desire being, throughout, to
furnish eminent naturalists, such as the learned Professor,
with accurate facts, and not with exaggerated repre-
sentations, nor with what could by any possibility pro-
ceed from optical illusion ; and I beg to assure him that
old Pontoppidan having clothed his sea serpent with a
name could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting
the creature seen from the Daedalus with a similar ap-
pendage, for the simple reason that I had never seen his
account, or even heard of his sea serpent, until my ar-
rival in London. Some other solution must therefore
be found fur the very remarkable coincidence between us
in that particular in order to unravel the mystery.
Finally, I deny tho existence of excitement or the