The Express. — London, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

TILL SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. to TUC IMITOIL Or Till DAILY NEWS. :1:,--The following is a copy of a letter addressed by me to the Edeer of the Tina.. As it bas not m ade its appearance in that journal, I beg you will do me the favour to insert it in yours. I am, &c., AUGUSTUS PETERMANN. Charing-cross, Nov. 23. r, viz EPITUK or TUX Tbess.—Sir,—ls one of yam leading articles of bet &birds, (19th inst.) relit my to the search for Sir Jobs Franklin sad a pro jettsd ne e ex p edition by Spitsbergen, the writer "calls moat earnestly upon the public to interfere In time betereen the project ors sad the madam of their toter- We*" As I thick the projection of this expedition must be we d bath to myself, I think it due to me end the public to art, u a matter of justice, the favour of your inserting the following hen. la the tint place, the writer argues that Sir John Frank lia cannot hove got beyond Wellington Channel, but must hoe ,with , don this side of it. Now, the whale of this litter region has been searched so minutely that the re gions of the perished expedition could Oct have tamped the scention of the searching partite. Surely two vessels and upwards of ID me s must leave some trace or other behind. The writer may argue-storm and snowdrift, with the wild snumels and ether destructive elements, would soon erase erery oar of such traces in the Antic regions. But this view is sot at all justified by experience. Lieutenant Ill'Clintocir, when in 1861 he found in Melville Island the remains of Sir Edward Parry's encampment in 1820, which were eons( wetly 31 years old, thus describes them: We found here everything mentioned by Sir Edward Parry sa having been left by his party wheel his broken met was a bandoned. The very slow progress of decay in this climate was distinctly evident on inspecting the; site of Edeszel Parry's encampment, in June, 1820. The weal appeared almost unchanged ; the bones of the ptar migan (off which his party supped) were merely bleached; sad the pieces of cloth, canvas, rope, and twine strewed about, still retained much of their original strength and colouring:' Whets such delicate little objects al ptermigan home are so easily found again after more than 30 years, an it, then, be said with reason that two large vessels, with upwards of 130 picked nun, would utterly vanish, like so many pieces of camphor From the above circumstance the relations and friends of the lost expedition will be ins position to judge whether or no the latter hive perished oa this side of Wellington Channel So long as two yeses since it was the decided opinion of the venerable Hydrographer of the Admiralty, Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, that should Sir John Franklin have gorse up tre!lingua Channel, he would have ruched far humid the limits of the pr:lent search, and would have got into some labyrinth of ice sod islands abreast of Behring's Straits or further west, on the fiats off the coast of Siberia. Bawd on this reasonable view it was that, about the same time (two years since), I ventured to throw out the snuestion whether it might not be well, instead of de spatching all the expedition t►rough the almost impassabl e yarrow channels and well•nigh coatinually choked up seas west of Baffin's Bay, to send one through the Gnat Polar Sea on the Asiatic side, which, from its extent, can never be choked up with ice, and according to actual experience of the most trustwort►y character always presents lanes of open water. When vessels by the score were Salt to Bathn'a Bay, I was inclined to thick that one or tread of the many might be spared for the latter object, per e* when considering the very slight c :pease of Sir Memel Parry's Sigtzhergen expedition (9,9771.) as compared to the malty 100,000 f. which have been spent on the other side, se well as that it would offer to those who only look loth, L s. d., the prospects of pecuniary gain from new whale. fishing pounds diecoverable in that region. The expericace and news of the last two years leave the ease exactly sa it then stood, for even Sir Edward Belcher has not got a distance worth speaking of beyond Sir John Franklin's first winter quarters ; and, therefore, who. assumiert the two missing vessels to have vanished cu ibis side of Wellington Channel, without leaviag any traces behind, the sober feet will always @tarsus I. the face, that the whole region between Queen's Channel (the upper part Of Wellington Channel) sad Behring's Strait, or Siberia. remains to tide day intraversed and usseerehed, while it has been fully demonstrated that the narrow waters to which the search ►u hitherto been confined, are totally impracticable foe effeerive navigation. I will aot here repeat or disuse say point eeenuted with my plan, referring the reader simply to my varies' cow manications addressed to the Admiralty, the Geographical Society, and to the Atlienarm, itc., butt would beg le put we question to those of my opponents who are eves le meg to throw ridicule upon that noble and practisally Maki s cience, inductive geography, by the light of 1416 =My futures of our planet aro discovered which vigil NW. wise remain bidden for years thus the sentiment Maks*. Italian gold was prognosticated thousaads of mike hem the spots where it was actually trodden on, without Wimples; thin the approximate position of the Magnetic South Pole was laid down in the quiet study of a man who, I believe, bad sever been out of his own country, sad Columbus, but for studying geography, would not have discovered a New World. If those who ridicule the mottos of a Polar Sea being more open and more navigable than the narrow waters as the American side, were inhabitant, of Labrador or Kamm ihatka, which dreary countries lie in exactly the same lath lathe as the BIWA Islands, what would their opinions be of the physical hater's of the latter ? Why, If they em ployed the same numb( which they employ for the Antic Seems, they would boldly dins that Great Britain wee I. the seam depth as these esuhtries severed with iee sad UMW, and inhabited by kiebsers. They would disbe lieve that there rated meth • town u Hammerfest, la a latitude the same Si Boothia Fells, where Bit Joha Bess was imprimmed her three years, surronaded by all the bee sae et as Antis wiater, without any such Mims hem hint. They would seen the idea of min at Mistakes at Bear Island, while the mercury was Imola fee Ave maths at Melville Limed, is essetly the mune latitude. But all them are actual, sad to esereplen welblthown, fats; sad with these facts before us, sea say meth be sedisal es to the impossibility et similar difthemsees ukase bsymed Bees Island towards Siberia ? But it is simply as array to my that " Ceptaia Balboa (sad ales Kr Edward refry) was dospaisboi to ephabergea to make the very attempt whisk is sow seatamplated.'. Poe the roate of my plea, sir, his ea the east side of Spits. bargee, sod sot ea ths west side of it, where all the former savigaton have bees, sad whisk I raider the woes side, as mach as if • vessel ply from New York to Arehaagel. lasteed of choosing the wide sea mot of leelead—betwosa it sad Norway—was to steer ea the west side of that ielead— between it sad Greenlead—where, to be sure, she would be °Detracted with inmates YONG Oi LW I can safely alarm, whiffet fear of sestredinion, that the ass east of Spits bergen has sever bees fairly tried ; and that for newly 200 years no English vessel whatever has been steered in that diteetioa. EMI Captain Beechey, R.N., who le among the foremost of my opponent*, in his " Narrative of Captain Buthan's Voyage," readily admits the practicer bility of navigating the seas beyond Spitsbergen with, the aid of steam. And se to the objectime'reised on the seers of darkness, sad cold, and that, Sir G. Back is asserted to have " told the scientific gentlemen that it would be impossible to work the ropes "—and further, oa the wetted opinion of Captain M'Clare, that " death is the inevitable lot of the company of any ship which may be involved in the Polar Pack "—the writer must be iguana of the fact that these mere Burnie. are directly contradicted sad disproved by actual experience of the AMIONOIA Apo litica under Lieutenant de Raven. fibs two slender vessels, of oely 144 and 91 tons—no screws, be it reassabered—were involved in the Polar Pack for no lees than alas months during the wont part of the year Mon the niddle et September, 1860, to the middle of June, 1841), sad they were drifted, imbedded in the Pack, out of Wellington Channel, through Refila's By, down to the Atlantic Ocean, a diseases of upwards of one thousandAilits. Yet to that gallant Meamander, at least, and his erews—the rope question and darkness offered no such difficulty at all ; and, although thus imbedded in the Polar Pack for no less than aim months, the American Expedition, so far from finding " inevitable death," did not late one single man ; and so little injured were the two vessels that no sooner were they liberated from the Pack than they boldly steered north wards, whence they bad come. There may be persons who only believe what they have done themselves or men with their own eye., end to them De Raven's Expedition or those of the Russians and others may have little or no value, while to the " scientific geir smilers" the latter certainly font the only authority for the geography of one-half of the Antic Regions. I am conscious that I suggested my plan with an honest purpose, and as such dammed an honest judgment ; and, whether it ever be adopted or not, I trait I may be per- milted this opportunity to protest spiatt an as parte, as. fair. and enamor' isterpritatien of that plea. I have this hamar to be, air, your very obedient sad bembho servaat, Avarrrrs Panama/4x. 9, Charing-ergo, Nov. 21. Int Court. WINDSOR, Nov. 23. The Qoeeo,with the Duchess of Brabant, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, the Conatees Omuta de Lamm, and the gentlemen in waiting, left Windsor by a special train of the Great Western Railway at a quarter oast 9 o'clock this morning, and proareaal to Buckingham Palace. . _ _ - Her Majesty sad her imperial highness visited West minster Abbey, went over the Homes of Parliament, paid a visit to the Duchess of Oloonseter, and thee »termed to Windsor Castle, where they arrived a litde before two o'clock. My. Oliveira, M.P., had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-. Hoe. The Commissioners for iaquiriai iato the state of the . Corporatism of the City of I.iindosi held a meeting yester day at the Privy Conned-offioe in Downing.street. The coranienowers preeeat were the Right Hon. H. Laboe chive. the Right Hon. Sir John Patteeon, and G. Corn.- wall Lewis, Req. A cabinet council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Dake of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Pal merston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Chafing Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council at three hours. The Olobe announces the appointment of Mr. J. R. Colvin as Governor of Madras. We are very nom to hear of it ; for Mr. I. It. Colvin was ono of the secretaries of Lord Auckland, and, together with the late Sir W. M'Naghten, one of the chief insti gators of the Affghan war. The names of the members of the Committee appointed to inquire into the establishment of the Post Office are :—Lord Elcho, M.P., one of the Lords of the Treasury; Sir Stafford Nortbcote, Bart. ; Sir Charles Trevelyan, K.C.8., Assistant Secretary to the Treasury and E. A. Roffay, Esq., Inspector of Naval and Military Accounts at the Andit-office. Yesterday the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cape Town resigned his see, in order that the diocese might be divided into three bishopricks—Cape Town, Natal, and Graham's Town. The Rev. Dr. Colenzo and the Rev. Dr. Armstrong will be consecrated to the sees of Natal and Gra ham's Town in the parish church, Lambeth, Surrey, on Wednesday, the 30th instant. THE QUEEN AND THE DUCHESS OF BRA BANT AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Yesterday morning, shortly before 11 o'clock, her Mejesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Brabant, and attended by the Duchies of Sutherlaad, sad other ladles of her suite, arrived at Westminster Abbey, is three car riages, sad were received at the western entrance by a few of the authorities, the visit being strictly of • private sabers. Her Majesty pointed out to her royal guest many of the monumeats and objects of interest, particularly the newly erected statue of the late Sir R. Peel. The party remained in the sacred edifice for upwards of an hour, and left by the south transept door. They then paid a visit to the New Houses of Parliament, entering by the Victoria Tower, and after examining the various portions of the building, took their departure for Windsor. Tits royal party were conducted through the building, in the absence •f Sir Charles Barry, who is waisted to his residence by an attack of influenza, by Mr. Edward Barry, and Mr. Thomas Quarm, the chief Clark of the Works. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT AND THE DUKE OF BRABANT TO CAMBRIDGE. Nov. 23. The despatch of last evening left his Hoye High ame Prince Albert at the Lodge of Trinity College, pre paring kr the reception of such members of the senate as were desirous of paying their respects to him ; the recep tioa commenced at live o'clock, and lasted until half -past At half-past omen the royal party proceeded to Trinity Hall Ledge to dine with the Viee-Chaneelka. The follow ing are the names of the select party invited to meet their Royal Highness by the Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. Geldart. Count do Loamy, Col. Grey, Col. Gordon. H. Van de Weyer, the Rasters of Clare Hall and Catharine Hall, Prevost of King's, Masters of St. Peter's, Caine, Corpse, Jesus, Trinity, Downing, Swingy, and Christ's, the Rev. the Registrary, thi Public Orator, the Senior Praetor, and Dr. Leapingwell and W. Hopkiaa, Rm., Require Bedell. The Prises Chancellor and his royal guest sallied oat at 11/ o'clock is a dews fog, amompeaied by the master of Trinity College, and Profuse, fledgMck, in order to visit the most picturesque parts of the walks of Trinity and King's Colleges. Passing from the Piazza of the library, the party entered the Justly admired walks of Trinity sad passing over the Cyaleidel bridge, emerged by the back gate on to Clare Hall pine, from wham a Ise view of Kiss's College is easameaded. In pairing to this met the vista presented by the maize walk elicited the ad miration of both prima. Dr. Welch (Muter) and other members of Clare Hall, noshed the royal party at the Cok lege-gates, and the He% Chapel, and Combiastioa roan were visited. The Coenamaite plate at this Collage Chapel le of pare gold richly esabessed, eel the chapel heal is allowed for 'basemen of design and lipase of decoratioa to easel any building of the kind in the Eld• varsity. Is the Hall the seleheated pettish of Arabia. =Mies, and ethers, *ere laspested. nem Ohms Mil the party proceeded to Kin's, sad were here wombed by the Provost and Fellows. The royal peaty emend the College Chapel by the great west door, sad daring their stay the Premiss sad Austria* *Mina anthems wen pea domed an the mg= by F. I. Storey, Esq., fellow ef the allege. The Hall, Library, sad walks having been vi tie piety returned to Trinity College Lodge, and tt Sum is state to the Beasts Hesse, for the purpose of eon- HEW the leaseezy degree of LLD. apse the Duke of Ilsessat. Me thee appointed was sieves edge. sat keg before that time the pit of the domes House wee crowded by members of the seals mad has, while the side galleries were Btsreiy isamood with undergraduates, who, as anal, wiled away M dos they were in waiting by giving eathuiestie ohms fleas Sovereign, the Prince Chancellor, the Duke sad Dukes of Brabant, these ohms being soessiosally varied 111111 gloms for soak of the "Deem" as have at any period Of disk ideality career made thinesslves obseakias by stekt emhessesset of discipline, end the booting any sew We star pasts who incautiously eaters& the pit within{ psylsi dos doinums to the majesty of the gods by ds bit hat or esp. About half-pest eleven PiiBPrince Albselt the Dube olissed, escorted by the Vies-Chisidlee smd Prawn IleigerLek. Prince Albert wore his fall Miss as Chemefiers mg the cheering was most uproar isms as be gemeeded to the seat reserved for him es the dos Tbe Duke wore the sailor= of a Belgian del& maralial. Coloreds Grey and Gordon, 111- Van de Weyer, and the Count de Laanoy, were in amender:as here (and through the day), the taloa& be uniform, sad the minister and coast in their °Mehl en tente. So soon is the Primo Chancellor was seated, the initiatory proceedings meassearrid, and the grace autheris iag the degree having passed the Semite and both hones., t he Duke wee attended to the robing room by the Vice- Chancellor, sad seas re-appeared babied is the rod robe of the doctor. _ - _ - _ _ - _ The Duke was presented by:the Public Orator (the Rev. W. H. Hams) in a rather lengthy Latin speech, which elicited favourable comment afterwards. At his emission he Public Orator presented the Duke to the Prince Chan cellor, and the degree was conferred is due form, the ceremony of hassling by the recipient being dispensed with. The Duke then assumed his doctor's cap, and the alteration teased in his appearance thereby elicited sheets of good-humoured laughter in the galleries, sumeded by rounds of cheers for the Duke and the Chancellor as the latter descended from the dais to the mat usually occupied by the Vice-Chancellor. The applause was courteously acknowledged by the Prince Chancellor and the Duke de Brabant. Arrived at the Vice Chancellor's chair, the Prince seated himself therein, and in due foam admitted the following gentlemen ad Nudes groduns : Albert Chan sing Abdy, 8.A., Worcester College, Ozon ; Henry Gordon, as., St. Mary Hall, Oxon; John Thomas Cyril &my, M.A., Merton College, Oxon; Edward Wilberforce Unwin, M.A., Pembroke College, Oxon. This ceremony over the royal party retired amid cheers which fairly shook the edifies, and proceeded to attend the Jacksonian Lecture on Mechanics, by Professor Willis, THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1853. illustrated by and* OMB Adideinical &heels, and at • Its cassioden tlu Prises Chessedlee was plasma is express himself in Isms of high senteseedsties of the talent and lucidity of the professor. The Mumma of Anatomy (in the same building) was next vivited, Professor Clark meting as chaperon and explaining the different beautiful models sod marinas of osteology, in which the nauseam is so rich. Irma here the party reterned to Trinity College to luncheon, and afterwards proceeded to the university library. A eonsiderable tine was well spent here, and the 010 , mesentery was next visited, bat the pressings of the fon prevented any observations, end the • of the visit wen occupied by inspection of the instrument• under the guidance of Professor Challis. Christ's College was next sought, and the party being re ceived by the master (Dr. Canaan) and fel . l . ows, the hall, chapel, and coaibinatien-room were visited, together with the garden, where the celebrated saulberry-trite, planted by Milton, is the observed of all observers. This tree, now in a ble old age, has had the most strict care bestowed on .its preservation, and the attacks of time on its branches have been counteracted by coverings of lead, so that it bids fair to stand for many years yet. This was the lest of the colleges visited, several having been omitted from want of time. From Christ's the royal party returned to Trinity College-lodge, and departed thence to the railway station, attended by the Vice-Chancellor, and finally departed from Cambridge about a quarter past four. CITY CORPORATION COMMISSION. The Commiseic chums in the chair. met yesterday; Mr. Labatt- Mr. Bennoeh, in explanation of portions of his previous evident*, stated, in reference to the power of the Court of Aldermen to dip their hands into the City parse, irrespec- 1,. of the Cocci of Common Council, that on one occasion in 1848 or 1849 the Lord Mayor and Aldermen went tip the river to Orford, the expense of which trip wee so peat that the Court of tAtissies doenell emplalaiid on lit; suetieet, and the consequence of that) complaints was the posing of a byelaw, which somewhat curtailed the power of the Court of. Aldermen in that respect. He had mentioned that an item of 1331. appeared In the City amounts for cloth for the great Ministers of State. He had eines learned that this cloth was sent to the First Secretary, to the Second Secretary of State, to the Lord Chancellor, to the Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain, to the Treasurer of the Household, to the Lord Steward, to the Comptroller of the Household, to the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, to the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, to the Chid Baron of the Exchequer, to the Recorder, the Attor ney and Solicitor-General, and the Common Serjeant. It appeared that at one time the corporation had the right of measuring all the cloth sold and received in the City, and that 41 yards of the finest black cloth that the country could produce was sent to the pusses teemed, he the purpose, it was supposed, of tieing 4.lll.lllllP seato the woollen manufactures, and showing the peeress made year by year in that branch of industry. As a farther illustration of the loose manner in which the weans of Use City were kept, he begged to mention that the keeper of the Menament received from 24W. to 2501. a year. His the work to be performed by two person', one to take the fees demanded for going to me the view from it, and the other to watch that meow, when they got to the top, did not throw themselves if The fee for entrance 111 s reduced from ed. to 3d. in 1851, and in that year the keeper received in threepence" 1,3371., not one penny of which was brought into the Chamberlain's oMoe. Mr. Samuel Morley was then examined—l reside in the City of Loudon, and am a wascheraseman. I oome here, not to speak of abuses which have been detailed by other witnesses, but to state what I believe to be the feeling of the citizens with respect to the corporation. My belief is that the corporation is out of harmony with the times in which we live, and with the wants and wishes of the citizens, but if brought in more complete harmony with those wants and feelings, many men of standing would take pert in the business of the =potation. I have never been a member of the corporation ; though invited to because a member of the common-council, I declined, because of the external show and pageantry surrounding the corpora tion, and the extensive character of the duties re. eraired from its members. I think the fact of re. Taring persons to attend a number of dinners prevents them from becoming members of the corporation. I would myself be willing to devote a part of my time to t he duties et the corporation, U its character were changed. There are 230 members of the Commas Council and alder men. I believe that is far too large a 1111/11111kr. I think they were reduced to 50, it would 'sewer better. In the warn or unwept*, ut wines t mane, u instead of 10 or 12 members, one or two were sent from it, we would feel are intareet than we do in the selection of the right MI Then the election of sheriff is mast unacceptable to the elms ' of men I refer to ; yet they are liable to the necessity of assuming duties which, on many amounts, are repugnant to one's feelings, or paying a large Sue. The sheriff has to ' pay 6004. or 70W. towards the feast in Guildhall, which is highly otdectiosabk. I have looked at the City accounts, but I confess I am not the wiser for having dose so. The Chairman—What remedies would apply to correct what you consider objectionable in the present system ? Mr. Morloy—l ham sees • whom put in by one of the witnesses, of which I generally approve ; and as far as I have heard, it has the approval of many of the City mer chants. (Mr. Morley referred to Mr. Aeland's scheme.) That scheme has the merit of simplicity, and I think it would be generally approved. I think the 'metropolitan boroughs might, with great advantage, have municipalities granted to them. The Chairman—They might apply for them now. Would you force municipalities on them ? Mr. Morley—l should have thought they would be glad to receive thus. I demur to any extension of the present corpomtioa of the City of Leaders. I would prefer to see sack borough with a separate authority for looal purposes, and a amnion central for moral purposes. Mr. Lewis—What is your 'pig= et a panel metro. politica tea hr patrol purposes—ouch as the staking e bridges over the river ? Mr. Morley—l think such a tax would be in accordance with strict judos. I would stresgly urge that there should be *sly one cosetitnesey for the City of Leedom, sad that it should be merely a heseskokl cep. That, I know, will be unpopular in the City, but sash is my *Mom. The eon- Mammies of the exietesee of freemen is highly ustleeirabie. I have doubts as to the expediency el keeping up the din . duties betimes the Courts of Sideman sad Comma Council. I think the magistrate", of Lomita should be ea *sly 'calmed to their magisterial duties. I am sot pre , pared to exprem say opiacies as to the divides of wards. Mr. Lewis—What is year opiates as te Chambers of Commeree ? • —My belief is, that: ambers of ommene are desirable, bat I think they should pow out of the felt mats of essaseros itself, and should not be commeeted with the ammonites. With reprd to the resent abandon is the stump duties, and the praise inquiry into the Pat entee, for instance, I think that the existence of a Mambos of commerce would prove useful in sesertaining the wisher and opinions of the mantsrolal Mesa of the City ; but I don't we that they an subjects whisk have any mammy eonnezioa with a corporation. I would act *lama cham bers of commerce, therefore, wit► the corporatiou. I think a corporation should pay non atteation to sanitary swum than has been hitherto the aes. The Chairman.— HIM you turned yet attention to the coal tax? . Mr. Morley—l think it is a meet objectionable mode of raising mosey. I think a general rata for improvement purposes would be far preferable and more cheerfully borne. lam not subject to any of the sanoyanoss in the conduct of my business of which others complain, and I know that some complain bitterly of them. I would sweep away all trading privileges. I think it most objectionable that the retail traders should be compelled to take up their freedom while the wholesale Indus are not so compelled. I have not some here to east any imputation as the corpo ration, but to express my opinion that it does not repro ' seat, as it ought to do, the great trade of the City. Mr. George Richard Canter said—l bays been a practise. log solieitor of Southwark visa 1824. I am prothonotary of the Borough Court. I have taken great interest in the affairs of the corporation. The people of Southwark have, for the lest fifty or sixty years, endeavoured to get incorpo rated with the City of Loudon under a charter of Edw. VI• The applications have always been for incorporation with the City, and not, in the alternative of refusal, for a sepa rate incorporation. In 1660 the inhabitant• of Southwark asked for separate incorporation, but the application was refused. The Chairman—Whet is the feeling of the laltatol now ? Witness—l would rather defer answering that question, se there is to be a meeting of the inhabitants ca Fridmy neat, at the Town Hall, to consider the question. I think it would be extremely objectionable to separate Southwark into two distinct municipalities. What we have to own plain of is that we have duties to perform as part of the municipality of London and also as inhabitants of the county of Surrey. The City of Lead= don't interfere enough is the drain of Southwark is my opinion. There are three court lasts held in the borough. The steward Fluid..: he is a barrider, and appointed by the Court of Aldermen. There are four semione is the year in the flemisee Court, but they ere mere tome. The Lord Mayer, sidemen, and Recorder merely appear to open the emus end &Nadia the grand jury. They do no Waimea. Mr. Lewle—le there suy ether tater/nesse ea the pert of the City with the borough of Southwark ? Witness—They claim the right of meter of corn end fruit. Mr. Lewls—That is not peculiar to Southwark. It ex tends over the whole metropolis. Is thus any other inter ference peculiar to Southwark ? . Waness—Tes, is respect to the Borough Court. That court is, I think, • meld court. The judge is appointed by the corporation. The City appoints the Coroner : his jurisdiction extends only over that part of the borough to which the jurisdiction of the City Woods, not over the other portions. These is also • nominal aldermen fee the borough of Southwark. The inhabitants frequently applied for incorporation. I think there is a vast difference of opinion now on the 'object. The liverymen and freemen are anxious for incorporation. The rerarsieg dear for the borough is appointed by the Cowman Conseil. The only prison we have is a City one, but it is n used now, I think the whole of Southwark might he divided• into wards and added to the City. The Clairmaii.—ln that case the addition would be greater than the original corporation. Witness.—Yea, but even with Southwark incorporated with the City it would still not be so large as the Tower Hamlets. The population of Southwark is about 166,000, and that of Leaden about 127,000, making altogether about 283,000, whereas the population of the Tower Hamlets is about 400,000. I think 4imaliwark as • whole closely re sembles the City of London as • whole. The commission then adjourned till twelve o'clock this day. SOCIETY OF ARTS -•-- Yesterday evening the second meeting for the present season wee held at the society's house, Adelphi. Mr. TKOs. ROSLYN, F.lt S., presided. Mr. STANBORY proceeded to give the announced lecture an the subject of auriferous ores mad Mr. Borden's recent inventions for crushing them. The lecturer devoted the earlier portion of his lecture to the • history of gold disco very, from the gold fields of Scripture down to thaw of California and Australia, prophesying at the same time that these countries might soon find rivals In Devonshire and Wales, respecting which the lecturer read the results of recent experiments, showing that gold could be produced In some cases in the quantities of 6 oz. 6 dust. 17 p. per to of ore. A specimen of Cornish or. had even yielded at the meg of 11 es. 13 dwt. 8 grains to the ton. The Pontius* gooses has yielded from 17 dwt. to Id dwt. to the too, sad other Devonshire ore 9 oz. to the These results had been Mesiesol wit is the last nee* set west to show that the hl!:111.16111 dream of kaki geld fa profitable good treltegirei was about to be reelleed. The experiments had all been mile at an Imputes not exceeding de. the ton for tke missiles. The WM ores bad bees smelted at • mot of lOs.la tem The ktilassr presoak' ts dee:tribe the MOOMila erelbleg eaddidg e eel dos le eamineset• OM elllselege of Mr. Berlea's oppeiles. AS lb* etelieden of the lecture a thietelsonoisa sewed as to the a. .1 the machine, is OM moms et whisk Prehaeste Tarre•or masiseel the Vilest the hope of Maw a seemed Callionda or Wales. tie believed shot even posad'e worth of Meshed in England weal cost 40s. in the pridectios. As to the ma chine under modderation, he dlefined giving an opinion, as he had on as yet seen it in full operatic at the works fa the City-read. Mr. H. Mooroan begged to inform the learned professor that the experiments made in the Pohl:sore mines in the production of gold had been eminently succesehd.. One thing which seriously interfered with th e ft. experiments was tho claim made by tin crown of a royahy ell mime of the precious metals. In the we: fase bads be Mom* that all such feudal claims shield beatified., Mr. Pauses found fault with the medblee as ensuing a injurious amount of vibration sad Medea is addition to the, • portion of it was an intelligentsia of a patent taken out by him (Mr. Pukes) three maths Mess the arrival of the American machine in thin sormisp. Mr. Commas could not with Prehesse Tenasat. Ik. Wootmsz announced that the Armlet Ogre dompany in Devonshire were ready to seed up 10 teas el Boma for the purpose of heft crushed and analysed. Mr. Fumes accepted the Wm at ones. Mr. CALVIULT gave his emilleat opinion that England would shortly be found to Moen& in quarts capable of yielding from one to six omen a odd per ton. Oa the motion of Mr. H. Clammy Mk Beedan's inven. I I Ilse WO referred to the standing a the society ~Mr isvoidgate and report. Ilmenuar, for Mr. Darden, at ease emeitli le the erangament, and the proceedings towlentel. TIID roa , OF I'IIE3DAI 41W 7B.SThRDA Y. It is probably several years sines the metropolis was visited by so severe a fog an that of Tuesday, which led to an almost total cessation from business. The diffi culties of traffic may be conceived by persons at a distance when it is stated that no vehicle could proceed along the streets with any chant* of safety unless the hone were led by a link-boy on either side- Unfortunately, neither this precaution nor the incessant shooting which took the place of the usual hum of London was subject 'to prevent a number of very sad accidents. The first that calls for mention is the cue of the poor woman who, as stated in the Daily News of yesterday, was run over by a Great Western Railway van in ffisarle-street, Lincoln's ian fields, and whose head, falling under the wheel, was NW rally smashed. She has been recognised as Mira Fray of N 0.6, Hertford-plate, Drury-lane, aged 30. At St. Tho nias's Hospital two other sufferers have been received. The bat is William Reddle, if Henley, whose waggon was drawn off the road by the horses, and fen against a paw This threw hies of the shafts, and the wheels passing over his thighs, produced • compound fracture. The ;mond cue is that of dn. Smith, of Lewisham, who lost her way ea Blackheath, cad fell down • gravel pit 12 feet deep. Both her thighs were broken, and she has sustained other injuries. A youth named Edward Field has also bees admitted into the Leadaa HospitaL His father was driving ammo Bow commas • vaa drawn by two homes sad heavily ladea with Umber, the property of Mr. Rigby, of Westniiniter. The lad was carrying • liak, bat be slipped ad the footpath late the road, and was immediately rut over by the off hind wheel. His right thigh boss was found to be fractured and the eagle smashed. It bleared that his aosident will tureinate fatally. Several other widest, have also conuired la different parts of the suburbs. The csesatice of bushier ea the river was eves more complete they is the streets. A great sum bet of %Balm have takes place, but sons as yet known upper to be of a very swims altimeter. It is, however, of wens iimpsedble So say what the river casualties have b een. Tosterdim *s kg still continued to bang over the isetropo lis, and it bosom eager as the hours advaased, until by ems Ode* the ladle on the railways sad the Thames was Naha brought alma at • stead, and buslasse It the dll remnit shops end sisseiber• esuld only be carried on by the Al et pi light Tawas 9 o'clock the atmosphere gradu ally dazed. LEEDS hu for the past three days been enveloped la a dense kg, whisk has readmed it sawassay te light up Kit:of bushier during the day. Oa night so dame that it mused a sessatka of Wilk the artets, obkets being uaditlingekbahle vials a of yards. We regret to add that mew aesideak to paeans missing their way, but in no ease was T rf a very serious astute. WITHDRAWAL OF RELIEF BT A POOR LAW Ortnez.—An inquest was held at Maachester on Tuesday, before Mr. Herten, the coroner for that dty, en the body of Ellen Swindells, aged 76, widow of Daniel Swindells, a soldier. Deceased wu deserted by her husband about 60 yun ago, and heard anything of him till after hie death. She supported he by hawking small wares about the streets, but hai el late bean much piaehed lot food. She had ,alp see dud, a mar ried daughter, born several run eller her husband lift her, and who was too peer W gin her any auistanee. She had received 2s. wseh hem the gnu dims for several mon y ti z at d the states that about en months ago Mr. , des often clapped her relief, because she set go hies the workhouse. Her daughter went to Mr. Whitney Monday morning to ask him to give her mother some relief, sad waited three hours to see him, but the application was =success. fel, and on her return home she found her mother was desd. The immediate cause of death, however, appears to have been a fall against the edge of a foot pavement about therm weeks ago. The jury found a verdict of "Died from theeffsets of an accidental fall." The jury requested the coroner to forward a copy of the depositions to the Poor Law Board, in order that inquiry might be made into the correetaus of the statements as to the withdrawal of the woman!' relief. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HOUSES OP PARLIAMENT. —The ventilating shaft is to Le raised twelve feet higher. It now presents a light and ornamental appearance, quite in keeping with the general features of the elegant octagonal tower adjoining, which as well as the central and clock towers, are proceeding with great rapidity. On the area called the Star Chamber Court, which is adjacent to the on tapes: tower, considerable progress has been made with the orramentai carvings, and the laying down upon a sur face or concrete the patent elude pavement, as in use in other courts and areas of this edifice. The Lords' front ap pears b keep pace with the rest of the works, and will very ehortl3 be visible above the hoarding from the west side of Abingdon-street. At the end of this front and adjoining the Victora Tower, the Peers' entrance is being constructed, and will be ready for the use of their lordships at the com mencement of the ensuing session of Parliament. MUSIC. WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS. Last night was sadly unpropi!ions fors public entertainment. A dense November fog—the streets so dark as to ►e dangerous, and an atmosphere so damp and heavy as to be almost unbreathable—wade leaving a com fortable fireside a matter of no small exertion. Exeter-hall, consequently, was but thinly attended, though better than we expected; mad the member of persons present spoke well for the musical taste and spirit of the public. The concert was called " A Night with Mendebwohn," and the first part consisted entirely of a selection from his works. The pieces were well known to amateurs, for what piste of Mendelesohn's is there that is not ? There was first the fine descriptive overture, "A twin 644 and peesprous voyage." Then Miss Birch sang, "Through tie wood," and Mr. Suchet Champion gave a little German song, said to be Mendelssohn's last composition ; neither of which proved very effective. The charming duet, "The May Bells," very nicely snug by Mies Birch and Mir Stabbach, made a greater impression. Then came the great performance of the evening —the grand pianoforte Concerto in G minor, played by Mdlle. Clause in a style of the most finished excellence, which enchanted every one. At the end of the lovely slow movement, which, under her fingers, is the most exquisite and expressive song that can be imagined, the applause was so enthusiastic and pro longed, that she repeated the movement with, if possible, still heightened effect. She left the orchestra amid reite rated cheers from every part of the hall, which brought her back to renew the expression of her acknowledgments. She lied intended to perform Mozart's concerto in I) minor, and had prepared herself for doing so; but the plan of the con. wet made a champ on her part necessary, and nothing more l charming could have been chosen than this chef d'ostors of Mendelsohn. We regret to learn that we are &bent to lase for a Urns this charming young pianist, as she is going to St. Petersburg, with the intention, however, of return ing to London in the spring. The grand symphony in A major, called "the Italian Symphony," terminated the first part of the concert. Mr. Benedict's admirable direction of I the orchestra greatly enhanced the effect of Mendelssohn's compositions. The snood part, as usual, was a good miscellaneous 'election, chiefly of vocal music. The only thing calling for notice was the debut of Madame Ansedei ' a lady of con- ' tinental reputation, lately arrived here. She sang 'Luca dente'. eavatins, Se m'abbandoai," and the somewhat hackneyed "II 'egret° per easer fence," and had a highly favourable reception. She has a contralto voice of great power, beautiful quality, and much more compass and Seal bility than usually belongs to voices of this register. Her style is pare, add she sings with animation and warmth. She would certainly be a great acquisition to our Italian Opera; for contralto Bingen of her calibre are rarely to be found. DRAMA. LYCEUM. As well as the fog last evening would permit, a good hawse witnessed the first npresentation of a more or lees esigissl, mid more rather than less remarkable drama. The Bachelor of Arth who gives the name to the piece, is an Orford man—a bachelor in an academic as well as a social sense--and his " arts" have a similarly doable application. He is a spendthrift, a roue, a very dissipated, and very amusing man, and a good-hearted fellow Lin spite of every drawback—he is, in fact, Mr. Charles Mathews. The gentleman in question (theatrically be is Mr. Harry Jasper) has taken aneeceatrie fit at the commencement of the piece, and in the spirit of a philosophic vagabond, who has been pursuing novelty and losing cash, answers an advertisement for a private tutor. The advertiser proves to be an old friend of the applicant's father; humours him; and, in fact, en. gages him. Jasper is accordingly installed in the family, in which he effects an entire revolution. During the ab sence of its head (theatrically Mr. Thornton, and repre sented by Mr. Basil Baker), who has such confidence in his new tutor, that he leaves him as master of the house, ap pearances are certainly against him. He leads his pupil into a duel, introduces a young lady of objectionable cha racter into the family, trifles with the affections of the daughter of the house, displays himself in a state of absurd intoxication, end is otherwise eccentric. The return of his patron at the crisis exposes this iniquity, but exposes it only to place the character of the culprit in the highest light:—he has in fact effected what the audience has seen throughout—he has released his pupil from the . . . snares of a dangerous mistress; through the medium of the same young lady he has exposed the true character of an assi is la /liaison, who was laying siege to his patron's wife ; and moreover, he hu—by a noble and very novel niece of aeltinerifice—dvlivered his patron from the meshes of a money-lender, who has held a family secret involving the honour of everybody. lie vindicates himself in fact from every charge brought against him (even from the drunkenness, which was assumed), and takes leave of the audience while on the eve of marrying the lady of his ap propriate affections. The story of the piece is too complicated to relate in detail. We have indicated it here, and.need only add, that it is worth knowing better. The piece, in fact, is puzzling and peculiar ; and leaves an impression of incompleteness, which is common enough when the effect is produced by ingenuity rather than a sentimental interest. The Game of Spesslionsess sad The Lawyers belong to the same elms. They way balk sneeessful—the former especially—end so was the pieee abet evening, which makes it evident that the pablie do not ear* to have its heart touched, so long as Its bend is amused. The piece gave occasion for some very good acting, especially on the part of Mr. Charles Mathews, who was, as we said before—Mr. Charles Mathews. His namesake, Mr. Frank, as the scoundrel—that is to say, the money lender--esek higher ground than is usual with him. Of Mime Frames Hughes, who made her first appearance here, it is al/o& to say much—she had so little to do. Bat she looked highly aesamentsl, whisk is always a good beginning. At the clew, tie apishness was rapturous, and (Wades tile chasestina), the avithor was loudly called limn M. Mathews mamma the pieta to be sa adaptation fres the French, by Mr. Palk= Hardwick, — a sawn which was received with great favour, but con siderable incredulity. ANCIENT AND MODERN SHIPS. At a meeting of the Institution of Glyn Engineers, en Tuesday lest, Mr. J. M. RIME, the President, in the chair, the subject of ocean steamers we. introduced by a paper read by Mr. A. Henderson, who indulged in some ululating respecting the eempsstive bulk of the most famous vessels of antiquity sad of oar own times. A ship eustrneted by Ptoleateos Philopater was 420 feet long, 88 broad, and 72 high from the keel to the prow, and it was awed by 4,000 rowers, 400 servants, sod 2,820 marines. It was estimated, therefore, that this ves sel had a tonnage of 6,445 tons, builder's suasunment, and an =ternsl bulk of 880,700 cubic feet. Noab's ark would haves tonnage el 11,905, and • bulk of 1,580,000 cubic feet. With these were contrasted Ike Great Western, _ _ 1,242 teas, 161,100 cubic foot ; Groat Britain, 3,445 tons, 446,670 cubic fest ; Arctic (American packet), 2,745 tons, 366,333004 fest ; Hytualaya, 8,628 too, 457,332 cubic feet; sad calculating by the same rake. taldng Ike Akan gess given's the prospectus of the ileiNem Olsen Iffeed gatin Company, their proposed km do h Eva this 2,973,593 cubic fest. It was, however, MOM Sot this need was intended to be 10,000 Ow so.kasz, which might be correct if it was bulk ma the cellular eyelerm, and was measured Mesmer ti the preset law. In the coarse of the Merman The eillest eff heavy was open Tomsk of 400 to 600 feat kag was esaeiiMesd- The waves of the Atlantic were stated by sem miptains of American " liners " to attain an elevation of able* 99 feet, with a length of 100 feet, and a velocity of II to SO miles per hour. Dr. Scoresby, in his paper ea "LAMM Waves," gave about the same MIS /NOS ant k rather a bard gale a-bead. Os one nee herd gale and heavy squalls, some few waves stWi a height of 43 feet, with a length of nearly 000 bee, sad &vanity exceeding 30 miles an hour. Other an *irides amerced even more than those heights and dis tances. The amount of strength, to resist the impact of mesh waves, must vary with the length and size of a ship, and the materials of which it was constructed ; and as the experience of the Britannia Bridge showed that a weight of 460 tons, at a velocity of 30 minces per hour, could be borne by • cellular tube of 460 feet span, it was demisasfasted. that by the use of iron almost any amount of strength eould be given to a vane!, and as stability could be Imparted by proper proportions, efficient vessels could be built of any dimensions, as bad been exemplified by the Great Britain, which, alter remaining ashore on rooks for several months, had been got off without serious in jury. There were, however, objections to the use of iron alone for vessels, therefore many other systems had been easayed, such as all English oak, pine of large scantling, three thicknesses of diagonal planking, and iron framing with stout planking, this last combination with the addition of fors and aft ties and watertight bulk heads, was advocated for efficiency and economy. The proportions of about six breadths for the length were insisted upsu, and it was noticed that these were given no the dimensions of Noah's ark, as recorded in Holy Writ. The proper proportion of length to breadth for an efficient ocean steamer was, however, an intricate question. Tak ing the Wave Queen as an sample ; the length of that vessel had been stated to be thirteen times her beam ; now such proportions might answer well for the Rive:libitum., and a great speed might be attained, but such a vessel would, under certain c i rc umstances, be un fit to navigate the British Channel. The same might be said of the American river steamers, which were reported to have attained almost fabulous rates of velocity ; but such pro- portions as theirs, if attempted in ocean steamers, would only induce failure and loss of the vessels in heavy gales in the open ocean. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 23. The Ribbonmen have commenced their winter campaign in good earnest, as the reports of agrarian outrages which reach us from various ports of the I country unmistakeably testify. &correspondent of the Ecening Packet sends the following : About me o'clock on the settling of Saturday, the 19th lastaat, as George Hearne E., of Drumming Park, was returning in his gig from i Lon gf ord . he was St , d at by a man who walked up close behind im and discharged a large pistol against his le ft side, just u , the gig stopped, that the gate of the avenue leading to his house might be opened. The charge, which consisted of leaden slugs, fortunately took an oblique direction, and came out on his left breast, without touching any vital part. The- medical attendants eatertain good hopes of his recovery. Captain Hill, the resident magistrate, attended shortly after the occurrence, sad moue arrests have been made, but it is not as yet known what evidence exists againtt the parties. No cause can be assigned fer the outrage, as Mr. Hearne, who is the Eccle siastical Registrar of the diocese, and an ostensive land holder, appears to have been very generally esteemed. A correspondent of Saunders' News Letter, writing from Rostrevor, says: David Rees, BK., of 111adensburgh, has received through the Post-office a Rukite notice of an alarming character, followed up with threats of vengeance in language of a like strain with all suck documents. The letter was delivered on Friday last, that gentleman being at the time in Dub lin; it was forwarded to hie city address, and subsequently placed in the hands of B. Warburton, Esq., R M., who has been this day (Monday) occupied in the investigation of the matter. Accounts are almost daily received of outrages in the shape of injuries to cattle, farming stock, &c.; but in these cases it is always doubtful whether the motive impelling the miscreants who commit them be mere private malice or be connected with the nefarious ribbon system. The meeting of northern magistrates, to which I referred in my last letter, was held yesterday in the court-house at Newry, to take into consideration the state of the country, and the mast effective measures for the repression of crime and outrage in the dis trict. The Louth and Down Pilot thus describes the proceedings Colonel Close occupied the chair, and fifteen other magis trates were present. • lengthened statement was read by Captain Warburton, as to the progress If outrage, referring more particularly to the late diabolical attempt at assaseina lion at Meigh. It was finally resolved that Captain War burton's statement should be forwarded to the government, who were called upon to aid the magistrates in the preser vation of the peace and the punishment of crime ; and it was also resolved that a call should bo made upon the respectable and well affected persons of the district, to aid the magistracy in ?weskit of these objects. Tbo meeting came to the resolution of requesting these parties who had promised subscriptions for the detection of offenders last summer, to contribute immediately to that end. It was ar ranged that the government should be called on, if necessary, for an additional police force. Yesterday, there was a sale of the landed and household property of the convict, William Burke Kirwan, which had been confiscated to the crown. The furniture, pictures, and other property belonging to the convict, having been sold under the orders of the police authorities some months since. The property sold yesterday consisted of several houses in the city of Dublin, and a rent charge in the county of Longford, yielding a nett rent of 1501. per annum_ The sum realised by the sale was 4,5051. A portion of the estates of Mr. Christopher St. George, of Tyrone House. in the county of Galway, was sold yesterday in the Encumbered Estates Court, at an average rate of 22„ 1 years' purchase. An estate in the county of Limerick went at the rate of sixteen years' purchase on the nett rental. The Mayor of Cork has received tho following reply to the last application addressed by him to the Lord Lieutenant, in reference to having the hospital hulk established at .Queenstown for the use of emi grant ships: 19th November, 1953. Sir,—l am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the I:th inst., urging that a hulk should be sent by the Lords of the Admiralty to Queenstown, for the purpose of being converted into a floating hospital, and to state, in reply, that the subject is one which, previous to the receipt of your communication, had already engaged his Excellency's serious attention. Your letter scarcely adverts to, and in no degree removes, any of the difficulties of the suggestion made as to converting a hulk into a floating hospital], nor of the subsequent pro visions requisite to render such a conversion really effective and safe. His Excellency has been long aexiously engaged in devising means for the removal of these difficulties, and the correspondence is still going on. In the mean time every precaution has been adopted, and every measure which the law admits has been taken by the peeper authorities, under the direction of her Majesty's government, to prevent the spreading of disease. His Excellency has given direction' for duly for warding your statement as Mayor of Cork, fur considera tion.—l have the honour to be, your obedient, humble servant, JOHN YOUNG. To the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Cork. In reference to a similar application from the Queenstown Health Committee, the following has been received: Dublin Castle, 19th November, 1953. Sir,—ln acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, relative to the application made to Viscount Palmerston for a floating hospital, lobe stationed in Queens town Harbour, I am to inform you that his Excellency has commended the application to his lordship's f ble Insideration.—l am, air, your obedient servant, JOHN Vouiso. Sampson T. W. French, Esq., Queenstown. • NAVAL. PoßTamounl, Nov. 23.—The Channel squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral A. L. Cony is ex pected to sail from Spithead on Saturday neat. Its ren desvous will be Lisbon or Gibraltar, according to further orders. This squadron consists of the Prince Regent, 90, fiag-ship, Captain Hutton; Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Commodore H. B. Martin, C.B. ; Arroga nt, 46, screw, Captaia Yelverten ; Amphion, 34, screw, Captain Key . ; Tribune, 30, anew, Captain the Hon. S. T. Car negie ; and Cruiser, 14, screw, Commander Douglas. On the departure of this squadron the Sidon, 22, paddle fri gate, Captain Goldsmith, will be the on ly man of war at S' pithead. The Russian man of war corvette Havarin, Captain Jotonain, sailed from Spithead this morning, for Rams. elistka. In going away she saluted the national Sag with 21 gut" and that of the emmisandavin-Chief with 15, which compliments were returned, the Ant by the garrison, and the second by the Victory, flag ship. The other Russian man of war at this port, the Abpopa (Europa), 44 gun frigate, Captain Ishunatiff, has completed tier repairs, and out of dock to-morrow. She has undergone a tho relit in this dockyard. TThhee Medea, 6, paddle steam sloop, Commander Philli more, having completed repairs, was floated out of dock this afternoon. AND CLERICAL. Oarozo, Nov. 23.—There will be exercises in the ivinity School for the degree of B.D. on Tuesday and Wednesday next, the 29th and 30th instant. The viva von' emanation of candidates for honours commenced Theth morning. The University has entered a caveat with the registrar of the diocese, with respect to the rectory of Sunningwell, now vacant by the decease of the Rev. Henry Bowyer. It is understood that the principle on which the University claims the presentation is, that Sir George Bowyer, the patron, being an outlaw, is civilly defunct, so as to be inoompeteut to pass the title to the living to his eldest eon, who is a Papist. On the other hand, it is contended that Sir George Howyer's outlawry has ceased, in consequence of hie cre ditors having omitted to renew it upon the commencement of a new reign. The matter therefore remains at present in Mfg rm. Great efforts are being made in the University at this moment to obtain signatures to the memorial addressed to the patriarchs and others of the Greek and Romisk churches, protesting against the proceeding of Bishop Gobs; Bishop of the United Char& of Ragland and Ire land in Jerusalem. A circular has been sent to the mem bers of Convocation, requesting their signatures to this protest, by a committee, upon which are the Rev. Dr. Posey, of Christ Church; Rev. C. Marriott, of Ortel Col lege; Rev. W. T. E. Bennett, of Frome ; Archdeacon Denison, of Oriel College ; Rey. J. Keble, of Oriel College ; Rev. Isaac Williams, of Trinity College; Rev. J. H. Cope lend, of Trinity College; Rev. T. Chamberlain, of Christ Church, with several others. The declaration issued by the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, Armagh, and Dublin, in opposition to the above protest, has been widely circa- land in the University, and has excited considerable iron interest. SPORTING. - - NEWTON AUTUMN MEETING. Hones reported to have arrived sip to yesterday evening, ineludiog those trained in the immediate neighbourhood : Aegean, Collier, Tempest, Jupiter, Remunerator, Solyinan, E. Duns, Helena gelding, Game Tommy, Bethgelert, Thalia filly, Bro. to Mrs. Taft, La Belle, Roger Thornton, Maid of Mouton filly, Cassio, Fleda, The General, Melon, Carrig, Tomboy, Forest Lad, Crabbe, Tops y, Theodine,The Widow Machree, Plantagenet gelding, Royal Blue, Miss Pardon, Gayboy, Daphne, Derby Dilly, The Prince, Union Jack, Oxford, The Nan, Friendless Boy, The Tumbler. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS JOHN CLAVERING, BART. —This venerable baronet, the representative of one of the oldest baronetcies in the north of England, died at Clifton, on Friday, in his 82nd year. He wu high sheriff of Northumberland in 1817.