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.......................t. A.- ......,....-..--- _ BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." --Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silyer Watches 33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Bend 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the manazement of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING, DINO It A 11. Mcssra. Santley, II Corr', St. Albyn, and W: Harrison. Misses Pilling:, Thirl wall, and Miss Louisa Pyae. . - Cunductui•, Alfred 3fellort DIVERTISSEMENT. Ml.llles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier- Ton, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at 8 o'clock. ► T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. TAM EVENING the performances will commence With TIIE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. C. Mathews. And PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRIN C E S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commene,e with a new drama, entitled THE MASTER PASSit M. Messrs. Jtyder, G. Melville, Graham, R. Cathcart, Garden ; 3liss C. Lee ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. After which, PUSS ; or, Metempysychosis. Miss L. Keeley. To be followed by a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. H. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. JEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster. THIS _EVENING, TIT E WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster; Hulks, Mr. D. Fisher; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. After which, the new farce, entitled A ROW ON THE PREMISES. Mr. David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Miss H. Simms, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. • Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment arc strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and 'West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. TIIIS Poole's comedy, THEY'RE. BOTH TO BLA3Ig. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. ' ------- Atter which; the new Comedietta, entitled CUPID'S LADDER. Reuben, ➢Liss Lydia Thompson. . . _ Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. . After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR ; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Commence at 7 o'clock . ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Most legitimate and perfect success of the New Historical Drama, by Tom Taylor, ED., entitled GARIBALDI, and illustrating the principal events in the life of that celebrated Italian General, supported by Messy : R. Phillips, Belmore, Ennis, Raymond, Miss Kate Carson, aidel by a powerful Dra matic Company, full stud of beautiful trained horses. appro priate and picturesque scenery, with great hippodramatic effects. Enthusiastic reception of the renowned Delavanti Family—Gymnasts par excellence—with Little Menoni, the most wonderful Juvenile Equestrian ever known, who are re ceived each niiht with deafening' plaudits—John Henry Cooke. the unrivalled Parisian Magnet—Artistes of astound ing ability from the Continental Cirques Miss Emily, the most elegant rider of the day—Full troupe of Gymnastic Pro fessors, facetioua,Clowns, and Pierrots—Magnificent Menage Horses and clever Dwarf Ponies —Concluding each night with THE MAN WITH THE CARPET BAG. Stage Manager. Mr. K. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The 31tisic of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con certs). And a Grand Seeetion from 3leyerbeer's new opera of DINORAIL Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Unison (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. 'T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Trig WEATHER.—SuN Orrlcz, NOVEMBI:It 2. THEE.MOSIETER, IN THE SHADE. 59—highest since noon yesterday. 48-4owest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.83—A rise of more than an inch since yesterday. WIND, Westerly ; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 611. 18m.—Afternoon, 6h. 46m. To-Moßzow-Morning, 7h. 18m.—Afternoon, 7h. 55m. , • ki: t,- h ' \ /E t s - 1,0 1, 1(ofr • THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1859. Not one among our great public men has been of late so conspicuously before the public as Lord BROUGHAM. Notwithstanding his great age, and the remembrance of those prolonged and herculean labours of his in almost every department of polite literature, and of very many of the more abstruse among the natural sciences, those labours which.might reasonably be thought long since to have earned for him aright to repose at last upon the bloodless laurels of his great reputation—the noble and learned ex-Chancellor is more active and more energetic as an octogenarian, than the vast majo rity of men are disposed to be, years before they reach that critical period in life, technically known as the grand climacteric. Passing over Lord BnouGnam's masterly oration last year upon the inauguration of the statue of Sir ISAAC NEWTON, at Grantham, putting altogether on one side his customary participation last session in the debates in the House of Lords, and referring here only by a casual mention to his nightly drudgery during the session at the Law Amendment Society's discussions at their chambers in Water loo-place, over the publishing-house of the Messrs. RIVINGTON—how prominently and how fre quently during the last month or two, but espe cially during the last week or two, the noble and learned lord has appeared, and that, moreover, to really good purpose, before great masses of his fellow-countrymen ! At Bradford, as President and originator of the Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences—during his labours in con nection. with which association his Lordship spoke very frequently sometimes at great length, and upon themes wide as the poles asunder ! At Edinburgh, where 'he received an ovation from all ranks and classes and political parties in his birthplace, one of the two grandest and most gratifying ovations, ac cording to his own avowal, that he has ever received during. the whole of his brilliant and extended career ! At Newcastle, where he found himself but a very few days after the grand banquet given to him in his native city by four or five thousand of his fellow•citizens—at Newcastle, where he found himself but a very few days later on, addressing an immense and enthusiastic meeting—one that he himself pronounces to be ‘; the greatest by far that he ever had the happiness of attending !" And now, after all these notable demonstrations in his great, perhaps his grandest role, namely, as an Orator, we have an elabo rate and impressive written evidence recently afforded to us by him of his undiminished and vital . energy as the boldest, the most re4olute, the most industrious and utterly indomitable among all our gr3at Law Reformers. We refer to the recent appearance of Lord BROUGHAM'S last annual letter giving. a periodical resume of the law reforms introduced, baulked, thought of, or actually accomplished during the last session of Parliament. Formerly this annual letter used to be addressed by the noble and learned ex-Chancellor, to Lord DENMAN. But Lord DENMAN is now no more—and the letter of 1859 is in conse quence addressed to another—to one whom Lord BROI:GHAM designates " My dear old friend, the oldest now left me"—the Earl of RADNOR. In glancing down this, the latest of these deeply inte resting documents, we marvel not, or course, to find Lord BROUGHAM lamenting with great grief, and with some little and certainly very natural impatience the waste of last session for the most part, as far as legal reforms, and for that matter as far as any re forms of any kind, but especially legal reforms, were concerned. " Certainly," he says, "we have a right to complain of the late session in comparison with almost any of former years, both for the im portant measures of law amendment which were suffered to drop, and for those which were abso lutely opposed and rejected." Among those we observe with some degree of surprise that Lord BROUGHAM makes no mention of Sir HUGH CAIRNS' dropped project for the Registration of Estates —though conspicuous mention is made as of a loss, the most of all to be regretted, that, namely, of the provisions agreed to by the House of Lords for improving the procedure in the Divorce Court. After expatiating at some length upon this as a grievous source of regret, Lord BROUGHAM observes very impressively and strikingly as follows. He writes to Lord RADNOR—" You may recollect that your objection to the action for criminal conver sation, now put an end to by the new course of procedure, rested in part upon the indelicate nature of the evidence generally adduced ; but the details of the Divorce Court, especially in suits of importance, very far exceed all that the trials at Nisi Prius used to exhibit. Accordingly, the Consistorial Court was always in the practice of hearing such cases with closed doors; and the Chancellor very naturally censidered that the Divorce Court, having succeeded to their jurisdic tion, the same leave should be given to it of ex cluding the public. He merely proposed to vest a discretionary authority of this nature in the judges, and it was taken for granted that they would exer cise the power with a sound discretion. Unfortu nately, from an over-jealousy founded on a sound principle, but carried to an unreasonable excess, this provision, which he had, after much discussion, adopted, was rejected in the other house, and I will add that Sir It. BETHELL received very little of the support which he had every reason to expect, either on this or on the provision respecting the Attorney-General." Reference is soon after this made by Lord BROUGHAM to the imperative need there is of an " Act to remove the stigma on our law, of its being the only system of jurisdiction in the world which regards breach of trust as no offence"—aa act the urgent demand for which Lord BROUGHAM reminds us has of late been only too often and too frightfully demonstrated. Towards the close of this comprehensive epistle upon law reform, the noble and learned lord alludes most feelingly to two matters of serious import not directly connected (he acknowledges as much him self in commenting upon them) not directly con nected with the subject of his correspondence. In one he pleads powerfully, as he has often done before now, in behalf of the coloured race, with a view to their elevation generally to a level with the white people—his claim being now, that a young negro, a native of Barbadoes, should not be denied the realisation of his own ambition, namely, that of being admitted to the bar. Applied to by this young negro to know whether there would be any probability of an impediment, Lord BROUGHAM observes emphatically, "I have at once answered that obstruction there will be none ; and that I can almost undertake for one or other of our equity draftsmen, or special pleaders, receiving him as a pupil." The other incidental subject touched upon at the close of Lord BROUGHAM'S epistle to the Earl of RADNOR is suggested to the mind of the ex-Chancellor by the perfect latitude allowed to himself as well as to other citizens of this free coun try, the perfect latitude for speech and writing— " Perfect freedom," he goes on to remark, " from the constituted authorities of every description, spiritual and temporal, civil and military, to discuss without restraint, subjects of all kinds, affecting the well-being of the Community, often, it may be, giving umbrage to princes, principalities, and powers; sometimes, peradventure, giving offence to the people in their various classes. Now, I can hardly think of this liberty and security (for such it is) which we enjoy, and not wish, with the same earnestness with which we ourselves prize the inestimable blessing that other nations shared it, especially our nearest neighbours. Sincere respect and affection for them is, I confess, only the second reason for this wish. My first is our own deep interest in their possessing it. My confidence is entire in the good sense and right feeling of the great bulk of that renowned people ; and with a constitutional government they never would en counter the hazard of beinr , overpowered by the multitude, armed and unarmed. Even in the pre sent state of things we must trust the Government and the nation—and we do trust them ; but we trust our own Government and our own selves more, and we must be content to undergo such heavy burdens for defensive preparations by sea and by land as shall make attack not only impos sible to succeed, but impossible to be attempted." As Lord BROUGHAM adds, the burdens caused by this weigh heavily both upon ourselves and upon our French neighbours; adding, with only too much reason—that " it is devoutly to be hoped " they may both be relieved from it eventually—pray Heaven that it may be thus and speedily ! Song-making is not our profession, but when we read the description of Toryism as given us by Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI, and com pare it with the promises and acts of Whig ;ism in eke, a certain old story occurred to us. It is said that once on the occasion of a few minutes' silence in the House of Commons, when every one was looking as demure as silent senators ought, and the President . of the House in his robes and wig was sitting in his chair with the solemn majesty of a Constitutional Jupiter, a wag in the gallery, in whose mind the associations of contrast were irre sistibly strong, could not avoid calling out, " And now, Mr. Speaker, give us a song !" Of the grave inquest by the Sergeant-at-Arms which followed we need say nothing now, but it did strike us that if Mr. Speaker should ever give us a constitutional song, adapted to parties as they are, we could, though no poet, at lea3t furnish the chorus. The present Treasury benches should sing, " We're all good Tories together," " We're all good Tories to gether"—and the responsive opposition should alternate, " We're all good Whigs together," " We're all good Whigs together." Of course, now good Mr. BROTHERTON is no more, to the air of " We won't go home till morning." It seems to us, as it did to Mr. Du CANE, that " what they killed each other for, we never could make out." One party does its best to prove itself Liberal, the other its best to prove itself Conserva tive, till what is left between them but a hair's breadth line of demarcation, it is hard indeed to say. The great body of Lord PALM ERSTON'S sup porters certainly, if they could help it, would go no further than the great body of Lord DERBY'S. They equally wish to keep things as they are ; are equally chary of granting any greater measure of independence to the present electors, or any consi derable increase to their number. " The Reform party is the Ballot party," and judged by this test, there are as, many Reformers among the Tories themselves as among the genuine Whigs. Lord STANLEY, indeed, gave a somewhat diffe rent reason for this similarity of parties. Accord ing to him, extreme opinions of all kinds are at a discount ; grievances have almost all been removed, and no crop of new ones springs up in their place. " The old breach between the landed and the mer cantile and manufacturing interests has been effec tually and finally closed ; and I believe that those two great interests are more thoroughly identified in sympathy and feeling than at any previous period in our history. The masses are Conserva tive, because they are contented, and they will re main Conservative, for without them political agi tation is only a symptom and an effect of social uneasiness ; they will remain Conservative as long as the governing classes shall bear in mind, as I be lieve they will, that the true Conservative policy consists, not merely in checking agitation when it has arisen, but in anticipating agitation by remov- ing its causes." We think there is It great deal of truth in this representation of the lower classes. They are Con servative in the sense that they have always proved themselves most accessible to Conservative influence. Liberty has generally found her home and her de fenders among the middle classes. The aristocracy naturally uphold their own order and the Crown, only as giving dignity to it. The middle classes have nothing to gain from honours and titles, which they can rarely show, or from hereditary privileges not earned by industry and merit ; they rely on their own energy and skill, and need for their suc cessful exercise the freedom which they idolise. But the lower and more helpless classes are dis posed rather to lean on the aristocracy than on the class just abo're them—the class of their masters — the class with which they are frequently in angry conflict—the class which wants to buy their la bour as cheap as they can, while they want to sell it as dear as they can. We should not be at all surprised if, under the Ballot, many of our manufacturing towns, if the suffrage were also extended, would return Tories. The agricultural aristocracy, miserably as the labourers on their estates are paid, have generally assumed to be the manufacturing operatives' protector. To the coun try gentlemen, led by the then Lord ASHLEY, and employing as their tool the redoubtable BUSFIELD, FERRAND, the ten hours' bills, and factory in spectors, and the fencing machinery, and every thing of that kind is due. The masses are Conser vative, Lord STANLEY says, when they are con tented ; we might almost say, when they are dis contented, too; for often their greatest displeasure was with the class immediately above them, quite as much as with the higher classes. Chhrtism it self frequently allied itself with Toryism, so much so as to cause suspicion that it was prompted in many of its doings by Tories in disguise. But the present state of things is plain proof enough that when they are contented, because on the whole earning good wages, they will care little to agitat e on political questions. Both Whigs and Tories will, however, do well to ponder over Lord STANLEY'S closing remarks. They know, indeed, its truth full well; yet how slow they are to act upon it. At present our governors have an opportunity, if they would but use it, to anticipate political agitation, agitation for Reform at least for many years to come; and with all the uncertainties of our foreign relations, and of the course of trade before them, they cannot tell when another such opportunity may occur. Extensive enlargement of civil privileges may be safely made at a time like the present, because they would be used without excitement, and by the time that causes of greater excitement rived, the people would already have become accustomed to use them with comparative dis cretion and sobriety. The too general tendency of Cabinets, however, is, to avoid concessions on the most favourable terms, to be afraid to make them at less desirable seasons, and then to find them selves obliged to surrender far more than they had ever contemplated. We are reminded by Lord DERBY of Wakefield and Gloucester disclosures, and of Trades' Unions. But he does not remind us that besides the stringent means proposed by Lord BROUGHAM, there is the plan against which his son, we believe, has never voted, and to which he is supposed to be well in clined. The plan, which would not only neu tralize borough corruption, but would also make the tenants of Lord DERBY, and the rest of the aristocracy, Free and Independent Electors in reality as well as in name. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Mr. llolcroft's excellent comedy of " The Road to Ruin " was produced at this theatre last night with a very judicious arrangement of parts. It was impossible to avoid contrasting the vigour and ability of the good old•fashioned drama, its shrewd sense and simple pathos, with the exaggerated sen timentality of modern French adaptations. Mr. Chippendale played the difficult part of old Mr. Dornton with care and feeling. Mr. Rogers acted Mr. Sulky very creditably, while Mr. Buckstone, as the money lender Silky was loudly applauded. Mr. Charles Mathews was a spirited Mr. Goldfinch ; but his greateSt triumphs were in the afterpiece. Mrs. Wilkins played the fair and unprincipled widow, and Mrs. Charles Mathews was an attractive Sophia, though her animation was at times a little too boisterous. The play was very well received by a large and attentive audience, which we hope will ensure its repetition. It was followed by Poole's amusing comedy of " Paul Pry." Mr. Charles Mathews i. 4 one of the best representatives of the busy meddler that we have seen. He maintains all the fun and intrusive impertinence of the character without any tinge of vulgarity. Though his costume pre serves the old-fashioned peculiarities of style, the blue glasses and umbrella, inseparable from our ideal' of Paul Pry, he has abandoned those extravagancies of dress and manner which sunk from comedy into farce. It is one of his happiest efforts, and we recommend all play-goers to take the opportunity of seeing him in the character. The rest of the parts were well apportioned. Mr. Chippendale as the irascible Colonel Hardy, Mr. Rogers as the weak-minded Witherton, Mrs. Poyn ter and Mrs. Charles Mathews as the crafty house keeper and the brisk scheming waiting-maid, being among the best supported. The house was well filled, and the satisfaction and amusement evinced by the audience testified the judicious selection of the programme. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 1. There wax no addition to the royal dinner party yeater 'lay. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice, walked in the grounds of the castle this morning. The Princess Beatrice visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frog-more. Prince Leopold and Princess Louisa took a chrriago drive Lord Methuen and Col. the Hon. A. Liddell have suc ceeded Lord Cainoys and Licut.-Col. F. Cavendish as Lord and Groom in Waiting to to her Majesty. Lord A. Paget and Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge have succeeded Col. the Hon. A. N. Hood and Lieut.-Col. the Hon. D. de Ros as Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince Consort. Tho Duke and Duchess of Manchester left Hinghingbrook House yesterday, where they have been staying on a visit to the Earl of Sandwich, for their seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon. The noble duke and duchess are expected in town early next week. Lord Vernon has arrived at the St. George's Hotel from Dcrbyskirv. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercoyn have arrived at Chesterfield House from Brocket Hall, Herts. The Earl and Countess of Craven arrived at their mansion in Charles-street yesterday from Ashdown Park, Berks. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield are expected in town in a few days from their seat, Snugborough Park, Staffirdshire. The Countess (Dowager) of Lichfield and Lady Gwendolena Anson have arrived at their residence in Hill street from i ßrighton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have en tertained the following company at Broadlands during the past week Excellency the Ambassador of Fr►nce and the Countess de Persigny, his Excellency the Prus sian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency the Sardianian Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Countess of Shaftesbury, Count Strzelecki, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Viscount Chelsea, Hon. George Byng, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Wm. Russell, Baron Malaret, the Right Hon. W. F. and Mrs. Cowper, Mr. Borthwick, Mrs. Lane Fox, &c. The Viscountess (Dowager) Ashbrook has left Howchin's Hotel for Burton Hall, Lincoln, on a visit to Lord and Lady Monson. Lady Stanley of Alderley and the Hon. Miss Stanley have left Alderley Park, Cheshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Airlie, Cot taehy Castle, N.B. A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place, between the Rev. Charles William Frederick Ca vendish Bentinck, first cousin to the Duke of Portland, and Miss Louisa Burnaby, youngest daughter of Mr. Edwyn Burnaby, of Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire. SADLER'S -WELLS. --The occupation of this favourite theatre by the :present tenants will terminate at Lady-day, 1830. The Admiralty notify that in future all ships engaged as transports, troop, and convict ships are to have four of their boats fitted with Clifford's or Kynaston's lowering apparatus. _ AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—A few week ago we gave the particulars of the finding of 2,400 ounces of gold in 10 weeks at the Australian diggings, by two young gentlemen who went thither from the neighbourhood of Lancaster— Mr. Watson and Mr. Latham. Among the names of the cabin passengers lost with the unfortunate Royal Charter we find that of Mr. Watson, who was coming home for the purpose of being married to a young lady in Preston.— Preston Guardian. THE ROYAL CHARTER.—The rate of insurance at Lloyd's on the specie by the Royal Charter was nomi nally 30 to 35 per cent. • 40 has been paid for a small parcel not contained in the bullion safe, but this is an exceptional transaction. In the Underwriters' room are exhibited some hfeces of a broken gold-box, which is also b e li eve d no t t o ave been in the bullion safe. Some hope is entertained that the latter will prove to be comparatively uninjured, as the gold already found is thought to have been sums in the private possession of passengers. ALEXANDRIA AND CONSTANTINOPLE CABLE.— A most extraordinary fatality attends the Alexandria and Constantinople cable. Mr. Newell, who has just arrived in London, has again failed in laying the link of cable which is wanting to connect Alexandria with Constantinople. It ap pears ho succeeded in laying the cable from Candia to within about 70 miles from Alexandria, the deepest water having all been passed over, when a flaw of insulation was discovered, which compelled him to stop paying out. The flaw was about 20 miles from the ship, and when the cable was picked up to within about three miles of it, it parted in about 1,500 fathoms of water.--China Telegraph,. SIIOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN CORNWALL:A shock of an earthquake was felt at Newquay on the 21st inst., about 7.10. The sound resembled that of heavy-laden waggons passing through a street. In many parts of the place it shook the houses to an alarming extent, which caused many of the inmates to leave their houses to inquire what the strange sensation was. The 'essels that were aground in the pier shook and trembled very much. The earthernware and glass appeared in many houses to have been set quite in commotion. The shock lasted for about one minute. Such an occurrence was never remembered in this place by the oldest inhabitant.—Cornwall Gazette. Loss OF A GUANO VESSEL.—From information received in Liverpool yesterday (Tuesday) it appears that the ship Virginia, belonging to Messrs. James Beasley and Co., was wrecked on Nantucket Island on May 16 last, while on an expedition in search of gdano, and totally lost. Fourteen of the crew remained on the island until the 25th of July, when they were taken off and landed safely at Ho nolulu on the 14th of August. Capt. Withers, the master of the ill-fated vessel, with 9 men, comprising the remainder of the crew, suffered great privations, having been 19 days at sea in an open boat, after which they put in safely at one of the Feejee Islands, whence they were conveyed to Sydney, where Capt. Withers heard that the Royal Charter was at Melbourne, about to sail for Liverpool. With the view of reaching England he took a passage on board that vessel, but was among the ill-fated passengers who perished in Moelfra Bay. • COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON A CLERGYMAN.— Yesterday morning Mr. Barlow, the Master of Lunacy, assisted by a special jury, concluded the inquiry (com menced on Monday) at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, into the state of mind of the Rev. Stephen Lewis Wood cock, 8.A., formerly of Lincoln Cbllege, Oxford, a clergy man of the Established Church of England. The jury unanimously returned as their verdict that Mr. Woodcock was a person of unsound mind, and incapable of managing himself or his property. The result of this verdict will be the removal of the lunatic from Bethlehem Hospital to the County Lunatic Asylum. FATAL ACCIDENTS.— Yesterday morning the coroner for Southwark received information'of the death of William Brown, aged nine years, who resided at No. 37, James's-street, Now-cut, who was crushed to death by the wheel of a cart in the Borough-road .—Another fatal accident occurred to Francis Roger, aged ten years, who resided in 1 1 Dunbar-yard Diury-lane, and who was burnt to death by his clothes taking fire.—A fatal accident also happened yes terday to J. Rolle, aged 30 years, who resided in Duke street, Manchester-square. It appears the unfortunate man was seized with a fit and fell into the fire. Ile was so severely burned that he expired at St. George's Hospital, whither he was conveyed.—An accident, likely to be at tended with fatal consequences, also occurred to George Williams, aged 22 years, in the employment of Mr. Fisher, currier, Grange-road, Bermondsey. Th e un f or t una t e man fell into a vat of boiling liquor where the hides are scalded. His cries brought assistance, when he was extricated and taken to Guy's Hospital. ALARMING OCCURRENCE IN HOLBORN.—About half-past four o'clock yesterday a company of ono of the household regiments passed down Holborn, headed by a por tion of the band playing, which had the effect of frightening a horse in a Hansom cab. The animal in its terror ran away full speed down the hill, and just opposite to St. Andrew's - court came in contact with a shopkeeper's dog-cart, which it upset, killing the horse, and throwing two boys who were on tho seat upon tho roadway, so as to severely injure one of them, who had to be taken to the surgery of Mr. Gibson, of 15, Holborn-hill, to have his m ound—a scalp one— dressed. The driver of the Hansom and his fare, a gentle man, were also a good deal shaken by the collision, but nei ther the vehicle itself nor the horse seemed to be hurt by it. HEREFORD CATHEDRAL RESTORATION.—This great work is still being steadily and satisfactorily pursued, and the fabric will soon be more perfect and beautiful than it has been for many long years. Since the last notice appeared great progress has been made, but the Chapter have almost gone the full length of their financial tether. After 18 years' work, and the expenditure of nearly double as many thousand pounds, they have borrowed money; .£13,000 is the utmost sum they can raise in this way to be repaid in 30 years, but much more will be required to ap proach completion of the proposed repairs. The restora tion of the north transept is approaching completion externally. On the left side the lofty narrow windows are glazed, and a number of circular shafts have been fixed both inside and out. The spire on the north-west angle is completed in the early decorated style. A massive new coping has been placed on the northern gable, and on the top is a stone cross of great beauty, 5 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 11 inches, and 10 inches thick in the centre. The external walli of this transept have been restored, and a large portion of the scaffolding may be taken down before the winter sets in. The tracery of the large window is in a wretched condition, and the inner arch is shored up with massiva timber for the sake of safety. In the north side of the fine old Ladye Chapel the beautiful arcading which was very much advanced in decay, is being simply, but effectually repaired, a restoration of the pointed pin nacles being considered beyond the funds. Plain trian gular topes will therefore be substituted on the buttresses. Preparations are now being made to resume work out side the south-east transept, and to fill in two large windows facing the college with tracery. In the interior little has yet been done beyond cleansing the walls. The choir has just been boarded in, and joiners are engaged in fitting together the preserved pieees of the extremely beau tiful bishop's throne and some of the other carved stalls. It is hoped that the seats will before long be thrown open freely and unreserved, and thus obviate many of tho com plaints which have recently been made. The Chapter still solicit subscriptions in aid of the work of restoration. CORNWALLIS AND PITT ON THE DUKE OF WEL LINGTON.—The opinion of Cornwallis on the Duke of Wellington is expressed in a letter to Sir Johu Shore (Cornwallis Correspondence), so early as June 10th, 1796. Dear Sir,—l beg leave to introduce to you Col.lWellesloy, who is a lieutenant-colonel -of-my regithent. He is a sen sible man, and a good officer; and will, I have no doubt, conduct himself in a manner to merit your approbation." The Marquis Wellesley, in a letter addressed to the late John Wilson Croker, and which was privately printed, details an account of his last interview with Pitt, then dying at Putney Hill, in which Pitt said of his brother Arthur, " I never met any military officer with whom it was so satisfactory to con verse. He states every difficulty beforo he undertakes any service, but none after ho has undertaken it." The Mar quis, coming away from Pitt's death-bed, met Colonel Shawe in the Park, and told him, in addition to the state ments in this letter, that Pitt congratulated himself on now having found a General to pit against Napoleon Bonaparte. —Once a Week. SMOKING AND CANCER OF THE Lip. —111„ Bouis son, of Montpelier, according to the Jfedieal Times, has re cently stated that the great increase of this affliction is due to the practice of smoking; and the late M. Roux attri buted also to this the fact of his having met with a larger proportion of cancerous affections of the lips during the latter than during the former half of his prolonged sur gical career. N. Fleury, of Clermont, is, however, of a different opinion; for, deploring equally with M. Bouisson the pernicious practice of smoking, ho doubts whether can cerous affection of the lips is one of its effects. Between 1815 : and 1855 he has operated upon 86 patients, 71 being men, and 15 women, not ono of these being less than 43 years of age. They were all of the peaJant class, chiefly from among the mountains of Puy-de-Dome and the vicinity where smoking is almost wholly unpractised. It is a remarkable fact that the inhabitants of the surrounding plain , , and of the towns, where smoking prevails much more,. are ,almost coupletely free from the affection.— Medical Times. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS AT NEW YORK.— The principal topic of conversation just now is the game of cricket between the All England Eleven and the United States Twenty-Two, now in progress at Hoboken. The latter are nearly an Englishmen, but it is obvious they are by no means a match for their brethren from across the water. The playing of the Eleven is wonderful. Besides being expert in all pirts of the game, each one has some speciality in which he excells. Jackson, for instance, is a terrific bowler, and throws the balls with almost the speed of a cannon ball. Lockyer performs feats at the wicket which would do honour to the Ravels, and so on with the others, whose familiarity with tossing-, catching, and strik ing the ball, amounts to sleight of hand. The weather hv s been magnificent for their purpose, and the attendance has been immenn,-4mericaia paper, ILATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, Nov. 2. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol lowing :—" The Duke of Padua retires from the post.of Minister of the Interior on account of health, and the Emperor has named M. Billaut as his successor. "Their Imperial Majesties arrived last evening at Compiegne, and were received with much cheer ing by the people." MADRID, Nov. 2. The staff of General O'Donnell will leave here about the 3d or sth inst. Preparations are being actively made in every branch of the War Depart ment for the expedition against Morocco. DRESDEN, Nov. 1. The :Dresden Journal asserts that England will send a representative to the approaching Congress without making any conditions. The same journal says the Congress will in all probability meet at Paris. MOROCCO. The Moniteur de la Flotte gives the following ac count of some of the principal ports of Morocco : Thu port of Larache is situated at 97 miles from Fez, on the coast of the Atlantic, and at the mouth of the Lenkos, or El Khes, a river which rises at the foot of Mount Atlas. Its name signifies " plea sure garden," and is derived from the gardens, orchards, and groves of palm and orange trees with which it is surrounded. For many centuries it was the most important commercial port on the coast, but has much fallen off since 1780, and the num ber of its inhabitants does not exceed 5,000. This decline in its importance is attributed to the harbour having been much filled up in conse quence of the sand brought down by the river Len kos, and to the bar at the mouth, which is con stantly increasing. The port of Larache was bom barded by the French in 1765 for an insult against their flag, and after this bombardment, by which the Moorish fleet was destroyed, a vety favourable treaty of peace was consented to by Morocco. The port of Salee, called by the inhabitants S'ha, is at the mouth of the Bouragreb, a river which falls into the Atlantic. The town is on the right bank of the river. It was for several centuries the seat of a petty re public of pirates, who lived independent of the government of the Emperor, and spread terror along the coast. During the 16th century no mer chant vessels could pass through the Strait of Gibraltar without paying a tribute levied by them. The Government arsenals are now at Salee ; the town is surroittded by a wall 30 feet high, and flankcd by square towers. On the left bank of the Bouragreb and opposite Salee is Rabat, also called Arbath or New Salee. Surrounded by high walls, ii is built on a height crowned by a strong fort ; and towards the sea it is defended by several batteries. The port, which is large and nearly landlocked, being only exposed to westerly winds, is much frequented. The population numbers about 27,000, who carry on a very important trade with the interior and along the coast. There is also on the Atlantic the town of Saffi, which has a road stead, much frequented, but only in the summer. The population of the town amounts to about 12,000. The Portuguese took possession of Saffi at the commencement of the 16th centuary, but they abandoned it in 1641, at the same time that they lost Ceuta and Melilla, which were taken from them by the Spaniards. Saffi is well defended by bat teries mounted by upwards of 200 cannon and mortars. At the period of the accession of Muley Soleiman, in 1794, the Moorish fleet was composed of 10 frigates, 4 brigs, 14 galliots, and 19 gun boats ; but at the present time it has only 2 cor vettes, 1 brig, and 15 gunboats, which are stationed at Tangiers, Larache, and Saffi. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. LISBON, OCT. 31. The Royal Mail steamer Avon, with the Brazilian mail, which arrived here from Rio today, leaves again this evening for Southampton. No political news of importance. The wine duties have been fixed for the future at 320 reis per medida. Exchange on London, 251. The Avon brings drafts on London to the amount of £670,000. Coffee declined from 200 to 300 reis after the arrival of the Avon from Europe. The exports in coffee since the departure of the last mail amount to 104,310 bags for the United States ; 57,745 for the Channel; 9,126 for Havre ; 15,717 for Mar seilles ; and 12,172 for the Mediterranean. Prices of coffee, 5,700 to 5,900 reis flat. Stock, 120,000 bags. The Julie Heyn, from Liverpool, for Australia has put into Rio, leaky ; the John Cummens, from London, for Bombay, has put into Bahia, leaky the Janica (query, Jessica ?), had foundered near Pernambuco. Arrived from Liverpool.—Old England, Erin go-Bragh, Mistletoe, Portena, Mina, Annie Kim" ball, Bolivia, and Pogar. Bahia—Exchange, 25. Sugar unaltered. Arrived from Liverpool—City of Kandy, Gen more, Dryad, Martha, and Sharston. Pernambuco.—Exchange, 241. Cotton, 700 reis lower. Arrived from Liverpool.—Billow, Queen, Cyn thia, Rosina, Claypole, Ann, Falcon, and Clundy. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular Mail steamer Sultan has just arrived in the river. TILE NAVY. The screw line-of-battle ship Royal Albert, 121, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Fre mantle, the screw steam frigates Mersey, 40, and the Emerald, 51, arrived at Portland on Sunday from Plymouth. The Mars, 80, and the Blenheim, 60, arrived from the westward on Monday. The screw steamship Princess Royal, 91, Captain Thomas Baillie, from Gibraltar, Oct. 16, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. 80 miles west of the Lizard she spoke the paddle-wheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Commander Dunn, standing north-east. We hear that the large screw line-of-battle-ship Victoria, 121 guns, will be launched at Portsmouth somewhere about the 12th of the present month, and it is stated to be her Majesty's intention to be present on the occasion. The Odin, 16, steam frigate, at Portsmouth, Capt. Lord John Hay, C. 8., yesterday received on board the guns belonging to the gunboats, Havock, Hardy, Flamer, and Grasshopper, and will, we understand, convey them to China, the gunboats pro .:eeding thither without their armaments. The Sphinx, 6, steam sloop, Commander Day, bent sails yesterday at Portsmouth. The imoom, 8, iron screw transport, Commander John M. Cooke, is ready to receive the draughts which are to be conveyed in her to China. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—William Fenton, third-class assist.-engineer, to the Renown, as part com plement; James Bell (a), acting third-class assist.- engineer, to the Quail; William Pratt, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as super numerary for hospital treatment ; George M'Lean, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Ringdove; Sallies Wood, acting third class assist-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; an Andrew R. Gray, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Flamer. The annual course of rifle instruction to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and troops of the line at Chatham has terminated, and the re sults have proved most satisfactory, the officers and men who have been under instruction during the past year have made astonishing progress in the theory and practice of the rifle. As soon as the reports of the several instructors of musketry have been laid before the proper authorities the distri bution of prizes to the best shots in each class will be made, the non-commissioned officers being decorated with a gold badge, and receiving an increase of pay, which they are entitled to for one year, and the privates also receiving a badge and a trifling ad vance in their pay. The yearly course of rifle instruction of the Royal Marines does not terminate until January, when the prizes are awardel. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER GREAT GALE. The state of the weather here for the:last 12 hours suggests grave apprehensions of the recurrence of a series of disasters at sea which have made memos-- able the week just closed. Between four and five o'clock yesterday evening the storm suddenly com menced, the wind blowing from the south-cast, and increasing in violence each hour up to six o'clock this morning. The rain is descending in heavy showers, and, unless the tempest abates, there is but little prospect of the express boat making the passage to-day between Queenstown and Dublin. THE AMERICAN MAIL FROM QUEENSTOWN. Orders have been received from the Post-office authorities to have a special train in readiness at the King's-bridge terminus, to start at 11 o'clock, a.m., on Sunday, with the American mail for Cork. It is arranged that the special train will perform the journey in four hours. A special steamer will be in readiness to convey the mails to Queenstown, and place them on board one of the Cunard steamers, which will proceed on her voyage to America with out any delay. THE TIPPERARY RANK. The affairs of John Sadleir and the two banks with which his name has been identified came be fose the Landed Estates Court yesterday, in the case of " Burmester and others!' It was a proceed ing to obtain the decision of the Court as to whether Mr. Thomas Joseph Eyre, or the London and County Bank, was entitled to the amount realised by the sale of certain estates, the property of the late John Sa.dleir. It may be recollected that some time since the right to the same funds was contested by the official manager of the Tipperary Bank on the one hand, and the London and County Bank on the other. The question was decided in favour of the latter, and the ruling of Judge Longfield was affirmed on appeal. Mr. Eyre then came in to claim the fund, and the question of right as between him and the London and County Bank was now brought before the Court for its decision. The arguments were opened by the Attorney-General, rho appeared for the objector, Mr. Thom a s oseph Eyre. Having at considerable length stated the question which was likely to arise the Attorney-General called the attention of the court in detail to the circumstances that appeared on the pleadings, by which he meant the objection filed and the answer to it, and the evidence on both sides. It appeared that Mr. Eyre had employed John Sad leir as his solicitor, and, while he was acting as such he had employed him in advancing on such securi ties and mortgages certain sums of money. In 1843 he lent the sum of £12,000 to Mr. Henry Smith, of Richmond, Waterford, on estates in that county, and in 1845 he advanced, also through the agency of John Sadleir, the sum of £40,000 to Lord Kingstown, on a mortgage of his life estate with certain other securities ; they were in both instances policies of insurance. For certain reasons they threatened to be defective and insufficient, arising from the negligence of John Sadleir, and there being every reason to apprehend that a very con siderable portion, if not the whole, of these two sums of £40,000 and £12,000, and that, too, with a large arrcar of interest, would be due to Mr. Eyre, he called on John Sadleir to answer for this de fault, and Sadleir agreed to indemnify him by a charge on his own estates against any loss so to arise, and, accordingly, the deed of October, 1854, was executed. The statement of the learned gen tleman occupied the day, and the further hearing will be resumed this morning. BRIGANDAGE NEAR ROME. The Chevalier Guidi's enthusiasm in the cause of archaeology and art has more than once (says a letter from Rome in a contemporary) brought him into personal peril in the more desolate parts of the Campagna round Rome. A novel kind of disaster, however, for a lover of antiquities, beset him a few days ago. lle had been to Naples for the purpose of purchasing some recently discovered and interest ing objects, but was suddenly recalled to Rome be fore having had time to complete the negotiations. Returning to Rome with the courier in the mail coach, while passing a cane plantation in the locality so celebrated for brigand exploits, between Velletri and Gensano, about halfatihour after dark, a whistle was heard, and the postilions immediately stopped their horses, dismounted, and prostrated themselves with due submission in the dust. Three highwaymen immediately ran out from the canes and presented themselves on both sides of the car riage, demanding money from the courier eand The Chevalier Guidi, who was the only passengr, l brigands, whose faces were masked, were armed with guns and daggers, which they held up t o en force compliance with their requests. Signor Guidi at once gave up his watch and a dozen of piastres, which he had for his travelling expenses in his waistcoat pocket, but the brigands intimated with scornful gesture that they were not go i ng t o be satisfied with a paltry s um lik e that. Si gnor Guidi, who had with him a sum of 200 scudi, which he had taken with him for the purchase of antiqui ties at Naples, fancying, perceivi ng or fancying that the bri gands had informati on o f that fact, reluctantly drew forth his bag of gold, bidding them observe that the sum was correct; "for," says he nalvement, " I was only three d a y s in Naples, and I was not even obliged to sp en d any thin g f or my di nners , as I dined the first day with the Prince of Bisignano, the second with the Apostolic Nuncio, and the third at a convent of f r i ars. " Th e b r i gands hav i ng gr i m ly listened to this ex pl ana ti on , poc k ete d t h e cas h, a nd hauling out the cour i er on one s id e an d th e cheva lier on the other, placed them with their faces down wards on the road, one of their number mounting guard with l eve ll e d bl un d er b uss over eac h of their prostrate victims, while the third robber jumped into the vehicle, which he actively rummaged for more hidden tr e as ure . N or wou ld their operations probably have come even then to a speedy conclu sion had not distant carriage lights announced the arrival of th e dili gence f rom R om e. Signor Guidi requested his plunderers, before their final leave taking,. to re t urn hi m some t r ifle to enable him to get some c or di a l a t G ensano to restore hime a little from the agitation which so unexpected an inter view had caused him, upon which the brigands, after consulting in whispers, returned him and the courier the watches which they. had previously taken from them, doubtless considering that por tion of the spoil more likely to lead to detection than the silver and gold coinage of his Holiness's realm. TESTIMONIAL TO A SOLICITOR AND MAGISTRATE'S CLERIC—On Monday last a presentation of plate to James Bradford, Esq., a solicitor, residing at Swindon, and up war d s of 30 years clerk to the jus tices there, took place at the Town.. hall. The presentation in the name of the subscribers was made by Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard, Esq., M.P., sup ported by the ftev. Canon Power, and the magistrates of the division, and a numerous body of friends. The plate corr. sisted of a noble candelabrum richly chasad, weighing 182 ounces, and standing 36 inches high, having four lights, with centre glass for an epergne, the lights being constructed to move, when silver baskets take their pla ce , f or f ru it , flowers, Bcc., the whole being mounted upon an ebonised stand, with engraved silver corners and bead ornaments ; a massive silver salver, weighing 175 ounces, with richly chased border and engraved centre, the salve being 24 inches in diameter, and extremely fine ; and a tea and coffee ser • vice, richly chased with flowers in bold relief. The follow ing inscription was engraved on the shield of the candela brum and the salver .—" Presented to James Bradford, Esq., by the magistrates of the Swindon Petty Session. Division and private friends, as a testimonial of their re gard and essteem." The plate was from the establishment of Mr. C. F. Hancock, of Bruton-stroet, and was much admired. MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS.—The following is from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders :—" The committee have received advices from Mr. G. S. Whitehead, d a t e d Mexico, the Ist ult. The authorities at Colima had made a forcible seizure of 7,247 dols. belonging to the dividend fund, and in the hands of the agents of the committee there, Messrs: Oetling and Co. ; and Mr. Mathews, who acts as British Charge d'Affair es s i nce Mr. Otway left, had promptly instructed the British Consul at Vera Cruz to re cover the amount from the Constitutional Government esta blished at that port, and recognised in Colima. Deducting meanwhile this sum, the funds in the hands of the agents of the bondholders in Mexico amount at present to 357,076 dols. in money, and 54,063 dols. in bills received from Vera Cruz for the month of September. The agents in Tampico also write, under date of the 28th September last, that they had received a further amount of 11,000 dols. in bills for collection. The aggregate amount of money and bills to the credit of the dividend fund in the hands of the agents in Mexico is therefore now about 430,000 dols. San Blas, the only port of the Republic considered to be accessible to the Government of the capital, appears to be now also lost to it, as Tepic has been taken. Another expedition against Vera Cruz had been talked of, but lately it had been given out that the President's presence would be necessary in Guada lajara. In encounters between the contending forces the Constitutionalists generally appear to have been losers of late. Vidaurri had also separated from them, but more re cent accounts (through the United States) state that since then he had been deposed and expelled." THE LATE EARL OF WALDEGRAVE.—The fol lowing letter e.ddresged by the late lamented earl to the chaplain of the county gaol, the Rev. R. Burnett, at a period when his lordship was in deep affliction at the loss of his son, Viscount Chewton, will be read with great in terest at the present moment. The truly Christian spirit of the noble earl can only be fully appreciated when it is borne in mind that those to whom ho was desiroljs to present God's Wordwere fellow-countrymen of the men to whose terrible cruelty a beloved son had just fallen a sacrifice : " Hastings, Nov. 15, 1854.—My dear Sir,—l write to you to counsel me. I have lost my eldest son at the battle of the Alma. His worst wounds were inflicted by the Russians shooting him whilst lying on the ground with a b ro k en thigh. ile was again shot the day after the battle. I have 20 Russian bibles, which I have sent you to present to the Russian prisoners, for them to learn that our Saviour Jesus Christ desires us to love our enemies. Are the pri soners fit to receive these inestimable inspirations, or are they too rich, and have they been made too much of ? Pray tell me. I will come towards the end of next week.—Yours truly, WALDEGRANE.—Rev. R. Burnett, County Gaol, Lowes,"—Moscx derertiser. LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE. A meeting of the Council was held at the Mansion house yesterday ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayoor in the chair. Amongst th o s e p res ent were—fir Francis Doyle, Bart. ' the Lord Mayor elect, M r. Alderman Rose, Mr. Alderman Mechi, Major-Gen , Hay, R. W. Kinnard, Esq., M.P., Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P., Captain Montagu Hicks, &c. The Lord Mayor announced that her - Majesty's ac ceptance of the services of this brigade had been re ceived. After the usual preliminary business the Lord Mayor stated that he had personally attended the drill of the volunteers at Sion College, London wall, on Saturday last, and expressed his high gratification at their soldierlike appearance, and the enthusiasm and good feeling which seemed t° prevail. The LORD MAYOR read a long list of contribu tions which had been received since the last meet ing, and amongst them w ere M essrs . Hoare, 100 to the general fund and £lO to the band 'fund. Messrs. Coutts and Co., Messrs. Child and Co., and Messrs. Cox and Co., had also contributed to the band fund; Messrs. Edward Mackeson and Co. had contributed £ll lls. ; Messrs. Berry, Brothorsy X 5 ; Messrs. Mathew Clark and Son, £lO 10s.; Ner slimy Davies, Esq., £ll 1 ls.; Edward Bilke, Esq ., £5 55., Messrn. Hillhouse and Sons, £lO 1 0 s.; Messrs. J. F. Lloyd and Co., £lO 10s. The LORD MAYOR read the following letter from Alderman Sir George Carroll :—" 34, Cavendish square, October, 29, 1859.—My dear Lord May.or. —Although from my long and severe indispositio n I have been unable to join the council over which you so happily preside, for the formation of a Itii 2e Brigade, I have watched with much pleasure the progress making, feeling satisfied, as an old volun teer of 1805, of the great good that was effected by the zealous services of the volunteers at that int' portant period. I have now the pleasure to enclose my draft for £lO 10s. in aid of the good cause, and believe me to be alyvays yours very sincerely. G. CARROLL—The Right Hon. the Lor a Mayor ' &c. The LORD MAYOR stated he should administer the oath of allegiance to members who had pald .their subscriptions, on Saturday next, at half-pas thme o'clock, in the Egy . ptian-hall, Mansion-hous e, and would remain sufficiently long to suit the con venience of gentlemen in the banking establish ments. His lordship stated he had caused the lowing circular to be issued to all the members of the brigactek___ ,, London Rifle Brigade.—A general parade of enrolled members (in their usual dress) and others desirous of joininc , their corps, w ill be formed at Sion College, London-wall, on Saturd a y next, Nov. 5. at two o'clock p rec i se l y , f or the Pur pose of proceeding to the Man s i on -h ouse , preceded , by the regimental band, the re t o h ave th e oath 01 allegiance administered by th e Ri g ht Hon. the Lord Mayor." In reply to a question, Captain MONTAGU HICKS s t a t e d th a t th e met a ; bers would proceed from Si on C o ll ege , cor ner of Philip-lane, London-wall, th roug h F ore -streeti Moorgate-street, to the Mansio n -h ouse , accom panied by their band, which he beli eve d cou ld nu' be surpassed in the service either for the q uality of the instruments or the talent of the performer' s ; " Indeed," said the gallant captain, " I was amaze ( ' at its beauty when I attended the rehearsal." •, The LORD MAYOR directed that a ci rcu l a r should be forwarded to the donors, inviting them to attend at the Mansion-house to witness the ceremony °°' Saturday next. The LORD MAYOR ELECT announced that 11e . had made arran gemen t s b y w hi c h t h e serv ices 01 ' the band of the brigade would be brought into re" quisitien on the 9th inst. Mr. Alderman ROSE presented a financial state ment of a highly satisfactory nature. THE _MUNICIPAL 8LEC.77010: LlVERPOOL.—Yesterd ay t h e election o f me mbers for the Town Council of this borough took place, and the event passed off without any of those Pal brawls .which, unfortunately, have so bespattered the elections of former years. Of course the elec. ton had its " parties." The Tories sought in s° ll l of the . wards to oust the more advanced and liberal candidates, but were signally unsuccessful: liv llll ,l the Liberals held their ground, and also manag e ,: to curtail . the Tory element by securing a few war,' which hitherto have been represented by th e "ancients." There were contests in nine wards.. MANCITESTER.—There was a rather more spirited contest than for some years past, but there was no Ltempt to give it a political complexion in ant of the wards. Amongst the new members elected a ttere is Mr. Edward Watkin, late M.P. for Yaxinouth• The fiercest battles were in St. Ann's and ArdwiA wards. In the latter ward Mr. Rumney has been displaced by Mr. Hardy, a new man ; and in St. Ann's ward Mr. Penny was said to have 248 vote,s and Mr. Fitzgerald 247, but one o f th e forme" votes is doubtful, and in case it i s re j ec t e d on a scrutiny there may have to be another election. SALFORD.—There were only four contests in t his borough, and the elections did not create mac h interest. OXFORD.—In two o f th e wards there was no cf°. test ; i n the other three spirited contests were goi on throughout the day. The two gen tl e men N 0 .% headed the poll i n th e E ast and S ou th wards 'we iti elected against th e i r w ill , expressed i n handhli_i distributed thro ug h ou t t h e c i ty. All t h ose elects are of moderate principles, except one who belong.° to the radical party. SOUTHAMPTON.—The municipal elections heree have been the most exciting that have ever be en known since the T es t an d Corporation Act vras i abrogated. Every ward was keenly contestetn"' Sick and dying men were brought uP a t vote, and . squibs and placards appeared, just as a parliamentary election. Election cabs, carra o. voters to and from the polling places, ha " ftOr about in great numbers throughout the day the the elections were over, flags were hoisted an". „ g , church bells set ringing by the victorious fact i l° ,l o The divided state of the liberal party, and "a. activity. which this causes amongst the Console. Lives, go far to explain the extraordinary " el . meat which has been witnessed. Several new me th . hers of the town council have been elected, but the liberal. party have gained one on the whole c tions. The following are the names of the n it e; members of the common council—viz., Messrs. drews (son of the late Alderman Riehard Andre" T: 4 G. N. C oo k sey, Bi shop, Cocks, Brinton, Rogers, ., P. Pay ne , Passenger, Carter, Emanuel, and B°J ,i - a lett. Th e con t est f or mayor, on the 9th inst. , 4 be a very severe one. T o show the state o f e ducate tion in South am pt on , it m ay b e men ti one d, the' "m"— were t sa many as 14 pe rsons w h o vo t e d i n one o f the unable to write their names. ASSESSMENT OF TILE GRE.eiT WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday, at a meeting of the representa ti l vestry of Paddington, the dispute between the.1°11.,,, authorities and the G rea t Western Railwa y L';;;: pang, as to the ass essmen t o f th e cornpallYe P - be perty within th e p ar i s h, w hi c h was sup posed t° amicably adjusted by th e company agr eeing t ° ,„ 4 assessment of £20,000, was re- o p en ed. The re e i . the Rev. Archibald Boyl e having taken the ant 4 a letter was rea d f r o m Mr. Fuller, the ve str y solicitor, stating that on having an inter vio,,f with the solicitor to th e G re at Wes the Company for the p ur p ose o f s ettling - it matter in due form, he stated that of only meant to avoid litigation as to amount certain rates, but not all, and not as points of 1 . 5 2. embracing questions of amoun t. S uc h were A/1 1 4 proceed, and to be co n t es t e d b e f ore th e court. hearing this, he (Mr. F u ll er ) d ec li ne d to accede a s any agreement without an order of the vestrYtAoo he should have fi xe d th em t o th e amoun t of X2 O, v ine as the assessment on certaitetates, and at the 9 %. time have sa ddl e d th em w ith f ur th er litigat ei he He had ther e f ore go t th e appea l s res pited to t January sessions. Mr. SEWELL charged upon the parochial saii°ibe,Wr a desire to prolong the matter, and expressed a r . lief that th ere was no f oun d a ti on f or his le ti t v he Not only w ere th e di rec t ors w illi ng to settle , matter, but the railway c l er k sa id they We" P t re o pared to give the vestry £5OO as expenses du e no them. If the vestry would appoint with hioV e i. or two other gentle men t o wa it upon Lord o na burne and Mr. Sau n d ers , h e believed the Sues' could be settled in ten minutes. Mr. Fuller, the solicitor, was called before the board, and, On the motion of Mr. ROBINS, the subject Wa ti referred to the Finance Committee. r ibi% Mr. Sergeant G AZELEE moved, and Mr. 10- 4 - 1 , 0 seconded, a resol u ti on th at t h e cler k wr ite to r at Great Western C ompany, express i ng sur prise t e at their solicitor refuses to carry out the agree el ,,:pi r contained in th e i r l e tt er to accept £ 20, 000 as '— assessment. The motion was carried unanimously. e We are g l a d t o o b serve the commeneem ont of a n xcellent system i n th e G enera l P os t-Offi ce , by w hich 4 officials of that important department are assisted in tu assurance of their lives, the Postmaster-General under' taking the gradual collection of the premiums in of or6cl. I s. weekly, and paying it over quarterly 17e e IL th a surance office. The system is confined to the hoif - d"' t offices most popular among the employe'3 of the de partinGhts: foremost among which, as might be expected front its c ,- 0 ratter, is the Provident Clerks' Association. We t ru st tLi t l o excellent arrangement will soon be extended, not o n ly ea t every branch of the Civil Seivice, but also to all the grey, public and mercantile establishments. It wolild ,do more most foster the spread of Life Assurance, among those who gi° require'it, than any other plan that 09414 be deviced. a mall sir! THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1859.