The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-10 00:00:00

1 1 11 SITN I LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 10, 1852. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL a considerable deficiency., Even without any IF LE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ! such remission, a deficiency The Assured may reside in most parts of the world, without far more than mitt extrro.a charge, and in all parts by payment of a small extra pre- I th e con t emp l a t e d i ncrease i n th e H ouse-tax would The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, with, at the same time, complete freedom from liability, secured by an ample Pro briataryCapital—thas combining in the same office all the &Ivan provide for, even if that unjust and impolitic pro position should unfortunately be acceded to. It would therefore be, to say the least, of it, difficult, if not impossible, to come to any determination taxes of both systems. FIVE BONUSES have been declared; at the last in January, 1852, the sum of 131,1251. was added to the Policies, producing a Bonus varying with the different ages, from 24)4 to 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid during the five years; or from 51. to 121. 10s. per cent. on the sum assured. The next and future Bonuses may be received in cash, or applied at the option of the Assured in any other way. On Policies for the whole of Life, one-half of the Annual Premi ums for the first five years may remain on Credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Policy, or may be paid off at any time. Claims paid in THIRTY DAYS after proof of death, and all Poli cies are INDISPUTABLE except in cases of fraud. INVALID LITES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. The Assurance Fund already invested amounts to £850,000, and the Income exceeds £136,000 per annum. The Accounts and Balance Sheets are at all times open to the inspection of the Assured, er of any Person who may desire to assure. Sablesof Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents; or of GEO. H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. on the other financial questions until the Income tax be first disposed of. We rejoice, that, that issue has been fairly joined on this vitally important subject. We can scarcely hesitate as to the verdict that will be re turned by the country. Indeed, we should have thought that it had already spoken out in plain and unequivocal terms, so that there could be no mistake or difficulty on the point. One Ministry has already been sacrificed for its perverse and obstinate refusal to listen to the voice of public opinion ; and nothing could prove more beneficial to the present Government, than that its exist ence should be staked on the result. As to the doctrine laid down by Mr. PITT, and so strongly relied on by Mr. GLADSTONE, it is wholly beside the question. We should, if neces sary, protest against the proposition that the nation could be bound by the opinion of any deceased statesman, however distinguished. We are happy to find, however, that the point does not arise ; and that we have not to contend against the high authority —as we readily admit it to be—of WIL LIAM PITT. We shall adopt his very words, as quoted by Mr. GLADSTONE himself, so that no dispute or difference can occur with respect to the premises on which the argument is to be sustained. He said, " I shall have no hesitation in submitting to the Committee, that when a general assessment upon income is to take place, no distinction ought to be made as Ahe sources from which that income may arise. Whenever an idea has been started of imposing upon the stockholder separately and dis tinctly any sort of tax, I have reprobated the at tempt, as utterly inconsistent with the good faith of public engagement. But the matter is mate rially reversed when a tax is to be levied on the income of every description of persons in the realm ; when it is no longer in the power of the stockholder to say, I could avoid this tax by re moving my property from the funds to landed security or to trade.' I should say to the stock holder, as one of the public, If you expect from the State the protection which is common to us all, you ought also to make the sacrifice which we are called upon to make. It is not peculiar to you ; it does not belong to the quality of your income ; but it is made general, and required from all.' " Now the only point here is, that the word " in come " should be qualified by the addition of " arising from property of any description." This is palpable from the context. If it were appli cable to industrial incomes arising from labour— whether intellectual or physical there would have been no reference to the power of sub stituting the security. The fundholder might " avoid the tax, by removing his property from the funds to landed security or to trade ;" but he could not, by the mere act of voli tion, enable himself to acquire income by the exercise of a profession or trade requiring either mechanical skill or mental cultivation. That would clearly be beyond his power ; and the com parison, therefore, manifestly relates to anything in which property can be invested without refer ence to the qualifications of the party—that might be held by a woman, a child, or even a lunatic, as well as by an educated and competent person. Money alone would enable a person to receive his dividends or his rents, or the interest on debts due to him—anything, in fact, which does not require a certain degree of skill or labour ; but it could not make a learned and dexterous barrister, an experienced physician, an accomplished artisan, a popular author, a man capable of entering into well-considered speculations in trade or commerce, a nice manipulator, or skilful artisan—none of these come within the line of his observations. It is to property, and property alone, that they are applicable ; and therefore the proposition of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER does not in any degree interfere therewith. The first decision must be on the principle ; and that, we believe, will be decidedly in favour of Ministers, even though Lord JOHN RUSSELL should be so unwise as to bring up his forces as auxiliary to Messrs. GLADSTONE and GOULBURN. The next point will be on the details ; and there we concur with Mr. HumE, in thinking that Ministers have not gone far enough. If the prin ciple be correct—as we believe it to be—it should be carried very much farther than suggested. It can scarcely be asserted that incomes derived from labour of any description, which would totally fail, not merely on the death of the reci pient, but on a loss of health or even a change of fashion, could be worth three-fourths of money in the Funds or in well-circumstanced ground-rents. This, however, is a minor consideration. The principle being once finally settled, the details and propositions will easily be disposed of. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farew9 Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING Will be performed the admired Petite Comedy of THE LADIES BATTLE. After which, the very popular and highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Maskell. To be followed by the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yates. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Charac. ters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Rozby, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, and itosiere : Mrs. Horn and Miss Oliver. After which, THE PRACTICAL MAN. C. Mathews. Mr. Cloudsley, Mr. To oenclude with THE JENICIN3ES. Characters by Messrs. P. Matthews, Roaby, and Antler; and Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Manamara, Miss Baker. and Miss Foote. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Ancroft, 15, New Bond street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, ➢lr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, The popular new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Collins, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley; Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Emery, Cullenford, 0. Smith, Etc. After which, the admired Farce of A MODEL WIFE. To conclude with the Comic Opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PAN TA LON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., - entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. . ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Great and unprecedented success of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which nightly increases in popularity and attraction. THIS EVENING, Dec. 10th, and during the week, the perfor mances will commence with the new and highly successful Eques trian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, with all its exciting and interesting Equestrian and Dramatic effects. To be followed by Batty's Equestrian and Gymnastic Scenes in the Arena, supported by the first native and Continental talent. 'I o conclude with the popular Farce of THE DEVIL TO PAY. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Hall-past Six O'clock; Box-ollice open daily from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM Dar —Morning 35 min. after 12 j Evening 0 min.aft. 1 r. T. -‘Toaow— Morning 22 min. after 1 I Evening 48 min.aft. 1 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS-W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON-S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE-S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE-S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. STROOD-W. gentle breeze — cloudless. `SWINDON-S:W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER-W.. gentle breeze—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE-S.W., gentle breeze — partially cloudy. YARMOUTH- N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK—S.E., gentle breeze—heavy rain. HOLYHEAD—S., gentle breeze—showery. LANCASTER—S., strong breeze—scud—rain. WHITBY— S . ~ gentle breeze—rain. - DARLINGTON—E.S.E., strong breeze—overcast—rain. SHAY—S.S.E., gentle breeze—rain. THE WEATHER. Scr; OFFICE, Dec. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49 highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'56. WIND S.—Dull weather. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE 18TH ULTIMO, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT What, in the name of common sense, are they going to do with that miserable old bridge at Westminster? In answer to an inquiry on the subject addressed to him the other evening, in the House of Commons, the Noble Lord the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, men tioned something about erecting the new bridge on the old site. As if we hadn't had enough of it ! As if the ground just at that spot had not been proved, by a sufficiently expensive experi ence, to be altogether too rotten for any stable foundation ! Why, the thing is preposterous. If, in connection with the River Thames, any one fact is more notorious than another, it is that the present is about the worst site that could by any possibility be selected for a bridge spanning by stone arches from Lambeth to Westminster. Look at it ! Positively one of the most dis graceful structures in the metropolis. And why ? Simply because the bed of the river is giving way there under the pressure of the superincumbent masonry—until one arch settles down all awry, and another gets quite horridly lopsided, and the " parripidge," as Mrs. GAMP calls it, has to be taken down; and replaced by common hoarding, and the whole thing becomes at last prematurely ruinous, and an eye-sore, situated exactly cheek by-jowl with the gorgeous and beautiful palace of the Legislature. Yet, Lord JOHN MANNERS can coolly rise from his seat on the Treasury Bench, and, in answer to an inquiry on the subject, in form the House that the old site is still to be preserved (of course, as something precious) for the new bridge about to be commenced, for the convenience and adornment of Westminster. Ohe ! Jam satis. Enough at least for our selves ; and we should fancy, too, for the Honourable Representative for Montrose, that most vigilant as well as veteran econo mist. Unless some timely change be effected in the Cabinet in this particular, we shall have the dismay of quietly looking on while the contrac tors for the new bridge are leisurely playing ducks and drakes with the public money. Literally, it will be so, if an effectual effort be not made to alter the projects at present contemplated. Ac cording to those projects, a temporary bridge must be erected hard by the old site, for the con venience of the local traffic, while the old struc- ture is being pulled down, and the new one erected. That will be an enormous and profli gate, because wholly unnecessary expenditure. Then there will be the supplementary expenditure of patching and bolstering up the new bridge when it is raised—and surely, we know how ruinous that intermittent outlay becomes in the end, from the force of a very heavy and bitter experi ence. Whereas, all this preposterous squander ing of the funds of the nation might easily enough be avoided, as any blockhead in the three kingdoms can readily perceive and appreciate. How —may at once be indicated. Erect the new brid ge somewhat lower down the river, and all e diin culty is at once av o id e d. Y ou w ill th en have e the opportunity of selecting good ground for the foundation. You will have the old 'midge doing duty all the time its successor is in process of formation, so that no extra outlay at all will be required for the temporary aid of the traffic between Lambeth and Westminster. Besides all w hi c h; the advantage of havi ng the new bridge so situated, would extend so far as materially to enhance the picturesque effect of the Palace I OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. ~~~ .. Vill, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1852. A fierce opposition is about to be offered to the new Budget. It is not merely the alteration it the inhabited house duty—the arraying of town against county—that is objected to. The con templated modification of the Income and Pro perty-tax—the distinction so tardily recognised between permanent and precarious income—be tween fixed and fluctuating revenue—has excited the ire of the moneyocracy. And the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford has rushed into the list, :as champion of the injured (!) fundholder, to protest against any change in the system, which has already so strongly excited the just indignation of the people. Mr. GLADSTONE is not contented with declaring that the reconstruction of the impost is inequit able or inexpedient—it is far more, it is " uncon stitutional'—" a breach of faith" to the public creditor, to which he is resolved to offer the most strenuous opposition from first to last. In this determination, and in the views by which he has been influenced, he is sustained and supported by another Right Hon. Gentleman of considerable fin al , • „ elal experience, and Member for the sister ‘-'niversity. The gauntlet has thus been thrown down y and Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Sir CHARLES WOOD have inti• • mated an intention of taking part in the melee they will and it is more than probable that the arraych allen themselves under the banners of 8 , and insist on the equal taxation of all incomes , 0 matter from what sources de rived ; or whether the same be worth one or, thirty years purch aae. Well so be it ! We are prepared for the contest, and care not if it be a coin bat cc l'autrance. it is just and proper that the question-4y far the mostimportant raised ify the CHANCELLOt of the ExennQuEn—should be fully discussed, and that it should • receive the priority to which it is unquestionably entitled. There are two questions that must be disposed of before the other propositions can fairly be taken into consideration. It must be decided whether the impost is to be permanently maintained or a wl whether it is t o temporarily renewed ; b e re tained in its present obnoxious and inequitable form, or modified to any and what extent Questions of such importance —involving, as w e are prepared to p ro ve, no less than six millions of pounds sterling per annum to the revenue—must he settled, at least for some time, if not finally, before any other fiscal measures are taken into consideration. It is obvious that if the Property and Income-tax be suffered to expire at the ter mination of the financial year, on the sth of April next, the proposed reduction in the duties on Malt, Hops, and Tea, cannot be carried into practical operation. The revenue would exhibit Eighty thousand pounds have been expended by his grateful country upon the obsequies of the late Duke of WELLINGTON. And forty seven years after our incomparable NELSON ex pired in the arms of Victory at Trafalgar, the capital of his tin-grateful country continues to be disgraced by an incomplete testimonial. We are not grudging the old Duke one sixpence of the magnificent sum expended in the pomps of the re cent ceremonial. No ! He won the tribute well with his good sword in Hindostan and the Penin sula. But we do lament from our hearts the very lamentable niggardliness, or, to say the best of it, the very mournful indifference displayed in refe rence to the national homage for the memory of HORATIO NELsoN—the hero of St. Vincent, the Nile, and Copenhagen,—blind of an eye, maimed of an arm, prematurely old from the anguish of so many wounds, and carried away at last in a " flaming chariot of glory," yielding up his life for hig fatherland in the splendid agonies of his last and greatest achievement. It was not enough that that glorious sailor died merely a Baron and a Viscount, while the departed soldier died not only a Baron and a Viscount, but an Rarl, and a Marquis, and a Duke. It was not enough that the one obtained in grants half a million of money from the Legislature, while the other was so poor that he had scarcely enough plate to take out with him when ho last went to sea on board the Victory. It was not enough that these and a thousand similar contrasts in the same grand and memorable careers should be visible to every heart and intellect in Great Britain. But it was necessary, in addition to all this, that a pageant, costing altogether the sum of eighty thousand pounds, should pass on the 18th of November, 1852, through Trafalgar-square, bearing upon a car of state the body of ARTHUR WELLESLEY, Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, Duke, at the cost, we repeat, for that one occasion, of eighty thousand pounds—immediately under the pedestal of that monument to HORATIO NELSON, a monu ment still glaringly incomplete, although his Im perial Majesty the EMPEROR of all the RUSSIAS generously came forward some years ago with a contribution of 5001., to aid England in building up this one tardy testimonial. We put the case as simply as we cans and, having done so, we commend it to the gallant sailor at the head of the Admiralty, we commend it to the chivalrous heart of a PERCY, to the judg ment, the justice, and the patriotism of the Duke Of NORTHUMBERLAND. Our readers have been amply supplied w lists, longer than they could have patience to read, of the elsewhere unheard of nepotism of the Ec clesiastical Courts. Such perfect " family Cabi nets" are they, that one involuntarily suspects that sympathy prevented the Whigs from trying their reforming hand upon them. We have no intention now of quoting from the return relating to Ecclesiastical Courts, which, though moved for by Sir BENJAMIN HALL, in August, 1851, has but just made its appearance, to tell of infants of three and five years of age, and females ! ap pointed as Registrars of Courts—of a pair of VERNON HARCOURTS, differenced by a G. or an E. prefixed to the well-sounding patronymics, the one Registrar in two Courts by the time he was six and-twenty, his office a perfect sinecure of nearly 2,000/. a year ; the other, since the same age, having enjoyed 1,4001. a year, for five half-days per annum in his Court—the two having already bagged, of good English money, not less than 96,3861. for doing nothing, or next to nothing. We leave these Ecclesiastical flowers for our readers to cull in abundance from the extracts which will appear from time to time in the public papers. There is another question, a more important one, that is—why are laymen to be plagued with Ecclesiastical Courts at all ? We should, indeed, be thankful to see them banished entirely from these realms. We have no wish to hand over " offending clerks" to their tender mercies, unless the said clerks desire it. Were we in the position of a clerical delinquent, we fancy we would much rather appear before one of her MAJESTY'S Civil Judges, and an honest Jury, than before the FUSTS or VERNON HAR COURTS, or the deputies of female infants three years of age, who grace our various Courts Christian. We should prefer, we mean, if we thought our defence complete or tolerable, to place it before those whose constant practice 'qua lifies them to act the part of a Judge, and those whose unsophisticated habits dispose them to decide a case upon its merits. If, however, as we anticipate, Archbishops and Bishops, especially, and perhaps the " inferior clergy" also, wish to settle their own matters between them selves, why let them do so. We would not for the sake of emancipating the cloth from a cherished slavery, risk the opposition of the Bishops in the Lords, and the noise and petitions of the clergy throughout the country. We of the profane laity only ask that we at least may not be forced, nolens volens, into these sacred Courts. Courts Christian we know they are called, but most of our grade, when we have had the mis fortune to be dragged or pushed into them, have been mulcted with what we have thought a most un-Christian burden of fees, and an equally in tolerable loss of our time. Indeed the reflection has occurred to us, that these Courts Christian obeyed the Christian precept of " Redeeming the time," on. the principle that so much of ours as was spent in attendance within their holy precints, was time redeemed from the profane use we shouldother wise have made of it in our worldly callings. One case long ago set a going in them, the Braintree Church-rate case, bids fair to rival the longest de lays for which the ante-Sugden of Court of Chancery used to be notorious. Now as this is the hour of Law Reform, and as our Conservative Law Re-, formers have actually undertaken the reformation of these very Courts, we do put in our humbie petition that they would leave nothing for their successors to do ; nothing, we mean, on behalf of us laymen. It is complained, and with too much truth, that their Budget was pervaded by no master-principle ; it was freely owned, on the contrary, that their Ref orms o f I r i s h L aw Proce _ _ dure, though they might have gone further, were not open to this charge. That even the more complicated Reforms of Mr. N APIER h ad their leading principle. Let, in like man ner , a well-defined, sound, and popular principle b e adopted in reforming the Ecclesiastical Courts, and our Cabinet will deserve and will enjoy the thanks of the present generation, and of a ll generations to come. _ _ There are but two sets of Courts in England now, in which the class interested in a conviction are made judges of Englishmen : these are the Church Courts and the Game-law Courts. In the latter, the clerical game-preserving Magistrate or Squire deals out his practically irreversible sen tences against the criminals whom his own amuse ments have made such, and in support of his own selfish and feudal privileges. In the former, the man who enjoys Church fees, or Church emolu ments of various kinds, is made the judge' of our offences against Church demands upon us—it may be of Church rapacity. We protest against such one-sided, interested judges. Perhaps many of us are Dissenters from the Church : we can expect no mercy from our theological adversaries trying us on questions of Church tribute, and disliking us as a practical denial of their right to such tribute at all. What we want, then, is, that no case of ours which affects our time, our property, 1 a •• or our liberty, should come under the cognisance of these Courts. It is a good proposal to take tes tamentary matters out of their hands ; but that is by no means enough. Every matter in which property is concerned, Church Rates, Easter offerings, Mortuary fees, Surplice fees ; everything when a shilling could be demanded or refused, may come as easily under the jurisdiction of our Civil Courts, from the County Courts upwards, of the Imperial Parliament—the old site crowding the present structure close up to the very corner of Sir CHARLES BARRY'S architectural masterpiece. We would seriously commend these considerations to the judment of Lord JOHN MAN NERS. We have such confidence in his sagacity thdi we do believe on reflection he must resolve to guard off this disgrace from the Administration. as the plaints now brought before them. In these Courts we should feel at ease. We, our selves, in simple cases, could tell our own tale, and our legal advisers, in the more difficult ones, could take for us a course which we could under stand, and of which we could see the beginning , and the end. We could estimate the cost of re sisting an unjust demand, and our probable loss in event of failure in a more doubtful cause. This, then, is what we want to come to—Secular Courts for laymen. A jury of our peers, if we desire it ; and moderate fees for justice. All matrimonial cases. also, especially now that mar riage is recognised by law as a civil act, must be placed entirely in the jurisdiction of the Secular Courts : neither must it longer be allowed that any Judge in holy orders shall have power at his own discretion to make a layman do penance in the parish church. Poor BURNS has not been the last victim of clerical spite of this kind. In a word, we are willing to leave the clergymen to judge one another in theological and ecclesiastical matters, if such be their desire; but we demand for the laity, that no Ecclesiasti cal Judge shall have power to touch a single hair of their head. Indeed, for the clergy themselves, we should also ask, that their own Courts should not be competent to inflict secular punishments of any kind upon them. They must be like the proposed talking and debating Convocations, entrusted with no other weapons than words. Spiritual weapons alone befit Spiritual Courts ; the property and liberty of the clergy themselves are not fit sub jects of adjudication for Courts Christian. Their very Master refused to be made " a judge and a divider" in such matters. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses O t S h B e O D R I E, w f . B E n r a N b E a s n nr t. he Count of Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte of Bel gium, attended by the Count de Briey, Lieutenant- Colonel de Moerkerke, and Sir Robert Carswell, took leave of her Majesty yesterday, and embarked in the royal yacht Fairy, at a quarter before two o'clock p.m., for Southampton. The Prince of Leiningen remains on a visit. THURSDAY. Her Majesty and the Royal Family walked in the grounds yesterday. His Excellency the French Ambassador, the Countess Walewski, and the Earl of Malmesbury, arrived to-day on a visit to the Queen, having crossed over in the Royal yacht Fairy, which was waiting at Southampton to con vey them. On the arrival of the Fairy in Cowes Roads, her Ma jesty's ship Encounterfired a salute of 17 guns, in honour of his Excellency, who immediately landed, and pro ceeded in one of the Queen's carriages, which was in readiness to convey the party to Osborne. Count Walewski had an audience of the Queen, and was presented by the Earl of Malmesbury to deliver his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of the French. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Cornford, Mr. Folkard, and Dr. King, with Mr. Slight, the clerk to the Brighton Town Commissioners, had an interview with Lord John Manners yesterday, at the office of Works and Public Buildings, Whitehall, on the subject of the proposed ap plication of the Public Health Act, 1848, to Brighton. The Rev. Dr. O'Toole had an interview with the Ear] of Derby, yesterday, at his official residence, in Down ing-street. Captain Shepherd, Deputy Master of the Trinity House, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. C. Henley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Earl of Westmoreland paid visits yesterday to several of the Cabinet Ministers, to take leave on his departure (last evening) to Vienna to resume the duties of his Legation. _ _ Lord Portman and the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office. Mr. Drummond had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Derby. A deputation on the subject of the provisional order for Brighton, had an interview with Lord John Manners yesterday. The deputation consisted of Mr. Beedham, High Constable of Brighton ; Mr. Sharood, Solicitor for the petitioners for a charter ; and Mr. J. M. Clabon, Agent to the petition. Mr. Fagan, M.P. ; Mr. Maguire, M.P. ; a n d M r . Jeffcott, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley. Dispatches were received at the Colonialo-ffice yester day, from the Governors of Sierra Leone and the Gambia. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had re ceived Reports from the Examiner of Recognisances, stating that the recognisance to the election petitions respecting the following places were unobjectionable, viz. : Tynemouth. Cockermouth Athlone. Dungarvan. New Ross. THE DERBY ELECTION INQUlRY.—Yesterday counsel were heard for the petitioners and for Major Beresford. Serjeant Kinglake made a very powerful speech, which lasted till half-past four o'clock. The case being far con cluded without either Frail, Morgan, or Radford having been called, the committee issued summonses for these three persons to attend and give evidence on Saturday next, to which day the committee adjourned. OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET.—Meetings were held last night in Marylebone, Lambeth, and Walworth, and petitions adopted to Parliament in opposition to the Budget. NEW TREASURY MINUTE RESPECTING CHlCORY.—Yes terday an interesting document respecting the sale of chicory, and procured by Mr. Hume, was printed by order of the House of Commons. It appears that in 1840 the Treasury made an order that chicory might be mixed with coffee. In July last the order was rescinded, and chicory was to be sold separately. The Inland Revenue Depart ment, on the 3d of August last, issued an order that if after three months coffee was mixed with chicory, the licensed dealers must abide by the consequences. It ap pears - arsthat3l minute of memorials Jul have been presented to the Lords the Treasury, containing 2y last. ,232sign N a o tur m e e s m , f o o r r ia r l e w sc a in s dn the Treasury pre sented against rescinding the Treasury minute of that date. To the Chancellor of the Exchequer 83 memorials have been presented for rescinding th e m inute with 1,920 signa tures. There have been thre e m emorials presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer against rescinding the New Treasury minute, with 90 signatures. THE NEW PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.—During the last few weeks great progress has been made in the com pletion of this building. From the Victoria Tower the screen work to the private entrance to the House of Com mons has been greatly adv ance d. Th e s creen will extend along the whole extent of Old Pal a ce-yard, and will con nect the two most important and picturesque parts of the building. In New Palace-yard the building is also in a state of forward progress. The river wall of Westminster hall has been almost pulled down, and a new face in keep ing with the style of architecture adopted in the New Palace is being erected. From Westminster-hall to the entrance to the strangers' and reporters' gallery a Gothic edifice is being erected, and is in a state of great forward ness. When finished it will give to the building an ap pearance of completeness which will greatly add to its beauty. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Mr. Alfred Wigan's admirable farce, A Model of a Wife, has been produced here this week with great success, the clever author filling the princi pal part with his accusto me d t a l en t, supported by Mr. J. Rogers, one of our best l ow co medians, Mr. Cullenford, Miss ollins, and Miss Emma Harding. In the revived afterpiece, Good Night, Signor Pantalon, the role formerly taken by Miss K. Iritzwilliam is now assumed by Miss Collins, who is becoming a great favourite at this house, and plays every character she undertakes with marked cleverness and judgment. ACCIDENT IN TOTTENHAM COUBT-ROAD.—About three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, an accident of a serious nature occurred near the end of Hanway-street, Tottenham Court road, by the overturning of a large heavily laden coal wag gon, by which a number of workmen narrowly escaped being crushed to death. POLICE FORCE FOR AUSTRALIA.—Three sergeants and fifty constables have been selected from the police force in the metropolitan district, and placed under the charge of Mr. Freeman, who is promoted to the rank of superinten dent, and they will embark at Plymouth, on the 18th in stant, for service in Australia. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE NEW SENT-ROAD.—Between the hours of seven and eight yesterday morning, a destruc tive fire happened on the premises of Mr. Turner, a green grocer. - EAST INDI A M ILITARY C OLL EGE, ADDISDOMBE.-- Yesterday the examination of the gentlemen cadets educated at the East I n di a Company ' s Milit ar y Seminary, at Addis ' winbe ' near Croyd on , took place in the presence of Sir James Wei r Hogg, 3 ar t., M.P., the chairman ; Russell Ellice, Esq., the deputy-chairman, several members of the Hon. Court of Directors, and a number of distinguished visitors. The company arrived at the college shortly before 11 o'clock, and proceeded to the hall were the cadets were examined in mathematics f or tification, engineering, and other branche s o f study. 'At the close of the examination the following prizes were awarded :—First class, Mr. S. C. Trevor—The second prize in Hindustani , first prize in good conduct (an artillery sword), a nd the gold Pollock medal. (The prize of a swor d h as been established by the Court of Directors, for that gentleman cadet whose conduct has been exemplary during the entire period of his residence at the institution). M r . G. N ewm arch—First mathematics, military surveying, first Hindustani, French , and second good conduct. Mr. T. B ec kl e y—Second mathematics, and first fortification. Mr. J. L. Watts—Second fortification, second military drawing, and first civil drawing. Mr. J. Beatty—First military drawing. Mr. F. Fitzroy—Geology. Mr. G. B. Traill—Latin. Mr. B. W. S. Pasley—Second military drawing. Second Class : Mr. J. Champain— Prizes in fortification, military drawing, civil drawing, and Hindustani. Mr. R. Pemberton—Prizes in mathematics, Latin, and third good conduct. Mr. R. Home—Prizes in military surveying and French. Third Class : Mr. It. Walker—Fourth general good conduct. Mr. J. Le Mesu rier—Prizes in fortification, military drawing, military surveying, and civil drawing. Mr. J. B. Holland—Mathe matics. Mr. W. Hammond—Hindustani. Mr. R. Thomp son—Latin. Mr. E. Hill Tod—French. The Chairman then dclivered an impressive address to the cadets. A. luncheon was then served up in the house of the Lieu tenant-Govern g, Col. Abbott, to the directors and visitors, and the proceedings terminated. OVERLAND MAIL. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] We have received the following dispatch in anti cipation of the Overland mail, dated " Trieste, Thursday : " The steamer Adria arrived to-day with the Indian mail. " The Hindostan, with the Calcutta mail of the 7th November, arrived at Suez on the Ist inst. " The Irrawaddy was no longer navigable for large vessels. " General Godwin was en route for Prome, with the second division. It has been decided to ad vance by land upon Ava. " The Chinese rebellion contiues gaining strength. " Exchange on London—at Calcutta, 2s. Old. to 2s. ld." LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY. VICE-CHANCERY. PITZWILLIAM V. KELLY-JUDGMENT. In this special case as to the payments of fines on re newal of trustees, whether by the tenant for life or the reinainderman, and as to the intention of the testator that leaseholds should be converted, his Honour, Vice- Chancellor Turner, this morning gave judgment, and stated that at the hearing several questions arose, which afterwards settled themselves into two—first, how certain sums of money were to be paid by the leasehold,estates— and, secondly, how certain costs were to be borne. His Honour, after reviewing the facts at great length, and re ferring to several authorities bearing upon the subject, said he was of opinion that the sum of 2,000/. incurred in filling up certain trusts during the life of the testator, was to be borne out of the general residue, and not out of the other property. The costs incurred in this hear ing were also to be given out of the same fund, the gene ral residue of the estates. Judgment accordingly. THE POLISH BALL. Yesterday, the Polish ball committee assembled at Guildhall—Mr. Deputy Holt in the chair. There was a large assemblage of the active supporters of the charity. Lord DUDLEY STUART said, he never had upon any occasion greater pleasure in addressing the friends of the distressed Poles than the present occasion afforded him. Formerly the Polish ball used to be our uphill fight. The Polish cause was misunderstood, and English benevo lence received a check which a more perfect acquaint ance with the subject was rapidly dispelling. (Cheers.) In the Court of Common Council there existed no diversity of opinion upon the proposition to grant the hall for the purpose of, giving a splendid en tertainment in aid of the funds, !although the early part of the day was distinguished by a most stormy discussion. The moment the application was made every .voice was raised in favour of it. The feeling of unanimity pervaded the City and the public, and many of the prime opposers had become ardent friends. Amongst them was Alderman Sidney, wh• had not only retracted his opposition, but had presented the commit tee with a handsome contribution, and promised to attend with his family and numerous friends. Alderman Finnis, too, had expressed an altered opinion upon the subject. From the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. the most decided efforts for the benefit of the funds were expected, so that the City patronage, combined with the patronage of the dukes and duchesses of the West-end, would present a list not easily to be paralleled. (Cheers.) It was with great pleasure he informed the committee, that Lord John and Lady Russell and Lord and Lady Palmerston would be amongst the patrons and patronesses present ; and that numbers of those who used to be called Protection ists, but for whom, he believed, no new name had been conjectured, would also come forward in relief of the funds. (Laughter.) There was a delightful prospect before the many friends of the cause which, by having become at last perfectly intelligible, had excited un mingled sympathy. (Loud cheers.) The public were satisfied that the object of the promoters of the ball was not to promote idleness, but to relieve those who en dured unmerited distress, and who were overtaken by sickness amidst the other calamities of their exile. It was all very well to say the Polish refugees could return. If they could he should be the last man to encourage their stay in England. But they could not return, and it was because they could not that he was desirous to give them the greatest benefit they knew could be con ferred upon them—that of enabling them to provide for themselves. (Cheers.) It was the greatest of errors to suppose that the unfortunate refugees could return 'to their own country. Driven from their houses by the tyranny of foreign Governments, by Russia and Austria, and he regretted to say by France too, they had no alternative but that which England gave them the privilege to embrace. If a Pole committed any offence of any kind, the punishment inflicted upon him in France was transportation to England, a great injustice to England, as well as the unfortunate sufferers. That object had been frequently alluded to in Parliament, but without effect. He knew that several had stooped to the misery of soliciting to be allowed to return from exile, and he knew too, that although 20 years had elapsed since they had offended, the condition of their return must be a trial by court-martial. It had been the fashion to complain of the long continuance of the re fugees in this country; but the complaint ought to be against those whose long-standing and unmitigated op pression had forced him there. (Cheers.) His lordship repeated, that the committee had reason to congratulate themselves upon the bright prospects of the 15th inst., when a ball, equal to any which had ever been given in London, would take place, and where the friends of the oppressed would have an opportunity of repaying them selves for their toil in the cause of suffering humanity, by witnessing the extraordinary success of their exer• tions. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN stated that the concert would be given on the most magnificent scale, and after some important arrangements, the committee adjourned. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your paper of to-day a Mr. Willis, givi ng his address as of No. 4, Graham-street, Pimlico, is reported to have appeared at the Westminster Police Court, in answer to a very serious charge, the address given being that of the house in which I reside. I beg to state that no such person is known here. May I, there fore, beg you as a favour to insert this note, as the report (without contradiction) is calculated very materially to in jure the reputation of my residence, and of your obedient servant, FREDERIC KINKEE, 4, Graham-street, Pimlico. Thursday, Dec. 9, 1852. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—The fineness of the weather during a great part of yesterday had an evident effect upon the number of visitors to the show, it being crowded in every part. THE WASHINGTON STEAMER, which left Southampton on Wednesday with the United States mail, has been ob liged to put back in consequence of encountering a heavy sea off Portland, which stove in her upper deck. It is ex pected that she will start again on Saturday. NEW BANK.—A new banking company has been brought out entitled the London Bank of Australia and India, which it is proposed to in corpora t e un d er a royal charter, limiting the liability of the shareholders. The bank will, it is stated, be conducted in London by a board of directors who possess practical experience, both by re sidence and business connection, of the trade of India and Australia ; and in order to avoid the evils that experience has shown to result from the pressure of local influence on colonial boards, there will be no local boards of directors, but the business in Australia and India will be conducted by experienced, responsible, and trustworthy officers, from whom ample security will be required, and whose manage ment will be i under the constant supervision of competent inspectors, all being appointed by, and amenable to, the London board. The capital of the company is fixed at 500,000/. ; but power will be taken under the charter to increase it to 1,000,0001. RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday, in con sequence of the recent trifling rise in wheat and flour at Mark-lane, the bakers throughout the metropolis took ad vantage of it, by rising the price of the four-pound loaf one halfpenny. The best wheaten bread at the West-end, the Strand, and the City, is now charged, by the full-price bakers, Bd. to 84d. the 41bs. The second-rate bakers charge 5Ad. to b a d. per 41bs., weighed on delivery. In some of the densely populated parts of the metropolis— Whitechapel, Clerkenwell, Blackfriars-read, Westminster, &c., good household bread may, however, still be obtained at sd. to sid. the loaf. A further rise is expected before Christmas. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. —A meet ing of the committee of the Institution for the Preserva tionof Lifefrom Shipwreck took place yesterday at the office in the Adelphi, Mr. G. Palmer in the chair, when orders for the building of life boats on Mr. Peake's designs were given for Comlyn, Anglesea, and Aldborough. Silver medals were ordered to be presented to Mr. W. Barrett, R.N., of the Balbriggan Coast-guard station ; to ,Mr. W. Barrett, his son; and to the Rev. A. Syng ; and 5/. to five other men, for their services to the barque Young England. A variety of other rewards were ordered to be presented to various persons for similar services, and a sil ver medal to b e g i ven t o J. M`C arthy, chief boatmani of the Dundrum Coast-guard, for services to the crew of the schooner Martha Grace. A grant of 20/. having been then made for repairs to the Bridlington life boat, the proceed ingsclosed. WESTERN DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE SHIN —The first annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of this charity was held yesterday, at the Dispensary, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. The chair was taken by the Rev. Canon Dale, the president of the institution. The chairman having opened the business of the meeting, called upon the secretary to read the report of the com mittee, which stated that, from the 31st Oct., 1851 (the day on which the Dispensary was opened), to the 31st ' Oct. 1852, 283 patients had appli e d for relief 137 of which had been discharged cured; the remainder were, for the most part, much benefitted, and still under treatment --no case having been discharged as incurable. Amongst the cured cases, the average duration of the disease had been about three years, and the average period of treatment about seven weeks. In one case the disease had existed more than 60 years ; in two cases more than 50 ; and in six cases more than 40 years. AN IMPUDENT IMPOSTOR.—One "Reverend Alfred Thomas Wood, D.D.," is in custody in Hull, on the charge of obtaining money by false pretences. He levied contributions on the charitable for the alleged support of a church in Liberia. He told one of the witnesses against him, that George and Eliza Harris, mentioned in " Uncle Tom's Cabin," were " members of his church," and that Cassy died six weeks after her arrival in Liberia. "He attended her death-bed and she died a very happy death," , MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 3,000 bales, of which 800 American, and 400 Egyptian, were taken on speculation. The market again closed heavily, and prices of Ameri can were id, and Surat and other sorts id per lb. lower. The sales comprised 2,000 American, 40 Pernam and Maranham at 611,10 Bahia at 6d, 500 Egyptian at 6d to 10d, and 500 Surat at 3id to 4kd per lb. Railway Shares were a shade better. The markets have been flatter this week for the principal staples, and there has been a disinclination to buy. Foreign Sugar has been at full prices, and other sorts have b een neg l ecte d . Common Planta tion' Coffee has been in some request. Cotton con tinues heavy, and tallow is less dealt in. Tea has attracted attention. The dividend upon the shares of the John Cooke rill Company at Seraing, for the year 1851-2, is fixed at 30 francs. The steamer with the West India and Mexican mails, supplies no very important news from the colonies. The following is from Jamaica : "The Trelawny recommends that public meetings should be held in the several parishes of this island, at .which memorials should be adopted for presentation to the House of Assembly, praying that the present Import Duties should be reduced. Our contemporary says : As the time is rapidly approaching when the Legislature will meet to proceed with the business of the country, we would recommend, that those gentle men who are of opinion that the present Import Duties ought to be reduced, do get up a requisition to the Custodes, or Senior Magistrates of the several parishes throughout the island, to have public meetings convened, without delay, for the purpose of framing and adopting petitions to the honourable House of Assembly on the subject. In calling upon the public to evince the demon stration that we have recommended, we would also suggest, that, in discussing the imposts to which we have particularly adverted, care should be taken to free the country, generally, of the over taxation with which the island is at present burthened. If the taxpayers will but arouse themselves from their apathy, and have public meetings held throughout the island as we have recommended, for the purpose of ex pressing their grievances, and demanding that those grievances shall be ameliorated, the Legislature will, of necessity, be compelled to award that justice which has been so disgracefully withheld for years past by the 'place-seekers, who have dubbed themselves 'patriots' of the country. " The town of Falmouth has been free from rain during the past week, but, the state of health in it has not been favourable. The Trelawny, referring to those circumstances, observes The weather has been dry and pleasant during the week ; but we regret to state that we cannot make as favourable a report of the state of health. Fevers, accompanied sometimes with ague, and influenza, prevail generally throughout th e p ar i s h ; but, thanks be to an All-Merciful Creator, we are glad to inform our friends at a distance, that the prevailing sicknesses have not proved fatal, as yet, among those who have been attacked. We still continue to hear of a case of measles occasionally, occurring among the families both in town and country.' " The last week's Railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under :- 1852. 1851. Great Western 215,659 14,125 North Western 41,753 38,636 South Western 8,526 8,009 Brighton Midland South Eastern . 11,103 10,024 North Stafford 5,010 4,566 Caledonian Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick Great Northern The advices from Mexico, received by the Com mittee, are very unfavourable. Revolutions were still breaking out, and the local treasuries were generally plundered. The remittance is 38,181 dollars. The Minister of Finance had, on the 28th Octo ber, applied to Congress for an extra aid of 1,336,000 dollars for the payment of the last July and the next January Dividend on the English Debt, but it was very doubtful whether the Con gress would, in the present circumstances of the country, respond to it in a proper spirit. In the meanwhile, he had had an interview with the leading capitalists of the city of Mexico, to sound them on the subject of a loan, but it had led to no result. All he could do, therefore, was to give Mr. Falconnet the most positive and solemn assurances, that while he held the office, not a farthing should be taken from the revenues belonging to the Bondholders, and that whatever might have been taken from that fund to supply the pressing wants of the Government should be replaced with the least possible delay. San Blas and Mazatlan, however, continued in the hands of the insurgents, who, of course, appro priated all the revenue there. The Minister of Finance had most unaccountably expressed an opi nion. to Congress adverse to any claim of the bond holders on the Mexican Government, for arrears of revenue belonging to the debt appropriated in 1850. On some other points the wishes of the bondholders would probably be complied with. The Funds are very steady, but not lively. Consols bring 101# for transfer, and 1011 for account. The re ce ipt o f over 600,000 dollars by the Mexican steamer serves to impart confidence ; but there are political and other events on the tapis which appear to be of a threatening character, and should be taken into consideration by prudent men. In the first .place, the projection of public com panies is proceeding at an accelerated pace, that must absorb a large amount of surplus money ; se condly, the fate of the Ministry is still in the balance; and thirdly, several ships of war have been or dered to be got ready with all possible dispatch, at Portsmouth, destination unknown, but supposed to be the Mediterranean, in consequence of the coup d'etat in Spain, and the strong impression that the French Government has instigated it. The New 31. per Cents, have been 1031 to 104, and the 3 per Cents. 100 k to Bank Stock is firm at 223 to I. Exchequer Bills have been quoted 655., andlndia Bonds, 83s. premium. The Foreign Market has been heavy ; Mexican Bonds have declined to 24i ; Grenada Deferred are 13i- to I. Spanish droop again, the Deferred being 24i- to I. Shares are generally rather worse. Gold mines are supported with fair dealings. Australian Banks are rather heavy, except the Union. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) _ Business done. Bank Stock 223 i 2i 2 per Cent. Reduoed Annuities.... ...... 100 i a 3 per Cent. Consols A nnu iti es ... 101 i New 31 per Cent. Annuities.. Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860..... 6i 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 12th Oct., 1859 .... 6 3-16 India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £lOOO B3 Consols for Account opening 18th Jan IOIE i B Exchequer Bills 13d. March. June. £lO00.. £5OO Small — 65 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brae Han Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account, Ditto 4a per Cent 9B i Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 74 Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent.......... ............ Ditto Converted, 5 per Cent., 1841 Portuguese 4 per Cent. . Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3a p c Turkish Loan, 6 p er C en t., 1852 li 211 p Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent.. Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.. 2 13 i i 13 471 . 39 .1191 . 96 lad 98} 8 THREE O'CLOCK. 101$ 101} # Consols , Ditto January Account SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA.TTE RSALL'S--THuRsDaY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 1,000 to 25 agst Lucio (taken). 1,000 to 25 Corybantes (taken). 1,000 to 25 Sextus (taken). CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 10 agst Babette (taken). 1,000 to 10 Bardolph (taken). 1,000 to 10 Newminster (taken). 1,000 to 15 Nancy (taken). 1,000 to 20 Muscovite (taken). 1,000 to 15 Weathergage (taken) 1,000 to 15 St. Michael (taken). 1,000 to 15 Little Harry (taken). DERBY. 1,000 to 60 agst The Reiver (taken). 1,000 to 25 Brocket. SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND.—The half-yearly general meeting of the governors and subscribers to this charity was held yesterday forenoon, at the London Coffee house, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of transacting the or dinary business of the corporation—the Right Hon. Lord Radstock, one of the vice-presidents, in the chair. The minutes of the last court having been read and confirmed, it was announced that Mr. Robert Sharp, who had been superintendent of the school for the last 32 years, had died on Wednesday, at the advanced age of 72, deeply regretted by all who had any connexion with him. The balance sheet showed the total receipts for the past year to have , been 9,7271. 7s. 7d., and, after all the necessary exp enses had been defrayed, there was left a balance in h an d of 5421. 10s. 4d. Appended to the balance-sheet w as a state ment which showed that, on the 31st December, 1851 the corporation was possessed of 47,2911. 7s. M. Three per been Cent. Consolidated Annuities, 28,5481. 16s. 2d . Three Per Cent. Reducederce Cent. Annuities.uities, and The 1,3831. re report Spas9 o s it . 7(1 passed to the . Three-and-a Quarter having re ceived and adopted, a vote of th an k c h a i r man, and the meeting separated. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. , s ot During the present week, the arrivals of Bilge' I,,ifi up to our market, coastwise, have amounted to bJ quarters. Fresh up, to-day, the receipts of that gil lli f o r land carriage, were small, and in middling condition. .1 all kinds we had a firm market, at prices fully those obtained on Monday last, and a clearance stands was easily eff ec t e d. The imports of foreign wheat have been ongot. quarters. Medium parcels changed hands to o i l e l 9 P er mostly for country con sum ption, at an advance ° quarter, All other kind s were quite as dear. corn 00 11 Floating cargoes of wh ea t, b eans , an d Indian freely, and the quotations had an upward tendenc i Y e . be id The supply of both English and foreign barle y small, that article was somewhat firmer, at full o, Malt sold somewhat s t ea dily. I n the quota tion change took place. of W e e had a moderate inquiry for oats, the value of was fairly suported. Beans, pea p s, and flour firm, and the extreme ll° , Monday. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 1,320 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. f , Barley, lAI alt. Olhz, g,4•2,470 1,•‘80 8,9 ;J o 9 0 2,710 6,970 700 SMITHFIELD. tit 04155' , There were several prime beasts on sale her_ Als of t",,, for Christmas consumption ; but the general clu7 ' i vert' L '; supply was by no means first-rate. Most bree",: ci,s tt' i , improved request, and a good clearance was effect' extreme rates of Monday last. We had a steadY.ls bu for prime Down sheep, at fully last week's curreecitebirel Keats, half-breds, &c., were very slow in sal e ': the. i :; late rates. Calves—the supply of which was crease—moved off heavily, at a reduction in the gtl o a ,lob of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. The pork trade viral 0 , gish state ;in p r i ces , h owever, no change took es'"' Milch cows were very dull, at from 141. to including their small calf. Per Blbs to si 0 , d. 4 6 Prime Southdown 4 4 3 Large crse. calves 2 6 Prime small do ..3 S 3 6 Large h0g5......... 2 s 3 mall porkers ..... 3 „ ,;) Suckling calves ... v,,, Quarter old pigs 16 v Foßmax sutra' r Beasts ,ql .... Sheep Calves ink the offal. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 2to 2 4 Second quality ...2 6 3 3 Prime large oxen 3 2 3 6 Prime Scots, &c. 3 8 310 Inferior sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Prime coarse-w11d.3 10 4 2 TOTAL SUPPLY. 961 4,400 310 300 Pigs . . . .. •"' A NEWGATE AND LEADENHALb. ,j.eov The supplies being very extensive, the genera l ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2 Do., middling 2 4 2 8 Do., prime large 2 10 3 0 Do., do. small —.3 2 3 4 Veal 2 6 3 0 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs ... ........ a o t. s l l ° 8 6 Mutton, Inferior 0 9 Do.,middling .... .3 8 4 3 io Do., prime ......... 3 6 Vea1,..... . .......... Do., ......... 3 " BOROUGH HOP. e 4, bis 1 0 Several parcels of hops have changed hands t n s, : on speculation ; whilst the demand for colisl a ti o n steady, as follows :—Sussex pockets, per cwt, "'ti,' Weald of Kents', 90s to 108 s ; Mid and East ' to 1555. COLONIAL. weo SUGAR,--The demand was t o l era bl y goou.m "44 part of the w ee k, excep t f or W est India, vla'to dull throughout. M aur iti us so ld b riskly at 363,100'4 good and fine yellow, and at 33 s 6d t o 35 s 6d , BeDbW mid. • mid. and fine brown realised 30s 6d to 3 33 34$ has been sold to a small extent, by auction, at . 061 3 e l s j 35s 6d for good mid. yellow, 31s to 32s 6d for or 4 .00 a et grey, and 268 to 30s for low to good brown. 661,,! ) , 0 6 tine white Benares partly sold at 38s 6d to or l yeli grainy white was taken in at 41s to 445. Super e , eo brought 995. Yellow Havannah was mostly ''' full prices ; o r d. t o fi ne b rown, 335. to 355. 6d ; yellow, 36 s t o 37s 6d; and fine, 40 s . p er cwt. It :wf`i)o6l t. t ie, been cheap er , b rown l umps b eing 43s to 44s Per " 1 413 ;6. COFFEE.—There has been an inactive market• r e was taken in early in the week, at 47s 6d to 48s 0 Plantation Ceyl on b e i ng in demand, however, 4t, 0113te for fine ord, an d a t 57 s 6 d to 63s 6d for mid to . 66 1 0 Since then, good ord Native has been sold sat 475, and Plantation has been taken in at 52s fine ord pale triage re a li s i ng 42 s t o Ms 6d, and r ior ris 63s to 65s per cwt. M oc h a was ta k en i n at 8 53 0 3 0 garbled. Mysore was withdrawn, at 49s to 54)3. Rica sold rather l ower , fi ne or d to fine f i ne o rd s t, . 61 , C 01: to 525. J ava was t a k en i n at 548 for old bro wn' P r pan% 's .6 COCOA.—Trinidad h as b een t a k en i n a t . to 36 i s s o gi* mid, and good gre y, an d 37 s 6 d to 40s for mid. red. RICE.—The market has been firm. Bengal g , „ -- ,!tov white was taken in a t 12s, and Moulmein sold at I°' for paddy to fair peeled. SALTPETRE.—The demand has improved, and been firm. Bengal sold at 29s to 29s 6d for 5i te .„` o „h and fine, and at 25 s f or mid., i 2 per cent. refrac ts - 00. 1 , SPlCES.—Ginger has been in rather less deman d a 00„ 1 at previous r a t es . C a li cu t 30 s to 358 for ord. ii%re.„ old but very w orm y. P epper sold at lid to 7id 31.0' mid, old Singapore, and at 3P for mid. and gr0..5.' 00 ,1 , 0 , bar. Nutm egs were t a k en i n at is 7d for Dutch 'id COCHINEAL.—There has been a fair demand) duras has een sod at 38 8d t 38 10d. th e COTTON. b —This l article has been dull at about vious rates. , 11? ,fr! TEA.—There has b een a goo d d ea l of excitement btoJeo market, and, pendi ng th e d ec i s i on of Parliament, 10 ers have refrain e d f rom pay i ng duties. Conga. tt D' ) is lAd has b een i n goo d demand, and common. ,6 10.}d to 10Ad. t , 4' TALLOW.—This arti c l e h as b een dull, at 46s 9cl per cwt. on the s p o t. Oi l I Jr GREEN FRUIT--A better demand exists for Two cargoes of oranges from St. Michael have arrir,l-0 o*, of which, sold by K ee li ng and Hunt at public sale,: . `6, 1 a high figure. Li s b on are l ower. The stoc k e' „ d ay light, and one cargo of Seville China remain " ° "oe'l Lemons are in request. Nuts likewise, w ith the A io efi ° tion of Barcelona, which are ls. per b ag cheaper. . 1 0 t t. grapes scarce, 30s. to 40s. per barrel being the Pr i tainable. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG ROUNDS. ~,. PO Bath.—Tuesd a y, Lansdown ' • Friday, , "''''' i Marshfield—at half-past eleven. tt v Hon. G. Petre's.—Thursday, Leaden-bridg past eleven. FOX HOtTNDS, Atherstone—Monday, Gopsall ; WednesdaY , .on Village ; Friday, Three Pots ; Saturday, itr quarter to eleven. rrhur° Badsworth. Tuesday, Barnsdale-bar • t O A ; Purston-bar; Saturday, South Hiendley, at lawr Duke of Bea u f or t' s. —M onday, Hare and i3I ii st•c iP Wednesday, Christian Malford ; Thursday, Saturday, Lacock Village. -0,T,.,0Q- Bramham Mo or . —M on d ay, H arewood ; yterA Bramham-park ; F r id ay , Ch urch Fenton ; Sa Woodhall. Burton Hunt.—Monday, Langworth-bridg e ' day, Linwood by Rasen ; Wednesday, Brant 1310 n iefo' Village ; Thursday, M ag i n - moor ; Saturday, StS P moor—at eleven. 13 1$c Col. Conyers's.—Monday, Myless; Wednesday , , more ; Saturday, Matching -green —at half-pastlteeoso,l; Cottesmore. M on d ay, Colsterworth ; yistJ'• Wardley Toll-bar ; Thursday, Burley-on-the -I h' l day, Owston Wood—at eleven. tt n Craven.—Monday, Aborne Chase ; Wednes day '/ / villes ; Friday, Fi e ld r id ge ; Saturday, Shaw-I'3us a quarter to eleven. IV;; Crawley and Horsh am —M on d ay, Turne r's-I,n4Vr nesday, Field Commim ; Frid a y, H ors h am To" a quarter to eleven. rim ao East Essex.—Tu e sd a y, P e b marsh-street ; Mark's-hill—half-past ten ; Saturday, the Green P P ' —at eleven. gat0 14.4 South Essex.—Tuesd a y, H utton Malting; Pr' West Tilbury-green —at ten. Essex and Suffolk.--Tuesday, Artleigh C r° ,:,eo• day, Hintlesham Park G a t e — at a quarter to e,' 1 111- Mr. Farquhars on ' s .—M onday, Meicomb-par'a, ,ej day, Kingston Rus se ll ; Wednesday, Coke's -w°° Earl Fitzwilliam's.__Monday, Ashton Wold ; 0 3 t ell ' nesday, Bythor n T o ll-b ar ; Friday, Walcot-park 06,1: Mr. H. G. G reaves ' s. — Monday, ClaytborP e sirelt °. day, Holbeck ; Thursday, Hainton ; •S a turday, wood—at eleven. 13'I rler Herefordshire.—T ues d ay, P ontrilas ; Fr iday, gate—at half-past ten. Holderness,—Monday, Burton Agnes ; Tuesday', side-house, Lond es b oroug h ; Thursday, Sproatlei' day, Cranswick Toll-bar- -at a quarter to elev en ' # Mr. M. Ingram's.—Monday, Chartley-castl e day, Drakelow ; Saturday, New-inn, Needwooa quarter to eleven. Ledbury.—Monday, Duke of York, Berrov/ ; Ham-bridge —at h a lf-p as t e l even. man Mr. Lumley s.—Monday, Scrooby-inn ; Sparkin-hill ; Thursday, A r mthorpe-village ; '- Grove—at half past eleven. Fri dsS Mr. Lushington's.— Tuesday, Leeds-castle ; Long-mile --at eleven. Monmouthshire.—Monday, King of Prussia ; day, Ragland—at half-past ten. 0 Mr. Morgan's.-IVlonday, Lodge.gate, F e Thursday, Pitland-corner — at half-past ten. otirc l , ) Pytchley.—Monday, Sywell-village ; Tuesday,oo,o Brampton ; Wednesday, Crick ; F r id a y, • L '' Saturday, Dodford—at a quarter to eleven. CP I :3 Rufford.—Monday, Hardwick-hill ; T n esdep orvi o stone; Thursday, Cocking-moor; Saturday, J:1 —at half-past ten. Duke of Rutland's.—Monday, Harby ; TueecK'ottj ir ton Toll- s bar ec ; .—t W onm e ß d o n unrn e d s a d ey a n y, park—at half-past ten. Piper-hole ; }WAY , oeo' pad Mr. A. Smith's.—m o jd a a y tS , wood ; Friday, Porton-firs ; Saturday, hill ; Wednesday, Wherweli-wood Thu'rsdaY , rsdaY, r i4 Thursday, S hro t h w ra al w i f ib b p u e a u rr sit . e T nr esd i e : g oto_,,,e , —at eleven. -to '11; be Somerset Subscription. —Tuesday, Buncont Friday, Wick -park n tre e —at a quarter to e e • „,„ ; „ e -e Southdown. —Monday, Ratton ; Friday, - 1 -" r 8 , —at half -past ten. Suff olk. —Tuesday, Norton Do • Thursday, heath -mill ;S t d 0 d h g ll ta a ur-ay, us en- a—a „ th e eleven. 0.- Clarencl°ll" Sir R. Sutton's.—Monday, Sixth Mile-ston r t joe Welford road —at eleven ; Tuesday, Kegw°- Bar r at twenty minutes past eleven ; Wednesday, hall ; Th urs d ay, Thorpe Satchv ill e ; F r iday, ' 1 pool Inn—at eleven. nesday, Welham ; Friday, Acton-wold—at haunciescV, Warwickshire.—Monday, Bedlam's-end 4 Sir Tatton Sykes's.—Monday, Birdsall-hotne,o; ttae,,o• Weston-house; Thursday, Frankton-wood; a ll u_itirter to ton-kennels ; Sautrday, Suitterfield_at q eleven. Wheatland.—Tuesday, Oldbury ; park--at half-past ten. Friday, ' Tali : I.k (cl' ranga fa ce El do 1 Pole° Et n ; e droit, ' , lf T:riae ' , Pub 151 , 1 i- - t oa yll s ,ire p le b e . -Al.-..___