The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-06 00:00:00

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Later' sun , to be The f e : ) ur y earn , se nteu 6 - )y Eztrai 9 King ° ,' a dinn er ea eralo ada ant m : were P re vening' 5 on , b , o e , l e Testi" - givc „WOW he treats' Four" Ceuts' r TEIF' 7e, ‘ ;er e3L -Yta coo, :re as ve 2 s el A [o°- wielY; Ror l ' tho PU" . y,-:..^ 1 THE CONTINENT'. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 31st ult., contains telegrap'lic dispatch from the Governor of Seville to the President of the Council, dated the previous days 26 minutes past eight, annoancing that the Duchess de Montp'nsier had happily given birth to a daughter, at ten o'clock in the evening of the 29th ult. The Gazette publishes an announcement from the Junta, on the public debt, that the amount of sums offered for conversion into 3 per cent. stock, was 123,840,971 teals, all of which being less than the amount fixed by the Government were accepted with the exception of one made by a gentleman named Lasserre, of Paris, which was rejected on account of not being regularly drawn up. The Dutch squadron under Rear-Admiral Bauri cius had left Cadiz, after three weeks' stay; during which, it is said, the crews conducted themselves admirably. GERMANY. The Austrian Correspondence announces the open• ing of the Customs Conferences at Vienna. It make, no mention of the contents of the document presented, nor of the terms of the speech of Count Buol Schau enstein. The Count congratulated the plenipoten tiaries 00 the alacrity they had shown in attending the conferences. Count Lahrenfeld, Minister for Bavaria, replied to Count Buol. Count de Grunn, aide de camp to the Emperor of Austria, has been replaced by Major General Count dedkoeller. This change is a matter of some im portance under the present circumstances, as Count de Grunn had great influence with the Emperor, and was much opposed to any arrangement with Prussia on the Customs question. It is said that the dismis sal of the Count is to be attributed to the desire of the Emperor for an arrangement with Prussia. The Cologne Gazette states from Berlin, the 2d inst. :—" The interview which was to take place next year between the Emperors of Russia and Austria will take place sooner. The two Sovereigns will meet at Warsaw. The King of Saxony arrived to day from Dresden; he was received at the railway station by Prince Adalbert. After breakfasting with the King of Prussia, at the chateau of Sans Souci, his Majesty continued his journey to Schwerin." The Vosg Gazette states from Vienna, Ist inst. : " Dr. Hock has this day communicated to the Cus toms Congress the propositions of the Austrian Government. It is probable that the Congress will confine its labours to the examination of the points on which an understanding nay be come to with Prussia, Hanover, and the other German States. It is only in the event of all attempts of an agreement failing, that Austria and the allied States will decide on adopting the definitive unilateral measures." ITALY. The Piedmemtese Gazette, of the 2(1, announces that the King of Sardinia has entrusted Count Cavour with the composition of a new Cabinet. The Opinione of Turin, of the 23, corrects the statement it made the day before, respecting the con ditions proposed to the King of Sardinia by Count Revel, in the event of his accepting office, and states that none of them were anti-constitutional. In the sitting of the 27th ult. of the Royal Court at Ylorence, the examination of the other defendants in the case of high treason was proceeded with. Pan tanelli, accused of having acted as secretary to the popular club of Siena, of having distinguished himself as an agitator, and ce-operated in the pulling down of the grand ducal arms, &c., replied that, in avow ing his republican opinions at the time, he committed no crime ; he denied having taken a part in certain conferences held at Siena by Montanelli with some demagogues, and complained that he had not been able to produce witnesses. The Court having observed that he had bean perfectly free to call as many wit neases as he liked at his own expense, he replied that such liberty was tantamount to a prohibition, inasmuch as he had no pecuniary means at his ccm mand.—Henry Valtancoli was next examined. He is known as a virulent writer, and is described in the indictment as director and chief editor of the radical paper 11 Popolano, and accused of exciting rebellion, aiding in establishing the republic, approving of the assassination of Count Rossi, &c. The defendant, after pleading prescription, and declaring that the description given of him was erroneous, seeing that he bad never been the responsible editor of the Popolano, objected that he had never co-operated with,Nicnlini, nor with the Ministers under trial; that, on the Bth February, while the club was assem bled under the portico of L' og,agno, to announce to the people the flight of the Grand Duke, he (Val tancoli) staid at home ; that he had no confidence in the Ministers of that period; and that his paper, con sequently, was an opposition paper. He added, that he had believed Nicolini to be a Government agent, but only because public rumour pointed him out as such. After explaining the spirit of several of his articles which had appeared in the Popolano, he admitted that he was present at the meeting of the club which took place in the Teatro Nuova, but denied his having addressed the meeting. Guerrazzi than rose and submitted a question to the Court, which he wished to be addressed to Valtancoli. I❑ answer to this, the latter retracted certain passages of his written examinations which related to Guerrazzi, and which, he said, were dictated by the animosity he felt against Guerrazzi, who had got him arrested. (Valtancoli's arrest dates from March, 1849.) The Court then adjourned to the following day. The international company for the Austro-Parmese and Modanese Customs line was officially installed at Milan on the 28th ult. The Board of Health at Leghorn has imposed a quarantine of five days upon all arrivals from Con stantinople. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople to the 21st ultimo have been received via Vienna. The remainder of the funds intended for the reimbursement of the first payment of the loan was sent off by the English packet on the 19th of October. It could not be sent by the French packet in consequence of the difficulty in procuring gold, and particularly foreign gold. The Government has, however, decided on taking measures beforehand, so as not to meet with simi lar embarrassment with subsequent remittances, and it will, in case of need, send ingots to Europe. The same mail has also brought a considerable amount in bills on Paris and on London. The Sultan went to the Porte on the 19th, as it is the custom to do every time that he appoints a new Grand Vizi r ; th e v i s it gave r i se t o no incident of any moment. The sudden departure of the french vessel the Ajaccio from her anchorage, at Therapia, in the night of the Mt; caused some de gree of excitement among the Turks, and was the subject of various comments among the newsmongers of Pers. The only motive for her departure was, that she was sent to the Dardanelles to meet Count Bacciochi. While the Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia Were disputing about a question of prece dence on the subject of the congratulations which they had been charged to offer on the part of the Sultan to the Emperor of Russia on his passing near the frontiers of Turkey, the Czar left, and these gen tlemen found themselves too late. The Porte has signified its disapprobation of their conduct in the affair. Tai MEDITBARLNEAN.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Sultan, Captain George Brooks, arrived here at five o'clock yesterday evening, bringing ship-letter bags and dates from — Constantinople, Oct. 19 ; Smyrna, Oct. 22; Malta, Oct. 25; Gibraltar, Oct. 31. The Bombay mails, comprised in about 50 boxes, left at Malta by the Bentinck, have been brought home by this steamer. The Sultan brings 212 packages of gold coin, value 207,6001. sterling, the principal part of which was shipped at Constantinople by the Turkish Government, and consigned to their agents in London, for the purpose of reimbursing the holders of that portion of the Turkish loan recently negotiated in England, which has been repudiated, and its ratification refused by the Ottoman Porte. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.—In cotvequenco of n. recent decision of the official referees, a circular has been issued by several of the distrie surveyors, an nouncing that henceforth it will not be permitted to leave openings in new buildings prt parltory to addis tions being erected, which it is well known has been the custom since the Act came into force. ARREST OF FOREIGNERS IN HULL, FOR STEALING 5 001.—At the Hull Police Court on Thursday, two fo reigners, of gentlemanly appearance, named Hermann Lorentz and Carl Ilangry, and who stated themselves to be tobacconists, were charged with hiving stolen, along . with other persons, 3,500 dollars of the kingdom of Prussia, being about 5001 sterling, the property of Madame Auguste Hirschfield, It appears that the pri soners absconded from Berlin some time b tck, taking with them the money in question. They were re- Mantled. A NEW MOVEMENT AT THE BAR.—A body of gen tlemen at the Bar have determined to commence, on Monday next, a regular attendance at the Westminster County Court, and for the convenience of robing, holding c onsultations, and having a library on the spot, have secured a set of chambers in St. Martin's-court, in the immediate proximity of the Court. house. They intend to hold themselves at liberty upon prcper occasions to exercise their common-law right of direct communication with the client. It is their intention in cases under 201., where no great difficulty is likely to arise, or much time to be consumed, to act in common with the special pleaders at the Bar, and to mark half.a-guinea on their briefs, if they get any. STRANGE STATEMENT.—The maistrates at Gorey, In the county Wexford, held an investigation of a re markable character indeed. A constable on the estate etlllr. F orster, an English merchant, charged Colonel ! w en, th e agent to that gentleman, with offering him /to assassinate the former agent. The Colonel in dignantly denied the execrable eharge, and the constable committed f or per j ury . He firmly adheres to his statement. I 1 ~r~-' FUNERAL HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION. TBE MINT REFORMED AND UNREFORMED. 01 THE Much attention has of late been excited in the social, moneyed. and artistic world, by the appearance and ac tive progress of an association supported by distinguished names, and undertaking to apply the vast power and facilities of action, eccured by combined capital to an object so gererally interesting in these days, as the maintenance, on a sound, permanent , and remunerative foundation, of; n great national opera. It is now gene rally known that the announcement of the project in question has been followed by the practical result of a rapid subscription of capital, and t h a t the association must therefore be considered to have taken its place among the substantial existences of the world. The public will therefore be doubtless anxious to learn on what principles, and through what new and improved regulations of system, it is proposed by the directors of this enterprise at once to meet the groat existing de mands of the public taste and convenience, and to secure for the capital invested a safe and permanent return. The following are some of the principal data on which the originators of the plan have relied, and of the ad vantages which they will offer to the shareholders and to the public:—The investment of combined capital iu theatrical cue rprises, though new (at least in an ex tended forte) to this country, has long been tried, and found to answer in Paris. All the theatres of that capital which do not depend on Government aid aro the pro perty of associated subscribers. As an instance of the success with which the operation of the system has been attended there, it may be mentioned that the shares of the Palaie Royal Theatre, originally sold at 1,000 fa., are now worth 11,000 fra , paying the original holders a dividend of cent. per cent. Tnis extrordinary scale of return must, of course, vary with local eircum !tepees ; but, as a general fact, the great advantages in the command of capital secured by combination ere evident, and will be found to increase in proportion to the magnitude of the undertaking. Thus—there is, of course, a vast saving of expenditure to be effected by starting with a paid-up capital adequate to meet all current demands at the moment, and to maintain a good reserved fund—repeated experience has shown the extent of loss and sacrifice to which individual projectors have been exposed by the absence of this kind of security, which can really only be supplied by combination. It is also conceived that such increase of economy will be obtained by the financial control of a vigilant working committee, whose agency will, moreover, enable the managing director to devote to his immediate duties of management his whole time and energy, unencumbered by the labour and responsibility of a business discharged with so much more ease and efficiency by a board or committee. One of the most important considerations which it was necessary to determine has been the nature and degree of the privileges which should be enjoyed by share holders of her Mejesty's theatre, in virtue of their pro prietorship. These it is intended to arrange on the following scale:— " A Proprietor of 50 Shares will be entitled to a per sonal entrie for all representations; of 100 shares a re served seat in the pit for all representations; of 150 shares, at pit stall for two representations a-week, the particular days being selected by the shareholder in his preliminary notice; and of 200 shares, a pit stall for all representations. " 1. The pit will be divided into separate seats, each seat to be numbered; but space will be retained for general circulation. "2. A proprietor of 50 shares and upwards, may, before the Ist of February, preceding each season, transfer his privilege of admission during that season to a nominee; and a proprietor of shares constituting two or more of the above qualifications, may, in like man ner, transfer each privilege to a nominee, who will bo entitled to the privilege transferred in lieu of the pro prietor. " 3. The right of admission to a stall or reserved seat may be transferred nightly, by voucher from the pro prietor or his nominee ; the transferee paying for each representation half the usual price of admission. " 4. The actual holder on the Ist of February in each year of the number of shares specified above, will be the proprietor entitled to the proportionate privileges during the ensuing season. "5. The intention of the proprietor to avail himself of the above privileges, must b© declared before the let of February preceding each season. " 6 In the event of a proprietor not desiring to avail himself of the above privileges, it will be at his option to have an allowance, equal in the whole to 4 per cent. on his shares, in payment or diminution of any subscrip tion, for not less than 15 nights, which he may enter into for a box or otherwise. )ITKE OF TWELLINOTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SI . —Tho paragraph in your paper of the 28th inst., with regard to the mint and scarcity of silver coin, having emanated from authority, I am not disposed to dispute its substantial accuracy. The coinage in about four months of 160,0001. of silver, or at the rate of 480,0001. a year, is certainly not an affair to boast of, and quite inadequate to the necessities of the public. The value of the gold is in figures withheld, and I pre sume, therefore, the amount was inconsiderable, say 500,000/. Now such a lamentable statement as this naturally provokes a comparison between the mint reformed, the mint of Wood, Trevelyan, & Co. on the cheap and grind ing system, and the old respectable establishment which never failed to adequately supply the public wants, even in the most difficult times during a period of 35 years. In the Parliamentary report one million ster ling per annum is set down as the amount which the mint could coin in silver, besides an extensive coinage of gold, an amount, therefore, double what is now issued to the public. On whom the responsibility of this measure of reform falls, I cannot say, but its cons( quences are too grave and important not to extort some enquiry. The Bank of England, and bankers generally, are much emblrassed by the want of coin, and the supply is but a drop in com parison with the exigency of the ease. The gold con is leaving the country with extraordinary ra pidity, at the rate of 400,000/ a week, and the mint is is found wholly unable to meet the drain. Representa tions are made by the Bank almost daily, but the Mint only make promises which have not yet been fulfilled. The power of the Mint having been often proved in former times, what reason can be assigned for the pre sent defalcation, but the inertness of the establishment ? The reform seems to have proved a failure ; and Par liament should call them to account who thus, through ignorance and incapacity, trifle with our public in stitutions, and, under the foolish plea of economy do inconceivable mischief to the public service. For the only notion of refo rm preva ili ng amongst the sapient men who rule at th e T reasur y, is an apparent saving of money, regardless a ltogether of the superior value of power and efficiency. I s a y an apparent saving, for eventually nothing can b e g a ined under a system which underpays public officers, and often perpetrate such acts of injustice as would entitle a man to the cold shoulder in society. _ OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LYING IN STATE AND PROGRAMME OP TEE PROCESSION. The whole of the preparations for the fitting recep tion of the body of the deceased Duke, and its lying in state at the hall of Chelsea College Hospital, will be completed by Wednesday next, the 10th inst. On that day the body will be privately removed, in a hearse and four, from Walmer Castle to the Dover station of the London and Dover Railway, and from thence, accompanied by a guard of honour, brought by special train to London. Immediately afterwards it will be removed in a hearse, under an escort of cavalry, to the hall of Chelsea College Hospital, where it will remain until the night of the 17th. The whole of the proceedings, up to the arrival of the body at Chelsea will be conducted with the strict est privacy ; arid with this view it will be so arranged that the special train conveying the remain , . wili arrive at the terminus at the Bricklayers' Arms dur ing the night time. On the afternoon of Thursday, the 11th, the veterans of ,Chelsea will be admitted to gaze for the last time upon the remains of bin by whom many of them were so often led to victory. Upon the same occasion the representatives of the press will also be present. On Friday, the 12th, the lying in state will commence, but the admission on this day will be restricted to t hose who are provided with tickets from the Lord Chamberlain's office. The following Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes day, the public will be admitted without tickets. In the evening of Wednesday, the 17th of November, the body, escorted by cavalry as before, will be re moved to the audience chamber of the Horse Guards, where it will remain for the night. On the following morning, at seven o'clock, the procession will com mence forming in St. James's-park, and precisely at half-past seven will proceed up Constitution-hill, through Piccadilly, by St. James's• street, along Pall mall, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, aad the Strand to Temple-bar, and thence to the Cathedral. If proof were needed of these principles of mere com mon sense, the present state of the Mint amply provides one; and I am certain that many months cannot or ought not pass over without a strict and rigid enquiry being made into the reforms, and the unscrupulous way in which they have been effected. Any fool may destroy, but it needs a wise man to build-up, and with that proverbial expression, I conclude for the present.—l am, &c., October 29. OBSERVER. ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY.- IS IT " TO BE, OR ?'OT TO BE." (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) A railway from Cowes to Newport could be con structed probably at a cheaper rate than between any ue no cuttings or other two towns similarly distan c ed i n t h e kingdom. The coach road from Newport to Co wes measures five miles, but a railway would not exceed f our - an d-a-half as and proposed,oon consequently q by the side of the river, and the land through whic h i t would be carried is almost miles on a i dead carried,level, v em bankments would he required. There are no gentlemen's houses, parks, or pleasure-grounds on the line, and very few houses of any description. There is not even a public road requiring a bridge over it. The land on the whole line is of very little value, and termini might be carried to the business parts of Cowes and New port at a trifling expense. Almost the whole of the land is in the hands of ono gentleman, and we have reason to believe that he would rather pro mote than oppose the undertaking. The traffic would be considerably more on this part than on any other part of the proposed railway. Then why not try this part first? The owners of the land between Newport and Ventnor, and Newport and Ryde, are opposed to the introduction of railways. The cost of cuttings be tween those towns is stated to be another great objec tion; but let there be a rail laid from Cowes to Newport, and very little time would elapse before they would be carried on to Ventnor and Ride. It is only wonderful that the South-Western Railway Company have not before this seen the immense advantage that a railway from Newport to Cowes would be to them, and that the trifle that it would cost to have one has not long since induced them to promote its construction. As to its de stroying the beauties of the island, there is not a part of the proposed railway from Cowes to Newport, after leaving either terminus, that would be within half-a mile of any carriage road!! " 7. To suit the convenience of individual sharehold ers, the committee will have a discretionary power, before the commencement of each season, and by his arrange ment with the shareholder, to substitute for his right of admission daring that season any equivalent rights. " 8. A discretionary power will likewise be vested in the committee to extend such further privileges to the shareholders, in proportion to their shares, as circum stances may be found to allow; and generally to make such regulations as may appear expedient for the general interests of the proprietory body. " 9. The above privileges are independent of the di vidend received by the proprietor in respect of his shares." CHATHAM.--A report is current at this port that the Orion, 80, and Royal George, 120, will be very shortly converted into screw-slips.--Portsmouth Times. [The sooner the better. A man of war with the screw is worth two with out—as the first great naval action will prove.—ED. Sun.] THE PRUSSIAN AUTHORITIES AND THE DUBLIN EISHIBITION.—We understand that the example of the French President, and the official heads of the industrial and artistic departments of France and Belgium, in promising Mr. Roney their utmost co-operation towards the Great Irish Exhibition of next year, has been most generously followed by the Prussian authorities, and that the contributions from the Zollverein will hardly be inferior in mamitude, variety, or costliness to the famous section under tae same head at the World's Fair in 1851.. It will be noticed that reserved seats in the pit are spoken of as among the privileges of shareholders, and this involves ione of the great improvements and advan tages in the system of admission which it is intended to offer to the public. The pit will bo divided throughout into numbered seats, any ono of which may be secured for the eveni:ug, and reserved; no increase in the price of admission bei ug made in consequence of the advance in comfort and con venience which will thus be effected. The stalls eki ill retain their original position and character. There c can be no doubt that such an arrangement will be of the greatest advantage to the frequenters of the Opera—a ill increase the numbers of the steady habitual audience and will bring within the reach of many an enjoyment which, between the dread of expense and the fear of crowd and difficulty, they have hitherto denied them selves. Such is a brief account of the plan and intentiC ns of Her Majesty's Theatre Association, as far as they have been at present determined. Many details, of course, remain to be settled, but enough has been d one to show that the project will be carried out on a libtrral and well-considered system, and that it is based o n a foundation promising every degree of permaneace a s a moneyed speculation, as well as extensive and improved provision for the public demand in which it has origina ted—for a systematic, sure, and constant supply of tine highest compositions of dramatic talent and musical met. FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY IN IRELAND.—Mr. Dela• hunt,coroner for the county of Waterford, stated at the last meeting of the board of guardians, that be had held, during the past year, thirty inquests on persons who died in the fields from destitution. CONVOCATION AT YORK.—The adjourned Convoca tion was held in the Chapter-house of York Cathedral yesterday (Friday), at noon. Previous to its assembling, two memorials had been forwarded to his Grace the Archbishop of York, deprecating the meeting of Con vocation for the dispatch of business at the present time. One was from the Archdeaconry of Craven, in the dio cese of Ripon, signed by 182 of the clergy; and the other was from 181 of the clergy of the diocese of York. After the close of the morning service, the Rev. C. Hawkins, canon residentiary, the commissioner for his Grace the Archbishop of York, the President of Convo cation (who was also represented by the Rev. Canon Dixon, another commissioner). immediately proceeded to the Chapter-house, attended by Mr. J. Buckle, the registrar, and Mr. C. A. Thiselton, his Grace's secretary. The Rev. Canon Hawkins presided. The business was commenced by the registrar reading the Queen's writ of summons, and afterwards th e A rc hbi s hop' s commis sion, appointing the Rev. Can on H aw ki ns hi s commis sioner. The Archbishop's app ar it or th en made th e ca ll of parties summoned to assemble by the Archbishop's mandate. The registrar then made the individual call according to the mandate, and recorded the presence of parties as they answered thereto. Protests from the diocese of Durham, from the Dean and Chapter of Dur ham, from the archdeaconry and clergy of Lindisfarne, and from the archdeaconry of Northumberland, were presented, all of which were rejected by the Commis sioner in the following terms:—" I wholly reject these protestations as frivolous and trifling. and in no way pertinent to the present business." The Convocation was then prorogued until the 17th of May next. THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HULL.—What the police were unable to do, a number of scientific and reverend gentlemen have accomplished. The ghost is laid. Up to Saturday night its knockings were as vigorous as ever; but, on that evening, a deputation of gentlemen visited the house, and, ever since, all has been as quiet as possible. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL IX IRELAND,—It is generally understood in the Hall of the Four Courts that the following gentlemen are about to be called to the inner bar :—Hans Henry Hamilton, home circuit; Edmond Hayes, LL.D., home circuit; William Westropp Brereton, Munster cir cuit; James Robinson, Connaught circuit; Ross S. Moore, M.P., for Armagh, northeast circuit; Hamilton Smythe, h ome c ircuit; Patrick J. Blake, Connaught circuit; s. Robert Longfield, Munster circuit. RECRUIT ING IN IRELAND.—The accounts from the country show that very little cats be effected in the way of obtaining recruits for the army, owing to the effects of emigration and the improved state of employment. BANE RETURNS.—The returns of the Bank of England for the week ending the 30th ult., when compared with that for the preceding week, exhibits the following changes the liabilities, an increase of public deposits of 2 15,5241.; a decrease of other deposits of 868,5011.; an increase of rest of 1,9051.; and an increase of seven-day and other bills of 29,0901. In the assets the return shows an increase of other securities of 116,6351. ; a decrease of reserve of notes of 621,800 1 .; a decrease of gold and silver coin of 117,6871. ; in the Government securities there is no alteration. The bullion in the issue and banki n g department together amounted to 21,158,2684, which, as compared with 21,244,3151., the amount of the previous week's return, shows a decrease of 86,0471. The notes in circulation amounted to 23,813,0551., which, as compared with 23,160,215 1 ., the amount of the previ ous week's return, shows an increase of 652,8501. RIOT AT KEIGHLEY, YORKSHIRE. The manufac turing town of Keighley, in the West Riding of York shire, has been in a state of great commotion for some days. It appears that on Sunday morning week Daniel ; Johnson, a gamekeeper in the service of Mr. W. Bus . feild Ferrand, of Harden Grange, encountered a gang of poachers in Marlow Wood. He approached them; but he had no sooner done so than a brutal attack was made upon him by the poachers. A reward of 101. was offered for them; and, on Saturday last, three of the men, named Mark Noble, William Hudson, and William Townend, were safely placed in durance. On Tuesday last they were brought before Mr. E. Greenwood, and Mr. J. Greenwood, and Mr. John Brigg, West Riding magistrates, at Keighley, on a charge of aggravated as sault on Daniel Johnson at Marlow, on the morning of Sandsy, the 17th ult.; and the result was, that the defendants were held to bail to answer the charge at the sessions. Thus far the law appears to have been su preme. But as Daniel Johnson was leaving the magis trees' court at Keighley he was surrounded by a motley I crowd of persons some of whom are said to be notorious ' poachers, and abused, hooted, and pelted. The crowd gathered as it proceeded. Some of the more active among the crowd were armed with heavy bludgeons, and were exceedingly violent in their demeanour. The assemblage grew larger, instead of diminishing, and some of the leaders became mere violent. The result was, that ono of the magistrates came into the street to read the Riot Act. Tho crowd refused to disperse. The next step was to dispatch a telegraphic message for the military at Bradford, and at half-past nine o'clock a de tachment racks on Bradford Moor, left the Bradford railway sta , tion for Keighley. The appearance of the soldiers soon restored order. THE §UN, 'LONDON; SATURDAY EVI NING- 1 'NOVRIVIWER 6, 1 8 g. RAILWAY AM A LG AMATIOIV, THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices. Business done this day. FUNERAL CAR OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The Lord Chamberlain having requested the Superintendents of the Department of Practical Art to suggest a suitable design for the Car, the following are the arrangements which have been approved of by her Majesty :—The leading idea adopted has been to obtain soldier-like simplicity, with grandeur, solem nity, and reality. Whatever there is, coffin, bier, trophies, and metal carriage, all are real, and every thing in the nature of a sham bas been eschewed. The dimensions have been controlled by the height and width of Temple-bar, which will not admit any thing much higher than seventeen feet. The design of the car, based upon the general idea suggested by the superintendents, was given by the Art Superin tendent, Mr. Redgrave,but its constructive and orna mental details have been worked out and superintended by Professor Semper, whilst the details relating to the woven fabrics and heraldry, have been designed by Mr. 0. Hudson, both being professors in the department. The car, with its various equipments, consists of four stages or compartments. 1. The coffin will be the principal object on the car, at the summit uncovered, having simply the usual military accoutrements, cap, sword, &c., upon it. To shelter the coffin and pall from rain, a small canopy of rich tissue, formed of a pattern suggested by Indian embroidery, will be sup ported by halberds. The tissue will consist of silver and silk, woven by Messrs. Keith, of Spitalfields ; and at the corners will be hung chaplets of real laurel. (This canopy will not be used if the day is fine.) 2. The bier will be covered with a black velvet pall, diapered alternately with the Duke's crest and Field-marshal's batons across, worked in silver, and having rich silver-lace fringe of laurel leaves, with the legend, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." The frieze has been embroidered under Mr. Hudson's directions, and worked partly by students of the Female School of Ornamental Art. 3. The platform of the car will be of an architec tural treatment, gilt, on which will be inscribed the names of the Duke's victories. The construction and modelling are executed by Mr. Jackson, of Rath bone-place. In the centre, at the four sides, are to be military trophies of modern arms, helmets, guns, flags, and drums, being real implements furnished by , the Ordnance. The whole will be placed on a car riage richly ornamented in bronze, about 20 feet long and 11 feet wide. Professor Semper has directed this portion. The modelling has been executed partly by Mr. Whittaker, a scholar, and Mr. Willes, a student of the department, and partly at Messrs. Jackson's establishment. The modelling of the Duke's arms has been entrusted to Mr. Thomas. The castings have been apportioned as follows : the wheels to Messrs. Tylers, of Warwick-lane ; the corner figures of fame holding palms, to Messrs. Stuart and Smith, of Sheffield ; the panels of fame to Messrs. Hooles, of Sheffield ; the lions' heads to Mr. Messenger, of Bir mingham; and the spandrels, moulding, and Duke's arms, to Mr. Robinson, of Pimlico. The carriage, built by Messrs. Barker, will be drawn by 12 horses draped, with the Duke's arms, three abreast, lead by serjeants of the Horse Artillery. The superintend ence of the whole is entrusted to Messrs. Minting. MAIDSTONE versus MACAULAY. We received last night the following letter, which, like hat of yesterday, we print verbatim et liberatim:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. 71, South Audley•street, Nov. 5, 1852. Sir,—lf I were to say, as you pleasantly express (" artistically speaking,") that you had been guilty o garbling a Mss, the " purely artistical purpose," or even the " intention of grotesque contrast," which I might plead, would hardly bear me blameless ; but if I bring the charge against you apart from these high literary considerations, and prove it, too, the matter must rest between you and your conscience. You certainly stated in this Morning's Times, that you had puhlish'd my letter to Mr. Macaulay, verbatim. If so, what has become of this sentence which as certainly form'd a part of it, when it came into your hands. " Recollect I This is not the first occasion upon which Scotchmen of your (Mr. Mucaulay's) station and preten sions, have had cause to regret an unprovoled onslaught upon Englishmen of mine." So much for your good faith; now for your leading article. You appear to me to misstate or wilfully per vert the whole drift of Mr. Macaulay's argument. His text when strip't of fluff and bustle is simply this— " Lord Derby's followers, as a body, will profess any thing to get a seat in Parliament"! There is the charge fairly stated; and believe me, it is ono which has nothing whatever to do with Hexameters, or Pentameters. Now, Sir ! it may be within the range of your recol lection, that when the late Mr. O'Connell deed to charge the Committees of a House of Commons of which I was a Member, with perjury in the lump, I thought it my duty to resent the scandalous imputation. For the same reasons which actuated me then, I now resent an equally scandalous imputation advanced by Mr. Macaulay. My Free-Trade Hexameters are fair game to him or any other critic. As a political squib, they seem in fair way of securing more than an average share of Eaten ! tion. I complain of nothing on this head ; but my honour shall never lie at another's mercy, if I know it. A propos de bottes, Pray don't continue to propagate a strange error ; viz, that " there is nothing light and cheery about me." Get into a patent Hansom ! Drive to Bruton St ! Ask the clerk of the Council, (and even you consider him an authority,) if you are not mistaken on this head ! I will abide by his decision. But to return to the record: Mr Macaulay goes down express (accidentally of course, but just two days before tho meeting of Parliament) to the cock-pit of modern Athens. Ile there exhibits himself as a sort of literary Shake-bag, and crows immoderately, till his voice at length fails him. Very well! Yet for all that, he must take the rough with the smooth. "Caw me! caw thee," is a local air which ho cannot expect to carry away with him. It requires an orchestra of Provosts, Baillies, and finnan haddock eaters to elicit all its beauties. To conclude, you are utterly mistaken in supposing that I have any intention of damaging Mr Macaulay, as you term it. I like a good stand up fight, and can shake hands both before and after it; but while it is in pro gress, the more I punish my adversary the better I ate p!eased. After it is over, I shall be among the first to run for surgeon for him, if he needs one. I am, Sir, your obedt. servant, M AIDSTONE. BELGtAfe COIN.—The Belgian Minister of Finance has just introduced into the Chamber of Representatives a bill for demonetizing 25-franc pieces, and replacing by pieces of 20 fr ancs each. Accor di ng to the 0 5- flrsatnne January,pieces w i I c B e s a 3 s e, andto be wille theta f i t e o g rm al s n o n t r . r t e h n e e y b l after th 2 be received in Treasury payments, and even exchanged by the receivers of Government t axes t i l l the 30th December next. The new 20-franc pieces will be one gramme in weight, and as regards the extent to which they will be admitted in ordinary payments, the same regulations will apply as are at present iu force with re ference to the 25-franc pieces. MIDDLESEX FREETIOLD LAND SOCIETY.—Last night a meeting of the above society was held at the C ast l e Tavern, Kentish-town—Mr. William Dyke in the chair. Although this society has only existed ten months,l,3so shares have been taken, and above 36 acres of land have been purchased on the Finchley-road. The estate will be forthwith divided into 256 ullotteents for distribution among the members. The meeting having been addressed" by Mr. Lewis, the secretary, and several other gentle men, nearly the entire meeting enrolled themselves members of the society. IRISH TRADE.—There has been a very remarkable improvement in the trade between Dublin and Liver pool since the commencement of the present year, ex tending to exports as well as imports. On Friday and Saturday last, five steamers belonging to the City of Dublin Company, left that harbour for Liverpool fully freighted with cattle, corn, provisions, and various arti cles of produce; and the exports are steadily augment ing. On the other hand, the imports, chiefly of Eng lish manufactured goods, are now, perhaps, greater in amount than at any termer period. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A Capital Match is the title of an excellent farce, produced on Thursday evening with unqualified succes s.. Mr. J. W. Morton has contributed this most droll adap tation of a piece at present highly popular in Paris. N .r. Sunnyside, a restless, middle-aged gentleman, aspires to the hand of Mrs. Singleton, a widow, who, however, d e clares that she will not again enter into the bonds of matrimony until her niece Rosamund is married. It is, therefore, the anxiety of the enthusiastic Sunnyside that the young lady in question shall be provided with a hus band as soon as possible, and ho scours Gloucestersli4 i re from one end to the other to find her a suitor_ but only to meet with disappointment, for Miss Rosamund rejsc ts the whole forty-six that he picks up for her with equal brevity and peremptoriness. The truth is she has boon privately married. This, Sunnyside at length discovers, and restrained only by the threat that the secret husband is a " crack shot " and a very dangerous man to offend, he is compelled to contrivance to entrop Mrs. Singleton. To describe the embroglio whiseh ensu s would be impossible, for the niece affects to accept a captain in the navy, who is courting the aunt, the captain imposes her on Sunnyside, and. a perpetual Succession of dilemmas ensue , ending in be discomfiture of the little hero, who eventually not only loses the widow, but a municipal appointment, which .he has cunningly surrendered to further his projects upon the former. The farce is full of diverting complications, and as each step that Sunnyside takes becomes more embarrassing, so the more ludicrous and ridiculous is t is position. The part of Sunnyside,a stolid personage, who is played upon by everybody about him, and is in a co nstant state of ludicrous mystification, is peculiarly suited to Mr. Keeley. His eagerness to get the girl ou t of the way, and negotiate a union with anybody that happens to turn up, and the bemuddled state in which he finds himself at last, when the mutual relations of the whole of the dramatis personae are rendered by the supreme cleverness of his intrigues confused and uncer tain, are essentially and irresistibly comic. He was well supported by Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray . , and Mr. Howe. TRIAL BY JURY. The fifty-eighth anniversary of the acquittals of ' Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, and John Thelwall, Esqrs., was kept last evening at Radley'a Hotel, Black friars, at which upwards of seventy gentlemen sat down to u really splendid dinner. The chair was occupied by J. H. Parry, Esq. After grace wus said, and the oloth removed, the Chairman proposed the first toast, which had always been given in meetings like the present since the commencement of the society—it was that of " Th e People, the sole source of legitimate power." (Cheer. 3.) It was a great comfort to them that when almost the whole of Continental Europe was opposed by a military despotism, they could, though the government of this country was monarchical, give the toast he had the honour to propose. (Cheers.) This toast, together with the usual loyal toasts, and that of " Trial by Jury," Was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. Too CHAIRMAN then gave the toast of the evening. That was (he said) the fifty-eighth anniversary of a very remarkable passage in English history, and whether that passage in history was written by Mr. Twiss in his life or Lord Eldon, or Mr. Macaulay, who believed in the in fallibility of Whig principles, it claimed the attention of all parties. In 1794, when the great principles of liberty burst forth from France, their Government in this COllll- try,instead of encouraging, and wisely controlling that spirit, combined with the despots of Europe to crush ;it; and not the least attempt to do so was the trial of those patriotic men whcse acquittal they were met to celebrate. (Cheers.) He gave, in conclusion, The memory .of Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, John Thelwall, and the other patriotic individuals associated with them." (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with honours; after which Mr. LAWRENCE proposed "The Jurymen who triedand the Counsel wh o d e f en d e d H orne T o oke and his companions on that memorable occasion," which was disposed of in a similar manner. " The Liberty of the Press," " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world," and " The health of the Chairmen," were drunk in bumpers. Mr PARRY returned thanks; after which the meeting separated, after spending a most delightful evening. Mr Cassins acted as toast-master, and performed ins duties iu a most elicient and creditable manner. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Having for many years observed the independent and impartial tone which your paper has always evinced upon mitten', whether political or not, and recol lecting the immense amount of information which you furnished at the time when railway projects and property were so constantly before the numerous Committees of both Houses of Parliament a few years ago, I propose, if you will, to lay a few remarks before the public, through your columns, on the important subject of Railway Amalgamation which is just new engrossing so much of general attention. The time for doing so is the more appropriate, apart from the reason just assigned; for we are at length ar rived at a definite position in our railway system. The great body of the country is furnished with the main trunk lines which form the avenues of commerce, and the chief means of minor social intercourse. The sub sidiary branches which were necessary to connect secondary but yet highly important places and districts with the arteries of the country, have, in a vast number of instances, been construati d, end urn in daily admirable working order. A network ot railways is a term that is no longer an hyperbole in England. A single glance at the map will prove its correctness and astonish us with the amount of the skill and capital that has b-en expended for its completion, and the magnitude of the advantages which have been enjoyed by every class of the community from its constitution. The benefits derived from railways have been incalcu lable. To say nothing at present of the immensity of those operations which have put 200,000 labourers into constant employment during the last ten years,—thus relieving the poor rate and the labour market to an in calculable extent—which have brought into play an amount of artistic and mechanical skill which was never equalled, and which never could have been suspected— which have elicited an amount of business-talent, and a depth, variety, magnitude, and adaptedness of scientific attainment which has so wonderfully advanced the great ness and the wealth of the country, and placed her prosperity on the surest and most enduring basis: to say nothing of all this, we have only to look at this grand network of railways, to hear the daily accounts ot how time has been almost annihilated, how convenience has been furthered, and how the country has progressed in solid wealth at the present moment, and how its pro gress has been provided for the future, to become in some degree aware of tho importance of our great railway system of communication. And yet railways do not pay, or least they do not re turn such dividends as ought to be paid for the immense amount of skill, labour, and attainment as are represented by the investments of the shareholders, and the energy, thought, and power, by which these investments are, or ought to be, turned to account for the benefit of the deposi tors, through the use of whose capital the several lines have been formed. It is generally supposed, so generally in deed that it has become an axiom, that all adventures entered upon by private individuals, however numerous, however wealthy, however combined, are to a certain extent hazardous, decidedly more so than any that are promulgated by the authority of a state, however tem porary or insecure in character it may be. This notion has prevailed from time immemorial, and with the repu diation of the United States before their eyes, the griev ous malversations of the Mexican bonds, the hollow de ficiency of the Austrian loan, and the miserable short comings of the Spanish and Portuguese Governments, patent to their senses, Englishmen have rather trusted to state credit than to tho security proffered by pub lic faith, through the instrumentality and sound organi zation of a number of private individuals. Such being the case, the principle is evidently esta blished that private enterpriae !light to reap a higher reward than any that can be obtained from investments in a state fund. All experience is in favour of such a view. Just in proportion to the risk, so ought to be the gain. If the risk in railways he but small, it is at any rate affirmed that no state countenance secures the divi dends. Yet why should not this be at least virtually the case. If there be no state authority to throw its mantle of protection over the shareholders, there is at least the banding together of true and honourable men, whose char acters and whose properties more than countervail, by far, the questionable advantage of party or political pupil lage, and standing on the groundwork of their own merits, ought to be able to put forth the hand to pluck the fruit ot that perseverance and wisdom by which its maturity has been at length completed. But it is not so. In innumerable instances the share holders are unable to taste that for which they have wrought. It is not because they are too small in their number, for numerically they are of more importance than the creditors of the national debt itself. The amount of property which they hold now reaches to more than 300,000,0001. starling, an amount that has never been subscribed by private enterprize before since the world began. Looking at the matter, in its relative as well as its direct bearings, it would appear that it becomes of national con cern. It may not indeed be too much to assert that there is hardly a town or a hamlet in the kingdom in which there is not some one immediately interested in our rail way system. Being of the nature of freehold property—for though the shares are mere personality, the basis of their value is unquestionably freehold—a lower rate of return has been put up with than would under any other circum stances have been endured. But yet, though of freehold nature, it is not more so than is funded pro perty, but partakes of its character—the only difference being that the whole property of the state is pledged to reimburse and secure the fundholder, while the share- holder has only his own lino and the security of his fel low-shareholders to fall back upon. He ought, therefore, to receive the greater reward, especially as ho has nut only to rest upon the security of the property, but, also upon the good faith of those with whom he acts, and with whom, it should be remembered, he is a partner, and upon whose credit, to a certain extent at least, its value depends. But, Sir, I must remember that your space is valuable, I will, therefore, conclude for to-day; and, in my next, show how this immense mass of property has been affected by its past management, and how it is likely to be affected, and how the public is likely to bo affected by the proposed fusion of interests among several of the great companies now in progress, and who, in their constituents, comprise nearly the whole of the moneyed population of the country, remaining, Sir, your very obedient servant, I.3r(t. ALLEGED DEATH FROM 110MCNOPATRY TO THE EDITOR 01 THE SUN. SIR,—On Thursday last, a report headed " Death from Ilotnesopathy—Arrest of Professor Jones," appeared in the columns of 2' hc Sun. This report, with that portion of the public unacquainted with benefits conferred on the human race, would tend to injure that valuable sys tem, and the character of such men as the talented and distinguished Dr. Epps, Dr. Curie, and others. The facts of the case aro these :—On the 12th of October I was called in to see a Mrs. Margaret Sedgwick, of 6, Kingston Russel-place, Camden-town. On entering her room she informed mo that she was suffering from an attack of biliousness of four days' standing, but on exa mining her, I found that she was suffering from inflam mation of the lungs, particularly of the right one, evi dently of some days' standing. Her bowels had been opened freely on the 10th by medicine. I immediately informed her friends of the nature of her malady—its liability to a fatal termination, the four days' neglect having added much to its gravity—and expressed a strong wish to meet Dr. Epps in consultation, one of the first authorities in homeopathy. In the report it is stated that the inquest was held at the request of Mr. Sedgwick ; but this he distinctly denies, and states that it was at the wish of Mr. MacLaren. The charge brought against me then is, that I neglected to open the person's bowels, and upon this slight foundation an at tempt is made to trump up a charge of manslaughter. Mr. MacLaren, on seeing the patient, immediately charged me with having neglected to open the bowels, forgetting that they had beets opened freely on the 10th by medicine taken of the patient's own accord, and once naturally during the week; and so confident was he that this was the cause of death, that he states in the certifi cate that " she died from neglect on the part of the homeopathic practitioner to open her bowels." It is very evident that Mr. MacLaren is quite ignorant of the advances made by Piorry during the last few years, otherwise he must have known that no accumula• tion in the bowels could exist without being detected. In his evidence he states that five clysters were exhibited, and that they came away in the same state as they were given, and that purgatives were also given by the mouth. On surprise being expressed by the friends at this, " Oh!" he exclaims, " the accumulation exists higher up, and out of reach of the fluid injected." Had any accu mulation in the bowels existed, would it have escaped the notice of Drs. Epps, Curie, and Jones ? Certainly not. They knew that it did not exist, and that there wore no purgatives or evacuants called for. The after-death examination bears out the opinion expressed by these three gentlemen. Mr. MacLaren, in his evidence, is obliged unwillingly to confess that there was no accu mulation in the bowels. Another medical man present at the examination also establishes this fact. The Coroner, on finding that death did not take place from the cause named in the certificate, immediately said, " I suppose, Mr. MacLaren. you mean to say that she died from the general nullity of treatment." t In the course of the examination, the Coroner twice remarked that Dr. Jones's evidence was highly necessary, as ho alone could speak as to the state of t h e person previous to her coming under Mr. MacLaren's care. To this Dr. Jones replied that, us a medical tritncss he should be very happy to give his evidence, but to this he ob jected. Dr. Jones then requested permission to be al lowed to put some questions to the medical witnesses. To this he readily consented; but as soon as the evidence of the medical men was taken, then he began to make some remarks almost foreign to the subject, and ended by calling on the jury to sum up. On hearing this, Dr. Jones felt indignant, as every person would have done, on being so duped, and in the heat of the moment said that ho bad broken his word, and had not behaved as a gentleman or a professional man, and that ho sat there as an unbiassed person to administer justice. This ho had not done by his remarks to the jury, in terming the system a filly and a delusion. I was then ordered into the custody of the summoning officer, in whose charge I remained until the jury had returned their verdict of Died from inflammation of the lungs," when, on stat ing that I had no inte n ti on o f i nsult i ng the Court, I w as discharged, but nev er th e l ess repeate d the same words as I had before said.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, DAVID GRIFFITIJS JONgS, M,D. 29 to 29,4 - 63 101 - 10% 6* —5% dis. 21% 22* 3 —2% dis. 105 106 57% 581 4 23 —24 17% 17% 5 4 dis. 7% - St 4% 5 3% 4 12y s 12% 10 - 10% --6 % - 7 4 76 -78 56 —5B 76 —7B 24 —26 56 —5B 83 —B4 47 —49 • 119 120 504 51% 95i 96% 85 —B7 11 —l2 p 87 —87% 3% 3 dim. 2% 2 dim. 17% 18 8 3 / 4 - 9 —2% p 106 107 125 —125 k 3% 4 1 4 p 1% —2% p 93% 94 3% 3 d 3 2 d 21 —22 32% 83% 8% 3 dis. 794 79% 45 —47 • • • .'" 49 -. 5 1 3% 2%dia. 3 1 4 3 1 4 45 —5O 7 . die. 37 —3B 6 Via. 2% 25 %di 5 4. 4 3 4 4 t 4 dig. 3% - 4%p. 48% 90 -92 60 -62 68 -70 1% — 1 1 X 20 —2l 10 10% 15 —l6 31% 3 d. 22 -23 79 - ISO 41. -41% 14 -15 4% - 5 —2% 13 13% 8 25 4, 26 % —lll% 70 1 ,4 1 '71% 7 dia. di 534 — 25 4 4 a. :RENCE SHARE xd 107 - 109 101 - 104 1 18% - 19 par i p 6 - sls- 3 1 3 4 - 2 p - 1 14% -15 4 1 171- - 173 3 -3% 126 - 128 112 - 113 8 % 918! sfi 1 p 109 110 %dia. par 152 155 ••• .''' Railways. Aberdeen 1001. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Junc. Bir. , Wolv., and Stour Valley ... all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., late 331.68.8 d., 281. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cans., all pd. Ditto, 201. . 18 1 A pd. Brist. & Exet., 100 pd. Caledonian ...100/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jet. 45/.pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee,Perth, & Aber deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (181. E. & H.)all pd. East. Counties ... all pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. Mara., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B & C., all pd. East Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd Edinb. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 100/. Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northn., 100/. pd D 0.% s. A Stk., 100/. p Do. B Stock,loo/. p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 1001. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lanc. & York., 100/. pd Do., Fifths l5 pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 113( p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby&St4t. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd London, Tilbury, and Southend: 3 pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct 100 p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p Do. Fifths 12/. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (a) lip Lon. & S.-West 100 L p Do. New 501., 42 1 ,4 id Do. New 40/. ...341. pd Lon. & Enniskil., all pd Man. Shef. & Lin.,loolp Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 1001. pd Do. Bir. & Derl 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire. 47% Do. 3 Shares, 1 % pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Newmarket —lOO/. pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford ...141 pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 1 ,4 p Norfolk 100/. pd Do. New 20/. 201. p North. Conn.Un. 8 %pd North British ...1001. p Nth. Devon, No.l, 131. p Do., No. 2 6% pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. 5/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pd N. & S.-W. June. 8 1 ,{, p 0xf.,W0r.,&W.,100/. p Scottish Centrallool. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & Do. do. Shrew. & Her 8L p shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6 % pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. .' . South Devon all pd South-Eastern 1001. pd South Wales all imll S.York. & Riv. Dun 151. Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 2s. 3d. Taff Vale 1261. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...19L pd Vale of Neath...l7L pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & Ber. 100Lp Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p York & N. Mid.looLpd PREF: Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2,7 per ct. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct.Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 5/. pd Caledonian, 10/. 100/ p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5 1 ,E per cent. 1% p Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd Ang. (31 10s)6 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/17s) 7 v. c. '2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct all p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 51 4 per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c.lOO pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc. 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Barks & H. Ex. 5 per cent). .6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. —6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848...91. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. —lOO/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c.llOOl. pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. Si. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all pi Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 101....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4 1 % per ct. 61/4 p Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 1001. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 1001. pd l Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Pref., 4} p.c. 5/. p it Norfolk Eaten all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 ,E pct. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p North British 1001. pd North Stafford all pd. Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Ditto ditto ... 61. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd Do. 5 per cant. 101 pd South Devon all pd Do. New 1 1 %pd St.-Eat. (Reading An nuities)...l/. Os. 6d pd Do., 4 1 ,4 p c 100/. p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3l. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Punt'. 101. pd South-Eel LINES LEAS: AT FIXED ,100. ,ENTALS. I Leasiag Business Companies. Railways. Companies. Nominal Prices. to-day. ...—...... ........-.--. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ... —.. Bir.& Oxt., gua. all Gt. Westn. 29% 80% Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar all pd Do. Do. without, all p Do. Buckinghash. all plLon. &N.W 108 110 Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 62 ..... 63 E. Lin., gua. 6 per 150 cent 1001. pd Gt. Northn. 149 -- 151 Gloucest. & Dean 32 ' , For all pd Gt. Westrn. 32% --83 Hartlepl. Dk. & I Yk. New. ... ... Railw. ...all pd 1 &Bervr. -3 115 Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N :IL _ _ 57 , L Do. Halves.,all p Do. ...... T; * —2B /11 14 % 14A Do. Quarts., all p Do. ..... 14 Lon. & Grenw., ali l S. Easte rn -, __ 4 _ 26% Do. Pref all pdl Do. ...... •IO L )we,,toft., per cent-l ua. ll gua. Norfolk ... IS% 19% o Do. Do. 6 p. et, all ' c & NI - NV 1 Manch. lluxtn, fL. & I 3 —3 y 4 & Matick, a 'A P t... s, - Bea M . Middlesbe all Stktn &Dar 59 Red car, 6 p. c.. 10S Blidind Brdt., all o P tlidland N. & E. , sp. c., all E. Counties 64 .-- 66 prem.. , & Wyre, f L.B4N.W I all paid t &La. &Y 1 ••• --- ... Ditto, Halves, A, 1001. pd Do. .. _.. Roy. & Hit.,looLp Gt. Northn. 15 . 0 Ib2; D 150 Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. 151 Shf. Rth. & Goole,l 5 p. c., 18.11.6 plan.&yk s .. S. Staffdsh., 9% p MrAi'Cl ean m % 2 i; dia. Wear Val. 6p c., a ll , S t kt& D ar Ditto ditto, all p 1 Do. Vi r iltB ei01:11 1001. 1 Qt,W 9§ 4 72 105% — 106; 10G 3% - ... pm ••• 4 p 9%- 10% 11% - 12% 5 A - 7 41 p %dig. ,M p %dia. ; 4 p 148 -- 150 par—gyp ••• ••• par % p 22% 23 % s '.i - 6 114- 2 100 - 102 2 - 2%p 11A-11% 1 17 —lB 7i —l% p 16 —16% %die.— i pm 26 -26 i ••• - ••• 19 -20 ... .." ... ia. 101 b3y— par lo3 5% „ 3 / 4 P 'tern, 4./ 2 per cent Railway& Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon,4 pd Dutch Rheniah...Bl. pd East Indian all pd Gt> Indian Perrin. all p Gmd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Great West. of Canada Shares 5% pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg ...141. pd Do. (Railway) 10/. pd Do 1% pd Do. (Canal) 2;4 pd Lyons & Avignon, 5 pd Madras 4... 4% pd Maria Antonia 2734 pd Do. New 8 54 pd Namur & Liege all pd Do. ex int. ...... all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & 80r...11/. pd Paris & Lyons...lol. pd Do. Bonds Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen —.all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Paris, Caen, and Cher bour & g. 4 pd Rouen pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Qeebec (A) 4l. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 9 1 . pdl Apia Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all P Asturian 151. p Australasian 21. pd Australian Si. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. 58. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del 8.151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper 4Ol. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 14l pd Eng. &Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgeoth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty .. pd Lon. & Cal.Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 9L p New Grenada pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip all pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10% South Australian, all pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd' Yuba 1 paid JOIN Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Corn. of London 20/. pd London Chart. Bank of Australia 2% pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 204 pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 851. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p Orient. Bk. Corp all pd Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold' Importing Com. Ipd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd : MU. Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land . . all pd De. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1p Gem Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...soL p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2k p Netherlands Land, 2 pd Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. p LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 6.—Wind at noon, W.N.W. Fresh breeze, and fine clear dry weather. DEAL, Nov. S.S.W. Arrived, Commodore, Melbourne; John Cooper, Calcutta; Tom Bowling►, Bombay. FALMOUTIL—Arrived, Betty and Johanne Mazallan, for Liverpool; Ninna, Quebec for Sunderland, leaky. LIVERPOOL, Nov. s•— Wind, S.S.E . to S.S.W. Ar rived, Corea, Charleston; Golionda, St. John's, N.B. Sailed, Bale, Africa. Put back, Brewer, for New York, leaky. Off port, Lady Franklin. COWES, Nov. s.—The Esmeralda, Liverpool to Singa pore, which put in with damage, must dis-harge. INVERNESS, Nov. 4.—The Fisch, Cardiff to Malmo; the Johann°, Liverpool to Weamar, and the Bravo, Liverpool to Stettin, have all put into Meurtown leaky, and with damage ; must discharge. PORTMADOC, NOV. s.—The Mary of this port Bailed from Peterhead for Bristol, and has not since been heard of. MALTA, OCT. s.—The Superb, Alexandria to London, the Helen, Ibrail to Queenstown, and the lye Male, have put in leaky, and with damage. The Buena, Speransa, hence for Queenstown, has put back leaky. The Catherine Hayes, Catania to Belfast, has been totally wrecked at Syracuse ; crew saved. HULL, Nov. s.—The wreck of . a foreign schooner of about 130 tons, painted black with a rod ribbon. bulwarks green inside, and the companion fixed athwart amidships, was passed Ist inst., lat. 54, lon. 2, also several casks of tallow. RAMSGATE, Nov. s. —Wind, S. by W., stormy. Aro rived, London to Bristol, with damage to hull, from con tact with the New Unity (8). OFF ILFRACOMBE, Nov. s.—Jenny, St. Vincent. BRISTOL, Nov. s.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived, Manna. Quebec. WATERFORD, Nov. 4.—Wind, W.S.S. Arrived, City of Durham, Callao. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. s.—Wind, S.E., gale. Arrived, Jane, Shields for London, leaky; Inverness, Sunderland for Havannab, with damage. WARKWORTE, Nov. 5.—A number of casks of tar, supposed to be part of the cargo of some stranded vessel, have washed on shore. A considerable portion of the cargo of the Maria Gustava have been saved. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 4.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived, Looseplank, Quebec ; Bowling, Monte Video • Arafis, New Orleans ; Acadia, St. John's, for Bristol. LIMERICK, Nov. 4.—Wind, 'W. Arrived, Inn' perable, New York. SLIGO, Nov. 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived, Lindont Quebec. STROMME3s.—Arrived, True Love, Davis' Sit s, with 4 flab, and 60 tons of oil on freight; Pacifi a, with seven ish. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1153. Taking for granted that as Easter Sundey falls on the 27L h of March, the Newarket Craven Meeting will be alma' for Monday, the 11th of Ap ril, and following days, the pri..ncipal meetings will commence next year aa under: stAncs. Coventry Si "r l ng ******** Liverpool ,Spring ......... 2 Northampton 3O W a rwick Spring l5 8 Doncaster Sp — 3, - ; ...... 8 Salisbury lO Aran.. -en ... 11 I Melton—. Newmarket Cri n ..... 19 Newmarket F. S 25 York Spring •••••• rd rd AT. Ch es ter ..... . ........... •••• 3 Bath .. 10 Manchester La Newmarket See 5p.... - Shrewsbury ll 1 Epsom 2{ JUNE. Ascot • Stockbridge 93 Hampton l5 Winchester .... 24 Bibury 2 2 Newcastle A TLT. Newmarket . ........... 5 1 Stamford 21 19 Worcester . r I Nottingham .............. Liverp001,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,, 13 Goodwood 26 Brighton .................. AUG Brighton Club ......... Wolverhampton ......... 8 Reading .................. 100 ut vr• Y . ork Wham ~........2 4 or 25 Do, rbY w ............. 25 Warwick SEPTE. 6 Doncaster Bedford L'Acester :MBES. I Ls .& ' l4, ... , , ......... 22 Maoci water Auta ran. 27 .. 22 Net ma, Iricot F. the • ..... OCTI Chester Autumn 4 Newmarket S. 0 1 13 N ER evi . marl , et 11......... 24 Worcester Epsom Autum❑ 3 [BIM. spool&dunatl ...... Wal Trick . kuttunn ...... 16 C _ THE AUSTRALIAN STEAM-r.A.O !LET 10ELIOuRNII. —Several of the passengers in this un lucky ship,'l who came home from Lisbon, had interviews witl 1 the direct ors yester day, and their statements of the acs zident which i befel the Melbourne, together with the genera?. condition at td accom modation of the ship, were received in. , detail. It is said that the directors intend to send out snot bar captain to take the ship on to her destination. It may be said that the com mander of her Majesty's steam-sloop. Inflexible, Corn launder Wooldridge, has had the experience ~ o f being the mail a gent for more than a year in the General Screi9 Coulpapy'SiebipS to the CAN!. 105% 6 57% 6y B 8 1 ,4 IN 3 / 4 404 4%i 3 5 / 8 125/8% to% % 7 % 77% 6% 77% 6►% 48 120 19 50% 1 96 VA 63i 8714 Yg 117/8 17% 18 17% 106% 6 124% 5 i % 93 82% % 793.1 i 4 57% 37% 7 12% 13 61 60 1 ,4 68 1 A - ..... 69 22 79 80 58% 4% 4 pm. pm. 113 149% 9 22 3'd 101 100% 2 fOREIUN. Closing Prices. ... - ••• 15 7 - 15 5% 6 1 3 1 %clis. 3 A 9 2 —2% 3% 4 par 1 p ••• -.7 7 i 4% 4 V A I A 31, 1 —1% 11 12 p 2 7 A 3 3'i 8 - 11% 6% - 71 4 37 -38 1413 4 - 15% iOi :- .i l /.1 P fiS -70 42 -43 36 ifi --371,4 224- 23 t q 4, 10% 10% ... dis. 4% 5 9A 10 MINES. .4 % I A P ••• ..... ••• 2% PAP % 1 M % dia. % Ya dis• 1 4 dis. par 6% 7 5% 6IA 2% 2% X t i:lis. —% p 1 44 —45 % 1 34 p 6'i ..... 7 % % di& % diel• % dis p —1% p % dis• 1 —1% p % % di&l % — 4 %1) 4 1 4 % % P 5 4 %P % %I) % dis. 13 14 - AP 111 h - 12L4 7%- 8% IA die. par 3i P '-STOCK BANKS. 59 - 59% 57 -58 15 - 16% 29 -30 31 """ • • • 18% - 82 -83 % -46% 18 3 A - 20 88 -89 46% - ... 16% - 17% 1 - 1' 49% - 50% 6 -6% 17 -18 ICELLANEOUS. 8 - 4 50 -Si SG - 87% 29 -SO 5 - 50% ... x.d 2 —2% 2% —2 y s 87 ... 42 42% 79 ... Nova: Business dons this day. 7% z/ 37% 7 % 311 1 41% 3714 6% zg 10 22 1 4 g 10% 4% 3i A 44% Ifi 2% 7y B 8% lb% % 51% lb% 1% 3i 154 ' l l Y 0 i f^- { i.. ti'.