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

• THEATRE ROYAL, IA Y MARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, The new and original Historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, liowe, and Parselle ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham and Mrs. Stirling. After which the laughable new Farce called a A CAPITAL MATCH, by Mr. Keeley and Miss Rosa Bennett. To conclude with the Comic Drama of WHO'S YOUR FRIEND ? or, The Queensberry Fete. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. thxtor Ste Managemeut of Madame Yestris. THIS grENENG, Noy. 6, spill bkperformed TAKING LT STORM. After which, the qew Comic Drama of MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Loaby, T. Matthews, Baker, and Suter; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Julia St. George, Miss M. (Ayer, Miss Fanny Baker, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE GOLDEN FLEtICE. Jason, Miss Julia St. George; Medea, Madame Vestris. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Claracters by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent far the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Alicroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Open for the Season. PrOPTIIICe, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Last Night of The Green Bushes and Jack Sheppard. The celebrated Drama of TILE GREEN BUSHES. or a Hundred Years Ago, by Madame Celeste, Miss Weolgar, Messrs. Honey, Paul Bedford, Emery, &c. To conclude with (at Second Price) the Historical ' MDramPaul a of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack, Mrs. Keeley; Bskin, r. Bedford. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. Tills EVENING Will be performed (Ninth time) a new and original Play, in flye acts, by Westland Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, Addison, and Ches ter ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by the Comedy of SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal characters la Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Addison, Chester, and Cathcart ; Missdrillurray, Leclerq, Daly, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. •Tha Sixth Night of the Dramatic Season. VII% EVENING (NOVEMBER the 6th) will be presented the rew gorgeous Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled THE BRIDE OF GOLCONDA ; or, the Genus of the Ring—supported by Messrs. Maddocks, Danavilie, Dolman, Smith, Craddock, Johnson, and Roberts ; Mesdames Fenton, M'Lean, Lydia Pearce, Sc.c. To be succeeded by the most brilliant Achievements of Scenes In the Arena. To conclude with the popular Farce of MISCHIEF' MAKING. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Halt-past :;ix o'clock; Box-ottice open from Eleven to to Four daily. Half Price at ball-past Eight. PORTRAITS JAMES. And so the Lord Viscount INIAInsToNE puts spurs to his hobbihorsical fury, and endeavours to administer what ALLAN RAMSAY calls a " lounder ing lick," in one of the scenes of his " Gmatle Shep- herd." No gentle shepherd, howbeit, is this—what though he profanely insinuates a resemblance between himself and DAVID, the Royal Prophet. He speaks to T. B. MACAULAY, Esquire, as one who has recently addressed his "Philistines at Edinburgh,"—thereby drawing a comparison between his antagonist and GOLIATH. Instead, however, cf collecting pebbles in the Terybinthine valley, the DAVID of 71, South And ley-street, appears to have picked up a few potsherds and perhaps a little mud with them, out of the pellucid current of Fleet-ditch, and to have slung them under handed at the form of his giant opponent. In his very remarkable communication, Viscount MAID STONE talks of taking a hint from the clown at Drury-lane Theatre. Perhaps it may so happen that he may, on the contrary, give a hint to Master MOTLEY for the purposes of the forthcoming panto mime. And thus the fabrication of hexameters, and ;he compiling of an Arabian epic, and the scribbling of scolding epistles, may be altogether eclipsed by the circumstance of the patrician pen-mender throwing out some valuable suggestions to enhance the fun of a harlequinade. habitations, the cleansings of the hospitals, and the still more disgusting waste of more than two millions of human beings. There, comes with the turn of the tide, the renewed visitations of these sickening inflic tions, rendered more pestilential by the bilge-water A patrician can it be, whose letter wa have been perusing ? Rather is not this the manner of one familiar with the phraseology of the counter and the dialect of the shopocracy ? Listen ! " Give your orders, Mr. MACAULAY ! They shall be punctually and other abominations of whole fleets of foreigners, Indiamen, fruit vessels, coasters, colliers, convict hulks, fishing-boats, and dung-barges ! Besides all ;his, we have countless steamers of all clasps corn- pleting the horrible mixture, more deadly than ever compounded in the witch's cauldron, working up the fever-feedings and death-draughts, dashing hither and thither, washing abroad the floating putridities at high water, and stirring up the fetid mass at low, and thus finally accomplishing the modern application of the " ancient crystal stream," by actually con verting it into the common sewerage of London— making it the "cloaca maxima" of the metropolis of the world. Nor can any efforts of human ingenuity restore the Thames to its pristine putrity. Something might be accomplished by the expenditure of many millions of money, and the unceasing devotion of some 20 or 30 years to the Augean labour. The only effective plan would be, the interception, by a judicious and well devised system of drains and sewers, of every contri butive impurity up to the very springs from which it flows ; with the consequent discharge of the aggre gated sewerage below any existing outlet of the kind, and the reconstruction of every local system of sewers, from the smallest township on the banks of the river, to the great emporium of commerce included. This is the very principle proposed to be adopted with reference to the river Wandle, by the New Company. From Croydon, Carshalton, and where ever else the springs constituting the sources of that river rise, down to Wandsworth, and the confluence of the Wandle with the Thames, it is intended to con struct an entirely new system of drainage and sewer age—to collect the proceeds at various eligible points, to be disposed of for agricultural and horticultural purposes, and, having thus benefited the inhabitants of each town in its course, by providing them with the sanitary means demanded at their hands by the Board of Health, and brought along a pure and perfectly healthy stream to Wandsworth, participated in by all in its passage thither—to convey it in an unpolluted state to reservoirs at different levels, rendering the alti tude of 300 feet above Trinity high-water mark, and thence to distribute it, at constant high service, throughout the entire district of South London, affording an unlimited supply to the topmost floor of any building in the locality. In other words, at the most moderate charges, and in the mode above de scribed, to supply abundantly with water—and that the best by any means attainable, as is testified on the highest and most disinterested authorities—a commu nity comprising in round numbers the occupiers of 85,000 houses,of which scarcely more than one-half are now intermittingly, sparingly, and imperfectly served, at very high rates, with compound extracts of the Thames in various stages of impurity, from the de ceptively clear to the more palpably thickened mix ture of a repulsive liquid, abounding with living ani n2alculce and the graduated decompositions of the dead of all descriptions. We might multiply proofs in favour of the propo sition almost without end. We might illustrate in detail the natural causes of the superiority of the wa ter—the manifest advantages of constant supply at high service—the beneficial results, in every respect, that must accrue to the inhabitants throughout the whole course of operations, whether of conservation or distribution—and the moral as well as social im provement that must ensue ; but neither time nor space will permit. We may, however, adduce some tangible evidence of the highly remunerative nature of such undertakings, assuming that, if the worst and most inadequately suppled article is extremely profit able, much more so should be the best of its kind, furnished in almost unlimited quantities. The following, then, is the nearest approximation to the truth attainable by the public of the gains made by the existing companies in the Southern District. Their gross annual rental for the impure and restricted supply exceeds 78,0001, by far the greater portion whereof may be set down as clear gain ; and this, be it remembered, on a capital of about 160,000/. On the north side, we find that the original stc of the New River Company was about 200,0001., which, by the yearly investment of a portion of the dieidends, has been increased to the present fixed capital of 1,500,0001.! ! The original 100/. share, therefore, now represents 7501.—and a single share Was recently sold for 17,0001.! !! Such results must prove sufficiently encouraging to those making investments in the Wandle Water and Sewerage Company. It is true that such inordinate profits as those above referred to are not contemplated by the Company—but there is every reason to be lieve that the maximum dividend now sanctioned by the Legislature —namely, TEN PEE CENT. (!) will speedily be attained. We, therefore, now cordially congratulate the promoters and shareholders on these auspicious prospects, and also the community on the speedy prospect of obtaining so great a boon, which must be regarded as of immense local, if not of ❑ational, importance ; and, in conclusion, unhesitat ingly and unequivocally express our thorough confi dence in the ultimate and complete success of the undertaking. attended to !" Our dear friend, RICHAUD SWIVELLER, spoke somewhat after the same fashion, but it was while showering blows innumerable upon the devoted head and shoulders of Mr. DANIEL glum-, of Tower-wharf. It was then DICK inquired— " Will you have any more ?"—capering round his victim in a kind of a war-dance invented for the occasion adding, " Don't say ' No,' if you'd rather not. A large assortment always on hand. Country orders attended to with punctuality and dispatch." Not thus does Viscount Maidstone address his assailant, the representative of the City of Edinburgh. Accepting for the sake of argument the correctness of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S sneer at us that we were little better than a nation of shopkeepers, we can't feel much surprised when we hear even a nobleman talking so much in the tones of TITMOUSE, and in the style of a linendraper—saying, " Give your orders, Mr. MACAULAY ! They shall be punctually attended to." The phrase might be redeemed by its having the faintest pretension to drollery. But not so—there is not a quiver of the lip except of rage, not a sparkle of the eye except of malignity. The truth is Lord MAIDSTONE was in too much of a passion to be witty. Instead of poking fun he could only snort bluster. "In the meantime," saith he—with the stride of BOBADIL, and the swagging strut of BONI BASTES—" Gare a qui me touche." The motto is that inscribed upon the iron crown of CHARLEMAGNE, and is adopted now, we presume, as the crowning irony of Lord MAIDSTONE. Surely Mr. MACAULAY is tolerably well qualified to retort by hl3 own national motto—that of the thistle browsed upon by asinus—" Nemo me irnpune lacessit." We have a faint recollection of his having once stretched an " epic poet" on the wrack of criticism in the Edinburgh. We rather fancy acuter agony was never inflicted by the thumbscrew, the scavenger's daugh ter, the wheel, the weights, the garotte, the bow string, or the bastinado. If we remember rightly he pilloried one school of verse as " the Turkey-carpet style of poetry." If we are not much mistaken he ventured even to brand the tenderer passages of SOUTHEY—some with indelible disgust, and some with inextinguiahable ridicule—by complaining that all his heroes loved " like seraphim or like cattle"—not like human creatures. He has done terrible things with other men before now in his capacity as the most remorseless of reviewers—dealing about him right and left with a classical bowie-knife and a scholarly tomahawk. There are author's now living of whom it may be said in a literary sense, that he has slit their noses, and cut off their ears, and branded their cheeks, and bored through their tongues. Yet the writer of " hexameters," the Lord Viscount MainsTosa, rises valiantly as becomes a descendent of JAMES GRAHLM, of Dundee, and solemnly ad dresses this warning to the Right Hon. THOMAS B ABINGTON MACAULAY :—" Recollect!" he exclaims, " this is not the first occasion upon which Scolchmen of your station and pretensions have had cause to regret an unprovoked onslaught upon Englishmen of mine." Now, either this means nothing at all, or it means that Lord MAIDSTONE likens himself to Lord BYRON. A-hem ! There is a refrain somewhere to one of the songs of BERANGER " Co-co.cockerico ! France remet ton schako— Cockerico ! Cockerico !" It means simply a cry we may often hear at the dawning of day, but not very often (fortunately) at the dawning of a career—a cry represented by our lexicographers by an ingenious word of five syllables— " Cock-a-doodle-doo !" WELLINGTON AND SOULT, And so Lord MAIDSTONE likens himself to Lord BinoN—looking (like the moon) " so modest all the while." And so closes a magnificent fanfaronade with the sublime " Gare a qui me touche l' And so endeth this " bout"—not, remember, between the big•endians and the little-endians, but of MAID• sTONE versus MACAULAY Lilliput against Brob dignag. We can scarcely conceive the constitution of a public company possessing stronger claims for public support, or more deserving of encouragement, than that of " THE WANDLEI WATER AND SEWERAGE COMPANY," whether considered in reference to the vast advantages which it offers to the inhabitants of South London, or as a merely commercial speculation of ample remunerative promise. Its objects, which are the complete purification of a river, even in its present state, purer than any other tributary to the Thames, by a system of drainage and sewerage, re productive in itself, and the cheap, abundant, and un ceasing supply of water, at high service, throughout the southern districts of London, are at once most legitimate and praiseworthy. Every disinterested person must now be convinced of the utter impossi bility of rendering the water of the Thames bend chilly available for general domestic purposes or for the support of human life. It may, however, not be uninteresting to consider the causes of the extraordi dary deterioration. of a river, once deemed as pure as any on the banks of which an important city was erected. When, in the latter end of the sixteenth century, the first works for the supply of the metropolis with water were erected at London Bridge, the stream from above was comparatively limpid and wholesome, whilst below the " Pool" was a vast lake, that, at the ebb tide, became almost as pregnant with life-bestow ing influences as the downward flow of "the silver winding Thames," that then replaced the partial efflux of the receding sea. But, in the course of 270 years, the entire character of the original element has been changed. In specific gravity, once among the highest of moving waters, the water of the Thames is now perhaps more ponderous than any other that could be produced. It was the most pellucid and pure ; it is the most opaque and polluted—the dirtiest, darkest, muddiest. For ages it was the healthiest of Nature's bounteous gifts; but thoughtless, if not ungrateful, man has gradu ally, generation after generation, converted the sanitary blessing into an infectious curse. Down wards to its confluence with the ocean, and upwards to its sources, the virulence extends—every year adding to the baneful evils to which the Thames is subjected, heightening their intensity, and multiply ing their desketctive effects. But how could it be otherwise? How could we for a mome n t h o p e that the original purity of the stream could b e preserved ? Laden with the filthy refuse of twenty-two towns and some score of vil lages, the Tha odiousmes comes reeking along, to wallow in pollutions of the metropolis. There descend s th e ri fog-wafted smoke from hundreds of thousands o f myriads upon myriads of " London chimneys, whence are almost inces santly emitted blacks." There the waste e7Pd comprising compounds of innumerable c m anufactories are cliecta variety of animal and vegetable osing every decomposition and and m i ne ral poison. There streetsa lleys, lanes, and mingled with the rain water , t c h o e ur ts, an d mews, send, scavengers' leavings, foul, inky, and putrid. There, hourly, are poured into it the offal, of the food, the r i ac i n gs of the raiment, the scouriogs of the The Irish Religious Equality meeting came off duly on the 28th, in the Rotunda, at Dublin, and all things considered, it wag certainly much better than pro mise. The resolutions were at least quite as mode rate as Protestants would have adopted under similar circumstances. Indeed, we should say they might be compared advantageously with many which Pro testant associations and alliances have passed in Exeter-ball and elsewhere. They asserted the neces sity of settling the If sh Church question on the basis of equality, -as the only means which could or would dathlegalizedite aCatholics hostile tr view ee of w f th etll e Government peace produce content ; that the Irish Church Establishment was a badge n and of hi c ca o ht n conquest, e hl s ee t al , Catholics, a and prosperity of the kingdom; the laws which pro hibit ecclesiastical titles (that was the meaning), which require peculiar oaths and tests, or which ex clude from public offices on the ground of religious faith, ought to be repealed at once. Such was the substance of the manifesto voted at the meeting; and it would certainly be difficult for any thorough - going English Liberal to withold his assent from such reasonable propositions. Moreover, the speaking was for the most part quite in harmony with the fairness of the resolu tions. The Chairman, Mr. G. H. MOORE, M.P., in opening the discussion, totally repudiated " the impu tation that they desired ascendancy," and those who followed him, even the Rev. Mr. QUADE, P.P., did the same. Mr. Sergeant SHER adverted to the case of the MADIAIS, and denounced in strong language the conduct of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. "If it was true that this Prince had caused a man and a a. woman to be impri soned for two years for readin g the Bible in priva te, he would say, as a Roman Catholic, that none of his co-religionists could justify births ch and d education, proceeding. h e ( C w h b e b e i r d s . declare ) Asa Catholic, that the alleg by tion of the English press, that the conduct of this contemptible despot was consonant with the senti ments of the Catholic s of Ireland, was a foul calumny. (Hear, hear.) If after the efforts of illustrious Protestants in the cause of civil and re ligious liberty, no man stoo d up in that Conference of the Catholics of Ireland to denounce the conduct of the Duke of Tuscany, they would be deeply dis graced. (Hear, hear.)" We heartily rejoice that Catholics are found to assert such sentiments,and prove themselves British freemen, in an assembly of Catholics ; still more at the cordial way in which the Sergeant's remarks were received ; and yet more at the awkward manner in which Mr. LUCAS, M.P., who in his paper, the Tablet, had openly defended the Duke, was virtually compelled to apologize. He could only affect to deny the facts, which, however, the Duke himself does not deny. Perhaps it will be said that all this moderation and liberality was forced upon them by the discussions and animadver sions of the Press on their proposed meeting. It is, h owe ver, hardly fair to impugn the motives of public speakers. But be it so, grant that Irish Catholics can learn prudence by what they see and hear. We do net know that that is exactly the thing to throw in their teeth ; the contrary accusation has been the most common. But Dr. MAC HALE commending Mr. BEIGHTI THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1852. what will the Time: say to that ? The " Lion of Judah" has actually owned the Quaker's remedy. Yes, Dr. MacHaLt writes to the naeetag : "The elaborate .letter of the able member for Manchester shows that a strong ray of light he.s broken in on the English mind, relative to the source of our social disorders, as well as the practical remedy, which, if the country is to b.. saved must be strongly applied." Sc', Mr. Eniroa, .trisor's ass (we thank you heartily, however, for the fun you made us) 2Esor's ass has pitched you a second time over his head. We ran with you laughing as you bestrode him through your merry article, but laughed mcst when after all we saw you fling head foremost upon the hard:ground of the solid common sense of Mr. BRIGHT'S equit able proposals. We saw you remount, however, nothing daunted, and off again towards Dr. MAC HALE, who, with his infallible; " would submit to no arbitration." But, alas ! another fling up of the heels, and away you went Mr. Editor, head over heels, and MAAIALE and the Quaker staid laughing to see you. " Yes, for my part," says Joust TuAm— ,, give us each the million offered by the able Man chester Member, and I'm content " Well done Archbishop! Stick to that ! Back him Dr. CULLEN! Back him Irish Brigade ! The days of common sense for Ireland may then be nearer than any of us had thought. Our statesmen would be but too glad to accede to some plan approaching to reasonableness. The Liberal M.P.'s would gather round it ; public opinion would form rapidly in Eng land in its favoar: this country would be but too glad to heal the plaguy disease which has made Ireland so troublesome a member of the British family. Yes, consent to real equality, and it may not be long before you get it. Meantime, since Dr MAcHALE has be gun concession to reason, we hand over the Irish Episcopalians and Presbyterians to the lashing or lampooning of the Times. Who knows but that Dr. CooKE or the Archbishop of Armagh may soon gallop, adorned with long ears, through the leaders of the Times. If they do st an d i n th e way o f a f a i r compro mise—if it should come to this, that their horror of " endowing idolatry " does hinder or prevent a fair settlement for Ireland—let them know that the next proposition may be that the British Lion shall claim everything for the British people, and leave the bigots their own resources. IMPE RIA L PAR LIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DAY. The Speaker took the cha'r at 12 o'clock. The swearing in of members was proceeded with n the same order as yesterday, commencing with the county of Lancaster. In the first batch sworn we noticed were the Right Hon. Mr. Herries, the Right Hon. Mr. Henley, the Attorney-General, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Gladstone, Sir W. P. Wood, Mr. Bro therton, Mr. J. W. Cobbett, Mr. P. Peel, and Col. Sibthorp. The only metropolitan members who an swered to their names were Mr. T. S. Duncombe, Sir T. Shelley, and Mr. Masterman, Mr. A. W. Wil kinson, Mr. Williams, and .Mr. Pellatt. The swearing in continued till the house rose. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. BREFFET V. WINTERBOTTOM. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case, which was given for the plaintiff at the last Liverpool Assizes, should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection. The cause of action arose out of a dispute relative to a patent for applying an elastic stopper to a glass bottle, and it was contended for the defendant, that, inasmuch that the principle was old, any ono could avail himself of its application. The learned Judge, Mr. Justice Wightman, who tried the cause, held differently, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Their Lord ships this morning coincided with the view of the Judge, and refused the rule. CUSTOM S PROMOTIONS. , -It is said that the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Ross, many years Survey or - General, is tc be filled by the promotion of Mr. St. John, at present Inspector -General of Liverpool, and that he is to be replaced by Mr. Rolls, Landing Surveyor in London. Both are young in the service, compared to many that they tbus precede. The latter is an excellent practical officer, and the traders of Liverpool will not suffer by the exchange. He was the chief officer selected by the Commissioners of Customs to superintend that depprtment in the Crystal Palace in Hyde-park,fcr the satisfactory discharge of which he received the thanks of the Royal Commissioners, and also a token of come value. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 5. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess of Hohen lobe Langenburg, walked is the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took their ac customed walking and pony exercise. Mr. Phillip had the honour of attending at the Castle this morning, and submitting for the inspection of her Majesty and Prince Albert his pictures of Spanish scenery. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, accompanied by the Prince and Prin cess of llohonlohe Langenburg, drove out in an open carriage this afternoon, attended by the Countess of Desart. ------ Major-General Buckley and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, were in attendance an horseback. The Bishop of London had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Muflings, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secre tary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home-office. Dispatches for the Governor of Canada were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. THE DITIKE'S FUNERAL.—The procession, it is ex pected, will be two miles long. The vergers of St. Paul's on the occasion of Nelson's funeral, netted upwards of 1,0001. EXTENSION OF THE INCOME• TAX TO IRELAND, — It may be stated, on highly competent authority, that a semi-official communication has reached Dublin, conveying the comforting assurance that her Majesty's present advisers mean to submit a proposition, on the opening of the present session, for the extension of the Inceme-tax to Ireland. Ac cording to the plan in contemplation, it is intended that the tax shall be levied at the rate of live per cent. on incomes from fi(l. a year and upwards; the imposition, however, not to be extended to incomes derivable from profits in trades or menufactures. THE TORY WHIP.—Mr. Rumbold, the member for Yaraloutb, received one of the official circulars issued by Mr. Disraeli to the protectionist and Derbyite members of the new Parliament. Two Tory votes are thus to be reckoned for that borough. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT LEEDS:The ex-Premier has acc;ded to the request of the committee of the Leeds Mechatics' Institute and Literary Society to preside at the next soirée, which, in conpliance with his lordship's request, has been fixed to take place on the 2d of December. BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Mr. Samuel Laing, M.P., has, it is understood, resigned the chair of the board of this company ; remaining, however, in the direction. Mr. Laing was, it will be recollected, a salaried chairman ; and now that be is no longer able to give his undivided attention to the atLirs of the company, he has very properly relinquished the salary given with that view. SOUTII-EASTERN AND BRIGHTON COMPANIES. The amalgamation between these two companies is now con fidently spoken of as being in process of negotiation and nearly concluded. GUT FA` KES DAY.—Yesterday being the sth of November, the usual search Wf'S made in the parliamentary cellars to discover the shade of Guy, and prevent the blowing up of the Parliament. This serious operation took place shortly after eleven o'clock in the morning by several of the officer; of the two Houses of Parliament. Every nook and cornet was examined for the discovery of combustible ma terials calculated to blow up the New Palace of Westminster and the Peers and Commoners of the land, but none wero found. ELECTION PETITIONS.—A petition is about to be presented against the sitting member for the borough of Bridgnorth. It is confidently anticipated that there will be no difficulty in establishing a successful case against him. Bribery and intimidation are the grounds intended to be relied on. DECORATION OF EXETER HALL.—The alterations made in Exeter Hall last year left the ceiling, although curved, perfectly plain, with the exception of openings for ventilation, which in themselves were simple voids, and more useful than ornamental. The directors have given their assistance in the promotion of the public taste by authorising a laige outlay in the decoration of this noble apartment, en tirely by means of colour. To the seven ventilating circles in tie hipped hyperboloid ceiling, two more have been added, which give points d'appuijor a geometrical arrangement, and become essential features of the design, which consists of panelling formed by broad margins. The panels hold a white ornament on a blue ground, and are inserted into a general cream-coloured margin, which is, in fact, the ceiling, and this is elegantly subdivided by a fawn-coloured band of a :deep shade, relieved lsy a vermillion ornament between broad bands, which will appear little more than a line. The great central design thus described is confined by a very ornamental border of panels, recalling those in the ceiling, and completed by fleurons at the corners. The spectator will learn somewhat of the difficulty of the design, when in formed that, small as it looks from the floor, the outer mar gin is twelve feet wide. Handel 's Oratorio of the Messiah was given at the Hackney Road Chapel, last night, for the benefit of the Trust Fund. The artists were Misses Stabbach and Lascelles, Messrs. George Tedder an d Lawler, who acqu itt e d t h emse l ves first rate. The band, under the able direction of Herr ..einschuez, consisted of the first musicians of the day. The band and chorus numbered above 150 persons organist, Mr. Haskins.GoVE ENEBSEs t BENEVOLENT INSTlTUTlON.—Yes terdaylista fR no oo m fa s w for the than the a general court of the sub s cribers at this excellent institutionelection uf of 2 01. Hanover-squarefrom ia washeld annuitantsa t the 119 candidates. In the absence of t he Earl of Harrowby, who was to have ;presided, the chair was taken by the Rev. three Thomas King. In the course of the past year the large number of 2,535 governesses reaped in various ways the benefits of the institution. The total receipts in the benevo lent account were 15,8831. 10s. 3d, and the expenditure 15,724/. 15s. 41., leaving in hand a balance of 1581. 14.5. 11d. In the provident account the same items were severally 22,138/. Os. 51., 21,4471. 16s. Id., and 6901. 4s. The Rev, D. Laing, Hon. Sec., having read the minutes of the last meeting, the poll was opened and continued so for two hours. Scrutineers were then appointed , upon whose report the names of the successful candidates were declared. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. --A special genera court of i this corporation was held yesterday n the hall of the hospi tal, Crane-court, to consider a report by the committee in reference to some threatened deterioration of the property of the corporation, in consequence of the erection of new bui!d ings by a Mr. Ireland, in Fleur-delis -court, Fetter-lane' where the S c otti s h corporation possess some freehold h ouses . Resolutions were passed authorizing the committee to take legal or suc h o th er s teps as may be desirable i n d e f ence of their interests; and a deputation was appointed to wait upon and remonstrate with the Commissionerfrof Sewers, who in this instance do not appear to be so careful as might be sup posed of the sanatory condition of one of the narrowest and darkest courts in London. lONIAN ISLANDS.—Letters received from Corfu yesterday, dated 29th October, state that the fleet left th a t island on th e p rece ding day for Malta. The sickness, which had been co n fi ne d to the natives, had diminished, the wea ther was still very warm but as rain had commenced, a bene ficial change was looked for. VEGETABLES FOR THE TROOPS AT THE We hear from goo d a uthority, that Edwards' patent-pre serve d potato, sent out last year by t he commissariat for the service of the army engaged in the Kafir . war, has been so hi g hl y appreciated by the seldiers, that it has been recently deter mined that another large supply of this vegetable diet shall be forthwith dispatched for the use of our brave fellow s engaged in this arduous service. No less than 50,0001b 5 . have been order e d by the Comptr oller of Victualling at the Admiralty, to be shipped in the General Screw Company*, ship Mauritius. WIND3OR ROYAL ASSOCIATION. —The animal meet ing of the subscribers to this association, was held yesterday, at the Tow n H a ll Wi n dsor, The chair was taken by Lieu. tenant-Colonel F'. 11. Seymour. Mr. Leslie Melville (the treasurer) read i the balance - shee t, from which it appeared that there had been received during the current year the sum of 371. i n d ona tions, 1681. 14 s. in annual subseripton,, and 251. Bs. 6d. for admissions to the enclosure at the recent exhibition at the Home Park. The disbursements during the same period (including 1331. ss. distributed as prizes to deserving labourers and others) amounted to 1971. 4s. 2d. ; leaving a balance of 331. 18s. 4d. on the year's account, in addition to the sum of 871. 4s. 6d. invested in the savings' bank at the close of the year 1861. The rep?rt was adopted, and the committ ee f o r the ensuing year appointed. THE Duau's FUNERAL.—The preparations at Gael sea Hospital are being vigorously carried on. The ceiling of the Hall ( covere d w ith black cloth crossed diagonally by white cords) is finished, and the walls are in progress. A platform is formed at the end to receive the body and mourners. The lights (gas) will be disposed behind hollow semi-columns fitted with reflectors, The hall is floored with open battens, and so is the covered way (18 fe9t wide), which has been formed from the Queen's -road. It will be necessary to make arrangements for a queue of considerable length, or there will be much mischief done. Some dissatisfaction has been expressed by correspondents at the fact that the de sign for the car was intrusted to Professor Semper, the Berlin architect. It will require the united efforts of many establishments to carry out the design in time. We are glad to find that the objection we raised to the proposed position of the Duke's tomb is becoming generally recog nized. It is to be hoped the determination will be changed. —The Builder. WITLI MEMOIRS AND FAC-SLIIILES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TOGETHER WITH THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY VP YON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE SIXPENCE. Sun Office, Nov, 6, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Imo DAY —Maiming 7 min. after 8 Evening 51 min. after 8 o- Moazow—Mornimg 36 rain. aster 9 I Evening 15 min. after 10 THE WEATIIEIL—Scrst OirricE, Nov. G. THERMOBIETER, IN THE SHADE. €0 —highest since uuon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and daring the night. 51—this day, at neon. 29.89.—Went up nearly half an inch since yesterday. WIND, S.W.—A gale during the night—now moderate cloudy weather, with occasional sunshine—heavy rain in the morning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. 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. HAwrnms—Wind S.E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. SowrnAmpzost—Wind S.W., strong breeze - rain. For-Kr.sTorm—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. TuNBRLDGE—Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE — Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. GREENWICH—Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Causarnon—S., strong breeze—cloady. Y.tiltsiou'rn—Wind S.E.. strong breeze—partially cloudy. The ratans from the following placea indicate the state o the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock :-- ',DOMICIL—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. S.E.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. POOLX—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH— Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. HounntAD--Wind W.SW., gentle breeze—showery. LANCASTER —Wind W., calm—partially cloudy. W HITBY—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SHAY—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain.: TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undertake to return rejected communica tions. ~I,a- 7, ;:' .ir.A4' 1 di ... ..„,.i 'firc.q7""). -,..e, ' ,-P4i. <- 4 "\...;* i t 0 b . ---74 , ...,,, 4r • 74sos ' t".- IC '',', , Ei k ...: - ....- 1 , ---- - 727 .t•An .. 2„,:1i ' 4 14, , ,,... , 1, -\..-.4."-, fie I .444'.-;11111: LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1852. JACK Slew the giant BLUNDERBORE. Why, there. fore, should not Mt. MACAULAY auceumb to the prowess of Lord MAIDSTONE ? Why, indeed ! It is only necessary to draw the sword of irony, and to take the shield of impudence, and to " lay on" with the audacity of MACEETll—shouting "damned he he who first cries hold, enough"—and down must come toppling the colossus of modern literature. People have before now been made to sleep soundly enough under the influence of a few hexameters. Why, then, should not the historian be laid low by an abusive letter—like the order .book of Mr. MOULD, the undertaker, carried to its long home in the iron safe by his children. Acting upon this notion, Viscount MAIDSTONE has forthwith penned a com munication, addressed in the vulgarist spirit, to T. B. MACAULAY, Esquire, M.P. for Edinburgh, instead of to the Right lion. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, the ex-Paymaster of the Forces under the Whig Government. As well might the latter retaliate by a note directed to GEORGE JAMES FINCH-HATTON, Esquire, commonly called Viscount MAIDSTONE, he posse Earl of NOTTINGHAM, Baron FINCH of Daven try, and Earl of WINCUELSEA. But the noble cor respondent is not content with twitting the statesman with that Esquire. which has in reality long since lapsed into the Right Honourable. He delicately reminds Mr. M A CAULAY to his face that he has be foreT now been designated a " book in breeches." 'laving taken upon himself the forlorn hope of an onslaught upon the elected of the capital of Scotland, Lord m his oi zA w IDSTON E appears in truth to have adopted as the Be ar -shout th e ra llyi ng cry of the Bloomers, " To ech ! Therefore, naturally enough, he calls t o mind the circumstance that his antagonist "book in breeches," just as the Duke of WalaaN a PUT OR horse ::: was called the other day " a or as Doctor JOHNSON was spoken of as the "walki n g Eocyclopesdia," or as Mrs. SOMERVILLE wa s , once upon a time, depicted by o ur ingenious Lawn Hu...asa sort of scienti fi c at'tended Goddess of womanhood, not b little Loves We d o n't but " by little Knowledgesl" know that the epithet quoted by Viscount MAIDST ON E way so discred itable to Mr. MAcmuLt is in any . T It impli es th a t that gentleman talks, as the saying is, somewhat more ea book"--a propensitycommend ab le, by the way, than writing books in the slip-d eppery of conversation. It intimates, moreover, that the illustri ous author is rather more modernized in appearance than a Highlander. Visco unt MAIDSTONE, however, does not by any means content himself with this sa me rhetorical brickbat o f a " book is breeches." Not he. The "Esquire" is not eno , ugh. The "book in breeches" is not enough. There mu st b© something totnach of hi s great more to satisfy the cravings of "the s see —Oh ! there revenge." What shall it be ? Let us " JAMES is a misprint in the " History of Englan d. GRAHAM is spoken of, inadvertently, by the a nnalist' EIS JOHN GRAHAM. That surely gives roo m for something like an accusation ! It reads to us rather like the sorrows of poor Tom HOOD'S veteran, who found on his return from the wars, that his lady love " Had got another BEN \Those Christian name was Joint." Here, however, Mr. MACAULAY has had the atrocity to mention mother Joss whose chzistiert, came was CAPTAIN PENNY AND THE ADMIRALTY. Mr. Penny, late commander of the Lady Franklin and Sophia, has been honoured by the Duke of North umberland evith an interview, and has received a gratifying acknowledgment of his own services, and those under his command, from the present Board of Admiralty. [We are truly gratified to observe this aet of justice—tardily performed it is true, but done at last with a degree of courtesy such as we might confidently have anticipated from his Grace the D4ke of Northum berland. Everything, indeed, would seem to have con spired latterly to compensate Captain Penny for many past anxieties and disappointments. His eminent ser vices are no longer rccognizAl merely by ourselves, and a few others, who were ea rly in pr o nouncing their ap preciation. They have been enhanced in their value by events, and—as will now be seen from the above—they have received the express recognition of the Govern ment.—ED. Su it. THE FIRE ANNIHILATOR. Mr. W. H. Phillips, the inventor of the Fire Annihi lator, has addressed to us a letter on the subject of tt e recent fire at the Battersea works, in which he says : " A twelvemonth ago I remonstrated with the directors upon the reckless manner in which the chemical charges were prepared and exposed. I explained the danger in curred, and forewarned the storekeeper of the possi bility of such a catastrophe occurring as we have now actually to deplore ; but the directors persevered in their perverse course, obstructed mo in the discharge of my duty as superintendent, and entrusted the whole management of the works to other persons ; a course which was sure, sooner or later, to lead to the result which nas followed, and which has arisen--not from any danger connected with my invention—but from neglect of my advice." ANOTHER CASE OF INFANTICIDE.—Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, as police constable 146 L wes going his rounds, and in passing through Chester-street, Kennington, his attention was directed to a parcel, covered with a piece of dirty canvass, and which wes in the front garden of one of the houses about four yards from the palings. lie instantly got into the place, and taking up the parcel conjectured, from the stench which it emitted, that it con tained some putrid matter, and at once removed it to the station-house in Kennington-lane. Here it W 29 opened, and was found to contain the body of a very fine and full-grown female infant, which must have been Melees for at least eight or ten days, and was fast approaching decomposition. INCENDIARY FIRES IN NOTTS.—During the week, two inemdiary fires have taken piece in this county. For tunately the damage at each of the fires was net extensive Mr. Oalham and A. Faulconbridge, Esq., are the respective owners of the property, which is situated at Buiwell, about five miles from Nottingham. A reward of 501. has been offered for the discovery of the incendiaries. S O UTHAMPTON. —The iron screw steam ship Gre cian, from London, bound to Liverpool, put into this port yesterday with damaged machinery, and will have to go into the dry dock to repair. VERA CRUZ. —Extract from a letter, dated Vera Cruz, sth October, 1852:—" The political state of the country is very much unsettled. The pronunciamiento at Gus dalaxera, at which we hinted in our last, has, about a fortnight since, taken place by the Guardia Nacional there, and must be considered in favour of Santa Anna, whom, in their plan, they invite to return.—Arista has sent about 2,000 troops against Guadalaxara, and we wait the result. Acquirre is Minister of the Interior, and Guillermo Pinto, a senator, but uninfluential, Minister of Finance. General Anayra,Minister of War. These parties offer no guarantee whatever for stability in the Govern ment. At the close of the mail per express from Mexico, we learn that the mails from the interior Guanaxuato. Queretaro, &c., had, by order of the Go• vernrnen a not been delivered to the public from the Post Office. It is rumoured that Guanaxueto, Morelia, and Puebla are in disobedience to 'the Government of Arista, at the instigation of Munoz ;Ledo, Governor of Guanexeato and that General Uraga, with the troops above alluded to, have joined, and does not march to Guadalaxara. Business continues in the most unsatis factory state." THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. -On Monday the operation of laying down the wires of the underground electric telegraph between Dover and the metropolis was completed, and a junction having been effected with the submarine cable, a direct communica tion was at once eqablished between the offices of the "European and Submarine Printing Telegraph Com pany " in Cornhill and Paris. This new line of telegraph follows the route of the old Dover coach road, passing through the several towns of Dart ford, Gravesend, Rochester, Sittingbourne, and Canter bury, and has been laid down by Messrs. Freud and Hamill, of Bedford row. The works have been rapidly done in defiance both of unfavourable weather and of direct opposition, and it is a matter of congratulation to all whose business or pleasure renders frequent comma nicatien with the continent requisite or desirable, that there need not now be any delay in the transmis sion of messages between the two countries. Whether there will be or not, or if the facilities will be developed as they should be, we have yet to see. Before the completion of this line all continental messages from London were conveyed by means of the South-Eastern Railway Company's telegraph to Dover, where a break occarred, owing to the absence of direct telegraphic communication between the station and the office of the submarine company. It was partly to avoid this inter ruption, but mainly to save a very heavy rental paid to the South-Eastern Company for the privilege of using their telegraph, that the construction of the underground telegraph was resolved upon. The pecuniary loss in volved led the South-Eastern directors to resist, even by force, in defiance of the powers of an Act of Parliament, the transit of the telegraph under their railway. This happened at Canterbury, and was carried so far that Mr. Freud, the contractor, was actually given into custody by the railway officials, and taken botore the Mayor and magistrates. by whom ha was, of course, at once dis charged —The Builder. THE RUSSIAN EATIL—A short treatise on bathing is a requisite of the age. Now that public baths are established in every largo city, and are used by the million ,lit is desirable that the effects of bathing, in ies different varieties,on health, should be understood, and that our public baths should be constructed on the best possible plan, and give facilities for the application of moisture to the body in the largest cumber of useful modes. We should not only have warm baths, taut cold baths,vaP our ' baths, plunging baths, shower baths, h o t- a i r baths, and attendants to shampoo those who are willi ng to py for the process. Each of these modes of b a thi ng h as its saioecial in fluence on health and disease, and m i g h t be emled se parately or combined as deem e d requ i s it e. A warm P bath is a very good thing, but there arc better things in oathiug even than that, and of much greater efficiency. We should like to see public bathing more extensively enjoyed, and carried out upon a more scientific and comprehensive plan. We have no doubt that a large institution, rival ling the baths of ancient Rome in magnificence and varied utilities, established in this metropolis, would he largely patronized, and would be as profitable as a speculation as advantageous to the community. Dr. Culverwell, of Argyle- street has to a very con siderable extent carried out our idea, as a visit to his , splendid establishment will prove. Dr. Roth's book gives a brief account of the Egyptian, Turkish, Russian, ; and other baths, and ought to be real by the members I of our profession as well as by the public. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. I LATEST FROM AMEBIC CITY, Two o'CLixR. The sales of C itton at Liverpool yesterday amounted to 10,000 Wes, about 5,000 of which were taken on speculation and for export. The market steadier. Railway shares were quiet, and prices de clined slightly. There are several indications in the Bank of Eng land statement to the 30th ultimo of an increased de mand for money, and, despite the imports of bullion, it appears that the shipments were in excess, or, what is more probable, that there was a greater sum taken into the home circulation. The loans and discounts were augmented, and the notes out were increased considerably. The public deposits were augmented 515,524/., and will rise gradually with the advance of the quarter, but the withdrawal of private balances is e corroboration of the view above taken, that cash finds readier employment. Compared with the pre vious week, the following changes have occurred : Notes issued £34,767,270 Increase 31,010 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase 215,254 Other Deposits Decrease 7 Day and other Bills Increase... .. Government Securities Other Securities Increase 116,635 Notes 10,954,215 Decrease Bullion Decrease Active Circulation Increase 652,840 The quotation for bills of exchange yesterday after noon was rather lower on Amsterdam, 90 days' paper being taken at 11 18 to 4, and barely so high on Hamburgh, viz., 13 71 to Trieste was at 11 42 to 46; and Paris at 25 371 to 40. The exports of silver from London during the week to Thursday last were 40,270 ounces of gold, and 88,000 ounces of silver, all to the Continent. The English stocks have been steady this morning, but there has been less doing. Consols are 10q, . 1 2 for money, and 100, A- to for Dec. 9. Bank Stock is firm at 224. Exchequer Bills are 745., and India Bonds 87s. premium. Mexican Bonds look up still, being 25 to Spanish Deferred are supported at 25 to Peru vian have been in demand at 62 to 63. Railway Shares are dull, but mostly at full rates to a slight advance. French Shares are quieter. Mines are steady. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done Bank Stock 3 p©r Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 9 i 5, 3 per Cent. Console Anna. lOOl New 3 1 ,1 per Cent. Anus. India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 B7 Exchequer Bills. lU i d. March +,OOOl. 74 June. 73 5002 titn3ll PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cant. lOOl Chiiian Bonds 6 per Cent lO5l Ditto 3 per Cent. ,• Mexican 3 per Cent 2 S IA Peruvian Bonds. 1849, 6 oar Cent., Cent Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent.... llB L r i Ditto 4 1 / 2 per Cent. Sp,.oish Bonds. 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25% Ditto Passive (Converted) Swedish Loan Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 185') 2l 2 p. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Dutch Excha., 2 1 /.. per Cent, 12 Gull 65 Consols ... .. ... Ditto Account, Nov. 11 ... ARRIVAL OF THE MER CITY OF MANCHESTER. (PROM OTJR LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) At 7 o'clock this morning, the Liverpool and Phila delphia Steam-ship Company's screw-steamer City of Manchester, Leitch, command ?r, arrived in the Mersey from Philadelphia, which port she left on the 23d ult., with 190 passengers, and three days' later intelligence from all parts of the United States than we had previ ously received by the arrival of the Asia at Liverpool, on Monday last. Letters from New York and Washington concur in the statement that Mr. Secretary Webster's health is in so precarious a state, that it is considered doubt" ful if he will ever resume his official duties. His name had been withdrawn from the list of candidates for the Presidency. By the arrival of the steamer Empire City, at Ne s/ Orleans from Cuba, we learn that the island µ' as tranquil when the steamer sailed. Orders had been received from the Spanish Government, that no poli tical prisoners were to be sent to Europe by the Governor-General of Cuba, unless the precise nature of their offences were specified in writing, and for' warded to the officer in whose charge they W ere transported. The general tone of the ad vices from Havana ha d produced a stronger feeling in all the American Ina" kets, and Government Stocks especially had felt the effect in a material rise of quotations. The cotton markets were in much the same state as when the Asia left New York, on the 20th. Large receipts at the ports, a n d con ti nue d hi gh estimates of the crops, kept down prices,:but a good business for export to Europe was going forward. The breadstuff market was active and firm, with the exception of flour, which, being in large suPP ll ' might be had for shipping purposes at a trifling d e. cline. Provisions were hardly in such brisk request as at the last accounts ; yet prime pork ruled at full prices , notwithstanding live hogs were quoted at s±c• t° C 4. per lb. Beef dull and nominal, lard and dairy Pr °. duce without any noticeable variation. Freights were somewhat firmer, and though 1 1 quotable alteration was made i n th e ra t es t o LiverP°°a or London, there was more i nqu i r y by s hipp e rs, a probability of advanced prices. Naval stores were scarce, but the market quiet UP °P a limited inquiry. Exchange on London was i n goo d reques t, at 1 1 1 1 to 1 l 01. Paris, liamburgh, and Bremen, notni o ß ll as at last dates from New York. FRANCE. We have received the Paris journals of yesterdgY: The following is th e M essage o f t h e P r i nce Pres v o dent, read to the Senate by the Minister of Stat e 'd paragraph of which was given i n our l a t e e dition " yesterday : " Messieurs les S9,nateurs,-- " The nation has just openly manifested its will to ry a establish the Empire. Confiding in your patriotism a v intelligence, I have convoked you to deliberate legallY this grave question, and to remit to you the care of to o f ,s,Tulatnag the new order of things. If you adopt it, Y o f will doubtless tlink. with me that the constitution , 1852 ought to he maintained, and then the mcdificati°l3, r. cognized as indispensable will not in anywise fundamental basis. i n 111 "The change which is preparing will reach prine'r t ‘r o r the form, and yet to resume the Imperial symbol i s n ' 10 Franco of immense signification, In fact, the IW r te e find, in the re establishment of the Empire, a gue"t 'tbis for its interests and a satisfaction for its just pride; he re-establishment guarantees its interests by securing 0 , future in closing the era of revolutions, and in again e l o 's secrating the conquests of 1789. It satisfies the egeo just pride, because in raising up with liberty and re by tion what all Europe had 37 years ago overthrowoehe force of arms in the midst of the country's disastor6;io, people nobly avenges its reverses without nael' i .l t heut time, without menacing any independence, and -- troubling the peace of the world. .. I do not dissimulate, nevertheless all that there is of redoubtable in accepting to-day and putting 011 4 , 111 u ° head the Crown of Napoleon; but my - pprehen s Th - : diminish by the thought that, representing a by so on! titles the cause of the people and the national will, it ",0 be the nation which, in raising me to the Throne, crew' itself. " Done at S'. Cloud, Nov. 4, 1852." p lan The message was received with unanimous dits by the Senate. the Orders have been Sent to Fontainebleau to have ~oc palace in a state to receive the Prince President',":„„ no precise day is indicated. It is expected at President piegne that the Prince will arrive there on Su ° te .. next. It is said that there will be grand hunts twTheeen t lifemori th a fft,, his and e close Pyrenees says :—" If of the autumn. ro• the Peet jects, or at least the desires, of the Prince Pres iue e are realized, he will visit this part of the coo n ' of during the summer of 1853. It is in expectati on, be this eventuality that the works for the repairs o f t o f Château of Pau has been resumed. A credit „, 12,000 fr. has been placed at the disposal of M. La, t ,, ilC 6e the architect for this year, and in 1853 the sum e devoted to the work s w ill b e 80,000 francs. Th e 9 r lO , pairs and additions will c-icupy a period of four Y e a to The Marquis Pes de Villainarina has presentetov the Prince President his credentials as Envoy of ordinary and Minister Plenipot?ntiary of the King Sardinia. ,„oer The Minister of War gave, on Wednesday, 7150 t of 80 covers to Abd-el-fader. All the genera - 0 01 the army of Paris, the Ministers, the Ambassador s, 0 . a great number of persons of distinction were P sent. A grand reception took piece in the evelli i lhe The Pays and Debats have long articles ea o ito state of parties in England, and the probable r eg 0 0 of the present Session of Parliament. We giv e „tif extract from the Pays, for the writer is evide'io little acquainted with' the subject on which he tree The Debats says : " After the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, be necessary to return to business, and is then 010 0 ' 0 0 Disraeli will have to produce the philosopher ' 5 which he has been in search of for the last six ins ° t he We say Mr. Disraeli, for it is evident that he 10 011 11 principal man of the cabinet, and o n whom will fi• a fter the weight of the struggle. This po or m inistrYi 'f o ie several fruitless attempts to modify it se lf, co mes 1„ nire, foie Parliament with the same persons as b e f ore . It sil that decidedly the glory to gover n men h as beoo:n e ti 6 dreadful bore, as no one will have it. Look ate i 9 wont ; the question is who will not be minister r. 1 , 10 to quite sufficient to m enace an y one w ith a portf ° ; 1 01; cause him to emi gra t e . I t i s j ust th e same in Engi 10 no man of any va l ue w ill consent t o j o i n his fortuot to that of the present cabinet. Lord Derby was reslid sacrifice seven of his colleagues, and that might be el, the Massacre of the Innocents, since is cortaie:o ministry composed of mere schoolboys ; but au lf not find any serious man to take their nlsee, or of is, therefore, the brilliant and eccentric Chano el '„ o cP the Exchequer who is to sustain the brunt of the sev.tieg In a theatrical point of view that may be an inter(); of exercise, for Mr. Disraeli has prodigious resourotbe language, and a rare mental sleight of band. But l lo 4 point of view of the budget, the poet of Young .g. 4 cit9• will have much to do to gain the confidence of the,, 00 pot In a regular state of things such a Ministry 0 10 ' last a week, but as matters now go there is no l o de' why it may not reach the end of the session. 1 0' no party is re a dy t o f or m a nother blob m i n istration. is, besides, a new Legislature Os iinoiy pendently beginningo It to act, a n d no one can sa y hew P fi rs to f i will be found in it. For some years Englund aPPeglatiol offer the spectacle of an i nc r e asi n g disle c ara wto i n t h e wheels of gov ernment . Si nce t h e i ° of Sir R. Peel in 1846, there have bey" eV England only provisional Ministries, Ministrieil IC dared, whilst waiting for something better w ' blob the English system, a regu l ar G overnmen t is one a too marches with a majority. But for the last eightA The years there has not been any majority in Englet w 'as o Ministry of Lord J. Russell lived for five or six Y' s last d fa i c e e d o o f f a i h n o a s u t i i t l i e on va a r o l d i a m im e npto,t which, however , the crumbs from Sir R. Peel's table. When i° left to govern, because above all it was necessary to base Government of some kind, no matter Of what scir Ou t cording to the maxim of the Duke of Wellingte rl i , o rtlY how is the Government now to be carried on? how ws do nately for the Ministry, the English people kn ° d to the to govern by itself; but it ought not to be allowed iloradlirweke-acifbeil so, nor ought the regulation of affairs to pass l c, constituted body to that which has constituted lt• voo r. PARIS BOURSE, Nov. s.—Closing Prices :" -- j eri ts. and-a-Half per Cents., 106 f. 15c.; Th r ee Per 831. 15c .; Bank of France, 2,9801 te T 11° BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAY S 14 ‘ ,. LONDON bTOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 5, 18 52• and Besancon B%—Grand Junction of .V i r n t c ere sti ' Lyons and Avignon, 16i—Namur and Liege (wit nordealll; ' 8 3 4—Northern of France, 361—Orleans and r ya 211,—Paris and Lyons, 31 1 A—Paris and Orleank ris , OOP, ' and Rouen, 411—Paris and Strasbourg, 36-1--I,.. m bre se and Cherbourg, 10i/ B —Rouen and Havre, 22%."-'''"- bleuse, 10% 1 —Western of France, 1878• ves sel 1300 KS FOR THE LEARNED SOCIETIES•~Tbe - rtes Queen, arrived from Boston, United States ef Ar, ti °, tea, has brought a case addressed to the ReYil l 6 9 0 e1 c al Containing presentation copies of books fort he ' ° ." 1 ,.. and other learned Societies and individuals in this ecn t he try, and the authorities of tte Revenue have givefnor. necossary directions for their free delivery for Oa' r pose. liALF•PAST TWO. 100% 10ovg MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. We had a steady demand for most kinds of vegetables ; but the sale for fruit was very inactive. In the general quota tions no change took place. FRUIT. —Pine Apples, 3s Gd to Gs Od ; Hot-house Grapes, 2s Od to Gs • Iramburgh ditto, 2s Od to 2s Gd per lb; Peaches, Its 0(1 to 15s Od ; Nectarines, 3s Od to 8s Od ; Figs, Is Gd to 2s 6d per dozen ; Apples, dessert, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Cooking ditto, 3s Od to 6s Od per b ishel ; Pears, 2s Od to 8s Od per sieve; Melons, 2s Od to 5s Od each ; Lemons, is Od to 2s Cl; new Oranges, is 6d to 2s Od per dozen; Filberts, 8d to is Od per lb; Cobnuts, 75s to 80s per 1001bs. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is per doz. ; French Beans, 2s Od to 2s Gd; Brussels Sprouts, is 6d to 2s per half sieve ; Cauliflowers, 6d to 2s Gd per dozen ; Greens, is Od to 2s Od per dozen bunches; Tomatoes, 4s Od to 5s Od per half sieve ; Potatoes, 703 Od to 130 s per ton • Turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6 d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Cucumbers, 2d to 6d each ; Vegetable Marrow, 6d to is Od per dozen ; Celery, 9d to is 3d per bundle; Spinach, is Od to 2s per sieve; Onions, 2s to 4s Od per bunch; Beet, is Od to is Gd per dozen ; Leeks, Id to 2d per bunch ' • Shallots, Gd to 8d ; Garlic, 6d to 8d per lb ; Endive, Is to is 6d per score ; Small Salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; Horseradish, is to 3s per bundle ; Mushrooms, Od to Is 3d per pottle ; Arti c hokes, 4 s Od to Cs per dozen, Parsley, 2s to 3s Od per dozen bunches. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL, Geese, 3s 6d to 6s Od; Turkeys, 3s to 7s each; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, 12d to is 6d ; wild ditto. 8d to Is ; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each; roasting Pigs. 4s 6d to 7s each ; Surrey Fowls, 4s 6cl to 8a Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 4s Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6d to 5s Od per couple; Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; Partridges, is Od to Is 6d; Hares, 2s 3d to 2s 9d; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od; Woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s Gd; Snipes, 9d to Is; Teal, Gd to 10d; wild Ducks, is 3d to Is ; Widgeons, 9d to Is 3d; and Plovers, 4d to 9d each. En , lish Eggs, 9s Od to lOs Od; French ditto, 7s Od to 8a Od per 120; Fresh Butter, 10d to is Id per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 3s to 4s 2d; veal, 3s to 3s 10(1; tork, 3s to 4s per 81bs. WIIITECIJAPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 33 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 43 Od Veal, 2s 10c1 to 3s 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3810 d per 8111 s. J3ILLINGSJATE. Turbots, 3s Od to 85 Od ; Brills, is Od to 5s Od ; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 7s Od each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 8d to 10d per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 3d; Crabs, 8d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 2s 6d to 5s Od per dozen ; Haddocks, 6d to Is Od ; Doreys, is 6d to 6s Od; Mullets, 6d to is each; Common Oysters, 8s Od to 163 Od; Natives, 30s Od to 40s Od per bushel ; Mackerel, 10d each ; Smelts, is Od per dozen; Scats, 4d to Gd per lb ; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 3d per gallon ; Bloaters, is Od to is 4d per dozen; fresh herrings, is Gd to 2s per dozen. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in tho metropolis aro from 6%d to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. JUDE. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 2d ; ditto, 641 b to 721 t DA to 2d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 24d; ditto, 801 b to Sglb, 2Ld to 3d ; ditto, BSlb to 961 b, 3d to 31d ; ditto, 9Glb to 1041 b, 31d to 4d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 4d to 44d. Call Skins, light, is Od to 2s 6d ; ditto, full, 31 Cd to 5s Od; Horn Hides, 5s ed to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 5s Od to Os Od; Kents, 4s Od to 45 01; Half-breds, 4s Od to 4s 9d ; Downs 3s Od to 4s Od ; Shearlings Os Od to Os Od ; Lamb Skins, 2s 6d to 4s Od each. DAY MARKET SaUTIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to Si 18s Od ; Clover ditto, 31 153 to 4/ 17s Od ; and Straw, 114 e to 1/ lls per load., A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CumnartLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 178 to 4/ Os ; Clover ditto, 3115 s Od to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ 13s per loam A full axerage supply, and a sluggish demand. WurrEcnsraL.-111eadow Hay, 2115 s to 31 18s 0d; Clover ditto, 31 15s Od to 5/ Os; and Straw, 114 s to 11 lls per load Trade inactive, at barely last week's prices. ILLEGALITY OF OPENING THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDAY.—The law which, it is stated, will render illegal the opening of the New Crystal Palace at Sydenham on Sun day, is the Act 21st Geo. 111., cap. 49, by section 1 of which it is enacted—" That any house, room, or other place which shall b., opened or used for public entertainment or amuse ment upon any part of the Lord's-day called Sunday, and to which persons shall be admitted by the payment of money, ' or by tickets sold for money, shall be deemed a disorderly • house or place, and the keeper of such house or place shall forfeit the sum of 2001., for every day that such house, room, • or place shall be opened or used as aforesaid on the Lord's day, to such person as will sue for the same." Heavy penal ties are also to be inflicted upon all persons employed at such places; sad for advertising them the penalty will be La for every offbnce, to any person who will sue for the same. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. —Yesterday af ternoon Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the Marlborough Head Tavern, Fox's-lane, High-street, Shadwell, on view of the body of Apsley Hopkins, aged 45 years, who lost his life on board of a vessel off Pickle Herring-stairs, Horsleydown. While in the act of Turning the windlass, the handle sud denly came off, and struck the deceased on the head, which knocked him overboard. Mr. David MParlane wishes us to state that the Police report contained in The Sun of yesterday, in which he is stated to have been sentenced to seven days' imprison ment for cruelty to a cat, is incorrect, the magistrate having sentenced him to a fine of 10s. SWEDEN.—The illness of the King of Sweden has assumed so alarming a character, that, on the 25th ult., a Council of State was summoned in his Majesty's apartment, and it was resolved to appoint a regency ad interim for the States of Sweden and Norway. The decree, establishing th e Regency, was signed by the King, and . published the same evening in the official journals. The last bulletin of the state of the King was more satisfactory than that of the 24th, but considerable apprehension was still felt as to the result. CAPTAIN RYDER BURTON.—On the nomination of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Rear Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, the Queen has conferred the good-service pension on Captain Ryder Burton, K.H., and has appointed Captain the Hon. M. Stopford to be one of her Majesty's naval aides-de-camp. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGH AND HoLLowAy's Pitts.—An astounding cure by this miraculou& medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from his Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, lslS. Professor Holloway—Sir, I beg to acquaint you that your pills have ef fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the facnity, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOROUGII." 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