The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-05 00:00:00

TEDIATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 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, Howe, and Parselle ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham and Mrs. Stirling. After which the laughable new Farce called a A CAPITAL MATCH, by Mr. Keeley aid Miss Rosa Bennett. The petite Comedy of a NOVEL EXPEDIENT. To conclude with the Farce of DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. VflaAar fAn Managemetat of Madame Vestris. TIIIS EVENING, No'r. 5, be pplilataked (fourth time this season) ANYTHING FOR A CHANGE. Margaret, Miss Kate Hickson (her fourth appearance in pi:IDM); Swappington, Mr. Charles lifathews. After which, the new Comic Drama of MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Roxby, F. Matthews, Baker, and Suter; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Julia St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Fanny Baker, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by TAKING BY STORM. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New Bond-et re et. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING (Last Night but one of The Green Bushes and Jack Sheppard) The celebrated Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, or a Hundred Years Ago, by Madame Celeste, Miss weolgar, Messrs. Honey, Paid Bedford, Emery, &c. To conclude with (at Second Price) the Historical Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack, Mrs. Keeley ; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be performed (eighth time) a new and original Play, in five acts, by Westland Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Prin. elpal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, NV. Lacy, Addison, and Chea ter ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by the Comedy of SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Addison, Chester, and Cathcart ; Misses Murray, Leclerq, Daly, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with TILE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The Fifth Night of the Dramatic Season. THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be presented the rew gorgeous Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled THE BRIDE OF GOLCONDA ; or, the Genus of the Ring—supported by Messrs. Maddocks, Danaville, Dolman, Smith, Craddock. Johnson, and Roberts ; Mesdames Fenton, M'Lean, Lydia Pearce, &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 Half-past Six o'clock; Box-oftice open from Eleven to to Four daily. Half Price at half-past Eight. PORTRAITS WELLINGTON AND SOUL', WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIIIILES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGT ON TOGETHER WITH THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY TT' YON, FOR A r nica THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE SIXPENCE. Sun Office, Non. 5, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tufa DAY —Mornlnz 51 min. alter fi i Evening 21 min. after 7 To-sfoaxow—Moralng 7 min. after 8 I Evening 5t rain. niter 8 THE WEATHER.—gist OFFICE, Nov... THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52 —ligbezt since noon yestorday. 46—!owear this morning and during the night. 58—:his day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.47. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and very sultry, sunshining weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following ptacegi at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations N arranged in order of latitude. flATlMMS—Calm—partially cloudy. S)n . rmorrrox—Wind E., gentle breeze - foggy. Fo LK zsrosa—Calm—cloudy. Tunnatrxiit—Wind E, calrn—f)ggy. GREENWIC Fl —Calm—partially cloudy. COLCHESTEa—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudless. i he returns from the following places indicate the state o the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock MOLLINGAP.—Wind S., calm—partially cloudy. POOLE--Wind S , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. —IN and S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HoLyirEAD—Wind S.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy. LANCASTER—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. W arrnY—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. snAi—Wind S., calm—principally clear. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undertake to return rejected communica. tions. :::..........•‘', v ? ,ip •, „*„....., ~,,...„, ~.,,..., ~, .., ~.„ A, . ..7..;:fr . . 5 ..).S , ~ , , c , -7.. ~ t 1 nirCii 1 3 Ziiii ,54,771.5 t„ ,q' • 1( W. , ,t i 24 n tr1..4.74,- .' P. —uc* .. ,,, -, , sidfl-: '%* ---' Na•g•i....• inftmak. Jskiam LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1852. In a very short time Ministers will have to make a statement containing a distinct avowal of what they mean to do, and how they mean to do it. The ghost of Protection cannot be revived of that we are comfortably convinced. They have "a fair field and no favour," and it is to be hoped that they will make the most of their position. We look upon it that no Ministry, within the last sixty years, has had a better chance than the present. Lord DERBY, him self the representative of one of the oldest aristocratic families, has beaten down, by one blow, the idea of his country's being doomed to submit to a succession of Governments, consisting, ex necessitate, of Members of particular Houses. His Cabinet,:at all events, is not a mere family party. We look back on the late Ministry, and wonder how the country could so long have tolerated it, comprising, as it did, the " finality " of Lord JOHN, the incompetency of Earl GILEY, the palpable inefficiency of Sir CHARLES Wool), the mar-all diplomacy of Lord MoTo, and the take-it •easy do-nothing-policy of Lord BROUGH• TON. Family connexion until now appears to have been the great (indeed, in some instances, the wily) qualification for office, and Whig and Tory alike ap peared chiefly influenced by this during more years than the memory of " the oldest inhabitant " can re collect. Prominent among the present Ministry is one who has fairly won his position by high and undeniable merit. Mr. DISRAELI, the son of a private gentle man, is now the Government leader in the House of Commons—not by virtue of any aristocratic con nexion (though his ancestry, we doubt not, is far more ancient than that of many Members or Peers), but simply by reason of his full possession of the higher aristocracy of genius. On him, in the Session just commenced, will mainly rest the burden of the contest. From him more particularly must come the ?Meial declaration of the fiscal and financial measures intended to be offered for the acceptance of the coun try. Chief among these must be a recasting of the In come and property ax. In 1251 i t ;wa s only rre might be a singlee n o r eT u r gh . year, in order that the subject adopted to d ly investigated, and means MOre sion it was, i n equitable. Last Ses like it m anner, continued for t we l ve months more, th e renew a l being solely g ranted a duein its existin g f o r m consideration for the position of the Ministry wla owere pledged not to bring forward any important question before th e th en Parliament. But it was ao g.,5 reedrn'ocr e h d, so as to °ll3 it was the expres s un d ers tanding that it should 1 ., make it press m ore evenl y o n those by ell todi to be borne. Ono of Sir CHARLES IVoc,Wv fioatn ideas on the s ub j ect was, that the only Way g with the impost, so 39 to render it more tolerabl e ea to the payers, l w as simply to increase it in its exi s ti ng form, without change or modification of the obno xious principle so justly complained of, by unaristocratic sufferers. The Whigs have never been very distinguished as financiers, but they have been peculiarly unfortunate in their dealings with the taxation of income. In 1806, when the Ministry, self-styled "All the Talents," succeeded Mr. PITT, all that the then Chancellor of the Exchequer could do to increase the revenue, was to double the Income tax! The atesman who brought forward the proposition, Was the present Marquis of LANSDOWNE, then Lord HENRY PETTY. His measure was oppressive, but it succeeded in its object, it raised the wind for the time being. In 1805, the Income-tax yielded 6,300,000/. ; in the following year, it brought in nearly 12,000,0001. The screw must have been pretty well applied, for, in 1810, it produced 13,492,2151• It had fallen to 12,291,1551. in 1811 ; but in 1812 it rallied, and 13,368,6061. was paid into the Exchequer under that head. The question then arises—lf in these years an Income-tax of ten per cent. raised a revenue of thirteen millions (I) what would the yield now be, that property has so greatly increased in value, if that property were fairly charged? The manner in which the assessment is made, and the principle of such assessment, must greatly influence the result. Apply a correct principle of taxation, on Income and Property, and even the present rate of seven pence in the pound, will yield a revenue nearer ten than five millions sterling. But the tax has been made what it is, by that abominable nuisance— " Class Legislation." One set of people impose taxes —another have to pay them. Old WILLIAM COlit• BETT truly said—" the partiality of taxation is ex treme. While the rich pay a tax of twenty per cent. on their houses, the poor have to pay a tax of two hundred per cent. on their beer. While the land owners pay no duty on legacies, and on probates of wi►ls, an enormous duty is paid on personal property ; that is to say, the property which consists of move ables, effects, or of money; so that while the heir or legatee of a Lord receives a landed estate from his predecessor without paying a farthing, the heir or legatee, if a farmer or tradesman, has to give to the Government a considerable portion of the amount of the legacy, or of the effects. You have only to open the tax-book to see who it is that has made the laws, and to see that while it was the great who contracted the Debt, it is the little who have to pay for it." _ _ _ Maus the defunct Corn Laws were for the direct support of the landowners ; while, excepting the Land-tax (a comparatively trifling impost as now levied), the Assessed Taxes, Excise, Customs, Stamps, &c., fall heavily and unequally on the middle and working classes, and scarcely touch the rich aristo cracy. Thus, also, the lucome-tax of 1806 (which by the way the Tories took off, after the Whigs had doubled it), as well as the present Income and Pro perty-tax, are alike unfair. We have lands and tene ments, in short " Property " of all kinds, assessed at the self same rate as the Incomes arising from profes sions, trades, and other avocations ; so an income not worth, at the highest calculation, five years' purchase —income made by the personal exertions and depen dent on the mental and bodily health of the toiler, is subject to the same tax, and at the same rate as re venue arising from accumulated and realiz3d property with full thirty years' purchase. Thus, industry is taxed six, or probably eight, times heavier than, wealth. Luxurious ease and productive labour are regarded in the same light. The landowners, who laid on the tax pay scarcely one•sixth of what the industrious classes pay. Landed estates and whole squares or streets of houses may go down from father to son, or even to collateral relatives, to the end of time ; but they pay no more to the tax-gatherers than the precarious and fluctuating income of the shopkeeper, the mer chant, the lawyer, the author, the tradesman, the schoolmaster, the clergyman—each of whom lives by his personal exertions, and whose income ceases when his health fails. To have the tax fairly laid on, there should be a high rate for Property, and a low rate for Income. In 1848, Lord Jolla RUSSELL, finding that there was a deficiency in the revenue of two millions and a-half, actually proposed in Parliament to increase the Income and Property Tax from sevenpence to a shilling, from 3to 5 per cent. He did not think of reducing the expenditure, for that might meddle with the sinecurists—the GRAFTONS, the SCHOMBERGS, the COWPERS, or the BOONEB. He failed, but it wag, P 9 we then stated, owing to the disgust excited by the flagrant injustice, the scandalous inequality, of the impost ; and not, as Sir CHARLES WOOD pre tended to believe, to any real objection entertained by the principle of direct taxation. We want a graduation of the tax. In 1798.9, when Mr. PITT passed the first Income-tax, he adopted the principle of graduation. Incomes under GO/. were wholly exempt ; under 1051., the impost was one-fortieth part of the income ; above 2001., one-tenth; so the tax fell fairly on those who had the largest incomes. We can yet remedy the evil, and apportion the burden equitably. Let Property pay six times, or at least four times, what Income has to pay, and graduate the assessments on Mr. PITT'S principles. The payments to be just, should be lightest on incomes—the result of personal exer tion—and heaviest on these Is hich are derived from fixed and permanent sources. The fate of the Minis try will depend on their fiscal and financial policy. If they will only do simple justice in this matter of taxation, they will establish a well-founded and eternal claim on the gratitude of their countrymen. They may, perhaps, have to encounter a one-sided opposition in Parliament; but if the country be with them, they can well afford to be abused, because they take the part of justice and of the people. We are at all events convinced, that Mr. DISRAELI will not commit such an act of folly as to think of increasing, without modifying, the tax. That bril liant attempt at legislation was worthy of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Sir CHARLES WOOD. The amount realized may, however, be much augmented, if its principle be improved. Let Property pay far more (as in justice it ought) tha❑ mere Income. Graduate the tax on both, so as to make it fall proportionately lighter on the poorer, than the wealthier classes ; and whatever may be the point at which the impost is to commence, have it paid on all above, and not on a sum inclusive of that minimum. That a man with an ,income a fraction under 1501. should be wholly exempt, while the possession of 1511. per annum makes his neighbour liable to pay one hundred and fifty-one sevenpences, instead of a single sevenpence, or the excess over the 1501., is what never should have been sanctioned, and should not be suffered to continue. With respect to the final settlement of this im portant question, we trust a great deal to one quality, which, in Mr. DISRAELI'S mind, surpasses even his genius. We trust much to his common sense, which will enable him to perceive the anomalies of past legislation on this subject, and will supply him with the means of rectifying them. We do trust that, at last, we have working men to govern us; and we feel there is much to be grateful for, in.having an ac tive, intelligent Ministry, with the spur of a strong Opposition. It is but a simple act of justice to the Whigs to declare that out of office they have invaria bly been energetic and useful, adopting popular views, and strenuously endeavouring to have them carried into practical operation. Out of office, they have merited the approbation and gratitude of the people— in it, they have exhibited a vacillating and feeble policy, truckling to all parties, and forfeiting the re spect which a very different course had obtained for them. People talk about war. It is pretended that we are to have a repetition of battles and sieges, and that the soldiers are to indulge their appetites anew with the long-neglected luxuries of rapine and massacre, unbridled licence and indiscriminate devastation. Meanwhile the system of railroads, not only in the United Kingdom, but more or less throughout the European Continent, is rapidly maturing in its orga. nization. Facilities are everywhere afforded to the traveller. The means of communication between remote countries are being in all directions multi plied. The old lumbering mail is forgotten in Eng. land. The older and still more lumbering diligence is being abandoned by Frenchmen. Amongst our selves, indeed, we have arrived at that point from which we can even venture to look down with dis dain upon the dapper stage-coach celebrated by the Panegyrics of APPERLEY. 'We have so far forsaken the Road for the Rail, that DICK TURPIN could scarcely find it remunerative, even if he could find it safe, were he restored to life, to renew his old course aufrsegsahaneorergiNnueAesiriTitaeannt.ishaingahwavman. .w . ould . have to discard " Black Bess " - for one of the metalsome instead of administering a re and water, and a by means of a bucket of brandy rawsatisfy th steak twisted round the bit, would have to s t h hir e st , of his courser from the mouth of the leaytheren and Everywhereit s , hunger ,m to p f e r a o k m , the coke in the tender, aid of rail wa y s an d ~:ommerce i 5 circulating b y the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, ISS 2. steam-packets—everywhere, in this work-a-day gene ration, in this age, not of poetry but of merchandise, there is whirling from city to city, from nation to nation, from continent to continent, a monster more wonderful in its beneficence than was ever dreamt of by oriental fabulists, the Fiery Dragon of the steam engine bestridden by one more potent than the Fairies—the Genius of Modern Civilization. Yet, the quidnuncs tells us, we are to have war, the gobemouche babbles about bloodshed and spoliation— there are heard in London, in Paris, in Vienna, in Berlin, in Brussels, in 'Warsaw, in St. Petersburgh, the sounds of trepidation. It is England that is going to be invaded. It is Belgium that is about to be seized. It is France that is to be assailed by Russia. It is Germany that is to be ravaged by the armies of the third NAPOLEON. There are no want of rumours, either in number or in diversity. We may make our choice of them at pleasure. One grasps us by the cuff to explain all about the cause of the ap proaching outbreak ; according to him, it will be ad ventured upon with a view to avenge the disasters of Waterloo. Another fastens us by the button• hole to expound his version of the story ; according to him, the explosion will originate from a totally opposite reason, and, indeed, from an entirely different quarter of the globe—the EMPEROR of all the Russias will not tolerate the new plan revealed by that ever- Protean Revolution. The Cossacks are to water their horses at the Seine, or the Chasseurs de Vin cennes are to amuse themselves with human batlues , at Twickenham--following up the discharge of the minis bullet, of course, with the thrust of the sword bayonet. The truth, after all, seems to be this—that several of the great Powers of Europe have bee❑ frightening each other of late into warlike prepara tions. Suspicions have been excited on all sides by the more unprincipled or the more ignorant ; and out of these suspicions have gradually started up maritime activity in France, and the Militia in Eng land ! Meanwhile there are threads of copper thrilling amicably to and fro between the two countries—the magical core of a rope of gutta percha trailed under the billows of the British Channel. Talk of war de vastating the shores of France and England! Listen to the voice of the electric telegraph. Look at the vibrations of that wonderful instrument—stirring simultaneously at the central offices in Paris and in London. Monday, the Ist of November, 1852, ought to be long remembered in the annals of civilization. For it was upon that day that the mechanism of the electric telegraph was brought into complete opera tion, so that people could converse with each other in the twinkling of an eye, although separated by a neck of the ocean, and by the considerable distance dividing the two greatest capitals in Christendom• Necromancy has been surpassed—thanks to the genius of Professor WHEATSTONE. Familiar, however, as we had become with the astonishing capabilities of the electric telegraph, we cannot acknowledge that we could peruse without emotion the parti culars of last Monday's most memorable and most successful experiments. A group of gentle men assembled on that day at No. 30, Cornhill, in the heart of the city of London, and thereupon talked, by means of the vibrating needles of the elec tric telegraph, with another group of gentlemen standing, at the same preconcerted time, at the oppo site terminus in the heart of the city of Paris ! And the messages flashed back from one to the other—from London to Paris, and from Paris to London—passed with the facility and the rapidity of conversation. First, the needles at Cornhill spoke thus graciously by way of introduction—" M. Foy, Director-General of French Telegraphs, presents his compliments to the Hon. F. Cadogan." A pause—and then the corres pondent in the French metropolis says briefly to the watchful observers in London—" Foggy in Paris." The group at Ccrnhill bestir themselves in their turn, and the next instant the group in Paris are reading a pithy intimation, as follows—" Strangers are visiting the London office : please send a few words." The answer is as terse as it is instantaneous—" Wait." Then there comes flashing from Paris—along the earth, under the sea, across the Channel—through those quivering needles at Cornhill, the desired com munication. It runs thus—as they spell it off from the dial of the telegraph—" This day is very unfa vourable for transmission between London and Paris. The atmosphere is very damp. We are to try double needle instruments in direct communication between Paris and London." Precisely when the hands of the clock at Cornhill point to ten minutes past two p.m., the question is asked of Paris, " What time is it ?" The answer is returned immediately, " Ten minutes past two p.m." This is not enough. Another in quiry is made by the people at London ; but this time it is as to the state of the weather at Arras, a town situated between Calais and the French capital. The answer is given forthwith—the people at Paris in forming those at London that the atmosphere at Arras is " Overcast and dull." Other messages are subsequently flashed backwards and forwards between the terminus at Paris and the terminus at London—but the last communication transmitted from the latter place to the French metropolis is the only one of any peculiar interest and importance. We transfer it to this column entire—regardin g it, as we do, in the light of an historical document. It is thus worded : " The Directors of the Submarine Telegraph Company beg leave to approach his Highness the Prince President, with the expression of their best thanks, for the assist ance which he has uniformly given towards the estab lishment of this instantaneous means of communication between France and Great Britoin. "May this wonderful invention serve, under the Em, pire, to promote the peace and prosperity of the world " Dated Nov. 1, 1852, 30, Cornhill, London," Yet, in spite of commerce, in spite of railroads, in spite of the electric telegraph, people still babble about war as probable ; about bloodshed, rapine, and devastation. And so—gigantic ships of war are being constructed in the French dockyards. And so—a huge body of militia is being organized in England. Shall the peace of thirty-seven years' duration be broken because a few silly persons have indulged their rancour by idle insults, or gratified their na tional pride by empty fanfaronades ? The responsi bilities of the future in this matter devolve upon the respective Councils of Her MAJESTY the QUEEN, and of His Highness the PRINCE PRESIDENT. Europe, or rather the world, is looking anxiously for the de cision about to be arrived a', under these circum stances, by the leading statesmen of the two foremost races of Christendom. DEFEAT OF THE TRACTARIANS IN CAMBRIDGE Drivxnsrrv.--- We stated some time ago, that Mr. Baron Alderson, one of tho noio3t decided Tractarians of the day, had started as candidate for the Mastership of Caius College, Cambridge, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Benedict Chapman, and that he was so anxious to obtain the honour, that he was prepared to abdicate his judicial f unct i ons, re tiring on the usual pension, rather than be disappointed. The result of the learned Baron's canvas was to convince him that there was no chance of success, and the event has verified his apprehensions, for Mr. E. Guest, M.A and F.R.S., was yesterday chosen to fill the va cant office." Mr. Guest was made a B.A. in 1824.-21forning Advertiser. VAUXHALL BRIDGE COMPANY.—Yesterday, an ad journed general assembly of the proprietors of this company was held at the George and Vulture, Mr. Prenderga s t, Q . c in the chair. The company still retained 21 share s in the ' undertaking, and Exchequer Bills to the amount of 2,0001. The reserved fund in the Three per Cent. C onso l s is 1,2121. 103 9d, and the unpaid dividends amount to 365/. 3s. The tolls for the last six months were 5,094/. 10s, being a d e _ crease of 1,6051. 14s l d upon the corresponding period of last year. The pier dues were 221/. 2s 7d; the expendi pbalptierNlwClLApLrintod: ture, 115/. 3s Id ; and the profits, 115/. 19s Bd. The report was adopted. ROUlGNparliamentary paper s of . y e A s N t - e p r da E y .x a P .END ITt T R . E muni cipal boroughs in England and inWales, the year ended the showing the receipts and expenditure on account of 31st August, 1851.. The receipts, with balances in hand, were 1,254,483/. Is. 1 1 / 2 d., and the expenditure, with balances due to treasurers, 903,721/. 4s. 11 1 / d. MAILS FOR. NASSAU. " GENERAL POST•OFFICE, OCTOBER, 1852.—The mails for Nassau (Bahamas) will, in future, be made up in London for transmission by the West India contract packet leaving Southampton on the 2d, instead of that leaving on the 17th of each month, and the return mails from Nassau will be due by the corresponding packet arriving at the beginning of the month." INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN THE TOWER.—In the course of some of the improvements now being carried out in the Tower, the workmen, in the removal of some portions of the foundations, have brought to light the cell and stair case of the Beauchamp tower, and are now preparing for public inspection this antiquarian and historic curiosity. A MAN KILLED BY AN Ox.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Angel, Lambeth-walk, on the body •1 William Reeves, aged 73, formerly a coach-builder, residing at 34, Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth-walk. The evi dence showed that on Monday afternoon last, about 5 o'clock, the deceased was walking in the neighbourhood of Saville terrace, when an infuriated ox, which had played sundry freaks just previously, started at him, and pursued him to Berkeley-street, where he knocked him down, and inflicted a wound on the scalp about an inch in length, which resulted in death. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY). Their Lordships met at two o'clock, when the Lords Commissioners took their seats at the foot of the Throne. The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed the Usher of the Black Rod, Sir A. Clifford, to summon the Members of the House of Commons to attend at the bar. In a few minutes afterwards, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, accompanied by his mover and seconder—Mr. Robert Palmer and Lord Robert Grosvenor—and surrounded by a great number of new Members, appeared at the bar. Mr. SHAW LEFEVIZE then addressed their Lordships to the following effect—My Lords, in obe dience to her Majesty's command, her Majesty's most faithful Commons have proceeded in the exer cise of their undoubted right and privilege to elect their Speaker, and I have to acquaint your Lord ships that, however unworthy of it, I am the object of their choice ; and I, with all humility, have now to ask her Majesty's most gracious approbation of that choice. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied—Mr. Shaw Lefevre, we have the command from her Majesty to assure you that her Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal for the public good, and your ample suffi ciency to discharge the high and arduous duties to which you have been elected by the Members of the House of Commons, that she fully approves and confirms you their Speaker. The SPEAKER—My Lords, with the most pro found gratitude and respect, I submit myself to her Majesty's commands; and it now becomes my duty in the name, and for, and on behalf, of the Commons o f England, to lay claim by humble petition to the free exercise of all those ancient and undoubted rights, immunities, and privileges more especially those of freedom from arrest and molestation for themselves and servants,—free access to her Majesty when occasion may require, and that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to put the most favourable construction on all their proceedings and actions ; and for myself, my Lords, I have to entreat, that if any errors should be committed, they nay be attributed to me, and not to ber Majesty's faithful Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command from her Majesty to as sure you, that her Majesty most readily confirms all the right and privileges of her faithful Commons which have ever been granted by her Majesty's royal predecessors ; and with respect to yourself, Sir, al though her Majesty is sensiblo that you stand in no need of such an assurance, her Majesty will ever put the most favourable construction upon all your words and action‘. Tne SPEAKER then bowed to the Lords Com missioners, and retired from the bar. The LORDS COMMISSIONERS then bowed to each other, and retired. The LORD CUANCELLOR then divested himself of his robes as a Lord Commissioner, shortly afterwards re-entered the House, and took his seat on the Wool sack. The swearing in of Peers was then proceeded with, and continued till shortly before four o'clock, when their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS —(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at the Clerk's table shortly before two o'clock. The Right Hon. Gentle man did not appear in his full-dress robes, but simply wore a plain barrister's wig and a knight of the shire's uniform. The mace was to-day laid on the table, and not the floor—the form observed yesterday. There was a very numerous attendance of Mem bers, but the House was by no means so full as yesterday. Mr. Thomas Babington Macaulay came in early, and took his seat on the front row of the opposition side. The Right Hon. Gentle man was warmly welcomed on his return to the House by several Members who had sat with him in former Parliaments. Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD entered the House shortly before 3 o'clock, and, addressing the SPEAKER, said the Loans COMMISSIONERS desired the immediate at tendance of the House in the House of Peers. The SPEAKER, then proceeded to the House of Lords, accompaniedby nearly allthe Members present. He returned in ten minutes, and having take n th ec h a i r , said—l have to st a t e that I have been this day to the House of Peers, where I communicated to the Peers forming her Majesty's Commission, that the House had proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that its choice had fallen upon me. My Lords Com missioners, on behalf of her M.jesty, have confirmed that choice, and also her Majesty's most gracious ap proval. I, therefore, on behalf of this House, laid claim to the ancient and undoubted privileges hereto fore prescribed by this House ; especially the privi lege of freedom from arrest, for ourselves and our servants—the freedom of debate—free access to her Majesty at all reasonable times when we desire it, and also would put the mo s t f avoura bl e construction that upon her Majesty our words and a c ti ons , an d my t Lords Commissioners were authorized by her Ma jesty to concede these privileges to the House. Hav ing made this communication to the House, I hope Hon. Members will allow me to take this op portunity of again offering them my sincere and grateful acknowledgments for the high and honourable position in which they have placed me—dear, hear, hear,)-_I invite them to aid and assist me by their council and support in maiataining the authority of the chair—(Loud cheers) ; and I may, I believe, assure them that, so far as it is in my power that authority shall be exercised with pesfect impartiality, an d i n a manner which shheall mosth most conducive to th e peace and honour of the House. (Cheers.) t Th e Right . Hon. Gentleman then took the usual oaths, after which the swearing in of Members was proceeded with, which occupied the House until four o'clock, when it adjourned till twelve o'clock to-mor row. THE PERSIAN EslßAssy.—His Excellency Shaft Khan, who has been some time resident here as Charg6 d'Affaires from the Schah of Persia, has lately been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary from that Court. The Schah has also hononred Major Mirza Ibraham Malcolm, first Attaché and Interpreter, by raising him to the rank of " Khan." THE AUSTRALIAN STEAM-PACKET MELBOURNE. —Several of the passengers in this unlucky ship, who came home from Lisbon, had interviews with the directors yester day, and their statements of the accident which befel the Melbourne, together with the general condition and accom modation of the ship, were received in detail. It is said that the directors intend to send out another captain to take the ship on to ber destination. It may be said that the com mander of her Majesty's steam-sloop Inflexible, Commander Wooldridge, has had the experience of being the mail agent for more than a year in the General Screw Company's ships to the Cape. MIDDLESEX HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the general quarterly court of the governors of this institution was held in the board-room, Mr_ Michgol Smith in the chair. From the minutes it appeard that the charity had either received, or had bequeathed to it, legacies to the amount of 1.80016 s sd. The residuary property of the late Sir Joseph Le Fenn esti mated ultimately t o rea li ze 20,0001 Master of is, by or d er of the of the Rolls, kept in court for the benefit of the hospital. The collector reported that in new and increased subscrip tions there accrued a gain of 26/. 3s. The general balance amounts to 1,152/. 12s. Id. and that of the S amaritan fund, 135/. 17s. 10d . The sum Of 16s. 9d. was found in the poor boxes. There are at present 218 patients in the house. The report:was adopted. ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER RAILWAY.--Between four and five o'clock on Tuesday morning, a South-Eastern goods train of 14 or 15 carriages, laden with hops, from Maid stone, met with an accident near the Stoat's Nest station. 0 wing, it is supposed, to a fracture of the axletree, one of the middle trucks got off the line, and the coupling irons becoming unhooked, the engine and tender, with the fbrward portion of the train, proceeded, the driver being unconscious for a considerable time that he was drawing a burden shorn of its fair proportions. The rear carriages of the hinder portion of the train mounted those in advance, smashing and upsetting and throwing them and their contents in all directions. Both lines were blocked by fragments of the carriages, intermixed with pockets of hops. THE FOUNDER ED SCREW STEAMER OFF BEACEIr HEAD. —The recovery of the wreck of the splendid screw steamer, Metropolitan, of London, which, it will be recollected was run down off Beachy llead on the night of the 18th of last month, by the barque Zollverein, appears now to be abandoned, chiefly owing to the great depth of water where it lay. The Metropolitan was quite a new vessel, sister steamer to the Cosmopolitan ; she was greatly admired on the Thames for her beautiful symmetry and "rakish" gait on the water. Her loss with cargo amounts to nearly 30,0002 SHOCKING DEATH.—A, very shocking accident oo cured in Nottingham on Wednesday night at half-past eight o'clock, by which a woman named Turner, re siding in Neweastle•street, met with her death. The deceased and her husband are both upwards of 70 years of age, and, as two workmen were passing the house door at the time in queshon,:they observed a great quantity of smoke issuing through the crevices. Thinking that all was not right, one of them tried the door, but found it fastened. They immediately gave an alarm, and suc ceeded in breaking it open, when a shocking spectacle presented itself. A chair near to the fireplace was in a blaze, on which sat the old woman, portions of her body being burnt to a cinder. The thaws were extinguished as quickly as possible, and a surgeon sent for, but life bad been for some time extinct. The husband of the unfortunate woman was returning home at the time of the accident ; and, indeed, witnessed the appalling spectacle. It is con j ectured that a b urn i ng c i nder fell 'poll her clothes while she sat askep near the flak. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY) COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord• Chancellor did not sit to-day in consequence of his Parliamentary duties. THE LORDS JUSTICES. Their Lordships were occupied the early part of the morning in hearing lunatic petitions, and the only mat ter of interest in this Court arose out of an appeal. IN RE WILD. Mr. Follett, Q.C., was retained. The chief point was to show that the terms of " share and share alike " in the will of a testator gave to the legatees no right in common over the property loft, but that each must take his assigned portion out of some particular portion of the demised estate. The pleadings were not concluded, b u t this point seemed to be established. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master, Sir John Romilly.) LIABILITY OF A SECURITY.-FOLIGNO V. MARTIN. Mr. Roundell Palmer appeared to enforce a suit arising out of a transaction in which a widow was gua ranteed against her husband's debts. It appeared that Mr. Blogg, of the firm of Blogg, Samuel, and Emanuel, died indebted, and that his widow, for a consideration of 1.5601., gave up all claims upon the general estate, the sum being secured through the agency of a person named Ritchie, whose principal was the defendant in this cause ; Ritchie, however, having originally; been placed in the position of chief defendant. The question arose as to how far Martin was bound, Mrs. Blogg having been sued by a Mr. Lyon Lsnsdill. Tho learnt d Counsel was showing that the principal was impli cated incidentally, although no direct personal gunge had been given. QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Banco. (Before tho Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Coleridge Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle.) THE NEW LAW OF EVIDENCE.-THE CORPORATION OF BERWICK V. RENTON. Mr. Knowles, Q C., appeared for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted to set aside a verdict given in this cause at the last Northumberland Assizes, and on the ground of fraud. The cause itself was nut of importance on account of the great sum of money which was implicated, but it was of the utmost importance from the fact that it proved, that so long as the present law of evidence continued, no man could be safe when a man was allowed to:give testimony in his own cause; and after the execution of a solemn bond twenty years ago ho might come into Court, and say that he had been deceived by a person who was now dead and gone. From the notes of the Lord Chief Justice, it appeared that on the 27th of December, 1841, a resolution was come to in the Town Council of Berwick, that all the moneys should be paid into the bank by the treasurer, in the name of the corporation. A person of the name of Duby was a candidnto for the situation of treasurer, and on the faith of this resolution Mr. Renton became one of his securities, but on the 11th of January another reso lution was come to in the Town Council, by which the former ono was in effect rescinded. Doby proved to be a great defaulter, but before leaving the country paid into the hands of Mr. David Murray, his other surety. The bond of Renton's suretyship was prepared, or at least it was executed in the office of the town clerk, who, it was assumed, must have been cognizant of this last resolution, and, therefore, misled Renton, who he knew had become surety only on the understanding that the treasury money would form part of the Corporation Bank account. The verdict at the trial was for the defendant. Mr. Knowles now stated that the ground of his appli cation was the existence of proof that the bond was drawn, and in the Scottish form, by Renton's own soli citor, and not by Mr. Giltless, the town clerk, and that it was not executed until the 15th of January, that is four days aft©r this resolution was passed, and when, of course, the defendant ought to have been acquainted with it, especially as it had been published in the Warder newspaper, before the bond was executed. Rule to show cause was granted on the ground that the verdict at the trial was contrary to evidence. VICE - CHANCELLOR'S COURTS. (Before Sir Richard Kindersley.) THE bIAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BASINGSTOKE V. LORD BOLTON. This was a demurrage to a heriotahip over tho town and parish of Basingstoke, claimed by Lord Bolton. Mr. Craig, Q.C,. appeared for the Corporation, and Mr. Kemp, Q.C., for his Lordship. The defence sot up was limitation and want of fealty. OPENING OF CONVOCATION-(THIS DAY) This being the day appointed for the meeting of the New Convocation, the fourth under the present reign, the Members of both Chambers met shortly before eleven o'clock at the Chapter House on the north side of St. Paul's. There was at first some doubt whether the Archbishop of Canterbury would attend and open the business in person, but all doubts were dispelled by his Lordship's arrival shortly before eleven o'clock. The proper arrangements having been gone through at the Chapter House, the Archbishop of Canterbury pre ceeded by the Dean of Arches, Vicar-General, Chan cellor, Advocate., Proctors, and Clergy, proceeded in procession to the entrance of the Cathedral, where his Grace was received by several of the bishops, and con ducted by them up the centre aisle into the choir. All having being seated, the Bishop of Llandaff proceeded to read the prayers in Latin, after which the anthem " Oh.'pray for the peace ofJerusalem," was sung by the choir. This part of the imposing ceremony having been completed, Dr. Jeremie ascended the pulpit and preached the sermon, which was also in Latin. After the sermon, the anthem " Gloria in excelsis " was sung. and His Grace the Archbishop concluded this part of the proceedings by pronouncing the blessing. The procession then formed in the same order as upon enteriag, and proceeded again to the ChapterlHouse f o r the purpose of electing a Prolocutor, when the Bishop of Ely was elected. The Chamber then adjourned until Friday next at Westminster. There were about 200 clergy in attendance in the Ca thedral, in addition to a very large number of the laity. The line of passage from the Cathedral to the Chapter House was crowded with a large concourse of respectable persons. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 4. Tim following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday:—The Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, the Prince and Princess of Hohen lobe Langenburg, the Princess Adelaide and the Prin cess Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Eglinton, Sir George Couper, and Mr. Gibbs. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Nemours Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, went out hunting this forenoon. Major-General Buckley arrived yesterday as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen. The .Countess of Neuilly arrived at the Castle at a quarter before two o'clock, to pay a visit to her Majeaty, and remained to luncheon. _ The Duke and Duchess of Nemours returned to Clare mont this afternoon. _ _ _ The Earl of Eglinton left the Castle to-day for London. The Duchess of Kent had a dinner party to-day at Frogmore. The company consisted of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess of Ilohonlohe Langenburg, with the Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann, the Countess of Desart, Lady Augusta Bruce, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Earl of Morton, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Biddulpb, Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Major General Buckley, and Sir George Couper. The Duchess of Kent had afterwards an evening party. The following had the honour of receiving invitations :—The Hon. Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Phipps, Lady and Miss Barrington, Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, Lady, Miss, and Mr. R. Cooper, Mr. Gibbs, Dr. Becker, and Mr. Glover. The Belgian Minister had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Brazilian Minister had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Eglinton (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland) returned to town yesterday from Windsor Castle. His Lordship paid a visit to the Earl of Derby. The Lord Chancellor has appointed J. Pitt Taylor, Esq., barrister-at law, to be the judge of the Lambeth County Court of Surrey, and of the County Court of Kent, to be holden at Greenwich, in the room of George Chilton, Esq., Q.C., deceased. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The privileges, in the shape of admissions, which will be conferred on the shareholders in " Her Majesty': Theatre Association" have been officially set forth. The proprietor of 50 shares will be entitled to a personal entree for all representations ; a holder of double that number will be entitled to a reserved seat in the pit ; while 150 and 200 shares will respectively ertitle the proprietor to a pit-stall for two nights a week, or for every representation. The actual owners on the Ist of February in every year will be the proprietors eutitled to the proportionate priviliges during the ensuing ses‘soii, such privileges to be t ota ll y i ndependent of the divi dend receivable on the shares. The reserved seats tinder the se regulations will be so far transferable nightly that the proprietor's nominee will be admitted to the seat on paying half the ordinary price of entrance. , 'hk.& MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday amounted to 7,000 bales. The market was heavy, and the prices of those kinds of American at 6d and under, declined lA, while other kinds were without any material alteration. Of American, 500 bales were taken for exportation, and 1,000 ditto and 500 Surat on speculation. The sales included 5,500 American, 60 Pernam and Maranham, at 6il to 6, 7 7 d ; 500 Egyptian at 6?td to 15d ; and 1,000 Surat at 4id to 51. Railway Shares were steady, and an improving market was perceptible. In the Produce Markets this week, a fair business has been transacted. Tea has been less dealt in, but Tallow has been taken freely on speculation, owing to the short ship men t f rom St. P e t ers b urg h, an d th e @losing of the navigation. The Silk Market is steadier. Cotton is rather drooping, and for hemp there is less demand. Sugar and Coffee have been firm, but not active. Rice has been dull. Spices have been at full prices. There are further arrivals from Australia, but not bringing later dates. A meeting had been held at Mount Alexander to protest against transportation, and seeing that within the last few days there has been a further cargo of transports sent with tickets of leave to Van Diemen's Land, the subject is of most serious and pressing interest. The petition is as follows " To the Honourable the House of Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The Petition of the Gold Diggers and other Inhabi tants of Mount Alexander, Colony of Victoria, Australia Felix, in public meeting assembled, "Humbly Shovveth,—That a large number of your petitioners, both British and foreign, have been induct d to make the Australian colonies their adopted country, from the promises held out by Earl Grey in the name of Great Britain, that the system of sending criminals to these colonies was to be discontinued. " That your petitioners have struggled on in hopes that those promises would, before this, have been ful filled, and on the discovery of largo goki fields in New South Wales, and also in Victoria, fully believed that the Home Government would see the inducement held out to crime by the continuation of sending convicts to the immediate neighbourhood of productive gold mines. " That your Petitioners learn, with feelings of deep regret, that the Home Government, by Earl Grey, in reply to John King, Esq., the Anti-Transportation Dele gate from this Colony, hav3 no intention of discontinuing the present practice of Lending convicted criminals to Viol Diemen's Land. " That your Petitioners would beg to remind your Honourable House, that while Van Diemen's Land con tinues to receive convicted criminals, these Colonies will never receive the full benefit the gold mines otherwise would cause to extensive free emigration. " That year Petitioners would further call the attention of your Honourable House to the fact, that about two thousand of the working population aro likely to alter, annually, their position in lite, from the Gold Mines, by becoming employers, and may be induced with their capital to seek for a more appropriate home for their families than these colonies are likely to give when transportation to Van Diemen's Lind is allowed to con tinue. " Your Petitioners, therefore, pray your Honourable House to address her Must Gracious Ma jesty the Queen, to rescind the Order in Council that allows convicted criminals to be sent out to Van Diemen'a Land, or any other of the Australian Colonies, and your petitioners will ever pray, &c." The following letter being addressed to us by a party of high respectability, who furnishes his name, we think it desirable to give it, remarking that the complaint might be made of numerous other new undertakings, though perhaps in a less direct form : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Sir,--In your number of the 3d November, are ad vertisement inviting the public to take shares in the Western Railway of Switzerland, in which the names of most respectable men are given as a body of Directors ; and notice is given in the advertisement that no further application for Shares will be received after Saturday neat, the 6th of November, applications for the shares to be made to the Secretary of the Company, and to Messrs. George Burnand and Co., and Messrs. Spurling and Son, the Sharebrokers of the Company. " This morning I proceeded with my application, duly signed with the requisite references, to the office of Messrs. George Burnand and Co., 12, Cornhill, where I saw the representative of the house, who told me that they declined receiving applications for shares, because they had been all allotted on the evening of the 4th, but that I might be accommodated with them by paying 12s. 61. premium per share in the market ; and this, he admitted, had been done without any meeting of the board of directors, who to this hour have not met. " If this be the beginning of the management of the Western Railway of Swi'z?rland Company, I think i would be desirable to call attention thereto. Does no this savour strongly of stock-jobbing? " London, Nov. 5, 1852." " VERITA S. The Stock Market is very buoyant, and there is a marked increase in the money business doing. Con sols have been quoted 100 i to -a for Transfer ; and 100 k to - for Account. The New 31 per Cents. have been 1031 to and the 3 per Ceuts. 99a to I. Re duced 3 per Cents. have been at 99i to l l. Bank Stock is worth 2231 to 2243, India Stock is at 2741 to 275?,. Exchequer Bills are firm; and India Bonds realize 84s, premium. The news from Paris of the initiatory proceedings for the declaration of the Empire, is apparently but little heeded here. The Foreign Securities have been neglected, and the Turkish Scrip is further depressed, being only 2i to 21 premium, or say at present 2- to 3 premium. Buenos Ayres Stock is at 81i. Sardinian Bonds are worth 98. Dutch 4 per Cents. realized 961 ; Mexi can are higher, being 24/ to 25. Spanish Deferred have been quoted 25k to I, and the 3 per Cents. 51/ to 52. The news from Constantinople regarding the Loan does not up to the present time con firm the assertion that an indemnity will be offered, although it is admitted in an official com munication that the Ambassador of the Porte at Paris, and the agent of the Bank exceeded their instructions. Such being the case, the Government must be held responsible; but the question then remaining is, what compensation shall be offered ? The Railway Share Market is not so good as it was yesterday, and there is less doing in the English lines. Still it cannot be said that there is any marked depression. French Shares do not quite support the material rise of yesterday, but are buoyant. The Gold Mine Shares are firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done, Bank Stock _ . . _____ „....,....._ . 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99i i -3 per Cent Consols Anne. noi i ,i , i i Now 3 1 ,E per Cent. Arms Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860.. -16 1 / 2 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 6 3% India Stock ..... 275 41 p. Do. Bonds, 10001 B4 South Sea Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ... .. ........ 3 per cent. Annuities, 1751 Consols for Account .. 10054 i % E icchoquer Bills. I%cl. March June. 1,0001...... 5001. ... — 774 &null — 77 4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Small Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. Danish b per Cent. rtquador Bonds 4 7 /8 Mexican 3 per Cent ...... 25 4% 5% re-uvian Bonds, 1849, 6D e r Cent, ...... .. 103% Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese 6 per Cents. Ditto Converted 5 per Cent. . .. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent.... Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sp finish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25 ,8 4 Ditto Passive (Converted) Swedish Loan Tarkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 185`) • 2 1 i i i P• Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent Dutch Excha., 2 1 / 8 per Cent., 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols ... .. ... ... 100% 4 uitto Account, Nov. 11 ... ... 100% 'A THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY COLLISON. GOVERN , smiT INQuiar.—Yesterday Captain Wynne, the Govern. ment inspector of Railways, proceeded to institute an in quiry on behalf of the railway department of the Board of Trade, into the recent collision with the express train on the Brighton line. His report of the disaster will be forwarded to the board of Trade, when it will be made public.—The injuries to th e E ar l of Chichester is not of that serious char acter, which from general report we had been led to expect. His lordship's left eyebrow was laid open, the wound being rather more than an inch in length, but not of serious depth. Mrs. Cloves, a widow lady, residing at 18, Regency-square , who was i n a first-class carriage with Mr. George Tamplin and Mrs. Tamplin, received the most severe injury of any person in the train. She sustained a compound fracture of her right leg, and the anterior plate of her left leg was greatly indented, but the limb was not broken. She is at tended by Mr. B. Valiance; and on inquiry last night at the surgery, we ascertained that she is going on as favourably as can be expected under the unfortunate circumstances. Lord and Lady Foley and Mr. and Miss Wygram, of Brunswick square, were also among those who were injured. REPRESENTATION OF BRADFORD.— The committee which conducted the late election in the interest of Col. Thompson, have decided to petition against the return of Mr. Wickham. They feel that the election of that gentleman was not the fair expression of the opinions and wishes of the electors—that it was accomplished directly by a conspiracy of the Roman Catholic voters and indirectly by corrupt and false votes. The votes of the former cannot be removed from the poll, but th ose of the latter can, and by their removal the act of the former rendered null and void. On this account diefly, so we believe, have the friends of Col. Thompson re solved on a petition. An intimation of their intention has been made to the chairman of Mr. Wickham's ccmj mittee, and a meeting of that body was held y esterday ' at the New Inn, to consider what steps shall be taken iu the matter. We have not heard the result of their deliberatiene,—Bradford Observer, btrb „VVition+ EPSOM ,_AITTLIMN PACE' (THIS DAY.) (BY EXPRESS.) The Hurdle Race. Tomboy ............................................................ Harriett ........ Won by six lengths. Tito Scramble Steeplechase. Nutley La Chouotte ............................................... .:.:: EPSOM. AUTUMN RACE" (THIS DAY.) Tho Durdans Stakeg. May Day ...................................................... La Malheurcuse ....................................... ..... 3 Newport., ........................ • ...................... ..... 14 ran. Won in a canter. LORD MAIDSTONE and MR. MACA nty We are requested by Lord Maidstone to Pa the following letter, which we do verbatim :-- 71, South-Audley-st. Not. 4,1" " MAIDSTONE " versus "MACAULAY." To T. B. MAC JULAY ESQRE M.P. FOR ED ll4slt rtho Sir,—The world at large will be ourpris'd to fl ou t', 0 0 you cannot address your Philistines at Edinbro, l e bi o b hour together, without introducing a subject uport; i vil. you aro as ignorant as you were two years 5ge..,, ° 0 00; liam Penn's morals, or of James (quern John?) v"'" of Dundee's christian name. • titl e You may, or may merit the comprehnsive 0 once applied to you of t ' book in breeches" e ; o ' . 0 should recollect, that many books (including the S ner'il volumes of your own history,) are generally Co n Still► very pleasant reading, and very p oor a uthority' E or as a profess'd hist or i an and moralist, it cannot he' if bo cap'd your notice that, duty excuses every mss o f in' changes his opinion c onsc i en ti ous l y f rom the chsrP ; dtir e consistency. Other w i se , a ll argument, an d ev e must be dispens'd with definitively. t he If your friends at Covent Garden had alio* Englishman's right, (which i n th e i r c h arac ter of 1 - , fl e i r g lit they very consistently denied me ,) viz a hearing' 00 1 have cloar'd up the difficulty in less than five rat:lo l l4g that worthy plebs was so engag'd in cheering Sill. S he 04 platitudes, cursing General E vans ' s explanai i°l lo exhibiting to him backs which h o h a d flogged i n s'lce° —shot it would have been better for me to bee 0 0' a hint from the clown of tho theatre opposite , lei furled a series of legends at them, instead OP° ll mouth. 10e r But without the direct evidence of a public e l thin, charity if not chivaly might h ave led you t. J a elude that one who can count kin with the gree t Graham (not John, mind! nor he of NetherbY ) ' s have had good and honourable reasons for taking; 0 0d which you are pleased to brand with inconsisteneyoooo for which you, after the long parliamentary esP e , r d you boast of, are not ashamed to coin base 11 " generous motives. To raise a laugh at the expense of the absent , " 1,1 helpless, has long been the pre va l en t sea lies of " rp g or/ facetiously term'd Whig humour. In the last ca beret I have no design to figure. Give your ow n did Mr. Macaulay! They shall be punctually atteriniot: " according to the measure of power of the ss e t, l o oo It will be for yo u to cr y Oh e , w h en you h ave had '— In the meantime, Gare a qui me touche! If this charge of inconsistency depends upon r".to 00 I am sorry to be abed to tell you that the re for foundation for it; and if you dep en d upon 009 1 lorli your information, pray put in p rac ti se the riu l-a- lpitti directions you have thrust into the mouth el Claudius, end— " Sto him ,or ead ! net t • ° " Ten thousand pounds (in p copper), alive to the d man who brings i am, Sir, (With every respect for you as a Novelist) Yours as you use me MAIDSTOO MARKET NE WS—( THIS DAY) OP The quantity of English Wheat on sale in to- cor market was very moderate, and in but m iddling 01 dition. On the whole, the attendance of both OW !) 0o j$ country millers was small: whilst the demand kinds of home-grown Wheats w as s t ea dy, at P, 6 2 for se3. o srei lj equal to those obtained on Monday. A ow changed hands for delivery from the North. t Upwards of 20,000 quarters of Foreign Wile s " 0 0 th . come fresh to hand, the show of samples wa i s t , r ats° increase; nevertheless, holders were firm, and ~lots were generally supported. Floating cargoes of die were quite as dear. had an active inquiry for all kinds of supply of which w as sma ll ; an d really ti ne I" parcels wore the turn higher. Nn ehringn tnnk place in Silo value of Milk ,rhe The show of O a t s was to l era bl y good. -‘" tra was inaive, at lat currenci.the lhans ct were firm; but Peas es Tn met a slow sale. '- value of Flour, no change took place. AftHIVALE3 THIS WEEK. --- - IdotlL Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat& ....... —...--,-------' pea' 1 Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. IP ° English ' .••••• 2,630 2,423 1,060 ~ , - G .... Irish •••• •• •• _ _ 8,88 0 ,401 Foreign ......i 20,760 2,010 i 7,020 ILI' __„„---1 SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of Beasts on sale in t no olf market was very mode ra t e as t o num b er , a nd el tr ' ro led deficient in quality, th e d eman d f or a ll kinds , fi re heavy, and Monday's prices were with diffica lll W hish ported. We were fai r ly su p p li e d w i t h Sheep. ' o lv , lets a very limited busi ness was transacte d, a t bare,„'slV rates. Calves—the supply of which was very '", moved off slowly; but we h ave no actua l d e cline " tio ps tice in the q uota ti ons . In Pigs very few tr enss° took place. ee l, Cow s were very d ull. at from 14 1 . to 19- L including their small calf. 4 Inferior Beasts 2s oto 2 s 2 S ou th D owns 4 3 vto 355 Second do. ...2s 4to 2s 10 Large Calves 23 6 ," Prime Large ...3s oto 3 s 6 S ma ll ditto 0 35 °to 23 1 Prime Scots ... 3s Bt o 4s Sucking C dyes 19s 35 Inferior Sheep 3s oto 3s 4 Large Hogs 25 1 0 t , c) ,, 35 10 Second d 0.... 38 6to :33 8 Small Porke rs Si 8"" 191 Coarse Wiled. 3s 10 to 4s 2 Qr. Old Pigs... 16s oto TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. rig 3 ' Beasts. I Cows. Sheep. I Calves. J 302 599 I 130 I 4,952 241 FOREIGN SUPPLY. F l O . Beasts Sheep. Calves. 1,6i0 i 5,770 120 NE WGATE AND LEADENHALL. id stlr, These markets continuo to bo somewheat beaviv...ase plied with each kind of Meat: yet the general de7ooo is steady, and prices are well supported. About % re st , carcasses of Meat arrived from the provinces At per stone by the Carcase. 0• t0 1. le s. d. to s. d. N. , 3 Beef, inferior • • •• 2 0 2 4 ' Mutton , inferior •• 2 ; 3 middling •• •• 2 6 2 8 _middling- 3 ; primelarge .. 210 3 0 prime •••• $ 6 3 --prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge ........ 2 4 0 Veal •• . ..... ...• •• 2 8 310 - .mall .. .. 3 B OROLTGII UOP. f ble b For nearly all kind s o f new H ops, the show 0 ti „, je' is extensive, the dem an d cont i nues act i ve. In Belted stances, higher rates h ave b een pa i d for fine anuraii qualities: —M id an d E ast Kent Goldings , 120 4 to ` - n gii Weald of Kent, 76s to 88s; ditto, choice, aoi Sussex, 72s to 803; ditto, choice, 821 to 86s; Far rim iitte, 100 s to 120 s. ditto, choice, 130 s t o 145 ; coun try "" 98 to 1003; ditto, choice, 1104 to 120 s per cwt. . 0 1 Sugar.—There has been COLONIAL a firm market for n 10 3 Plantation, and grocers and refiners have bought lije d moderate extent. Barbadoes, by auc ti on , has fel l " f a t 34s to 365 64 for low t o m id y e ll ow , an d 37 s to 39,ds to ord to fine. Refined h as b een i n reques t at 459 v 48s for low to fine grocery. East India.—There has been a large business c l ° ll ite d Mauritius at full pric es . At auct i on , l ow brown reded 255 6d to 27s 6d, low to mid y e ll ow 33 s to 34 3 6d , 4 70 good to fine 35s 6d to 375. Bengal went at 4 49 I ° ,l for far grainy white, 39s to 435 for yello w , 2 6s to 26° hits soft brown, and 37s 6d to 41s for common to W ho , Benares. Privately there have been cons id era ble o l d ja Foreign.—This has been firm at fuller rates, t i jo lr., request. Brown Bahia 18s per c w t, an d ver y low sa y g old duty paid, to good brown 29s to 34, 6d. Havaools for, at 348 6d to 375 64 for low and m id w hi te, an d 4 1 0 " oaa fi ne . Cuba wont at 34 s to 36s for low and mid, greil,fa' ye ll o w, and at 31s 6d t o 33s for ord to low grsi' c lo. ,ili a was taken in at 30 s to 315 6d for low Musoe',loo Coffee—For plantation Ceylon, the market hag TAO firm, and not a great quantity has been offered. dee mid has been sold at 52s t o 54 3 6d ; an d fi n e, I° , ;e a fine ord at 52s to 54s 6d, b e i ng o f o ld importofri, 65 mid ; finean d gfiOnoed ord colory an d and lowmid, favourite 4 markss t o o l d 5 5 9: L 5: i t triage, 42, to 48 3 6d ; a few parcels of fine were ts'-isja at 75s to 785 ; and of pea berry, at 67s to 685 64. the five has been in good demand at 46s 65 to 47$ 1 6 4 new import. C osta Ri ca has been sold at 55s CO 570 63% for mid, rather mixed. Jamaica sold at 52$ 64 tod to 64 for low mid and mid, 70 4 for good colory, 4 40 49s 6d for goo d an d fine ord, and 405 to 51a for .r.-° Mocha held f or very full prices. pe Rice—There has been less doing, and the pre", 64 remained about th e same to w hi te B enga l , 1 Is to 1 " 5 per cwt. rto Saltpetre —Sales h ave b een ma d e i n B en gal 8° re' 25s 6d to 26 5 61, for ord. to mid. 10 to 81 per ce nt., fraction being full prices. d 1 ° - Dyes, &c.—The demand for both Cochineal a n digo has been rathsr active. last tri° Tallow--There is more doing within the ' 3- C wt. days, and P. Y. C. has risen to 43, and 435 6d per on the spot. w to ,3 d Tea—There is some want o f an i m ation 211 10 Ib• good common Congou r ema i ns a t 94 P er to 1 0 0 P Green in moderate request. • Green Fruit—The weather h as o p era ted preill „„d i ng against the market, and has produced a corresl d ) r u" pp ed depression in prices. Black Spanish Nuts hav e woods 5s per barrel; Barcelona Is per bag; Grapes o f and lower. A parcel of 200 Malaga, sold by I Cet " l-1 " The Hunt at public sale, sold 2s to 3s per barrel lower in to cargoes cf Messina L emons h ave arrived, but are oes of green a state for i mme di a t e consum ption. Calg Qum ihnu royal doily mooted. .~~