The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-13 00:00:00

-- - , „ COURT CIRCULAR. Highness the 1, INDSOR, TIIITESDAY.—IIer :hlalby the Princess Dtiche,s of Cambridge, Princeaccompanied Frederick ho t u3', and his Serene Highness left d mild m aY, / e ase, and attended by M. Ednaon,,..ew. Th e i r Royal Castle to - dav, for her resideme, at li highnesses -the Hereditary Grand Juke I took their de ass of Mecklenburg Strcli•z e pat.are for Kew. d uke and Grand . lila Queen and Prince by earlyisrnorning w.alk. Albert took their accustomed bi...tirseltoy plighnes! .Prince Albert, accompaniedavveimar 3 6 rens lighness Prince Edward and Lord Byron, and attended by ° f Major-Generaldtbe sport of shooting this morning. the grounds around The Royal Family took their usual exercise this Mornin on the Eastern -terrace and Coaling Lord Portman left the Castle to-day. Caroline of Hesse,_ lifer Royal lii,haess the Princess n ..., ,sehh.uch, a ttende d by Baroness de Scheel and Baro al 3 a visit to on ,a expected to arrive at the Castle to-day 'ter UsjeSty. ft) and ~ l'he American Minister (Mr. George Bancroft), and on tile Bon j. gh, are also expected to arrive will a visit to the Queen. l'he royal dinner Party at the Castle th s is o e f ve i n e in n g t, he.r include her Royal Highness the Duches • Hesse, IT 4°,,Yal highness the Princess Caroline ofe W e i mar, his t"-ena highness Prince Edward of S the zealleney Geore Bancroft, the Lady in the Baroness buchess of Rent? the Baroness de Scheel, Lady Holland, ax Waitine• of rho Sneth, 'Viscount P almerston, Lord and 11 4 ,I. Nigh, and Baron Meysenbuch. 4 , The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards c attend rds duringauend in the Majesty's private band afterwards of it der 11°Yal Highness the Princess Caroline eftr'.ad by Baroness de Scheel and Baron of her Ma- Cashiobury park LI rts the residence Meysenbuch,Hesse, "NesinYdstollreea44tlSeu T he Du .1 1 8 e. Princess Mary, the. Vowaeger, yesterday afternoon, for Beres. L a ss of Cambridge, the mec _ le - itarY Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of k toa,..urg Strelitz, and Prince Frederiek of Hesse, returned ‘,!vi yes t e r day' G bake eorge e l Home-office. m L auri e hail Y of Norfolk had an interview with _S r ir . yesterday, at tae. 13aronet. raso an, interview with the Right Hon. V' s day from ladunt l'almerston arrived in town yester le Secre "r" s)r Castle. T he Ri ht unn. Fe, Mau . ,h..0„,.e_ lea yhat War, visited hi L.t e afternoon. TI: N oble Viscount returned Lgordship at the Foreigrnegs to riud4or Castle in th e • g /111. • j• C. Layard eheadenainn i interview with Earl Grey es„.ter(lay at the coioniaal-offic:. 1 , -Lo d J o h -4 3 re s i de n dtussell had a dinner party yesterday at Mr eVte in Ch 11 , with Sir r, arles Buller had an interview yesterday oreorge Grey deoeaerli Grey had% dinner at his resi ,, e Belgrave-square. party yesterday year teiZsinotninations of the Sheriffs for the ensuing the Court Yesterday (the morrow of St. Martin), in in cf he ii 'tchequer at W estminster, before Council. teser liJestY's most honourable Privy . Right Hon. Ch a ° the proceedings C ommenced the Rlg robe of Lords t, ties Wood entered the Court in his gold si.e at sworn befire tis Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was sworn Es e h e se Lord Chief Baron and the Barons of the uer, T he L tio e ~, °Ns of the Privy Council present at the nomina -1 the Chat.ieellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Pre hegu -"' t" Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice ofth teLerloirlai3ecFh, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, tart' f, 40.1ef Justice of the Common Pleas, the Secre- A•Sir. ate for the Home Department, and Mr. Baron Sev er , i tiati,4. of the Puisne Judges also assisted at the nom W a i.• ' r. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Tilit?g. , the eir Lordships and the Judges having been sworn te Esgiiii,,lination proceeded in the usual form, the elitie bele,' lautities, and afterwards the Welsh c crile4"ed OVer, together with the names of the three ed g ,, b.et! nominated for each county last 7ear. supplied a nt,,e r‘no . had been on the respective circuits . h e ein Ilea of that of the present Sheriff, and in cases (dominated 1444 their Lordships allowed gentlemen d theirNr) to he excused from serving the office, an Earths parses to be taken off he roll, the Judgesea thrre't aubmitted her names tots upply the vacanci thr ee bein„ nominated for each county. kr. 11 carenaony concluded soon after three o'clock. es IL, edworth I.atibton, M.P., arrived at Brighton.Farrasn `"i, Upper Belgrave-street, yesterday, from SPORTILIGENCE. The s TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. °lifting is a summary of the afternoon's betting;— takenilEsTait Cup. 1000 to 20 and 10G0 to 15 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go nragh ntstin v 1 5 0. ° to 50 asst Mr. Mostyn's Planet -taken to 30 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale-..:ditto j'ele to 50 apt Mr. Guny',sllatit%vy--(lito 1""0 to 20 asst Mr. Gully to 20 agst Mr. O'Brien's Theelt. eti;tno—dlt 10 a sst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagrie r—take. The . TllB XENVPORT PAGNALL STtEpLE cuAsE. 1 () twice ,llowing beta were laid in the course of the day:— 'S to 1 agst r. Lanibden's Discount I ' l 2 to te 1 agst Lord Strathmore's The Switcher 12 , 1 ga t Mr. C. C. Brooke's Eagle Witcher `°l‘ agst Mr J Pulver's Saucepan ks ja'sba,ta_rtindis.said to Ise doubtful: uW,N. PARK COURSING MEETING. WE.TuvEsDA T.. i t i l ol , berby--First Ties. litaiter,t beat Windfall ti)atlitteo beat afoot Cordon's 1 Stocktonyandnt tbee beatat Brown J a Warminster. eket kfielite'r, °LAB.. Etwall's Etonian beat Mr. ,41)lies Is Errant ' e ) , v beat y ea h ea 0a First Ties- Rose beat sale heat v White Gretna 1 WGirl. kr, b, Wiateriall ran a bye' ?iititr, :`wwall's Enford L 'IIIE clip. Drinkald's E l,sp.r!eet,,, Lotharsiss beat Mr. Rake's Reginau, Sly Boots. Alr• W, tttitaativesd's p beat M„r"hir. Parkinson s ntlet. Wr' llowlearall's Wittl? b eatM t Go . ddard's Ga ' u Winnibald. Lawrelts I,, ett of tie r i beat . Mr. Europe. King Eunuch. . lialr,l'a Crayte„'Vsaniprey eTeeMDrinkald's -r want of '''• -'• s-uppy Staketst wa r ; not ran out io SIV APs , „„1141t COURSING MEETING.-es:sixes. y. , k r. b_ Also wEortEaDA Attlt,nliet's „ Tut C - Up. beat mr. Arabia's kehoo (late Ensign) (le Ste , Go-again .eltew myth's Sil • hury's sir eats). esut beat Mr. Tian AIP: l i a4e '" I' P '1 kr ).4ehury,`,',.saar',,beat Mr. Caldwell's Regard. o. or. &silt', ,trol ett t r iecrkherVilr. Villebois's N he Fortune-teller e . es 111,4as:* w 14'8 kcitshteeAsih. NlZt Mr. Burrough Loiai '''oslll's 5 Aspasia. kip itit4Nalte. %%Slick beat Mr. Gurney's g, Dandy. 'hirer; Gar7---SileslialZw arnt Villebo ea b t Trea ock beat se.„ t opsail; Backsheesh llr. Ara - 1 1 1. 1 nt!ilik:: TZ00; Msveworm beat Sam Es Kr. 1/. v,!.1 sAlax beat Isrvtuvia DOG ropPI • kr, 13 e°l3l3' ban beat' Bennet's Wings. Slick. Icir. urroughes's r' ester. eed • Mr. Hanbury's Gam_ bleetoillicworth' s D rie be Mr. Ilanbury's.Gl‘l,-;„ Nos kr, _l 3 sinonaparte beat Mr.. Villam" k • Smit h , tilt• Bagg,:,t,eariter beat Mr. Gurney's Albert. . th true "Stearae;i),,e Blue beat Mr. B. SmY • like beat D art..tt.Be"irie. • litp. 1:405ti,,e4. i,raitp.a pueoirtialsriltelitatrAt.iji.axnEs. 's Science. 1.4: W. tar4e bFat Mr. 11. Villebois's De drop. 11,.. Herat erroughe.,_elight beat Mr. Ilanbtlrys's_G,Sl'22: tr. et,, 1,0,S Not beat Mr. Arabia', (4,...-ao-iprY. kr, b'srneva V' Aot beat Mr. B. Smyth 's St liir .4chwor ,MY beat Mr. Villebois's Nora. Let ties ~ t h aBY beat Mr. Gurney's Augustus. Twilight Why isi;:eweb beat Trifle, Amy beat Briar, kk r it Itaai r, ‘,4tltworth' " b(:)" UrrY STAR ‘1ur4,,,,. Allah e rutus beat Mr. Arabin's Agricola..._ Sir (;ritt4.„;':n beat Mr. R. Bagge's Titehtield• 4 11 ,A, az11e,,.."-, Tolv arARArs, FOR. arreri PUPPIES. , •Artibitil,4,t .114'4 beat 111 r. R. Bagge's Token._ e. Rs /4 Tot ~'"ArY beat Lord Stradbroke's Mouch ,Anissi.„;;;Attnottotiout LA AGED STAKES. `ertrude beat Mr. Arabia's Q Alpha. p4ty,,,4ilirecits .31,,,.0t run out. 11 edit P 1 of hr, t t ti 4 bt the ~,,' . very differently descriTbehg pixies in and on the t iea t N w 6-„""Y• In the North of Devon, e an ., the 11,11- 11,,1r, ititiab?twitl,l, there are thought to un. s race, different 4„reseink Sresants,' --it dwarfish and malicious within the 'l % . rtie -e8 °F dark green, living ~ Like resqltt ,t! corornonly called sandfairy rings aN ch, stld the " good people," they pipe and th,tP l ly „ I. the sound of their Stharp and 1. It is said he t , 144 '0 nceasionally heard at nightfalare fond of atr:„lt the,,stlce passing one of these pixy rings,it, trew Ihat,•S° at dancin and singing within the At ' arena into the ' ofthe circle when aqnemidst arose. arid ;14,1eiLi: „ia e cease d, and a dreadful shriek vi_. , Thet,°,,n), however, that they become haunt at tit) . 4 )1 11 6 is a celebrated Pixy d 'fashion Derh:ll. til t he ta °rn wall ; where they have been e sittinp• in bat:ll4!nauking after the most appr e o n v spinning, illr'ttlik IA aZirg.hleester, and thel Vrow.iv:im On the . i n t t! 4 clif4r44 Wesateigan boofrdehres r o 7gl3 artraocr, the Pixies ty4s, Zerit character. They are sometimesher ss— a s kis or thrent More frequently in small tormentingnumbers—as alt, t, Ni r, e togitther. They delight in ia ,_ higolstray such ri ch ii persons as thy tlj'e te.,.44841 ; arid the only remedy in su spell which at a b ase hel, tits:44'"e part of Your dress,— t hird sts cha r their " glamour." Like a the changing,fairies the l ',ll th srged with stealing, or rather ,.n Nah.,Joyrtsatho ieradle ; and with carrinsg. the 1441,,!it,tilqa or oft) bower " such byoff to placedpersons themselves ho t , ' their jofiaome great crim e , have . living at Tot tirtl;,/vho I 4nce. A woman is still itt r Ettki 8 said to have been thus chan,,gtehdealtakhee,T, t„ 1 , tua„ Olt the h ofwhat is called which ~,,e4 ‘tteh, ~_ a ores stlixie4er ,herieeoretocerttan soft sandy e places into (ertilof i! ti t ey are sasidptOshauvte"" houses" in the deep o e carried off by the toi.eige ho:'t}i" rock which form the Tors of IDaretanir r. ° ern, ', iitll 4 : k r rel Si d e of Sheepstor is a singular cavern, called tota,tirel'isies, iienns'seellantg blocks tic,)eygmay be heard eat Ivoerllt 1144,1trieri'ngwi(tfor°, lvikieLthe Duergar, they !ire Ilillt.i`4 ersTli?. tne tai) and sometimes busily pounding (if Caner;,,Y --,ta cave is considered " a critical place for t he a ss, ' r 44 0 no one visits it without leaving a bunch liKta)'atets?ne or tw o Pins, as a propitiatory ofir!ngde t;,l iii ,idiunue beings who inhabit it. The Pixies and t,larses ~,F, tihe cattle about Sheepstor. at night ;re With'lntly f'" unlitseks of the neighbouring farmers a rltit;'.iiiabi. °,,f,t'htd, in plait inorning, wearied and covered tilt s : and tb.`"cY plait the manes of such horses.as they -, 4r e tWisted kaots that are aftervvards found in s %lied 4 b• Aix), seats.”—A.theneuni. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in the Eastern Counties Railway Company was held yesterday • afternoon, for the purpose of considering and determining on the conversion of all the 14/. 16s. shares of the company into shares of 201. each, by the payment of 11. 4s. and addition of 4L bonus, to take dividends from the 4th January next; and also for considering an determining on the granting of equivalent advantages to the Northern and Eastern Railway Company; and the meeting was also made special for the purposes of granting to the holders of Eastern Counties Yurk Extension shares the right to subscribe all further capital now required, or hereafter to be required, for the purposes of the company, until the same be paid up in full. Mr. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the advertisement -fully stated the objects which had called them together, but it was proposed, to meet the wishes of a large number of pro prietors, to make some alteration in the plan to be sub mitted to the meeting. It was proposed that instead of issuing a 201. share, they should call up 11. 4s. on the 14/. 16s. shares, and issue in return a 151. share, and the bonus would be distributed 'n the shape of a 51. share.— (No, no.) When he last addressed them, he was in an ticipacion that, before he met them again, the, ine from Ely to Peterborough would have been opened, but, for reasons which had already been stated in the public prints, they had been unable to accomplish that object. He could state, however, that about the Ist of Decem ber the line would be opened for goods.—(Hear, hear.) When he estimated at the last meeting the probable re ceipts for the present half-year, of course he fully ex pected that the Peterborough line would have come into successful operation during that period, but, as it had not, his estimate would be reduced. The receipts of the half-year would be 250,000/, showing the largest in crease ever known upon any railway in a single half year, during which no additional lines had been opened. The increase was 501. per cent., but in fairness he ought to state that they had had the advantage of the eighteen miles of the Eastern Union line, from Colchester to Ipswich. At the last meeting he stated that the interest on loans would probably be 44,0001., but as the Ely and Peterborough line had not come into operation the in terest would be reduced to 40,0001. The expenses of the half-year, he believed, would be 90,0001., and those two sums deducted from the 250,0001., would leave a balance of 120,0001., applicable to a dividend, which would, this half-year, be equal to 71. per cent., or, in the aggregate, 114,0001. The result could not fail to be satisfactory to the shareholders, while it bore out the anticipations he indulged in at the last meeting.— (Cheers.) The reason why they called the shareholders together was to place the undertaking upon a solid foot ing, and the proposition the directors were prepared to make them was, in his opinion, equitable and just to both parties. The new 51. share could not be called a bonus, because it must be borne in mind the length of time the proprietors received no return whatever from the under taking.—(Hear, hear.) Considered in that light, it was no bonus at all. He stated at the last meeting the number of lines that had been then obtained in Parlia ment—and it had since been determined that these, as well as others should be constructed with the York Extension stock—and until all the money upon that stock had been called up and exhausted it was not pro posed to create any new shares.—(Hear, hear.) It was only intended originally to use that stock for lines north of Cambridge, but hereafter it would be used as he had mentioned. Five pounds had already been called upon it, and in the course of July next the lines to which it would be applied would come into operation, anti the York Extension would participate in the dividends to the extent of their money expended. Another 51. it was proposed to:call, and this would yield sufficient for the lines granted last session. Now, when the 1/. 4s. should be paid up, the capital of the Company would be 7,300,0001., while the length of line opened would be 176 miles, giving an average cost of about 41,0001. per mile. When the new line for which Acts were obtained were constructed there would be additional mileage of 66 miles, reducing the average cost to 37,400/. per mile, and making the total mileage 242 miles of Eastern Counties proper. The lines they intended to apply for next session he would now briefly mention. Last session they got an Act, enabling them to get to Wisbeach, and from there they proposed to extend the line to Spalding, where they will construct some large and important docks. From Spalding they would proceed to Newark, from Newark to Lincoln, from Peterbcrough to Boston, con necting them with the Ambergate line. From Cambridge they proposed to go to Wear and to Bedford, giving them access to the proposed South Midland. From Bedford they would proceed to Hitching. There would be a line in connexion :with a West-end terminus from Tottenham to Guildford ; another from London to Southend ; another from Stratford to Victoria Park, and another from Braintree to Halstead, making in all a total of 225 miles. That added to the lines he had before mentioned, would make the mileage of the Eastern Counties 437 miles, at an average cost of 27,516/. per mile.—(Hear, hear.) Now, if they only obtained half of those lines, there would be enough to consume the whole of the York Extension stock. He came now to the revenue part of .the question.—(Hear, hear.) He had made a calculation of the probable returns. When the 28 miles of new railway came into operation in Decem ber, they estimated that the weekly returns would average 12,000/. per week, at present they were net ting 9,5421. per week, and with that increase he calculated they would be able to divide 71. per cent. at the next half-yearly meeting, and 71. per cent. in July following.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, they were in a very prosperous state, and, without further preface, he would proceed at once to move a resolution authorising the directors to act in the manner he had stated.—(Hear.) A PROPRIETOR wished to know if York Extensions would participate in future creations. The CHAIRMAN was understood to reply that they would when they had been paid up. A number of proprietors suggested that the easiest and shortest plan would ;be to adhere to the original proposal, and instead of issuing two sets of stock, one for 15/. and the other for Si., make the 151. into a 201. share at once. The CHAIRMAN said he would put the question to the meeting, and let the result decide it. The question was accordingly put, and carried by an immense majority. Mr. ARLETT asked if the holders of the 14/.165. shares were not entitled to the two hundred and seventy thou sandth part of the whole profits according to their Act? The CHAIRMAN said they were. Mr. ARLETT—WeII then, suppose it is not convenient for a shareholder to pay up the 1/. 4s. till next July, have you the power to compel him to do otherwise? The CHAIRMAN replied, certainly not ; but then those who paid up the 1/. 4s. would be receiving divi dends on 20/., while those who did not pay till July would only receive dividends upon 14L 16s. Mr. ARLETT—And yet you admit that the 14/. 16s. shares are entitled to a certain proportion of the whole profits ? The CHAIRMAN—It is purely a matter of internal arrangement which the Act sanctions, and if you do not choose to come into it you will be a loser.—(Hear.) The resolution, as amended by the meeting, was then put and carried unanimously. The shares will carry dividends from the 4th of December. Some discussion then arose as to the expediency of re pudiating the connexion with theHar t w ha ic t h it Steam Packet Company, but the CHAIRMAN stated be a subject for the consideration of a future meeting, and the matter dropped. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting, which was densely crowded, broke up. SALES BY MR. W. Nir. SI UPSON, AT THE MART, LONDON. TUESDAY, NOV, 10. A very desirable freehold and copy hold estate, eligibly situate in the adjoining parishes of Irches ter and Wymington, in the counties of North ampton and Bedford, comprising nearly 470 acres of land, farm house, and buildings, producing, after the necessary deductions of land-tax, quit rent, and repairs, about 7601. per annum; sold to John Beasley, Esq., of Chapel Brampton, North amptonshire, as agent for Jones Loyd, Esq., at ESTATES IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE. A desirable pleasure farm and accommoda tion land, situate in the parish of Hartford, in the county of Huntingdon, comprising 56 acres of land, let so as to produce, after deducting for outgoings and repairs, a net rental of about 1101. per annum —sold to 'William. Ward, Esq., of Hartford, for 3020 A freehold and tithe•free estate, situate in the . parish of Graff h am, H unts, comprising 123 acres, farmhouse, &c., let so as to produce, after deduct ing for outgoings and annual repairs a net rental of about 135/. per annum—sold to his Grace the Duke of M anc h ester for A freehold and tithe-free estate, in the parish of Hemingford Grey, Hunts, comprising 64 acres, producing, aft er deducting for outgoings and annual repairs, a rental of about 1101.—sold to J. D. Hewett, Esq., for WEDNESDAY, I ITH NOV. A valuable freehold estate, called Pot Ash Farm, situate in the parish of Freston, Suffolk, comprising 135 acres of arable land, producing a rental (after deducting the outgoings of land-tax, quit rent, and repairs,) of about 1751. per annum, sold to William Rodwell, Esq., of Ipswich, for A valuable freehold and copyhold estate, known as the Racecourse Farm; situate in the parish of St. Clement's, Ipswich, comprising 222 acres of arable and pasture land, producing a rental of 2001. per annum, independent of the revenue produced from booths, &c., on the course ; bought in at A desirable compact copyhold estate (fine arbi trary, making it of less value by five years' pur chase), in the parish of Monk Soham, near Framlingham, Suffolk, consisting of 131 acres of productive land, producing a rental (after de• ducting annual repairs, &c.), of about 1851. per annum—sold to Mr. Wm. Creasy, the tenant, for 4,380 A desirable freehold estate, called the Four Elms Farm, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, compris ing 248 acres of land let on lease, at a rent of 3621. per annum (subject to outgoings), was bought in at .. £57,520 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. M.B. SECOND EXAMINATION.-1846. The following candidates have recently passed this examination, viz.:— FIRST DIVISION.-MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Mompas, Joseph Carpenter, University College. Day, John Climenson, London Hospital. Elam, Charles, Leeds School of Medicine. Goodridge, Henry F. Augustus, University College. Hawksley, Thomas, King's College. Johnston, James, Queen's College, Bi rm i ng h am . Sturt, Thomas James, King's College. SECOND DIVISION.-MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Arlidge, John Thomas, King's College. Birkett, George, Charing cross H osp i ta l . Cowdell, Charles, University College. Duncan, Peter Martin, King's College. Eton, Edward William, St. George's Hospital. Mason, Thomas Peter, Orig. Sch. of Med., Peter street, Dublin. The Bestwall and Swineham estates, announced for sale in our columns, situate close to the borough town of Wareham, and upon which, it is said, they have at each election a material and important influence, were for many years the pet or model farms of the late Sir Claude Scott, Bart., by whom they were wonderfully improved, and rendered the best farms in the county ; at his death they were sold to Mr. IlarTy Hammond, who built a pleasant, comfortable residence upon the property, commanding the most extensive and beautiful view of the Dorsetshire hills, including the majestic ruins of Corfe Castle. The death of the proprietor renders a sale of this desirable property peremptorily necessary, and Mr. Robins speaks of it in the highest terms, strongly recommending it to his friends, the ca pitalists, possessing, as it does, all the elements for safe and permanent investment—indeed, one more desirable is seldom to be met with in the market. THE VALUE OF BRAIN LABOUR IN THE ARTS.— In a recent lecture, delivered at the Bradford Mechanics' Institute, " On the fine arts, and their application to in dustrial purposes," by Mr. G. Wallis, late principal of the Manchester School of Design, the lecturer produced a French miniature jug, beautiful iu design, and stated that the clay of which the jug was composed would cost about half a farthing, whereas by the brain labour of the designer, its value was increased to half-a-crown. The material form of another jug had, in like manner, bad its original value of a farthing increased to seven francs (ss. 10d.) its consequence of the colours which had been bestowed upon it in ornamenting it. He stated that there was an indisposition, from the non-appreciation of the works of arts, to pay the high price for their embel lishments which our continental neighbours, whose taste was educated, paid for them; and he said that they might depend upon it, that Englishmen would produce works equally as beautiful in the art of design as the French, when they had equal encouragements, and when the people could appreciate the truly beautiful.—The Builder. A painful difference of feeling has for a considerable period existed between the rector and parishioners of Vange, in this county, in con sequ ence of the former baying introduced several alterati ons in the performance of Divine worship in that church, more particularly in the dressing up of the altar, on which were placed a cross, candles and candlesticks, and vases, containing bouquets of flowers, which gave great offence to the con gregation, many of whom, in consequence, absented themselves from attendance on pu bl ic worship. These novelties called forth t h e strong disapprobation of the Venerable Archdeacon Jones, upon his inspection of this church, during his last parochial visitation, and he ex pressed a hope that the rector would immediately see the propriety of their discontinuance. This direction not being complied with, and the same unhappy feeling still prevailing, the churchwarden himself removed the obnoxious oruaments from the altar ; but this step, unfortunately, created a wider breach between the rector and his flock. The circumstances were now commented upon by the London press with much freedom. Ulti mately the matter was brought under the notice of our new and respected diocesan, the Bishop of Rochester, and on Wednesday E. e'nnight his Lordship, ac companied by a reverend gentleman o f t h e neighbourhood, went to Vange, and made an investigation of the circumstances. His Lordship, we are informed, directed the immediate re moval of the cross, candlesticks and candles, and vases and flowers, and gave such directions as to the future performance of Divine service as will, we trust, put an end to that unhappy difference which has so long existed upon this subject, and enable all to join fervently and heartily in the public worship of G od.—Essex EXPLOSIVE SAWDUST. —The following is add ressed to the Leeds M ercury, b y George Turner, Richmond street, Leeds:—" Having en g a s elf to make some g e d m of the now far-f ame d gun co y . I ca me at results by my experim en t s w hi ch convince me that al l fib rou s or finely serrat e d vegetable materials can be ma d e t o pro duce an explosive compound, similar in many respe cts to ot gunpowder, b e i ng of not so easy manufacture as the gun cotton. I here enclose to you a specimen of the pro posed gun sawdust, which can either be tested by putting it into the fire or sprinkling over your gas or candle. The preparation is thus:—Take of nitric acid of specific gravity 1.5 two measures ; commercial oil of vitriol two measures also • pour the two ac ids into a bacon, then gradually sprinkle into the compound acid the sawdust the t re m su u l s t t w n i o l t l b b e e a p d o e u e r e e m d p in e t s o iti t o h n e b a f c t i b d e to b o it r ri a c pi a d e l i y d , , d in a dry condi t i on, and care must be taken that t h e saw dust th u nitrous acid and a carbonaceous matter. Continue to sprinkle the sawdust until nearly the whole of the acid contained in the bason is absorbed. Cover your bacon over with a plate to keep in the fumes from the acid. Allow the sawdust to remain in the acid a space of eight or ten minutes. Pour then into the bason as much water as it will hold, and the sawdust, by the action of the compound acid, has become of a higher specific gravity, by which property the prepared sawdust sinks to the bottom of the vessel. Pour the water off, fill it again, and continue to wash until you, on tasting the water in the bason, no longer perceive acidity. Dry it then in a current of warm air; be careful not to allow your tem perature to be too hi.,h; you may place it upon the oven if not too hot. When it is perfectly dry it is ready either for the gun or pistol, Scc. I think it is equal to Mr. Taylor's gun cotton in every respect." NEW USE FOR WATER-WORKS.--A rather novel source of mechanical power, and curious application of that power, have lately been ado p ted a t Newcastle, on hydraulic crane, wo r k e d the quay of which a b y the pressure of water in the common street water-pipes, ha s rtect' been erected, under th e partii! p ton of a pate nt , b y Mr. W. Armstrong. The pillar and jib alone appear above ground, and the application of the power to th e i ts movements, is regulated with ra pidity, as well as delicacy, b y meansofindicators, tra versing circularly on engrave d wporlates or ind ks have exes. Though not the first time that water- works this been applied in t h e a ccumulation of mechanicalte or dina it to porter,the ordinary ele gant application of vista, through yb usi nwhichess of a t o wn op e ns up a widemay be indefinite outline of multiform u ses trace d the for such of domestic as well as o f business life. 7' in the sphere a co nvenient power, Builder. WASH-HOUSES. I PUBLIC BATHS AND Manches terdditional private n baths at this the erection of the a progressed., r establishment has favourably v ery hatwill se g on ess h e:l, fu a l n i d there they appears no doubt but baths are now nearly in g y en cu er m ai com pleted. The shower the highest satisfaction, ge neral use, as far as use, and have given nt been used. The extraordinary in they have at present d artment, to wh . hic we alluded crease in the washing 013 satisfactory returns than could last week, shows more d. The institution opened for this have been suppose 10th of September, and during that department on the articles washed b 199 • y parties. month there were 9,827 ar In the following month of October, the nu m b ers who availed themselves of the privileges offered b y the esta blishment were 568, dur in g whi n a ,728 articles of various descriptions we e r v e en y ashed estershodaY,wi up g to v th er e y h u o n u; expected increase ; and, less than 929 articles of wear of closing, there were Bo wear ing apparel and bedding washed at this institution. Up to last night the articles washed were , 5 740 during• this month, month, and the number of those _ rdtan 9/ fewer than 194,__ Manchester Gua who ccu yes terday.d tubs, no pi NORFOLK ESTUARY. A general meeting of the shareholders :of this Com pany was held yesterday, at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur street, Lord George Bentinck in the chair, to consider the advisability of continuing the project, which his Lordship considered to be a most discouraging one. By the report, it appeared that the land to be reclaimed from the sea, under the power of the Act of Parliament, is 30,000 acres, the first ten thousand of which are likely to be brought under culture in 1860, yielding a bonus of 28,0001.; the second portion, in 1870, yielding a profit on sale of 214,000/.; and the third in 1870, giving a fur ther profit of 83,000/. ; the capital paying four per cent. into est in the meantime. Sir JOHN RENNIE, the engineer, estimated the cost of warping and reclaiming the land, iacluding the sea-wall, at 151. an acre for the first portion, 171. for the second, and 201. for the third. After much discussion, the Shareholders present decided on proceeding with the undertaking, by a divi s'on of thirty-two to eighteen. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the di rectors were re-elected for the ensuing year. On Monday last J. M. Carter, Esq., was:elected, for the fifth time, Mayor of the borough of Hertford. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A CONVICT IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL.—Wed nesday as a g ang o f conv i cts were em ployed in removinz a heavy piece of timber from a barge on to the quay at the Royal Arsenal, one of them, named James Venella, was caught by the chain, and thrown from the wharf into the barge with such violence as to cause the fracture of several of his ribs. He was immediately removed to the convict hospital -ship Unite but his recovery is considered doubtful. -- A GIGANTIC TASK.—Professor Owen has, it is said, examined the remains of at least four thousand elephants. This is no less than an elephant a day for tne last fifteen or sixteen years. We suspect there is a little exaggeration in the statement. Even the most active of Custom-house officers could not have contrived to get through an examination of their trunks in the time which it is alleged has been all that Professor Owen devoted to the elephants themselves.—Punch. We believe it is now certain that the statue of the Duke of Wellington is to be removed from the arch at Constitution-hill. It may be difficult to find a proper site for it; but Waterloo place and the Parade-ground are spoken of for the purpose. THE SEA SERPENT EXPLAINED.--I talked (says Mr. Kohl) with a Norway seaman about the celebrated enormous sea serpent. The explanation which he gave of the phenomenon seems to be worthy of notice. He said he did not believe in the existence of such a mon ster ; but that he had often seen certain small fishes, which have the habit of swimming close together in a long narrow shoal ; and that, as they dived or rose, they might present some appearance resembling the joints of a vast serpent. Balfe has arrived in London from Vienna, where he has been rejoicing in all sorts of ovations. His operas, The Siege of Rochelle and The Bohemian Girl, have ex cited a positive furore amongst the German dilettanti. The management gave a splended banquet in his honour, to which were invited all the great artistes and amateurs. Strauss's band, conducted by the veteran himself, per formed the overture of The Bohemian Girl, and se lections from the opera. Staudigl, in proposing the health of Balfe, called him " Der lionig von Melodien" (the King or Melody). THE SUN, LON DON, FRI I)Ay MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 18i6. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. DURING THE PAST WEEK. A great change has lately taken place in public opi nion respecting the probable range of prices of pro visions in this country during the approaching winter. The leading articles published day after day in the principal journals last month, predicting famine and all its attendant miseries, were not without influence; and extravagant notions as to the probable value of bread stuffs were generally entertained. Only a few weeks ago the daily papers maintained that if the grain were actually ready for shipment in America and elsewhere, the scarcity of vessels would preclude the possibility of its being transported to Great Britain in sufficient time to prevent want being felt. Suddenly all these evil prognostics have vanished, and we are now told that there never existed cause for apprehen sion, that the potato failure was a delusion, that there is food enough in the country, and that there are quantities on passage from abroad of sufficient mag nitude to depress prices considerably. How the writers can reconcile these opposing declarations we are at a loss to conceive. For ourselves, we never viewed the potato crop as a total failure, nor did we at any time talk of famine. What we stated on previous occasions we now maintain, that, with a deficiency of at least one-half of the crop of one of the most important articles of food, a short yield of all kinds of spring corn, and at most a bare average produce of wheat, low prices could not be calcu lated on. Great stress has been laid on the quantity of foreign corn liberated when the present corn-laws came into operation ; but it appears to have been wholly over looked that the stocks of old English wheat at the time of harvest were much less than usual, in proof of which we would remind our readers that last year a large proportion of the farmers' supplies consisted of old till nearly up to Christmas, whereas in the present year old Wheat had almost disappeared from the different markets within the space of a month after harvest. The new crop was immediately commenced upon, and its consumption was begun at least a month earlier than in ordinary seasons. These considerations lead us to believe that there is at the present moment less wheat in the country (taking that of home and foreign growth together) than there was at this period of last season; and as it cannot be fors moment questioned that an enormous extra con sumption of bread must take place in consequence of the deficiency and inferior quality of potatoes, we can discover no reason to think differently to what we did two months ago, viz., that all the foreign grain we may be able to procure is likely to be wanted. With regard to the extent of the importations from abroad very exaggerated accounts have lately been published ; at all events there is little prospect of really large arrivals till the spring of next year. We may, and probably will, receive a few hundred thousand barrels of flour from America before winter sets in, and some quantity of wheat and other grain from tho Baltic and Black Seas, but nothing compared to the supplies spoken of. The corn trade has since our last re mained in a quiet state, millers and dealers being ap parently satisfied with what they still hold ; the daily drain upon their stocks is, however, very great, and we question whether business will long remain in its present state. There is no change for the better in the tone of the advices from Ireland ; the distress is described as fully as severe as at any previous period, whilst the utmost uneasiness is said to be felt by all classes of the com munity as to the effects of the increased want likely to be experienced during the approaching winter. Prices of the coarser sorts of food had, we are in formed, not only been maintained, but had steadily advanced ; and oatmeal is as dear, weight for weight, in many parts of Ireland, as flour is on this side of the Channel. The concession made by the millers on Monday has not been followed by a more active demand for Flour ; indeed, the bakers have acted even more cautiously this week than before, and the contracts closed have been comparatively unimportant. The operations in Ameri can flour have likewise been on a retail scale, though sellers have shown a disposition to facilitate business by accepting rather reduced rates. On the 10th of last month there were 18,441 cwt. of flour in bond in London, and 229,548 cwt. in the kingdom. THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. We have no further arrivals from America this week ; and as the steamer was not, to sail before the end of Oc tober, we can scarcely expect her arrival till the middle of the month. The accounts from that quarter are looked for with great interest, as it is certain that beyond what may reach us from the other side of the Atlantic, the imports of foreign grain into Britain are likely to be comparatively unimportant till the spring of next year. By the adrices from the principal Baltic ports it appears that there was but little wheat in progress of shipment. the scarcity of vessels and the high freights demanded having acted as a great hindrance to business. The most recent reports from Dantzic are of the 31st of October. During the week only 7,000 quarters of wheat had changed hands, partly on speculation and partly for export; and to induce buyers to purchase, it had been necessary to submit to a reduction of Is. per quarter. The best high-mixed qualities were, however, then still worth 565. to 575. per qr. free on board, whilst freight to England varied from 6s. 6d. to 7s. per quarter. To the cost and freight 2s. 6d. per quarter must be added for insurance, the premiums having lately risen very materially. Taking these items together, the total cost will be found to amount to more than the article would fetch in the London market, a state of things which midst deter British merchants from buying st that port. The greater part of 7,000 quarters sold during the week had consisted of inferior and secondary quali ties; and for 591bs. to Nibs. new, and 601bs. to 611bs. old, 50s. to 535. per quarter had been realised. In spring corn nothing of interest had transpired, owing to the want of supplies. At Konigsberg business appears to have been quiet ; for though orders for wheat, barley, and peas had been received, the high pretensions of holders, and the diffi culty of obtaining ships, had prevented much business being done. The case seems to have been the same at Stettin. A letter from thence, of the 28th ult., informs us that the supplies of barley had fallen materially short of the de mand, and that 355. per quarter had been readily paid for fine qualities for immediate shipment. Merchants had, it appears, been cautious in entering into contracts for forward delivery ; still a few bargains to ship Pome ranian barley in spring had been closed at 325. per quar ter free on board. New wheat had come slowly to hand, and of old there were hardly any stocks ; hence little had been done in the article. At Hamburg, on Tuesday, the Wheat trade was de cidedly quiet, and the rates offered by consumers (545. 6d, to 555. 6d. per qr. for good qualities of red) being higher than the limits of the few foreign orders on hand, the business done had been of quite a local character. Barley had, notwithstanding the dull ac counts from hence, continued in much request, and 40s. to 40s. 6d. per qr. had been paid for 481bs. sale on the spot. Oats had sold at 21s. to 225. per qr. free on board. In the Dutch markets the value of all sorts of grain had, according to the latest accounts, been very firmly maintained, notwithstanding the somewhat dull English advices ; whilst in France quotations of Wheat and Flour had, according to the must recent advices, under gone a further rise. At Marseilles, on the 28th of October, there were buyers of fine Polish Odessa at equal to 535. 9d., and of Marianopoli at 495. per qr. From Ancona we learn that purchases of Indian corn had been made for spring delivery at 265. 6d. to 275. per qr. free on board ; the stock of the article remaining was estimated at 15,600 to 20,000 qrs., and it was cal culated that there were not more than 20,000 qrs. of wheat in warehouse, taking old and new togetber. From Odessa we learn that serious inconvenience was felt there for want of ships. Wheat had, nevertheless, continued to excite attention, and during the week end ing 16th of October, 60,000 chets. had been bought at prices varying from 275. to 375. per qr. free on board.— Mark-lane Express. MASTER AND SERVANT—FAMILY WORSHIP.—A case of some interest, involving a master's power over a servant, came before Sheriff Watson on Thursday. A farm servant, of the name of Jane Watt, raised an action against her master, Mr. George Alexander, Clyne, Straloch, for wages and board wages, on the ground of improper dismissal. The facts of the case were—that Alexander and his family and servants were engaged at prayers one morning in the kitchen ; the pursuer came into the kitchen in the meantime, and when the family were so engaged, proceeded with her work, cleaning the milk dishes, and making a noise. The master had to stop, and addressing the servant said, " I dare say I need not bid you join the worship, for forced prayers aro no devotion ; but if you will not join in bowing your knee to God, you must stop work while we are doing so ; go somewhere else." The servant took her leave, but offered herself back again before two witnesses the next day. The master agreed to receive her ; but she would only agree to return, on condition that neither should she be asked to join in prayers, nor the master assemble his family in the kitchen for prayers. The master replied, that as regarded the first—her joining in prayers—she could please herself ; but as regarded the second, as long as he had a house, he would erect an altar to the Lord in any part of it. The Sheriff found, that a master's power to require a servant to stop working in the apartment in which he and his family were engaging in worship, was most unquestionable and proper, and that the condition annexed by the girl to her offer back of her service was quite untenable.—Aberdeen Paper. GRANDEUR OF THE DUKE'S STATUE.—Whatever the arch in itself may be, and whatever may be the grandeur of the idea of placing the statue on that proud seat, the arch is not a good pedestal for that statue, since it spoils the effect which the statue might produce. The character to be carried out in this subject is grandeur, and the grandeur must be the grandeur of magnitude. The effect of the statue must chiefly consist in the deve lopment of its own mighty mass, and in this case it may be laid down very decidedly that the base of the sculp ture should not be placed so far above the eye, as ordi nary precedent ideas of proportion may probably advise. -- 'Pie Builder. --- ST. PAUL'S ANTWERP.—The church of St. Paul will well repay the stranger for a lengthened visit ; it contains two fine rows of confessionals, each one sur mounted by a good picture. In the inclosure around this church is what is called a representation of Calvary; it is reared against the walls of the church. There are more than sixty figures, of the size of life, representing patriarchs, prophets, and apostles , some of the groups have a bold and graceful outline. The entire area is converted into a sort of Pantheon of saints, statues of half the calender being stuck about in all directions. The Builder. A slate quarry is announced in our columns for sale by George Robins, which he states will prove a mine of wealth. The quality and size of the blocks produced from this quarry far surpass any of its contem poraries of the district, and the general employment of slate has increased the demand to an enormous extent, which must render the employment of capital in its pro duction for the nicirket highly lucrative. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 10.—There is no variation in the ac counts received from the provinces to-day. The excite mtit appears to be wearing itself out, and the increase of employment afforded by the Board of Works, coupled with the favourable reaction (to the consumer) in the prices of provisions, affords a strong hope that the dis ease has been brought to a favourable crisis, and that a gradual amendment may be henceforward regarded as certain, although slow. At the Corn Exchange, this day, prices of all kinds of grain, owing, of course, to the nature of the last advices from America, met an advance, but, considering that the supply was short, the rise was extremely insignificant, not exceeding sixpence per barrel. The arrivals of Indian corn continue to increase, both here and at the southern ports. Four more vessels, laden with heavy cargoes of this grain, have arrived at Cork since Saturday last, and further importations are daily expected. It will be seen by the annexed letter, addressed by Mr. Redington to the Rev. J. Mbliale, parish priest, that the Government have issued new instructions for the formation of relief committees, by which it is made compulsory on the lieutenants of counties to admit one Roman Catholic clergyman, at least, from each parish. "Dublin Castle, Nov. 4. _ _ " Sir,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ult., and I have the honour to state that, by an additional instruction relative to the formation of relief committees, every clergyman is enabled to nominate one of his curates to be a member of the committees in his place, for each parish committed to his charge in the district. "The instructions do not sanction the re-assembling of the old committees, without reference to the lieutenant of the county, who is, at the same time, empowered to add to the present committee such persons as he thinks fit.—l hare the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "J. N. REDINGTON." " Rev. James M'Hale, parish priest, Hollymount." The following is an extract of a letter from a gentle man who holds considerable property in the neighbour hood of Ballinasloe. His case is but a solitary one out of hundreds similarly circumstanced : " There are," he writes, " over 500/. due to me, and I cannot be certain of getting 5L within a month. Even tenants who owe me the rent of 1845 decline passing their bills for the arrears. This would not annoy me so couch, but that I know well they are able to pay. Mark ! these are not the people who are really un able to meet their demands, but the snug farmers on the -- lands. . . . There are several public works in progress here, on which large numbers are employed ; but the keeping of these roads in repair will continue as a perpetual blister on the land ; and one-half of them are perfectly useless. Just fancy one of these new roads running parallel for miles with the mail coach road, and made apparently for no better or more uFeful purpose than to shorten the distance to Ballinasloe by half a mile, for the accommodation of half a dozen families !" THE GREAT BRITAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The great number of ineffectual schemes that have been proposed for floating this magificent vessel, and the length of time she has already lain upon the beach, induce me to make the following remarks upon this important subject. Having received instructions to survey her, and report on the geological strata of the bay, the tidal flows, her position, and the mode of floating her, and having as certained as near as possible the equinoctial or highest spring -tides, the mean springs and neaps, and relative level and strata of the shore and position of the vessel, I hope I may be allowed to doubt the practicability of any of the plans already before the public, and consider that many of them are ridiculous in the extreme. The following particulars I hope will be of service to those practical men who are desirous of proposing designs and contracting for floating this unfortunate vessel. She is stranded on the sands on the north side of Dundrum Bay, between tvi o reefs of rocks, which ex tend a considerable distance into the sea, about 1,000 yards asunder. Her position is north-west, with her stern to the sea, and about 130 yards above low water, and her stem 300 yards from shore. The sands average from 1 foot to 3 feet deep, upon blue gravel from 9 inches to 20 inches thick, resting on blue mountain limestone rock, on which the hull now rides. The bay is frequently very rough, and the vessel difficult to board during high tides. The sands vary very little in this part of the bay, and whatever accu mulation takes place from the southerly winds is removed when the winds blow eastwardly, which increases the facility of floating her. On the starboard side the plates have been bulged, and the rivets sprung to a considerable extent, which admit freely the flowing and ebbing of the tide ; and several holes, about inch diameter have been drilled through the bottom in order to prevent her from lifting or beating. At spring tides there are from 16 to 17 feet of water in her hold, and at low water she is left dry, with the exception of a small quantity of water in the dock she has naturally formed for herself in the sand and gravel, and about two feet in her bottom, and she oscillates freely during high tides. She appears much sprung and strained, has lost her rudder, and the screw propeller is slightly damaged. The cylinders, pumps, &c., and part of the driving gear, are covered at high tide, and exposed to the action of the salt water. Her weight is about 1,600 tons (without masts, &c.) and the accumulation of wreck about 200 tons more. The sands on the beach at low-water are very flat, with an inclination towards the sea of about 1 in 750, and the coast barren of materials, except lime stone. From the practical survey I have taken, I am fully convinced that the difficult task of floating her can be accomplished, and that respectable and experienced con tractors may be found who will undertake to float her at a moderate cost. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. BILLINGTON, C. E. Dundrum Bay, Nov. 4. The extensive and eligible estates of the late Wil liam Crowdy, Esq., the eminent solicitor of Highworth, in Wiltshire, have been for some time announced in our columns for sale by auction by Mr. George Robins, at the Goddard Arms, Swindon, on Monday, the 23d in s t. The property includes the family residence at High worth, with lands and houses in all directions, which from their excellence and position, will no doubt excite much competition, especially the lands, approximating upon the Swindon station of the Great Western Railway. There are also farms at South Marston, Lechlade, and Letcombe, which offer excellent investments, and cannot fail to command the attention of capitalists. ITALIAN OPERA.—Rubini has caused a formal no tice to be published in the Pirata, of the 27th of October, stating that if he re-appears in London, it will certainly be at Mr. Lumley's theatre, and not elsewhere, Mr. Lumley is in Paris, preparing for the forthcoming cam paign. It is said that he has effected engagements with Freschini, Coletti, Pischek, aad Mesdames Frezzolini, Corbari, and Castellan ; and with the following distin guished danseuses : —Taglioni, Fanny Elssler, Lucile Grahn, Cerito, and Carlotta Grisi. FRENCH OPERA.—Berlioz has just completed a new opera in four acts, entitled the _Damnation of Faust, founded on Goethe's tragedy of Faust. It is to be pro duced at the Opera Comique, Paris, in a few weeks. PENAL DISCIPLINE OF CONVICTS.—We believe that this interesting subject is at present under the se rious consideration of the Government, with a view to relieve New South Wales from its redundant convict population. It is proposed that the transportation of males to the colonies should cease, but that the depor tation of women should be carried to its fullest extent, in order to diminish the existing disproportion between the sexes. It is also under consideration to establish a convict home colony in the Isle of Portland, where a proportion of the prisoners sentenced to transportation should be submitted to a combined moral and physical discipline, and employed in hewing and preparing stone. Literary Gazette. TIME SAVED BY A BRANCH RAILWAY TO MAR OATE.—The branch railway to Margate is to be opened forthwith, and those who have endured the four hours and a half journey, to which the directors of the South Eastern now subject land travellers to Ramsgate (melan choly reminiscence 1) will be glad of even the little saving of by ftim th e o t w h a is y, b n ra e n ar ch ma w r Margate, calculatefor great . Oar trust ust be in Pasley ; ilieffe s e etmed to us Some efthe little therefore, 0 most excellent general, open wide your eyes. —The Builder. DEATH OF A BOY FROM EXTRAORDINARY DISEASE. —On Wedncaday an inquest was taken by Mr. William Carter, at the Crown and Cushion, Page's Walk, Ber mondsey, respecting the death of Henry Jones, aged four years. The deceased was the son of a hairdresser, and for some time after birth he had been under the care of Dr. Farr, of King's College Hospital, for an enlarge ment of the abdomen and a gradual wasting away of the body. He ate very ravenously, but notwithstanding all the nourishing food his parents gave him, his limbs be came reduced to those of a skeleton, whilst the lower part of the belly increased to an immense size, in fact to such a degree that he was compelled to keep his bed. On tort fla F i nn rgei lying e y nrr gemhdoa brother, e r sae n i n d oa g nn d at whilst o t e n h b i s he de m .rs o h r t e h e Ate proceeded r s l n e u f r t she h h e eo i m nf utwi to m ake a ds t m he the called ak l c el de ceasedae r d a e but alt efforts to restore life were unavailing. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died from ex haustion and debility arising from internal bodily disease." ANOTHER FALL IN BREAD.—The majority of the bakers in the metropolis yesterday again lowered the price of bread one halfpenny in each 41bs. loaf. The lowest price now charged on the Surrey side of the water, Whitechapel, &c., is 7d per loaf of 41bs., while the best bread is 9d., as charged by the full-priced bakers. FALL IN THE PRICE OF CORN.—Corn has fallen in Dublin fully 2s. per quarter. In Limerick, on Satur day, fine quality flour fell 2s. in the price of the cwt., but there was no general proportional fall in inferior " bread stuffs." The Limerick Examiner, however, says that the firm of C. Nash and Son, of that city, had re duced the price of oatmeal 4d., and whole flour 4d. per stone on Saturday. This is, indeed, says the Examiner, good news for the poor, to whom the food is retailing in the smallest quantities at the same price that sales are made by the ton. In Cork "bread stuffs" ranged on Saturday as follows: —Wheat has declined 2s. to 2s. 6d., and oats 6d. to Is., since this day week. In barley no change, but the trade is not lively. There is no change in the value of flour ; coarse qualities continue very scarce. Oatmeal as last noticed. Within the last ten days six or seven vessels with Indian corn have arrived at Cove for orders ; the large ones from the Mediterra nean have gone to other ports to discharge ; two or three small ones from Portugal remain here, which has caused a decline in price of about 10s. per ton. Indian meal very scarce, and in demand at 171. to 18/. per ton. The prepared market is flat, but stocks are very low. THE PROJECTED CITY PROVE ME TS . On Wednesday a meeting of the ward of Farrir.gdun Without was held at the New Court, Old Bailey, for the purpose of protesting against certain improvements pro posed by a committee of the Court of Common Council, with a view to facilitate the public traffic through the Gity of London. Alderman Sir J. Duke, by whom the meeting had been convened, was in the chair, and about a dozen Common Councilmen were on the bench. The Chairman having introduced the subject, Mr. W. CARPENTER moved the first resolution, and made some observations on the great interest and im portance of the subject to the citizens of London. The Ceurt of Common Council of that city had passed a re solution for the appropriation of 300,000/. for the con struction of a new street from King William-street, along Cannon -street, to Queen-street, Cheapside, for the pur pose of relieving the traffic in that portion of the city. But this was only part of the contemplated alterations. It was proposed to carry the new line of thoroughfare from Queen-street to the south side of Saint Paul's churchyard, in order to meet the expected increase of traffic from the proposed railway terminus in the vicinity of Southwark-bridge. Now this was prepos terous, because that enormous sum of money would be applied for a slight relief to the Poultry and the eastern end of Cheapside, and the increase of traffic along the stew street would be thrown on Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's-churchyard, and, Fleet- street, which were already overcrowded to an uncomfortable extent. The whole cost of these improvements would be upwards of a mil lion, and it was the duty of those who would have to bear the burden to protest against it if they would not derive any benefit from the application. A street could be made at a far less cost from the Poultry into Earl street, Blackfriars, where a junction would be formed with a street about to be made, and which would then run across Whitefriars to Bouverie•street, effectually relieving not only the Poultry but the whole line of road way from the Mansion-house to Fleet•street; and if that unsightly nuisance called Temple-bar were removed, the whole direct line of thoroughfare through the city of London would be materially improved. There were five projects laid before the committee, and the one adopted was the very worst. One plan was to carry a street direct from Cheapside along Paternoster-row, across Farringdon-street, Fetter-lane, Chancery-lane, into Lincoln's Inn-fields, uniting with the Government im provements, and form a direct line of communication to Piccadilly. They did not meet to oppose improve ments ; but the sanatory condition of the City had greater claims upon the improvement fund than new streets, and the committee ought to adopt measures for the preservation of the health and lives of the citizens. Public health had now become a great national question. There were many societies to promote it, and it had had two Government Com missions—the reports of which reflected shame on the corporation of the City of London—a body with a re venue of 200,0001. a year. The mortuary register showed the average duration of life to be, in the middle rank of society, 43 years, and in the lower only 22 years, while epidemic diseases prevailed to only 6 per cent with the former, and to 19 per cent. with the latter. Now there were the highest authorities to show that half of this might be abolished. The consideration of this would be better than the construction of streets of questionable utility. The city of London had what was called fever districts, and all these were ill-drained and ill-ventilated, and had inefficient se warage; and it was a notorious fact, that in the metropolis there were 93 receptacles for dead bodies, and which were actually now being used for that purpose. It was incumbent, therefore, upon the Court of Common Council to con sider these facts before they proceeded to construct use less streets at such overwhelming cost. Two resolutions protesting against the proposed im provements were then moved and seconded, and being put from the chair, were unanimously carried. After some discussion between the members of the Common Council present, the meeting was adjourned till Wed neada,y next, at ten o'clock. CONFLICT BETWEEN the POLICE AND WHITEBOYS. Between eight and nine o'clock on Wednesday night an armed party of 12 men, with their faces blackened, attacked the dwelling of John Piper, at Scart, within two miles of Rathkeale, in search of arms, when five of them entered, and succeeded in carrying off a gun. From this they proceeded to the residence of Mr. James Condon, adjoining the same townland, where they demanded admittance at the back door, but were refused, that gentleman informing them from one of the windows that he bad no firearms, at the same time adding, that if they did not believe his word to go to the front door, and he would allow them to satisfy themselves. They, how ever, declined the invitation, and retired from before the house, having first cautioned Mr. Condon against de manding rents from his tenantry, under pain of death. They did not go far when they were observed by a small party of police then on patrol, consisting of four men, viz., constable Alfred, sub-constables Bairns, Shea han, and Laurenson, who followed them across the fields, calling on them in the usual way to stand and surrender. The gang peremptorily refused, telling the police to go back, and at the same time turning round they dis charged five shots at the constabulary; the constable re turned the fire, and one of the gang fell, apparently wounded, but being raised by his associates, was carried over a ditch into an adjoining field. The other three policemen then loaded, and prepared to pursue the fugitives, who in the interval gained some ground, and, as they retreated, turned round occasion ally, firing at their pursuers, fortunately without effect. After a good run the police closed with them as they were crossing a high wall, and again fired, when a second man was observed to fall from the top, manifestly wounded, as the stones were besmeared witb blood, which was also discernible along the grass. It being a moonlight night, the police did not lose sight of the party, whom they chased into a haggard where several stacks of corn were piled, behind which the Whiteboys took refuge ; but the police, nothing daunted, inter cepted two of the Whiteboys, with whom they had a desperate combat, when the rest of the fellows fled in the confusion, and the police eventually overcame the ' two, who were made prisoners after much difficulty and handcuffed. Upon search, both were found armed with guns; and one of them had a very fine military sword attached to his girdle, which has since been identified by Mr. George Massy, of Creaves, as his property, and which was taken from that gentleman's residence about a month since. The Rockites were brought into Rathkeale Bridewell the same night, without being allowed to remove the disguise from their features. One of them received a bayonet wound in the breast during the struggle with the police, but the other sustained little injury. The names of the parties are—John Sheehy, a blacksmith, from Askeaton, and James O'Donnell, a farmer's son. Next morning the police searched the neighbourhood of the scene of action, and found two guns, which the rest of the party left behind in their precipitate retreat. While in the bridewell on Thursday night, one of the pri soners attempted to commit suicide, by cutting his throat with a piece of window glass.--Limerick Chronicle. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--We hear that the Earl of Waldegrave is about to lead to the matrimonial altar Mrs. Millard, widow of Mr. E. Millard. Mr. George Robins has for a long time threatened to furnish his beautiful Marine Villa, at Kemp-town. He has at length redeemed his promise. We have not been in the favoured list that have bad a bird's-eye view of the tact that we learn is so conspicuous throughout, but we are assured there is no other mansion whose pre tensions can at all approach the one under review. Next week we promise our readers to go and judge for our selves. It should seem it is to be ready for occupation next week. Mr. Robins does not intend to let it for a less period than three or five years; he observes ho cannot afford to have all the gold obliterated from the gingerbread before it has been six months occupied. It will be a treat to see it, and a private order can be ob tained from Mr. Robins at the Old Ship, to admit any one not determinedly bent on curiosity only. It will be seen there has been a great christening in East -street; Mr. Robins now proclaims Mr. Martin of old " the Brighton Gillow" for ever and ever. —Brighton Gazette. We perceive that Zadkiel's Almanac, which has bad an extensive sale for sixteen years past, is reduced in price to sixpence. It is likely to sell largely ; but we hope that the prediction of disease in the wheat may not be as correct as was that this year regarding the potatoes. RIGHTS Or ARTISTS.-1n discussing the Hyde Park-corner absurdity, too much stress cannot be laid on the moral wrong done to Mr. Burton. No sooner is a line of railroad projected than we are deafened with the shrieks of landed proprietors, the alarm-whistle of vested interests. The rights of private individuals are jealously guarded, and compensation granted for what often turns out to be a benefit instead of an injury. No such consideration is evinced to the artist ; his designs are seized upon, added to, curtailed, altered in any way that suits the caprice of a Committee, without the slightest apparent consciousness, on the part of the per petrators of the act, or the public who witness it, that there is any right or wrong in the matter. With the merits of the statue we have nothing to do, it is with its position that we quarrel ; so long as it is allowed to de grade Mr. Burton's arch into a mere pedestal, the feel ing of outraged justice will, in every well-constituted mind, outweigh even that of offended taste. Let us labour to impress on the nation that the works of the poet, the painter, the architect, offsprings of man's head and heart, produced at the cost of thought, study, and self-denial, such as the world can never know, are property at least as sacred, and no more wantonly to be tampered with than houses, lands, or the Three per Cents.—Correspondent of the Builder. THE COMPLEMENTS OF MEN-OF-WAIL--The Admiralty have issued (dated Nov. 1) a new scale of the " Table of complements of her Majesty's sea-going ships, sloops, steam-vessels, Sze." It is not to apply to those at present in commission, but only to such as may in future be brought forward. Both officers and men are to be reduced in number; a lieutenant less inss a to every vessel, except steamers; and in three-decked ships reduction of about fifty men. All steam ers are have fewer seamen, but more stokers and coal-trimmers; the boys, both first and second class, to continue as before; as also the marines. The number of lieutenants to be as follows, viz.:—First-rates to have 7 instead of 8; second-rates to have 5 instead of 7, but if on three decks to bear 7 lieutenants, 22 mates and midshipmen, and 6 naval cadets; third-rates to have 5 instead of 6; fourth rates to have 5, as before; fifth-rates to have 4 instead of 5; sixth-rates to have 3 instead of 4. Steam-vessels of four rates—viz., 300, 260, 240, and 195 men, to have 3 lieutenants; those of 160 and 140 men, to have but 2. Sloops of five rates—viz., 145, 130, 125, 120, and 80 men each, to bear but 2 lieutenants instead of 3. We are sorry that the Admiralty have lessened the comple ment of men in our ships of war; also of one lieutenant in each ship. The best appointment of late years was the third lieutenant to sloops of war, which by thi s or d er is revoked. We hear that the difficulty of obtaining lieu tenants is the cause of the latter, and %;xceeding the vote, of the former,—Rampshir (Telegraph, SIR ROBERT PEEL-THE RISE OF HIS FAMILY. In stating, as I did, in a former communication on this subject, that the late Sir Robert Peel in the last genera tion, and Mr. Cobden in this, were the greatest improvers 1 of the calico printing trade, it may have a p peared as i f I gave to them the credit of the discoveries in the me chanical and chemical sciences which have so greatly ad vanced that trade. lam not aware that either of those distinguished calico-printers were inventors or disco verers; but both succeeded by rewarding inventors libe rally, and securing the best operative talent by paying the best pi ices for its operation. When the first Mr. Peel put his hands to the trade he was a femur at Cross, near Blackburn; but he had tried his skill at carding cotton by a cylinder before that, and had thus proved that he was of an enterprising mind. The use of the cylinder whereby cotton is carded in a continuous roll is one of the most effective improvements in the cotton factories. It enables the spinning ma chinery to do finer work, and adds to the healthfulness and cleanliness of the operatives. This cylinder (there is every reason to believe, save positive proof itself) was the invention of the farmer of Cross, grandfather of the present Sir Robert Peel. But he dropped the practice of it to take up something more profitable and not less in teresting to his genius. He engraved blocks of wood with his own hands, and with such tools a s h e cou ld command. The first design is said to have been a parsley-leaf. The blocks were of sycamore, about ten inches long by five broad; the figure of the parsley-leaf was raised, as wood-engraving is still practised, by the other parts being cut down. A handle was put to the back of the block to hold it by. The colour to be used was put in a vessel covered with woollen cloth, the cloth touching the colour so as to absorb it. The block was put on this saturated cloth, and then transferred to the piece of white calico, which was stretched on a table. Pieces of wire at each corner of the block enabled the operator to fit it to its exact place. The block was then struck by a mallet, and the impression was fixed on the calico. The use of a calen der was not then known for smoothing the calico after it was thus printed, and the females of the family, therefore, ironed the pieces with the usual flat i rons . —... While these experiments were going on, the house was kept closed against all prying neighbours. And thus did the ingenious farmer of Cross, grandfather of the great statesman who so recently ruled this great empire, begin the fortunes of his family. His mechanical genius soon discovered the use of the calender (vulgarly the mangle, and this superseded the labour with the flat iron as regarded calicoes. The mangle has not superseded the flat iron in the " getting up " department with the laundress; but its introduction has enabled many a poor woman to earn a livelihood. Perhaps few who keep a mangle, and work with this humble machine, know that it was invented by the grand father of Sir Robert Peel. If more colours were required to complete the pattern than one, blocks had to be applied more than once, and each time a different block. Calicoes are made in pieces of 28 yards each. One piece required the block 448 times. Subsequent to this the block-printers in:the:neighboar hood of London had engravings done in copper, and fixed upon the wooden blocks. But the first great advance ment was in the use of a cylinder. The invention of this has been variously attributed; but as no single indi vidual has made out a good claim to it, and as Mr. Peel of Cross, was known to have used a cylinder in carding before he took to printing ; also as he kept all his inven tions very quiet, I see many reasons to believe, and. few to doubt, that he was the inventor of cylinder printing. A roller of copper so long as to correspond with the breadth of the cloth which is to be printed, which roller is three or four inches thick, is engraved with a design all round its circumference. It is laid in a box, and re volves upon its axis by the force of a wheel at one end of the box. Colouring matter fills the box partly up, so that the roller wets itself with it in turning. A blade of soft steel shaves off the colour from its surface, save in the hollow lines made by the engraver. The cloth to be printed passes round a cylinder, and is pressed in con t ac t with the engraved roller on the side where the blade has shaved the colour away, and by this pressure the colour left in the hollow lines of the engraving fixedinstan taneously to the cloth as it passes. The cloth as printed passes between other cylinders (to common readers I may say a cylinder is a barrel—in this case it is of iron, about 16 inches in diameter) filled with steam. They are hot, and dry the cloth in two minutes or less. In that short time a piece 28 yards long is printed, which to be printed with a block would require 448 applications of the block. But as many as three, four, or five rollers can be applied with different patterns and different co lours to the one piece of cloth while it revolves around the cylinders ; and thus complicated patterns, which would have required the application of blocks by hand 896, or 1344, or 1792, or 2240 times are printed in the same brief period. Mr. Peel, of Cross, having removed with his humble workshop, for the sake of water, to Brookside, two miles from Blackburn, he, by the aid of his sons, extended his business there very considerably. The eldest son, Ro bert, distinguished above them all for his acuteness and vigorous adherence to business, quitted his father's con cern in 1773, and going into partnership with his uncle, Mr. Haworth, and a Mr. Yates, entered upon the busi ness on a more extended scale at Bury. He subse quently married the daughter of his partner, Mr. Yates, and she became the mother of the present Sir Robert Peel. This establishment carried on cotton-spinning as well as printing, and both with success. The other sons of old Mr. Peel, of Cross, removed to a place called Church, and set up print-works. They were also suc cessful; but, like their elder brother, who became Sir Robert Peel, they succeeded in a greet measure by the application of cylinder printing. But another discovery was made. The expense and delay of engraving the copper rollers was prodigious ; they were also soon worn out. It was, therefore, greatly to the advantage of the printers to find that a very small steel roller, two or three inches long, could be engraved, while decarbonized or softened. This done, it was har dened, and worked by machinery, against another piece of steel, of its own size, also softened. This received the impression of the hollow lines of the other, and showed them raised. This one was hardened in its turn, and worked with a heavy steady pressure against the large copper roller, which in its turn was engraved with the hollow lines desired. Other methods are used. That now described is the one used now or recently for en graving the plates from which the notes are printed in the Bank of England. It would not come within the compass of this brief sketch to describe the other mechanical inventions which the Peels and other printers discovered or appropriated for the extension of their trade and the advancement of their individual fortunes. I shall now turn to the che mical discoveries. A substance called chlorine was discovered, which, with the magic of nature, exceeding all the magic of fable, bleached a fabric whiter and purer in a few hours than the old methods of bleaching had done in weeks and months upon the grass. To print the richest pat terns, the purest bleaching was requisite before begin ning to print. The discovery of chlorine gave this purity. Again, the colours could not be fawned in the cloth without some other chemical matters, known by the general name of mordants (from the French mordre, to bite). Different colours required a different mordant, and these the science of chemistry afforded. Again, the whole globe was ransacked, and not in vain, for dye-stuffs to make colours. Chemistry compounded those colours, and taught the artistic designer how to use them ; their proper use was a leading eleme n t i n th e ri'e of th Peel family. One process often used in printing is to use the mordant which may be colourless in the boxes with the copper rollers. Those rollers print the mordant upon the cloth, instead of the colour. The \ piece of cloth is then put into a vat, and dyed all one colour. When taken out it is washed, and then the colour washes out of it, leaving it white save the lines or figures which had been printed by the mordant; these retain the colour in beau tiful integrity. Another method, called discharge work, which origi nated in Scotland, is to print those parts which are to be white, with an acid, which resists the power of the mor cant. The piece is then steeped in the mordant, quickly dried, and then dyed in the vat. It is then taken out and washed, and the spots which had b. en printed with acid (lemon juice) are found to yield the colour, and submit to become a pure white. This last system though originating in Scotland, did not thrive th,re; the Peels introduced it to England, and by this method form the imitation of Indian patterns, which it enabled them to produce in elegance and fastness of colour ; it gave their goods of that kind, a character which never was lost. A discovery which led to a process more common now than any yet named, was made by a man named Grouse, of London, who had no chemical or other scientific know ledge, strictly so called, but who, it is said, was fond of trying fireside experiments. This is called Resist work. It consists of the cloth being printed with a kind of paste where it is to be kept white, the remainder having the mordant applied. The cloth is then dipped in indigo for a few seconds. The paste is found to have resisted the blue dye; it is washed off, and those parts are white. Without this paste, indigo would not wash out , as the colours used in discharge work do ; and it t i e s ; n s o f therefore, blue to this discovery that we owe so man y b pa ground with white spots, the blue be in g a the material cheap, and the process sp eedy in execution. Grouse, who was a commercial traveller, the o u n right ds . to use his discovery to Si r Robe rt re elf so orfi l v d e pou n ds. It required a year or two to bring it to perfection; but when it was perfected it raised the reputation of Sir Robert Peel for producing wealth as to the wealth of cheap and fast colours very greatly • and added to h is single discovery of printer sinc e, more than an y ot her of co lours. Its cheapness has been its popular quality. The dyeing of Turkey red, and the discharging of parts of it by a chemical process, so as to leave the pat terns white, is a discovery belonging to the year 1.810 0 but not perfected until some years after. It does not properly belong to the art of printing, nor, so far as I can ascertain, did the discovery in any way affect the fortunes of the Peels. The colour of bronze, which we now see so much i n common prints, was discovered in 1822. It is a metallic colour, is cheap, adds to the beauty of pattern , and doe s not fade; was not known when the Pe e l s were in the trade. A Mr. Mercer has improved on this bronze colour by a process only known to himself, from which bronze he has made much gold; but I cannot go farther into the subject. The most recent improvements have been not in the, chemistry of colours, but i n t h e artistic elegance of design. It is in this last respect that Mr. Cobden has advanced the trade so much.—Advertiser. -lISICAL HARACTERISTICS.--Mr. George Etna land delivered a lecture last night (Thursday) on the above subject, at the Westminster Literary and Scien tific Institution. He canvassed the peculiarities o - f the German and Italian composers, and the styles of Lover and other popular ballad writers. He elicited a warm encore in Russell's song of " The Gambler's Wife.," John Parry's " Youn g E ng l an d," an d h e a l so sung Lover's "Sally, Sally," and the "Standard Bearer," su d other justly admired pieces, with much applause.