The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-25 00:00:00

TAEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. BenjandnWe'wter as Lessee and Manage. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the greatly successful new and original Comedy, entitled MASKS AND FACRA ; or, Before and Behind the Curtain, Messrs. 11, Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Lambert; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Fanny Maskell, and Miss Rosa Rowlett. Ater which, the historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE. To conclude with the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Vnder the Management of Madame Vestrie. THIS EVENING, Nov. 25, Will be performed a Dramatic Story, in eight acts, entitled AICHAr.N OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews X. Matthews, Roxby, Baker, Suter, Belton, Bomcastle, Butler, Ro 'dere, and Bonner; Madame Vestris, Mrs F. Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Rosins Wright, Miss Martindale, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Mrs. Foote, and Miss Foote. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roiby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING (Positively Last Night but Two) _ _ . The celebrated Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, or a Hundred Years Ago, by Madame Celeste and Miss Woolgar ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey, Emery, &c. After which (Last Time but Two at second price), the Popular Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paid Bedford. ROYAIr PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be revived Shakspere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Kean, Bartley, Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, Ryder, and 11. Saker ; Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Addison, Chester, and Cath• cart ; Misses Murray, Leclercq, Daly, and Mrs. Daly. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.7 Sole Proprietor and Manager—Mr. W. Batty. Fourth Night of the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, arid Second appearance in England of the eminent Continental Artistes, M. and Diddle. LaLonde. THIS EVENING, November 25, and during the week, the En tertainments will commence with the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOWS CABIN, in two acts, written expressly for this Theatre, and embodying all those stirring situations so graphically described in Ifirs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Theatre, with new dresses, scenery, and appointments. To be followed by an unusually brilliant Routine of Batty's Scenes in the Circle. Concluding with a popular Farce. Stage Manager. Mr. W. Wait. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clocx; Boz-onico open daily from Eleven to to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY -Morning 1 min. after 1 I Evening 19 min.aft. 1 To-Moaaow Morning 36 min. after 1 1 Evening 52 min.aft. 1 _DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, Nov. 25, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—E.N.E. gentle breeze—overcast. SO UTHAMPTON—N-W., strew -, breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—N.E., gentle breeze—opercast. TUNBRIDGE—N.B., strong breeze—scud—rain. BASINGSTOK E gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—N.N.E. ' gentle breeze—rain. SWINDON— N., strong breeze—rain. LEIGHTON—N.E., gentle breeze—rain. Cow HEST EB—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—E., hard wind—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : MULLINGAR—S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. POOLE—E., calm—partially cloudy. WHITBY—W., gentle breeze—principally clear. DARLINGTON—W.S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless, frost. SHAD--S.E., calm—partially cloudy. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 25. THERUOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. - BAROMETER, 30 . 5. WIND, S.—Fine and frosty- _ME WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE 18rs, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH ma AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. - A • • . , Uno LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1852. While the decision of the House of Commons in reference to the motion of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton is still left to conjecture, it cannot be uninteresting to call to remembrance the benefits already secured to the country by the DERBY-DISRAELI Government. That advantages have accrued to the community at large from the patriotism, or enterprise, or intelligence, or "what you will," of the existing Cabinet, will not, we conceive, be denied even by the more fractious— mind! we do not say the more factious, but sim ply the more fractious—among the ranks of the Opposition. Little need be said about the Militia being raised upon the voluntary principle—seeing that the merits of that scheme of enlistment re main yet, we believe, to be clearly demonstrated. But a great deal in the way of eulogium might 139 pronounced, and. that, moreover, with the strictest regard to accuracy, in reference to what was happily termed on Tuesday evening, the most popular Chancery suit ever heard of, in the course of the masterly oration delivered by the Right Hon. Gentleman the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. For the improvements already effected in the Court of Chancery, by the Baron ST. LEONARD; the nation has already ample reason for emotions of mingled gratitude and ad miration. They have, in truth, distinctly proved, as Mr. DisnA.F.Ta observed, a capacity in the in tellect of the Noble and Learned Lord that was not previously anticipated. As was correctly re marked by the Leader of the Lower House of Parliament, those memorable changes have en hanced the popular estimate of the profound eru dition of the LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR, having revealed in him the enlightenment of a patriot and the grasp of a statesman. Further altera tions are still confidently looked forward to in the same direction. They are, in fact, formally promised by the Ministry, as well as various kindred innovations in the Ecclesiastical Courts, long derided as a congeries of grievances alto gether odious and intolerable in their charac ter. Again, then, twice again, CHARLES DICKENS has not pleaded in vain for extraordinary and comprehensive improvements. " Bleak House " has barely attained the half of the allotted num ber of its instalments, before the evils complained of through its eloquent pages are even now to a considerable extent dissipated. Insomuch that the record of the fi c titious cause of JARNDYCE and , l'l'mYcz might not inappropriately be dedicated to the Right Honourable EDWARD BIRTBNSHAW SITG- Drg Baron St Leonards, and Lord High Chan cellor. Almost simultaneously, too, endeavours are bein g . mad to remove eby th e D ERBY -D ISRAELI C a bi ne t those monster abuses which were laid bare some of to the public gaze in the incom parable na rrat i vee of the life and adventures of " David Copp er fi da. „ Elsewhere our adminis trators have di splayed a no less comme n d a bl e activity in the fu r th ering victoof rou ju 4 dicious in nova ti ons. They have interfered the invaded inte r ests of the Empire in the defen ce o f the British North American re regard to fisheries. They h ave opened up to the cor ainere . ml of the people of the United Kingdom the hitherto enterprisee hitherto impenetrable r ? e ons where Wealth of a vari e d and alluring description abounds in the vast South American Continent. They have resolved to terminate at as early a period as Was at all practicable the system by which a penal settle, ment has been maintained in Australasia. They have imparted a new impetus to that beneficent sanitary movement which had been slackening its energies deplorably under the deadening influence of the late do-nothing Government. Such are a few amongst the more prominent benefits secured to the general community since the close of last February : divers other advantages of a scarcely lees noteatile kind even now remaining un enume rated. A glance like this, however cursory— must be viewed at the present juncture as in THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 25, 185 qA. every way desirable in obedience to the dictates of bir-play, of common justice, and of or dinary gratitude. It is especially due to the Cabinet from us, as avowed and fervent sympathisers with the Free-trade predilections of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. For, whatever we may think as to the reasonableness of the resolutions proposed on the 23d instant by the Hon. CHARLES VILLIERS, we must in candour allow that Minis ters, ever since their advent to power, have never once, in their official capacity, agitated the atten tion of the multitude by the revival of the argu ments in favour of Protection. Explicit they may not have been ; explicit, indeed, they have not been, in the recognition of the stability, or, ra ther, we may even say, of the indestructibility of the system recently termed " unrestricted competi tion"—a recognition not deliberately announced, in truth, until the appearance of the amendment, just laid before the House of Commons, by the Right Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Yet, if they have been silent upon this head, they have not been so far cul pable as to reanimate the long dead, and now buried, controversy about the merits or demerits of Protection. Individual supporters of the DERBY-DISRAELI Ministry have no doubt wisely enough flung down the gage of battle to their Free-trade conquerors when standing during the past general election—before their respective constituencies. But the Ministry itself, as a body, has not acted thus petulantly, unwisely, and unpatriotically. It has strangled all its an cient and most fondly-cherished prejudices. It has scattered to the winds its most beloved and idolized aspirations. During 1852, from February to November, it has virtually renounced its old belief. And now, before the dawn of December, it has actually abandoned the cause of Agricultu ral Protection. Remembering these undeniable facts, we feel—now that we are in the presence of this remarkable amendment placed upon the table of the House of Commons by the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER that some re minder to the country of the Ministerial benefits recently conferred upon the popu lation, is absolutely due in common justice, not to say in common gratitude, to the members of the DERBY-DISRAELI Government. We assert thus much distinctly in our capacity as among the oldest and staunchest advocates of Free Trade or unrestricted competition. We offer this rational and honourable tribute in our character as Liberal Reformers and sympathisers with her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Besides the improirements already effected by the present Ministry—improvements of a com mercial, a legal, and a sanitary character--there are divers others of enormous importance, to the speedy realization of which its principal members have solemnly pledged themselves. Conspicuous among these, as we have before intimated, is the grand reform contemplated in regard to the Ecclesiastical Courts—the most detested among the giant bugbears of our dear friend " David Copper field." Added to this, there are those measures of advancement in reference to Ireland shadowed forth by the Leaders of the new Administration— measures the mere anticipation of which would seem already, to a considerable extent, to have extracted the sting and diluted the poison pre pared against the occupants of the Treasury Benches, by the compact and sufficiently formid able group of the Irish representatives. Changes are promised to us, moreover, upon matters affecting national education, as well as others of a somewhat exhilarating and inspiring nature, tending to the modification of our system of finance, and the total reorganization of taxation. These latter alterations we shall hear more about, doubtless to-morrow evening, through the medium of the anxiously-expected Budget of the present gifted CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Every thing, in short, augurs so favourably as to the re forms likely to be obtained from the existing Cabinet, that we should consider ourselves traitors to the cause of reform and to the interests of the na tional development, if we did not eagerly desire success to the ingenious and honourable compro mise submitted to the candour, to the judgment, and to the patriotism of the lower branch of the Legislature, by Viscount PALmEnsTorr—an autho rity commanding the respect of all parties, as one of the most distinguished ornaments of her MA JESTY'S Opposition, and one of the most illustrious Statesmen in the British Parliament. To the decision of to-night the country is look ing forward with an anxious and even painful solicitude. It is universally felt that upon it must, in a very- great measure, be dependent the tranquillity or disturbance, the happiness or the misery, of the present generation. An insignifi cant majority upon a question of such extraor dinary magnitude and importan ce as th a t now _ . lying before the House of Commons, cannot but prove most disastrous in its consequences, not only in regard to ourselves, but also, and in a pecu liar manner, in regard to the rest of the civilized races of Christendom. It must leave the matter at issue still undecided, and by so doing, throw the seeds of dissension broadcast upon both sides of the present Parliament. Against the possibility, rather should we say, indeed, against the proba bility, of this calamitous result, the only reasonable security would seem at this moment to be dis coverable in the adoption of the very admirable compromise suggested late on Tuesday night to the Commons, by the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton. Cordially, therefore, do we trust that his proposal may be acceded to—in which event, the indestructibility of the Free-trade system will have been distinctly proclaimed by the Legisla la ture, without her MAJESTY'S Opposition attempt ing to extort unnecessary and unpalatable pledges from statesmen entitled by the difficulties of their position, not less than by the liberality of their policy, to a very large amount of popular con sideration. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL of Ireland has mani festly devoted much time and labour to the im portant question which he introduced to the con sideration of the House of Commons on Monday a speech of great clearness and per spie evening, ui ty. The settlement on a satisfactory foun dation, of the complicated relations between land lord and tenant, the digest of the numerous, and, in many cases, conflicting statutes, into one simple and intelligible code, and the equitable arrangement of the many fertile sources of dispute and difference that might arise between the owner and occupier of the soil, was indeed a task of no ordinary difficulty, from which the boldest might have shrunk in dismay. It was unneces sary for the Right Hon. Gentleman to speak of the spirit in which he approached the considera tion of this deeply interesting subject. Every sentiment to which he gave utterance, every prin ciple enunciated, proved beyond the possibility of doubt or misconception, the liberality, generosity, and impartiality of his views. We say " impar tiality," for although the Right Hon. and learned Gentleman declared that his sympathies were much more with the industrious tenant than with the improvident landlord, he unquestionably held the scales of justice with an equal hand, not unduly interfering with " the rights" of pro perty—but enforcing its " duties," and affording, at the same time, ample protection to the indus trious and improving tenant against the griping and tyrannical landlord, and to the fair and libe ral landlord against the idle and dishonest tenant. The difficulties that have hitherto impeded the owner and the occupier —the grievances to which each was subjected have been carefully investigated, and; so far as practicable, removed—and almost every just ground of complaint removed. There are, it is true, some points in which trivial alte rations might, as it appears to us, beneficially be introduced, but it would be unreasonable to ex pect perfection in such a matter ; and Mr. NAPIER willingly declared, that " Every suggestion which might hereafter be offered, from whatever quarter it might come, th n would be accepted and considered e in the same spiritin whi c h th e measure h a d b een submitt e d to is one into Which°ll iBe." The subject, indeed, N Party feeling s h ou ld no t b e allowed to e n t er. matter how deeply opposed Hon. Gentlemen may , teoleetthe general policy of Ministers, they should not select a equseiss o t t i e o r m n np in vos w gi h dtio i o c ra h n the welfare and prosperity of th is so greatly concerned. Any factious on such a point would cast the utmost discredit on the party adopting such a course. Whatever difference may exist as to details, all must agree that the measure is far superior to any that has at any time heretofore been introduced. The toil and mental labour of the Right Hon. Gentleman have not been misapplied ; but he will have justly earned for himself the thanks and gratitude of the community for his zealous, energetic, and efficient exertions. As he himself declared, " The man who was clamorous about rights and negligent of duties might depreciate his labours. The grind ing middleman would dislike, and the factious or fraudulent tenant heartily condemn them ;" but he will obtain the approval of every right-minded and unprejudiced person, and, still better, the appro bation of his own conscience—of the still small voice that will whisper that he has nobly dis charged his duty to his suffering country, honestly endeavouring " to provide a free course to indus try, to raise up an obstacle to injustice, and to af ford the means of developing effectively the resources of a land which GOD had blessed, but man had blighted." This will, indeed, be a rich reward— an ample recompence—and it will not be with held from Mr. NAPIER. It is impossible within the limits of a single article to specify the various provisions of the four new Bills, which, when they receive the legislative sanction, will constitute a new code of landlord and tenant law in Ireland. We can, therefore, only briefly refer to the leading clauses of the different measures. The object of the first Bill is " to enable the owners themselves to carry out improvements for the cultivation of the soil and the employment of the poor." He did not ask for a grant of public money for the purpose, but merely endeavoured to give facilities to pro prietors, if unable to provide the money them selves, for obtaining it from the Bank of Ireland, or from private individuals. , These advances should be made a first charge on the land, and should be expended on its Improvement, under the inspection of the Board of Works. Unless the projected improvement was calculated to re pay 6 per cent. on the amount of ex penditure, the application would be rejected. Anything in the shape of improvident specu lation anything prejudicial to the rights of incumbrancers or remainder-men would thus be avoided. No jobbery would be practicable, but the real bona fide amelioration of the land would be effectually provided for. The principal money should be repaid within 22 years—the interest being kept down in the interim. Each owner of a limited estate would thus pay for the improve ments in proportion to the time he enjoyed them ; a far more equitable principle than that which made the person who held the property for a single year, pay as much as the man who might be in possession for more than half a century. If the proprietor effected the improvements at his own expense, or paid off the charge within the stipulated time, the balance remaining due at his death, i. e., the instalments which had not fallen due during his life time, would be treated as per sonal property which he might dispose of as he thought proper. The object of the second Bill is to facilitate the making, of beneficial leases, and giving com pensation for the improvement of lands in Ire land. There are at present no less than 60 different statutes giving powers to particular persons, corporations, &c., for that purpose, but they were wholly inadequate. Leases under which large sums had been expended, were but too frequently broken by remainder-men, and deep injustice inflicted on those who had invested their capital and applied their labour on the faith of their supposed validity. The present measure aims at the consolidation of these special and scattered enactments, and the reducing them all to one plan for giving leasing powers on a uniform principle. This will chiefly depend on the pur pose for which the land is let. Thus a merely agricultural lease may be granted for 31 years— a mining lease for 41 years a lease for the reclamation of waste lands for 61 years, and for building leases (for public buildings and institu tions) for 999 years. This will in a great degree remove the crying grievance of " entails," and the placing estates in what is termed " strict settlement." It was difficult to prohibit parties from making adequate provisions for their future families out of the lands of which they were the absolute owners. Yet such dispositions, and more particularly the stringent interpretation of " the leasing powers," were exceedingly pre judicial to the interests of the community. The nominal owner—even if unembarrassed-- could not do justice, either to himself or to his tenants. He could not charge his lands for any purpose, however beneficial—he had no interest in their future permanent improvement, unless that im provement would prove remunerative during his own lifetime, "he would," as an intelligent and well-informed writer on the evils arising from the laws of real property in Ireland truly remarked, " he would hold it, as his predecessor had held it, unaltered and unimproved, to transmit it to his heir clogged with the same restrictions, alike in jurious to himself and his country." If this be the case of the unincumbered owner, how much more injurious must be the case of the embarrassed proprietor, whose necessities would compel him to sacrifice every hope of future improve ment to the exigencies of the moment. The tenant for life of a large tract of coun try, with a long rent-roll, but a small in come, could not heretofore discharge any of his duties as a landlord. He was compelled to keep his tenantry in poverty—his lands wasted and /unimproved. The contemplated enactment will enable him, without deteriorating his own con dition, n u e e e tuo poverty—tot broughtr av u ar p t o r th a t o f hi s younger children—too fre yoinnsenluxualrand abundance, to necessary sufferings ing improve ments, ameliorate the condition of his people, and provide a pressing demand for the previously un employed labour of the vicinity. There are other and very salutary provisions enabling the owners at the co dification and for limited estates t o ma k e arrangements for im provements, to whi c h, h owever, we are unable at pre T s h en e t t t hir to refer more Billaims h particularly. amendment of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. No less than from 150 to 200 statutes are ably digested and brought into a convenient form. The fourth also provides that if an im proving tenant should be deprived of his holdin g before his improvements were exhausted, he should be entitled to pecuniary compens a ti on, although he would not be enabled to claim it i f authorised to retain the occupancy. On the whole, the new measures are vast improvements on the ex isting system, for which the Right Hon. Gentle man merits the highest praise. We can no t say more than that they are worthy to rank sid e b y side with the admirable s cheme of Law Reform so ably brought forward by the SOLI CITOR - GENERAL of doubt D that th e re fER By Ministry are far more extensive and com p rehen sive than e Ireland.e already There introduced can be by no the any on the same subjects introduced by th e i r rivals. Let fair play, then, be given to under stand the other matters promised on their behalf. Let us not doubt or mistrust those who have so faithfully performed their promises on two im portant points, and who have explicitly and une quivocally abandoned the obnoxious principle of Protection at once and for ever. ILLNESS OE MR. DISRAELL—We exceedingly regret to learn that though Mr. Disraeli is attending, as usual, both to his official and legislative duties, the state of his health is such as to cause no small uneasiness to his friends. We understand that at a consultation of his medical advisers, held yesterday morning,lit was agreed to impress upon the Right Hon. Gentleman the absolute necessity of comparative cessation from that close and continuous application which he has been of late giving to his ministerial and Parliamentary duties. —Morning Advertiser. NEVER DO THINGS BY HALVES.—The leading Ministe rial print this morning had no less than six distinct and separate leading articles, directed to the debate of Tues day night. _ _ ST. DOMINGO.—The Government gazette of St. Do mingo (El Eco del Ozama) of the 12th ult. refers to the advertisement lately put forward in England for a loan of 750,0001. for that Republic, and states that the pro posal was never authorised in the slightest degree. It adds that the account given of the resources of the country had at the time been greatly exaggerated, while the statement was also incorrect of its being at peace with its neighbours. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 3,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed heavily without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 2,500 American ; 150 Pernam and Maranham, at cid. to 7 1 d. ; 20 Bahia, at bid. ; 40 Egyptian, at 6id. ; and 200 Surat, at 3id. to 4d. per lb. Railway shares were firm at improved prices. Accounts from Belgium state that the interest on the 5 per Cent. Debt is fully expected to be reduced. Mr. Capel has received a letter from Senor Bon ago, stating that he had transmitted the memorial in favour of the Certificate Holders to Senor Bravo Murillo, who had laid the same before the Council of Ministers, who had decided that no alteration could be made in the law for the settlement of the debt of the Ist Aug. 1851. This letter, of some length, is translated, and may be seen by any Bond or Certificate Holder at the office of the Spanish Committee, No. 3, Clem ent's-lane, Lombard -street. The English Stock Market has been duller, and the quotations are the turn in favour of buyers. Consols have been 1011 for transfer and account. There is an impression still that Lord Palmerston's motion will be accepted by the House, and thus relieve the Ministry of its difficulty, and allow of the Budget being brought forward. The New 3i per Cents. have realised lon ; and the Reduce 3 per Cents. 1001 Bank Stock is firm at 223 ; and India Stock dull at 275. Exchequer Bills have been 71s. to 735., and India Bonds 80s. to 83s. premium. Foreign Securities have been quieter, generally ; Spanish 3 per Cents. bring 52k, and the Deferred 25/ ; the Certificates have been 3/ to ; Peru vian Deferred have been 621 to 63 ; Grenada De ferred is at 11 ; and Brazilian Small are 1011 ; Venezuela Stock is worth 41 ; the Turkish Loan is i worth 2k premium um ; and the Swedish 1i to pre mum ; Austrian Bonds are worth 83 ; Belgian 4-1- per Cents. 98f ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. 97 to The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1852. 1851. Great Western 219,324 14,353 North Western 49,727 40,166 South Western 11,642 8,564 Brighton Midland South Eastern North Stafford 5,258 5,192 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick The Railway Share Market has been very good, and some lines are higher. Caledonians are still rising, and Aberdeen, East Anglian, and Edin burgh and Glasgow are higher. Great Northern, Oxford and Wolverhampton, North Western, Mid land and York and Berwick are scarcely so good. French Shares are dull and barely so good. The Gold Mines are very brisk, and in Novean Monde, Colonial, and one or two others there is a rise. The Banks and Steam Companies are less active. The following is an abstract return of -imports and exports at Port Adelaide, for the second quar ter of 1852 LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) JUDGMENT-MARTIN V. PYCROFT.. Their lordships, upon taking their seats this morning, gave judgment in this case, which was an appeal from a decision of the late Vice-Chancellor Sir James Parker. The plaintiff claimed a specific performance of an agree ment, dated the Ist of August, 1849, by which James Pycroft and his two brothers agreed to lease the Ship alehouse, in Chichester-rents, to the plaintiff, upon the same terms as were contained in the lease under which the premises were then held. The claim stated that it was further agreed that the plaintiff should pay a pre mium of 2001., and asked for a specific performance of the agreement on the terms of making this payment ; but the Vice-Chancellor thought that there having been such an omission from the written agreement, the Court could not make the decree asked consistently with the Statute of Frauds. Their lordships expressed an opinion differing with the Vice-Chancellor upon this latter point. After going through the case at great length, their lord ships stated that the plea set up by Pycroft that he was drunk when he signed the agreement, was not proved either by the affidavits put in, or by the viva voce exami nation. They were, therefore, of opinion, in conclusion, that the plaintiff was entitled to a specific performance of the agreement, and that he was to have the whole of his costs incurred in the hearing before the Court below, and those which have arisen during the present term. Judgment accordingly. CEINTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Alderson.) POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. William Herbert Harrison, who was found guilty yes terday of stealing a cheque for 161. out of a letter which had been entrusted to him as District Postmaster, was this morning sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. .T9hannec Connell, aged 20, described in the calendar as si spinster, was indicted for feloniously applying to William George Lapham, an infant, five weeks old, a certain corrosive fluid, with intent to burn him, and to do him other grievous bodily harm. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. Mrs. Lapham, the mother, gave the following evidence : —My husband keeps a barber's shop in Lower Marsh, Lambeth. In the present month I had a child named Geo. Wm. Lapham, which died on the sth of the month. When it died, the prisoner had been in my service about seven weeks. The child was seven weeks old. On the 20th October, it had a complaint in the chest, and was attended by a medical man, and it began to recover shortly afterwards. The prisoner came into my bed room on the 20th, and told me my husband wanted me. I went down stairs and sent her out on an errand. She was gone two or three minutes. There was an appren tice in the house. When she returned, she went straight up the stairs towards the bedroom in which the child was sleeping. She came running down in about five minutes, and said the baby was crying. The apprentice was not at home at this time. I had left a candle burn ing in the bedroom. I ran up stairs directly. The pri soner had the candle in her hand when she told me that the child was crying. I heard the child screaming, and on going into the bedroom I found it foaming at the mouth. I wiped its mouth with its bed gown. There was a handkerchief round its neck. The lips were parched, and the whole mouth inside and out, was white, as if burnt. There were burns in the handkerchief, and they appeared as if they had been done by a candle. I said to the prisoner, " Why, you have burnt the child with a candle !" and she said she had not. I then said, " You must have put the candle into its mouth ;" her reply was, " It was an accident, the candle fell out of the stick." I sent for Mr. Sewell, surgeon ; his assistant came first. The child had been nourished by the breast from its birth. After this it took the breast with difficulty, and this continued up to its death on the sth of November. I remember a bottle being shown to me containing some brown liquid. I had seen it before, on the mantel-piece of the prisoner's bedroom. The bottle belonged to her. She had told me that it contained holy water. I noticed the bottle two or three days before the, 20th of October, and I missed it on the 19th. It seemed to have a kind of yellow water in it. No vitriol was ever used in the house for cleaning the scales, or anything else. The child wasted very much after the 25th October. Cross-examined— The prisoner was quite a stranger to me when she entered my employment. By the Judge—The prisoner believed in the efficacy of holy water. Emma Rose deposed, that she and the apprentices searched the privy of the house, and discovered two bottles, one containing a fluid, and both being corked. John Underwood, the apprentice, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Mr. Sewell, surgeon, Lambeth, said he attended the child on the evening of the 20th of November, and found two-thirds of the tongue covered with white fur. The inside of the right cheek also presented the same appear ance, the outside being of a blueish colour. The hand kerchief round its neck had several holes in it, but not so many as now. It was damp, and on putting his tongue to it, he felt a taste of acid. It was his opinion then and now that the handkerchief was burnt by oil of vitriol. The strings of the night cap were also burnt by the same acid. He commenced his attendance on the child on the 10th of Oct., for in flammation of the throat, but it was out of danger two or three days before the 18th, though not quite well. After the 20th it could never take the breast freely. The ap pearance of the tongue gradually wore away, and the child began to get better, but on the 3d November con vulsions came on from increased debility, owing to its inability to take sufficient nourishment. The adminis tration of the acid was a great shock to the system. He made a post rn,ortem, examination of the body, and it was his opinion that the immediate cause of death was con vulsions, arising from the shock the system nad sustained, but it was difficult to say positively. Mr. Baron Alderson said the cause of death was only a matter of conjecture, and. it would be dangerous to find the person guilty upon such evidence. The jury concurred with his Lordship. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder:) CUTTING AND WOUNDING-COMMITTAL OF A WITNESS FOR PERJURY. John Gill, 40, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with wilfully and feloniously cutting and wounding Thomas William Orton, a child three years of age, with intent to disfigure and do him some grievous bodily harm. Sarah Fasey Orton, mother of the wounded child and wife of Richard Orton, 54, Twyford-street, Caledonian road, Islington, deposed that the prisoner was a lodger in the same house, on the evening of the 2d of October, when he came down to her husband, who had been charged with indecent conduct towards the prisoner's daughter, 12 years old, and struck him with an um brella,. The charge had been made about a fortnight before. Witness told her husband to go up stairs and lock himself in, and he did so. Prisoner struck the wit ness on the head, and rushed up stairs after her husband and tried to break open the door with a poker. Witness begged him to desist, and not to take the law into his own hands. When on the top of the stairs, witness saw his little girl with a cut on the eye, which was bleeding very much. Witness ecreemed " Murder," when pri soner struck her again with a candlestick which he held in his hand. Prisoner evidently acted from excitement occasioned by the reported indecency of witness's husband towards prisoner's daughter. After the assault on the 2d of October, both parties were given into custody, but the charge of indecency against witness's husband was dismissed by the magistrate. Louisa Milton, examined--I went into the house on the evening of the 2d October in consequence of hear ing cries of " Murder." I went on to the landing, and saw Mrs. Gill giving a candlestick to her husband. Th e prisoner only took hold of the candle, and Mrs. Gill left hold of the candlestick. The candlestick then fell, and struck Mrs. Orton's little girl on the eye, which bled very much. The little girl was stooping between prisoner's legs at the time. I don't know how she came there. Gill held in his right hand the nob of a large fire-shovel, with which he was beating in the panels of the door in which Mr. Orton had locked himself. Some men came in and dragged Gill away. I then put my hand through the broken panel and opened the door to let Orton out. When Orton had got away, Gill said—" Never mind ; as I can't have the one I want, here's one will do as well ;" and he then struck the little boy, on the left eye, with the nob of the fire-shovel, which he still held. No blood came, but a black liquid ran down his face. The child fell without cry or motion. Mr. Ballantyne, for the prosecution, cross-examined this witness as to whether she had seen the prisoner strike Mrs. Orton with a candlestick, while on the stairs ; but her answers were of a very unsatisfactory nature. Recorder.—Be cautious.. Did not you see the prisoner do anything with the brass candlestick to Mrs. Orton ? Witness.—l did not see him do anything at all to Mrs. Orton. I was not there then. Recorder.—Be cautious. I tell you you are in great danger. I have before me your deposition, as taken before the magistrate, in which you say, "Before the blow was struck on the boy, Mrs. Orton was thrown down stairs." Was it so ? Witness.—l was not there ; but Mrs. Orton said so. Recorder. —Was your deposition read to you before you signed it. . Witness.--Not that I know of; if it was, there was so much hurry and flurry that I did not know what I did. That is my mark. Recorder.—l caution you again. You say in your deposition, "I saw the defendant throw Mrs. Orton from the room door down a flight of stairs." Witness.—Then if I did, it must have been after that. Recorder.—Ono more caution, and then you will go to prison. Did you say the prisoner struck Mrs. Orton with a brass candlestick ? Witness.— Yes ; that was before. Recorder.—'Then why have you been denying this be fore the Court ? Stand down. You stand committed. The witness was then taken into custody. Mr. G. F. Lane, house surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-lane, deposed to dressing the wound inflicted upon the little boy by the nob of the fire-shovel. He found the wound was about half an inch long, pas sing through the iris, so as entirely to destroy the sight. Mr. Parry, for the defence, endeavoured to show that the blow was aimed at the father, but fell upon the child; and that the prisoner acted from an excess of blind fury, produced by the alleged indecent conduct of Orton to wards his daughter. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty on the main count of the indictment, and the Court deferred sentence. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. William Burchell.) WARDLE V. BEBNAND.-THE WAY TO GET UP A PUBLIC COMPANY. This was an action to recover the sum of 161. 16s. for board and lodging. Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. Clarkson appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and stated the case. It was afterwards proved in evidence that the plaintiff was a solicitor, and the defendant a gentleman who described himself as a general broker, and had projected a public company. From defendant's representations, plaintiff accepted him as a lodger, to be boarded and lodged; and he was so to his heart's content, at all events as happily and comfortably boarded and lodged as an unmarried man might reasonably expect to be. He kept out at all hours, had his breakfast in bed, the chambermaid having additional trouble in attending to him. On coming down stairs, he had another breakfast, and not unfrequently he had a glass of brandy and water; but the plaintiff did not make any complaint about that. All the plaintiff complained of was, that after the defendant had turned the temper of a good servant by having two breakfasts, one in his room and the other in the parlour, and in the after part of the day ; whatever time he arrived home, he expected dinner. The brandy and water might be taken by the jury as a mere milk-and-water affair ; in fact, it was not charged for. All the jury had to decide on was whether the projector of a public company ought to board and lodge in a respectable locality, after having incurred a liability to vacate his position as promoter, director, and as many etceteras as were generally found in bubble companies, and now turn round, not only repudiating the child of his fertile imagination as regarded the specula tion, but also the two breakfasts, the dinners, and the brandy and water. The plaintiff proved the contract between the parties, but said he would not have boarded and lodged the defendant for two guineas a week. The place was in a complete uproar, and in consequence he had to give defendant notice to quit. Mary Jones, examined, said that she was chamber maid and general servant. She took the breakfast up— sometimes there were eggs, sometimes eggs and bacon. Defendant used to take that part of his breakfast in bed, and then come down to finish. Witness considered this to be " two breakfasts." Defendant generally came in at dinner-time—for all hours were dinner-times to him, although he always said that he had dined in the City, and only wanted a " snack." Witness never saw the colour of any coin in defendant's possession, except one half-crown, which he gave her as a Christmas box. Evidence, was adduced in support of the minor points. Defendant was examined and said that he had been articled to the law, but he gave it up after nine months' experience. He took up to the line of looking up public companies. When he went to plaintiff he was engaged in getting up a company—there were no direc tors—there was no necessity for any ; but the company had been provisionally registered. He did not know that 501. expenses had been incurred, but he was certain the Company was never in his own hands, or he would have done better with it. I don't deny the lodging, but I deny having had the dinners, and I totally deny the brandy and water. Mr. Clarkson—You speak byyour recollection, Having dined out perhaps you did not take the after glasses into account ; perhaps your eyes were closed before you got home. Mr. Clarkson—We have not yet heard what the em bryo company was to be called. Defendant—The Foreign Security. Mr. Clarkson addressed the jury, and said that it was preposterous to suppose that a gentleman connected with a highly respectable firm would have admitted into the circle of his own family any one but he believed to be a gentleman ; but it would be inconsistent with common sense and reason to suppose that he would have accepted as a lodger any one who was a mere speculator, had he known it. He knew nothing of defendant, except from defendant's own representations, which were such as would have induced any one to trust him with a certain degree of consideration, and give him credit. The jury gave an immediate verdict for 161. 16s. LORD PALMERSTON.—The symbol of eternity is a ser pent with its tail in its mouth. Lord Palmerston's pub lic life has been so protracted, that he may, with no very violent figure of speech, be said to have spent a little eternity in the House of Commons, and to be on that ground entitled to quarter the serpent with its tail in its mouth on his Viscountal shield. His conduct on Tuesday night leaves no doubt on the matter. His speech was assuredly more redolent of serpentine wisdom than of dove-like simplicity, and its re approximation to the Conservative party gracefully assi milated the approaching close of the Viscount's career to its commencement under the auspices of Sidmouth and Castlereagh. In the career of Lord Palmerston, the expanded liberalism which characterised it from 1825 to 1830, tapers off towards the head or beginning through his complicity in the spy system and Six Acts of 1819, the corn law of 1815, and the shuffling policy in regard to Catholic Emancipation under the Percival regime ; it tapers off towards the tail, till we find him an accom plice in the Disraeli shuffle. The " ould serpent" is about to end where he began,—in self-seeking Toryism.—Daily Nam THE SLAVE TRADE.—Viscount Palmerston has ob tained a return (yesterdayprinted) of the number of negro slaves imported into Brazil and Cuba between January and October last. Between the Ist of January and the 9th of October the number of slaves supposed to have been landed at Cuba, the date of the last accounts from the. Havana, was 4,118, consisting of 218 in January, 1,480 in February, 600 in July, and 790 in September, making 5,088 ; and one-third (1,030) is added to make up for those respecting the landing of whom intelligence had not yet been procured. With regard to the importation into Brazil in the period, it appears by a dispatch from Mr. Southern, her Majesty's Minister in Brazil, dated the 11th of June, 1852, that a cargo of negroes was landed from a schooner called the Palmeira at Traman daley, on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, shortly before the Ist of May, 1852. The number of those negroes had not been reported. Mr. Southern states in the dispatch, "I think it right to add that, during the six months I have resided at this port, this is the only well authen ticated case of the landing of African negroes on the coast of Brazil." No other importation of African slaves into Brazil had since been reported. The return was moved for on the 15th inst., and ordered to be printed on the 16th (Tuesday). REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Captain Ed ward Somerset, who was re-elected M.P. for this county in his absence at the Cape, has sent home an address to the electors, in acknowledgment of the honour done him. He dates his address " Fort Beaufort, Frontier, Cape of Good Hope, Sept. 4, 1852," and he writes—"l am happy to say that the present aspect of affairs in this country tends to a speedy cessation of this detestable war, and that I have every reason to expect that I shall very shortly be relieved from my duties here, and be able to return to England and resume my services to you, as your member—it may be nearly as soon as this address will reach you." He adds that his best energies shall be employed in supporting the Derby Administra tion, in which he believes he shall be "aiding a Govern ment determined to use every effort for the benefit of the community at large, and particularly in relieving the agricultural classes of those grievances which they have borne with such patience and forbearance as to entitle them to the greatest possible amount of consideration." The hon. and gallant member has arrived in England, having travelled by the same vessel (the Propontis) as his address. _ IYCEI7;ITHEATRE.—The romantic drama of A Chain of Events, which ran for so many nights last season, has been revived, with all its beautiful stage effects. Gaspard is one of those roles in which Charles Mathews is match less on our stage, and peculiar commendation is due to Miss Oliver, who looks exceedingly pretty and interesting in the neat and becoming costume of the part, for the natural and impressive manner in which she pourtrays Therese, the high-minded wife of the duped Michael. A -MUM out of Window, is a delicious little farce that no play-goer should omit seeing. IMPORTS. Total imports £177,210 13 0 Imports re-exported 150,890 19 7 Imports consumed, or remaining in the colony 26,319 19 7 EXPORTS. Total exports 373,852 7 7 Imports re-exported 150,890 19 7 Exports (the produce of the colony) 222,961 8 0 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From. the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 223 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. New 31 per Cent. Annuities lo3i a 4 g Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 i Ditto 30 Years, Expire 12th Oct., 1859 -16 f India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO B3 Ditto, under £lOOO BO 3 South Sea New Annuities mai Consols for Account lolf il 4 i Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO 73 173 70 72 70 £5OO 73 70 72 70 Small 73 70 72 70 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Ditto 4i per Cent 97 4 Chili= Bonds, 6 per Cent lO6 Grenada Bonds, 1 i per Cent — Ditto Deferred ll Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian 6 per Cent. Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent ll9 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 524 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2 54 Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3i 1 if p c Swedish Loan li 4 d Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 2 i i p Ditto for the Account 2p Venezuela Bonds 3i per Cent. Australian Bonds 5 per Cent. ...... _ Belgian Bonds, 4,3 per Cent. Ex. 25fr. 9Bl 8 Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 66 5i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97A 7 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols lOl $ Ditto Account, Dec. 9 Mr. HUME.—The cause of Mr. Hume's absence from the House of Commons this week is the death of a lamented sister. RECRUITING STAFF.—Lieutenant Gore, of the 88th Regiment, has been appointed Superintendent Officer on the Recruiting Staff, and will be stationed at Gloucester. ALARMING SEWER ACCIDENT—(THIS DAY).—The scene of the present calamity is in close proximity to the place, where such extensive damage was done by the tremendous hailstorm on the Ist of August. 1846, when the whole of the neighbourhood was flooded by the breaking up of the sewers in va rious places, and washing away furniture and every other moveable article in its way. It was at first thought that a considerable loss of life had taken place, but this turned out not to be the case. It appears that at about half-past four this morning, the inhabitants of Ray-street and Back-hill, Clerkenwell, were suddenly disturbed from their slumbers by a very loud report, as though a large piece of artillery had been discharged, causing considerable alarm in the neighbourhood. The cause of the alarm was soon found to proceed from the falling in of some stables and premises belonging to Mr. Harris, livery-stable keeper, Ray-street, Clerkenwell, which were built directly over the sewer, and which have been in a very unsafe state for some time past. At the time of this unfortunate accident there were three horses in the stables, who fell, with the rubbish, into the sewer beneath. One of the horses has since been got out alive, but it is feared that the other two have either been buried beneath the rubbish, or else washed down the sewer and drowned. The sewer is here of considerable dimensions, being about the spot at which it is joined by several water at this point. Men have gone along the sewer to tributary streams, which causes an immense body of endeavour to find the horses. The cause of the calamity is attributed to the late heavy rains, which has also un dermined the foundations of several houses in the local ity, including the Finsbury Literary and Scientific Insti tution, and the Italian School in Leicester-place. ARRIVAL OF UPWARDS OF SEVEN TONS OF AUSTRALIAN GOLD IN THE RlVER.—yesterday three vessels arrived in the river Thames from Australia, with the extraordi nary quantity of upwards of seven tons of gold on board. One of the ships, the Eagle, was freighted with the largest amount of the precious metal ever known to arrive in one vessel, viz., 150,000 ounces, upwards of six tons, and of th e va l ue of more than 600,000/. The Eagle also made the most rapid passage on record, hav ing done the voyage from Melbourne to the Downs in 76 days. The other ships are the Sapphire, from Sydney, with 14,668 ounces on board, and the Pelham from Sydney, with 27,762 ounces. The Maitland also arrived a day or two since from Sydney, with 14,326 ounces. Great, however, as has been the wealth brought over by the Eagle, the ship Dido is expected in a few days, which will far surpass it, having on board 280,000 ounces, or about 10 tons and a half of the precious metal. The Neptune, with 17,000 ounces, Andromache, 42,051, and other ships, with as valuable freights, are are nearly due. THE NEW FRENCH BANK.—The letters from Paris mention that the shares of the new bank got up by M. Fould, for m a ki ng advances on railway and other schemes, have been introduced on the Bourse, and sold at a premium equal to 120 per cent. The capital is 60,000,000 f., or 2,400,000/., of which one - third is to be raised i n th e first instance, the allotment of the remain der being reserved for a future period. The 500 f. shares were yesterday quoted at 1,100 f., and at the close of busi ness there were buyers at I,ooof. The plan of operations marked out for the company is analogous to that of the Scotch exchange b an k s e stablished during the railway mania of 1847, and there appears nothing in its constitu tion, or in the circumstances of the time, to prevent it from coming to a similar termination. GERMANY AND THE BALTIC. —The North of Europe Steam Company is announced to have completed its ar rangements, in combination with the railways running to the east coast, for facilitating the traffic to Germany and the Baltic. A steamer of 200 horse-power is henceforth to sail every week for Hamburgh from Great Grimsby, receiving passengers by express train from London, who will thus save a large portion of the sea route. Another steamer will start every week from Lowestoft, on the arrival of the express train from London, for Tonningen on the Eyder, the chief port for the trade of Schleswig- Holstein, whence a railway is in course of construction to Flensburg, th a t w ill render it the highway to the Baltic. This line, which will save 700 miles of steaming round the SCaW and Cattegat, is expected to be com pleted before the end of 1853, and passengers, it is cal culated, Will then be able to reach Copenhagen from Flensburg in 14 hours, and St. Petersburgh in 60 hours. COURT CIRCULAR. WINPSOR,,i Noy • 24 ' b „ The following h a d th e h onour o f din}ng with Majesty yesterday:—Her Royal Highness " Duche of Kent, their Royal Highnesses he Dip de Brab an .. and the Comt e de Flandres, their pSereoe Highnesses the Prince of Leiningen and Princesedideliaide of Hobo' lohe, the Duchess of Athol, MonsiOur,Van de WeY er i the Lady in W a iti ng to t h e Duchezs,,,af Kent, Col de Moerkerk e , th e C ount d e Br i ey, S i r Ro b er t Carswell , and Mr. Gibbs. His Royal Hi g h ness P r i nce Al b ert, accom panied the Due de Brabant and the Count de Flandres, We n , out shooting thi s morning, attended by Earl Talb ° ! , _ Colonel the H on . Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Colonel de Moerkerke was in attendance on the 33 ' 1 " gian Princes. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Visco untess Canning in th e d u ti es of Lady in Waiting to the Qu eer( ' The Earl of Ver u l am and Lieut.-General Sir Eds car(' Bowater have b een re li eve d b y Ear l T a lb o t an d Mr. F. Ormsby Gore as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Mr. Adams had the honour yesterday of subnii?' his bust of the late Duke of Wellington to her MO tY and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert. ves' The Judge Ad voca t e -G enera l arr i ve d f rom town ' terday, had an au di ence o f t h e Queen, an d subrait ted the proceedings of some court-martials. The Duchess of Ath o l an d M ons i eur V an de W eyer left the Castle this forenoon for London. inter' The Earl and C oun t ess o f D er b y have b een W I and are expected to-day. the The band of the 2d Lif e G uar d s a tt en ded in to i. Castle during di nner yes t er d ay, and performe d the lowing pieces : March—" • Gerama di Vergy" Donizetti. Overture—"L'ltalliana in Alfieri" Quadrille Royal Tolbeque• Grand Selection—" I. Martiri" Donizetti• Waltz—" La Prima Donna" Song —Solo Ten or Trombone, Vimeux Grattan ' i n t Galop—Trah, Trab - God Save the Queen deci Her Majesty'S p r i va t e b an d afterwar d s atten the evening, and performed the following selection Overture—" Die Letzten Dingo" Spohr• Introduction—" Pre aux Clercs" Danso de Parapluies, Lo Printemps, Chceur et Couplets—" Le Cheval de Bronze" A über. Finale—" Euryanthe" • 2,1 ~c His Serene Highn ess th e P r i nce of Leiningen a '' ,, The in town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. Prince returned to Windsor in the afternoon. , c lll Mr. Howe, from N ova S cot i a, h ad an interv iesv the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residenc" Downing-street. A i l Sir General Sir P. M a itl an d h a d an i nterv i ew W. ioer John Pakington y es t er d ay . Th e Rev. Art h ur P"' t o had also an inte rv i ew wi th th e Ri ght Hon. B a r°ne the Colonial-office. S e en Viscount Joceyln h a d an i n t erv i ew w i t h Mr. - tary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. k ith The Greek Minister had an interview yesterday the Earl of Derby. cte d 3 Mr. Monsell, M.P., an d M r. G oold, M.P., t r all- business yesterday at the Board of Trade. r dai The. Earl and C oun t ess o f D er b y l eft town Yes , afternoon for Windsor Castle. l a f Dispatches w ere sen t yesterday from the —°l3 ‘-' office to the Governor of Ceylon and Hong Kong. THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FUSSfijfi AND THE POLICE. • The following gracious acknowledgment of th e e f th services and con d uc t o f t h e pol i ce at the funera l e coor late Duke of Wellington, has been received by th e missioners "Whitehall, Nov. 22) 18 , 1 ;e0 " Gentlemen—ln obedience to the Queen's e7yotl commands, I have great satisfaction in signifyill ", ° r :tter her Majesty's entire approbation of the excellentr' or der in which the arrangements for preserving go o u ,,oir throughout the metropolis were made by the v:i no der sinners of Police, and executed by those who aet e ', - IVel' them, on the memorable occasion of the Duke c) '• lington's funeral. ore^ss " Her Maj es ty h as a l so commanded me to % p ie) her strong sens e o f th e a d m i ra bl e conduct o f her ) e r who showed suc h rea l f ee li ng and true respect 'e-tiotie illustrious man, who was carried amidst a whole To tears with such pomp and honour to the grave. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen' " Your obedient servan t 4. (Signed) "S. H. WALPOP "The Commissioners of Police." 1 ,- REVIEW OF THE HOU SEHOLD T ROOPS. —This fi re oo nolo the half-yea r ly i nspec ti on o f the Royal Household tr" took place on th e p ara d e f ac i ng the Horse Glia rl r„; th e James's-park. Th e ex t ens i ve rear was occupied the Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), 3° ,01 Grenadier and Coldstfeam Guards, with their re„sP i e lc eof bands. They were under the command of the - 11 _, iris; Cambridge, and there were present, Prince Albert, t 01 count Hardinge, the Commander-in-Chief, and most the foreign Princes who have arrived in this cal l " " q ioa the representatives of foreign Sovereigns on the ocet o p. of the funeral of the late illustrious Duke of WellinE n to Shortly after the va r i ous reg i ments were r o of the day b ecame ex t reme l y f i ne, in consequenoir which, the fine app earance o f th e troops beca me a t spicuous,[and th e diff erent manoeuvres were seen t° b'3,01 advantage. The inspection lasted about two bou rs .'dual 4 gave great satisfaction to the various eminent indi vi r pet who were pre sen t. Th ere was a vast crow d olts lell respectable persons present. The several regime n c tif e the ground about 12 o'clock to go to their resP e barracks. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY'S . 0 , 0 nineteenth anniversary of this excellent i ns titutle i :oich celebrated last evenin g a t th e L on d on T aver n, en rs t O I occasion between three a n d f our hundred Iner abe ci • tie r ' friends of the society sa t d own t o an a d m i r able, -- o f which was served u p i n M r . B at h e ' s usual style ,tot of cellence. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.—On Tuesday 3C: a ri a, ' 9 ::;rl 4 this Commissio n was h e ld at Guildhall. On th e of the report o f th e me di ca l officer, and the eal e i of o f of the survey or , it was resolved that every P r° Pl --e lys tet e lodging-houses s h ou ld b e h e ld b ound to pro vide s cisternage of the minimum amount of 24 0 1 1 1 1 o , v ; room. A discus s i on on th e mo d e o f remedying :f of having some dozen courts and alleys in the City the 0 0 ' same name then took place, on the complaint of s lo e ; dical officer, that such sameness of designation w a- a O s ; times the cause of disastrous delay in his reachivg rt sP; of extreme illness. All the members of the e tni ,j s ifi e " mated and corroborated the inconvenience oni.rof de of, and an inquiry was directed into the means it is creasing the evil. On the motion of Mr. Barber, is olh resolved to attempt once more, by way of neV c rc i. the removal of the railings in St. Paul's Churehr tors. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE IN ISLINGTON.—YesterdOc )(over ing considerable excitement was caused in t ile c i e s& road, Islington, by a re p or t th a t a respec t a ble tra.L. well known in that locality, had comm itt e d stli° l " - _,P . facts, so far as they h ave t ransp i re d, ar e the se •stel.oY Charles Fieldhou•se, grocer, of 8, Lower-road, leover'il morning, between eight and n i ne o ' c l oc k, Iva° V I , 0 0111) by his wife, quite dead, ha v i ng i n fli c t e d a fright ac in his throat with a razor. ho es MOOR FEARFUL FLOODS.—Y es t er d a y about , rio ss before high water time, the water in the o rive,rio av again rose to a fearful height, over fl ow i n g it. 9 eir io 3s llo doing a greater amou n t o f m i sc hi e f th an was P r o. ia t o r experienced by th e un f or t una t e persons resict e various thoroughfares n ear th e water side. s rushed over the me a d ows an d l ow l an d s f o r Ini' e ireste iv neighbourhood of the S ou th-W es t ern an d Great railways. ait i° eell„,, r tf FATAL ACClDENT.—Y es t er d ay morning, and ten o'clock, a man of the name of Dalli e ,'" i C , O 1r aged 70 years, expi re d a t Ki ng ' s College Hosr - l ag street, from injurie s h e rece i ve d under the f o lio : 0 .6 y cumstances :—lt appears th e deceased w3sevt,,le some scaffold poles i n a s h e d, w h en he ae-to slipped down, and they fell on the unfortull3 Oi ta ribs. n go t be SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE-SHOW.—The arr,, e jer, to for the ensuing exhibition of cattle, stock, &c ,, ,, - ,inte tl A t auspices of the Smithfield Club, which is 3 Pr ol ooi°,',or take place on the 7th, Bth, 9th, and 10th P r ve re 'f it s the Bazaar, in King-street, Portman-square/ re gt os o menced yesterday, and will soon be in a sta te d ttl e y for their reception. The number of entries e% -e ll essr • we understand, of any former years ; and 36 „ the ir y, ture, the stupendous statue of the Queen, irf foun`p tory of the Society of Vielle Montagne z'ri-at the which formed so great an object of attraction ,h "" hibition, and which has since been bronzed, w! re ,, of place assigned to it in the cent re o f the grann" rci show-yard. _ e yes- e ch os ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHW.AE S ' rgt ifir evening, at the weekly meeting of the board 01 . 0 broar e g of this parish, the case of Eliza Hayes was aw e „ ereLlief forward. It will .be remembered that, ert i Ld for, ' - t hat of Tuesday, the 2d inst., this woman aPPL,i - hae,.,rt• at St. George's workhouse, stating that su e no r V fer cl morning been delivered of a child in a barn 0 part io cl ford ; that she had asked to be taken in a t she . 4 union, and that b e i ng re f used re li e f there , otit hav o w e r walked up the enti re di s t ance to Lon d on , with The P th iS received any medical assistance whatever. tea in sec t woman confirmed w h a t s h e had a l r eadY se e d tt . the the painful matte r , an d a resolution was pas that the repo r t an d ev i dence shou ld be laid D,, s alb S Poor-Law Com m i ss i oners. S u b seq uently w„uartir 0 that copies s h ou ld a l so b e sent to th e board eL a l ieg ed e j of the Dartford union, whose officers were rily be the offending parties. It was that the officers of St. George's had thro vety utmost P r° P e whole affair behaved with the u satisfac e ugheti t "3 . he kindness. by 4,.. AVON) • VP' THE NEW NOVEL, entitled " CASTLE i s bade Author of ",Emilia Wyndham," Ste.) i n d 3 c v o .7w .' l l 7 t it'ele lished this day by Messrs. Colburn also just published :—Mrs. Trollop n ovel ", F oni Walter"" The Kinnears," a Scottis_. Dennison, a a tale—" Annette," byW• Talibu rci-- • °I memoir of the author, by Sir F. N. edits e'sann h ew storY --- w i th , a A lb d o a t m , " G b r y aem M e i , s , s , second et P i. ay . Margar t ready vel also in e v ols. land" - -" The Lost Inheritance, by Pe n the ne f author s ather— A oi DEATH OF THE BEY OF TUNIS. ,-ov:".„ says " Broomhdi" ; or, "The Country Blea,outifosrryeispo,ci ea.t, letter has arrived here from Cag liari Be)'sji the Siecle, writing from Genoa onl death of the,h e 16, with the news of the received, letter adds that, on this news being the French 101 0 sailed towards Tunis, where jute squadron yet received this Sarld'inia) ° O. This is cruising. We have not at Genoa fr9M any other quart Or... 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