The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

J ottrti) TA TTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING. Six o'csocx. CESAREWITCH. 7 to 1 agst Knight of the Shire 8 to 1 agst Le Juif 10 to 1 agst Indian Warrior 11 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 12 to 1 agst Ariosto 20 to 1 agst Lady Amyott 33 to 1 agst Dolland CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 agst Ephesus—taken FRAN CE. We read in the Debats—" Accounts have been received from Tahiti to the 24th June ; they mention the arrival of the squadron un d er th command of Captain Page, and his installation as Governor at Papeiti. The Moselle, with the three political pri soners of Lyons, MM. Gent, Ode, and Longomazmo, arrived akNouka-Hiva on the 2d. Captain Page found at Tai-o-Hai, in Nouka-Hiva, the remnants of the establishment which had been founded there some years since by the French, but which had been abandoned for the last three years. Everything will therefore have to be done for the accommodation of the above transported men and their families. It will be neces sary to construct a house for each of them, and to secure the proper surveil lance over them. During their voyage the convicts kept much aloof from each other, but en one or two occasions their quarrels ren dered the interference of the captain of the Moselle necessary ; the remainder of the time they scarcely exchanged a word, and it is probable that the same coolness will continue when they have tahen posses sion of their houses on shore. The country is fine, and the soil admirably rich ; the bay forms almost a circle surrounded by high mountains, but which, however, are not inaccessible, as has been long supposed. Captain Page, on arriving at Papeiti, received the di rec ti on o f affairs from the bands of Commandant Bonard, who has returned to France by the Thisbe. At the moment when the new Governor landed, his ship, the Artemise, fired a salute of 15 guns, and another salute of the same number was fired on his entering his residence. Commandant Bonard, his predecessor, was there to receive him, and presented to him the foreign consuls, the civil and military officers, &c. On the same day, the new Governor went to the re sidence of Queen Pomace. Her Majesty received him in la salon, furnist ad completely in the Euro pean style ; her husband, and all her family were present. The Governor handed her a letter from the Prince President, a magnificent ring, with the arms of the Prince, and some rich presents for herself and her chil dren. The Queen both understands French and English, but she only speaks her own language ; the conversation is therefore carried on by means of an interpreter. Two days afterwards she returned the visit of the Governor, accompanied by her husband. The Queen was dressed in a blouse of black satin, embroidered with coloured silk ; she bad a rice straw bonnet profusely ornamented with roses, and the other parts of her attire added to the strange appearance of the dress and the bonnet. The King is a tall muscular man of colossal strength; be had a coat of blue velvet, embroidered with gold, white cashmire trowsers with gold bands, a very handsome sabre, white gloves, and red slippers, and he bad on his head an enormous drum-major's cap surmounted by a feather, which rivalled in height the cocoa-nut trees round the house. The persons who accompanied the Queen were far from being so well dressed; many of them only wore a garment indis pensable for decency sake. The Queen has a daughter about 16 years of age, who is pretty and intelligent." ITALY. TIES UN, .NEW CITY PRISON, HOLLOWAY. The committee appointed by the C )urt of Common Council to carry out the instructions in the erection of this edifice having completed their labours, and all necessary arrangements having been mad- by the magistrates for immediate occupation, the two bodies proceeded on Tuesday to the prison, where the corn mittee, headed by Mr. Alderman Wire, their chair man, and attended by the City architect, received the Lord Mayor, with Aldermen Humphrey, Musgrove, Sidney, Finnis and Cubitt, and Messrs. Carter and Croll, the sheriffs, at the entrance. Having viewed the several parts of the building, the whole of the party assembled in the magistrates' room, the Lord Mayor in the chair, and the outer gate having been locked, Alderman Wire presented the key to his Lordship, in token of delivering up the possession of the prison from the building committee to the City Magistrates, and in doing so expressed his earnest hope that while the prison would be found well adapted for the pu nishment of evildoers, it would also, by the judicious and humane treatment, and the moral and scriptural instruction which the prisoners would receive, prove an incalculable blessing in producing a permanent reformation, so that as a happy consequence very many would leave its walls to become honourable and useful members of society. The LORD MAYOR, on receiving the key, handed'. it to Lieutenant Wright, appointed governor pro term, and expressed the satisfaction of the members of the Court of Aldermen at meeting the committee upon the completion of their arduous labours in the erec tion of so spacious and suitable a building, highly creditable as it was to the taste and talent of their excellent architect, Mr. Bunning. His Lordship fully sympathised with the chairman in the senti ments expressed by that gentleman, and trusted that the great ends desired would be most fully realised. On the motion of Mr. ANDERTON, seconded by Mr. Low, the unanimous thanks of the committee were passed to Mr. Alderman Wire for his unwearied and invaluable services as chairman through the whole period of the undertaking ; in acknowledging which the Alderman stated that ho was under vast obliga tions to the members of the Court of Aldermen — amongst whom there had been throughout the most perfect co-operation. After some remarks from Alderman SIDNEY, in fa vour of the solitary system, in reply to some observa tions from Mr. Low, who entertained very opposite opinions, Mr. Deputy HARRISON moved and Mr. Deputy STEVENS seconded votes of thanks to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen ; which compliment the Lord Mayor acknowledged. Mr. ANDERTON proposed and Alderman WIRE se conded a resolution of thanks to Mr. Bunning, in which high testimony was borne to that gentleman's ability in carrying out his elegant design through many difficulties which had presented themselves in the progress of the work. Yesterday a great number of prisoners were re ceived into the New Prison, from Giltspur-street prison. The accommodation afforded in the prison is as follows :—Females, 60; juveniles, 61 ; male adults, 283 ; reception cells, 14 ; punishment cells, 18 ; total, 436. SOINT-STOCK WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. THE LATE DISFRANCHISING DECISION. Owing to the recent extraordinary decisions of Mr. Shadwell, the revising barrister for Middlesex, whereby great numbers of the Freehold Land Society voters have been disfranchised, the members of these bodies have determined on taking steps with a view to re dress the injury done them. A public meeting took place in connexion with the Westminster Society at the School-room?, New Church-street, Paddington, at which the subject was mooted. Thomas Pitts, Esq., presided, and stated that, owing to the great increase in the members of the society, it would be necessary for those who had hitherto transmitted their subscrip tions through him to appoint an agent for that purpose. Mr. GEORGE HUGGETT, the secretary, gave a de tailed explanation of the principles and operations of the scciety, and stated the progress it had made. In the course of three years five estates had been pur chased, containing in all about 72 acres ; the total receipts from the establishment of the society had been 15,6101. On each estate, the shares entitled thereto had risen to a considerable premium on allot ment. In reference to the recent decision of Mr. Shad well, d2claring that a plot of land did not confer the franchise, unless it had cost 501., it was to be re gretted that this being a question of fact, and not of law, there was no appeal from his decision to the Court of Common Pleas ; but it was hoped that something more effectual would be done. It was astonishing that the Learned Gentleman should display such igno rance of the value of property as to adopt the arbi trary rule which he had laid down, and which was ridiculous in the eyes of practical men. Every one knew how rapidly property increased in value in the neighbourhood of London, and that without any re ference to the price originally paid for it. He knew a gentleman who, fourteen years ago, had bought a small freehold by auction for 201. ; within six months of the purchase it was let for 141. a year, and had been so let ever since. In the last year this society had bought nine acres of land at Kilburn at 5401. per acre. Afew months after they wished to extend their purchase, and add four or five acres of the adjoining land of pre cisely the same value, but so greatly had the value of the property increased in that short interval that the price then demanded was 1,0001. per acre. Belgrave square, a few years ago, was let to a market gardener, and the value of the land was then about 3001. an acre ; now it was not short of 30,0001. On the East Moulsey estate of that society, an allotment which had cost 231. 103. had been let for ever on a chief-rent of 70s. a year ; and there was no doubt, if that chief rent was put up at Garraway's to-morrow, it would fetch 1001.—(Hear, hear.) He suggested that the extraordinary course pursued by Mr. Shadwell should be set forth in a memorial to the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, with whom the appointment of the revising barristers rested, requesting his Lordship to discontinue the appointment of the Learned Gen tleman. A resolution for carrying out the recommendation of the chairman was proposed and agreed to, and at the close of the proceedings a number of new mem bers were enrolled. In the sitting of the 29th ult. of the Royal Court at Florence, Guerrazzi's examination was continued, and an opportunity offered him of explaining his plan respecting the restoration of the monarchy in Tus cany. He first contended that the convocation of a Tuscan Assembly elected by universal suffrage, was a necessary consequence of the Grand Duke's de parture ; so that the abolition of the Chambers by the Provisional Government was, in fact, a mere matter of form, since it was a right on account of the absence of the Sovereign. In support of this view he pointed to the proceedings of the British Parliament at the time when James 11. left the throne vacant. The Provisional Government felt, he said, the necessity of giving Tuscany a stable form of government. Now as the faction then in power declared that it acknowledged no other authority save that which emanated from the people, there was no choice but to have recourse to universal suffrage, to which the Grand Duke owed the extension of his territory by the aggregation of the provinces of Massa, Carrara, Lunigiana, and Garfagnana. lie (Guerrazzi) therefore thought it could not be displeasing to the Grand Duke to return to his throne by the unanimous vote of his subjects, as that would have been an evident proof of true attachment to his person and dynasty. The elections therefore took place simultaneously for the Tuscan Legislative Assembly and for the Italian Constituent Assembly, the former of which was to conduct the ordnary business of the country, and the latter was to meet at Rome, and decide upon the form of government. By these concessions be (Guerrazzi) hoped to gain time, and succeed in overreaching the dominant party. But the impatience of the republicans defeated his plans. On the 18th of February, a tumultuous crowd, headed by Joseph Mazzini, poured into the Piazva del Gran Duca, and loudly called for the pro clamation of the Republic. Finding himself nearly driven to the last extremity, he (Guerrazzi) had re course to a stratagem, and answered that, since the Tuscan people wanted the Republic, they must be prepared to support it, and that, consequently, if two thousand armed men appeared on the morrow ready to fight for the Republic, it should then be proclaimed. It being impossible to fulfil this condition, and no 2,000 men having made their appearance, the Republic was not proclaimed. But now he (Guerrazzi) bad lost the confidence of the Republicans ; be therefore quitted Flo rence; on his return he found that Montanelli had prepared a preliminary agreement with M. Maestri, an Envoy from Rome, for the unification of the Roman States with Tuscany. He (Guerrazzi) re fused to join in this plan. After the opening of the Tuscan Assembly, he (Guerrazzi) took particular care to avoid any explanations which might bind him for the future, and prevent him from exe cuting his plan for the restoration of a Constitutional Monarchy, as soon as a favour able opportunity should offer. Taking advantage of a short absence of Montanelli and Mazzini from Florence, he (Guerrazzi), by a decree of the 6th of March, transformed the Legislative Assembly of Tus cany into a Constituent one, which was almost entirely composed of Tuscans. The republicans were furious at this decree, the drift of which could not escape them. Montanelli was highly displeased at it, because it was a mortal blow to the Italian Constituent Assembly. But a moment arrived after the battle of Novara, when he (Guerrazzi) could ex plain his views to Montanelli, which the latter, how ever, did not approve of, but quitted Florence and even Tuscany. An unforeseen circumstance has tened the crisis, and deprived him (Guerrazzi) of the merit of restoring the constilu'ional throne in Tus cany. After these statement:, the sitting was sus pended. WRECK OF A SCHOONER OFF BRIGHTON. On Monday evening our mariners observed a soli tary vessel tossing about in the offing. The weather was very rough at the time, the wind blew from the south-west, the sea rode mountains high, and a heavy rain was falling. It was difficult to discern the nature of the ship thus exposed to the fury of the elements; but it was evident that she was driving before the wind, apparently beyond control, and as if, to adopt: the technical phrase ology of one of the spectators, " she would neither wear nor stay, scud nor lay to." As the evening came on, either by some effort made on board, or by reason of the shifting of the wind, the strange craft shifted her course, and was seen making for our shore. As she drew nearer it was seen that she was a schooner of some 150 tons burden, and that her sails were all torn , a nd hanging in tatters from her masts. The direction she was now taking brought her off Blackroek, and as she drove swiftly in she soon got among the rocks, and being dashed about by wind and wave, sustained such injuries that it was evident she must soon become a wreck. Under these circumstances the Coast Guardsmen at the Blackrock station bestirred themselves to render what assistance they might. Lieutenant Pratt had the rocket ap paratus got ready with a view of throwing out a rope to the crew ; but while that was preparing, the vessel was driven still nearer to the shore, and it was thought practicable to send out a boat. A small life-boat was accordingly dispatched with five hands to work her ; and, though the state of the sea ren dered the attempt perilous, the crew succeeded in reaching the ill fated vessel. Sh e prove d to be the Honoria of Dover, the property of Mr. S. Lathan, hanker of that town, and on her w a y f rom C aen t o London, with a cargo of stone. Th ere was on b oar d the captain, whose name is Coburg, and three seamen. The aft-part of the vessel was stove in, an d th e b u ll was otherwise injured ; the cabin, containing the clothes and other property of the crew, was ent i re l y c arried away. The sufferers, who were much ex hausted by their endeavours to save the ship, were taken into the life-boat and brought safely ashore, where comfortable quarters were provided for them i n the workhouse. The v essel was, of course, abandoned, and it was expected that it would go to pieces in the night ; but she drifted still further to the shore, and the battered hull was to be seen on the rocks all day yes terday in much the same condition as when the crew left her. The captain's explanation of the cause of the wreck is, that w hen out at sea the wind split his sails into ribands, and being unable to make way against the wind he was obliged to give up his control of the ship and drift w ith h er . B u t f o r the slight change in the . direction it was borne in, it would, biltty, have gon e as h ore a t Nhave ew in all probe n.—Beighton Guardian. PERSIA. Letters from Tauris of the 26th August bring the news of an attempt to assassinate the Shah. lA , hile he was hunting, four men approached the mo narch, under pretence of presenting a netition, w hich he re fused to accept. Two o f the fellows then seized the horse's bridle, while their c ompan i ons fi re d two doubie barrelled pistols at the Sh a h , who, although w. waled in the thigh and mouth, was st i ll able to quit b l 3 saddle, and keep off his assailants until his suite came up. Two of the assassins were literally hewn to pieces ; the others, who were taken alive, de clared that they had no accomplices, but that belong ing to the Balms, they had det erm i ne d to avenge the death of their chief by murdering the Shah. Dr. Cloquet has extractel two of the bullets, but has not supcceded with a third. It i 3 added that the Shah is not supposed to be in danger. The cholera is making terrible ravages in Persia. Scorrzsrr CELNTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 3, 1852 : Passengers (12,414), parcels, : horses, an d carriages ... .£1,325 12 11 Goods, cattle, Sic. 855 17 3 Total .. 2.181 10 2 Corresponding week in last year... 1,866 6 2 Perth, Oct. 6, 1852. There is now living at La Horgne, canton of Au mont (Ardennes), a woman named Lantenoy, surnamed " La Duchesse," who has just entered her 110th year. She walks a long distance every day, and picks up wood for her fire about the fields. LivaarooL ORPHAN ASYLUMS.—On Tuesday the foundation stone of a new asylum for orphan boys was laid in Myrtle-street, Liverpool, by Mr. Littledale, the mayor. The Lord Bishop of Chester laid the foundation stone of a new church at the same time, for the accommodation of the existing Female Orphan Asylum, and the institutio n for b o ys about to be erected, CLIEAPNE33 IN VIE COW OF CELiNCENY. Hitherto large sums have been charged for engrossing and copying bills tiled in the Court of Chancery, in lieu of which printed bills are to be delivered, and by one of the new rules a considerable reduction is effected. It is ordered that " the payment to be made by the defendant to the plaintiff for printed copies of the bill or claim shall be at the rate of one halfpenny per folio." RAT lifLikTiglEETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow B a y, 21 153 t o 41 Oil Clover ditto, 31 15s to 51 Os; and Straw, 118 s to 11 15s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 21173 to 4143; Clover ditto, 31 153 to 5/ 03; and Straw, 1193 to 1/168 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Ilay, 21153 to 410 s; Clover ditto, 31 153 to 5103; end Straw, 11 8s to 11 143 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. We are glad to hear that the youthful Lord Stanhope 'son of the Earl of Chesterfield), who is at present quartered with his regiment in the Regent's-park barracks, and has been confined to his room for a considerable time in consequence of having sprained his knee, eso far recovered as to be enabled to dine at mess, PRICES OF SHAItES IN 3ANKS, A.SSIJiIANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LINDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. Dividend Amount Same of Co 21i)any. 1 pc - of Paid. Price. Ann.m. Share. .--...--...........--. _ --- Za. d. A a. d. Australasia .......... a. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 58 BritshNorth American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cant. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. . - lonian .......... •• .. 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lond. Char. Bk. of AID*. ---• 20 0 0 2 10 0 4 London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 103 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... - .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .• 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • • 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 81. p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - South Australia • • •... 61. p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia • • 5/.p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50% Ditto • • ...... • • - 210 0 - Union of London. •• .. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - .. INSURANCE COMPANIES. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X a. d. X a. 0. Albion ........ - .... 81. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 7 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.14 x. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 22% Ditto Marine. •••• • • 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas ....... .....•• •• 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 19% Argus Life •••• - • -41. per cen'. 100 A 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial - 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,sled.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2036 County ••••••• • • • •• •• 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 102 Crown •••••••• • • • • •• 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 163( Eagle •• Eqity and Law ...... 4 36 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5 36 European Life • • • 155. 20 0 0 All paid. 14 General .• .......... - 5 0 0 .. 536 Globe Guardian - .... •• •• • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 ' S 0 58 Imperial Fire -•••• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Indemnity Marine•• •• 11.x14. & bs. 100 0 0 1 20 0 0 53 Law Fire . ...... •... 25 & 25. bs. 100 0 0 I 210 0 436 Law Life............- 100 0 0 10 0 0 47 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire ........ 105. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 30 London Ship .... 105. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 30 Marine - -........... 155. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 1736 Med. Invlid &Gen. Life 4361. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Minerva •••••• • • • • .. sp. et. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5 Monarch •••• .• • ... ..1. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 205.0 d National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Pelican .............. - - - 45 P.lo3aiX •-.- -. 173 Professional Life...... 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 155.0 d Provident Life ••-• • • • 11. 58. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Rock Life .. .... .... 55. 5 0 0 010 0 834 Royal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & bs. Stock. all 235 Sun Fire. - 99 211 Ditto Life . - 55 United Kingdom gaiver3al Life 21.55. per $ll. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Victoria Life, - 412 6 536 3331tIDOES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. St are. --- -- ...1•1 M1.1.111..1•MM••=111111* £. a. d. X. a. d. Hungerford.......... - - - - Sonthwrk .......... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 73s p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21.83. Od. - 60 0 0 243 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21.25. Od. - 40 0 0 22 36 Vauxhall .• .. .• • AT. 21. 70 10 3 - 20 WATEN-WORES Dividend Amount Name of Company. pe ' of Paid. Price. Anon Al. Share. .....•••••••-................ ••••••••••••• ...- -•-."''''''' X a. d. £ s. d. East London..• •••• • • • 81. per ent. 100 0 0 - 166 Grand Junction •• •• •• 1 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69 Kent ..--.• •• •• 1 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 83 Lambeth ...... ••• • • • - 100 0 0 - - New River Company • . 1 21. 10. c. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 •-- 90 West MidAlesex • • - •• ,61. Os. pr cn - - 105 DOCItS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ......ammeam• ro m...... , .................. ................. ~............... ~...,...... X s. d. X a. d. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. - ICS East and West Indf.a ...,6)61. pr cent. Stock. - 168 East Country ...... • • .1205. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London ..... ....... 51. pr cont. Stock. - 130 Ditto Bonds.. -- .. 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine - ...... 4 per cent. Stock. - 96 Snuthampton ........ I/. per cent.; 50 0 0 50 0 0 34 Victoria ............ - 20 0 0 2 0 0 634 THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1852. Standard Theatre, in Shoreditch, stated, that during h - , Eton was aL,‘,lc,,en by d. u l ien upro.tr in the gallery, accompanied by terrific exclamations from persons on the front seat, and on hastening to that part of the house to ascertain the cause of the disturbance, he observed the prisoner, who had been drinking, at the extreme end of the seat, with a little boy, 13 years old, in his arms, and in the act of precipitating him headlong into the pit. The prisoner, who appeared to be determinedly•bent upon his purpose, had suc ceeded in getting the little tellow's legs over the iron bar, but the boy clung with desperation to the rail, and screamed for help in the greatest terror, as the depth from the gallery to the pit was but little short of 70 feet, and if he had been hurled over there could be but very little doubt that he would have been killed. Witness, however, instantly caught hold of the lad, and succeeded with some , difficulty in rescuing him from his perilous position, but be had no sooner done so than the prisoner made a rush at him, and after striking bim several sharp blows in the face, declared with an oath that he would fling him over next. The prisoner then seized hold of him by the hair of his head, and forcibly dragged him down until the upper part of his person projected over the barrier, and he felt perfectly satisfied that his assailant would speedily have effected his purpose as he was on the point of losing his balance, if it had not been for the fortunate arrival of several other officers, with whose assistance the prisoner was at length overpowered and secured. Abraham &annard, an assistant-constable of the theatre, fully corroborated the evidence of the last witness in its leading particulars, and added, that as soon as he attempted to extricate Lambert from the grasp of the prisoner, who was at that time holding him down by the hair of his head, and making desperate efforts to force him over the railing, the prisoner commenced a similar attack upon him also, and endeavoured to hurl him down into the pit with such an exertion of muscular strength that they were both in imminent danger of losing their lives. Henry Morgan, the son of a mechanic in John's place, Old-street, and the first object of the prisoner's violence. stated that he felt very thirsty during the performance, and, having gone out to procure a draught of water, returned quietly to the seat he had left, but before he could take possession of it he was seized by the prisoner under both his arms and assailed in the manner the other witnesses had de scribed. He was wholly at a loss to account for the savage conduct the prisoner had exhibited towards him, as the prisoner was an entire stranger to him, and he had not offered him the slightest provocation previously to his seizing him up and attempting to pitch him over into the pit. On being called upon for his defence, the prisoner, who had repeatedly interrupted the witnesses while giving their evidence, and assailed them with the foulest invectives, vociferously denied that there was the slightest truth in the charge, and declared in the coarsest language that the whole account they had given of the transaction was a tissue of falsehood from beginning to end. Mr. D'EvricounT, however, characterised it as a most wanton outrage, and at once sentenced him to pay penalties to the joint amount of V. for the double assault, or in default to stand committed to the House of Correction for two separate terms of one month each, one to take effect at the expiration of the other ; and the prisoner, being unable to pay either penalty, was carried off at the close of the court in the van. LOND ON, GANASS. ..; 1 Names of * Dividend'..; Dividend .• Names 01 1.!. a per Companies. 4 \ per u Annum. Price. W 2 Companies. \ A nmna . Price. Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield • 100 21.105. 50 Barnsley. •• • 160 Neath ••• • • • 100 1 161. Rrknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 131. 135 Birmingham 40 41. 101 Peak Forest. 78 , 31. 18s. 70 I Coventry.. • • 100, 251. 200 Regent's •• • • 33 1/. Os. 17 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 21 . 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69 1 2% p. ct. 33% Semrset Coal 1 5 0 GrandJunctn 100 31. pr.ct. 60 Do.LkFd2t 1 2 EDO., eN. rt. in 61. pr. ct. 11% Stffrd &Wore 1 4 0 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100' 21. 10s. Shrewsbury.. 125 (rand Union 100 11.10 s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt & Avn 391 4s. Od. 7 Severn and 31. 0 8. 24 Lancaster . 100. Wye Rail. i 26 Leeds&Livrp 1001 201. 500 Warwick& / 41. 40 Leicester.... 100, Si. 66 Birming. j 100 Leicstr &Nth 83, 41. 44% Warwick&l 100 31. 23 Loughborogh 142 1 701. 510 Napton.. Monmouthsh 100; Worcstr & 1 78 31. 33 4ntgemrysh 100; Birming. MeltnMwbry 100 , Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. 71,E OAS-MIGHT AND COMB COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -----. --.-- --... X. 8. d. A. e. d. British .............. - - - - Ditto Provincial.. • • 11. 88. 20 0 0 20 0 0 19 Brighton ...... ••• • .. 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 City of London 6l. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 Continental (Thi djCap ) 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67 Equitable,. .. , 150 s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Great C': .tral:•• ••.. • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14% Imperir 31.& bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 8534 Independent 6l. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London.• - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. p2r cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 Phoenix . 4l. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26U Ratcliff ..... •• •• ,„ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General ll. 50 0 0 50 0 0 24 Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 60 0 0 50 0 0 36 Ditto, Now .. • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 6 34 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIIIS' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ....././Pi•MaNNIM M•11.=.11•1 =M , ........a...... ',.........., ..... £ 8 • d. £ 8. d Bank of Scotland .•.•• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 192% British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210 Jaledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Clydesdale Bank- •• - 6.. peg cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12'10s Commercial Bank -•• 'ii. pet cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 18034 Eastern Bank •• ••• • •• 61. per cont. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 F,dinb.&Glasgow Bank 31. per ~nt. 50 0 50 0 4% Eashangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 9s. Od National Bank ,,,4 per , nt. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 North of Scotlandßank 51.perermt. l'O 0 0 210 0 3 Boyalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 135 Unionßank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 9234 Western Bank -••- • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 703 y Alliance Fire and Life 834 /.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% British Guarantee .. Caledonian Fire Insnr. 101. per ce.r. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 15s Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Damn 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 2334 Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3% Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 17s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ;305.60 North British Insnr. •• 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 3434 ScottishUnionlnsrnco. 7341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 324.90 Standard Life .. - United Dep.Assnrance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 19e Gd MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --..... Z. a. d. S. a. d. A lsam Tea .......... - 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Axicti•sn Mart •••• • • • • 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 26 Australian Aviculturl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 32 Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cen 4 . - 35 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 2 0 0 4 knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 105. 10 0 0 10 0 0 22 British American Land 15s. - 38 10 0 e a „d a • •• •• •• • • .... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 50 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - -.- Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 6/. percent. - - 115% City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - _ 97 Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 193, Ditto.. •••• - • • (B) - 25 0 0 710 0 - Equitable Reversionry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119 Ditto New .... •• • • - 50 0 01 10 0 0 - Oen. Revers. & Invest. sp. e. & bs, 21 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 100 Cen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. 11, 0 0 14 0 0 28% Hudson's Bay.. • • . • • • - Stock. - 220 Hungerford ...• ••• • .• 21. 511. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47 London Institution .• • l5 0 5 Lo n don Reversionary 5/. per eent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 Russell InstitUtion •• • • - 12 10 0 - Price's Patent Cand. Co. 101. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 25 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 14 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 Rcyal Mail Steam.. • . 41 . p. s Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. priarcienet.. lonth Australian .•• • • 5 1. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Trust and Loan Comp. of Upper 9 anada •• .. - ,20 0 0 30 0 - RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Ocr. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been dull to-day, but prices were sustained. Caledonians were done at 45% ex div. LIVERPOOL, Oar. 6. Szocx EXCHANGE. —The share market was quiet to-day. Little business was transacted, and there was only a triting variation from yesterday's quotations. The sales were— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 6 9-16 dis.—Ditto (late C' - • ester and Birkenhead), 21—Ditto, 221. Shares, 3 1 / 4 dis.—Caledonian, 22 7 78—Eastern Counties, 11 3-16—East Lancashire, 1 8 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 8374 3 —London and North-Western, 117 3 4—Ditto, Fifths, 27 8 p.—Midland, 76 St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), Preference, guaran teed 5 per cent. and dividend, 169—South-Eastern and Dover, 21%—York and North Midland, 24 3 4—Dutch Rhe nish, :N dis. MANCHESTER, Ocr. 6. STOM EXC7ANOZ.—The business done to-day was very limited, but prices were firm. The tra nsac ti ons were as fol low :—Birkenhead , Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 dis.—Ditto (late Chester and Birkenhead), 221. Shares. 3% di..— East Lancashire , 18 'A —Date,. Preference, Q uar te rs , 9% —London and North - Western , 117J/4—Lancashi re and York shire, 841(3—South-Easterii and Dover, 21 3 / _Caledonian, 23 1-16. Sir James Emerson Tennent, Joint Secretary to the Board of Trade, attended yesterday for the first time and transacted business at the Board or Trade. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDII.II.I. John Wells Was CCUrgett CoMinitLiug au as sault upon Matthew Gamble. The prosecutor, who appeared with a dreadfully lacerated nose and his arm strapped to his side, said he was returning home on Monday night, and while talking and laughing with a friend in Little Bell alley the prisoner came up, and thinking they were laughing at him, after sundry and divers threats of personal violence towards them, he struck prosecutor's friend, knocked him down, and while insensible on the ground commenced kicking him about the head and body. Prosecutor, having remained inactive up to that moment, then proceeded to assist his friend in rising, when the prisoner struck him on the nose, and, seizing him round the waist, threw him with great force on the ground, and grasping his hair with both hands was about to inflict further punishment, when the officer interfered and took prisoner away. Prosecutor was taken to the hospital, and on being examined by the surgeon it was found that his collar bone had been fractured. William Chase said that while he was in conversa tion with the prosecutor the prisoner came up and, without any provocation, struck him (witness) a blow on the mouth. He returned it, and the prisoner then knocked him down and kicked him on the nose with sufficient force to render him insensible, and he re membered nothing further. William Barrage, 130, said he saw the prisoner pulling the prosecutor's hair with both hands, and with the assistance of the sergeant he took the pri soner home. The prosecutor and his friend were sober, and bleeding very much abcut the face. The prisoner was very drunk, and bleeding from the nose. The prisoner was then fined 403., and in default committed for twenty-one days to the new House of Correction at Holloway. BOW-STREET. A deputation of tradesmen occupying shops in Clare-street, Clare-market, beaded by Mr. Scrivener, butcher, waited upon Mr. Henry with a memorial, signed by twenty-four out of the twenty-six inhabi tants of the street, begging that the poor people who kept stalls in front of their houses might be allowed to continue their avocation. Mr. Scrivener stated, that the privilege of occu pying stalls for the sale of fish, vegetables, toys, &c., had been enjoyed by the poor inhabitants of the parish for upwards of fifty years, and the occupiers were, in fact, solely dependent upon them for the means of living. The police had from time to time enforced certain regulations as to the extent of the stalls, so as to keep the footway and road clear for the ordinary traffic, and with few exceptions these directions had been complied with by the stallkeepers. Now, however, it appeared there had been a general order issued to clear the street entirely of these poor people, who would be ruined in consequence. As it might be inferred that the tradesmen in Clare-street were the persons most likely to complain of the alleged nuisance, he (Mr. Scrivener) assured his wor ship that only one person in the whole street was opposed to it. Mr. HENRY wished it to be understood that he was not the executive in this matter. Complaints were made by some tradesmen in the neighbourhood, and also by inhabitants of other parts of the metropolis, who wished to use Clare-street as an easy mode of getting from the Strand to Lincoln's Inn-fields, but were at present unable to effect a passage, owing to the obstruction caused by stalls and crowds collected in that street. Now, a recent Act of Parliament autho rised magistrates to inflict certain penalties on any and every person " who shall expose anything for sale, or hang anything over a carriage or footway, so as to cause an annoyance or obstruction to any tho roughfare," &c.; and, in the event of any complaint being made and proved, the magistrate had no alternative but to carry out the directions of the Act of Parliament. This was his public duty, but he (Mr. Henry) might as well express his private opinion also, that these stalls in the crowded streets of London were a very great nuisance, although, when originally permitted, the traffic might have been so tmuch smaller as to make the nuisance of less moment. The Act was passed, however, because the increased traffic in these streets rendered it neces sary. Another of the deputation (a publican) reminded his worship that it would be very hard upon these poor people if the law were carried out rigorously against them, and the stallkeepers in Tottenham court-road, Somers-town, and other places (which were notoriously blockaded by them) were permitted to remain unmolested. Mr. HENRY had no control over these districts, but he intended to show no partiality within his own jurisdiction. With respect to the alleged hardship upon the stallkeepers, he could only repeat the famous maxim .of Lord Tenterden, that " Hardship makes bad laws." The family of a drunken man no doubt endured great hardship when he was fined or impri soned, but their grievances must not be taken into consideration. _ _ _ vv The publican complained that he had invested his capital in the premises now occupied by him, with the understanding that the market would be continued as of old. The only persons who complained really were the tradespeople in the neighbouring streets, injured by their customers go h i o ng to fancied Mr. HENRI' said it might b e t a ken for granted, as who s t t h a e l y i ke were eper. s a general rule, that people did not trouble themselves much about a matter without having some personal interest in it. Possibly the tradesmen alluded to had taken up the matter in this spirit, and, on the other hand, it was clear that if these crowds were removed from Clare-street, it would be a great loss to the pub lican. However, he had no feeling in the matter. If complaints were made the law must be enforced, and the police could hardly be sanctioned in enforcing regulations for the management of the stalls, for that would be giving a limited sanction to the nuisance. After some further discussion of a similar character the deputation withdrew. MARLBOROUGH- STRE ET. John Pud dington was brought up for final exami nation, charged with stealing two gold snuffboxes, value 1001., the property of the Earl of Lonsdale. Since the prisoner's last examination on a charge of stealing one gold box from Lord Lonsdale's resi dence in Carlton-gardens, a second box has been dis covered in the hands of a pawnbroker, who identified the prisoner as having pledged it. The prisoner was fully committed. MARY LEB ONE. John Berrington, a clergyman of the Established Church, and who has upon a former occasion been in custody, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having obtained four halves of Bank of England notes for 51. each by false and fraudulent representations ; and a well-dressed woman, named Caroline Clarke, was also charged with being con cerned in the transaction. Anne Richardson, residing at Denton-hall, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, gave evidence to the effect that, about five weeks ago, in consequence of an ad vertisement which she saw in one of the papers, she went to Rottingdean, near Brighton, and there saw the prisoner Berrington, who alleged that he was fitting up a ship to go to Australia. His wife and family were going out, and she (Miss Richardson) was offered by him a salary of 1201. a year as gover ness. He stated that the ship was to sail very speedily, and questioned her as to whether she bad any money at her command, at the same time giving her to understand that he would allow her liberal interest in the event of her placing it in his bands. She returned home, and soon afterwards forwarded to him four halves of 51. notes, being all the cash she had at her immediate disposal. She recite ated him to acknowledge the receipt of the halves, but he did not do so, and upon her instituting inquiries she felt convinced, from what she had beard, that the Rev. Gentleman had swindled her out of her money. M'Leish, 230 5, deposed to his having taken the prisoner into custody on the same afternoon (yester day), at a house in Munster-street, Regent's-park. Lockbury, 180, and Mason, 168, alleged that Ber rington had for a long time past been sought aver by the police, and that he had no doubt carried on a system of fraud to a considerable extent. If the pub lic was made acquainted with the fact of his now being in the hands of the law, a great many other charges would no doubt be brought against him. Miss Richardson further stated that she had made all possible inquiry with regard to the Diligent, the name of the ship mentioned to her by Barrington, and she found that no vessel of that name was known as being about to go to Australia. It was stated that the capture' of the prisoners in Munster-street was owing to their having been in duced to go to the house through the medium of an advertisement, which it was rightly imagined would have the desired effect. The female prisoner had been for some time living with Berrington, and the latter, who had lately lived in the Borough, bad deserted his three children, leaving them in the greatest distress. He had obtained 3/. upon one of the halves of the notes sent to him. 31‘Leish produced numerous papers which he found upon Berrington, and among them were some manu script sermons. Barrington denied having had any intention of act ing dishonestly towards Miss Richardson, and said that he was actually in treaty with parties at the present time for a ship with the view of going to Australia with his wife and children. In point of tact, he intended to fit it out himself for the conveyance also of passengers. The woman, who said she knew nothing about the matter, was discharged, and Barrington was remanded till next Monday. The case will no doubt be eventually sent to Brighton, to be dealt with by the magistrates there. WORSHIP-STREE7'. Charles Jones, an athletic, resolute-looking fellow, was charged with a series of scandalous outrages. William Lambert, one of the doorkeepers of the CLERKENW ELL. James Smith and George Langley, well-known desperate-looking fellows, were charwed by Mr. Wil liam Frederick sieve, engineer, of Pembroke-villas, Caledonian-road, Islington, with having been con cerned in committing an extensive burglary in his dwelling-house. The prosecutor deposed that on Sunday night last he retired to rest with his family after the windows and doors were carefully fastened. On the following morning, at an early hour, he was alarmed out of his sleep by the police, who informed him that the house had been entered by thieves, and that the prisoners were in custody at the Islington station-house. The place had been rifled, and valuable property was packed up ready to be taken away. Benjamin Goodwin, an active officer of the N divi sion, deposed that at three o'clock in the morning he saw the prisoners making their way over the garden wall at the back of Mr. Nieve's house. He immedi ately sprang his rattle, the sound of which brought other officers to the spot. Both prisoners ran away, but they were pursued and taken into custody after a desperate resistance, and locked up. The prisoners had entered the premises by a back window, which they had forced open. The prisoner Langley was recognised as having been concerned with others in a burglary at St. Pancras workhouse. Smith, another officer of the N division, said that he was on duty in the Caledonian-road, Islington, on Sunday morning last, at about three o'clock, when he heard the springing of a rattle and ftia erF Shop Ll 4 Iv f." I.lc, vr 6t, prisoner Smith running and being pursued. Witness attempted to stop him, but Smith made a rush at him, knocked him down by a severe blow on the head, and ran off; he, how ever, gos• up and pursued the prisoner, whom he over took, and they• had a desperate struggle together, when witness overpowered him. Several officers came up, and, after a determined and violent resistance, he was secured and locked up in the station-house with the other prisoner. They both refused to give their address, but they were recognised by the police as being well known. Mr. Inspector Thatcher, N division, said that bur glaries had been so numerous of late in the above n eighbourhood that extra officers had been employed to be on the constant watch after the thieves and the property of the inhabitants, which had greatly checked the depredations. Mr. Wakeling, fir the prisoners, reserved their defence, and they were fully committed to Newgate for trial. _ LAMBETH. J am es Cannon, the ruffian sweep, who stood re manded for his savage and murderous assault on a police-constable, was again placed at the bar, before Mr. Elliott. Sergeant James Head, 5 I ) , said that he had called on Mr. Flower, the divisional surgeon, that morning, and was told by that gentleman that Dwyer, the in jured constable, was not in a fit s t a t e t o attend and give his evidence against the prisoner, nor would he be so for a week. Mr. E LLIO TT —llave you see n th e cons t a bl e D wyer yourself this morning ? Sergeant Head—l have not, your worship, but was told wh a t I h ave state d b y M r . Flower, who also gave me this certificate to hand to your worship. The Magistrate here read the certificate, of which the following is a copy °' I certify that : police -constabl e 1 35, Mi chael Dwyer, of the P division, is gradually improving, but will re quire another wee k before he is i n a lit state to appear at the police-court. " J. S. FL OWER , S urgeon . " Camberwell -gree n, Oct. 6 ." The prisoner (whose appearance is very much im• proved by his confinement)--It's very odd, your worship, that the constable does not attend, for I sent a friend. of mine down to Camb erwe ll, an d h e could find that he was walking abo u t, an d t h a t b e i ng the case I think he might come here. Sergeant Head —That is not true, for I feel quite certain since he received t he serious injuries from the prisoner he has not been out of hi s room . M r . Flower himself told me this morning that Dwyer got out of bed yesterday, and for the first ti me attempte d to walk across the room, but was n o t a bl e t o d o so ; and therefore the statement just made by the prisoner cannot be true. Cannon—l was told that be is able enough to walk about, and I thought as that w as the cas e he might come here. Your worship hasn 't heard the rights of this affair yet, but rii tell you. I was stannin lookin into a shop windy when the policema n came up an d told me to " move on ;" so I dar say I was a little saucy, when he makes no more to do th an t a k e ou t his truncheon and give me a lick on the back of the head, which made a long and a deep wound—look here, your worship (showing an extensive wound)— and I was smothered in blood. They th en t a k es me to a surgeon, who sowed up . the wound, and then to another surgeon, w h o ripped it open and sowed it up again. Look at my coat, your worship, how it's smo thered in blood. Sergeant Head—lt can be shown, y our wo rship, that the prisoner had received the wound before the constable Dwyer interfered, and the first words he spoke to Cannon implied a request that he would ac company him to the shop of some surgeon to have it dressed. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that in the absence of the constable it was useless to go further into the case, and again remanded the prisoner. , L! SILVER-LEAD MINING IN WALES.--Tne attention of the mining interest is being directed to the mineral fields of Wales, in several parts of which new veins and workings have been opened. In Montgomeryshire and Merioneth shire very valuable mineral properties have beea opened and are in full work, and there is every reason to believe that the lodes of the Lisburne and Cwmystwyth mines, in Cardiganshire, which have yielded such enormous wealth, are likely to be found in the neighbourhood of Llanidloes. Mining operations have been carried on there for a period of 17 years, and with good success, and competent parties have pronounced that the lode, which is 20 feet in width, is, without doubt, a continuation of the Cardiganshire mines. It is also said that the ore which has been hitherto obtained has been raised only from strings and offsets from the main body of the metal, which lies considerably deeper, and to work which advantageously larger shafts will be sunk. The New York Literary World says that " the in ternational copyright question between England and the United States is ' under consideration' at Washington ; and so thoroughly has the way been prepared in public opinion, by a diligent examination of the topic through the press, that we ant►cipate no substantial and valid bar to its early settlement." The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to town yesterday, when Sir John Trollope and the Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr. A. Stafford, Bier., lad ihtgryie w s with the Right UM, QQAtienlan. " 7 31 1 rT of tho PUBLIC -.1 10 7 N A , FR TJ.E TIMES.—The progress of Louis Napoleon to the Imperial throne is no longer to be measured by stealthy advances or puerile imitations of state and dignity, for his journey through the southern pro vinces of France has been so contrived as to present an apparent crescendo of popular acclamation ; the authorities already wind up their fulsome adlresses and proclamations by the cry of " Vive l' Pmpereur;" end it is only a question of a few weeks and a few idle formalities when and how the empire is to be proclaimed. A more veracious chronicle than the Moniteur, and a closer investigation of the real state of the country, would indeed lead to the conclusion that all this enthusiasm is not quite so spontaneous and genuine as the French Government would have the world believe. At Valence and at Toulon the Mayors of those cities intimated to the householders that persons who neglected to illuminate on the passage of the Prince would be marked men, and might even be subjected to fine and annoyance. At Nimes the cry of " Vitae Amnistie" was so loudly raised by the populace as to elicit a reproof from the Prince himself. The municipal elections, which are going on at the same time, have everywhere been remarkable for the indifference of the people, except in . those places (which are more numerous than was supposed) where the Government candidates have been defeated. The chief obstacle to the success of the opposition has been the disinclination of persons of note to come forward at all, since the elections have been immediately quashed by the prefects wherever they have gone against their own candidates. The most extravagant language and unscrupulous efforts have been em ployed by the agents of the Administration, who, of course, vie with each other in those services which may give them a claim to the gratitude or the favour of the rising power, and the Minister of the Interior has issued a circular directing that a strict account be kept of the amount of zeal or servility shown by in dividuals in every class of society, in order, no doubt, that their future claims upon the Govern ment may be measured by their eagerness to pros titute themselves to its ambition. So vast a speculation on the hopes and fears, the vanity, and the apprehensions of a whole nation, cannot fail to produce its effect, where all the prizes of the State may be the rewards of obedience, and all the terrors of absolute power may be the penalty of disaffection. Within the last week one ship-load of political offenders has been dispatched to Cayenne and another to Algeria, by virtue of the decree of the Bth of December last; that is without any sem blance of a trial. But, in spite of this double mode of persuasion, we still find scarcely a name of emi nence among those persons who have welcomed Louis Napoleon in the provinces, and it is by the absence or silence of the upper classes that we can alone judge of what is passieg in their minds. In France nothing is strong but the Government, and in the present state of the country the inherent weakness of private opposition is reduced to total impotence. It is diffi= cult to persuade ourselves that in a country which has so often made the world ring with its opinions and its rights every channel is now closed against the utterance of truth: a man dares not tell his neigh bour what he thinks ; to abstain from all participa tion in public affairs is the only refuge of the free citizen, and even that course exposes him to suspi cion, and be must be supposed to do and to be whatever it may please the Government and the Moniteur to call the opinions of France. The Re public itself, which inspired the same terror, though it never resorted to the same odious means of coercion and falsification, was received in somewhat the same manner. In three days Marshal Bugeaud tendered his sword to the service of a Government which he hated and despised, but which he also feared. More than two months after the 24th of February the Re public was legally proclaimed by the unanimous shout of the representatives of the people. Not a voice was raised to denounce the imposture, or to expose the utter worthlessness of that fantastic experiment, for France accepted and ratified the form of govern ment which the immense majority of the nation abhorred. All that has since befallen her, the po sition in which she now lies prostrate, and the curse of a Government without law and without morality, are no more than the expiation of the gigantic act of folly which overthrew the constitu tional monarchy. The first and principal cause of the popularity of Louis Napoleon—a cause more powerful than the name of his uncle or the tricks of his prefets—is the horror and aversion of the French nation for the republican form of govern ment. Their politicians and statesmen rendered it ridiculous in the National Assembly—their Socialists and demagogues rendered it odious and formidable throughout the land. In electing their first Presi dent they thought only of the man who was most certain to destroy the institutions which *hes had weekly on' sublinttea to, and the despotism of-Louis Napoleon finds a people not altogether re luctant to pay even that price to be released from the fetters of M. Marrast's incorrigible Constitution. These events have demonstrated that a nation is never less mistress of its own fate than when it affects to give itself totally new laws and to root up all pre-ex isting notions of right, but in reality to obey the im pulse and yield to the acts of some small body of men whom accident or audacity has placed in a dominant position. Although, therefore, we view the internal policy and lawless despotism of the French Govern ment with the feelings we have very frequently and freely expressed, and although the English press has laboured, not in vain, to publish to the world facts which would otherwise have been entirely stifled and unknown, we have never felt much sur prise at this course of events, and we even doubt whether after the catastrophe of 1848 any different termination of such a state of things could be antici pated. The proclamation of the Empire is the natural climax of this tide in public opinion, and in itself it is a matter of no more importance to the world than the proclamation of M. de Lamartine at the Hotel de Ville, or of M. Louis Blanc at the Luxembourg. All these Governments and potentates have pretty much the same foundation and the same value ; and we only regret that nonb of them have governed well enough to retain the power he had chanced to win. We believe, therefore, that the revival of the Imperial dignity in France ought to be viewed just as the other evolutions of that nation have been; and we entirely concur in the opinion recently expressed by the chief organ of Russian diplomacy in the continental press, to the effect that the clause in the treaties of 1814 and 1815 by which the great Powers bound themselves to maintain the perpetual exclusion of the family of Napoleon Bonaparte from supreme power in France may now be regarded as null and void. That clause was intended especially to protect the monarchy of Bourbons, then restored in the person of Louis XVIII.; but, as that monarchy and its heirs have long since been overthrown and ejected by several successive revolutions, all of which have been recog nised by the rest of Europe, it would be absurd to insist upon a stipulation which has no further any object. It is now a matter of indifference to this country, and we may probably add to all Europe, whether a member of the Bonaparte family does or does not exercise supreme power in France. But what is of the highest consequence to this country and to all Europe is, that whosoever does exercise supreme power in France should recognise the territorial limits, and give us all the reasonable pledges and assurances of peace, which we have had from the French nation under the two branches of the monarchy and under the Repub lic. England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia are the more entitled to a clear and explicit declaration from the head of the French Government on this point, as they do not hesitate to express their desire to main tain amicable relations with the new Government, and they are evidently ready to wave any objection which might be founded on the first article of the Peace of Paris, by which Napoleon "renounced for himself, his successors and descendants, as well as each of the members of his family, all right of sove reignty and dominion as well over the French empire and the kingdom of Italy as over all other coun tries ;" although this act of exclusion was confirmed and made perpetual by a further agreement between the four Powers at the termination of the war. But, in exchange for this mark of deference to the will of the French people, Europe has a right to expect from Louis Napoleon a ll and complete acc eptance of the t erms upon which the relations of France towards all her neighbours and allies have rested for the last thirty-seven years, and of all the engagements entered into by various French Go vernnents in that interval. For the welfare of France and of mankind we sincerely hope that the second French Empire may be as pacific and prosperous as the first empire was warlike and calamitous; but the least to be expected and required of it is as full and satisfactory an assurance on this point as such a Go vernment can give. There need be no unnecessary baste in establishing the public relations of foreign States with a Government whose policy is obscure, if not suspicious; but the dignity and the safety of Europe require that before the principal Powers pin e them selves on a footing of familiar intercouse with another French Empire, they shall obtain from that Govern ment a distinct recognition of all those obligations which constitute the public law of Europe, and which no State can repudiate with impunity. CHRONICLE. —When Lord Broughton de Gyf ford,then plain Mr. Hobliouse, was censure d i n the House of Commons for using expr ess i ons ca l cu l ate d to hurt the feelings of the Sublime Porte, he inquired whether Honourble Members si.pposeri that the Lon• don newspapers were laid regularly every morning on the breakfast-table of the Sultan or the Grand Vizier. When we and some of our contemporaries are accused of wounding the self-love of the French army, already sufficiently eager for a fresh trial of strength with la perfide Albion, we cannot but ask, in our turn, whether our critics fancy that English journals form an established laud of the daily reading S I:,7enity eve 0 . ) Lue e, we will aus,%er fur it tnai-, the f,cv Frenchmen, resideus in France, who contrive to benefit by our lucubrations, belong to the class which, if permitted to speak out, would thank us for them. We wish it were otherwise—we wish that the whole of the French people, civil and military, could be made ae (painted with the opinion which is entertained of their President's projects and proceedings by the best informed and most intelligent persons in every . qu 4rtcr of the globe. But as this cannot be whilst tie retains the power of gagging the press, we must rest satisfied with upholding the standard of political morality beneath the protection of the British consti. Orion, and with warning our own countrymen to be equally on their guard against his friendship and his enmity—his amicable professions and his threats' There are two distinct modes in which a mistaken or perverted view of Louis Napoleon's character and , career may be fraught with an incalculable amount of evil. In the first place, the tacit approval or the boastful vindication of perjury, rapine, and bloodshed --for whatever end they may be employed—implies or induces a low tone of thinking, which has invarias bly proved fatal to the permanence of free institutions. Any community which can contemplate the perpetra' tion of an enormous political wrong, or the foul oppression of a neighbouring State, without a flush of indignation, is in a fair way to become the victim of similar outrage, and would richly merit its fate. Nor is it merely a well-founded apprehension lest the moral taint should spread, that renders us reluctant to believe that the French have freely acquiesced in the new despotism. " I rejoice," exclaimed Lord Chatham, " that the Americans have resisted. Three million subjects of the British empire, so dead to every generous impulse as to submit their necks to such a yoke, would be fit instruments to make slaves of the rest." A fortiori, a nation of thirty-two mil' lions, in the heart of Europe, tamely enduring such s • despotism as that of Louis Napoleon, would be fit in' struments to tread out every spark of liberty on this side of the Atlantic, unless they were sedulottely watched, and timely preparations made to resist thens in case of need. This brings us to our second reason for protesting against the partial and false construe' tion so systematically put upon all the Prince Preii• dent's acts by his partizans. The effect of their misstatements and their sophistry, be their purpose what it may, is to induce a dangerous confidence in his dispositions and intentions. The E ng lish public are requested to believe that he has heel], and is, the sole barrier against a flood of Red Repub' licanism, which, if he were removed, might speedili, re-enact the terrible d o i ngs o f th e early years of the revolution of 1789. This is about as true s 9 that Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli have saved thil,s, devoted land from being devastated by "democrat If ever there was a time when the Red Republicans or Socialists were truly formidable, it was in the spring of 1848, when M. Ledru Rollin's commissaries w ere hard at work in the provinces, whilst MM. Louis Blanc, Albert (ouvrier), and Co., were preaching the organization of labour at the Luxembourg. But what was the result ? The moment the French nty tion had an opportunity of declaring itself through an Assembly elected by universal suffrage, it pronounce' decidedly in favour of what we should call Conserve' tive opinions. The most violent of the dissentient minority were crushed and decimated by Cavaignac; and when Louis Napoleon took the oaths as First Magistrate of th e so - ca ll ed Republic, the majority o f the National Assembly was notorious for its monar" chical tendencies. Tee real contest thenceforth lay between him and the leaders of that famous " majo' city." He himself was the chief conspirator from the very commencement of his Presidency ; and the un' defined dread with which timorous people looked for' ward to May, 1852, may be clearly tread. to his intrigues and his well-known determination to over' ride the law. Apart fitim his illegal pretensions to an immediate renewal of his lease of office, there wer e no apprehensions whatever of an outbreak ; and his best mode of " saving society " would have been' not to trample on its most sacred obligations, nor to imprison or banish its chief ornaments, but to take ship himself—with his Persignys, St. Arnaudst de Mornys, and Maupases—for California or Car enne. The plain truth is, that Louis Napoleon- 4 .e this, at least, imitating the Imperial founder of 1 0 family—has-been guided, throughout every shifting phase of his adventurous and chequered life, by pull ( ' selfishness. He will stick at nothing to forward 1 3 1 own interests; and the notion of his being restraine° by gratitude for kindness and hospitality received le England, or by personal regard towards Englishmen , is preposterous. He will attack us without scruple: and without warni ng . w h enever t h e state of h i s ST fairs require him to find employment for his troop! , or to keep up the prestige of his name by a coup a g , main. Far from exp ect i ng t h at the crisis will b e averted through the influence or the ettesmaush/P of cho ti n.l .rmaimesburv. wo must confe;3s that out fears will be most materielly aggravated so long $ 9 that incapable and self-sufficient nobleman shall be entrusted with the seals of the Foreign-office. li e is just the description of Minister whom an unscrupulous adversary would desire to set is such a post; for nothing would be more easy thrill to hoodwink his Lordship by a little judiciott s flattery. The facility with which he may be lured into a trap was sufficiently shown by his simplicity in assenting to the proposed extr a diti on t reaty, i n w hio's absurd and dangerous scheme he persisted until its true purport was explained to him by Lord Broughalis' Under these circumstances, it most especially behove s us to keep alive the national v i g il ance, and to comp el attention to the hourly increasing indications of the gathering storm which threatens to break upon our shores. Ship . after ship—each announced as one arch more of a projected bridge across the Channel-11 been recently add e d t o a navy, the available fdrce which, we repeat, has been sedulously mystified; and within three months the completed railway to Cher' bourg will enable the new or embryo Emperor to con' centrate and embark an invading army, before th e news of its havi ng l e ft P ar i s can reach the Admiralty' or the Horse Guards. There is yet time for ample preparation ; but it will be little short of insanity ie our rulers to trust to Louis Napoleon's sense of Ps' tics and respect for international law, or to hope to avert his calculated hostility by repeating thelf cowardly and unjust censures of the Press. THE COUNTRY MARKETS EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, OCT. 5.'", Oat straw, from 5s Od to 8s Od p er k emp l e o f 16 stones troll, wheat ditto, 58 4d to 6s 6d ; barley ditto, 48 Od to Els 6 (l ' Hay, from 7d to Pd per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. s.—There were the meal market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs. imperial, wh ereo f 5 so ld th us :—2 at 1/ l Os 6d, and 3 a' , 11 lOs Od; average price of the whole 1/ los 2d 4-12ths' DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 4.—There were i n the market to-day 71 bags of oatmeal, and 6 bags of barley' barley ; sales were dull. Top price of oatmeal the same 9 , 1 ; last market, 6d per bag down on the se con d, an d 9 d per 1,20 down on the lowest quality. No pot-barley in market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Thirds imperial .. ... 30s Od 28s 6d 27s 6_ ,d Barley meal, per ditto ... 21s 01 —8 Od —5 Od Peasemeal —s Od —a Od —s Od Flour ... „, ... —s Od —a Od Od —s Od Od ...a ad Potbarley COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market:— ~ 1 Bate's West Hartley.. 16s Od Has we ll 175 i' Buddle's W. Hartley.. 16s Od L am b ton „1 Carr's Hartley ..... ... 169 Od P ens h er l6s .'" Davison'sWestHartley 16s Od Russell's Hetton Hasting's Hartley ... 16s Od Richmund l6s 64 Holywell .............. 16s Od Stewart's .. Howard's W. H. N et h . 163 Od Whitwell 1 Hartlepool W. H artley 165 Od Cassop South Peareth l3s Od Hartlepool l7s 3u . ; Fanfold M oor B utes... 14s Od Kenos West Hartey Wylam ... lss Od l South Kelloe ............ 16s 6 ' l Wall's End, &c. IThorniey ............... 16 s 6 4 Acorn Close 165 9 1 1 Gosforth ..... Hedley ....., l 6s Odftlaclean's T ees l 4s 9A Lawson ' 1 15s OdlSt. Hele n ' s T ees 17s 6u 115633 V fv l r e o N o rtl s ' i l a 'eg ose 1 1 5 55 s 6 6 i _ ••••• - , 163 9dlCowpan Hartley Northumberla nd Eden m ain .... . . : .... ~.... 17s 3d iPowell'sDuffryn 1 63 0 Belmont. Braddyll 173 6d I 21e Od iletton ships at market, 113 Sold, 72. The Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital was opened on Tuesday, after having been extensively enlarged. Lord Romney presided. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 2d inst., at Hinton Abbey, Somersetshire, the wife of 'llaeobald Theobald, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Stratford•house, Stroud, Gloucester' shire, the lady of Captain Hanewel], 28th Regiment. OF A DAUGHIER. On the 4th i nst., at Radwell-house, near Baldock, lied* the wife of Francis Leslie Pym, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Adelaide-cottage, Haverstoek, Ramp' stead, the wife of J. Brooksbank, Esq. bIARRIED. On the 2d inst., at St. John's, Forton, Augustus Pocock , Esq., second son of the late Sir George Pocock, Bart., of Hart, in the county of Durham, and of Winkton Manor , Hants, to Eleanor Jane, eldest daughter of W. Richardsoof Esq.. R.N., of Gosport, Hants. On the 4th inst., at St. James's, W es t m i nster, John Aylmer, Esq., of Altadore, azz ore, near Dubl in , t o Ell en, re li ct of H. Vanhee, Esq. DIED. On the 2d inst., at Herby, Leicestershire, the Rev. William Evans Hartropp. At Woolwich, on the 3d inst., Anne, wife of Lieutenant - Colonel Wilford, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. On the Ist inst., at Albert-road, Regent's-park, John Main, Esq., aged 64. On the 29th ult., at Milton D amere l, D evon , th e Rei r • Thomas Clack, agd iB, upwards of 51 years rector of that At Kingstown, on the 28th ult., Anne, relict of the Right Rev. Samuel Kyle, D.D., lwe Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyuct and Ross. 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