The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-13 00:00:00

FRANCE. The voting for the Emperor on the 21st will be marked by new and original circumstances expres sive of enthusiasm. The day will, it appears, be observed_ as one o f p u bli c r e j o icing, with balls, fetes, 111 uminationa, &c. Compared with such manifesta tions, the acceptance of the Empire in 1804 must have been cold. At that time France numbered 23 departments more than now, and yet only three mil 110n$ and a h a lf r e corded their votes in favour of the hero of Mar engo . Louis Napoleon was made Prince President by seven millions and a half, and will as suredly count as many in favour of his being Em peror. On Thursday, the Emperor set out for Fon tainebleau to hunt, and although only half en hour's notice was given at the railway, the reception - room Was converted as if by magic into an Imperial hall. The Constitutionnel has the following remarks on the approaching vote of the plebiscite :-- "A third ballot is about to ratify in its turn the ~/veo manife s t a ti o ns which have preceded it , •It le to itmger hope, it is no longer confidence which si elks : It is gratitude. At the sight of the marvellous pro asperity which ten months have sufficed to develope :hi this country—at the spectacle of those railways :and those palaces which appear to spring up, as it 'Were, from the earth—of those workshop s unable to "Paly their customers—of those warehouses no smer filled than emptied—of that universal con ehoe which causes foreign capital to flow into Fr sacs, how could the people avoid having the idea of conferring on the Prince to whom they owe all the s e benefits the greatest recompence which they sal 'e to bestow. They have not yet sufficiently lost the remembrance of their misfortunes, for this sudden tre coition from anarchy i to peace, from agitation to reyose, from ruinous inaction to profitable employ- ID ant, from misery to prosperity, not to have in their eyes all the prestige and all the magic of a beneficent genies. There is, therefore, between these three Ye leis, which will all have affirmed the same fact, a logical bond and a gradation which it is impossible to Misunderstand. Louis Napoleon will have three times been the elect of the people; and if the third vote gives lam a crown, who can dispute the legitimacy of his pow er without, at the same time, contesting the so ereignty of the whole nation ? France has entered the more readily on this path, as the monarchical form of government is more con formable to her traditions land to her habits than the republic. Society has need Of a supporting point on which its institutions may be founded, and to which all its interests may attach themselves. Franco has not, like England, an aris tocracy of the soil, and knowing how, by its intelli gence, by its activity, and by its spirit of initiative, to group around it the national strength. She has not, like the United States, deeply-rooted municipal insti• tutions and a federative organization which holchi n olheck one by the other thirty petty democracies. French democracy is a moving soil to which monarchy alone can give some cohesion and some fixity. The empire of Louis Napoleon is about to inaugurate de mocratic monarchy. The day on which it will crown itself in the person of its elect, the nation will despoil itself of none of its instincts, its initiative, or of its Power ; to doubt the force and grandeur of democratic Monarchy would be to doubt the genius of France." Messrs. Pete and Brassey, the eminent contrac tors, have got the contract for the works on the Paris and Cherbourg Railway. Lucien and Jerome having married contrary to the will of the Emperor, their children by their first marriage are excluded. Lucien's first wife bad been an actress, and rather than repudiate her he lived away from Court. His children by her, Who are now excluded, are Charlotte, widow of the Roman Prince Gabrielle, and their four children, 11 son and three daughters. Jerome , who had Married an American lady, Miss Patterson, proved more compliant, for he divorced her, and obtained from his grateful brother the Crown of Westphalia. It is against his son Napoleon, the ex-Red Repub lican, that the legal ingenuity of M. Troplony has been brought to bear, in the report of this learned juris consult to the Senate, with the view of barring his way to the Throne. The Bonaparte family is very numerous. There are ten surviving children of Lucien, the brother of the Emperor, one of Louis, the present Prince President, and three of Jerome ; while the Prince of Canino, eldest son of Lucien, has ten children. It is stated in a letter from Paris in the Emancipa tion of Brussels, that the French Government has just resolved that Count Walewski, the French Ambassa dor in London, shall attend the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. The Constitutionnel has a long article on a report from M. Lechatelier, engineer of mines, who had been charged by the French Government with a mission in England to ascertain the state of railroads there, the condition of the rolling stock and the expenses of working with a view to the adoption in France of any advantages that they might present. The report of M. Lechatelier goes into many technical details which are briefly noticed by the Censtitutionnel, but which are little understood by the public at large. Our contemporary incline) to a belief that in the construction of the locomotives, and in many o ther points, the English have no superiority, but admits that there is an immense economy in the expense of transition, or haulage, as compared wit h what it costs in this country. Its statement of the quality of French iron being superior to that of England, taken in a general sense, is decidedly incorrect. There are certainly Darts of France which supply ore of a very superior quality, but the quantity of this iron is Comparatively small. A decree of Prince Louis Napoleon of the 22d January last opened a credit of ten millions to the Minister of the Interior, for the improvement of the lodgings of workmen in the g reat manufacturing towns. The authorities of Rheims immediately turned their attention to the most useful means of taking advantage of the benefits offered by . that de cree; and the architect of that city has just pre sented a plan for the construction of one or more model quarters of workmen's habitations, the expense of each quarter scarcely exceeding 100,000 f. The authorities of Rheims have applied to the Minister for a grant of half this expense, the remainder of which will be raised by the formation of a company and the issue of shares. The funds recovered yesterday, in some measure, from the depression of the two last days. The Four and-a• Half per Cents. opened at 106 f. and closed at 106 f. 50c. for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,70001.; Rouen; 950 t. ; Havre, 500 f. ; Great North ern, 855 f. ; Basle, 3651. ; Paris and Stras bour g , 8301. ; Paris and Lyons, 925 f. ; Great Western, 720 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 725 f.; St. Dizier and Gray, 580 f.; Caen and Cherbourg, 625 f.; Dijon and Besancon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 6401. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 12, 1852. Dijon and Besancon, 9—Great Indian Peninsula, 7 1 ,( 2 Grand Junction of France, 6X —Luxembourg, 7—Ditto (Railway), 434—Madras, 7 Y 4 —.l.Nalnur and Liege (with in terest), B—Northern of France, 33 1 /—Paris and Lyons, 2634,—Paris and Rouen 37—Palia and Strasbourg, 32 Paris, Caen. and Cherbourg, 9 , ,—Qaebec and Richmond, 3 ,26 —Rouen and Havre, 14 — Sambre an d Meuse, 101 / 2 Upper India Scrip, p.—Westsrn of France, 181 A. THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. Advices from Madrid, dated the 7th, state that the germs( of the Herald° had been fined 10,000 reals, with 10 months' imprisonment, and those of the other four papers each 8,000 reals and 7 months' imprison ment, for their late attack on the Director of the Treasury. GERMANY. The Emperor has given express orders that no Austrian officer shall attend the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. The attack on General Haynau is the alleged cause of this. Hanover and Brunswick have concluded a con vention, subject to the approbation of their respective Chambers, for the laying out of a railway which will connect both countries more directly with the north. RUSSIA. A long article appears in the Government paper, respecting the fortieth anniversary of the flight of Napoleon from Moscow, which was celebrated there With more than usual pomp. " says the pap er, " Forty years have now elaps ed, " since that memorable war within our native land, every trace of which has, however , disappeared, but the momentous date of which conti nues to live inde libly engraven on the heart of every Russian. It was on the 23d of October, 1812, that Napoleon, in impotent fury commencing his retreat with the rem tent of his army, determined to consummate the de vastation of the Muscovite capital by distinguishing his retreat with the order to blow up the Kremlin. The memory of that eventful day has been preserved by the Church ; for on every first Sunday after its anniversary it re-awakens the memory of all, by marching in solemn procession around the re-con atructed walls of the Kremlin. But the late fortieth jubilee of the retreat of the French from Moscow was celebrated by the Governor-General with unusual festivities." TURKEY. By the Trieste telegraph news has been received from Constantinople of the 31st October. The sub scription opened for the reimbursement of the loan goes on extremely well. The Sultan has signed an amnesty on a very large scale, in favour of 1,400 Bosnian families who had Slnigrat€d to Austria V. itbout the previou s au thoriza. tiorl of the Ottoman Government, and they are per mitted to return to their country free, without being subject to the penalties to which they are liable. 4 ‘ ‘ t" 4 ". ,5 4).44. ~ M " - ,v4 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1852. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. banks. Ross, ITEREFORDSIIIIIE, Friday Night.—After inces sant rains of eight hou rs' duration, the Wye this morning burst its banks, and quickly submerged the whole of the low lands in the vicinity of this town. After rapidly rising throughout the day, the flood has now assumed a height almost without a parallel in the history of irrup tions of the Wye. Many of the roads leading iota the country districts are rendered impassable by the spread ing waters, and the most extravagant tumours aro cir culated as to the loss of life and property therefrom. It is an ascertained fact that three men were drowned at Lydbrook, some three miles from Ross, in attempting the passage of the swollen stream in a common fishing boat, being on their way to complete some repairs at the Roman Catholic chapel at Courtfield. A fourth companion of the above unfortunate victims only nar rowly saved his life from being an expert swimmer. The lower parts of the town are now rapidly filling with water, and it is fully expected that in a few hours the passage thereto will be completely cut off. An immense amount of damage has been sustained by the contractors for the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway, now in course of constructeen,by the incursions of the flood on the works, and the consequent destruction of a large portion of valuable material. The coffer-dams, sunk in prepare • tion for erecting two bridges over the Wyc, at Backney and Strangwood, have been completely swept away by the resistless torrent, which has not even spared a vestiga to tell of where they have been placed. The loss of property on the banks of the stream must have been very great, as the flood rose so rapidly as in many cases entirely to preclude any possibility of saving the live stock trom the pastures. The view from the celebrated Prospect Hill is exceedingly grand ; a vast expanse of sheeted water streisching before the eye for many miles in extent, only broken hero and there by the narrow borders of hedge-rows, or the isolated foliage of a lofty tree. The flood is at this time rapidly increasing, and the rain continues to fall in torrents, so that every pros pect is presented of a much more extensive inundation even than that prevailing at present. The mails and I other coaches have been necessarily very irregular in their arrivals during the day. BIRMINGHAM, Friday.—The damage done to pro perty in this immediate neighbourhood is very con siderable. Csoing up the country from Birmingham, a few miles ;nto East Worcestershire, the ravages of the flood are very perceptible, and the complaints of the in habittente not less audible. Pigs, sheep, and even cattle are said to have been carried away with the stream. Ia Birmingham we can speak more particularly of the injury and loss occasioned by the inundation. In Henry street and Vaughton-street most of the lower apartments of the houses were under water, and the works stopped. The water either inundated the premises from the out side, or obtained access through the public culverts of the town. Engine-houses were flooded, and extensive establishments, where scores and hundreds of men were employed, were brought to a stand-still. It is some one or two hundred years since the hamlets of Deritend and Bordesley were approached by a ford, but last night the ford appeared to a great number of pedestrians im passable. There were carts placed at " a penny a passage," to carry people across the water. Passing from Deritend and Bordesley the flood, when it arrived in Great Burr-street, prcduced most disastrous effects. People were literally washed out of their houses, and man . y scarcely knew where to betake themselves with theF families for even the temporary accommodation of a night's lodging. LEICESTER, Nov. 12.—A great flood occurred this morning near Market Harborough. A post-office mes senger was drowned. The Crow-mills viaduct, on the M o'c i l d o l e a k nd th lt is ail m wa o y rkin w g a , B w thusAa p s a th r en t di noon, stoppingoll nw y ayadestroyed traffic about he between w two ee n Rugbyu Loughborough r L o u e g i Leicester. s w t e a r s . north of Leicester. About twelve T a o':palotoocrkptillnan sgt o ft night the het traffic ltinh Soar e the ed wd overflowedawteel water ogeteight g iththst feet b v ta vicinity above t s t . y the Two ordinary red o d u n r a s 7 l h a l t e e v r e factorieslevel. c ow s, Leicester were flooded; machinery and materials at factories is * imm e ense. horses, pigs, and sheep were drown damage toßusi ness is suspended. Thousands of hands dwel a ii r n e preventedi l wor ki ng . Hundreds of workmen's are flooded; people and pigs are huddled together stibed rooms. The valley of the Soar is an immense lake. Railway tra ffi c, north and . south, is still obstructed. DEVONSHIRE. —During the last few days the neigh bourbood of Newton Abbots has been visited with one of the most destructive floods ever remembered. The late heavy an d almost incessant rains caused th e r i vers Lemon and Teig n to rise to an enormous height, and great fears were entertained lest the water would over flow the banks. The sudden and immense . rush of wa ter taking place from the up.s h tream_s into the Lemon, e pr t o id p e ert f y ro t m o a th c e on T s e id ig e u r! aid caused ed theto thbaenhgeretaot uf to n th ol e able amount was either swept away or damaged.. The b r u i r se st, ot en t d water rushed with fearful violence Into the premises of leather and premises amounting to . . • Mr. Vicary, tanner, and damage wausp w ca rr u rs d 20/ will cover Mr. Stockman, but it is said that 10/. or • . The torrent also rushed into the mill and premises or hie loss. The inhabitants of Sun-court had all their houses flooded, and were obliged to take refuge upstairs until the water sub ided. Several streets were rendered impassable, and much injury hes been done to house property. Mr. Pinsent had about 100 tong of coals washed away from the blush, and is oth e rwise a great Assistant Surgeons.—William Ray and Henry Harker have been confirmed in their rank ; the former in the Ro samond, 6, steam-sloop, West Indies, the latter in t he _ _ Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Mediterranean. Mr.ster's Assistant.—F. T. Ben!ton, to the Arrogant. THE SCREW LINE• OF-BATTLE Snips: The Admi ralty have ordered the men engaged in building the screw•ships in the dockyards to expedite their progress by job and task work. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.—The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Corry ; Rodney, 90, Captain Charles Graham ; and Termagant, steam-ship, sailed yesterday morning, for a chart cruise, at the termination of which they proceed to Lisbon, where they will be joined by the Sanspareil, 81, screw-ship, Captain Dacres , which ship was getting up steam yesterday morning to sail for Lisbon. The Termogant, we understand, proves to be one of those vesaels of which it had team said their machinery bears no relation to the vessel, and it is not improbable, after the present trial, that she will return to port and have to undergo very consider able alterations. On the departure of the Rear-Admiral from the anchorage in the Sound, the Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, K.H. (then detached from the squadron), saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief Sir John A, Ommanney, which was returned by the Impregnable, flag-ship. The Indefatigable, as stated in Thursday's Morning Herald, will go up harbour to be paid off. A court of inquiry is ordered to assemble on board the flag-ship at Devonport, to inquire i n t o the circum stance of the Dido's (Captain Moorshead, C. 8.) ta kin g the ground in the Pacific. A court-martial will assemble on Monday next on hoard the Impregnable, flag-ship, for the trial of Mr. Jullian, a second master of the St. George, Captain Sims, on a charge of drunkenness. The Pallas, Russian, 50-gun frigate, arrived at Spit head on Thursday, at noon. This ship was at Spithead a few years since. Yesterday, at 9.20 a.m., the Pallas ealuted the garrison with 21 guns, which was returned exactly one hour afterwards. We think the attention of the proper authorities should be called to this inex cusable sluggishness on the part of so important a gar rison, particularly as the artillery barracks is within 50 yards of the saluting battery. The Pallas afterwards saluted the port admiral with 17 guns, which was in stantly returned with the like complement. The Norwegian screw steam-sloop the Nidoress, went into Portsmouth Harbour to coal yesterday morning. She is a very fine steamer, and carries six pounders. Mr. Thomas Harley, master of the brig Barleys, of South Shields, has returned his heartfelt thanks to Cap tain Gordon, R.N., and the officers and crew of her Majesty's steamer Encounter, for the kind and prompt aid rendered him by assisting the brig Harleys, of South Shields, when on shore at Kareysto Bay, Island of Elba, Negropont, on her voyage from Corfu for Constanti aople. Ho would have expressed his thanks publicly sooner, but no opportunity occurred. Archer, 14, steam-sloop, Commander Strange, went out of dock at Portsmouth yesterday, and under the sheers, to receive her new wizen masts. Blazer, steamer, has been taken into the steam-basin, Portsmouth, for the purpose of landing the machinery tor the Duke of Wellington that she brought round from Greenock. Confiance, steam-tug, returned to Davenport on Wed nesday, the timber-ship William Metcalfe, which she wont to assist, having got safe into Torbay. Dragon, steam-frigate, was taken out of the old basin and into the North Dock on Thursday morning. Dndbrook, convict-ship, arrived at Devonport on Wednesday;morning, and will complete her complement from Dartmoor, and then sail for South Australia. Elfin, Royal dispatch-tender, Master Commander Bal listen, was taken out of the steam-basin on Thursday morning, having had her defects completed; she after wards was taken round to Spithead to test her engines and machinery. Fire Queen, steam-tender, Master Commander Paul, arrived at Portsmouth, from Plymouth, with supernu meraries, yesterday evening. Lively and Drake, lighters, proceeded with moorings, to Alderney, on Wednesday morning, where those moorings will be laid down. Leopard, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, went out of Portsmouth Harbour on Wednesday morning at ten, and tried her speed at the measured mile ; her performances were highly satisfactory. Fairy, Royal yacht tender, Master Commander Walsh, went from Portsmouth for a five hours' cruise, to try some new coals which will burn without smoke ; they appeared to answer well, and with equal speed. Sharpshooter, 8, screw steam-gun vessel, LieuteCom mender Purcell, has completed the adjustment of her compasses, and remains ready for sea at Portsmouth. compasses, arc upraatb of 03 ball of racrehoutmcia at the Motherbank. THE ROYAL ALBERT. In giving insertion to the following letter, wo (Herald) may state, it is imperatively necessary that we should have many screw-ships ready as soon as possible, and that no time should be thrown away in waiting for ex tensive alterations. The French line-of-battle screw ships, like the English screw-ships, have machinery of varied power. In converting the Albert we hold the Admiralty have exercised a wise discretion in the arrangement they have made. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. Sir,—l am sorry to see by your " Naval Intelligence"i of Friday, the 29th inst., that it is decided that the Royal Albert shall be fitted with engines of only 400-horse power, while it is evident the French aro giving their ships of the line engines of the greatest possible power. Our neighbours, regardless of expense, aro anxious that their screw ships should be faster than ours, knowing the immense advantage they would have over us in the case of war, either for purposes of aggres sion upon our coasts, or for enabling them to choose their opportunity of attack upon our ships, which would, of course, always be at an advantage to them selves. I am afraid our people are studying what they call economy, forgetting, at the A2/110 time, that for all purposes of war, one fast screw would bo equal to two slow ones. . —„.. Pray, Mr. Editor, use your powerful influence to cor rect so fatal a mistake, while there is yet time, and you will thereby render a most important service to the State.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, No MISTAKEN ECONOMIST. Aberdeen, October 30. LOYALTY OF THE FLEET. (From "King Charles in the Isle of Wight," published by Bentley.) Tho inhabitants of Surrey and Essex felt dissatisfied with the answers returned to their petitions, and joined with those of Kent in their repeated assemblages for considering their causes of complaint, and of devising a means of redress. As the result of their delibera tions, they formed asscciations, collected arms, and at an appointed time arranged a general rising, i n which the town of Deal showed so great a spirit of loyalty and determination, that preparations were made by Admiral Raineborough to chastise th eir presumption, as it was termed. He left orders for the fleet to fol low him, and proceeded in his barge towards the town; but as his men were mostly residents at that port, where their wives and families then were, murmurs arose; and on its being proposed by one Tindale, a boatswain in the admiral's ship, that they also should declare for the King, the instigation was adopted, and the officers arrested, whilst the crews of the other ships followed their example, in defiance of the remon strances of their commanders. The fleet consisted of six ships of war fully equipped for summer service; and after thus declaring themselves, they immediately sailed under the Royal colours to Hel voetsluys, in Holland, in search of the Duke of York, whom they chose as their commander-in-chief. THE FRENCH Nevr.—A naval court-martial tried at Toulon, a few days ago, M. Guirronnet Messas, Sub- Comptroller of the Navy, for having resided more than fifteen days out of the territory of the Republic without the permission of the Chief of the State. He did not appear. It was proved that he had disappeared at the end of 1849, and had not been beard of since; it is sup posed that he has gone to California. He was sentenced to be dismissed. TUE Rumex NAVY.—Adrices from St. Petersburgh state that numerous promotions have been made among the officers of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, by order of the Emperor. Four Vice-Admirals have been raised to the rank of Admiral, seven Rear-Admirals have been named Vice-Admirals, and one Captain has been appointed Rear-Admiral. THE NEW WORK ON AUSTRALIA AND THE GOLD DIGGINGS.—The interest now felt by all classes of the people of this country in Australia renders a detailed account of the colony and its resources from a trust worthy authority of unusual importance. The new work bearing the title of " Australia as it is ; Its Settle ments, Farms, and Gold Fields," written by Mr. F. Lancelott, a mineralogical surveyor, reoently returned from Australia, who has travelled over a considerable portion of the country, and is well acquainted with the gold fields, is sure of being welcomed, not only by the general reader, who desires to be well informed on a subject of universal conversation, but by the merchant, the intended emigrant, the shareholder in Australian mines, the of the the globe Member is of ofP Parliament--in short, by every one to whom a u th en tic information from this interesting NEWPORT. —ELECTION OF MAYOR —Our much re spected townsman, Stephen Iggledon, Esq., was elected Mayor, without o p pos i t i on , on T ues d a y last, Ile has bete a member of th, Council since its formation, and Les al ways giv en t h e grsatest sat i s f at i on t o his townsmen,li b y whom he has always been returned at the head of the poll. THE BRADFO. It is now finally determined that a petition to Par liament will be presented against the return of Mr. Wickham. Without any desire to rekindle the em bers of political strife, we feel that the subject is one which our position will not allow us to pass over un noticed. A few remarks may suffice to remind the reader of the exact state of affairs. The historical facts of the late struggle are simply these. Colonel Thompson wag, undoubtedly, the favourite candidate, so far as the choice lay between him and Mr. Wickham. He had most certainly received indubitable assurance of en amount of support more than enough to carry his election. Ile stood in a clear majority upon the re gister. His return was guaranteed by adequate pledge of the constituency. And in addition to this preponderance of electoral support, he distanced both the other candidates in the strength of out-door feel ing. He was justifiably certain of his election by the voters; but had his return rested with the general public, it would have been carried by acclamation. Contrary to the reasonable expectations of the Li beral party, and to the great dismay of the non electors, he was left in a mieority at the close of the poll. Mr. Wickham had triumphed over him by a majority of six. When the issue of the contest was proclaimed, a sudden outburst of feeling attested the popular indig nation. It was felt that Colonel Thompson had been unfairly defeated ; and that the election of Mr. Wick ham was not because the opinions of that gentle man were preferred by the voters to the opinions of the Colonel. It was shown that within the last hour of the struggle, 24 Roman Catholic elec tors, all Liberals, plumped in a body for the Conser vative candidate, in pure revenge against the Colonel for a vote which Mr. Wickham would still more readily have given. Had these 24 Liberals remained neutral, the Colonel would have been in a majority of 18; bad they voted for him—as on their avowed political principles they ought to have done, he would have been in a majority of 42. But in recording their votes for Mr. W. against their political princi ples, and in opposition to their party, it was neces sarily felt that this small knot of men had sold the representation of the borough for the paltry price of private vengeance. These votes, however, though morally execrable, were legally valid ; and, of course, were as good as any others on Mr. Wickham's list. But the consci ousness that such foul play had been resorted to, stimulated the Liberal electors to cast about for other objections, so that if they could not reverse the elec tion on its merits they might at least, by means of even technical objections, vindicate the claims of out raged public justice. It soon became known that fraudulent suffrages were inscribed on Mr. Wickham's list ; that there were well-ascertained cases of personation, and even of dead men's votes. This consideration still further influenced the Liberals to seek the reversal of an election which appeared less and less tenable as it was more inquired into. There were also other irregularities of sufficient importance to vitiate several additional votes ; the result of the whole investigation being, that although Mr. Wickham headed Colonel Thompson in the official return, he certainly was not the bona fide chosen of the electors of the borough, nor the man in whom the greatest amount of public sympathy centred. For these reasons it has been determined to petition against his return. But the petition will not be, in the first instance, grounded upon any of the reasons we have herein set forth, netwithstanding their weight and validity. A less expensive and harassing way of obtaining justice has been discovered, and if the method now indicated should be regarded as indirect, let it be borne in memory, that it is not the Liberal party that is to blame; but the law, which makes an appeal on the merits of the case more costly, more vexatious, and more dubious, than one based upon a technical, a formal consideration. It has been ascertained that Mr. Wickham is a party to a Government contract; and his return will therefore be petitioned against on this very sufficient and well-recognized principle. We had rather the exception had been rested on the merits of the case, as already intimated; but there is adequate reason for the course selected. The tech nical grsund is chosen, not for its own vindication, but for the vindication, by that means, of the more important principle at issue. Not that we would undervalue the prohibition of Government contractors sitting in the House of Com mons. The Government of the day have patronage and influence enough, and superabundant, in the places, pensions, and official emoluments and honours at their disposal, without the further means of cor rupting the public representation, by means of com mercial transactions. A man may be an eminent merchant or manufacturer, and an uncompromising patriot. Or he may study his pocket first and the country afterwards, as too many public men have done. To disclaim any imputation of this kind as it regards Mr. Wickham, is what we shall not insult that gentleman by doing ; he is above reproach, and we need not exonerate where no one blames. But the principle implied in the rejection of Government contractors from the benches of the House of Com mons is a good principle, and a not unworthy around of action, even in the present case, although we again repeat, that the circumstances of the late elec tion, and not the Government contract, form our strongest objection to the return of Mr. Wickham. If Mr. Wickham be unseated on the petition, of course a new election will take place, and the borough will then have an opportunity of less doubtfully de claring its choice. We might also add, that the extreme dissatisfaction with which the result of the late election was received by the Liberal party, and by the Liberal press throughout the kingdom, constitutes another argu ment in favour of re-considering the whole subject. Should Mr. Wickam be chosen by the really free and honest suffrages of the electors, he is certainly not the man against whom a relentless opposition could be excused; but it is not docent, nor endurable, that a large constituency should be sold to appease the lindictiveness of a couple of dozen men, who, through the nice balance of pertiee, have rendered themselves the political masters of the borough. It is an act of the foulest and deepest tretorism ; and though Mr. Wickham's party, as a matter of course, profit by these unprincipled votes, they certainly could not justify, and have not attempted to justify, the political treason to which they owe their victory. ''' * We may notice in this place a contemptible threat that if any proceedings are taken to unseat Mr. Wickham, the compliment will be returned up en Mr. Milligan ! This is desperation indeed. If any such intention has ever been really avowed, it is proof con clusive that the Tories regard their cause as already lost. This can only be the insanity prelusive of de struction, according to the maxim, Quem Deus cult perdere, &c.—Bradford Observer, Nov. 11. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. Taking for granted that as Easter Sunday falls on the 27th of March, the Newarket Craven Meeting will be fixed for Mond.'. the 11th of April, and following days, the principal meetings will commence next year as under: MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2 Coventry Spring 8 Doncaster Spring Warwick Spring Northampton Salisbury AIL. Newmarket Craven ll York Spring Melton—. Newmarket F. S Chester Newmarket See Sp lO 11 Shrewsbury Bath Manchester Epsom Moot Hampton l5 22 Bibury _., rE. Stookbridge Winchester .... Newcastlo Newmarket ... Worcester 13 Liverpool..... Stamford l9 No►tingham 2l Goodwood 26 iIIST. York Egham ...............24 or 25 Derby Au( Brighton . Brighton Club 5 Wolverhampton 8 10 Reading SEPTE Warwick 6 Doncaster . l3 Bedford Leicester 2l :MBER. ILanark.. 22 Manchester Autumn ‘).) Newmarket F. 0 27 a3l:r.• I Newmarket II Chester Autumn 4 Newmarket S. 0 NOVE: Worcester ............... 1 Epsom Autumn......... 2518 ER. I Liverpool Autumn. Warwick Autumn. THE CENTRAL RAILWAY TO EXETER,—The recent defeat of the central scheme by the South Wester n Com pany, has not left us entirely w i thout the hope of get ti ng a lin e i through this neglected district. The Great Western party are now actively engaged here i n survey ing and mapping .this portion of their p ro p ose d li ne , from Exeter to Maiden Newton.—Local Paper. [ADVERTIBE3IENT].—HoIIoway's Pills for D e bilitated Constitutions, d isordered Livers, and Indi ges ti o n.—The won d e rful e ffi cacy of this salutary medicine, and the good effects produced on patients suffering from diseases of the stomach, liver complaints, bile, and indigestion, are almost incredible, if it were not confirmed by daily proofs of the cures effected by them, and the permanent benefit derived from their USP. The exhilirating pro perties of these invaluable pills entirely banish all nervousness from the system, strengthen the tone of the stomach, and thereby promote o.4testion. Persons suf fering from dropsy should use Holloway's Pills, as they are the most safe and c er t a i n rem edy ever kno wn for that that dreadful malady.—Seld by a ll druggists' and 11 . Professor HQlloway's Establishment' 244, Stran d , I London. CONVOCATION Yesterday morning the Convocation of the clergy of the province of Canterbury, met in the Jerusalem Chace - h . er, adjoining Westminster Abbey, purs uan t to the ad journment on Friday last. The two Houses assembled together shortly before 11 o'clock, and after prayers separated, the Upper House (the archbishops teed bishops) proceeding to the library of the deanery, and the Lower House to the choir of the Abbey, where Vie names of the members of that House were called over,and proxies were received. The Lower House consists of 23 deans, 57 arcladereons, 24 proctors for the clap ters, and 42 proctors for the parochial clergy. Übere were about 80 members of that House in attendaree. The proceedings of the Upper House were co neucted in private. The members present were—the Archeishop of Canterbury, end the Bishops of Lender, Winciester, Lincoln, Oxford, Exeter, Rochester, Peterborough, St. David's, St. Asaph, Worcester, Salisbury, Hereford, Llendaff, Chichester, and Norwich. The Archbilhop of Canterbury was attended by Dr. Travers wise e , Vicar- General of the Province ; Mr. F. H. DT yke, Rviler and Mr. Felix Knyvett, the Apparitor-Generil. A number of petitions were presented, praying for the re vival of Convocation. An address to her Majesty was proposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, upor which an amendment was moved by the Bishop of Oxford. After some discussion the debate was adjourned, at 5 o'clock, to Ttosday next, at 10 o'clock. The Lower House, after being called over in the choir of the Atbey, as just mentioned, returned to the Jeru salem Chamber, and sat dr re during the rest of the morning. The first subject discussed was the question whether the meeting should be open to the pre:e ; and it being the general wish of the House that reporters should be admitted. the Prolocutor—the Deen of Ely— proceeded to the Upper House to task the Archbishop's consent to such admission ; the consent was given, and they were admitted accordingly. Tho PROLCCDTOR then reed to the House the stand ing orders agreed to in 1722, and pot the question whether they should be adopted for the regelation of the present proceedings. Most of the orders were of the usual description for the government of the public meet lees. They provided that the Prolocutor might inter rupt any member who spoke anything that he considered to . be " dangerous," or who spoke not pertine ntl y to the point in hand, or who fell into vain repetitions of what had been satisfied before. The PROLOCUTOR said it was competent to any mem ber of Convocation to make any proposition to the House, but it was usual that no topic of any speoiel character should be stated unless the question was virtually ir.- trusted to their consideration by the Upper House. Without such request or permission their task was tub , stantially confined to Gravamina et Reformanda. After the reception and rejection of some petitions, Dr. SPRY rose and said, be held in his band a paper which had been drawn up, after grave and serious de liberation, by a number of members f a the House, for the purpose of representing. gravamina nd reformanda to the Upper House, according to the ancient practice. Tho rev. Doctor road the paper to which be referred. It began with acknowledging the supremacy of the Queen over all persons in all causes, ecclesiastical as well es civil, within her dominions. It wont on to represent the conviction of the Lower House that the condition of the Church of England urgently requires the applica tion of those means for the removal of abuses, and for the increase of her efficie,ncy, whlch are not to be ob tained without the deliberate exercise of the functions of o c ra le th rg e y ir , o t w h n e a synod ; that the silence of the corporate voice of the Church supplies to her members a powerful temptation, and sometimes imposes a n ecessity , aswell,s to o a f et th u e p individual opinion, in opposigtiiyoen .tgoretahteerleetffitercioenf athbalet number‘t they boeflitehveeltahitayt.in the judgment of a consider etyhetolatwhe; time has come to use all lawful Importunity to obtain from the civil power the liberty to attempt, after due deliberation in synod, to r o. oad ; and spiritual ministrations of the Church, to.de.velope her re sources, and to secure her internal .chscipline ; to sc ot the population e s habits s it to ac commodate her dioceses, parishes, mileist . ry, and public and lon a t o the increasednumbers pempire at h D a m n r d ca v e a ddda u b : reformsfor all those are needed n to t considerhe co nti whethertuy principalo eoft a hp n edo y : nss and cyt id w nv ehi vizt the r Crowns -re ef of the self." pp T e h r e H r o e u p s r e es t e h n e ta fo ti l o lo n wi t n h g en o church extension at home—education of the . ps.3ople— edcuocuartti o ofn and appeal—the training supremacy p t r h e e m c a l e t) t r g e. lc; fa tht _ ecc e e nial churches—and . a g . These points were set out tirmation of bishops—cathedta i consciences of the clergy gression of the See of Rome. ved the toll!" reso and insisted upon at great lengtle At the conclusion . of the paper the Learned Doctor Leo lution :—" The Lower Hou se of Convocation begs re • nd s p ec tfully to state to y o ur Gracead youeright reverend brethren, that the representeticti just read !see been in troduced into this House, and brambly prays ycur Grace and your right reverend brothren not . to put an end to the sitting of this convocation utit'.l this house shall . have had sufficient time for the c oreederaeion of the said re presentaion,"which was secended by Archdeaconac HIRE. The Yen. Archdeacon Hatieleoet ventured to suggest to that assembly that perfect unanimity might be secured by remodelling the res.olutions which had been proposed, and he begged. therefore, re suggest the fol lowing:—" The Lower House of Convocation begs leave respectfully to state to your Grace and your right re verend brethren, that an important representation on matters at present affecting the welfare of the Church, has, in conformity with former precedent, been intro duced to this House, and been referred to a committee, this House humbly prays your Grace, and your right reverend brethren, so to order the prorogations and con tinuations of the session of the present Convocation as to elle., this House to receive and consider, in due time, the report of such eerereittee." The Rev. Dr. SPRY seconded it, and it was sgreea that both the original motion and the amendment should be withdrawn. After some conversation the following resolution, pro posed by the Dean of :f3ars . roL, seconded by the Archdea con of LONDON, *yrs agreed tc —" That Dr. Spry, th e Archdeaconsaif Lewes, Taunton, and.Blistol, and Dr. gill and the Rev. Wm. Massingbard, having presented a pa per, which has been read to Convocation as a schedule of gravaminia ct relormanda, be referred to a committee of grievances, without prejudice to the privileges of Convocation, and for the lower house to report thereon?' Archdeacon Hartison's resolution was then put and carried, with only three dissentient voices. The proceedings then terminated (seven o'clock). LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.-PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENT. Yesterday the first of the magnificent new class o passenger-engines, constructed upon the patent of Mr. I'd.Connell, the locomotive superintendent of the London Railway, made an experimental to the Euston-square terminus. at T rni l: Pl e Nferno°gmritnlie-WWillvogntelerrtlO)n Railwfthose which have been ordered by the London and North-Western authorities for the pur pose of working the express trains of the company. The engine is of great power and of novel construction, and as it will probably prove very economical, and at at thecompany to run heavy trains doubt, be read with some degree of interee. high sumo ti speeds, me the unab l e details t h e The engine to which we refer is ono of that class 0:: its constructlon will, no which, it is stated, would, if it were thought advisable to run at such a velocity, tike an average express train from London to Birmingh am (112 miles) in two hours; and if we are to judge of the capacity of the engine for speed and power, from the trial made by her yesterday, there is no doubt that she can mnintain a higher ve locity than it would Perhaps be prudent to run her in all weathers and over the entire length of any through li n e. The locomotive in question is a six- wheel one, with 7 feet driving wheels, the leading wheels being 4 feet 6 inches, an d the trailing- w heels 4 feet in di ame ter, and the u se f u l nove l ty of the machine cons i s ts in the co nstruction of t he fire - box , and th e means which nave been resorted to for the purpose of producing perfect combustion in the fire-box, and a consequent economy i, the consumption of fuel. To effect this Mr. M , fl — Ol 4Ol has thus constructed his en gine:—The fire-box has been projected 4 feet 9 inches into the barrel of the boiler, and forming what may be termed a combustion chamber. This has enabled him to ob aie no fewer than 260 superficial feet of heating sur face in the fire-box, For the purpose of prc liming as ne ar as possible Perfect combustion, a number of the sta y s connecting the combustion chamber with the shell of the boiler are tubular, and the air being drawn through them impin.be. e 40 1 1 the flame. This produces a perfect mixture of the ga ges and necessarily the largest amount o f serviceable caloric is evolved. The tubes, 303 in nu mber, are 7 feet in length, rid 1:1 in diameter. The whole of the , h eating surface ••• therefore, about 1,240 su perficial feet. The value of this arrangement will be understood from th e fact, that yesterday the engine in 45 minutes get tip sufficient steam to move her. The extreme bearings of the engine are 16 feet 10 inches ; the cylinder is 18 inches in diameter ; the length of I stroke, 24 i nches ; and the experiment of yesterday leads to the belief that she will be able to work with a s ix-inch blast - Pipe. To bring down the centre of gravity as low as possible the under aide of the boiler ha s b e en " recesse s" for the passage of the crank of the driving axle. Another novelty in the construction of the engine is, that the steam-pipe presents a broad, flat surface to the heated ait as it passes from the tubes into the smoke box, so that the steam is in a manner dried as it passes into the cylinder. The stays to this form of steam-pipe are tubular, and the heat from the boiler tubes passes through such stays, and assists in " drying" the steam before its effective force is given to the pistons. The engine is as worthy of notice for the re; 'dity with which it has been constructed, and the excellence of its work manship, is it is for the useful novelty of its construc tion. Two of this class of engines have been delivered to the London and North-Western Company—one built by Messrs. Fairbairn, of Manchester, and the other by Monts. J. B. Wilson, of Leeds. The one tried yesterday was built by the latter firm. The engine itself wa s " erected ' in the short period of eight weeks, and was delivered within four months from the date of the order for her construction, includ ing the delays which will occur in the supply of mate rials. Both the above firms have done wonders in the celerity of construction ; but the latter, who received their order several weeks after their able competitors, appear to have gone " ahead," as they had, we are in formed, their engine at Wolverton on the very day that Messrs. Fairbairn sent theirs to that locomotive station. Tho engines of both houses aro fine specimens of loco motive manufacture. That of Messrs. Wilson and Co. was 'nub admired at the Euston terminus. It is, in solidity and finish, not inferior to the broad-gauge " Lord of the Isles," so much spoken of at the Great Exhibition, and it is at once a credit to its maker, and an honour to the mechanical skill of the country. The engine in her trip yesterday was not, as She had jest loft the worksbip, tried at a higher speed than about , sixty miles per hour, at which rate abe was steady. ON PETITION. Railways. BEITISII RAILWAYS. Closing Prices. Aberdeen 100/. paid Amb., Not., Bost. Liz E. June. _81( 2 , pd Bir. , Wolv., and Sio - nr Valley . all pd. Birk., Lan., tic Ch. Jct., late 334 65.8 d., 28/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 504 & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, 201. 18'4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1004 pd. Caledonian _lOO/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd, Dub. & Belf. Jct. 45 1 pd. bli - di - k - S - 4 Ennis., all id. I Dundee,Perth, Si Abir deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New ... all pcL East Anglian (251. L. E. L. and L D ) ali pd. • Do (18/. E.&ll. , )allpd. East. Counties ... all pd. Eastern Union, elms A, late E. U. stirs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B & C., all pd. East Lancashire p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd Ediub. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 1001. Glas. .&S.-West,looLp Great Northn., 100/. pd Do. %s. A Stk : , 100/. p B Stock,loo/.P Ct. S. & W. Ireld., all p Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all id, Do.Thirds,lll.l3.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Fifths l5 pd Do.,W. Rid. lin. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby&Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd - - London, Tilbury, and Southend' 3 pd Lon.,Brig.& S. COCO p 1 Lon. & N.West.,lool. p Do. Fifths 'l2/. pa' Do. 10/.,111 &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 501., 42 1 ,E pill Do. New 401—.341. pd Lon. & Enniskil., allpd Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 4731 Do. 5 Sharos,_l7 l 4 pd N ewees. & CarJ. all pd Newmarket ...100/. pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford _l4/ pd INT ewry & Ennisk : 7 . 14 p Norfolk 100/ . .pif Do. Ncw 201.... 20/. p North. Coun.Un. 3 1 ,4 pd _ _ North British lOO/. p Nth. Devon, No 1,13/.p Do., No. 2 6% pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. 51. pd North Stafford. 17% p Nor th-Westem...all pd N. & S.-W. June. p 0xf.,W0r.,&W.,100/. p Scottish Central 1001. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Sinews. & 8ir....1001.p Do. do. Shrew. & Her 8L p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. MM.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 1001. pd South Wales r l l pd S.York.& Riv. Dun 151. Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Driferm. all p Stock. & Har.l6/2s. 3d. Taff Vale 1261. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...191. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd, Waterfd. & Lim. All pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London ...all pd & Bar. 100/.p Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p York & N. Mid.looLpd PREF] Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 5/. pd Caledonian, JO/. 100/ p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5 per cent. 1 p Dundee, Per. , & Aberd. Junction all pd Aug. 103)6 pc. Do. (5/.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., p• C., NU. 1 all p a Do. No. 2 all pa Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastein Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct all p Do. 101. Deb. Sh all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shra. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun.. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. gua 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c 100 pd Do. 5 p c. red. ec 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bthe all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4 1 ,E 100/. p Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. ...61. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 131. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 —9/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 100/. pd Ln. & S.W. Co 3ds. 51. p Lon. & En. lfi Sh. all p Man., Shelf., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 10/....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4% per ct. p Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 1001. pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Pref., 4 / 1 p.c. 5/. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p I Do. W.Val. b p.e all p North British 1001. pd North Stafford....all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Ditto ditto ... 6/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd Do. 5 per cent.lo/ pd South Devon pd Do. New 1 ij< pd St.-Est. (Reading An nuities)...l /. Os. 6d pd Do., 4% p P Sth. York. 4p c gd. ail Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, New. & Bar.ll p Do. Do York & N. Midland and B. Parch. 10/. pd LINES LEAS: Railway.% Bdf. & Bitch., all p Bir.& gua. all Do. without, all p: Bir.Wolv. & guar .. . all pd Do. without, all Buckinghash. all p, elydsdale Jc., all p E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent ...... IOOLpd Gloucest. & Dean\ Forest all pd Hartlepl. Dk. & Railw....all pd . / . Hull & Selby, all p Do. Halves., all p Do. Quarts., all p Lon. & Grenw., all, Do. Pref....all pdi Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Do. 6 p. ct., all p Manch. Bustn, f Matick, 5 1 / 4 p Middlesbr' & Red car, 6p. all P N. & E. , 5 p. c., all Presto. &W yra all paid Ditto, Halves, A. 100/. pd Roy. St nit.,1004 Stock D o . Shep. Shf. Rth. & Goole, 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p S. Statrdsli., 9 1 4 1. Wear Val. 6p c., all Ditto ditto, all WWilts. s 49lA- 1001. p Leasing ,Companies.' Lon.&N.W Gt. Westn. Do. , Do. Do. Lon. BLN.W ,Caledonian Gt. Northn. Gt. Wastro. Yk.Newm,. . 2 1 &Ber 'Yk.&N Do. ...... Do. ...... 1 Easter Easte- Do. ...... Norfolk ..• Do. ...... L. & NWI &r• Stktn &Dar' lUidland E. Counties L.& N.W &La.&Y J Do. Gt. Northn 1 Do. Lan. & Yks Mr/q•Clean Stckt& Dar Do. ...... OL\Yeetrn.l 28% to 29% 6!‘ si 10} -103/ 6i 6 dia. 21% 22 3 —2% dis. 104 106 57i —5B 23 —24 17 17% 5 4 dis.l 7 1 / 4 -81 A 4%- 5 3%-- 4 12'i -- 12% 9%- 10 ••• •-• ••• 6:Y B ...• 6% 77% .- 76 57 —59 75 —77 24 —26 56 —5B 83 —B4 48 —5O 119 —l2l 50 —5l 94 —94 i 85 —B7 11 —l2 p 86i —B7 3% 33( die. 2% 2i die. 17 —17;4 8 - 874 1% - p .0534-1061 [24%, - 124% 334 - 4 1 4 p -2% . p 92 , 5 ;-93 . 4 — i 3 dis. 3 1 ,E 24 dis. 20% 21% 31 —B2 8% 3 dia. 78i, 79 45 47:Z • '. ••• 49 : a ai 3 die. 3 —3% dis. 48 —5O 6 —7% ... dis . ••. 35i —86 i 61 6i dam. 2% 2% % % dia. 4 1 1 1 —4} dia. 3% 4%p. 48 —49 90 —92 60 —62 67 —69 68 —7O ii —O% dia. IN -20 i 9% - 10 i 15 -16 3% - 3 d. 21 "- 22 78 -79 -40 , -41 • 14 -15 4% - 5 21,4 2 3 4 12 3 % —13 i 8 B►4a 24% 25% 9* —lO 71. —72 7 1 4 6 % die. 2 3 / 4 57 —5B :RENCE SHARE 407 - 109 101 - 104 18% - 19 1 4dis. % P 6 - 6 SY4i- 8 % 34- 8% ?7.? 14A - 15 17 - 17, ... .....' ... ••• SEMI •N 3 -8% .;i6 - 128 [l2 - 114 8% - 9 1p 109 110 %dia. UPni 152 -- 155 ... n " ... ••• ''. ... liq - 11% P .-3/4 %die.— ii P < par 14 P 148 - 150 3i - i P ... ••• 22% - 28% 5%- 6 1% - 2 99 - 101 24% -25% 17% % 16 %clis. .18 4% P 16% i Pm 26i 26 - ••• •-- _••• 19 -- 'A) ^. •N ••• •• • ." ... pm ••• •-• ••• -- 4 p 13% -- 13% 9 - 10_ .. .-- ••• 21 -- 25iP 11% - 11% 5i dia. pa 101 —103 r 3i- AT FIXED Nominal Prices. 29% - 30% 29 -30 30 -31 29 -80 109 - 111 52 -- 53 jl5O -152 33 -8 31 t --- -• - 115 - 57% 28 - 14% -. 26% 1 9 --19% .. - ••• 3 - 35( - ••• LO7 - 108 64 -66 ... -- ... 140 -151 149 -151 •. -- ••• X % die. 31 - 314 ,100 1 , ....1061 EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDE. Yesterday the inhabitants of either side of the Thames, for miles distant, were driven from their houses, in consequence of the Lido rising higher than it has been known to do during the last century, which, wo regret to state, was attended with an enormous loss of pro perty. Owing to tho vest extent of ground that has been laid under water, and the immense number of pre mises that have been rendered untenantable, it would be utterly impossible to ascertain the mischief done. A few minutes before one o'clock, nearly half an hour before high water, the tide was so high that it rushed. like a cataract over the sea walls of the Thames, and down the various wharfs, filling the basements of many houses. The scene on the Surrey side of the river will not easily ha forgotten by the unfortunate residents, notwithstand ing that they had previously suffered from frequent visitations of less magnitude. In Lambeth, taking the Belvidere-road, Comraercial-roel, and the York road, nothing but en imu enso expanse of water could be teasel, which rose as high in many place as the parlour windows. The open piece of ground at the side of the South-Western Railway was covered with water, in some places three or four feet deep. College-street, Vine-street, and the Belvi dere-crescent were under water four or five feet. The only way of escape for the occupants was by getting out of the upper windows, and dropping into waggons end boats which were tattoo to their rescue. All the houses in each of the last-named streets were partly filled with water, and in some it rose nearly as high as the parlour ceilings, sending the furniture and bedding floating about in terrible confusion, breaking crockery, and doing other damage. The whole of the houses along the Waterloo-road,from the bridge to the Victoria Theatre, had their lower floors several feet under water. The neighbourhoods of Stangate , t he Biehop's-walk, au the gardens of the Archbishop of Canterbury wore also covered with water, in some places five or six feet deep. The moment tho tide had gained the top of the wall in the Bishop's-walk, it rushed with great impetuosity over tha thoroughfare, and quickly rose four feet in height, so that the parties passing along at the time had great difficulty in retreating. The beats near the steam-boat pier were torn from their moorings, and ono boat was forced by the flow of enter into the burial ground of Lambeth Old Church. Fore street, High-street, and. William-street, Lambeth Butts, were several feet under water, nod the thoroughfares rendered perfectly impassable. The inhabitants, to avoid being drowned, were forced to make their exit from their premises in boats, or to wade through the water almost up to their waists. The Lammas lands, as far as Putney, were all under water ; the towing-path on the Surrey sick of the Thames was fully six feet deep with water. Bermondsey and Roiherhithe, and all along the liver aide, as far as Baeleside, were covered some feet deep ; and it; required the most prompt exer tions to prevent the tide from rushing into the furnaces of the various gas works, iron foundries, and breweries near the Surrey shore. The principal thoroughfares on the Middlesex side of the river suffered also, and very considerably, but not to such an extent as on the other side. Hangerford Market, the Temple.gardens, Great Scotland-yard, and the arches under the Adelphi were several feet under water, and much property was destroyed. So hik h did the tide rise during yesterday, in the locality et* Whitehall, that the water, at three o'clock in the afterne en, had reached as high as the summit of the ceiling cf the kitchen of Montagu House, the Duke of Buceleuch's man :ion, whilst boats wore navigating the Lighway inCannon-row and other propinquent thorough fares. The kitchen of the Silver-cross, Charing-cross, kept by Mr. Jarvis, was also five feet in water, and countless swarms of rats, washed from their accustomed fastnesses, were to be witnessed struggling in the waste water, fruitlessly, to escape from the perils of the local deluge. FEARFUL FLOODS IN THE PROVINCES. HEREFORD, Friday Afternoon.—The incessant rain which had fallen in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire during the past week, and especially to-day and yesterday, had led to most disastrous re sults, the real effects of which cannot bo ascertained until the aulAdence of the flood. Cattle have been carried away in the fields, and damage to a great ex tent, unhappily not unaccompanied by loss of life, had occurred. A. fearful catastrophe happened thi s morning, about four miles from Hereford, which has excited the utmost alarm here. The particulars, as nearly as they can be ascertained in the confusion, are as follows : At about half-past five o'clock the Cloucester and Aberyatwith mail coach, which runs between too two places named, via Hereford, and carries the Lon don mails, arrived at a point on the Gloucester and Hereford-road, about four miles from Hereford, where a brook crosses the road. This brook had overflowed its banks, like all the other streams in the district, and had blown up the bridge in the night. The coachman, whose name is Murphy, and who is a very steady driver, and w ell known on the road, did not, in the darkness of the morning, it being an hour be fore daylight, see what bad happened, and consequently drove into the breach made in the crown of the uridgo by the flood. The consequence may be anticipated— the coach was upset, and all the passengers thrown into the water. It was rumoured that all were drowned, but happily they were not so. The driver had a very yarrow escape, but succeeded in reaching terra firma. The guard also escaped with the mails, which ho ear ned to Hereford, and it is believed that all the pas sengers, though much. hurt and half drowned, escareel with the exception mF oue. The name of the missing passenger is not correctly ascertained, but it is feared that be must have been drowned in the flood. The WY?, SP vt , rn. and Lugs ti=ers have all overflowed their sufferer from the food. Altogether the damage which the calamity has caused is es►timated at something like LOON. LLANELLY.—OVERFLOWING OF THE LLIEDY RIPER. —A heavy flood, caused by the late incessant rain, oc curred in this river (which runs through Llanelly) this week. It overflowed its banks, gushed out through the sewers, entered the streets, and took possession of some of the parlours, kitchens. &c. At the Forgo a group of housee, about half a mile from the town on the Carmar then road, the poor people living in the miserable dwellings there, sustained considerable injury, by the water which entered their ab3Jes ; in some a depth of five feet and upwards, and remained therein for hours. A xamrsTEn,—Thcre have been some very high floods here lately, and the valley has presented one entire sheet of water—no less than four different times during the past three reeks, occasioned by the late heavy rains swelling the river. Business done To-day. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 4 pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd East Indian all ndi Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Great West. of Canada Shares 5 % pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg ...141. pd Do. Do 1 (Railway) 10/. pd d Do. (Canal) 2%% p p d Lyons & Avignon, 5 pd Madra5......... 4 1 .4 pd Maria Antonia 27% pd Do. New Namur & Liege all pd Do. ex int. ...... all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bag. all p Orleans & 80r...11/. pd Paris & Lyons...lo/. pd Do. Bonds Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouon ...all pd Paris & Straa ...all pd Paris, Caen, and Cher bourg 4 pd Rotten & Flavre...all pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Qttebec 84% 4i (A) ..- ••• - •••• 14 - 15' 43 / 4 5% P 114— zx Ws. 854 9 2' 24 3 —34 par I P 59 iqi 26 6- 1 3 - 8 - 10 p 2% - 3 8 -8% 6% - 71,4 331 - 33% 14% - 15 12% % 1 . 6% = ii% p 66 -sg 37 -39 32 - 821/2 4 - 5 p 10 8 1 10% - 19 A 4/. pdl fouis & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders all,pd West. of France 91. pd 4 3 / 4 •-•- i BIA - 9 1 / 2 MINES. IA --. 33 p P Agua Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cul. all p Do. St. Joh. del 8.151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobra Copper 4Ol. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain...all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst...all pd Liberty all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd 34 % dis. Mariquita all pd 14 p Mcxi. &S. Amor. 91. p 4 1 ,4, 5 New Grenada all pd dis— p Nouveau Monde, all pd 34 % p Port Philip all pd 1 5 / 8 p Quartz Rock all pd % dis. par Santiago de Cuba 10 3 ,E 13% —l4 South Australian, all pd par p Tin Croft 7I, pd 11% 1214 United Mexican all pd 8 West Mariposa all pd ; dia. par Yuba 1 paid! par P JOINT-STOCKBANKS Australasia all pd 59 59% Brit. Nth. Amer all pd 57 —5B Colonial 25/. pd 15 16% Com. of London 201. pd 29 —3O London Chart. Bank o Australia Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lOl. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p Orient. Bk. Corp all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold Importing Com. Ipd 1 1 % Union of Austral. all pd 49% 50% Do. New 2% pd 6 6 1 ,4 Union of London 10/. p 17 —lB Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLANEOUS. Austral. Roy. Mail, 4pi 3 4 Canada 325 pdl 50 —5l Copper Miners of Eng land . . all pd De. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1p Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company-50/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Netherlands Land, 2 pd Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p ••• --- 2 2% p I . 1 q % 1 4., dis %-. 1,4 dis. par oh - SW, 2 2'A %dis. —% p 1 43 —45 7 X3— Pi 1 1 6 1 / 74 % % dig.' ... -- ••• . % 1 4 dm 1%- 1% p % - N dis. 0; -1 % p 31 -- ... - 1 - 34 - 19% 32 - 33% 45 - 4614 18% - 20 38 -39 46% - ... 16% - 17% 36 -37% 29 -30 50%-•2 - 2% 2* -2% 87 -- 42 42% 79 - BREAD, 23 % i% IA 1 % li 14% 15 1 55% MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY). COVENT GARDEN. Liberal supplies of both fruit and vegetables were on sale to-day; nevertheless, the general demand ruled steady. The only alteration in prices was a decline of from 5s to 103 in the value of potatoes. FRUIT.—Pine Apples, 3s 6d to 6s Od; Hot-house Grapes, 2a od to 6s; Hambnrgh ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d per lb; Peaches, toa nit tr, Iss Od; Nectarines, 3s Od to )4a nd;., wq" 1 . 6 4 to 2s 6d per dozen; apples, d.ssert , 48 Od to is Od; Cooking ditto, 3s Od to 6s Od per bushel; Pears, 2s Od to 8s Od per sieve; Melons, 2s Od to 5s Od each ; Lemons, is Od to 2s Od; new Oranges, Is 6d to gs Od per dozen; Filberts, 8d to is Od per lb; Cobnuts, 75s to 80s per 1001bs. VEGICTABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is per doz. ; French Beans, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Brussels Sprouts, is 6d to 2s per half sieve ; Cauliflowers, 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; Greens, ls Od to 2s od per dozen bunches; Tomatoes, 4s Od to 5s Od per half sieve ; Potatoes, 65s Od to 120 s per ton ; Turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches; Cucumbers, 2d to 6d each; Vegetable Marrow, 6d to is Od per dozen; Celery, 9d to is 3d per bundle; Spinach, is Od to 2s per sieve; Onions, 2s to 4s C.l per bunch; Beet, is Od to is 6d per dozen; Leeks, ld to 2d per bunch; Shallots, 6d to 8d; Garlic, 6d to 8d per lb; Endive, is to is 6d per score; Small Salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; Horseradish, is to 3s per bundle; Mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per pottle ; Artichokes, 4s Od to 6s per dozen , Parsley, 2s to 33 Od per dozen bunches. NEWGATE AND LE DENRALL, Geese, 3s 6d to 6s Od; Turkeys, 38 to Ps each; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, 12d to is 6d ; wild ditto, 8d to Is ; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 78 each ; Surrey Fowls, 4s 6d to 8a Od ; ditto Chickens, 33 Od to 4s Od ; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6d to 5s Od per couple; Pheasants, 33 Od to 43 Od; Partridges, is Od to is 64; Hares, 2s 3d to 2s 9d; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od; Woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Snipes, 94 to Is ; Teal, 6d to 10d; wild Ducks, is 3d to Is 9d; Widgeons, 9d to is 3d ; and Plovers, 4d to 9d each. Ent - dish Eggs, 9s Od to 10s Od; French ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od per 120 ; Fresh Butter, 10d to is Id per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s Sd to 3s 6d; mutton, 25 10d to 4s Od ; veal, 3s to 3s 10d ; i.ork, 3s to 4s per 811 n. WHITECHA Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2e 10d to 4s Od; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per Sibs. IiILLINGSJATE. Turbots, 3s Od to 8s Od; Brills, ls Od to 5s Od; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 7s Od each; Soles, Gd to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 8d to 10d per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 3d; Crabs, 8d to 2s Od; Whitings, 2s 6d to bs Od per dozen; Haddocks, 6d to is Od; Doreys, is 6d to 6s Od ; Mullets, 6d to is each ; Common Oysters, 8s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 30s Od to 40s Od per b us h e l ; Mackerel, 1 0 d each; Smelts, ls Od per dozen; Scats, 4d to 6d per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 3d per gallon ; Bl oa ters, is Od to is 4 d per dozen; fresh herrings, Is. 6d to 2s per dozen. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 6 W i d to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41b leaf. IDE. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 2d ; ditto, 641 b to 721 b 2d to 21d; ditto, 721 b to SOlb, lid to 2id ; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 3d ; ditto, BSlb to 961 b ,3d to 3id ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3ld to 4d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 4id to 4id. Calf Skins, light, is 6d to 2s Gd ; ditto, full, 3s Od to 5s Od; Horn Hides, 5s Ed to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 9d; Bents, 4s 9d to 5s 6il; Half-breds 4s 9d to is 6d; D owns, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Shearlings Os Od to 0s Od; Lamb Skins, Os Od to Os Od each. lIIY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 1 5 s to 3118 s Od ; Clover ditto, 31 Iss to 41 17s 6d; and Straw, 114 s to 1 1 lls per lead' ditt e e73/l E 5s Od t . o - 4, Trade dull, at barely late rates. to 1 4 3 1 ; Clover s per load. 11e5asd;owandHsatrya, w 2,11115758 to n A full average supply, and a dull trade. b WIIITECHAPIL.—Meadow Hay., 2/ ls to 3/18s Od ;Clover ditto, 3/ 15s Od to 41 183 ; an d Straw,ll/ 43 to 11115 per load Supply good, and trade dell. LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY.) —Wind at Noon, E., light bre eso LONDON, N 0v. 174 • , , ov 12.—The Intrepid, Newcastle to Lon- CnosiEß, A , • till wreck here; crow saved. don, is a to —The Mar YARMOUTH, Nov. 12. y Ann of London has ea at Wintertonsupposed to b e ll ar ea ; e saved. and d t u o ll p , gone , :ccitketofefASunder rendal, are on shore at Carston ; crew saved. T b L e 0 you :u s i rellaaFzoryf, w N W e lh t v i ;: 1 : 2 . • ~ .....a ni 12. —The e the iw Sunder land is sunk on Newsome Sand; crew on the rigging; if possible, an attempt will be made to reach the vessel. OLY HEAD.—Arrived C • , Caroline, St. Ste h ' N B Stephen's, en s, . ~ for Preston. .-- DEAL, Nov. 12. —Wind, E, by S., heavy gale. Ar rived from the river and sailed, Indiana, Port Philip. PILL, Nov. 12.--Wind, E. Sailed, Gannymede, Africa. NEwronT.—Sailed, Bulwer, Jamaica; Alabama, New Orleans; Juliette, Cape de Verd. HELL, NOV. 12.---Wind, E,N.E. Arrived, Anne, I D )a a v v i i s e ' e S s tr t a r i a t t s t , s w . with 55 tons of oil; Rose, do., clean;ln In dependent, Q ue b ec; Ma j est i c, d o.; R egen t, do.; Orion, another brig, are in the Roads, with bows stove. fresh. Arrived, GRIMSBY, Nov. 12.—The William and Isrbella, and LIVERPOOL, NOY. 12.—Wind, E. ), Naiad, Rio Grande; Anglo Saxon, 1 1 Fair field,Sailed, C F ra teisco • Sisters, BCrabaY ; St. George, S ;indermere , i3ombay ; Mobile ; iltrepid, Now York ; 3. Rhoddi, Buenos Ayres; Luciirin_, 8., PoRTSMOUTII, Nov 12 b, Leander, Cape of Good Licp ',7o d r William and Mary, AkY; au .., bite ; Juliana, Vincent's ; • Demerara , Westbrook, m aica ; St. Lawrence. Salle., Moultan, Ja _. Triton, Santa I TI 1 0 ,: . wrecked Litincg, ,izeweu 6n . on t h° P "' Express, Valparaiso; o C m o u l u n m , b ß i a o r n ~ d fresh. Arrived, • Catherine Elizabeth, St. Calcutta lliosteJaneiro. r T Barbadoes •; Creole, Dominica ; Reserve, do. ; Martha, Boston ; 12.—The John, of Shields, has bum a Is a CIOIT lISTICLI 6% 78% 74 1 4 95 3( 83% Ti 1 251 4N; 795 113 56% i 5% Railway% 79 8% 401 A 72 S 1S .01% PM' 1-6.4* 127% 7 99% 190 .ENTALS. Business to-day. 52 3i L 1314 53% loi Closing P:-'ices' Bastneata done To-day. asq i 9 20 1 0 3 / 4 % 18% aye hat ces the LBO i ill Ice. eel her sin, tine 11l es ten- ion. soli r erag e )1 1 e 5- 1314 b e eß OW° , ,