The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-22 00:00:00

PATRON-11 R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION.—An OPTICAL and MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM." the Words from Shakspere, the Music by Born, Stevens, Henry West, Bishop, and Dr. Cooke, every Evening, except Satur day, at Half-past Nine.—LECTURE by Mr. Crispe on BALLOONING and the PROSPECTS of AERIAL NAVIGATION, illustrated by a beautiful Model of POITEVIN'S PARACHUTE, GREEN'S GUIDE ROPE, DIAGRAMS. &c.—LECTURE by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on CHEMISTRY and its MANIPULA.TIONS.—LECTURE by Dr. Bacbhothier on FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY, illustrated by the HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE.—DISSOLVING VIEWS, CHRO KATROPE, &c. Admision, Is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age, 6d. each. WS. WOODIN'S CARPET BAG .& SKETCH-BOOK (ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE), An entirely Novel and Original Vocal and Visual Instmcto, Grotesquo, Comicp, Pictorio, Mualco, Eccentrissimo, Characteristico;.Lecturio, IN TWO COMIC SECTIONS. PART FIRST costexisss A Vocal Illustration, " Beginnings."--Fell-length Portrait, Martha Ativins.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Half-length Portrait, Major Bluster.—Vocal Illustration, "A Visit to the Great Metropolis." Full-length Portrait, Sir Benjamin Bungle.--Half-length Poi trait, Mr. Sampson Busty.—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Oliver Oldatyle (with a Vocal Illustration of "Bygone Days ").—Full-length Por trait, Ben Binnacle Miniature Portrait, Mrs. Muddles (from Manchester ECOND F PARTuiI - leugth Portrait, Sandie M' S Whittle.—Pall-length Portrait, A Well-known Personage.—lllustration, Carpet Eng.—Full-length Portrait, A Yankee Clipper.—Vocal Illustration, " Metropolitan Melodies." —Full-length Portrait, Mr. Cavil.-Illustration, Carpet S ag.'FLlll•lellgth Portraits, Mr. and Mrs. Lapses Linger.—Vocal Illustration, " Pleasures of a Pic-nic Party."—lllustration, Sketch book (Daylight and Moonlight).—Finale, " The Lions of London." With several Pictorial illustrations, furnished by " The Sketch book." In the coarse of the Evening Mr. C. COLMAR will perform a variety of grand Piano Solos. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 25.; Dress Stalls, 35.; Private Boxes, One Guinea. OYSTERS. —The Real Burnham River Nati ve Oysters, six years' old, four hours from the beds, per E. C. Rail way,.are to be. had only of JOHN SWATING, Fish, Oyster, and Ice Merchantie., 12s. 6cl. Very 159, Cheapslde, in barrels, 65., Ss. 6d., 10s. 6d. ; i n ,b ags, for clubs Ic superior Oyster-rooms, Steed's Pale Ale, and Reici's Step; a good dish of fish for ten, Os.—D e p o t f or the Real Wenham Lake Ice and Refrigerators. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Bealon of Mr. Benjamin Webstea as Leases and Manager THIS EVENING. Will ba performed the greatly successful new and original Comedy , entitled MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Rebind the Curtain, by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle ; Mrs. titirlinir, , Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Masked. After which, the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. To conclude with the Farce of YOUR . LIFE'S IN DANGER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. under thiManagement of Madame Year% THIS EVENING, Nov. 22, Will be performed TAKING BY STORM. After which, a new Farce, in two acts. entitled THOSE DEAR BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, Suter, Butler, and Miss Wyncl4ara. To be followed by USED UP. To eoncludewith A HOUSE OUT or WINI)ONYS. Characters by Paul Potter and - Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 13, New Bond•etreet. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Ur. B. Webster.—Directress, 3tadame Celeste. THIS EVENING (Last time but Two.) The celebrated Drama of THE GREEN' BUSHES, by Madame Celeste, Miss VSroolgas; Messrs. Paul Bedford, H oney , E mery, & c. After which (at second price), the Popular Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley, Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL PRINCE .iS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Manigement of Mr. Cr.'Kean. TIIIS EVENDM Will be revived Fhakspere's historical Play of HENRY IV. (Part I.) Principal cliaracterS by / Messrs. C. Kean, Bar:ley, W. Lacy, Harley, Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows. Graham, and Saker ; Misses Murray and Daly, and Mrs. Daly. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal cha racters by }resin. Wright, J. Vining, Addison, Chester, and Cath cart, Misses Murray, Leciercq, Daly, and Mrs. Daly. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Proprietor 'and Manager—Mr. W. Batty. First Night of the Equestrian brami . of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN' and First appearance in England of the eminent Continental Artistes, M. and fiddle. Lalonde. On MONDDAY, 22d November, and during the week, the En tertainments will commence with the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM's CABIN, in two acts, written expressly for this Theatre, and embodying all those stirring situatioas so graphically described in Krs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular Work. and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Theatre, with new dresses, scenery, and appointments. To be felloived by an unusually brilliant Routine of Batty's Scenes in the Circle. Concluding with a popylag Farce. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-office open clay from Eleven to to Four. • - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAI; --Morning 12 Min. after 11 I Evening 41 min.aft. 11 To-Mmulow Morning • O min. after 0 Evening 1 roin.aft. 12 DAILIP WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, Nov. 22, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. LIMERICK-s.,_calm—f oggy . MULLINGAR—N.R., gentle breeze --overcast. POOLE—S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. HASTINGS—S„ gentle breeze —overcast. FOLicsxoNE—S.W., light breeze —overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.E., calm—overcast. GREENWICH —Calm—rain. SmooD--S., W., ,calm---foggy: SWINDON—S.E. i entle breeze—scud—rain. COLCHESTER—S. W., calm —overcast. CAMBRIDGE—S. gentle breeze -- cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.• calm —overcast. Tho returns from the followin g pl aces i n di ca t e th e s t ate of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : SWINDON-- S.E. gentle breeze —over c a s t. YARMOUTH— WI; gentle breeze--cloudless. THE WEATHER.—Surt OFFICE, Nov. 22. THERMOMETER, IN no SIIADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER; 29'16. Sunday rain , and mist all day. WIND, E.NE. IHE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE 13n11, AN EXTRA.ORDINA.RY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS i'UBLISIIED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF 171 LAT/4 DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH HIS AUTOOR3PII, AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. ) c§iitty. *Ws) LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1852. Approaching as we are so closely to the termi nation of 1852—it cannot but be interesting to take a glance, however cursory, in retrospect. Surely, no one can have forgotten the emotions --4:442 which the more reflective observers through (nit Christendom, looked forward last November to the twelve months now hastening to their con clusion ! Disaster appeared then to be the only thing " looming in the future"---disaster none the legs terrible, because altogether vague and vi sionary in the popular anticipations. It was felt that scarcely anything short of a miry eulous ' interp os iti on o f D IVINE PROVI t e z could save the European Continent from anbadoth,er of those stupendous mindquakes which ye convulsed the political fabrics through out m . deadly Za.ntur ispheres. Add e d t o w hi ch—from the of th e conspiracies which were kno but more bee wn varti in existenc e i n various countries, neighbou r in a Iteenlarly I n different quarters of the P lil ub ci lic—it was notorious that the next expl os i onwo in its intenti ons, bein epne anything but beneficent of a bitter and a boun g it e , yoked from th e d ep th s of spoil, from a l ust of blovoengeance, from a g ree d and from a morbid appetite for power, solely 4t% more ruthless and e ompreh n ei a l rem' to effect a The revolutionary outbr ea k devastation. , an s t l i v, the close of 1851, was of a charter towardshat a kind of horror to enter into th e h eart c aused of the stubborn sticklers for that last l e Feudalism which is generally known as of gitimacy, but even of those also whose spin_ pathies were the most devotedly dedicated to the forwarding of the divine cause and of th e direst interests of derocracy. For 1852, we found ranked amongst the advocates of the new movement no lofty civism like that which in 1798 w ; as a wakened in the bosom of the immortal ERGxIA-111)---1 10 disinterested valour like that which in 1830 drew once more from its scabbard T the swo r d o f LAPAyET no sublime self-sacri fice like th at which i n 1848 shone re splendently through the heroism 'a LA MARTINE. Those -who Nyel:e Whichimplicated was a so u rce of unutterable dismay to the great mass of the people during the c ourse o f l as t N ovem b er, were men either of sinister obscurity or of tarnished reputation. They numbered amongst them no ARMAND CARREL, no natal. at. once gentle and dauntless : no CAMILLII DESMOULINS, no tempera ment most pure when most fanatical : no ROUGET DE LISLE, no voice yielding lyrical utterance to the holier hopes of the population : no BRISSOT, no ROLAND, /lb' BARBAROUX. It was glaringly manifest to the world that all the nobler spirits of the age—those who had been foremost in the latest assertion of the popular rights—shrank from any sort of participation in the proposed effort at estupendous political and social transformation. LAMARTINE would have nothing to do with it. GIOBERTI was averse to the very mention of the undertaking. AZEGLIO could write no more pamph lets in behalf of democratic enterprise. PETE was not visible as its soldier, Or VENTURA as its high priest. ARAao, sorrow stricken at the dissipation of so many dreams of improvement, had with drawn from the public arena, and betaken himself once more, with renewed zest, to the contempla tion of the stars in his observatory. It was only the more lawless who pressed forward to the struggle which was felt on all hands to be no longer the struggle of humanity, but the struggle for revenge and spoliation. People began to remember again with painful distinctness that terrible sen tence of Mr. MACAULAY, in which the inspira tions of the orator had been accepted by the judg ment of the historian, when he spoke of those who, according to his grand and solemn phraseology, were nothing better than heathens in the midst of Christianity, and savages in the midst of civilisa tion 1 Nevertheless the dreaded year has passed by with unexampled tranquillity-1852 is peacefully ap proaching the hour of its termination. Bearing this extraordinary fact in consideration, it is impossi ble not to regard it with feelings of very profound and very peculiar thankfulness. The evil which towards the end of 1851 was awaited, has been strangled before the destined day of its appear- ance. To employ the terms of that language, which of all is the most directly applicable to themes of a revolutionary character—it may be said that an unexpected eslaircissement led to the in d.efinitetpostponement, if not to the total preven tion of the *anticipated boulversement. Since then, the mind of Europe has been beneficently tranquilliiied. No further reason has been found for disquietude. • Commerce, which had waned and faded under the deadening influence of a vague and formless terror—under, so to speak, the Shadow cast before "by the " Coming Event " of the Socialist Conspiracy—has revived with a rapidity scarcely ever paralleled. Meanwhile, all the great objects of popular improvement are still cherished, are still revered;are still in process of advancement by the rational and conscientious cham pions of the, inalienable interests of democracy, the more resolute and more faithful advocates of pro gressive civilisation. Another source of encouragement has already made itself felt in the Eastern hemisphere, al though coming to us across the Atlantic from the distant shores of the North American Continent. As we intimated on Saturday, when referring to the result of the Presidential election in the United States, the triumph of FRANKLIN PIERCE over his Whig antagonists, has even now appre ciably and most beneficially affected the trade of Europe, by renewing the hopes of the gene rality of mercantile men in the speedier downfall of the system of • duties levied in the ports of the world, by way of barrier or restric tion, As a simple but significant illustration of this fact, it may be remarked that, during the past week, foreign orders to a very considerable, if not wholly unexampled extent, have been re ceived by the manufacturing houses at Birming ham. In the same place, it is acknowledged by the majority of the merchants that prospects look at this moment most cheering—particularly in regard to both the North and South American Continents. North America encourages these hopes, as we have before observed, through the circumstance of the now almost certain election of General PIERCE as the President of the United States—South America opening to them, if pos sible, yet more exhilarating schemes of enter prise, through the unbarring of those golden regions of plenty which must have remained closed against the mercantile interests of England, but for the vigorous course pursued by the leaders of the present Govern ment. It is thus that we are now, in 1852 (un like what we were in 1851), enabled to look onward to the new year hopefully—awaiting the dawn of 1853—with industry revivedin France, ' and trade flourishing in England, and commerce extending farther and farther into the in terior of the two Americas, and international peace assuaging thepast calamities of Christendom. All honour to the SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ire and. He has, at once, assumed a prominent position among Legal Reformers. The principles which he enunciated, and the conclusions which he arrived at, are alike satisfactory. It is, indeed, impossible to speak too highly of the wise and comprehensive measure of Law Reform which he submitted for the consideration of the House of Commons on Friday evening, and which will leave little, if anything, to be desired, so far as Ireland is concerned : nothing of equal importance, or so boldly grappling with real abuses, has ever yet been brought forward in the Legislature. Our only regret is, that it is to be limited in its opera tion ; that England is not also to receive the benefit of the inestimable boon about to be con ferred upon the Sister Kingdom. His arguments were, indeed, unanswerable ; but they ap plied equally to all parts of the United Kingdom ; and there would be just cause of complaint if the objectionable system were retained in this by no means the least im portant portion of her MAJESTY'S dominions. It is satisfactory to find a law officer of the Crown introducing such a Bill, and speaking so boldly and unequivocally on the subject; and it is stillmore satisfactory to know, that the eminent Judge who presides on the Woolsack in Ireland has expressed his full and distinct approbation of its provisions, and that the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of Ireland, and Baron GREENE, and other Judges, should have given their advice and sanction. Mr. WHITESIDE'S object is to assimilate the procedure of the Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland with that of the County Courts— where the question at issue between the parties is brought to a speedy bearing on a short and sim ple plaint. He justly declared that " two sys tems, acting on opposite principles and practice, could not co-exist," and that " nothing remained to be done but to reform the Superior Courts of Common Law on a comprehensive plan, and in accordance with the requirements and spirit of the age." He has not scrupled to avail himself largely of the ample materials at his disposal, selecting that which is really valuable in each. His Bill, then, is founded on -Ist. The procedure of the County Courts in England. 2d. The procedure of the County (or Assistant Baristers') Courts, in Ireland. 3d. The Act for the Regulation of Civil pro cedure in Scotland. 4th. The Report of the Commissioners on the Common Law procedure of England. sth. The Common Law Procedure Act of last' Session. Gth. The American Code, and the Report of the Commissioners of the State of New York. This, it will b e i n the recollection of our readers, is the system which. recognises the com plete fusion of the Courts of Law and E T aity, and the existence of a supreme Tribunal n rhich can give full re li e f on every possible subject. mateiials The first pra c ti ca l d eduction from these ;rich is th e total abolition of the form: of actions. Henceforward it will not be a matter of any i mportan ce i n Ireland, if the pleader shou ld be mistaken in the form selected. If the plainti ff should . really have sustained substantial damage n . °thing whether he should ende2 it will signify your to obtain redress unde r " trespass " o r cc Case." It needed not the humorous propriate illustrations add ressed b but ap - y the Honourabl( ) and Learned Gentleman, to show the evils of the t eaning, and we shad almost said tuaza friiolous, ibesaft PMEMI TWE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1552. distinctions now in use. The fitting remedy was urgently demanded by Legal Reformers in this country. But, unfortunately, those dealing with the subject were afraid to advance sufficiently far in the right direction, and forms of action which are to be abolished in Ireland will still remain as traps for the unwary in this country. The next reform is the total abolition of special pleading. It is not merely special demurrers that are to be done away with. The ground of action on the one side, and of defence on the other, should be simply but intelligibly stated— " in the language of the people, who ought to un derstand the language of their law." The great end of all special pleading was but to eliminate an issue, and that would be attained by the pro- vision that an abstract of the issue to be tried should be delivered to the Court. This abstract should be prepared by the plaintiff; but if not approved of by the defendant, should be settled by a Judge of the Court in which the suit was depending. The third stage in advance is the diminution in the number of pleadings. In place of the writ, which tells nothing, declaration, plea, re joinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, and surrebutter, there will be simply a combination of the plaint and summons, so that the writ shall not merely require the party to appear on a certain day, but shall 'state concisely the course of action, while the appearance shall set forth the nature of the defence. All would then be ready for the hearing, . and justice will be ad ministered without the vexatious delays, and expensive, although useless, stages that have hitherto been tolerated, and brought so much dis credit on our tribunals. Then comes the most important change of all —neither party will, henceforward, be allowed to place utterly false or contradictory statements on the files of the Court —the demand and the de fence must both be verified by the affidavits of the parties. This will prevent the iniquitous de mands too frequently put forward, and the unjust plans put forward, merely for the sake of delay or procrastination. At present, as truly remarked by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, " there is no check or limit to false pleading." The most con tradictory allegations aro put forward without shame or remorse. He shows in the ordinary ' pleas to an action on bond no less than four dis tinct falsehoods—viz., that the bond was not given that it was paid at the day that it was paid after the day,—and that the performance of the conditions was released by the plaintiff. None of those positive allegations having any existence save in the imagination of the pleader, or rather in the pre cedents before him which he directs his clerk to copy. The amusing Yankee case of the kettle scarcely went farther than this. There a party, who had borrowed a kettle, and returned it con siderably damaged, was sued for the injury. He pleaded in accordance with the rules ; first, that he had never had the kettle in his possession ; secondly, that it was damaged when he borrowed it ; thirdly, that it was sound and whole when he returned it. Two of these statements must i necessarily have been untrue ; but they were perfectly legitimate, and we could refer to many similar instances. Mr. WHITESIDE justly ob jects to this improper and demoralising prac tice, and requires that the pleadings should be tested by the oaths of the parties. No difference of opinion can exist as to the propriety and expe diency of this course. We have frequently in sisted upon its necessity, which, after all, is but a return to the ancient and salutary principle. Next comes the abolition of personal service of the process. The great point to be ascertained is, that the writ of summons had come to the know ledge of the defendant. A man staying out of the way to evade the just demands of his credi tors, is entitled to but little consideration. In County Court proceedings, and also in Equity, service upon a member of the family is sufficient; and under the new Alit in this country it would be so L after a certai n n u mb er o f ca ll s an d t h e or d er of a Judge. As this latter would be almost a matter of course, why should there be any neces sity for the delay and expense occasioned by such an application ? Then come the rules for enabling one Court to do complete justice between the parties, without bandying them froth Queen's Bench to Chancery, or from Chancery to Common Pleas. In fact, all but the fusion of the Jurisdictions, so loudly demanded. For this purpose, Closes in action are to be made assignable; Courts of Common Law are to be enabled to give relief in cases of lost bills, bonds, or other instruments, and also to receive and give validity to equitable defences, and to grant injunctions against inequitable ones. Thus, it will be a good defence in an action of ejectrdent, that a party had a contract, although not clothed with a legal title. The setting up of "temporary bars " will not be sanctioned, nor will injunctions be maintained granted on the allega tion of an outstanding legal estate. Nothing, in fact, which Equity can do, will be beyond the powers of the Superior Courts of Common Law; and the maintenance of different tribunals will be a totally unnecessary expense, and the great object will eventually be achieved,—a complete amalgama tion of the different Courts. In the name of the people, we thank Mr. WHITESIDE for this admir able measure ; but we earnestly hope that its operation may be extended to England also. It will, we venture to assert, do more to render the administration of justice pure and above reproach, and to remove the well-founded complaints of the people, than any proposition ever yet brought forward. If Ministers should deal as boldly and comprehensively with other necessary reforms as in those relating to the law, we shall have no cause to regret the removal from office of " The Family Party." D- who DEATH died 0 0 nF ThursdayT E C O N last,T E S S wF Oaa was t:es d a ughterEr Shirley-ho us e , L hi D r al O me N y h oBo T h ufys et i S h no ble eernear marriage a aao ng y y sisterdon , in t the o th e primeprespresent of f L li o f r e d , with the present Earl of Eldon her ladyship has left issue the present youthful Viscount Encombe, and a numerous family of daughters. GRAND DIPLOMATIC BANQUET.—Lord Malmesbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, gave a grand din ner on Saturday evening, at the Foreign-office, Downing street, to the distinguished officers sent by the respective Governments of Spain, Portugal, Russia, Prussia, the Netherlands, Hanover, and Brunswick, to represent them at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. Spain was represented by the Duke d'Osuna, Portugal by the Duke de Terceira, Russia by Prince Gortchakoff, Prussia by Count Nostitz, the Netherlands by Baron d'Omphal, Hanover by Sir Hugh Balked, Brunswick by General Ehriscl len. The Earl of Derby as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Lord Hardinge, as Commander-in- Chief of her Majesty's forces, were present to meet th e illustrious guests. M. Isturitz, Minister of Spain ; Count de Lavradio ' Minister of Portugal ; Ba ron d e B runnow, Minister of Russia ; Chevalier Bunsen, Minister of Prussia - Baron Bentinck, Minister of th e N etherlands Count Kielmansegge,. Minister of Hanover ; and the fol lowing officers, accompanying the principal military re presentatives f their respective Governments, were also present at the banquet, namely, Colonel de Toms, Co lonel de Calvet y Lara, Count de Villa Real, Don Ma nuel de Souza Continho, Count Benkendorff, C olonel Tchernitazy, General de Scharenhost, General de Mas sow, Captain Tindal, Captain Gevers, Colonel Poten, Colonel Mavenholtz, and Colonel Bause. Colonel Corn. wall and Ca ptain Stopford Clavemont, speciallyappointed to attend tfie foreign military officers during their stay in England, were also present, together with Lord Sta n . ley, M.P., a ,nd Mr. Addington, the Under-Secretaries of State for For •eign Affairs. The above distinguished mi. litary officers have been invited by Lord Hardinge, Com mander-in-Chf of of the British Forces, to a grand dinner on Tuesday next. GENERAL PARADE OF THE WHOLE ARMY.—A sight unprecedented, and we may almost safely say, will never be seen again, was presented on Wednesday last, the I . 7th, in the inspection of parties from every regiment in th service by General Lord Hardinge, Commander-in- Ch ief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Goi igh, and a brilliant staff, accompanied by many forekr officers of distinction, at Chelsea Hospital. At 8 o'clock the General Commanding-in-Chief commenced his inspection of the 99th, and went regularly down the open column left in front. It would be invidious per chance to mention individual regiments ; still we cannot resist alluding to those which came under the special notice of the officers inspecting —namely, the Guards and Highland Regiments in the Infantry • the 17th Lancers and 15th Hussars in the Light Cavalry, and the Carbineers ; the 3d and the King's Dragoon Guards in ' the heavy Cavalry. FRIGHTFUL DEATH BY FIRE.--On Saturday morning ' an accident, unfortunately attended with fatal conse quences, occurred to a child, named Jane Greggs, aged eight years, whose friends reside at 18, Orchard-row, Church-road, Stepney. The deceased was left in charge of other children, and during the absence of the mother she got upon a chair to reach something from the mantel shelf, when her dress ignited. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'cLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were estimated at 3,000 bales, of which 500 Ameri can were taken on speculation. The market closed heavily at previous rates. It comprised 100 Egyp tian, at 7d. to 9d. ; 200 Surat, at 4d. to 40. ; and the remainder American. Railway shares were firm. The corn market is dull to-day. The railway meetings announced are as follows : —Killarney Junction, Nov. 30, Dublin ; Leeds Northern, Dec. 1, Leeds ; Royal Swedish, Nov. 22, Gottenburg ; Waterford and Kilkenny, Nov. 26, London Tavern ; West Flanders, Nov. 26, Bruges. The letters by the ship Eagle to the beginning of September, from Melbourne, have been delivered this morning, and are of an interesting character. A railway was projected from the capital to Wil liams Town. A local bank, called the Bank of Victoria, was to be established with a nominal capital of a million sterling. An Austral asian Steam Navigation Company was formed, and a Water Comptuy ; besides the Et tort and one or two other companies. A large Government land sale had taken place at Melbourne, consisting of 100 allotments, on both sides of the river, and very high prices were rea lised, viz., an average of 1,9451. 16s. per acre. A number of successful gold diggers attended, but were unwilling to pay these prices. The tent and store robberies were still pretty frequent at the diggings, and generally took place at night-time. The arrival of the steamer Chusan, and the good news she took out, had caused a rise in the price of gold to 31. Is., and subsequently to 31. ss. and 31. 6s. per ounce. Business in general was good. Articles ofproduce were in demand, and ironmongery and merchandise were sold freely. Guns and pis tols continued to realise full prices, and boots and shoes were in demand. The last-named had been sold at 55 per cent. advance on invoice, and pistols and guns at 50 to 200 per cent. advance. Ameri can flour was at 15/. per ton, and Adelaide 251. per ' I ton. The Legislative Council had had Bills under con sideration in renewal of those about to expire - and the ports, ha r b ours, an d Shi pp i ng Law Consolidation and the Customs Regulation Bills, had passed. A new Tariff Bill had been passed, imposing the fo: lowing duties upon articles of import : Coffee 49 cwt. • Spirits, proof, 49 gallon Cordials, Liqueurs, &c., the strength of which cannot be ascertained, t gallon 0 7 0 Spirits, perfumed, 4gallon 0 7 0 Te 40 lb 0 0 3 Tobacco cigars, and snuff, ti lb 0 2 0 Wine, 49 gallon 0 1 0 All other goods, wares, and merchandise Free. At Mount Alexander, the rain had set in early in August, the creeks were flooded, and the various " claims," with few exceptions, were filled with water, so that mining was interrupted. Later in the month, however, an auspicious change occurred, and there was "no and to the fresh discoveries talke of by the sons of gold in perspective," according to the description o f a lo ca l correspon d en t. At the Spring Gully, one of a party of 3 men earned 30 lbs. weight in less than a month, and satisfied with his luck returned to town. This is the same gully that produced 150 lbs. weight, a few weeks previously. The holes were at an average depth of from 20 to 40 feet. In spite of the previous heavy rains and dreadful state of the roads, numbers were daily reaching Mount Alexander, who had not been in the colony above a week or eight days. Bush ranging was very prevalent. At the " diggings," flour was worth 6/. 10s. and 7/. per bag ; sugar, is. 4d. per lb. ; potatoes, 9d. ; rice, is. ; spades, 7s. ; and soft goods' about 50 per cent. higher than in Melbourne. The Ballarat escort brought down to Geelong 4,000 ounces, and to Melbourne 1,000 ounces, leaving 1,000 ounces behind. Fuel at Geelong was scarce, and very dear. Great jealousy had arisen in consequence of the presumed intention of the Legislature to put in force the order in Council granting leases of crown lands to the squatters, and as the proportion of sold to unsold lands was about 1 to 76, it was con tended that to grant leases would be to hand over the larger portion of the colony to the possession of about 700 squatters. A public meeting had been called on this subject. The English and Australian Copper Company have received advices froth Mr. Brown, their super intendent at Melbourne, to the 24th August, en closing an invoice of a remittance of gold per Eagle to the amount of 1,200 ozs. Mr. Brown was progressing satisfactorily in the purchase of gold dust, and expected to make a regular series of remittances, for which he was amply provided with funds. A letter from Mr. Ellis, one of the Directors of the Australian Gold Mining Association, dated Sydney, 12th August, states : "Erskine Island is very and indubitably rich, and you will see, per advertisement, that we have bought it. Mr. Collett assures me that he will bring down gold within a fortnight. We were `obliged to raise the men's ' wages to 4/. per month, with rations ; but now we have tham bound hand and foot for 12 months. With an in creased capital, dealing in gold between the diggings and Sydney would equally advance the interests of the Com pany, as by its actual extraction." The Stock Market has been influenced still further by the extraordinary news from Australia, as well as by the reduction of the French army. Consols have been quoted at 1001 to 101 for trans fer, and 100 to 101. The New 3-1 per Cents. have been marked 1031 to i, and the 3 per Cents. 1001 to f. The premium on Exchequer Bills has been 70s. to 725., and on India Bonds 80s. pre mium. Foreign stocks are more buoyant by sympathy with the English market. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 51k, and the Deferred 24i to 25. Brazilian Stock is at jO2, and Grenada at 21k. Austrian scrip is at r premium. The Swedish Loans at 1- discount. French 4i per Cents. have been 104 50, with the exchange at 25 25. Dutch 21 per Cents. are 654. The Railway Share Market has been further ad vanced, and a large business is doing in Caledonian, M idland, Oxford and Wolverhampton; and York and North Midland. French Shares are rather fluctuating, and not quite so good. 'ln Gold Mine Shares a larger business is doing. BRIT FUNDS THIS DAY. ( I F Slt ront the official .List.) 2 Business done. Bank Stock l , . , .... , .. - .... ....... .. j : . n .. .. ........................ ! 223 A 3 per Cent. Reduced An' ...... 1001 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOO . New 31 per Cent. Annuities lO3 I Long Annuities, Expir e Exchequer Bills lid. -....---....- 1;;1. . ' Cent ::!!!!!!!............. E . ............. June. 101 100 k 1 £lOOO- ...... ...-. .......... March.io2 80 72 69 Small Austra F l ß ia i n .C E U F s P pe O r li en i t 6 . l4 : ... FUNDS THIS DAY. Dittoßrazilianß Buenos Ditto eno4s iAf perc B ;. o et n hsc d ee6 s n;App.:.e.Account, e. per .n . tn..t.. Cent..... .:.. ... ............... ...... .. .... .. .. 102_96i 7 18 4 5 1) , er s Cent , 74 , 1 1. 106 Da Grenadani s Danish Bonds, Bonds, Ditto Ex. Dec., 18 49, Cou . p m 2ll Ditto Deferred... 10 .. Portuguese 4 per Cent ..• ... Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. PeDmiaonfo6r per re ACecncio:u-n..i:::....*.:1...: 118 i Ditto 43 per Cent..... . ... 101.1 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent ~.. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent .. 511 211_ Ditto New Deferred, 3 percent Spanish Committee Oert, of coup. not fun 3 Swedish Loan .......... French Rentes, 43 per Cent. 1.04 f 50c Ex.2sf 25c Dutch Exchange 23 per Cent 6si Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificat e s ' O'f' THREE DCoitntos°lBA.c.count, D . e . c . ," ............. 160TioCK. ...... . .. 101 ROBBERY OP JEWELLt R y AT CLIFTON.—A very ex tensive robbery of jewell ery wa s effected at Clifton, late on Friday night o r ear l y on Saturday morning. At Sion-place, Clifton, th ere i s a very respectable jeweller's shop kept by a Mrs. Woodhill. At 11 o'clock on Friday night Mrs. Woodhill retked to rest, leaving the shop and premises securely fasten e d, and was in no way alarmed by a n y no i s e d ur i ng th O night. Upon getting up, however, at about half past seven o'clock on Saturday morning, it was discovered that a burglary had, been effected during the night, and that the shop had been plundered of its most valuable con tents, consisting of 100 gold rings, set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies Pear ls ' &c. 30 gold locket s , 39 gold pencil-case s , a large , num ber of silver pencil-cases, 5 gold chains, 3 gold necklaces, upwards of 100 gold and silver brooches, a large number o f gold pins , set with pceci ous stone ; and a quantity of gold and silver guard-chains. The burguhrs gained access by climing MORE COTTON FROR I NDIA. —Mr. Fleming, Secretary t a h w en a c l e l at the tthheebsahcokp. As of th e Premises, then dro ppi n g into the yard and b raaking through t h e pan t r y w i n d ow , an d y e t there is no clue toithe dis covery of the perpetrators. to the Manchester Commercial Association, received ad vices from the Secratary to the Honourable East India Company, on Saturday morning, that the Court of Directors had instructed Mr. Wm. Rathbone, of Liver pool, to forward t o hi m f or sale in Manchester two con signments of cotton ; one amounting to MO bales, per Chancellor, and the other to more than 1,000 per Loch Lomond, shipped at Bombay. These are the largest consignments yet made of cotton grown under 'the ex periments making in India to encourage its cultivation there, and they consist chiefly of Dharwar cotton raised from New Orleans seed, the growth of 1850-51. There are, however, amongst this cotton some few bales grown at Schwan and Hyderabad (Scinde), Candeish, and Kursaehee. - - - LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DA Y .) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF ACHILLI V. NEW MAN.---CRIMINAL INFORMATION. It being understood that judgment would be moved for in this case to-day, the court was crowded at an early hour. Dr. Newman was present in court accom panied by the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and Mr. Monsell, M.P., and Mr. Bowyer, M.P. The Earl of Carlisle, and Mr. Howard, M.P., were seated on the bench. The galleries of the court were also crowded. The Attorney-General, the Solictor-General, and Mr, Ellis appeared for the prosecution, Sir A. Cockburn, Mr, Serjeant Wilkins, Mr. Baddely, and Mr. Addison ap. peared for the defendant. On the sitting of the court, the Attorney-Genera moved that judgment be passed upon the defendant, Dr. Newman. Lord Campbell said, he thought the report of the trial must be read, in order to put his learned brethren in pos- session of the facts of the case. The libel, the justification, and the notes of the tria' were then read, and were not concluded when we wens to press. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. The first sessions of the Central Criminal Court during the present Mayoralty, were opened this morning by the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Fairbrother and Carden, Sheriffs Carter and Croll, and other civic func tionaries. The grand jury having been sworn and selected their foreman, The Recorder proceeded to deliver his charge, ob serving that, though the calendar presented no unusual number of cases, there were several charges of a very grave description ; and while, on the one hand, there was happily a diminution of offences of violence against ' the person—such as cutting and wounding, and the use of dangerous implements, which too frequently came before that court—he regretted to say that, on the other hand, there was more than the ordinary number of cases in which life had been destroyed. There were no less than four serious charges of murder, and one very grave case of manslaughter. With the exception of one of these, none appeared to him to present ,any legal difficulty, and therefore it would be unnecessary to detain the grand jury by making any observations upon them. That one case was a charge against a man named Horler, for the murder of his wife, and if the evi dence brought before them was at all like that which appeared in the depositions, he feared they would have no doubt of the prisoner's guilt, and that they would feel it their duty to find a bill against him. One of the other three cases, was of that class which had lately be come very frequent, viz..:—the murder of a child by its mother. Whether any encouragement had been given to this description of crime, which he could not readily believe, by the mercy which perhaps was too often shown by judges and juries, he could not venture to say, but it was lamentable to find that so many among the female of the population of the country brought themselves into a state of disgrace by a fiendish disposi tion to destroy their offspring. They would have to deal with this case like any other charge of murder, and if they were satisfied that the child was born alive, which was the principal question, and that the prisoner caused its death, it would also be their duty to return a true bill. There was another case in which a woman was accused with the destruction of her offspring, but it would probably assume the charge of manslaughter— that being the shape in which it was presented by the verdict of the coroner's jury. It appeared that the ac cused party concealed her condition, and denied that she was with child until the last moment, and made no provision whatever for the birth. From the appearance of a cupboard, where she was seen to go by her fellow-servants, it was supposed she had been secretly delivered, and a search being made, the infant was found, with very little on it, in the yard of the house. If a person so delivered, deliberately exposed the child in some unfrequented place, where it was not likely to be discovered for the purpose of causing death, she would' be guilty of manslaughter and not murder ; but if the circumstances merely showed gross neglect or careless ness, or that the mother placed the child in a spot where it was likely to be seen, and to receive succour from other hands, without any wish to destroy its life, then that would not be murder, though it would unquestionably amount to the crime of manslaughter. There was another case of murder, in which a young woman was committed for destroying a child which was not her own. The charge was originallyfor administering corrosive fluid with intent to do grievous bodily harm, but the child had since died, and the case would now be brought before them in the form of murder. The remaining case was one in which a young man was charged with pouring corrosive fluid on a young woman with whom he had illicit connection. Under the statute, pouring vitriol, or any other fluid of that kind, on the person of another, with the intention either of disfiguring or doing grievous bodily harm, constituted a felony, and was punishable as such. The Recorder, before remitting the Grand Jury to the discharge of their duties, said though he did not go the length of saying that the Grand Jury should be entirely abolished, he thought their services might be dispensed with in many of those cases which had been fully investigated before a magistrate. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The November general assizes for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning before Mr. Sergeant Adams, assistant-judge, and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar contains the names of 42 prisoners for trial, six of which are misdemeanours. William Donovan, aged 18, was indicted for stealing a coat, the property of John Puckeridge. The case was fully proven, and the prisoner having been several times before convicted, the assistant-judge stated that he was much better out of the country, and sentenced him to be transported beyond the seas for seven years, George Williams, aged 19, was indicted for stealing, on the night of the 13th of this month, a handkerchief, of the value of 6d., the property of a man unknown, from his person. The case having been proved, the assistant judge sentenced him to be transported for seven years. Martin Moore was found guilty of stealing a jacket and other articles, the property of Augustus Edward Dalzell Morris, from a vessel called the Marion, in the port of London, and was sentenced to three calendar months' hard labour in the House of Correction. THE ROYAL LONDON MILITIA.—The Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the City of London assembled on Fri day last at the Artillery-ground, in the City-road, to inspect the regiment upon the completion of its drill. The field-officers present were Colonel Thompson, Lieu tenant-Colonel Wilson, and Major Macall. The men went through their exercise in a most creditable manner, and to the perfect satisfaction of the Commissioners, who expressed themselves highly gratified with the orderly conduct and general appearance of the men, whom they presented, upon quitting the ground, with a substantial acknowledgment of their approval. There were two large tents erected in the field, which proved most useful to the men during the heavy rains which have taken place within the last 21 days. It was stated to the Com missioners that the men had attended places of public worship on the Sundays, and had been much commended by the clergy for their exceedingly good conduct. One company went to St. Peter's, Cornhill, where each man was presented with a Prayer-book. Another attended the church of St. Stephen, Coleman-street ; a third at tended the church in Basinghall-street ; a fourth in the Meeting-house in Bunhill-row ' • and 80 went to the Roman Catholi c c h a p e l in Moorfields. Each company was under the command of its respective officers. They paraded before church, and marched back to parade at the conclusion of divine service. The Lieutenant-Colonel, with the staff and company of the Grenadiers, attended each Sunday at St. Stephen's, Coleman-street. Some of the young soldiers had, we understand, given up from 20s. to 255. a week to receive 16d. a day for 21 days, in order to qualify themselves in the event of any emer gency. The regiment has very able officers, in the per sons of Major Macall, Captain Prior, Captain Ilemsle and other gentlemen who had been before in her Majesty's service, so that it is looked upon as extremely efficient. THE ADELAIDE SCREW STEAMER.—On Saturday this splendid vessel, built by Mr. Scott Russell for the Au stralian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, ra n her trial trip from Gravesend, and, we are glad to say, fulfilled all the expectations entertained of her. The weather was extremely unpropitious, but nevertheless the chairman, Mr. W. Hawes, the directors, and a numerous party of friends were present. We understand that the maximum, speed attained was 121 knots per hour, and that the Admiralty Inspectors present consider the results the greatest hitherto obtained from the screw propeller. THE SIX-MILE -BRIDGE VERDICT.—The Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, was crowded from an early hour on &tun. day morning in anticipation that judgmenlwould be given, on the motion of the Attorney-General, to quash the verdict and proceedings of the coroner's jury at the Six mile-bridge inquest. The public were, however, again disappointed—temporarily at least—as the Chief-Justice, on taking his seat, notified that the long exnected de cision would be promulgated on Tuesday morning next. AUSTRALIA.—The Sapphire has arrived from Sydney, whence she sailed the 15th of July with 14,868 ounces of gold, valued at about 60,0001. The passage of the Eagle, which has also been telegraphed off Margate, with 600,000/. in gold from Port Phillip in 76 days, is believed to be without precedent. The Eagle, from Port Philip, is reported off Margate, with dates to the Bth of September, and 150,000 ounces of gold on board. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 20, The following had Ole honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Duc de Brabant, and the Comte de Flandres ; the Prince of Leiningen, the Prince and Princess of .Hohenlohe Lan genburg, and the Princess Adelaide and Prince Her mann of Hohenlohe ; the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Sir George Couper, Colonel de Moerke r ke, an d the Comte de Briey. The Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Prince Hermann, and Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe, left the Castle this forenoon for the Continent. The Duchess of Atholl arrived at the Castle this after. noon on a visit to the Queen. Viscount Hardinge and Lord Cowley are expected to arrive to-morrow. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty this day :—The Duchess of Kent, the Due de Bra bant and the Comte de Flandres, the Prince of Leiningen and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duchess a Atholl, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Colonel de Moerkerke, the Count de Briey, Sir Robert Carswell, and Sir James Clark. Her Majesty and Prince Albert inspected this day two drawings by Mr. Joseph Nash of the lying in state of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington, and of the funeral ceremony in St. Paul's Cathedral, and were gra ciously pleased to express their approbation of them. NOVEMBER 2 The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Adelaide of Hoheulohe, and the Prince of Leiningen, with the ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Duchess of Atholl also attended the service. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell officiated. A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Cawdor, Lord Milford, Mr. J. H. Philipps, Mr. Coffin, and Sir George Tyler, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole on Saturday at the Home-office. Viscount St. Vincent had an interview on Saturday with Sir John Pakington at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Enniskillen had also an interview with the right hon. baronet on Saturday. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street. Viscount Hardinge had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman on Saturday. The Duke of Rutland, Lord Bateman, and Mr. Charles Turner, had interviews on Satu r d a y w ith M r . S ecre t ar y Walpole. _ _ Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the Australian colonies. MR. DISRAELI AND M. TRIERS. o 10 0 0 7 0 TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES, Sir,—As the writer of the article of July 4, in the Morning Chronicle, from which Mr. Disraeli is charged with having taken a passage of his panegyric upon the late Duke of Wellington, I think it but just to that gentleman to exonerate him entirely from this unfounded accusation. It is more than ten years ago since Mr. Disraeli first mentioned to me this very striking eulogium of the military character, which he remembered having read 15 years before in a French review. Having subsequeutly discovered that this article was by no less a, personage than M. Thiers, I made use of the quotation in some comments on Frencb military statesmen. It is therefore but fair to state that, instead of Mr. Disraeli being indebted to the Morning Chronicle for the passage in question, the Morning Chronicle was in debted to Mr. Disraeli.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, 68, Harley-street, Nov. 21. GEORGE SYDNEY SMYTHE. HAYMARKET THEATRE, A new two-act comedy, entitled Masks and Faces, the joint production of Mr. Tom Taylor, and Mr. Charles Reade, was produced on Saturday evening. The prim cipal character in the piece is the celebrated Peg Woffington, whose wit and fascination during her theatri cal career, about the middle of the last century, brought around her so many fashionable flatterers, and gave her so much importance among the players of the period. The comedy is altogether a work of great cleverness, and contains some admirable situations, while the dra matic interest seldom relaxes. The traditional liveliness of Peg Woffington, Lthe antique gallantry of Colley Cib ber, now bent and palsied with years, the coarse glut tony of Quin, and the professional impertinence of Kitty Clive, are all delineated with sharpness and skill ; while the poor garret author, the critics Snarl and Soaper, and the town beau, Pomander, may be readily accepted as types of people who flourished at this particular epoch of our dramatic history. The sentiment of the time, in a word, is ably reflected. The dialogue is sprightly and pointed, and the humour easy and natural in its tone. The authors, again, have laboured strenuously to give force and substance to an amiable and sugges tive moral. Amid all her gaieties of temperament, Peg Woffington ponders on the social degradation of her calling. She feels that she is an outlaw, and she bitterly resents the prejudice. She wears the mask of cheerfulness, but her heart is torn with emo tion ; and while exposed to the insults of profligacy and the slanders of " respectability," she preserves her tive honesty, notwithstanding the perpetual provocation she has to do wrong, and the little credit she gets for doing right. The possibility of an actress being actuated by the virtues and integrities of humanity is set forth with pregnant emphasis. The comedy was capitally performed. Mrs. Stirling, as Peg, presented an unrivalled picture of the shrewd laughing actress, and how, amid the tinsel and artificiali ties of her existence, she was still animated by the best charities of human nature. The Triplett of Mr. Web ster was equally excellent. The scene in the garret, with the sickly wife and the starving children, the wan and dilapidated author, blinded with tears at the household misery, which he cannot alleviate, vainly essaying to write a comedy, was eminently affecting. The part of Mabel Vane, the gentle wife, whose unsophisticated nature vanquishes the conven tionalisms of a life of artificiality and insincerity, was prettily filled by Miss Rosa Bennett ; and Mr. Leigh Murray personated the imperturbable man of fashion,' Sir Charles Pomander, with the requisite heartlessness, indifference, and sang froid. Among the minor sketches that of the Colley Cibber of ,Mr. Lambert was the most noticeable; while the bitter and sardonic strictures of the critic, Snarl were delivered with measured and searching acrimony by Mr. Stuart. Mr. Parselle, Mr. James Bland, and Mrs. Leigh Murray were the repre sentatives of the other characters ; and there was also Miss Fanny Maskell, a debutante on the London boards, whose personal appearance is in her favour. The comedy was quite successful, and at the fall of the curtain the call for the actors was universal. TErt COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.—The General Command ing-in-Chief,l Viscount Hardinge, has issued invitations for a grand dinner to-morrow evening, in Stanhope street, to the foreign general officers who came over to attend the Duke of Wellington's funeral. THE DUKE'S HORSE COPENHAGEN.—Lady Catherine, the dam of the horse, was the charger o f th e M ars h a l , then Major-General, Grosvenor at the siege of Copen hagen, who, on his return thence, received the thanks of the House of Commons, in company with his asso ciate, Sir Arthur Wellesley, on the Ist of February, 1808, both Generals being members of the house. The mare gave birth soon after to a colt foal, which, hi memory of the event, was named Copenhagen, and was reared by General Grosvenor. The horse went after wards into other hands before he became the favourite charger of the illustrious man we have lost. THE DUKE'S PRIVATE CARRIAGES. —The carriages which followed in the funeral procession on Thursday last, belonging to the late Duke, struck the spectators on account of their antiquity of appearance in respect to decoration and form. The fact is, the Duke never would have any new carriages after he had purchased the equipages for his embassy to Paris in 1815. He found that those which he possessed then answered his purpose Very well; and as he seldom went out in the daytime excepting on horseback, he did not care for appearance at night. Indeed, he generally made use of a brougham for evening visits.—United Service Gazette. DECORATIONS OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.— The various orders and decorations of the late Duke of Wellington, which were exhibited at the lying in state at Chelsea Hospital, will be on view at Messrs. Gerrard's Panton-street, Haymarket, in the course of this week. The decorations will be exhibited in a large glass case, upon black velvet, the batons being placed in front. At the top is the unpretending-looking Order of the Garter, and near this is a decoration which is unique, being the only one of the kind ever conferred, the Collar of Victory, presented to the Duke by George the Fourth ; it is of massive gold, and on the medallion shields which are interspersed among the other ornaments are inscribed the names of the several victories won by the Duke. In a corner bn the right, almost too small to be observed, is the Duke's favourite badge, the Waterloo medal, which he wore on most public occasions, and which is precisely similar to that worn by the common rank and file of the army. Below hangs a broad blue faded-looking ribbon, to which many interesting associations are attached, as the relic of a dynasty long passed and almost forgotten. It is the celebrated cordon bleu of the Bourbons—the Order of St. Esprit, the star and badge of which, set in diamonds, is valued at thirty thousand pounds. THE DUKE'S HATCHMENT.—On last Saturday after noon the final act of the great hero's obsequies was per formed by Messrs. Banting and Son, the undertakers, in placing the funeral hatchment of Wellington in the front of his Grace's mansion, Apsley-house. It is fixed under the grand portico, and immediately over the line of the entrance door. The whole field of the escutcheon is sable, thereby indicating the demise of de b c o e t a h se husband someusband and wife, the late Duchess having been years. This will correct •an error which has b een published in some of the cheaper engravings of his Grace's shield, which represents only one half of it hi black. Yesterday, all day, numbers of passers by stopped to read the motto, " Fortune the companion of valour," whilst little groups formed here and there, to discuss the life of Wellington. THE ARMY.—The times are now gone by when the veriest demagogue could convince his audience that our army officers are a set of ouer-fed, over-paid scions of a Pa mpered aristocracy. We ai e very confid en t t h atwe are understating the case when we say that the circum stances of two-thirds of the officers in our Army List are not such as would make them obj ec t s o f envy to any person who is earning some 4001. or 500/, as the annual reward of his exertions.—Tinta. MARKET NEWS-{THIS DAY)• CORN EXCHANGE. were The leading country markets held on Saturday fairly supplied with home grown wheat, the general qua lity of which was very inferior. Selected samples Wer e steady and quite as dear ; but other kinds met a dull sal e ' Barley sold heavily, at drooping currencies. Malt, oats' beans, peas, a n d fl our were mos tly taken in retail, yet Ile actual decline was submitted to in prices. The latest ad v i ces f rom NewaYork state that both w hey and flour were in good request, at higher currencies. 1 11 the Continental markets, a steady, but by to business is doing i n mos t ar ti c l es , c hiefly for shipment England. no means acti ve Up to our market l as t wee k the arrivals of Eng lish wheat, barley, and other grain were very moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 15,089 quarters of 2,866 barley, 17,081 oats, 2,312 beans, 2,578 peas, linseed, 2,109 rapeseed, 20 mustard-seed, 145 sundry see''' 273 sacks, and 12,885 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise, the ant" vale of wheat from Essex and Kent were comparativeli: small, and in very inferior condition. From the east coal they were very limited, and mostly unfit for mill ers a purposes. By land carriage a few parcels came to WI f from the midland counties, and the Show of samples et. both red and white was by no means extensive. The a tendanco of both town and country buyers being small , th° demand for all kinds of wheat and home p ro duce ha ve ruled very inactive. However, the few fine samples o f offer produced fully last Monday's prices ; but the val ue other kinds was barely supported. For forward delivery very little was doing, bu t the growers refused to submit to lower rates. With foreign wheat we were tolerably well, but no t say say heavily supplied. The sales were wholly confilla u Z, immediate wants, but we have no change to notice in """ quotations. ode' Floating cargoes of wheat, off Falmouth, were in m ode- rate request, chiefly on Irish account. No alteration ir observed in prices. We were very moderately supplied with barley. T he o re f was rather more inquiry for malting parcels, the iraiu e which was steadily supported. Grinding and distillfoe sorts were a slow inquiry at late rates. The malt trade was dull, yet factors were firm in their demands. Ao being The supply of oats on the increase, the oat t ribu was dull, at a decline of 6e. per quarter. English beans were quite as dear as last week ; but foreigli parcels were much neglected. A of White peas gave way is. per qu ar t er . I n the 11°1- grey and maple no change took place. P rig The flour trade was inacti ve , an d th e nom i na l top P of English was 40s. per 2801bs. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier .... 60110 634 Oats Yorkshire and :,31 Lincolnsh.. Seed 161 3 „,, 11 Potato ...... .• • • • Youghal and Cork, 144 Black. ...• • • 101 54 Cork, White . ,•• 30 Scotch, Feed. •• • • 2 ." 30 Beaus—Tick 3 0 ' di Pigeons .......• 3 6 ' 3 0 Peas—Grey ?' 30 Maple ...........3 1 ' 311 White..........• 2 3 ' 40 Boilers 36 if s Flour—Town-made. •• 37 ' :5‘ Suffolk 29 Stockta & Norfolk 300 Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red neW 35s to 41s Ditt0........ old 40s 52s Ditto, White new 38a 4.5 Ditto old 448 55s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 428 46s Ditto, new ...... 31s 41s R)e—Old .......... • . 315 32s New............. 31s 33s fleecy—Grinding 26s 28s Malting . .. 31 s 3?s Chevalier 33s 35s &fait—Suffolk and Nor folk 643 58s Brown ......... 46s 52s Kingston and Ware 53s 60s SMITHFIELD. toc Since this day se'nnight, the arrivals of foreign k; . ,, - 0 1 into London have been on a very moderate scale. The '''' $ t ditto supply has amounted to 4,873 head, against 7 , 036 . the corresponding period in 1851; 6,191 ditto in 1 °""' 5,587 in 1849; 4,261 in 1848; and 3,193 in 1847. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Tonningen 227 ... 114 . . Hamburgh ... ... Antwerp — Harlingen 152 ... 1,200 ... Ostend. ..... ... 144 ... Nieu Diep 39 ... 1,122 Dordt ..... 79 ... Rotterdam 264 ... 1,215 ... Calves. Pig/. ''' 31 25 • - 1 •• • 0 . 226 • • •,,,, 54 T0ta1....... 761 ... 3,800 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under 0. Beasts. Sheep. Lamb s . Calves. 64 1851 1,538 ... 4,867 357 ... g o/ 2 1850 1,772 ... 3,844 ... 348 ••• 1849 1,097 ... 4,138 230 .•• 1848 948 ... 3,173 ... 140 1847 714 ... 2,345 134 .•• We were tolerably well, but not to !say extensively ° i l; plied with foreign stock to-day. Its general qua lity a , very inferior, yet the whole of the supply changed ba ll at full prices. 20 The arrivals from Ireland last week, amounted to beasts and 150 pigs, direct by sea. est i From our own grazing districts, the receipts of be b rt fresh up this morning were seasonably good as to nurf. :be but very deficent in quality. Notwithstanding th, 3 ,',de weather was unfavourable for slaughtering, the 'Neel '`i et l —as the attendance of buyers was tolerably good—r u g steady at prices quite equal to those obtained on Aren„,l last. The primest Scots readily produced 4s per 81b0, a good clearance was obtained. tory From Lincolnshire Leicestershire, and NortharaP,. shire, we received 2,500 short-horns ; from other parts o England, 500 Herefords, runts, Devon, &c. ; and ~..„ Scotland, 160 horned and polled Scots. SV O Compared with Monday last, the supply of sheep good, and in fair average condition. For all kinds We .d a steady, but by no means active inquiry, at full rates s, currency. The primest old Downs sold at 4s 6d, per 8 1 1: w Calves—The arrivals of which were small, sold steao i " at full currencies. We were fairly supplied with pigs, yet the sale for til e° was tolerably firm at late rates. 258 ... Per 281bs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Inferior It/lasts ...2 2to 2 4 Second quality ...2 6 3 0 Prime large oxen 3 2 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. 310 4 0 Inferior sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8, Prime coarso-w11d.3 10 4 21 ti. s. d. s. 6 p'me Southdown 4 4 4 6 Largo case. calves 2 8 3 , 0 Prime small do 3 8 4 6 Large hogs 210 3 Small porkers 3 8 , 1 3 10° Suckling calves 20 0 2 -„ 0 ,Quarter old pigs 18 0 2:` TOTAL SUPPLY, Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs ... ,776 i,150 211 365 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs ... FOREIGN SUPPLY 5 84 4 jp . ... J statement and comparison of the supplies and prices o o stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Mark n 3, Monday, Nov. 24, 1851, and thi s d a y, M on d a y, Nov 1852. Per 81hs, to sink the offals. Nov. 17,1851 N0v.1 5,19 1, 5 . (1. o a • 4 2 2to 0 2 6 S 3 2 0 310 , 4 3 0 S 3 6 310 1 4 6 4 4 3 6 28 " 0 3 8 ; 1 3 6 2 10 10 " 3 8 s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 2to 2 4 Second quality ditto ... 2 6 2 8 Prime large oxen ... ... 310 3 4 Prime Scots, &c ... 3 6 3 8 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 2 8 210 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 0 3 6 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 3 8 310 Prime Southdown ditto 4 0 4 2 Large coarse calves 8 3 4 Prime small ditto ... 3 6 3 8 Large hogs 2 6 3 6 Neat small porkers ... 3 8 310 Beasts... 4,768 Sheep ... ... 27,890 Calves... ... ... 227 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Nov. 25, 1850.—Beasts, 4 23,420 ; calves, 131; pigs, 390. Nov. 26, 1849.—Beasts; 4,220; sheep, 25,750; pigs, 290. 1,343 ; sbeeP calves, I°s; NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. a nd Notwithstanding that the supplies of both town t he country-killed meat continue seasonably extensive , sur general demand is steady, and the cur r e nc i es ar e vr° ll ported. Per 281bs by tho carcase. s. d. a. d. .2 0 2 4 .2 6 2 8 210 3 2 .3 4 3 6 ,2 6 3 6 C l s. d. 10 Mutton, Inferior 2 8 6 Do.,middling 3 21 0 Do., prime 3 8 I I) Veal 2 8 0 Do., small 3 8 3 Beef, inferior Do.,middling Do., prime large Do., do. small Veal BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. o fe Full average time-of-year supplies of potatoes arrived coastwise, but th e i r general condition is The imports are 170 to ns f rom R ouen, 80 ditto from '`eto, 93 bags from Harlingen, 18 ditt o f rom Hambro, 10 it 237 bags, and 2 casks from R o tt er d am, and 4 b as kets P O . do Antwerp. Selected qualities are s t ea dy, an d qu i te 00, od. Otherwise the demand is in a sluggish state.--Kenv s sa Essex regents, 85 to 1103 per ton ; ditto shaws, 75 0 t ° 12 00; ditto middlings 60s to 75s • York regents, 85s t°,_ g 00; Scotch ditto, 80s to 90s; Lincolnshire ditto, 788 l'" foreign, GOs to 80s. WOOLb oa r For most kinds of English wo o l, w e h ave a steadf tio s• ket, but no change has tak en pl ace i n th e q uota' yeti Colonial and foreign qualities are dull, yet holders 2, 1' e 1 , 61 firm. The imports into Lond on l as t wee k we re TVitto bags from Hambro' , 220 bales from Bomb a y, and 1" from Adelaide. BOROUGH HOP. - • J.Le tat" Sussex Hops continue in good request, a t fully' ai d advance in the quotations. Most other kinds are firms es: quite as dear. The show of samples is by no toe 3 , - 101 0 tensive. Present rates as under :—Middli ng and E0 ,0 " 8 0 0 to pockets, 86s to 150 s per cwt • Weald of Kent ditto , to 908; Sussex ditto, 75s to 84a. SEEDS. For delivery next year, 15,000 quarters of Black 1 1.0 6 seed have been sold at 435, all charges included. F o e active at 42s to 429 6 to d for East India on passag e ' s O r° cakes hrm, at 4/. 15s 5/. per ton. Most o ther arti cle quite as dear as last week. Canary, 38s to ; sowing, 54s to 48s ; ditto crushing, 45s to 50a. TALLOW. tin active, and prices are Our market continues very the advance, although the stock is upwards 0 ~/0 6 0 casks . To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is q uoted at,'h ; to 47s 9d per cwt. Town tallow - 47 s per cwt. nets rough fat, 2s 6d per 81b. Particulars, 1852—Stock this las t 41,831; price of Y.C., 47s 6d to 47s 9d; deliverf s las t week, 2,917 ; ditt o f rom J une I s t, 45 , 691; ri a rriv f 3 t o wn , week, 1,735 ; ditt o f rom J une I s t, 46,894 • p 49s 3d. ce o. rice of Y. C. .... i Particular, Nov. 22. . -- --------- rt , . 2. 1848. 1849. 1850. 18 -- 51. ..>,....... —.--- --- S eek this day ...... 31,703 43.231 50.923 68,140 ®d --- t0 455 0q 0 0 4 j 3070,01dt0 3Dsld3d to to 37337334 --- Ditto from June I .... 3,889 44,3 41 D 4 4, ...... eliverylast week .. 2,356 2 . 894 1,791 3, 134 .... krrivals last week .. 347 5,084 1,382 1 . 32 8 ...- Ditto from June 1 ... 7 5 , 652 62 , 099 70,347 76, 32, ..., "rico of Town ••• • .. 473 64 39 s 61 393 64 394 6.1 0 011. STATEMENT OF TALLOW SLIMIN G AT ST. ?JETZT-- an 3 45,06 4 720 —,A DESPERATION.—The W lady., ilt s hire Independent has t,h,, following advertisement :---" M atrimony. 3 years of age, of independent circumstances, residing.,ll :5_ 3; London, is desirous of forming an acquaior ntan e purlx/w ce Nvi u gentleman of- undoubted reapectability, fth of a matrimonial alliance." • tho at th a t o 1 jut kss! Aol do