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passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of her present Ma jesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to alter and ex end an Act passed in the first year of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, in- Waled " An Act for regulating and improving the Borough of New castle-upon-Tyne." " The Newcasttle-npon-Tyne Port Act, 1845." " The River Tyne Improvement Act, 1850." " The Tyne Improve ment Act, 1852." " The North Shields Quay Act, 1851." " The Blyth and Tyne Railway Act, 1852," and all other Acts relating to the River Tyne, An Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for making and maintaining a Railway from the Town of Newcastle npon-Tyne in the County of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, with a Branch thereont, in the County of Northumberland." An Act passed in the third year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, instituted " An Act to amend the Act relating to the Newcastle-open-Tyne and North Shields Railway, and to ra?se a further corn of money for the purposes of the said tindertaliirg." "The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway Act, (Tynemouth Extension, &c.,) one thousand eight hundred and forty-five," and the several Acts relating to the York. Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company (lately called the York and Newcastle Railway Company, and originally the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Com Any), passed respectively in the 3rd, sth, 6th ,7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, 11th. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th years of the reign of Her present Majesty, Queen Victoria, and also two several Acts, relating to the lately dissolved Company, called the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, passed re spectively in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of Her present Ma jesty, Queen Victoria, and all other Acts relating to the said New castle and North Shields Railway Company, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, and York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, respectively, and their several undertakings: And Notice is a , sc, given, that duplicate plans and sections, describing the lines, situations, and levels, of the said intended Railways, Docks, and other works, and the lands, houses, and property, through which the ame are intended to be made, or which may be taken under the powers of deviation before mentioned, together with books of refer ence to the said plans, containing the names of the owners, or reputed owners, lessees, or reputed lessees. and occupiers of such lands, houses, and other property, as also a published map to a scale of not less than half an inch to a mile, with the lines of the said in tended Railways delineated thereon, so as to show their general course and direction, and a cony of this notice, as published in the " London Gazette," will be deposited for public inspection, on or before the 30th day of November instant, with the clerk of the peace for the county of Northumberland, at his office, at Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; and with the clerk of the peace for the county of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at his office, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and that a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of reference, as relates to each of the several parishes before mentioned with a copy of this notice, as published inuhe " London Gazette," will be deposited on or before the said 30th day of November instant, with the respective parish clerks of the said parishes respectively, at their respective residences, and that copies of the said bill, as proposed to be introduced into Parliament, will be deposited on or before the 31st day of December next, in the Private Bill-office of the House of Commoas. LIETCH & KEWNEY, North Shields; GRAHAME, WEEMS, & GB tHAMZ, Westminster. November 1,1852. RAPID STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. THE ADELAIDE, 1850 Tons, and 450 Horse power, G. W. Jackson, Commander, will be in the East India Docks on Monday, and ready for inspection by Intending passengers on Wednesday, the Ist December. To be viewed by order wily. This fine steam-ship will leave London on the 9th, and Plymouth on the 11th December, and is confidently expected to make the pas sage out in not exceeding 65 days. As most of the second-class berths are engaged, and a large num ber of the first also, early application is recommended to the under signed, of whom all further particulars as to freight ana passage„ And orders to view, may be obtained. CrIAItLE3 WA LTOY, Jun., 17, Gracechurch73treet, Agent to the Au - itraliau Royal Mail ;team Navigation Company.. r_trzoN-11 R. IL PRINCE ALBERT, "ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXIIIRITION. —An OPTICAL and USICAL I!",LUSTRATION of "A MI ()AMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," the Words from Shakspere, the Music by Dorn, Stevens, Henry West, Bishop, and Dr. Cooke, every Evening, except Satur lay, at Half-past Nine.—LECTURE by Mr. Crispe on BALLOONING and the PRCSPEC.TA of AERIAL NAVIGATION, illustrated by a beautiful Model of POITEVIN , . PAR %CHUTE, GREEN'S GUIDE ROPE, DIAGRAMS. &c.—LECTURES by J. 11. Pepper, Esq.. on MEMIqTRY, and by Dr. Bachheffner on FRICTIONAL ELEC TRICITY, illustrated by the HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE.— DISSOLVING VIEWA, with Vocal and Instrumental ecompanl ment,lncluding Views of WAL MER CAS TLE, WALME R CH CRC tf.., Erc. Admission, Is. ; Schools and ChHdrn under ten years of age, 6d. each. THO.MAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—The publication in Eliza's Cook's Journal of" Lines writte I at Kensall-green Cemetry," has induced numerous readers to express an earnest de sire to assist in raising a fund for the purpose of placing a memorial over the remains of " Poor Hood." Many a burst of merriment has echoed above " Hood's Comic Annual," from the lips of all classes. For many a year lie cheered oar Christmas firesides with racy humour, that never wearied by Its frivolity nor offended by its coarseness. Far and wide was he known as the Poet of Mirth: but the higher development of his genius and the nobler purpose of his muse were shown in such glorious hymns as " The Song of the Shirt" and the " Bridge of Sighs." These who have read either of these poems will acknow ledge that rich a man deserves to have a mark upon his sleeping place, so that it ma, be nand wit out the help of a grave-yard servant, and all who have laughed at his inimitable wit, or sighed over his human tenderness, are now earnestly solicited to spare what they can in aid of a purpose which is alike praiseworthy In the Wing and due to the dead. . _ • „.._. At the request of the committee, Miss Eliza Cook has consented to be Treasurer to the fund, and Mr. John Watkins to be Honorary Secretary. Subscriptions will be received by Mr. William StrudwiCke, at the Whittington Club, Artmdt I-street, Strand; at the office of Eliza Cook's Journal, 3, Raquet-court. Fleet-street; by Miss Eliza Cook, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury ; and by Mr. John Watkinsr 34, Parilament-street, Westminster. Post-office orders may be made payable to the Treasurer or Sec. The following Contributions have been received : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K G.•• • • 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, 31. P....... 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P 5 0 0 James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Abbey 5 0 0 Dawson, Esq., M.D..... ••• • • • ........ 5 0 0 George Peabody, Esq.... • • ... 5 5 0 Edward Moorman, Esq. .......... ..... . 0 0 Messrs. Spalding and Hodge—. .• .• .......... 5 5 0 Miss Eliza Cook Miss Cushman.— .........• ..... ••• • • • 5 0 Sirs. Robert Elliott... • ....... ....,....... 5 0 0 David salomons, E5q............ Samuel Roger.. E5q...................... ... 3 0 0 Elias Davis, Esq.. 3 3 0 Charles Lushington, Esq. • 3 0 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere •• • • •... 2 0 0 Sir James Duke, Bert., M.?..... • .... 2 2 0 Douglas Jerrold, E:q.... T. K. Hervey, Esq. •• •••• • • • - B. W. Procter, Esq. ' (Barry Cornwall) ........ 2 2 0 Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office •..... 2 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. C. W. Mike, jun.. Esq.... • • 2 2 0 Edward Moxon, Esq .. • • Frederick Maspratt, Esq., Liverpool .. Frederick Heath, E5q......................... 2 2 0 Cox, Brothers, and Wyman ..... ..... 2 2 0 Adam Rivers Steele, Esq.• • • .... • James Coppock, Esq...• • Murdo Young, Esq. . • Murdo Young, jun.. 10s. 6d. ; Miss Young, 10s. 6d. ; Miss C. Young, 109.6 d.; Miss F. Young, Mrs. Theodora Martin (Miss Helen Faucit) 2 2 0 Francis F t ennech, E5q..... ... •.• • • ... .. 2 2 0 D. B. Major, Esq, • • ...... ••• • . • .. ••• • .. 2 2 0 Edwin Brown, Esq., Coventry ..... •.. 2 0 0 Charles Conway, Esq., Pontncwydd 2 0 0 Jas. Wyld, Esq., 20s. ; Mrs. Wyld, 10s.; Master and Miss Wyld, 10s. .. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Herbert Williams, Esq., and Mrs. H. Williams Young men at Sirnpkin and Marshall's, per Mr. Treadwell •• • 1 5 6 The Right Hon. the Earl of Car1i51e.......... 1 1 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans.— 1 1 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. 1 1 0 The Right Hon. Lord Brougham •..•• •• • . J. W ... 1 1 0 E. Wright, late of the Adelphi ••• • • . ...... 1 1 0 In half crowns from Manchester 1 2 6 In half crowns from Preston ..... •. • • ..... 1 0 0 In other same £303 18 0 Future subscriptions will be announced in The Times and other papers. Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Jour nal. JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec. JIIVENILE CLOTHING. In former times Houses of high pretensions paid but little at . tention to styles of JUVENILE ATTIRE, and frequently their best fashions were an abbreviation of these intended for ADULTS . Such an unnatural system has been abolished, and a plan entirely NEW has been pursued by E. MOSES and SON. They employ 'he most talented ARTISTS and WORKMEN, expressly to devise NEW STYLES of DRESS for YOUNG GENTLEMEN—their age, symmetry, and proportions being carefully observed. Hence it is that E. MOSES and SON'S JUVENILE CLOTHING is more stylish, appropriate, and satisfactory than any wtich others have produced. The highest order of DRESS for the approaching yam lion may be obtained at E. MOSES and SON'S for considerably less money than must be paid should application be made elsewhere. Ingenious and Novel introductions for WINTER DRESS are practical proofs of E. MOSES and SON'S inimitable position in the TAILORING BUSINESS. The Ready Made Departments present a boundless STOCK of OVERCOATS in every NEW style, charged lower prices than at any other House in the World. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Business in Adelaide is rapidly improving. The colony is likely to become more than ever prosperous—the farming interests have wonderfully revived. For all EMIGRANTS. CAPITALISTS, AGRICULTURISTS, MECHANICS, or GOLD DIGGERS, E. MOSES and BON'i OUTFITS are most approved. They contain the best and most suitable goads, and are charg. d lower prices than at any other Establishment. A comnlete and separate Department is kept for OUTFITTING. Full Lists of OUTFITS and all neces sary information relative to sailing of vessels, &c., may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the nntradesmanliko falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " it's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for Obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No Corenzton WITH ANT OTHER noun IN ox OUT OT LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156 and 157, Minories, 83, $4, 85, and Bf, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating London West-end Branch, 886, 507, 508, New Oxford-street 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers. and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be exchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The itstablishMenta are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on ' 4 lu . TdaYs, 'shen business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea rthartnit:mmdoay be had on application, or post-free, to any part A hatici.onanl. on applic ation , Almanac for the year ending 18.52 can be had, gratis, Ici Pon pul e r Hier strichtm- D eutsch.rancal'. I Qui si parla Italian. I Aqua se habla Espanol. SUICIDE of A ~, . gentleman engaged-".' '-ekeroß.—On Friday , eveni, the n,isi. ing ' old-man' at the Theatre l Royal, Brigi as lead . , eel:. John Henry Beauflet suicide. The de formerly apantomimist, but has of late years foll e o d Iv " . but performance at var i w ed the morelegitimate line of last engagement waTi,,,Zatrical establishments. His joined the Brighton carp, the, lPswich associatin company He ,and h has suffered considerably f rn ratique in October ' . He ill health very low spirited, seldom as been actors. He was cast for the p art of .E. with his fellow , wr lth rsta farce of Out on the Loose, on p rida :l e r• Capias in the not make his appearance ; and, v ; he Z e ning, but did understood that found lying on the floor at his lod g i ngs :PA , for, was his throat produced by a razor. It is gash in he had received notice to leave the Brighto n li* • "'Tan and had no other engagement, and t is is s upposed. 3r, have preyed on his min d. At an inquest held on the body on Saturday morning , the verdict of the jury was, "That deceased committed the rash act while in an un sound state of mind." THE POPE AND THE QUEEN 'S COLLEGES.—Authentic intelligen ce has at length been received from Rome re- Zdg the fi na l d e t erm i n ation of the Pop e to adhere to decisio n alrea.d ono ed,prohibiting ecclesiastics from h • ypr . unc olding an with the Queen's Colleges in this y connexion whatever Rev. . O'Toole, who il c a o s untry. In consequence, the • he obtained an been for some time in Rome, where the Government interview h with his Holiness, has sent to President of the Galway s ai resignation of the office of Vice no prohibition whatever College. There is however, 1 Roman Catholic laity against the attendance of the I y at those colleges. i LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1852. An augmentation of the Royal Navy of England has at length been resolved upon by her MA JESTY'S Government. Scarcely any announce , ment, we believe, could by possibility be more ' acceptable than this to the great mass of the population. It is the recognition, at last, of a necessity long obvious, it would seem, to every body but the leaders of past Administrations. For ourselves, we have insisted upon the deplorable fact of its existence more urgently, more anxiously, and more pertinaciously, than upon almost any other want affecting the interests or the security of the United Kingdom. We have never failed to appreciate the magnitude of this most impor tant exigency, any more than we have overlooked for an instant—as some people would really appear to have overlooked—the circum stance that ours is an insular power, and one, therefore, requiring for the continuance of its stability—unremitting attention to the strength and efficiency of its maritime armaments. That this attention has not been accorded of late years to the naval defences of Great Britain, has been for a considerable time past a truth very pain fully notorious. Every impartial observer gifted with a merely ordinary amount of intelligence, has perceived only too readily and too distinctly the grievous negligence of those entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the machinery of our marine administration. They have seen with dismay the disastrous inadequacy of the improvements admitted into our dock yards when contrasted with those intro duced into the dockyards of some of the more powerful States of Christendom. it has been a lamentable story, familiar to the mul titude at large, that the Navy, whose annals have been illustrated by so many glorious achievements, the Navy of Algiers and Trafalgar, the Navy of NELSON and CoLLlNGwoon—has not developed its energies proportionately with the advance percep tible elsewhere, during the last thirty or forty years of almost uninterrupted tranquillity. Com plaints very loud and very numerous have conse quently been heard, more particularly during the past decade ; and to these complaints we have the satisfaction of remembering that we ourselves have repeatedly, we may even say perpetually, given utterance. Among other things, we have asserted the impera tive n ecess ity o f b r i ng i n g about prompt and com prehensive changes in our system of ship-building, in our scale of promotions, in our acceptance of the aids yielded by engineering, in our organization of marine artillery, in this direction, in that direc tion, an d in the other—but, above all, and be yond all, have perseveringly insisted upon the need of some total and immediate re-arrangement of our preposterous scheme of manning the ships of war entrusted with the duty of earrying unsul lied and respected into every quarter of the globe the banners of the British SOVEREIGN. It h a s appeared to_ s us th a t, among all the various improvemer its demanded in the Royal Navy of EnglaaV 1, the most needed were—a greater care for , our . seamen, a more sedulous regard to the innovations in gunnery, a larger interest i rt. watching over the fortunes of those officers wl rase merits admitted of the recompence of a speedii•ar advancement, and a judicious care for the inor eased efficiency of our men-of-war, by the more ge , neral employment of the advantages inseparable from the introduction of the screw propeller. Such have been the principal objects towards wl Lich we have directed, year after year, month aftk r month, week after week, and even dax after d ay, all the fervour of logic and all the force of stutistics. These have been the more noteable ref orms urged by us, time after time, upon the considi3ration of the authorities at the Admiralty---reforms to the absolute necessity of which we lh, ave called the attention of the Legis lature, and, for the realisation of which we have besought t h e interposition of the Government. Happily for England, her rulers have at last awakened b c the sense of this great need of mari time impro . vements. It has been intimated al ready in tlai3se columns that the marine force of the British. Empire has been put in a fait way of developing its own vast capabilities by the re cent adoption in so many instances of the "screw" as a means. of propulsion. Another improvement equally red.( minding to the glory of the Cabinet, has now, Nv , e rejoice to know, been resolved upon in complia n ce with the suggestions of the Naval Commission . Somewhere about five thousand sailors, and a proportionate number of marines, are forthwil la to be added to those now consti tuting the power of the fleets of Great Britain. Supposing that this augmentation in the number (A' our seamen be only coupled with a char ; ge in the general system of manning our ships of war, so as to abolish the custom of discharging crews whenever they are paid off, precisely at the very juncture when they have been train e d into the most admirable state of efficiency —-- we shall eagerly acknowledge, that in these no ew reforms we can only recognize a source of 13 nalloyed satisfaction. Even now, as far as the c hange goes, it cannot but be in every way accept,a.ble to the multitude. By the increase of the N. 3; vy through the raising of these five thousand c lditional sailors, we are in the most rational n u uaner carrying out the project of im proving and stabilitating what are called the Na tional Def ea ices. Without some such innovation the calling .out of the new Militia would have been little better • than a fares to all intents and purposes. The alter 11 ions proposed to emanate from the Admiralty ;form, therefore, the most reasonable pendant to ,Mr. WALPOLE'S much-lauded and emi nently suco 3ssful enactment. Granted that this augmentati4 in of the strength of our maritime ar maments iv. ill necessitate no inconsiderable increase of expend it ure—yet, while that reflexion is alto gether un.d enable in its accuracy, we rest confi dent, nevertheless, - o:tat the change, though necessarily expensive, will prove one of a singu larly welcot ie and popular character. It will be hailed with gladness by every patriot in the United Kingdom. It will alleviate a very painful and wide-spread anxiety. It will render the Militia Bill more tl lan ever agreeable to the feelings of the populetion. It will infuse an appreciable ac tivity into -the whole of the Naval Department of these island 1;, and, by enhancing the vitality of our maritime JA:,:rces, will, in the most effectual manner, tend to ens, Ire the stability of the British Empire. Although emanating from a DERBY-DISRAELI Cabinet, it will not be ungrateful to the ma jority of a liberal and Economic Opposition. None but persons tolerably well acquainted with the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, l i can form :any conception of the nature and diffi culty of the task undertaken by the Irish ATTOR NEY-GMNTEILAL, and so ably brought forward on Monday evening. The mere digest of the multi farious en a.ctments spread through 150 or 200 different st atutes—the clearing up of ambiguities —the recc mciling conflicting provisions, consoli dating and simplifying the whole, so as to form a consistent code—would alone constitute a labour of no ordiattry magnitude. But Mr. NAPIER did far more. :He acted not merely as the compiler, but as the legislator. He not only ascertained the state of the existing law, but he considered, curdy and attentively, the evils with which his experience as a Barrister had rendered him too familiar. He traced out those various evils to their respective sources, and provided what, we trust and believe, will prove to be efficient reme dies. He was no doubt considerably assisted by the laboura of those who had preceded him in the same path, but who had not succeeded in achiev ing any prat tical result. He has particularly de rived advant age from many valuable suggestions in the Report of the Devon Commissioners. But all would have been fruitless had it not been for a degree of patient assiduity, coupled with a firm determinatioLl to render full and impartial justice between the parties, beyond all praise. He has unquestionably held the scales with an equal and impartial ha ad, not seeking popularity from either side, but, as we have already stated, enforcing "the duties" white protecting "the rights" of pro perty. In his third Bill, which is that for consoli dating, sim: plifying, and amending the existing laws which regulate the relations of landlord and tenant in the Sister Kingdom, Mr NAPIER has en deavoured to enforce a more strict observance of the contracts, calmly and deliberately entered into, than Nras previously practicable. One of the most learned and truly distinguished Judges that ever preside d upon the Irish, or indeed on any, Bench of Justice, was accustomed to express his disapprobation of the tenant " paying his landlord by a special demurrer." But it was too fre quently the case that " a point of law" was the only rent which the landlord could obtain ; and the eminent Judge above referred to was occa sionally obliged to give effect to objections of which he highly disapproved, and to decide on a mere form, contrary to the substantial merits of the case. The extraordinary litigation that oc curred on . the question of reversion, which led to conflicting decisions in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Exchequer, was exemplified in the well-known case of PLUCK v. DEGGIS, which was carried to the House of Lords, and of which it was subsequently said byLord PLUNKETT, that he would only follow the decision of the Peers in a case in which the name of the plaintiff was PLUCK, and the name of the defendant, DEGGIS. It was indeed, a case of extreme hardship, that a party who had let his lands to another for the term for which he held them himself, could not avail him self of the ordinary remedies, either by distress or ejectment, unless he reserved some time, however short--a single os.m ed t day was sufficient f or the purpose —or demised from the lands for the li ves of different persons hose mentioned i n hi s own lease. e It was a triumph of law over justice, and had a very demo ralising effect, inasmuch as it induced persons to take defence, relying on the ingenuity of counsel rather than on the honesty or justi ce o f their case. (4 N o thi n g," as the Ri g h t Hen. Gentleman justly r emarked--" Nothing w as so cal culated to encourage the unhealthy sy s t em of competition for land, which had prevailed in Ire land, as leading tenants to suppose that they might not The compelled to pay ; and they o ft en speculated accordingly on the chance of not b e i ng compelled t;o pay." By the new Bill the contracts will be strictly enforced ; and if the landlord is towards the tenant, the compelled to act fairly latter will in turn be obliged to render justice to the former. " The rent can no longer be paid by a special demurrer." There are some very salutary provisions against waste, andparticularly "against the destructive and improvident custom of burning the lands." Under the existing law, the landlords had no remedy, save by filing a bill in the Court of Chancery, for an injunction against the reckless tenant. If un willing to encounter the formidable expense of such a proceeding —an expense seldom, if ever, recovered from the defendant, as such acts were only resorted to by paupers already heavily in debt to the victims—he might stand by looking on at the irreparable injury inflicted on his pro perty, which even under the most favourable terms he might be =We tc , prevent, as several 2 0 0 1 11 (; C LERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The Assured may reside in most parts of the world, without extra charge, and in all parts by payment of a small extra pre mium. The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Share holders being now provided for, without intrenching on the amount made by the regular business, the ASSURED will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, with, at the same time, complete freedom from liability, secured by an ample Pro prietary Capital—thus combining in the same office all the advan tages of both systems. FIVE BONUSES have been declared; at the last in January, 1852, the sum of 131,1251. was added to the Policies, producing a Bonus varying with the different ages, from 243 to 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid during the five years; or from Si. to 121. 10s. per cent. on the sum assured. The next and future Bonuses may be received in cash, or applied at the option of the Assured in any other way. On Policies for the whole of Life, one-half of the Annual Premi ums for the first five years may remain on Credit. and may either continue as a debt on the Policy. or may be paid off at any timc.. Claims paid in THIRTY DAYS aer roof of death, and all desare INDISP UTABLE except in cases of fraud. Poll- INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. The Assurance Fund already invested amounts to /850,000, and the Income exceeds £136,000 per annum. The Accounts and Balance Sheets are at all times oven to the inspection of the Assured, er of any Person who may desire to assure. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents ; or of GEO. H. PINCKARD. Resident Secretary. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Beason of Mr. Benjamin Wesster as Lessee and Manager, THIS EVENING Will be performed the popul^r historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and For telle; Mrs. Buckingham, Miss A. Vining, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, the new and original Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain. To conclude with the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrts. THIS EVENING, Nov. 30, • -- • Will be per rormed a Dramatic Story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN* OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, F. Matthews, Roxby. Baker, Suter, Belton, Horncastle, Butler, Ro sire, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Martindale, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Mrs. Foote, and Miss Foote. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters, by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond. street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL ripen for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, For the Second Time, an entirely new Drama, in three acts, called SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan (his second appearance), Emery, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Ce leste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, the Extravaganza of MEPHISTOPHELES; A mbassador from Below. ROYAL PRINCE TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. TIIIS EVENING Wilt be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Mewl's. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanloy, Mrs. Daly. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, DEAF AS A POST. Characters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Meadows, and F. Cooke; Misses Marshall, J. Maiston, and Desborough, and airs. Daly. To conclu*e a ith TUE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense success of the Equestrian Drama of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Debut of M. and Mdlle. Lalande, from Francoui's Cirque Na tionale, Paris, having been unavoidably postponed, they will posi tively appear (for the second time) THIS EVENING, when, and during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly sucePssfttl Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CARLY, in two acts, produced with new dresses, scenery, and appointments, written ecpressly for this Theatre, at d embodying all those stirring inci dents and situations so graphically described in Mrs. Stowe's popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Establishment. To be followed by an extraordinary display of Equestrian and Gymnastic Achievements in the Arena. fo conclude with a popular FARCE. Stage 'Manager. Mr. W. West. Doors open at /Ulf-past Six o'clock; Box-odice open daily from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDI lON BRIDGE, Tins DAY —Morning 45 min. after 3 I Evening 3 min.aft. 4 T o -M os cow — Morning 21 min. after 4 Evening 39 min.aft. 4 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, Nov. 30, 1852 State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.W., gentle breeze—rain. SOUTHAMPTON—E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE-S.E., light breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. , STROOD—N., calm—cloudy. SWINDON— N., gentle breeze—cloudy. COLCHESTER—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOIITH—S., calm—foggy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock HOLYHEAD—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S.S.W, strong breeze—overcast. THE WEATHER.—Su OFFICE, Nov. 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 30—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during tho night. 39—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'85. WIND, N.E.—Fair and frosty. cv b THE S ET.N, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 185 2. days must necessarily elapse before the injunction could be obtained and served upon the depreda tors. The mischief would be done during the pendency of the legal proceedings. It is now in tended to give power to the neighbouring magis trates to issue " a stop order and a stop precept to restrain waste," a truly ' valuable provision, which could not by any possibility do injustice to the tenant, inasmuch as he will be enabled to appeal forthwith to the Assistant Barrister—if in the county—or to a going Judge of Assize, or to a superior court, to set aside the order. Mr. NAPIER has wisely acted on the principle, that " prevention is better than punishment." He has therefore given the summary remedy that was so much required against those whose acts afford prima facie evidence that they are wrong-doers. Another grievance provided against by the Bill, is that occasioned by absconding tenants—an evil which, since the famine in Ireland, has become al most intolerable. Not only did the party in posses sion carry away his crops, and deprive his land lord of every prospect of recovering a shilling of the arrears—but he withhell possession of the lands unless paid exorbitantly for their surrender. The practice was to let a neighbouring pauper into possession, who compelled the landlord to go through the entire process of ejectment, unless he complied with the extortion practised upon him. A summary remedy will be provided in such cases, that will remove this flagrant grievance, and en able the landlord to obtain possession of his pro perty cheaply and expeditiously. The law relat ing to ejectments is simplified and ameliorated, and the ancient fictions justly designated as " anti quated and operose"--are abolished, and an im proved form substittted. The Irish Jon DOE and RICHARD ROE, will have the fate of their English brethren, and " JOHN THRUSTO'CrT," will only be remembered by old 'practitioners. So far the landlords will be materially bene fitted by the measure. The tenants' interests are, however, carefully guarded. Landlords will be obliged to look after the repairs of labourers' cot tages, to see that the cabins are so constructed that the family are not obliged to share their sleep ing apartment with the pig or the cow. Nothing will do more to promote the comfort and elevate the condition of the agricultural labourers than this provision. The landlord should not be permitted to recover rent for filthy " styes," unfit for human habitations. There is also a very useful rule with respect to rents. It was a custom with many landlords and agents to give receipts on account, not up to a particular period, nor specifying the amount re maining due. This led to constant disputes, and too often to the most fearful results. " The state of the rent account" was the fertile source of dimension, the tat errima causa producing litiga tion and heart-burnings—inducing owners to act harshly and oppressively, and occupiers to commit agrarian outrage—perhaps to stain their hands with blood. The simple expedient of declaring that unless the receipt specifies the gale of rent, on account of which the money is paid, it shall be considered to refer to that which ar rived due on the last gale day, at once provides a suitable and efficient remedy. The limitation of the right of distress will also prove of great practical utility—at present land lords can distrain for six years. They were thus induced to permit accumulation of arrears utterly destructive to the independence and prosperity of the tenant. The man so burdened, so unfairly over-weighted, could never hope to succeed. He had no object in improving his lands, increasing his stock, or obtaining additional comforts in his dwelling ; he was utterly and hopelessly in the power of his landlord. The true policy, on the part of the landlord, is to charge moderate rents, but to enforce payment strictly. It is a false indulgence to admit of arrears—but it was occasioned by the facility for recovering such arrears. We fully agree with Mr. NAPIER, that the landlord is entitled to extraordi dary facilities for recovering his rent up to a cer tain extent, but we think that twelve months' rent —the term for which he is allowed precedence over an execution creditor—is amply sufficient. The Right Hon. Gentleman fixes the time at eighteen months, after which the right of distress is taken away. The difference can, however, be easily settled in Committee, and it does not in the slightest degree derogate from the soundness of the principle enunciated. No distress is to ,be permitted for arrears under 51., and the amount claimed is to be verified by affidavit, and a special warrant obtained. The Act will, we have no doubt, give great and general satisfaction. Every disinterested and un prejudiced person must concur in the policy and jus tice of its provisions, and feel that the ATTORNEY GENERAL for Ireland has eminently entitled him self to the marked thanks and gratitude of the community for the zeal, ability, and judgment displayed in the settlement of this vitally import ant and arduous subject. If the present Govern ment did nothing for Ireland but the carrying of the measures already brought forward by their efficient law officers, they would render greater service to that unhappy country than any of their predecessors in office. We hope and believe, how ever, that they will prove the forerunners of other beneficial enactments, calculated to develope the natural capabilities of the country, and to render the law respected where it has hitherto been dis regarded and despised. These reforms are in deed calculated "to provide a free course for industry," because they raise up "obstacles to in justice, and enable every man, either in his own person or by his representatives, to reap the fruits of his exertions ---to ensure the enjoyment of that f or which he has laboured." LORD DERBY'S LAST. The Prime , Minister of England has recently bestowed a capital nickname on the ex-Foreign Secretary, the Noble Earl having called Lord PALMERSTON-- 4 ( DON PACIFICO 1" and declares—amongst other things—the probability of Rumour is busy just now in London, the T B udget . b — eing ready by Friday next. No notice of it appears on the H ouse o f Commons books.—Daily HE BUDGET not News. GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ELEOTIONEL — The Speaker has, pursuant to the provisions of " The Election Peti tions Act, 1848," appointed M. T. Baines, Sir John Trollope, J. E. Denison, Robert Palmer, T. H. S. and W. Monsell, to be members of the general committee of el ec ti ons f or th e presen t sess ion. Sotheron, ADJOURNMENT OF THE HODS E.—We understand that it is at present intended that the adjournment for the Christmas holidays shall take place on Friday week, the 10th December, and that the period of the adjournment will be nine weeks, or until the middle of February.— Advertiser. The members of the Senior United Service Club gave a sumptuous banquet, last evening, in Pall-mall, to the general officer s w h ose names have already been given, sent over to this country to attend the f u n eral of the late Duke of W e lli ngton. Ms Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge pres i ded. Th e re was a strong muster of the members, amounting to 160, to meet the foreign generals. SUPPOSED DEATH OF SIR MONTAGUE CHAPMAN, BART. —Accounts have reached Dublin from Australia, which, it is to be f eare d , leave little doubt that Sir Montague Chapman, B art l a t e member for Westmeath, has g perished at sea, *ol' th e coast, not far distant from Sydney. REQUIEM FOR THE LATE EA RL OF SHREWSBURY. — Yesterday m orn i n a solemn mass , for the repose of the soul of the deceased Earl of Shrewsbury, was celebrated at the Roman Catholic church in the Westminster-road, where the mortal remains of the earl have been lying since their removal from Naples to this country. The esteem in which the deceased earl was held by the Ro man Catholic body, for his piety , as well as for his muni ficence i n th e promotion of his faith, drew a large assem blage of persons, who, before the commencement of the service, at eleven o'clock, filled the body of the church, the aisles being also crowded by persons unable to find room elsewhere. day AN be N i rv n POLISH ary o of the 0 LpuoTlii Polish revolution — Y ester of 1830-31, many Polish refugees, resident in London, attended a funeral service in memory of those who fell in that national struggle. Mass was said by the Rev. G. Sta.siewicz, in the Roman Catholic chapel, Sutton gEßULAß2Y2craiTingiEvers street, Soho-square. PRINCE ALBERT AND THE MARYLEBONE FREE LI BRARY.—Prince Albert, in addition to permitting his name to appear as patron of the Marylebone Free Li brary, has transmitted through the Hon. Col. Phipps to Mr. Oliveira, the chairman, the munificent donation of 501. towards the establishment of that institution, thus showing the l ive l y sympa thy evinced by his royal high ness in the improvement of the intellectual condition of the working classes. This excellent example will, we trust, be followed, in proportion to their means, by men of all classes in the country. Every locality ought to have its free library. MONEY AND 00iVIMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for speculation. The market closed heavily. The sales comprised 420 Pernam and Maranham, at 6-id. to 7fd. ;70 Bahia, at 6.2 d. to 61d. ; 3OO Egyptian, at 6d. to 9d.: and 500 Surat, at 32d. to 411 d. per lb., and the remainder nearly all Ameri can. Railway Shares were very firm, at reduced rates. The accounts from the United States represent business as continuing good. The following are extracts from the last letter received from the Captain of the Wardy Yallock Port Philip exploring party : " Wardy Yallock, 14th August, 1852.—We are at the present moment in precisely the same condition as we were at the date of my last communication. Of all the miserable weeks it has ever been my unfortunate lot to spend, and their name is legion.' I never spent a more wretched one. Except for a few hours on Tues day, it has been rain, rain, rain, from morning to night. We have been confined to the tent the whole of the time. Yesterday it blew a perfect hurricane for several hours, and I had strong fears that our tent and we would have parted company ; as it was several of the fastenings gave way, and the ridge-pole bent almost double. We secured it, however, and eventually our Bars subsided. Towards the evening thunder was heard rumbling through the air, accompanied with vivid flashes of lightning. * * * "It is well that we have something altogether supe rior to a pecuniary consideration, to induce us to face the difficulties And undergo the hardships which we have to encounter in prosecuting our search. No pecuniary consideration, uninfluenced by higher motives, would I should think induce any rational man to forego the com forts of home, and the society of his friends, for the miserable d'scomforts of the bush. But we have a higher motive to impel us forward, and that is, the de sire to benefit the town we inhabit, and, as a sequence, to merit the thanks of our fellow-townsmen. " I am anxiously waiting for the weather to change, that we may recommence operations at Paterson's Cres cent. Depend upon it, that is the place where success will smile upon us. We managed to get there for a short time on Tuesday ; one hole was full of water, 9 feet deep. We bailed it out and got up a few large stones, when the rain warned us again to depart. I washed one tin dish, and obtained twenty nice bits of gold. As we go down, the gold gets heavier, which is a pro mising sign. "To the Secretary of the Gold Exploration Company." " H. SWINDELLS. The English Stock Market remains rather heavy, but there is no reaction in prices. The ill ness of the Chancellor of the Exchequer renders it probable that the Budget may be postponed, and this is one cause of the disinclination to enter into speculative transactions. The general belief is that an increased property-tax is to be imposed, and some parties point specially to rail ways as being exposed to a larger impost. It is inferred, however, that the enquiries making as to the capitals of lines their incomes, &c., merely form part of a general scheme for the taxation of fixed property, supposing such to be entertained by Mr. Disraeli. The income of the country being raised, an expectation prevails that duties upon various articles will be reduced, and the tea trade are still rather sanguine, al though their case is certainly a doubtful one, considering that, with the present Ministry the agricultural interest is to have the preference. Consols have been 101* to k for transfer and ac count. Bank Stock is steady at 222 i, and India Stock flatter. at 275. Exchequer Bills of March are at 70s. to 735. premium, and India Bonds at 80s. premium. The New 34 per Cents. have ie alised 1031 The Foreign Securitics have been much dealt in, and the settlement of the account occupies atten tion almost exclusively. The Turkish Loan is nominally 1k to 1/ prem.; the holders are much disheartened at their prospects after Lord Malmes bury's reply, and the paltry offer of the capital and 5 per cent. interest made to them, through him, by the Ottoman Government. Mexican Bonds are steady at 25. Equador Stock looks well again, being 5 to Brazilian New Bonds have been 97i. Grenada Deferred are 11/ to -1. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 511 to 52, and the Deferred 24k. The Certificate is 3 to k. The settlement of the railway share account has occupied attention to the exclusion of new dealings, and prices are variable accordingly. Aberdeen have been as high as 35, and North Western, South Eastern, and York and North Midland are higher. French shares are firm, though quiet. _ - Gold mines are still in request at the advanced rates. Banks are good, but dull. Australian Agricultural Company are improving. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 2221 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... ..... 100 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOl4 4 ,14 New 34 per Cent. Annuities .......... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6i 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO BO 2 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities llOl Consols for Account lOl i Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £1000................ ...................... 73 70 70 369 72 £5OO — Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian Scrip, 5 per Cent lO Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4a per Cent 97 Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lo2_ Buenas Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent —. Ditto for the Account 75 Equador Bonds 5 a Grenada Bonds, 1a per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lli I i Mexican 3 per Cent. 25 Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64, Portuguese 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account , Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 52 1/ Ditto for the Account sli Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2lk Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3/ a pp c Swedish Loan IR i d Belgian Bonds, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25fr lOO Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 65/ THREE O'CLOCK. Console lol* * Ditto Account, Dec. 9 TEE ROYAL ACADENY.—Her Majesty, as the head of the Royal Academy, has backed the petition to that body of the engravers, with the gracious reccommenda tion of their prayer ; and the Forty, in obedience to royal wishes, and in compliance, doubtless, with their own sense of the justice of the demand, have, we be lieve, consented to admit a certain num b er o f engravers (to be hereafter determined on) to the full honours of the academy. Thus, after nearly 90 years of heart burnings, this grievance is removed—and the little stool in the ante-room which Woollett contemned, will be changed for a, morocco chair in the midst of the Forty.-- Ath,enceum. GREAT Issue OF NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—The very large number of upwards of 2,000,000 newspaper stamps were issued last week to supply the immense demand for copies of the papers containing the account of the pre parations for and the funeral of the late Duke of Wel lington. The number of stamps issued last week has far exceeded the number ever required in one week under any circumstances, although large numbers had been issued in the same period of time during the railway mania of 1845, during the French revolution, and the Great Exhibition. PERUVIAN BONDS.—Rumours have for some days been current of a movement on the part of some of the more influential Peruvian bondholders, having for its object to obtain from the government of the Republic certain terms for a new conversion of the debt. Ac cording to report, the terms proposed are 1251., in Four and-a-Half per Cent. stock for every 1001. of the present Active Bonds ; and 751. in Four-and-a-Half per Cent. stock for every 1001. of the present Deferred debt. THE TEA TRADE.—The deliveries of tea in London last week were 583,1051 b., being 119,0001 b. more than in the previous week, when, however, the quantity was short. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. - The sixteenth anniversary meeting was held last evening; Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., president, in the chair. Mr. G. E. Dennes, the secretary, read the report of the council, from which it appeared that fourteen new members had been elected during the year, and that the society con sisted of 302 members. The distribution of British and foreign specimens had been carried on with great suc cess, and many thousands of specimens received for dis tribution in January next, and the appointment of a cu rator, had greatly facilitated these important objects ; many valuable works had been presented to the library. The report was unanimously adopted, after which a ballot took place for the council, when the chairman was re-elected president ; Mr. J. Ball, M.P., Mr. F. P, Pascoe, F.L.S., and Mr. J. T. Sy me , were e l ected new ; members of the council. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HOLLOWAY'S PILLS a safe and certain Cure for Coughs, Colds, and Asthmatical Corn plaints.—The autumnal quarter is the season when coughs, colds, and wheezings on the chest are most pre valent. Such are the properties of Holloway's Pills, that if taken at the commencement of the attack, the virulence of the disease is very much abated, and the patient thereby suffers little or no inconvenience, but if neglected it frequently occurs that the foundation of in curable disorders are laid ; therefore let those who are liable to attacks of this nature try these invaluable Pills, and they are particularly recommended to those who are afflicted with asthmas and diseases of the chest.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Strand, London. NEW LAW ON THE PRESS.—The Attorney-General last night said he proposed to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the stamp duty on newspapers. Has this proposition anything to do with the ,prosecution now pending against the "Household Narrative" of Mr. Charles Dickens ?—Doily New. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT DRDRY-LANE THEATRE. William Wilkinson, aged 21, and William Gray, aged 22, two respectably-dressed young men, charged with stealing a silver watch of the value of 51., the property of Henry Clark, and the latter with unlawfully attempt ing to steal the same, pleaded not guilty. It appeared, from the evidence of the prosecutor and an inspector of police, that on the night of the 21st of this month Mr. Clark was coming out of Drury-lane Theatre, when the inspector, who was in the crowd, saw the prisoner Wilkinson put his arm round Mr. Clark's waist, and attempt to take his watch. Shortly after this he again saw the prosecutor's watch attempted to be taken, and on this occasion it was again by the prisoner Wilkinson. He followed in the wake of the prosecutor, and the prisoner Wilkinson made another attempt, and this time succeeded in getting the watch from his waist coat pocket, but without breaking the guard. When the second attempt was made Gray was some distance in advance of Wilkinson, and turned round and said " Come on." When at the, station, they denied ever having seen each other. Mr. Repton, who appeared for the prisoner Gray, made an eloquent appeal to the jury, and contended that he had not assisted the other prisoner ; and the fact of his turning round and saying " Come on" showed that he was leaving the theatre as fast as the circumstances would permit. The prisoner Wilkinson, in defence, stated that he knew nothing at all about the charge. The Assistant-Judge summed up at some length, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prison ers ; and they, having been several times before con victed, the learned Assistant-Judge stated that he was sorry he could not send them out of the country. The sentence of the Court was that they be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 calendar months in the House of Correction. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO THE LIABILITY OF A MINOR UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAW. This was a summons under the Debtor Traders Act, and defendant was called upon to pay the debt claimed, or, in case of not doing so, or showing cause to the con trary, proceedings in bankruptcy might be taken. Mr. Chidley, of Gresham-street, appeared for the cre ditor, and Mr. Sturgeon as counsel for the debtor. Mr. Sturgeon took an objection, that at the time the party summoned contracted the debt he was a minor, and quoted authorities to show that any person who sued out proceedings in bankruptcy would be guilty of contempt of Court. Mr. Chidley said he would not waste time in discussing that point ; for in the first place the debtor was now of age, and in the next, that these were not proceedings in bankruptcy, but preliminary to them, or proceedings at law ; all that he now required was that the debtor should admit or deny the debt. Mr. Sturgeon said he certainly denied the debt, and also the jurisdiction of the court to enter into the case. . His Honour said that the party summoned was now of age ; the question of minority could not be tried before him, and whether the debt was legally contracted or not was for a jury to decide—the party was now fully before the court, and must answer the claim one way or the other. Mr. Sturgeon then said the usual affidavit would be made, and leave the creditor to take ulterior proceedings. ELECTION PETITIONS. The following is a list against : 46 MINI Astell, J. H. Bagge, W. Bateson, T. Bentinck, G. P. Booker, T. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Bremridge, R. Brisco, M. Butt, I. Dodd, G. Ducane, C. Fraser, Sir W. A. George, J. Gipps, H. P. Grogan, E. Hamilton, J. H. Hanbury, Hon. S. B. Heathcote, G. H. Herbert, Sir T. Hill, Lord A. E. Horsfall, T. B. Johnstone, Hon. H. B. Ker, D. S. 74 Oro of 120 members petitioned Aglionby, H. A. Alcock, T. Armstrong, R. Ball, J. Barnes, T. Bass, M. T. Bell, J. Bland, L. H. Boyle, Hon. Colonel Brady, J. Carter, S. Challis, Alderman Chaplin, W. J. Clay, J. Clifford, H. M. Cockburn, Sir A. E. Collier, R. P. Crook, J. Dent, J. D. Duffy, C.'G. Eccles, W. Esmonde, J. Fagan, W. Ferguson, J. Fitzgerald, J. D. Fitzgerald, Sir. J. F. Forster, M. Gardner, R. Goderich, Viscount Gower, Hon. F. L. Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. Henchy, D. O'Connor Higgins, G. G. 0. Kennedy, Tristram Keogh, W. King, Hon. P. J. Locke Lawless, Hon. Cecil * These recognizances were )esterday declared iniormal. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Hon. Captain Duncombe, M.P., has returned to the Admiralty. Commander E. P. Charlewood has been re-appointed to the coast-guard service for another two years. Chaplain.--The Rev. H. F. Edgell has been appointed to the Agamemnon, 91, at Sheerness. Master.—William Stanton (1852 to the Horatio, 22, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness, for service, in charge of the Driver, steam-sloop. . Paymaster.—William L. Norcock (1843) to the Vulture. Chief Engineer.—Ralph Thomas Teelor. Mate.—Henry Charles Burleigh (1851) re-appointed to the Bermuda, schooner, West Indies. Assistant Surgeon.—James Campbell (1845), re appointed to the Bermuda, schooner. Second Master.—Augustus F. Mugford (1848), to the Monarch ; Edward-A. Carey, re-appointed 'acting master to Bermuda. Clerk in Charge.—Richard D. Hore (1848), re-ap pointed to the Bermuda. _ _ Clerk.—J. T. M. Lyon, to the Impregnable, flag-ship, D evonport. Midshipman.—James Stewart, to the Sidon, steam frigate, Portsmouth. Clerk's Assistant.—W. G. N. Burney, to the Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Portsmouth. Lord Dudley Stuart, the Vicar-General, and Mr. Bul keley Hughes, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Secre tary Walpole, at the Home-office. A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.—Lord Brougham, previ ous to his departure for his chateau in the south of France, on Friday last, was entertained the preceding evening at dinner by the Prince President, at the Royal Palace of St. Cloud. Several of the Ministers of State were present to meet the noble and learned baron, who attended the sitting of the Corps Legislatif the same day. 1 MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.—Exeter was terrified on Friday morning by the report that W. Wreford, Esq., of Clannaborough, had been found mur dered near the Canal Basin last evening. He had 871. with him in notes and cheques in the afternoon, but not a shilling was found on him when the body was dis covered. It appears that about a quarter before six the same afternoon, a tall elderley gentleman, with a cloak, and carrying a stick and umbrella, was noticed by some men working at th e new ga s w or ks, at the Exeter Basin, to pass down the road in front of the gas works, in the direction of the Haven Banks. Several yards behind the gentleman, a female was seen. She was supposed by her appearance to be a country girl. Her dress in dicated rather humble circumstances. It was noticed that her gown was pulled over her shoulders to protect her from the rain ; she wore an ordinary worsted shawl. About ten minutes after this, Mr. Stamp, a car penter, who has a workshop and yard close adjoining, heard a female screaming. He ran out, and saw a woman, who, there can be no doubt, was the same female who had been noticed by the men at the gas works. She cried out that her uncle was in the water, and appeared to be in great distress. Stamp instantly got his grapling irons ; other men came to his assistance. At the first throw, the cloak was hauled out, and within a very few minutes a lifeless body was taken out, which proved to be that of the deceased. There are some cir cumstances still to be disclosed, which seemed to indi cate that the death was not accidental, but that a foul murder has been perpetrated. The woman who was seen following the deceased, who gave the alarm, and who stated that deceased was her uncle, accompanied the corpse to Powlesland, and there affected to be over whelmed with grief, and succeeded in making her escape. She has not been heard of since. TERIALISTS. King, J. K. Kirk, W. *Lacon, Sir E. Macaulay, Kenneth Mackenzie, W. Forbes Mare, C. J. Miller ' Taverner J. Mills, A. Montgomery, H. L. Peacock°, G. M. W. Pigot, Sir R. Roertson, P. E. *Rumbold, C. E. Smith, Sir F. Taylor, Colonel Taylor, H. Turner, C. Vance, J. Waddington, D. Wellesley, Lord C. Whitmore, H. Woodd, B. T. Wyndham, General , SITIONISTS. Lowe, R. Lucas F. Mackinnon, W. A. M`Taggart, Sir J. Mogan, W. IL _ Maiaire, John F. Mangles, R. D. Mills, T. Milnes, R. M. (qy. Opposition?) Moore, G. H. Murphy, J. S. Norreys, Sir D. J. O'Brien, C. O'Brien, P. O'Brien, Sir T. Oliveira, B. Osborne, R. Peto, S. M. Phillimore, J. G. Ponsonby, Hon. A. G. J. Price, Sir R. Price, W. P. Ricardo, J. L. Russell, W. F. Sadlier, J. Scully, F. Stapleton, J. Swift, R. M. Towneley, C. Wall, C. B. Walmsley, Sir J. Warner, E. Westhead, J. P. B. Whatman, J. Wickham, H. W. Willcox, B. M`G. Wilson, M. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov The Queen and Prince, with the Royal chi ldren, ; companied by Princess Charlotte of Belgium and f Prince of Leinengen, and attended by the Marchi oness ! e_ Ely, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Colonel thegion. chart! Grey, M a j or -G enera l B uc kl e y, Mr. Gibbs, an d Lieu t. tenant-Colonel Biddulph, left the castle this morning twenty-five minutes past ten o'clock for Osborne. A Guard of Honour of the 3d battalion of Greret':i Guards, with the band of the regiment, was at the 01' way station. Their Royal Highnesses the Due de Brabant and i k h. Comte de Fl an d res , a tt en d e d by C o lonel de Moerker, the Comte de B r i e y, an d Si r R o b er t _Carswell, left 11719 sor by an early train this morning for Oxford. . ye a Monsieur Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, arri . , at the castle yeste r d a y, and accompanied the Be lk Princes to Oxford. Sir Peter Lauri e an d M r . J. E. Johnson Pre sid :" and Treasure r o f B e thl e h em H os p i t a l, attended at 5 , Home-office yesterd a y, h a d an i n terview with 31 ,-, f er cretary Walpole, and p resen t e d the reply of the u° nors to the report of the Commissioners in Lunaq . „ Mr. MacD one ll, Lieutenant-Governor of St. vin had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterd er a h e w the Coloni a l- o ffi ce . Mr. Kerr had also an int with the right h on . baronet. Mr. Thomas N. H un t representing a coin ‘ ril o e u l. establishment connec t e d with the Island of J. land, accompa n i e d th e d epu t at i on t o the Right Ja°ll.6oo W. Henley, on S a t ur d ay, i n suppor t o f an aPP a t he for the grant of a ro y a l c h ar t er o f i nco rporatio n St o . "London, Li ver p oo l, an d N or th A mer i ca n Screw ship Company." DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF LOTTSICI. This lady— " sole daughter" of the poet Lord •'-'l, no l —whose name has been ma d e f am iliarto her co ur Vbf through the impassioned language addressed to re j 51 1 her fath er , i n some o f his finest poems, ellntwelfe Saturday, after a lingering illness of more On nob ° months' , duration, at the town residence of " e l ; i ll ' husband in Great Cumberland-place. She vv ll . B ,,lefor" 1816, and, like her illustrious parent, has dieo m . t rsi completing her 37th year. Writing to Mr. P` gr eo c from Venice, Feb. 2, 1818, Byron says—"l Nape love for litttle Ada, and I look forward to her as the P w hich my old age, should I ever reach that desolate Pot Aga in ( I hope not." F rom B o l ogna, 7th June, 181 9 /J i p e triP 2 " writes—" I have not heard of my little Ada, the eye my Mycenm • but there will come a day of reckooi„ngi ber , should I not ' live to see it." From Ravenna, Bth ° eh 1820—" If you turn over the pages of the 1 1 ' 1 ,n h t11' 00 1 , 6 peerage case. you will learn how common was "" e v of Ada under the Plantagenets. I found it in n yj „ . .' pedigree in the reigns of John and Henry." rl,l of t Nov., 1821—" I have to acknowledge the ree e ,7 o 4 lock of Ada's hair, which is soft and pretty, Wi- , 1 0 ' as dark as mine was at twelve." On the Bth Jt i v' s sh se :, the poet's daughter was united to Lord li eg ', o o 9 , ll ' . quently (in 1838) created Earl of Lovelace, a e e rd by which the lineage of John Locke was 'blow% 4t ° that of Byron. Much of the interest which att e i l i e' ti ° the daughters of Milton and Shakspere was fr o ht l deceased lady, wherever the English language js ill and to a large circle of private friends her death pc io a source of sin cere sorrow . Hi g hl y g if te d, and e , n t,o,,P, with a large s h are o f h er f a th er ' s v i v id t er aperan 3 ;ol9) delighted in intell ec t ua l as we ll as b enevo l e nt nn u 001 pursuits, one of h er mos t i n ti mate an d pr i z ed co n having be en f or many years t h at i n telli g ent 11, e° female excellence, M rs . J ameson . T o that lady we should refe r th e p u bli c f or ppretrue a cie' ti°l' character. ALBERT SMITH'S ASCENT OF MON-, g 1 1 . 4 , The extraordi nar y popu l ar i ty atta i ne d last s e °n 1 6 : this entertainment, an d th e un di m i n i s h e d ef e " . which it continued to be regarded to the 0 10.5 ' n ' ing, amply warran t e d a revival of its unique 3°1 ;5 all Judging from the attendance at the EgyPt i.3 , l „, a n- 101 its re-opening last night, and the delight and 3 '''", o j,e o 4 , elicited from beginning to end, the second a n r Albert Smith, in the capacity of illustrator o f 0% bcP narch of Mountains,P bids fair to be fully equa l 1 01 l liancy and success to the preceding one. S e , T e e re a ' provements and additions, effected during ,t of ,02 are pleasingly apparent ; and the recent visit ° decy - f Prince of Chamouni" to his loyal domains has 0 0 ,e opo eo in no small degree, to the heightening of the e n i on ee ; of his friends at h ome . F or i ns t ance , the co te dto ment of the ascent has been greatly extended , °„,i, tba contains new views o f th e P e l er i ns , the w ° l, 4 "ficli,"; dangerous path from th e b ase o f th e Ai g uille du the upper moraine of th e Gl ac i er d es Bossons, 3 0 bee , arrival at the Pierre h l'Echelle. There have 51 :810, 6 added a view of the halt on the summit of ge n ) . with the peaks of the B ernese an d Central A I ;icle of ocean of snow-crested gig an ti c crags; the covere d as s over the Prance at Martigny ; the magnificen t ljs ll `' i 7 the Tete Noire, between Chamouni and the °r id.' from the granite gallery below the hotel, and °deli: ing the valley of Trient ; and a very faithful via / " li srP e o mouni, taken from Eisenkramer's belvidere, d u en th e inundation of the 17th of September last)t t I Arve carried away the baths of the -E'V n e olF; 113 - nion, and the foot-bridge at the Hotel de P", On all these the magic pencil of Mr. Beverley most worthily exercised ; they are painted froth ° lst sketches, he h av i ng l a t e l y accompanied the t 01 1, - Chamouni. The room likewise has been newly al to represent a Swiss Chalet, and the effect is 8 " pretty. It would be matter of surplusage to enter 0. 4 detail of the well-known description of the t° , o - ascent which were given by th e r a con t eur , Who warmly greeted on his r e - a pp earance , w ith all the,c ness and gusto of l as t season . W e had the I: o ,„ %r etl e eri k ij " Pottles and Mrs. S e y mour w ith h er eternallr;gr ei l and never-arriving black b ox , i n a ll th e ir pristio 000 The song, " Galig,nani's Messenger," has bee n n f l ic i to suit many not or i ous recen t occurren ces, 3 " fc''r g immensely, and the Ph rase -b oo k S cena , in the of r Royal, elicited roars of laughter. The beau t y views as we ascend t o th e summ it o f th e nlig h "" c l9 ,l i # r tain we can never w ear y o f a d m i r i ng . To one 11' cordially recommend a visit to this most gratifYn3lo;l tainment. Albert Smith's "Ascent of Mont a g 0,0 at the Egyptian-h a ll, and Woodin's " Carp et the ;is Sketch-book," a t th e M ar i onette Th ea t r e, are re sell" most attractive non-theatrical exhibitions e' t P the metropolis. A DELPHI THEATRE. It' sl e 6t4 A version of U nc l e T om ' s C a bi n was pr° citl evening, under the designation of Slave D.Te' ljeruite" new adaptation Sim on L egree an d H a l e y are r one. Cassy, w h o a p pears at t h e outset , hatts " o ce throughout, and exerci ses th e mysterious irl" 1 ,40 him, notwithstandi ng th e severity of her boncil i i/F o r, is described i n th e t a l e . M r. Sh e lb y tra ffi c s wit h C,I; ; 0, and the escape of Eli za an d h er c hild , a ided rly7 constitutes the principal business of the first 01, however, is caught by he r p ursuers ; a nd oberee, 8 precocious H arr y b ecome th e property o f Let o Pr in the presence o f G eorge H arr i s, who, in _,OO 1 11 room of a tavern, wa t c h es w ith groaning , heai" , s orjeft ings of his wife and the brutality of her opPll e a 0'4, 1 the third act G eorge , i n th e di sgu i se o f a COtv. - 01 , 0c )i negociates the purchas e o f Eli za , b u t the J oe r being discovered, he and his wife make for .0 t) e o' 4 pass on the Red River ; and the piece ends w i r otol i e struction of Legree, who is demolished by of ci ef l , from the hand of Cassy. Uncle Tom is L'"'„ ii ia '" e r, quent visibility. A character of this kind c ould c b ei lt have been adapted effectively for the stage, ',41 1 „,,iVi the simple-hearted and guileless old nigger is b, Pr o P I a mere nonentity. He was personated bY„wv ~bscii; Madame Celeste, the representative of the 'T imperious Cassy, was provided with a P 3r ,„%rile„Y„, was obvious she would present with due - 10"„ and vehemence ; while the pathos of Mis s i ; o es,") who, as Eliza, was simply called upon to de 4 .1 30 force of maternal alarm while witnessing . fe e. peril of her child, was affecting to the last d.e fi g4 9 Alfred Wigan played the runaway George - 1- ",, r ecl„K, ingenious skill. Topsy has been materially aPl iv " observant ability of Mrs. Keeley, however, t he is better exemplified th an h ere . H er por t ra yal ° ot ov oi a uncultured imp of the first act was perfect, 1 ( 1 1 -col' speech and manner, but in the tattered an i . ea rA e de°,: makeup. To the ferocious and remorseless J -I ,7 9 iie rs tb Emery gave all the melodramatic colour that vo l fto 4 1 3 and the pious resignation of Uncle Tom, W . t i „ r Oite * smitings of the slave-drivers without a m urmu r s (I°ol r e eventually under the bowie-knife of Legree , W a d F O O edifying as could be expected. The sceneryb9 jlun ings are appropriate, and the action is relia`" i i, pretty negro melodies, harmonised by 'VII' lo t g e 0 10 3 The applause at the termination was loud ,t;1 1 1 and the drama was announced for repetition 4 7 . J e P Celeste amid every manifestation of delir e a, tb 01 8 ' e extravaganza of Mepkietopheles, which folloW_ that used to be sustained by Miss Fitzwilli 3 ' w o old t i o se: extremely well by Miss Collins,_s who displaYs w ell o l promise in her profession. We silould very ba due that her Aunt Chloe, in the drama, was, „roo and effectively rendered. Slave Life is of Mr. Mark Lemon and Mr. Tom Taylor. ,10 Siro 55 O f . o g MERTHYR ELECTION.—By the demise 0 . 0 00 tr, o John Guest, Bart., which took place on th e , b 0 d: 0 Friday lasts at Dowl a i s H ouse, a vaca„, ll %-il )•i9 created in the rep resentat i on of Mert hyr ' l ,Z r r ayc o d contributory boroughs of Aberdare an d 4 .; c 0 1 , 8 6 , sooner was the event known than the clue s- n wtov., P, to be the honourable baronet's successor as ralili cl on, the borough ?" was immediately agitated. t he tention was, in the first instance, directed Ty cio ch,,, yB ,o shay family, any member of which would, oe coc sV' returned unopposed, as having always b e , c i n , said , ':fd l Reformers, and having great influence. liborne ever, that no member of the family will 3f• Jo but they will give their support Mee 'WV l e neighbourhood, and whose family have AO for district. of A bli rbi r° pr ABINGDON ELECTION.—The Mayor Sheriff ,„i ceived the precept from the High Sheriett. i , - ' - ecip eso g PV .e follo P OO:is this election on Saturday, and has fix(l to Mr. , the nomination, and the polling for . the eh c oo ~v ! lordship will win, though probably by A lst e A d al\sirioEthurerraensudlt, his w speak with sua ra_ p n_ p.,ortauer s ta s a l oi l oo tl v e- only. h fri il e e n L ds ord s Th writ was reCeL 4 A4 f p , OLDHAM ELECTION.-- 0 for Saturday, and the election is fixed the for _ er crt Thursday the nomination on t1_9;;14 • .• will take I:0,0.ot 9, pate a victory, as the polhn,,, _,„ 03 g in new register, on which they succeeded polling on the-latter. The adherents of A:tr _ p up many names at the last revision. /nit tiro riot tb e NV. hi( olar, luati be i ecti denc Cli - al 11 Aron ] the eagi to bi . T 1 '`aims intro Prof 401 0), :',4 171 co g n Detit 4 1111 ticktlz f or e la, at rn ea , ho _ ealf . taint gnat Ire cei do or eri a t (1411! Si IreL Cati c . rnet, obta, teti i tt ex , aott Yea; theirl) l lt • and eOpi Of ( S No tori, ''ett 44t, THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE 18m, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON , WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT CF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL , AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON.