The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-25 00:00:00

Otfti) vbition SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. FRANCE. The Senates-Consulte of the 4th November is much disoussed and much speculated upon in political circles. It appears certain that some members of that body desire that, in order to avoid all discussion, one sole article to the following effect shall be sub mitted to the people : " The French Empire shall be hereditary ,in the direct line, iu the family of Louis Napoleon. In the event of Louis Napoleon having no male issue he shall have the right to name his successor. Lout)) Napoleon shall be em powered to introduce in the Constitution the modifica tions he may think necessary, with the view of harmon izing the new powers of State with the new regime." Several new names will be shortly added to the Pares C4nscripti. One general and one admiral are spoken of, but the hesitation is as to the choice of persons ; the other names are those that, with one ex ception, have been spoken of already several times—M. de St. Georges, director of the National Printing-office; M. Berger, Prefect of the Seine ; M. Moreau, Prefect of the Seine-et-Oise ; and M. de Suleau, of the Boucher-du-Rhcne. A number of Senators have already arrived in Paris. It is believed that the important session of of the 4th will not last snore than eight days. AP the documents relative to the coronation of Kings, and of the Emperor Napoleon in particular, are being collected in the national and other public libraries by the employes of the Ministry of the Interior. The Prince President, it would appear, has some intention of paying a visit to the northern and western departments of France previous to the pro clamation of the Empire. The Chamber of Commerce of Brest has presented an address to the President, thanking him for the creation of that establishment. It is expected that Abd-el-Kader will pay a visit to Paris the moment be Is allowed to quit the Chateau of Amboise. His joy is said to be extre me a t hi s approechingWra tion, end he has promised to pay another visit to France in a year or two. It is be lieved that the Turkish Minister, Prince Callimaki, knew nothing whatever of the President's intention to release the Emir. It is stated that the reduction of the number of regiments of mounted ehasseurs of the army to twelve, and that of the hussars to eight, has been decided on. The two regiments that will be suppressed, the 15th of the former and the 9mh of the latter, will form the two regiments of guides to ho created for the special service of the new Emperor. A letter from Marseilles of the 20th inst. states that M. Durand, the commissary of police of that town, accompanied by another officer, had arrested 25 operatives, forming a secret society. These men had assembled the previous day in a lone house in the valley of Anderre, where they indulged in drinking to excess. They had exhausted the demo cratic vocabularly in shouting such phrases as " Vine /a Republique Sociale !" "Vine la guillotine !" "A bas les riches !" " Au feu les praes !" and thf.se aspira tions were varied by couplets from the Carmagnole, and other favourites of the Montagnard musicians They were but the prelude to a sieenificant ceremony which followed the dessert. A representation of a gallows was raised by them, and hailed with cries of *4 The gallows is erected ; the gallows fur ever !" They neet carried their fraternal theories into effect by plundering the neighbouring orchards and vine yards. ITALY. The Pi9dnacnteec Gazelle, of the 21st inst., an ziounce: that grand military manceuvres, commanded by the Governor-General of the division, were exe cuted at Sambuy, on the 20tb, under the eyes of the King and of the Duke d Genoa. The Savoy Official Gazette, of the 23d inst., quotes a letter from 'a.urin of the 20th, stating that the senators and deputies were returning by degrees to that city, although it was rumoured that a proroga tion of the Chambers would take place, some said to await the proclamation of the Empire in France, others, to give time to Ministers to prepare the esti mates of their respective departments. It was be lieved that M. Cavour would re-enter the Cabinet. His former colleagues gave him a most flattering re ception, and hastened to visit him on his return. M. de Cavour waited on the King to payibim his hom age shortly after his arrival. The French weekly paper, Le Journal de Turin, has suspended its publication. The Opinion, of Turin, contains the following. dated Florence, 18th :-- "The intelligence from Rome is rather important.. Monsignor Charvaz, lately appointed Archbishop of Genoa, had been instruct, d by your Government to adjust some differences pending between Sardinia and the holy See. Such, we understand, was the substance of the prelate's instructions. I am informed that in a recent secret Onclistury—not spoken of even in the Rowan Journal—+s plan of csmpaign %-ainst Pied mont was agreed upon, and that Monsignor Charvaz concurred in the views of the Consistory, by which it was recommended to oppose, by all possible means, the present instiwtions of Sardinia, and to assist Count Solar della Margharita in assuming the reins of Govern ment." The Imperial and Royal Commissioner of the dig trict of Milan had i,saed the following circular : " MILAN, OCT. " The Emperor wishes that all the officers of the State should shave off their beards from the corner of the mouth downwards, so as to leave the chin and lower part of the faoe uncovered. The authorities are desirous that the district oficers and the emplogSs of charitable institu tions and of sohools should conform to that rule. The first have already submitted to it. The latter are re quested to follow their example. Being obliged to draw up a report on the subject, the undersigned hopes that he may not have to notice any opposition to the desire above expressed. Thanks to the intervention of the chiefs of those establishments and institutions." THE LIBERAL PARTY, Something must be done, before Parliament meets, to heal the unhappy dissensions which arc raging in the Liberal camp. The Reform Club is in a positive state some of the popular leaders, of uproar. Only yesterday, instead of accepting Lord John Russell's recent speeches in Scotland as a security for his future good behaviour, contrasting them with his reply to flume's annual motion, and then denouncing them as a most disgraceful bid for Aloe. There is, moreover, jealousy among the ranks of the Reformers themselves. A strong suspicion exists that what are called the Manchester School are anxious to enter into a separate peace with the Whigs solely on trade principles, while the more ardent Liberals wish to make the ballot the basis of the alliance. How it will end it is impossible to know. Such men as Mr. Brown, of South Lancashire, might, we think, by the exorcise of their influence, compose this unpleasant state of things. The great difficulty seems to be to persuade the Liberals of Lord John Russell's sincerity. No family party can again monopolize the Government. —Liverpool CANADIAN TIMBER TRADE. We have heard it stated by several who are interested in the trade, that the scarcity of Canadian timber, espe cially for building purposes, is already beginning to be felt by a considerable increase in price. This is as cribed to the circumstance of so many vessels being devoted from the staple traffic of the St. Lawrence in order to convey emigrants to Australia and the States ; and, as the weather must now shut up a chance of further supplies for some time, it is feared that those who have entered into large building contracts when timber was at a low price, will now suffer much loss and embarrassment by its increased value in the market. —Liverpool Alb,on. TEN PROPOSED GREAT DOCKS AT THE RIVER'S Romi.—The survey of the mouth of the river Avon, with view to the formation of docks capable of accommodating the largest class of ocean steamers, which we some weeks ago announced as having been commenced by Messrs. Rendell and Rockwell, civil engineers, has at length been brought to a sonclusion with the exception of an extra supplementary boring or two which have been commenced to extend the results already obtained to the Swash channel and anchorage Found, and a deep boring which is just put down on the Dung Ball island. The engineers have not yet made any re- Port, but we believe we are correctly informed in saying, that in a Physical and engineering point of view they concur in thinking the site near the Lighthouse, on the Gloucester side . of the river, the most eligible. Th ere is an absence o f rocks and a better flow of tide, and nautical men are almost inmmmorus in recommending it before the Portishead side. It is in contemplation , sh ou ld the docks be made, to connect them with the Great Western railway, by means of a railway passing along by Bristol quay. A DRUNKARD S EZID.—A man named Aetwick, better known in and about Islington as " Golden Jack," in consequence of his immense wealth, died while drunk a few days ago, at his residence in the Shepperton cottages, near the Rosemary Branch. THE PRECIOUS METALS. -_The weekly account of the imports of the precious metals includes 684,000 dollars by the Africa from New York; 956 ,028 oun ars by the Orinoco, dollars from the West Indies; about 10,000 gold by the San Francisco, from Sydney ; 30,000 American gold, by the City . of Glasgow, from Philadelliplialila ayy the Tagus, from Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Oporto; SA,NO". lars by the Hermann, from New York; and dol lars small quantity of gold dust, by the Bosphorus, from th e Cape. value of these imports may be stated at about 3 86 , 0001. O n the other hand , t he exports have been more considerable. The s hi pmen ts direct from London, during the we& ending Thurs day last, are stated in the qustom-house return as follow s Silver bars : to Dunkirk, 8,000 ounces. Gold coin :to Ham_ burg, 1,000 ounces. G old bars : to Hamburg 1 uneee" 344 o Specie: to Adelaide, *,OOO/. The value o f these ship ments is only about 36,0004 The other . ship ments, how.. ever, have been much heavie r than usual. arge sums in silver and gold have been despatched to the astern markets and the week has been distinguish ed b y a revival of the de mand for coin for Australia. Amongst the sums despatched for our southern colonies are 60,000/. by the Koh-i-Noor and about 1,5001. in the hands of passengers by the Banshee, both for Port Philip ; 30,0001. by the Walvisch, for Adelaide; 15,0001. by the Panope, for Launceston ; and 30,0001. by the Resolute, for Sydney. The Ripon has also taken out 271,0781. for Alexandria and the East; and La Plata, 7,455/. for the West Indies, besides 860/. worth of quicksilver. The aggre gate value of the exports from the kingdom for the week is thus raised according to our returns, to rather more than 45 9 ,0004, Sand there is consequently a balance of :some 60,000/. in favour of exports over imports. THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE. If the expenditure is only kept under firm and ju dicious control there is every reason to hope that this undertaking will be completely successful. The appre hensions, however, that the building will not be ready by the Ist of May seem to increase in strength, and. although a great deal of work has undoubtedly been done, the progress made, until within the last few days, has not been so great as might have been expected. It is perhaps to be regretted that the company did not give themselves more time for the execution of a scheme so extensive, and even still it may be worth their while to consider whether they ought not to defer the opening. The permanent character of the building, its lofty pro portions, the inequalities of the ground on which it stands, the exposure of so elevated a site, and the diffi culty of accomedating a vast number of workmen in such a spot—all present obstacles of a serious kind. The economy of time also in undertakings of this sort has its limits, fur things done in a hurry entail extra cost for speed, and are generally found defective. Taking all this into consideration, and remembering the great strain by which the building in Hyde-Park was got ready, it seems unwise in the company to bind themselves to the Ist of May as their opening day. They have no body of volunteers behind their backs, like the 16,000 exhibitors behind the Royal Commission, to furnish the vast interior as soon as it is covered in. They must do the whole, or nearly the whole, work of Riling up themselves ; and not only have they this task within, but outside also they have more than 100 acres of land to lay out in the most elaborate style of garden ing. They have, besides, to provide additional railway accommodation to London-bridge, and a now line to the west-end of town ; for in the present state of matters a great rush of people to Sydennam would give rise to an amount of confusion and inconvenience which might dis gust the public with the whole undertaking. To effect this and other objects of vital importance to the schemes Parliament must first be appealed to, and we all know what delay that entails. These very obvious considerations, connected with the state and prospects of the new Palace, will, no doubt, when the proper time arrived, force themselves on the attention of the directors, who, in the meantime, may , . fairly be congratulated on the growing promise of their enterprise as each portion of it acquires shape and con sistency. To the magnificence of the design for the building, to its commanding site, and to the general out line of the scheme for rendering it attractive—all of which have been described in previous notices—there can now be added many interesting details which may help one to appreciate by anticipation what the whole will be when completed. As the exterior arrangements are those which will first attract the attention of the visi tor, let us give some account of them at the outset. The south-eastern slope of the hill, on the summit of which the new Palace stands, and up which the main approach will lead, is to be laid out in a manner which will ren der it quite as attractive as in the interior of the build ing, it not more so. The upper portion of it—that im mediately in front of the principal facade—to the extent of about 40 acres, and having a breadth of about 1,650 feet, will be arranged as a terraced Italian garden, and will be by far the finest thing of the kind in England. The portion of it for which contracts have been com pleted, and which we believe embraces only the first row of terraces, is to cost 50,0001. Sir Joseph Paxton, in his plan of the grounds, has judiciously preserved the same scale of proportions as in the architecture of the building, every dimension being a multiple of eight feet. Harmony of combination is thus greatly promoted, while, to show that effect will not be sacrificed, his grand ap proach and terrace walk will be 16 feet wide, the general one% 48 feet, and none less than 24 feet. The Italian garden will gradually merge into a less artificial and more English, but still ornate style, the natural 15y of the land being less interfere I with, and the object being to lead the eye agreeably and gently off to the survey of the surrounding landscape. Over the whole will extend a a system of fountains nearly five times as extensive as those of Versailles on grand days There will be every kind of ornamental device known in works of this sort, and all carried out on the most splendid scale. While the grounds become more elaborately dressed as they approach the building, the fountains become more nu merous, varied, and wonderful as they recede from it. Supplied from great reservoirs placed on the summits of huge towers, 256 feet high, at either cud of the building, the waters will first be seen as cascades tumbling throug h the arches of the first terrace on the right and lett of the grand central archway. As they descend, instead of passing beneath, they will appear to bound over the archways of the lowest terrace, so that visitors may walk under them as at Niagara. On each side of the principal approach they will hurry along in roaring cataracts or rapids, filling innumerable tazza shaped fountains in their way, and at last terminatieg far down in the park in two large basins, each 3801 t. broad, in the centre of which will be formed pyramidal fountains of about 180 jets, the largest throwing water to the height of 230 feet— dancing fountains around these, four in number, rising 130 feet, and outside of them, again 16 others, going 90 feet high. There is nothing of the kind in the world at all approaching in magnificence the display of waterworks contemplated by the plans at this point. The two basins and connecting lobes on either side of the main approach will be from end to end 2,000 feet long ; and when this is shown the full power of a supply of 2,000 gallons per second will be put in re quisition. Sir Joseph Paxton says that his two great Pyramid Fountains will play twice as long as the " Grandes Enna" at Versailles. For ordinary occasions the display will not extend so far down, but will termi nate at the foot of the terraced garden in a splendid fountain, with an immense basin, which is now in pro cess - of formation, and round the edge of which it is intended that water should flow continuously in a gigantic bell-shape. The terraced garden will also have eight or nine other fountains, varied in their form ; and while the lower grounds are laid out with illustrations of the wonders of geology, in connected series above we shall have fine statues in Carrara marble, and the bril liant colouring of the flowers. To show the scale on which this last mentioned species of embellishment is to be carried out, it may be mentioned that 50,000 scarlet geraniums have been ordered. These details may help one to conceive what the Crystal Palace Park will be when completed ; and now to give some account of the interior arrangements of the building which are substantially settled, and may, therefore, be with confidence prospectively described. The only important addition to the architectural design since our last notice are the lofty towers at either end, already alluded to, and which are to be 56 feet higher than the centre transept. They are to consist of 10 storeys or landings, from each of which magnificent views will be obtained, while it is expected that from the summits which are to be reached by spiral stair cases, the sea will be visible. The idea of having grand cascades from the tops of these towers has been aban doned. The ground plan of the interior of course resem bles a good deal in its main features that of the building in Hyde-park, bat the distribution into courts has been more followed in the arrangement of the space, and there being no foreign countries to find room for, the company have been fble to deal freely with the whole area as they thought best for the general effect. In the nave they intend to have ornamental basins fed by fountains, statues, specimens of architecture, and colossal sculp ture ; as, for instance, Cleopatra's Needle, which there is some reason to hope they may be able to secure. Here, too, at the sides, and occupying each extremity, will be arranged the plants which are to form the winter gar den and conservatory, the interest of the collection being increased by an earlibition of rare birds. Behind, and seen on either hand through a brilliant vegetation, will be placed—on the south side of the main transept— the choicest specimens of textile fabrics, hardware, minerals, See.; on the north side a magnificent series of architectural reproductions, illustrating the different schools of art from the earliest periods, and arranged in chronological sequence. We shall be able to feast our eyes upon the ehiet masterpieces of by-gone ages, from the times of the Assyrian Empire downwards, through the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Norman, Me diaeval, Renaissance, Elizabethan, French, Flemish, Ita lian, and all revived classical styles. As an example of the manner in which the succession of courts dedicated to this purpose are to be fitted up, it may not be out of place to describe the proposed decorations of the Assy rian Hall, under the superintendence of Dr. Layard and Mr. Fergusson. The grand façade of this hall, which will be about 100 feet by 26 feet, will be a restoration of one of the principal entrances of the Palace of Khor ssbad, and on either side of its chief portals will stand a colossal bull, 19 feet high, with a human head and wings. On either side of the advanced pylous will be placed back to back two balls resembling the others, and 16 feet high. At one end of the hall will be a door way entering into the nave, with casts of the two collossal human-headed and winged lions, 16 feet high, which Layard brought from Nim , road. On the side walls, between the pylous and the end of the Egged% will be bas-relies of Assyrian deities and kings and ministering priests, about 10 feet high. The walls of the interior, to about half their height, will be covered with scenes representing battles, sieges and triumphs, religious ceremonies and the chase. th th e e ß w ri o ti r s k h e of Dr Layard and M . These will b e cas t f rom t h e most i nterest i ng Assyrian Museum and the Louvre, Botts, or sculptures modelled from in and will portray many of the most remarkable events in the reigns of Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, and other great kings. It is quite unnecessary to dilate upon the mag nificent effect which such renovations, carried down with the tide of civilisation from race to race and from age to age, m ust possess; but the public may be fairly con gratulated on the prospect now held out that th e c hi e f relies of the mighty past are at length to be arrayed in due order before the million, and, instead of being buried in museums, will be made to show intelligibly the ge n i us that inspired them and the conditions of society whi c h they illustrate. To render this department of the n ew I Palace as perfect as possible, Owen Jones and Digby Wyatt have been making a toar of the Continent, with full powers to collect the finest illustrations of ancient and modern art that they can obtain. With one excep tion, everywhere in France and Italy they have had the greatest facilities liberally afforded to them; and they report to the board, on quitting the latter country, that they have effected contracts for 1,472 objects. At Naples alone have Messrs Wyatt and Jones met with any difficulty. They had set their hearts upon obtaining there casts of some of the most interesting objects in the Museo Borbonico, and also at Pompeii; but the authorities, probably ill-ieformed as to the pur pose of their mission, met them with a refusal. The Ethnological departmen t is p ro gressing sa tisfactorily. D r . pany a collection of curiosities illustrating the habits of the African tribes, and Major Codring ton has offered a fine display of Indian armour. In the zoological section th e arrangements are also well been advanced. Steps havetake for the exhibition of fish on an entirely new principle, and through the kind ness of Mr. Bowerbank, of t consented to show his fine collectiongburgrove, who of y d has sponge, the 's play of marine farina promises to b e very interesting. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1852. I Contracts are being entered into for the construction of masses of rock on a large scale in the open air, whereby picturesque effects will be produced without the violation of geological facts and laws. and this section of the Na tural History department will prove extremely attractive from the restoration of colossal extinct animals which will accompany it. Among the curiosities thns ex hibited will be working models of the mastodon, the glyptodon, the inylodon, the ichthyositurns, and the plesiosaurus; and if these do not astonish and amuse the multitude we shall despair of the fame of such men as Professor Owen and Guvier. The Raw Produce Col lection is attracting great attention, especially in Liver pool, where the directors have secured the aid of Mr. Archer, who exhibited in llycle-park the remarkable and complete illustration of imports at that port. With regard to the space set apart for exhibitors, Mr. Belshaw who is especially charged with the direction of it, has Just returned from a visit to the principal seats of our manufacturing industry, and his inquiries go to 'prove that the company may expect to realize a largo annual income from the letting of stalls. In describing the in terior arrangements of the building two other points remain to be noticed. The first relates to the disposal of the machinery, which is to be placed in an extensive basement story formed by the rapid fall of the site for the building towards the park. Thus a very convenient arrangement is affected, at the same time that the architectural grandeur of the prine:2ll facade is greatly heightened lay the additional elevation. The second point, and one of much importance to the aspect of the interior, is, that the galleries which ran along both sides of the nave in the old palace, obstructing the view, are done away with, and the outside ones are alone retained. In these will be placed the lighter and more valuable articles of manufacture, such as occupied them in Hyde-park. that ho was a carver and gilder, of St. Mary-street, Liverpool, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the White Bear public house, in King-street, Hammersmith. On Thursday evening, the 14th inst., the prisoner en tered the above named public house, with a carpet-bag in his hand, es if he had been travelling, and inquired if he could be provided with a bed. Mrs. Millward replied in the Affirmative, and he was shown to a bedroom next to one occupied by a young man named Edward Griffith's. The prisoner slept in the room all night, and in the morning, shortly before nine o'clock, he came down stairs with his carpet bag, paid his reckoning without ordering any breakfast, which was the usnai custom for per sons to do, and left the house. No suspicion was then attached to him, but a few mlnutne afterwards, upon Mrs. Millward going up stairs to ascertain if all was right, she discoVered Griffithe's box in his bed room, which contained his wearing apparel, completely empty. She instantly informed her husband that Griffiths' clothes had been stolen, and it was then sus pected that the prisoner was the thief. The prisoner was accordingly pursued and apprehended in the Grove, walking in the direction of Shepherd's Bush. He was brought back to the house, and Sergeant Lowe, of the T division, who had been called, found the carpetbag locked. He then searched him, and discovered the key in his pocket. Upon opening the bag the officer found two coats, a waistcoat, two silk handkerchiefs, and other articles, which Griffiths identified us belonging to him. The prisoner was discovered wearing three pairs of trou sers, two of which were the property of Griffiths, and also another waistcoat, belonging to the same person. In the pockets of the prisoner Sergeant Lowe found a cap, a cigar case, and gloves, which Griffiths said were his property. He also said that the whole of his property was quite safe in his box when lie left his room about 8 o'clock in the morning. raynter committed the prisoner fer SIR 11. BUL WER'S MISSION TO ROME. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. TO TIIE EDITOR OF TUE DAILY NEWS. - - Protestant Association Office, 6, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street, Oct. 22, 1852. Sir,—Allow me to invite the attention of yourself and your readers to the enclosed correspondence of the sub ject of diplomatic relations with the Ccurt of Rome. I have tha honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES LORD, Chairman. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. The Lords of the Admiralty will arrive here to-mor row morning to commence their official inspection. On Wednesday evening their Lordships personally patronize a ball in aid of the Seamen 1:411c1 Marines' Orphan Schools, at Holiingsworth's rooms. The Niger, 14, acrew.sloop,Cuminander Heath, went out of harbour to Spithead on Friday evening, and ship ped her ammunition yesterday, prior to sailing. It has hitherto been supposed that Jack would desert his ship unless his wages were kept in arrear. That such is not the case has been proved by the fact of the Niger having left this port without a single " straggler," although paid down to the 30th of September. This is, we believe, a very rare ease. The Niger may be manned with an unusually steady crew, or she may have unusually popu lar officers; but at any rate it sugars well for the new system of mouthly payment to the seamen of the fleet. The Sappho, 16, Commander the Hon. A. Cochrane, was inspected, and her crow mustered by the Port-Ad miral, and exercised in gunnery by Captain Chads, CJJ., rater day, prior to her sailing in the evening to be paid off at Chatham. The Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, Captain Giffard, left Spithead this afternoon for Queenstown to endeavour to make up her crow. The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fremantle will haul out of the fitting basin on Monday. The Oriental Queen,convict-ship, which lately touched at this port for couviets fur transportation, and which arrived at Plymouth oti Sunday last, carries out a total of 230 felons, mostly on tickets of leave, and a draught of the 11th Regiment, consisting of Ensign Petrie and 49 men, commanded by Major Reid, 99th Regiment. Her destination is Van Diemen's Land. The three-decker, Marlborough, on the stocks in this dockyard, is ordered to be named the Windsor Castle. Mr. H. Davy, Assistant-Master-Attendant of this dockyard, died on Thursday. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, My Lord,—You were pleased to favour me with a prompt reply to my former letter, dated June 26, and to give an unqualified denial to a report to which I had drawn your attention with reference to the alleged mis sion of some diplomatic agent to Rome to treat with the Pope in certain important subjects then re ferred to. Since then 3 rumour has gone abroad attended with some matters of so circumstantial s kind as to give a probability to it,'and to have impressed many with a belief of its truthfulness. The rumour to which I now refer appeared in substance in the Pebats and other papers. It is to the effect that Sir Henry Bulwer had visited Rome, and when there had an inter view with Cardinal Antonehi, on which occasion Sir Henry is represented as having hinted that it would be advisable for the British Government to accredit to Rome an agent with a higher title than that of consul : and that Cardinal Antonelli replied that it would be time to discuss such a question when a papal nuncio was admitted to the Court of England. May I then request of your lordship information on the Renewing points : 1. Whether Sir Heery Bulwer has been accredited as ambassador or minister to the Court of Rome, or to act there in any diplomatic relation en behalf of the British Governeeent ? 2- If any communication, official or otherwise, has been made by him or others to her Mejeety's Govern ment of any such interviews as is above referred to ? Your lordship's exaited position may place you above noticing mere ordinary rumoure, but I trust that in a question of so much importance, and in which many feel so strongly, and ono thus specially brought under your notice, a speedy and satiefactory reply will be afforded. I have the houeur to remain, ley lord, your lordship's I obedient servant, JANIss LORD, Chairman, Oct 18, 1852. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 24. Her Majesty's steana-vessel Pao, 4, Lieutenant Com mander T. C. Smith, arrived from Woolwich on Friday, and having taken her coal on board, was placed at her sailing moorings on Saturday. She is appointed to sail to-morrow (Monday) for the Cape of Good Hope. liar Majesty's frigate Alarm, 26, Captain G. Ramsay, wont up harbour on the 22nd. Her crew will be paid off on Friday, the 28th inst. The General Screw Steam Navigation Company's mail-packet Hellespont, Captain W. Watts, arrived here on .Vriday, and is appoint e d to sail to-day with mails for Sierra Leone and the coast of Africa, having been taken up for the voyage by the Royal African Mail Steam packet Company, preparatory to the completion of their own ships. Downing,• street, Oct. 20, 1852. Si.,---I am directed by Lord Derby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst., in which you request to he informed whether Sir Henry Bulwer has beenlaccredited as ambassador or minister to the Court of Rome, or to act there in any diplomatic relation on behalf of the British Government ; and also whether any communication, official or otherwise, has been made by him or others to her Majesty's Government of any in terview with Cardinal Antonelli; and I have, in reply to your first question, to acquaint you that Sir Henry Bulwer has not been in any way accredited to the Court of Rome ; and with respect to your second ques tion, that it does not consist with Lord Derby's duty to answer any inquiries as to private and unofficial com munications which may have passed in conversation be tween Sir Henry and Cardinal Antonelli, or any other person at Rome.--I am, sir, your obedient servant, James Lord, Esq. W. P. TALBOT• SHEERNESS, SUNDAY, 8 Her Majesty's ship Ganges, 84, launched at Bombay in 1321, is undergoing extensive repairs, and will be out of the shipwrights hands in January next. Although built of teak her stern frame is rotten, and will require ' to be replaced by a new one. Her Majc3ty's ship Howe, 120, is reported to bo com pleted in her repairs by the Ist of April next year, at which period she will have been in duck nearly two years. H e r Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Agamemnon, pi. captain Sir T. Maitland, will be fully rigged by the middle of November, and ready for sets by the '2Bth of December, a month earlier than previously intended. Fur this purpose the hands at present employed on the Ganges, 84, and the Miranda steam-sloop, aro to be taken off, and, together with all the available force of the dockyard, set to work on her. A portion of the seamen of the London, 80, advanced ship, are daily employed in her equipment. She in entering men slowly and is conic 400 short of her complement. When ready for service, she is to have none other than the best Welch coal, which, causing but little deposit, is better adapted to her tubular boilers than coal procured from the north country. Another ship of the same class is ordered to be built on the same slip from which she was launched. ller Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Tartarus, Lieutenant -Commanding R. H. Risk, will hare made good her defects in a few days, and will be ready for sea by the first week in November. Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, has been removed from abreast Chatham dockyard to moorings lower down the Medway. The Chatham, yacht to the Captain Superintendent, Peter Richards, C. 8., arrived yesterday with moneys for the public service, and returned to Chatham in the after noon. The officers and crews of the Waterloo, Agamemnon, London, &c., were mustered on Friday by the Hon. Montagu Stopford, Flag-Captain to Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joscelino Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief. Lieutenant Gordon, her Majesty's ship London, who has been at Portsmouth during the last few weeks raising men, has returned to his duties on board. Two large anchors on the plan of Mr. J. Aylen, Mas• ter-Attendant, aro ordered to be forthwith constructed at Chatham-dockyard. The usual members of the Anchor Committee are in daily deliberation on the subject of their repent. The League Banquet at Manchester is now drawing near, and great anxiety is manifested among the corres pondents of the council of the League to secure places. Letters are coming to hand from all parts of the country, and the applicants include four su4elostis of the French government. The first issue of tickets was on Thurs day, and up to noon the next day 700 or 800 had been sold, independent of the applications from a distance. The following additional members of Parliament have accepted invitations: Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P., Lambeth; Mr. Robert Inahern, M.P., South Shields; Sir George Goodman, M.P., Leeds; Mr. T. Kennedy, M.P., Louth; Mr. S. M. Pete, M.P. ' Norwich; Mr. W. M. Sbee, M.P., Kilkenny; Mr. Richard Gardner, M.P., Leicester; Mr. M. Sullivan, M.P., Kilkenny; Mr. James Sadlier, M.P., Tipperary; Mr. W. H. Gore Langton, M.P., Bristol; Sir John Foster Fitzgerald, M.P., Clare; Mr. John Green. M.P., County Kilkenny; Mr. F. Scully. M.P., County Tipperary; Mr. P. O'Brien, M.P.; King's County; Mr. John Ball, M.P., County Carlow; Mr. Richard Swift, M.P., County Sligo; Mr. Thomas Thornely, M.P., Wolverhampton; Mr. W. M. E. Mil ner, M.P., York • Mr. John Brady. M.P., Leitrim; and Mr. H. Brown, AP. Tewkesbury. MODERN CYCLOPEAN WALL.—A recent number of the Allgerneine Zeitung contains an interesting account of a visit which the writer had made to inspect the progress of building a wall in the manner called Cyclopean, at Dusternbrook, near Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein. He considers the effect of the work and the style of execu tion far superior to any of the numerous remains called by the same name which ho had seen in Italy, and goes su far as to give it the preference over any other kind of wall, so far as the plain, vertical surface of the material, apart from ornamental accessories. is concerned. He thinks that the polygonal stones, exerting their pressure in all directions, must insure stronger work than squared stones, however closely jointed, which only act in the di rection of gravity. Indeed, the innumerable many sided and multangular stones of all sizes seem run to gether into one compact mass, of which neither time nor age will get the better. Neither mortar nor any other means of binding the stones together is employed; but the greatest care is taken in fitting :the granite blocks ono into the other, the vacant spaces in the wall a 3 it is carried up being accurately taken off with a lead tape (blei.stange) forced with a hammer into all the angles of the openings, and then applied to the flat hewn face of the block best suited, and next to be brought to its pro per shape by the workman. From the workmen, he learned that the directions given them by the architect were— " Five-sided and six-sided blocks, seldom four-sided; straight lines, obtuse angles, joint upon angle and angle upon joint; all according to the lead tape, and only inclined junctions." In fact, all the junctions between the blocks were found to be in every gradation between the perpendicular and the horizontal, without coinciding with either of them. In this obli quity of the joints the author detected the arch principle of construction as applied to the work, and the workmen pointed out to hi m , th a t eac h stone either pressed or r H o e u r s r . Malinke H e was u w n a a s b le t h t e o e a a m r ne of t h e thename o i i f d t h r a w r c h h o i t had e e t. supported, with every one of it s sides, however nume n e said that the cost of the work was less than a squared stone wall ; that it was much stronger, so that he should have used it in several larger buildings if he had been acquainted with it sooner ; moreover, that this kind of building was to be preferred, because every stone, large or small, can be used up in it. Generally, the writer holds this polygonal or Cyclopean kind of building to be especially applicable in, first, hydraulic works, as it offers nowhere a continuous joint to the water ; second, in for tifications ; third, for railways in substruction and steep coverings, and in the cellar story and even in the next story of large buildings and palaces. In these mortar would be used, not as a means of connecting the stone, but only as pointing to the joints, so that the immediate contact of the stone should not be interrupted. In con clusion, the writer recommends the adoption of this method of building, according to determined and clearly defined principles and rules, as altogether practical, wherever the material for polygonal blocks is found —a method which is at least to us a new one, and not simply a more careful execution of the long-used rock walls, or an ornamental imitation of an old style, as in the Wal halla, of which practical method, in short, the Cyclopean wall, near Kiel, is the first example that has been exe cuted in Germany.— The Builder. THE BALLOT.—Mr. Cobden in a letter to the un successful liberal candidate for Montgomery remarks— It is to meet each crying evils that you describe that the ballot must be adopted. It is not as a cure for bribery, that I advocate secret voting, so much as a shield against intimidation and coercion. The remedy for bribery is the enlarging of the small constituencies, and the ballot. With 28 millions of people to be represented in Parlia by 656 members, there ought not to be any small consti tuencies. TUE MARIONETTES IN LIYERPOOL.—The perform ances this week have been slightly varied. Mr. A. Browne delivers a new introductory address, and then follows the burlesque of " Bombastus Furioso." Next, we have a duet from Norma, the performances of the Ethiopian melodists, a comic song, and the splendid spectacle of " Aladdin." The audiences are numerous, and if we may judge by the roars of laughter and thunders of applause with which the efforts of the puppets are grectei., greater favourites never appeared before the Liverpool public, We are not at all surprised that it snould be so, for the performance of the Ethiopians alone is no natural, and withal so ludicrous, that all classes aro provoked thereby to, we had almost said, the most out rageous laughter. The scenery is splendid, every scene being a perfect picture in it se lf ; an d t h e act i on o f s o me of thelilg to uresisgraceful, if n o t a l ways natura l. F or c hild ren , a visit Marionettes wilt be a great treat; and although large e d forin numberst h e m attend erni n nightly, gh performances,t , the y re which specially tai cep placero v eve ry Saturday.—Lirerpoot Mercury, Oct. 29, NEVER .11EsrAia.—A couple were married at King's who had "wooed" for 37 years, WOOLWICH, OCT. 23. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeons—William Robertson, M.D. (1843), from the Hogue screw steams -hip, at Portsmouth, to the Leander, 50, at Portsmouth; James G. Buchanan (1846), to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. Master James Tonkin (1832), at present serving in the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, at Sheerness, is appointed assistant-master-attendant at Portsmouth dockyard, vice Henry Davy, deceased. The Princess Alice, Dover mail steam-packet, Second- Master Rutter, lett Woolwich on Friday evening last to resume her duties on the Dover station. The Dover iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 90- horse power arrived at Woolwich on Friday evening from the river Gambia, on the coast of Africa. The Dover was brought home in charge of the chief-engineer, and there are only four other white persons on board, the remainder of the crew being all Kroomen. It was Lieutenant Thomas Saumarez who has just returned from Africa, and not Lieutenant Philip bau marez, of the Terrible, who has been appointed to the Victoria and Albert. LAW REFORMS.—The first day of Michaelmas ' Term, when the new course of procedure in the Court of Chancery comes into operation, is rapidly approach ing, and some anxiety is felt both by professional men and by suitors with reference to the working of the new system. Such anxiety is not groundless. The impend ing alterations relate not merely to the practice in the courts, but they also transfer the direction of the details of a suit to the Judges sitting at Chancery in substitu tion of the present Masters in Chancery, and yet to the present moment no general rules and orders for regu lating the form and mode of procedure before the Judges so sitting at Chambers have been promulgated. The practitioner is lett without chart or compass, and will be obliged to act in working out a now system without having had the opportunity of considering the effect and operation of the rules which he will ho required to ob serve. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--WEDNINP. RIMY, SATURDAY.—A shocking tragedy has just been perpetrated hero, a married woman having drowned her child, aged 15 months, in a tub, and afterwards made a n attempt on her own life by hanging herself. The cir cumstances were investigated last evening, by Mr. tho district coroner. A number of witnesses were examined, and the following is the gist of their testimony : The alleged murderess, Sarah Smith, is the wife of a moulder, employed at the ironworks of Mr. George Adams, of this town. On Saturday evening last, about five o'clock, Smith, the husband, came, home from his work, but could not find his wife. After looking about the house, he discovered her hanging from a hook in the pantry by a handkerchief, which she had tied round her neck. He cut her down, and found her in sensible, but by prompt surgical assistance she was re stored. , Almost immediately afterwards the dead body of Smith's little child was found in a tub of water, over which a tea-tray had bean placed. The tub was a small one-1 foot 8 inches in height, and 1 foot 2 inche in diameter. After the mother had been taken into cus tody, Mrs. Chowle, a neighbour, asked her how she could do such a thing as kill .her child ; to which she replied, "I will tell you all about it, I left the child in the brewhouse, playing with its chair, while I went to the cistern for water. When I returned, I found it iu the tub, with its head downward'. I pulled him out, but ho was nearly gone. I felt afraid, and I put him in again, and went and hanged myself." She afterwards repeated this statement, and denied that she had killed the child. Mr. Bailey, a surgeon, of Wednesbury, having examined th e pri soner on the evening of the alleged murder, gave his opinion that she was labouring under temporary insanity. The jury, after a charge from the coroner, r e t u rn e d a ver di c t of " . Wilful murder" against Sarah Smith. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, OCT. 23. (Before Mr. Commis loner Fonblauque.) IN RE BAKER AND BAKER. The hearing of this case was resumed by adjournment from the 23d ult. The bankrupts, who were stock brokers, of Throgmorton-street, then applied for their certificates, and were opposed by Mr. Lucas, for the executors of Mrs. Sutherland, on the ground of misap propriation of funds entrusted to them for a specific pur pose. The case was adjourned for the production of evidence. The balance-sheet, prepared by Mr. Butler, extends over a year snd a-half prior to the Mara, and is in the following form:— s. d. To creditors, unsecured 7,744 9 1 Do ~ to be paid in full 22 10 0 Do., holding security 6,500 0 0 Liabilities Policies of Assurance 440 0 10 Commissions 3,321 16 2 3,125 8 4 Capital at January 1, ISSI Dn. ), 21,221 14 5 CR. - 2 s. d. By cash at banker's 37 4 10 1)o. given up 65 0 0 Debtors—good 3BB 1 5 Do, doubtful 404 19 7 Do. bad 3,512 4 0 Property in hands of creditors 5,057 17 11 Business expenses! 995 11 n Partners' drawings 2,047 17 8 Losses 8,622 10 2 Diffarence in books 22 16 11 Liabilities 67 10 0 Dabtors, bad, Jan. I, 1851...53,394 9 2 21,221 14 5 Mr. Lucas said ho opposed on t w o grounds — the large ground that the elder amount of personal expenditure (being at the rate of of money bcknging tlbh,aoenOkyBrlo:nuapn-tgy had ra a )d r , i b ua y ins t ad h p e ;ri e o, p) d r e iorantbead thenka r s u u p m t , and 888/. a-y e ar by to Mrr. Suthetiand. That lady authorised the bankrupts to sell out for ',er stock in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, and to pizrehase East India Railway shares. This they had failed to do to the extent required; but some of the shares had since been replaced, leaving a balance of 1,0871. still due to the creditors. His Honour said he should make no observation on the case until he had had an opportunity of looking through the correspondence. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE WINSTANLEY AND CO. Today was fixed for the proof of debts And choice of assignees in the case of these bankrupts, Edward Win -8,01/au and E. N. Winstanky (who a short time since committed suicide), trading under the style or firm of Wiubtanley and Sons, the extennive chemists and drug gists of the Poultry. The debts arc about 5,0001.; the amount of assets cannot at present be ascertained with accuracy, but they are expected to he very considerable. Debts to the amount of nearly 3,0001. were proved during the day, and Air. Homer, of Buckler:dairy, vvh&ess,le druggist, was unanimously chosen assignee, an d ho accepted the trust. Messrs. .Lawrance, Plows, and Co., are the solicitors to the wisignee. It was an uncontested choice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.— Wm. COCkBOII, who had under gone several examinations upon the charge of having I robbed his employer s , Messrs. Bowriog and Co., of Fen chureh-street, hosiers, of goods of the value of upwards of 400 i, was brought up for final examination. 'rho prisoner, who appeared to be about 18 years old, hail been 17 months in the employment of Mr. Bowring, as errand boy, and during the fast twelve months the firm had been losing quantities of gloves and silk hand kerchiefs. Upon taking stock they ascertained that the property missing was to the above-mentioned amount. The prisoner was not suspected until hiy employers were informed that he was in the habit of spending much more money than he received for the performan c e of his duties. He was then called aside and taxed with the robbery. At tint he denied that he had stolen any pro perty; but soon afterwards ho acknowledged that he bail stolen about 30 pieces of silk handkerchiefs, worth 521. 10.. A solicitor, who appeared for the prisoner, endea voured to show, by the cross•examination of Mr. Bow ring, that the words used by that gentleman to induce his client to state all he know of the matter referred to the first admission which the prisoner hart made. Mr. Bowring distinctly denied that such was the case, and was confirmed by other testimony. Alderman Hooper said the words implying a lenient view of the case wore, it was quite plain, used after the prisoner had confessed to the robbery of the thirty pieces of handkerchiefs, and therefore could not be con sidered as containing a promise or an understanding to remit the accusation. was the 'Thames, n w e i a t r h Q h u a e v e in n g hitho-stairs. The prisoner was then committed for trial to Newgate. t 0 Margaret drow drown herself inattempted A waterman said he saw the prisoner, who appeared to be half drunk, run down the steps and make an ef fort to throw herself into the water. Alderman ilooper—And did she get into the water at all ? WiCaesil seized her and pro-feastl her from reaching ! the water. . Y -- - Alderman Hooper (to prisoner) What were you about ? Defendant—Filitb, I was half drunk, and it wasn't wa ter I wanted to drink, sure enough, Alderman Hooper—She shall go to the Comptor for three days. The defendant—lf you send mo th ere I shall lose my business morning . —V well Alderman Hooper . ery , you can coma out nice and sober on Monday , and I shall g ive direetions that atldaam going to char for a family on Mond a y ylight. you be discharged at daybreak. Committed. I w 2 a 2 s , Ad e charged rs ate-street. with s t ea li ng G UILDHALL. -- Thomas Bushman, a littl e b o y, cigars rcelyfrolt was stated in evidence, that the prisoner entered scarcely ten a y t e o a b r a s ec o o f n a is g t ,e s „ the shop on Thursday, in company with two other boys, and asked for a pipe, but on being served with it they found fault with it being too large, and refused to take it. After they left some cigars were missed from the case, and on the following day (Friday) they came again for another pipe, which they also found too large for their purpose ; but the shopwoman, on seeing them run away, pursued the prisoner and gave him into custody. The prisoner said the fact was, he saw the two boys take the cigars, and told the woman of it, and then ran after them, but was not able to catch them. The shopwoman said that was not true, for wh en s h e followed the prisone r, she saw him throw away five cigars. The officer said that when he first saw the prisoner, he was struggling with the shopwoman, and calling out " Police, police. Committed for se ven days to Bridewell, and separat e confinemsnt. THAMES.—Martin Fencing, a lad who g ave hie address Chapman - str eet, St. Georges-in-the-East, was charged with stealing a purse, containing , a half-cr own , t wo sixpences, an d three penny pieces, from the per son of Mrs. Susannah Aley, of No. 17, Deau-stroot, Shadwell. It appeared that Mrs. Aley was talking to a fri en d i n King David-lino, Shad well, that morning, and the pri soner came behind them, and was in the sot of taking Mrs. Aley's purse out of her pocket, whoa she felt his got into hand, and asked him what ho was about, to which he replied, " Nothing, unarm." She put her . hand in her d h e i n s t h in ad the world pocket, and missed the purse. She then seized the boy, and, in spite of considerable violence and resistance' on his part, gave him into custody. . Mrs. Bayley, who was in company with pro do found he purse and its contents on the ground, close , to tho boy% feet. the T lhaed y, s by defence,the merestsaid t a h c a c t ? and that he did not take the purse —it fell out of the lady's pocket. The prisoner was reconized as 'an old offender, a n d Mr. Ingham committed him for trial. BOW-STREET.—Charles Ja mes Clark, described as a bottled-beer seller, of Minorva-place, Kenningto n , was charged with three separate assau lts on the toll-collec tors of Waterloo-bridge. over we ro proceeding the bridge with a truck, upon which the toll-collector informed them that, by the rules os the bridge, only one person could bo passed through the roadway with the truck, and that the master or his man must go through the passengers' wicket-gate in the o rdinary way. There was no dispute about the payment of the toll, but de fendant persisted in using the carriage way, as he wa s in a hurry. Finding all remonstrance useless, Willett and two other toll-collectors interfered to compel him to conform with the regulations of the bridge, and the con sequence was an assault upon each. The witnesses stated that the defendant appeared to be slightly under the influence of drink. The defendant strongly denied the latter imputation, ladnudtiewsi.thHreisspectwortsohitpheassaults, stated that he was very roughly handled by the toll-collecto rs. Mr. Henry told him he had acted very foolishly, but the collectors must be upheld in the discharge of their fined him 121. for the three as duties. or two months' imprisonment. The fines were paid. WANDSWORTIL—WiIIicrra Read, the master of a sand craft, and living at the waterside, appeared to answer a charge of assaulting William Purvis, of 62, Tower-street, Westminster road, an assistant sheriff's officer, whilst in the execution o f his duty. Tho complainant now prov ed that on Wednesday evening ho was warrant from the sheriff, as a lso under a county court put in possession b y a Mr Glover, on his process by Mr Goff, the under-bailiff. That at six o'clock the defendant came to him, and told him he must leave, or he would turn him out. lie explained to him that his proceeding mast bo by interpleader, and the de fendant left him alone till eleven at night, when he for cibly ejected him down stairs, kicking him at the same time. lie sent for Mr Goff , wbe brought a police con stable, and he apprehended the defendant. Mr Punter said the assault was clearly proved, anti ho must pay :It, or go to prison for three weeks. LIAMMERSMITLI.—A res pectably attired young MO, who gave the name of George and stated ---~ r PJ2IC. ,RES, N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the O ff icial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Same Of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ..../......1..1•= 1 .-5a 1............. X a. d. £ a. d• Australasia ••.••• • • • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 58N BritahNorth American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial. ronian ••••••• • • • • • 6/. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 20 0 0 210 0 3,zi London and County 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 33 1 ,; London Joint-Stook... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1(.1 - i,' Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 471;/ Ditto, New.• ••••• . • 8 /. per cont. 10 0 0 10 0 0 —' National of Ireland .. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 t , int. PrOVICICiaI of Eng. 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New. ••• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Oriental Bank Corpora. 81. p. ct•Sa be. 25 0 0 25 0 0 3$ South Australia ••• • —6/. p. cti& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Union of Australia 6/.p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto •••• .. • • ...... 61 . per cent. 210 0 anion of London. •• .. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Madrid ..... 40 0 0 40 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. .1..........11 1... 4.1.1....1........... ................ ..M......... ..... .................. ............, £ e. d. £ s. d. Albion •• •• --..•• •• El. 108. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 ialiance Ttrit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 23% Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas .••••••• • •• . - -138.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 20 Argus Life ••••• • • • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial - 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Cleriel,Med.Bs Gen. Life spr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2034 County ••••••• • • • • • • • 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 102 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 173( Eagle ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% Eqlty and Law ...... 434 per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5 34 EllrOpellß Lifo • ..• • 15s. 20 0 0 All paid. 14 General .• ••••• • - .. - 5 0 0 OP 5 34 Globe • •• • -61. per cent. Stock. 149 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 58th imperial Fire •. •• •• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1934 Indemnity Marine.... 11.5 h.& Its. 100 0 0 20 0 0 53 Law Fire . ...... -• • 2s & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4 35 Law Life .... .... .... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 47 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire --••- 10s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 303 s London Ship .... 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 30 ilarine•• ••••• - . . .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 1734 Wed. Invlid&Gen.Life 4361. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Minerva ••.. • • ...... sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 20 0 6 Monarch ••••••.. .. • . 1 - 5 0 0 1 0 0 205.0 d Niatlonal Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - ?alladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Pelican • • .. • • .• - - - 45 Puonix ..... ....... - - - - Professional Life.... • • 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 158.0 d Provident Life •••• • • • • 11.55. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 neck Life •••••• • • • • •• ss. 5 0 0 010 0 8% Royal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 235 iun Fire.. ....• .. - -6/. 10s. - „ 211 Ditto Life ..... - 55 United Kingdom Universal Life.... - -2/. 58. per tit. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Victoria Life ... - -5/. per cent. - 412 6 534 BRIDGES. i Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 1 Annum. Share. i ----. ---.--- ---- - A. s. d. A. s. d. • Hungerford.• ••••• • • • - - - - Southwrk .• .. ••• • .. - 100 0 0 - - s Ditto NW of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 •-• 16 Waterloo •••••• • • •• •• - 100 0 0 - 3 60 0 0 2 41 4 Ditto Old Ann. 0181. 21.8 x. Od. - 8 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21.25. Od. - 40 0 0 2234 Vauxhall .... .• • Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 20 WATER-WORKS. i- ; Dividend Amount e, Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Price m Annum. Share. --- il 1 A s. d. A 8. d. East London... •••• • • • ; 61. per cnt. Stook. - 123 , Grand Janction •••• •• 41. per cut . 50 0 0 - 69 r ' d Kent.. ••••••- • • •• •• 1 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 83 Lambeth •••••• • • • • • • ; - 100 0 0 - _ Now River Company • • , 21. 105. - - 60 's Southwark & Vauxhall Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 -- 90 West Middlesex •• • ... 6 1.05. pr cut. - - 110 e a. DOCKS. ;11 I- Dividend Amount it Name of Company. per of Paid. Pries Annum. Share. ----- - .-...- -- As. d. £ s. d. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 105 East and West Ind; a ... 6341. pr cent. Stook. - 188 q East Country - - ut London .... •.•• •• •• 51. pr cent. Stock. - 130 'h Ditto Bonds •• • • •-• 41. par cont. -•-- St. Katharine •. • ....• 4 per cent. Stock. - 97 re Southampton ........ 1/. per cent.; 50 0 0 50 0 0 35 Victoria .. ••..•• • • .. - 20 0 0 20 0 0, CANALS. ..- a ,Dividend Names of 1 , .; Dividend' Names of \ Price. t per Companies. A per Companies. 2, Annum. Price, sc i Annum.. v. , —.—.., x -- "1" Ashtn& Oldh 98Y/1. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield'. 100 21.108. 50 \ Barnsley •• •• 16 0 _. Neat& •••• •• ioo 161. SrknkkAbrg 160 51. 85 Oxford.. •• •• 100 131. 135 Birmingham 40 41. 101 Peak Forest. 78 31. Dis. 70 C ov entry..•• 100 251. 200 Regent's •• •• 33 11. Os. 17% Derby • • •• •• 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... s 5 21 . 42 ElismreBrChs 69,2% p. et. 33% Somerset Coal 150 Graumunctu 100 3/,pr.ct. sO Do.LlFdat 12 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10'64 pr. ct. 12 Stffrd &Were 140 1 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 IL 108. Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union 100 11.10 s. 24 Stonrbridgo.. 145 201. 290 (tenni& Avn 39 6s. Od. 7% Severn and 1 21.05. 24 Lancaster . 1001 Wye Rail. t 26 Leeds&Lirrp 100' 231. 522% Warwick& / 44 40 Leicester ..• • 100 51. 66 Birming. j 100 Leicstr&Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& 100 31. 38 Loughhorogh 142 701. 510 Napton. Monmouthsh 100 Worcstr i I 78 31. 33 Mntgemrysk 100 , , Birming. I MoltnMwbry 100 , Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. 7N GAS.LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ -- -- --.. £. s. d. X. a. d. British •• •• • • •• •• • • •• - - - - Ditto Provincial.• •• 11. le. 20 0 0 20 0 0 19 Brighton -••••• • • • • ' 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 Continental (Third Cap.) 4/. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67 Equitable., ••••• •• •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Great Central:• ••• •• . 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14% Imperial .. •• •• •• •. .. 31. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 86 Independent ....• •• •• 6/. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London• •..•••• •• • • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Pee. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 Phaintx .•••••• - • .. 311. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26% Rateliff •••••• • • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General .... •• 1/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 21% Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 60 0 0 50 G 0 36 Ditto, Now •• •• .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 6% LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. i Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ,---......-- - --- -- -- - £ a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Clydesdale Bank- •• -6/. per cont. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12115 s Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 180 Eastern Bank •••• •• • • 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 Edinb.&Glasgow Rank 3/. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4 1 4 Exchangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 Bs. Od National Bank 6% per cont. 60 0 0 10 0 0 16% North of Scotlandßank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 3m , Royalßank of Scotland fa. per cent. 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 135 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92% Western Bank ,• .• •• • . 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Alliance Fire and Life 8% Lpr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 22 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 15s Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 23% Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3% Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/.per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 3/. 17s National Fire and Life '43/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 328.6 d North British Incur. •• ,:51. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 34 Scottish Unionlnsrneo.7l%l. Pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1325.6 d Standard Life •••• - •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 1 12% United Den. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 !l9s 5d • MISCiLLArEors. ---_ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --...........---. -- X. a. d. S.. a. 4. Assam Tea ••••• • • • •• - 50 0 0 20 0 0 to Auction Mart •••• •• • • 31. 55. 80 0 0 - 26 Australian Agriculturl 1/. 100 0035 0 0 32 A us t ra lian Trust •• .• 6/. per cent. - 35 0 0 Aus t ra l ia n Royal Mail - 10 0 0 20 0 3y(6,ng10-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 00100 0 22 British American Land 15s. - 38 10 0 Canada ..• • • ••• •• .• 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 50 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. - -.- Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per:cent. - - 114% City Navigation Bonds 31 por cont. - _ 25 0 0 20 0 0 9 10 1 •=,,,, 7 Electric Telegraph (A) - Ditto .• •• •• •• •• ( 14 ) - 25 0 0 710 0 Equitable Reversioury 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 117% Ditto New .• ••• • • • - 0 0 0 10 0 0 Gon.Revers. & Invest. 5p.c.&b5,21 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 Gen.StsarnNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 28% Hudson's Bay ...• • • • • - Stock. - 220 Hungerford .... ••• • • • 2/. 53. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47 London Institution .•• - - 78 15 0 5 London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 Russell Institution.... _ - 12 10 0 - Pfice's Patent Cand. Co. 101. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 25 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 Royal Mail Steam- -41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 78% South Australian.- •• 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 6 Trust and Loan Comp. of Upper Canada.... - 20 0 0 3 0 0 3r. PARISH OP ST. T.OLD-STREAT.—DECREAS Z OP PAUPERIBDI.—In this extensive and populous parish there has been, in the course of the last few years, a gradual decline in the number of pauper applicants for relief, both of in-door and out-door poor. In the year 1845, the expenditure on account of the poor amounted to about 13,7001., while up to Lady-day this year, it was reduced to 8,7001. In the former year the rate was 3s. 2d. in the pound, while in the latter year the annual charge to the ratepayers was 2.. 3d. iu the pound. This has arisen in consequence of the decrease in the number of paupers. In the year 1845, there were 596 inmates in the workhouse, while this year, up to Lady-day, they were diminished to 459. The out-door applicants amounted in the former year to 33,432, and this year to 26,354. The decrease in the rate would have been more but that the charge on account of the county expendi ture has increased from 1,485/. in 1845, to 10,3461. this year, and which has been imposed by the county magis trates. A LirE LINE.—A new apparatus for throwing a li no on board vessels in distress, invented by M. Del vigue, has been tried from the head of the jetty at Havre, i n presence of some officers of the artillery, and per fectly succeeded. COUNTRY -TIARIEBTS ABERDEEN, Ocr. 22 —Grain—Oats 168 6d tc. 17a 6d; 401bs per bushel ; oats (new), 16s 04 to 17s 041., 401bs per bushel; barley, 23s Od to 24s Od, 531bs per bushel ; bear, 23s 6d to 24s 6d, 531bs per bushel; wheat, red: 32s to 345; Iditto, white 40a to 435, 621bs per bushel; oatmeal,l2s 3d to 14s Od per boll ; flour, 32s to 33s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to '74; ve ditto, 5d to 7d ; pork, per lb, 5d to 7d ; lamb, per lb., Od to 0d - tallow, per stone, 3a Od to 3s 6d ; potatoes„ per peck, 6d to Sd ; salmon, per lb, Os Od to us; har es, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os; butter, 9 per 111, d to 10u; eggs, per doz, 1s to is ld; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od ; hens, per pair, 2s Od to 2s 6d; chickens,ditto,ls 6d to 2s Od-, ducks, do., 164 to 18d ; ducklings, ditto, 23 to 2s 6d ; turkeys, per pair, 7s to 8s ; geese, ditto, 7s Od to 88; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 00s to 755; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 74 ; 41b loaf, 64 ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, Os Od to Os 04; pork, fine small, Os Od to 58 6d r pork, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbit, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 4d to 18 sd; barley dust, 8d to 9d; peasemeal, is 10d Ito 2s 0d; side, Od to 6d; ber. ameal, is 8d to is 4d ; flour, is 8d to is 9d ; barley, per lb, lid to , 2d; barley flour, is 4d to is sd. HADDINGTON, Ostr. 22.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day:— Wheat.. I Barley. Oats., Beans. First ~....48s 0 4 29s 64 23s C.d 36s Od Second .... 42a 6d 27s 5d 19s 4d 34s 4d Third ... 31s Od 23s 6d 15s 0 3 33s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 751 qr a., 703 sold Do. Barley do. 448 qr s., 448 sold Do. Oats do. 295 qi a., 277 sold Do. Beans do. 38 qrs., 37 sold CORK, OCT. 2?. Barrels. CIL [Mg. 48 White wheat 24s 3d to 25s Od 00s Ocl-20 steno 104 Red wheat 225 Od to 225 '6d 38 Ditto: 225 6d to 22s 9d 225 Gd-20 do 37 Ditto 13 Barley ..12s Od to 12s 9d 361 Ditto ...... ....125 9d to 135 Od 121 6d.00 do 42 Ditto ...135 Od to 135 9d 00 80re..., .005 Od to 00s Od 05 Od 1130 Oats .. 95 8d to 95 24 1048 Ditto .......... 95 2d to 95 8d 9s Bd-00 do b9B Ditto 4 Pigs .395 Od to 355 Od 005 Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: -- 9 barrels white wheat; 21 red ; 138 barley; 5 'bare; 9 oats ; 1 pig. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last weak t Wheat, 1,782. Barley, 6,887. Bere, 0. Oats, 16,8 , 35. Pigs, 292. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CU RAIN CT. First quality .....—... 798 First quality ~. 7os Second quality Third quality ... 70s Third quality 6ls Fourth quality Fifth quality . s6s Fifth quality Sixth quality 46s Sixth quality .... 37s Return of Cattle sold for week ending Oct. 23, Pigs, 1i62. Sheep, 260. Cows„ 119. COAL—Flour—First 131 Od to 141 Od; tmtra 14. 6d; seeconds, Ils Od to 12s 6cl; households, 9s Od tolls Od ; thirds, 7. to 9s per cwt ; Meal—lndian meal, 10s Od to 10s 6d; Oatmeal, 00. Od to 00s Od; wheat meal, Os Of'.l to 00s per cwt. Indian corn, 71 53 Od to 71 7s Gd per ton. Bran, 417 s 6d to 4/ 10s per ton. Hay—Farmers, 2-1. Od to 30s Od; average, 265; dealers, 3210 d to 40.; average o.)s per ton. Straw—Far men , 10, Od to 20s Od ; average, 16s dealers, 00s to 00s Od ; average, 00a Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten, loaf 6d to Od ; household loaf, i>d to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to 10d per lb. Itggs-5s 3d to 5s 4d per hundred. Coals— Newport 12s 6.11 ; Lydney 16a ; Landore 00s ; Culm, 112 s 6d per tvn. Tallow 44s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 2.5 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat [co. —Beef 4id to 7d; mutton 5d to 60 ; veal 4d to 7d ; pork 4d to Cid ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausage* tod per lb. Hops 72105 to 0/ (Japer cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 3/ Os per ton. Bark, red 71 to 8110, per ton. Fleece wooll6s to 00s per stone. Hemp 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 16. to 00s; red ditto, 24s to 0011)er barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 Os to 111 per ton. Timber-1110'ml, 70s per ton; red pine, 31 5s ; yellow 14 ditto, 3/ 158 per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hides— '4 Market 221 to 28s; salted 23s to 301 per owt ; calf skins 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 9d to 10d ; pinks, Ild to 12d. Gmtno—Peruvian, 101 lOs to 11/ per ton. Tar— Archangel, 19s pier barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 423. STOCK EXCHANGE. —A better business was doing to-day, and prices have advanced a shade. and close at the following quotations:—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 6 die; ditto (late Chester and Birkenhead), 23; Caledonian, 26h ; Eastern Counties. 11% ; East Lancashire, 18% 19; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 85% 3 % ; Leeds Northern (late Leeds and Thirsk), 1718 ; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, 32% 3; ditto (6/. new pref.), 11-16 p.; Midland, 76% 7%; North British, 9% 3 / 8 ; South Eastern and Dover, Ice• 2 3 IA ; awry and Warrenpoint, 5%; Waterford and Limerick, 23 ; Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg, 3% p. MANCHESTER, OCT. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been rather quiet, with rather higher prices:—Caledonian, 26 1 ,1 ; Caledonian Preference, 10 1 / i . ; Eastern Counties, 113/4 ; Midland Railway Consols, 77 ; North British, 9 1-16 ; South Eastern and. Dover, 23g BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 23. STOCK ExcrlANGE.—This market wag more active to day, and a very fair amount of business was :transacted at an advance on Friday's quotations a—London and ;North Westerns closed at 119 120; Midlands at 77; Eastern Counties at 11% % ; and North Staffords, 4A IA dis. LEEDS, Ocr. 23. STOCK Excrrsawx.—There was little or no change in the share market to-day. Prices are about stationary, except , ;1 Leeds Northern, which have continued to decline since the terms of the proposed amalgamation with the York lines became known. They were done to-day at 17 1 ,x. Midlands c10,..ed at itit ;truth Easterns at 23%; York and North_ Midlands at 26% ; Leeds Northern Preis, No. 3, dis. ; ditto, Quarters, 3 / 4 pm. ; ditto, Fifths (7 per cent.), % die. ; 24 I North Westerns, 1541. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent ft= the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When due. When made up in i From what PLACES. ,CironeralPost-cflice, port dia -1 London: I patched. ' ce • America (by Brit. pkt.)N Oct 29 ..• America (by U.S. pkt.) N Noy. 2 America (I , y U.S. pkt.) N Oct. 27 Australia (via South ampton) . • .. M 20th of each ro °nth I: Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth & 24th of ninth!. Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N 2d of each month Africa (West coast)• • N 23(1 of the month Alexandria * • • .• N 19th & 30th et mo., Belgium •• .. • • N Daily • • % Brazil .• • • .. M 9th of the month Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month California(viaChagros)M & 17th of monthl Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month) Cape (lo Verde N 14th of the month 14 Constantinople * .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Chili .. .• . 2d & 17th of miith Franco M c N Twice daily .. - Greece* .. 7th 17th27th of mo Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday - Lloliand .. • • .. MiWednes. & i4atur. Honduras N,l7th of the mouth 'rice. Ireland • M& Ni Twice daily India (via Southamp.) DI 20th of the mouth •-•.. India (viaMerseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth India, viaC. of G. Hope N , l4th of month ;9 Mauritius • 31114th of mouth 0 Mediterranean (via IBs. Southampton) .. 20th of the month ,0 Mediterranean (Via 'lss Marseilles) N Sth&24th of month SO Mexico Mi2d of the month.. 10 Madeira • • .• M9th & 230 of ninth 4 _ 17th,17th,19th,270 j 4 d Malta* .. • • tG 30th of month 16% Naples* .. • • • • Ni s th 15th 25th ofmol 13 1 „i Papal States* N 'stlllsth 25th ef rno, Peninsula M 7th 17th 27th of mo' Peru • • .. M2d & 17th of mnth Tuscany* .. N sth 15th25th ofmo West Indies .. M '2d & 17th of mnth Tan Diemen's Land (see •alia)• Liverpool.. Liverpool :Southampt. South amp t. Dover Plymouth.. :Plymouth Dover .. IDover Southampt. Southampt. ISoutbampt. Plymouth.. Plymouth.. Dover .. Bout h ampt. Southampt. Southampt. I i Dover • • Dover .. London .. London .. ?Ilouthanapt. Holyhead.. Soutnanapt. , Dover • • I Plymouth .. (Plymouth.. ISonthampt. Dovor ISouthampt. Eiouthampt. 1 Dovor Dover • • Dover .. Soutliampt. South ampt. Dover • . Southampt. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. !Arrived Oct. 26 Arrived Nov. 24 Nov. 1 Nov. 30 Oct. 29 Daily Nov: 16 Nov. 16 Nov. 1 Oct. 29 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 1 ;Nov 24 !Nov. 1 18t ea. mo. INov. 12 !Oct. 29 Nov. 2 Nov. 2. Arrived Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 1 ;Nov. 1 'Twicodaily Nov. 2 Ts. Sat- I Sun. Tburg !Noy. 16 Twieedaar Nov. 24 !Nov. 1 Nov. 26 ;Nov. 26 * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) aro convoyed by French packet via Marseilles. UNCLE WALTER. A NOVEL. BY Mrs. TROLLOPS. 3 vols.—The announcement of a new novel by Mrs. Trollop is an invitation to a feast of hotly-spiced palate tickling satire. Whoever will accent the invitation is certain to be vastly amused, and to enjoy a hearty repast of laughter. Mrs. Trollope this time makes the high-church and the low-church contribute pretty equally to the hilarity of her guests, and she compels the world of frivolity, fashion, and selfishness to minister largely to their pleasure. The Rev. Henry Harringto' 3 9 fat pluralist, good liver, and relentless enemy of Sabbath breaking applewomen—the Rev. James Harrington, the sun of Puseyism—and the Lady Juliana, the soul of Evangelism—are the principal objects of merriment; and although they are treated rather irroverantly, some hard and home hits are made through them at hypocrisy and cant. The old, poor, proud, and scheming Lady de Pad dington, her nephew, the young, rich, and spooneY Lord Goldstahle, and the all-fascinating, all-circumvent ing Widow Fitzjamos, aro the characters drawn frog► Vanity Fair, and their performances are full of humour broad and bold.—Gloie. On the 23d inst„ at Manor-road, Upper Holloway, Igro• William Swainion„ On the 19th init.. at South-park, Ayr, N.h., the wife o f Captain G. C. Jackson, H.P., 16th Lancers. OF A DAUGIITEN. On the 23d inst., at No. 3, ilalkin• street West, Be'grave - Kinn), Lady Payne Gallwey. On the 23d inst., at No. 25, Walpole-street, Chelsea, t he wife of Edward Williamson, Esq. MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at St. Bride's Church, Mr. E. J. Cotton s of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, eld es t son o f M r . E. Cottol', Rochester, Kent. to Rosins M arr i o tt, secon d d aug hter of tb ° late Mr. J. Lowe, of 68, Fleet-street. On the 23d inst., William Woollett, Esq., of Minerva terrace, Brixton-road, Surrey, to Jessie, youngest daug hter of the late J. D. Au s ti n , E sq ., o f H. M.'s Ordnance, and of Doddington-grove, Kennington. DIED. On the Ist ult., at Lima, aged 48, W. P. Adams, Esq* Her Majesty's Charg6 d'Affaires, and Consul-CTeneral to the Republic of Peru. On the 21st inst., at Caerynwch, in the county of Merionethi, Harriett, the beloved wife of R- Richards, Esq., of No. 2' Park- crescent, Portland-place. e st On the 21st., at 35, Belgrave-square, Georgina , east surviving daughter of the late Dr. Winterbottow, of Woodbay, Hants. wife On the 23d inst., at West Brixton, Ann the beloved Fife of William Thorowgood, ---_-_=,_--- GI London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO UN ;12, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tiw. Sen Office. } 'io' o f Strand, in the Precinct of the S4 , ' , y, in the county Aliddlesest Monday, October 25, 1852. - .0" .~ iNA _ :~w =~