The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-05 00:00:00

TE:BATEK ROYAL, HA.YISLARS.ET. Yarewell Sullen of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, The new and original Historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Rowe, and LI EU ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham and Mrs. Stirling. After which the laughable new Farce called a A CAPITAL MATCH, by Mr. Keeley and Miss Rosa Bennett. The petite Comedy of a NOVEL EXPEDIENT. To conclude with the Farce of DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Air ibe Management of Madame Yestris. THIS EVENING, Nov. 5, will be wefarried (fourth time this season) ANYTHING FOR A CHA NGE, Margaret, Miss Kate Hickson (her fourth appearance in public) ; Swappington, Mr. Charles Mathews. After which, the new Comic Drama of MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Roxby, F. Matthews, Baker, and Suter ; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Julia St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Fanny Baker, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by TAKING BY STORM. 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, ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Progriettor, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING (Last Night but one of The Green Bushes and Jack Sheppard) The celebrated Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES. or a Hundred Years Ago, by Madame Celeste, Miss Weolgar, Messrs. Honey, Paul Bedford, Emery, &c. To conclude with (at Second Price) the Historical Drama of JACK SHEYPARD. Jack, Mrs. Keeley ; Blneskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be performed (eighth time) a new and original Play, in floe acts, by Westland Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Prin. eipal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lac Addison, and Ches ter ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C yr an. To be followed by the Comedy of SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal characters by Messrs. Writ, J. Viing, Addison, Chester, misses M u rray, Leclerq, Daly, n and Mrs. Daly. and Cathcart ; To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The Fifth Night of the Dramatic Season. THIS EVENING, and daring the week, will be presented the raw gorgeous Spectacof Enchantment, entitled THE BRIDE OF the Genus of the Ring—suppotted by Messrs. GOLCONDA ; or, Haddocks, Danaville. Dolman, Satith, Craddock, Johnson, and Roberts ; Mesdames Fenton, M'Lean, Lydia Pearce, &c. To be succeeded by the most brilliaut Achievements of Scenes in the Arena. To conclude with the popalar Farce of MISCHIEF MAKING. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Bog-orrice open from Eleven to to Four daily. Half Price at half-past Eight. PORTRAITS 'WELLINGTON AND SOULT, WITH MEMOIRS AND FAG-SLIMES OF THEIR HAND- WRITE , TGS. A PORTRAIT OF T lIE DUKE OF WELLINGT ON TOGETHER 'WITH THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY TT' YON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND PRICE SIXPENCE. Sun Office, Noe. 5, 1352, WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAY —34e/aiing 51 min. after 6 1 Evening 24 min. after 7 Tu-Aloaaow—Morning 7 rzln. after 8 I Evening 5z MAD. after 8 THE WEATHER.—STI OF'F'ICE, Nov. 5. TH ERIIOII=IIE, IN THE SILADE. 52 --''.ighwt since noon yesterday. 46—'.owert this morning and during the night. 58—!.his day, at noon. &mammal, 29.47. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and very sultry, sunshining weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.--The stations arranged in order of latitude, flasrmas—Calm—partially cloudy. S)l3TYLkarrroN—Wind E., gentle breeze foggy. k'OLKIESTONE— Calm—cloudy. TmeniuDGE—Wind E., calm—foggy. 01R.F, EN w ICH— Calm—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER —S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudless. &Jae returns from the following places indicate the state o the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock 11.1aLLis4art—Wind S., calm—partially cloudy. POOLE--Wind S, gentle breeze—partally cloudy. GRIGHTON—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ILYHEAD—WiIId S. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER —Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. vto ernsy—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SHAr—Wind S., calm—principally clear. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undertake to return rejected communica• Lions. f • A 17.: e ~e f t I.`N Attei. c .%4 4 ia atilt w LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1852. In a very short time Ministers will have to make a statement containing a distinct avowal of what they mean to do, and bow they mean to do it. The ghost of Protection cannot be revived —of that we are comfortably convinced. They have "a fair field and no favour," and it is to be hoped that they will make the most of their position. We look upon it that no Ministry, within the last sixty years, has had a better chance than the present. Lord DEBUT, him self the representative of one of the oldest aristocratic families, has beaten down, by one blow, the idea of his country's being doomed to submit to a succession of Governments, consisting, ex necessitate, of Members of particular Houses. His Cabinet,:at all events, is not a mere family party. We look back on th© late Ministry, and wonder how the country could so long have tolerated it, comprising, as it did, the " finality" of Lord JOHN, the incompetency of Earl GARY, the palpable inefficiency of Sir CTIARLE3 Woon, the mar-all diplomacy of Lord MINTo, and the take-it •easy do-nothing-policy of Lord BaouGH TON. Family connexion until now appears to have been the great (indeed, in some instances, the only) qualification for office, and Whig and Tory alike ap peared chiefly influenced by this during more years than l}+° raPrnA*3 7 ^f the nhipat i n h a bit an t" ean collect. Prominent among the present Ministry is one who has fairly won his position by high and undeniable merit. Mr. DISRAELI, the son of a private gentle man, is now the Government leader in the House of Commons—not by virtue of any aristocratic con nexion (though his ancestry, we doubt not, is far more ancient than that of many Members or Peers), but simply by reason of his full possession of the higher aristocracy of genius. On him, in the Session o. just commenced, will mainly rest the b ur d en o f the ontest. From him mor e particularly must come the ni cud declaration of the fiscal and financial measures intended to be offered for the acceptance of the coun try. Chief among these m ust be a recasting of the In come and Pr operty T re newed for In l iisl it :was only re order that the subject might be thoroughl y a eingleela.i., in i i restigated, and means adopted to render it mor e s ion it was, in like manne r, continued for twelve we consideration for months more, the r enewal in its existing . being solely granted t o a due , on n or th e the then existing form the position Of the Ministry se h, bring forward any important question b e f ore not to Parliament. But it was so granted understanding that it should be remodelled , "Pre" e make it press m ore evenly on those by whoml t a wa s to to be borne. O lie of Sir CIIARLES WOOD'Is floatingas ideas on the subject was, that the only way to deal with the impost, so as to render it more tolerable to the payers, was simply to increase it in its existing form, without change or modification of the obnoxious principle so justly complai ned of, by unaristocratic sufferers. The Whigs have never been very distinguished as financiers, but they have been peculiarly unfortunate in their dealings with the taxation of income. In 1806, when the Ministry, self-styled "All the Talents," succeeded Mr. PITT, all that the then Chancellor of the Exchequer could do to increase the revenue, was to double the Income- tax ! The atesman who brought forward the proposition, was the present Marquis of LANSDOWNE, then Lord HENRY PETTY. His measure was oppressive, but it succeeded in its object, it raised the wind for the time being. In 1805, the Income-tsx yielded 6,300,000/. ; in the following year, it brought in nearly 12,000,0001. The screw must have been pretty well applied, for, in 1810, it produced 13,492,2151. It had fallen to 12,291,1551. in 1811 ; but in 1812 it rallied, and 13,368,6061. was paid into the Exchequer under that head. The question then arises—lf in these years an Income-tax of ten per cent. raised a revenue of thirteen millions (!) what would the yield now be, that property has so greatly increased in value, if that property were fairly charged ? The manner in which the assessment is made, and the principle of such assessment, must greatly influence the result. Apply a correct principle of taxation, on Income and Property, and even the present rate of seven pence in the pound, will yield a revenue nearer ten than five millions sterling. But the tax has been made what it is, by that abominable nuisance— " Class Legislation." One set of people impose taxes —another have to pay them. Old WILLIAM COB BETT truly said—" the partiality of taxation is ex treme. 'While the rich pay a tax of twenty per cent. on their houses, the poor have to pay a tax of two hundred per cent, on their beer. While the land owners pay no duty on legacies, and on probates of wills, an enormous duty is paid on personal property ; that is to say, the property which consists of move- ables, effects, or of money; so that while the heir or legatee of a Lord receives a landed estate from his predecessor without paying a farthing, the heir or legatee, if a farmer or tradesman, has to give to the Government a considerable portion of the amount of the legacy, or of the effects. You have only to open the tax-book to see who it is that has made the laws, and to see that while it was the great who contracted the Debt, it is the little who have to pay for it." Taus the defunct Corn Laws were for the direct support of the landowners; while, excepting the Land-tax (a comparatively trilling impost as now levied), the Assessed Taxes, Excise, Customs, Stamps, &c., fall heavily and unequally on the middle and working classes, and scarcely ' touch the rich aristo cracy. Thus, also, the lucome-tax of 1806 (which by the way the Tories took off, after the Whigs had doubled it), as well as the present Income and Pro perty-tax, are alike unfair. We have lands and tene ments, in short " Property " of all kinds, assessed at the self same rate as the Incomes arising from profes sions, trades, and other avocations ; so an income not worth, at the highest calculation, five years' purchase —income made by the personal exertions and depen dent on the mental and bodily health of the toiler, is subject to the same tax, and at the same rate as re venue arising from accumulated and realized property with full thirty years' purchase. Thu.?, industry is taxed six, or probably eight, times heavier than wealth. Luxurious ease and productive labour are regarded in ' the same light. The landowners, who laid on the tax pay scarcely one•sixth of what the industrious classes pay. Landed estates and whole squares or streets of houses may go down from father to son, or even to collateral relatives, to the end of time ; but they pay no more to the tax-gatherers than the precarious and fluctuating income of the shopkeeper, the mer chant, the lawyer, the author, the tradesman, the schoolmaster, the clergyman—each of whom lives by his personal exertions, and whose income ceases when his health fails. To have the tax fairly laid on, there should be a high rate for Property, ,and a low rate for Income. In 1848, Lord Jonx RUSSELL, finding that there was a deficiency in the revenue of two millions and a-half, actually proposed in Parliament to increase the Income and Property Tax from sevenpence to a shilling, from 3to 5 per cent. He did not think of reducing the expenditure, for that might meddle with the sinecurists—the GRAFTONS, the SCHOMBERGS, the COWPERS, or the BooNEs. He failed, but it wag, as we then stated, owing to the disgust excited by the flagrant injustice, the scandalous inequality, of the impost ; and not, as Sir CHARLES VlrooD pre tended to believe, to any real objection entertained by the principle of direct taxation. We want a graduation of the tax. In 1798-9, when Mr. PITT passed the first Income-tax, he adopted the principle of graduation. Incomes under 601. were wholly exempt ; under 1051., the impost was one-fortieth part of the income ; above 2001., one-tenth; so the tax fell fairly on those who bad the largest incomes. We can yet remedy the evil, and apportion the burden equitably. Let Property pay six times, or at least four times, what Income has to pay, and graduate the assessments on Mr. PITT'S principles. The payments to be just, should be lightest on incomes—the result of personal exer tion—and heaviest on these which are derived from fixed and permanent sources. The fate of the Minis- ' try will depend on their fiscal and financial policy. If they will only do simple justice in this matter of taxation, they will establish a well-founded and eternal claim on the gratitude of their countrymen, They may, perhaps, have to encounter a one-sided opposition in Parliament; but if the country be with them, they can well afford to be abused, because they take the part of justice and of the people. We are at all events convinced, that Mr. DISRAELI will not commit such an act of folly as to think of increasing, without modifying, the tax. That bril liant attempt at legislation was worthy of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Sir CHARLES WOOD. The amount realized may, however, be much augmented, if its principle be improved. Let Property pay far more (as in justice it ought) than mere Income. Graduate the tax on both, so as to make it fall proportionately lighter on the poorer, than the wealthier classes ; and whatever may be the point at which the impost is to commence, have it paid on all above, and not on a sum inclusive of that minimum. That a man with an .income a fraction under 1501. should be wholly exempt, while the possession of 1511. per annum makes his neighbour liable to pay one hundred and fifty-one sevenpences, instead of a singlo sevenpence, or the excess over the 1501., is what never should have been sanctioned, and should not be suffered to continue. With respect to the final settlement of this im portant question, we trust a great deal to one quality, which, in Mr. DISRAELI'S mind, surpasses even his genius. We trust much to his common sense, which will enable him to perceive the anomalies of past legislation on this subject, and will supply him with the means of rectifying them. We do trust that, at last, we have working men to govern us; and we feel there is much to be grateful for, in having an ac tive, intelligent Ministry, with the spur of a strong Opposition. It is but a simple act of justice to the Whigs to declare that out of office they have invaria bly been energetic and useful, adopting popular views, and strenuously endeavouring to have them carried into practical operation. Out of office, they have merited the approbation and gratitude of the people— in it, they have exhibited a vacillating and feeble policy, truckling to all parties, and forfeiting the re spect which a very different course had obtained for them. People talk about war. It is pretended that we are to have a repetition of battles and sieges, and that the soldiers are to indulge their appetites anew with the long-neglected luxuries of rapine and massacre, unbridled licence and indiscriminate devastation. Meanwhile the system of railroads, not only in the United Kingdom, but more or less throughout the European Continent, is rapidly maturing in its orge nizAtion. Facilities are everywhere afforded to the traveller. The means of communication between remote countries are being in all directions multi plied. The old lumbering mail is forgotten in Eng. land. The older and still more lumbering diligence is being abandoned by Frenchmen. Amongst our selves, indeed, we have arrived at that point from which we can even venture to look down with dis dain upon the dapper stage-coach celebrated by the panegyrics of APPERLEY. We have EO far forsaken the 't oa d for the Rail, that DICK Tunnel could scarcely find it remunerat i ve, even if he could fi nd it s a fe, were h e restored to life, to renew his old course as an eq uestr i an "Black Be, "s , discardhighwayman. He would have to for one of the me t a l some nags on arras and instead o f a d m i n i ster i ng a re fresher in extremis b 3, means of a bucket of brandy and water, and a raw s t ek twisted would have to satisfy the thirst f round the bit, by the rail. his courser fr om the mouth of the leathern h ose, and its hu nger f rom re, E 0 to speak, the ;oin mco,krece i 2 cinthi rcueitit tender.inEver g 1 h ays and steam-packets--everywhere, in this work-a-day gene ration, in this age, not of poetry but of merchandise, there is whirling from city to city, from naticn to nation, from continent to continent, a monster more wonderful in its beneficence than was ever dreamt of by oriental fabulists, the Fiery Dragon of the steam engine bestridden by one more potent than the Fairies—the Genius of Modern Civiliz2tion. Yet, the quidnuncs tells us, we are to have war, the gobemouche babbles about bloodshed and spoliation— :here are beard in London, in Paris, in Vienna, in Berlin, in Brussels, in Warsaw, in St. Petersburgb, the sounds of trepidation. It is England that is going to be invaded. It is Belgium that is about to be seized. It is France that is to be assailed by Russia. It is Germany that is to be ravaged by the armies of the third NAPOLEON. There are no want of rumours, either in number or in diversity. We may make our choice of them at pleasure. Gne grasps us by the cuff to explain all about the cause of the ap proaching outbreak ; according to him, it will be ad ventured upon with a view to avenge the disasters of Waterloo. Another fastens us by the buttonhole to expound his version of the story; according to him, the explosion will originate from a totally opposite reason, and, indeed, from an entirely different quarter of the globe—the EMPEROR of all the Russias will not tolerate the new plan revealed by that ever- Protean Revolution. The Cossacks are to water their horses at the Seine, or the Chasseurs de Vin- cennes are to amuse themselves with human battues at Twickenham—following up the discharge of the minie bullet, of course, with the thrust of the sword bayonet. The truth, after all, seems to be this—that several of the great Powers of Europe have been frightening each other of late into warlike prepara tions. Suspicions have been excited on all sides by the more unprincipled or the more ignorant ; and out of these suspicions have gradually started up maritime activity in France, and the Militia in 'Eng land ! Meanwhile there are threads of copper thrilling amicably to and fro between the two countries—the magical core of a rope of gutta percha trailed uncles the billows of the British Channel. Talk of war de vastating the shores of France and England ! Listen to the voice of the electric telegraph. Look at the vibrations of that wonderful instrument —stirring simultaneously at the central offices in Paris and in London. Monday, the Ist of November, 1852, ought to be long remembered in the annals of civilization. For it was upon that day that the mechanism of the electric telegraph was brought into complete opera tion, so that people could converse with each other in the twinkling of an eye, although separated by a neck of the ocean, and by the considerable distance dividing the two greatest capitals in Christendom. Necromancy has been surpassed—thanks to the genius of Professor IVUEATSTONE. Familiar, however, as we had become with the astonishing capabilities of the electric telegraph, we cannot acknowledge that we could peruse without emotion the parti culars of last Monday's most memorable and most successful experiments. A group of gentle men assembled on that day at No. 30, Cornhill, in the heart of the city of London, and thereupon talked, by means of the vibrating needles of the elec tric telegraph, with another group of gentlemen standing, at the same preconcerted time, at the oppo site terminus in the heart of the city of Paris ! And the messages flashed back from one to the other—from London to Paris, and from Paris to London—passed with the facility and the rapidity of conversation. First, the needles at Cornhill spoke thus graciously by way of introduction—" M. Foy, Director-General of French Telegraphs, presents his compliments to the Hon. F. Cadogan." A pause—and then the corres pondent in the French metropolis says briefly to the watchful observers in London--" Foggy in Paris." The group at Gambill bestir themselves in their turn, and the next instant the group in Paris are reading a pithy intimation, as follows—" Strangers are visiting the London office : please send a few words." Tte answer is as terse as it is instantaneous—" Wait." Then there comes flashing from Paris—along the earth, under the sea, across the Channel—through those quivering needles at Cornhill, the desired com munication. It runs thus—as they spell it off from the dial of the telegraph—" This day is very unfa vourable for transmission between London and Paris. The atmosphere is very damp. We are to try double needle instruments in direct communication between Paris and London." Precisely when the hands of the clock at Cornhill paint to ten minutes past two p.m., the question is asked of Paris, " Whet time is it ?" The answer is returned immediately, " Ten minutes past two p.m." This is not enough. Another in quiry is made by the people at London ; but this time it is as to the state of the weather at Arras, a town situated between Calais and the French capital. The answer is given forthwith—the people at Paris in forming those at London that the atmosphere at Arras is " Overcast and dull." Other messages are subsequently flashed backwards and forwards between the terminus at Paris and the terminus at London—but the last communication transmitted from the latter place to the French metropolis is the only one of any peculiar interest and importance. We transfer it to this column entire—regarding it, as we do, in the light of an historical document. It is thus worded : " The Directors of the Submarine Telegraph Company beg leave to approach his Highness the Prince President, with the expression of their best thanks, for the assist ance which be has uniformly given towards the estab lishmf,nt of this instantaneous means of communication between France and Great Britain. "May this wonderful invention serve, under the Em- pire, to promote the peace and prosperity of the world. " Dated Nov. 1, 1852, 30, Cornhill, London." Yet, in spite of commerce, in spite of railroads, in spite of the electric telegraph, people still babble about war as probable; about bloodshed, rapine, and devastation. And so—gigantic ships of war are being constructed in the French dockyards. And so—a huge body of militia is being organized in England. Shall the peace of thirty-seven years' duration be broken because a few silly persons have indulged t their rancour by idle insults, or gratifi e d th e i r na tional of he future pridtebyemp in this tyfanf matteraronades ? The devolveresponsi bilities upon the respective respective Councils of Her MAJESTY the QUEEN, and of His Highness the PairicE PRESIDENT. Europe, or rather the world, is looking anxiously for the de cision about to be arrived a*, under these circum stances, by the leading statesmen of the two foremost races of Christendom. DEFEAT OF THE TRACTARIANS IN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.— We stated some time ago, that Mr. Baron Alderson, one of the most decided Tractarians of the day, had started as candidate for the Mastership of Caius College, Cambridge, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Benedict Chapman, and that he was so anxious to obtain th e honour, that he was prepared to abdicate his judicial functions, re tiring on the usual pension, rather than be disappointed. The result of the learned Baron's canvas was to convince him that there was no chance of success, and the event has verified his apprehensions, for Mr. E. Guest, M.A., and F R.S., was yesterday chosen to fill the . vacant office. Mr. Guest was made a B.A. in 1824 . — Morn i ng Advertiser. V AU XHALL BRIDGE COMPANY.--Yes terday, an ad journed general ass embl y of the p ro p rietors o f this company was held at the Georg e and Vulture, Mr. Pre ndergast, Q.c., in the chair. The c om p an y still retained 21 shares in the un dertaking, and Exchequer Bil l s to th e amount of 2,0001. i Thereserved os9d, and the f unpai in d a dthe dividends Three per a C o e u n n t .t to 3 Co n 8 6 0 513 is 1,212/. 1 33. The tolls for the last six months were 5,5941. 10s, being a de crease of 1,603/. 14s Id upon the corresponding period of last year. The pier dues were 2211. 2s 7d; the expendi ture, 1151. 3s ld; and the profits, 1151. 19s Bd. The report was adopted. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF MUNICIPAL BO ROUGHS.—Yesterday a parliamentary paper was printed, showing the receipts and expenditure on account of muni cipal boroughs in England and Wales, in the year ended the 31st August, 1851., The receipts, with balances in hand, were 1,254,4831. Is. 1 1 4 d., and the expenditure, with balances due to treasurers, 903,721/. 4s. 11 4d. MAILS FOR NASSAU.-- " GENERAL POST -OFFICE, OCTOBER, 1852.—The mails for Nassau (Bahamas) will, in future, be made up in London for transmission by the West India contract packet leaving Southampton on the 2d, instead of that leaving on the 17th of each month, and the return mails from Nassau will be due by the corresponding packet arriving at the beginning of the month. INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN THE TOWER.—In the course of some of the improvements now being carried out in the Tower, the workmen, in the removal of some portions of the foundations, have brought to light the cell and stair case of the Beauchamp tower, and are now preparing for public inspection this antiquarian and historic curiosity. A MAN KILLED BY AN Ox.—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Angel, Lambeth-walk, on the body of William Reeves, aged 73, formerly a coach-builder, residing at 34, Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth-walk. The evi dence showed that on Monday afternoon last, about 5 o'clock, the deceased was walking in the neighbourhood of Saville terrace, when an infuriated ox, whi c h h a d played sun d ry previously', started at him, an d pursued h i m to Berkeley-street, he knocked hi m d own, and inflicted a wound on the scalp about an inch in length, whi c h resu lt e d in death. The jury returned a verdict of "Accid en t a l freaksrk e l j e a y: t s t P r r e e eT,lie degb" ■ - - • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, ISS 2. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY). Their Lordships met at two o'clock, when the Lords Commissioners took their seats at the foot of the Throne. The LORD CHANCELLOR, then directed the Usher of the Black Rod, Sir A. Clifford, to summon the Members of the House of Commons to attend at the bar. In a few minutes afterwards, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, accompanied by his mover and seconder—Mr. Robert Palmer and Lord Robert Grosvenor—and surrounded by a great number of new Members, appeared at the bar. Mr. SHAW LEFEVIIE then addressed their Lordships to the following effect—My Lords, in obe dience to her Majesty's command, her Majesty's most faithful Commons have proceeded in the exer cise of their undoubted right and privilege to elect their Speaker, and I have to acquaint your Lord ships that, however unworthy of it, I am the object of their choice ; and I, with all humility, have now to ask her Majesty's most gracious approbation of that choice. The LORD CHANCELLOR, replied—Mr. Shaw Lefevre, we have the command from her Majesty to assure you that her Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal for the public good, and your ample suffi ciency to discharge the high and arduous duties to which you have been elected by the Members of the House of Commons, that she fully approves and confirms you their Speaker. The SPEAKER,—My Lords, with the most pro found gratitude and respect, I submit myself to her Majesty's commands; and it now becomes my duty in the name, and for, and on behalf, of the Commons of England, to lay claim by humble petition to the free exercise of all those ancient and undoubted rights, immunities, and privileges more especially those of freedom from arrest and molestation for themselves and servants,—free access to her Majesty when occasion may require, and that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to put the most favourable construction on all their proceedings and actions ; and for myself, my Lord; I have to entreat, that if any errors should be committed, they may be attributed to me, and not to her Majesty's faithful Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command from her Majesty to as sure you, that her Majesty most readily confirms all the right and privileges of her faithful Commons which have ever been granted by her Majesty's royal predecessors ; and with respect to yourself, Sir, al though her Majesty is sensible that you stand in no need of such an assurance, her Majesty will ever put the most favourable construction upon all your words and actions. The SPISAKER then bowed to the Lords Com missioners, and retired from the bar. The Loans COMMISSIONERS then bowed to each other, and retired. The LORD CiIANCELLOR then divested himself of his robes as a Lord Commissioner, shortly afterwards re-entered the House, and took his seat on the Wool sack. The swearing in of Peers was then proceeded with, and continued till shortly before four o'clock, when their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at the Clerk's table shorty before two o'clock. The Right Hon. Gentle man lid not appear in his full-dress robes, but simply wore a plain barrister's wig and a knight of the shire's uniform. De mace was to-day laid on the table, and not the floor—the form observed yesterday. There was a very numerous attendance of Mem bers, but the House was by no means so full as yesterday. Mr. Thomas Babington Macaulay came in early, and took his seat on the front row of the opposition side. The Right Hon. Gentle man was warmly welcomed on his return to the Homo by several Members who had sat with him in former Parliaments. Si! AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD entered the House shortly before 3 o'clo:-,k, and, addressing the SPEAKER, said the Loubs CommissloNzas desired the immediate at tendence of the House in the House of Peers. The SPEAKER then proceeded to the House of Lords, accowpsniedby nearly allthe Members present. He nturned in ten minutes, and having taken thechair, said—l have to state that I have been this day to tie House of Peers, where I communicated to the Pews forming her Majesty's Commission, that the Bosse had proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that its choice had fallen upon me. My Lords Corn rnisioners, on behalf of her Mjesty, have confirmed that choice, and also her Majesty's most gracious ap proval. I, therefore, on behalf of this House, laid clam to the ancient and undoubted privileges hereto fore prescribed by this House ; especially the privi lege of freedom from arrest, for ourselves and our servants—the freedom of debate—free access to her Majesty at all reasonable time s w h en we d es i re i t, and als, that her Majesty would put the most favourable construction upon our w or d s an d act i ons, and my Lcrds Commissioners were authorized by her Ma jesty to concede these privileges to the House. Hav ing made this communication to the H ouse , I h ope th e . M em bers allow me to take this op pothinity of again offering them my sincere and grateful acknowledgments for the high and honourable position in which they have placed me..—(bear, hear, bear,)--I invite them t o a id an d assist me by their council and support in maintaining the authority of the chair—(Loud cheers) ; and I miy, I believe, assure them that, so f a r as it i s i n my power that authority shall be exercised with the most pesfect impartiality, and in a manner which shall be most conducive to the peace and honour of de House. (Cheers.) _ The Right Hon. Gentleman then took the usual oaths, after which the iwear . ing in of M em b ers was proceeded with, which (coupled the H ouse unt i l four row o'clock,. when it adjourned till twelv e o ' c l oc k tomor row. THE PERSIAN EMBAT.—His Excellency Shafi Khan, who has been some time resident h ere as C hargé d'Affaires from the Schah of tersia, has lately been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary frou that Court. The Schah has also hononred Major Mirza braham Malcolm, first Attaché and Interpreter, by raising hilt to the rank of " K han. " THE AUSTRALIAN ST/AM-PACKET M ELBOURNE. h —Severalm ho me from of Lisbon,th e passengers g interviews ers i k this unluckytheaedtaiabrieincp directors s b t a3e o,keesthe t came r yester day, and their statements of the accidsenaitawthhiacthtbheefeclorathe. Melbourne, together with the 4eneral conditi on an d accom modation of the ship, were received in detail. I t is said that shipthe directorseirn destination.ten d to send It out trayanother be p mander of her Majesty's steam-sloop Inflexible, C omman d er Wooldridge, has had the experieice of being the mail agent for more than a year in the General Screw Company's ships to the Cape. MIDDLESEX HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the general quarterly court of the governors of this institution was held in the board-room, Mr. Michael Shith in the chair. From the minutes it appeard that the amity had eith er received, or had beque a th e d t o it, l eg acies to to amount of 1,8001 6 s sd . The residuary p ro p er t y o f the late Sr Joseph L e F enn, esti mated ultimately t o rea lize 0,000/., is, by order o f t h e Master of the Roll s , k ept i n cour t for the benefit of th e hospital. The collector r e p or t e d that in new akd increased subscrip tions there ac crue d a ga in of 261. 3s. The gener a l b alance amounts to 1,1521. 12 s . ld. and that oF the Sam ar i tan fund, 135/. 17s. 10d. Th e su m Of 16s. 9d. .eas found i n t h e poor boxes. There are at present 218 patients in the house. The report:was adopted. ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER RAmwAY.--Between four and five o'clock on Tuesday momins, a South-Eastern goods train of 14 or 15 carriages, laden with hops, from Maid stone, met with an accident near the Stoat's Nest station. Owing, it is supposed, to a fracture of the txletree, one of the middle trucks got off the line, and the coupling irons becoming unhooked, the engine and tender, with the forward portion of the train, proceeded, the driver being kneonscious for a considerable time that he was drawing a burden shorn of its fair proportions. The rear carriages of the hinder portion of the train mounted those in advance, smashing and upsetting and throwing them and their contents in all tirections. Both lines were blocked by fragments of the carriages, intermixed with pockets of hops. THE FOUNDERED SCREW STEAMER OFF BEACH Y HEAD. —The recovery of the wreck of the splendid screw steamer, Metropolitan, of London, which, it will be recollected was run down off Beechy Head on the night of the 18th of last month, by the barque Zollverein, appears now to be abandoned, chiefly owing to the great depth of water where it lay. Th e M etropo li tan w as quite a new vessel, sister steamer to the Cosmopolitan; she was greatly tdmired on the Thames for her beautiful symmetry and "rakish" gait on the water. Her loss with cargo amounts to nearly 30,0001. buociaNci DEATH,—A; very shocking accident cc cured in Nottingham on Wednesday night at half - past eight o' c l oc k , by which a woman named Turner, re siding in Newcastle•street, met with her death. The deceased and her husband are both upwards of 70 years of age, and, as two workmen were passing the house door at the time in cinestion, l they observed a great quantity of smoke issuing through the crevices. Thinking that all was not right, one of them tried the door, but found it fastened. They im me diately gave an alarm, and suc ceeded in breaking it open, when a shocking spectacle presented itself. A chair near to the fireplace was in a blaze, on which sat the old woman, portions of her body being burnt to a cinder. The flames were extinguished as quickly as possible, and a surgeon sent tor, but life had been for some time extinct. The husband of the unfortunate woman ViliN returning home at the time of the accident ; and, indeed, witnessed the appalling' spectacle. It is conjectured that a burning cinder fell upon ber clothes while she eat asleep near the &e, LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day in consequence of his Parliamentary duties. THE LORDS JUSTICES. Their Lordships were occupied the early part of the morning in hearing lunatic petitions, end the only mat ter of interest in this Court arose out of au appeal. IN RE WILD. Mr. Follett, Q.C., was retained. The chief point was to show that the terms of " share and share alike " in the will of a testator gave to the legatees no right in common over the property loft, but that each must take his assigned portion out of some particular portion of the demised estate. The pleadings were not concluded, but this point seemed to be established. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master, Sir John Romilly.) LIABILITY OF A SECURITY.-FOLIGNO V. MARTIN. Mr. Roundell Palmer appeared to enforce a suit arising out of a transaction in which a widow was gua ranteed against her husband's debts. It appeared that Mr. Blogg, of the firm of Blogg, Samuel, and Emanuel, died indebted, and that his widow, for a consideration of 15601., gave up all claims upon the general estate, the sum being secured through the agency of a person named Ritchie, whcso principal was the defendant in this cause ; Ritchie, however, having originally, been placed in the position of chief defendant. The question arose as to how far Martin was bound, Mrs. Blogz having been sued by a Mr. Lyon Lansdill. The learn( d Counsel was showing that the principal was impli cated incidentally, although no direct personal gunge had been given. QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Banco. ;Before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Coleridge Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle.) THE NEW LAW OF EVIDENCE.-THE CORPORATION OF BERWICK V. RENTON. Mr. Knowles, Q C., appeared for a rule to abow cause why a new trial should not be granted to set aside a verdict given in this cause at the last Northumberland Assizes, and on the ground of fraud. The cause itself was not of importance on account of the great sum of money which was implicated, but it was of the utmost importance from the fact that it proved, that so long as the present law of evidence continued, no man could be safe when a man was allowed to give testimony in his own cause; and after the execution of a solemn bond twenty years ago be might come into Court, and say that ho had been deceived by a person who was now dead and gone. Feom the notes of the Lord Chief Justice, it appeared that on the 27th of December, 1841, a resolution was come to in the Town Council of Berwick, that all the moneys should bo paid into the bank by the treasurer, in the name of the corporation. A person of the name of Duby was a candid Ile for the situation of treasurer, and on the faith of this resolution Mr. Renton became ono of his securities, but on the 11th of January another reso lution was come to in the Town Council, by which the former one was in c Met rescinded. Doby proved to be a great defaulter, but before leaving the country paid into the hands of Mr. David Murray, his other surety. The bond of Rentoo's suretyship was prepared, or at least it was executed in the office of the town clerk, who, it was assumed, must have been cognizant of this last resolution, and, therefore, misled Renton, who he knew had become surety only on the understanding that the treasury money would form part of the Corporation Bank account. The verdict at the trial was for the defendant. Mr. Knowles now stated that the ground of his appli cation was the existence of proof that the bond was drawn, and in the Scottish form, by Renton's own soli citor, and not by Mr. Giltless, the town clerk, and that it was not executed until the 15th of January, that is four days after this resolution was passed, and when, of course, the defendant ought to have been acquainted with it, especially as it had been published in the Warder newspaper, before the bond was executed. Rule to show cause was granted ou the ground that the verdict at the trial was contrary to evidence. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURTS. (Before Sir Richard Kinderaley.) THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OP BASINGSTOKE V. LORD BOLTON. This was a demurrage to a heriotship over tho town and parish of Basingstoke, claimed by Lord Bolton. Mr. Craig, Q.C,. appeared for the Corporation, and Mr. Kemp, Q.C., for his Lordship. The defence set up was limitation and want of fealty. OPENING OF CONVOCATION--(THIS DAY) This being the day appointed for the meeting of the New Convocation, the fourth under the present reign, the Members of both Chambers met shortly before eleven o'clock at the Chapter House on the north side of St. Paul's. There was at first some doubt whether the Archbishop of Canterbury would attend and open the business in person, but all doubts were dispelled by his Lordship's arrival shortly before eleven o'clock. The proper arrangements having been gone through at the Chapter House, the Archbishop of Canterbury pre ceeded by the Dean of Arches, Vicar-General, Chan cellor, Advocates, Proctors, and Clergy, proceeded in procession to the entrance of the Cathedral, where his Grace was received by several of the bishops, and con ducted by them up the centre aisle into the choir. All having being seated, the Bishop of Llandaff Proceeded to read the prayers in Latin, after which the anthem " Oh.'pray for the peace ofJernsalem," was sung by the choir. This part of the imposing ceremony having been completed, Dr. Jeremie ascended the pulpit and preached the sermon, which was also in Latin. After the sermon, the anthem " Gloria in excelais " was sung. and His Grace the Archbishop concluded this part of the proceedings by pronouncing the blessing. The procession then formed in the same order as upon entering, and proceeded again to the ChapterlHouse for the purpose of electing a Prolocutor, when the Bishop of Ely was elected. The Chamber then adjourned until Friday next at Westminster. There were about 200 clergy in attendance in the Ca thedral, in addition to a very large number of the laity. The line of passage from the Cathedral to the Chapter House was crowded with a large concourse of respectable persons. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 4 The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, the Prince and Princes of Ilohen lohe Langenburg, the Princess Adelaide and the Prin cess Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Eglinton, Sir George Couper, and Mr. Gibbs. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Nemours Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, went out hunting this forenoon. Major-General Buckley arrived yesterday as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen. The .Countess of Neuilly arrived at the Castle at a quarter before two o'clock, to pay a visit to her Majesty, and remained to luncheon. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours returned to Clare mont this afternoon. The Earl of Eglinton left the Castle to-day for London. The Duchess of Kent had a dinner party to-day at Frogrnore. The company consisted of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess of Hohenleho Langenburg, with the Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann, the Countess of Desert, Lady Augusta Bruce, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Earl of Morton, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Biddulph, Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Major General Buckley, and Sir George Courer. The Duchess of Kent had afterwards an evening party. The following had the honour of receiving invitations :—The Hon. Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Phipps, Lady and Miss Barrington, Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, Lady, Miss, and Mr. H. Couper, Mr. Gibbs, Dr. Becker, and Mr. Glover. The Belgian Minister had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Brazilian Minister had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residenc , 4 in Downing-street. The Earl of E7,linton (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland) returned to town yesterday from Windsor Castle. IE 3 Lordship paid a visit to the Earl of Derby. The Lord Chancellor has appointed J. Pitt Taylor, &q., barrister-at law, to be the judge of the Lambeth County Court of Surrey, and of the County Court of Kent, to be holden at Greenwich, in the room of George Chilton, Esq , Q C., deceased. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The privileges, in the shape of admissions, which will be conferred on the shareholders in " Err Majesty's Theatre Association" have been officially set forth. The proprietor of 50 shares will be entitled to a personal entrée for all representations ; a holder of double that number will be entitled to a reserved seat in the pit ; while 150 and 200 shares will respectively ei,title the proprietor to a pit-stall for two nights a week, or for every representatior. The actual oweors on the let of February in every year will bo the proprietors entitled to the proportionate priviliges daring the ensuing season, such privileges to be totally independent of the divi dend receivable on the shares. The reserved seats under tbrso regulations will be so far transferable nightly that the proprietor's nominee will be admitted to the oat on raying half the ordinary prico of entranco. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday amounted to 7,000 bales. The market was heavy, and the prices of those kinds of American at 6 , 1 and under, declined id, while other kinds were without any material alteration. Of American, 500 bales were taken for exportation, and 1,000 ditto and 500 Surat on speculation. The sales included 5 ,5 00 American, 60 Pernam and Maranham, at 6il to 6 1 0; 500 Egyptian at 61,-(1 to 15d ; and 1,000 Surat at 43d to 5.11. Railway Shires were steady, and an improving market was perceptible. In the Produce Markets this week, a fair business has been transacted. Tea has been less dealt in, but Tallow has been taken freely on speculation, owing to the short shipment from St. Petersburgb, and the ®losing of the navigation. The Silk Market is steadier. Cotton is rather drooping, and for hemp there is less demand. Sugar and Coffee have been firm, but not active. Dice has been dull. spices have been at full prices. There are further arrivals from Australia, but not bringing later dates. A meeting had been held at Mount Alexander to protest against transportation, and seeing that within the last few days there has been a further cargo of transports sent with tickets of leave to Van Diemen's Land, the subject is of most serious and pressing interest. The petition is as follows : To the Honourable the House of Commons of Greal Britain and Ireland, in Parlilment assembled. " The Petition of the Gold Diggers and other Inhabi .ants of Mount Alexander, Colony of Victoria, Australia Felix, in public meeting assembled, " Humbly Showeth,—That a large number of your petitioners, both British and foreign, have been induced to make the Australian colonies their adopted country, from the promises held out by Earl Grey in the name of Great Britain, that the system of sending criminals to these colonies was to be discontinued. " That your petitioners have struggled on in hopes .hat those promises would, before this, have beentul- tilled, and On the discovery cf large gold fields in New South Wales, end also in Victoria, fully believed that the Home Government would see the inducement held out to crime by the continuation of sending convicts to the immediate neighbourhood of productive gold mines. " That your Petitioners learn, with feelings of deep rigrct, that the Home Government, by Earl Grey, in reply to John King, Esq., the And-Trauipc , rtation Delo gat-) from this Colony, Lava no intention of discontinuing the present practioe of sending convicted criminals to Van Divmfm's Land. That your Petitioners would in; to remind your :onourable House, that while Van Memen's Land con- tinues to receive convicted criminals, these Colonies will never receive the full benefit the gold mines otherwise would cause to extensive free emigration. "That your Petitioners would further call the attention of your Honourable House to the fact, that about tiro thousand of the working population aro likely to alter, annually, their position in life, from the Gold Mines, by becoiniug employers, and may be induced with their capital to seek for a more appropriate home for their tamilies than those colonies are likely to give when transportation to Van Diemen's Land is allowed to con tinue. "Your Petitioners, therefore, pray your Honourable House to address her Most Gracious Ma jesty the Queen, to rescind the Order in Council that allows convicted criminals to be sent out to Van Diemen's Land, or auy other of the Australian Colonies, and your petitioners will ever pray, 8. , ,e." The following letter being addressed to us by a party of high respectability, who furnishes his name, we think it desirable to give it, remarking that the complaint might be made of numerous other new undertakings, though perhaps in a less direct form : "TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Sir,—ln your number of the 3d November, are ad vertisement inviting the public to take shares in the Western Railway of Switzerland, in which the names of most respectable men are given as a body of Directors ; and notice is given in the advertisement that no further application for Shares will be received after Saturday ❑ext, the 6th of November, applications for the shares to be made to the Secretary of the Company, and to Messrs. George Burnand and Co., and Messrs. Sparing and Son, the Sharebrokers of the Company. " This morning I proceeded with my application, duly signed with the requisite references, to the office of Messrs. George Burnand and Co., 12, Cornhill, where I saw the representative of the house, who told me that they declined receiving applications for shares, because they had been all allotted on the evening of the 4th, but that I might be accommodated with them by paying 12s. 6d. premium per share in the market ; and this, he admitted, had been done without any meeting of the board of directors, who to this hour have not met. " this be the boginning of the management of the Western Railway of Switzerland Company, I think I would be desirable to call attention thereto. Does no this savour strongly of stock-jobbing? " London, Nov. 5, 1852." " VICRITAS, The Stock Market is very buoyant, and there is a marked increase in the money business doing. Con sols have been quoted 1001 to for Transfer ; and 1001 to for Account. The New 31 per Cents. have been 1031 to ; and the 3 per Cents. 99i to 8. Re duced 3 per Cents. have been at 991 to 8. Bank Stock is worth 2231 to 2241. India Stock is at 2741 to 2751. Exchequer Bills are firm; and India Bonds realiz3 84i, premium. The news from Paris of the initiatory proceedings for the declaration of the Empire, is apparently but little heeded here. Tne Foreign Securities have been neglected, and the Turkish Scrip is further depressed, being only 2'i to 21 premium, or say at present 21 to 3 premium. Buenos Ayres Stock is at 81k. Sardinian Bonds are worth 98. Dutch 4 per Cents. realized 96/ ; Mexi can are higher, being 24/ to 25. Spanish Deferred have been quoted 25* to 1, and the 3 per Cents. 511 to 52-1. Toe news from Constantinople regarding the Loan does not up to the present time con firm the assertion that an indemnity will be offered, although it is admitted in an official com munication that the Ambassador of the Porte at Paris, and the agent of the Bank exceeded their instructions. Such being the case, the Government must be held responsible; but the question then remaining is, what compensation shall be offered ? The Railway Share Market is not so good as was yesterday; and there is loss doing in the English lincY. Still it cannot be said that there is any marked depression. French Shares do not quite support the material rise of yesterday, but arc buoyant. The Gold Mine Shares are firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List ) Business done, Bank Stock 8 r4er Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... ~... 3 per Cent Consols Anne. 0 1 ' i 3 2 1 8 8 2 New 3r,,4 per Cent. Anu. , •• • . 1031 4 A % 'Long AllTlllitieS, Exp. Jan. sth, 1:!:; 1 0.. -16 -I/,) 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 63% Inlia Stock 275 4, 1 .2 - p. Do. Bonds, 10001 South Sea Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ... .. ........ ..... 998 3 per cent. Annuities, 1751 Consols for Account E xc h,wer Bills. 1 %,d. March June. 1,000/. . 5001. Small . - 77 4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cont Ditto Small Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent B l7 8 Danish 5 per Cent. ..... lO5 i i e.quador Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent • .... 25 4 7 A 5 1 / s Peruvian Bunds, 1849, 6 ncr Cent., ...... .. 103 3 e Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. ... Portuguese 5 per ()Ants. Ditto Converted 5 per Cent. . .. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent..... IIBM, Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Builds. 3 por Cent. .. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive (Converted) Swedish Loan Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 2 - i P. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent Dutch Excha., 2;2 per Cent., 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .2 THREE O'CLOCK. ... 100% % ... 100% ix Consols .... ,• ••• Ditto Account. Nov. 11 ... THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY COLLISON. GOVERN MENT INQUlRY. — Yesterday Captain Wynne, the Govern ment inspector of Railways, proceeded to institute an in quiry on behalf o f the railway department of the Board of Trade, into th e recent co lli s i on with t h e express train on the reportdisaster Brighton lin e . His of the will be forwarded to the Board o f Trade, when it will be made public.—The injuries to the Earl of Chichester is not of that serious char acter, which from general report we had been led to expect. His lordship's left eyebrow was laid open, the wound being rather more than an inch in length, but not of serious depth. Mrs. Cloves, a widow lady, residing at IS, Regency-square, who was in a first-class carriage with Mr. George Tamplin and Mrs. Tamplin, received the most severe injury of any person in the train. She sustained a compound fracture of her right leg, and the anterior plate of her left leg was greatly indented, but the limb was not broken. She is at tended by Mr. B. Valiance; and on inquiry last night at the surgery, we ascertained that sae is going on as favourably as can be expected under the unfortunate circumstances. Lord and Lady Foley and Mr. and Miss Wygram, of Brunswick square, were also among those who were injured. REPRESENTATION OF BRADFORD.— Die committee which conducted the late election in the interest of Col. Thompson, have decided to petition against no return of Mr. Wickham. They feel that the election of that gentleman was not the fair expression of the opinions and wishes of the electors—that it WEIS accomplished by a conspiracy of the Roman Catholic voters and indirectly by corrupt and false votes. The votes of the former cannot be removed from the poll, b u t t h ose of the latter can, and by their removal the act of the former rendered null and vo id . O n th i s accountchiefl An , so wo believe, have the friends of Col. 'Thompson re solved on a petition. intimation of their intention te e r c d m a 3 has been mode to the chairman of Mr. Wiekham es 's mittee. and a meeting of that body was held yesterday at the New Inn, to consider what steps shall be tak en in y the matter. We have not heard the result o f their dohberatiens.—Bradford 06scruer. btr,tl ..tlbtttorti+ EPSOM AUTUHVIN RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY EX L'RESS.) Tbe Hurdle Race. Tomboy . Harriott Won by six lengths. The Scramble Steeplechase. Nutby LaChouette EPSOM ATTITMN RACES. (THIS DAY.) The Durdans Stakes. May Day L% Malheureuse . ..... Newport. 14 ran. Won in a canter. LORD MAIDSTONE and MR. MACAULA We are requested by Lord Maidstone to pnbl is] `,lle following letter, wbicb we do verbatim 71, South-Audley-st. Nov. 4, 185 2 . " MAIDSTONE " versus " MACAULAY." To T. B. MACkULAY ESQRE M.P. FOSS EDINBRO. Sir,—The world at large will be surpris'd to find, tb il a you cannot address your Philistines at Edinbro, for , 1 ,7 hour together, without introducing a subject upon vc c , l l„ you are as ignorant as you were two years ago Of Liam Penn's morals, or of James (quere John?) Viscoal"' of Dundee's christian name. title You may, or may not merit the comprehensive once applied to y(,u of " book in breeches"; but r o should recollect, that many books (including the 003 Pr'a volumes of your own history,) are generally c onside t r io very pleasant reading, and very poor authority. 6 as a profcsa'd historian and moralist, it cannot have 7,; cap'd your notice that, duty excuses every man changes his opinion conscientiously from the charge of In; consistency. Otherwise, all argument, and evicisee must be dispens'd with definitively. the If your friends at Covent Garden bad allovi'd id Englishman's right, (which in their character of Libor ht they very consistently denied me,) viz a hearing—l mig ho have clear'd up the difficulty in less than five minutes; that worthy plebs was so engag'd in cheering SirJ. Shell e ,a platitudes, cursing General Evans's explanations , e exhibiting to him backs which he had flogged in St r , —that it would have been better for me to have a hint from the clown of the theatre opposite, and 12 ti furled a series of legends at them, instead opeuing mouth. But without the direct evidence of a public exPle f f tion, charity if not chivaly might have led you to elude that one who can count kin with the great J 07 ,6 Graham (not John, mind! nor he of Netherby) , e iu te p have had good and honourable reasons for taking a e ' t o which you are Vcased to brand with inconsistency; ° p a for which you, after the long parliamentary ,spertel3o. you boast of, aro not ashamed to coin base and " generous motives. O a To laugh at the expense of the absent, an d helpless, has long been the prevalent scabies of svbe" , r i facetiously toned Whit; humour. In the last categ e rk I have no design to figure. Give your own orl e sa , Mr. Macaulay! They shall be punctually attends,' t. O " according to the measure of power of the assails ° h , It will be ?or you to cry Ohe, when you have had Wag In the meantime, Gare a qui me touche r ag, If this charge of inconsistency depends upon you r g 0 I am sorry to be oblig'd to tell you that there 01 j o f foundation for it; and if you depend upon another ,' 0 your information, pray put in practise the ridica l ;4 directions you have thrust into the mouth of APP i Claudius, and— " tp him alive, or dead an ! head ' • " Ten thousand pounds (in copper), to the m who brings his -- .1 am, Sir, (With every respect for you as a Novelist) Yours as you use me MAIDSTONE• MARKET NEWS-( THIS DAY.) The quantity of English Wheat on sale in to- 00 4, market was very moderate, and in but middling 0 " 0 4 dition. On the whole, the attendance of both town Dg country millers was small: whilst the demand for rot kinds of home-grown Wheats was steady, at prices a elS equal to those obtained on Monday. A few changed hands for delivery from the North. tha the Upwards of 20,000 quarters of Foreign Whea ll „ n the come fresh to hand, the show of samples wa,ei a tes increase; nevertheless, holders were firm, and Ilybeat were generally supported. Floating cargoes c' were quite as dear. the We had an active inquiry for all kinds of supply of which was s m a ll ; an d really tine 15151111:6 parcels were the turn higher. No change took place the value of Malt, . ale The show of Oats was t o l era bly goo d. The a— wait inactive,currencies. t he Beans were firm; but Peas met a slow sale. I° value of Flour, no change took place. A ttitiVALS TILLS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. Qra, Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 1 ;650 English • • • • • 2,630 2,420 1,960 950 Irish ••••• • • • 8,280 0 70 Foreign 20,760 2,010 7,020 1 SMITHFIELD. r d Although the supply of Beasts on sale in to-dai l y market was very moderate as to number, and extre lli l e el deficient in heavy, and Monday's prices were with diflicult I Y s h i : e ri; quality, the demand for all kinds ru n ported. We wore fairly suppli e d with She e p, in ". j a i a very limited business was transacted, at barelY rates. Calves—the su pply o f w hi c h was ve ry 55111. 0 . moved off slowly; but we h ave no ac t ua l d e cline 10 "s tico in the quotations. In Pi g a very f ew transact io took place. Mich Cows wer e ver y d u ll. a t f rom 141. to 104 e " cbr including their small calf. , 0 Inferior Beasts 2s oto 2s 2 S ou th D owns ...4s oto 15 6 Second do. ...2s 4to 2s 10 Large Calves...2s 6to 36 Prime Large ...3s oto 3s 6 Small ditto ...3s Bto ‘ , 45 a , Prime Scots ... 3s Bto 4s Sucking C dyes 19s oto "P"' 6 Inferior Sheep 3s oto 3s 4 Large Hogs ...2s 10 to 3 ,., 5 p) Second do. ... 3s 6to 3s 8 Small Porkers 33 Bto 0 „ 6 0 Coarse Wiled. 3s 10 to 4s 2 Qr. Old Pigs... 16s oto ileasts. 693 TOTAL SUFIS* AT IJARKBT rig s ' Cows. I Sheep. I Calves. I 3 00 130 4,982 211 FOREIGN 31;r2'PLY. Beasts I Sheep. 1,660 I 5,770 Calves. 1 IV' 120 --r NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. These marktts continuo to he somewheat heavily'6tjrl plied with each kind of Meat: yet the general de° 3s o - 00 is steady, and prices are well supported. About I° , e io carcasses of Meat arrived frun the provinces last /“ At per stone by the eareate, 0- s. d. to I. d. I S. d. tO 3 0 13eef, inferior-- 2 0 2 4 Mutton,inferior 2 t; --middling •• 2 6 2 S middling.. 3 2 4 0 prirnelarge .. 210 3 0 prime .... 3 3 3 6 = prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Fork, 1arge........ 2 6 4 0 Vea1••....... ..... 2 8 310 - 5ma11........ 3 8 B ()ROUGH 110 P. For nearly all kinds of new H )f whicis .ops, the show of is extensive, the demand continues active. I n some () l a stances, higher rates h ave b een pa id f or fi ne and g„°",; qualities:—Mid and E ast K ent G o ldi ngs, 120 s to 1°46; Weald of Kent, 76 3 to 886; di tto, cho i ce, 901 to Sussex, 723 to 80s; ditto, choice, 826 to 86s; Farrdlt l . sto , lOUs to 120 s; ditto, choice, 130 s to 145; count* , u l 9s to 1001; itto, choice, 110$ to 120 s per cwt. • ll Sugar.—There has been COLONIAL. a firm market for 13ritje s Plantation, and grocers and refiners have bought test moderate extent. Barbadoes, by auction, has reel' f o r 34s to 36s 6d for low to mid yellow, and 37s to 393 , 1 to ord to fine. Refined has been in request at 45s 6 ' 48a for low to fine grocery. is East India.—There has been a large business de n vte d Mauritius at full prices. At auction, low brown tot,' l tal " cl 25s 6d to 27s 6d, low to mid yellow 338 to 34s 6d , 4 70 good to fine 35s 6d to 375. Bengal went a t 445 10 4 fo r y s el f i b o r w, common to vt ;so. 265 to 26 5 6 " h ito s fa o r ft grainy brown. white, and 3 3 9 is to 6 4 1 3 fo to s 4 r l &flares. Privately there have been considerable ss A r je Foreign.—This has been firm at fuller rates, 0 ,?, c 1t, request. Brown Bahia 183 per cwt, and very low n o lii duty paid, to good brown 29s to 34s 6d. Havannso "fa at 34s 6cl to 37s 61 for low and mid white, and 41 9 0 (1 fine. Cuba went at 345 to 36s for low and mid, gr e lks' yellow, and at 31s 6d to 33s for ord to low grey de. s, n il' was taken in at 30 3 to 31s 6cl for low Musco ro he ep Coffee—For plantation Ceylon, the market Ile 1 4 0 0 fi r m, and not a great criantity has been offerea• go() mid has been sold at 52s to 54s 6d ; and fine, ° a r) fine ord at 523 to Ms being of old i m port to mid and good col ory and favourite marks sol d at 61;nd, 65 ; fine fine ord and l ow mid, 498 6d to 5 55 410 triage, 42s to 48s 6cl ; a few parcels of fine were te o • l os at 75s to 78s ; and of pea-berry, at 67s to 68s 6d. t he tivo has been in good demand at 46s 65 to 47 3 for s 6c l new import, Co s t a Ri ca h as b ean so ld at 55s to j' - 635 for mid, rather mixed. Jamaica sold at 528 t o 6d t o Gd for low mid an d m id , 7 0s f or good co l or y, , ss 6d 49s Gd for good and fine ord, and 40s to 515 for '— Mocha held for very full prices. : ha" Rine—There has been less doing, and the pa t} t ij remained about the same to white Bengal, lls to itls per cwt. s°, 14 5 fit Saltpetre—Sales have been made in Bengal re' 25s 6d to 26s 61, for ord. to mid. 10 to per cer" fraction being full prices. a 1 0- Dyes, &c.—The demand for both Cochineal all digo has been rathsr active. tv;o Tallow—There is more doing within the la s : o t. days, and P. Y. C. has risen to 43s and 43s 613 per on the s d a There Tea— is some want of animation a n lb , good common Congou rem lies at 94d to 10d P Green in moderate request. • diei alif Green Fruit—The weather has operated Prei tl ov dieg against the market, and has produced a corri ropr ed depression in prices. Black Spanish Nuts hay,' all keidg 5s per barrel; Barcelona is per bag; Grapes ei 13 ,, arid lower. A parcel of 200 Malaga, sold by Ne flu The Hunt at public sale, sold 2s to 3s per barrel lower. ;„ too cargoes of Messina Lemons have arrived, but a l ! ( ' ) ; of green a state for immediate consumption. Ctug Oran gee fora d§ily expected. aik\ till toi frc