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;es wail 2 6 d to 4s supplied )12 ruled a 4d to d; Porky heavily , Land wile Mutton , 11033 8d atter-old 'civet yet )d; Mllk rk, 3s to ag ainsilf 2a sd to 3 8d per li was id. -- . to 4 s , rk, 33 g° a{ CIO/ er 1 12$ per 3; Clove per 100' e; Clover per load- !OEM urns of the glii i I 3d I gla N. 12 ; De Au* ___........ to $Y"' Boo° . zei COr . 104 ,i)- Dan o i 4 pith, has Amste r iingst ol3 ; r a hes? 'rico TAI 3 P e " w i Ipsg !, orasfing i ' o lamag'" from the jOltiga blit Ted 9 411' Arrivlo' e d i • °- de; z ndlas Ali" ; 'ZS do ; ial, dO• S ired, I'll, QUO' sterdev, • ir Rs 3th, rill 00Yr BP (bark) t P' e, I„' :a to° 14 0a b . belmr FRANCE. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Constitutionnel has the following with reference to the decree its the illoniteur convoking the Senate : " The decree for the convocation of the Senate ruts et terra to the situation, evidently transitory, in which the country has been for some months. At the close of the session of the Legislative Corps and of the Senate, es long th e word Empire had not been pronounced, men could Imagine that tho presidentship for ten years was des tined to remein the law of our country. But the day on which a single voice, taking its authority from the name which Louis Napoleon bears, from the erietin which pointed him out to the votes of the peop!e, and Irene the services by which he has nobly upheld his illustrious birth, evoked the remembrance of the Im perial era —on that day the problem of the integral maintenance, or the transformation of the Constitution of January 15, was submitted to the decision of the :vntleed on n nation; on that day France evidently again provisional situation. That situation has not been made by the Government, but by ' r enee• The he a d o f t he State has never expressed either a wish or a hope. The only hypothesis Which he h a d consen t e d t o look forward to was hat of a nat i ona l d ang er, which would oblige him to resume, iu the interest of the country, a sort of dictatorship. That hypothesis has not been re alized. It was the elective assemblies which, the day after thei r meeting. - and whilst still impregnated with the ish , Popular breath, raised the question of the re-estab -lment of imperial institutions. The addresses of the i ., Coun cils - general first showed what was paesing in the ; 1 "! 1 ""e mind; thee came these of the councils of arron isstment, and of the municipal councils, end the peti tioning which is now going on shows that the nation satends givin to the Government of the ma - vhora it hasg n ,„ elected that perpetuity which Louis Napoleon did 1' wish to attribute to himself. It was evident that, with the question so clearly set forth, the great bodie s of each the State cou ld no t m eet witneut deciding it ; an d e 'lzeh bei ng the case, was it not better to convoke the Sep ate all incertitude e at OPC. and lay before it the quetion, so that lineertituCle 'should immediately cease ? Louis Napo itu e°. declared at Lyons that h e was ready to serve his co .ry either with the modest title of President, or with a more striking one; the possession of power is not in his eYse anything else than the means of doing good. But fo r Fran ce t h e quest i on does not present itself in that W ay ; temporary duration and perpetuity—such are the two terms to which the addresses have brought it. When a question of such importance is brought before a pee- Pe, it must be immediately decided, as there is danger is every provisional situation. Since it is the will of France which is to regulate our destinies, why not in terrogate that will, and give it au opportunity of declar jag itself in the open day? Since the manifestations of which Louis Napoleon has been the object at Toulouse, lortleau, aed Paris, the re-establishment of the Empire !l expected not only in France, but throughout Europe. The Government, in consequence, has come to the de cision that since this question has been brought forward In dependently of ir, and by the irresistible initiative of the leeula r represe n t at i on o f every d egree , i t cou ld not b e The Interest of the co un t r y t o d e f er affording to th e national will the means of making itself known. France is about, therefore, t o b e aga i n so l emn ly i nterrogate d as o the form of h er G overnment , an d t h e t i t l e w hi c h h er 10r p- is to take. We know her answer beforehand." • k l,he Union notices as follows the release of Abcl-el aner The rele ase o f Abd- e l-K ader i s, without contradie- Zo .u. ue:of th e most i mportant acts of the present Govern alsoancilt is not mere l y a question of humanity, it is above all, a politteal question. And conse• in the ministerial 9 1 u general expectation yesterday was to find ati tie° ministerial journals the apology of so important jo urne ,e re a resolution. But strange to say, those t h e t'shave remained mute. The Conrtitutionnel and the rivwslitconfine themselves to giving the article from 'ro ue sur, adding no remarks on the speech pre lie. I c t ",on the occasion by the President of the Repub the pees not belong to us to interpret the silence of j ° eninitterial journals ; it will be enough for us to point path, th e very different attitude . of the journals called wthi The P resses w h se,i alttliV favour the act l ichliberates A particular, receives b d. -Kader. highly ; "Yat is an act which we can praise a great it carries us h ac k to D ecem b er , 184 8. I t i s Politi cal , net '• consequently it is an act essentially 11 , Of ,* It remains to be se en if the approbation d p friend; of will not be suspected by the r aisin n ' the Governmaent. The Siecte, whilst a horse g th th e Act of clemency of the President, expresses of t ir at the presence of the Arab chief in the states e Sultan rane e, may not some day becomo prejudicial . to was kind then then adds, The words which the President this e nough to address to Abd-el-Kader, we remark alw ays e a, Which • th ls eo fecund and so true—' Generosity is With ; me best counsellor.' For our part, we shall see T his Chief of the Government often listen to Rill not and noble counsellor of all governments. It 'seqee allow him to for et the Frenchmen, who, in con k, • n e° of • g • reig h our civil discords, are still wandering in :st effeeetiOsuntlies, far from their families and their dear eerte “i hs . IN are as much partizans of generosity, tic ; t 4 o l Y e f th e Sie cle, and as much incl i ned to eoneilia- Ae eati e „ er aeneY, and to forgetfulness of the past, but vesiti "" see what analogy th ere can b e b e t ween th e •tvh Qn of in eon - Ahd-el-Kader and that of the Frenchmen tin • sequence of our civil 'discords, are still wan countries.' If clemency is an obli,ga teie-4 g;llthefo gn. Thrtatt to b 0 who govern, the circumstances which 1 ) " is th„l°o manifested contest always be the same. eodfiathteeason why we do not admit that the deli. ex-Emir has, for its natural consequence, lee ,s iet , ),,e return of the banished men spoken of by o4' the Th e e * v 3 is l i e . n_it , eur du L o i re t g i- r e s the following details t the of the Prince President to Abd-el-Kader, ~uateanof th eh th e Amboise :--" At the moment at e re ee resident arrived al. Amboise, and during I ° l ks o n ,Pilna at the railway station, Abd-el-Kader e atte 'ue terrace of the chafe au. With a telescope e c'rk ) . ra P • ,!ed to distinguish the movements of the 404 et' Ansta ha, one of hi s agar , and several per- . ate his h f i ) of erest. The Prince, also watt shed them with great W a . he Prince accom p anied by the Minister s tati c ' entered a carriage w tvich was waiting at the 7hieh ' o ,.auot proceeded direct to the chateau, from 4 4eir e • "e of the fi nes t v i ew a o f t h e course o f t h e ttr- l a o btained. Th e E m i r and his attendants en tt,ll:l,rtilllalr resp ec ti ve apartm e tots at the approach of Pei 'e and the Mi n i ster of War. Informed that prese inee wish e d to speak t o him, Abd-el-Kader t 4 e e eted hiniself t „Pua. it , acconapanield by his faithful Mus ' s him The then that his release was announced suite of the E Ink is composed of 50 11014 persons ; It was 70 a few mor.t hs ago. The diminu the b W r s! ,_ caused by the Government having released Rivibrothers and relatives c f Abd-el-Fader, and te a g th em to Africand their attends tAs the means of' return ieti granted`a where a certni extent of land has : 4 _114 i el - n _, to them to cat titivate. This visit of tars o f a :P'"en to Abd-el-K ider lasted three-quar- Th " hour." Clc, e Prince 1 1(1 th e ,President, by a decree, dated St: enacts that government inspectors 1 8th, by the M inister of the Interior, Net tle _ e, and Commerce, to superintend the man baov, "IL and examine the accounts of the mortgage ev er 2, and to report to the ree inister thereon at least keo.Y three months. The dee ree further enacts, that t ul he o ) i‘ is i s i i n o . n of eight metnbe rs, four to be nominated o tit 'isteP jaip r of ister of the Interior, and four by the Finance, shall be formed, to give an tit On all the questions 'Atich may be submitted ci f , t •to relative to the man sgement of mortgage so srp iteoBl.,itoonea..amine the repot Is of the Government in el)°rt Le e ra and to di-4w up annually a detailed l ate declares situation of each society. The decree that if any mortgage society shall vio ttielliits. by-laws . and regulations, or commit any e gC e+ its privilege may be taken from it ; also that " shall give an account of its operations every six ma ths. o i t 9rl Tuesday afternoon, between two and t oa lt f r ti e ed e r li l i `eek, the Prince President, came to Paris, m an . I‘loting at the Tuileries, took the arm of fg i t eister of State, and inspected in detail all the works Of ,hLouvre. When the Prince entered the Palace e Tuileries, there was a loud cry from the crowd \rive l'Empereur!" orcieeaeral Lawcestine has published the followin g nu r of the day to the National Guards of the et .-- " Paris, Oct. 13. ... t s l„ . .tit tl h a e i G u e u n a e r r d a s l- o in f - t C h b e i s ef ei h a a e s t te a n a s t h to ia. m lm a . k p e or k i n al ow n n ig t h o n t e h s e a zrt".llll,ec:iiLe j o r u e i x s e N el a le p n o t le s o p n iri zas em s d ati t sfied with their ardent t fiouateiceremony of the IGth. Notwithstanding the mo i th, they giant made at a late period inhft:ibrefigneen,earaplijOardrsienr,ceadn-d -th knatant situation of certain battalions .in e cl ateat squadrons, exaeti. t ticl Y 411 arrived on the ground with the th; e • This result proves that the officers gr hav d e s a th lr a e t ad o y f th esi s habit of command, and the National Guar an d par ttlce• The General congratulates them, t:44,larly the battalion s and squadrons extra muros, which otqtkthe greatest, difficulties to overcome. The officers o °Nue general staff charged with the transmission t the performed their duties with zaal and intelligence" t4„,e Bourse was heavy, and the price . of Govern ‘,,,'4 %ecurities fell considerably. Railway shares t re amore firm. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. ti i ' t leei at 1 07 f. and closed at 106 f. 35c. for the end of 0:1. 111 °Iith j the Three per Cents. closed at 81f. 60c. ; 1/,'41351 Itailway shares, 1,510 f. ; Rouen, 920 f. ; 7g7f7°,e, 420 f,• Great Northern 785 f. ; Avignon, • 40 c. ; Basle, 331 f. ` l sc. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4 5 . 1 . 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 982 f. 502.; Lyons and t o ;$1:10n, isof. ; Western of France, 705 f. - St. Dizier kl-ray, 550 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 630 f: S Q6IN: .ESS DONE IN FOREIGN IiAILWAYS AT THE ~, LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 20. \alarleroi and Erquelines 1G —Dijon and Basancon, 6 3 4 1.. I,llkernbourg (Railway), 4%—Eyons and Avignon, " ks ,r, and Ly ons , 29% — Sambre and Meuse, 10. ..-------.,_ ttiVtIBUICALS OP COMMERCE._a. meeting of the A . XB: ilatiVe c ommittee for promoting the establishment of Tribt,- wi t ,, of Conamerca was held at the London Tavern, yesterday, vi 4 a view to organin all the preliminaries requisite for the 3,,clis prosPeution of the movement, which is excitir , g It,--',;'2.,,,s.tt.eiltion. throng:Lon', the kingtioln. As . a proof of r t , h r i , :s . ,. cc'ttte:':,..3' okaLiou tliat r. meeting is tt, take r'.: Qe in RP6 , .' on. the 16th November, of deputations from every )34aMber of Commerce in the United Kingdom, at which Lord 11R12414 Rill MCI°. ~::, THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived. The Military Gazette announces that General 011oaui has received orders to proceed to the Island of Cuba to fill the functions of Clmmandant-General of the de partment of the Centre, and of political and military governor of Puerto Principe. In addition to the troops who are now being embarked at Santander for Cuba ' others are preparing to follow them for the same destination. Letters from Cordova in the 'Jerald() of the 15th state that hands of robbers are increasing in that pro. vine-, and that the band of El Chato in particular, far from being dispersed, as had been said, was daily committing the most atrocious crimes in the district of Benaindi. Regular troops have been eent against him, but with little effect, as he retreats into impene trable Sierras with his band, whence he makes his excursions in complete security, and kidnaps rich persons, for whom he afterwards exacts exorbitant ransoms. All the other bands seem to be in commu nication with or dependent from that of El Chato. The Thre per Cents, were done at 47/; the New Three per Cents. at 26i; the Debt of the first•olass at 12 5 , 16 ; and that of the second at 6i: BELGIUM. The Journal de LTege says :—" Nothing definite is known as to the negotiations entered into by M. de Brouckere for the formation of a cabinet. The Journal de Bruxelles was, however, wrong in an nouncing that on Saturday N. de Brouckere had abandoned the mission confided to him by the Crown. If we are well informed, a new conference was to take place yesterday (Monday) between RI. de Brouckere and the gentlemen who have been talked of as likely to join him. As to the obstacles which prevent the combination from becoming a fait ac compli, we will not imitate the clerical press, which endeavours to make the public believe the least pro bable suppositions."—The Emancipation of Tuesday, however, says that it was rumoured on the preceding day in the best-informed circles that N. de Brouckere had abandoned all idea of forming a cabinet. TURKEY. The Turkish Moniteur states that the Sultan, hitherto called " Your IlighneFs," has now assumed the title of " His Majesty the Emperor of the Turks." The ConsNutionnel, in alluding to the late change of Ministry in Turkey, says :—" Events have justified the doubts that were entertained as to the duration of the Administration of Aali Pacha. The Grand Vizir was deprived of office in the evening of the 2d, after a Council at which he presided, and is replaced by the High Admiral Mehemet Ali Pacha, brother-in-law of the Sultan. The news of this change, which was known to the public in the morning of the 3,1, pro duced an unfavourable impression. Arai Pacha is generally liked and esteemed, and, notwithstanding his youth, he pas3es justly for being one of the most able statesmen of Turkey, as also one of the most con sientious and honourable. He was six years Minister of Foreign Affairs, and during that time acquired great esteem by his intelligence, affability, and probity. His successor, Mehemet Ali Proles, is not very popu lar, particularly among the Franks, whom he does oot always treat with becoming consideration. Hav ing been hitherto occupied only in the navy and the army, his capacity for government is very problema ical ; he is, however, a firm and energetic man, de voted to the Sultan, and less hostile to ideas of pro 4ress than is generally supposed. The motive for the lismissal of Aali Pacha is said to be the efforts that he nude in the Council to obtain the ratification of the ioan, against which the repugnance of the Sultan has , ),en recently excited. The majority of the Council tind3 the conditions of this loan too onerous for Tur key, and desires to have the faculty of putting an end to it in 11 years instead of 23; it is unwilling be sides to confirm the premium of 20 per cent. accorded to the lenders." STATE OF TRADE IN FRANCE. Paris letters state that the greatest activity prevails in every branch of trade. The orders received from the provinces and from foreign countries are so numerous that the manufacturers have great difficulty in executing them. This activity extends also to the departments. At Lyons and St. Etienne the demand has improved so rapidly that the stocks of goods in the warehouses are unprecedentedly low, and quite inadequate to meet the requirements of numerous buyers now in the market from America and other countries. Several new manu factories have recently been established in the Lyons district, and also in Alsace. The prices of cotton, silk, and other raw materials, have advanced, and will be fol lowed by a corresponding increase in the ♦alue of the manufactured articles. This increased activity has already been felt in the discount department cf the Bank of France, where during the last fortnight the amount of the bills discounted exceeds that of the last month by 25,000,000 f. The retail trade of Paris has also greatly improved. Country buyers have made large purchases of winter goods, and the sales made by the principal houses already very largely exceed those of the same period last year. ?NARROW ESCAPE OF SLR JAMES BROOKE. This gallant knight (well known from his connection with Borneo, Labuan, &c.) had a narrow escape at Menton, near Worsley, on Saturday afternoon last. Sir James left London on Saturday morning, on his way to spend a short time with the Earl of Ellesmere ; and on arriving at the London-road station he got into a cab, to proceed to Worsley New Hall, the seat of the noble earl. At Mouton there is a road through some of the earl's private grounds (affording a short cut into the main road near Worsley) at each end of which is erected a cottage ora‘?, with stout stone gate-posts, stiles, &c. Adjoining the gateway, at the end nearest Patricroft, is Nlonton-bri 3 ge, steep and skew, over the Bridgewater Canal, the fencing to which closely adjoins the parapet of the bridge to the left. It appeared that the cab, in which Sir James was, proceeded rapidly until it reached the point where the driver quitted the Eccles Old Road to cross towards Menton ; and shortly after this the horse (a very powerful and spirited grey) increased his pace so desperately, that the united efforts of the driver and a servant lad of Sir James's wholly fulled to check him. In the midst of his endeavours, the driver got pitched from his seat, and was very nearly run over, and the lad at the same time loosing his hold of the reins, the horse went en at a fearful speed. He ap proached Mouton at little less than 18 or 20 miles an hour, and most fortunately turned slightly to the right, towards the gateway we have mentioned. The gate had been removed for repairs, and a stout bar had been put up in its place. and against this the horse dished without checking his speed in the least. The off wheel struck and knocked down the stone gate-posts, tied from the force of the blow the cab was whirled roued to the right. The horse seemed to have cleared himself fia,m all the harness at the same instant as he struck the bar, and he galloped off along the private road, leaving the cab with its shafts splintered, and buried nearly a foot deep in the bank on the right side of the road ; the splash-board was fractured, but the body of the carriage was uninjured. Sir James Brooke, although severely shaken when the cab was brought to so sudden a stand, received no more than a few bruises; and the servant lad wAii enabled to keep his seat, escap ing without the slightest injury. The driver came up shortly after the accident, and the horse was caught at the gateway, at the further end of the private road, and brought back by a labouring man. The animal seemed terribly excited, but not much injured by his contact with the bar. After satisfying the lodgekeeper that the smashing of the gate-post would be satisfactorily arranged with his lordship, Sir James walked on to Worsley New Hall. The escape altogether was a most providen tial one. Had the gate not been removed, or had the horse taken the bridge, the cab would in all probability have been completely smashed, and Sir James and his servant must have been injured to some extent ; while, had if e e being broken saved by the ho rse d as h e d aga i nst t h e cana l f ence , an d bk water, ' en t i te it sufficiently t o t a k e th e ca b a ft er hi m into the would have been those very w camp chane upe after the accident although soon after James'; l the box o f the cab, the servant, from being on might have escaped if pitched into the canal.—Man chester Guardian. THE WINE TRADE the docks is below the ar :a S all stir has ;The stock of port wine in e n rage by about 2,000 pipes ; and tha br la a s n t d up to the mark. s w he i r th ry in the port wine trade, and y few da bosh h a well taken place in for merly held from 221. to 281, in valuevvines which were to 31. per pipe. The reduction of the have advanced 21. acted barometrically on the market, London stock has month there have been but few arrivals, During the last by the expected reduction of imports levied 'chiefly tion to Europe—these are 17 ships lying in on exports waiting for cargoes, some of teem since the 31st Douro, During this year four cargoes have bee, sent direct MaY. from Oporto to our Australian colonies (the _oze.direct entered outwards for Porto and Sydney, ‘j and the hi ts Randolph i,-; there loading for Port Philip). Thi n s u c te merce )iolds no source of revenue to the Portuguese treasury, or emolument to the wine company. Freights here from Oporto are down to 25e. and to Australia 5/. per ton. CHAMPAGNE. —The average quantity of genuine champagne annually produced is said to exceed fifty millions cf bottles, a quantity, however, quite insufficient to meet the public demand, as the great numbers of es tablishments for the production of spurious champagne attest. I have heard it *tilted, on good authority, that in one establishment alone upwards of 500,000 betties of so-called champagne, made principally from the stalks of the rhubarb, are annually sold. Some idea may et' formed of the relative conaumption of real champagne by different countries from the following return of the sales in 1843 of the department of the Marne. The total quantity amounted to 2,689,000 bottles, which were distributed : England end British India, 467,00 0 ; lio:; : ~ • and Poland, 502,000; Germany, including Prus sia and the Austrian dominions, 439,000 ; United Stitsr of . America and the West F dies, 400,000 ; Italy 600,000; I.3rl;!iti,k, 56 000. Holland, 8+ .0(r) , -.. • - , • and .I).•licriatii, 30,000 ; Ziwitzaiand, 30,0U0 ; bouwi America, 30,000 ; Spain and Portugal, 20,000 ; Turkey, 5,000 ; and irtwee, 620,000 bottles. 17 I i THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21,52. COURT CIRCULAR. THE FATAL DUEL AT EGHAIII. 2111; RECENT DOUBLE COLLISION ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. WINDSOR, OCT. 20. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma ief,ty yesterday :--Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess of Hobe: Joe Langenburg, his Serene Highness the Prince Hermann of liohenlohe, the Duke and Duchess of Nor'hurnber land, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess of Derby, and Colonel C. B. Phipps, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, stecomnsnicd by his Serene HighuPss Prince Hermann of Hoheclohe, wont out shooting this morning, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps Colonel the Hon. N. Hood, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland left the Castle this forenoon for London. EXAMINATION AT CHERTSEY.—YESTERDAY. Before J. J. liriatoe, Esq., the Hoc. Capt. Cavendish, Capt. Seymour, and Joseph Dobinson, Etq At the general quarter-sessions for the county of ' Kent, held at Maidstone on Wednesday, Thomes Archer, late an engine driver in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Company, was arraigned for baying wilfully, rnsliciotuAy, and negligently driven an ens gins attached to an express train, whereby two serious collisions took place, and the lives of her Majesty's subjects consider ably perilled. Th e d e f en dant, who surrendered in elis eharge, of his bait, appeared to have recovered from the injuries he sustaint.d in the unfortunate mishaps. He was thrown from his engine, and his escape is stated to have been most marvellous. The evidence adduced in support of the prosecution was taken at some length, but the following will be found to contain the main facts : On the night of the 26th of July, a down pick up train, cattle and goods, arrived at the Headcorn station at a quarter to 10 o'clock, and as the mail train from town which did not stop at the station, was then nearly due, it became necessary to get the pick up out of the way co as to let it pass. Unfortunately there were no sidings to admit of the whole pick up being shunted, although they appear to have been enlarged since the collision, and in order that the mail should not be obstructed, the luggage train was crossed over on to the up line. Daring this ceremony both roads were guarded by the red (danger) lights, and that on the pick up being got clear of the down line, the white light was turned on, so as to signalize to the mail to come through. The up line was said to have been protected by three danger signals. The semaphore light was turned on red, as also the lamp in front of the engine of the pick up, which had its head pointed towards Futkestone, and there was a third lamp standing on the platform, exhibiting a red light. In that condition the down pick up was left standing on the up line, and to add to the difficulties of the moment, the mail train was behind time. At 19 minutes pest 10 o'clock, the ringing of the telegraph bell announced that the tidal or continental express train, which does the distance from Folkestone to London in little more than two hours, had passed the Pluckley sta tion, the next to Headeorn, 6 miles distance, and Mr. Wyke, the station -master, directed, as he stated, Mau cer, a porter, to go down the line with a red lamp to below a I.,:idge GOO yards off, to exhibit it to the driver of the engine. Maucer stated that he did so, that he went some 60 yards beyond the bridge, and that when ho first saw the approaching train, it was about 2t miles from Headcorn. That he continued showing and waving the lamp, and that when the engine passed him the steam was on, and the defendant appeared to be looking forward. It was stated that it was usual to shut off the steam at about the place where Manner deposed he Ives standing. The train came on, and on arriving within twv telegraph posts of the town platform of the station, its speed seemed to be slackened, but not in any way likely to prevent a collision, and it dashed with much violence into the engine of the pick up. As may be remembered, the concussion was de scribed by several passengers to have been most severe, end several were hurt. The force of the shock threw some of the trucks on to the down line, and before the mail train could be stopped, the engine came in collision with the waggons which were thrown upon the rails, thus causing a second mishap and creating a scene the most disastrous. The defendant was found lying upon the permanent way some 200 yards from the spot where the first collision happened, as if he had fallen or been thrown off. Ho was much hurt, and as before stated does not appear to have completely recovered. The driver of the pick up engine saved his life by jumping off, and that of the mail train was thrown off. It was twenty-six minutes put ten when the tidal train reached Headcorn, so that the rate it was travelling may be judged from the fact that it did the distance from Pluckley (6 miles) is 7 minutes. Some of the witnesses described the night to have been clear, and that the lights of the station could be seen some two or three miles down the line in the direction of Pluckley, and others deposed to its being dark, and even a little foggy ; that rain was falling at the time, which rendered the rails slippery, and this, added to the circumstance that the road is on an incline between the two stations, made the stopping ef the train more difficult than it otherwise would have been had dry weather prevailed. The wit nesses varied as to the distance the red lights of the station could be observed by an up train. The bridge obstructed their view; but most of them agreed that they could hav e b een di s ti ngu i s hed early enough for the train to have been bro ug ht up before reaching the pick up. The Head corn s t at i on m aster stated that there were no fog_sign a l s put ren down, erh t them es the necessary, the h t eh lig weather t was not such a s t o d s being capable of being observed some distance of. The ewry, after some hour and a half's deliberation, returned into court with a verdict of Guilty, but recom mended the prisoner to mercy. The Earl of Romney then proceeded to pass sentence upoe the prisoner. The sentence of the court was that the prisoner be imprisoned for six calendar months without hard labour, the prisoner's delicate state of health preventing such. The greatest Excitement preoailed at Chervey )ong before the examinations bad commenced, end imrne, diatdy on the doors of the Town Hall king opened, the large roam was literally crammed by an eager audience, comprising many of the leading gentry and clergy in the neighbourhood. The galleries were also crowded with ladies, ell anxiously awaiting the arrival of the parties c,incerned in the duel. Shortly after twelve o'clock, Chief Superintendent Biddlecombs entered the court with several policemen, having four well•dressed, gentlemanly-looking persons in custody, who gave the names of Barthelemy, Mor nay, Alain, and Baronnet—alt Frenchmen. Mr. Bideliccombe was then sworn, and stated the transaction that bad taken place, and gave a brief out. lino of the facts connecting the prisoners with the affair. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The ministers pre sent ware the Earl ot Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secre tary Walpole, the Earl of Malmebbury, Sir JOhn Pakingten, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke ot Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hardwicke, Right Hon. J. C. 'lorries, and Lord John Manner& Tho council sat two hours and a half. The Earl of Darby arrived from St. Leonardo to attend the Council, and the Duke of Northumberland arrived from Windsor Castle. The bench then held a consultation, and decided to go into the evidence at length, in order to warrant a remand, to enable the chief constable to gather further evidence to connect the accused with the affair, when the following evidence was adduced : The first witness called was a fermer's labourer named William Herbert, whose evidence Was interpreted to the accused by M. Henri van Lean, of Egbans. He stated that on Tuesday afternoon, at about halt past twelve, he was coming up Priest-hill, near Erzhani ; and that he heard the voices of several persons talking very loudly in a field close by. Witness could not understand them, as they spoke in a foreign language. The parties were in the second meadow from the field, but witness could not see them, nor say how many were present. He lis tened from the road for about ten minutes, end then heard the report of a pistol, and immediately afterwards the cries of a person as if for assistance. Witness only heard one report, and then a noise of some persoa in answer to the wounded run. He then saw a person run up under the ln:dge towards where he was then stand • Witness saw him run across the field into the road, and saw a gentleman named Heyward coming down the hill on a white horse, and witness told him what he had heard and seen, and the gentleman went to the gate, which witness opened, and they proceeded across the field. Witness could hot say if the person present (one of the foreigners pointed out) was the gentleman who came to the gate with Mr. Heyward. They than ran • across the meadow, and got over two fences, and sew a man lying on his beck in the second field from the high way. Witness also saw Mons. Alain attending to the dying man. By the Bench—Could not swear positively that Alain was the man, but there was but ono person with the wounded man, and he was stopping the bleeding wound with a handkerchief. Other assistance arrived, and wit ness assisted to carry the dying man to the Barley Mow Inn, on Englefield green. The Portuguese Minister had an interview with the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. THE NEW MASTER OF THE TRINITY CORPORATION. —At a special general court, held at the Trinity House, on Tuesday last, his Royal Highness Princ3 Albert was, by the unanimous voice of the Elder and Younger Brethren, elected master of that ancient corporation, in room of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington. THE EAT INDIA HOUSE AND THE DUKE OF WEL LINGTGN.—The ciirrcora of the East India Company have summoned a special general court of the company for Wednesday next, when a proposition, which has already received the unanimous approval of the Court of Directors, will be submitted for consideration—namely, the placing of a marble statue of the illustrious duke in the general court room, as a testimonial of the gratitude Of the Company to him. UNIVERSITY 11V 2"ELLIG ENCE OXFORD, OCT. 20. The Senior Proctor will receive the names of candi dates for examination this term, either from themselves or their tutors, on Friday, the 22d instant, from ten to twelve o'clock, and from two to four ; Saturday, the 23d, from two to four ; Monday, the 25th, from ten to twelve, and from two to four. Each candidate must give in a list, signed with his name, of the subjects and books in which he offers himself to be examined, toge ther with the certificate of his having responded, and with his matriculation paper. The Professor of Political Economy (Mr. Rickards, of Queen's College) will deliver an introductory lecture at the Clarendon on Wednesday, the 27th instant, at two o'clock. Mr. G. Pi Heyward stated that he was a surgeon re siding at Egham. Was accosted by a trench gentle man, who described to witness that a man was lying wounded by a pistol-shot in a field; and he asked wit ness to accompany him to the spot, which he did. He there sew a men lying on the ground. Blood was flow ing from his side. Dtscovered that a ball had passed through the man's chest, and gave instructions for his instant removal, and sent to Sir John Cathcart's farm for some hurdles and straw, when the man was taken as proesptly us possible to the Barley Mow, at E ngieficia. green. Witness attended him until five o'clock p.m., and he died about six o'clock. The accused Alain was standing beside the man endeavouring to stanch the wound with a pocket-handkerchief. A short time be fore arriving at the spot, witness met three gentlemen, a n t u e a l Barthelemy.third a a foreigners, coming down the hill. One of them inquired the way to ‘Vindsor, and witness believes that two of them now present were the persons. Their names are the Barley Mow at Witness v il William mis Henrynder 41, H L e i a s r l d e- th str a e t e i t : EErter.c o nh c am p e l rsi atc court, b r ttMeßl:rien:clarodeintylmasi.ycaporeme Wentaus n b ss e idt 00 . —ls chief superinten dentlying in the bedroom, which was quite warm, and hao a quarter past six in the evening, and found a body Leicester-square. Witness, assisted by Mr. Heyward, stripped the body, and found that a ball had passed wasbeen the apparently body odf e aFdreadbeoraitc 15 Carnet minutes. of thr oug h the coat, waistcoat , waistband of the andtrow shirt. The di schar g e must have t ak en place from,s er s some distance, as there, was no appearance of powder. Witness found that a bullet had entered the right side of the body and come out at the left side. The b u ll e t produced was discovered on the sheet of the bed when the clothes were removed from the body. The bullet had evidently been discharged. Witness searched the deceased man's clothes, and found one half-a-crown, 3i in copper, three keys, a pipe and tobacco, and half a return ticket for the South-Western Railway, three letters andpassport in the name of Francis Pluggett. The a letters were addressed to Monsieur Casson. There was also a tavern bill. Witness saw at the Barley Mow the accused, Alain, who, pointing to the dead body, exclaim ed, Day friend." Witness then apprehended him, and found a life preserver, a small powder flask, containing some powder, nine bullets, and some copper caps ; halt a return ticket, dated Oct. 19, of the South-Western Railway, and other articles. Witness has received the other three prisoners into custody to-day of policeman 6 of the Windsor force, and policeman 66 of the London police. John Smith Noble sworn—ls a policeman in the New Windsor force. About ten minutes to three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon witness saw Mr. Heyward, of the Bells, of Oseley, in company of Mr. Oxley, of Windsor, at the South-Western Railway station. In the absence of the superintendent, I went to ascertain their business, and they told me of the duel, and that there were throe persons on the road to Windsor. Shortly afterwards an officer came and told me they were gone by the 2.25 train to London. I went with Mr. Oxley to the tele graph office, and we there dispatched a message describ ing the parties' appearance. John Underwood was on duty at the Waterloo station at ten minutes past three. Witness received information by telegraph that a duel had taken place at Priest-bill, affair, aw were e r ee near Egham, and a l so g i ving a description of some per sonsffar who nd supposed xpeete d to t ob arrive concerned rri v ein townin theby the 3.35 train, and on the arrival of the persons answering this description they were to be detained. Witness observed two of the accused now present get out of the traia, and a third (M. Baronnet) was standing beside them. Wit ness did not see him get out of the train. Witness then took them into custody and conveyed them to the Tower street station. They nppeared to be much cut up. On going to the station witness met some gentlemen, who spoke to the prisoners in French, and said to witness, " Let him go, and I will give you a sovereign." Wit tthe e t p the strangers so ee ra t o that Windsor, they Wit ness took two sw or d s t i ed up in a cloak from one of the prisoners, as he was endeavouring to pass them to one of h Witness reformed all rne night, and wheret. W they remained and were removed to Chertsey this (Wednesday) morn ing. Tho Camden Professor of Ancient History (Dr. Card well, of St. Alban's LTA) will begin, on Tuesday next, at one o'clock, a course of lectures on Athens in the time of Socrates. These lectures will be delivered in tho Clarendon on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and are free of admission to the members of the University. The Clinical Professor of Medicine (Dr. Ogle) will commence his next course of lectures on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at the Radcliffe Infirmary, at eleven o'clock. Particu lars may be learned by inquiry of the secretary at the infirmary, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PONTEFRACT RACES-TUESDAY. Tho Castle Stakes of 5 sot's. each, and 25 added, for two-year-olds and three-year-olds. About three quarters of a voile. 3 subs. Mr. Worthington's Jaquenetta, 2 yrs (301.), sst 111 b. (Carroll) 1 Mr. Lister's fby Liverpool Junior, out of Fair Louisa, 2 yrs (301.) sst 11Ib 2 Betting-2 to lon Jaquenetta. Won by a short neck. The Pontefract Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 50 added; the second saves his stake. One mile. 16 subs. Mr. Chilton's Audaboo, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Carroll) 1 Mr. J. Brown's View Halloo, 6 yrs, Bst 21b 2 Mr. John Scott's Don Carlos, 8 yrs, sst 7 lb.. 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Dalzell's Caliban, yrs, 7st 101 b; Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 5 yrs, 7st 81b; Mr. Pedley's Trousseau, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; Mr. In man's Maid of Lincoln, 3 yrs, 7st ; Mr. J. Osborne's Merry Bird, 3 yrs, 78t; and Mr. J. Alarson's The Twin, 4 yrs, 6st 51b. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Maid of Lincoln; 2to 1 agst Audubon; 3 to 1 agst Humphrey; and 4 to 1 agst View Halloo. Won cleverly by half a length. The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added, for three-year-olds and upwards. Heats ono mile. 3 subs. Mr. Pedley's Paquetta, 4 yrs (301.), 7st 71b (Charlton) 1 1 Mr. R. E. Oliver's Ischia, 4 yrs (801.) Bst 61b... 2 2 Betting.-6 to 4on Ischia, and, after first heat, 2to 1 on Paquette. Both heats severely contested, and won by a head. The Scurry Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 15 added— from the Wood End, about three-garters of a mile, (8 subs.) —were won by three lengths, by Mr. Kimbetley's c by Ingo, out of Daughter of Toscar, 2 yrs, sst 21b ([iayhoe), beating Mr. Brown's View Halloo, Bst 61b, ,Nlr. Pedley's Florence, 6st 121 b, Mr. Thorp's Eliza Middleton, 7st 41b, Mr. Shepherd's Alp, Bst 101 b, Mr. Freeman's Lily, sst 121 b, and Mr. Taft's f by Don John, dam by Mundig, 7st 41b. Match: 50 soya. One mile.—Mr. Denby's Tickton, two yrs, 7st 71b (J. Osborne), beat Mr. Thorp's Eliza Middleton, Set 71b, by a length and a-half. RICHMOND RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Aske Triennial Stakes of 10 50YS. each, 5 ft., &o. Grey, stone in. 8 subs. Lord Zotland's b f Comfit, 7st 131 b, walked over. The Easby Stak©s of 15 ell's. each, 10ft., &c., with 20 added for two-year and three-year-olds. Grey, stone in. Mr. Ogborne's Exact, 2 yrs 1 Lord Zetland's Comfit, 2 yrs Yv Won by a length. The Hat Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya. each 3ft. and 20 added. Back of the stand and in. 10 subs. Mr. J. Dawson's Farmers' Boy, 3 yrs, Bst 1 Mr. Tenipleman's Child of the Mist, 4 yrs, 7st 2 Three others ran. Won by half a length. The Richmond Handicap of 10 soya. each, sft., and 3 only if declared, &c. Once round and a distance. Mr Osborne's Little Davie, 3 yrs, 6st 21b 1 Mr. Harrison's Lindrick, 3 yrs, 6st 41b 2 Three others ran. Won by a head. The Selling Stakes were won by Shogram, beating Flycatcher by a length. This completed the examination of the prisoners ; and after the whole of the depositions bad been interpreted to them, they (th roug h t h e i r pro f ess i ona l a d v i se r) de clined to say anything, and the bench adjourned the further h ear i ng until after the inquest to take place to-day. HOLYWELL HUNT RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Holywell Hunt Purse of 50 sous. About one mile e,nd three-quarters. Mr. J. ilenderson'a ed The Little Fawn, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 1 Mr. 3. Jeffries's Betbgelert, 3 yrs, 6st 81b ........... 2 Nine ran. Won in a canter. A Handicap was won by Henrietta, beating Deceitful. WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. First Tie for Great Western Puppy Cap. Derby beat Maugonel, Whirlwind beat Bacchus, Egprit beat Rebecca, Miss Hannah beat Slut, Lufra bea' Rabbi, Brandyball beat Roderick, Macap beat Harle quin. First Ties fcr the Druid Cap. - Bedlamite beat Trump, Pilot beat Merry-boy, Motley beat Katty Hayes, Beverlac beat Wilful, Worlds Fair beat Busy-body, Raven beat Lapwing, Lady Dalton beat the Dutchman, Merlin beat Blanche Ainsworth, Friar Tuck beat Sixshooter, Saveall beat Calms. Tho Stonehenge Stakes of 801. Mr. Blankiron's Magna Charts beat Mr. Parkinson's Sting. Mr. Hall's Round Robin beat Mr. Jebb's lodine, Mr. Foley's Paddy O'Raffarty beat Mr. Lawrence's Ludovic, Captain Besant's Billy-boy beat Mr. James's Judas, Mr. Wyndham's Whynot beat Mr. John Day's Leonard, Mr. Jardine 'a Baron beat Mr. Longman's Lizzard, Mr. Hold's Gambler beat Col, Clowes's Capu let, Mr. Etwall's Uncle Tom beat Mr. Riley's Rupert. The Elston Stakes of 801. Mr. Hall's Rose beat Captain Wyndham's Woks, Mr. James's Jolly Lass beat Mr. Jardine's Weilder, Mr. Brown's Ballet Dancer beat Mr. Penn's Annie, Mr. J. Day's Frenzy beat Mr. Biggs's Bohemia, Mr. Miller's Maid-of-the• Mill beat Mr. Minton's Maria, Mr. Ran. dall's Remnant beat Mr. Lawrence's Lady Evelyn. DEPARTURE OF THE UNITED STATES MAIL STEAM-SHIP PACIFIC. —At half-past one yesterday, the United States mail steare-ship, Pacific, Captain Nye, sailed from the Mersey for New York direct, wi , ll the usual mails for the United States, Canada, Newfoundland, &c. The Pacific takes out 123 passengers, besides a good general cargo on freight. THE ENGLISH, IRISH, AND SCOTCH BARS.—The English bar embraces nearly 2,000 members, the Irish about 600, and the Scottish about 400. In each of the three countries one of the sons of.' every family of conse quence among the gentry usually becomes a member of the bar, and not a few of the younger scions of noble families also attach themselves to the same profession. of the 4oct There aro about 600 actual practitioners out of the 2,000 Commo e n rs l e a . w t tdheepaErottegleinthts;boarb,euincluding h t e he lri equity r and t the several Countries positive as compared with the whole actual IRELAND. —I n the social there 15 no change iu this part of the United Kingdom, hag occurred amongst thee THE GENTR Y OF I revolu tion remarkable than that which resident gentry. Before the famine, and during the artificial of the under Protection, w h o paid the slightest attention the lauded proprietors there were comparatively indebted, o b practical business, fe a w gainst til ted, that they were ecunifaerwy years apt altera and most of them were so deply to!ally unable to bear up cultio resulting from the potato failueresp. :aid applying theii,..':,7s ot advErsity, hownver, have effected a wonderful !inn in this class. Many of them are now rfu !too&claes t.;, the `',41a1111: .1 tz , eir ozn land, 1 -4 7 „t in i g 1 ''‘iit:h-ddliV;;etnacier3tndh:lc"uilkstiv:.a''tiou of their land and the breeding of (Attlee ATTEMPT TO MURDER BY ".BURKING. Yarmouth has been the scene of an attempted murder of a female under circumstances peculiarly revolting, and which have excited a feeling of horror throughout this and all parts adjacent. The case underwent strict investigation yesterday in the justice-room of the town hall of that borough, which was crowded to excess. The person implicated is Samuel Howth, a labouring corn porter, about 40 years of age, and a married man, who was charged witty having, on the night of Thursday last, by means of a " pitch-plaster," attempted to suffo cate and murder a female named Proudfoot. The unfortunate creature, Mary Ann Proudfoot, the victim of the prisoner's revolting violence, was directed to be conducted to the witness box. Her head and face were swollen to nearly twice their original size ; the features appeared to be completely destroyed, the face presented a blackened pulpy mass, produced by the fear ful heavy blows inflicted by some blunt instrument while on the ground. Her evidence, as contained in the depo sitions, was in substance as follows : I am a single woman, 36 years of age, a servant in the service of Mr. Bunn, corn merchant, at Southdown, adjacent to Yarmouth. I have been a servant of his, off and on, about 20 years. The prisoner was also in Mr. Bunn's service as corn porter, believes some ten or eleven years. Ho was married. His wife is living, and they have several children, some grown up. Between four and five months past an improper intimacy has existed between us, and I fell pregnant. Some time after, I spoke to him for money to get me over my confinement, but he made no reply. Last Thursday was my day out, and meeting the prisoner early in the morning, begged of him again for money. He answered, " Meet me to-night at eight o'clock." I said, " Whereabouts? " He replied, "At the Pudding-gate." I said " very well, I will meet you there. {Pudding-gate, it should be observed, is a secluded spot on the North Deanes, situate on the north side of Yarmouth, leading on to the sands.] Shortly after two o'clock in the day, I left my master's house, and went to see my child at my sister's house, where I remained till near eight o'clock. I then went to meet the prisoner at the place he had named. I got there about eight o'clock, and saw him coming to wards me. After some conversation he said, " How much money do you want towards your confinement?" I re plied, " It would take me three or four pounds to get me over it." I was then in the act of raising myself over the sands, when he rushed on me, and thrust a sticking plaster over my head and face, and at the same time grasped my throat w ith hi s h an d tightly. I got away from him a few yards distant, and tore the plaster away from my face and shrieked out. He instantly closed and felled me down with his fist, and commenced striking me in the face with all his might. I screamed " Murder as loud as I could, and struggled to get away from him. He, however, kept me down with his knees, and placed one of his hands on my mouth, and with the other beat me over the face and head uatil I lost all recollection. I cannot remember what ho did to me afterwards. On regaining my senses, I found myself in a room, on a chair, and several persons attending on me. I distinctly recollect tearing the plaster from my face, and throwing it away. The prisoner never quarrelled with me, nor I with him; he always treated me with kindness. Ann Julings, a widow, carrying on the Northumber land Arms public-house, on the North Deanes, was next called. She said, on Thursday night last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, she was alarmed by the shrieks of a fe male, and screams of " Murder." She ran out with her boy, and proceeded in the direction as far as the bottom or south-east corner of the Mill-wall,where she saw some thing white lying on the sand. The night being exces sively dark prevented her discerning what it was. The screaming had long ceased. Being frightened to go fur ther, she returned, and called for assistance, and upon coming to the spot, found the object to be a female, ap parently dead. Her bonnet was off, and she appeared to have been brutally ill-used. She assisted in carrying the woman to the Northumberland Arms, and placed her in a chair before a fire, when, for the first time, she saw something black and adhesive hanging from the woman's mouth and chin. She pulled it off. It appeared to be canvas, covered with tar, or some such substance. The woman remained insensible for some time, and at the request of the medical gentlemen who were called in she was taken to the Borough Hospital. The plaster was hero produced by the police, and handed to the witness, who identified liege being the same she pulled off. It was very , evidey formed to cover the face, head, and neck ; the coating in plaster was a composition of Stockholm and coal tar, very thickly laid on. proseoutrix's Several witnesses spoke of seeing the face and head covered with pitch, proving that the plas ter bad completely enveloped her. At this stage of the proc eedin g s the prisoner was remanded for a week, in order to complete the depo sitions, when he will be com mitted to Norwich Castle for trial at the next assizes. ----- SIR EDWARD STAELET.--There is no truth in the obituary which appears in a Dublin paper of Monday of the death of Sir Edward Stanley, inspector of prisons in Dublin. RELEASE OF ADD-EL•KADER. — We believe that previously to the lib eration of Abd• el-Kader b y Lo uis Napo leon Bonaparte, negotiations had been carried on by the French Government with the Porte, for the purpose of ob taining the consent of the Sultan to the reception of the Arab chief in his dominions. Broussa had, accordingly, been named by the Porte as the most suitable place of residence, that being the city to which prisoners of State and disgraced officers of the Turkish Government are usually sent; but it would appear from Louis Napoleon's speech at Amboise, that Abd-el-Kader is to be considered as a free resident at Broussa on parole. It is a remarkable circumstance, that the inten tion of the President to liberate the Emir had been stronglY opposed by all his advisers, civil and military, and they imagined that he had yielded to their remonstrances. It was only a few minutes before the interview at Amboise, that Louis Napoleon informed General St. Arnaud, the Blinister War, that he wag going to se t Abd- e l-Kader at liberty on the spot. Such is the tena c ity o f p ur p o se, and the secrecy if resolution which characterize the present ruler of France. — Timm TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SlR,—The guard recoils!—the Times wavers !—mis representation avails no longer. The triumphant pro gross of Prince Louis Napoleon through the provinces, and his enth us i ast i c recep ti on in Paris, are facts too glaring for the Times to deny or to ignore. The French people have had an opportunity which they have gladly availed themselves of to express their congra tulations to a man who, instead of being as the Times asserts he is, still reeking with the blood of his countrymen, which he has shed for purely selfish ends, by the aid of a corrupt and unscrupulous sol diery, he is worthy of the gratitude of his country for having rid them of a House of pseudo-Representa tives, which by its profitless wranglings kept the country in a ferment, and which, had it continued much longer, must have produced the most danger ous results, for a want of confidence already existed, which made the ordinary operations of business re semble the speculations of a gambler, and ca use d t h e workman to dread that eve ry morrow might find him without employment. The Times, finding that it can no longer safely d ece i ve the English people by con tinuing to assert that Prince Louis Napoleon has acted in opp os iti on t o the wishes of the nation, and angry at its want of success, can find no other object for that abuse which before it levelled at the person of the President, than the French nation at large, which it stigmatizes with every kind of invective, because it is not alive to the advantages of a d?• nothin g repre - sentative system, or rather because it will not admit the claims of a family whose cause is either a s impo tent as that of the Count of Chambord, or as rotten, and out of date, as that of the Orleans. The Times, in a very awkward manner, is once more about to ad mire what it formerly condemned, and has sullenly determined to be just, but whilst it condemns the act of Prince Louis Napoleon as usurpation, it lauds him for tharesult, as a man would condemn a robbery one moment, and the next cover the thief with praises for spending the money properly. Before I conclude this letter, let me congra tulate you upon being one of the " base excep tions." The spirit that controls your paper is truly Liberal. You have discernment to see be neath the mere surface of things. You understand that possessing Liberal principles does not require a slavish adherence to certain theories, to be applied to all nations irrespective of circumstances, but simply that there should be a natural development of the in stincts and requirements of a people. The Liberal, as I understand the term, would be an advocate of constitutional monarchy in England, with a per petual Queen Victoria on the throne, monarchy in France, republicanism in America, and despotism in _ Russia. The Times has made itself ridiculous by endeavour ing to persuade the French people to oppose a Go vernment which is just what they want.—Yours, Sir, &c., C. W. S. Cambridge•street, Hyde-park. SPANISH BoND9.—A meeting of the committee of S,.dnish bondholders «a held yesterday, at which it was deckled to present a strong memorial to the Spanish Govern ment relative to the claims of the holders Of the unfunded half of the coupons. TRE ARMY. CHATHAM, AVIAN, Ocr. 20.—A detachm en t o f th e 99th Regiment at this garrison is held in readiness to embark at Deptford on the 22d inst., on board the ship Rodney, for duty as , 1 convict guard, and thence proceed and re ceive c6nvicts in Ireland for Van Diemen's Land. The guard consists of two sergeants, two corporals, and 40 privates, and to be under the command of Captain Patrick Johnston, and Ensi:zn Clarkson. The Deputy Adjutant-General inspects the 95th Regiment at 11 a.m., and depot 69th toot at two p.m., oil the 22d instant, in heavy marching order. The undernamed officers at this garrison have ob tained leave of absence-75th Foot, Lieut. Tackler, to 31st Dec.; 95th, Lieut. Taylor, till he retires from the servica; 69th, Ensign Allen, till embarkation; 81st, En sign Burrows, to 30th October; Ensign Shand, to 4th November; 29th Foot, Captain K. Mathison, to the 30th Oct., 1852. t_ASTLEBAR.--Major General Fleming, accompanied by his staff, inspected the depot of the 3d Buffs, stationed in this town, on Wednesday last, and expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the excellent discipline of this gallant corps. He also inspected the Pensioncra, under command of Captain 2/ Canby, who, notwithstanding their declining years, presented a veteran and soldier like appecrance. The gallant general was entertained at mess by the Buffs on the same evening. The 2nd battalion of the Ist Royals, under command of Linut.-Colonel Bell, now stationed in Cork garrison, has received orders to prepare for foreign service. Corfu is said to be their destination. Lieut.-Colonel Ball has returned from leave of absence, and assumed tho command. CORK, OCT. 19.—TuE Ro ALI.—Tho second battalion of this fine corps, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bell, has received an intimation to prepare for foreign service—their destination is said to be Corfu. This re giment returned from Barbsdoes 25th April, 1846. The first battalion is at Portsmouth. Lieutenant-Colonel Bell. who commands in this garrison, entered the service 11th March, 1811. He is a distinguished Peninsular officer, having served throughout the whale of that cam paign from July, 1811, to the end of the war in 1814. He has received the war medal with six clasps for Vit toris, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Oraaes, and Toulouse; and the Indian medal for Ava. Lieutenant-Colonel Bell and his lady have returned to Cork Barracks alter a continentai tour. The 90th Light Infantry, headquar ters Dublin, so long stationed in this garrison, is now under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Eld, on retie meat of Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Vaughan.—Cork Constitution. KILKENNY, OCT. 19. Major-General M'Donald com pleted his h alf-yearly tour of inspection yesterday, hav ing on Saturday inspected a company of the 89th Regi ment at Maryborough; on Monday Captain Walker's troop of the 2d Dragoon Guards and Captain Pack's company of the Royal Artillery, at the Kilkenny Mili tary Barracks; and yesterday the Ist biAttalion of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, under command of Lieu tenant-Colonel Denny, also at the barracks here. Each of the soldiers fired twenty rounds of blank ammunition on the oceasion.—Kilkenny Moderator. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAFALGAR ACTION. This being the forty-seventh anniversary of Nelson's last and ever-memorable action, the Royal Naval Club of 1765 will meet at Willia'a Rooms, King-street, St. James's, to commemorate the glorious day. The presi dent, Admiral the Earl of Egmont, is himself a surviving participator in the battle; his lordship was a midshipman of the Orion on the occasion. It is expected that a goodly number will be present. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 20. The Niger, 14, Commander Heath, is read) to go to Spithead to be paid advance. She proceeds to the Medi terranean. The Termagent, 24, new screw-frigate, Captain Gif ford, it is reported, is about to proceed to Ireland to complete her crew. The Alarm, 26, Captain Ramsay, arrived yesterday, at Portsmouth, from the West Indies, She will proceed immediately to Devonport for the purpose of being paid off. The Electra, 14, Commander W. Morris (b), is now ready for sea, We cannot permit this useful little man of-war to proceed to sea without complimenting Com mander Morris and his officers on the very creditable manner in which they have fitted out their vessel. There has been no cry for dockyard assistance. The men have cheerfully performed the work allotted to them; there has been no shrinking; every man has invariably re turned to his leave; and the praise bestowed on Com mander Morris and his officers by Roar-Admiral Pres cott, previous to his resigning his appointment as super intendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, will act as an incen tive to other officers to pursue the same course, which must redound as much to the credit of the officers fitting out a ship, as it must be satisfactory to admirals or captains in charge of a yard. She will be paid advance to-morrow, and sail in a day or two afterwards for Australia. The Dee, steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Smith, is under orders to proceed immediately to the Cape of Good Hope. Wo believe she will relieve the Styx, Com mander Hall, which vessel will, doubtless, proceed to the East Indies for the purpose of reinforcing the squad ron on that station, as the boilers of the Salamander will shortly require a thorough overhaul, if her return to England ho not rendered absolutely necessary. ROYAL XARINES. The following promotions and appointments in Her Majesty's corps of Royal Marines have just taken place. They are dated the 18th of October: — Colonel Second Commandant Samuel Burden Ellis, C.B , of the Chatham Division, to be Colonel-Com mandant of the Woolwich Division, vice Mercer, retired. Li eu t e nant-Colonel James Irwin Willes , of the Ports mouth Division, to be Colonel Second Commandant, and appointed to the Chatham Division, vice Ellis, promoted. Brevet -Major Joseph Childs, of the Plymouth Divi sion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and appointed to the Portsmouth Division, vice Willes, promoted. First-Lieutenant and Adjutant John Henry Stewart, of the Portsmouth Division, to be Captain, and appointed to the Plymouth Division, vice Childs. promoted. Second-Lieutenant William Henry Hore West, of the Chatham Division, to be First Lieutenant, vice Stewart, promoted. First-Lieutenant Charles Reed Driver, of the Ports mouth Division, to be Adjutant of the same division, vice Stewart. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 20. Her Majesty's frigate Alarm, 26, Captain Ramsay, from Halifax, has just anchored in the Sound. The Vulture steamer was taken round the Eddystone on Tuesday to try her engines. The Lively lighter sailed on Monday with stores for Portsmouth, taking part of the furniture of Rear- Admiral Superintendant Fanshawe. The Oriental Queen, convict-ship, arrived on Sunday. She is waiting to complete her complement from Dart moor, when she will sail for Van Diemen's Land. The St. Jean d'Acre, building at this dockyard, to carry 90 guns of large calibre, is now in an advanced state, and will soon be ready for launching; and when launched she is to be immediately fitted with engines of 600 horse-power, of Messrs. Penn and Sons' construc tion, on their patent trunk plan, which gave such satis faction wlien tried in the Agamemnon, 90, now at Sheerness. The engines of the St. Jean d'Acre are already in progress, and all the castings and works are to he made and finished front the models used for cast ing and making the engines of the Agamemnon, these models having been used for the first time for the en gines of that vessel. The diameter of the cylinders of the engines is 78 inches, the trunk 32k, equal to 701 inches when the trunk is deducted; the length of stroke 3 feet 6 inches, the diameter of the engine shaft 131 inches, and the screw shaft 12 inches. The diameter of the air-pump is 231- inches, the diameter of the screw 18 feet, with a pitch of 20 feet 6 inches, the length being 3 feet 4 inches. The boilers are in 4 pieces, and th e tubes 1,904 in number, each 2 i inches diameter outs ide, and 6 feet 6 inches long. The fire grates are 20 in number, and so arranged that the position for the stokers is well ventilated. There is also ample space for getting to every part of the engines, and the whole of the boilers and engines being considerably under the water linc, they are well protect ed from injury in the event of the vessels in which they are fitted being engaged in actual warfare. In the Sound—Quee n, and Oriental Queen, convict ship. In Harbour—lmpregnable, St. George, Sansp a _ reil, Edinburgh, Hogue, Sylpn,.Avon t Nautilus, Linnet , D e fiance, Aid, Camel, Tortoise, Blond ) and Drake, lighters. We regret to find, from information forwarded to us from a correspondent at Devonport, that a difference has arisen between the Port-Admiral, Sir John Ommaney and Captain Nias, captain of the Ordinary, on a point of discipline. We are not in possession of the whole of facts, bt.t we believe the Lords of the Admiralty have signified their approbation of the conduct pursued by the senior officer. Rear-Admiral Henry Bourchier, on the retired list, of rn died on the 14th inst. O'Bye, in his " Naval Biogra phy," the gives th e f o ll ow i ng accoun t of the services gallant deceased:— f cap ver nor of ta i n John " Henry Bonrchier was eldest son o Bourehier, R.N., who died Lieutena nt and brother Greenwich Hospital, 30th December, ki. (1 815), who died 1809 ; Go of Commander Wm. Bourchier, the Ariadne, 20, 22d January, 1644. This officer IL tentered the navy 28th August, 1797, as a boy, on board the Downs. He was Cap tain Jas. Bradley, stationedmei and Newfoundland sta next employed on the 110 captain Fras. Pickmore; tions in the Roya.l William,lias. Durham; Veteran, 64, Anson, 44, Captain Philiplitsgsvood Dickson (part of Sir Captain Archibald et the action off Copenhagen, Hyde Parker's fie duringdyrio, 40, Captains Henry Gar 2nd April, 1801); Ercnorn and Iris 32, Captain s Ed war d Brace and Wil a rett and JosephliLam Grenville LID. Shortly a ft er t h e n ecarnisßion,whieh'bears date Ist May receipt of his first h. r . oined the Er h * ' Mr• Boar(' le J. from ep ant, 74, Captain 1804, • das• on removing which ship to the Uni corn,G. Dun • . Lucius Ferdinand 32, Captain Hardyman, we find him, 011 t h e 6th May, 1805, commanding one of four boats at the capture, off St. Domin go , i n f ace o f a h eavy fire of great guns and musketry, of the French priva teer, Tape-a-bord, of four long six-pounders and 46 men. He subsequently served for two years with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Northumberland and Belleisle, 74's; and, attaining the rank of commander, 20th April, 1808, was next appointed, on 9th November in that year, • to the Hawke, 16. In that vessel, eter taking, 7th Feb , runty, 1811, Le Furet, privateer, of 14 guns and 86 men, and witnesaing the destruotion, 25th Mar oh ensuing, of on 19th August, Tendered nimself cort picu • the French 40 gun. frigate Amazone, Captin o ß u o i c b rc y bi h et i ; gallantry in attacking a convoy Eteering tor parfi e en c r . , under the proteotioo of three gen-brigs. carrir:fg a from 10 to 16 gur:a. and or two large luggt rSot tr r)in to 10 guns. Wi t h these an action of . great spirit on L oth sides took pl ace , a nd was msiottittied until two et the brigs and the loggers, ti,gether with 15 of Lb t merchantmen, were driven un snore. Th. rest es- • caped in comiEque nee of the Hawke unfort nnately taking the ground, in which state the lay expose{ I for un hour and a half to en incessant discharge of r irtil!ery musketry from the oeach. Of the stranded vess ?Is, the only remaining gun -b r i g , the H eron , o f 10 gins, snd three large transpe)rts, were brought otr, by Lieutenant (now Captain) David Price. The loss of the British in this highly creditrible affair did not exceed 1 men. killed and 4 wounded, Captain Bourchier, whose conduct de servedly procured him a post commission on thia very day the intelligetnie of this exploit reached the Admi ralty, August 22 —was subsequemly appointed, 5 th Ja nuary, 1813, to the San Josef, 110, fitting at P 1) mouth for the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward James Foot( !;,- 12th May following to . , the My r tl e , 20 , i n which ye: st he u served for some nto on the Lisbon station ; 18t. 'a No vember in the same year, to the Medina, 20, emi :1 oyed until January, 1816, off Newfoundland ; and 28th I No vember, 1820, to time Atholl, 28. H e was nornix aced try accepted hi s present , rank , 1827, of the quartu aims ist October, H 46." esustPaebrliinsthemlidencnttotiaMij!ltt')riu; t andrd A //I es THE MEDD ERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steami-i Bentinck, Captain A.. Kellock, arrived at Southarel ,ton yesterday at five p.m., and landed the mails in char g a o f Lieutenant Ellerman Admiralty agent. During th e homeward voyage of the Bentinck son experienced mo derato winch; and fine weather. The Bonfield: v ) uld have been here early this morning, but unfortun it ely grounded in a dense fog about five miles below C et• wes while under charge tif the pilot.. Tile greatest t Er lions are used by the omp::.ny to prevent delay in the delivery of the mails, and a smell steamer is regul a rly dispatched to await tine arrival of their steam-ships with the India and Cb ina mails, and, as meal, the D nitre of Buccleuch steamer v tas lying below Cowes all rii ght, but the weather being so thick, she saw nothing of the Bentinck, although wb en she grounded they could not have been but a short d.istance apart. The spot w I; ere the Bentinck grounded being a soft bottom, it is be lieved she has sustained little or no injury. Her dates of sailing .were—Alexandria, Octobe r 7, 10.15 ta.m.; Malta, 10th, 11.45 p.m. ; Gibralter, 15th 1.30 p.m. The freigbt or the Bentinck consists of 753: bales of silk, 39 bundles of elephants' tusks, 901 cases of shawls. 23 bales of wool, 122 cases of silk piece goods, 101 packages conch/ ies. Ships Observed on the Voyage.—October 15, passed,,, off Tangier, a squadron of three frigates end one steam sloop, under Dutch colorer s, an adm,ral's flag at the mizen ; their names wer a the Doggerbetnk, Prince of . Orange, Sumatra, steal; t-sloop Getleh. They were steering to the westward. Stations of her Majesty 's Ships.—Malta :—The Cey lon, Resistance, trooper, Spiteful, steam-sloop ; and Triton, Merlin, and Medina steamers. Gibraltar; An telope steamer. Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States.—Alex andria; French steam trigEtt e Magellan and brig Fabert,. Austrian brig Triton. RAILWAY 11VT ELLIG ENCE. THE RAILWAY PROJECT. The Mid• Kent and London and South-W*3oam June- tion Railways are about to be formed under influential: patronage. The Mid Kent line is to commence at a point upon the Brighton ]hallway, between the New - Cross and Forest-hill stations, or by a junction with the South-Eastern North Kent line, near Lewisham, as may he hereafter determined upon, and to proceed direct to Bromley, Farnborough. and the head of the Cray Val ley, Chelsfield, Halshead, and Shoreham to Ox , ord ; thence by Kem*ing, Seal, Wortham, Mailing, and All-. ington, to Maid tone. A branch is also to run from At. ford to Riverhead, Sere nooks and Tunbridge. The South-Western Junction Railway is intended to com mence at a point between the Nine Elms and Wands worth stations of the London and South-Western Rail way, and to proceed to Clapham rise, Brixton-hill, Herne-bill, and Dulwich; arid, after crossing the Lon don, Brighton, and South - Coast Railway by a bridge,. to fall into the Mid-Kent line, near Sydenham, forming also a junction with the London, Brighton, and South-. Coast Railway. This junction, it is stated, has also been laid out so as to form a convenient West-end railway to. the Crystal Palace. The capital required is a million sterling in 201. shares. The preliminary announcement has also been made of the West-London Junction Rail-. way, to be incorporated with the proposed Mid-tent and North-Kent Extension Railways. The line is pro-. jetted to cress the Thames from Pimlico to Vauxhall,. then through Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton, Streatham, Dulwich, Camberwell, Peckham, to New Cross and Lewisham, thence through Bromley to Sevenoaks, Tun-. bridge Maidstone, Rochester , Chatham, Sittingbourne., Faversham, Canterbury, and Dover. The whole length. of this line would be 110 miles. There appears at pre-. sent to be a great deal of competition for the new home lines. It is probable that only a few of them will be, able to secure the sanction of Parliament. BRAZILIAN RAlLWAY.—Proposals for a Brazilian railway, with a guaranteed minimum dividend of 5 per cent., are expected shortly to be brought forward. The line, however, will be in the province of Pernambueo„ and not in Rio de Janeiro, although negotiations, which, aro likely soon to bo completed, aro also in progress fe a similar undertaking in that quarter. The plan of th e route extends from the city of Pernambuco to a point of the river San Francisco, above the great falls of Pardo Affonco, and its entire length will be 300 miles. This distance is to be divided into three sections, for the first of which, 75 miles in longth, and terminating at the village of Agua Preto, the present concession has been granted. LONDON AND NORTIC.W ESTERN AND MIDLAND RA-EL.. WAY COMPANIES.—Propossio for the amalgamation of the London and North-Yiresktern and Midland Railwayr Companies will be submitted to the shareholders of ball companies on the 3d of November, at special general meetings. LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.—Tb company is disposing of several of the locomotive cu. glues that have lately been running its passenger trains, to make room for as many new ones, recently construct ed on an improved principle, of greater speed. RAILWAY CONTROL.—An important decision, upon a point never before settled in England, was given in the County Court of Yorkshire,. held in this town yesterday (Thursday), before Mr. The mpson, the deputy judge. The plaintiff was Mr. Raikes, the banker, and the de fendants were the York and North Midland Railway Company, one of whose trains being a " heavy" one-- that is, unusually full of pasiaengers--bad arrived M Milford Junction half an hour too late for the Great Northern quick train for London. The jury gave 31. damages.— Hull Packet. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAIL WAY. Traffic—Week ending Oct. 16, 1852 ... £12,627 6 0 Traffic—Week ending Oct. 18, 1851 ... 11,857 5 6 Total of the half-year, to this di its ' 1852 ... 222,602 910 Total of the half-year, to this du, te, 1851 ... 237,178 10 11 Total number of Pasaen a gers — Week ending Oct. 16, 1862 ..., 71,148 Il P as sengers ... Z 9,905 19 Goods 2,721 6 1 ... ... Total... L 12,627 6 0 T o t a l miles open, 1852, 1734 ; ditto, 1851, 173 X. I UMW AT. London Terminus 0 11 c . t. E 1 A 8 S , T 1 E 85 R 2 N . Gross traffic receipts for passeilgers and goods, week ending Oct. 16, 1852 ... L 18,530 13 4 Ditto, Oct. 18, 1851 ... ... 16,487 17 9 ... £2,042 15 7 Decrease in 1852 ... London Terminus, Oct. 18, 1852. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLwAy....Traitio for the Week ending Oct. 17:— _ _ ItAILWAY. Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods ••• ..• ••• £2,80 0 19 1 •f• 927 2 1 ••• Total £3, 72 3 1 2 grESU,BOATiI. ... £3Ol 12 10 Passengers ••• ••• TOTAro Passengers, Wee% I "' Goods ... ••• ••• £5,102 11 11 ... 027 2 1 ... £4.029 14 0 corregpToontAg wee k last year 055 11 2 3, Traffic for the week ending Coax ex 13expow RA . p . WAY..—(2O miles open)... atilt of Oct. 16, 1852 Ura assen gero, parcels., &c. merch an dise, cattle, &c. ... £lOO 12 9 50 19 8 Total ... ••• ... Zl5l 12 b corre sponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) : passengers, parcels, &c. ... ... 34 16 1 lerchandise, cattle, &c.... ... 2 911 Total .. ... ... £37 6 0 GLASGOW AND SOUTH.WESTERN RAlLWAT.—'iraffic for the week ending Oct. 16, 1852 : Passengers (21,099), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,267 5 0 Corresponding week in last year 3,893 16 8 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles Open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct. 17....£17,2;'.0 4 5 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) ...£15,815 5 0 THE GREAT NORTHE,EN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 2851) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 10, 1852: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails .£7,078 4 Merchandise and minerals 7,325 2 IL Cattle 536 13 6 Total .. ... £14,940 1 2 Corresponding week, 1851 (2411 miles) : Passengers. parcels, &c. £7,489 5 9 M erc h an dise, Cattle, &c. ... 5,544 17 6 ...X11 6 034 3 3 Total ••• AMATEUR PERPORNANCE.--Last evening the :nem. bers of the Elocution Class at the London Mechanics' gave a dramaticdescription in the theatre of that establ ishment. Ipnefirtfiotrumtiaonne,e Soofustharinatpht:rn-chruedilidtiantigies, The entertriement con sisted of sAlections from Love, The Hunchback, The Man of the World, Julius Casco., intespersed with pieces of a lighter description, and a few amusing recitations. The whole .of the parties , ladies included, were well up" in thou parts.