The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-16 00:00:00

fourth Mbitiou Sun Office, 7 o'clock, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. _ _ In reply to Lord BROUGHAM, The Duke of NORTHUMBERAND said, that the report which had been presented by the Committee ap pointed to consider the subject of manning the Navy, had been adopted by the Government. BILLS OF EXCHANGE. • The Earl of DERBY moved that the Bill providing for the payment of Bills of Exchange, due on the 18th inst., on the 17th be read a second time. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his fear that foreign indorsers would feel themselves relieved from all obliga tion in consequence of the Bills not having been pre sented on the 18th. The Standing Orders having been suspended, the Bill passed through Committee, and, after a few remarks from Lord Truro, who expressed his opinion that Friday ought to be the day for presentation, as also from Lord Campbell and Lord Brougham, was read a third time and passed. THE DUKE'S FUNERAL. Lord REDESDALE brought up the first Report of the Committee appointed to consider of the Queen's Message with respect to the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington. The Earl of DERBY moved that the House of Lords be represented in the public procession by the Lord Chancellor alone. The motion was agreed to. LAW REFORM. The LORD-CHANCELLOR (rose to call their atten tion to the subject of Law Reform, and also to explain to their Lordships the measures of Law Reform which it was his intention to introduce. His Lordship com menced by referring to those parts of the Chancery sys tem which had been abolished . by the Bills passed last Session, and congratulated their Lordships and the country on the saving of 30,0001. a-year which had been e ff ec t e d by the late Reforms. For the future, the sys tem of proceeding of Chancery would be characterised not only by speed, but by good speed, allowing for all the time which was required for deliberation. (Left speaking.) HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock, when Sir William Molesworth and several other Hon. Members were sworn in. PETITIONS. Mr. A. HASTIE presented a petition from Glasgow against indirect taxation. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition from the Bel fast Chamber of Commerce in favour of cheap international postage. ARREST OF A BRITISH SUBJECT IN VERONA. Mr. HUME asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether any inquiry had been instituted into the complaint of Mr. Henry Robert Newton, who in June last• was arrested in Verona, imprisoned, and treated with great indignity, and all explanation then and there refused; and whether any apology or explanation has been offered by the Austrian Government ? Lord STANLEY replied that it was perfectly true that Mr. N ewton was arrested at Verona in Jtme last by the local authorities under the impression that he had been engaged in sketching fortifications. Instructions, however, were given• to the police that if there was nothing in his papers to implicate him he was to be immediately released, but the police officer who had him in his custody dis obeyed this order, and Mr.. Newt on was d e t a i ne d t ill the next day. Mr. Newton then attempted to obtain redress without applying to the British Consul at Venice, and it was not until that attempt failed that Sir W. Newton, his father,• put the Foreign-office in possession of the circumstances of the case. No time, however, was lost by the Government in seeking some explanation from the Austrian authorities, and it was ascertained that the ar rest arose out of an unfortunate mistake, The Aus trian Government expressed the utmost regret for what had occurred, and promised that in future more care should be taken in the arrest of British subjects, without there was a previously .ascertained good cause for (Hear.) LIGHTHOUSES IN GUERNSEY. On the motion of Mr. HUME, certain papers relating to lighthouses in the Island of Guernsey were ordered to be laid on the table. METROPOLITAN GRAVE-YARDS. Loll DUDLEY STUART moved for lists of the burial-grounds or grave-yards which have been closed by virtue of the powers contained in the Act passed during the last Session of Parliament, entitled, "An Act to amend the laws concerning the burial of the dead in the metropolis ;" of the applications which have been made to the Secretary of State for the Home Department to recommend the closing of grave-yards, under the provi sions of the same Act, and of the applications to him for permission to open cemeteries or burial-grounds within the district defined by the same Act, stating in what cases permission has been granted, and in what refused; and copy of all correspondence which has taken place between the Home-office and any parish or company, with respect to the closing of any graveyard or burial ground, or the opening of any new cemetry or burial ground, and of ali evidence laid before the secretary of State for the Home Department in relation thereto.— Agreed to. MANAGEMENT OF THE BOARD bF CUSTOMS. Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to bring in a Bill to carry out the recommendation of the Committee appointed last Session to inquire into the constitution and management of the Board of Cus toms ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had transmitted the report of the Committee to Commis sioners of Customs, desiring that they should report to him upon it. He received their report, which was a very elaborate one, only last month. He had very much considered it ; and it was the intention of the Govern ment to place on the table a Treasury minute indicating all the changes which they thought ought to take place in the present administration of the Customs, and some of the changes would require Legislative interposition. LAW OF MORTMAIN. Mr. HEADLAM wished to know if it was the inten tion of Government to introduce any Bill this Session founded upon the report of the Mortmain Committee, or for the improirement of the Law of Mortmain. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said the report referred to was of a very valuable naliure, and its recommendations were now under the consideration of the Government. He could not pledge himself that any measure would be introduced for the purpose of carrying them out, but due notice would be given to the House of the course which the Government would ultimately take in refer ence to this subject. (Hear, hear.) THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF . WELLINGTON. Sir C. WOOD brought up the report of the Select Committee appointed yesterday to inquire into the ne cessary steps to be taken by the House for attending the solemnities at the funeral of the late Duke of Welling ton, and moved that it be read by the Clerk at the table; which was agreed. The report stated that the Committee had examined the minutes of the House relative to the proceedings taken by the House on its attending the procession of public funeral, and the Committee found that in 1694 the House attended with the Speaker at the funeral of Queen Mary, and on this occasion seats were reserved by tickets for the Members. The committee also found that in 1708 the Speaker was deputed, on the part of the House, to present an address to Queen Anne ; and in pursuance of these precedents, the Committee recommended that the Speaker should be deputed on this occasion to attend with the House in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, to witness and take part in the solemaiitiesof the funeral. The Committee had examined the arrangements made for the accommodation of Members, and they found that 500 seats had been reserved for them in the front of the north passage. The Committee therefore recom mended that the name of each Member should be fixed to tickets, and the same distributed under the direction of the Speaker. The report was ordered to lie upon the table, and on the motion of Sir P. WOOD, leave was given to the Committee to sit again, and report to the House, from time to time, as they should think fit. SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFFRAY. Sir J. F. FITZGERALD, in moving for a report of the evidence given before the coroner's inquest, h e ld at Six -mile Bride, in the county of Clare, in July last, said his object was to ascertain the reason why the sol diers, who had given rise to this melancholy occurrence, had been called out. The Hon. Member complained Lthat the soldiers against whom a verdict of wilful murder ord en returned, bad been admitted to bail, though rtiCain Abell ; the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, a fsotautneaclthat there was no precedent hi which a per bail, guilty of such a charge had been liberated on Nip. NA P -....._ port b efetfi t e Eß raid he had no objection to lay the re under th e eou 2Ptise, but as th e matter was at present he th oug h t it Would ion of th e Q ueen ' s B ench in Ireland, judgment of thatl be inconvenient to do so until the woad be in a very .&C°llrt was pronounced,, which thing whatexer t o d, w wi d t Z'Y e L The Government - had no intaolling out th e m ilit ary, w h ose services were b rought r traces in the ordinary wa equisition b y th e magis coroner's inquest were laid lt f 4„ The proceedirigs of the his d u t y to signify neral of the Crown, an d he h ad. e e him, as Attorney- Ge mi tted t o b a il ; and cause hi his consent to the soldiers beingede it onsibiliy of at he was reAdy to take th e e those on mself, b ecause he th ou g h t reB 1 ? the law should be offer e d to the protectionthof li ev ed were free from blame, and only disez ho he b e duty under the most harassing eircumst ances ar ged thei- The Hon. Member withdrew his motion on the lear.) under standing that the evidence should be laid before __ given. the House when the; judgment of the Court was • 6 . —.-•---- THE LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE.... Sir R. H. liNTGLIS moved the appointment of the Library Committee as follow . ; :—Sir Robert Harry i n . Kam, Lord John Russell, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Goul burn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, tho Attorney iGeneral, Sir J ames Graham, Mr. PendarVes , Mr. n ekton Mil n es M Robert Clive, Mr. Gladstone , s ir John - r . _ . Sidney young, Mr. Moncreiff, Mr. Macaulay Mr. Berhert, and Lord Naas. Agreed to. C OUNTY POLLING. for leas On the motion of Lord R. GROSVF,NO.R to bring in a Bill for restricting the polling at county elections to one day, Mr. R. PALMER said he was of opinion that the motion of the Noble Lord would be attended with great inconvenience. Mr. HUME felt convinced that no difficulty ought to exist ; and he was glad that the Noble Lord had brought the subject forward. Mr. WALPOLE said that the motion before the House was whether the Noble Lord should have leave simply to bring in a Bill. As a similar Bill nearly reached a third reading last Session, it would be unfair to oppose that motion ; but in giving their assent to it, he hoped the Noble Lord would not suppose that the Government approved of the whole provisions con tained in the measure. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. PUBLIC PETITIONS. On the motion of Mr. THORNELY, the Committee on Public Petitions was reappointed as follows :—Mr. Thornely, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Captain Jones, Mr. Brotherton, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. Scott, Mr. Bon ham-Carter, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Portal, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Monsell, and Mr. Whitbread. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. Mr. DIVETTL moved for copies of all correspondence between the Admiralty and Mr. Scott Russell, on the subject of, and statement of. the ultimate terms and con ditions of the sale effected to the latter of her Majesty's screw steamer Greenock, since sold to the Royal Austra lian Steam-ship Company under the new name of Mel bourne ; and report of the Surveyor of the Admiralty on the state of this ship, also of any special one which may have been made immediately previous to her departure with her Majesty's mails for the Australian colonies.-- Agreed to. CONSISTORY COURT OF ROCHESTER. Sir B. HALL moved for a return from the Rev. Walker King and the Rev. George King, Registrars of the Consistory Court of Rochester, setting forth the names of all persons who have been appointed or nomi nated to any office, or who hold any office in the Con sistory Court of Rochester, and specifying other matters connected with the appointments. After a few words from Mr. Secretary WALPOLE, who said he had no objection to the return, the motion was agreed to. THE LEICESTER MAIL. Mr. FREWEN moved that the Postmaster-General be requested to order that the day mail between London and Leicester should be conveyed by way of Peterborough, Stamford, and Melton Mowbray, until the line of railway between Leicester and Rugby (which has been stopped in conseoquence of the injury done to it, caused by the late heavy rains) be re-opened. The SPEAKER said the House had no power to in terfere with the Postmaster-General in the manner pro posed. Mr. FREWEN said he then would amend his motion so as to, make it declare that it was the opinion of the House that the mail ought to be carried by the route specified. _ - Mr. HAMILTON, however, resisted the motion, and ,t was ultimately withdrawn. INDIAN TERRITORIES. Mr. HERRIES moved that the Select Committee on Indian Territories do consist of 31 members, viz. :—Mr. Herrias, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell, Mr. Baring, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Baillie, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Newd ega t e , Mr. Johnston, Sir J ames Grabam, Mr. Ald erman Thompson, Sir Wm. Moles worth, Sir R. Inglis, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Hardinge, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Man g l es , Sir James Hogg, M r . H ume , Mr. Bankes, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Robert Hildyard, Mr. J. Nelson, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Keogh, Mr. Macaulay, Lord Stanley, Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Edward Allice, Viscount Palmer ston. After a brief discussion, in which Sir W. Willoughby, Mr. Macgregor, and Mr. Hume took part, the motion was agreed to. TILE LATE DUKE. Mr. HUME -wished to know if an estimate of the ex pense which would be incurred at the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington could not be laid before the House at once. They had a precedent for doing so in the case of Pitt. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had forgotten the hint thrown out the other night on this subjact by the Hon. Gentleman wh i p asked the ques tion, but the fact was, the pressure of circumstance con nected with the solemnities had been so great that it was quite impossible to prepare an estimate. Every shilling expended would, however, be accounted for hereafter. (Hear, hear.) After a few remarks from Lord D. STUART, the House adjourned. FRE LONDON GAZETTE, (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, Nov. 15. The Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, having, on the 13th of Nov., 1852, appointed Henry Charles Mules, Esq., to be a Commissioner u n d er th e A ct 14 t h and 15th Victoria, •cap. 53, intitulad "An Act to consolidate and continue the Copy and Inclosura Commissions, and to provide for the completion of proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acta ;" the said Henry Charles Mules has this day made a declaration before Sir Charles Crompton, Knight, one of the Judges of har Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, for the due execution of his duties under the said Act. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Neville Saltern Keats Bayly to be Second Captain, vice Smith- Neill, deceased, Sept. 27 ; Second Lieutenant Edwin Markham to be First 'Lieutenant, vice Bayly, Oct. 22. The date of the, Commission of First Lieutenant Brackenbury has been altered to Sept. 27. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 13. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lientenant David Blyth to be Captain, vice Brevet Major William M‘Kinnon, retired on full-pay ; First Lieutenant Joseph Edward Wilson Lawrence (Adjudant to the Artillery Companies), to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Charles Cartwright Williamson, retired on f u ll- pay ; S econd Lieutenant Francis Lloyd Dowse to be First Lieutenant, vice Blyth, promoted ;_ Second Lieutenant A m b ro i se Wolrige to be First Lieutenant, vice Lawrence, pro moted. Commission by the Queen. Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Militia —Francis Boynton Cowper, Esq. late 'Lieutenant in the 86th Regiment of Foot, to be Adjutant, _0ct...15. BANKRUPTS, William Henry Holland and Richard Bradburn, corn mision agents, Manchester. John Metcalfe, merchant, Fenchurch-street. John Becket, coal merchant, Reading. Joseph Warren, stationer, Ramsgate. James Barton, brewer, Sutton Valence, Kent. Benjamin Atwell, builder. Westbury, Wilts. William Barleyman, carpenter, Feering, Essex. George Edward James, draper, Stafford. John Hill,. builder, Prospect-place, Holloway -road. William Fawkner, licensed victualler, Kidderminster. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. NOTICE TO PERSONS IN THE PROCESSION. The persons who are to attend in the Procession in carriages numbered 1 to 41, will enter the Park by Buckingham -gate or Storey's-gate, not later than eight o'clock a.m., and , proceed (through the gate in the railing near Storey's-gate) towards the Horse Guards, and will there be directed to mourning coaches of cor responding numbers in the line formed in numerical order in the open space and road. All carriages and mourning coaches numbered 42 to 67, will enter by the Horse Guards, not later than eight o'clock a.m., and turn to the right, towards the Admi ralty, and form in the numerical order indicated by the card. The carriages which precede, and those which follow, , e funeral car will form in separate lines. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) THE QUEEN V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.-JUDG MEET. This was a mandamus compelling the company to construct a portion of a branch line between Market Weighton and Cherry Burton, for which they had ob tained an Act of Parliament. The case was argued some time ago at considerable length. Mr. Justice Erie delivered his judgment this morning in favour of the company. Lord Campbell stated, at great length, his reasons for disagreeing with his learned brother, and intimated that Mr. Justice Crompton, who was then absent, had carefully perused his (Lord Campbell's) judgment, and had autho ized him to say that he entirely concurred in it, believing the prosecutors were entitled to the mandamus. Th e company had obtained the act by representing that the line Would be attended with local and public advantages, and that they were ready to _ carry it out, and they could not capriciously, or from any interested motives, abandon the undertaking and deprive , the inhabitants in the district of the benefits which Parliament intended to confer upon them. The powers given to the company were clearly compulsory, and must be fulfilled. The judgment of the Court would be for tee prosecutors, and a peremptory mandamus would be awarded to compel the construction of the line in question. THE QUEEN V. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—JUDGMENT. This was also a mandamus to compel the construction of a portion of a line for which the Company had ob tained Parliamentary powers. The Solicitor-General observed, that since the argu went was heard, an Act of Parliament had been passed relieving the Company from the liability to make the Lord Campbell said the parties had taken the right course in obtaining an Act, but it would be better for fhe Court to pronounce judgment on th e man d amus . s Lordship, after going through the various points n_rged that jud during the arguments, said he was of opinion went ought also to be for the prosecutors in this eas e . in that 0 11'1 Mr. j t• lee Coleridge and the other judges concurring Campbell most award a peremptory mandp. mus. LOrd C P most important case% that that these were two of the Westminster R a n , and he t h had lately been decided in y uld, with ail possible iweed, be Ukenlbeforeta tig t h i v e r t w ri o bunal. i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS---(YESTERDAY.) (Continued from our Third Edition of last evening ACCOMMODATION IN ST. PAUL'S. In reply to Sir J. SHELLY, Lord J . MANNERS said, that 3,000 tickets had been alloted to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, but those required by the Corporation had to be taken out of that number. The Dean and Chapter had made no application for tickets, and these had been offered to them by the Government, they having made every effort to consult the public convenience on the solemn occasion. THE MOTION IN FAVOUR .OF FREE TRADE. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would move that the House be " called" on Monday the 22d of this month. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it would, perhaps, be convenient in that case that the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton should state the terms of the motion which he intended to make on that day. (Cheers.) WINE DUTIES. In reply to Mr. OLIVEIRA, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought it would be acting ungraciously to the House to state what alteration he intended to make in the wine duties before he brought forward his financial measures. (Hear, hear.) THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1852. with him, and some there are who have touched his hand. His image, his countenance, his manner, his voice, are impressed upon every memory, and live in every ear. In the golden saloon and in the busy market place to the last he might be found. The rising genera tion among whom he lived will recollect his words of kindness, and the people followed him in the street with that lingering glance of reverent admiration which seemed never to tire. (Much cheering.) Who, indeed, will ever forget that venerable and classic head—ripe with time, and radiant, as it were, with glory ! Stiliehonis apex et cognita fulsit Canities. That we might not be unacquainted with his inward and spiritual nature, that we might understand how th's sovereign master of duty fulfilled the manifold offices of his life with unrivalled activity, he favoured us with a collection of military and administrative literature which no age and no country can ever equal. (Cheers.) And, fortunate in all things, Wellington found in his life-time an historian whose immortal page now ranks with the classics of that land which Wellesley saved. (Loud cheers.) Sir, the Duke of Wellington has left to his country a great legacy, greater even than his fame. He has left it the contemplation of his character. (Her r, hear.) I will not say in England that he revived the sense of duty, for that, I trust, was never lost ; but that he has made the sense of public life more masculine, that he has rebuked by his career restless vanity, and reprimanded the morbid susceptibility of irregular egotism, I think it is not an exaggerated praise. (Much cheering.) Ido believe that from the highest to the lowest, from those who are called upon to incur the most serious responsibility of the State to those who exercise the humblest duties of our society, there are moments of difficulty and depression, when the image of Wellington may occur to the memory, - and the sense of duty sustain and support the mind. (Hear.) Although the Duke of Wellington lived so much in the hearts and minds of his countrymen, although until the end of his long career, he occupied the most prominent position, and fulfilled the most august offices, no one seemed to be conscious of what a space he occupied in the thoughts and feelings of his countrymen until he died. Perhaps the influence of true greatness was now more completely asserted. In an age when a belief in intellectual equality flatters the self-complacency of all, every one acknowledged that the world had lost the greatest of men. In an age of utility, the most busy , sense people in the land can find no vent for their Woe and the most com mon and no representative for th e i r grief, but in, the solemnity of a pageant. And we, who are assembled here for purposes so different—to investi the sources of the wealth of nations, to busy ourselves in statistical research, to encounter each other in fiscal controversy _We offer to the world the most sublime and touching spectacle that human circumstances can well produce—the spectacle of a senate mourning a hero. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved that an humble address should be presented to her Majasty, thanking her Majesty for having given directions for the public in terment of the mortal remains of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington, and assuring her Majesty of the cordial aid of the House in endeavouring to give to the solemnity fitting importance. LORD J. RUSSELL said he merely rose to second the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He did not wish to • add a single word to the eloquent terms in which it had been introduced, and he thought the whole House would concur in an appropriate testimony. The motion was then agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved that Mr. Speaker and the House should attend . the funeral of the Duke of Wellington at St. Paul's Ca thedral on Thursday next ; and that a Select Committee should be appointed to consider the attendance of the House and their place in the solemnity. The standing order requiring notice of the intention to move for a Select Committee was, on the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, suspended ; and, the preceding motion having been agreed to, the following Members were nominated as the Select Committee :—Lord John Russell, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Gladstone, Sir J. Pakington, Sir C. Wood, Lord J. Manners, Sir F. Baring, Mr. Hume, Mr. Christopher, Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Cayley, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, and Lord Palmerston. Mr. HUME wished to know what would be the du ties of the Select Committee ! The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the Committee would have to consult the journals, in order to see what was the best manner in which the House could attend the funeral. The names were then agreed to. RISING OF THE HOUSE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that, in the present Ses sion of Parliament, no business shall be proceeded with in the House after midnight, and that at twelve o'clock precisely, notwithstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker to adjourn the House without putting any question. He considered that it w as un reasonable that the British legislature should not be content to close its sittings at twelve o'clock, and he felt that by an adherence to the old system it must be disparaged in the opinion of the country. He hoped her Majesty's Ministers would give him their support on the present occasion, and he could assure them th a t they could not bring forward a more useful or satisfac tory reform. (Hear, hear.) Mr. EWART seconded the motion, and referred in support of it to the character of the debates which took place at their sittings on Wednesdays, when the discussions were carried on with less excitement and more deliberation than on ordinary occasions. He sug gested that, at all events, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when the Government business did not interpose, they should meet at twelve o'clock, and rise invariably at six o'clock. He considered that the present system was most injurious to the health of public men ; he had seen Member after Member of Administrations worn out by the toil to which they were exposed, and no Member who desired to do his duty should wish to prolong the sittings of the House atter twelve o'clock. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the motion. The present system was most discreditable to the House, be cause the most important business was brought on at one and two o'clock in the morning. The consequence was that measures were passed in an imperfect state, and it was necessary to have them amended by subsequen , Acts. Sir W. CLAY thought it would be better to leave he matter to be arranged by the good feelings and good sense of the House, than to bind themselves down by any rule. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER really thought the gist of this motion was to reduce the time they could dedicate to the discharge of public business. It was a motion to establish restrictions upon debate, which was an extraordinary proposition in a free-trade age and in a free -trade House of Commons. The Hon. Member for Salford had frequently exercised the very salutary privilege of moving the adjournment of the House. The House had always received the proposition with deference, and there was no doubt that on many occasions it had very much contributed to their conve nience ' . but ther e h ad b een occas i ons on w hi ch the H should terminate, when there was such an irresis tiboln, e feeling Member on n made the motion that the debate both sides of the House that the ter mination of the debat e under such circumstances would be extremely i nexpedient and injurious to the public tao 1: e wasßusiness. highly very The limitation that the Ho noura bl e G ent l eman h i mse l f d id not pre ss his motion. Th e a d opt i on of an iron and inflexible rule ir would sn iirconvenient, and he thought that m much considered in the Committe e on Public u i li ta m t i i tng oinof the o ba d t n e ra s w tio o n uld of b n e very s peech, which it was cons id ered, on due reflection and investigation , would p ro d uce t hi s resu l t, t h at every Member would certainly speak an hour, while m an y Gentlemen whom the R ouse wou ld w i s h to speak more than an hour w ould be prevented from expressing their ee mu ch like the pla n of opinions at all. (gea r , hear.) Whoever were th e Ministers of t he country, it was impossible that the pro posal could be carried on for any length of time. In the last Session,ssb v ery much hurried before the dissolu tion, business to discharg e , th e y sa t s omething like iou r t een h ours a day, but it would be i conti nue that practi ce , an d h e d ou bt e d whether any one would be able t o un d er t a k e suc h an off i ce. (Hear.) He really th oug h t t hi s was a quest i on which might safely be l e ft t o the good taste an d good f e eling of Honourable iimpossible p 0 and i l e having t 0 being i Members. He was quite con vinced,ilelidadinsneeennovi, .ng many instances of it, that rigid , that which, left to the taste of Honourable Members, had been successfully aci lieled. He should feel it his good d s f h e ad el a in n fa g d and good duty, though with great retret, to oppose the motion, brought forward he had no doubt with a very excellent intention. Mr. tight Hon. Gentleman the Chancellora nlimits cruet- had q ues ti one d th e desira bility of confining the speeche s o f H on. Mem b ers w i th i n rt xoh th e e ; bit h e (M r. H ume ) th oug ht certain IHUME of s as th t eo saidE time such a regulation would had had heard that such alimitation had been attended with the best possible results in a most salutary effect. He t assembly in another coun try. He did think his 1 1)n. F r i end (M r. B ro therton) was perfectly right in puttin g u .._ it to the good sense of Hon. Members whether thy cou l d adopt any mo d e b y which the sittings of the }Nee might be shortened. The matter was growing wove and worse every session. paper, and ver y frequently Forty or fifty orders of tlb day often appeared a single appeared on the question occupied the whol night. He thought the rule laid down by his Hon. Friend should be adopted by the House. The business of Paltiament ought to be performed before a time of the night wh in the health of Hon. Members was likely to suffer. To attend business in an office, during the greater part ofthe day, as many H onoura bl e Members had t o d o , and then to hav e t o atten d i n th a t House until two or three o'clock in the morning, was beyond human effort. (lear, hear.) He himself was the innovator in the case if the Wednesday sittings. At first that was supposed to be an arrangement which was not likely to succeed ; but he thought there was now no Honurable Member who would not admit, that that was a benefi c i a l c h ange. • H e was of opini on th at the mot i on of his H on . F r i end, if carr i e d into eff ec t , woul d b e at tended with results equa l ly b e neficial. Th e next o bj ec t would be t o a d opt some means of removing from the con sideration of the House of Commons, many matters which ought never to come before it, and which occasion great l oss o f t i me. There oug ht t o b e a comm i ttee to consider wheth er a c l ass o f us eless bills whi c h n ow occu pied the tim e o f th e House with m ight not fairly be dispensed Lord J. RUSSELL could not but believe there was some public dissatisfaction as to the mode in which the business of the House wa s conducted, but he thought the manner of carrying on that business would not be improved merely by adopting the present resolution. The House must be aware, and the Hon. Member (Mr. Brotherton must be aware, that there never was a legis lative assembly in whi c h wa s transacted a tithe of the business that was now carried through the House of Commons. Speakin g o f the Congress of the United States of America, th ere the legislative business w as divided. A great parof it was transacted in the assemblies of thO seyeral States. In the next pLue, the whole administration did not form part of the Congress, therefore they had not in the Co n gre s s tho se con tinual debates with respect to matters of sdniinis tration which formed a great part of the ituSiness of the British House of Commons. But consider ing they had that business to do, Honotirable Members might have to consider whether it would not be tiee,es.- sary to change many, if not all, of the remaining rules and regulations of that House, if they adopted the present proposition. His Honourable Friend (Mr. Hume) seemed to admit that, for he said the next step, after agreeing to that proposition, would be to appoint a committee to consider how the business might be diminished. If that was to be the case, let them have the whole scheme of carrying on the business of the House before they adopted the present resolution. Another change would be, that they could not have that number of stages through which from time immemorial it had been deemed necessary a bill in that House should pass. Not many years ago, according to the ancient rules of that House, there were no less than thirty-two questions put upon each Bill, from the time of its intro duction to its passing ; but if they agreed to the present motion it would probably be necessary to limit tht number of those questions, and to make other changes of that kind. It appeared to him, also, if the motion was adopted, that there would be an accumulation of business untransacted at the end of each Session. He did not say it would not be possible to frame sonic scheme by which the whole business of the House would be better transacted, but to assent to the motion before the House would be to throw a difficulty in the way of attaining such an end. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY thought if his Honourable Friend (Mr. Brotherton) would bring forward some measure to prevent Honourable Members entering on any new business after midnight, without the consent of the House, it would be attended with some good effect. Mr. BROTHERTON, in a brief reply, said he was sorry he could not have the support of the leading Members of the House upon that occasion. It only convinced him the more how difficult it was to unlearn bad habits, and to learn good ones. (A laugh.) He disclaimed the wish to exercise anything like a despotic sway over the proceedings of that House. He had been brought up in the love of constitutional govern ment ; he still cheriShed that love ; he disliked des potism : he did not wish to trust himself with any des potic power ; and therefore he wished that his motion should be adopted. Although there might be some inconveniences attending the carrying it out, he believed they would be less than wasting every now and then two or three hours in discussing a question of adjourn ment, and then adjourning at last without doing any business. (Hear, hear.) The gallery was then cleared for a division. The result was— For the motion Against it 64 260 Majority against the motion INDIA. On our return to the gallery we found Mr. HERRIES moving the re-appointment of the Committee on Indian Affairs. He said, Honourable Members would recollect that her Majesty's Govern ment appointed that Committee in the last Session, before the time when it was indispensably necessary that some legislation should take place on the sub ject of the Government of India. He did not, there fore, anticipate that any objection would be made by the Nouse to the appointment of the Committee on the present occasion. Down to the dissolution of Parliament the Committee had prosecuted the in vestigation which had been referred to them with very great attention and application, and with very consider able success as was shown in th e i r ver y l um i nous report, which contained a mass of- useful information relative to our empire in the East. The first and principal topic of inquiry, namely, the agency by which the Government of India was now conducted under the Act now in force, was completely exhausted by the labours of the Com mittee which sat in the last Session, and they had re ported the whole result of their inquiries in that voluminous blue book to which he had referred. The remaining topics of inquiry were the military establish ments of India, the management of the financial affairs of that great empire, its education system, and the pro gress of works of improvement. All these were subjects which ought to engage the very close and serious atten tion of the Committee on its appointment, and when they had reported upon them the House would be in a position to legislate on the great subject of whether the Government.of the vast empire was to be conducted upon the principles of the act of 1833. He must remind the House that the period within which legislation must take place on the subject of India was comparatively narrowed. In 1854 the Act for the better Government of her Majesty's Indian territories would cease, and it would be indispensably necessary that some act on'the subject should pass in the course of the present session. It was for that reason that he took that early opportunity after the meeting of Parliament to move for the re-appointment of the Committee. The late general election had resulted in the loss to the House of several of the important Members who sat on the Committee during the last Session of Parliament ; and it would therefore be necessary that he should propose some new names to supply the vacancies so occasioned. The total number of the mem bers of the Committee would be, as in the former case, thirty-one—a number which the House would no doubt agree with him in opinion as to its being sufficiently large. Of the members who composed the Committee in the last Parliament, the House was now deprived of the services of five, whose places he proposed to supply by Mr. Macaulay, Sir Edward Ellice, Lord Stanley, Mr. Robert Clive, and, he was happy to be able to add, Lord Palmerston. He concluded by moving the re-appoint ment of the Committee. Mr. HUME suggested that in the further proceedings of the Committee the Members should avail themselves of the advantage of examining some of the more intelli gent of the natives of India, who would be capable of affording correct information as to the sympathy of the native population with the Government of that country. With respect to the general conduct of affairs by the East India Company, he had no hesitation in saying that India had been much better governed under the Company than our own colonies had been under the Colonial Government. Mr. IVIA.CGREGOR thought that, as the re-appointment of the'Committee was a matter of such great importance, some further time ought to have been afforded the House for consideration on the, subject. The motion was then agreed to. ALLEGED BRIBERY AT THE DERBY ELECTION. Sir B. HALL, in the absence of Sir A. Cockburn, moved that the petition of certain of the electors of the borough of Derby should be printed with the votes, and gave notice that on Friday next Sir A. Cockburn would found a motion upon the petition. The motion was agreed to. • SALE OF CHICORY. On the motion of Mr. HUME, the following returns were ordered :—Copies of all the minutes of the Treasury respecting chicory since 1840 ; and of the new Treasury minute relating to the sale of chicory with coffee. Also, return of the number of memorials presented to the House of Commons for and against the rescinding of the aforesaid Treasury minute, stating from whom, and the number of signatures to each memorial ; and copies of instructions, if any, issued to the Commissioners of In land Revenue respecting that Treasury order ; and of the orders given by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the prevention of the admixture of chicory with coffee ; also an estimate of the additional expense to be incurred in carrying out those measures. TREATMENT OF CRIMINALS AND DESTI• TUTE JUVENILES. On the motion of Mr. BAINES, the re-appointment of the Select Committee appointed in the last Session to inquire into the present treatment of criminal and des titute juveniles, and what change s are d es i ra b le in their treatment, in order to supply industrial training, and to combine reformation with due correction of juvenile c ime, was agreed to. THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE BRAZILS. Lord PALMERSTON moved for returns of the total number of slaves imported into Cuba and the Brazils, respectively, since the date of the last return down to the present time. Mr. HUME thought that the House would be merely trifling with the subject by agreeing to the motion of the Noble Lord. This country had treaties existing with Spain and Portugal, by virtue of which the former country had received not less than 900,0001., on condi tion that the Government of that country would use all its exertions to put down the slave-trade. Large sums had also been paid to Portugal under similar treaties. The Government of this country ought either to call upon those countries to fulfil their treaties, or to refund the money they had received. The fulfilment of treaties was enforced upon weaker countries, and he saw no reason why Spain and Portugal should not be compelled to fulfil the terms of their treaties. Lord PALMERSTON suggested that the better course to adopt would be, first to ascertain the facts, and then to deal with them. (A laugh.) The motion was then agreed to. The House then adjourned. CASTLE AVON, BY THE AUTHOR OF " EMILIA WYND HABL"—One of the most deservedly popular, as she is one of the most instructive, of our modern novelists, the author of " Emilia Wyndham," is on the point of pub lishing a new work entitled " Castle Avon," which, ac cording to the rumours in literary circles, is likely to prove one of the most original and valuable tales she has produced. It is not only the mere novel reader who will be interested in the announcement of " Castle Avon," for the works of this distinguished writer address a far wider and higher class. They appeal (as a contem porary has justly observed) to the intellectual, the re flecting, the pious. They are not to be read and for gotten in the novels of the season, but to be treasured in the library, and perused again and again with delight, as lessons of virtue taught by example, and as affording profitable recreation for all. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE.--The iron trade of South Staffordshire continues extremely brisk. One of the largest firms in the district has issued a circular, in which they state they will not take any more orders this year, and it is confidently expected, although the price of some descriptions of iron has risen 50 per cent..' within the last three months, that another advance will be declared at the next quarterly d a y ; some go so far as to state that an advance of 20s. per ton is inevitable before Christmas. The orders received by the last packet from the United States are unprecalentedly large. Rails, rods, and plates, are in great request. The demand is greatly in excess of the supply ; in one instance alone a contract has been teen for 20,000 tons of rails at 55 dollars cash on delivery. In addition to this glut of for.eign orders, there is a large demand for plates for Phip-building, COAL DUTIES IN FRANCE. In reply to an Hon. Member, Lord STANLEY said communications had passed with the French Government with reference to a reduc tion of the duty imposed on coals entering that country, and both Governments were impressed with the import ance of the subject. REPLY OF HER MAJESTY. The reply of her Majesty to the Address of the House was brought up by Mr. Forester, who appeared in the uniform of one of the Officers of the Household. BILLS PAYABLE ON THURSDAY. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE moved for leave to bring , in a Bill for declaring that, the day appointed for the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington shall, as regards the payment of bills of exchange and promissory notes, be treated and considered as the Lord's-day in the cities of London and Westminster. The motion was agreed to, and the Bill was subse quently brought in and read a first time. The Bill was then read a second time, and afterwards went through Committee. On the motion that it be read a third time, Mr. GLYN took the opportunity of thanking the Government for the promptitude with which they had brought the measure to its present stage ; and recommended them to consider the propriety of hereafter making the measure applicable to all similar occasions. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. On the motion for considering the Queen's Message, relating to the late Duke of Wellington, The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CONSIDERATION OF HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. The paragraph of the Queen's speech relating to the promotion of art and science having been read, Mr. G. A. HAMILTON gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House for the purpose of con sidering the supply to be granted to her Majesty. THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. On the consideration of the Queen's Message, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said--Sir, the House of Commons is called on to-night to perform a sorrowful, but noble duty. It' has to re cognize, in the face of the country and of the civilized world, the loss of the most distinguished of our citizens, and to offer to the ashes of the great departed the solemn anguish of a bereaved nation. (Hear.) The princely personage who has left us was born in an age more fruitful of great events than any period of recorded time. The vastest of its incidents and the most conspicuous of its deeds were accomplished by the Duke of Wellington with the smallest means and the greatest obstacles. He was, therefore, not only a great man, but the greatest man of a great age. (Hear, hear-) A m id st the chaos and conflagrations which attended the close of the last century there arose a being who seemed born to be the master of mankind. It is not too much to say that Na poleon combined the imperial ardour of Alexander with the strategy of Hannibal. The kings of the earth fell before his subtle genius, and he denounced destruction to the only land that dared to dispute his supremacy. But the providential superintendenc e of the world scarcely ever seemed so evident as in the circumstance that the same year should have produced the' French Emperor and the Duke of Wellington, that they should have embraced the same professions, and that, natives of distant islands, they should have repaired for their military education to that illustrious land which each in his turn was destined to subjugate. (Hear.) During the long struggle for free dom, for glory, I may say for existence, in which this country was engaged, Wellington fought and won 15 pitched battles, all of them of the highest class, and con cluding with one of those grand victories that give a colour and form to history. (Hear, hear.) During this period it can be said of him that which can be said of no other captain, that he captured 3,000 cannon from the enemy, and never lost a single gun. (Cheers.) But the greatest of his exploits is perhaps surpassed by the difficulties he had to encounter—for he had to encounter a feeble Government, a factious opposition, a distrustful people, scandalous allies, and the most powerful enemy the world ever saw. (Hear.) He won victories with starving troops, and carried on sieges without artillery; and to complete the fatality which attended him through life in this respect, when at last he succeeded in creating an army of the Roman legion —worthy of himself—this invincible host broke up on the eve of the greatest con juncture of his life, and he entered his last field with raw levies and discomfited allies, but the star of Wellington never paled. (Cheers.) He has been called fortunate; for fortune is a divinity that ever favours those.who are at the same time sagacious and intrepid, inven':,ive and patient. It was his own character that created his career, that achieved his exploits, and guarded him f rom vicissitudes; for it was hi s sublime: self-control that regu lated his lofty fame. But, sir, it has been of late years somewhat the fashion to disparage the military charac ter. Forty years of peace have, perhaps, ma d e us somewhat less aware of the considerable and complex qualities that go to the formation of a great gene ral. It is not that he must be an engineer, a geo grapher, learned in human nature, and adroit in ma naging man—that he must be able to fulfil the highest duties of a Minister of State, and then to descend to the humblest offices of the commissary and the clerk ; but he has to display all this knowledge, and exercise all these duties at the same time, and under extraordinary circumstances. At every moment he has to think of the eve and of the morrow, of his flank and of his'rear. (Hear, hear.) He has to carry with him ammunition, provisions, hospitals. He has to calculate at the same time the state of the weather and the moral qualities of man ; and all these elements that are perpetually changing, he has to combine. Sornetimes under over whelming heat, sometimes under overpowering cold, often in famine, and sometimes amid the roar of artil lery. Behind all these circumstances, too, is the ever present im age o f hi s country, and the dreadful alterna tive whether that country is to welcome him with lau rel or with cypress. Yet these images he must dismiss from his mind ; for the general must think, and not only think—he must think with the rapidity of lightning, for on a moment more or less depends the fate of a most beautiful combination, and on a moment more or less hangs the question of glory or of shame. (Cheers.) Un questionably, sir, all this may be done in an ordinary manner and by an ordinary man, as every day of our lives we see that ordinary men may be successful Mini sters of State, successful authors, successful speakers ; but to do all this with genius is sublime. (Cheers.) Doubtless, to be able to think with vigour, with depth, great and with clear ness i n th e recess of a cabinet is a intellectual de mons t ra ti on ; b ut to think with equal vigour, clearness, and depth amid bullets is the loftiest exercise and the most complete triumph of human facul ties. (Loud cheers.) Sir, when we take into consider ation the prolonged and illustrious life of the Duke of Wellington, one is surprised how small a space was occu pied by that military career of his which fills so large a space in history. (Hear, hear.) Only eight years elap se d from Viraiera to Waterloo; and from the date of his first commission to the last cannon-shot that he heard upon the field of battle twenty years could scarcely be counted. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was destined for a n . other profession ; and the greatest and most successful warrior, if not in the prime, at least in the perfection of manhood, he commenced a civil career scarcely less successful, scarcely less splendid, than that military one which lives in the memory of man. (Hear, hear.) R e was thrice the ambassador of his Sovereign at those great historic congresses that settled the affairs o f E urope. Twice WS he Secretary of State, twice Comm an d er-in- Chief of the Forces ; once he was Prime Mini s t er of Te lin w tr e y. lost hi m t h at he favoured by his counsel and his assistance the present (Hear, h ear.) England. And to the last hour of his life he m ay b e It tid was toh only a a f v elaboured ew months for b his efo advisers of the Crown respecting that war in the East, of which no one could be so competent a judg e , and he he drew up his views in a state pap er worthy died he died still the active chief tain of that illustrious army to which. ,he has left th e of his gen i us. And, indeed, when , tradition of his fame. (Great che erin g .) there i s one passage in the life of the Duke of Wellington which, occasion,. I ought not to let pass unnoticed, It is our pride in this place, and on th th is at. that he was one of our selves ; it is our glory If we review his sat on these benches. (Hear, hear.) ofsuccess which in the House of Commons by the tests though ear are applied to common men, his career, Sir Arthur brief, ' was still distinguished. He entered royal coun cils and exercised high offices of state. But the success cillor not be tested by the fact that he was a achievedPrivy-councillor of Sir Arth ur Well es l e y i n the House of Commons must or Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant ; he et here a suc cess w hi c h th e grea t most brilliant and the brilliant orato r can never h o pe to accomplish. That was a g rea t P ar li amen t ar y triumph, when he rose in his place to receive, as a Member of Par liament, the th an k s o f the Speaker for a brilliant vic tory—(Hear, hear)—and still later, sir, when at that bar he received from one of your predeces sors, in memorable words, the thanks of a grate ful senate for accumulated t r i um ph s .. (Loud cheers.) Sir, there is one source of consolation which I think the people of England possess at this moment under the se vere breavement which they mourn over. It is their intimate acquaintance with the character, and even with the person of this great man. There never was a great man who lived so long and so much in the public eye. I will be bound there is not a. crentleman in this House who j has nod meg a hi* many there a re w h o have cowersed Eilitrb nllittott WARWICK RACES. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY. Sweepstakes. Henrietta Plunkett Derby Ariosto Lindrick Handicap. t 1 2 The Welter Cup Sister to Batteraway Half-and-Half Twelve ran. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The November General Session, which was com menced on Monday last at Clerkenwell, was continued by adjournment this moring at the Guildhall, West minster. Mr. Serjeant Adams presided, and Mr. Witham, Mr. Graham, Mr. Woodward, and Mr. Baylis were on the bench. There are 48 cases of felony, and 6 of misdemeanour for trial. The Assistant-Judge briefly charged the grand jury. John Morris, 14, pleaded guilty of having stolen a till and 2s. 54 d., the property and money of John Hicks. It appeared from the prison returns that the prisoner had been summarily convicted no less than eleven times. The Assistant-Judge made some observations on the fact that the prisoner had been convicted five times by one magistrate (Mr. Broughton), and four by another (Mr. Long), and not once sent for trial. He did not in the least intend to cast blame on the magistrates, or to say they had not done right, but at the police courts they might not have the means they had at the Sessions of identifying prisoners ; and the young thief knew that by his pleading guilty he would be sentenced by the magistrate to three months' imprisonment, and in that way escape the punishment that Court could award when the previous convictions were within its cogni zance. In this case he had not the power to sentence the prisoner to transportation. The prisoner --I want to he transported. The Assistant-Judge —I dare say you do, but I am sorry to say you cannot be gratified at present. . Prisoner--Oh, very well ; I shall go on the same game again when I'm out, till I do get transported, though. The Assistant-Judge—Well, I premise you that the next time you come here you shall be transported, if guilty. Now, mind that. He then sentenced the pri soner to nine months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. ----An able-bodied vagrant, named Benjamin Brett, was brought before Alderman Wire, charged with having committed a street robbery. Mr. John Fraser, a gentleman who has recently ar rived from Scotland, said—On Saturday evening, at half past six o'clock, I was walking along Cheapside, with a plaid shawl on my arm. Close to Queen-street, I felt a sudden jerk, and supposed that my shawl had got, en tangled in something. In an instant, however, it was wrenched away from me, and I saw a person like the prisoner running along and wrapping it round his per son. I followed as fast as I could, but unfortunately I fell when I was gaining ground. I continued the pur suit when I got upon my legs, but lost sight of the person, who was, however, secured by a policeman with the shawl in his possession. Waldron, one of the City officers, said—l saw the pri soner running along Lawrence-lane with the shawl, which he dropped upon seeing me. When I told him to stop he made a bolt at me with hie head, and made a desperate effort to get away, but I prevented his escape. The prisoner —The fact is, my lord, that I am per fectly guilty ; but I had been wandering about day and night, and could get nothing to do, so I thought I would take the shawl without giving much trouble to any one. The officer said he had upon inquiry learned that the prisoner was a fellow 'who could not be prevailed upon to work. The prisoner—But, your Lordship, I have been brought up to nothing but farming, and I can't get any work. The officer—l saw the prisoner skulking about Cheap. side the night before, and have no doubt as to his object there. Alderman Wire—He is committed. WORSHIP-STREET. —A stylishly-dressed young man, named Matthew Brook s , was p l ace d at t h e b ar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with having carried on an ex tensive system of robbery on the premises of his em ployers, Messrs. Sewell and Co., wholesale jewellers and general merchants, in London-wall, and Fore-street, Cripplegate. _ M.r. John Sewell stated that the prisoner had been in their service as warehouseman, at a liberal salary, for the last two years, and during that period numerous valuable articles had disappeared. Not the slightest suspicion, however, attached to the prisoner, in whom they had always reposed implicit confidence, and in con rietillellUe of the number of persons who were employed upon the establishment they were unable to obtain any clue to the delinquent until that morning, when they received information that the prisoner had been stopped in an attempt to dispose of a quantity of property be longing to them. Mr. Edward Cotton, a pawnbroker in the Hackney road, stated that on Saturday afternoon the prisoner entered his shop and produced fifteen silk purses and two gold-mounted scent-bottles, on which he requested an advance of 12s. His suspicions were excited, and on questioning the prisoner he declared them to be his own property, and stated that he was about to commence business as a jeweller in that neighbourhood. He was proceeding to question him further when the prisoner suddenly darted out of the shop, but witness pointed him out to a policeman, by whom he was overtaken and se cured. Police-serjeant N 14, stated that he proceeded to the prisoner's house, on searching which, he discovered a large assortment of miscellaneous property, comprising purses, pocket-books, and drawing room ornaments, the majority of which had since been identified by the firm, although their private marks had been carefully oblite rated from the greater part of them. On being called upon to account for the possession of the property, the prisoner in the first instance confidently claimed the whole of it as his own ; but on being subsequently con fronted with the principal of the firm he became greatly agitated and, and exclaimed, " I acknowledge they be long to you, and must throw myself upon your mercy." The prisoner, who declined offering any defence, was remanded for a week, to afford the police an opportunity for tracing the remainder of the missing property. CLERKENWELL.—Patrick Burke, a powerful-look ing Irishman, was charged with having violently assaulted Oliver Brown, 155, and George Mills, 131, G division, by which they were seriously injured. Brown, whose eyes were blackened and swollen, and who bore other marks of violence, deposed that on Sa turday night last the prisoner was causing a disturbance in Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, when he remonst ra t e d with him and advised him to desist. He commenced abusing witness, pursued him, and collected a great crowd of persons, principally consisting of the lower order of Irish. He made an attack upon witness, knocked him down, and began kicking him about the head and body (as he now exhibited) was disfigured through kicks, and he must have been killed had it not been for the arrival and assistance of other officers. Whilst he was on the ground, and the prisoner holding him down, a cry of " Kill the —" was raised, an d severa l of the mob held his legs and maltreated him cruelly, and he was completely exhausted. George Mills, 131 G, received i n f orma ti on that a policeman was being murdered by a mob in Whitecross street. He proceeded thither, and found upwards of 400 persons of the lowest order assembled, and there was a cry of "Kill the ." He rushed th roug h the crowd, and saw constable Brown on the ground, struggling with the prisoner, who was on the top of him. Whgn witness made appearance a cry was made, "Here is another of the ----, serve him the same." The mob attacked him, and h e had a narrow escape with his life. This evidence having been confirmed by disinterested witnesses, Mr. Ccirrie, addressing the prisoner, said that in such a case the extent of his power would not allow him sufficiently to punish him ; and, as an example, he would fully commit him to Newga.to for trial. SOUTHWARK.—Mr. A'Beekett gave his jud gmen t in the case Of a cab-driver named Thomas Hill, who was charged with plying for hire within the enclosed space at the terminus of the London and Brighton Railway station, that being a place not authorised by the Com missioners of Police. As it had b een un d erstood that the real issue was the slitgathitonosf rfraoilmwatyhecopmropvalsiiieosns to of the withdraw eneral the sctaabtustaet andt the the superi n t en d ence of the g police com mis s i oners, a con siderable amount of interest attached to the trial. Mr. A'Beckett said that he had well considered not only the case, but the opinion of counsel which had been placed before him by the company, and was unchanged in the opinion that in plying for hire in a place not sanctioned by the police commissioners for that was the only question the defendant had broken the law. In prohibiting the plying of hacknay car riages " elsewhere " than at places approved by the commissioners, the legislature meant without exception, otherwise suoh exception would have been particularised. It was not desirable that a number of public vehicles should be withdrawn from the super vision to which, by law, all were subjected. The rail way authorities were irresponsible, and if at one time their regulations were made for the public, at another they were made for their own profit. Some of the re gulations made by the company were most inconvenient, witness the placing of other numbers on the sides of c a b s than those of the license, thus leading the public astray, and in the cases of summonses causing confusion. o Th e company had had time to consider their course, and comply with the law, but had not done so. It was his duty to put the law in force, which he would do iin- Posing the nomina l penalty of Is. with costs. Another case was heard, and a cabman plying at the same station was fined 405., for refusing, in obedience to the company's rules, to take the first faie that called him It was announced in court that the -company had re oolveci to comply with the act is future., THE LATE MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LOW AT CHELSEA. INQUEST (YESTERDAY). the Yesterday morn i ng M r. Wakley held an in qqsv in• Chelsea workhouse on 'Sarah Bean, agin.ed 64) a nd CO T ; lotto Cook, a ge d 55, the unfort una t e wo en that met with w with their d ea th a t Ch e l sea College on Saturday. 'T bodies havin g b een v i ewe d , the following ctvidenee is given : ,tott. James Bean of North Cumberland-me ws, BrY n4l- h squab, identified th e b o d y o f Sarah Bean as t h a t of 1 , mother ; s h e l e f t h ome well on Saturday morning iIL brougham t o v i s i t Chelsea College, accompanied by ,0 friends. Witness did not see her again u ntil he nized her lifeless body in the dead-hous e. De was a very nervous person, and easily frigl ttened. Mr. Thomas Ballard, surgeon, deposed that he wos o the crowd at Ch e l sea H ospital on Saturday, when 3un ,d, half-past elev en d eceased was dragged from , the ere 0 apparently dead. Witness had her cor t veyed Iv a shop, and h av i ng t h ere made an exami ne pronounced life exti nc t. D ecease d' s c l othe: I were l'4ll disordered. She had no bonnet on, her 111°- e a was open, and h er h a i r di s h evelled. Witnes: perno a post-mortem examinati on . E x t erna ll y th e ' scalp lacerated, and ther e were mar k s o f v i olence em the and feet. Th e organs o f t h e b ody were nearl, y all thy. Death resulted from suffocation. Eliza Fairhead, lady's maid, in the service ei h , Bethall, of 59, Gl ouces t er - p l ace, i dent i fied the,l7, ts°, Charlotte Cook as th a t o f one o f her fellow - . se rt ,„ ' Witness accompanied deceased on Saturday me ,11 :4 0 0 Chelsea Colleg e , t o v i ew t h e l y i ng i n state. I,v"- lost deceased in th e crowd, and did not see her fl , Mr. William Henry Furneval, surgeon, said h° • called by the p o li ce on S atur d ay morning, anti'- 0 h 0 bench at the back of a public-house in Turk's - r(? / tr i e d found decea se d lyi ng apparent l y dead. Wi tnes s. 0 . restoratives, but unavailingly, as life was extinct. fi o ness had made an autopsy. Externally there was ch tening of the breast bone, and the ankles were bruised. Internally witness found two ribs fractured 414 left side, and two on the right. The organs of the Si l l were healthy, with the exception of a disease of the A lung. Deceased died from suffocation, produced V' violent pressure on the chest. Coroner—ls there anybody here from the authal l to watch the case ? Inspector Cumming—l am h ere t o t a k e no t es of is said. -or 11 314 Coroner—l think it very necessary that Sir Mayne should be present, and that the inquiry '''" A tid journed till to-morrow morning, for his attendance' t he for the jury in the meantime to visit the spot wher e melancholy accident took place. to The Foreman —Before adjourning, I think it bette r take the evidence of the witnesses that are present. 00 The jury adjourned after taking the evidence Of or two witnesses until this morning. The evidence of the police was taken this mo p . and, the Coroner having summed up, the jury re t to but had not arrived at a verdict when we We press. COUNTRY MARKETS. Or The following is the offici a l s t a t emen t o f th e quo t _ ~o r s of corn, &c., received i n th e por t o f L ondon from tne....,0 in Essex, from the Bth to the 13th Nov., 1852, both sive : . 1 '.' ' • • pl 4 B Pt (II / .----- pi Colchester Harwich g A Leigh Maldon 1431 517 41 22 272 lu`',./ lIADDINGTON, Nov. 12.—The following are the prices a 511111 at our market to-day :... vtagiti Wheat. I Barley. I I Oats. 1 , - 0. 4 5 First Second IIADDINOTON, Nov. 12. j s of at our market to-day :... Wheat. Barley. I Oats. , 13. :D / 4 First Second - Third 3Bs Od ' 24s 3d 18s 9d ''''i. Total quantity of Wheat in market, 657 qrs-626 soP- Do. Barley. do. 855 qrs-826 0 14• , i , Do. O a t s d o. 4 11 qrs—ZB2 o,:ti, Do. B eans d o. 4 9 qrs— 49 s°'• for KIRKCALDY, Nov. I3.—The following are the quotati° ° grain at to-day's market -- Th . 6 o, Wheat. Barley. ' Oats. t;', 0(' First 4Bs Od 30s Od 21s 6d Os Od Oa Secood Third 37s Od 24s 6d 17s Od "od. Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 28s Od to 39 s , CORK—Nov. 12. Brls. Current 0' 9 White wheat 24s Od t o 24 s 6d O s Od--- 20S t° 77 Red wheat 20s Od t o 23 s 9d 00 46. Ditto Os Od t o O s Od .23s Od— . Ditto Os Od to Os Od) 89 Barl f2s 9d to 13s 183 Ditto ey 10d 13s 10d to 14s Od 14s Od-1 6 P. 28 Ditto 14s Od to 14s 2d) Bere Os Od to Os Od Os OA 539 Oats 532 Ditto 9s 6d to 9 s 104 98 8d 509 Ditto 9s Iod t o 10 s 4d is• e 4 ' 98 Pigs 3os Od to 36 s Od Os Od pel Quantity sold at the hi g h es t prices : 0 ; 3 5 6 barrels white wheat ; 14 re d ; 28 barley 0 be oats ; 8 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week,Vii , Wheat, 1,491. B ar l e y, 3,052 . Bere, 0. Oats, iv Pi g ., RB7. PRICES OF BUTTER. CAM CURRENCY. 60 First quality 7Bs First quality .............. • t o Second quality Third quality 6Bs Third quality .......... ... • 0 Fourth quality Fifth quality s6s Fifth quality ........... .••• Sixth quality 46s Sixth quality ............. Return of cattle sold for week ending Nov. 6 Pigs, 902. Sheep, 214. Cows, 309. , gs 0 4 ; CORR.—Flour—Fi rs t, I3 s Od to 14 s 6d ; ortra, ".-`thirdt seconds, I2s Od to I4s Od; ho use h o ld s, Hs to lls Oct , to Ss , 7s Od to 108 Od p er cw t. M ea l—l n di an mea l, 7 s 9d c ot' oatmeal, lOs 6d to Ils ; wheat meal, lOs 6d to Hs P ( e t ' to Indian corn, 7110 s t o 7115 s per t on . B ran, 41 17, 5 erg;e' Os Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 23s Od to 31s 6d ; a c v tro ,e 278 ; dealers, 28s Od t o 35 s Od; average, Os per ton . Farmers, 14s Od to 24s Od ; average, 21s ; dealers, 2 " Os Od ; average, Os. per ton. .ET—Nox. 15. he %r e a Riddellc l k o e s eo r f . .. ............................. ........ .. . ......... • • 16 Eden Main ..... , .......... 6 Hetton, Lyons Main ..... :17 BraddYll.. ................ • 18 Hett0n.................... Haswell •''l 7 6 • 1 Lamhton ............... •••i8 Pensher .................. • • ' l 7 ,t Plummer ............... ... / 7 1 , Richmund . ........... • • ' l 7 Russel's Hetton.. ...... . • • 'is Stewart's .............. • • "17 South Kelloe .......... •• • • 'l6 v ir Whitworth ........... . . . • • "11 Adelaide Tees ........ ••• It ' 9 ' Backhouse ............. • • '' l 4 Pease's • • • " , SO 18 6 . Tees .................. .... 0 • Cannel .. .• • ......1 6 0 Derwentwater Hartle': 1- 25 6 g Nixon's Methyr Sr Card' Sidney's Hartley ........ ...Sold, 106. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at tl s. d. Bate's West Hartley 15 9 Buddle's West Hartley 16 0 Hartlepool West Hartley 15 9 Hasting's Hartley .16 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 0 Longridge's W. Hartley 16 9 North Percy Hartley l5 Pelton Main l5 0 Ravensworth W. Hrrtley 16 0 Redheugh Main 13 6 . Stewart's Hartley 15 0 Tanfield Moor l5 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0 Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close l6 9 , Brown l6 01 Gosforth 16 Harton l6 Hebburn l6 Killingworth East 16 Lawson l6 Morrison l7 Morthumberland l6 Sipe at market, 21 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.. tiho STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sh ar e mar k e t has --rj bee oi?0 guid, and rather inclining to give way in prices, 0 Pv7A this is the first d a y f or th e new account. Th er e 1 1:411' more desire to sell stock than of late. The comnii t ' A. •V/. thus report s o f th e day's transactions :—Birken 110 ";1-1 cashire, and Cheshire, si d. ; Eastern Counties, -L isreo 7-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86i ; ditt° O t V . iding Union, 2a ; London and North-W(3Eor ° ' SO Midland, 78k, ; North British, 9 3-16, 846; coon, Eastern and Dov er , 2313 ; Warrington and Altm• •Tl l e il° l4 pm. t York and , North Midl an d, 29} ; Dutch 1" 1 c. d. MANCHESTER, Nov. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Business has been limited '' o,l tu rtiol' to-day. Prices opened somewhat higher than on 5.1, 0 14 , but they w ere no t sus t a i ne d to the terminat i on o f bo and closed weaker. Th e sa l es were • Caledonia:P ( oo l i Eastern Counties, 124 ; London Stock, 125 i; 794, 871; Bl ac kb urn P re f ., 26i ; North Staffera'' rso,c lr4 i g dis. ; Leed s St oc k, 874 ; Y or k , Newcastle and., 0 0,. J." 18g ; Sheffield, 31i, ; Preston an d W yre A. - 13-B ' 6 l prem. ; Dover, 234, 11-16, ; Cheshire Junction, BIRMINGRAM, Nov. 15. of ti g STOCK EXCHANGE.—The prices of the Bbar e rpt til ° principal lines of railway The their position, , ; {,o has has boon but a small amount of business trao B3 ;; . ilisw 'Change to-day. There was nothing done in stock. LEEDS, Nov. 15. w,,' as% o STOCK EXCHANGE.—The .prices remain •ti , les sver e: merial alteration. Little bu siness d o i ng . The s °' Eastern Counties, at 121; Great Western at BIRTHS. OF A SON. TC ento • W ill° On the 14th inst., a t Grafton-terrace, the Mrs. T. S. Pattison. On the 13th inst., a t M a i ze -hill, Greenwich-1)511c' wife of C. J. Busk, Esq. 41 , 0 Wif e OF A DATJGHTER. On the 15th in s t., a t Victoria-lodge, Chi9 wi of Richard Drew, Esq. JO' - On the 14th inst., at Dover, the wife of L ieut. dale, Royal Engineers. MARRIAGES. Westbourne-terrace . , W. Galsworthy, On the 13th inst , at the Church of the Holy '-iitoe third daut t „ r jc. bers, Regent-street, to Louisa Jeremy , ' R. ArCabe, Esq ,of Kensington- ardeien'an e ' Yl E e sci i ) of At Great Bircham, Norfolk , g W. R.. Duran" - n inti 3t , youngest ' la ' Bromhill, Teddingtou, to Rosa Le Clem of the Rev. G. S. Fraught, of Great Bircham• Emu., of Club -c ._ e r of DEATHS. 4. a naref On the 11th inst., at Regent place, Regenu-B'-oga., Edward Leslie, the eldest son of E. D. Pliddicombe, J---- aged 19. w ee abed On the 14th inst., at 26, Maddox-street, Itegollt- Mr. R. Walker, aged 70. craitll) On the 14th inst., Elizabeth, the w ifo of Seth .-' Esq., of 33, Eaton-square, aged 62 --"' London : Printed and Published by MITEDO-0,1314. 02, No. 112; Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, i n_ the counv Xicialoma Tusalpya kroirembex 161 OM .--.......'-''--'''''''..... For bare a ralttel Ati to b e Becret Sup Vi r hitt Cook', $4 , (I, $ 4 , P, Poi ( ;