The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-20 00:00:00

or our e show e their as tole - D, corn- Lt fully -condi at late ards of re was escrip moved Barley, I other was in- [cite as led, at n Corn )ported Flour. 2,360 sk.. cot was t as to ►nd was r breeds close of On the :tensive. Mutton quota -I,od to ,d. All stances, ioderato Mulch ng their d. to s. d. 19 4 2 4 4 8 10 5 0 O 0 0 10 4 6 8 5 0 • 22 0 O 0 0 Pigs. 390 Pigs. r, at full d. to o. cl. 4 3 1 8 3 10 0 4 4 6 • 4 6 8 & yhill fair hero for increase pockets nds may icking is is called he latter Pockets. Mid and to 1105. ry again, lantation :tion has good, and at 35s to Trinidad 33s 6d to rd yellow, d to 50s 6d lower, id to 40s; and low ags, only od yellow ne strong to 42s 6d, Madras, as rates ; d to 43s ; half sold ft yellow, isk. Plan o 45s for 3rd, being is 6d, and 5s to 45s . In Bri wen done. Ikea in at previous r, though lean white Is to 9s 6d ner within he spot. tly, and of were sold La 5d to Is [ll prices• 4/d per lb Straits, 2d Low as 11$ 10d per lb. ted. Cal .en sold at cent. re- in th© ab• ff quite so o Wednes ,o46 chest. BALD. your pub' d from the ded " , mpany to her drug r detailing journey Won, an d wasclosed following mediatelf circura .ndance nr a short the secre' the core' Lion of the b true. ntly coll ii whatever !d to, til l the trait* when, for ing nature , ed intitnr wcialty ill nine 10 3 _, on, I We.; G rac e beu trd by the .stion I re' h e s bare c i it lou! th e would iP Nortber ° sunds, l 4 'ntral OW' d no lette r e r ally's! sees je nl "; u mstan ce it no cen t o f for ":„ pov ier ►ons ierGrL t b ee ' ass ind wipe, artees B ; the °Wee Is, 048. his e° , l°ll l 9 ndrel' t b l e ofol a Of er°r that n o t 0 0 po rted e l ) cos'' wasp • in din- of the ac ted for 8 00 3- o g ving g la ac • irt 1) MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE W CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very gloomy. Sales 4,000 bales.—Railway Shares were very heavy. Very interesting accounts have just been received 13 , . th Hamburgh mail. At Vienna, on the 15th instant. the idea of a pacific arrangement seems to have been abandoned. There were immense preparations making for a s ege, and the Hungarians had advanced to within a short distance of the town. The Five per Cent. Metallics had fallen to 68, and although the Bourse was re-opened no one would deal. In Berlin also a restless spirit prevailed among the workpeople. Barricades had been erected and some lives were lost, but on the 17th order was restored. Everything must be unsettled even by these attemptk at rioting. The Belgian Minister of Finance has made a very satisfactory report upon the foreign trade of Belgium during the past year, and it is worthy of remark that while England had to complain of a falling off, Belgium enjoyed a larger share of foreign trade than in any former year. The official valuation of merchandise was revised last year.. The general imports and exports exceeded those of 1846 by 15 and 27 per cent., the total amount being 708,600,000; The consumption of foreign products ncreased 7 per cent. There is now little attention paid to anything but the foreign news, and in the City business is dull. The Funds are affected by the news above given. Consols opened at 844 to 85, but have receded since to 844 4; they are now about 844 4. The New Three and-a-Quarter per . Cents. have realised 844 to 4. India Stock is at 237. Exchequer-bills of June are 325. to 365. premium. The Foreign Securities have been dull again, but are firmer in some instances. Spanish Three per Cents., 224, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 221. Mexican have rallied to 194 ; Brazilian Small are 724. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 444. Shhres are rather better on the whole. A few money purchases have given a little tone to the market, which, however, is neither very active nor firm. -BRITISH FUNDS THIB DAY AT ONIE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 83 3 / 4 % 1 ,4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 84% 8$ 84% 3 / 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arms. 84 1 4 1A%N Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 $ 7-16 % India Stock 237 Do. Bonds, 10001 ..... 36 p Consols for Account ..... ........ 84% 85 84% 3 / 4 Exchequer Bills. Plhd. 2d. March. June. 1,0007. Small 35 36 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, S per Cent Ditto Small Mexican Boni's, 1846, 5 per Cent Cent Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 9B Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2 2 14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 A per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 4 1,E Ditto 41Der Cent. Certificates ISUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWATe. PAID. nib SHAM Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 4 1 / 4 — / to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and Connty Down .. 17% .. .. - Birmingham & OxfordJunct., cal a duly pd, or with guar. 20 . 2 2 1,4 to Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . Do., without a guarantee... 10 Bins ing., \Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.115.... ..... to Bii kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Beaton, Stamf., & Binning... 5 Brietol and Exeter Do., Thirds .. 25 Buckinghamshire..- l4/. 4s 4 5,} dis. to —. Caledonian - • Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, New 101. Preference 2% Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead..— ..... 47 1 ,4 ..... to Ditto, Preferen ce Clarence. ..... Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 2SL. to Eastern Counties • Do. New Guarant. &p er C t. 74 ..... 7% to 8 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,61. 13s. 4d.. .. Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,61. 13 s . 4d ... ..... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 to -- Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 121 A..... . Do., New Eatt2rn Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 ...... Ditto, ditto ........ —........ 20 ...... Ditto (C. & E.), 5 p er ct. 2% — to East Lancashire ,Ditto, New ... ..... .... .... 21 Do., Ntw Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Pret, Terence Quarter Shares ......... . . 4 1 4 ...... to East Lincol ns hi re ........... _. 23 ...... 20% to -- Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 Ditto, Half Shares - ... •••••• to Edinburgh and Northern Ditto, New port Exeter, Y eov il , & D orchester 2 % — •••••• to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — .. ... to Glasgow,„ Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 vo.Preference Consolidated —.—. .. Great Northern Do. IA A Deferred ..... ... 12% 3 l / 8•..... to Do. l i i B 6 per Cent. Guar. 4% A to Do. E xtens i on ......... ..... 2 %•• -- to ( „It.. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% — .... . to G North of England 100 Ditto, ht w 401. 4O Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301. 3O ... Ditto, New 161...... .... ..... 14 ..-.. . Groat W estern Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths ...Do. New 171 l3 - ... tin4 dersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... Ditto, Thirds lO Hell and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares ........25 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ....50 bo ,Thirds ... lO to "weathire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares — 43 . Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths .......... 6 1 ...... .. . to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) D., 0 ., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 vo. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. ( Iludders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and G001e....... .. ....... 50 Dc., West Riding Union... 7 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% — to Weds and Bradford 6O ..... 87% to Leeds,Dewsbury,& blanches. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — ...... to Leeds and Think ...-.... .... 50 to Ditto, New - ..... .. 35 . .... ...... to Do.,do.,Prefer., G per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to hLiverpool, Crosby, and Sout- _ . port 3 1,4 - .. .. to -. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2I,E - ...... to - London & Blackwall ......131.65. 8d 4 - Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 - . Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... - .. to - De. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - .. to - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ...... - ... London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... - ... - Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... - ...... to - London & North Western.....loo lO3 102% to 103% Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - - Dn. New - Do. Fifths - Do. 40g. Shares.....L. & M 25 - to - Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . - - Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 ..... - - Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western...-. 50 - Ditto, New 504.-- .. ..... 42 1 ,4 25 - Ditto, New 401-- ..... .. .. 34 • - to - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... - - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - - Ditto, Thirds: 13/. 65. 8d ... 6 dis... to - Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calla--1/. 13s. 4d.... % dis. to - Landon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% - to - L ondonderry and Coleraine... 27% - ...... to - L ondonderry and Enniskillen 27. 1 34 - ..... to - Lswestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 - - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 8 - li ana, Buxton, & Matlock 4 - to - kanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to - • Ditto 1 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 ...... - - - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - to - Ditto, % Sh ares (No. 3)eatnlipr .. - - to - to - Do., N ew 10.. Preference-A__ ... - - Ditto Grimsby .... 3 - to - Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... 6% - to - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 124.-- - to - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 17% - to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... - - 51idland.... 100 - to - Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo - to - Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 20 SY4 %%IA to iiiidtand, firm., and Derby...loo ... 48% to - kidland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 ll3 - DittoUidland, Bristol and Gloue. 38 ••• ** - - Midland ditto 14/. 18s. .. - - , Leices. and Swan _ !tington (8 per ct. gua. )....100 .... . - 24 idld. Great Western (Irish) 42% - to - 111iddlesbro' and &edcar. 6 ...Per cent. guar ..... 5O - to - to - Ditto c4eirciAtlanartdeCr Carlisle lOO I°° 2s .....":. -•••-• to - Newmarket - Di tto Extension S cr i p ... 21 . 1 25 - - to - N w Port Abergy., an d H eref. 6 ...... - _ to - VIT I 7 and Enni s kill en ...... Ttrr-308't,rWorarrenpoint and 7 - ...... to - .Norfolkev ...... ..... '....,.... 20 , - ... .. to - .... ........ ..... 100 Ditto W= 47% ...... to N ` 4 04.. ............ 10 -• THE SUN, Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 4 per ct. 5 ..... Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 NorthernTounties Unien ... 4 N . orth British Ditto Half 5hare5........... 12 1 ,4 — ..... to to Do. Quarters: 6 i -4 — to Ditto. Extension '8 Ditto Thirds .... ........ —.... 8!4 ...... 3% to North and South-Western... 2 .. .. .. North Staffordshire-- ...... 15 ...... 7 North Wales forth Western 10 - to >xtord, Worcester, and Wol verhampton .......... 50 ?cading, Guildtd., & Reigate 10 Zoyston and Hitchin ..... 2 ...... t(' Scottish Central . ..... 25 . icottish Midland .... ....... —.. 25 Ditto, New.. 17% — 4 heflield, Rotherham, and Goole ... 7% ..... - to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ..... • to hrewsbury and Birmingkara 9 - Ditto. ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 ihrewsbury and Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... - . ... to Ditto, Uswestry Ditto .New) 1 - ..... to -- Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref.-- 10 — Shropshire Union 4 ... .. 1,4 to South Devon Ditto, Preference South Staflordshire ... 5% — .. .. to -- 'outh Eastern Ditto, No. l. 24 Ditto, No. 2. Ditto,;No. 3. 25 Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 - South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster Swans. and an Goole d 5 Loughor and Ca- ... meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 - - raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and vv Va l a l t e a e i ri o lw f or N a d y e 17% --to and ath Kilkenny 1 47% to Waterford and Limerick..... 45 ... .. Waterford, Wexford,Wreklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... West Cornwall West London.. Ditto, First Class .. 20 Ditto, Second Class 2O ...... Whitehaven and Furness lB ..... •-• ..... to -- Windsor, Staines, and South Western 9% — ...... to Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 York, Newcastle, and 13erwick 25 .. Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 IOWA to 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 - to 4! o f York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and:Amiens 2O .....• Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Ceylon ....... Demerara. ..........- ........... 15 . .... Dendro Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 7% - ...... to -- East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7 1 A / — ...... to --. Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege 2O ...... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Lyons Do. Do. Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 9 - Rouen and Havre 2O - Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 . .... to Tours & Nantes ... ...... .. 9 .. •••••• tO Imo Tournay, Jurbise, Landon, _ _ and Hasselt West Flanders 8 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial - . -to Commercial of London * . *** 20 ..... ..... to .... London Joint Stock lO ..... -- London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 ...... -- ° -- Ditto, New .... .1 . to National of Ireland 22 %.. — _.. .. to Provincial of Ireland ...... .. ... to Ditto, New lO Unien of Australia 25 • ..... ..... to Ditto, New Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Eexican lOO ...... ...... to -- Asturian Mining Company 13 ...... Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolalios Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24 1 %..... Ditto Cocaei and Cuiaba... SO Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper General Mining -.. ......... ... 20 Real del Monte. Unregistered .... .. ... to Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. lO — —.. to United Mexican ....... 2 B l-4 — ... .. to LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 20.—Wind N.N.W., moderate brecz© and dull weather. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 19.—Arrd. Flora, Maitland, Prince Edward's Island. 18. Sid. Industry, Senegal; Henry Alexander, New Orleans; Caledonia, ditto; Liscard, ditto; Laidman's St. Thomas. 19, Doucel Davie, Mauritius; Charles Chaloner, New Orleans; Eu Whit ney, Boston. Off port, Blarney steamer. DEAL, OCT. 19.—Arrd. from the river and sld., Ar cad isn, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. CROOKHAVEN, OtT 16.—Arrd. Visits, Richibucto, for Cork, carried away deck load &c. CORK, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Collingwood, Havannah. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 19.—Wind N.N,E.—Arrd. Bra zilian, Power, Pernambuco, for Antwerp; Elizabeth, Midwinter, Grenada. SWANSEA, OCT. 18.—S1d. Sunbeam, Cuba; Sir L. Goldsmith, Cuba. WEYMOUTH, OCT. 19.—The Hebe, Atwool, from Neath to Portland, and the Caroline, Atwool, of Ply mouth, from Sheerness to Portland, have both been driven on shore in these roads during a gale from N.N.E. ; both are damaged, but are expected off in a tide or two. ILFRACOMBE, OCT. 19.—The Aurora, Lewis, from Cardiff, put in hero yesterday, having sprung a leak off Hangman Hill, and filled soon after, and today she b( came a total wreck ; crew and part of her materials saved. It has blown a gale here all night from N. to N.E. RIIYLE, OCT. 19.—The Downshire, Willigan, of Belfast, ford Liverpool, has been abandoned under Abergile ; crew saved. She had previously sprung a leak at sea, and is in a very bad state. HULL, OCT. 19.—1 t blew excessively heavy during the whole of last night from N.E. to N.N.E., but is now more moderate. CROMER, OCT. 19.—The stern-board of a vessel, marked " Leipzig," has been washed on shore near Steringham. It is feared that some vessel has been lost off this coast during the late N.E. gales. PEACE CONGRESS.—We understand that arrange ments are in progres s f or h o ldi ng a great meet i ng o f t h e Peacer t , t oEx Congresse receivet er -h Exeter-hall, l l , the recently on Tue presidentshd e a l yd andevening,at,Brus sels, c e peace,ctt h o e a who are expected to meet in London for the pur pose of presenting the address voted at that Congress to the Governments of Europe and America. The address will be presented by these gentlemen to Lord John Rus sell as the head of the British Government. Similar meetings in Birmingham and Manchester will follow the one in London, and it is expected that the deputation will afterwards proceed to Paris and Frankfort for the same purpose. The names of the gentlemen forming the deputation ace M. Visschers, Councillor to the Belgian Government; M. F. Bouvet, member of the French Na tional Assembly; Le Baron Swingar, of Holland ; Mr. Elihu Burritt, of the United States; and Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., for England. NATIONAL PIIILANTIIROTIC INSTITUTION, S T. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-FIELDS. --Yesterday a meeting of the managing committee of this society, for the reformation of criminal and vagrant children, was held at the institu tion, to consider the proposition for the purchase of a portion of the society's ground on building leases —the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., the treasurer, in the chair. It appears that a street from the London road to the St. George's-road, which would open a direct communication between the former and Kenning ton, has long been contemplated by different parties in the neighbourhood, so that there were several offers for the ground in question ; and the most advantageous having been decided on, thanks were voted to Mr. R. L. Jones for his advice as to the most judicious disposal of the property. A plan of the model farm school, the ground for which has been recently purchased at Barnet, and to which the institution will shortly be removed, were circulated at ,the meeting, and from an accompany. ing statement, it appeared that the system adopted at Mettrai, and other parts of the continent where kindred institutions existed, could be introduced there, the in mates being divided into families of about forty or fifty each, and instructed by a master and his wife, who would be in constant association with thew. One 0 1 these families is to form a sort of probationary class, in which the boy will be placed on his admission into the institution, and where he will be under the constant su perintendence 'of the chaplain, who will from time to time report those boys whom he may consider fitted for removal to another family. Emigration to the Bri tish colonies being the chief means proposed by the society for the ultimate provision of the boys, the in struction will be confined to reading, writing, arithmetic, and those arts which will best qualify,them for their in tended destination. A committee, consisting of the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Harrowby, and other gentlemen distinguished for their philanthropy, has been specially appointed to superintend the exacu t Sion of this plan. COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENG LAND. By Henry John Stephen, Esq., Sergeant-at Law. Second Edition. Prepared for the Press by James Stephen, Esq., Barrister .at Law. Diffidence is not in general the characteristic of those who assume the functions of literary criticism, but we will confess that we approached the gigantic work before us with some misgivings —we felt that a new treatise, as we may fairly call this, on the all important subject of the laws of England —a subject affecting the property, liberty, and life, of all over whom the British sceptre holds sway, was not to be slurred over eurrente calamo. We felt that although, in some particulars, we might venture to review a legal work, even of this magnitude, that the diurnal occupations of the editorial chair might not afford sufficient leisure to do justice either to the subject, the author, or to ourselves. These feelings were not diminished when we looked into the work itself, and made ourselves conversant with the bold design of the daring and adventurous author—when we beheld alterations unscrupulously introduced into the text of that graceful and learned commentator, whose unrivalled labours form the groundwork of this as of all other recent commentaries on the laws of Eng land, and which will be read with delight and in struction as a model of pure English composition, so long as that language remains the medium of com municating ideas. When we beheld the numerous and wide deviations from the bright and profound original, we did feel some solicitude lest the con cise and elegant author of one of our ablest text books, " Stephen on Pleading," might have attempted a task beyond even his faculties to accomplish, though bringing with him the well-merited stamp of public approbation as a most successful legal writer. In most natures it is more agreeable to bestow praise where merit points it due, than to point out defects and inflict censure when stern justice demands it in the exercise of the public censor's duty. The more agreeable part devolves on us in the present in stance. After an attentive perusal of the volumes, we find much to commend and but little to find fault with. The present work differs from all former commentaries in many important points; not only in the general plan and design, but in the analytic ar rangements adopted by his predecessors. The Learned Sergeant points out with much learning and clearness the defects in the analysis of Hale as adopted by Black stone. He retains the main division of municipal law into rights and wrongs, and the division of" wrongs" into civil and criminal. But he entirely deviates from the usual division of " rights," which hitherto have been distributed into "the rights of persons" and " the rights of things" —a form of expression which the Learned Sergeant remarks " does not elearly convey the intended meaning, and would be more fitly expressed if divided into the rights re lating to persons and the rights relating to things," in accordance with the lan guage o f t h e i nst i tutes of Justinian, " Omne jus quo utimur, vel ad personas pertinet,yel ad res, vel ad actiones." We merely notice this verbal critisism of the Learned Sergeant as leading to a more grave and important deviation from the usual order of his predecessors. In all former commentaries not only the rights immediately affect- , ing the persons, which are but two—namely, per sonal security and personal liberty —but the laws by which the person is affected in the social relations of parent and child, husband and wife, &c., are fully discussed before the question of property is examined; but, in' the present work, the learned commentator follows what appears to us the more natural order, and immediately after the absolute rights of the per son—life, liberty, and security—he enters into the consideration of the rights of property, and cor rectly, in our opinion, seeing that in considering the relative rights arising from social relations, we must presuppose property as well as the absolute ones of life, liberty, and security. Thus, then, he has re solved the rights relating to the person into the fol lowing divisions : First. Of personal rights, such as regard a man's own person. Second. Of rights of property, or such as regard his dominion over the, external things by which he is surrounded. Thirdly. Of rights in private relations as a member of a family. Fourthly. Of public rights, such as regard bis social condition as a member of the community. Wrongs are divided in accordance with, the views of Blackstone, into— First. Civil injuries, when the violation of a right merely affects an individual; and, Secondly, Into causes, when it affects the commu nityat large. _ _ _ The laws relating to highways and turnpikes, and those relating to the important subject of the Poor laws, are fully considered under their several heads in natural order, and not incidentally referred to as in Blackstone. We cannot close our first and hurried notice of this great work without expres sing our unqualified approval of the many and great improvements introduced, as well as the original matter so beautifully interwoven with the text, whence the first elements of legal lore are usually imbibed by almost every legal student. We hope speedily to return to the subject, and indicate some of those important alterations which modern legisla tion rendered necessary, and which have been so judiciously handled by the learned commentator. The obvious improvement of presenting the text in a continuous form, without the distraction of a continual reference to supplemental notes, must be manifest to every student, and deserves the highest commenda tion. Every lawyer must be familiar with the su perstructure. The concise and graceful style of the Learned Sergeant is in every way worthy of the solid and beautiful basis on which it ie erected, and we shall indeed be gratified to behold the result of this vast undertaking crowned with the success which the close research and unwearied exertions of this distinguished author so richly merit. THE AURORA BOREALIS AT LIVERPOOL.—The appearance of the aurora borealis in Liverpool and its vicinity on Wednesday night caused considerable excite ment and curiosity to the inhabitants of that town, many imagining from the deep and lurid red which these lights at times exhibited that it was the refisction of some distant fire; they covered the whole face of the heavens, and from their singular and rapid movements may well be designated the " merry dancers. Such was the effect produced by them on the wires of the o e electric c t t h r e i c ul t e a l e e h g i r n a e p s h a a l t s o g to e t r h e e nd r i e rn r p t he os s wo i blrekfinorg the of f t t h i e me. needles 1 ACCIDENT TO THE CITY OF cANTE Rp y Y af rtl of S TEA MER. CHATHAM, OCT. 19.--- Yeferday, at steamer, Captain Large, with about fi ft y p assen g ers, b past four o'clock, P.M., the City Canterbury side the Sun Pier; at Chatham, with the loss her paddle-boxes; she had left London at ten o'clock,camote o a n loeng o - f t the passenge r s da). b forew ystron g e. Me r g tAhJelwholewith o t and on her arrival off the Isle of Sheppy, owing to th e severe gales, and the heavy sea dashing over her, her The fro wind the durin gnorLh; very at starboard paddle-box was washed away. Captain Large de was la ye d very n d d e h s e i r r o n u n s h t s a t vesselhi his p i a n s t s o e n t n g o e r s m s o h n o t u n l d o fn theot b seed way, whence it was towed up to Chatham, and the pa s were landed theyeda wndperroe enabled vide to proceed to mr. dwithconveyances a to stinge rs Maidst w one e , so h gate the same night by the South-Eastern Railway. The City of Canterbury left this morning at six o'clock, shipwrights having been employed the whole night in erecting a new paddle-box. EARLY CLOSING MOTEMENT.—A public meeting, convened by a committee of employers in all trades re sident in Shoreditch and its neighbourhood, was held at the White Hart, Bishopagate-street, last night, for the purpose of promoting the early closing of establishments engaged in all descriptions of retail business. A con siderable number of respectable shopkeepers of the dis trict attended on the occasion; Mr. Hopkins, master draper, occupying the chair. Mr. Edward Deane, grocer, moved the first resolution, as follows:—" That this meeting is of opinion that while the late hour system is seriously injurious to assistants, morally, intellectually, and physically, it is also op posed to the welfare of employers, increasing, as it does, their expenses, without adding to their business, and affording them little or no opportunity for family intercourse, or other social recreations?' The motion having been seconded by Mr. George Kerry, draper, was carried unanimously. After several able speeches had been delivered, indicating the rapid pro gress which the movement is now making in the estima tion of the public generally, and the great advantages that have resulted to all parties from the adoption of the shirt-hour system among the drapers, the subjoined re solution was next moved, and also carried unanimously : —" That this meeting is of opinion that the following regulations for closing shops generally in this district cttht advantage ehoeoampeutitabnrciksnieanrsgeoo ft monthsthoce hal chemists, L i s ta p i stdat nineties i n e eb s o :of eme i l z ro . sa,c,rkef and o n m dea xt cbt eights, tchi butchers t r, sa d hn a o( y diwit o et are perfectly p rac ti ca bl e , an d wou ld b e attended with of y n Sep- S rh e i r ci p e h trades take c ap l at o lleas s rc i o n et g oh nna s on h st o alo u etnns l d srodtt t hha a yea k rn e evoe p env n l ee a in c nhi e gnosgu o , s hour e ,nho h erTn o mhu closing rop l e a sr i t otn e chg r ea ) enod ; tng e wg x h ost concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE MORNING MAlM—Notice was issued yester day at the General Post-office that the following places have been added to the list of post-towns to whioh let ters and newspapers are forwarded by the morning mail trains, and those towns to which they have been &aeon tinued:—Blandford, Bodmin, Broadway, Camelford, Chipping Norton, Edenbridge, Enstone, Evesham, Fal mouth, Fazeley, Harwich, Hilstone, Henley-on-Thames, High Wycombe, Horsham, Kettering, Leatherhead, Liskard, Losthuil, Mannington, Marlow, Magazion, Moreton•in-Marsh, Oldham, Penryn, Penzance, Per shore, REdruth, St. Neot's, St. Austel, St. Columb, Tenterdon, Tetbury, Truro, Winchfield, and Woodstock. The following have been discontinued :—Bangor, Beau maris, Bilston, Carnarvon, Conway, Holyhead, Ho') - well, Mold, Pwllheli, Salisbury, Shiffnall, Shrewsbury. St. Asaph, and Wednesbury. The letter-boxes at the receiving -houses will be open till 7 A.M. for newspapers, and 45 minutes past 7 A.M. for letters; and those at the branch offices—Charing-cross, Old Cavendish -street, the Borough, and Poplar—for newspapers until hulf-past 7 A.M., and for letters until A.M. At the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le -Grand, and the branch-office in Lombard-street, the bozos will be closed for LICIC8" LITERATURE. papers at a quarter before 8 A.M., and for letters at half past 8 A.M. ABOLITION OF QUARANTINE.-ORDER IN COUNCIL . —A communication has now been received by the Com missioners of the Customs Department from Mr. Ba thurst, ono of the clerks to the Lords of her Majesty'. Privy Council, stating that he has been directed by the Lords of the Council to inform him that an official com munication having been received on the 17th inst. by their Lordships from the General Board of Health, stating the actual existence of Asiatic cholera in Great Britain, although not in an epidemic form, and that such being the case their Lordships are of opinion that qua rantine precautions against that disease are no longer necessary ; and that he (Mr. Bathurst) was further di rected to state that in future it will not be necessary to report on or detain vessels arriving in Great Britain with cases of cholera on board ; and further, that all vessels at present under restraint of quarantine might be imme diately released. In pursuance of this communication from Mr. Bathurst, a copy of their Lordships' order has been furnished to the principal officers of the Customs Department at the several ports and places throughout the kingdom, as well as to the port of London, with di rections to take care that the same be duly obeyed. THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES.—We are requested to state that the following gentlemen were elected au ditors (and not actuaries), as incorrectly stated, at the recent meeting of actuaries reported in our impression of Monday:—B. Henderson, Esq. (of the Liverpool and London), F. G. Smith, Esq. (of the Scottish Union), and Wm. Eramens, Esq. ( o f t h e C hurch o f E ng l an d). Mr. DYCZ SOMBRE.—Pursuant to the order of the Lord Chancellor, this gentleman has arrived in town, appartnaents having been taken for him at Mivart's with the view of being examined by the medical gentlemen appointed by his Lordship. It will be recollected that by the last decision of the Lord Chancellor in this case, Mr. Dyce Sombre was restored, on certain conditions, to the control of his large property, and the object now sought to be attained is entirely to supersede the com mission of lunacy issued against him. Drs. Southey and Bright, the gentlemen who made the last report as to his state of mind, are again appointed to conduct the examination; and in addition, Sir James Clark will be present on the pa r t o f M rs. Dyce Sombre, an d M r . Martin, a gentleman whose medical experience has been acquired in India, on behalf of Mr. Dyce Sombre. BALLOONlNG.—Lieutenant Gale makes an ascent from Dundee this (Friday) afternoon. It is affirmed that Louis Philippe has declined any compromise with the elder branch of the Bourbons having for its object the recognition of Henri V. and his adoption of the Count de Paris. It is even said that Louis Philippe has by no means abandoned the hope of being able to resume his position is France! TRH BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. — Last evening a meeting of the board of directors of the above institution was held in the committee-rooms in Paternoster-row for the transaction of general business. The statement of the progress of the institution and the continued increase of new members was highly satisfac tory and encouraging. The report of the past year stated that the directors had been enabled to add up wards of 1,0001. to the permanent fund, and that the re cipients of relief had been twenty-four individuals, eighteen of whom were males and six females (widows), at a cost of 2621. 15s. 4d., of which number five were permanent annuitants. The amount of relief granted to distressed members of the trade since 1840 had been nearly 1,3001. In connexion with the above there is a " Provident Retreat" for aged and decayed members of the trade, consisting of seven houses, most pleasantly situate at Abb o t s L ang l e y, Herta, in which th ere are at present only two inmates. The distinguished Italian sculptor, Baron Maro chetti, is at present in Glasgow, on a visit to some of the members of the committee on the Wellington monument. —Glasgow Constitutional. INQUEST.—Yesterday Mr. Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at the Duke of Wellington, Cannon -street, St. George's, touching the death of Sarah Sutton, aged 67, a mariner's widow. John Sutton, a labouring man, son of deceased, deposed that she had been entirely do pendent on him for sustenance. Latterly she had suf fered a good deal from witness's inability to support her; in fact, she frequently wanted the common necessaries of life. She, however, retained her usual health up to the forenoon of Wednesday, when she was seized with a sort of fit, and fell heavily on the floor of a miserable room at 23, Cornwell-street, in the above neighbourhood. She never rallied, and died in a few hours afterwards. Mr. Roberts, the surgeon, said that the poor creature was in a most wretched condition, attired in rags, and not hav ing a blanket to cover her. Witness could readily attri bute the apoplexy resulting in death to a want of suffi cient covering, and the absence of other necessaries. The Coroner remarked on the distressing nature of the case, and the jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death." HULL CORN EXCHANGE.—The gentlemen appointed at the late meeting to obtain a Thursday's market, find ing it expedient to waive the proposition, confined them selves to asking for some improvements in the place where the Tuesday's market is held. The deputation was received with much urbanity by the property com mittee of the corporation, who promised attention to the alterations sought for, including the covering in of the centre of the market. COURT CIRCULAR. WIND SOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the pleasure-grounds around the Castle. Prince Albert hunted this morning with the hariers. His Royal Highness was attended by Captain the lion. J. Denman, and Colonel Seymour. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Eliza of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, arrived to-day at half-past one o'clock, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Her Majesty was attended by ber Lady in Waiting, and Earl Howe, Lord Cham berlain. The Hon. Miss Kerr and the Hon. Miss Cavendish have succeeded the Hon. Misses Murray and Mac donald, as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene High nesses the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg and the Princess Eliza of Hohenlohe Langenburg, their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Eliza of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, the Lady in Waiting of the Queen Dowager, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Earl Howe, Lord John Russell, Lord Edward Howard, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Coldstream Guards will attend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch took leave of her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday morn ing, at the Priory, Stanmore, and left for town. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princesses Amelia and Eliza of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, and attended by Marchioness of Ormonde and Earl Howe, afterwards took her departure for Windsor Castle. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, OCT. 19. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES.—The Hon. Mrs. Osborne, from 10th Cliff Cottage ; Mrs. Pelham Warren, from 9th Cliff Cottage ; Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., from Grantham House, for Town ('tis said the Vice- Commodore is tired of his yacht, the Flirt, thinks her too large, and has either sold or is about selling her). The Countess of Darnley leaves Beach Villa on Monday next. Captain Hamlyn Williams is ex pected to leave Belmore House in about a week. ARRIVALS.—Mr. Hare has taken Busigny House for the winter, and Mr. Williams Claremont House. Lady Ashworth is in treaty for Trafalgar House. J. Gee, Esq., has taken Castle Hill Cottage for a term of years. Captain Kelly is in treaty for Moor House. Married, on Tuesday last, at St. Paul's Church, Whippingham, Gustavus Edward Estwick, youngest son of R. Estwick, Esq., of Kingston, Surrey, for merly Comptroller of the Customs here, to Sarah Elizabeth, second daughter of W. A. D. Nunn, Esq., of Broadlands, Newport. Died, on the 14th, W. Dawson, Esq., Comptroller of the Customs at this port. HULL POLICE COURT, OCT. 19.—BASTARDY CASE. --" CHAPMAN v. BEAUCLERCK."—This case, which was heard privately about a fortnight ago, and adjourned, was this day resumed in public, before George Cook man and Thomas Palmer, Esqrs., magistrates of the borough, when such portions of the evidence as had been committed to writing by the magistrates' clerk during the private investigation were read over, and an alibi attempted to be proved to-day, by Lord Frederick Beauclerck. After a ve r y p a ti en t h e a r i ng the magistra te s consulted a short time, and decided i n f a vour of the complainant, Miss Chapman. The evid ence was after wards animadverted upon by Mr. Palmer, as b e i ng very contradictory, and the particular points stated which had weighed with him in coming to a conclusion. It is much to be regretted that the licence indulged in by the wigged members of the bar should be aped by attornies practising in police courts, by whic h informers h who drawn and char ac t ers aspersed prejudic ial to parties do not appear on the face of the evidence at all con nected with th e case . To-d ay great lib e rties were taken by the defendant's solicit or with an absent party, in order to strengthen his client's case. The marriage of Dudley Coutts Majoribanks, second son of Edward Maj oribanks, Esq., with Isabella, eldest daught er o f Sir Jalnes at W S e t i . George's,r Hogg, 13ar H e a , n M. ove P r ..., was solemnis e d y esterday, square. The ceremony Rev. H. Pitt Chohnondelwas performed by the Hon. and given by eY, and a dejeuner was after wards Lady l ing, at her residence iu Grosvenor-square. STATE or THE M ETROPOLIS.—The physical and moral state; of It is a factmenyparts of London calls loudly for amendment. Abbteh at, in a sma ll s pace in West minster, clo se to t h e are crowded together in inhabitants of this disnt 3', no fewer than 700 families . 190 hou ses . Ab ove 500 o f th e part or f ictare unmarried; while, in al most every oth er drained, ill-ventil ate d co t he metropolis, the filthy, un urts will su pply a proporti ona t e amount of persons en tirelyregardless of this social in stitution. Alth oug h mu gating the evil by draining and v en til a ti on , a vas t d ea l still remains to be acc omp l ished e ; and, in order to th e nuisances, removal of suchs, it is at first necessary it o a name should be known that they the town some of the wor st courts At the west-end of courtts are situated. The re is one known b spot is 45 yards lon y the r of Orchard-pl ace ; t hi s g and houses. There resid e d i n thiB broad, an d conta i ns 27 fami lies, including 882 Persons, of w h om 582 were above s court, i n 1845, 217 fourteen years of age. Th e wa s thus comprised i n a popul a ti on o f a l arge v i llage single numb er r court, and it might b e s upposed that a larger c rowded therein. It is of persons could not b e nevertheless true that the popu lation of Orchard-place h a s, 217 to 476 families, and froms since 1845, increased from 882 to 1,222 individuals. Th e number of adults is 88 or larger than its entire population,at the former period. Disease, as may be imagined, is rarely if ever absent fromsuch loca lities, an a nd it is there that the choler a or y o th er pest ilen ce may be expect ed t o c ause its worst ravages. The wea l t hy, who dwell in the streets and squares behind which these cong r egated abodes of wretchedness are situated, are little aware, or apparently wholly careless, of their existence. One of the first steps toward amelioration must consist in the erection of dwellings ;fit for human beings to dwell in, and recent efforts in this direction are something more than a recognition of the evil which it is so desirable to eradicate. Mr. J. C. Bennett, late clerk at the Margate Savings' Bank, and who decam p ed with above 2,0001 . of the funds, was brought down on Monday night in the cu stody o f a Bow-street police. officer, and after a private examination before a magistrate at the York Hotel, re manded to Dover gaol. We understand that since leav ' the town the fugitive has been to America, but having mg no peace of mind retu rned to g ive himself up to justice.— Kentish Observer. e a —Th ' 13Aris. OF MANCNESTS • _ annual meeting of the shareholders of t he Bank o f Manchester was held on Wednesday a t the Clarence FarrarHotel, Manch ester , M r. G. R. Chappell presiding. air. E read the report, which stated that in J une, 1847, the net assets of the concern were estimated at 82,151/. 35. Id., and the liabilities at 20,210/. 3s. led. The assets at present were estimated to produce 35,243/. O. Id, ties outstanding amounte d to 18,780/. Is surplus of 66,452/. Is. Bd. The cash, whilst th e liabili ties 4d., leavi ng a in the hands of the directors was 40,6 031 . 65. r e port was adopted, and the retiring director s re-el The ected. A committee was then appointed to confer with the dir ec t ors as to what steps should be taken to p a y the shareh o ld ers a sum of 68. Bd. per share, and a lso to consider the propriety of e-establishing the bank as a bank of discount. After a to of thanks to the chairman, the meeting terminated. THE UNEMPLOYED AT GLASGOW. —We learn that in consequence of the recent decision of Sheriff Alison, regarding the right of the able-bodied poor to interim parochial relief, the parochial authorities of the city have arranged to apply a labour test to the applicants for re lief, who may now be expected to become very numerous. This test, we understand, will, in the first instance, be to set them to work along with the firemen and scavengers of the city, in aiding the sanitary measures which are now being so vigorously enforced through every quarter of the municipality. Yesterday forenoon, the practical value of the test was exemplified in the case of seven of the unemployed who a pplied for relief. When told of the conditions on which it would be granted, four of the number refused to work, and their application was, of course, at once dismissed. —North British Mail. SCOTCH COOLNESS.—The tranquillity and phlegm of the Scotch, in the most extraordinary circumstances, " brings to mind," sa y s Colman, in his " Random Records," "the incredible tale of the Sootchman's tumble from one of the loftiest houses in the old town of Edinburgh. He slipped, says the legend, off a roof sixteen stories high; and when midway in his descent through the air, he arrived at a lodger looking out at a window of the eighth floor, to whom (as he was an ac quaintance) he observed, en pageant, ' Eh, Saundy, mon! ' sic, a to' as I shall haer " LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, lB4B. LAMARTINE. [The following simple but heart-spoken Chanson is the effusion of a Frenchman resident in London. Our correspondent, deprived by his absence from France of the power of placing his vote in the urn for the election of President, employs his suffrage poetically through the urn of Public Opinion.] MON VOTE POUR LA PRESIDENCE. CHANSON. C'est bien tout de bon qu'est, la France, En ripublique, cette foie. Il faut donner la pr4iidence: Voyons: chacun a fait son choix. Mui, je veux un sage, un grand homme, Lamartine, oh! quel noble coeur! C'est lui que president je nomme. De l'urne it sortira vainqueur! Aux applaudissemens du monde Il sortira heal par tons, Et de sa victoire feconde Quel roi ne sera point jaloux? La liberid veut elle memo Avoir de son sacre I'honneur. Elle dit: " Proclamons qui j'aime! De l'urne it sortira vainqueur I Et qui le surpasse on regale En amour, en zele pour moi? Quelle vertu plus deuce et male? Ou plus d'irlbranlable foi?... Comme Milton it est poete. Jamais plus sublime orateur! Quelle ame! Le ciel s'y take. De l'urne it sortira vainqueur!" En moi to me parks, j'emute, Et Liber6, Ma pie'erence eat I lui, toute: Jo dois ce vote A mon pays. Alma que to voix p:edomine En toute penl6., en tout eceurl Liberte, vivo Lamartine! Be l'urne it sortira vainqueurl SONNETS. BY HENRY FRANK LOTT. " Ghosts of melodious prophesyings rave Round every spot where trod Apollo's foot." Kate. COLERIDGE'S TOMB. With cloud and sunset autumn's eventide _ _ Made the earth beautiful—what time I stood, In reverent gaze and meditative mood, Coleridge's mural monument beside, Whereon's engraved, in somewhat pompous pride, His Christian meekness and his fortitude: But, though the service-bells most sweetly wooed Mine ear to worship, I was not allied In sentiment to those who gathered there; For, added to the undefined strange spell That ever is around me, standing where Sleepeth the poet —my soul's eye and ear Was charmed by tones from wondrous Christabel, And glance of that old wild-eyed Mariner! CAMPBELL'S FUNERAL.. Inurned is Byron's heart ; pure Shelley's brain, The ocean that he loved so quenched its fire; Southey, Keats, Coleridge sleep: and now retire Campbell's last relics to yon holy fane. Rogers and Moore and Wordsworth but remain Of that inimitable tuneful choir That made our language as it wero a lyre Strung by the Passions—through their 'aria strain. Apollo listless holds him on his throne, With unnerved hand and eyes that thoughtful swim. And sigh suppressed, that bursting, maketh moan— " Time shall behold the sun himself grow dim' Ere in one age, and from one land alone, We list to such another glorious hymn." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERD A Y. An extraordinary eagerness was manifested to back Backbiter for the Cambridgeshire, and an outlay of several hundreds following upon some heavy investments i❑ the morning, sprung him to 6 to 1, at which figure his supporters would have gone on. Dacia suffered from this movement ; nor was Lanesborough in so much re quest as on Monday. The Cur was quoted nominally at 30 to 1; no one would back him. Fern and Buscot Buck were the only outsiders in anything like force. Apart from the horses mentioned the betting was very dull. Closing prices : CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot—take 5 to I 6 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Backbiter, 3 yrs, Sst 131 b—t 7 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dacia, 3 yrs, sst 91b— t 8 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Lanesborough, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 5 yrs, 9st 11Ib 20 to 1 agst Major Pitt's Fern, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Geraldine, 5 yrs, 6st 71b 25 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Wanota, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 25 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Pryse's Buscot Buck, aged, Bst—t 30 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd's The Cur, 6 yrs, 9st llb 35 to 1 agst Major Martyn's The Moor, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Dulcet, 6 yrs, Bst 61b 400 to 100 agst Lanesborough and Chanticleer—taken CRITERION STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Silistria colt 6 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Garrick DERBY. 2,000 to 40 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker COVENT-GARD/1N THEATRE.—The enthusiasm of a densely crowded audience on Wednesday evening►, at this theatre, on the occasion of Mr. Sims Reeves' ap pearance in the character of Elvino, in the popular opera of La Sonnambula, will form an epoch in the annals of the lyric stage. Encores, recals, and floral ovations greeted the gifted tenor throughout the whole opera; and Mr. Bunn will assuredly reap a rich harvest from the brilliant success of Mr. S. Reeves. Miss Remer and Mr. Whitworth were admirable adjuncts, and contributed much to the general excellence of the per formance. MRS. NISBETT.—This accomplished actress has lately been making a most successful tour i n t h e pro vinces. Since she left London in July, she, in con junction with her sister, Miss Jane Mord aunt, h as played at Brighton, Windsor, Southampton, Portsmouth, Swan sea, Cardiff, Bath, Bristol, and Plym out h— returning a second time to Brighton, where, we believe, she is now repeating several of her best parts. ROYAL COLOSSEUM.-This exhibition continues to be frequented daily by numerous visitors. Th e co l ossal Panorama of Paris by night is as attractiv e as ever. The regulated temperature which is preserv e d i n every part renders a visit to . it at all ti mes d elightful, and, com bined with its various attractions, forms one of the most favourite resorts in the metropolis in a ll seasons. The panorama, being exhibited by art ifi cial light, is seen with equal effect in November as in the brighter days of Summer. The Countess of Newburgh has been receiving a large circle of distinguished friends at Slindon House. T4ord and Lady Dormer lett on Wednesday for London. IRELAND. CLONMEL, WEDNESDAY.—The Quarter Sessi ons , were opened last week by Sergeant Howley, assistant barrister for the county. Four men were put on trial this day for having pikes On their possession. They were convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard labour. ACCIDENT ON THE TIPPERARY BRANCH OP THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. — Intelligence was received here this morning of an accident on the Tipperary branch of the Great Southern and Western Railway. The novelty of the occurrence (it being the only circumstance of the kind that has taken place since the opening of the line) tended in no slight degree to place the event in a very distressing point of view. It appears that on the Tipperary and Limerick branch there is but a single line of rails laid down, and that the pre vention of accidents resulting from the unfinished state of the branch line was a subject of anxious consideration to the superintendent. However, not withstanding the caution of the superintendent, two trains came in collision last night on the Tipperary branch, by which two guards were killed and several persons injured. A man was stabbed in this town last night. The offence had no connexion with public or political matters. It arose out of a private quarrel. DUBLIN, THURSDAY.—AII at once the autumn has been cut short, and we have entered upon the winter, with every appearance of unusual harshness and se verity. There has not been for many a year so early a winter. It commenced yesterday morning with keen north-east winds, frost, snow, and hail. So sudden was the change that people were totally un prepared, and the poor —now so numerous and desti tute a class in all quarters—have their miseries aggravated by a rigorous winter. THE DUBLIN COMMISSION. Mr. Kemmis, jun., of the Crown Solicitor's office, is now in Dublin, preparing for the commission, which opens on Saturday next. Mr. Justice Tor rens, of the Common Pleas, and Judge Crampton, of the Queen's Bench, will be the presiding Judges. The city calendar contains the following names, from which it will be observed that Mr. Gavan Duffy is to be tried for felony, and not high treason : " Charles Gavan Duffy, aged 32, felony, by publishing the Nation; Richard Dalton Williams, 27, felony, by publishing the I r i s h T r ib une; Kevin od O'Doherty, 24, felony, by publishing the Irish Tribune." Yesterday the Board of Superintendence of New gate met, and issued an order, prohibiting all inter course with those prisoners, with the sole exception of their nearest female relatives. Mr. John Lawless, one of the State prisoners, was yesterday removed from Newgate, to give evidence at Clonmel on behalf of Mr. Meagher. TnE HARVEST.—In some backward districts corn still stands in the fields, whilst the ground is covered with snow. For many years such an occurrence has not been witnessed in this country. After so long a period of fine harvest weather, there is no excuse for this culpable neglect, which, however, proves the great necessity of the system of practical agricultural instruction introduced by Lord Clarendon. The Tipperary Vindicatsr contains the following : " It is not an unusual sight in the neighbourhood of Nenagh to see oat fields yet uncut. The ear in many cases is quite empty of grain, and farmers are unwilling to reap the crop, which has been a wretchedly bad one in general. Potatoes are decaying with astounding rapidity; and what with the disease and the general prac tice among farmers of consuming their stock as quickly as they can, it is feared there will not be a potato in the country at Christmas!" THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. TRIAL OF MR. T. F. MEAGHER. CLONMEL, OCT. 18.—The court met to-day soon after ten o'clock, when the examination of witnesses was pro ceeded with : Patrick Ford, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL —ldentified Mr. Meagher as having come with Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Dillon to Callan, on Monday, the 24th of July. He recounted the speeches of Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Meagher very much in the way the policeman had given them on the previous evening. The constable Mahoney made a joint note of their speeches the same night. The paper was written by Mahoney, and it was in Mahoney's possession. After the speeches the three gentlemen went away on the car together, to the road leading to the Nine-mile House. Cross-examined by Mr. BUTT—His evidence was given both from his recollection and from the notes. The sen tences ho had quoted did not follow one another, there were a great many sentences between them. He did not say that the sentences he had omitted would not alter the meaning of the whole speech. James Lalor, constable, examined by the SOLICITOR GENERAL—Identified Mr. Meagher as having been at Nine mile House with other two gentlemen, on Monday, the 24th of July. The other two gentlemen were Mr. Dillon and Mr. O'Brien. Witness never knew any of the gentlemen before. He had been ten years stationed at Nine. mile House. Mr. Meagher and witness had a conversation. He did not speak about the clubs. They remained about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes, when they went ou the road to Carrick. Cross-examined by Mr. WHITESIDE—The three gen tlemen stayed about a quarter of an hour. Often saw these gentlemen come to the place before. Next saw Mr. Meagher in Rilmainham gaol. Constable Hamilton corroborated the evidence of the last witness , . lie was examined at great length, and in the course of his cross-examination stated that he had never read Lamartine's " History of the Girondists."— (Mr. Butt read a passage from that work and from an other, but the witness said the words were not those ut. tered by Mr. Meagher at Carrick.) Would swear Mr. Meagher did not say anything in praise of the British Constitution. The sentences he had ascribed to Mr. Meagher were not consecutive, words and sentence s in tervened. Ile could n o t recollect the last sentence of his address, his attention at that moment was ,taken off by something in the crowd. Mr. Meagher told the people that he did not expect to have seen them again so soon, but the base and bloody Government of England had taken another step in the work of destruction. For every step theytook he would take another, till they stood face to lace. Are z on ready to stand before the military? The English Government had trampled on all laws, it had refused to give the people law ; but now they were prepared to give them no law, with packed juries and bloody judges . They have persecuted the bravest of Ire land's young citizens with demon vengeance. What we are about to do requires but a few hours' deliberation. We must not be carried away by the enthusiasm of our feel ings. To make our ship sail steadily, we must have ballast—we must have sails—we must have a stout arm at the helm —we must have stout arms to man her. Now is the time to strike the blow, to make Ireland for her lovely sons. Are you ready with nerved arms to give effect to that blow ? I am ready, with those stal wart bodies—those stout hearts—through good and ill success, to strike that blow. If we fall, we shall sink like the fireship of the French Republic —we shall sink from view with one cry of " Long live the Repub lic l" which will rise to the hearing of generations yet unborn. There are many of you here this day who have children, who, if we fall, shall rise in thirty years to come to avenge their fathers' bloody graves. What care I for all their force. They may threaten us with death —they may tear from us our lives ; more they cannot, for they have already deprived us of all else besides. Death is the worst they can inflict—death is the ut most bounds of all their threats. They are about to renew the bloody scenes of '9B. Then we had the men of talent to stand by us ; then, too, they per secuted those talented men ; then, too, they had packed juries and bloody judges ; then, too, they had. a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; then, too, the judges, with folded arms, presided over those scenes red with the blood of their victims, and retired to their festivities, satisfied with having done their duty to their Government. But I tell them that the time is now come when that mown down grass has sprung up again, and hero it is (pointing to the people beneath him). I tell them that the grass which I see here shall rise in one rapid swathe, and bury beneath its overwhelming growth the destroyers of our lovely island. Mr. SCOTT—Did he say anything more? Witness— He said more, but I don't remember it.—(Laughter.) Mr. Meagher then went into Mr. Purcell's house. The people appeared to be very much excited. Witness put this down in writing, as soon as he returned to the barrack. Cross-examined by Mr. Burr—Witness was on the same aide of the street with the house where Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Meagher spoke. The crowd was excited and moved to and fro. They cheered the speech. Police-constable Coghlan examined—Witness was in Carrick on the 24th July, and gave evidence respecting the visit of Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Meagher to Carrick on that day. Also saw a person named O'Mahotzlewmith them in M r . P urcell ' s window. He was there S. O'Bri en a dd ressed the meeting. Therewere w 3,ooo o r ; 4,000 persons present. On his return to his barrack he took notes of what Mr. O'Brien had said. Mr. Meagher alluded to the arrest of Mr. Mitchell and his transpor tation. He said one of the most talented and gifted of the young citizens was taken from amongst them by means of a packed jury, and I cannot say whether it was perjured and bloody judges. Fur some time I could not hear the words at all. There was a great deal of the speech and many of the words that I can have no recollection of at all. He said also that many of those around him had children, and that in thirty years to come, when aroused by some young spirit, like him, to a spirit of revenge, they might complete the work they left unfinished, and have revenge for the blood) grates of their fathers. The witness was requested to repeat the words, but on repeating them did no make any mention of " bloody graves.' Mr. WHITESIDE—Now, can you repeat this?—(reads rapidly)—" The mercenary informer knows no distinc tion. - Under such a system the obnoxious people are slaves." Witness--Oh I—(Laugh ter.) Mr. WHITESIDE—Can you repeat this? Witness—lf you stop there I can.—(Laughter.) Mr. WHITESIDE—But did not Mr. Meagher speak very rapidly? Witness---Yes. He is a very nice young man.—(Laugh ter.) Mr. WHITESIDE—Yes, and you are trying to do him all the service in your power. Now, can you repeat this? " A mercenary informer knows no distinction. Under such a system the obnoxious people are slaves, not only to the Governmeat, but they live at the mercy of every individual. They are at once the slaves of the whole community, and of every part of it; and the worst and most unmerciful men are those on whose goodness they most depend. In this situation men not only shrink 1 from the frowns of a stern magistrate, but aro obliged to fly from their very species. The .seeds of destruction are sown in civil intercourse and in social habitutes. The bl )od of wholesome kindred is infected. The tables and be Is are surrounded with snares. All the means given by Providence to make life safe and comfortable are perverted into instruments of terror and torment." Witness—l don't think there is a man in the court would do it.—(Laughter.) Mr. WHITESIDE—You may go down. Witness—l say the word "spy "is not applicable to me. I was only in the discharge of my duty. John Geary, a police constable, also gave evidence respecting the speech of Mr. Meagher at Carrick-on- Suir. His report of the passage, referring to the French fire-ship, differed from the other reports. He repre sented Mr. Meagher to have said, " The French fire ship that sunk and rose again so to show to the world the benefit of a glorious Republic." Cross-examined by Mr. BUTT—Wrote out the speecb, next day. Had a perfect recollection of it. Mr. BUTT—Then repeat it for me. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—SureIy the witness can look through the document to refresh his memory. Mr. BUTT—He cannot. The cross-examination Would he to no purpose if he 1 . - ,ere allowed to do so. Witness endeavoured to repeat the report without re fering to his notes, but failed to do so, though he said he had read his notes that morning. Mr. BUTT—Can you repeat one sentence?—(No an swer.) Come, I will give you two words, "French fire-- ship." Witness—" The French fire-ship that sunk b.c neath the waters, and rose again, showing forth to th e eorld the benefits of a glorious Republic. ' Mr. BUTT—Can you go on with the next " th en hurra? Witness—" Then, hurra for the Republic." Mr. BUTT—WeII, go on? " but we must not—" Witness made no answer. Mr. BUTT—Were you ever degraded for drunkenness? Witness—No. Mr. BUTT—Did you lose service for drunkennesss? Witness—Yes, I lost five years' service. Mr. BUTT—Can you tell me one sentence of the speech Mr. Meagher uttered? Witness—l have already repeated it. Mr. Burr—l call upon you to repeat one sentence of it for me.—Witness made no answer. Mr. Gore Jones, stipendiary magistrate, gave evidence respecting the visit of Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Meagher to Carrick-on•Suir. _ D. Williams, head-constable, was then called. Mr. WHITESIDE here submitted that the acts of Mr. O'Brien could not be received in evidence against Mr. Meagher. They were not charged in the same indict ment. The COURT overruled the objection, but a note of the point was reserved. _ _ . The examination of Williams was then proceeded with, and he detailed the proceedings at Mullinahone, as he had done before on the previous trials. He added to his former evidence, that he heard Mr. O'Brien read a song from a book. This had been brought to his recol lection in consequence of a witness on a former trial having said that he sung a song. He then reiterated his statements regarding the demand Mr. O'Brien made for his arms, and his refusal. Constable Wiggins corroborated the previous witness. Timothy Sullivan detailed the proceedings of Mr. Smith O'Brien at Mullinahone. Thomas Burke examined—Witness repeated the evi dence given by him on the former trials respecting the proceedings at Ballingarry. To Mr. BUTT—I was in the crowd carrying a pitch fork myself. _ George Spooner deposed likewise to the transactions at Ballingarry. Saw Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Dillon, and a gentleman he heard was Mr. Meagher, drilling the people. Mr. WHITESIDE—I object to that; he now mentions a name he did not mention before. Mr. SAUSSE—Turn about, and tell me did you see that gentleman there? (pointing to Mr. Meagher.) Wit ness—l cannot say I saw him there. To Mr. Burr-4 swore two informations. After some further evidence, already adduced on the other trials, and entirely of a formal character, the Court adjourned. THE STAR STEAM- PACKET COMPANY. The annual general court of proprietors of the Star Steam-packet Company was held at the Lite rary Institution at Gravesend on Wednesday last, to receive the annual report of the proceedings of the company, elect ten directors, appoint auditors for the year ensuing, and to declare a dividend. James Harmer, Esq., of Ingress Abbey, presided. From the annual statement for the year ending the 30th of September, it appeared that the earnings of the packets amounted to 18,8121.55. ld.; to which were to be added miscellaneous receipts, making to gether a total of 19,62 V. ss. 3d. The expenditure for the same period amounted to 15,6001. 53., leaving a balance of 4,0281. Os. 3d., from which there had been paid to Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., in full satisfaction for the new Star, 3,4001. ; and for the purchase of 59 shares on account of the remain ing proprietors, 1131. 55., leaving with other sums due to the company, an available cash balance of 8811. 2s. 7d. In presenting this statement to the proprietors, the auditors congratulated them upon the improvement of their property and prospects, al: d expressed their anprobation of the conduct of the directors, and es pecially of their judicious arrangement in the sub stitution of another new vessel for the Comet, for which 2,000/. had been allowed. In consequence of this favourable state of the company's affairs, the directors tilt warranted in recommending that a divi dend of 5 per cent. be paid, which Mr. Dobson, the secretary, stated would take about 730/., and which was afterwards agreed to. A discussion was raised relative to the allowance to the auditors, wbo, it appeared, since the formation of the company had received five guineas each for their services. The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors, thinking that fifteen guineas would be adequate for the services of the five auditors, had written to these gentlemen respecting it, but bad not received any answer from either of them ; and the directors now thought it better to leave the matter in the hands of the sub scribers. The deed, however, gave them twenty- five guineas. Mr. ANDERTON condemned what he termed the cursed deed ; there was no improvement or altera tion ever suggested but what the deed was in the way. He remembered having written to the secre tary relative to the directors, signifying his wish, that if any vacancy should occur in that body it should not be tilled up: and how was that letter met? That the deed compelled such vacancies to be filled up. It was not an Act of Parliament, and he thought the sooner it was done away with the better. In reference to the allowance to the auditors, he should have thought at least that it was due from those gentlemen to have replied to the directors, and their not doing so he should have taken as an assent on their part to take the reduced sum. He concluded by moving that the sum of fifteen guineas be allowed to them for their services. Mr. H. MARRIOTT, one of the directors, thought that his friend Anderton, in alluding to the deed, which gave the directors an allowance of 4201„ ought at least to have given that body credit for relin quishing, as they had done, a great portion of that sum. It would be better for them to deal on the square, for they would then know what they were acting upon.—(Hear, hear.) Air. ARNOLD, the treasurer, said be thought it but fair to the auditors to state that if the matter was set tled that day by the shareholders for the reduced allowance, it would be as gratifying to their feelings as to the proprietors themselves ; but they did not approve of the directors acting in it of their own ac cord, and they were desirous of baying the principle established by the shareholders. Mr. ANDERTON said it was only :by getting the principle established that they could get at the interest. With regard to the reduction made by the directors alluded to by Mr. Marriott, he thought it highly honourable to those gentlemen to have consented to it. He concluded by moving that the auditors' re port and that of the directors be received and adopted ; which being duly seconded, was unanimously agreed to, as was likewise the reduced allowance to the auditors. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chair man, directors, auditors, treasurer, and secretary, the proprietors proceeded to re-elect the whole of the di rectors and auditors for the year ensuing, when the meeting separated. We can add little to our recent observations re specting the state of commercial affairs in the City. Since the settlement of the account on the Stock Ex change yesterday money seems to be more abundant, and to day it can be obtained on first-class securities on decidedly lower terms. The sole cause of this state of things is the total absence of enterprise in every depart ment of commercial business, operations being strictly limited to current wants, scarcely any reduction of price operating as a temptation to purchase on speculation. The measure is, therefore, strictly that of current con sumption, even the retail dealers keeping their stocks on hand as low as possible, and often coming to market twice a week. The shipping trade may be generally stated to be in a worse situation than the inland, the best business doing being in the towns and villages of the agricultural districts. In this state of things money is easily procured by loan o❑ public securities, and were it not for the uncertainty which prevails as to whether or not the Chancellor of the Exchequer has disposed of the new stock to be created, there is scarcely a doubt that prices would be forced up higher. Every day that passes, however, more and more clearly shows that Sir Charles Wood committed a gross financial blunder by not tuking the loan by tender in the usual form, as we have repeatedly stated, and which every practical man of business has since confirmed.—Herald. A SLEEPY TRAVELLER.—One day last week one of our denizens went to Perth to transact business, in tending :to return by the last train. In pursuance of this intention he entered one of the omnibuses standing on the South-street, Perth. He had not been long in it when he was overtaken by sleep, and in this state driven to the Barnhill station; but, as he was not per ceived by the driver, he was driven back to the Fair City, where the omnibus was placed in a coach yard, for the night. Our traveller did not discover his mi stake until about four o'clock next morning, when he a,vvoke shivering with cold, and, after groping about for some time in a fit of bewilderment, found that he had passed the night in the inside of the vehicle,—Lundes c'eurien .........• Y.l