The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-08 00:00:00

A MA.LGAMKIION an 2 the FINANCIAL POSITION OF RAILWAY PROPERTY.—The Share nolders of the London and North-Western, Midland, Great Westorn. Great Northern, and all Railways, will receive pest free an abstract Vlcw of Railway Management, the Financial Position of Railway ➢roperty in General, with instructions relative to the necessary steps to be taken respecting amalgamation. Apply by letter to Messrs. May and Co. Railway Valuers and Accountants (enclosing order for 2s. 6d.), Co., 10, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. rnewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, The new and original Historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN L'IVIL, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Rowe, and Parselle ; Airs. L. S. Buckingham and Mrs. starling. After ,which, the successful new Farce called A CAPITAL MATCH, by Mr. Keeley and Miss Rosa Bennett. The petite Comedy of a NOVEL EXPEDIENT. To conclude with the Farce of DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. ROYAL, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vesta,. THIS EVENING, Nov. 8, Will be performed TAKING EY STORM. After which, the new Comic Drama of MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Roxby, F. Matthews, Baker, and Suter; Mrs. 1. Matthews, Miss Julia St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Fanny Baker, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Jason, Miss Julia St. George; Medea, Madame Vestris. To eonclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters Paal Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Pond. st reet. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'III. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. D. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be reylved the celebrated Drama of THE FLOWERS OF rIE FOREST, a Gipsy story, by Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, .f 7 merY, and H. Bedford ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Keeley, and Madame Celeste. After which, the first time here, the Farce of A WIFE FOR A AY, in which the celebrated American Comedian, Mr. Josh. : 4 .l,sbee, and Mrs. A. Wigan, will appear. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Play, in five acts, by West tnd Marston. E sq ., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters C. K e an, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal charac - r by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO ; in which Mr. Wright and Mr. Harley will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Second Week of the Dramatic Season, and of the new gorgeous spectacle of Enchantment, which has been nightly received with immense applause. TIIIe EVENING (NOVEMBER the Bth) the Performances commence at Seven o'clock with the Grand Equestrian Spec tacle entitled THE BRIDE OF GOLCONDA ; or, the Genus of the Ring. New Scenery, Costumes, and appointments, and embracing all the best resources of this Theatre. To be followed by increased Novelties in the Scenes of the Circle, introducing the First Eques trian and Gymnastic Talent in Europe—including those extraordi nary artistes the Brothers Seigriet. To conclude with the popular Farce of MISCHIEF MAKING. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Hall-past Six eclock; Box-office open from Eleven to to Four daily. Half Price at half-past Eight. TIER MAJES I TY'S THEATRE ASSOCTo be incorporated under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110, or by Royal Charter. Applications for Shares wilt be received until MONDAY, the 15th inst., addressed to Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Masterman, 17, klesibury. SHAREHOLDERS' PRIVILEGES. Proprietor of 50 Shares will be entitled to a Personal Entree for all Representations. a Reserved Seat in the Pit for all Represen tations. a Pit Stall far two !Re presentations a-week, the particular days being selected by the Shareholder in his preliminary notice. a Pit Stall for all Repre sentations. 1. The Pit will be divided into separate seats, each seat to be imbered ; but space will he retained for general circelatlon. 2. A Proprietor of 50 Shares and upwards may, before the Ist of Pebruary preceding each Season, transfer his privilege of admission luring that Season to a Nominee; and a Proprietor of Shares, con stituting two or more of the above qualifications, may, in like man rer, transfer each privilege to a Nominee, who will be entitled to the privilege transferred in lieu of the Proprietor. 3. The right of admission to a Stall or Reserved Seat may be transferred nightly, by voucher from the Proprietor or his Nominee ; the Transferee paying at the Theatre for each Representation half the usual price of admission. 4. The actual holder on the Ist of February in each year of the number of Shares specified above, will be the Proprietor entitled to the proportionate privileges during the ensuing Season. 5. The intention of the Proprietor to avail himself of the above privileges must be declared before the let of February preceding each Season. S. In tile event of a Proprietor not desiring to avail himself of tke above privileges, it will bo at his option to have an allowance, equal in the whole to four per cent. on his Shares, in payment or diminu tion of any subscription, for not less than fifteen nights, which he May enter into for a Box or otherwise. 7. To suit the convenience of individual Shareholders, the Com mittee will have a discretionary power, before the commencement of each Season, and by an arrangement with the Shareholders, to sub stitute for his right of admission during that Season any equivalent rights. b.:\ discretionary power will likewise he vested in the Committee to reserve such further privileges to the Shareholders, in proportion to their Shares, as circumstances may be found to allow, and gene rally to make such regulations as may appear expedient for the general interest of the Proprietary Body. P. The above privileges are independent of the dividend receivable by the Proprietor in respect of his Shares. 100 Shares 150 Shares 200 shares PORTRAITS VELLINGTON AND SOULT, Wlrtl MEMOIRS AND F IC-SIM/LES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. A PORTRAIT OF TUE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TOGR,THER WITH THE MOST' 'PLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY IVYON, ;,,R WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS TEIIS DAY PUBLISHED, NT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE SIXPENCE. Sqn Office, Nov. 8, 1852. lITMI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ".'E-4 Dia —slorninz, 54 min. after 10 I Evening 95 min. after 11 'r . .-Igoaitow—Morning 0 min. after 01 Evening 61 min. alter 11 DIE WEATHER.—Stas °meat, Nov. 8. THERMOMEMER, ni THE SHADE. 55—higbest since noon on Saturday. 4`.l—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night. 55—yesterday at noon. llwaostEnta,29 S.SW. to S.W., strong gale, and dirty, rainy inclining to be stormy. NovrJLaa 8. sG—'nigliest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night )—this day, at noon. A ROM LITER. 30017. W I ND W.SW., stiff breeze with plenty of scud ; it blew 4 itorni last night. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Mtge of the Wind and Weather at each of the following plak.es at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations my arranged in order of latitude. I,tmEnfcx—Wind S., calm—overcast. Miimakreau—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. tia , lTlNGS—Wind t S. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. So ;a THAYirr oN- Wind W., strong breeze— rain. '.4 e xcitgrorifi—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. --..u.,ncm—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—scud—rain. sr,Nawroxrc— Wind Nv.. strong breeze--overcast. )4; EEN W lOU — Wind b•kl.' tle breeze—partially cloudy. ESTRa...S.w., gentle breeze—clue. MBRIDGE...S., gentle breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of he wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock :-- Poous—Wind S.E., hard wind—partially cloudy. CouaiEßTEß—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undertatzn to return rejected communion— tions. !' 6 11114 . • qkg , • : • frci „ . 44 _ . . - •;;; • .4.a -t • 110 ?r:Lio etle URI LONDON, MONDA.Y, NOVEMBER 8, 1852. However excellent tor of every r' 7--"--- ay be •• new enter ri his object, the origins— outset to encounter opPp:e. .almost certain at the project, perhaps we mi g h t : t v tlen. the more feasible the greater likeenlih"YThe grander the its realisation, antagonism. Is the discovery o r 4 there is of this proposed—it is only allowed consideration hemisphere thtl Advoency of the Prior of La kabala, through ti9nal system of astronomy conceived --it is I% a ra . only "r -mitted !o appear before the world t hro ugh tho cence of the Bish o p of Eremeland. It wa „7 "s ' \ CoLustaul. It was so w ith COTEIINICITS. ATl(l7: o ti t 1 has been, more or less, conspicuously throughout every phaae . of social, artistic, scientific, and political innovation. People laughed at the idea of lighti ng our streets with gas when that idea was first broached. I")°r)4i°° was excited b y the earliest notion of drag. : .ing carrisged along iron tram-ways, by the aid of the then recently invented stearn-engine. A philosopher no less eminent than DIONTSIUS LANDIan scouted preposterous the scheme of traversing the in vessels propelled by the force o f Pa ddle- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER s, 1852,, wheels. A thousand incidents of a similar kind aro ramiliar, we doubt not, to the popular recollection. . . _ . let it has long since been demonstrated with tolerable distinctness that cities can be illuminated with coal- gas, that trains can be b 3 conveyed to and fro upon iron rails by the steam-engine, and that ships of a rather considerable burthen can be enabled to cross the ocean not merely through the cumbrous instrumentality of paddle-wheels, but with the in visible assistance of the screw-propeller. Greater marvels than these have been effected, moreover, in our own time—greater marvels than even HORATIO could, by any possibility, have ventured to dream of in his philosophy. We have seen how easily a metal tube can be thrown across the Menai Straits for the conveyance of the crowd of travellers between England and Ireland. We have seen how readily Time itself can be outstripped by the magical swiftness of the electric telegraph,—we have seen how effectually the sunbeams can, by the adroit employment of iodine, be made to take our portraits according to the exquisite process of the daguerreotype,—we have seen how the electrotyping arrangements can grow copper with the utmost imaginable delicacy and precision,—nay, more than this, we know how, through the development of the powers of the microscope in one direction, and of the telescope in another, the infinite mysteries of creation have been disclosed more and more plainly to the sense of vision—here in their minuteness, and there in their magnitude. Nevertheless, with all these testimonies before us, with all these examples glaring upon our judgment, with ell these truths forcing themselves irresistibly upon our remembrance—we are still as resolutely determined as ever to throw cold water upon whatever change is suggested, no matter how obviously it may be calcu- lated to benefit the community, and to enhance the comforts or the luxuries of the population. An alter ation of the existing state of things has only to be proposed, to be pronounced by a hundred different voices as wholly preposterous. This propensity to discountenance whatever is novel appears to us to contain within it the reason why so little has been effected in the way of sanitary innovation. Other wise GEORGE ALFRED WALKER would not have talked so long, unheeded, about the necessity for ex• tramural interments. Otherwise SOUTHWOOD SMITH would not have argued in vain so long in favour of a more wholesome method of house ventilation. Other wise the citizens of London would have obtained years before now better drainage, better water for domestic consumption, and a whole host of other and equally necessary metropolitan improvements. The facts are before the nation as plain as pikestaves —but no ! they are new—that is enough—they are new, and therefore are neglected. Evi dence to this effect has been collecting during more months than wo like to think of, by the Commissioners of Gwydyr-house. It has been dis cussed again and again in both Houses of Parliament. It has been considered in Committee—it has been re corded in Blue Books—it has been insisted upon in the public journals. The thing is notorious—as no torious as the abuses in Chancery, or as the abomina ble architecture of the National Gallery, or as the absurdity of the fountains in Trafalgar-square, or as the non-completion of the unfortunate Nelson Testi monial. Yet the refuse of the capital is still not properly cleared away ; the contaminated water of the Thames is still swallowed daily, by wholesale ; corpses ere still buried away in our intramural grave-yards—es though Mr. WALKER bad never written his pamph lets ; as though Dr. Smarr had never published his books; or, as though Mr. CHADWICK had never been installed in that unlucky building in Whitehall-gar dens, so long and so bootlessly dedicated to the labours of himself and his brother Commissioners. The reason of all this is, unhappily, precisely as we have stated it. The changes are obviously practicable, are obviously advisable, are obviously necessary, but then they are new, and therefore they are discarded. Popular as Reform is amongst us, we are still, very many of us, fer the most part, in this way—Conservatives. Only we ap pear unluckily to begin at the wrong end—by endea vouring to conserve whatever happens to be the most flagrantly worthless. We see the abomination before our eyes, we have its demerits dinned into our ears, we come at last to that stage of perception that the evil is actually " stinking in our nostrils," and yet we somehow or other seem to hug it to us the more closely, and to cling to it with the more unrelaxing tenacity. In this manner, as we asserted at the com mencement of these remarks, the innovator, however rational or commendable his enterprize, invariably encounters the bitterest opposition. Aware of the truth above mentioned, we are by no means surprised to observe the discredit thrown from various quarters upon Mr. CHARLES PEARSON'S mag nificent scheme of a Grand Central Railway Ter minus in the metropolis. Everything combines to prove this project as practicable as it undoubtedly is desirable. Granted that it must necessitate an enor mous outlay; but then the returns must no less cer tainly be proportionally great. Already we have taken occasion more than once to direct public attention to the proposed undertaking. It appears to us, however, so peculiarly remarkable in its character that we must, perforce, avail ourselves of every rea sonable opportunity of reverting to it until such time as we may have the satisfaction of witnessing its actual completion, or at any rate its actual com mencement. The meeting held on Monday last at the London Tavern, and presided over by Sir JAMES Doze, presents to us, we conceive, precisely one of these welcome opportunities. Upon that occasion the originator of the enterprize submitted the details of his plan to the serious reconsideration of his fellow citizens. Reflection seems only to convince him the more fully of the entire feasibility of his proposal. And no wonder 1 Tke inducements to its acceptance are so numerous as to be rather difficult of enumera tion. Foremost among them is that rather terrible consideration that whereas the houses in the city of London have within the last forty years diminished by 1,500, the population has increased by 4,ooo—an overcrowding which Mr. PEARSON justly designated as " revolting to decency, and injurious to morality, and destructive of health, and even of life." Anything that can tend to ameliorate the condition of those who are the innocent victims of this over-crowded state of the metropolis, must as suredly command for it the sympathy of each sincere and practical philanthropist. Nothing could more effectually secure a really beneficial change in this direction than the establishment of a central railway terminus, such as would place within the reach of the humbler classes a cheap and ready means of convey ance—between the place of business and the suburban residence. It has been calculated that, as things are at present situated, the cabs and omnibuses of London make daily no less than 12,000 journeys, conveying on the average no less than 144,000 passenzeis. Place a cheaper and a readier means of conveyance at the command of the hard-working inhabitants of the City—we allude here more particularly to the clerks and subordinate officials in our various metropolitan establishments—and instead of living, as at this period they do, in over-crowded, and even, in some in stances, squalid and delapidated tenements, in the thick of the ill-ventilated and ill-drained byways of the capital, they might occupy wholesome and decent dwellings in the suburbs, with no fear of any lapse in punctuality. That is merely one among the very many inducements to Mr. CHARLES PEARSON'S enter prise. Numerous others, mentioned before now by ourselves, might very readily be recapitulated. Such a recapitulation, however, we cannot but regard as altogether unnecessary. We repose confidence in the good sense of the majority of our fellow-citizens, and, doing so, rely upon their energy for the furtherance of this noble scheme of a Central Railway Terminus. Farringdon-street, as the originator of the enterprize has admirably well demonstrated, presents to the public precisely the very site that was needed for the due carrying out of the undertaking. Let not that site he lost for ever by the shameless timidity or injudicious procrastination. Let the supporters of the ellernu., on the contrary, combine vigour with vigi lance • in the tn‘lc of its promotion, and many more m "tha may not elapse before Mr. CHARLES PEARSON may be enabled to rejoice in beholding his darling Pt6leet i n a fair way of rapid and prosperous realiza tion. Government knows its fato. Manchester, and no inoeusiderablo portion of the House of Commons, have spoken plainly snough. Every one knew they would do so, as avery one knows that the Speech will not do it. It la settled now that Protec- tion is to be finally disposed of before Christmas. Lord DERBY and his colleagues will not be allowed, on any pretext whatever, to Burke the great question till next February. Ile met Mr. VILLIEDS' motion last spring, by a solemn promise that after the elu tion Parliament should be assembled in sufficient time to pronounce its final verdict on Free Trade and Pro tection before Christmas. That promise must now be fulfilled. The country has a right to know on what i principles its commercial transactions are to be con ducted. The farmers ought to be finally dis abused of any lingering reliance on protective duties for their produce. All political parties ought to have the rubbish of Protection squab bles cleared out of their way, to facilitate their re-formation on the real questions of the day ; and all the world ought to know that our policy on this vital question is settled for ever. Such are the reasonable views of Mr. COBDEN, and all the speakers at the Great Manchester gathering. _ If the Queen's speech - does not announce, in full and decisive terms, a thorough Free•trade policy, "a distinct renunciation and recantation of Protection on the part of this Administration," then, either by an amendment on the Address, or by a substantive resolution, the House of Commons is to be called upon to declare that it has no confidence in any Government " which does not avow its determination to adhere to the policy of Free Trade, as it has hitherto been adopted, and to carry it out in every practicable way." No toleration is to be given to any "mystical intimation from the Governmeat that they do not intend to in terfere with Free Trade ;" but an "avowal that they have changed their opinion!, and are honestly in fA , your of Free Trade," will be unflinchingly de mended. Such is the practical purpose of this grew meeting. We sincerely hope that Lord DERBY and his colleagues are, and for some time have been, dis posed to act in accordance with this purpose. The Free-traders express themselves willing to receive their repentance not only " at the eleventh hour, but at the eleventh and three quarters hour." They remark truly enough, that greater men than the Members of the present Cabinet have changed their opinions, and they fairly ask the present Minis try, if they cannot change theirs to go manfully at once into opposition. It is perfectly clear that there is a large majority against Protection in the House of Commons, and an infinitely larger majority in the country at large ; and nothing, therefore, could be more unconstitutional, than for persons whose opi nions are at variance with those of the majority, both in the House and outside of it, to carry on the Go vernment of the country. In this representation of the case, Mr. COBDEN and his coadjutors are unques tionably right. Tho Ministry must, to insure the respect of the country, either announce them selves converts to Free Trade, or retire into oppo sition. If not converts, it cannot be expected that they should avail themselves of the innumerable facilities which the Government of the day possesses, for fur thering the great cause, both in their home adminis tration and their diplomacy abroad. A Free-trade Ministry would be ever on the watch to teach its ad vantages at Foreign Courts, and to Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors, and would eagerly improve every opportunity to perfect the abolition of all monopoly and protection at home. An Anti-Free-trade Min istry, on the contrary, merely working out a policy which it disapproved, must, negatively, lose many advantages for that policy, and must be tempted to embarrass it as far as lay in their power. We hope, therefore, that the Government have become real converts to Free Trade. They have had such lessons on the subject, that if they have not learned them, it will be generally believed that they are either unaccountably slow to learn, or un pardonably obstinate ; neither opinion being very favourable to their continuance in office. They have received the seven years instructions of the Anti- Corn-law League ; the impressive teachings of Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and other truly great converts ; the lessons of opposition and the les sons of office ; the Budget lesson of their own CHANCELLOR of the EXIMIEIItUER, and the national lesson of the General Election ; lessons from tenant farmers, lessons from landlords, lessons even from the large shipowners themselves ; verily they have had it line upon line, line upon line ; and if, after all, they now hesitate about a full, frank, and manly confession, that they have erred, that they repent, and that they will bring forth fruits meet for repentance, assuredly they will lose whatever respect Liberals of every shade may have hitherto felt for them. .TORN BULL is a most forgiving old fel low ; assault him with all the violence which used to escape with a 51. penalty, and if you show him you are really grieved for your conduct, ten to one but he will shako hands with you, and share a bottle of wine with you, instead of inflicting a paltry penalty ; and we feel pretty confident that if our present Ministers will but make a clean breast of it ; if they will confess, for instance, that political partizenship or necessities may have blinded their eyes—but that the evidence against their past creed is too glaring, too conclusive, to be withstood, and that they now therefore give in their cordial, unreserved adherence to Free Trade, and will honestly lay themselves out to render it complete—if they will say thus much, we are confident that, on this subject, byegones will be byegones, and Lord RADNOR and the Earl of DERBY, RICHARD COBDEN, and BENJAMIN DISRAELI will shake hands most heartily, and be thorough good Free-trade friends for life. The rumoured plan of making the QuEEN's Speech the vehicle of Ministerial recantations, is, we think, fhe one to be desired above all others. No one doubts that with our beloved SOVEREIGN'S education and intelligence, she is a sincere Free-trader, and although she delivers only , the advised speeches of her Cabinet, yet when her un derstood sentiments are in harmony with those of the great mass of her attached subjects, there is something peculiarly graceful in putting language into her mouth, which she can utter with sincerity, and her people cheer with cordial enthusiasm. Minis ters might, indeed, individually avow their changed opinions ; but it would neither produce the same im pression at home and abroad, nor afford her MAJESTY an opportunity of placing the last wreath of legislative triumph on the brows of Free-trade. When once she has performed this solemn yet joyful act (for we are willing to take for granted she is to do it), it is morally certain that she will soon have Royal and Im perial followers; nay, we are daily expecting to hear that England's transatlantic daughter has placed a Free-trade President at the head of her Government. Bankrupt exchequers on the Continent, and strange to say, a largely overflowing exchequer in the United States, are alike teaching the advantages and the ne cessity of Free Trade. Large classes in each country are beginning to understand that protection of a few is the robbery of all ; that protection to native indus industry really. means protection to native idle ness, or native incompetence. The world is ripe to learn the great lesson of Free Trade. It needs but the DERBY converts and Queen VICTORIA to proclaim their conversion, and the door of Protection is sealed abroad as well as at home. OPENING OF PARLIAMHNT. — The Queen, it is ex pected, will leave Windsor Castle on Wednesday next, for Buckingham Palace, for the purpose of holding a Privy lm a, at which her Majesty's Speech from the Throne, on opening the Session of Parliament will receive the sanction of the Sovereign. Her Majesty, as we have already stated, is expected to deliver the Speech from the . Throne in person, on Thursday, in the House of Lords, returning to Windsor Castle the same afternoon. NOMINATION or Surturrso—The nomination of sheriffs for next year is appointed to take place on Friday next in the Court o f Exchequer, on which . occasion the Right lion. Benjanim Disraeli will officiatt! in h . is robe as Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the first time rinse his ap pointment. The chief judge:, and also the judges and barons of the three courts—Queen's Bench,h Common Pleas, and Exchequer—will take part in r . Three gentlemen will be nominated for all the counties in England and Wales. THE FOREIGN SECR ETART.— Aff On Saturday evening the noble Secretary of S tate for Foreign airs and the Countess of Malmesbury, entertained a select' circle of the !taut ton and dip l omatic corp s at dinner, at their residence, Whitehall-gardens. The gu ests included his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, his Excellency Canna, his Ex the Napolitan Minister and the Princess cellency the l'ortuguese Minister and the Countess Lavratho, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville, and Lord Stanley. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER VPICOUNTESS CASTLE -It.4.lNE.—We regret to announce the demise of t he Dowa g er Viscountess Ciettlernaine, the mother of the present Lord Castlemaine, large nu FAILURIIs.—A la g Johnmberi of fai n lures o., mereessan nouncedMr. C. in the provision trade. The p rinci p al houses in volved are those of Messrs,Ht arucilic aben,d c rho others, five w hich are four or ve in number,' being c h a racter. The libilitiett in the case of Messrs. Ruck are of an unimportant s tated at about 40,000 L IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY). The Lord-Chancellor took his seat on the Wool sack at two o'clock, when the swearing in of Peers was resumed. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, late Sir Stratford Canting, and Lcrd Raglan, late Lord Fitzroy Somer- set, took their oaths and their seats on their elevation to the peerage. The former was introduced by Viscount Canning and Viscount Hardinge, and the latter by floe Earl of Eglinton and Lord Colville. At 4 o'clock their Lordships adjourned until to • morrow. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE IVS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were estimated at 6,000 bales ; of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The market was tame, but steady, without alteration prices. The sales comprised 4,500 American, GO l'ernam and Maren ham at 6d to 6,-Td, 50 Bahia at 61d, 1,000 Egyptian at 'lid to Bd, and 200 Surat at 4d per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The state of the dried fruit trade is described by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson, in terms which con clusively show that there has been no improvement in respect to the prospects of future supply. They state that : " The latest accounts from Greece mention that at the middle of October there would probably not be one vessel taking in currants there, or at the islands. . . " Oa the ird inst. a cargo of New Patras Fruit, just landed, was offered by public auction, the lowest quality, very bad, was taken in at 28s, rather better at 335, and the beat about 40 tons, at 55s (since sold at that price) whilst some low rain• damaged 1850 Fruit was sold at 475. There has since been more business done, but principally in middling qualities, and the Market appears to have been benefitted by the exposure of this miserable Fruit. Holders of Old Fruit, many of whom aro acting upon orders from abroad, where they are more alive to the prospect of an absolute scarcity of currants in this country than ourselves, are sanguine in their ex pectation of still higher prices. They know that the 1852 crop, if it exceed 8,000 tons, will not have produced any better Fruit than has been imported in the 15 car goes already arrived in this country, and therefore that we shall have nothing but the Old Fruit to fall back upon, much of which is of ordinary quality;—that cur rants are no longer an article of luxury and extrava gance, as was the case 20 years ago, bat one of daily use by all classes of society ;—and above all, that the London clearances alone from the Ist November to 30th April, during the last four years, have averaged 6,500 tons, whilst those of the United Kingdom have, during the same period, exceeded the total quantity that now exists in this country." The New York advices are very satisfactory as to trade, considering the advanced period of the season. The amount of specie brought is 100,000 dollars. In Stocks there was a buoyant feeling, and money was more abundant. The accumulation in the sub-Trea sury had nearly ceased, and more gold dust was coming forward from California. Most of the im ports for the season had bee❑ received, and the exports were steadily increasing in value. The value of merchandize put upon the market in the third week of October was 709,484 dollars, and of dry goods 763,319 dollars, making a total of 1,572,803 dollars. The imports of the first two weeks in October were 5,331,782 dollars. The ex ports were 4,495,382 dollars, for the three weeks, including specie. Freights continued firm with an upward tendency. At the close of the second week in October, the excess of imports over exports was 2,451,973 dollars. At the close of the third week thg increase was 3,309,203 dollars. Increase in one week, 857,230 dollars. This is the only important feature in the last returns. In the list of articles exported, there is nothing new. The shipments of cotton to Liverpool were a little larger than usual, and the aggregate value of exports for the week shows a slight increr'e. Bread stuffs were pretty active for shipment. The Old United States Bank was paying out its final dividend of 70c. par share. Its most recent pre vious dividend was in 1834, 18 years ago, when about 2 per cent. was paid. The whole amount paid to stockholders since the expiration of its charter is about 109 dolls. per share. The Boston Post srys that the State Treasurer has accepted the propose', of Messra. Blake, Ward, and Co., of London, for the purchase of 100,000 dolls. of Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Stock, running 20 years, at 5 3-100 per cent premium. The Potomac Savings' Bank, which failed, was ex pected to pay in full. Gold seems to have been discovered near Quebec, unless there is an imposition being practised. Accounts 47.'0m Halifax state that nearly all the Nova Scotia fishermen were detained by the steamer Devastation, for alleged informality in their papers, and any vessel attempting to leave would be fired into. The underwriters at Lloyds are drawing up a pro test against the prosecution of the voyage by the Mel bourne steamer, which has put into Lisbon. The Banking Institute holds its second soiree for the season to •morrow evening, when Mr. Macgregor, M.P., will preside. A public meeting of the General and Executive Committee for promoting Tribunals of Commerce is to be held on Wednesday, when a series of resolu tions will be proposed, embodying the chief objects contemplated by the association. There is no movement in the stock me"ket, end the quotations have been almost the same throughout as on Saturday; Consols realise 1001 1 for transfer, and 1001 1 for December 9. Exchequer Bills are 745. to 775., and India Bonds, 84s. to 87s. premium ; being a little flat. Bank Stock is worth 223 to i t , and India Stock 274 to 276, being an improvement on the latter. The New 3; per Cents. have been marked 1031 to it. ' In foreign stocks there have been a good many ' bargains. Mexican have been in more demand at 251 to Vend Peruvian Deferred at 62,1 to f Equador Stuck hri been done at 44 being rather flathr. Buenos Ayres Bonds are worth 801. Grenada 2li. Venezuela Deferred Pre dull at l4"1. The Turkisn Scrip is heavy, still at 2 to 24 premium ; and the Swedish Scrip is discount. Spanish Deferred realises 25k to t, and the Passive 6i. Nothing has been done in Dutch or Northern Bonds, Railways do not quite support the advance of Sa turday, and there is less doing. The French shares are generally firm, though likewise quieter. Swiss Railway to prem. Upper India 1 prem. Gold mines are dull and in banks there have been no dealings. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Oficial List.) Business done, Bank Stock R per Cunt. Reduced Annuities.-- ..... 3 per Cent Consols Ara:. lOOB i t New 3!,‘ per Cent. Anna. 1033k % f.ong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 18€9 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 6% India Stock , ... .. 274 G Do. Bonds, 1000/ B7 4 Ditto under 1.0004 Consols for Account 10034 1,4 Exchequer Bill - 1 1 ,4 d. March June, 1,0004 ..... 500/. Small - 73 73 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazllian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOl Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent, Equador isonds Grenada, 1 1 ,i per Cent. Do. Ex Dec. COUPON{ 1849 2li Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for the Accotinta . FeTuvian 80nd5.1849, 6 net Cent., ...... Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bond: 5 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent — ii Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive (Converted) Swedish Loan Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852„ Venezuela Bonds — Do. Deferred 1 Cent. .. 14% 15% Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 10 Gu. £ ... 8114 Belgian Bonds, 4,,. per Cent _ _,. - . Dutch Excha., 2 % per Cent., 12 GulL... 65y8 THREE O'CLOCK ... 100% i 4 (14NnsoIs ••• •• ... DID K, Adi.o.oftuxt_ Doo. 1 ... .. 100 7 s % COMING EVENTS.--Os DIT.—It is stated by those who at least wish it to be believed that they are in the confidence of the Government, that the Chancellor will positively propose the repeal of the Malt Tux, and, if possible, of the Hop tax also. It is further asrerted that the Income Tax will be wholly taken off the tenant-farmer class—that that on other incomes will be reduced to 2d. in the pound sterling ; and, that on property raised from 7d. to Is. per pound, or to 5 per cent., going down to property returning 501. per annum, in place of 150/. We may presume that Lord Derby's supporters in the Upper House are not likely to tolerate so direct an attack upon property; while the Free-traders will neither consent to except farmers from their fe;r share of the national burdens, nor to part with the malt tax until other imports of a much more objectionable and clamant kind are repealed. The manufacture of soap and paper must be free before we can listen to the emancipa tion of beer.— Weekly Dispatch. THE FUNERAL - OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. —Up to a late hour cn Saturday night no order had ema nated from the Horse Guards to alter the arrangements made with regard to the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the line regiments ordered to come up from the head-quarters and depots of every corps in the United Kingdom, and the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. The number of each corps to be present at the funeral of their late gallant Commander-in-Chief, will therefore be three officers, one sergeant, one corporal , and six privates, as first stated. with the exception of the 33 d Foot from Glasgow, and the Rifle Brigade from Canterbury ; the se corps being designed to walk before the funeral car with their arms reversed, and all the others Rill foll ow t h e funeral car carrying the body , and be without their anus. —ln the official programme of the forthcoming g ran d f uneral processior, , a conspicuous place. is given to wh a t i s denomi nated the "Guidon," which is thra refeleed to in the de scription:—"The Geldon, on, car.ied by a li eu t enant-colonel, sup p or ted by two captains in the army, on horseback." It i s net generally known that the guidon is a m ili tary ensign or flag, and in itself an object that at the funeral may escape notice except from military men. I t i s a term now used fig the little banner of a regiment, and the guidon which will be borne in the procession is th e b anner of the 33d Re giment of Foot, the late Duke's regiment. By the way, it is, perhaps, worth knowing, that some of the regular " Whig set" b eg i n to express a decided preference of Mr. Bright to Mr. Cobden. It is somewhat curious that Mr. Lucas, M.P., the rampant Romanist of the Tablet, is the brother of Mr. Bright'a sister's husbaad (do our readers trace the pedigree ?), and the son of a steady old Mark-lane Quaker, of whose denomination the member was farmorly a professor. There i 3 no zealot So fiery as a new c9I/Talt•••• Wieldy Dispatch. ~~ THE SHARE MARKETS. Railway 3. Aberdeen 100/. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jet., late 33/. 69.8 d., 28/. pd. Ditto, Cheat. & Birk., 501. & 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, 211. 18 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet.,lool. pd. Caledonian lOOl. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dab. & B elf. Jct. 45/. pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd East Anglian (251. L. E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E.& 11) all pd. Eatt.Counties ... all pd. Eastern Union, class A. late E. U. shra., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pa. Do., do., B C., all pa Fast Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Dock. and Bir. June., all pd Edinb. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 1001. Glas..&S.-West4oo4 Great Northn.,loo/. pt Do. % s. A Stk., 1001.1 Do. Th B Stocli,loo/. Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do.Thirds,ll/.13.4 pc Lane. & York., 1001. pc Do., Fifths l5 pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 X I Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd London, Tilbury, and Southend' 3 pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct 100 p Lon. & N.West.,lool. p Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10/.,M ft.B (e) 1/p Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil., all pd Man. Shef. & Lin.,lOOlp Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 1001. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Mid. GLWt. (Ire.) 47X, Do. % Sliares,.l7 % pd Newcis. & Carl. all pd Newmarket IOOL pd Newport, ALergaven., and Hereford ...141 pd Newry & Ennisk. 7% p Norfolk lOOl. pd Do. Naw 201.... 201. p North. Coun.Un. 3 bpd North British ...1001. p Nth. DEMOB, N0.1,13/.p Do., No. 2 GiA pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. 5/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western—all pd N. & S.-W. June. 8 IA p 0xf.,W0r.,&W.,1001. p Scottish Central 1001. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & 8ir....1001.p Do. do. Shrew. & Her 81. p Sbrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6% pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. South Devon all pd South-Eastern 1001. pd South Wales all pd S.York.& Riv. Dan 15/. Do. Do. 5L pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale 1261. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...191. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwell 13/. pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & Ber. 1001. p Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p York & N. Mid.looLpd PREF. Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per et. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct.Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd Caledonian, 101. 100/ p Ches. & llolyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5;4 per cent. 1 % Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd Ang. (311u5)6 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7117 e) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., 5 p. c., No. 1 _ell pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per et....a1l p Do. 101. Dab. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per et. Quar. Stirs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths sll Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd & S.W. gua 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c 100 pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berk* & H. Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Lancashire and York. shire, F. 20/. 6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 91. pd London & Brig guar 5 per cent. ...1001. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. e. 100/. pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. 51. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisie, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4 ►,4 per et. 6% p Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 1001. Do. Con. Brie. & Bir., 6 per cent ...100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per e. Guar. 1001. p Do. Pref., 4i p.c. Si. p Norfolk Eaten all pd Do. Gr. 5% p et. all p Do. W.Val. b p.c. all p North British 1001. pd North Stafford all pd Oil. Wor. & Wol., 151. E 6 per cent....loot. pd Ditto ditto ... 6/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd Do. 5 per cent. 101 pd South Devon all p(1 Do. New 1% pd St.-Est. (Reading An. nuities)...N. Os. 6d pd Do., 4 % p e 1001. p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3l. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd South-Ea LINES LEASI Business done this day. 29% 9 1055 t 57% 6% 'N 23 's 34 Cii 354 96% 5 1 /6 6 614 pm 87 1 4 7 11 10634 1;i 1 ,4 125 1 4 4i 9434 82% 2% 79% sh I to 3,4 49 83 , 6 Ph 8 .3 4 6i 37 6% 13 12% 681 h 8 68 67/11 22 1 ,4 79 8 3 4 9i 41 SYd i 12% 7 1 / 4 , 53 3 / 4 44 I pm. pm. 17A f 127 1 4 113 109% 111% 5t 31 148 101 % 115% 28y, 6 1 10 ,10.. ENTALS. Railways. ! Leasing Nominal Prices. BuilineBB Companies.to-day. Bdf. & l3stch.,all p Lon.&N.W ..• Bir.& Oxi., gua. all Gt. Westn. '29% % Do. without, all p D o . ...... 29 —3O Bir.Wolv. & guar all pdi Do. ...... 30 31 Do. without,all p i Do. Buckinghash. all plon. &N.W 109 —11 l Clydsdale Jc., all p r ealed on i an 52 — 53 52% E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent 100/.pd Gt. Northn. 149 151 150 49 Gloucest. & Dean Forest...... all pd Gt. Wastrn. 82% —B3 llartlepl. Dk. & Yk. New. 1 Railw.... a ll pd &Berw. ••• Hull & Selby, a ll p Yk . &N 14 113 115 Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. 14 4( Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern l4 14% Do. Pr0f....a1l pd Do. Loweatoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6p. et., all p Do. Manch. Bustn, L.& NW 3 3 & Matick,s%p & 111 - Middlesbe & Red -107% IA M i e d a l r nd 6 B p 'r c d7., a a l l l l Pp Stktn&Darlan . 6 f 6 6 9 p N r . o.s & tn E . ., B„ s l p v . y c r . e , .81 1 1 Counties all paid j &La. &Y J Ditto, Halves, A, • 1001. pd Do. n Northn 149 151 Roy. & R i o " - Gt. 149 151 150 D o . Shep. Stock Do. Shf. 11th. & Goole, , 18.11 1 6. 8 p, .1 9c 1 .? . a 6 i 1 p ; i AI L Lan. c & I Y ea ks n % die. Stckt& Dar ... Ditto ditto, all p Do. Wilts &SOXI2 1004 GtiglYe3trn 4 10411... 106 , 4 sw.:Sarptalyffea'd. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices. 29 to 291,4 6% 6e 10} - 10:5i 63 dis 21 3 4 —22 i 3 24 dis. 105 106 57 1 4 57% 23 —24 17% —18 k 5 4 did. 7 1 h - iii 4%- 5 8%- 4 12y, - 12.?,‘, 10 -10 i 67i - 7Li 78 - 79% 57 —59 76 —7B 24 —26 56 —5B 82% —lB3a 47 —49 119 i —l2O 50 1 4 51% 9541 96 85 —B7 11 —l2 p 87 87% 3% 3 die. 2% 2 die. 17% —lB ••• • 8 3 / 4 9 174 214 p 105% 100 1 1241 125 3 3 4 — 31,4 p 1% —2% p 93 —94 3 3 / 4 35( die. 854 —2% die. 21 —22 32 —B3 11% 3 die. 79 —79 45 47 ••• ••-• ••• 49 51 10% 7 1 / 4 78,/, 24% 57% 83% 47i 2%dtm. 34-2% dis. 48 —56 —7 . . dia. 36 3 7} 65, 4 • %di& 2% —2% % % die. 4% —4% (a. ••• ••• 4%p. 48 —49 90 —92 60 —62 68 —7O 1% 1 1 4 die. 20 —2l 10 —lO% 15 —l6 8 1 4 3 d. 22 -23 79 - 110 4t - 41% 14 -15 4% - 5 2 1 74 - 2 13 -134, 8 1 4- B '4 25 -26 9% - 11% 70% 71% 7% 7 die. —2% di& 54 55 iRENCE SHARKS ilis 101 - 194 18% - 19 par -- i p 6 - 6 3% - 1 3 A - 2 p 1% -1% p 14% - 1534 17} - 177,i 3 -3% ••• • • I2G •••• 1: 3 .8 111 •-• 113 8% - 1 109 -110 p 3,‘ pm 1 1 62 -155 - - ... pm ... ...... ... ••• ••• - 4 p 9 1 h- 101,4 11% - 11% 3 A) - 7 43 P , Adis. X p par— IA p - 150 ••• a P Par— li p 22% 23% 5% 6 1 3 4 2 100 102 ••• .... ••• * -2% 11A - 11% 17 1 4 18 NI — 1% p 16 16% %dis. # pm 26 .—26 i ••• --- ••• 19 -20 %dia. par 101 103 3( P stern, 41/ 2 per cent., :D AT FIXED R . HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The Speaker took the chair at one o'clock. The business of the day consisted in the adminis tration to the members of the oaths prescribed by law. For the purpose of swearing in members, the clerk of the house goes through the list of counties in alphabetical order, and the members are formed into groups consisting of numbers as large as can be con veniently accommodated at the table. The swearing in was proceeded with up to four o'clock, when the House adjourned till to-morrow. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. CRIMINAL INFORMATION-CROLL V. TALLIS. Sir Fred. Thesiger said he was instructed to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not bo filed against Mr. John Tallis, printer and pub lisher of St. John-square, Smithfield, for a libel which ho had very extensively circulated against Alexander Croll, who was ono of the Sheriffs of the City of London, and joint Sheriff for the county of Middlesex. Mr. Croll was a very considerable shareholder in the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, which was incorpo rated by Act of Parliament in 1851. Ire was also en gineer to the company, by a pany, and supplied it with gas which was manufactured process for which he had obtained co a patent. It appeared that Mr. Tallis had employed the company to supply him with gas for some time, but hav ing discontinued dealing with the company, an action was brought against him for the arrears duo by him f o r gns, and that action was pending when the libel was published, and continued to bo so still. Mr. Croll was elected Sheriff on the 30th of August last, during bis absence from London; and on the 30th of September he gave his inauguration dinner at the London Tavern. He was first made aware of the publication, by a letter which he received on the 22d of October last, enclosing the handbill or libel of which he complained. On the following day h e saw an advertisement in the Times newspaper, bead e d, "I mportant to every gas consumer i n the kingd o m," and intimating that there might ho had gratis, at th e p u bli sher ' s, Messrs. Tallis, or on the receipt of two postage stamps, an address in reply to one which had been issued by the Groat Central Gas Con sumers' Company, on the 28th September, 1852. Now, Mr. Croll stated that ho was not aware of any address having been published by the company, at all reflecting on Mr. Tallis, and that, therefore, he could neither be directly nor indirectly, a party to such a production. The libel in question was very extensively circulated, and in a form which was likely to make it very attrac tive, because it was accompanied by notices of certain cheap publications which were issued by iSlr. Tallis. The learned counsel then read portions of the alleged libel. Alluding to the growing cry of dissatisfaction among gas consumers, it went on to say that the engineer of the Great Central Company, who h eld 125 shares, and also the directors, began to tremble for their investments, and that they would have to resort to a little more lying, boasting, and chicanery, in order to make the increased cost of their gas, compared with that of other companies, less gross and apparent. Mention was then made of the clique of hungry speculators, who had contrived to make their contractor Sheriff, and of their having called into aid a Sheriff's dinner, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of promoting the 'Views of the company. The article next insinuated that Mr. Tallis had no chance of a fair trial, as Mr. Croll had been elected sheriff, because as he was not unacquainted with the mode of cooking accounts in joint-stock cora paniet, it was just possible ho might cook the jury panel. Loid Campbell—lf there is any charg e that Mr. Croll had cooked accounts, there would bo a good g round for a rule. Sir Frederick Thesiger—That is not directly charged againtt him, but it is insinuated that ho is not unac quainted with making fraudulent and deceptiYe accounts, and tke inference is raised that ho would so utterly dis regarl his responsible duties as Sheriff as to unfairly strike the jury panel. Letd Campbell—The offloo of Sheriff' is ono of went responsibility and peril, and of great importance to the public, and the Court thinks that Mr. Croll is entitled to the protection of the law. I presume, of course, that he denies any improper interference with the accounts ? Sir Frederick Thesiger—So entirely, that he says he had nothing whatever to do with the accounts, which are audited by persons appointed by the Corporation of London. Lord Campbell—You may have a rule, but this cm is not to bo taken as a precedent fur the Court inter fering iu matters of dispute between shareholders and directors. Sir Frederick Thesiger—l can °sly Gay that if this case had been merely one of that description, we would not have trespaseed on the Court by making such an application. Ilule granted. The proceedings in the Bail Court, the Court of Exchequer, and the Court of Common Pleas, this morning, were entirely devoid of interest except to the parties concerned. 'The Bail Court only sat two or three minutes. FUNERAL OF THEDUKE OF WELLINGTON (From the Morning Herald.) We have received the following letter from Vienna. which accounts for the Austrian Government declin ing to send a general to attend th e D u k e of Welling ton's funeral. Russie, Prussia, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and llanDver, will dep u t e th e i r most distinguished officers for th at purpose " VIENNA, Nov. 1. .4 W e believe the Austrian Government will not be able' to send an officer to carry their Marshal's baton at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, for the very con clusive reason that the marshals in their service have no baton. The distinctive mark of their marshals is in the uniform, to which belongs is cane with a sword-knot to it, but which the officers get for himself, the Govern ment having nothing to do with if. The Emperor and his army have, however, done so much, both in Vienna and in all tbeir garrison towns, to mark their respect for the Duke, that they can baldly regret being deprived of this opportunity of repeating it, and they will thus be 'mire from any affront to the Austrian uniform from tho Austrian refugees now congregated in London—by a repetition of such scenes as the attack on Marshal Usynau, or tha ovations of Mons. Kossuth." A rlbrirr v an fi t ll o e ifecce on 'D M. P. tor A in vae p an E e l y T h il as be F en cr Ur ea E t s ed Elt in " the direction f of the the e st pr l e n se d n ia t Comp an y by the death of General Caulfield, who expired raabni(i again in ' l r s h i u e r . sdis A y t . tTheheladsetceased, generalw heolehetaido:rtehveioguasili n ee d n ere ret a ii n i political appointments ill India, was e l ected ad . several nem d returned without opposition for the borough of Abingdon, wase which he had twice contested beftre Attorney-Genera', Sir F. Thesiger, onse in w l it B ll 4 ,th in 1847. lle was the seventh son of the Venn; finding l e i ? him CauAlfiNeoldr,naErclthdEesxcronErioifiKvEilmiotroeß, ROBBERY as cl o A r zi n in all7lB:Bß.AjoNhTn. —On Saturday, information Wl3 received, of amen Henry Bell, a Newcastle c ,llier, who had been out 4001. from the diggings in California, and had just rnei'7ed assayer for the gold dust he had gathered , ha p d iu b Cornhill by two of that class of metropolitan nominated ' magsmen,' who wheedled him stout from plunderers de deprive_, plac e to place, and plying him with liquour, eventuaily of the fruits of his hard labour, the poor dupe in a brothel in Kent-street, Borough, without a fart' • himself lin g. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TIIE RIVER.—On Saturday, a lighterman, named William Bentin c k, r e Sding in Long_--, lane, Bermondsey, was working the b a rge S w lt , coal-lad en out of Bugsby's Hole, and was standing •l the gunwale ' amidships, when the wash raised by a pursing steam er caused the craft to lurch , and the p oor man NI overboard The accident was witnessed by several p e rson° , but no fears The oar that went down wit h him s p eedil y rose. rut no more . was seen of him. Drags we re used, b ut the bsdy was net recovered. He leaves a wife an d f our c h ildren. ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE OF A CoNricr. A convict, named Stephan 'fil let, 19 y e a r s of ags,, escaped from the gang to which he was attached while at work on board the Cormorant , i n the east dock at Woolwic h dock. yard, by putting on som e of the shipwrights clothes, had been laid aside wh en the y were at work, and slipped awa y unperceived by the guard , and succe eded in getting over the dockyard wal l at the west end, near the fac tory eiaiin n ey. Sergeant Gill , 28, l t, was p assin g downthe Albion-road at the time, and, happening to turn reind hi, head, he witnessed the convict drop from the top of tit, wa ll into the road; but he looked so unlike a convict, dressed as he was in a good frock coat, thick trousers, and a clot'' , cap, with anchor buttons, that had it not been that Scrieant Gill witnessed his mode of egress from the yard he night have passed unnoticed . The convict Tdlett crossed the load Upper, liarding-street, hut, as it is croNed North Kent Ralway, there is no thoroughfare, Ind hie return back through the street he was captured \,y b a 3 n , d th w e ent along on IS S e rgeant Gill, and w hen taken to the dockyard, it was sg. a ined that he had not been missed up to the time l e was ert b ro ught back to the Cormorant. Stephen Tillett escape! c before about three months ago and was retaken, and will bl lioyerely paililhed for W§CEIPiPZ 4 UMW PPM Railways. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd, Demerara all pd Dijoa & Besancon,4 pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd East Indian all pd Gt._ Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Great West. of Canada Shares 5 % pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg ...141. pd, Do. (Railway) 10/. pd Do. 1 pd Do. (Canal) ...2% pd Lyons & Avignon, 5 pd Madras 4% pd Maria Antonia 27% pd. Do. New Namur & Liege all pd Do. ex int ....... all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds, all p I Orleans & 80r...11/. pd Paris & Lyons...loL pd Do. Bonds ... 12 pd. Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. pd Paris, Caen, and Cher bourg... 4 pd Rouen & Havre...all pd Sambre &Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Qaebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 91. pd 143,E = Mx SIA - 63% p l Ak 8% - 9 2 - Yti 3 3 4 - 4 par 1 p 7 - 4% - - 1 1 4 1 - 13( 12 -14 p 2 7 / 8 3'l 8 sq 6% 7►,6 144 4 15}i ii = ii% p 70 -72 42 -43 37 - 871,4 7 - 74, p 22 -23 16% - 11 •.• .•. ... ... die. 4% 5 0.-A 10 MINES. Agua Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cul. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobra Copper 4Ol. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 141 pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain...all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgeoth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty ... all pd Lon. & Cal. Gid Quart z Crushing Com all pd Mariquita all pd Maxi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Grenada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip all pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10 3 ,4 South Australian, all pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba 1 paid I . 4 - S, P 2%- 2 %P % - 1% .. . Bueineu done this day. 28% 9 7% 7%_8 77/a 12- 1,4 dia. % dia. lA .ti die. par s,% — 7% 5% Oh vis. lii P - 4-5 37 1 h % 14% yd 4!1g4 t atlA 7 i6 0t ,4 7 10 1 , 1 22% lOU p % % dis. ••• ••• % dia. dis p I %p % dis. 1 11,4, p 18i % 36 1 A 4% 1% 134 % dis• M M P 41A-- 4% • % p % P % M % dis. 13 14 P 11 1 h —I2% U 7% —8% dis. par - XP T-STOCK BANKS. JOIN' Australasia all pdi Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Corn. of London 20/. pd London Chart. Bank of Australia Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New ...... 10/. pd Nat. of 1re1and...22% p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold' Importing Com. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 101. p Union of Madrid all pd 59 -59% 57 -53 15 - 16% 29 -30 n"." •• • 18% - 19% 32 - 33% 45 -461 18% - 20 38 -39 46 1 4 - ... 16% - 17% Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land . . all pd De. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1 pl Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 21 p Netherlands Land, 2 pd' Penin. & Or. St. all pd' Do. Do. —l5l. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p 1 —1% 49% bo% 6 —6% 17 —lB •" -- ••• 3ELLANEOUS. 8 - 4 50 -51 86 - 87% 29 -30 5 - bos( x.d 2 2* 87 —.• 42 42% 79 G 2 3 58 1 4 9 38 1 4 63% 111% 3% 3 1834 87 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DA" CORN EXCIIANGE.—MONDAY. Moat of the country markets held on Saturds/ wa rs fairly supplied with Wh ea t, th e d eman d for which r ul ed steady at very fell prices. Fine malting Barley iinPr e ' in value Is. per qu a rt er ; w hil s t gr i n di ng and dwillies/ sorts were quite as dear. N o c h ange i n mall. Th e ~( : 11 trade was dull; but both B eans an d P eas move d off fr y at extreme quotations. Moat kinds of Flour were to leri bly firm. We* Tho New York market, at the date of our last s-r,., 0 . was active for flour at high rates. Throughout th e " - o r. tinent the Corn trade has continued firm, wills fair 1 1 age supplies of most articles on offer. kat e ° The arrival of English Grain up to our aler - m i r pd week were but moderate. From abroad we Tb o ts. 47,357 quarters of Wheat, 2,367 Barley, 12,14 k „ 3,276 Beans, 3,850 Peas , 11 Tares, 15,640 Linseed, i.Q9O Rapeseed, 559 Sundry Seeds, 1,604 sacks, and 1/ ' ° barrels of Flour. b Tho arrivals of Wheat f r om Essex and Kent fre e a nd to our market to-day, coastwise, were very moderetipo much out of condition, F ro m th e e ast c o ast the 0 '; to were small. By land carriage a few ootchels (At l as hand, but their quality wa s by no m ea n s fine. The ode being very moderately supplied with samples of b el r w id• and white, the demand f o r a ll ki n ds, altho u gh the ii,Top since of millers was not to say numerous, ruled to and a good clearance was effected at prices quite egl i so l - be those of Monday last. Millers in general apps' lightly startled with home-grown Wheats. lad e Tho demand for Wheat for forward delivery ere e „, uf. yet the amount of business doing was by no ree i s'"" • tensive, Growers were very fi rm In their demarlu e ;, , dor The quantity of Foreign Wheat on offer was erl e- dry ably on the increase; nevertheless, importers w el foltt in their demands. Fine samples sold somewbst ' r o n do at full rates of currencies; - but low and middlinf o ut commanded very little attention, yet we cannot es° ch Th eaper. k fiber been e arrivals of boating cargoes off Falmont been on the increase. The demand for them vise rober inactive, but no change took place in prices. of The Barley trade was by no means so active 11 week However, the late improvement in the T', 15 %.0 1 fine malting samples was fully supported. Gried le „ e oliee distilling met a slow sale, owing to the increased e e r y of English. In prices, no change was noticed. Malt—the show of which ready for delivery WO moderate—sold steadily, at late rates. Oe ti ' Wo wore fairly supplied with Irish and Forage sit for which, the demand was in a sluggish slats, 6 ' o o weeks' currency. English and Scotch parcels steady. I, plac e ' In Beane, comparatively few tra nsac tions toe"' at late rates. Peas met a slow sale, yet no actual decline if ported in the quotations. „ h sa d We had a moderate inquiry for both Seg" .- Foreign Flour, at last weeks' currency. Norfolk CURRENCYrfoI nd in:-pr4slE:Bis IMPERIAL MEASITRE. Wheat—Essex is Kent, Malt—Chevalier• • •• ••60/ tp Red .... new 35a to 418 Oats— Yorkahlros and 19 , Ditto.. • • .... old 40s 32e Lineolnsk., Food. 17/ 0 Ditto, White new 38s 45s Potato ...... 3IS Dltto.. ...... old 44s 65 5 yoognal and COTA ooln, Red, old 42e 468 Rye—O HarlmNe Ditto, new ...... 3ls 411 ld ............ 3ls 321 Beane—Tick ......... 131 40 , 065 fO2 Foreign ry Boilers o i r l t k e l : r h i s Wa . 3 4 1 :: 4 114 1 °l o ° 26$ 2a5 Peas—Grey.......... 2 91 0 ye Melting g .• • .. 31$ s ; 58 :i Flour u r vi a g hT p e i 5 : 45 14 1: # 6 boa 5 g li g n u t o fr o s k i t t k o a o . : • e Ilalt C —Suffolk a . n . .112 .7 0; were Ki ltr i o ig w s n to . n — a • n • d • SMITHFIELD. sego au thetostaaml l e aa p po er r i t o hr in ing i r, r , o th e l, Fair avei. _ , . .- -- 00' 11 nr k i n - g t h a to 6,117 to 7,602; in 1850, 6,072; in 1649, 4.41. 1 1848, 4,085; and, in 1847, 4,950 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TUN rMIT WO °. Pl6 4 ' From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves- into Luorlhoenadl a . a t Flamburgh - ... 95 ... - ... .- ••• .... Ostend - ... 140 .. - .. -.-.• ...- Nieu Diep ..• 50 ... 1,261 ~ .., 2 *" ... Antwerp - ••• - ... - ... •-- *" •''' Amsterdam lO ... 698 ... - ... 46 ." ... Dordt .. - -. 1 '. '... Tonningen 169 ... 153 ... _ ... -- "' .-• Bremen Harlingen - ... 10 " 55 Rotterdam - ••• 192 ••".....-- 86 -- Total - --- ' rte 11 The yearly comparison ot the weekly in3P° under:- Pik' Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 0 1851 ...... 1,46.5 ... 5,707 ... _ ••. 122 ••• 17 s 1850 1 1 1 8 8 8,4 1 1 7 8 9 1 7 5 L 1 8 8 .......: 3 4 .... 2 1 6 8 6 3 .". . .. : :: ": 2 ... _.: o. ' .: I . .• 1%0 . i . '•• . 892 3 , 20 9 ••• 1 7 7 ! ." •• ••• • • a wiP' To•days' market was seasonably well aaPP li f ferior' Foreign Stock, the general quality of which v/ 59 II " ho d a The demand fur all kinds ruled heavy. and P r 1134. downward tendency. r oit, The arrivals of Beasts fresh up f ro m our nw n g oer rea districts were again tolerably extensive; but we !., d ition .. d ur a ble f°l. a great de fi ciency in their general weight and Notwithstanding that the weather was uwacc;es olio slaughtering, the Beef trade was steady, at r t osrasio ° equal to those of Monday last, pud • at ' FOREIGN. Closing PritAn. ) ( p -lilL., Ras IC Sri Y .~ shin of I frog of g wer( curr 4s 6 2c15 they pric now A: 8 ;.~ .