The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin WOster ea Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed (by desire) the highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Maskell. After which, the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. To be followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, and the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be perform e d TA KING BY STOR M. After which, a new Farce, hi two acts, entitled THOSE DEAR BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, Suter, Butler, and Mae Wyndham. To be followed by USED UP. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters, by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Beuthstreet. THEATRE ROYAL A.DELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. Tills EVENING, For the Third Time, an entirely new Drama, in three acts, called SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan (his third appearance), Emery, 0. smith, Cullenford, Madame Ce leste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. Alter which, the Extravaganza of MEPHISTOPHELES; or an Ambassador from Below. ROYAL PRINCE iS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Bean. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude e ith THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Patty. Immense success of the Equestrian Drama of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Debut of M. and Mdlle. Lalande, from Franconi's Cirque Na tionale, Paris, having been nnavoidably postponed, ihey will posi tively appear (for the third time) THIS EVENING, when, and during the week, the Entertainments wilt commence with the highly SUCCeffeal Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, in two acts, produced with new dresses, scenery, and appointments, written expressly for this Theatre, and embodying all ;hose stirring inci dents and situations so graphically described in Mrs. Stowe's pop :tar wore, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resource's of this Establishment. To be followed by an extraordinary display of Equestrian and Gymnastic Achievements in the Arnie. 'fo conclucde with a popular FARCE. Stage Manager, 3lr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-ottice open daily from Eleven to Filer. HIGH WATER AT LOND , ON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Vonang 21 min. after 4 Evening 39 min.aft. To-Nroaaow—Morning 9 min. after 5 Evening 21 min.aft. 5 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'ehick yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N. fresh breeze—rain. TUNBRID GE—N. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGS TOXE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N., strong breeze—cloudless. STROOD—N., strong breeze—cloudy. SWINDON—N. gentle breeze—cloudless. LEIGHTON—N% strong breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH— E., strong breeze—rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK—W., calm—cloudless. PooLE—N.W., calm —partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—N.N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—N. calm—cloudless. DARLINGTON—V., gentle breeze —cloudless—frost. THE WEATHER.—SoN Otn•tcE, Dec. 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 40— highest since noon yesterday. 28—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'98. WIND, S.—Fine frosty weather. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE 18TH, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON , WITH 1113 AUTOGRAPH, AlsrlD s A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. Z 1 E, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1,185 g. Well we are at length to have a stringent and searching inquiry into all the facts and circum stances of the " FRAIL " transaction. It will speedily be ascertained how far " the barber's" dis tinguished correspondent is implicated—whether the Right Honourable and Gallant Gentleman is indeed fully and completely innocent, and his accusers guilty of the infamous conspiracy charged against them. It is but justice to Major BERES FORD to acknowledge that he has made no effort to shirk or evade the necessary investigation —that he has not, as at one time asserted, taken refuge in a West Indian Government appointment—and that all through he has not only protested his own in nocence, but retorted upon his accusers, declaring that, " unless some steps were taken by the parties who made the charges against him, he would himself, in his place in Pailiament, insist upon an inquiry." We are quite willing to give the Right Honourable Gentleman the full benefit of the impression arising from what Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN justly termed "such manly and straightforward conduct." It must, however, on the other hand, be borne in mind that the case had assumed a peculiarly suspicious aspect, and that a continued silence would be tantamount to a confession of guilt. The accused had previously contented himself with asserting his innocence, but beyond that his defence was studiously reserved. He offered no ' explanations as to the extraordinary events which brought him a gentleman of birth and position in society—into such intimacy with the Shrews bury tonsor. Neither did he directly deny the authorship of the letter found on MORGAN when seized, flagrante delicto, with the red hand, in the very . act of bribing the electors of Derby ; nor even confess, and avow it. He remained totally S ilent, calling on the public to suspend their () pillions until the truth should be elicited. This 8 1 :1",ge silence, so very mortifying to any person nci4e innocence might be distinctly proved, had al i t wag r eaci e Y had some prejudicial effect, and if the essential that it should be removed, retain his mixt ri . enourable Gentleman were still to position in the responsible situation of e .. steral his 'r c etry at War. It is just possible, too, that sclufaeapes might have felt that they were not !itly strong to shelter one who, if really guiltyel evinced such singular and culpable had There might, indiscretion,there fore, have been alte rn • There but a bold and condu c t vigorouis defence, and carryi ng t , e camp ; and th e u war into the the ofthe party, enemy's reepe matter was through whose intervention brought to light, was in eve ry a vigorous onslaught c so objec tionable, that rai at g tat ht hainb terially diminish the weight otherwi se le to his testimony. Without in any wise prejudging th e case that is still sub judice, we may refer to the new li ght that has been thrown on the transaction. It ap pears that a certain Mr. FLEWKER, an Attorney, had, on many previous occasions, been an activ e agent on th e T ory or C on servative side. He had conducted, amongst other matters, the peti tion under which Messrs. STRUTT and GOWER tory, in truth, has been so complete and over• whelming, that the triumphant Free-traders are meditating whether, as Liberal Reformers, they may not, after their Ulm, very speedily witness their Austerlitz. Meanwhile, the once Protectionist, but nowFree trading Cabinet—having (with wry faces) eaten their leek, seasoned, be it remembered, very deli cately and daintily with their own words—are P r eparing to lay before the country those earefu lly considered measures which must constitute the pith and marrow of the forthcoming Financial will depend Statebl ent• Upon the character of the measures contained in the Budget, as we have already ob served,may reasonably conjecture, tion of the existi ng the downfall or the stabilita- Government. Ministers, we all this themselves. Th are tolerably aware of ey must appreciate to some extent, at least, the the a im perative necessity of age that of , progr ess i, e advancement. They must understand that unless endeavours are were -unseated in 1848, but unfortunately too late discovered that his zeal had surpassed his discre tion--that "he h a d reckoned without his host. There being no person for the expenses, some subsoriptiona were e y en — inclucling one of 100/. JAN. _.~~. _ , . el RALLIS, Mayor.—The First Court ofMAYOR from Major BERESFORD, who even then took an N.../ and ALDERMEN, held in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall interest . in the Derby elections. FLEWKER, how of the City of London, on Tuesday, the 30th day of November, 1852, in the 16th year of the reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of ever, in place of obtaining honours and emolument, Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c., Resolved unanimously—That the sincere thanks of this Court be was 7001. OT 8001. out ofpocket by the trans presented to the Ri g ht lion. Win. Hunt e r, late L o rd Ma y er of this poc City, for the manner in which he sustained the hi g h o ffi ce of Chief action—a matter that appears to have rankled in Magistrate, for the punctuality of his attendance in thi s Court , and his mind and excited a strong desire of vengeance, the impartiality with which he presided over its deliberations, for the hospitality which he uniformly maintained at the Mansion-house, far an anxious wis when h "to pitch into ev er y b o dy" the liberality be evinced towards the numero us c h aritable institu tions of this City, for the readiness of access h e i nvariably afforded, the fitting occasion should arrive. FOUT tedious and the amenity he nualtiested to all classes of his fellow-citizens, years elapsed ,during whi c h p er i o d th e i n j ure d and especially for his kind and courte ous b ehaviour to every member of this Court. MEREWETHER. FLEWKER continued " nursing his wrath to keep it warm." At length the hour arrived when the avenging NEmEsis might be propitiated. An appeal was made to the country. A general election was about to take place. At first FLEWKER, kept aloof in sullen dignity. He refused to act as an agent for the Ministerial can didate. He had a correspondence on this point with the Chairman of the Conservative Commit tee—a gentleman just appointed a magistrate for the borough in which he showed that the "old sore" was still open. He was, however, too valu able an auxiliary to be given up without an exer tion. A trusty agent, named RADFORD, was selected to make the final attempt to propitiate his anger. RADFORD determined to try the effect of a little candour. He accordingly told the in dignant FLEWIKER that decisive arrangements had been made for securing the election by means of money, and that a stranger had arrived in town, who was to do the trick. FLEWKER apparently yielded. The anger vanished, and he consented once more to act as Conservative agent, and to render his best assistance to the good cause. But FLEWIKER was faithless. A scheme of vengeance flashed across his mind, which he determined to carry into execution. He consented to meet " the good and safe man," and was intro duced to that respectable individual at the County Tavern. He then asked if MORGAN had any let ter from FRAIL, with whom he had been in com municationlon a former occasion, and with whose style and in/knner of handwriting he was well ac quainted. MORGAN answered in the negative, but produced as his credential the celebrated let ter signed " W. 8.," and dated from the Carlton Club. So at least FLEWKER asserts. On the other side, so far as we can learn, it is positively affirmed that the letter'was an old one, written on a bye gone occasion, and not in any degree relating to the last election—and that if there had been any tampering with electors at the instance of her MAJESTY'S Secretary at War, the time for in quiry had gone by ; the statute of limitations might be pleaded in bar of the suit. This, t appears, is the issue to be tried, and GOD for k' that we should in any degree prejudge the it. It is not our desire to influence in any degree the decision of the tribunal to which the matter has been referred. GOD forbid that any party feeling or prejudice should induce us either to inflict injury on an innocent person, or to shelter a guilty one. Our only desire is, that the verdict may be in strict accordance with the substantial merits and real justice of the case. When that verdict is returned, we may offer some commentary ; but until then we refrain from further observation, merely pointing out the nature of the question about to be decided, and heartily hoping that truth may ultimately prevail, so that the inno cont may be fully acquitted, and suitable punish ment inflicted on the guilty. Upon the nature of the forthcoming Budget epends the existence of the present Government. The fact, indeed, is so very obvious that it seeing almost preposterous to venture upon what may reasonably appear to many its superfluous enun ciation. Yet, perceptible though the truth un doubtedly is, it is at the same time one of such extraordinary importance, as to demand from us a• reminder thus explicit, now that we are on the eve of the long -anticipated ministerial announce ment. Until now it must be acknowledged by us all that no opportunity has presented itself for the deliberate bringing forth of this financial statement. Circumstances have to a considerable extent aided the Ministry, by affording them ample time for consideration. Causes of unavoid able procrastination have started up one after another in rapid and, so far, very convenient suc cession--early in Spring the necessity of passing the Mutiny Act, and voting the supplies—early in Summer the necessity of at once dissolving Parliament—early in Autumn the general elec tion, followed almost immediately by the death of the late Duke of WELLINGTON-- early in Winter the funeral obsequies of the de parted hero, occurring nearly simultaneously with the assembling of the New House of Commons at Westminster. Scarcely had the remains of the Conqueror of the Peninsula been solemnly deposit ed by the nation under the. dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, when it became necessary to cram the principles of Free Trade down the throats of the Protectionist Administration. It was a duty unavoidably devolving upon the Opposition. It was a responsibility to which more were pledged than the Manchester party and their sympathisers. Something like this was required for the calming of the public mind in the United Kingdom, and, in some measure also for the maintenance of tranquillity throughout Christendom. FLUELLEN had to administer the leek : but —contrary to i first anticipations—he came to the House of Com mons, not from the West Riding of Yorkshire, but from the borough of Wolverhampton. Hig, however, was not the hand that forced it between the teeth of the reluctant Derbyites—the task de volving, at the eleventh hour, upon the noble Lord the EX-FOREIGN SECRETARY. By whomsoever administered, the aliment has been at length most happily devoured by the Cabinet to the dismay of party, but unquest i onably also to the popular satisfaction. It was an act, we cannot bid think, of very memorabl e re t r ib ut i on. It was a noble evidence of homage to the genius and patriotism of Sir ROBERT Pun —expressive of a tribute from the Opposition benches, and of expiation from the benches of the Government. Henceforth, more over, we" can have no misapprehension whatever upon the subject as to the relative strength of the rival causes of Free Trade and Protection. The question has now been, for once and for all, settled. The system of the monopolists is buried beyond the possibility of exhumation. In its place we have seen solemnly and permanently established the grand system of Free Trade; or, as it is the fashion to call it among the later and most un willing converts—unrestricted competition. The wisdom of the course pursued in 1.846, the justice of that course, and its eminently beneficial conse quences have all been recognised and acknow ledged by the DERBY-DISRART.I Government and its supporters—what though the obnoxious clause with the three " odious" epithets, "just, and wise, and beneficial," was shrunk from so sensi tively by the leaders of the Administration. Monopoly is dead—Long live Free Trade ! It was the cry of the division on Friday night, or rather on Saturday morning, in the lower branch of the Legislature. The still obdurate fifty-three and their friends out of doors, PAUL FOSIKETTS, and the like, might, after this all but unanimous division of the Parliament, as lief attempt to re store the system of rotten boroughmongering, as hope to revive the abandoned principles of agricul tural Protection. For, the Forlorn Hope, upon the strength of whose prowess they had counted with such implicit confidence, have thrown down their arms, - and abruptly capitulated. The vic- TIE SUN, L'ONDON, WEDN adventured upon by them to effect a series of popular improvements, they can never hope to preserve long within their grasp the somewhat slippery reins of constitu tional administration. Unless they feel con vinced of these things, and act upon their con victions, they may prepare forthwith to resign to more able and more discerning statesmen their present inestimable opportunity. If such are not the opinions entertained by them in reference to the requirements of the existing generation, they cannot expect to retain much longer their enviable ascendancy over the fortunes of their immediate contemporaries. Sufficient has been said, however, even now—in spite of the almost inscrutable silence upon these particulars main tained by the Right Honourable the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—tO justify us, we conceive, in anticipating some effort, however inadequate, to accede to the wants of the majority of the population. For instance, it may not be impossible that the Income-tax, or, as it is now termed, the Property-tax, may be, by certain concessions and emendations, to a consi derable degree lightened and popularised. Neither is it altogether improbable, that the remission of some duties of an intolerable kind to the general community may be proposed—such for example as those levied upon tea, as one of the most uni versal, and, in these" days, necessary articles of consumption. While propositions will, of course, be made by Mr. DISRAELI - , tending to a reduc tion of the burthens at present weighing heavily upon the agricultural interests by the extension of those grand Free-trade principles which are at length recognised and accepted upon almost all hands as the inviolable principles of unrestricted competition. Such are a few among the rational anticipations suggested to the more thoughtful observers by the inklings already obtained as to the ministerial intentions, in defiance of a really be. wildering taciturnity on the part of the astute and accomplished Leader of the Lower House of the Imperial Legislature. Whether or not these ex pectations may be realised can continue matter for conjecture only until Friday evening. Then will be decided, by the voice of Mr. DISRAELI him self, the fate of that Cabinet of February, of which he is one of the most distinguished ornaments. The liberality of the measures about to be pro posed by him, can alone save his own and the for tunes of his colleagues from perdition. A respon sibility of great imminence devolves, therefore, at the present moment upon the Right Hon. Gentleman the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. Yesterday afternoon a genera meeting of the graduates in this University was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, to adopt measures for urging upon the Legislature the claim of the University to be represented in Parliament. Mr. Heywood, M.P., presided, and was supported by the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. Collier, M.P., Mr. Carte; M.P., Dr. Bil ling, Dr. Carpenter, and other gentlemen. In opening the proceedings, the Chairman remarked on the necessity of an addition to the number of scien tific men in the House of Commons, and where the medical profession was very inefficiently represented. It had been objected to their movement that Chelsea and Kensington had a prior claim to any vacant seats that might occur in the House of Commons. While recognising the claims of such bodies to be represented, he (the Chairman) could see in those claims no valid reason why the University of London should not struggle for privileges to which it was certainly entitled. Dr. Forster read a report, which stated at some length the circumstances connected with the foundation of the college, and its subsequent history. The number of schools and colleges now affiliated to the University was above 100, in which between 7,000 and 8,000 young men were under instruction. As some of these pursued their studies at two places at the same time, the number of s t u d ents i n con nection with the University might be estimated at 5,000, which was more than the number at Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin taken together. It was now a matter of doubt which had the most wealth—Oxford, Cambridge, or London. Upwards of 700 graduates were now connected with the London University, which would be a larger constituency than the 'Univer sity of Dublin possessed when the Reform Rill gave it a second member. Upwards of 30 members of the House of Commons had promised to support the claims of the University, amongst the number being Lord J. Russell, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Hume, and Lord D. Stuart. On the motion of Mr. Thornely, M.P., seconded by Mr. Collier, M.P., it was resolved, that the time had come for erecting the University of London into a Par liamentary constituency. On the motion of Mr. Mahon, M.P„ seconded by Mr. Thorogood, a committee was appointed for pre paring the necessary details. A subscription list for the purpose of meeting past and future expenses was opened, and Mr. T. Field Gibson was appointed treasurer. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, who briefly ac knowledged the compliment, closed the proceedings. MINISTERS' MONEY, (IRELAND.—Mr. Charles Forster paired off in favour of Mr. Fagan's motion, with Mr. Walter against it, till eight o'clock ; and, on returning to vote, at that hour, found the House up. DEATH OF CAPTAIN GREEN PALEY.—We have to record the demise of Captain Green Paley, son-in-law to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Solicitor-General. The gallant officer died suddenly on the 29th ult., having been ill but a few hours. He was the husband of the only daughter and child of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and was the representa tive of an old Yorkshire family. So little was the event expected, that on Saturday evening last, Mrs. Paley at tended the soiree given by Lady Derby, in company with the Solicitor-General. THE ESTIMATES.—It is said that the increase to the army, in personnel and materiel, will include an addition to the artillery branch of 2,000 men, 1,000 horses and carriages, and ammunition waggons for 200 guns. ABOLITION OF QUARANTINE. —The Lords of the Council have directed Mr. Greville, one of the clerks of the council, to acquaint the Commissioners of Customs, for the information of their officers, at the several ports throughout the kingdom, of the desire of their lordships that the regulations contained in the Council letter of the 2d of September last—" that the officers of the customs should examine very particularly the masters of vessels u p h tfl er detaindv iiss3luedkaehs arriving from the Baltic and the North Sea, as to the e state of health of their passengers and crew, more especially with reference to cholera, and in the event of there being any person or persons on board actually suf feringe l o ctot lauhhyeghroaydtfiray, shore"—should o :oeoner eNisa. visit nhhyt quarantine, preservation n nsmotcyofoiperiodgnstthuthhi suffering tconehu jahavuer st: f sft r heareh o eoll m moionifin t ettdt h dhhhe a eeer t . within eh present neces saryaoeprecautionary nals officerHmeflEouirnnttt phyeoemrtape, FRIEND ine. OP THE CLERGY. —Yesterday a general meeting of the subscribers to this charity—the objects of which are, allowing permanent pensions to the widows and orphan unmarried daughters of clergymen of the Established Church, and affording temporary assistance to necessitous clergymen and their families —was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of electing ten pensioners on the funds from a long list of candidates. The Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A., having taken the chair at one o'clock, stated the claims of the society, and then declared the poll to be open. Mr. Stephen J. Aldrich, the secretary, informed the meeting that there were at present twenty pensioners on the funds, receiving from 301. to 40/. per annum. During the past year grants and loans had been made to 57 ne cessitous clergymen, to the amount of 660/. ; to the wives of ditto, 10/. ; to 25 widows of ditto, 145/. ; to 34 daughters of ditto, 1811. ; making a total of 996/. The funds were stated to be in a very flourishing condition. At three o'clock the poll was closed, and the names of the ten successful candidates having been announced, a, vote of tanks was passed to the ch a i rman, and the pro ceedings h t erminated. HEALTH OF LONDON DIMING THE WERIC.—The weekly return continues to exhibit a comparati ve ly f avourable condition of the public health. In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths were 947, a number w hi c h differs not much from that of the preceding week. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1 842-51 the sent time of 1,196. Compared with this estimat e d faovreraingcreenasuniber w e ofpop a u s laTio B n 7, gvihch, if a ve i sa mortality correet f in o o rt i h s e ra p aci r :- amount, the deaths actually returned last week show a temperature fell to 45.6 deg. ; this was _ .w nth f mortality, which rose` 1,101. reduction of 249. In the last week of Oc f t o o ll b o er e t d he i mean next week by an increase o 1 ,101. Under the influence of a higher temperature, the mortality in the last three weeks declined, and was a s ber th e mean t emperature h as b een 54.2 deg., with another, follows :-1,022, 922, 947. In the four weeks o s f l N 2 o d y e e g: m . 49.3 d eg ., an d 45-7 d eg. , w hi c h, o n e has fallen in eac h o f th e same weeks is 0 8 is 5 d eg . a b ove t h e average. Theamou - nt 4 of rain that 1'77 in., and 1.46 in. Last week an inch of rain fell on Friday alone. It may be supposed that excessive rains, by thoro ug hly was hi ng th e d ra i n s and carrying off injurious ma tt ers , t en d to promote th e pu bli c health, and it is not till they have ceased that the effect of in creased evaporation and death.aporationb Leginsastt wobek thedeeobserveed in anin l cr s ea s s r e . of sickness Latina again rose from 59 to 72,thoseKOM typhus fell from 50 to 37. There were 7 deaths from small-pox and 15 from measles. Diseases from the respiratory organs are at nearly the same amount as in the preceding week. Last week the births of 855 boys and 816 girls, in all 1,671 children, were registered in London. The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1,346. At the Royal Observatory, Green wich, the mean height of the barometer last week was i 29.369 in. The mean temperature was 45 . 7 deg., w} , - is 2 . 3 deg. above the average. The mean d _ u n perature was highest on Sunday and 1- -.ally tern rose to 50 . 8 and 52 deg., or 7 ....eriday, when it the average, The wind ueg. and 9 deg, 4bove in the beginning of ;: no g e ncraY from the north " F ri daY allet Saiurda frolll the south-west y, .;~ :, ~,, SPAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1852. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. I CITY, Two o'CLoc - K. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was brisker, the sales being 12,000 bales. Railway Shares were firmer in the morning, but closed rather easier. Accounts from Peru recently to hand state that the exports of guano this year have fallen off. The Austrian Government is steadily paying off its debt to the National Rank of Vienna. The Chamber of Representatives in Belgium have passed the project for the conversion of the 5 into 4 per Cents. There was a slight reduction yesterday afternoon in the rates at which Bills of Exchange were nego ciated on the principal continental cities, Paris excepted, which remained at 25 :40 to 421. Am sterdam, 90 days, wa s a t 11 : 18 to 181. Hambro' at 13 : 6i to 7, and Trieste at 11: 41 to 44. Scraps still occasionally come to hand from Aus 4ralia, showing not only the difficulty, but also the precariousness of gold digging, The following is a copy of a letter received from the Captain of the Anaki Hilts exploring party : " I should have written to you earlier, but have no means of sending a letter to town. One of my men being very anxious to see its wife and family, whom he left very ill, I have given lira permission to do so, and to return on Monday next. We have explored all the hills on Messrs. Griffin's mad Staughton's stations, and found not a speck of gold. We have sunk a great many holes on both stations, and also surfaced ' • but we are in hopes of finding the p rec i ous meta l on Steiglitz's run, part of which we have explored, and are now proceeding down the creek in Sharp's direction." The Bank of England during the " shutting" of the transfer-books will advance upon stock at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, to be repaid in January. _ The English Stock Market has been weaker, and there is less doing, the naval and military prepara tions of the Government being a cause of some un easiness. Consols have been 101 to for transfer, and are now 101* to ; the New at per Cents. have realised 103# to and the 3 per Cents. 100± to #. Bank Stock is worth 222±; South Sea New Annuities arel at 1001 ; Exchequer Bills bring 725., 'and India Bonds 80s. to 83s. premium. - There has been a decided movement in Grenada Deferred Bonds, the price having risen to 12 and 13. Mexican are well supported at 25 to i t ; Equador have be en a t sk ; B uenos A yres are 7 4, and Brazilian 102; Austrian Scrip is at 9 prem.; Pe ruvian Deferred Stock is at 64 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 51f to 52 ; and the Deferred 25. The Certificates are 31 to f The Swedish Loan is 1 discount. Nothing has been done in the Turkish Loan. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 38 to Dutch 4 per Cents. bring 97. Railway Shares are not generally so high, but the market is active and buoyant for North British, Bristol and Exeter, Endinburgh and Glasgow, and Great Southern and Western of Ireland. French Shares are dull, but at fully the previous rates. In Gold Mines there are still large transactions, and higher rates have been obtained for Colonial, United Mexican Yuba, English and Australian copper, and Australian freehold, &c. The Chartered Bank of Australia is not so good. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) _ . _ Business done. Bank Stock 222 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities..: lOO 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities i 101 1 1 New 34 per Cent. Annuities. Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6i India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO BO 3 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities lOOl Consols for Account....... ......... Exchequer Bills lid. March. dune. £lOOO 72 69 72 £5OO — 72 Small — 72 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian Scrip, 5 per Cent 9 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent 97 Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lo2k Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 74 5 Equador Bonds .. . Grenada Bonds, 11 per Cent Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon 22 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent... 12 1 i 13 121 134 13 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 251 Peruvian 6 per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 641 $ Portuguese 4 per Cent. 3Bl 1 $ Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 52 1 2 Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert, of Coup. not fun 3i i i p a Swedish Loan Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols lOl * Ditto Account, Dec. 9 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CREWE STEEPLECHASES. TUPSDAY. The Eddleston Free Handicap of 5 save each, and 30 sous added. Three miles. Mr. James's Jenny Jones (301.), 9st olb Mr. Byron's nd Falcon (301.), 9st 101 b Mr. Smith's Gulnare (801.). lOst 121 b Mr. Land's Frank (301.), lOst 41b Mr. Henderson's Crabbs (30/.), 10st 41b Mr. Lamplough's Yorkshireman (301.), 9st 101 b Mr. Tilbury's Quickstep (301.), 9st 101 b Mr. Blow's Flying Buck (301.), 9st 81b Mr. Tustin's gr g, by Greatheart (801.), 9st 61b Mr. Smith's Harmony (301.), Bst 61b Betting-2 to 1 agst Frank, and 4to 1 agst York shireman and Quickstep. Won by three lengths. The Annual Steeplechase Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 60 sous, added. About three miles. 16 subs. Mr. Spier's Benedict, Bst 101 b (White) 1 Mr. Bretherton's Clatterbox, 9st 41b 2 Mr. Laing's Johnny Barry, 10st 21b 0 Mr. Land's The Screw, 9st 81b 0 Mr. Clayton's Janus, 9st 81b 0 Captain Pascoe nd Royal Blue, 9st 41b 0 Mr. Henderson s Widow Machre, 9st 21b 0 Mr. Williams's The Unk own , 9st 21b 0 Mr. Roberts's Emperor, Bst 121 b 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Clatterbox, 4to 1 agst Emperor, sto 1 agst Janus, 6 to 1 agst The Screw, 6 to 1 agst The Unknown, and 10 to 1 agst Johnnie Barry. Won by three lengths. ...(Whit The Hatherton Stakes of 30 sous. each, and 15 added; one mile and half; 16 subs., were won in four heats by Mr. Steven's Lady 'Wilton beating Mr. Johnson's The Lame'un, Mr. Grimer's Sarah, Mr. Tempest's Knight of the Pipe, Mr. Barton's Pi oneer , Mr. Smith's Gulnare, Captain Phelam's Louisa, Mr. Rickard's Emma, and Mr. Welling's Miss Moulton. BETTING AT MANCHESTER--TuEspar. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Nancy (t). 50 to 1 Black Doctor (t). 1,000 to 15 Joe Miller (t). 1,000 to 15 Richard Primmer (t). 1,000 to 15 Muscovite (t). 1,000 to 10 ---- Goldfinder. 1,000 to 1 0 Lord Fau c onberg (t). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 50 to 1 offered on the field. DERBY. 12 to 1 agat West Australian (t). 1.5.t0-1 -- The Reiver (t). 18 ' to 1 -- Pharos (t). 20 to 1 -- Elmsthorpe (t). 20 to 1 -- Umbriel (t). TRADING IN DEATR. —Several years have now elapsed since it began to be clear to the comprehension of most rational men, that the English people had fallen into a condition much to h e re etted, in respect of their Fu neral customs. A system of barbarous show and ex pense was found to have gradually erected itself above the grave, which) While it could possibly do no honor gr to the memory the living, as nd °f the dead, did great dishonor to solemn i of h uman occasions with unmeaning honest d e bt, p r ofuse waste, and bad ex mummeres cl; i ucing them to associate the most ample in an utt er oblivion of responsibility. The more the subject was examined, and the lower the investiga tion was carried the more monstrous (as was natural) these usages app their consequences. No class of society escaped. The competition among the middle classes for superior eared to be, both in themselves and in gentility in funerals—the gentility being estimated by • the amount of the folly in which the undertaker was permitted to these clubs, to whom the cost of funeral customs was so ruinous and so disproportionate to their means, that they formed clubs c r u on u r:ot--deseended even to the very poor, among themselves to defray such charges. Many of coed s by designing villains who preyed uponthe general infirmity, cheated and wronged the poor, most cruelly ; others, by presenting a new class of temp tations to th e wickedest natures among them, led to a new class o f mercenary murders, so abominable in th th wi y, that language cannot stigmatise them sufficient severity. That nothing might be wanting to complete the general depravity, hollowness, and falsehood, of this state of things, the absurd fact cam e to light, that innumerable harpies assumed the titles of furnishers of funerals, who possessed no funeral furniture whatever, but who formed a long file of middle , passing them on like water-buckets at men between the chief mourner and the rent tradesman, and who hired out th e trappings from one to another— of them charging his • enormn• centage on his share of the "black job." • ~..,, per by the s;- _the demonstration, .., rite—every one Add to all this, . of resulting „,..tole consequences to the living, inevitablythe midst of from the practice of burying the dead in system of in crowded towns ; and the exposition of and tr- - ....ipiest and plainest practical science, the limits of our age and nation, arising out of the confined . of their proprie tors such burial -ground; and the avarice decent horror, revolting to our nature disgraceful to • and the culminating point of this is at last arrived at. .....Dy c k ent e 6 "Ha u sad a Words." gigantic morkery , , IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY ) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. TRUCK SYSTEM. Mr. C. FORSTER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in consequence of the report of the commissioner for enquiring into the opera tion of the Truck System, it is the intention of the Government to introduce any measure on that sub j ,....t in the course of the present session? Mr. WALPOLE said it was his intention to bring in a bill on the subject shortly after the Christmas recess. THE MILITIA. _ _ Sir G. PECHELL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he would be able, before the recess, to present the returns of the number of men now enrolled in each regiment of militia, and the quota of each, ezc Mr. WALPOLE said, he believed the returns to the Home-office were nearly complete, and if the hon. and gallant member would move for them as far as they had gone, he would lay them on the table before the recess, and they could be made more perfect afterwards. RYDE PETTY SESSIONS. In reply to Mr. FREWEN, Mr. WALPOLE said the last information he received was, that though there were only three magistrates to preside at the Ryde petty sessions, no practical incon venience had arisen. He should communicate with the Lord-Lieutenant, for the purpose of obtaining more full information on the subject. RETURNS. Sir G. PECHELL moved for a copy of the order issued by the Poor-law Board, dated the 25th day of August, 1852, for regulating the administration of out door relief ; together with copies of such applications as have been made by the several guardians for a total and immediate repeal of such order. Also, copies of the several applications that have been made to the Board ,of Admiralty, the Hydrographer, and the Astronomer Royal, since 1849, for pecuniary rewards on account of improvements made in chronsmeters; and, a list of the 0 eve ral chronometers that have been placed on the Gover z . .nent trials at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, arranged in their order of merit, and distinguishing those chrono meters that have been purchased by the Board of Admi ralty, with the prices awarded for them (in continuation of return, No. 585, of session 184 9).—Agreed to. BETHELEM HOSPITAL. In reply to Sir R. H. INGLIS, Mr. WALPOLE said he hoped to lay on the table next week, the report of the commissioners, and the reply of the governors of the hospital. POLLING AT COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL. On the order of the day for the committal of this bill, Mr. BUCK put it to the noble lord who had caarge of the bill, whether it would not be better to refer the bill to the consideration of a select committee ? Mr. MILES, before the question was answered, called upon the noble lord to state specifically what his proposals were. Lord R. GROSVENOR had no hesitation in giving a reply to both these questions. With regard to the first of them, he should have had no objection to adopt the suggestion thrown out if this had been the first time that the bill came before the house. But the fact was the bill had been repeatedly before the house in the last Parliament, and once it had been sanctioned by the Government of the day, and he could see no necessity for referring the bill to a select committee. With regard to the second question, he begged to state, that he intended to confine the provisions of the bill to the simple matter of limiting the polling for counties to one day, and providing that the declaration of the poll should take place the day afterwards. Sir GEORGE PECHELL supported the bill. Mr. PACKE complained of the very great haste with which the bill was being pressed forward. It would be time enough to commit it when the house met again, after the Christmas recess. The bill, he was afraid, would produce great inconvenience to county electors, for it - always happened that something like 80 county elections had to take place within the space of ten days, and inasmuch as many electors had votes in several counties, they would have no opportunity of polling in more than one if the bill passed. He should therefore move that the bill be committed that day three months. After a few words from By. H. DnirmmoNn and Capt. A. Lzmrox, Mr. G. BUTT moved that it be an instructions U the committee on the County Elections Polls Bill to intro duce provisions into the bill for shortening the time between the proclamation and day of election in counties, and the time of the receipt of the writ and the election in boroughs. The great objects which a bill of this nature should have in view, should be to secure to the electors the exercise of the franchise with convenience, and to limit the expense attendant upon county elections. The law as it now stood was passed in 1796, but since that period the means of communication from one part of the coun try to another had been greatly increased, and a change in the law was required to make it comformable shat altered state of things. Mr. B. DENISON did not - - apprehend that there would be any objection to the proposed amendment, as the house was clearly of opinion that the time for holding county elections should be shortened. Her Majesty's Government, as he understood, had no objection to the 'principle of the bill, but they did ob ject to that part of the bill which shortened the period to elapse between the day of nomination and the day of polling ; and, for his part, if the noble lord would con sent to make the time three days, he would support the passing of the bill, as he was convinced, from confer rences that he had had with electioneering agents. that there would be no difficulty, with an increase in the number of polling places, in accomplishing the polling at county elections in one day. Mr. WALPOLE agreed with the observations which the previous speaker had made, and if the noble lord would adopt his suggestion, there would be no difficulty in passing the bill. He, however, could not consent to the instructions proposed by the hon. and learned mem ber (Mr. Butt), as from the shortness of the notice which had been given of them, he had had no opportunity of consulting his colleagues upon the subject, and he there fore hoped the hon. and learned member would not per severe with them. After a few words from Lord HARRY VANE, Lord J. RUSSELL concurred with what had fa- 1 len from the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the Horne Department, it was highly desirable to shorten the time for taking county elections, but that object could be attained without making an alteration in the law in any other respect. For instance, the number of polling places could be increased under the law now stood, and he could see no good reason for encumbering this bill with provisions upon that matter, or with the proposal of the hon. and learned member opposite. This latter proposal might he made the subject of a second bill. Mr. MULLINS did not believe that the bill would effect any saving of expence or prove acceptable the electors, but it would prevent a good deal of that cor ruption that 'generally took place on the second day's polling, and he should therefore vote for going into Committee. Mr. HUME advised Lord Robert Grosvenor to be content with the principle of limiting the voting for counties to one day, and not to press any provision in regard to the mode of voting. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY. Mr. V. SMITH said his object in supporting the bill was to prevent the enormous expenses which took place between the first and second day. Mr. G. BUTT withdrew his amendment, and gave notice that after the recess he would move for lea , - .to bring in a bill to carry out the proposal which i con tained. Mr. V. SCULLY approved of the bill, and hoped its principle would hereafter be extended to Ireland. At present, however, he did not believe th e mac hi ner y o f the bill was fitt e d for that country, and the first conse quence of it would be that not one-tenth of the county electors would be able to record their votes. rhe process of polling a voter in Ireland was ex tremely dilatory, and from what he had seen working in his own personal experience, he could state for a fact that it was not possible to poll more than 200 votes, in a day of eight hours, at one booth. Mr. MONSELL said, that having consulted the hon. member (Mr. Elliot) who had intended to move that his bill be extended to Scotland, he thought it most con venient to announce to the house that he had come to the determination to allow the bill to pass through com mittee, and to defer their amendment to the report. (Hear.) Col. SIBTHORP said that lie considered this a low, shabby, and mean bill. He, himself possessed the elective franchise in eight or nine different counties, and at the late general election he had fund it exceedingly difficult to get from place to 'place in sufficient time. If this bill passed it would be in future perfectly impossible. (Hear.) He had no reliance in this house—(laughter) —and he looked therefore to another place which was not actuated by the same selfish party motives as this house. Many other bills of this nature i had been thrown out there, and he hoped this bill would meet with the same fate. He believed this bill was supported by honourable mem bers simply with a view to save their own pockets. Mr. DEEDES said that he should support the amend ment, because he thought the bill was premature. After a few remarks from Mr. GEORGE, the amendment was withdrawn, and the bill passed through committee. Mr. HUME enquired if the financial statement would be made on Friday night. Mr. WALPOLE was understood to bow assent. LHE DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE. The following members were appointed to serve on this committee, Mr. Goulburn, Lord H. Vane, Lord Barrington, Sir W. Molesworth, and Mr. Deedes. THE MELBOURNE. Mr. DRUMMOND moved for the correspondence and reports relative to the ship Melbourne. Mr. A. STAFFORD said that not only was there no objection to the introduction of this correspondence, but the Admiralty would be exceedinglyglad to lay the whole much circumstance before the public, as they had been exaggerated and misrepresented in the public prints. It would be found, he thought, that the whole blame attached to the company, the proprietors of the vessel, and that none could possibly attach to the Admiralty. After a short conversation the motion was agreed to, and the remaining orders having been disposed of, the house adjourned at three o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS--Nov. 30. MINISTERS' MONEY (IRELAND.) Motion made, and question put, " That this house will, upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a com mittee, to take into consideration the law relating to the rate or tax called Ministers' Money, in Ireland, with the view to repeal so much thereof as relates to the said rate or tax ; and further to take into consideration the et 3 and Will. 4, c. 37, called the ' Church Temporalities Act,' for the purpose of amending the same, so as to provide thereby a substitute out of the revenues of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as a provision for the Pro testant Ministers in certain corporate towns in Ireland, in lieu of the annual sums now received by them under and by virtue of the Act 17 and 18 Charles 2, c. 7." Whereupon the previous question was pat, " That t question be now put." The house divided—Ayes, 94 ; Noes, 140. AYES. Baines, M. T. Gower, F. L. O'Brien, Cornelius Ball, John Grace, 0. D. J. O'Brien, Patrick Barnes, T. Greene, John O'Brien, Sir Timothy Bell, James .i Grev , lle, Colonel F. O'Fl aherty, Anthony Belle, Captain Hastie, Alexander Otway, Arthur John Berkeley, Craven F. Hattie, Archibald Pellatt, Apsley Bowyer, George Beard, JI. Pinney, W. Brady, John Henchy, D. O'Connor Pollard, ITrquhart W. Bright, John Higgins, George Potter, R. Bzotherton, Joseph Hindley, Charles rower, N. Brown, Humphrey Hume, Joseph Price, W. P. Burke, Sir T. Keating, Robert Roche, E. B. Butler, Charles S. Kennedy, Tristram Rus ell, F. W. Byne. G. H. Charles Kirk, William Sadleir. J. Challis, Alderman Laslett, William Sadleir, J. Cheetham, John Lawless, Cecil i.cully, V. Clay, J. Loveden, P. Shee, W. Clay, Sir William Lucas, F. Shelley, Sir J. Cobden, Richard "Mann, J. Smith, W. M. Coffin, W. M'Gregor, John Sullivan, M. Crossley, Frank M`Mahon, Patrick Swift, Richard Devereux, John T. Magan, W. H. Thompson, G. Duffy, Charles Clavan Maguire, John F. Thornely, T. Duncan, George Meagher, Thomas Towneley, C.' Esmonde, John Massey, W. N. Villiers, C. Pelham Fergus, John Miall, Edward Whitbread, Samuel Fitzgerald, John Milner, W. M. Wilkinson, W. A. Fitzgerald, Sir J. F. Mitchell, T. A. Williams, William Fertescue. Chichester Blolesworth, Sir W. Gardner, Richard Moore, G. 11. Gibson, Thomas M. Mulgrave i Earl Goderich, Viscount Murrough, J. P. Goodman, Sir George Norreys, Sir D. =um. Fagan, James Murphy, F. 8. NOES. . Acland, Sir T. D Gaskell, James M. Naas, Lord Archdall, Capt. M. George, John Napier, Joseph Baird, James Gipps, Henry P. North, Colonel Bankes, George Gladstone, William Packe, C. William Barrow, W. H. Graham, Lord M. W Pakington, Sir John Bateson, Thomas Greenall, Gilbert Parker, R. Townley Bennet, Philip Grogan, Edward Patten, J. Beresford, William Gwyn, Howel ' PhiHipps, J. H. Bernard, Viscount Hamilton, Lord C. Pigott, F. Blandford, Marquis of Hamilton, Geo. A. Repton, G. W. J. Boidero. Colonel Hamilton, J. Hans Bolt, P. Booth, Sir R. llarcourt, Colonel Sawle, C. B. G. Bramston, T. W. Hayes, Sir Edmund Seaham, Lord. Bremridge, Richard Henley, Joseph W. Smith. Sir F. Brooke, Lord Iterbert, Sir Thomas Smollett, A. , 'rooke, Sir A. B. Hildyard, Robert C. Sourer-et, Captain Bruce, C. L. C. Hotham, Lord Sotheron, T. H. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hughes, William B. Spooner, R. Burghley, Lord Trion, Samuel Stafford, A. Butt, Geo. Medd Johnstone, H. B. Stanley, Lord Cairns, H. M Calmont Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stapleton, J. f 'arnac, Sir J. Rivett Jones, Captain Stirling, William Chandos, Marquis of Ker. D. S. Stuart H. Christopher, R. Adam Knatchbull, W. F. Ta lor, Colonel Christy, Samuel Knight, F. W. Taylor, H. Clinton, Lord Robert Knox, W. S. Theslger, Sir F. Codrington, Sir Wm. Langton, W. G. Thompson, Ald. Conolly, T. Lennox, Lord A. F. Trollope. fir J. Coote, Sir T, Leslie, C. P. Turner, C. Corry, H. L Liddell, H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Cotton, W. Lindsay, Colonel Vance, J. Davies, David A. S. Lockhart, W. Vansittart, G. H. Davison. R . Lowther, Captain Vernon. G. E. H. Drummond,Henry Macgregor, James Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Du Cane, Charles Malin's, Richard Walcott, Adm. Duncombe, Wm. E. Mandeville, Viscount Walpole, S. H. Dunne, Colonel Manners, Lord G. Warner, Edward Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord J. Whiteside, James Evelyn, Wm. John Maxwell, James P. Whitmore, Henry Ferguson, Sir Robert Michell, W. Wigram, L. T. Filmer, Sir Edmund Miller, T. J. Wyndham, 0 en. Forester, Colonel Mills, A. Wynn, Herbert W. Forster, Sir Geo. M. Monck, Lord Wynne, W. W. E. Franklyn, George W. Mont gomery , H . Tone, Eliot Thomas Fraser, Sir Wm. A. Moo re , H . S. Frewen, Charles Hay Morgan, C. R. =LW. Fuller, Augustus E. Morgan, Octavius Mackenzie, F: Gallwey, Sir W. P. Nfulllngs, J. R. Lennox, Lord H. LORD PALMERSTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. SlR,—Upon the occasion of Lord Palmerston's abrupt dismissal by Lord John Russell from a post he had filled for so many years with so much credit to himself and honour to his country—you were the first to regret, the first to condemn. You deserve credit for your discern ment —your predictions are verified by time. Lord Pal merston is now, as he was then, the most important per son in the kingdom. It is agreeable to behold the exhibition of talent under any circumstances. We all like to see a clever thing cleverly done ; but when talent is made subservient to patriotism—when its object is to annihilate faction, to re-establish permanently the most important principle that ever triumphed in any country—to rally under one banner men of talent of every party, with " onward" for their cry—to trumpet forth in the most unmistakeable manner (by a stupendous Parliamentary majority) to Protectionists of every country, that protection is an error, and that free trade, after a fair trial, has been proved to be a great truth ; when these are its objects, the exhibition of talent has an air peculiarly graceful. Lord Palmerston has not only brought the Protectionist and the Free-trader to the same pond, but he has made them drink. Curious enough, it was only the free-trade horse that kicked—poor Cobden ! We might say in the words of Byron, Where's Cobden ? Dished ! Where's Lord John Russell ? Diddled ! Where's Sibthorp, Newdegate, and Mr. Ball ? We might also add, in the words of the same poet, " Re venge is sweet, particularly in" place-hunting Radicals and well-paid patriots. Lord Palmerston was satisfied with the triumph of a principle. Cobden and Lord John Russell would make their enemies bite the dust. The people of England will not bend down their thumbs —the vanquished gladiators shall live. The country-- the world—is indebted to Lord Palmerston for his ad mirable tact. England will not be ungrateful. I conclude, sir, by subscribing myself to be, yours respectfully, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park Square. C. W. S. THE DEBATE LAST WEEk.—The London correspon dent of the Edinburgh Advertiser, observes that the amendment, in a homely phrase, completely took the wind out of the sails of the factious Opposition. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a speech of great bril liancy, made a most triumphant vindication of the policy of the Government. Bright, and Mr. Frederick Peel did their best to reduce this great question of domestic policy to a mere party strug gle. The latter gentleman was succeeded by Lord Palmerston, whose great Parliamentary experience, high personal honour, and acknowledged Free-trade sym pathies, at once secured, the attention of the house to the few sentences of dignified and profound wisdom which he addressed to it. The noble Lord is, by general consent, the ablest and readiest debator of the day, and never to better purpose did he bring to bear his influence, wisdom, and evperience. SMTHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—Last evening the arrangements for the reception of the prize cattle imple ments, and to be exhibited during the next week by the Smithfield Club, were finally completed. With regard to animals, the admissions will be extended up to 10 o'clock on Saturday night, after which hour no specimen will, under any circumstances, be received. The ar rangements are such that there will be a more distinct classification of animals than formerly. The judges will make their inspection and award of their prizes on Mon day, and in the evening the show will be illuminated for private view. On Tuesday morning the exhibition of the cattle will open to the public, and continue open daily until Friday night, the 10th instant, when it will finally close. THEATRE ROYAL, P I 4yMOUTH.—Mr. T. Mead, from the Royal Surrey Theatre, made his debut on the Plymouth boards on Monday the 22d. The piece selected was the celebrated domestic play of The Stranger, and Mr. Mead's interpretation of the chief character was undoubtedly a finely drawn and exceedingly clever per sonation. Mrs. Haller was taken by Madame Leclercq, and this lady was never seen to more advantage than she appeared in that character. Her acting possessed the very soul of nature, and was highly expressive of the deep humiliation of a penitent, affectionate wife, who is convinced that she has cruelly wronged her husband. The closing scene was most effective, and tears were noticed in the eyes of many of the audience. Mr. Ray, as Solomon, could not have been better, nor could his simple-minded son Peter have been in a better charge than in that of Mr. Smythson. The other characters were in equally good hands, and the curtain fell amidst deafening applause. Satyr; possessed nothing of interest, save The after-piece, a ballet, by M. Leclervcq,e th N e y d m a p n hz .ng an o d f red this gentleman's talented family. Mr. Mead appeared on Wednesday as the Duke of Gloucester in Richard and on Thursday co medy, A New Way to evening,P a Mr. Mead's Sir Giles Overreach was very good ; some M Ol a d ssi Debts, was celebrated performedbat parts were first-rate, and elicited much applause. Mrs. Allworth with becomin g Leclercq played Ladydi gn i ty. Wellborn was creditably sustained by Mr. Shaw, as was also Lord Lovell by Mr. Warde ; Justice Greedy was taken by Mr. Smythson. Mr. Ray made a good Marrall; the expression of his countenance was inimitable. The melo-dramatic romance, The Brigand, in which Captain Disney Roebuck appeared as Massaroni, brought the evening to a conchugon. .Ue way warmly applauded, LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Assistant-Judge (Mr. Serjeant Adams) and 3-fa bench of magistrates, sat this morning at the Session' 0 house, Westminster, to hear bail and appeal eases which there were four in the paper. CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A LATE SISTER O r MERCY. Anne Campbell, who, it is stated, is very reol ie—s s be connected, and who has gained some notoriety in ee ' l i n quence of having published a pamphlet reflecting IT t the system p ursue d at Miss Sellon's es tablishwe rn , 1 Devonport, o f w hi c h she was an inmate , surrender t this morning and pleaded not guilty to an indi ct T , a charging h er w ith having stolen a set of diam ends .„, pearl necklace, and other valuable property b elong 47 to Mrs. Julia A nne Phi ll i ps, widow o f th e late d'en' Howell Jones Phillips, of Seymour-street, Caw town. d gr. Mr. Bodkin app eare d f or the prosecu tion, an Ballantine and Mr. Parry for the defence. • tiation , Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case for the pros e— ee ir said that it a pp eare d f rom the ev i dence o f the pros 4 6, trig, who at the ti me o f th e ro bb er y resided 3i t her Albert-street, Camd en -t own , th a t th e prisoner an"ha mother we re on a v i s i t to her residence, and that on To 19th of October last having occasion to go to Exe ter ,' o r 's placed a num b er o f j ewels under the care o f the Pri s ° o 4 mother, Mrs. Campbell. On he r r eturn from the e g st i i of the whole of the property was gone, and on th e y. October Mrs. Campbell returned the jewel-cases eniPple Finding her property gone she sent to a Mr. T s ers divi' man, who afterwards with Lockerby of L.l i !,, i ,""iil l eA sion of police, went to Knowle-hill, near ilia' v 5 . 35 and saw the prisoner. The officer told her that s_ t h e icte4 suspected of stealing a number of valuable a:;arits belonging t o M rs. P hillips. He was after tair on shown a trunk f rom w hi ch he saw t h e box e ,oner ing the j ewe l s ta k en. When he first SaNV the P o .— t she did no t express the least unwillingness iiliP9 search should b e made, but asked if the Misse s )- ph kill had been questioned upon the matter. Mr-:;nner having adverted to the statement made by the P il .sts be when taken into custody, and in which she said thl ut a * had taken the jewels, thinking that the daughte r ' t she right to them, said if the jury were of opinion tha . „ t o had so taken the property with that intention, theruusio, return a verdict of not guilty. He would, e ftr i V i ll state that he and all parties concerned were sorry at the appearance of the private correspondeer to the prisoner —a correspondence which ought ne . : he de' have appeared, an d w hi c h b y being taken from ofoor fe ndant and p u bli s h e d was against the prineiP ies law and justice. After a few words from the Learned Judge, the Mr. Ballanti ne sa id that he was much °Wig'd d tha learned c ounse l f or t h e way in which he had staten the case, and, in conclusion, made some commen t u Pa ° , 1)0° 1 manner in which the defendant had been treate letter; at the police court and by the publication of h er —letters which had no bearing up r on the ease. th e Mr. Bodki n , a ft er a short pause, withdrew ,i f i ltioa prosecution, and die prisone r was , un d er the "14 of the Jud ge , di sc h arged from custody, the j ur y previously returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The Court was crowded. BOW - STREET. --{THIS DA Y. ) , VIOLENT A SSAULT UPON A MEMBER OF PAR L T io p, —This morning, the Hon. Butler Tan-stone, itt Canterbury, app eare d b efore Mr. Henry,, the , n a• s sc iv. i, magistrate, i n answer to a summons charging potr violently assaulting Benjamin Oliveira, M.P. ' ll3. tefract. Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the defendant. int o It appeared from the evidence, which was ge ne the at great length, that on Friday niht last, betwee o de hours of 1 and 2, and after the division on the fr ee : motion, brought on in the House of Comil l i ll', o o 4 complainant an d d e f en d ant were walking along n d the the former i n company with Mr. Hastie, M.P., latter with Lord Drumlanrig. Both parties, to tho peared, called a ca b, and the cabman driving 111:!t the side of th e pavement, the complainant r:,,ilelo side, when th e d e f endant struck him in a very lb° manner twice over th e shoulder, with a cane, ar t e d , ran away. Mr. Oliveira feeli ng himself aggr ies - 7 ttb e the following morning took out a summo ns aP_ ,Am " -- 0 , fthe defendant, an d th e case was taken this morning °II ; befel l ordergene ra lly p ursue d at police courts, it coming (L '" the night c h arges . ' . fa the Several witness es were ca lle d to 'rove the abo ce „ the and after s ome considerable. conversation betwe e n parties, 00 ,00 Mr. Henry, the magistrate, stated that the best_ o ni to pursue would be to send the case before a i l l' ot ildt let them decide on the matter in issue. Il e ° a the therefore, order the depositions to be taken , t o iow' defendant to be bound over to appear at the next set for the county of Middlesex. Fr o' The parties were then bound over to appear an „ear' secute, and the h on . d e f en d ant put in bail for his al' ance. The court was crowded to excess. C U , THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. S. MORTON. -- ch JW respondent states that the Procureur of the Fren ch has re' public, or, as he is now called, of the Empires o the ceived instructions to commence a prosecution 1, 1 10 0; cars of Mr. Bower, the relations of Mr. Morten ',pe t ' made an application to the Government on thig i q CARLOW ELECTION. --Mr. Francis Macdonega , ..,. .10 one of the most successful members of the Irish h'" bas who has never hitherto taken any part in polities , offered hi mse lf to the electors of Carlow, as t cl'il iat° date for th e sea t l e f t vacant by the death of th e Colonel Bruen. b f SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A n which a gentlem an l os t hi s li fe, occurred on the - 1 tan ore shire and Y or k s hi re R a i lway, at Pendleton, nearjoej chester, yesterday running, ~The deed-.1r'113 Longshaw, was rent-cond.:Am- to Mr. Hugh Ifigs° ;t°_,„ l/• manager of the Fitzgerald colliery estates at Pen b r ide' He had c rosse d th e up-line of rails at Windsor-arge' station to m a k e some 'i nquiries of the clerk in Oh cling whose nam e is William Birch. Th e l a tt er was si- d d o wn' between a lugga ge -t ra i n an d a coal-train on the st line, both of w hi c h were stationary. He had j t f l er eee ° swered Mr. Lo ngs h aw ' s questions, which had r e w hen to the arrival of some cattle-trains from SkiPt ai livsl a shout o f "l oo k out " was raised by one of the officials, and the express-train from Bolton to 0- 1 -..__ 311- ) 1 - 4 ' came up almo s t i mmed i ately along the up-aue.tiafoi- Longshaw, who was standing on the down-lin „ re d t ° , tunately mistook th e caut i on and thought itreieeorac' one of the t ra i ns h e was standing between. -tl e :ii n e 4) " . ingly stepp e d backwards, almOst clo se t o the 1 1 P iOet rails. Sc arce l y h a d he done so, when the engin ° tr acl‘' of the ex p ress train, which he had not perc eived, oat him on his right side, and dashed hi m before it, s° o ver he fell across one of the rails, and the train pas si f ig oan° him, cut off his left foot and right hand, at tl ls tan . time dreadfully fracturing his sk u lL D ea th was 1,1(10 taneous. The un f or t unate man has left a wido w 3' children. glo' THE FRENCH A UTHORITIES AND THE IRIS t° M TioN.--The Art Journal, for Decemb er , a dverting 0 1 " vast Conti nen t a l support promised to the Dublia dent bition of next year, says—" Our Paris corresP;io writes us, that the approaching Irish Exhibit i _l c ore r : nobly suppo r t e d b y nearly all the first-rate manw, - 0 art' of Paris, particularly those connected with the w"„ Aper the whole of the bronze, the best of the bijoutiers , ; - 'o l s , stainers . , carved furniture manufacturers, git; ea r porcelain manufacturers, bookbinders, silver:o ll 7 0 0 pet manufacturers, &c., and by the producers, articles called emphatically 'Articles de Par' ceiv" Roney, accompanied by his agent, has been r e f fa' with the ut mos t ur b an i ty by the greater numbered bricants. The President, Louis Napoleon, has Pr o the support o f th e Government for the transl 3 ° rt chandise t o H avre, the election of a French e.°_, tona: W, esoe; the contrib u ti ons o f the Gobelins, Sevres, anti manufactories ; th ese , a dd ed to much g codwn ter felted by ou r ar ti s t s , w ill make no doubt a lii ip th e °La ir esting exhibition, and novel in point of art, bii;hrui, trast of the different productions of the most ° :" . . t - ho schools of painting of Europe." The whole,„ °, N oss to lection forming by the East India-house, whichiD have constituted in itself a magnificent 8 1' 11 `- London, next year, will now figure exclusive .tho Dublin, owi ng t o an arrangement come to betWcFrtneo Royal Society of Arts, through its president' d the Albert, and the authorities in Leadenhall-s tre et an CARRIAGE OF PARCELS.--A case of considerab l y, terest between the trading community and rai l i r e ing panies has just b een h eard in the Liverpool Court. The London and North-WesterP C°'"ortlor finding that certain carriers adopted the practice • o st warding a n d d e li ver i ng small parcels for the pub,oo uP very moderate ch arge , b y ma ki ng a num b er of tt too to into one large parcel, resolved to increase their r 2 _. 00 0. such parties to m ore th an d ou b le the usual n o tion These rates were paid under protest, and 1%0 over" was brought aga i ns t t h e company to recove r „Ito err charge, their act not allowing them to place ' po ther' dividual in a less favourable position than an per To prove that the company had pursued this wncl tial and consequently illegal course testireof e J., ha given by several persons to the effect that t i a J are els been in the habit of making up a variety of srsa h l t i r ost ° into one, and transmitting them to an agent for the ir distribution among their customers, and that in They case no extra payment had ever been demanded' s° carry also stated that it would be i m p oss ibl e f or them steili• on their present business under a different Y o ked, "Booksellers and wat c h ma k ers, " it was r ern a to 3 were in the habit of sen di ng parcels a dd r esse d it great number of co ns i gnees in one enclosu re, _ t 1)() , would be an enorm ous expense if each parcel 11 i O t. , sent separately, and the separate carriage Pa id u rious i l Even persons wh o were not in trade wou ld be i n a injured by it, since they could not send anyt hing The parcel to be divided between two or more per s°n _ s i i o nne° Judge said h e wou l d consider his decision, an d au it early in December. ful SALE OF A WIFE.—One of these disgrace fun role, tions took place the other evening at the Cardiga ll l e d Kirkstall-road, Leeds. From the inforrnatior.i furnishlwo by an eye-witness we learn that a man named.",,, rart ha has cohabited with a married woman named Mt her W. Spence, Spence ; and the woman's husband, solicitation, agreed to "sell" her to her para t m e cordingly she was by appointment taken to Cardigan Arms in a halter, and sold in the resen ce of . to' hou thep pang drinking was there completed,fo r a sovereign . satdo to a jo The in which the sovereign was pretty nearly conFum Leeds Times. A Bir rain + THE IMPERIAL COINAGE OF FRANC makingham house e has copper obtained c o coinage g o e n one f p t o h r portion i Frenchon o f E t . h — E e rnf c op : rt t eh r e i firs i cste r thousand tons of copper will be required hundred issue of the metallic currency, nearly seven aq: he of which will be used by the Birmingham 11 .9_ 2 _;„7 work will probably take four pato koropipu i ts .: ort i tier I aecorop z t he Who o'clock b 4, 4 2 , zt W. 1.,