The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-09 00:00:00

Zbtrb 511itton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock, TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING, METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 1,000 to 25 agat Lncio (taken). 1,000 to 25 Corybantes (taken), 1,000 to 25 Sextus (taken). CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 10 agst Babette (taken). 1,000 to 10 Bardolph (taken). 1,000 to 10 Newminster (taken). 1,000 to 15 Nancy (taken). 1,000 to 20 Muscovite (taken). 1,000 to 15 Weathergage (taken). 1,000 to 15 St. Michael (taken). 1,000 to 15 Little Harry (taken). DERBY. 1,000 to 60 agst The Reiver (taken). 1,000 to 25 Brocket. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING. • The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. On;.the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the Com mons Inclosure Bill was read a first time. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Oaths in Chancery Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY, the Bank Notes Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes to four o'clock. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Glouces tershire, praying that the grant to Maynooth be dis continued. Mr. J. W. FOX presented petitions from Wisbeach and other places against the taxes on newspapers ; also a petition from the Metropolis, in favour of the Crystal Palace being opened on Sundays. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the Cham ber of Commerce at Dundee, praying that the laws of Scotland be assimilated to those of England, and also for an alteration of the banking and commercial laws of both countries. Lord STANLEY presented petitions from Ceylon, Jamaica, and British Guiana, complaining of the dis tress in those colonies, and praying for relief. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Paisley, praying for a revision of the parochial school system in Scotland. Mr. HUME presented a petition from native inhabi tants of Madras, praying that the East India Charter should not be renewed until their grievances were inquired into by Parliament ; also a petition from Mr. Grantley Berkeley, praying for an investigation into the practices at the last election for West Gloucester, On the motion of Mr. GRANVILL BERKELEY, the petition was read at the table. The SPEAKER said he was of opinion that it was open to the same objection as the last petition, which was presented to the House on the same subject. as it questioned the validity of the return of the Member for West Gloucester • it ought, therefore, to h ave b een presented by, the day fixed by the house for the recep tion of election petitions. Mr. HUME did not see how they could close the door against petitions containing such allegations. Mr. HILDYARD thought if they received the pe tition they would depart from the salutary practice - which had been adopted by the house. After a few words from Mr. T. DIINCOMBE, Mr. .kIUME consented to withdraw the petition. Sri J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from Liverpool, and another from Jamaica, complaining of the dreadful distress in that colony, and praying for relief. RETURN. On the motion of Mr. lIUME a return was ordered with respect to the appointments, &c., of Judges of the Court of Session of Scotland. On the motion of the same Hon. Member a similar return was ordered in regard to the Sheriffs Courts in Scotland. THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. In reply to Mr. HUME in regard to the order in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to move his resolution, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I un derstood it was the general wish of the house that the discussion should be taken on the whole financial scheme which would be laid before them. I understood that was the general wish of the house; it was certainly the wish of the Government. That was the reason why I placed all the resolutions on the table—that there should be placed before the committee the whole of the measures which we propose. It will be necessary, of course, formally to take the decision of the house on the first resolution. We shall look on the decision of the house on that reso lution as conclusive as to the general policy recommended to the house by the Government. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that to-morrow he would move as an amendment to the right hon. gentle man's first resolution, that the consideration of the whole subject of the budget be postponed until after Christmas. The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER said there was a controversy the other night in the house whether the first resolution as to the house tax should be proposed in a committee of ways and means, or in a committee on the bill. Having consulted the highest authorities on the subject, he found that it might be considered in either committee. He therefore proposed to go into a committee of ways and means on the house tax, and subsequently on the tea duties to move to go into a committee on the act. REPEAL OF HOP DUTY. - • Mr. FREWEN gave notice that, when the Chancel lor of the Exchequer brought forward his motion for the reduction of the hop duty, he should move, as an amendment, that the duty be totally repealed. TEA . Mr. MACGREGOR gave notice U that he would move as an amendment to the proposed resolution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the tea duties, the fol lowing resolution :—" That, in lieu of the duties on customs now payable on tea, the following duties shall, from and to the respective days herein mentioned, be charged on tea imported into the "United Kingdom, when entered for home consumption— "lFor every pound iweight of tea imported into the United Kingdom when entered for home consumption— To sth January, 1854, inclusive, Is. 9d. From sth Jan. 1854, to sth Jan. 1855, inclusive ls. 6d. From sth Jan. 1855, to sth Jan. 1856, inclusive, ls. 3d. From sth Jan. 1856, to sth Jan. 1857, inclusive, ls." QUARANTINE. In reply to a question, Mr. STAFFORD said the Admiralty had nothing to do with tho quarantine of the steam-ship La Plata (as We understood), but she was kept at a sufficient dis tance to be qnite out of danger. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING CO. Mr. WIL COX moved for copies of all correspond ence which has taken placo between the Board of Ad miralty, the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, and the General Post-office, relating to the application of that company for the substitution of Southampton for Plymouth as the port of departure for the steamers which carry the mails to the Cape of Good Hope and India : of all official papers which have been forwarded to, or sent from, the Board of Admiralty, within the last six months, in reference to the accommodation which the port of Plymouth affords for ships of the size and length employed by that compitny in the conveyance of these mails, and of the replies theretof : and of all reports connected with the subject which have been re ceived by the Board of Admiralty during the year 1852. TEA. Mr. GREGSON wished to ask the Under Secretary r)r State f or F ore i gn Aff a i rs, whether any arrangements uas been made, and, if not, whether any negociation is `La pending, for the admission of tea into the United !.e4 of America via Great Britain on the same terms 1,"13r free) as when imported direct from China, tea Zng witted into Great Britain via United States on th e same term s as from China direct. c_l(o,unisme nailllezhe 'l ST ANLEY said the ho n . mem b er h a d g i ven t h e information he h a d upon the su bj ect. the subject on had been m a d e t o t h e United States on , but no answer had yet been received. In r e pl y to Fmr T HE BUDGET. The CHANeETI L AC T E VANS, was not his intenti o °lt of the EXCHEQUER said it i week. to sal ke any import an t alteration n th gene statement that he m a d e l as t e details a the AUCICLAND ISLANDS. Mr. MILLER wished t the Secretary for the Colonies, whether Mr. Ender% as i l l ( place :eaenctlreumstances under the Auckland Islands ; if 80 3 :,, as been recalled from place upon the right which his recal ;has taken on the table hon. baronet has any objection to gehthereto, to in the house the correspondence relatine made gether with a copy of any grant, lease, or relation to the Auckland Islands, eithrterer Enderby or any other persons. Also, whether itt(i)slitlii% ineention of her Majesty's Government to appoint any other Go vernor i n th e pl ace o f Mr. E n d er b y, or to take any steps with a view to the colonization of the said islands. f Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said Mr. Enderby had not been recalled, but hehad been deposed as it were by the C o mpany, and the resu lt was n ow under investigati on y the Government. BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL. In reply to M r. T. DuNcomßE, ob Mr. ervat ions WALP OLE said b e was go i ng t o move th a t the of the t rustees, in reply to the report on Bethlehem hlehem Hospital, be l a id on the table, and after the whole s u bj ect. rec's he should call the a t tention of the house to the HOP DTJTY, Sir J. V. SHELLEY wished to ask th e r i g ht h o n. Exchequer question on gentlema n th e Ch ancellor of the the subject o f t h e hop duties. The instalment of duty due on the growth of hops in 1852 did not become pay able until November, 1853, and he wanted to know whether it was intended to remit any portion of that duty. He wished secondly to know whether Govern ment had it in contemplation to abolish the vicious system of allowing six months' credit in the first moiety of the duty and 12 months' credit on the . second moiety. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the general subject of the credit system was now under the consideration of Government ; but, with regard to the other question, he could only state that he was in communication with the hop interest, and he should not be able to commence it until to-morrow. BRITISH SUGAR COLONIES. Mr. J. WILSON called the attention of the house to the effects of the Sugar Acts of 1846 and 1848 upon the British Sugar Colonies, and upon the sugar trade of the United Kingdom, and moved for the following papers —copies of reports made by the Board of Inland Reve nue in 1848 and 1849, in reference to the refining of sugar in bond ; and, return of the quantities of sugar, molasses, and rum, and the amount of duties re ceived thereon, in the year ending the sth day of July, 1852; also, of the average price per cwt., of Muscovado sugar, exclusive of duty, from the London Gazette, and the average prices per cwt. of Havannah sugar (ordinary yellow), exclusive of duty, from the London Mercantile Prices Current for that year (in con tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 296, of Session, 1852). The hon. gentleman reminded the course which the Government had taken on this subject. Last evening the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Colonies, gave notice of his intention to call the attention of the house to the whole subject, but when the right hon. gentleman came into office he stated that the sub ject would be postponed until the present session, and now it was said Government intended to abandon the subject altogether. Now this latter determination was not approved of by that interest which it was supposed the Government bad heretofore represented, and he was therefore anxious to have the matter more definitively set at rest. It was a remarkable fact that ever since the war the consumption of sugar had remained almost stationary, and he thought that fact sufficiently proved that something had been wrong in the laws which regulated the supply and demand of the article. The consumption of sugar in the three years preceding the passing of the existing law was consider-. ably less than what it was in the three years subsequent to the passing of the act. The consumption of British sugar had increased nearly fifty per cent. during the last three years ; and that fact, coupled with the stationary nature of the previous consumption, was a satisfactory proof that the act of 1846 had been successful. But it was argued that the increased supply had been obtained from the Mauritius and the East Indies ; but if the house would look to the returns, it would find that there had been as great an increase in the produc tion of the West Indian colonies. The average produc tion of the West Indian colonies during the five years preceding the adoption of free trade was 216,000 tons a year ; but after the adoption of free trade, taking the average of five years, dating from 1847, the average production had been 266,000 tons, showing an average increase of 50,000 tons per annum. It was unnecessary for him to go further to establish the efficiency of the present law, but if they looked at the returns of the British sugar colonies during the time of slavery they would be found to be not equal to those of the last five years. For instance, the average production of the five years from 1831 to 1835 the average production was only 221,000 tons per annum, while during the five years succeeding the adoption of free trade, the produc tion had averaged 266,000 tons per annum. It was true, also, that there had been a large increase in the production of the slave growing States, but that increase was not attributable to an increase in slave over free labour, but to the increase of machinery, which had been exported to those States from this country ; and it was to be regretted that the delusive hopes which had been held out to the British colonies had pre vented their making use of similar means to increase their production. But in spite of all the diffi culties which the British producer had to contend against, he had surpassed the foreigner considerably • for while the produce of the slave-growing states had only in creased 25 per cent. during the last five years, that of the British Sugar Colonies had increased 38 per cent. It was, therefore, preposterous to argue that free trade had proved ruinous to the latter ; it had, on the contrary, greatly assisted the West Indies, while it had supplied increased employment for our artizans at home. Nor had the' revenue suffered from the change in the system, for whereas the revenue yielded by rum an'" sugar previous to 1846, when free trade was first applied to the West Indies, was 5,981,0001. a-year, while in the present year it was 5,446,0001., showing a very slight falling off indeed, when it was considered that the change had saved the people something like 12,000,0001. a year in the price ,of the commodities of rum and sugar. (Left speaking.) THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Monitenr continues to publish despatches from Prefects and sub-Prefects, describing the en thusiasm with which the proclamation of the Em pire was received in the departments. GERMANY. The Minister of France to the German Diet at Frankfort has announced to the Confederation the assumption of the Imperial- dignity by Napoleon. The new credentials of the Prussian Ambassador at Paris have been already despatched from Berlin, the same official announcement having been made immediately aftr the termination of the vote. It is stated that in the despatches of the French Go vernment, the Emperor is styled simply " Napo leon," thus surmounting the difficulty presented by the recognition of a Napoleon 11., in acknow ledging the title Napoleon 111. It is expected here that the Count de Chambord will send a protest to all the great European Powers against the creation of the French Empire, but that it will have any po litical effect no one believes. There is no disposi tion on the part of Russia, Prussia, or Austria, to throw any obstacle in the way of the present settle ' ment of the internal affairs of France ; and it appears here, at least, that the Governments are satisfied with the assurances understood to have been given, that the other articles of the Treaty of Vienna will not be disputed or assailed. It may be added that the present representative of the legiti macy of the house of Bourbon has no partisans even among the ultra-Royalists of Germany. On the contrary, there is, and has long been, an evident tendency in the party to weaken the influence of his name ; at least the remarks made in reference to his few public acts have not been encouraging to his adherents, nor very respectful to himself. POLAND. The 27th anniversary of the accession to the throne of the Emperor of Russia was celebrated at Warsaw on the 2d in s t. w ith grea t so l emn it y . Divine service was performed in all the churches, and salutes were fired from the Citadel. DENMARK. The Committee app o i n t e d b y t h e Lower House to examine the Bill abolishing the Customs' frontiers between Denmark, Schleswig, and Holstein, has made its report. The Committee approves gene rally of the modifications proposed by the Govern ment in the Customs' laws : but a majority of it has agreed to a resolution advising the Chamber not to pass any final decision as to the removal of the Danish commercial frontier to the Eyder. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1852. PERSIA. The Austrian officers who for a time were per mitted to take service in Persia, will return in the spring. One of them writes that the cruelties in flicted upon the unfortunate "Babis " are almost beyond description. In one case the condemned man was flayed alive, and then bound to a stake, where his quivering body served as a target for a troop of scoundrels there called soldiers• Another man, who had his ears, nose, hands, feet, &c., am putated, was roasted alive. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.—Last week the mortality of London experienced an increase ; the deaths, which in the two previous weeks had been 922 and 947, rose to 1,042. In the ten corresponding weeks of 1842-51 the average number was 1,178 which, if raised in proportion to increase of popula tion, gives a mortality of 1,296 for the present time. This average is augmented by influenza, which in the corresponding week of 1847 was 2,454 persons ; nevertheless the last week's return compared with these facts, still indicates a favourable state of the public health for a population in which a rate of mor tality, considerably higher than the average rate of Eng land, always prevails. - With reference to the causes of death, the results of last week correspond nearly with those of the previous return in the two principal classes, namely, epidemics and diseases of the respiratory organs ; but in most of the other classes, there is an increase, especially in " diseases of the nervous system," which rose from 96 to 134. Taking particular epidemics, measles has increased from 15 to 24, while scarlatina has declined from 72 to 59. Typhus was fatal in 47 cases, diarrhoea in 21 ; there were none of cholera, and only 4 of small-pox. Last week the births of 851 boys and 788 girls, in all 1,639 children, were registered in London. The average number in seven corresponding weeks of 1845-51 was 1,396. At the Royal Observatory, Green wich, the mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29.710 in. The mean temperature of the week was 42.4 deg., which is rather below the average of the same week i n t en years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on three days, Monday, Tuesday, and was in the north ; W. ednesday, and on the rest was above it. On Monday in the south-west. it w as G . n deg. 9. , , below the average ; on Saturday it was ' d es. above it. On Monday and Tuesday the wind during The raint he i r n e ofs t t he w t e h e e k week was o se n 3 e i r n a . y Andes, the Pioneer of the New York, Chagros, Havannah, take a mail, but throwuas for New York. intended that the Andes should gs, sailed from the Mersey, this morning Post-office authorities th e gMne s gence on the part of the and the Andes, consequently, Were not sent down in time, mails will be forwarded by y ti,, sailed without them. The sails on Saturday next. Cityh Philadelphia, Manchester screw Theeieamp Canada, which C unar d mail steamer Arabia is expectecletl,Phisate.' veTfhroemntehwe steamer also sailed to-day for Clyde on Sunday next ; and the new sereowa beloging to the same company, on the 16th inst. Alps, TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Yesterday, a deputation waited on the Earl of Derby, at the Treasury, for the purpose of presenting to his lordship an address from the Association for promoting the R co ep n e s a is l of the consisted ofa Tax larg e e s on numberwl e n r o of edge T gentlemen . he deputa tioninterested d in the subject, and included Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Milner Gibson, M:P., Sir John V. Shelley, M.P., Mr. Ewalt, M.P., General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., Mr. Charles Forster, M.P.. &c., Mr. MILMER GIBSON introduced the deputation, ob serving that the present step had arisen from a resolu passed at a public meeting, to the effect that a deputation should seek an interview with the Governmen, in order to bring under their notice the anomalies of the Newspaper Stamp Act. It was considered that the present was a fitting opportunity for bringing forward this question, be cause the Government had introduced a measure into Parliament with a view to extend the Stamp Act, the At torney-Generel bavinggiven notice of a bill to that effect. The members of the present association thought it de sirable that the Government should be put in posses sion of all the anomalies which now existed under the law, and it was with this object that they had requested his lordship to receive their deputation. For himself he was in favour of a repeal of the newspaper stamp act, but his present purpose was simply to point out to the Government the pernicious effects of the law, and to call upon the Government to provide some adequate remedy for the evil. Mr. COLLETT presented an address to Lord Derby, in the course of which the deputation put forward their views as follows :—" It would detain your lordship too long to listen to a lengthened statement of the many mischievous effects of the newspaper stamp ; but we may, perhaps, be permitted to notice a few of the most glaring. It is a penalty on the record of facts, on the history of to-day, on the events current amongst us; and, to a very large extent, this penalty amounts to a prohibition. The penny is 25 per cent. on a fourpenny paper, but it would be 200 per cent. on a halfpenny paper; yet a halfpenny paper would ex actly meet the wants of millions of the working classes, because the orice would suit their straitened means, while the size would suit the limited time which they can afford to give to reading. For want of this stimulus, many hundreds of thousands in the agricultu ral and mining districts are unable to read at all, while in the towns, the vacuum created by the suppres sion of facts, is filled up with fictions in which the pre dominant feature is an exaggerated portraiture of the vices of the higher classes of society. Even the private fictitious history of the Sovereign is given in such publications, while it is forbidden by law to publish those occurrences of her daily life which form the staple of the Court circular. All sorts of sedition or obscenity may be published without a stamp. Attempts to throw discredit on the personal character of the Sovereign and arguments against monarchy as an institution are per mitted ; but to inform the public that her Majesty held a drawing-room last week is illegal. A reference to the evidence taken before the committee of the House of Commons, which sat last year, will show that the high price of newspapers has a tendency to promote drunkenness, by obliging working men to go to the pub lic-house to hear the news read instead of reading it them selves at home ; and the tables published in the appen dix show that the greater part of the London daily press is not supported by its readers, and is fast tendingtowards extinction. The circulation of the daily press exclusive of the Times was in 1846, 13,000,000, and in 1850 was only 8,719,840. We attribute this declension to the ne cessity which exists under the stamp that every news paper should be printed at fivepence. The 6 and 7 Win. IV., cap. 76, forbids any news to be published without a stamp, and this is the opinion of the Board of Inland Revenue, and of the present and late legal ad visers of the crown. But it is not the opinion of the Court of Exchequer, and it is therefore proposed by the Attorney-General to permit news to appear in unstamped monthly publications. If it be penal to publish news every day or every week, we know not why it should be right to publish it once a month. What is to prevent four per sons from so arranging their monthly publications as to give their readers the advantage of a weekly paper ? The Stamp-office would threaten their publisher with the penalty for publishing in the middle of the month, but will they sue for the penalty ? My lord, there being doubts as to whether this clause is repealed or not, the Stohe-upon-Trent Monthly Narrative is published in the middle of the month, in order to try the question. The Solicitor of Inland Revenue has warned the publishers of the illegality of their conduct, but has not accepted the challenge of their attorney to commence a prosecution ; and the Attorney- General has declared from his place in Parliament, that as they only violate the law, but do not defraud the revenue, he does not think it inconsistent with his duty to refrain from a prosecution. Thus, my lord, the law is violated by the express permission of your lordship's Government. Nor does this stand alone ; the security clause, which was enacted especially for small and cheap periodicals, is now only enforced against stamped newspapers, leaving free the very publications against which the clause was directed. But this is not all. We have here a volume of un stamped weekly papers containing news every one of which is liable to stamp duty. It appears to us that the law is to be altered because the Government does not like to obtain a decision against a work edited by Mr. Chas. Dickens. There are other useful and popular writers whom the Government would not like to put down. Will your lordship engage in a crusade against the Athena-um, the Builder, the Legal Observer, the Lancet, the Medical Times, or Punch? And yet such is the only consistent course if you continue the law which composes the stamp on weekly papers." Mr- HUME wos anxious to .say a few words in ad dition to and in explanation of, the address. He would would direct his observations to two main points—the state of the law and the cause of education. The volume now before his lordship, containing a variety of unstamped publications which disseminated news, com prised only a small portion of what might be collected, but the object of presenting these examples to his lord ship was to show that publications were allowed for local distribution without a stamp, and that if a stamp were affixed to them they might be transmitted throughout the country. Now this plan he considered very simple in its operation, and in point of justice it was one which ought to be generally adopted. The At torney-General had brought in a bill, and it was fit and proper that the Government should be made acquainted with the evils of a law that could not be satisfactorily and consistently carried out. Out of some 200—or at least 150 —publications which appeared, there were none which ought not, if justice were done, to be put upon the same footing as the unstamped werks before his lordship. If, therefore, the Government had found the necessity of asking for a grant of 150,0001., to ex tend the knowledge of the arts and sciences, and to provide the community with those advantages which had hitherto been denied them, the time had ar rived for them to re-consider these important mat ters. There was no reason whatever why the publications to which he had alluded should be exempt from the stamp ; and neither Mr. John Wood, of the Inland Revenue, nor Lord John Russell had been able to point out to him why they should be regarded in a different light to other pro ductions which it was thought necessary to stamp, He would now remind his lordship of what he must have observed during his visit to the Unitee States. Newspape rs were pu b lished upon such a principle in that country that all persons were enabled at a very small cost to obtain a paper containing news connected with their own immediate interests and with the particular locality in which they resided. Why not give to the people of this country the same advantages which existed in the United States ? As regarded the deficit which it was supposed the repeal of this tax would produce in the finances of the country, he would under take to guarantee the government whatever amount of revenue they might expect to lose, provided they sanc tioned local publications and the principle of stamping only such copies as they desired to transmit by post. The total number of newspaper stamps annually circu lated in England amounted to 95,000,000 ; whereas in America the number of newspapers annually was 430 millions—a circumstance that was to be accounted for by the fact that in the latter country no stamp was con aidered necessary. He thought that the great impetus and advantage which America was rapidly gaining was in a great measure to be attributed to its cheap press ; and, in his opinion, the plan now proposed was one of the many means which ought to be adopted in this country to remove that ignorance and to promote that moral and religious knowledge which ought to exist in every part of the country. The subject was one well worthy of the serious consideration of Government, and he trusted that it would ere long receive due attention from the Administration. Mr. EIVART, M.P., cordially supported the proposi tion, as being most conducive to the interests of public education and public order. Mr. Digby Seymour, M.P., Sir J. V, Shelley, and other gentlemen having offered a few observations in favour of the objects of the deputation, The Earl of DERBY said lie had listened with great attention to all that had been said, but it was not to be expected that he should enter at once into the details of this great and complicated question. There was one point, however, upon which he was quite clear, viz., i that the law . upon this subject as it at present stood, was not in a satis factory position, and whatever the law was it ought undoubtedly to be plain, and simple, and effectual, for the purposes for which it was intended. He thought the present government had shown no incli nation to discouiTage the dissemination of knowledge. The question of these varions taxes—more particu larly the advertisement duty was already under their notice, although, from financial considerations, they had been precluded at the present moment from dealing with it. He was prepared, however, to admit, and without undervaluing the importance of the other branch es o f th e su bj ec t , th a t th e presen t adver tisement duty was of an objectionable character ; and he should say, that if it were possible and consistent to recl!ice or repeal it, one course or the other would meet _ . with the recommendation of Government. The subject was one of great importance, and it would receive every attention from himself and colleagues. The deputation then retired. THE MURDER NEAR STAFFORD.—CORONER'S • IN QUEST.—This investigation, which was at first conducted under certain restrictions, was subsequently, through the courtesy of the coroner (W. W. Ward, Esq.), thrown open to the public. Since the previous meeting of the jury, as we have before stated, four men, named Charles Moore, Peter Kirwan, Edward Walsh, and Henry Blackburn, one of the sons of the deceased, have been committed on the charge of wilful murder, by the magistrates. The inquiry before the coroner was re sumed on Tuesday morning, when a quantity of evidence inculpating the prisoners was taken, and the inquiry was adjourned. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SAW. DINNER OF THE CLUB. The annual dinner of the members of the club took place last night at the Freemason's Tavern, his Grace the Duke of Richmond in the chair. Among the com pany, which was more numerous than on any previous occasion, we noticed :—Lord Berners, Mr. Pusey, V.P., Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Brandreth, Mr. R. W. Baker, Mr. B. Stanhope, M.P., Mr. Milwal, Mr. F. Hobbs, Professor Simonds, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs (honorary secretary), Mr. Buckley, Mr. Loft, Mr. T. Davy, Mr. Clayden, Mr. Jones Webb, Mr. Drewel, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. Over man Mr. Hope, M r . R. St ra tt on , & c . The usual loyal and national toasts having been dis posed of, The Duke of RICHMOND proposed the toast of "Suc cess to the Smithfield Club Cattle Show." The toast was drank with the greatest enthusiasm. Lord BERNERS then proposed " The health of the noble President," who, throughout all the changes which had taken place in Governments and in public opinion, still retained an enduring place in the hearts of the far mers of England. The toast was drank with three times three. The Duke of RICHMOND acknowledged the reception given to the toast. Other toasts of a personal nature were next disposed of ; after which, The Duke of RICHMOND proposed " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society of England." The toast was drunk with three times three, Mr. BARKER, one of the vice-presidents, responding to it. The Duke of RICHMOND then proposed the last toast, which was, ‘: The Prosperity of the Labouring Classes." All persons present, he said, must feel deeply the im portance of having labourers on their farms who felt an interest in the welfare of their employers. Though, from their station and grade in life, labourers were too often placed in a position in bad years of not being able to get a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, he was happy to say that that was seldom the case in this country, for the occupiers of land in England had everywhere shown themselves the best and fastest friends of the labouring community. There was not one present who was not fully aware of the kindness of the farmer to the labourer and his family, when they were in sickness and tem porary distress. (Cheers.) lie believed that the labour ing classes were sound—(cheers)—that they looked up to their employers as their best friends, and he felt that in any meeting such as the present, or in any meeting of the tenantry and landowners of England, they ought to drink prosperity to the labouring classes. (Cheers.) They were the strength and sinew of our land, and if ever— which God forbid—they should be called upon to engage the enemy, where were they to look for men to man their ships and recruits for our army, but to the sturdy yeomanry of England. (Cheers.) Give him disciplined English labourers, and he feared not the conflict with any men. He had had some little knowledge of the value of the labouring classes of this country in this ' respect. In times long gone by, when a boy of 18 years of age, it was his honour to be, under the late Duke of Wellington, in the Peninsular war. There lie had often met with British troops recruited from the labouring classes, and had seen them cheerfully —aye, and ener getically too—hazard their lives in the protection of the officers placed over them. (Cheers.) He felt justly proud of the agricultural labourers of this country, and he believed there was not a farmer who would not cheerfully, not only drink to their prosperity, but do his utmost to promote their welfare. (Cheers.) If the landlords, tenants, and labourers would acknowledge that their interests were one and the same, and cordially pull together in one directio n , h e should like to see the people that would dare to stand up against this country. (Cheers.) The toast was drank with three times three. Colonel The gallant colonel stated that he had repeatedly ob servedtheSlßiTnadoefHaPt, M igablP" was called upon to reply. e exertions of the labouring classes both at home and abroad ; and that although not now employed in the active service of the army, he was proud that he had been called upon to act as colonel in a regiment of militia, composed principally of agricultural labourers. He had the utmost confidence in them, and could hardly help wishing that the time would come when the foreigners would attempt to invade this country, for if they dared to do so they would get that which would teach them a lesson which they, perhaps, little expected, and would prevent them from ever again insulting this country in the manner in which they had presumed to do. (Cheers.) His desire was to live and die an honest man, and to do his duty in whatever situation he might be placed, with all faithfulness and independ ence, asking no favour of any man, nor compromising his own character, or those who sent him to the House of Commons. (Cheers). The company then separated shortly afternine o'clock. It is but just to state that the dinner and wines supplied were of the highest character, and that every arrange ment was made to conduce to the comfort of the com pany. THE SUPPLY OF COALS IN NORTH WALES.—The un precedented and extraordinary wetness of the season, which still continues, has told upon the supply of coal. It has risen in price, and the supply is quite inadequate to the demand. For a long time past, owing to the activity of manufacturers of every kind, the colliers of North Wales have had great difficulty in meeting the requirements of the customers, and for the most part they have only been enabled to fulfiL orders by instalments. For the last year there has been no such thing known as a stock of coals at the pit's mouth. At present the collieries are filled with water, and the works are gene rally suspended on that account, all available power being applied to emptying the pits. We learn that the scarcity of coal has had an unfavourable effect upon the shipping in the Dee.—.o7"ter Chronicle. SINGULAR ACCIDENT. NEWCASTLE, DEC. 7. An inquest was held this evening at the Star Hotel, before Stoker, on the body of William Glover. Mr. From J. th G. e e vi dence it appeared that the deceased, a j oin er, occupied a room at the top of a house in Northum berland-court. At nine o'clock on Monday evening, the report of a pistol was heard from his room, and the neighbours, on proceeding to the spot, found him lying outside his door. He breathed but a few seconds after their arrival. The circumstances under which the deceased came to his end were most remarkable. He had been annoyed by repeated robberies, and some weeks ago placed a loaded gun in his room, the trigger of which was in some way connected with t h e d oor , w hi c h, w h en he was absent, was always locked. B y some con t r i vance he was able to disconnect the cord before entering, while any person ignorant of the contrivance attempting to enter would receive the discharge of the gun. On one occasion,' it would appear, forgetful of his precaution against thieves, he had attempted to enter without dis connecting the cord, the gun had exploded, and he was slightly wounded in the legs. Undeterred by this acci dent, he had continued his precau tion, slightly varied by the substit u ti on of a pistol for the gun, and the elevation of the muzzle. From the absence of all further evidence, there can be no doubt that he was again entering his room, unmindful of his foolish stratagem, and received the contents of the loaded pistol in his heart. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, the coroner re marking on the folly of such dangerous precautions. PROSPERITY OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.-- As a proof of the continued prosperity of the labouring classes (notwithstanding this town and neighbourhood suffered severely during the late unfortunate engineers' strike) of this town, we may mention that the deposits made at the Greenwich Savings bank last week exceeded 1,1001. This is by far the largest sum deposited in any one week since the establishment of the bank, and indisputably shows that the effects of the mechanics' institutes and other causes have been the means of directing the artisan and labourer to the necessity of raising himself in the scale of civilization by means of frugality when work on all sides is abundant. Nor is this the most gratifying token of the elevation of the masses, for it must be borne in mind that, independent of the savings -bank, there are nearly a dozen building societies in the neighbourhood, whose receipts exceed above 4,000/. each week. With these facts before the eyes of the public, where, we ask, is that distress which fife trade was to bring about among the productive classes of this country.--Zottiok Mercury. The show was yesterday visited by large numbers of persons, the great majority of whom were from the country. There was a considerable number of the fair sex present. The sale of live stock has been carried on to a great extent, and the animals have realised in some instances very high prices. A larger proportion of the pigs are sold than of either cattle or sheep. Mr. Sad ler's immense Berkshire pig, weighing upwards of 9001b5., has found a purchaser for the sum of 161. The yard adjoining the premises was visited in the course of the day by numerous scientific and practical agriculturists, the - Source of attraction being a number of portable steam-engines, at work, by the most eminent makers, including Messrs. Garret and Son, Messrs. Tuxford and Sons, Mr. Hornsby, and Mr. Buller. The engine of Messrs. Garret and Son was shown in connection with their very complete threshing machine. The engine of Mr. Buller was also shown driving a threshing machine. The engine, however, of Messrs. Tuxford and Sons excited the greatest amount of attention and interest. The advantages of the portable housed engines of this firm are self-evident, and the num ber of them which has been made by the firm, proves that they are duly appreciated. At the late Great Ex hibition, this engine was selected by the engineers of the French and Prussian Governments as the best shown, and two of them were purchased for deposit—one in the Conservatoire des Arts et M6tiers, and the other in the Museum of the Royal Society at Magdeburg. The working parts of the engine are effectually protected when at work from the destructive grit and dust especi ally given out in most agricultural operations. They are secured from the weather at all times ; and from any in terference with their working parts, being under lock and key. They may be managed by any ordinary farm labourer, with a few days' in s t ruc ti on . Th ey h ave up right cylinders, this, it is contended, being the best posi tion to ensure the cylinders not wearing oval, as is the case with the horizontal cylinder. The " governors "of the engine act in a very simple and effective manner di rect upon the throttle valve, and from their arrangement, cannot well be put out of order. The boiler is made of Low-moor iron, and has water-space flues leading from the fire-box and returning through lap-welded iron tubes, thus avoiding immediate contact of the tubes with the fire. The total weight of a six horse engine, mounted on four wheels, is but 45 cwt. ; the consumption of coal does not exceed the extraordi nary low amount of 4 cwt. per day of ten hours. Every precaution is adopted, by means of "spark traps," to avoid accidents arising from flying sparks. Few questions are of greater interest to the agriculturist than the application, in as simple and as economical a manner as possible, of steam power to the varied opera tions of the farm ; and it is pleasing to find the energies of the most eminent agricultural machinists devoted so strenuously to the subject. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—DEC. 8, (Before the Lord Chancellor.) TALBOT V. DORMER. There were two petitions in this matter, the question being the appointment of a guardian of the Earl of Shrewsbury, who has just succeeded to the title and estates, and who is in his twentieth year. Mr. Bethell, when the petition was called, made an earnest request that the case might be heard in his lord ship's private room. There were many family matters involved in the discussion that must necessarily ensue, which ought not to be made public, as such publicity could produce no useful result, and would inflict much pain on the feelings of this young nobleman's connec tions. His Lordship remarked that the Court was an open one, and in the ordinary sense all its proceedings were public, but there was a discretion to be e xerc i se d as to a private hearing, where, as it was now represented, there were matters to be introduced that would unnecessarily wound the feelings of the relatives of the p ar ti es . Th a t discretion was, wever, governed by this fact, that the application for a private hearing must have the consent of both sides, for the Court could not hear a case in pri vate at the request of one party if the other party wished the hearing to be public. The Solicitor-General, on the part of the mother of Lord Shrewsbury, opposed the application of his learned friend for a private hearing. He had looked through the petition and the documents connected with it, and he saw nothing in them that might not go before the public if the discussion of the case required it. Mr. Bethel! regretted this opposition. There were a number of letters written by this young man which must be read, and they contained observations on dif ferent members of his family that ought not to be made public. His Lordship, after that statement, which he took on the authority of the learned counsel, asked the Solicitor- General if he persisted in his demand for a hearing in public ? - The Solicitor-General was not disposed to insist on a public hearing. He had merely opposed a private one lest it should be supposed there was anything on the part of the mother of the young earl that might not, be subjected to the most public discussion, but, in compli ance with his lordship's intimation, he was now willing to accept a private hearing. His Lordship remarked that the Solicitor-General had heard the grounds stated by the other side. It was on them, given on the authority of the learned counsel, that the court was disposed to accede to the request. His Lordship then retired, and was followed by the Solicitor-General, Sir W. P. Wood, Mr.. Bethell, Mr. Malins, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Shee, and several other counsel retained for the two petitions. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) IN RE HILL-LIABILITY. Mr. R. Palmer applied on motion to the Court, to take the name of Mr. Hill out of the list of contribu tories to an unsuccessful scheme for a joint-stock com pany, called the British and Foreign Gas Company, which had its shares advertised and in the Share Market in 1848, when Mr. Hill applied for shares, and received an allotment often, upon which h e p a id d e p os it s o f 401., 101., and 51. H e had not signed the deed or Parlia mentary contract, though his clerk had for him. This, it was alleged by Mr. Hill, the clerk had no authority to do. The case had been, upon a reference to the Master, considered conclusive against Mr. Hill, and he was re ported by the Master to be a contributor to the scheme, and consequently liable to the debts of the company, which was, in 1850, found incapable of going on. The application was founded upon the non-liability of Hill, inasmuch as he had never signed the deed, and there was, therefore, no contract between him and the company. _ _ Mr, naniels opposed the motion, stating that Hill had not only paid three instalments or deposits upon these shares on which dividends had been declared, but had actually continued to pay deposits after he had been in formed that his clerk had signed the Parliamentary deed for him. The Master of the Rolls concurred in the latter opi nion, and decided that Mr. Hill had been properly put by the Master amongst the list of contributories. His acquiescence was fully proved, and the motion must be dismissed with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —LIVERPOOL, DEC. 8. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) James Kelly, aged 30, lob Wainwright, aged 28, and Patrick Morice, aged 28, were indicted for having, at Manchester, forged an order of one William Wainright, for the delivery of eight bales of cotton, and for having uttered the sam e , k now i ng i t to be forged. Mr. Monk and Mr. Higgin appeared for the prosecu tion ; Mr. "Wheeler defended the prisoner Wainwright ; the other prisoners were undefended,. It appeared that on the 17th of June last, the prisoner Kelly hired a carter, named Charles Townley, to cart eight bales of cotton from Carvers and Co., the carriers, in Manchester, to Michell, Lucas, and Co's. warehouse, at Stockport ; and at the time delivered to him (Town ley) an order for the delivery of the cotton, which he handed over to Wainwright, a clerk at Carver and Co's., from whom he received the cotton to take to Stockport. Kelly had appointed to meet Townley at a place In Great Jackson-street, but he met him instead at the top of Medlock-street, and told him to sheet up. as it was raining, and that he would not have the bales sent on that night. He then took the bales to Potter and Bar row's, in Bateman-buildings, where he left them, and Kelly paid him for the carting. The prisoner Morice had during the day been to Potter and Barrow's, and offered their manager to sell him some bales of cotton a bargain, as he owed Potter a small balance. And when Kelly appeared with them in the evening they were purchased by the manager, and 401. were paid on account, and Kelly gave a receipt in the name of Wm. Wainwright. An appointment was made for Kelly to receive the balance ; and by reason of his not keeping it, the manager's suspicions were aroused, and information was given to the police. And it then ap peared that Carver and Co., of Manchester, were in the habit of receiving cotton for Michell, Lucas, and Co., of Stockport ; and William Wainwright, who was a clerk to the latter firm, was accustomed to sign the orders for its delivery, and had occasionally employed the prisoner Wainwright, who was his brother, as a carter to carry the goods. By this means the delivery orders in ques tion had been forged. The three prisoners had been seen together on the morning of the 18th of June, at Mr. Nicoll's shop, in Manchester, and in the afternoon they were all at a beer-shop, kept by a man named Ro bertshaw, where Kelly had some gold in his hand, which he and Morice quarrelled about. Wainwright and Kelly had on the morning of the 17th tried to engage another carter, who would not undertake the job. Mr. Wheeler addressed the jury for Wainwright, and contended that the s fact of his having been seen with the two other prisoners before and after the robbery, was not enough to convict him, and which was the only evi dence against him. His Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. His Lordship then sentenced them to be transported for seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Thomas Bowditch, who had been for several years employed as a clerk and messenger to Mr. Farren, the lessee of the Olympic Theatre, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with em bezzling money which had been entrusted to him for the payment of newspaper advertisements. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Wm. Farren, jun., that he had been in the habit of paying the pri soner a certain sum of money every Saturday, to defray the costs of the advertisements of the theatre which were to be inserted in the daily and weekly newspapers dur ing the following week. It was his duty to see to the insertion of the advertisements, and to produce the re ceipts given to him from the various offices. His con stant neglect of this latter duty induced his employers to suspect that he did not make all the payments as required, and eventually he was discharged from his situation. Mr. Farren subsequently received an intimation from the proprietor of one of the weekly newspapers that, for several months past, the usual advertisements relat ing to the Olympic Theatre had not been sent for insertion. This complaint led to an inquiry at other newspaper offices, and it was then ascertained that with respect to two of the morning journals (the Chronicle Herald), none of Mr. Farren's advertisements had been received for insertion since the 18th of October last, although (upon the testimony of Mr. Farren, jun.) it was proved that the prisoner had instructions to take them to each journal every week, and was paid the amount charged for them in advance. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, admitted that he had appropriated some of the money, but was willing to refund it, if an opportunity were given to him of doing so. One case was partially gone into, but, it being deemed desirable t o h ave f urt h er i nquiries made, and to ascer tain, if possible, the full extent of the various embezzle ments committed, Mr. Henry suggested that the case should be remanded for a few days. Mr. Farren was anxious, for the sake of the prisoner's family, to deal with him as leniently as possible, but Mr. Henry said it was a very serious offence, and one that could not be disposed of summarily. MANSION-HOUSE.— John. Driscoll was charged with having burglariously entered and robbed the dwel ling-house of Mr. James Blake, of No. 21, Aldgate High-street, tobacconist. Mr. Blake said—My premises were broken open early on Saturday morning, the 27th of last month. I was in bed, and was awakened at nearly half-past two o'clock by the servant. I found, upon going down stairs, that the till had been robbed of 11. Bs., the money which had been left in it. I saw a hat on the leads of the house, and sent my servant to fetch it in. The hat was bent in at the crown, as if against the sash of a window in the hurry to get out. (A hat was here produced.) Sergeant Jackson, II division of the metropolitan police, said—l know the prisoner, and was present when, on the 13th of last month, he was taken into cus tody by another constable for breaking in co a house. A hat was then found, which was supposed to be his, but it was afterwards thought not to be his. When he was taken into custody he had a hat on which, after looking at, I marked inside in a peculiar manner. The hat now produced is that hat which Iso marked. The mark was, the moment I saw and examined the hat, identified by me. Mary Ann Colborn, of Crown-place, Aldgate High street,i aid—The moment I saw the_, prisoner I said to UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. B.D. W. P. Baily, Clare Hall. M.A. William Maule, Trinity College. T. H. Cole, Sidney College. LL. B. William Lancaster, Queen's College. F. W. Parry, Emanuel College. M.B. Francis Burges Goodacre, St. John's College. B.A. William Crowther, Catherine Hall. Leopold John Bernays, M.A., St. John's College, Ox ford, was admitted ad eundem. At the same congregation, the following graces were offered to the senate. They all passed without opposi tion, except No. 4, which was th rown ou t i n th e Whit e Hood House, by seven non-placets against six placets :- 1. To confer the degree of LL.D. on Mr. Geldart, Master of Trinity Hall, by royal mandate. 2. To appoint Mr. Hays, of Christ's College, pro proctor, in the place of Mr. Howson, deceased. On the recommendation of the library syndicate :- 3. To re-appoint Wootton, as library-assistant, for a period of five years, at an annual salary of 80 gu i neas , being an increase flO guineas on his present salary. On the recommendation of the adjudicators of the Adams' Prize, and with the consent of the Master and Senior Fellows of St. John's College :- 4. That the time for sending in the essays on the Adams' Prize subject, proposed in the Lent term of 1851, be extended to July 1, 1853, and the adjudication take place in the Michaelmas term following. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 1852.—BACHELOR OF ARTS. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Colleges. Savage, James (Scholarship) University. ' Gibsone, Burford Waring King's, and Trin. Cam French, 'Henry Wesleyan (Taunton). Vavasseur, Frederick U n i vers it y . Fletcher, George William Hewitt King's. CLASSICS. Farrar, Fred. Wm. (Scholarship) King's. Johnson, Frederick Alfred Wesl. (Taun.) and Un. Topham, Charles 1 . Equal. { University. Williams, Edward j- St. Paul's, Prior Park CHEMISTRY. Roscoe, Hy. Enfield (Prize of Books)University. Belby, Henry William Wesley (Sheffield). ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. M`Michael, George (Prize of Books) Stepney. Guthrie, Frederick University. Tepham, Charles University. Miller, Josiah New. Teevan, William Frederic University. EXAMINATION IN THE HEBREW TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE GREEK TEXT OF THE NEW TESTA MENT, AND SCRIPTURE HISTORY. CLASS Sprange, Alfred Daniel l7niversity College. 1852.-M.13. SECOND EXAMINATION. PASS EXAMINATION. FIRST DIVISION. Bridgwa.ter, Thomas Kin Medical g's Colleg Schools. e. Cammack, Thomas Armstrong University College. Hornidge, Thomas King St. George's Hospital, Jordan, Robert Coane Roberts Ki ng ' s C o ll ege. Lister, Joseph, B.A. University College. Littleton, Thomas University College. Pavy, Frederick William Guy's Hospital. Rooke, Thomas Morley Guy's Hospital. Trouncer, John Henry University College. SECOND DIVISION. Gaye, William Thomas University College. Parfitt, Henry University College. Rice, Bernard St. Bartholom. Hosp Roberts, Elias Jones Rich. Hosp., Dublin. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. PHYSIOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Hornidge, Thos J Scholarship & King King Gold Medal. Jordan, R. C. Roberts (Gold Medal) King's College. Pavy, Frederick William Equal. Guy's Hospital. i Rooke, Thom as Morley q 1 Guy's Hospital. Lister, Joseph, B.A. University College. SURGERY. Scholarship & University College. Lister, Jos., B.A. { Gold Medal. } Hornidge, Thos. King (Gold Medal) St. George's Hosp. Pavy, Frederick William Guy's Hospital. Littleton, Thomas University College. Rooke, Thomas Morley Guy's Hospital. Bridgwater, Thomas King's College. MEDICINE. Rooke, Tho. Morley { & Seh Gldolars'p 1 Guy's Hospital. . Med . . Pavy, Frederick Win. (Gold Medal) Guy's Hospital. Bridgwater, Thomas King's College. Jordan, Robert Coane Roberts King's College. Littleton, Thomas University College. _ MIDWIFERY. Pavy, Frederick William Guy's Hospital. 1852.-M.D. EXAMINATION. FIRST DIVISION. Medical Schools. Armitage, Thomas Rhodes King's College. Bristowe, John Syer St. Thomas's Hospital, Bucknill, John Charles University College. Cowdell, Charles University College. Griffith, Samuel King's College. • Jackson, Alfred University College. Reynolds, John Russell University College. Shearman, Charles James University College. Woodforde, Wm. Thos. Garrett University College. SECOND DIVISION. Drury, James Samuel Adjg. St. Geo. Hosp. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday an inquest was held by the coroner for the borough of Manchester, on the body of Martha Howarth, a doniestic servant, aged 19, who destroyed herself most determinedly on Monday morning. Her mistress had been from home some weeks, and her master left Manchester on Saturday evening, on a visit to his wife, at Oldham, where she was stay ing. Before he went he noticed that the girl was in the yard apparently very ill, and he asked her what was the matter ? To which she replied, that she should be better directly. He returned home on Monday morning, but no one opening the door when lie knocked, he got a man to enter the chamber window, and search for the deceased, who was eventually found dead in the water cistern. Her master deposed that he had noticed a low ness of spirits for about a fortnight, and he believed it was caused by something about a young man. The un fortunate girl's mother was quite ignorant of any cause for the fearful deed. The jury returned a verdict of " Destroyed herself while in a state of insanity." INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—The antiquary and the admirer of church decoration will be much interested by the curious and important discovery made during the past week, in Exeter Cathedral, of a beautifully executed fresco painting on the north wall, under the tower, just above the monument of Sub-Dean Sylke's Chantry Chapel. This interesting relic of a past age represents the resurre c ti on o f our Saviour, and the colouring in many parts is s till v i v id, cons id er i n g the long per i o d which must hav e e l a p se d from the time it was fir st from publi c gaze , an d th e var ious coatings of whit ew ash hid it has since received.- It is quite a work onfdairiti, fine grouping of the figures being well executed,. a tomb,propo holdi ng Oau crosier re s Saviour ier in hi s depicted left han. a d s , a r n is d en in fr t o h n e i the e t i c l o g i l l i l t p . reh A en it d o i g n e g th t e h r e , about giving fourteen 1 Benediction principal persons mentioned in the sacre d. narrative, gt i • c e t s io a n re w vi iti s l ib t l i e le , while the city of Jeru t s h a i rm are is etvih.deenchiyiefthoebireeenit aiinnatheef background. Below . another mural painting, and the vergers are diligently engaged in carefully removing the covering underneath which it has so long remained concealed. "lii;;TCTIME.---Apphcation has been made for an act of Parliament for power to incorporate a company to denote time by the agency of electricity, and for the supply of electrical time cloCkWQrk and machine r y throughout the country. Mr. Blake, " That's the man." The prisoner at the same time shook his head at me. It was stated by two officers that the prisonar had been twice convicted of felony. Alderman Wire having, in the usual manner, asked whether the prisoner wished to say anything. Driscoll said all I have to say is that the hat produced never belonged to me. He then carelessly shoved the hat upon his head and said, "You see it don't." Alderman Wire—l think it fits you very well. Driscoll—Why, these police can make any hat fit a man. (Laughter.) The prisoner was then committed for trial. WESTMINSTER.—AIfred Willis, a messenger at the Home-office, residing at 4, Graham-street, Pimlico, was charged with indecently assaulting Mary Martin, the wife of a postman. Complainant, a modest and genteel-looking young woman, stated that at about half-past four on the pre vious afternoon, she was walking along Ebury-street, Pimlico, and passed defendant, who was standing oppo site a public-house; almost directly afterwards she heard footsteps, as of a person running after her, and quick ened her pace. On arriving about the centre of Eaton square, she felt the hand of some person behind her suddenly thrust under her clothes, and turning round, discovered it was the defendant who had committed the outrage. She immediately said, "You beastly fellow, take your hand off," upon which defendant put his hand into his pocket and offered her money. She indignantly refused it, when he held a stick up over his head and was going to strike her, but two labouring men came up and protected her. Elijah Harris, one of the labourers alluded to, proved that he was about 100 yards from St. Peter's Church, when lie heard the cries of a female, and on going to the spot found defendant near the complainant, with a stick raised in his hand. Complainant immediately said that he had grossly insulted her, and that she would give him in charge. Defendant made a rush towards the palace, but she declared she would follow him and give him into custody, and a constable coming up, she did so. Com plainant also, at the time the witness and the other labourer came up, in addition to complaining of a gross insult, stated that defendant had offered her money. Defendant, when called upon to reply, said the charge against him was a tissue of falsehoods altogether. Mr. Arnold observed that the case was too serious for him to deal with summarily, and he, therefore, intended to send it for trial. Defendant said he did not deserve to be committed, and wished to know whether the magistrate would take bail for his appearance at the sessions. Mr. Arnold consented to take two sureties in 1001. each. CAMBRIDGE, DEO. 8. At a congregation, holden this day, the undermen tioned degrees were conferred : INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEE.RS. ed an On Tuesday evening, the discussion was r esual _ Mi.. Ramlinson's paper "On the Drainage of Tovals and was extended to such a length as to preclude t he t reading of any paper. It was assumed, that etherobjeee of the discussion was, not to determine wh largo sewers were superior or inferior to pipe-drains, but 0 consider the broad question of the most efficient syste of drainage for towns, to ascertain the value of then en ce e ral maxims that had been laid down. and the infl n ,. they might have on the sanitary condition of the CO try. In doing this, any allusion to public boards, sc, ° _ ti a , be only made, by quoting from their published o,`', ments, and to the extent only of the opinions theY r at broached, in their public capacity. , It was argued',had where by any operations of man the natural outfit(' stib• been altered, it became necessary to pr ovide a free fall, terranean, or other competent outlet f or the been and thus the original destination of sewers had n o f only for carrying away storm waters. The ad system, house drainage was a modern refinemen t on theboth*o and it became necessary either to combine rate one comprehensive system, or to have two seP3,oai means of conveying away the rain-fall and the house water, &c. It was then contended, as col main arteries, brick sewers possessed direct an lateral advantages over any other mode of consrera, tion, and that small pipes were chiefly useful as ee t iori4 and could not prudently be extended beyond connec se . 5 r. between houses, courts, and the main re ci p ient The simple conclusion appeared to be, th at small frat were useful in houses, and for short dist:xces, thatu useful as part of an a r terial system of drainage ;the sizes of drains must be regulated by attention beta !, sub conditions which might arise, and they should fo the as to convey away, with sufficient rapidity , all o oc house drainage and the ordinary rain-fall. n tical conclusions did not, however, appea r to heority, sis tent with new systems, promulgated b y au of the yet it must be contended, that it was the dotY engineers to show, that they would not b e trivial the by theoretical dicta, or bow before bureaucratic an 0 rity, but that, in accordance with their usual e l _ i stp for they would rather rely on the practically deduce mulie of known experimenters, the results of their tio l observations and inquiries, and their previous Plich. experience. Some speakers contended, that at, ,510 11 mond, at Rugby, and other places, the system t i l er§ pipe sewerage had been eminently successful : but. ° 6 , cte d contended, that the number of houses hitherto cet'ctioo w o th the main sewer was very small, that the cons t L;tiefil the works had been so recent, as not to afford P' that experience of their permanent sufficiency, an d Y e t of stoppages had repeatedly occur r ed, and the an l°- : re' b reakage had been considerable. Also, that th e f,, fur cent operations, in small places, did not a fford to t he the construction of sewerage orks applicable t°oort. very different conditions, and circurristances, of h illi q j ant cities and populous towns. Putting lo de t- L e ti tion of rival qualities of earthenware and ceillen't,,A,.ll)the which, it was contended, was entirely matter j " - t hat practical experience of the engineer; was n„_rrqbear at the next meeting, the speakers should conun,e+,os; selves strictly to the principles of the drainage °A:1,01 4 and that to the discussion of that question they address themselves, untrammelled by previous 013'-' ot her and as they would go to the copsideration of 3 , 11 1 1,, engineering work. At the monthly ballot the I°'-'4lll candidates were duly elected:—Messrs. Bruplees, Gallez, and J. Willet, as members - and ge \ ssr i s Ol. Boyd, C. J. Brydges, P. H. BoutignyAd'Ev rell .f x s " Ellicombe, W. Hawes, C. C. Hobbs, • M.P., J. James, J. Jopling, jun., W. WCorin.Vair Warner and W. Watson, as associates. It ``.- ,per nounced, that the discussion on Mr. Rawlinson's tbe " On the Drainage of Towns" meeting of Tuesday, December 14, but that it cOO be prolonged beyond that evening. would be resumed j ' poi COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—DE C ' There were in the market to-d a y, 5 sacks oa ti f t 1/ 1 ° weighing 2801bs imperial, whi c h so ld thus at 1/ 9s 6d. and 2 at 119 s. COAL MARKET—Dn. S. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the 1113 r-tat! s, 9 s. d. 16 0 Carr's Hartley 15 6 Hetton .............. •••:11 Hasting's Hartley 15 6 H a s we ll ................. •• • • 10 Tanfield Moor l4 9 Lambton .............. ..• 10 9 Smith's West Hartley l5 1 Stewa r t' s ....................l0 v 9 Wall's End, &c. Plummer ..............•• l 5 3 14 3 Heugh Hall .................14 6 15 0 Pease's West ........... ••••15 9 Brown Gosforth Riddell ... Gibson ... Eden Main, 15 9 South Durham ....... •• • i 6 14 9 Tees. .. . ...... '•• 16 0 Powell's liuffryn Ships at market, 108 Sold, 45. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL Drc 8. thi ° • „p 05, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The. mai ket at its or —n 'yrs' jOO morning exhibited an improvement ; but in the y, it relapsed, and prices remain th e same a s yester,,,igntie4! are quoted as follow :—C a l e d on i an , 34 ; Eastern (A o o.' 131-16•; Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifth shares, 3 „;', London and North We s t ern , 1271, 7 ; ditto, Fift h 4i prem. ; Midland, 8%, 80; South-Eastern a nd 24, 3 1 , 4 ; York:and North Midland, 31. MANCHESTER . , DEC.. les s "ler STOCK EXCHANGE .- The business to-day r s „ yesterday ; Caledonians were much higher ; °tit ° , joi ( ;"; ably steady, the tendency to change, if any, b ell 's 0 14 wards. The sales were :—Chester and Birkenhead Caledonian, 341, ; ditto, Preference, 10 7-16 4 , Counties, 134 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, B °P . Leeds Northern Preference Quarters, 1 13-16 pro id, , (ion and North West ern , 127 A ; M anc h es t er , She SOI Lincolnshire, 32k, 2 • Midland Railway Cons ols, South Eastern, 24 3-16, k, 3-16. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 8. tea (//3 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The railway business rfi Sae I tAr our Stock Ex c h ange con ti nues t o be very limited, citi oi- e 3 : l day no materi a l var i a ti ons w ith respec t t o ruli' l o ve/ 13 tions were to be reported. They were generally gel by last received London prices. The only sale 'Change was Shre ws b ur y an d Birmingham (811' London and North-Western), 78. BRISTOL, DEC. 8. cell al STOCK EXCHANGE.—The to-day wo- The business done was of no importance. SEABORNE MAILS. al r °Bl Genet' (N signifies that the mails ar e sen t f rom th e Gen' by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] _...- 0 t Day when made up From volt° O. COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London. Dispatched' Po e. • America (byßrit.pack.N Dec. 11.......... Liverpool .•" America (by United Sts. .• 13°. packet) N Dec. Liverpool • America (by U. States De* 10 packet Dec. 8 .......... SouthamP 9 4 Australia (via South ton 02e. 1 1 ampton Al 20th of each month SouthamP Dec. Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover ...• • 3 0 *Ditto (via Cape of Good . °l'. ea Hope) .. N 13th of Decemb er .. Ply m outh Ar riv Africa (West Coast) N 23rd of th e mont h . Plymouth °. pee. I Alexandria* .........N 19th&30th o f mon. D over ..... 01116 Belgium N Dover .• Dec. i 6 Brazil 34 9th of the month.. SouthamP'"'" pee' Buenos Ayres M 9th of the m on th.. •lonthatni?"'" „ Dec. g California .. d & 17th of month Southamp ton "lot' ;9 tCape of Good Hope N 14thof the month.. Plymouth • 5 0 r. , 0 Cape de Venlig I 4thof the month . Plymouth ••• Dec. ; Conttantinople*......N ithl7th27thof mo.. Dover •• • • * r ., nee. .oo' Central America —Di 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampto n ,r 0 TO; Channel Isles ........N Mon.Wed.&•Friday SouthamPt ° Dec. AO ll.l Chili. ... 2d & 17th ofmonth 4 outbamPt n " ,r,v1 0 70 France ........ M & N Twice daily Dover .• • • •• oes. '•sst• Greece* . 7thl7th27th ofmon. Dover .• •• •• Tue l yptl ll ' Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London .• • • • sup. , 6 Holland Wednesday & Sat London ••• •_: Dec _l v o Honduras .. N 17th of the month . Soulimripto••viec,,4 Ireland ........ M Twice daily Holyhead ;• • Dec. India (viaSouthampt.)M 2oth of the month.. Southampto n pee. 11 India (via Marseilles) N Bth&24th:of month Dover .. • • • • 06 India (via Cape of Good Sof. 9 6 14th of the month.. Plymouth . • Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month.. Plymouth . • • N ov, Mediterranean (via ton D e c. 11 Southampton 20111 of the month , Southampton D e. , Ditto (via Marseilles . N Bth& 24th of month Dover ... • • m e. t a Madeira .. .. —LW ,2tnhdsrof23tdhoeftihneon.tohn.. Southampton 10 „ 'ef i e. o Malta* th,l7tb,l9th, 27 th , Doe' i f &30th of the month Dover .. ... • „ cc _ Nee. PapalNeaiPilie, Peninsula : 34 N N t t t h l h l 1 1 1 7 5 6 t t u h h , 2 2 2 5 4 . n t t f r f m m m o o ° : n. s p D o o o u v v t e e b r r a ' mpton r e e t 0 1 7• 5 31 26 & 17th of month Qouthamptoo ithl.sth2sthof mon, Dover ...• • • na .e.. Tuscany; .. •••• • • - 2d & 17th of month Bouthampton Van Wes t Die d m i Indies Land. . 63 e lVt e Australia) ..... • • • • • ol' _ ._ _ A , 01 , 1 0- nOin * The malls for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope a r e, t he , o r on the 2nd of every alternate month. Those made up 1 2,.% ou t , v e and 24th of each month via So .„ t e r i t n h g a a m po pt i o e i: b a u n t d n li e f x a t ra y eil ear le s ; c y will tli rjr s ti t th i g n I; t e e s a se m ls er l . present from ~, p2ou f Nails are also made up Ou the 2nd of every alternate jDi the Cape of o Hope. * Tins mails o t d o those countries thus marked (*) a rc collud e French packet to Marseilles, _......e. BIRTHS. 11° OF A SON. • On the 4tll inst., a t th e Goldrood, near 11)s w CIh wife of Capt. Lacon, R.N. -wok OF A DAUGHTER. r{v4oll On the 3d inst., at 123, Gl ouces ter-terrace, a :v ivea gardens, the w if e of Sims Reeves, Esq., wh ich 8 birth only three days. DIED. On the 2nd i ns t., in Gloucestershire, COmmanderClo' nolbro k , R.N.i.beloved ° On sth inst., • Jemima Lucy Boughton, the of C. L. Grimshaw, Esq., of Fenlake, Bedfordshire. no. On the sth inst., at the Upper House, ShelsleY '6 champ, Worcestershire, Eliza, widow of the late • Moore, Esq., aged 58. 3114116 g On the 3rd inst., at Stoke Ferry , Norfolk, Jane, e°t ag e surviving daughter of the late C. Sanders, Esq., LONDON : Printed and Published by MITBDO C 6116: of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tice Sun Otlice, 1`7• 0 . Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 1111 Middlesex, Thursday, December 9, 1852. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—DEC' ° 'l 8 ~,°/ There were in the market to-d a y 52 bags oatine--40i7:0 barleymeal, and 2 bags of pot-barley ; sales ever s tot Oatmeal Gd per bag on the top. and - 3d per tike 11 o tes second price ; barley meal up 6.1 per bag on last market. 1 O ir 'l Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Ot , -s imperial „, --0 , Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto -- 5 ,i " Flour, per ditto — s Od —0 ° ` l , ---0 Pot-barley, per ditto THE A , T HE Del 110 be held kur e , oo rr°/ v , n SATI.Tui TRE AD 11 4 4•11 until tia tut ' i) :Y on a i tz , bec. STEAM T.llic:!ble rheum! t t i v ` l °,n Until the ld the o -TOur o'clock E at must err izraft „, t , Y roornii altered. 'l."7llrst-cla +tont to the Die. 7 186 81:111MAR tPter. ' and E the nmees CorP s ' a ges fort bill,Londoi 30, Cornbill I tANK qlte Centt % Ili a . DIV] capital of set t ee r egistere ,0 at the 0 N i gate-str l tt u l transfer e' e books in; c). 7 , St. Ho PA q j oYAL kt„ENTIRE /len ' 74 ," the N I ? West, fif p '"ni ng ' S -, PPer or; 4 1A; rfn ". or th ° ' E LEc bef it , FRCS] ItOpP ll Nrodel ,ME R " 1418 slon, is. 17. S. 44 ehti e tti rely S Pletoi r.. 1 tr ki t r a l4 s.—lttu ter.--v c i t PDable n g r. g ain t 1 a V I O S :a l Zatt, B en kithester Igth Pc ell.k nown A o:itration, Tv7,! (baylig b o : i l . l , :ieve ra f , -4e course 4444810 n, Is. B d o h 0: 11t AR . t kiln Thc 43, 41 :1es Re Bar R. c a,16, R. 44 Alfred Fro. T i A. i l 'an • Pil e! , °4 4gh w keasr s , 14q "s• T, mac.: den each j the dE e C,