The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-16 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS,—(THIS DAY.) NIEIVI7GALTB ammo XiMA11=17:11.1.1,1%. These markets were tolerably steady, to-day, at :foil pr:ces:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 61 'o 45 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 1,8 d per 81bs by the carcass. MEAT MARKETS. SotrrNALL, NOT. 15.—The supply of fat stock on sale in to-day's market was seasonably extensive. Gene rally speaking, the demand ruled steady, at prices fully equal to those paid last week. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 103 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 4 . 1 per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 16.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com manded a steady sale. at fully last !week's quotations. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 3s 10 ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs; Suckling Calves, 18s to 235; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. lames, Nov. 14.—We had a steady trade, to-day, on the followin4 terms:—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mut ton, 48 to is; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per 811).3. 13.&Y r/lARICETS. SMITAFraLD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs t 3/ 14s; Clover, ditto, 31 lOs to 41 18s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 10i per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBEILLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 4a to I/10s per load. Trade firm, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. COAL MARK Er Bate's West Hartley 15s 6d Boddie's W. Hartley 16s Od' Davison's West HartleyllGs Od East Adairs Main 14s Od Hasting's Hartley lss 6d New Tanfield 153 Od Ord's Redheugh Eavensworth's W.Hart 15s Od Townley l4s 3d ‘.--YESTERDAT. Braddyll's Iletton lSs 6J ' Haswell l9s 3(1 Hetton Lambton Russell's Hetton 18s 6d Stewart's Whitwell Hartlepool l9s :-.!d Hudson's Hartlepool l6s 6d North Hartlepool Ludwith Steam-boat lss Od South Hartlepool Thornley Trimdon ... 17s 6d Benson Tees ........... 13s 6d West Hettoa l6s 6d Whitworth l5B 6d DerwentwaterHartley 15s 9d Bartley ........... 15s Od Howard's W. H.Neth l6s Od Nixon's Merthyr 22s Od Sidney's Hartley Ships at market, 331. End, &c Acorn Close Bewicke and Co. Brown's lss Od Elm Park Clennell lss Od Clarke and Co. Heaton Ilarton Hotspur lledworth Killingworth l6s Od Peareth l4s 6d Eden Main l7a 6d Larabton Primrose CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Nov. 16, IE4B, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale: per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I HAZLET.' OATS. I ETE. I BEANS. I PEAS. I PRICE .. its Od 133 s 7d 20s 10d 30: 5d I 37s 2d 40s 2d DUTIES ON FOREIGN COLIN. WHEAT. I BAILEY. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 0 Od 2s Od 2: Gel 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) At the sitting of the Court this morning Lord Den man announced the following decisions:— Hurls v. Esdale—Rule granted. Ferguson v. Cooper —Rule for new trial granted. Fitzgerald v. Ford—Rule refused. Doe on the demise of Charter v. Barnard— Rule granted.—South v. Calvert—No rule. Warner v. Buck—No rule. Childs v. Coles—Rule dismissed. THE QUEEN V. COBBETT. Lord DENH4N, addressing Mrs Cobbett, said the Court had looked into the affidavits on this case, and they found it was similar to the one the Court had decided in a former term. The habeas corpus must therefore be refused. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE THE CHURCHWARDENS OF KNAPTON. Mr. COWLING applied to the Court for a rule nisi calling upon the archdeacon of the East Riding of the county of York to show cause why he refused to admit Mr. Edward Robinson and Mr. Francis Hobson to the office of churchwardens of the parish of Knapton. The gentlemen alluded to were elected by the ratepayers at Easter last, but, upon their applying to the archdeacon, ho refused to admit them, on the ground that they had not presented themselves in a legal manner, in failing to enter a caveat of their return. Subsequently they made a second application, accompanied by an attorney, but again they were refused, the archdeacon stating that in the absence of others properly presenting themselves he had admitted the two former churchwardens. Now these gentlemen had refused to give the parishioners an account of their proceedings, and hence arose the elec• tion of two new churchwardens, but the archdeacon being favourable to the obnoxious holders of the office, was anxious to keep out their rightful successors. Mr. Justice PATTESON, under the circumstances, granted a rule absolute fur a mandamus in the first instance. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) POULKES V. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY. Mr. MARTIN applied for a rule to show cause why an award made in this case should not be set aside. It ap peared that Foulkes had a lease for seventy. five years of apiece of land, in the neighbourhood of Weymouth, which he held from the Corporation, and that he purchased, with the consent of the Lords of the Treasury, the re version of the fee simple for 1751. In 1845 the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway gave notice under the Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act that they would re quire a part of the land. The plaintiff claimed the sum of 7,0001. as compensation, but the company refused to give that amount, and offered the nominal slim of fit for the purpose o f having a valuation of the property made. Accordingly a person 0: the name of Powell was appointed arbitrator, before whom a number of London and other surveyors were e xam ined, and the lowest su m mentioned by any of them as compensation for the loss of the property was 7,1001. No witnesses were examined on the part of the com pany, but their counsel alleged that the plaintiff had ob tained the lease and reversion, who, he contended, formed a mere colourable title, in order to get compen sation, and called upon the arbitrator to give a small sum. The arbitrator awarded that Foulkes should receive in respect of the property 1,735 L, and settled the costs of the arbitration at 68/. 10s. The Learned Counsel grounded his motion upon three points; first, that the arbitrator was not properly appointed, as his appointment was not signed by two of the Railway Commissioners, as required by the recent Act; secondly, that he should have given the real value of the property; and thirdly, that he ought to hare specified the amount of costs t o be paid on each side, which he had not done. The COURT granted a rule. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.) HOLIES V. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The plaintiff in this action was a guard in the South- Western Railway Company, and sought to recover the sum of 61. 10s., balance.of wages deducted by the com pany on the ground that he had misconducted himself by acting contrary to the r u les of the company. The plaintiff's salary as a second-class guard on the Southampton line had been 255. per week, but on the 22d of January last a deduction by way of fine was made at the rate of ss. per week, and he was paid 1/. per week up to September (when he resigned), with the exception of three or four occasions when the full amount was paid. Evidence of a very tedious nature was gone into to prove the different payments, and the Learned UNDER:SHERIFF suggested that the matter should be left to a referee or referees, but the counsel for the company declined, saying, that he had no doubt he should be able to convince the jury that the company bad acted properly. The rules and instructions of the company was put in, and by which both guards were to have the hand engine and tail lamps lighted at, sunset, or in foggy weather, and by the 23d rule every person ne glecting any of the rules would be liable to fine or dis missal, whether an accident occurred or not, and by the sth and 6th rules each guard was bound to have signal lamps and Tags, as therein described. A witness said both guards ought to have their hand lamps, and the head guard to see the side and tail lamps. At Bishopstoke the town divided one for Southampton, and one for Gosport, and the second :guard went with the latter, and took the duties of head guard. On the day in question, plaintiff was guard of the express train which left Lon don at half-past five in the evening. The lamps not being correct, plaintiff signalled the train to stop at Woking, a station at which they ought not to have stopped. For the defendants, it was contended that there was no case for the jury, for there had been a breach of duty not only by not having his proper lamps, but by stop ping the train at Woking ; and, secondly, that plaintiff had assented to the decision by receiving the money. The UNDER-SHERIFF considered that there ought to be a scale of fines, and it was a question for the jury Whether the fine was arbitrary and to the extent of a de duction in wages ; and, secondly, whether the pla;ntiff assented, The case then proceeded, and is likely to last much longer. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Martin Williams and William Parr Williams, father and son, were charged as follows : Mr. James Brown, farrier, &c., of Swan-yard, Shore ditch, deposed that, on Sunday morning last, at about eight o'clock, he found the windows of the sitting-room, which is elev a t e d f ro m the ground several feet, par tially open. He also discovered that several articles had been abstracted from that room during the night. In the course of the following day the elder prisoner came to witness and said, " All is right, don's fear, my son took your things, and you will hare them in the even ing." They were not, however, brought, and prosecutor called in the police. The elder prisoner had been prose cutor's landlord, and lived next door to him. police-constable 76 II stated that on entering the elder prisoner's premises he denied all knowledge of the stolen property. Witness on entering a bed-room and puiling up the bed, discovered the stolen articles, so placed as to produce a smooth surface above. The elder prisoner said he knew nothing about it. The younger prisoner said he saw two persons at prosecutor's door, at about one o'clock in the morning, and heard one of them say to the other, "Bill, or Jew, is it all right?" but as soon as witness came up they each scampered off, throwing the bundle into the street; hence his possession of them. Police-sergeant 17 H said the elder prisoner, who wa, in liquor at the time, told him that his son had robbed hitt. Several persons gave the elder prisoner an excellent character. THE SUN, HANN:ILL he should make a distinction be tween. tha two prisoner:. He would at once commit to . 2.;Pwgate for trial the yoaugor prisoner, but would take bail for the appear:p.m-a at the sasioni of the elder pri snner.—Ceuunitted. MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. (BY EXPRESS.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. Last evening a meeting of the above association was held in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street; it was rather nume rously attended by working men, among whom were sprinkled not a few persons filling the higher walks of life. The association has for its object three important points—the reduction of the national expenditure, the economising the collection of the taxes, and the substituting direct for indirect taxation, and the purpose of the present meeting was to expound generally the views of the associa tion, to indicate the extravagant expenditure of the Govern ment, and to ask the co-operation of the public in their movement. On the platform were Charles Robertson, Esq.; John Finch, Esq., Brodribb, Esq. ; John Smith, Esq., of the Liverpool Mercury; Richard Shiels, Esq.; Frank Boult Esq. ; A. S. Stewart, Esq. ; and Alexander Somerville, Esq., locally known as " One who has whistled at the Plough." CHARLES ROBERTSON, Esq., in the absence of the Presi sident of the Association, Robertson Gladstone, Esq., was called to the chair. After briefly complimenting the absent chairman, and excusing himself for filling that important place, Mr. Robertson went on to say, that it would be the aim of the speakers to deal with facts, such as could not fail to obtain attention, elucidatory of the enormity of the present mode of taxing the people, and the object of those taxes — the supporting idle and unproductive members of society a system which imposed heavy burdens on those least able to bear them, and light ones on men whose position enabled them to contribute largely to the public expenditure —a system which, being essentially wrong, could not be made right, though backed by law and custom—such a system, taxing the poor to give to the rich, should meet with the reprobation of the country. He as serted that the men placed in power to administer the sacred trust of the national treasure had aided in squandering it by aggrandising themselves and their their connexions. These gentlemen were then on their trial, perhaps for the first time. Mr. Robertson sat down amid 1 universal applause, and FRANK BOULT, Esq., rose to address the meeting. He al most immediately adduced a host of facts and figures bearing out the principles of extravagant and unjust taxa tion; he approved of direct in preference to indirect taxation, notwithstanding the opinion of the editer of the Times on this subject. Of the blessing of indirect taxation a good in stance was afforded by the Customs, which, for the year 1848, were given at 21,000,0001. odd. The: lowest foreign coffee, quoted at 245. per cwt., the value of which was 2d. per lb. paid 6d. per lb. duty ; this was for the poor man's use ; but the highest qua lay of colonial coffee, quoted at 120 s. per cwt., only paid a duty of 4d. per lb. This is one of the monopolies which es caped Sir Robert Peel. The same unjust difference between the amount of taxes paid by the poor man and the rich was instanced in the case of foreign spirits; gin, at a shilling a gallon, and cognac brandy being instanced. The duty on tea was 2a. 2d. per lb. Bohea, the original value of which was 2d., was taxed at the rate of 875 per cent., but gunpowder, the first cost of which was 4s. per lb., paid a duty of only 55 per cent. The article of tobacco paid no less than 1,250 per cent. duty. The country was deprived of the benefit of an enormous trade in wines in consequence of this iniquitous system of taxation, which deprived the poor man also of one of the most agreeable drinks that can be taken, the light wine of France. A Cologne merchant had told him that he (the merchant) had wine at one penny a gallon and at ten shil lings, but when sent to England both were taxed alike. Timber came next in the category, and was stated to be partly taxed and partly free, such as is imported for cabinet uses, as the making of furniture coming under the latter head, but when required for pur poses of shipbuilding, &c., restricted. Mr. Boult from the Customs glided to the Excise, which, he said, was computed at, for the last year, 13,000,0001.—he wished to ask if any just reasen could be given why Ireland should be exempt from the duty on bricks, soap, malt, and post horses, and to inquire if it were the will of our Legislature that the lower classes of this country should be driven into mud cabins, and to forego the use of soap, paper, sugar, tea, and coffee. Having drawn a melancholy picture of the poor man's house under these restrictions, he introduced the following lines of Cowper : " The Excise is fattened with the rich result of all this riot, And ten thousand cooks, for ever dribbling forth their base contents, Touched by the Midas finger of the State, Breed gold for Ministers to sport away. Drink and be mad then! 'Tis your country bids! Gloriously drunk, obey the important call, Her cause demands the assistance of your throats, Ye all can swallow, and she asks no more." He then went on to show that the duty on common bricks, selling at 12s. to 14s. per 1,000, was 6s. 1 1 / 2 d. or 60 per cent. A million a year was thus produced, chiefly from this description of brick, the more expensive fire brick being comparatively lightly taxed. In the article of malt, too. the labouring classes were taxed to the tune of four millions and a half, this grain being chiefly consumed by them. The injustice of fine and coarse descriptions of paper being subject to one impost was spoken of, as well as the fact of soap paying 1 'Ad. per lb. duty. The department of Stamps in turn passed in review ; this department produces 7,000,0001. Mr. Boult happily illustrated the enormity of the advertisement duty, by con trasting the two descriptions of appeal to the public—an advertisement of a column in length, and one of three lines— the former fraught with the eloquence of Mr. G Robins, and the latter setting forth the want of a servant out of place, yet both these very different interests contributed the same portion to the Treasury, one shilling and sixpence. The different kinds of bills were enumerated also, with a view to showing that the small sums here also paid a much heavier proportion than those of large amount—a 2/. bill being one shillings, while one for 3,0001. was only 255. Bonds in like manner—for one of 100/. 21. must be paid, but if for the heavy sum of 20,0001. only 255. for each thousand was re quired. In like manner, the probate duty, though fairly enough adjusted when moderate sums were bequeathed, was singularly easy in the case of millionaires, ceasing to operate. after the first 100,000/. Mr. Boult then came to the assessed taxes, which he stated amounted to 10,000,0001. He again ' referred to the invidious exemption here in the case of Ireland, and also as regards our own farmers, and reverted to the Act of IHIS, which he described as acting prejudicially to the farmers, as well as to the inhabitants of towns, who instead of the landlords, had to make up the deficiency in seasons of agricultural distress. The window-tax came in for the next share of scrutiny, and it proved to be based on the same principle as the fore going, every window up to a certain number after seven paying a tax of Bs.; but when the number came to 45, the tax suddenly fell to is. 6d. Thence the speaker went to the land-tax, which remains to this day pre cisely as when settled in 1692, at 4s. in the pound. This tax ought to yield 20,000,000 L, instead of the miserable sum of 1,100,000/. He observed, in reference to this, that Sir Robert Peel, when charged with the inequality of the income-tax, had answered that Pitt had not dared to pro pose an equal income-tax, and neither would he. But what was this but a confession that the aristocracy were the dictators in each case? A. S. STEWART, Esq., followed the last speaker. He chiefly confined his remarks to the expenditure entailed on the country by the war establishment. He took the entire population at twenty-eight millions, and di viding the responsibility devolving on each, as regards the national debt of 8,000,0004, he found that every man; woman, and child in England, Ireland, and Scotland was in debt 29/. From the national debt Mr. Stewart went to our present liabilities for war. The army estimate for the present year was said to be 20,000,0001., which, taking every individual at the rate of 14s.3d.per head, to which add 20s. per head for debt, and there would be a total of 11. 14s. 3d. due from each individual, which, in fact, was under the actual amount, inasmuch as this calculation includes infants, women, paupers, and the like, who pay no taxes. The standing army, rank and file, amounts to 123,992, of which 5,734 are officers, gentlemen who cannot stoop to business, yet do condescend to dabble in the commission market, for their own advantage. He would ask whether this large force was required, and would reply that it had been proved that our police was sufficient to contend with civil tumults. And as to the argument that this force was re quired in case of war, he rejected it as absurd in princi ple. He reprobated the system of colonization which required 250,0001. to be expended, because we refuse to allow them to govern themselves. He contrasted the amount of exports with the cost of government, :which showed,: in the case of the North American colonies, that for every 20s. received for exports, 9s. was paid for expense. The exports for 1844 being 9,000,0001., and the cost of government 4,000,0001, whilst for the same year we re ceived 8,000,0001. for exports to the United States, in which only 15,0001. was expended, which, in fact, would be still lower were it not for the fact of our paying more to our Ambassador at Washington than the Americans paid to their President. The speaker went on, with consider able force, to point out the items of expenditure con nected with the army, and the enormities of fashionable regiments, which were most extravagantly over -officered. The following are a few of the statisti cs a dd uced : the list of generals contains three kin gs, two p r i nces, one royal duke, and one common duke, three marquises, six earls, four viscounts, nine lords, twenty-one right honourables, and nineteen honourables, making a total of sixty- n i ne. There are 131 lieutenant - generals, and 84 major -general s; to tal ofgenerals, 284, which gives to each regimentitwo g enera l s. The numbers of subordinate officers was, shown to be on a scale of equal magnitude—a remark which also applies to the half-pay list, on which are 206 colonels, receiving e ac h 11. 7s. Gd. per diem for doing nothing. If we were asked why such things were allowed to exist, we would say it was owing to the monstrous law of pri mogeuiure, which, in the words of Adam Smith, snakes one child wealthy and all the others beg gars; but this law was considered necessary to perpetuate the honour of our ancient and glorious nobility. Referring to the constitution of the House of Commons, which is supposed to represent the people, he proved how .such a state of things was compatiabla with its functions, inasmuch as this delibe ra ti ve Assembly is composed of 656 Members, out of which 250 were officers of militia, six marquises, seven earls, 63 lords, 133 brothers or sons of peers, 56 baronets, 85 married to the sisters or daughters of peers. Mr. Stewart concluded by urging the importance of unanimity amongst the middle and labouring classes to the success of the cause. After which, Mr. JOHN SMITH addressed the meeting. He spoke of the absurdity of the situation of obsolete offices in connexion with the Court of her Majesty, such as the Master of tho hawks, who receives 1,200/. though he has no hawks to tend. The Gold and Silver Sticks came in for a share of his sarcastic observations. He did not doubt but that were there a gold fiddle -stick some ready member of the aristocracy would be found to flourish it. Amongst other grievances, he complained of the enormous expense of purchasing Acts of Parliament, which he would call by no other name than public plunder; in confirmation a, he adduced an instance. The small town of Southport requiring a short Act for the management of their own affairs applied to Parliament, • and had to pay 1,500/. He reprobated the system of indirect taxation, which he characterised as being invented to supply the aristocracy with patronage. Mr. Joins Flux concluded the business of the meet ing that the present was the initiatory o f a series by g t to b w e l o h u e n l d e i n on the evening of each third Wednesday in the month. He advised agitation as the only means of success, which had been shown by ' the Anti-Corn Law League, and concluded by re questing as many as could do so to become subscribers to the association, the expenses of which, it was pre sumed, would not be more than 1,0001. psr annum. He was glad to say that at present the funds were in a prosperous condition, there being a balance in their treasurer's hands. LONDON, YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BER WICK RAILWAY. In accordance with the wish expressed by a con siderable number of the shareholders in this railway, the directors have prepared the following statement, showing the present position of the company, ;:nil the estimate which, after careful consideration, they have formed of its present and future liabilities and pros. pects. The total amount expended in the works undertaken by the company, to the Ist of November inst., is.. The estimated amount of the gross sum which will be required for the comple tion of the works now in progress, and of the new works proposed to be exe cuted, viz.: the Washington, Kelso, Alnwick, and Warkworth branches, the Tyne and Tweed bridges, the Auckland Valley line, and the Tyne Docks, and including, also, the comple tion of the Pontop and South Shields purchase, and the Sunderland Dock subscription, is 1,869,228 Making the gross amount of the capital to be ultimately raised Or, in order to have a sufficient margin for contingencies, say It will be satisfactory to the shareholders to be in formed, that this amount of capital can be realised by calling up what remains unpaid on the extension shares No. 1 and No. Q, and by exercising the powers of borrowing to the extent of 1,550,0001., including the existing mortgage debt which at present amounts to no more than 722,0731. When all the works shall have been completed the aggregate length of the several lines of railway in the possession of the company will be 330 miles, and the directors calculate that the gross income they may fairly expect to derive from the whole will be not less than 1,040,0001. per annum, which is after the rate of 20,0001. per week. This income will be subject to the following annual charges, viz. : For working expenses £300,000 For interest on borrowed capital, taken at 1,550,0001. at 4} per cent For rent payable to the Great North of England Railway Company, including interest on their debentures ... For rent payable to the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, including in terest on their debentures . . 39,880 Total . .. .. Showing a clear annual profit of 478,9701., which, after yielding a dividend of 71. per cent. per annum upon the share capital of 5,750,0001., will leave a surplus income of 76,4701. _ . In estimating the prospective gross income of the company at 1,040,0001. per annum, the directors rely upon the following considerations. The revenue now produced by the traffic upon the 270 miles of line at present in operation, is after the rate of about 720,0001. per annum, or 13,8461. per week. This, it must be remembered, is the. produce of a year of severe commercial depression, during which the de crease of passenger traffic upon railways has been un precedented. But there can be no doubt that the revival of commerce will restore that steady progres , sive improvement of railway traffic in all depart ments which has been previously experienced. In the article of coal alone, the published re turns show that the quantity expbrted from the ports of Durham and Northumberland during the last four years has increased after the rate of 451 per cent. in that short period. The Auckland Valley line, which the directors pro pose to construct immediately, will open out a rich coal field, and the directors confidently expect will prove in the highest degree productive. The forma tion of the Tyne Docks, and the completion of the Sunderland Docks, will afford vast facilities to the ex portation of coal, and cannot fail to assist most mate rially in the development of that traffic which is now suffering considerably from the want of dock accommodation. The improvement of the general traffic of the line by the opening of the bridges across the Tyne and Tweed has not yet had time to exhibit itself to any extent, but that it will produce a very large accession of revenue there cannot be the slightest doubt. Upon all these grounds, the directors feel great confidence in antici pating that, by the time the additional sixty miles of line shall have come into operation, the gross annual income will reach the amount at which they have estimated it. It is not the intention of the directors at present to commence any of the works for which Parliamen• tart' powers have been obtained, besides those already referred to. The proprietors are avare that out of the money raised by the calls already made upon the guaranteed stock created for completing the purchase of the Great North of England Railway, a large sum has been passed, by way of loan, to the general construe- - tion account. This it is the intention of the directors to replace; but they do not propose to make any further calls upon the guaranteed stock for some time to come. They have little doubt that when the period arrives for completing the purchase the holders of Great North of England Stock will be content to accept the debentures of this company, at a moderate rate of interest. Presuming such debentures to be taken, the calls already made upon the guaranteed stock of this company will then come into dividend, and, calculating that such dividend will be after the rate of 71. per cent., the amount of extra dividend and interest, thenceforth to be paid, beyond what is already charged, will be about 40,0001. per annum, and this will be amply met by the estimated surplus income. al interest in amount. This company has a collateral b e t o s r u s b a s r i e d ia happy ry b t d o e r s t t a a k t n t g h s a t a t r h e e i of engage ments trifling h the l d S e r u s n a d u e r t b l a e n r s e D d Dock C d o i m r e e p obtained for Par liamentary sanction has not yet been o share a t o n r y s , to to w s u h b i e s c h r i t b h e e . this subscription, in consequence of the re quisite power having, from accidental circumstances , omitted to be sought for last session, but in the ensuing session this will be remedied. Another undertaking to which the directors propose that the company shall contribute, is the Aberdeen Railway, and they have agreed to recommend to the shareholders to subscribe for 50,0001. of the preferential stock issued by that company. The directors think it highly expedient that this company should possess an interest in the lines on the eastern coast of Scotland, when they find competing companies using great exertions to secure the whole of the traffic north of Edinburgh. Many of the proprietors are aware that the direc tors have entered into a provisional agreement for leasing the Newcastle and Carlisle, and Maryport and Carlisle Railways, and a considerable number have intimated their disapprobation of the measure. The directors trust it is unnecessary for them to state that they would not embark in any new undertaking unless they were persuaded that it would prove ad vantage ous to the company. They do not, however, intend to press the .acceptance of these leases upon the proprietors in opposition to their wishes, being quite prepared to take upon themselves the responsi bility they have incurred on behalf of the company. In conclusion, the directors beg to assure the pro prietors that nothing can be more satisfactory to the board than the present position of the company, whether in reference to its traffic or to the expense of working it, and they have no hesitation in express ing their unshaken confidence in the soundness and stability of the undertaking with the management of which they are intrusted. This confidence is founded upon their experience of the steadily increasing traffic which every year has brought upon the lines notwith- standing the check occasioned by the recent extraor dinary commercial depression, and upon their convic tion that, as a railway undertaking, the property is wholly unassailable—that no traffic can be abstracted from it by competing lines—and that an unfailin g source of continually improving revenue is secured to it in the inexhaustible mineral wealth of the counties of Durham and Northumberland. By Order, JOHN CLOSE, Secretary. York, Nov. 14, 1848. GRAY'S INN, Nov. 15.—William Tyndalll3arnard Esq., was this day called to the degree of Barr inter-at• Law by the • sonourable Society of Oray's THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, /848. %A. I tit R4,..1g4 11) 4 , FRANCE. Three thousand labourers assembled in the Chump de Mars on Tuesday morning, and from thence p.m ceeded to the hotel of M. Vivien, the .Minister of Public Works, to demand of him to be allowed to assist in the works at present being executed in the Champ de Mars. A delegation was received by M. Vivien, who explained to them how much he regretted that he: could not grant their requests, as the works in question were being executed by the Minister of War. The men then retired without manifesting any displeasure and separated peaceably. It is announced, that Admiral Baudin has pro ceeded to Tunis with two frigates, in consequence of the Bey of Tunis having refused to acknowledge the French Republic. M. Cabet, the Chief of the Icarian Communists, was sentenced by the Court of Correctional Police of Paris, on Wednesday, to o ne mon th' s imprisonment, for having had in ki s possession 14 muskets and a quantity of ammunition. The commission appointed by the National As sembly to examine the decree defining the responsi bility of the President of the Republic and his Ministers has already held four meetings. The Com mission has resolved that " the President's responsi bility shall not be a vain word. Whoever shall be President the law will surround him with such a number of precautions and guarantees that the National Assembly cannot be deprived of any portion of the national sovereignty?' The Commission has resolved to class any intervention, however inoffen sive, of the President of the Republic or his Ministers at elections, amongst the crimes against the nation. The Commission has, more over, adopted measures to prevent and punish any attempt to exercise an influence by corruption amongst the members of the National Assembly. It has also introduced an improvement of vast im portance. Whilst it permits every citizen to bring an action against the First Magistrate of the Re public and his Ministers, the latter is to have a right to cite the plaintiff directly before •the High Court of Justice as a calumiator. A. jury shall be summoned to give a verdict at the same time on the original complaint and on the charge of calumny. By a decree, dated the 11th, the Chief of the Exe cutive Government nominates the following citizens to be members of the committee to superintend and direct the management of the Sinking Fund and the Caisse des Depots et Consinations—viz., MM. Goud chaux, Dueler; and Berryer, representatives of the people; De Gasq, President of the Court of Ac counts; D'Argout, Governor of the Bank of France; Legentil, President of the Chamber of Commerce; Marchand and Lesseps, Councillors of State ; and Montanier, " Directeur Mourement General des Fonds." mice of your duties as a magistrate for the last twenty years have gained ior you the respect laid esteem of all parties; and we recognise in your conduct, during the late critical period, a continuation of those services for which you have always been distinguisheel. We further desire to express our entire satisfaction with the humane manner in which you have carried out those duties, ren dering justice in mercy. " With sincere and het:Welt wishes for your future happiness and 'prosperity, we are, your . obedient ser vants, (Signed) WATERFORD, &c. MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN. BY GEORGE J. 0. ALLMANN. "Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting!" SIIAKSPERE. No. IL HANDEL. This immortal composer possessed hands of an ex traordinary size, so fat, indeed, were they that the knuckles, which generally appear convex, were like those of a chubby child, dimpled, so as to be rendered concave; and yet his touch was so smooth that his fingers seemed—like the fabled Centaur was believed to have partaken us much of the nature of horse as man—a portion of the keys themselves, so gentle and yet bring ing out each note so distinctly and with such perfect apiomb. He was accustomed to wear a white wig of an enormous size, eclipsing by far Lablache's ruinous Don Pasquale perruque—and when all went on satisfactorily in the orchestra it had a certain vibration or nod, which manifested its wearer's inward satisfaction and approval. It is said that the leader always kept an anxious look-out at this point d'attraction. and unhss this gyratory move ment were visible, nice observers were always sure that his " inward man" was irritated. If all accounts are true, Handel had not a little of the bon vivant in his composition. An amusing anecdote is related of his love of good cheer both liquid and solid. During the oratorio season he used frequently to invite the principal performers engaged on his sublime crea tions to his house in Brook-street. One evening, being at dinner, it was observed the composer frequently ex claimed, " Och! I haf de taught!" Whenever this oc curred the company, out of deference to his genius, and naturally unwilling that, from civility or etiquette to them, the public should lose anything of so much value as his musical ideas, always begged that he would retire and commit them to paper. With this request, after a proper display of reluctance and hesitation on each oc casion, our composer so frequently complied, that the suspicions of some of them became at length aroused, and one of the most curious among them unluckily peeped through the keyhole into the adjoiniwz room, wherein he perceived at once the object for which Handel had "de taught," and this was nothing less than a hamper of choice Burgundy which, as was subsequently dis covered, had been only just presented to him by his friend and patron, Lord Radnor, our bon vivant not being, we suppose, quite content with the "bumble port" which he placed before his guests, was quaffing magnum after magnum of this more treasured beverage. And if not from the effects of his " potations pottle deep," quite plenus veteris Bacchi, was, nevertheless, suf ficiently so, to judge from his gyrations, to realise the lines of Ovid: " Nunc est libendum—nunc peds Libero pulsanda tellus." HAYDN. Like many men of ardent imagination and honourable ambition, Haydn was destined to await for many a weary day the time when his fame as a composer should be established, not only in a commercial point of view, but as an adequate return for his mental industry. One of his earliest bargains for the copyright of his compo sitions was made with Forster (01 the famous firm of Croysaill and Forster), the violoncello maker. The agreement was drawn up and entered into on behalf of Haydn by Count von Sweiten, with John Ashley the elder on the part of Forster, and was couched in the fol lowing terms:—" Whereas Joseph Haydn of Vienna is about to sell certain musical compositions to William Forster of London, and as the said Joseph Haydn is a composer of no celebrity, he agrees to furnish the said William Forster with sonatas, quartetts, and sinfonias at half the usual price that is demanded by authors of repute for such compositions!" We really do not know which to admire the most—the easy and quiet way in which Haydn endured the indignity of such an agree ment, or the meansouled display of the two Englishmen —Arcades ambo—who could dictate to a man of intellect and genius se humiliating a proposal, though Haydn might well plead the same reason es the poor famished Apothecary— " My poverty and not my will consents." DREADFUL MURDER. The inhabitants of St. Leonard's were thrown into great consternation about noon on Sunday, by the report that the residence of Miss M. A. C. Moore had been burglariously entered, and the cook brutally murdered ; upon inquiry the report was found to be substantially correct. The house is known as " Ca tharina Villa," and is the westward of several de tached residences situate on the West-hill, the cliff at the back of the church running parallel with the road to the railway station. The family consisted of Miss Moore, her brother, Dr. Moo?e, coachman, and footman, all of whom attended divine service at the Baptist chapel at llastings, whither they had gone on the morning of the unhappy occurrence. The re maining members of the establishment are the house maid, who is at present at home in a delicate state of health, and the cook (Mary Ann Newman), the sub ject of the atrocious attack. She was about sixty . years of age, and had been in her situation twenty. five years. On the return of the family from chapel, the footman not being able to effect an entrance in any other way, got in at the window of the drawing room (where it is supposed the burglars entered) and discovered the room strewed with open trunks and jewel cases. On going through the passage the cook was found still breathing, and with three severe wounds at the back of the head, one of which had laid bare the brain. The alarm was given, the autho rities and police were quickly on the spot, but no trace could be obtained, as the road is covered with beach. It was discovered that several articles ofjewel lery, consisting of watches, brooches, necklaces, rings, &c. &c., were stolen. During the afternoon a noto rious character known as "Turf Hyland," who was concerned in the sacriligious entry of the church, was apprehended; but his statement being satisfac tory, he was again liberated. At eleven P.M. a man named John Pearson, who formerly lived as coach man at the house, and w h o was f requently quarrelling with the cook, was taken up on suspicion. The un fortunate woman lingered in a state of insensibility till yesterday, Tuesday, at nine A.M., when she ex pired. At one o'clock, on Monday, the prisoner (John Pearson) was brought up for examination be fore the mayor (Alfred Burton, Esq.), F. Ticehurst, F. Smith, and G. Scrivens, Esqs. The inquiry was strictly private, and ended in a remand to Thursday. Superintendent Bolton arrived during the day, and is actively engaged in assisting the police in their in quiries and in unravelling the mystery which yet hangs over this diabolical occurrence. —Brighton Guardian. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 13th, the affairs of Berlin were the subject of discussion. N o less than six motions and amendments were read, some calling upon the Central Executive to command the immediate suspension of the unconstitutional acts of the Crown ; this was the motion of the Left. On the other side an amendment was proposed to the effect that the Executive, in the performance of its duties, should " pr ov ide or the general welfare and safety of Germany, and see that the legal delibera tions of the Berlin Assembly might recommence as soon as possible unhindered by danger from above or from below. Before the reading of these motions and amend ments, M. Schmerling rose to give some explana tions upon the subject. The communications between Frankfort and Berlin, he said, had always been of the most important character. A great deal had been done to preserve a good understanding of both Powers by correspondence in writing. But the Cabinet of the Reichsverweser had considered it better to dis patch Mr. Bassermann, Under-Secretary of State, fur the purpose of settling personally divers subjects connected with their mutual negotiations. For this object, and for none other, had M. Bassermann been sent to Berlin. M. Schmerling denied that M. Bas sermann's advice had helped to produce the present acts of that Government. Ile could not, at present, make public the instructions given to the Under- Secretary of State; but he would be ready to show to any committee the House pleased to nominate those instructions, and the dispatch he had sent after him yesterday to Berlin, as also M. Bassermann's first dispatch received late last night. M. Beseler moved, that, "considering the declara tions and offers of the Minister of the Interior, all propositions on the subject should be handed over to the Committee for M. Biedermann's motion (made on the 7th), and that a report of this Corn mittee be delivered by to-morrow morning." M. Beseler stated that it was desirable that the National Assembly should come to an unanimous vote on the subject. This motion of M. Beseler was carried, and the sitting was Immediately brought to ouloso to "0.-. Committee time to deliberate. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 4th says :—" An im portant financial measure, which has long been in contemplation, is at last decided upon, and brought into action. The clergy offers to the Government a voluntary contribution of 4,000,000 piastres, about 26,000,000 francs, payable by fifteen annual instalments, viz., ten of 300,000 piastres, and five of 200,000 each. The temporal interest of the clergy dictated this concession, which at the same time is consistent with justice and equity, as it is fitting that in a public crisis the church should give extraordinary support, as expressed by his Holiness, in his autograph rescript of the 28th ult., to Cardinal Orioli, signifying his acceptance of the gift. A Ministerial ordonnance, of the 29th April in the present year, gave warrant for the issue of Treasury Bonds to the amount of 2,500,000 piastres. There are bonds in circulation to the amount of 2,465,000 piastres, and the remaining 35,000 will be issued before the end of the year. These bonds, which have a forced currency, bear 3i per cent. interest, and are charged upon the church property at the pro rata of 2,000, piastres." TA.TTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. No business done. IRELAND. Dunurr, Nov. 15.—The following is an outline of yesterday's proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench:— The CHIEF JUSTICE, when the full Court sat, stated, in reference to the question whether the Attorney- General had the final reply, that in looking into the case of the Queen v. O'Connell, the Court did not find it there decided that the Attorney -General had not the right to the reply, and the pr ac ti ce i n t hi s country har ing been to give him this right, the Court would conform to that practice. Mr. 'lmams was then heard on behalf of the prisoner, and adverted to the objections which had been opened by Sir C. O'Loghlen. lle principally relied on the ob jection that the challenge to William Duff, as a juror, had been dis allowed, although he was a burgess, and as such interested in the conviction, as the charter of the old corporation, to whose privileges the present body succeeded, vested in the corporation the goods and chattels of persons who were convicted of felony. '1 he ATTORNEY -GENERAL was heard in reply, and at considerable detail proceeded to answer the objections to the validity of tieyrocdings. The CHIEF JUSTICE intimated that the case should stand over for the consideration of the Court. 'WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN. Mr. D. LYNCH applied, on the part of the Crown, for a writ of habeas corpus to issue to bring up the body of William Smith O'Brien, in order that he might assign errors. He had been found guilty at the special com mission held at Clonrael, on the charge of high treason, and lie (Mr. Lynch) a pplied to have Friday n e xt fi xe d as the day on which the prisoner should be brought up to hand in the assignment of errs. The CHIEF JUS TICE — THOMAS FR ANCIS MEAGHER, Be it s ro o. IN ERROR, V. THE QUE EN . Mr. LYNCH obtained a like order in this case; as also in the cases of Thomas O'Donoghoe and Terence Bellew M‘Manus, who bad also been found guilty of high treason at the special commission. Mr. WHITES IDE, Q.C., said that perhaps that was the proper time to make an application that the pla ce o f custody of all the prisoners concerning whom writs of habeas corpus had been granted should be changed to the Richmond Penitentiary. The A TTOR NEY -GENERAL said it would be necessary for Mr. Whiteside to make the app lication again on Friday next. The Court then adjourned to this morning. THE NAPIER BANQUET.—IBS Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge and the Right Honourable the Commander of the Forces have announced their in tention of attending the dinner in honour of the hero of Sintle. THE LATE OUTBREAK. —The following address, signed by the Marquis of Waterford and the leading persons of influence in the vicinity of Portlaw, has been presented to the Rev. Mr. Medlycott: " Portlaw, Nov. 9th, 1843. " Sir,—We, the undersigned inhabitants of Portlaw and its vicinity, being deeply consc i ous of the eery im -1 porcant services rendered by you to the country during the late disturbances, beg to present you with this ad -1 d r ess, in testimony- of our appreciation of thorn. We cannot too strongly express our admiration of the prom ptne ss and intrepidity you display e d on t h e lo f t ' 1 of September last, in joining the police of this town, and 1 in yoar official capacity co n ducting the defence o f the barracks against the very large body or armed insurgents b who attacked it on that day. I" We consider that, under Providence, you were I mainly instrumental in giving a decided cheek to re- I belhou in this neighbourhood, and think it pfirtieularly 1 de...ervitig of notice that you are the only magistrate 1 in the country who has beeu in actual collision with the iusurgents• 6 , Your valuable and untiring exertions in the perform • FRENCH IDEAS OF ENGLISH MUSICAL TASTE. In La France Musicale (the leading musical organ in Paris), some ten years agone, the satirical editor (M. F‘is) amuses its readers, at our national expense, with the following imaginary syllabus of a concert in England, as conveying a general and correct notion of the standard of our taste at the time, and through the quizzical tone in which it is written it is easy to perceive that the implied reproach on us is really intended, and perhaps the whole statement fully believed, to be what it is supposed to depicture _ . Premier morceau—Variations sur le ' God Save' ! Second morceau—Fantasie sur le 'Rule Britannia' ! Troisieme morceau— Caprice sur le God Save' ! I Quatrieme morceau—Variations sur le Rule Britannia' ! I Cinquiene morceau—Potpourri our le' God Save' et le' Rule Britannia= ! ! I Sixieme moreeau—Divertissement sur le God Save' !! ! Septieme moreeau—lmproviaation sur le 'Rule Britannial ! ! ! Huitieme moreeau—Midange ear le' God Save' et le 'Rule 3 1 If, GIULIA GRISL :A. PANEGYRIC ON HER PERFORMANCE OF ELENA IN " LA DONNA DEL LAGO.") Fair Lady of the Lake ! Oh! it is thine With sweetest airs to ravish mortal ears; Which float around the Spirit's inmost shrine In smiles embowered, or bedewed with tears! Now like to breezes indistinct and soft Rippling the margin of the argent tide; Then like the dashing surge which throws aloft The thunder of its effervescent pride, Thy voice falls on the sense in accents low Till sorrow seems to pause and hold her breath; Or, like the trumpet-blast, in tom s of woo Till the brain fain would bury life in death! " Oh ! maltutini albori!"—hush—oh! say Is it a seraph singing i' the air? " Ciel, qua! destin terribile"—away! Break, thou poor heart!—thy home is with despair! But hark! those sounds of rapture, love and joy! As "tanti effetti" from her throat she pours Forgotten grief can now no more alloy; And wE?—we listen and her joy is OUTS ! Sweet melody! oh doubly sweet from thee Who lurest all hearts captive to thy feet; Queen of the Lyre! to thee we bow the knee And Homage worships at Perfection's seat! Oh! linger yet!—but wherefore?—when the ear Treasures up fondly in its favourite cell Thy heart-sprung music—and Remembrance dear Dwells there for aye!—so Diva, fare thee well! August, 1847. G. J. 0. A. ROSSINI. The celebrated air in Tancredi "Di tanti palpiti" is called in Italy the aria di rizi, and this term originated thus:—Rossini—the great scene painter, as Beethoven called him—had composed for Tancredi a grand mor ceau d'entree which Signora Malanotte, the prima donna, had rejected. The cantatrice having declared that she would not sing it only two days before the announced performance of the opera, the then young composer returned to his hotel in despair, but, nevertheless, set down at table to his repast with a but little lessened ap petite. At that time, as is well known it is now, most din ners commence with a dish of rice, which is but slightly cooked, so that only four minutes before it is served up the cook is accustomed to put the important question, "Bisognonicitere i rizi?" The query was put to Rossini, the rice put to the fire, and before it was ready ho had written this famous air. This is the Italian version of the story, and hence the nomenclature aria di rizi. But there is another anecdote in circulation among the Italian cognoscenti, which, if true, bruises on the heel of Rossini sorely, and destroys at once his claim to the authorship of this, one of his most charming and most popular melodies. A composer, much esteemed at Flo rence during the first half of the eighteenth century, by name Barroni, lost all at once, like our lamented, our illustrious Beethoven, his hearing. All the physicians of the place were in turn consulted, but if we may credit the facetious Boileau, Florence was never celebrated for a successful cultivation of the Art of which Ilippocrates may be considered the presiding genius, for he says somewhere " Dans Florence jadis vivait un rnedecin Savant hableur, dit on, et aliThre assassin;" which may admit of the following paraphrase: " In Florence, a physician once there lived Who more by killing than by saving thrived ;" and though Barroni came across many of these savans, the extreme unction was rendered unnecessary in his case, and in despair of meeting with a cure he set out on a pilgrimage to Notre Dame de Misericorde at Loretti, a very fashionable procedure in those golden days. There, it is related, a miracle was wrought on his behalf, but whether from the effects of his pilgrimage I must leave in nubibus. Nevertheless he recovered, somehow or another, his sense of hearing, for which interposition on his behalf he composed a choral hymn in praise of the Holy Mother. This, und er the title of " Litauie della Santa Casa," was performed on the 15th of August, 1737, for the first time. This litany is repeated annually at the feast of the Annunciation; and it is strenuously asserted by Rossini's detractors that he, when at the Notre Dame de Loretto was so powerfully struck by th e beauty of the Cantilena that he noted it down and intro duced it into his 7 ancrali. " When Greek meets Greek," is well understood. So even let the Ros sinists and Anti-Rossinists urge and support their several arguments pro and con. as they best can. I think myself the air boars almost indisputable evid ence of being the pro duction of Rossini—though I must add, "Palmam qui meruit ferat !" Tits OCEAN MONARCH.—The Government have just presented a very beautiful pocket chron o m e t er t o the captain of the Brazilian frigate AfFops°, who dis played so much daring and humanity in his successful exertions to save the passengers and crew of th e o cean Monarch. The chronometer is a perfect model of the marine chronometer No. 2, which obtained for the maker in the year 1831 the Government prize of 170/. Its size is that of an ordinary w a i stcoat poc k et watc h. Th e following inscription is engraved on the inner case ;__-., Presented by the British G overnmen t to Cap tails Jertquim Marquis Lisboa, of the steam-frigate Af fonso, of the Brazilian imperial navy, in testimony of their admiration of the gallantry and humanity displayed by him in rescuing many NBritish subjects from the 1 burning wrci:,k_of the ship Ocean Monarch, Aug., 1848: MURDER AT CARDIFF. On Sunday morning last the town of Cardiff, in Glamorganshire, South Wales, was thrown into a state of great excitement by the death of a Welsh man, named Thomas Lewis, who was murdered in a most brutal manner by an Irishman, bearing the name of John Conners. A feeling of jealousy has existed for a long time past between the Welsh labourers upon the docks and the line of the South Wales Railway against the Irish, who have engaged to work at less rate of wages than the natives, and have consequently deprived many of employment and driven them to the union workhouse. On every oc casion that an opportunity is afforded this feeling breaks out with great violence, and demands the in terference of the civil authorities to quell it. It ap • pears that on Saturday evening, about twelve o'clock, Lewis, accompanied by two friends and . his wife, was proceeding along Mary Ann-street towards his home, when, hearing a noise at the bottom of the street, he ran to see what was the matter, followed by the the two men who were with him. On reaching Whitmore-lane, which passes the lower end of Mary Ann-street, he met with the man Conners, of whom he inquired what was the matter. Conners angrily answered, " What's that to you ? Go on ; " and Lewis replied, " Don't be so saucy ; you had better make the best of your way home." Upon which the Irishman said he should not go until he liked, as he could stand there as long as he pleased. Lewis then walked on with his party to the corner of David street, where he lived, and while standing talking to his friends, Conners threw a stone at him, which hit him upon the leg. He then ran up Stanley-street, followed by Lewis, and when about twenty yards from the bottom, Conners, overtaken, made several thrusts at Lewis with a knife. He then ran away, and Lewis staggered, but was caught by a sailor named Stewart, who took hold of him by the arm, and asked him if he was hurt. He made no reply, but fell with his face to the ground. At this time his two friends came up, and conveyed him home. A medical gentleman, named Evans, was called in, but he pronounced life to have been extinct some time. On examining the body, four wounds were discovered upon it, one extending from the ear on the left side down to the chin, another upon the front part of the left shoulder, one upon the left breast, and one upon the right breast, which pene trated to the principal artery of the chest, and by causing the blood to flow into its cavities from the heart produced almost instantaneous death. Oa Monday morning, about twelve o'clock, the district coroner, Mr. R. L. Reece, opened an inquest upon #k. hrwl, et t ri be Town-hall, which after sitting for six hours was ajourned until 1 flUrsuay a vcaar.a o _ time for the apprehension of the murderer. Five witnesses were examined, but their evidence only went to substantiate the above facts. On Monday evening the excited and exasperated populace attacked the dwellings of the Irish, broke their windows, burst open their doors, and burnt some of their furniture, and had it not been for the interference of the police, a serious riot would have been the consequence. They also attacked the Catholic chapel, demolished the windows, and did considerable damage to the priest's house. WRECK OF TWO EMIGRANT SHIPS. NORTU FORELAND, TUESDAY NIGHT..—With con siderable regret we announce two deplorable ship wrecks of German emigrant vessels, with between 300 and 400 passengers on board, which took place in the course of last night and this morning, on the Long and Goodwin Sands. The unfortunate vessels were both from Bremen : one the American-built ship Burgundy, Mr. Hunt master, 500 tons burden, with 300 emigrants, for New Orleans; the other the bark Atlantic, Mr. Foster, belonging to Bremen, bound for New York, also with passengers (the num ber not exactly known). The greater part of yester day the weather was exceedingly boisterous, the wind blowing N.N.W., the evening setting in with a hazy atmosphere. Nothing is known of the passage from Bremen, until the discovery of the vessel on the above-named sands. It appears that between ten and eleven last night the report of signal guns of distress was heard in the direction of the Long Sands, a shoal some miles in length, extending nearly north and south between the Kentish Knock and the sunk sands, and about thirty-five miles distant from this point, northward. Several ,smacks, as well as her Majesty's revenue cutter Desmond, bore down in the direction to ascertain the cause. On nearing the centre bank of the sands in question, a large vessel was discovered completely on the shoal, almost en gulfed in heavy breakers. She proved to be the Bur gundy, having, it was reported, been carried on by the rapidity of the currents about ten o'clock. It was impracticable to get her oft; and her destruction seemed inevitable. The crews of the surrounding vessels, on ascertaining the great number of human beings on board, loss no time in arranging a plan for their rescue, which was providentially successful, for the whole of the poor creatures, numbering between 200 and 300, including the crew, were safely taken off the wreck. Their condition, as may readily be imagined, was truly deplorable, most of them, says ' oar informant, being reduced to a state of complete destitution. Some were landed by her Majesty's revenue cutter at Harwich. and others at different places along the coast. A large number have been taken by a French schooner, it is conjectured, to the French coast. The Long Sands have two light-ships, one at each extremity of them, sufficient to warn the mariner of danger ; pro bably, however, the hazy state of the atmosphere obscured the lights. _ The wreck of the Atlantic was discovered yester day morning on the Goodwin. She had got on the outside of the sands, and was fast settling down, when several Ramsgate and Deal luggers came to her succour. Although the weather was fine, a tremen dous sea raged on the sands, sweeping over the ill. fated vessel every instant. Four lives had already been lost—the master, two passengers, and a boy, who, it is stated, were swept overboard and not seen afterwards. With very great difficulty the Deal boatmen succeeded in saving the crew and some of the passengers, while the remainder of the latter were taken off by several Ramsgate vessels, and conveyed to that port and those adjacent. ACCIDENT TO VISCOUNT ALEORD.—We regret to have to inform our readers of an accident which has hap pened to the above-named nobleman, whilst out with the hounds in the neighbourhood of Castle Ashby, North amptonshire, the r es id e nce of Lord Alford's father-in law, the Marquis of Northampton. His Lordship was thrown from his horse and broke his collar-bone. We are glad to say the bone has been set, but , preferring to be attended by the family doctor in London, he at once left for his town residence, and, under the care of Mr. Bacot, his Lordship is rapidly recovering.—Lincoln Times. ClioLEit.s..—A case which has been represented to us as one of decided Asiatic cholera has just occurred at Coltishall. A child was attacked with the disease on Sunday, and died after fourteen hours' suffering, and it was considered advisable to order the burial of the body on the following day. The mother also lies dangerously ill. Great attention is desirable at Coltishall to the re moval of nuisances.—/Vorfotk eironick. EDITORIAL TROUBLES.—The Victoria (Texas) Advocate, of July 27, apologizes for a lack of matter in its columns, by iaying that the senior editor was shot and badly wounded, the junior editor had the chills and fever, and there had been no mails there for two weeks. 6,—American paper.' WEST RIDING ELECTION. (From the Scotsman.) The approwhing election fur the West Riding does not premise to prove a great victory or advan tage to the Libt , ral party. It is likely, indeed, that a nominal Liberal will be returned, but more by the forbearance and half-friendliness of the Tories than by the support or even assent of the Liberals. Such a result, it is very obvious, is a misfortune not only for the moment, but one whose effects are likely to endure and extend. The parties to blame in the matter are not, as would be most readily inferred, the intolerant and impracticable portion of the ultra-Liberals, but a section of the Whig aristocracy or aristocratic Whigs. It seems to us, with no disposition to favour what we may call the Leeds school of Voluntaries, that they have acted in the matter with unwonted moderation and judgment, along with the bulk of the Liberal party of the district, and that all the intolerance and presumption have on this occasion come from another quarter. When the Earl of Carlisle's death vacated the seat held by Lord Mar peth, a general feeling was held, and formally expressed, on the part of the mercantile or middle class portion of the constituency, to the effect that, as they were efficiently represented by Mr. Cobden, they would leave to the aristocratic or landed section of the Liberals the choice of the candidate for the other seat. Considering that it was by the exertions and expenditure of the middle-classes alone that the majority of 1,000 against Lords Morpeth and Milton in 1841 has not only been overcome, but a Liberal majority obtained, overwhelming when not disunited, this offer must be considered as most courteous and even generous. The conditions with which it was accompanied were also the least exacting that could reasonably have been expected or offered. They were, that the candidate should hold opinions in favour of free trade, of economy, and of " a gradual and safe extension of the suffrage," and against " any , further endowment of religion by the State.' Looking at the fact that a large proportion of the West Riding constituency notoriously hold what are called ultra- Liberal opinions, it seems impossible to deny the moderation of these conditions. Indeed, considering, that some of the West Riding leaders and organs, little more than a year ago, so lemnly d e cl a r e d they could not support even Lord Morpeth and Mr. Cobden, such a complete restora tion to political sanity is little less than miraculous, and should have been thankfully received and handsomely acknowledged. Some sort of declara tion was also thrown out, to the effect that the Re formers would accept, or even prefer, a " a member of the house of Wentworth"—a Fitzwilliam. This was another proof of the rational and generous spirit in which the middle-class Reformers ap proached the question ; for the unhappy letter written by Lord Fitzwilliam last year, denouncing Mr. Cobden as candidate for the West Riding, and offering support to a Tory Protectionist, gave them, as regards that particular quarter, just cause of offence and distrust. It is greatly to the credit of their good spirit and good sense, that they should have agreed to forget that un lucky piece of spleen, and to remember only that " the house of Wentworth" rendered able, and faithful, and courageous service to the good cause in days when friends were few. For all this moderation and generosity, the other party in the arrangement made a most ungracious and unworthy return. First, they named as their candidate Mr. Charles Fitz william, a lad of twenty-two ! This in itself was a serious mistake and offence. In days when, in addi tion to sound political opinions, so much of know ledge and talent is required in Members of Parlia ment for the conducting of practical or minor matters, it was very much too bad to thrust forward a young gentleman scarcely out of his legal infancy, and who had given no evidence of any qualification for public life, as a fitting representative for a constituency of 36,000, having much and complicated business to transact in the Legislature. Even this, however, the middle-class Reformers agreed to overlook ; and, at a meeting of delegates, it was resolved that Mr. C. Fitzwilliam was a fit and proper person, if he assented to the four conditions above stated. On re ceiving this resolution, Mr. C. Fitzwilliam first publicly announced himself as a candidate ; but, worse than strange to tell, in accepting the invitation of the meeting of delegates he made not the slightest mention of the conditions by which it was accompa nied. The dissatisfaction with this omission felt by those wishing to be his supporters, was immediately communicated to him ; and, aboft a fortnight after wards, a second address was extorted from him— and does not much mend his position. Ile is sound on free trade ; but what he says on " eco nomy," and on " safe and gradual extension of the franchise," amounts to nothing; and what he says on " farther endowments," is in substance a declaration that he would endow the Irish Catholic clergy from Irish funds. This is not the sort of Liberal candidate for the largest constituency in Britain. We de not blame Mr. C. Fitzwilliam for being a young man, or for having, or not having, certain political opinions ; but those who, under the circumstances we have described, br o u g ht him for placed him and themselves in a false position. It may be, indeed, that Lord Fitzwilliam, and others of his section, do not agree with the delegates on all the four points insisted on, but nevertheless, their plai n duty was to bring forward a can did a t e who does. The proportion of the Liberal electors of the West Riding whose opinions go beyond the four conditions is, it may fairly be assumed, greater than that .whose opinions tall short of them. The compromise the majority offered was reasonable; the minority did not concede an inch, but brought forward a can didate who seems one of the most extreme of their own sect—barely distinguishable indeed from a Tory. This was a grievous error and injustice, and is likely to have bitter fruits. The delegates have resolved, at a meeting held at Wakefield on Friday, not to support Mr. Fitzwilliam. It follows either that Mr. Fitzwilliam will be elected by grace of the Tories, or that a second Liberal candidate will be brought forward, and the Tory slip in between the. two. It can scarcely be sufficiently regretted that the moderation and good spirit of the urban or mid dle class electors, as a body, and the repentance and amendment of their most fanatical section, should, in such a constituency, and at a time when moderation and good spirit little need discouragement, have been encountered, on the part of the Whig aristocracy, by conduct which cannot be described otherwise than as supercilious trifling and obstinacy. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MALTON RACES.-TUESDAY. The Members' Plate of 25/., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, one mile and a halt'. (5 Subs.) Mr. Pedley's Lamb's-wool, 3 yrs, Bst ... 4 3 1 1 Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 5 yrs, 9st 21b 5 1 2 2 Mr. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs, 9st 71b... ... 1 4 3 dr Mr. Peck's Sally Maggs, 4 yrs. Bst 71b ... 3 2 dr Mr. Allen's Jewess, 3_yrs, 7st 71b ... 2 5 dr The Two Yrs 01d Stakes of 5 sops. each, and 10 added, T.Y.C. (3 Subs.), were won by Mr. Ewbankla Swift, 7st 101 b (Longstaff), beating Mysticle and The Duchess. . . _ The Amateur Stakes were won by Psalmsinger, beat ing Ennui. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, Nov. 15.—The trial of the large guns supplied to the Board of Ord nance, which has been carried on during the last 18 months for the purpose of ascertaining the best descrip tion of gun, and the best metal supplied by contractors, has just been concluded, and Colonel Dundas, C. 8., and Mr. Monk deserve great credit for the excellence of their models. The former 32 pounder gun, of 50 cwt is now reduced on Col o n e l D un d as ' s principal of con struction to 25 cwt., effecting a saving of tons on each gun of that calibre—the average price of the metal being t'rom 101. to 121. per ton. There is also a saving of six pounds of powder on each charge, the former charges being 101 b., and the new pattern being found equally efficient with a charge of 41b. The guns cast at the Low Moor Foundry, in Yorkshire, have been found to stand the heaviest charges when fired, and will conse• quenly receive the largest orders. The expense of the trials has been considerable, but the saving which will ultimately be effected, and the knowledge that no dan ger is now to be apprehended from the bursting of guns when placed on board of ships or mounted for service in garrisons, must give confidence in working them. A trial has also been made of a wrought iron 9-pounder gun, submitted by Mr. Morgan, of' Bristol, but it has been found inapplicable to the service, in consequence of the great recoil breaking the cap squares or coverings of the trunions. DEATno t rD isrimo OrrICE re gret tofi n d h the venerable Lieutenant-Governor We o Ch e lsea Hospital, has sustained a heav or Anso , n oflBth Benga 1 y bereavement by the demise of his son, Maj the Native Infantry, who expired at the Lieutenant-Gover nor's residence, at the hospital, on Sunday last, after is short illness, which arose, it is stated, from a disease of the liver. The gallant officer accompanied a sick brother home from the East, and he had scarcely witnessed hie restoration to health, when he was seized with a fatal illness. Mr. Anson was, of course, a member of the noble house of which the Earl of Lichfield is the head. He served for many years in India, and particularly dis• tinguished himself during the campaign in the Punjaub. He was at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and So braon' as Assistant-Adjutant-General in'G en e ra l Gil bert's division. AN. OBVIOUS INFERENCE.—An lowa stump orator, wishing to describe his opponent as a soulless man, said, " I have heard some persons hold the opinion, that just at the precise moment after one human being dies another is born, and the soul enters and animates the new-born babe. Now I hare made particular and ex tensive inquiries concerning my opponent thar, and I find that for some hours before he drew breath nobody died. Fellow citizens, I leave you to draw the inference!" CONSECRATION OF THE MANCHESTER GENERAL CEMETERY.—On Monday last that part ,of the above cemetery, which has not hith erto been used, was conse crated for the benefit of members of the Established Church, who may wish to use the same. The morning being exceedingly . fine, several hundreds of the people were present to witness the ceremony, which was per formed by the Lord Bishop of . Manchester. ad, nO ; ted tha ro rich l ge eeo the er e pe r itl e ; 01 rho p is 'rib' riis,: ,to P r