The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-10 00:00:00

r4REMORNE OPEN for the Accornt iodation of IL) Visitors to the GREAT NATIONAL CEREM. d J o lA.L. s. 6d. Re ; fres h m ents, Luncheo ns, Dinners, Teas, Ike.; Soup an ON int, 2 Tea, is.—No Charge for Admission.—Omnibuses to atid from every live minutes. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. iarewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENDTG, The true and refined Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE, by :Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, and Howe; Mrs. L. S. Bucking ham and Mrs. Stirling. After whi Rosach, pital FArce of A CAPITAL MATCH, by Mr. Keeley and Miss Bennett. The petite Comedy of a NOVEL EXPEDIENT. To conclude with the Farce of DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ruder the Management of Madame Yestrie. THIS EVENING, Nov. 10, Will be performed the Comic Drama of MARRIED DA TIGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Boxby, F. Matthews, Baker, and Suter; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Julia St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Fanny Baker, and Miss )dartindale. To be followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Jason, Miss Julia St. George; Medea, Madame Vestris. After which, TAKING r.Y STORM. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be revived the celebrated Drama of THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, a Gipsy story, by Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. Paul Bedfor d, 0. Smith, Emery, H. Bedford, &c. After which, the popular Farce of A WIFE FOR A DAY, in which the celebrated American Comedian, Mr. Josh. Silsbee, and Mrs. A. Wigan, will appear. ROYAL PRLNICESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. TILTS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq . entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, DEAF AS A POST. Principal characters by Wright. J. Vining, Meadows, F. Cooke ; Misses iarshall, J. Marston, Desborough, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO ; in which Mr. Wright and Mr. Harley will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITIIEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. second Week eithe Dramatic Beason, and of the new gorgeous Spectacle of Enchantment, which has been nightly received with immense applause. THIS EVENING (NOVEMBER the 9th) the Performances will commence at Seven o'clock with the Grand Equestrian Spec tacle entitled THE BRIDE OF GOLCONDA; or, the Genus of the Ring. New Scenery, Costumes, and appointments, and embracing all the best resources of this Theatre. To be followed by increased Novelties in the Scenes of the Circle, introducing the First Eques trian and Gymnastic Talent in Europe—including those extraordi nary artistes the Brothers Seigriqt. To conclude with the popular Farce of MISCHIEF MAKING. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-orrice open from Eleven to to Four daily. Half Price at half-past Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION. To be incorporated under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110, or by Royal Charter. .Apitcations for Shares will be received until MONDAY, the 15th inst., addressed to Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Masterman, 17, BucidArsbury. SIIARETIOLDERS' PRIVILEGES. A Proprietor of 50 Shares will be entitled to a Personal Entree for all Re presentations. a Reserved Seat in the Pit for all Represen tations. a Pit Stall far two 'Re presentations a-week, the particular day s being selected by the Shareholder in his preliminary notice. a Pit Stall for all Repre sentations. I. The Pit will be divided into separate seats, each seat to be nmbered ; but space will be retained for general circulation. 2. A Proprietor of 50 Shares and upwards may, before the Ist of February preceding each Season, transfer his privilege of admission during that Season to a Nominee ; and a Proprietor of Shares, con stituting two or more of the above qualifications, may, in like man ner, transfer each privilege to a Nominee, who will be entitled to the privilege transferred in lieu of the Proprietor. 3. The right of admission to a Stall or Reserved Seat may be transferred nightly, by voucher from the Proprietor or his Nominee ; the Transferee paying at the Theatre for each Representation half the usual price of admission. 4. The actual holder on the Ist of February in each year of the number of shares specified above, will be the Proprietor entitled to the proportionate privileges during the ensuing Season. 5. The intention of the Proprietor to avail himself of the above privileges must be declared before the Ist of February preceding each ieasou. 100 Shares 150 Bharat 200 Shares 6. In the event of a Proprietor not desiring to avail himself of the above privileces, it will be at his option to have an allowance, equal in the whole to four per cent. on h.s Shares, in payment or diminu tion of any subscription, for not less than fifteen nights, which he may enter into for a Box or otherwise. 7. To suit the convenience of individual Shareholders, the Com mittee will have a discretionary power, before the commencement of each Season, and by an arrangement with the Shareholders, to sub stitute for his right of admission during that Season any equivalent rights. _ _ _ 8. A discretionary power will likewise he vested in the Committee to reserve such further privileges to the Shareholders, in proportion to their Shares, as circumstances may be found to allow, and gene rally to make suz.h regulations as may appear expedient for the general interest of the Proprietary. Body. P. The above privileges are independent of the dividend receivable by the Proprietor in respect of his Shares. PORTRAITS OF WEL LIN . GTO N AND SOU LT WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIIIILES OF THEIR HAND- WP.ITINGS. A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TOGETHER WITH THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY WYON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND PRICE SIXPENCE. Sun Office, Nov. 10, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAT —)lorning 15 min. after 12 j Evening 39 min. after 12 To-Iloaaow—Morning 2 min. after 1 I Evening 22 min. after 1 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 10. THERMOMETER, LET THE SHADE. 58 —highest since noon yesterday. 41—loweat this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. aemobucrala; 30.12. WOID N.NW. to N.NE., light breeze and dull. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. . 4 tate of the Wind and Weather at each of the following p!AcPI at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations ar ° arranged in order of latitude. fLi.sruircia—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. SourruAmYrorr— Wind W., genebreeze - foggy. For.itsgross — Wind W., gentle tl bre br eze—overcast. TrTVHRiDGF--Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE —Wind W., calm—overcast. W ICH—calm—overcast. STROOD—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Swiwpox—W., gentle breeze—overcast. Letioffrox—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—S.W.. gentle breeze—rain. YARMOUTH—Wind W., calm—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday mrning at nine o'cock Poota—Wind S W., strong breeze—rain. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.W., hard wind—overcast. LANCASTER—Wind S., hard wind—heavy rain. W fumy ind S., gentle breeze—scud. DA PAINGTON—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast and light rain. SHAP—Wind W., bard wind—rain. kr. r - 4t! e t,y - '46 •„a • , -- • e1y..,t.,.1LTR1 7 " Int *- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1852. tro e_o_n , spicu o the among g rievances which mud be Parlia ment, un der tit the consideration of the new Su connected with what is termed the Perannul tka Fund" of the civil servants of the Government. There have latterly been made numer ous demand s for a we rest c o chang e i n th e ex i s ti ng sys t em , an d justice s e obvinfideotiaint that the neces s ity for an act of recognized bY th 7 desirable must be very speedily e Lp i I present scheme of arrangement g * ature. According to the (the civil) departm entsrlngenlent in o f te reference to these ( pate provision —i n e public ser • fact, - vice, no ade sion whatever—is made for th e even say no provi sion who have exhausted alleth eir e • forming their duty to the nation, t, energies in per to the Government. It "As undoubtedl y Crown, and siderable sums are annually accumulate d , y ia t t ru d e that obedi encecon- to the Act 4 and 5 Wm. IV., cap. 24' by of asses'iments levied upon public salaries. But th en it must be remembered, that the amount thus rai sed ten is precluded fro:n rendering any assiitaiace to the relicts or children of the deceased civil servants of the Crown, being exclusively dedicated to the narrow and restricted purposes of superannuation. Here, indeed, lies the core of that intolerable evil which has recently become the subject of so many earnest representa tions. It is complained reasonably enough by those who are the victims of the enactment passed in 1834, that so far from any benefit accruing to them from the fund then established for their nominal advan tage, that fund has in r eal it y ' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1852. sources, crippled their efforts in the way of economy, and prevented them from securing their families from the misery of what may be called posthumous desti tution. Surely in all this there is very grievous cruelty—cruelty disgraceful to the country, deroga tory to the State, and singularly injurious to the re- putation of the Legislature. The question appears to us, moreover, one of such peculiarly flagrant noto riety as to preclude the House of Commons from the opportunity of much longer deferring its settlement. It cannot be set aside much oftener without reflecting a very disastrous scandal upon the Government. Too many particu!ars have already been published, by way of exposure, to admit of the matter being inde finitely procrastinated as one simply of official or Ministerial inconvenience. After all that has now come to light upon the subject, we do not believe it possible that it can be coolly denied once more the chance of the good almost inseparable from a Parlia- mentary investigation. Whoever may not be already acquainted with the nature of the evil to which we are here making refer ence, can be afforded within the space of a few sen tences the capacity for its fullest appreciation. It must be, first of all, remembered, that by reason of the Act already mentioned, that of 1834, being the 4 and 5 Wm. IV., cap. 24, every individual, upon entering the civil service of the Crown, is compelled —at the rate of 5 per cent., supposing his salary to exceed 1001. per annum, and of 2f per cent., suppos ing it to be less than loci. per annum—to contribute to a fund known as the fund of " Superannuation." Against such a system of compulsory contribution no reasonable objection could of course for one in stant be raised by any person of common sense, com mon prudence, or common sagacity—taking for granted, that is to say, that the amount thus collected be properly conserved, judiciously expended, and ac counted for in every way to the general satisfaction. Under those circumstances the arrangement could only be regarded as one entitled to our most earnest laudation. It would evidence a humane solicitude for the welfare of the civil servants of the Crown, mediately on the part of the Legislature, and imme diately on the part of the Government. It would be tantamount to a declaration that the State would itself regulate to a certain, and, all things considered, very allowable extent, the economy of its employes, so as to guard them in the most effectual manner from the evils consequent upon individual improvidence. It would be simply bringing upon them most beneficially the force of law, so far as to oblige them, it might be in spite of themselves, to lay up a rational store for their own future advantage in case of emergency. Experience has, however, unhappily proved to the civil servants of the Crown that no such benefits are capable of resulting from the accumulation of the fund originated by the Act of Superannuation. In stead of proving beneficial in any respect, indeed, that unfortunate enactment would seem only to have produced the most bitter heartsburnings and the most lamentable disappointments. And small wonder that it has ! For, according to the unanimous evidence of those who have pronounced, and are competent to prcnounce upon the subject, the only fruits of the existing system have been those of an injustice so flagrant as absolutely to amount to inhumanity. De ductions, upon the scale before indicated, have :year after year been made from the salaries—by no means exorbitant—of a body of men—by no means lightly tasked, either in regard to toils or in regard to re sponsibilities. A really considerable sum of money has, in this manner, been in rapid course of accumu lation. What becomes of almost every portion of it nobody can discover with certainty—scarcely any one can even dimly conjecture. The most that is known in reference to the Fund is, that it is regularly enhanced by the periodical contributions to it, deducted from the various salaries, some at the rate of 5 per cent., and some at the rate of 24 per cent., according to the stipulations already intimated; and that the amount actually paid in the way of superannuation from time to time is, when compared with the aggregate, ac tually preposterous for its insignificance. The reason why so few individuals obtain assistance from the fund may, unfortunately, be only too readily specified. It arises simply from the circumstance of only one small class of applicants having their claims for aid allowed by the Government; namely, those who, after ten years' service, are incapacitated from further labour by incurable bodily infirmities. A civil servant of the Crown may have toiled nine years and eleven months, and disease or accident may render him unfit for more exertion—yet he can look for no help from the fund to which he himself has contributed out of every instalment of his paltry and hard-earned pittance. He may die before the requisite ten years have expired—and his widow and children are aban doned to privation. Nay, he may slave at the desk for twenty, or thirty, or forty years, and breathe his last, after having grown grey in the service of the Crown, and the survivors of his family can look for no recompence, however trivial or inadequate. After labouring assiduously for a quarter or, it may be, for half a century, the employe in the Government offices may wish to solace himself in his old age by retirement. If so, and his health still continues sound, he must leave without even th• semblance of compensation. It is only, we repeat, those who, after ten years' service, are disabled from further work by either disease or accident, who can look with any confidence to the Superannuation Fund for pecuniary assistance under emergencies. Corn paratively few, therefore, are aided by the money thus collected together from the salaries of the employes themselves. And widows may starve, and orphans may suddenly be reduced from a position of comfort to a state of beggary, and aged servants of the coun try may retire to repose themselves a while before dissolution, without one single compensative sixpence for the protracted toil in which their energies have been honourably exhausted—and meanwhile 5 per cent. and 2i per cent. still continue to be struck off from the earnings of those who happen to be the pre sent labourers, in order to swell a fund which has already reached an extravagant aggregate, and the application of which is amongst the number of the inscrutable mysteries of the Administration ! The continuance of this most cruel and irrational system, we for one, protest can redound but little to the honour of the Legislature, or to the credit of the Government. It must be abandoned, or, at any rate, it must be so far modified that the Civil servants of the Crown shall not have such serious cause for com plaint and lamentation. All they require is justice —not bounty, but simply justice. The money sub scribed to what is called the Superannuation Fund, is their own—let it be applied, therefore, to their per sonal advantage. Do not, in the name of common humanity, squander the hard earnings of these honest toilers in the national hire, lavishing it upon some secret object which continues to this moment name less and unimaginable —leaving the relicts and the children of these good citizens, the prey of undeserved destitution ! Rather than this, let the scheme re cently proposed be adopted by the Cabinet; namely, that of authorizing the conversion of the assessments levied upon public salaries under the Act 4 and 5, Wm. IV., cap. 24, into a " PROVIDENT FUND," for the support of the widows and orphans of the Civil servants of the Crown. This would obviate the ne cessity of obtaining a specific grant of a Provident Fund from the Legislature. It would be a remedy preferable to that capable of being furnished by volun tary subscriptions—a source obviously precarious. It could be still more reasonable than the method of imposing further compulsory contributions—the in comes of the employees of the Crown being already sufficiently burthened and restricted. It would secure timely aid in the case of death to their widows, their orphans, and their dependent relations—and would be in every respect a generous and just modification of a really cruel enactment—a modification we should rejoice to see effected to-morrow, upon the proviso of its being so conducted as not to prejudice in any manner whatever claims may be afterwards instituted upon the subject of Retired Allowances. It is in our capacity as the advocates of economy, that we urge this most desirable act of justice and humanity upon the most serious consideration of the principal Mem bers of her AIAJESTY'S Government. People continue to complain, and assuredly not without ample cause, cf the high prices of human food, notwithstanding the great fall in the costs of the materials. We have bad the price of cattle con siderablydiminished by the competition springing from oontinental importati ons; but beef and mutton and veal maintain the di rates, and sre sclircely cheaper than before the doctrines of Free Trade received the legislative sanction. The public should long since have had the benefit of some part of the profit on the reduced prices, but the cattle-dealers and the butchers have cleverly continued to absorb it all. That ever-grumbling, always dissatisfied individual, " the father of a family," appealed to the community some years since on this subject, so peculiarly inter esting to every person in a similar position, who had " many mouths" for which to provide ; and it was hoped that the exposure which then took place, the indignant comments then made, and the angry feeling then expressed, would have shamed dealers and butch- era into something like fair play. But the hope was vain, for, although a temporary improvement was perceptible, matters have been gradually, but steadily, returning to their former position, and we continue to pay at least three half-pence per pound more than we ought to do for butchers' meat. Where there is anything like good family consumption of this article of primary necessity, the difference in the price makes a very serious item in the amount of the weekly bilis for housekeeping, and there are few families of the middle class who are not mulcted in far more than ;he amount of the Income-tax, and, we might perhaps add, of the poor-rates, to enhance the inordinate profits of the blue-coated gentry, and to enable them, as a morning contemporary expressed it, " to maintain smart trotting horses," and gratify their professional pride. Corn, in like manner, has fallen in price. It is now at one-half the cost of seven years ago. The products of corn have not, however, fallen in anything like a just proportion. There have been some reduc tions in the cost of bread and beer, but not at all what we should have had. Porter and ale are at the same prices for which they have respectively been sold during the last twenty years. There is this peculiarity in the brewing trade ;—when the price of grain rises, there is a rise in the price of malt liquors ; but let the price tumble down as it may, the BARCLAYS and PERKINSES, the BUXTONS, the MEUXES, the REIM, &c., &c., do not let the price of their brewage get below the particular prices charged when the cost of the raw material was high. So we have corn which is cheap, and malt liquor which is very dear. The same way with bread, but we readily admit not to the same extent. The time has passed by, we trust for ever, when the quartern loaf cost tenpence or a shilling. It now averages about bid. or 7d. The price, however, varies in different parts of the metropolis. In Lambetb, for instance, the quartern is from a penny to three-halfpence cheaper than in the more fashionable districts, where, according to the proverb, " fools and their money are soon parted," and it would be considered mean and unaristocratic to scrutinize the tradesman's charges too closely. They may neglect paying the debt when incurred, but they must not cavil at the exorbitant profits that would be realized if all were as punctual as them- selves. The public justly complain of this want of un formity of price. Why should there be so great a difference, or any difference, in the price of such a necessary of life ? The bread on the Surrey side of the river is just as good as at the West End, and the Surrey baker pays as much for the material to the flour factor a 3 his more aristocratic brother. But even at the Surrey side you will find a " dear" within a dozen doors of a "cheap" baker. If you ask the former why his charges as ar if e s it o w h a ig s b, hig h h e ly an na sw e e r r i- s to your approbati on an d a full-priced baker." I n o th er r h id im e, o t w o u i r s t i t h o o u r a s s o , , ua t a e h n a d d t e g b e r e n e t e i i s t o l e f ,, d p words, he belongs to a union or congregation of bakers, who fix among themselves what the price shall be, and allow much larger margins of profit than the non-unionists look for. We might be con tented ourselves with cheap and wholesome bread, and would eat it in silence, but that our duty as jour nalists compels us to raise the question pro bono publico. The Corn-laws were not abrogated for the sole benefit of the " full-priced baker !" There is an obvious remedy for this palpable grievance, which must be resorted to, unless " the full-priced" gentry exhibit some degree of conscience. The assize of bread must be re-established, which would periodically regulate, according to the current price of wheat, the price of the quartern and half quartern. Thus the bakers, whether full-priced or low priced, unionists or non-unionists, should be prevented from giving less than a full and fair quantity of " the staff of life," but may be permitted to give as much more as it their liberality they may please to bestow. This mai in some degree appear to militate against the doc trines of Free Trade ; but we are compelled to interfere in many transactions, and the grievance has gone to such a height that no one will pretend to assert tsat such interference is uncalled for. If we regulate the fares in public conveyances, why should we not also regulate the price of bread, to insure to the com munity at large the benefits of the Free-trade legisla tion of late years. A legal assize of food is no new thing—not only bread, but all (mind that, Sir EDWARD Brxros) fuel and other ordinary necessaries have been thus dealt with, when it was deemed expedient to protect the purchaser against the rapacity of the vendor. The earliest known regulation of this kind in England related to bread, and was made in the reign of King Joins (A.D. 1203), when a proclamation was made throughout the kingdom, enforcing the observance of the legal assize of bread. The Statute 51 HENRY 111. for the assisa panic et cerevisice (for the assize of bread and ale) subsequently established a scale of prices varying with the price of wheat, and was en forced from time to time by the Privy Council until the reign of Queen ANNE. In cities and towns cor porate the local authorities frequently had the right, by charter, of regulating the assize of bread and ale. The Statute 8 ANNE (cap. 19) repealed that of 51 HENRY 111., and imposed a new assize of bread. Subsequent enactments dealt with th e su bj ect , but by the 55 GEORGE 111., cap. 99, the practice ' was expressly abolished in London and its neighbour hood, and has generally fallen into disuse. There are, however, some places in which the old p ract i ce is still retained. In Cork, there is, we beli eve , to this dayassize an bype people p h l e e l s o o c al strongly , auth y o rely, rities s therefore in favour of regulati ng th e price of bread. There will, of course, be this objection—,, Leave prices to general competition, and they w ill r i ght themselves." But in bread, they do not right them selves ; and in malt liquors, thanks to the practical operation of the Malt-tax, they are in the hands of a few great monopolists. Ale and bread are too dear. The prices rest on the consciences of brewer and baker. The law provides that the purchaser may compel the baker to weigh the loaf ; but of what prac tical utility is this regulation, while it allows him to put his own price on it ? What is wanted is a regu lation to fix the price of flour and bread, according to the price of wheat, allowing the miller and the baker fair, but not exorbitant, profits, and giving the com munity the advantage, whenever it may arise, of any mana ge these things better in Fran ce ," fall in the cost of wheat. " They said LAWRENCE STERNE a century ago, and the same is true to this day. In Paris the price of b rea d i s fixed and declar ed once a fortnight. Those wh o h ave eaten it will not co m p lain of the quality of the bread in the French metropolis —no potatoes, alum, or moment, when the quar ternimprove the colour. At this (4 white sharps," are added to increase the bulk or t o 6id. for the second, it is first quality, and from sd. loaf varies in London from 6 1 2 d. to Bd. for the in Paris 31 centimes ( or a fraction over 41b. loaf of first quality , a nd 24 centimes (a fraction 3d.) for th e under 24d.) for the 41b. loaf of second quality, and this notwithstanding the octr oi, which adds nearl y a further one-third to the price of flour , a nd that S im post is levied for the benefit o f the munici pality.urely, then, bread should be at least as chea p in London, where flour is untaxed, as it is in Paris, where the flour is so very heavily charged, and where, therefore, it must necessarily come dearer to the bakers. At the Manchester Meeting on the 2d, it was re presented as a pressing necessity that the House of Commons should be made faithfully and promptly to reflect the opinions of the community. The Edin burgh Reviewer, on the other band, notes it as among the things to be regretted, that constituencies formerly elected comPottnt persons as legislatom while now the tendency is to choose them with re ference to their opinions,—as delegates rather than as legislators. The Reviewer can be bat very par tially right. Ever since there have been parties in the House of Commons, the electors have always professedly voted for candidates of their own opinions. A great deal more margin may have been generally allowed, but assuredly every candidate has always proposed some political creed, and solicited votes on the ground of his fidelity to it. The real difference is that particular measures and opinions are much more frequently brought forward at the hustings now than formerly, and the true reason for this is that the numbers are increased beyond all calculation, who are quite as competent to form political opinions as the Members they return. The Quarterlies, the Monthlies, the Weeklies, and the Dailies, especially the latter, have done their work. They have enabled the million to possess in telligent and well-considered opinions on every public topic ; while political, societies and public meetings have habituated the electors to discussions, in the case of the Corn-laws, and other subjects too, no way inferior to many a debate in the Houses o Legislature. In such an altered state of the electora intelligence, it is absurd to complain that electors will have their opinions represented. Every man of ability, who covets the position of a Member of Par liament, but whose opinions differ from those of every constituency in the kingdom, has innumerable means open to him of changing public opinion. The press, the lecture, the public meeting, are all before him ; and, with a good cause and the requisite ability, be must ultimately succeed ; while, on the other hand, the instances are but too numerous of the inutility of legislation much in advance of public opinion. We think, therefore, that, on this point, the Manchester men are right. Representation is a farce unless it represents public opinion. That opinion may be as wrong as individual opinion—it must be corrected like that of individuals, by experience ; but the same electoral conditions which would give facility for its blundering, would give equal facility for correcting its blunders. Large as is the preponderance of Free-traders in the present Parliament, there can be no doubt that were our population polled, the preponderance would be immensely greater. Had public opinion been pro portionably represented in the House of Commons in the last Parliament, no Premier would have dared to coquette even with Protection,* and to talk of wishing for a verdict of the country on that question. There would have been no need to subscribe 70,0001, again to the resuscitated League, no need to make the im posing demonstration of last Tuesday. If the people are so incompetent to form opinions, so unworthy to have them reflected fairly in Parlia ment, how happens it that on this great question, as on many others, they have been in advance both of Parliaments and Cabinets ; as Mr. 131teGwr observed, " Though we were right 14 years ago, and have been right in this question ever since, and though three Cabinets have been wrong, and one of them has not yet pat itself right, it is to be held that we are not statesmen, and that those men only who could not see what was simply right on this great fundamental, all-absorbing question are entitled to describe and to carry oat the political policy of the nation. We have not hereditary brains." It is perfectly certain, indeed, that universal suffrage would have prevented the imposition of the Corn-laws in 1815, and would have repealed them in any subsequent year ; and, with so strong a case before them, no wonder that the League gentlemen feel as much confidence in public opinion as in the representatives of landlords and squires. Little was done or said at the meeting indicating any political programme for Reformers. Mr. COD. DEN described the House of Commons as one "in which the intellect, and the wealth, and the power of the country are so unequally and unduly repre sented, that, instead of its being a fair exponent of the opinions of the country, it was little more than a ma dine where ingenious jugglers, like Signor BLITZ Kinself, can shuffle their cards and play their game, and win the stakes in spite of the opposition of nine teen-twentieths of the population of this country." ais practical advice was that they should forthwith get Protection clean out of the way, and then that men of thirty (as time would be required), should de vote themselves to gaining the extension of the Suffrage, the Ballot, and every other just, right, and politic measure; and "if they would but work for it, they were sure to have it." Mr. BRIGHT eloquently re marked—" The patriotism of our day does not consist in the destruction of monarchies, or the change of dynasties. Our fathers wrested the institution of an Annual Parliament from unwilling and despotic monarchs. Be it ours—and I speak to those who can do it, if we will it ;—be it ours to wrest a real House of Commons from a haughty nobility, and to secure the lasting greatness of this nation on the broad foundations of a free Parliament and a free people. (Loud and enthusiastic cheering)." Mr. KEOGH pledged himself for the fidelity of the Liberal ma jority of Irish lembers, and, much as his party have been attacked, wethink it only fair to give prominence robleads there eclara to declaration " Irish members we re charged with s y mpa thi z i ng w ith tyranny and todespotism, o but wing be w declare that they s ympathized with ne tyranny abroad, and they obeyed no tyranny at home, (Hero the whole company rose, and the cheering end the waving of handkerchiefs lasted some time). :slaving long experienced, under the regime for which they were not answerable, crushing despotism themselves, they must be as bereft of mind as devoid of feeling, if they sympathized with any one that tyrannis e d over the bodies or the con sciences of men. (Geat cheering)." We record with the greatest pleasure such sentiments from the lips of men like Mr, tEOGLI and Sergeant SHEE. These things, then, ware plainly enough indicated at the meeting; one that the energetic men of the League deem a real representation of the people the next thing interred be toiled f o . an d f oug h t for, when Pro tection is ; anotker, that the Irish Liberals will stand as faithfully as ever by the English Liberals in the great conflict for a leople's House of Commons. Not a hint was given, however, of any wish to eject the present Ministry, unles, indeed, their conduct on the qu estion of Protectio t d eserve d i t. I t was a L eag ue meeting, and they alopted their old course of keeping as clear as possible of general politics. • Erratum. —In our notice of this subject on Monday a mispr i n t occurred towards the clo e of the article,—" for the door of Protection is sealed for eve ;" read the "doom." AT ii ] tOCKINGHAM PALACE. the sß?yal Higuess Prince prince u yv W ya l a lceseu Council specialncidi ARRIVAL OF THE COURT m te e o r f o u t s .h s e ul B t t e 1 1 , arrived f h t —Her Majesty, accompanied b Albert, their Royal Hignesses Princess Royal, and attended by a 1 this afternoon, at half-past t wo ham Palace, having travelled t o'clock, at Bucking the in waiting to openin g the Royal Speech Re? to Paddington, where the R. 07, a 3 7, from Windsor train via the Great Western an escort consisting of . a detachme` carriages, and Dragoons, (Royal Irish Hussars) convey the august par . ty to the Palace I was held after her liilajesty's arrival, w h Sion of the nevr Parliament, was submi4 of the first Ses to be delivered to-morrow, on the approval. for her Majesty's OPENING OF PARLIAMENT By R. .... Orders were received, on Saturday, at th - t h MAJESTY.— irom the Lord Chamberlain, to make pre House of Lords, reception of her Majesty nn Thursday a arations for the that day it was the intention of her Majgmorrow), as on Parliament in person. Since Saturday pt, ty to . open the been proceeded with in . order . to receive h paratlons have respect. Her Majesty will arrive at the gra r2fajesty with the House of Lords at two o'clock precisely. entrance of HER MAJESTY AND THE CORPOR ATIGI sox.—At the annual meeting of the Town Con • OP W IND' ' terda3', a resolution expressive of . the deep sens i t cd, held yes felt by the corporation to her Majesty and PrinYf gratitude the spontaneous and munificent present of t o Albert for wherewith to decorate the Town-hall, was pase tr portraits, mation. At the same time a letter conveying tibc.l by accla the council to Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, c thanks . of manner in which he had seconded the wishes oT the kind the town, was unanimously adopted. BIRTHDAY OF THE PRINCE OF WALEE....-../ t being th e ann i vers ary of the birthday of his Royale a s . e h rday the . Prince of Wales, merry peals were rung from tl e i bells iss St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, St. Margaret's Westmitster and other churches, and flags hoisted in honour of the lay.' A great number of persons congregated on the Parade beind the Horse Guards, in the expectation of witnessing a review of the Household troops, but they were disappointed, for no review took place. On Somerset -house and other Govern ment offices flags were also hoisted. . ChEmortNE.—Wre perceive by not ice in our Myer- Wing columns, that the spirited proprietor of Crekorne Hotel and Gardens, intend s to cater fur the bodily wants of visitors to the Great National Ceremonial at Chelsea Hospi tal; and from the close neighbourhood of this charnling resort, and the well-known fame of Mr. Simpson, late lost of the Albion, as a restaura nt of the highest order, we hive no doubt that many will avail themselves of the opportunity of paying a visit to Cremorne, which, though shorn of Sofia of its summer beauties, still p resents many attractive charmq and will enable those previously u nac q uainted with its locality tojudge of ils great beauties and capabilities in the summer Pason. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY NooN. This morning at eight o'clock the United States' mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, was tele graphed off Holyhead. She will arrive in our port about half-past two, with letters and papers from New York and the principal cities of the United States, to the 30th inst., on which day at noon, the Baltic left New York with the usual semi-weekly mails and four days later dates than we previously received by the royal mail steamer America. Her mails will be landed in time for transmission by this evening's mail to London, Dublin, Glasgow, and the Continent. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships met shortly after 2 o'clock, when :he swearing in of Peers was resumed, which con inued up to the period of the adjournment. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The Speaker took the chair at 12 o'clock; but the proceedings of the sitting were exclusively confined to the swearing in of Members. LA IV INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION -EX PARTE GEDDIE. Mr. Collier applied for a rule calling on Thos. Rober_ Mulcock, a churchwarden of St. Mary's, Newington, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for having published and circulated ex tensively a hand-bill, reflecting seriously upon the cha racter of Mr. Geddie, who had up to a recent period acted as solicitor to the governors of the poor for that pariah. He was appointed to that office in 1844, and continued to hold it until June, 1851, when, in consequence of a change in popular opinion i❑ the parish, a new set of guardians were elected, and he ceased to act as solicitor. Soon afterwards he was employed by two of the princi pal rate payers of the parish, named Ireland and Booker, who were also the electors of the Drapers' Charity, to take measures for placing that charity on a better footing, there being a considerable accumulation of funds, and the managers being anxious to know in what way they could be equitably and legally dealt with. The opinion of counsel having been taken, he advised an application to Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Attorney-General at that period, for his sanction to an information i❑ Chancery, intimating that the electors of the charity, and not the governors of the poor, were the proper parties to act as relators to the suit. Sir Alex. Cockburn, however, disallowed the information, on the ground that the guardians ought to be the relators; but there could be no doubt, in arriving at that con clusion, he had been influenced by some e'e parte state ments injurious to the reputation of Mr. Geddie, who, however, stood as high as any gentleman in the pro fession, and against whom not a breath of suspicion had ever been raised. Messrs. Ireland and Booker had, in their affidavits, entirely exonerated him from any blame whatever, stating that they had merely applied to him, for the purpose of knowing what could be done for the best interests of the charity. Mr. Geddie subsequently took the opinion of the present Sir John Stuart, who thought that he had acted rightly in making these two parties relators. Strengthened by that opinion, in May last he renewed his application to Sir Frederick The siger, who was then Attorney-General, and, after hear ing both sides, Sir Frederick allowed the information, and it was now proceeding in the Court of Chancery. Soon after this decision a hand-bill was extensively cir culated in the parish, in large letters, addressed to the parishioners of St. Mary, Newington, and calling on them to attend a certain vestry meeting, and endeavoured to prevent the funds of the Drapers' Charity being swallowed up by the cormorant lawyers. The publication went on to say thate►ery means would be used to exhaust the funds, and that the rate-payers ought to come for ward as one man, and resist so diabolical an attempt to rob the poor of their just rights; adding that they must already be quite satiated with the enormous bills of costs which had been paid by the parish. Mr. Justice Crompton observed that the hand-bill did not allude personally to Mr. Geddio. Mr. Collier said he had affidavits from several parties, to show that the expression " cormorant lawyers," as well as the other allusions, were meant to apply to Mr. Geddie. Besides, Mr. Mulcock had acknowledged at a vestry meeting that he had circulated the bill, and it was well known that he had used strong terms of dis approbation in speaking of Mr. Geddie. Rule granted. EARTHQUAKE IN LANCASHIRE. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The shock of an earthquake was most distinctly felt in Liverpool and Cheshire, this morning at about halt past four o'clock. The motion was from west to east, and accompanied i❑ many cases by a rumbling noise. In some cases, individuals were awoke from a sound sleep, and jumped on the floor, expecting an attack from some nocturnal marauder; in other cases, children screamed and hid their faces under the bed clothes; whilst in a few instances, persons in bed simply felt a kind of rock ing motion like that of a cradle•bed. One gentleman who resides in Claughton-park, Birkenhead, described to our correspondent the sensation experienced by him self and his wife, as similar to that which would be pro duced by some giant shaking the bed upon which they were lying for several seconds. Captain Greig, the Liverpool head-constable, who lives at the George's Dock-passage, was awakened by the loud noise. All the earthenware in the house was shake❑ about, and rattled. He got up, fancying that some one had broken into the house, called up the man on duty at the station, and examined the roof of the building to see that no person was there. All the police-officers on duty round the docks re ported that they had heard the noise. Officer Blackmore (No. 227) was leaning at the time egaiost one of the landing-waiters' huts, and the hut shook so much that ho thought he and it would have fallen into the dock. So great were the vibrations felt in Standish that, our correspondent informs us, ono woman was thrown quite out of bed. _ _ _ _ Mr. Stodart, who lives in Toxteth-park, near Prince's park, says he heard five or six distinct vibrations. At first the rolling noise was long, and then during each succeeding shock the noise became more faint, and gra dually died away. The motion of the bed was like that of a swing cradle. The people who lived next door jumped out of bed, and a young woman, their daughter, crept under the bed clothes in a state of alarm. At Woolton, Childwall, Aigburth, Bootle, and Sea forth, the earthquake was distinctly felt, as well as at Orton, Claughton, and other parts of Cheshire. The weather for the last few days has been wet and sultry; the atmosphere, oven out of doors, being unusu ally warm. Last night, about ten o'clock, the sky was very dark, with huge black streaks extending from the west to the east. The last shock of an earthquake experienced in Liver pool and its neighbourhood was about ten years ago. MANCIIESTEII, TUESDAY. Very great sensation was created here this morning by the rumour that a somewhat severe shock of an earthquake had been felt during the night. At first the rumour gained little credence, but as the morning wore on, and men of business came pouring in from country places, all doubt was dispelled, for it was scarcely pos sible to speak to any half-dozen persons without meeting one or more who had felt it. The time at which it occurred seems to be generally fixed at half-past four o'clock in the morning, though there is some uncertainty about this, owing to the circumstance that it was in the dead of the night, and observations as to time are not then very accurate. Those who speak most distinctly of the phenomenon say that windows shook and clattered loudly, and that the beds on which they lay were lifted up and rocked beneath them. One gentleman, who has served in the army in Jamaica, was awoke by his wife, and jumped hurriedly out of bed, imagining that thieves were getting in at the window. A little girl, about seven years old, in a fright called out to know what was the matter with her bed, and the servants were alarmed by a noise and shaking of the house, which they attri buted to the removal of furniture in the next dwelling. The gentleman, while sitting at breakfast a few hours after, remarked—" If we had been in Jamaica, they would have said that what alarmed us was an earth quake." This was at Cceetham-hill, about a mile from Manchester. To select another instance, a family re siding at the outskirts of the township of Hulme, about two miles from the centre of Manchester, were all awoke by the rocking of their beds ; and in another instance, a little girl was so much alarmed, that she crept from her own bed to that of her sister for safety. The shock was also distinctly felt about nine miles from Manchester, at Ashton-upon-Mersey, and at other places in that neighbourhood, awaking persons out of their sleep there, and creating considerable alarm; it therefore appears to have had a large range of operation. It is needless to repeat the accounts which are given from various places within that range ; they aro nearly re petitions, all who felt anything speaking of a trembling of their residences, an upheaving of beds, and a loud noise of windows clattering, as if the whole of their re sidences were in a state of violent tremor. We have not heard of any damage done either in town or coun- try; indeed, in the town, the oscillation does not appear to have been so distinctly felt. The police make no mention of any unusual phenomena occurring to them during the night. ALARMING SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE AT DUBLIN. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING This morning, between four and five o'clock, the in- habitants of Dublin and its environs were awoke from their slumbers, by hearing a loud noise resembling the echoes of repeated discharges of peals of artillery, which shook the houses to their •ery foundations, causing, it may easily be imagined, the greatest con sternation. Up to the present time no intelligence has arrived of any fatal or very serious results, beyond the very great alarm created. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 9m.—ln this market we have a suspension of business, such as was experienced last week. Those who have orders in their hands are deferring their execution, and buying only its retail fashion for assortment, iu the expectation that prices may be lower ; but the extensive transactions of the last three or four weeks have placed spinners and manu facturers so much under contract as to prevent any very sensible effect being observable in the current rates. Still, the bias of the market is in favour of buyers, who, in most of the medium and lower counts of yarns, and also in many kinds of goods, aro able to get what they want at a slight reduction. RCCHDALE, Nov. B.—The demand for flannels con tinues very good, notwithstanding that part of the year is fast approaching when it usually falls off. Also in the warehouses there is a fair amount of orders coming in from the country, quite equal to what it has been for some weeks past. In wool the demand is steady and prices firm. HALIFAX, Nov. 6.—There has been a very slender attendance of merchants in our Piece Hall to-day; and but few worsted goods of any description, have been disposed of. The yarn market exhibits great firm ness. In consequence of the advancing price of the raw material, the spinners are compelled to ask still higher rates, to which the merchants are unwilling to accede; and the struggle between them will probably lead to such a diminution of production as may insure a rise in the quotations. Wool is again somewhat higher; and the spinners are purchasing with more confidence. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 9.—The demand for woollens has been somewhat slacker, but considering the advanced state of the season it has been about an average. Stocks in the cloth hall are low, as most of the manufacturers are making to order; still prices are very low, scarcely remunerative; but on the whole there is a good prospect of a fair trade through the winter, as some of the mills that have been running short time are already working full hours. THE BANKING INSTITUTE,—.A. meeting of the Banking Institute was held at the offices of the institution, Threadneedle street, last night, John M'Gregor, Esq., M.P. for Glasgow, in the chair. There was a pretty numerous attendance of members. Mr. Sewell read a paper oa the origin of bills of exchange. The points principally dwelt on were two : First, whether bankers ought to have any regard to the state of foreign exchanges in regulating the currency of this country; and secondly, whether, in the present cir cumstances of Australia, the establishment of a mint or of an assay office would be of most practical benefit to the colony. On the first of these questions Mr. Bell gave no opinion him self. With regard to the second, he expressed himself strongly in favour of the establishment of an assay office to test the quality of the gold produced in the colony rather than a mint to turn that gold into coin, which was net wanted in the colony, the circulation there consisting, as in Scotland, of 11. and 21. notes. The paper having been read, the meeting adjourned. Lem AMENDMENT SOCIETY.--A general meeting of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law was held on Tuesday evening, at 21, Regent-street; Lord Brougham in the chair. The attendance of members was unusually large. The following resolutions were agreed to 1. That the present state of the law referring to the transfer of land is highly unsatisfactory. 2. That a cheaper, simpler, more expeditious, and more accurate system is exceedingly desirable. 3. That to effect this object, the transfer of land should, as far as possible, be assimilated to the transfer of stock. 4. That in particular, purchasers and mortgagees should be relieved from the necessity of enquiring into equi table interest in land. 5. That the power to shorten the present practice as to titles to land, should be conferred on a competent tribunal. 6. That it is absolutely necessary to control, tax, and moderate more effectually than at present the expenses connected with the transfer of land. The meeting then adjourned. OVERCROWDED GRAVEYARDS.—Last evening, a meeting was held in the school-room, at St. Mary, Newing ton, for the purpose of taking into consideration the necessity of closing the already overcrowded graveyard of the old church. Mr. Mulcock, senior churchwarden, presided. Mr. Alder moved, " That the fact of the present limited grave yard having been in use for several centuries, and that for some years past not fewer on an average than 477 inter ments have annually taken place therein, is of itself sufficient reason for its being closed, while the injury inflicted upon the health, comfort, and commercial interests of the inhabi tants, in the event of a recurrence of the cholera or any ether epidemic, render it of paramount importance that it should be closed forthwith, and the provisions of the new act adopted." Mr. Cooke seconded the resolution. After much discussion, the resolution was carried unanim. usly. A Burial Board was nominated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the recent act of Parliament. SAD ACCIDENT.—Captain James Sargeant, deputy governor of the Defence convict hulk, stationed opposite the Royal Arsenal, 'Woolwich, while crossing on a plank on the middle deck of that vessel, with the intention of inspecting some meat brought on board as food for the convicts, fill d o wn to the lower deck and b roke his thi gh and sustained other fell o ther injuries so severe that he died on Saturd o a i y th a acc id e nt having taken place on the Wednesday week. Captain Sargeant had served in the 13th Light sameLighi, Dragoons previous to his appointment to be depu TOESer elected 2, ll la n y S or are of ue L l i r v i e olme was tY-governor of the Defence convict hulk. LIVERPOOL, yes terday unanimously i r t p t loeodlaliz who ensuing year, in place of Mr. Thomas retires from the civic chair with the good wishes of his townsmen, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 9. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday:—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their bereae Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Hohenloha Langenburg, their Serene High nesses the Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of Hoheulohe, and the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent. Their Royal Highnesses the Duo de Brabant, the Comto de Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte of Bel gium, arrived last night on a visit to her Majesty, at tended by Colonel de Moerkerke, the Count de Briey, and Sir Robert Carswell. The usual parade of the troops, and feu de joie. which takes place on the birth-day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, was countermanded to-day in conse quence of the approaching funeral solemnities of his late Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Earl of Derby and the Earl of Malmeabury had an audience of her Majesty this forenoon. Mr. William Henry Coffin and Mr. John lodge (agent for Honduras) had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial -office. Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes- terday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Earl of Derby and the Earl of Mahnesbury re turned to town yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. Ca33ar Hawkins, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, had an interview yesterday with Sir John rakington. Dispatches were received at the Colonel-office yester. day, from the Governor of Malta. DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. We can state, in the most positive terms, that within the last few days, very grave dissensions have taken place in the Council Chamber, relative to the question whether there ought or ought not to be a paragraph in her Majesty's Speech, recognising the benefits of Free Trade, and pledging the Government to a continuance in our present commercial policy. Mr. Disraeli pro posed that such a paragraph should form part of the Queen's Speech, and the course which he proposed was concurred in by Lord Derby, with a modification as to the phraseology of the paragraph, and also by Sir John Packington, Mr. Henley, Mr. Walpole, and Lord Lons dale. The proposal of the Right Hon. Gentleman was opposed by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Northum berland, Lord Salisbury, Lord Hardwicke, Lord Malines bury, Lord John Manners, and Mr. Heroics. There were thus six for the recognition of the advantages of Free Trade, and seven against it. But the numbers may be said to have been, in reality, equal, inasmuch as the opposition of Lord John Manners was of so modified a character as to be hardly any opposition at all. This was the state of affairs on Monday ; but we are unable to give the final conclusion to which the Cabinet came. To-morrow, however, will throw some light on the subject. --Morning Advertiser. SOMETHING LOOMS IN THE FUTURE.—The incessant cabinet councils which are being held in Downing-street look ominous. They are also of a very protracted sitting, and it is said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer looks extremely " glum " on his way home after they break up. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC..—Mr. G. S. Brent, the Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex, concluded, on Monday evening, at the Cleveland Arms, Charles-street, West, Westboarne-terrace, Paddington, a lengthened in quiryr p e touching n te ~ residing deatht 20, of B rooWilliamson,Brook-mews, m ew sic,B t aa,i bvttnooo a e af g rt, stathehpi Gdneoewgef2aottrrshhgd, the ca same locality, who committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, in his room, on the Wednesday evening previous, whilst in a state of undoubted lunacy. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death, with the following addendum: "The jury cannot separate without expressing their regret that Mr. Piercy, the relieving officer of the parish, ref use d to re-deliverp Williamson,apa eyp da appears : ytoof the hw 9elr,mcertificateiot,toetonhl. by epj eurrl‘oiarrn. jurors, Tu t te h mhe e av;tatnta;the Ikementaltaking ngaes i aeu n naro fi c gsu r he m nooft ny mes senger who had previously left the same with him, as i t s uicide of the deceased man have been lost by suc h refusal. " M E TROPOLITAN CAM — There are 3500 cabs, whi c h value of 60/., the value of this property amounts of 200,000/. ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, CarannlG-cross.—At a meeting of a committee of this insti tution, held on Thurday, the 4th of November inst., the secretary reported that 700 poor persons attended during the last mcnth ; that 15 operations for cataract had been suc cessfully performed during the month of October, 3 for arti ficial pupil, and 40 for mi nor a ffli ctions; that the funds were totally inadequate to the demands on the hospital, and that contributions must be earnestly requested from the public. ALLEGED FATAL FAMILY SQUABBLES.--Yesterday Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Wellington, University-street, St. Pancras, on Mrs, Mary Chapman, aged 67, widow of Mr. Chapman, the extensive ladies' boot and shoemaker, late of London street, Tottenham-court-road , who was alleged to have died from maltreatment; but aft ! hearing the eviden ce , t h e j ury returned the following ver dict,.—Deceased died from a na t ura l di sease, and no t neglect or otherwise, as inspected and charged." a. °~_ _: MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS• CITY, Two o'CLocK. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday amounted to 3,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken on speculation. The market was dull, and the ten dency in prices downwards. There was a heavy market for Railway Shares, and prices declined. The Members of the Banking Institute mustered tolerably strong last night, to hear a paper by Mr. Bell upcn the important subject of the Foreign Ex' changes. Mr. Macgregor was in the chair; and in commenting upon the paper, expressed his view that no legislative enactments could control the balance of trade, and that the adjustment must be left to the natural operation of bullion remittances when occa sion needed them. Mr. Gilbert seemed to agree with the writer of the paper that a Mint is not necessary in Australia. For our own part we dissent from such a conclusion. The small notes circulated by the Australian Banks, doubtless, supply the place of sove reigns to some extent, but it is important to bear i n mind that the colonists are properly ambitious, and desire to manage their own affairs ; and, further, that the mere stamping of gold by an assay office w ould not protect inexperienced parties from fraud. I f elaborate coins can be successfully counterfeited' what is to prevent a copious alloy of gold and a ficti" tious impress of the characters stamped at the assay office ? Moreover, it is unlikely that small pieces of the metal would be assayed and circulate d ' and we know that half-sovereigns are mu ch wanted. Probably the greatest inconvenience Austra' lia will experience will be from scarcity of silver, as the notes provide no resource. A Mint equal to the service of the colony can, in the opinion of Sir Jolla Herschel, be established and conducted at a Yerry moderate expense; and the growing wealth of the colonies entitles them to it, however banks, bullion' brokers, or shipowners may be prejudiced. At pre" sent most unnecessary risk is incurred by th e constant transmission of gold from Australia to England, and vice versa ; and the Legigia' ture at Sydney was, in our opinion, right 10 urging the formation of a Mint. Mr. Attwoo d, of the British North American Bank, go! some interesting explanations upon the managernee" of the exchanges with Canada, stating that Ne i York stood thereto in about the same relation as Low don to the other towns of Engl an d. Th e su pply e metallic money in Canada seems now quite equal t ° its requirements, though, of cour se , th e re can be 0° objection to a steady increase of wealth. There was a slight decline yesterday in the rate f or bills of exchange on Amsterdam and Hamburgb, 130 ' Trieste was firmer, and Paris without alteration. A meeting of the holders of the Turkish loan has been convened for to-morrow and will, probably, be very fully attended. There is obviously a neeesel for the public expression of those opinions which hil v te hitherto only been murmuringly indulged in in Pri sr 4 t, circles, and to fix the blame upon the right pat'l; in the face of so much mystery, is particular -7 desirable. Seeing the feeling that exists, Me Devaux and Co. have announced that t h e : 5 also intend to convene a meeting of the p arti te interested as soon as they are in a p o sition attend and give explanations, the affair of the l e requiring now their constant presence in Paris. t he cannot help thinking, however, that the hands of lc contractors will be much strengthened by a be demonstration on the part of the holders. Let ' he latter prove to the world that in reliance upon °tey good faith of the Turkish Government, t he subscribed for, or pu rc h ase d th e scr ip, and ' o f national discredit arising from a repudiation t, obligations entered into through an accredited og i e h n is (no matter how far that agent m a y h ave exc eeded authority) will not be so likely to be incurred hi ;%,. Ottoman Porte. The argument put forward ; s tenuation of the disallowance of the Loan is, tha". ee return of the amount subscribed will meet the ju t , / 0 of the case, but clearly this cannot be, for va ri jii reasons. First, the party who subscribed, nature e r concluded that he was making an excellent sit Pie cent. investment, with a handsome bo nus Pei , prospective, and either withdrew his re ° re . from some other security which he cannot now, e, place on the same terms, or if he had the capital I,„e 1 he has missed the opportunity for now eight or 1 . 3 " tis weeks of placing it in other channels. Thi s .1 0 1 regards those of the original subscribers Wh o , — tar be holders at the present time, but the case is ti f • worse for second and third parties who have Yoed chased at a premium. They are as clearly elli i th e to compensation, if they come Scrip in hand, 85 ,.., 0 1 man who buys merchandise with certain wa rr .' l _ t ' o 's which afterwards proves worthless. Mere specu l4 nee s will, of course, have to arrange their time di ffere among themselves. The following is from the Mexican TRANSLATION. " Financial Agency of Mexico in London, 52. "'32, Great Winchester -street, Nov. 3,1 S • D g " sir,-1 have received by the packet the follorit 0 Committee commut ication, which I hasten to bring, througilY n ° d: to the knowledge of the C omm itt ee and the P °- holders : " His Excellency the President, with refe rev i e s e t to your letters, Nos. 176 and 183, of the die August, and Ist September last, both relative i° protest made by the committee of Mexican b ° t eo holders against the want of punctuality i n bas payment of the dividend due Ist July last , t he been pleased to determine, and his Excellenei;oo Minister orders me to inform you that, as the Beds; to of the Congress have closet, it h a s been impossiu'oicl take the necessary steps for the payment of th e we ei dividend, in which payment the Supreme Go/0 3 01 feels deeply interested, from its conviction of the o ar importance of maintaining its credit abroad. 11°1 ibis as the Congress will again meet on the 15th °,, e te, month, the Government will then take care to Pr°. — ve to by all the means whi c h it ma y c ons ider conduel t i el oe that end, the payment, without further of the said divid en d, no t w i t h s t an ding the P: n elds it of the Exchequer a n d th e num b e r o f ur g ent ders - A hi has to provide for, which are still further incree c); the agitation at pr esen t un h a ppily existing le B°o3 the States of the Republic." yOtt "' His Excellency the P res id en t also desires th at t he L should impress upon the credit o rs themselves tP% S Supreme Government i s qu it e awa re of the Pis'itecei, their claim, and of the consideration that is due t ° ode . as he likewise is of his d u ty t o f u lfil strictly his n ments towards them.'" Legis W " Of this he will convinces them as soon as the - dig ture shall commence their labors and place at th e h i e b sal of the Executive the necessary resourc es w" o f Ole present are wanting, owing to the deplorable gat ° public exchequer. I have the honor, &c. F (Signed) Coe • - "The Baron de Goldsmid, Chairman of the mittee of Mexican Bondholders." a the The funds have been flatter this morning, an t be reported ministerial differences have some eTh ec o ys'e r i cause a political crisis, whichever party be ja i 1- 0 . 0 involves uncertainty. Consols have been u° ,ol lljv 100 k f„ but are now 1001 4. The December price is 100 - 4. Bank Stock is steady at o ,o' 2231. Exchequer Bills have realised 765. P re see°,, The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. hal° Eas t 103 to I t, and the Three per Cents. 991 to tiag' India Stock is 274 to 2754, being rather fluctu a De eo In the Foreign Market there has not t t be a single bargain in Turkish Scrip, b li fe rro ci , nominal price is 2 to 24 premium. Spanish P e i f be' tocP 0 Bonds are very firm at 25* to 4. Mexican S be e been buoyant at 251 to 4. 4 Grenada Bonds ha ve b e ieg 211, Buenos Ayres 81 4, and Venezuela 4 1, iatli' all firm. Brazilian Scrip h as b een a t 14 Pre — Dutch Stock has been quiet. dod• Railway Shares have been very little dealt I t ote d upon the whole, no material alteration can be er, are for the English lines. The French, hovi ec ., v i oo : down 21. on the 201. shares, owing to the de te ' ler ge` nation of the Paris stock-brokers to require a ooal ° deposit from speculators for a rise. It is ticae check was imposed. Gold Mines are firm, but very quiet. .;InixslDdtnel.o / • „ ' • . osl3cisßot üßofoeocßnrrkciißAsTi,c al FUNDS id (From the Official List.) 5 d °°. Basin c 6.4 3 22 3 ' Bank Stock i A ,• 3 3 5 p opw e e r r 3 L c ' LAi e e n n t e ß r Eil sA Ania ttins 7es...... Long Annuities. F.xp. Jan. sth, 1860 —. ..... 11 6 °9°39 ; :61414:2V3 Exp., Oct. 10, 1859....... 63/4 5i 21 3 years,ooo/... -- Account 4 / ............ lOO VI /latirl!,• 6 March 7 3 76 7 3 . ` , tti Small olttisooa:An P N:B ß merwo l ean C ; Id E ßlsB:l. o n.s3.d F . FOREIGNp:.6r. ..Cent................U. N ..... D S . 11001(4)1, 4 , Brazilian Scrip . 1 1 , Grenada, 1 1 ,4 per Cent ........ . C..e.11..t......................... 184: Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 — 1 0 t, ,4, Ditto Deferred .............................. 25 14 1'; Mexican 3 per Cent. ........ ...... ...... 10 4 3li; Yertman Bonds, 1849, 6 ner Cent., ...••• • . 623 Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. •—• ....... 08 1 4 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent.... ...... 1 04 i 51 Ditto 4 1 4 per Cent. ----- ............ '', 98i •4/ 2 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........... • 52 1 h. 1a Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .............. 251.1 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.......... ,4 4 i Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 . ......41 Venezuela Bonds ... ........ , .................. 15,,,:, Do. Deferred 1 per Cent............. 1 . : .. ... 5 Dutch Excha., 2 1 /0 per Cent., 12 Gull • `',',.4,,, Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ............ v./4 L --- VOs C THRE-.-. 3/ i 4 1000 .•• :ii ) I ,z 10 0 ' C0113',13 ..... •• Ditto Accown. Dee. 9 4.PPROACIEI betW ecli preliminaries are to alliance ..,_rouis the Lady v of the Ar ol l s o 0 c t a iNaaGr( arranged MARRlAGEonsgvedno rt ar igo r and Marchioneso of Westrainater, mud _sir Dla e StsrAtti 1304 1 of lUOggwoh Aberdeei Am b., N Junc. Bir., We Valley Birk., L late 331 Ditto, C 50/. & 2 Ditto, 2( Brist. & Caledon Chest. & Cork & Dub.& I Dundlk Dundee, deen J; Ditto, N East An E. and Do (18/. East. Co Eastern late E. Do. dc Do., do., East Lai E. & and Bi Edinb. Do. Shrop Do. I Ar 7 . (Nor Do. I pei MN • rY~m