The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-16 00:00:00

YEW WORK BY SIR E. BULWET4 LYTTON BART. On Ist January will be publi , bed, l ir NOVEL ; or, Varieties in English Life, By PISISTRATUS CAXTON, WILLIAM BLAcKwooD & Sons, Edinburgh and London. On Monday will be Publishel. elegantly bound in gilt cloth, price 7s. 6d. KATIE STEWART: ATrue &My, Originally published in BLACSWOOD'iI MAGAZINE. Waft Frontispiece and Vignette Title. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. T.TIEte'PRIC ROYAL, HAYMARKET. rerevrell Season or 31r. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING Will be pe-formel the popular and highly attractive Comedy of MAsKS D FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Yews Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray. Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. Stlriin.4 Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs, Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Haskell. After which, the Farce of BOX and COX, MARRIED and Si?.TTLVD, by Messrs. Bncluttone and Keeley. To conclude with the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE JENKEN3ES. After which, a new Camic Drama, called LITTLE TODDLE WINS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, Intler, Miss F. Matthews, Miss Oliver, and Miss Ellis. To be followsed by (4th time) a new Comic Drama, called a ?HE" =NON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Ma &laws. F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. To which will be added the BALLET from the Chain of Events, In which Mine Rosins Wright will appear. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. .441 croft, 15, New bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. 'Open for the Season. Proprietor, Sir. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, • The succe4aftil new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's f'ithin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Emery, 0. Smith,.and Cullenford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the admired Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE . To conclude with the Comic Opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PA.N TA LON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will he performed Shakespere's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Kean, Bart ley, lfeado vs, J. Vining, Addison, Ryder, and Graham ; Miss Heath and lira. C. Kean. To conclu te with CHARLES THE SECOND. Principal charac ters by Messrs. Bartley, W. Lacy, J. Vining, and Cathcart; Misses Murray and C. Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIII THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THI:i EVENTING Will be presented Sheridan Knowlees Play of THE HUNCH BACK. Master Walter, Mr. floQkins ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. W. Farren ; Fathom. Mr. Compton ; Julia, Miss Edith Heraud (her First appearanc ) ; Helen, Miss Gordon. To conclude with UNCLE TOWS CABIN. Box-office open from ''leven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLET'S ROYAL A.MPHPIIIIF.ATRE.' Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty. The greatest novelty of the present day Is Uncle Tom's Cabin. To be witnessed nightly at this House. THIS EVENING, Dec. 16, the performances will commence with the superior Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. To be followed by unparalleled Equestrian and Dramatic Achieve tents in the Arena, by the most talented Artistes of the age—in cluding M. and Mille. Lalande, and the Brothers Seigrist, from the Cirque Olympic, Paris. Ti, conclude with the highly amusing Farce of THE DEVIL TO PAY. In consequence of the crowded state of the Theatre, Mr. Batty begs to inform his Friends, that Seats cannot be kept after the con clusion of the First Act. .3txtzet Manager. Mr. W. West. D oors open at Half-put Six o'clock; Box-otlics open daily from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIR DAY —Morning 20 min. after 11 Evening 45 min.aft. 5 To - Moaßow—Morning 9 min. after 61 Evening 34 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.• Sus OFFICE, Dec. 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowost this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. • BARoMETER, 29 . 48—_Rising fast. WIND, W.S.W.—Fine in the morning ; dull in the afternoon. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THRSDE C. 16, 1. State of the wi n d and weat her at e ach o D f the follo Bs2 wing places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—S.W., strong breeze —scud. SOUTHAMPTON— W., strong breeze —rain. VoLRRRToitR—S.W., strong breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze —scud—rain. BASINGSTOKE—N.E., gentle breeze —overcast. GREENWICH—S., strong breeze —rain. STRooD—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. SWINDON—S. strong breeze--partially cloudy. LEIGHToN—g.W_,_. strong breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—S.W., strong breeze—fine. YARMOCTR— S.W., strong breeze—heavy rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock LINERICK—S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. MULLINGAR— S., calm—rain. SOUTHAMPTON—S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLIC 7STONE—S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.E. ' gentle breeze—p ar ti a lly cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STRooD—W., gentle breeze—cloudy. SWINDON--S. strong breeze—cloudy. LE/GHTON—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER —S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE —S., gentle breez e — c l ou dl ess. YARMOUTH—S.W., calm—partially cloudy. LANCASTER —S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Wnrrnv—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S. by E., gentle breeze—overcast and foggy. Srlitx--S., calm—overcast. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY • nun 18TH ULTIMO, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHES, CONTAINING A. SPLENDID PORTRAIT OP THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL ) AND IS NOW ON SAial. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. - - sp, 4 oant . :o - 11 Ot 4.VJ LONDON, THURSDAY, DECFME ER 16, 1852, We yesterday pointed out the uncert linty tespecting the issue now pending before the popu lar branch of the Legislature. None can deny the vast importance of the subject. It is not merely that the fate of the Ministry may depend on the result—that by the vote of this evening Her Majesty's Government may be converted into Iter Majesty's Opposition--that " the ins" may become " outs," and the " outs" " ins." There is something of far greater consequence at stake. The great cause of fiscal reform mainly hangs upon the decision. Not that its progress can be altogether arrested, but it may be seriously a nd most injuriously retarded. And yet we ven ture to assert, that many Honourable Gentlemen ro ar e t o pronounce judgment on a matter so s "P l y interestin g , are still ignorant as to the ,4 . :- p xact question on which they are to deliver their r ve e rcl iet and that if six different persons were I , l slll ftted to • ...cruse, 11 explain the real point before the o pi n i on. ° ~ ,t wo would altogether agree in QUER lira, The CHANCELLOR of 'the ''''' ETCHE ealled, no less th an f our t i mes on Tuesday eve the explanatiol as ning. ; and y et, notwithstanding Gentleman t o the te t u bY the Right H onoura bl e Evans, Sir J Qxix e rr n egatories o f, Si r D E L ACY Azacts and Sir CHARLES WOOD,AtZ' Lord J OHN R USSELL, unsolved--the doubt atm e proble m s till remains One will tell you that it is a question o f e c lis on t fi s c i e Rs s motion, 'fidence—the real point of Mr. vltt n i : e 0 , r no eon , which would have decided th ereon, b ut for the intervention of Lord PALMERSTON. And, th at it was desirable to , expel the minorit y from officea s without hearing the propositions ab out to be mob' f witted, and to bring in the Whigs, unpled ge d to any course,—so it is expedient now to nip the financial scheme in the bud, and, under the pre tence of voting against an increased House Tax, to prevent the recognition of the great distinction te_ t ween fixed an d fl uc t ua ti ng. rece ipts, b e t ween t. em porary and p ermanent revenue--in other words, between property and income. Another, with equal plausibility, will declare that the point for consideration is " the Budget --the whole Budget —and nothin g but the Budget," and that unless he is prepared to vote po tr io t i :le of p . r t oj t ect as . " a whole," --if there is any able to yield a willi ng "„nt__l which he is un to divide in the sitinie lobby with :will be his duty the Opposition. ferred to—none of the dangers attendant upon the navigation round by the Nore and up the river Thames would have been necessitated, and thereby the country would have been spared a very needless and very considerable expenditure. That the perils of that navigation are really remarkable, we know, surely, by this time from a rather mournful experience. Indeed, it has recently been shown, from the incontestible evidence of one of the most intelligent of the underwriters at LLOYDS, that simply between 1837 and 1843, merely between the Isle of Wight and London-499 vessels lost their cables and anchors, were run foul of, were partially dismasted by bad weather, or were otherwise very seriously damaged. The same authority asserts, moreover, that in the same inter val of seven years, between the same points, merely between the Isle of Wight and London-560 vessels (although they were got off afterwards) ran aground —260 vessels were totally wrecked or foundered, the crew and passengers being preserved-56 vessels were utterly lost, together with the whole or part of their crews and passengers. An aggre gate of 1,375 is thereby. indicated as the total number of casualties--during only seven years, 'lamely, from 1837 to 1843—within the com paratively short distance lying between the Isle of Wight and the metropolis I According to the document from which these particulars are ex tracted, it would appear, likewise, that, besides a terrible loss of life, property to the value of from 400,0001. to 500,0001. were in a similar manner sacrificed during a period of merely eighteen months, dating from the January of 1849 to the June of 1850, between London and Dungeness .! While it has actually been asserted that within the earlier half of 1850, no less than eight vessels were lost between the capital and Southampton, with every soul on board, numbering some 500 in all, whose lives were thus miserably sacrificed ! All this, remember, from the absence of any ade quate docks on the southern line of coast, pre venting the necessity of this wholesale resorting to the Channel and the Thames navigation. Everybody who has at all reflected upon the mat ter, understands now clearly enough the exist ence of this necessity, its astonishing importance, and the truth, that, by its effectual removal, we should, no matter what might be the expenditure in the outset, be ultimately and very wonderfully economising in time, in life, and in money—the three great " raw materials " in the carrying on the mercantile undertakings of the British Empire, and, sooth to say, in the very develop ment of the grand labours of modern civilisation. Satisfied upon this point, we were, of course, compelled, as a sagacious community, to consider well beforehand the best locality or site for the carrying out of the projected enterprise. Which should be the southern port of the United Kingdom? Reflection has only confirmed the wiser promoters of the achievement in the opinion, that of all places along that part of our coasts the best, the fittest, the most convenient in position, and the most admirable in capacity, is the harbour of Lang stone. From one extremity to the other of these coasts, from the Nore to the Land's End, no more suitable spot—no spot, in truth, more exactly fitted for the project—could by any possi bility whatever have been selected. Langstone, remember, is, as we have already observed, in immediate proximity with the vast naval depot of Portsmouth ! Its anchorage is admirable, its basin is of noble dimensions, its entrance—de fended by Cumberland Fort on the western side or the side nearest Portsmouth, and by a Martello Tower on the eastern side, namely on Haying Island—presenting a marvellous protection against the forces of an enemy, -together with an equally estimable facility for the passage in and out of our own vessels, no matter what their burthen. Be sides all these advantages--sufficient of themselves to command a favourable regard to the originators of the intended achievement—Langstone is distant only sixty-six miles from the metropolis. For all practical purposes, therefore, in mercantile enter prise, it may be regarded as virtually in as close contiguity to the capital as even Blackwall. It is distant, we repeat, from our metropolitan docks merely sixty-six miles, and those sixty-six miles capable of being abbreviated by railway, so as to admit of the most rapid • intercommunication. Langstone has, in fact, been very happily called-- and will absolutely constitute, in truth, when once completed—the out-port of London !We say nothing here of the increased security to the scheme of the National Defences consequent upon the adoption of this magnificent project of a new Har bour, new Docks, and a new Railway at Lang stone. That we conceive must be sufficiently ma nifest from the circumstance of its affording shelter to our merchant traffic in the Channel at a spot in immediate proximity to Spithead, and in the closest contiguity to the great naval depot at Portsmouth. Neither do we say anything at present as to the prospects of the growth of the new seaport —re membering, as the public cannot fail to do, the suggestive facts bearing upon this point recorded in the history of the rise of Liverpool. It cannot be forgotten, for example, that though the Wet Docks at Liverpool, which were the first ever con structed in the United Kingdom, were projected as recently as 1708—the dock dues at that port, which at the beginning of the last century were only 8001., had risen in 1756 to 2,200/., that in 1801 they had increased to 28,0001., and that in 1850 they were actually 230,000/. Bear ing these encouraging particulars in mind, it is gratifying to learn that the most active measures are already being taken to carry out the projected scheme of the docks in the harbour of Lang stone. As far back as 1823, an Act of Par liament was obtained to authorise the build ing of additional docks at that place, on the west side of Hayling-bridge. It now is intend ed that that long-dormant undertaking shall be realised, and that besides considerably deepen ing and enlarging the entrance to the harbour, the promoters of the enterprise shall connect these additional docks with the South-Coast Railway by a tramway—this tramway meeting the railway , somewhere about the Havant Station. For the im provement of the mouth of the harbour the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty has been obtained, and for the other alterations there has lately been secured another Act of Parliament : so that the enterprise may be considered as, indeed, already in the process of realisation. Langstone, we repeat, when the new docks are finished, must be regarded as literally the out-port of London. It has been observed that the two A third will regard it as simply affecting the change in the House Duties, so far as relates alike to the increase in the rate to be levied, and the decrease of the existing exemptions. A fourth will consider it merely so far as it relates i o the increased area of taxation. A fifth, as to the whole fiscal question, and the propriety of the gradual and judicious substitution of direct for indirect taxation ;—and the sixth, merely as giving permission to consider the different propo sitions in detail, withdut being pledged in any respect to vote for any portion of the plan of which he might ultimately disapprove. All these various opinions may in some degree be justified by the vague and uncertain character of the reso lution on which the division will be taken. It is, therefore, exceedingly desirable that befOre the issue be finally decided, and the verdict deli vered, some mediator may interpose between the contending parties—that a second PALMERSTON may arise to reconcile these differences, and to produce a distinct understanding as to the exact point in dispute—to ascertain how far the House may be committed by passing the resolution— what it will have pledged itself to pass, or what may be the effect of a direct negative. The resolution taken by itself means nothing, and pledges to nothing. Here are the very words•—" That from and after the sth day of April, 1853, the duties granted and made payable by the Act 14 and 15 VICT., c. 36, upon inha bited dwelling -houses in Great Britain, according to the annual value thereof, shall cease and de termine, and in lieu thereof there shall be granted and made payable upon all such dwelling-houses," certain other duties. These are, as we yester day explained, as consistent with the diminution as the increase of the impost. Nor is there a single expression bearing on the " extended area of taxation." • Those matters come sub sequently, and are, of course, open to the modifications alluded to by Mr. DISRAELI in his latest explanations. The Right Honourable Gentleman frankly declared, that "it was the in tention of the Government to propose an extension of the area and an increase of the House Tax ;" but he also announced that "he considered him self and the House open to any modification of the present proposition." Having also previously stated, that "he did not ask any gentleman on either side of the House, by voting on the occasion, to come to any direct vote, in favour of the repeal of the Tea Duties, or the Hop Duties, or the Malt Duty, or of any detail of the Income Tax, or even of the mere details of the vote on which they were to ,come to an issue." Under such circumstances, then, we cannot conceive any reasonable objection to the affirmance of the reso lution. No person will be thereby pledged to vote for the reduction of the Malt Duty ! If that be so—and surely, after the above declaration, no possible doubt can exist on the point—there may be no necessity for the increase of the House Tax —the chief, if not the only objectionable point supposed to be involved in the proposition. If the 1,000,000/. sterling to be paid on the 10th of October, and the permanent loss of 2,500,0001. to the revenue be avoided, there can be no neces sity for the additional charge; indeed, a reduction, rather than an increase, may be sanctioned, or it may please the House, in lien thereof, to give up the duties on the 233 manufactured articles referred to by Mr. HuME, which produce only 434,0001. to the revenue. The sound financial views of the veteran Member for Montrose might then be carried into practical operation. That faithful and consistent reformer declared that there shoul.d be no exemption of real property, however small the amount. We cordially concur in the recommendation; and, therefore, if there is to be a House Tax at all, we m ould not only ex tend it to 101. houses, but even to the meanest and cheapest habitation, for as we have shown, it is particularly a tax on the owner, and not on the occupier ; and its effect is to produce an inferior class of dwellings, that are a disgrace to the nation. The House Tax cannot long be maintained, inas much as it is an impost on one kind of real pro perty, from which a thousand more eligible de scriptions are totally exempted. Tf the principle of direct taxation is to be carried further—as we hope and believe it maybe—if industry is to be freed from the burdens and restrictions by which it is clogged and impeded—it can only be by a fair and le ti mate extension of the Property Tax. The increase of rates, in schedules A and C from 7d. to Is. in the pound, combined with the abolition of all exemptions under these heads, would yield more than 3,230,000/. That would allow not only the total abolition of the House Duties, now yielding 700,000/. per annum, but also of the Land. Tax, producing 1,152,0001., and leave a larger surplus at the disposal of the Right Honourable Gentle man than he would obtain by the proposed altera- tion of the House Duties. There would then be but one description of direct tax, when every man would be charged according to his means. Considerable relief-would be afforded to agricul turists, as well as to householders. In 25 counties the Land Tax averages more than is. in the pound. In Buckinghamshire, Mr. DISRAELI'S own county, it amounts to is. sd. His constituents, then, would save is. 2d. in the pound, or nearly 6 per cent. on the value of their holdings by the alteration—while householders would save is. ld., or nearly 5i per cent. on the value of their dwell ings. This course would be alike just and politic— equitable and expedient. It would afford relief where relief was required, and place the burden where it could be most easily sustained. But the rate of the Property Tax may be altered, and these vast benefits secured for the people if the effort be not obviated by a hostile vote in limine. We certainly cannot conceive how fiscal Reformers can jom in such a vote ; how Mr. HUME, for instance, whose opinions on fiscal subjects accord most closely to our own, should negative the pro position which only binds him, if it binds to any thing, to this—" That the area of direct taxa tion should be extended." Let this point, then, be distinctly understood, and time afforded for all classes of the people to give full expression to their feelings on the most interesting subject that can be brought underthe Legislative consideration. , places are only distant from each other only sixty six miles, and that these sixty-six miles may be abbreviated by railway so as to command the most rapid intercommunication. Sixty-six miles con stitute the actual distance from London to Lang stone, but thirty-two miles alone will require the construction of a railroad---for a Branch of the South-Western Railway, it must be remembered, is already completed as far as Godalming. So that all now needed in this direction is the con tinuation of that branch line from Godalming to Langstone. With admirable ' promptitude the Portsmouth Railway Company have already an. nounced their determination to undertake the con. struction of this new railroad at a cost of 400,0001 A single line is spoken of in their Prospectus as in contemplation—but, for our own part, we can- not but be most sanguine that a double line wil ultimately be laid down to Havant—so strongly are we impressed with the grandeur of this noble scheme of an out-port to London on the south• coast of England, in that hitherto neglected har bour of Langstone, which must ultimately prove the Golden Horn to the Hellespont of the British _. _ Channel. After all the debateA we have had on Free Trade, there seems to be some misunderstanding in the minds of Hon. Members as to what it really is. We know not whether the perplexity is shared by any of our readers; it certainly ought not to be. In the House, two applications of the phrase have flitted before the minds of the speak ers, and either invalidated or obscured their argu ments. A trade cannot be called free which is obstructed and lessened in amount by Custom- house and Excise duties and interfe;ences, nor can a trade be called free which is limited by protective duties, on behalf of some particular persons. In the former sense, the trade in Malt, and still more in Paper, Tea, or Tobacco, is not THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBEW 16, free ; but for high duties on pernicious Excise regulations necessary to the collection of the duty, the trade in these articles would be much greater, in the three latter ones, probably, doubled or trebled ; these duties are, however, in no way like the latter ones, of which the late Corn Laws and the present duties on butter, cheese, silks, and gloves, are familiar examples. In the former case, no duty is levied in favour of any particular class of traders ; in the latter, the duty is levied in favour of English producers. Custom-house and Excise Duties are by no means opposed to Free Trade in the latter sense, since they give no special advantage to any class of traders ; they are imposed for revenue merely, and leave the trade and the market equally free to all. Now, of course, it is only with the latter, i. e., with the differential, protective, or monopoly duties, that the great principle of Free Trade has any contest. Direct and indirect taxation, for instance, must settle their relative merits, on grounds quite distinct from Free Trade. It is, theoretically, quite possible, that to raise all our taxes directly, might eventually repress our trade more than all our present fiscal duties. Were this the case, freedom from the Excise and Customs would only become bondage in another form ; but with neither of these considerations has Free Trade anything whatever to do. It means nothing more than that all producers, all buyers, and sel lers, shall stand on equal footing so far as Govern ment interference is concerned. This simple con sideration shows how nugatory is much of the declamation on either side about Free Trade in regard to the present Budget. The repeal of half since a ll pay t h e d uty equally. or the Trade wh at oleo a f il t , he Malt T ax i s no ques ti on o f Free No class of maltsters are favoured at the expense of others. Neither is the repeal of the Tea Duty a Free-trade proposition ; were we receiving teas from China, and teas from one of our dominions in India, at different rates of duty, then equalisa tion would be a Free-trade measure. Again, what means all the rhodomontade about the ex tension of the House Duty and of the Income Tax, as carrying out Free-trade principles? They have nothing whatever, properly speaking, to do with them. They belong entirely to the question of the best mode of raising a certain amount of national income.' They may or may not "relieve the springs of industry," if the amount raised be wisely applied. But what have they to do with enabling all persons to traffic on equal conditions in the same article ? and this alone is Free Trade. If, then, we are asked whether we consider Mr. DISRAELI'S Budget as a Free-trade -one, without at present canvassing its other merits or demerits, we think it is bid an abuse of language to call it so. It is so only negatively. It imposes no fur-' ther monopoly duties, but it also takes off none. Four articles, two agricultural, two manufac turing, we have just adverted to on which pro tective duties still remain. Surely a real Free trade Budget would have commenced by using a small portion of its surplus in sweeping these completely away. One penny per lb. on our butter, half that amount on our cheese, we yet pay to the manes of agricultural monopoly. As to the protective duty on manufactured silks, the Manchester men themselves have formally peti tioned for its removal. Here, then, was fair scope for a Free-trade CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to have displayed his Free-trade zeal. The mo dification of the income Tax again, in our view the redeeming excellence of the Budget, has nothing whatever to do with protective duties. It is an imperfect commencement of a right princi ple, and Mr. GLADSTONE and Lord JOHN may rest assured that they will never be in office again, un less prepared to act on the great principle, that to tax differently property and trade incomes is " wise, just, and beneficial." No. The new Budget may have a thousand excellencies—it may be very refreshing to us after Sir CHARLES WOOD'S stagnancy, to have something worth ar guing about—but it has no unequivocal mark of Free Trade upon it. It does not touch one of the remaining protective duties. Looking candidly at the whole affair, its expla nation is very obvious. Mr. DISRAELI was pledged by all " his antecedents" to do something for the poor farmers. He was heartily willing to remove the special burthens on land : he searched for them, but, alas !he found none. Their great burden, their Landlords' rent and the Clergyman's tithe, neither he nor any other statesman could righte ously touch. Poor rates, highway rates, county rates,--no, there was nothing special then —nothing which we townsfolk do not pay more of than the farmer. What, then, was he to do? The Malt Tax was the only one which even seemed to press on the farmer. Yet, here, again he was in difficulty. If he re pealed it all, where could he look for five millions and more of revenue ? If he repealed a part only, it would cheapen beer but a penny per gallon; the consumer, therefore, wbuld not get the benefit ; hence the consumption would not increase, and therefore no stimulus would be given to the growth of barley. A poor project this, therefore, to throw down for discussion, before a pugnacious House of Commons ! Never mind. Something must be done to keep up appearances; landlords would be sure to support him, for should it do any good, it would tell on their rents at the next renewal of their leases. He must hazard it. But, how, then adju s t th e d e bt or an d cred i tor balance-sh eet of estimates. Nothing but to exte n d t h e direct taxation of the r s i e d m e s a of ne d h i b s country. If, now, he had raised and extended the Income Tax, he could, of course, have met that difficulty. Had he retained the present rate on trades and professions, and trebled it on real property, that would have done it. It would, certainly, have fully made up the deficiency if he had extended it as widely as he now proposes to do. Or had he, what would have been still better, sub jected re al property to legacy and probate duties, had he thus made the l an dl or d s pay f or th e re mission of a tax th e b enefit of w hi c h , if any, way he could have sp are d hi s two millions and a half easily ;but he knew the landlords would not that, instead of raisin g the Income Tax on incomes from real in reealfaiaprrtefaepxw years be wholly theirs ;—either property, of themselves. Hence it is, he lowers it a little on trades and professions, At the un equal preference in th e mode of assess i ng their incomes. same time he perpetrates his greatest blunder un op d e e r r , giving the farmers a most of all—that of raisi ng th e t ax as we showed in our last, t o 21 n per house cent., and l eav i ng the land still at only 3 o p hots er Le c i cent. (a low land tax excepted.) It will it, impossible to ma i nta i n such a gross i n j ust i ce be impossible to carry, or if he contrive to carry as this. We believe he was by no means fully aware of its extreme injustice at first. He meant doubtless to get half the repealed Malt Tax out of the towns, but ho could not have noticed the Sundays, at least, during one day out of every seven, the odious vice of drunkenness. An ad- mirable chairman he made, too, upon the occasion —although, unluckily, he had to deal with a some what unruly. audience, one or two members of which were manifestly, to a great extent, very sadly in want of a feeling of temperance ! If for nothing else, the assemblage here referred to, would have been most no teable, from the circumstance of its giving birth to the announcement of the fact, that the Crystal Palace Company have wisely and benevo lently resolved not to permit the sale of intoxicat ing liquids in the New Palace now in course of erection at Sydenham—that in fact, their so doing is rendered " for ever" a positive condition of their existence, in the Charter granted by the Government. But the meeting was interesting not on this account—it was interesting from the very able conduct of GEORGE ORUIKSHANK in the chair, and likewise from the really masterly speech delivered by a very gifted man—whose abilities, we think, have never been adequately appreciated by his contemporaries,---we mean the veteran SILK BUCKINGHAM. DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE- (THIS DA Y The committee assembled this day at half-past eleven o'clock for the purpose of going over the evidence laid be for() them relative to the allegations in the petition impugn ing the part taken by the Right Hon. Mr. Beresford, and drawing up their report for presentation to the House of Commons. Several persons interested in the matter at issue pre sented themselves ; but so strict were the orders given by the chairman, the Right Hon. Mr. Goulburn, that the deli berations of the committee should not be allowed to tran spire, that not even counsel agents, or even members of the House of Commons not specially engaged in the inquiry, were allowed to enter the room, or communicate with any member of the committe, either personally or byletter, sub sequent to the committee having taken its seat. The door was strictly guarded by two special officers of the house, who peremptorily refused to convey any mes sages to the members on any pretence whatever. From sounds which now and then reached the ears of persons standing in the corridor, it was evident that a spirited debate was going on amongst the members of the committee. The contention was loud and apparently animated, which naturally gave rise to many conjectures amongst those who were awaiting with anxiety the result of the deliberation. It is not expected that the committee will have agreed to a report sufficiently early to enable them to present it to the house before to-morrow evening. extravagantly di sproportionate rate at which he was taxing houses as compared with land. If he persist, it will be at Manchester, a s well as London, h owever, has given him warni ng . the peril of another contest, in wh i ch he will be beaten as cert a i nly as he was on the Corn Laws. In the battle o f town against country, t h e o d ds are now on the side of the towns. In no case, at least, householder s c i n Which the towns have right on their side, they b e resisted for long. Th e ten - pound will certainly remember the farmers friends at another election, if t h ey s h ow their friendship to farmers by hostility to the towns folk. The old Leaguers are not men to sit down under the reproach amongst their fellow-citizens of such a stigma on the termination of their long conflict. They are not a little mortified that their great measure was not affirmed to be "wise, just, and beneficial;' an d t h ey will certainly find, in the doubled and extended House Tax, an easy means for taking ample revenge. CRUIKSHA.NIC—merry, wise, generous, brave hearted GEORGE CRUIKSHANK—is "at it again" (indefatigable wight as he is) "up in arms" to do battle with one of the giant abuses of our genera tion. As Chairman of a very considerable meet ing, held last night in Exeter Hall, he enforced by a variety of cogent arguments, as well as by a variety of humane—but somb)of them we cannot but think rather impracticable_suggestions, the necessity of " putting down" at least, upon all ~_ COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. Lord Raglan remained at Osborne yesterday, and left this morning for London. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEE OF PORTSMOUTH. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING, Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G. died suddenly, at the Admiralty-house, in Portsmouth ' Dockyard, this morning, at a quarter past two, after a short illness, with which he was seized only, on Monday. EXCISE RETURNS: The Excise statements for the first three quarters of the present year have just been issued. The following table exhibits the quantities of each article charged with duty in the United Kingdom during those periods, as compared with the corresponding nine months of 1851, and also the quantities retained for home consumption. They all show an increase, consequent upon the general prosperity of the country, but the small quantities ex ported continue to indicate the effect of the vexatious restrictions which prevent them from being improved and cheapened so as to compete with similar foreign produc tions : NINE MONTHS ENDING THE 10TH OF OCTOBER. Charged with Duly. 1851. 1852. lb lb. Retained tor Consumption. 1851. 1851. lb. lb. Hops . 46,607 43,605... Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. 25,999,562 26,372,266... 25,999,562 26,372,266 lb. lb. lb. lb. Paper _116,545,073 116,468,493..1.09,801,887 111,033,240 Soap 159,366,799 168,861,947...149,017,160 157,163,376 Gallons Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Spirits. 17,358,545 17,849,589... 17,314,989 17,803,956 Home•ind. cwts. mtg. cwts. cwts. Sugar - 116 ... ' 116 Malt.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I have read your excellent article in reference to the neglect exhibited in the non-completion of the monument to Nelson in Trafalgar-square, and, contrast ing it with the profuse expenditure on the late funeral pageant, permit me to say, that I think the neglect evinced in the matter of the monument is almost credit able to the character of the country, if considered with the disgraceful fact that Nelson's only child whom he left (he had nothing else to bequeath her) to the pro tection of his country, is a poor struggling clergyman's wife, driven lately to make a public appeal for pecuniary assistance. Nelson has pointed out this lady, and iden tified her as his child :—" I leave my daughter to my country," or some such words, were his testamentary declaration ; and under such circumstances, must not every man and woman in England, who thinks on the subject, reprobate the heartlessness and ingratitude of all Governments who have permitted " Horatia " to linger in poverty ? Why does not some independent member propose an annuity of liberal amount for the lady, and demand that the Government should take her children under their protection, and provide for them in the public service ? The case is peculiar, and requires no apology. I have the honour to be, &c., Your obedient servant, CIVILIS. Dec. 10. THE COURT.—Thursday next, the 23d instant, is the ..ay at present fixed for the removal of her Majesty and Royal family from Osborne to Windsor Castle ; and Prince Leiningen, brother to the Queen by half blood, is expected to prolong his visit to her Majesty until that day. During the sejour of the Royal family in the Isle of Wight, the illustrious juvenile branches have again enjoyed regularly out-of-door exercise, which, owing to the late inundations, had been circumscribed at Windsor. BUCKINOEIAM PALACE.—The new state apartments, including the new grand state banquetting-room, are pro gressing ; but we understand that with all dispatch they will not be ready for the usual series of Royal entertain ments to be given by the Sovereign next season. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, it is understood, will, as on previous occasions during embellishments at the Palace, direct the decorations of the new state rooms. ALARMING FIRE IN NEWGATE-STREET.—Yesterday morning, at a few minutes before 7 o'clock, a fire of a very alarming nature, and nearly attended with fatal conse quences to not fewer than five human beings, happened in the premises belonging to Mr. M`Donnell, known as the " Number Seven" wine and spirit-vaults, situate in New gate-street, City, immediately facing the school of Christ's Hospital. EAST INDIA MAIL PACKETS.—The Ripon, which takes out the next East India mail, will, on her return, have to undergo some alteration to increase her speed, as she will scarcely be safe enough for the new India mail con tract, now about to commence. The speed between South ampton and Alexandria is to be very great, but will be easily performed by the Indus, Bengal, and Himalaya steamers, which are destined to work the Alexandrian line next year. The Euxine and Sultan steamers will lead off under the new contract between Marseilles and Malta, until the Vectis and Valetta, two beautiful steamers now build ing expressly for that line, are ready. The Himalaya, the largest ship in the world, is now rapidly progressing to wards completion. She was originally intended for a pad dle-box steamer, but it was found that to attain her maxi mum speed as such her consumption of coals would be 140 tons daily. She was therefore converted into a screw steamer, by which means she will be equally fast and only consume 70 tons of coals daily. The Peninsular Company are lengthening all their steamers. It is now an established principle in ship-building that length gives speed, and that a long steamer will be faster than a shorter one with the same engine power and tonnage, from the circumstance, no doubt, that the former, owing to her superior length, has not to breast every wave the same as the shorter vessel. LONDON TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.—A meeting of this society was held last night, at Exeter-hall, for considering the subjects of the closing of public-houses- on Sundays, and the exclusion of strong drinks from the Crystal Palace ; George Cruikshank, Esq., in the chair. On the platform we observed J. S. Buckingham, Esq., Rev. Jabez Burns. D.D., &c. The meeting was addressed by Dr. Burns, Rev. H. Solly, Mr. Buckingham, and other gentle men, and resolutions passed for petitioning both Houses of Parliament to close public-houses on the Sabbath throughout the kingdom, and to memorialise the Queen, such memorial to be signed by females, &c. The chairman communicated to tho meeting the fact that, in reply to a letter addressed by him to the Crystal Palace Company, Mr. Grove, the secretary, had w r itt en an official letter, stating that the company never had entertained the idea of allowing the sale of wines or spirituous liquors, "under any circumstances whateve r ," i n th e P a l ace or on the grounds thereof. This communication was received with loud cheers. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FORESTS.—Yesterday the 29th report of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests and Land Revenues, was printed in a parliamentary blue book, by order of the House of Commons. This is the first report since the separation of the woods and forests from public works and buildings by a late act. The bank balances on the 9th Oct., 1851, were 34,0311., at which period the liabilities for the metropolitan improvements were 895,1601. From the Ist April to the 9th October, 1851, the amount of sales of produce in the royal forests, with the arrears, was 43,3111. The arrears on the 9th October, 1851, were 6,8781. and 8,6571., which latter sum is due by the Admiralty, for the sale of timber supplied for the use of the Royal Navy. The gross income from the Ist April to the 9th October, 1851, was 149,9971., comprising 117,1001. as land revenue, 28,310/. from royal forests, &c., and 4,585/. from royal parks, &c. The gross expenditure in the same period was 77,2881., of which 42,683/. was in land revenue, 19,2301. for royal forest 3, &c., and 15,3741. for royal parks gardens, &c., leaving a surplus income of 72,7091. BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW.—BIRMINGHAM, WED NESDAY.—The amount received for the sale of poultry for breeding, at the 'close of the first day, exceeded 1,1001. Yesterday the attendance was unprecedentedly numerous, being considerably greater than the corresponding week of last year. The dinner last night, owing to the present dis cussion in Parli a ment, Was not BO influentially attended as on former occasions. THE OUT-PORT OF LONDON. Fortunately, it would not be extravagant to predict that before many years have elapsed, Langstone will have equalled, and that before another half century is completed, it may possibly have immeasurably surpassed, both in wealth and importance, the second port in the United Kingdom--Liverpool. Langstone—bear in mind —is the noble harbour (the capabilities of which seem to have been hitherto forgotten) situated on the eastern side of Portsea Island, being, in fact, a kind of Siamese companion to the harbour of Portsmouth. Fortunately, we have said, be cause on the completion of the proposed docks and the projected railway, a scarcely calculable series of advantages will be secured for ever to the mercantile interests of the population. Numerous shipwrecks will be prevented, numerous lives will be saved, and commerce will receive a very appre ciable and enormous advancement. How all this may be effected, can be at once very readily indi cated. Beginning at the beginning, we may presum e , of course, that it is pretty generally known by th e intelligent part of the community that Ports ea Island i s fl an k e d b y t wo h ar b ours o f cons id era bl e magnitude--one the harbour of Langstone, the other the h ar b our o f P or t smou th. We believe, however, that it is by no means so generally blown that Langstone Harbour holds out to the enter prise of the country a number of very extraordi nary advantages, which, until now, appear to have been altogether overlooked. It has undoubtedly long been felt that an enterprise of the character eas e here i nt i mated has been growing more and more glaringly requisite, b ecause of the astonishing incr of late years visible in the merc h an t traf ac along the south ern coast of E ngland. In ponsequence of the absence of any such undertak ing, vessels have been hitherto compelled to incur, most unnecessarily, the peril and expense of the voyage up Channel. Supposing there had been manifested somewhat earlier a saga c it y capa bl e of PP reciatin g t his great requirement--a sagacity such as that which appears to be at length visible a among the projectors of th e scheme about to be re. 852. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. VICE-CHANCERY. JUDGMENT.-COWMAN V. HAnnrsofr. In this claim, by various persons, to participate in the savings by the widow of the testator, on the ground that a trust had been created in favour of the claimants by the will of her husband—the testator having particularly recommended and desired his wife to divide what money she might have saved among all his children in equal parts—his Honour (Vice-Chancellor Turner), after stat ing the facts, this morning, held that the bill must be dismissed, and that with costs. Judgment accordingly. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) MURDER. Amelia Elizabeth Burt, 30, married, who stood re manded from last session, was indicted for the wilful murder of her daughter, Annie Philadelphia Burt. Mr. Ryland conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prisoner. James Fendall, a fisherman, residing at Greenwich, deposed to finding the body of the child while he was dredging in the Thames, off Rotherhithe, about 8 o'clock on the morning of the 16th of November. It was fully dressed, and had on a bonnet. He delivered up the body to the beadle of the parish. The tide was then about half ebb—that is, half run down. Anna Cowley, a widow, residing at 82, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, said she was the mother of the prisoner's husband. The deceased child was her grand-daughter, and was 10 months old. The prisoner and the baby had li'red with her six weeks before the 15th of Novem ber. She was then residing apart from her husband, who allowed her 7s. a week. The prisoner's mother was also a widow, and lived in Oakley-street, Lambeth. Witness left the prisoner at home at 9 o'clock on the morning of the 15th, and on returning at 11 in the evening found the house closed, and could not get in. She then went to her mother's, where she had been with the baby, but learnt that they had both left some time previously. Cross-examined.--The prisoner had been married 11 years. The husband was employed as a gas-fitter at Greenwich Hospital. They had three children, to whom she behaved very kindly. Up to the time she came to my house, when she left her husband, they lived very happily together. In Nov., 1851, one of the children died from small-pox. She supposed the child had caught it from her mother, who had nursed a sister of hers, who died of small-pox. After this occurrence there was a re markable change in her manner. She was previously a person of cheerful and lively spirits. She was at this time in the family way with the child whose death is the subject of inquiry, and she remained in a de sponding state until it was born. •On the 17th of January last I tried to rouse her, but did not succeed. She could bear the idea of any one laughing, and never liked to go out of the house. She often expressed a wish to die, but said she could not, as she was disturbed dying. She used to place her head in her hands, and remain in that posture for a long time without saying a word. She complained - that her head was burning, while her legs, feet, and hands were quite cold. Her memory was also affected, and she some times could not remember that she had a husband and children. When I spoke to her it was sometimes seve ral minutes before I got an answer. She said she was not herself, and could not talk. In consequence of her desponding state it was thought advisable to keep her separate from her husband. She appeared to grow worse afterwards. I occupied the same bed-room with her. She always appeared awake when I looked to her. She did not seem ever to sleep. She continued in this way until the day before the unhappy occurrence. Mrs. Gibson, the prisoner's mother, said I remember the 15th of November. I saw the body of the child after it was found—it was that of my grand-daughter. The prisoner came to my house on Monday the 15th, about 12 o'clock at noon, with the baby, and she suckled the child while she stayed. She left with the child at 10 o'clock, and I did not see her again -until she was in custody. Cross-examined—l have unfortunately had two mem bers of my family afflicted with insanity—one died raving mad, and the other is confined in a lunatic asy lum. They were both females, and the latter became insane after her confinement. I had observed a change in the prisoner's demeanour before her confinement, and she became worse afterwards. She complained of great weight on her head, and was very reserved and singular in her manner. I was in the habit of often leaving home, and thinking it would be unsafe to leave her alone, I induced her to go to her mother-in-law on one occasion. She 'attempted to take some arsenic, which her husband was in the habit of using, but he prevented her. She used to sit for hours with the child in her lap, without speaking. She told me that she was dead with the exception of her head, which was the only part of her not affected. She used to sit in this lonely way without fire or candle, though she had both in the house. I considered her of unsound mind. She was once under the impression that her husband would blow out her brains. Osborne, policeman, said, a little after two on the morning of the 16th of November, he saw the prisoner wandering about the streets in Greenwich. He asked her where she was going, and she replied that she did not know. She also told him, in reply to other ques tions, that she had three children, and that she had given one to a boy to throw over Hungerford-bridge. He then took her into custody. She had the cloak of a child under her arm. Mr. Justice Wightman said it would be for the jury to say whether they thought the prisoner could dis tinguish Wright and wrong, so as to be a responsable agent for her acts. The jury almost immediately Acquitted the prisoner. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) FORGERY. Frederic Steans, 39, corn dealer, charged with forging a bill of exchange for 271. 10s., with intent to defraud William Townes, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Payne appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry for the defence. M. Payne, in stating the case to the jury, said the only point for consideration was whether the prisoner had altered a bill of exchange for 201., given to him by Townes for 271. 10s., as he should be able to prove, the prisoner having confessed that he made the alteration in the hearing of two witnesses. The utterance of the bill for 271.105. was then proved; but the two principal witnesses, Mr. Townes and Robt. Dackman, did not answer to their names when called. Mr. Payne said that they would be in court shortly, as the train by which they would come to London bridge had not yet artived. Mr. Parry said there was no excuse for their being absent then, as the case had been postponed from the previous day to meet the convenience of the prosecutor. The learned Recorder concurred with Mr. Parry, and, the parties having been again called without effect, directed the jury to acquit the prisoner, which was ac cordingly done. FORGERY AND ROBBERY. Samuel Finley, 26, draper, pleaded guilty to an indict ment charging him with the uttering of a forged request, with intent to defraud ; and with stealing 300 yards of silk, value 501., the property of George Merrington, his employer, Counsel for the defence:submitted to the Court that the prisoner had yielded to pressing temptations, and that up to the period of committing the offence he had borne a good character. On the other hand, it was urged that the prisoner, before entering into the service of the prosecutor, had been engaged in extensive betting transactions, and had even kept a betting-office, from which he had absconded without satisfying the liabilities which he had incurred. The learned Recorder, in a feeling address, in which he solemnly warned all young men to avoid betting transactions, glanced at the mitigatory circumstances connected with the prisoner's offence, and sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. William Weekes, 21, John Hughes, 19, and Michael Hurley, convicted at a late hour last night of having burglariously entered the premises of Mr. Robert Burgh, and stolen therefrom 60 dozen bottles of port wine, value 601., were brought up for sentence. The learned Recorder remarked upon the bold nature of the robbery, in which the prisoners, who lived in a low lodging adjacent to the prosecutor's premises, which were the remains of an old monastic building, had skil fully dug their way through six feet of solid wall to accomplish their object ; getting drunk with a portion of the wine, and selling the remainder. He sentenced the prisoners to be each transported for seven years ; to which Hughes responded by wishing his Lordship a " Merry Christmas and a happy new year." This finished the business in the New Court. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.-THE BIRMINGHAM AND SHREWS BURY RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE STOUR VALLEY RAIL WAY COMPANY. • The Lords Justices, this morning, gave judgment in this suit and appeal, which was brought by the plaintiffs against the refusal of the Master of the Rolls to inter fere by injunction at the instance of the plaintiffs. The main objects of the bill were to obtain for the Birming ham and Shrewsbury Railway Company the right to run over the Stour Valley line, under the provisions of the Stour Valley Railway Act of 1847 ; and also the joint use of the railway station at Wolverhampton. In the course of the dispute, an award had been made by Sir William Cubitt in reference to the latter matter, making a parti tion of the station ; but the plaintiffs objected to this, and contended that the authority of the arbitra tor had been revoked, that the award was ultra vires of the reference, and was uncertain, absurd, and impracticable. The dispute was, it appeared, in fact, one between the Great Western Railway Company and the London and North-Western Railway Company, as the chief allegation of the defendants was that the plain tiffs had forfeited their right over the Stour Valley line, by having, contrary to the act of Parliament, and by means of various agreements, amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Company. The Court, after going through the facts at some length, stated that they were of opinion that Sir W. Cubitt's award could not be maintained, he having exceeded the limits of his autho rity, but with the best intentions. With regard to the use of the Wolverhampton and other stations, the Court stated thaeit would be difficult and delicate, in the pre sent state of affairs, to interfere, but if the demands of justice required it, they would grapple with it. The Court were of opinion that, in declining to grant the in junction, neither of the parties should have costs ; and they should, in conclusion, declare the award of Sir W. Cubitt void as against the plaintiffs, with leave to the plaintiffs to bring any action which they might be ad vised, and the injunction to stand over until further orders. Judgment accordingly. THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EIBIBITIOY OF 1853. THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENTS. ' 11 01 The progress of this i m portant undertaking la te d watched with the deepest interest, not only in the nu f Kingdom, but also throughout the greater portion continental Europe. The principal cities a Fran ce ; Belgium, and Prussia will be exhibitors, headed r, es ,_,P e • ii - S tively by the Emperor Napoleon and their King Leopold and Frederick William the Fourth, ear of whom has graciously promised to contribute larAy, T from their private collections exquisite specimens of t 1 31; vertu art and manufactures of their kingdom s. °ar list can now be added the Austrian dominions, the rangements having just been entered into, with be. express sanction of the Emperor Francis JosevlN!, tween the Imperial Royal Government 1 11 len d 0, Lon,° le and the Imperial Royal Austrian Consulate in for the publication and circulation, throughout the hole of the Austrian territories, of the rules and regrillatro issued by the Committee of the Exhibition, for the t oe sport of foreign goods, reception of articles, ("' Government have likewise been pleased to issue slo) invitations to all the Austrian manufacturers , t° e ?don , bute specimens of their handicraft to the The various Chambersalso bee of Commerce have „a to strutted to collect all applications for space, 3 ' c ier transmit them to Dr. Wm. Schwarz, the Austri an 2t l;. consul general in London. And, as an additional of his Majesty's interest in the Exhibition, direetsi,e4 have been issued, that all goods for the Exhibitionstr°o' be fOrwarded over the railways, throughout the A- 11 free of everywiese dominions, to the frontiers of Saxony, pe . nse to the exhibitors. The Swiss government are ilk? n, alive to the importance and interest of the Exhibiiicfro communication having last week been received ~0, Mr. Prevost, the vice-consul of the Swiss Confede!',"i in London, requesting that the fullest information 1 :e b o be immediatelyExhils forwarded to him as it is the °' the leading watchmakers nufacturing towns of Switzerland, to send a ull° l `', so lection of the beautiful articles for which theY,,, 3 ," - 00 is justly celebrated. The progress which the Vii°: ;fo " l . 2 g. at Genev ' a, and the oth, e ,, r , c ol. making in the United States is also vprY g ra "' the Letters halre arrived from Mr. Edmond Gratta n ' it. British consul at Boston, stating that the loca l col the tees, under the presidency o f Mr. Abbott Laur e nee° late United States ambassador to England, bar. i d formed at New York, B os t on , an d Philadelplw`Yr the were actively at work in p romo ti ng the interes ts n ' Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853. SOCIETY OP ARTS. • yes' The fourth annual exhibit ion o f i nven tions open ed terday. The exhibitio n i s arranged under six rnebor heads :-1. Motive machines , including raihT/ 1 1 1 10 5 ism. 2. Manufacturing machines and tools. °„c f li v ri le contrivances and materials, and naval and rai"' — ',o l ' chanism. 4. Philosophical instruments a nd halocel' 5. Agricultural implements and saddlery. , 6 ' the 0 4 laneous, including ar ti c l es f or persona l u se. - 111 v n i e class some elect r o- magne ti c mac hi nes for use '),biteu movers, invented by M. F romen t o f P ar is, are e x to oIY, by M. Fontaine Mo reau . Th e means employ ed s viate the difficulti e s hith er t o experienced in the rc e osi ° this fluid as a motiv e p ower are proposed to be ee so on by causing the magnet to come into action 3 ' 9 00 as its keeper approaches it. This is aceen*Colr by means of an ec cen t r i c . A d raw i ng of Mr. ." co r nell's express-engin e a tt rac t e d muc h a tt e ntion, n g , trt ie• bining the most recent improvement in the el:b0 1 tion of locomotive en g i nes . Mr. J. Rock, jun e%.1 the an improved railway luggage van, for facility el, jO removal of the tarpauling, at present an extrew e dfier convenient and laborious operation. Several g" 9 ..ms est tions of steam-engines applicable to agricultural pal c the and for facilitating the turning of the eng ill % ° e lc o field, and the distribution of manure, were Ili' o f shown. There were some beautiful specimens 0f :red' t° terracotta by Mr. J. M. Bl as hfi e ld, w hi c h apPe` n j to be capable of assumi ng th e mos t d e li ca t e shaPs% a e •eee' os& be suitable for ornam e nt a l an d b u ildi ng Purp rally. It is said th a t thi s ma t er i a l w ill not only res et ;esist er the action of the atmo s ph ere , b ut even become " r heff on exposure to it • and should it be produced S t Cal rate, there can be no doubt it will be extensir ei Y,: ,s er Gold-washing machines were exhibited in varieties. They possess many points in common, u,s3-0011, a revolving cylinder, and dashers for washing t ,t il h e l and • obtaining the auriferous deposit fee of in n er, purities. The tools are constructed in such 3 3 ;0 1' 0 that by a very simple operation the shovel be e° o f scraper, and the handle of the shovel a portis ° ito crowbar, a pickaxe, &c. It wou ld b e impossible Wnt the limits of a short no ti ce t o g i ve a d e t a iled ae c°ll- e 5.4 this collection, whi c h w ill we ll repay a v i s it, ser v a j 'fit) it does to mark th e p rogress o f th e ag e in en e leading features—mechanical invention. DEATH IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON. —Yesterdays , u : 3 Payne, the coroner of L on d on , h e ld an inqtweLc., Queen's Prison, on the body of Mr s . Mary 133 PThcc r. " 56, the widow of an extensive farmer of Cheshire, e e Chatl' l sent to the gaol for contempt o f th e C our t o f o . to e , not producing certain deeds and p a p ers relatin.. , sf , estate. The deceased was rece i ve d i n th e montb,;'ooeil comber, 1850, and she died on Tuesday last from „ Le heart and dropsy. Verdict, " N a t ura l d ea th." LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIE T hold at nineteenth annual meeti ng o f thi s society Ica e , 131 P -; Radley's (Mr. Holt's) Hot e l, N ew B r id ge - s treet , e xit . friars, to receive th e re p or t o f th e comm itt ee , te„aitoPO committeemen going out by rotation, also to elect ig'l,o , A atatomo u t of th e f un d s o f th e soc i ety, as auditeuos 31st of October last, showed .the following ~,re g s , ,ll " 1,, Debtor—To balance on h an d O c t . 31, 1851, 3,52b.,i• to total amount of c as h received from Oct. 31,1 ofd Oct. 31, 1852, including 3s. 10d. net profit ° li sion to Portsmouth i n J u l y l as t , 1 , 3681 . 15 s. Id. ; ° I A a total of 4,8951. 2 s . C re dit or —B y t o t a l o f di s burs e tr 8651. 13s. 6d.; leaving a bala nce i n f avour o f the s e ' n - f 4,0291. 855. 6d.; being an i ncrease upon th e balance,: vin year of 503/. ls. 7d. The re p or t an d accoun ts adopted. Oei FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOU TH W A LES RA char• l —An inquest was held yesterday on the body T . rar°4 Hanbury, a signal-man at the level crossing in 41 ,, e of Westbury-on-Severn, on the Gloucester and Pc e :Ltrs' i ,' Railway, who lost his life while signaling a d e " - ,,, the e tt and who was dashed to pieces while standing e ". 0 1, line by an up-train, which arrived unnoticed by 11 , 1 . 00 ,40, 1 , appeared from the statement of the brother of the but that he was sometimes afflicted with deafness, bat' „tios., ' i was a most intelligent man . Aft er th e e xaruia' 0 0 several witnesses the jury returned an unaninio of " Accidental Death." EFFECTS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—YeS' e I Id ' td 3ls noon, a general meeting of the trustees of the Su A rre d, , Sussex Roads, which was very numerously atteu" - bov" Shadbolt in the chair, was held at the Sessions:, Newington, for the purpose of letting on lease (for ty ye esr of one year, commencing at midnight of the 3 14 4 . 0 50 6 2 ber), to the best bidder, the tolls payable to the . „ 4 " 00 ,41 at the various gates and bars under their jurisdi e toP • toll gates and bars extend from Camberwell - gae Grinltea,d. gates, in the county o f S ussex , an d in ellit .11 t, l O / nington-common-gate, Streatham-gate,Peckhanrg 6 ss e ieri with several side bars, They have been in pel ge ,„d fr o the trustees above four years, and the sum reee„i v ' 4 o, them last year was 24,8761. 15s. fxl. The ace.d putting them up to auction, said that, in consecl: p oo . „ the prospects before them in the ensuing year, (th e - bail ). of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham) the t rus tees ia the e / solved to have a reserved biddi ng of 500/. he No n 6 a, 0, fore offer them at on ce a t th e sum of 25,3761. 15 , 4 : r ed I A first bidding was mad e by Mr. J. Levy, who 0- " e "frairo on the original sum. Messrs. Messenger, Bowers , Ili so o . &c., competed for the p ro p er t y , w hi c h was eventreo.of for the above period t o M essrs . L evy, B o lt on , and the sum of 26,6501. THE ATROCIOUS MURDER AT STAFFORD.- - A , DICT.—The protracted investigation relative to ''' r 7 3 13P;i1 rous murder of an aged couple named John and Ja n o s i re burn, at their farm at Ashflats, near this town , von 0 0 been completed, and an amount of evidence be ia crit e , r vealed which renders it one of the most horribn a rli; perhaps over committed in this country. T he )P e e i turned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Charle e ,a ill A Edward Walsh, and Peter Kenyan or Kerevan , were accordingly committed for trial at the nel o f for Staffordshire. THE SCREW . STEAMER LARRISTON.—By the 4. ° 7 7: e sci -e ' ll o l the South intelligence has been received that 'IV) ;•• steamer Larriston, which left Plymouth on the, 1 . , 13%,t November, arrived at Teneriffe on the 3d Deee,rn e a est l e t ing made the passage in six days (the first two cliT e a strong head-wind and sea), being the clu ie : o s P be y; effected by any screw vessel. Her captain exprq" 25 0 lief that he would reach the Cape of Good Hope lill 0 from Plymouth. loc tio 6 oo Sr. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—On Tuesday an e . t 1. a rather exciting character took place at the hospitTotiod vacant post was that of full physician to the in s o cO o r Hitherto it has been customary, in the event of tr, sane 00 occurring, to fill it by the appointment of t.u",oatl assistant-physician, but in consequence of a re j e ct Ito having been agreed to by the governors, to the e. ja any supposed claim of seniority, or length of ser vic : junior department, should henceforward be of n o ,L; some considerable degree of interest was taken sites election of a gentleman to fill the post of full In v lately vacated by Dr. Leeson. The candidates nob . ; Goolden who lias been connected with the 1- 1 1,0 0 t 5, assistant-physician, for nearly nine years, and Dr. _ r whose connection with the, establishment has been 7 0 •9 1 7 1 more than three years standing. After a somel o t 0 1, 70 discussion, the election was proceeded with in form, viz., by ballot, and the result was that Dr•:, von was electd to the vacant post by a majority of This result appeared to give general satisfactn bse; gmoavneyrnogrsenotlfemtheenhowsphiotar among f o o n r g a w c h o o n m side w ra e m ble a pe y 0 6 c S a i n r d ß id . a H. warmly congratulat e d the 0 1 11° CLEWBAYS MINES, MAYO, IRELA ND. —At the 111 C a ll ' a of the directors, held on Monday last, a report fro 1 tain Mates , dated the 9 th inst., was read. He s3,Y4.Brorel 0 h a ve completed the head-drain, and also the Pe" ira te hold the copper ore. To-morrow (Friday), it is Dit to el", tion to begin to timber the mines, so that the 11) e n c" w ork in safety, then we will make our best effor ts ing or blasting the vei ns o f copper ore. in n,tifisn trust I shall be enabl e d t o g i ve the result of the "'o*-0 Captain Mates adds that the lode still appears mi T si H n E g. TRIIST AND LOAN COMPANY OF iirr E3 arl _A c i trlA' — up At er a ca m n e ad et a in , ghelodf t y h e e ste T r ru da s y t ,a and Loan sv C a l oc,, la ti r e- tho per cent, - at the rate of dividend for the six T 54,51 ending the 30th given was carried the to forward. directorsofBe j A f le o t tub r ut a h e o r f r i l u aa t; s t t :l u v e a r a inn s d i istatsltulA he sum theS ebelree of bonds. A SO [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- HOLLOWAY'S OINTMED .„ fir PILLS, F OR THE C URE OF WOUNDS IN T HE Ll c t . pea r tract of a l e tt er f rom M rs. Simpson, of Braunfoll°' Leeds, dated October 16, 1852. "To Professor o way. Sir, —I was afflicted for eighteen ruunth s Iv o ls. very bad l eg , in which there were th r ee deep w° or e ° tried all ki n d s o f reme di eq, and was under tb r e d e pc different surgeons h ere a nd a t Leeds, but deriadvisea benefit from their treatment. I was at lengtl' o py t° to resort to your ointment an d pills, and I is col say by the use of these valuable medicines my leg ici by ~ So WI pletely cured, and as sound as ever it was. - - br aille druggists, and at Professor Holloway's F.st3v*/ 244, strand, London. NY ANL Ae files of cot it4 6 ( t i0 e : a : 4 6, 1 000 ,0( ,titia:::: week's l ii i ` closed firm !at, 160 1 l i . i. , .40 Bahia, 4 !. Sha res co t oix Weeks' f i? la rter. Y, are, ii 'W estern ,W este rn W extern.toil tage .... rn 4 aff d IT;_ °l' ......... Li Ili 4r e and ern •• • Yoe a ; 1 ' North M 4 : l e and Ben the informa a, we l ig extract to us, dal : :l ecl f :: i,_ l ll .e e r op in a t tr oas l .t 4feenw passenger.ul., w t '. B 4 to four pa t 4 i tlin ; and 1 sad 'ea great ad efßciency 44, t r to eat- satisfa t,l l i,,, , ~ ~ make up b, e rteution e: ,ii Nently cap it l 4o unforesee. Th e ' & BUSHEL t re Pripgress of k li garded wit s:l,t eh reason. t( 't%„,., ° ' ,,, any gene: ei - eroe gem ittoal io n, afte tj i ''l,l 4l obtai ktf a insuring ] k4 , ,,i . , had beer It ll at Credit So Pi i ,, \ l'orking of (4 1; 847 , never euts bein I,,,,underst 4 f,' the founde 'is, has f 4 . 1141 s as to e ',4 18 .1:1 Aillor assoc k'°lnpany I m',, mercantile 1 tilii : ease num e a,na of its tieoont Fran h ere, owes Se l ls of Mr.. r i l e earnest en i 4 t ,,of the di] R tre he other of tt k i e°nunen ce d k a „Y insurance E lic e llester hou ' y warmly se, Pv wady of Refer "a of of the wo tke oorabinati , ki t a quail infi 1 110 'give vi. hi lia Precise o di et u rge to ti 1 (Iv a t hem in tl lit• ll ees when I ti,,,,,, , , , , p )...„.„ ,: t te etTr iii hheß p e o p. r rii a dc : kVuelety has lc) „e National 1it.4;,:°, 13 1 the s( 64, t f,tt the syno ( . ii ii .:! ) nan. has V,,10s within i lik „Jan benefit 1 11 : 41 -e society kti t ebold - ' ov , ers, w, k. E e ( l. One f )*ik t , l4lll ll will be k tk) 8 premium th e anted to the 11, 4 : Loer moiety 4 () . 3 to the asst. 14 1 iro the pre at the en d 1 1 4 4 11 '" a claim. tti t 2a b ine, to a k k : iey 7 h. e u s sN t o co n i : oil Of t its power k ot r e aders ; and the secs 11y4reet benefic a 4 ,1 1 ' . erting unf the by the exi ir, which i "eg seld om o] , ke,,,,, c 'elks are f 11 % lint, looi. ilk Stock is • $ 1 ,2 1 Foreign 1 11) 'lli li B ,h 3 per li t , , the expu. ," Lel A 1 1 + R , 11 ) "T. iv- 1 -' livthe Gold 4 4 ; dealings, a t trauan Co, nth 3 to the it 414 ' 3 ?Ptember, iii: lraportam ki k( Tr have fit T i , °oking ur 41,31,e Australi k 4 to 5/. IN Atoi high( 1 e Australi il l , t t raihvay s kquotations the er higher. liii:e is an im 4 0 :, , , Bristol fla t - 'lern are l t t „ again. N, i e silleat. Fren( t r tod, excel) . and Mous( e A,, e n n t : it ß i e es ch: 41 E st ock • ) s;`,. l '..eent. Cons 41 h per Cent uonds, o ' under 1 11'3c)lsto, N tos _ for Opel 1 'Nuer Bills C l OO. tso o • ••• ••• ••• :oitßonds. ill P e R on :CE per tt4 zil' a b 1 ,14 11 Bonds, 1 .,Lt0 4i per C t,,-Itt o N ew 80 . e llo _ b i K Ayres 13, b k tto for the . t ci lli sh 5 per Ce j i a4 a Bonds, k e 40 New DG b,,Fuese 4 pe b . .‘to for the 111 1 , 4 1 ,0 Small . D Bonds, ' k itt o , 41 ..„,.., ti milaian ' Bond Ditto Bonds, 40 Defersbit( t, 0 for the fi N "to Passive 4 11 L ish Commis r ' 3 ' l ' ll Loan ( 11, 11 eh 'l ento ' s, Il 1 ' 14 4 Bond Ilk h tae s ' 1) 44. _ hang b° 4 per C ' C O flsols for C : it treaee t_t ie . 0 e s t eh t i le n r7 v at A ihs T , C 0 1 ,, teh d I , ll g of th %.„' e t 'l, was h ,el k ," Queen.-s lek t i t l ,of th e E leltkogr4 2: itll'ege . i ti ee , e(l.l 4 tll ' a t,, iieutino• a s i( i ' 14 . 1 11,12631 . • v 4 , - . 11 course 144 (2 .' 11 , s distric i wit ra ., c7t til initig e ' t . ,3 41 134 ,„__ w wi l i t 4 he e fO 44 b re th tztet e 48 . A.fi 1,,, 0 t of thee( kee el ties ha( itt,t, th eY ever t t all co . op t a ;. %Ai , 'l°, BEY