The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

DiMANT LIFE AND FIRE ASSUR ANCE CONIPKSY • Temporary Offices, 28, Bloomsbury-square. 1 100,000/., in Shares of 11. each ; first call ss. per share. ty of shareholders limited to the amount of shares held by ,tion is particularly called to the novel and peculiar advan fered by this Coreoany. whole of the premiums paid during health, for five years or Is, may be converted into an " immediate annuity" for the I,der of life, should a member become incapable of continuing Lnual payments. Thus —suppose a man of 30 to pay SO/. a year ,r 20 years, making together 1,0001., and then to become unable roger to pay this amount, he would be entitled to inch an imme late annuity for life as 1,0001. would have purchased him at the age originally ass ured, viz., 561 12s. 6d. annually. A certain return to the assured of at least one-third of all pre alums received. &a months are allowed beyond the days of grace for the payment f all premiums, on depositing the policy with the Society. A policy may be renewed at any time after the day when the pre rainm actually became due, at the original rate of premium ; back ; ayments and interest thereon being duly paid up at the end of that time, provided the medical report is satisfactory. Medical referees, in all cases referred to them, paid for their re .orts :—One guinea up to 500/, proposed assurance, and two guineas 5001. and above. Life policies free of stamp duty to the assured. Assurances are effected, by way of provision against members ?lug attacked with paralysis, blindness, and insanity, and every ther affliction, bodily or mental. Mariners' risks whilst afloat 30s. per cent. extra. Twenty-five per cent. of the entire profits of the Company is ap ropriated for the formation of a relief fund, for the benefit of parties 4sured for life (who shall have paid five years' premiums consecu vely), as well as of aged or distressed proprietors (who shall have ►id all calls and deposits), to assist them to emigrating, educating leir children, or for such other purposes as the Court of Directors ay think expedient. Loans granted on personal and other securities in connexion with p.licy for one-fourth more than the amount borruwed. Perseus assuring for irte,;dti;ul7;n7Pa;iiciiation in the above ivantages (except the policy free of duty), will be charged two .irris of the tabular rates only. Appearances before the Board dispensed with in all cases. FIRE DE PART3IENT. The experience of existing offices proses that their largest profit lerived from that class of insurance designated " common risks." This Company is estabdshed to effect fire insurances of this cha ster principally. Every description of common risk will be taken at Is. per cent. . . The contents of private dwelling-houses insured in one amount .ctures, prints, and drawings excepted). Under this novel system insurer obtains a reduction of premium, in comparison with the 'a'-ea charged by all other existing fire-offices, equivalent to 50 )e.- cent. In all cases of total loss the whole amount Insured wil uald at once. Thus, for the first time since the estab lment of fire offices, the prudent man who insures his property ;1 be placed in the same advantageous position as the prudent to who assures his life. For the first time the value of the pro rty insured will be estimated before the insurance is effected, in ad of after the thing to be valued has been destroyed. Seven years' insurance charged the premium and duty for six years only. Attendance at the office daily from 10 to 4, on Saturdays from 10 to 2. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to the brokers, Messrs. Samuel Smith and Son, 4, Bank-chambers, LothburY, or ae temporary offices, 23, Bloomsbury square. Agezita wanted, to whom a liberal commission will be given. FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Managing Director. A LLSOPP'S PALE ALES. ..4.71 BARON LIEBIG ON CERTAIN LATE ANONYMOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. Extract of a Letter dated Munich, 12th September, 1852, from Karon Liebig to Mr. Henry Allsopp, Brewery, Burton-on -Trent. To my great astonishment and concern, ray attention has lately l'een called to several anonymous articles and advertisements h 3aded by my name, such as in the --, whose author altogether misrepresents the motives of my remarks, and even goes so far as to say ' that I had never analysed your beer, nor perhaps ever tasted It in my ilfe,' and to allege a retractatiou en my part of the original 'taternent. "I emphatically declare that I had not the slightest knowledge of these anonymous articles, the contents of which I entirely disapprove of; and that in every respect I adhere to the statement nude In my letter to you, which certainly you were, and are at perfect liberty to publish." " Munich, 12th September, 1852. [T. No. 6.] NEW ROXINcE BY THE LETTER." AUTHOR OF THE " SCAR LET In 2 vols. post Bro., cloth, 215., T HE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. By NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Author of " The Scarlet Letter," " The House of the Seven Gables," &c. " The Blithedale Romance is the intellectual exercise of a true poet, of one who is eager to read whatever Nature has to teach, and ,vho has the faculty of uttering in words the spiritual instruction , terived from his royal mistress. ing with energy and thought."—Times. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. VIRAYRE ROYAL, HA.Y3f ARRX.T. B Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING Will be performed the celebrated Adelphi , Drama of TACK SHE P • ARO, by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. Paul Bedford, S. Emery, and 0. Smith; Miss Laura Honey, Miss Ellen Chaplin, &C. To conclude with the celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, oxFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be presented (2d time) a new petite Comedy, called THE PRIMA DONNA. Principal characters by Messrs. Walter 'WY, Addison, and Cathcart; Miss Robertson, and Miss Heath (her - 1 appearance on a public stage). After which, THE CORSICAN BRO rHERS. Principal charac : - Ts by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. s.bester ; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss Murray, and Miss C. LeclerCO. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. The Box-office is open daily from 11 till 5. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP fIITLIEATRR. Crowded houses to witness the performance of the American Won 'ers, Miss Ella and Young Leon, who, in their daring feats, surpass I others in the Equestrian Circle, and may be truly named the , ienornena of the day. Also the Brothers Seigrist or. La Perche, '.:e most astonishing performance of the kind ever witnessed. fir. A Ired Cooke and his talented family will appear every evening. here will be an entire change of Scenes in the Circle. the doors open at Half-past ''Lx o'clock; the Performances commence at Seven. Half-price at Halt-past Eight. kkimisston—Stalls, ss. ;Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 22. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Lecleroq. ROYAL SITURF.T ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. FOUR EXTRA NIGHTS. ' •)-DAY, September 20, by particular desire, a Grand Union Gala of al! the Novelties of tne •-eason. TUESDAY, 21, and WEDNESDAY, 22, are Juvenile Nights, Fireworks at Half-past Eight. GURSDAY, 23 (most positively the Last Nght of the Season), Grand Extra Disp;ay of Fireworks and Flight of Five Hundred Rockets, to be witnesst d nowhere but at these Gardens. J, eat Combination of Attractions - Music, Zoology , Floriculture, and Fireworks. Danson's Modelled Panoramic View of Mount Etna will positively be removed after thi • week, in order to commence with the prepa rations ior nest season. GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS—Wss Messent, Miss Clara Henderson, Mr. Young, Mr. Manvers, and Mr. Leffler. Conducted by Mr. J. L. Hatton, who will preside at the Pianoforte. PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLOISTS—Messrs. J. Richardson ri ete), Wuille (Clarionet). Lazarus (Clarlonet), Viotti Collin- Ciotti (Trombone), Collinet (Flageolet), Sidney Pratten ('lute). and Conductor of the Orchestra, Mr. C. Godfrey. mThlbition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUN'I 'T ▪ ~ ▪ NA and the CAVES o f VULCAN . and the CYCLOPS—Splendic i nteresting Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's on .rivalled,i Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties—Concluding a , k with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. SouthbY. ro P i ",s'etlilg the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the 7::1 - t e cients), with the Caverns and Forges or V ulcan and his C yc l ops Ilranr wh ole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereiads receiving the armour of Achilles. Doors °Pea from Nine A.Y. Feeding the AM nab at Five. Con ;err. at a Q uarter-past Sta. Fireworks at Nine. AI-MISSION, ONE SHILLING. PORTRAITS WELLINGTON AND SOU - LT, WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIMILE3 OF THEIR ILA.ND wRITINGs. 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 Mims IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE SIXPEN CE. Sun Office, Sept. 20, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T'ais DAT —Morning 9 min. after G I Evenitu: 35 rnin. after 6 ?o•Moaaow—Morn!ng 2 lain. after 7 I Evening 37 min. after 7 THE WEATHER.—Suig OFFICE, SEPT. 20 THERMOMETER, LET THE SHADE. 61—aigheat since noon yesterday. 4 6—ioweet this morning and during the night. 60—:his clay, at noon. B A P. 014 STEN 2963. dull, cloudy weather, with heavy showers occasionally ; Afternoon, sunshine. UA.II,Y WEATHER. TABLE; 13tat e ot ~_ .._ p l ace , at , si s ",:_ wind and Weather at each of the following s ursnes, r in e o'clock on Saturday morning. —!'he itabona r_ of tau tude. rtULLINGAR-.. W i n POOLI3 Wind E ., a nt S • E gen tle breeze—partially cloudy. HA aiNc 3 / 4 4—Wind - L , reng hreeze—.beavy rain. E ' strong breeze—heavy rain. L. ardAmprox_4l-I;cigrile breeze —rain. T F uy °l- ftr ipo s E l L — w W i n in a d E S . : r ' st ' r gentle breeze—overcast. overcast. gentle breeze—overcast. vercast. Pa.seragrotts —Wind N. E "g bree ze -- Me breeze—heavy rain. u,REEN '4 ICH—Wind S.E " . vrcast. '..imoon—Wind gentle I );e e z n e in o d udless. Leacmrorf —Wind N ., S. E., gentle br7 y" m ou T H—Wind S. E., strong b:ezeeze The returns trom the following pi ace : e tcate the state of the wind and weather on Friday " I "ning at nine o'cr, , c.k : Pootz--Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially e l„ d ,. SouTwAxr2 T os—Wind N.Y., strong breeze—fop, - ." liaslNGnOKE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partrali Y cloudy. ,Mllliar.l.o ‘,..t, 2 ,4 T 7 ti;'. A -4' ,A 1 ..:1".' . , t' - i:j - !i •_i_ k . z ,.... " -- t . !;,;,. , ,,,7, -, .'•, - /C, ' , ';''\, -, •;-.L .4, --.?*; us e ...-- i 43 .erciiivT, g. - - - LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1852. Cavillers were not wantin g in 1850 to deride the of lif project the Exhibition, b tivaWl more particularly, to 14A _r.idicula the design of a palace being constructed of 41-11.11,4a1 and iron for its reception. It cannot very AI , • --= • '''' _l= . non be forgotten how triutnphautly the success of 4 IT: 4 ; ,......, : s j . , that extraordinary and unparalleled enterprise falai ) 1p Via- .;,:-.±! -I . ~ 'Sad the predictions of each re presentative of the if '..-::- • ..":, •• ' 'miserable 4 . i k ' family of Smellfungus. So triumphantly,l qiii a .l V._ THE SUN, indeed, that there is not left amongst them any more vitality of hatred than can be found in the roe of a ehotten herring. The recons'ruction of the glass edifice at Sydenbam is, therefore, being eff-cted with out the revival of any of those sinister hints or sneers of depreciation to which the public, two or three seasons back, were so accustomed. There is, probably, not to be found in the three kingdoms an individual bold enough to jeer at the schemes of the Crystal Palace Company as impracticable or extravagant — al ways excepting, of course, our dear friend Colonel SIBTHORP. Yet those schemes are of a magnitude and of an apparent complication so remarkable that, four or five and twenty months ago, they might have been reasonably viewed by the generality as more suitable for the dreams of a visionary than for the prospectus of a commercial association. The truth is that, in 1851, so many seeming miracles were ac complished by the ingenuity of Sir JOSEPH PArron, by the industry of Sir CHARLES Fox, and by the zeal of Sir RICHARD MAYNE, that people have almost abandoned the old-fashioned custom of betraying, or, indeed, of possessing, emotions of astonishment. If matters go on in this way much longer the organof " wonder" may be quietly sponged uut of the chart of Phrenology. It is the fashion, by , he way, of the new generation to be prepared against any surprise whatever. Insomuch that the petit maitre of our day—ennuyee , blasé, "used up," or what you will"—like pleasant Sir CHARLES COLD. .TREAM, or rather that is to say, in other words, like our delightful CHARLES MATHEWS, the incomparable namesake and impersonator of that character—can pry even into the flaming abyss of Vesuvius, and find nothing in it." Neither can this self-possession be altogether incomprehensible in an age when marvels lre rendered mere matters of everyday occurrence to ~u r children. There was a drama produced on the stage of Covent -garden some time back, which had .Lhe good fortune to be twice played by her MA JESTY'S servants in the presence of her MAJESTY. It was from the band of the veteran LEIGH HUNT, and was called " A Legend of Florence." In this drama we remember one Fran) Di. RIVA is made to speak as follows—his remarks being uttered in the age of LEO X., and in one of the streets of old Florence : " The wild man's dream, Or what he might have dreamt, when at his wildest, Is, to the civilized man, his common place : And what should time so reverence in ourselves, As, in his due good course, not still to alter." " Till chariots run some twenty miles an hour ?" suggest, his companion, derisively. " Ay," says DA RIVA, " thirty or forty." - " Oh! oh! Without horses? Say, without horses." " Well, to oblige you,—yea" " And sailing boats without a sail! Ah! ha! Well, glory be to poetry and to poets! Their cookery is no miocing! Ah! he! ha! They certainly, while they're about it, do Cut and carve world's out with their golden swords To which poor Alexander's was a pumpkin." Not merely, however, have the dreams thus humour ously imagined been long since realized by the fiery dragon of the steam-engine, carrying us upon the seas without a sail, and upon land thirty or forty miles an hour without horses—but in a thousand other particulars the phantasies of the day-dreamers of old have become, indeed, our daily commonplace. When our portraits are taken by the sunbeam, when we can talk a thousand miles apart with flashes of lightning, when we can grow coffee from a transparent solution, and read with our elbows by clairvoyance, and dis cover planets not with the accidental sweep of a teles ope, but with the precision of an algebraic calcula- tion,—it is scarcely possible that there should be much room left for the simple emotions of surprise or amazement. The wonderful achievements of 1851 seem to have set the finishing seal to this self-collected complacency. By the beginning of that memorable year we had seen a palace sprout from the greensward of Hyde-park as magically as the famous structure ouilt in a single night by the genie of the ring for Prince ALADDIN ; and a palace that contained more gorgeous curiosities than were ever conjectured to be possible by the imaginative young lady who told the Sul tan Caliph the stories of the Arabian Nights' Entertain ments. The rapidity with which the Crystal Palace ,f the Exhibition was constructed, under the auspices of Fox and PAXTON, was such, in truth, that the public are now prepared for "anything" in re ference to the labour of its reconstruction amongst the rural scenery of Sydenh,:tn. When we hear, therefore, that the foundations are al ready hastening towards their completion, the in elligence comes to us 53 a mere matter of course. We are not at all astonished at the catalogue of ne tnaterials employed—the hundreds of braciogc, :ne thousands of girders, the millions of railing], the :wiles of gutters, the acres of glass, and the moun rAins of sashbars. We feel no amazement at the news - hat the garden] are already being marked out for inure cultivation. It sounds to us simple enough to le told that OWEN JONES and DIGBT WYATT are tra velling here and there into the remotest corners of the European Continent, to collect ideas of novel decora- 'ton and embellishment. Dr. LATHAM has of course undertaken the management of the ethnological de partment. Professor ANSTED has of course accepted the office of arranging the geological illustrations. We shall only be surprised it FARADAY does not bot tle up some of the electric belt of Saturn in a Leyden Jar for the shelves of the Crystal Palace Laboratory, and if OWEN does not add to the zoological treasures of the establishment an infant Mastodon or a sucking Pleisiosaurus. Some of the guessers at intelligence announced a week or ten days ago, that Mr. DISRAELI had pre pared his Budget, submitted it to his colleagues, re ceived their unanimous consent to all its propositions, and was quite ready to make his financial statement as early in November as was practicable, consistent with the swearing in of the new Parliament, the pass ing of the Standing Orders (which, by the way, ought to be carefully revised, inasmuch as they often override Statutes of the Realm), and the disposal of the routine business following the election of Speaker, the delivery of the tell-nothing document called "The Speech fr om t h e Th rone, " an d th e moc k di scuss i ons on the Address ~ which, as usual, is merely an echo of the Royal s Speech." Now, we very much doubt the truth of probable this ci rcums t an ti a l asse rtion. It i s ex tremelyy difficulties e that Mr. DISRAELI, AS Chan cellor of th e i is ' Exenequer has applied himself, with h wonted industry and ability, to master the man of National Finance ; for the Right Hono urable Gentleman is deter mined, we Presume , I. .. 0 earn his salary, and t o fi aexpectationsalso, that he of his fri en d s and followers. It i has sk e t c h ed the rough plan of a budget which will endeavour t o b e at once popular and productive. It i s not unlikely t s probab le, lfil the that he may even consult some of his colleagues, severally, upon the leading points which have occurred to him as practi cal and rengible ; but that he has completed his got it in his pocket , budget, and has with the Cabinet "approved" endorsed upo n i t, ap pearsthat Colonel SIBTRORP as unlikely as s h ould become Chairman of the Crystal Palace Com pany ; or that GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG should speak com mon sense ; or that Major B E RESFORD should walk , down " the shady side of Pall , -man ' arm-in-arm hrewsbury with his correspondent, FRAIL, the S bar ber; or that JOHN O'CONNELL should come over f'or the express purpose of " dying on the floor of the House;" or that Vice-Chancellor STUART should support " Chancery Reform ," or that Row- LAND HILL should propose a return to dear postage ; or that Brother JONATHAN should cease to grasp and brag; or that Punch should ridicule Whig absurdi ties; or that Joster BRIGHT should suddenly become the Parliamentary mirror of politeness and gentle courtesy; or that, in short, any other very unlikely and unexpected event should suddenly occur " To overcome us, like a summer cloud," On the contrary, we think that Mr. DISRAELI hag yet some weeks of hard labour to undergo, before he can have his budget into anything at all approaching what tailors call "ship-shape." The laws of taxa tion, now exi s ti ng, are altogether wrong in principle, and they cannot be maintained much longer in their present shape. Thero is the Income and Property tax, to commence with, which every one (except Government officials, who dislike the an ticipated trouble. of a change in the sy stem,) ad m its to be unjust, oppressive, and un equal. This we have shown so often (and we venture to say) so forcibly, that we need not waste words upo n t h e su bj ect here. Al l admit that this impost cannot remain as it is. If a man have 5001. a year, d er i ved from professional LOWDOW, labour; if another have 5001. a year, accruing to him from rents of houses ; if a third have a like 5001. a year, from landed property, surely their cases very wid-ly differ. The professional inan'b income, which would stop altogether, or be greatly reduced, from ill health, competition, or other casualties, is worth a very small rate of purchase : it is not worth two years' purchase, under such personal contingencies, but we shall take it at 1,000/. The property in houses and other buildings, on leases with various terms to run, is worth about fifteen years' purchase, or 7,5001. The landed property, yielding the like income, is worth thirty years' purchase, or 15,0001. But, under the present tax, all these are made to pay the same 141. lls. Bd. This is the first point which Mr. Dis- RAELI will have to adjust. If the actual value of each income were taken, and subject to the usual rate of interest, the professional man would pay 2/. 18s. 4d., on 100/., interest of 2,0001.: the house-owner, 10/. 18s. 9d. on his 7,500/. ; and the landowner, 211. 17s. 6d. on his 15,0001. Thus the man with personal and uncertain income would raise 11/. 13s. 4d.; the house-owner would pay 31. 12s. 11d. less than he does now; and the landed proprietor, with a fixed and certain income, would very properly be called upon to pay 71. 53. 10d. more than he pays at present. By such equalized and adjusted payments the inequality and unfairness of this tax would be removed. The richest would proportionably make the greatest payments, as they ought to do / In any revision of our system of taxation, the pro bate and legacy duties must be equalized, and on the same principle (of making these duties fall heaviest on the wealthiest) which we would apply to the income and property-tax. Nearly twenty years ago the thought ful mind of WILLIAM COBBETT applied itself, in and out of Parliament, to reform the crying evil of this system. In those days it was considered vastly un genteel to challenge the principle of our taxation, and besides this, COBBETT, who was a giant with his pen or in the lecture.room, was dwarfed in the Senate. To spite him, to render his work useless, and to please Lord ALTHORP (an honest breeder of cattle and sheep, but very little of a statesman), his motion was rejected. It was a good motion, for all that, and would meet with a different reception now. The probate and legacy duties are very unequal. They cannot be avoided and must be paid. Most of the property bequeathed by will is rated to these duties, and if a man leave no will, the probate duty is made some fifty per cent. more than if he had. The evil is that, having been imposed by law-makers who them selves are great owners of real property, the duties are graduated so that real property is excluded from their operation! So much for class legislation. Thus, if A possess a landed estate worth 50,000/., and B leave behind him 50,000/. in money, and both leave this real and personal property to C, he will have to pay neither probate nor legacy duty upon the real property (the landed estate), but he must pay 7501. probate duty, and 5,0001. legacy duty, on the personalty (the money), and this indepen dent of the proctor's charges and of the court fees, including those that make up the 14,000/. a year of the Mammoth Pluralist, the Reve rend JOHN MOORE, Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury—as son of a defunct Arch bishop! If C had been a child or other descendant of B, he should pay 5001. legacy duty ; if he had been a brother, or brother's descendant, he should pay 1,5001. legacy duty; if a brother of B's father or mother, or the child of such, t he le g ao y duty would be 2,500/. ; if a stage further in the relationship, C should pay 3,0001. —in each case paying the 7501. as probate duty, which would be increased to 1,1251. of the personal property passed without a will. Here, then, is heavy taxation on the succession to personal pro perty, which it may be generally presumed a man's industry or ability makes, and a total exemption for real property, which he . inherits, as one of the "fruges consurnere natl." The heavy taxation falls on the industrious—the light taxation on the aristocracy and landed interest. Nay, so far as the personal estate can be applied to pay debts and incumbrances on the real, it is not taxed, and thus a great amount of even the personalty of the aristocracy and landowners wholly escapes probate and legacy duty. _ _ Now, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, if he means to equalize taxation (as he has promised) must either abolish these duties—which he cannot afford to do—or subject all property, real as well as personal, to their payment. If he honestly attempt this—and he may fail, through the power of class legislation— he will do more to establish an honourable reputation than if he had delivered a score of eloquent orations. NVill his landed•interest colleagues let him attempt this act of financial justice ? Judging by the number of cases for trial at the ate assizes, amounting, with those of concealing birth, to no less than twenty-six, infanticide must have increased to an extent unparalleled hitherto in this country. Though the convictions were com paratively few, yet it is painful to feel pretty sure that this is due, for the most part, either to the merely legal imperfection of the evidence, or to the reluctance of juries to be instrumental in the inflic tion of capital punishment. The judges who tried these twenty-six cases, if giving us their own view of the verdicts of acquittal, would doubtless express their fears that most of the unhappy mothers had been guilty of the crime imputed to them. What can be done in such a state of the question ? It is clear that a crime of this magnitude cannot be tolerated in a civilized and Christianized state ; it is clear also that juries, feeling as most men feel when called upon to give a verdict involving the life of a fellow creature, will lay hold of every flaw and loophole in evidence as a pretext for acquittal ; and such defects can generally be readily found by a clever counsel, interrogating a humane surgeon or other witnesses. Indeed, it may well be qinstioned by a juryman of scrupulous conscience whether he ought to convict with the remotest chance of error, when he thereby inflicts a punishment precluding the possibility of rectifying his awful mistake, should he make one. It is by no means easy to compensate for imprisonment or banishment, suffered through an erroneous verdict; but for death, suffered through a juror's error, there is, of course, no remedy. By no means unfrequently (considering the agonizing painfulness of the case) it has been found, but too late, that innocent persons have died by the bands of the hangman. It scarcely admits of a doubt that numerous executions of the guiltless took place when a wilful Sovereign and the Bank of England were inexorable in hanging for forgery. Juries cannot, therefore, be expected to relinquish their strong desire to acquit, if possible, in capital cases. We have, indeed, heard it remarked that infanticide, like suicide, is a case almost beyond the reach of law ; that a mother's love to her off spring is so etrong, that nothing but partial insanity could nerve her arm to destroy it. Tnat a kind of delirious frenzy, generated by the awful social punishment inevitable on her fall, and in part to be endured by her offspring also, if she spare it, renders her a scarcely accountable agent. We have indeed east theto ety extenuate W heard thi s very s t a t emen t f rom th e lips of a mo a t in telligent surgeon. I t i s not one, h owever , on w hi c h penalty. we think a l eg i s l ator can act, excep t i n th e way o f moderating wishing,so m onstrous therefore, a in the l e the guilt of violation of the holiest murder of the innocent who had just become suscep tible of maternal love and help, by the hands of its own mother, we may yet venture to ask whether law ought to inflict the same • punishment as for the murder of an adult. Mu c h might be said, no doubt, on the claims of a human being in • its most helple.a s t a te on the sternest protection of law. Yet the murdered adult is nearly always murdered under circumstances in which he is as helpless as an infant itself. And here, after all (without offering a word in defence of a most irrational and wicked practice), is the undeniable difference between killing in a duel an d real murder. But further, the mother, in murdering her child, has feelings to over come which are unknown to the duellist and the mur derer. The latter have to surmount' only the or dinary aversion of human beings to injure one ano ther ; and the most terrible p e nalty the law can i n fli c t is unquestionably deserved, t o say the least, by th e man who takes from another the one thing which men value above all else ; for " all that a man hath will he give for his life ;" and as the penalty is deserved, so, if expedient, it is justifiable to inflict it, as a needful counterpoise to the promptings of revenge or thirst for gold. How different with the mother 1 Except in MONDAY EVENING„ SEPTEMBER 20, 1852 a she he a r s with feelingsunut te of lowest instinciow n s (l t e r efa,es: 3' 3 the first cries c f h er new-born babe. , Common in part t o h er with the inferior anima l s , we uld prompt her rather t o te v r e a r b V ie flw of the e e endanger her own life tirsn to hazard that of her babe's. Where the natural barrier is thus all but insur mountable, it must be some almost irresistible impulse which carries the unhappy mother over it—an impulse far less controllable than that which impels to ordinary murder. It is also to be borne in mind that feelings which, unlike revenge or avarice, call rather for our sym pathy than our reprobation, really drive the distressed and almost bewildered mother to the commission of her dreadful crime. Do we then apologise for in fanticide ? Assuredly not. We only suggest that it does differ from ordinary murder. The female, sensi tive enough to find in the shame of her fall a rack on which she is tortured out of her natural feelings, is just the one to have had those feelings most strongly. We could hardly be human not to sympathise with the unbearable mental distress to which not noire quently a too generous confidence has brought her, while we ehould scarcely be human if we could sym pathise at all with the motives to ordinary murder. If a father, or any other man, had murdered the help less infant, no punishment could be too severe when the motives must have been so mean and so vile. It may be added, too, that in the adult the law has, after all, snore to protect than in the new-born child. Every juror, we apprehend, intuitively perceives that the mother who has destroyed life as it was com mencing has not done the same thing, nor caused the same amount of suffering as the murderer of the adult. The death of the latter is a cruel infliction generally on a circle of mourning relatives and de pendants ; but we need not dilate on the obvious dif ference here. It wo uld deeply grieve us to lessen, i by any rea soning, the sentiment so h a ppil y di s ti ngu i s hi ng civilised from feudal times, of the s acredn ess o f human life ; yet it i s thi s very sent i ment, w hi c h , i n the jury-box actually acquits, if posaible, the mother who takes the life of her babe ! We apprehend, then, that some modification of the l a w might do something towards arresting the pro gress Painful crime. In an over-peopl e d conntryofthis, when early marriages are frequently impos sible, and yet the shame of forfeited virtue so great, the temptation to the unnatural crime of infanticide may often be great, and severely punished it must s uif ffi sufficiently e n p t u l y n Punishment a n c d o ualtd the b e samefo un t d i m which of their office, it sure l y c bw a eo u .u s l e dß j bu u e rzes and j udges to waver i n the discharge But were well worth the trial. With the maudlin tenderness for crime indulged in by some se ntimentalists, we have no sympathy what ever. It harmonizes neither with the dictates of morality nor religion, nor, indeed, with the manly good sense of Englishmen ; but, on the other hand punishments at all severer than the safety of society, or the nature of the offence demand, are proverbially, known to defeat their own end. We commend the subject to the consideration, at least, of humane and intelligent law -reformers. o Leasin Business Railways. ~ Nominal Prices.uompanies. to-day. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W . . Bin& Oxf., gua. all Gt. Westn. 2bi4 30% Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar all pd , i Do. Do. without, all pi Do. Buckinghash. all p,Lon.&N.W ••• ••• Clydsdale Jc., all p,Caledonian 52 —53 E. Lin., gua. 6 per' cent IN/. pd Gt. Northn.llso 152 151 Gloucest. & Deanl Forest 'dl pd i Gt. We.strn. 32 —33 Hartlepl. Dk. & % I Yk. New. Railw. pd Z & Berw. '" *** Hull& Selby, all p Yk. &N 113, 115 Halves., alves., all p Do. 1 56% 5 7 14 Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds& &cif., all Midland Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 1334 14% Do. Pref....all pd Do. - 26% Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Middle-she & Red car, 6 p. c., all p Stktn &Dar N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 63 —65 64% 65 Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. Presto. & Wyre, L.& N.W all paid j &La•&Y "" ••• Ditto, Halves, A, 100/. pd Do. Roy. & Hit.,loo/4Gt.Northn 149 --- 151 Do. Shep. Ex., all' Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole, sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks „,„ S. Staffdsh., 9% plMai•Clean Wear Val. 6p all IStckt& Dar 30 -- 31 Ditto ditto, all pi Do. La 649 iii: NW. WA Wykitali 10 i s. 105 FONLEIGN. Railway:. &mine! Price:. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd, Dutch Rhenish...B/. pdl East Indian all pd GL Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg ...14/. pd Do. (Railway) 10/. pd Do d Do. (Canal) 2% pd Lyons & Avignon, 5 pd Madras 2s. pd Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege all pd Do. ex int ..... all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons 101. pd Do. Bonds ... 12 pd. Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd i Paris, Caen, and Cher bourg. 4 pd Rouen & Havre...all pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 6!. pd ..''. ••• 5 / 8 -' - ' Y 8 P %di& % p 73 4 B %p 2 —2% p 1 —1% p 7%- 734 434 - 5 Ix - ii,i Iy, - IA 3%- 4 ... _ 318 - -2% p 7 9 2 - 8 1 4 - 9 6 1 4 - 7 27% -28 1 A 13% - 14;i P 11% I - iti LA p 57 - :5 - Y 34 % - 35 29 -29 % 1%- I`4P 14% - 15% 10 -10% ... ... di , ., 4 1 4 5 Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. &Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty ... all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Mariquita.... all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd . Port Philip all pd, Quartz Rock all pd' Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 4 South Australian, all pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba 1 paid , 4 1 A -4% p. MINES. % p par % p ''" ••• 7 / 8 • - nip % 1 % % dis. % % die. y 4— % di2. ••• - •• 6 -• 7 i4dis. par 44 —46 % % p 5 A t —— • % dis. % di& par I% 1 5 / 8 p 3'adis. y 4— 3 / 4 P 3 4 % dis. %clis. par 4 5 % % dig. % 3 4 p % %P 11% 12% lidis. par 12 —l3 1 JOINT Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Com. of London 20/. pd London Com:. Bank of Australia Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 LA p 1 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pdl Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold Importing Com. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd 6% —7% I Vic— par '-STOCK 55% 56 57 —59 15 —l6 29 —3O 4 - 5 18%--19 31 -33 44 -46 18% __ió 38 —39 x.d 46 % 47 16/ 8 17% MIS Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32 1 ,E pd Copper Miners of Eng land . all pd De. Preference, 7i4 pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1 p Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. r'l pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2!. p 49 6 % - 861,4 17 -18 ICELLANEOI7I 8 - 4 50 -51 30 -30 IA ••• .... ••• 4% -5% ii% = 29 3' 2 - ix 84 -86 85 % 78 - 79% 1 Business done to-day. 1 2M 3 %Yts 8 8 ;28 1 4 ;7% 7 % %3/8 5 4% :5 4% 5 IV, S ys 1% 9 % 3/ 2i,i im 8 3 4 j a 5 % 7 28% y t , 28 19 22% % 5814 3434, [3O 29% y a 30 29% s '/ 16% io 43% 7 / 8 11 10 5 / 8 11 I VA % % 6% 7% 7 1 A 29►% 45 % % 1% 4Y B 1l 13 4% % % 4 5 / 8 y 8 a% 1 ;a 1% ys 1 Ov a 1% 9 84 9 75C83' 8 8 . KR. 57 16% 16 33% 14 33 50 yi 29 1 ,4 86 y & 36% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 2,000 on speculation. The mar ket closed very firmly. The sales comprised 6,500 American, 250 Pernam and Maranhana at 6 4 d. to 7.1., 200 Bahia at 6t 3 1. to 61d., 400 Egyptian at 64d. to Bd., 600 Surat at 41. to 41d., and 40 Sea Island at Is. 9d. to 2s. 4d. per lb.—ln Rail way Shares only a limited business was done at lower prices. The Corn trade is very dull this morning. The Railway meetings announced are the following:— Caledonian, Sept. 22 —London Tavern. Irish South-Eastern, Sept. 25—Dublin. Lancaster and Preston, Sept, 20—Lancaster. London and South-Western, Sept. 24—Terminus. Maria Antonia, Oct. I—Florence. Midland, Oct. 2—Derby. Newmarket, Sept. 29—London Tavern. North and South-Western, Sept. 20—Office. Rouen and Havre, Sept. 30—Paris. Shrewsbury and Bi rm i ngham, Sept. 20—Wolverhampton. Shropshire Union, Sept. 23—Shrewsbury. Tourney, Jurb., Linden, and Hass, Sept 30—Brussels. Accounts from Belgium state that the treaty of com merce between that country and France was exciting opposition and remonstrance on the part of the silk manufacturers at Lyons and the vine growers at Bor deaux, the dates under the new arrangement being augmented. The French Government, in the interest of its own subjects, will endeavour to procure a modifi cation, but it must exerc i se, we presume, more liberality itself, ere a fair claim can be established. The Amsterdam Stock Market, on the 18th inst., was dull except for Dutch Four per Cents. Spanish Bonds were animated, bat at lower rates. Austrian and Rus sian Stocks were rather feeble. There had been a can celment in the presence of authorized parties of 29,977,135 florins of Treasury bills, in virtue of the law of Dcoem ber, 1845. Through India and by the Overland Mail, there are advices of July 1 from Sydney. The general news is very satisfactory. The accounts from the Northern Mines (Maitland district) are fully as brilliant as those by the last Over land Mail. The discovery had so increased the traffic between the Hunter River and Sydney that a new Steam boat Company was in the course of formation at Maitland, withl4o,oool, capital in 4,000 shares at 101. eacb, and a good dividend was anticipated without affecting the position of the old company, the traffic being double the amount it was capable of accommodating. From the Western mines some fine specimens of pure gold nuggets, one especially of ten pounds weight, had arrived at Sydney, and were purchased at 655. 6d. per ounce : however, the operations of the miners at the wet diggings were: for a time suspended in consequence of the waters of the Turon being so high as to cause many of the richest beds to be overflowed; however, this district has been more than compensated by the discovery of dry diggings in the dividing range fifty miles west of Molong, which wore turning out ex ceedingly rich; 6 oz. per day had been obtained per man by one party. The gold here is found in crystallized quartz. A railway was projected from Melbourne to Alexander. The steamer from America is just telegraphed. The English Stock Market has been very firm, in the absence of any particular activity. The largo amount of specie exported last week does not exercise any depressing influence, because it is anticipated that there wilt speedily be an influx from Australia and by the West India steamer. Consols have been 100 to 1 for Transfer, and 1001 to 1 for Account. Exchequer bills have been 745. and India Bonds 87s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been livelier, and tend upwards again. Mexican have advanced to 251 11-, and Peruvian Deferred aro 651 to 66. Grenada Deferred aro marked 124. The Turkish Loan has been up again to 91 and 10 premium. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been dull at 384. Spanish Throe per Cents. have advanced to 501 and 51, and the New Deferred to 231 H. Tho Passive Bonds have been at 611 to and the Certifi cate is at 3. Sardinian Stock is quiet at 954. The Austrian Loan is 44 to 51 premium. Russian Bonds have been at 119, and Dutch Four per Cents. at 99. The lino of railway from Charleroi to Erquelines is to be opened on the 11th of next month. In the mean time coa c h es are runn i ng to connect i t w i t h the Nor t h of France Railway. Railway Shares have been very dull, but paces have not keen further red uce d, an d Great Northern and North Stafford are better. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, York and North Midland, and Ca le donian, are also higher. French Shcres aro generally dearer, and Belgian very animated. Gold Mines are in more request, at fuller prices in several instances. United Mexican are tendieg up. wards still, and Imperial Brazilian fluctuate a good deal. QUA RTES TO THREE. • 100 t ▪ 100 t ONE CLOSING 100 . / 4 aPlptlaCrlpenOt!rcoonitstoTlissAtlrinFuiUNtieD3S.. ................. 100 VETOE S India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,0004, ••• 84 p Consols for Account ............... 10 14 : r 0 741 i !. June. 100; Exc hequer Bills. 15i . d . .. 1,0001. ......................... 74 p 70 p 500/. 70 p ............ 74 p Consols ••• Litto Account , Oct 13 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN' FUNDS. O'CLOCK; Austrian 5 per Cent. Scrip 4 4 bYs P raziiian Bonds, 5 per Cent, — Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Egnador Bonds OLOSINCt PSICEB. 54 P 104% 724 474 Grenada Bonds, 1 1 /.i per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred l2n Voxiz:tn, 1816 3 p'r Cent., 25 ty l % Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 per Cent — ..... Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent 65% 66 66 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 38 Ditto, 4 per Cent. 13 ns9 i a n Bonds ....a 119 Ditto, 44 per Cent 96 Sardinian Bods, 5 Fer Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent 50% 51 50% 5 ° 23% Ditto, New Deferred ...... 23 7 / 8 % 6 % Ditto. Passive 6% n Spanish Corn. Cert. Coup. not funded 3 3% per ant i() P Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 lO 9% 10 p Dividends on the above payable in London. _ ....- 12% 25%; Dntch 2 1 ,4 per Cent. 12 (mild.... Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates... 99 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY:? LONDON, SEPT. 20.—Wind at noon W.N.W., LP' breezo and cloudy at times. Pl,v3rotrrn, SEPT. 19.—Wind W. N.W.-511Persiar, Port Philip ; Emigrant, Port Philip; Tim e and Truth, Melbourne. LEMVIG, SEPT, 13.—The Elites Minde, Hull to Chris,. tiansand, was wrecked on this coast yesterday during 0 ga HA le; crew say. MBURG'', ed SEPT. 16.—The Eendreight, Flensafteburg r to Aberdeen, sunk the 13th instant , 54 N., 7 E., Icing in contact; crew saved and landed here. , , a , MALTA, SEPT. B.—The Liebe, Kara to Live ',— put in with damage, having been struck by lighteing: IS !! CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT, 4.---The Catherine, GU t O transhipping United he Kingdom,r cargo arrived t op r e heresirepair damage. prior to 2 d instant, is PLYMOUTH, SEPT. J9.—The schooner Dart, of this . port, Fowey to Cardiff, sank yesterday off ah® Lzard, crew saved and landed here. South o t ho dWoos,poc:: N e vin, t p ot u a b l l l i y n SUNDERLAND, likely"torObßefrom W to New Orleans, is on C° t ln he ni°l:llBobr d a i n s d nm A st r e S k d E lo o Fr w ff . t : t o h l e 9 N . L il h a d s e . tle, has been assisted if], Liverpool me SEPT. aSEPT.T wreck; 1 9 . 1:c crew e e w B a h n u d r t p p s o s r s e 0 1 jogf and e i cl : II has been wrecked l9' n — ea T r e ra landed. Bridport, Saline, DEAL, SEPT. 19.—Wind N,Vir.--at.• G o od Ceylon.—Arrived from the River, ?Jell' CoPe Aged Hope; Gateshead, Madras; Laura, Africa. ' 1° t Philip• from vv the River and sld. alcutta, ditto; Arlemesia , Jeannette, Mitchel, .1. or _O. atnloo, Sydney, New South Wales; Union, ats. hart C Town; Hopewill, libeeres.choo,ne,ir ,tt lent, o_ G d o°P e bet $ Ceylon S d ; -S-neY, Ceylon ; Apprentice, m Bussorab ; Eliza Hart, Cape oSf Melbourne, cJ 610 he no fo N: 01 ou n t , 1301,11 y . Arabsoll r _ . arlborough, ditto; Janet, Valparaiso; , Que e; .. Tobago; Ocean Queen, New York Glenswelly ma H i n A t R o p IC a H s; COWES, SEPT. 19.—Wind S. to S.S.Pir.--Arrd. Cs° ton, for Hamburgh. Sa° to sprung, SEPT . 19.—The&. London, has been towed in with loss of foremast, au LIVERPOOL, ( coo; Lord Farnhaln. - Calcutta; Evangelist, San Francisco; Cumberland, .1„._.,,, Onward, New Orleans; Laurie, Charleston; 3 obail ii "j i , SEPT. 19.—Wind N.E.—Sld. 'Codger°. cock, New York; Canada steamer, Boston; Sare n h cf ~5 rt, steamer, Melbourne ; Angelina, San Francisco. ‘,.. r ° r Only Son, Thomas ee, and Louisa. The Mail from Dublin , around in the Ruth Channel, got °'" 10 has arrived here' without damage. Asia steamer, York ' , arrived off Holyhead at 8 A.M. g Sia' V --' WATERFORD, 8 —Wind N. to 8.-- ' Baticela, Pictou. SEPT. . . _ , stir:Dried COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 17. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert remained at the Shiel of Aut-na-Giuthsach yesterday morning, the Hon. Mary Seymour being in at tendance on her Majesty. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred went yes. . terday to Birk Hall and the Linn of Muick attended by Mr. Gibb s . , The express conveying the news of the death of the Duke of Wellington reached her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday after noon, when on an expedition to the Dhu Loch, west of Loch Muick, which place they had reached from Aut-na. Guithsach. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were deeply grieved at the receipt of the mournful intelligence, and immediately returned home. Orders were immediately given for countermanding all invitations to the Castle. The Countess of Desert has left Balmoral, and been succeeded in her duties as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty by the Viscountess Jocelyn. , Dispatches were received at the Colonial.office on Saturday from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Cey lon, the Mauritius, Labuan, Malta, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday to the Go vernors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong-Kong, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. HER MAJESTY'S SOJOURN in the NORTH CaATHIE, FRIDAY.—To-day her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took short walks about " The Hut" and Lockmuick in the forenoon, and re. turned to Balmoral in the evening by the same road as that over which they drove on Wednesday. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princesses visited the Linn of Dee thi s a ft ernoon , driving up the south side of the river, through the Ballochbui Forest and Castletown of Braemar. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by Mr. Gibb, and on their return called at Corremulzie Cottage, and took tea with Mr. and Lady Agness Duff. They returned to the Castle, and joined their Royal parents in the evening, after a day of much enjoyment. and the Iri s h S u b mar i ne Tel egrap h Y incorporated by R o y a l c h ar t er , i s b e i ng S UBMARIN E TELEGRAPH B ETWEEN H OLYHEAD AND DUBLIN. — An amalgamatio n b etween t h e El ec t r i c effecting this object. Th e pr i nc i p l e upon w hi c h carriedTelegraphcum pury, e out rCfoocrme the Millwall-works, where are made, is constructed, t thehdifferse cablew rfrom ropest nowh manufacturing for hithertoan u th f a e c tu Admiraltyraidn p t at e 4 and consists in insulating the interior wires by means of indiarubber es well as gutta percha. These, after being laid up or t w i s t e d i n t o a rope , are passed through an anhydrous solution, and then covered with spunyarn, and formed into a hempen rope, which is again passed through another, but different, anhydrous solu tion. The whole is then passed through a wire rope ma chine, worked by steam, which encases the interior core in a metallic wire rope, formed of 12 separate strands of 6 wires each, or 72 w i re s, in all forming a solid 3-inch cable. These plaits or close convolutions of wi re are t h ought preferable to the singe' spiral wire, es calculated to give greater flexi bility and strength, and to prevent any portion of the cable from becoming unstranded. As it is manufactured it is payed off the machine and formed into Fl e mi s h co il. The cable is 70 miles long, allowing 10 miles for contingencies, the distance from shore to shore being only 60 miles. There are to be four Wires, making a total of 2SO miles of copper wire, and of this 180 are completed. CONVEYANCING COUNSEL. —Another feature in the new Chancery practice to be adopted will be the ap pointment of convey ancin g counsel. It is lawful, according to the 41st section of the 15th and 16th of Victoria, cap. 80, for the Lord Chancellor to nominate any number of convey ancing counsel in actual practice, not less than six, wh o shall have practised as such for ten years at least, to be the conveyancing counsel upon whose opinion the Court, or any judge thereof, may act in the cases mentio ne d, and t o supply such vacancies in such list from time to time, and to distri bute the business among such counsel in such order and manner as the Lord Chancellor shall deem fit. By the pre ceding section, the court and judges sitting at chambers are empowered to receive and act upon the opinion of convey ancing counsel in actual practice in all cases in whi c h , ac cording to the present practice of the Court and the Master's office, it has been usual for the Master to require or receive the opinion and aid of conveyancing counsel. The Taxing Master is to regulate the fees to be paid to conveyancing counsel. DEPARTURE OF THE CANADA, STEAM -SHIP, FOR HALIFAX AND BOSTON; AND OF ~„ SA RAN S ANDS, SCREW. STEAMED, FOR AUSTR A LIA.--On Saturday afternoon the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Lang, commander, left Liverpool for Halifax and Boston, with 140 passengers, a fair cargo, and the usual mails, for the United States and the British American pro vinces. During the same night the screw-steamer, Sarah Sands, Thompson commander, also left the Mersey, for Queenstown, where she w ill take on board th e Lond on ma i ls of the 20th, and depart f or Australia on the 21st. There were only about 180 passengers on board when she left the Liverpool dock, but it is expected that upwards of 400 alto gether will proceed in the Sarah Sands to Melbourne from Queenstown. REPRESENTATION OF B URY ST • E Dmtnans.--m r. Stuart's acceptance of the Vice-Chancellorship having created a vacaucy in the representation of this borough, and Mr. E. H. Banbury, the late Member, having d ecline , a to contest the borough, an invitation was sent to J. A. Hard castle, Esq., the late Member for Colchester, and that gen tleman has accepted the invitation, a , has issued an address to the voters of Bury. Mr. Harden le on Thursday morning commenced an active canvass, accompanied by the leadin g by - members of the Whig par*, a nd was well received the Liberal electors. From the well-known liberal principles of the Hon. Gentleman, and his not being a stranger to the ' educated at the King town (he having been Edward's Grammar School), it is expected that the coming contest will be very close, the last election having been—in spit e of all the influence used by Mr. Stuart's friends—lost by on l y nine votes. Mr. J. H. P. Oakes (son of a banker in the town) is the Derbyite candidate. LONDON DISPENSARY. -- On Friday the usual quarterly general court of the governors and subscribers to this charity, established in 1777, was held in the board room of the institution, Church-street , Spitalfields, for the purpose of receiving the managing committee's report, and upon other business. The report stated that the charity was making satisfactory progress, and that the average number of patients, which was about two hundred per month, had of late been greatly exceeded, most of the cases being those of fever. Tuts had caused a much larger expenditure of the funds placed at the disposal of the committee, and they, therefore, expressed a hope that the public would come for ward and enable them still further to extend the benefits of the charity. The minutes of the last court havin g b een read the meeting separated. A CENTENARIAN.—An aged man, named Over throw, an inmate of St. Mary Magdalen Hospital, at Wot ton, near this city, celebrated his hundred and second birth day on Wednesday last, surrounded by some of his chil dren. On completing his hundredth year, the jolly old gentleman offered to wager that he would walk a couple of miles within an hour, but his friends declined to accept the challenge.... Gloucester journal. THE SHARE MAAKETS. Railways. Aberdeen 100/. paid Amb., Not., Boat. & E. Juno. Wolv., and Stour Valley „. all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., late 33/. 62.8 d., 28/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. & 25/. Cans., all pd. Ditto, ditto .., 18 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 100/. pd. Caledonian ...100/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf.Jct. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. all pr',. Ditto, New all pd East Anglian (2511. & E. and L. & D el pd. Do (18/. E. & 1 - 1 )all pd. East. Counties all pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. Stirs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. pd. Do., de,., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd Edinb. & Glas.,loo/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 100/. Glas. & S.-West.,lool.p Great Northn., 100/. pd Do. %s. A Stk., 100/. p Do. % B Stock,loo/. p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlyle, all pd D0.Third%111.13.4 pd Lanc. & York., 100/. pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W.Rid. Un ll%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby &Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10/.,M &B. (c) lip Lon. & S.-West. 100/. p Do. New 501., 42% pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd. Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 100/. pd' Do. Bir. & Derby 100 L Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 % Do. % Shares, 17% pi Newcas. & Carl. all pd Newmarket lOO/. pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford ...121 pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 5 p Norfolk » 1001. pd Do. New 201. S. 15/. p North. Coun.Un. 3 %pd Nortti British ...1001. pi Nth. Devon, No.l, 13Lp Do., No. 2 6% pd, Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., 4 B, guar. 5/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pd N. & S.-W. hum 8% p Oxf.,Wor., &W.,100L p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & Do. do. Shrew. & Her ....... 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6% pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. South Devon all pd South-Eastern 100/. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire anc: River Dun ...... 151. pd Do. Do. 5/. pd Stirl. & Dunferm all p Stock. & Har. 16/23. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway _l9l. pd Vale of Neath...l7L pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 13L pd West London ...all pd yk., New. & Bar. 100Lp Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10L p York & N. Mid.looLpd PR; Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk' Do. 4 p. c. Shares, Si. pd Caledonian, 101. 100/ p Ches.& Holyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5 1 ,x. per cent. 1 i 4 p Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(g/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/ 17s) p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. pd East & West YorlrQhire __- Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. gua 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c 100 pd Do. 5 p c. red. cc 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 1001. p Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. 6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...91. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 100/. pd Ln. 84 S.W. Co.3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Lincn. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 16/ all pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4 % per ct. 6% p Mid,Con. 6 p c St. 1001. Do. Con. Brie. & Bir., 6 per cent...JOU pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Pref., 4i p.c. 5/. p Norfolk Exten„, all pd Do. Gr. p ct. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.c all p North British 1001. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Ditto ditto ... 3/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd Do. 5 per cent, 81. pd South Devon all pd Do. New 1 Y, pd St.-Est. (Reading An nuities)..,l /. Os. 6d pd Do., 4 p c 100/. p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3l. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland 1.1. and S. I'urch . 1.0/. pdi LINES LEASE: rs AZITISH RAILWAYS Nominal Prices. 26 to 26% SY B -6% 10% -11 9 8 d. 19 -20 99 - 101 41% - 42 20 - 20% 14% 1514 7 5 d. 6%- 7% 4Y B - 454 3 -35 i 11% -11% 8 -. 8% 6%- 6% 18% - 18% 57 —59 70 —72 x.d 24 25% 74 —76 40 —42 113 115 45% 46 96% 97 82 —B4 x.d 10 —ll p x.d 853( 85 3 % x.d 3% -3y, diax.d 2% —2% di- x.d 18% 18% 8 -- 104% - 8 105 k % 120% -121% 3 X -3% p 1% - 2 p 91 -92 4% 4 di& 4 —3% dis. 16 —l7 x.d —3% 28% - 2b-% 77 8 % —2% dis. 77% 42 —44 ••• •.- ••• 47 -49 13X a die. 1% —2% 43 —45 9% 8 1 ,4 die. 30 —3l 7 —6% die. 2% 2% 1 % die. 4% —4% d,s. 4% 5%p. 47% —48% 77% 78% 55 —56 x.d 68 —72 ••• 2 1;A die. 204 21% io% loy s 15 —l6 3 1 ¢ 278 d. 20 —2l x.cll 71% 72% x.cil 39 3 / 4 —40% 15 --16 x.d par —% p x.d 1 169 - 171 2% 3 12 —l4 6% 6ys 21 —23 9% 10% 67 —6B 8% —7% die. 2 7 /g - . 2 5 4 di& 48% 49% IRENCE s: ••• - ••• 105 - 107 100 - 104 18 -19 %dia. % p 6 —6% x.d s% 3Y B 3Y— 3% 1% - I%P 15 / 8 - 13 ) p 14% - 14% 17 -174 9% -9% 8% 8 -9% %- 1p 107 - 109 %dia. I ,‘ p x. 61 150 152 3 11 4 4 p 13 —l4 x.d 9 -10 11 1 ,4 -115 i %- %F %dis. X P Wadi& % P 148 - 150 ••• ••• par 3 P 22 —23 5% 6 x,d 1% 2 93 —95 x.d 25i- 3(p 10x: ii 34 17% 18% 7 4 1 p 15 —l6 x.d %dis. par 253 204 x.d I'6 —.20 z.d ', i 1 4 dia. 102 104 5 —5% '3i-- 54 P AT FIXED 11% 8 80% 30 is' 20% 2% % 12% 6% 11 7 / 61 7 Ys 49% 49 Mil. 18% J 53 % Business done to-day. 99 100% 42% 20% 6 % X 70 x.d 13% 13 % 48% 48 % 40% 39% RENTALii. 75% 75 114 45% 46 96% % x.d 86 85% Pna x.d 8X 18x X 8 104% 121 120% 121% 155 29% 34 3034 30 77%% MARKET NEWS.-(THIS PA CORN EXCHLANGE.--(MO ND.4I(I wholecrops, thean d de in mand somewhat The leading country markets, held on Saturdni, were well supplied with home-grown Wheats, c hief', ° o n ntheewfull quotation • f . ruled 9 de ar ' At the out ports oreign Wheats were quite a ~,, There was '• a fair inquiry for Barley, steady, at at previous raw': Oa Beans, a. .. Fees, and Flour were the turn dearer, but o metes a ' ued commanded very little ttention The whole of the Continental markets have cont r a the i u n u a l very depressed state, at drooping currencies. I° ited States the trade has been dull. t last The * arrivals of English condition. . , Grain u to our make . 4 week were very moderate. Pabroad we receive From S g t 00 , 15,651 quarters of Wheat, 1,273 Barley, 51 , ' - cv no.. 606 Beans, 7 Peas, 180 Tares, 4,845 Linseed, 20 P•ae o d seed, 38 Mustardseed, 10 sundry Seeds, 3,575 Sac ktill 22,160 barrels of Flour. Coastwise, a full average supply of Wh eat vi voot ceived fresh up to this morning's market frorn.i, any and . Kent, but its general quality did not exbibt! o o th i e signs of improvement. By land carriage and WT I f e w receipts were seasonably good, and we observea aon heavy and well-conditioned parcels amongst theo.3:,..he d the whole the steads were fairly supplied; wklisbdo'co emend for all descriptions of Wheat of home Pr cl A no was in a sluggish state; but we have no oboge to rice lice in the currencies of Monday lest. The Wen c il _ 0 of millers, both town and country, was limited, an t l y bad a heavy pressure of Foreign Flour, which gr ey operated ainst the sale for En 'HO Wheat. t tile For forward delivery next tolDnothing doing; I- „p a growers evinced no disposition to accept lower riat:'''es. The show of foreign Wheat, fresh as wel l „nlee granary, was tolerably extensive. Fine dri,„5,i,,1-Ang moved off freely, at full quotations; but low LOT 7‘,ly late kinds commanded very little attention at ",-, 9 , — ,. n . er e rates. Floating cargoes of Wheat and In'diall Cora :vs much neglected, The arrivals fro m t he westWer" -13 increased. -013 g lisb We were but moderately supplied with both +. a s ageiuji, and foreign Barley. On the whole, the trade w at fully last week's quotations. yerY In Malt, the show of which was bat modera te? little was doing at la.e rates. fi liolf' Very large quantities of foreign Oats being 0 0 . .. o ca the . Oat trade was heavy, but no actual decline tooiravon. ill prices. Beans were in moderate supply 1113 request. n The quotations were well supported. rtioeh Yeas very few transactions took took place' however, were firm. via f /r 5l Ind' . In Corn was dull, and the demand for --11 inactive, at last wk's currency. CURRENCY ee PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. .. 59 , to 60 'Melt—Cheer •• ire 16a 4 49 ill Oats vali Lincomak., x potato • •• • Youghal ?lb , 9 00 Black • 160 Cork, Whi te ' • • 2 06 31,1 S c otch, Fee • 86/ B ea ns—Tick ••• " • ; 3 35 355 Pigeons • "•": 3 05 340 Peas —Grey •• " .. 3 16 530 M a ple..... " 3 26 00 White •• • • .. 3 16 03 B o ilers •• • 370 3 50 Flour—Town -no 2 91 39 Su ff o lk • • • • • so . rfslX 31" Stockte Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .... new 348 to 40a Ditto •• • .. old 40s 508 Ditto, White new 38s 48s Ditto .. .. old 43s 54s Norfolk and Lin coln, itsl .•• •• 41e 45s Ditto, White•• •• • • —e --e Rye—Old •••••• •• • • 316 326 •• • • 318 33s Barley—Grinding. •• • • 24's 26s Malting .• • •• •• 28a 30s Chevalier .• • • ••• 318 328 falt—Suffolk and Nor folk• •••••• • •• • • 52e 57s Brown ..••••• • • • • 44s 50s Kingston and Ware ble ass the SMITHFIELD. Large supplies of foreign stock were reeaivedbi:el.l4 port of Loudon last week, the total arriva l po odzOl amounted to 12,167 head. During the "„ rre :00 0 ; - period in 1851, we received 7,853; in 1 85 u: 0 5'00h 1849, 6,200; in 1848, 5,500; and, in 1847,%`", , IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TIM PAST From Beasts. Beasts. Sheep. L mbs. P. a 12 "• Antwerp — ••• ••• ••• Amsterdam 55 .. 1,349 ••• I°2 ••• Elamburgh ••• Gluckstadt ••• "'"' ••• „.... ••• „,... - Ostend .. ..... 100 2 5 8 0 8 ...... —_,,, ••••• :7 5 •:: .. 5 5 3 Harlingen .. 25l ... 1,227 .. 85 ... v "1 ' N fo ie n a ni p ng ie 7,...... 66958 ...... 1 3 4 9 , 1 5 9 ...... ....7 ::: i -,); i ._ ..., " 38 , Rotterdem ... 644 ... 3,228 .. 70 ••• " Tho show of f . s . tocr ---- • ..---. y. 10 . 79e3i9gn tensive, but at least two Total - t O hh i: re o dr es . ot . 0 . 1. . 185 d w . a .; 42- 13 1 in 'y ' er d i l i e : o , con il. In prices no material change tookilpwlaacse.in Notw"i er oral ing that the supply of home-fed Beasts on c , 0 best,: again very extensive as to number, there Wa' o f 0, 1 : sity of really prime stock. The attendance „dos: town and country buyers being large, nearlY t i lT o t ho e l of the Beasts changed hands at prices MO' r olig 3 obtained on Monday last. The primest Sec T i re, D I) 43 per Blbs. From Lincolnshire, Leicester". 1.11 Northamptonshire we received 2,800 short.h°ermA,', ap other parts of England 600 of various birreols' from Scotland 70 horned and Po ile say eel' poor ,isto, With Sheep we were tolerably well, but not t . O 0 pota s, oily supplied, the time of year considered. r„fl„Tirrelicier and half-breds moved off steadily at ful' ' - , e s vi e ",,, B Most other breeds met a slow sale, 'and lato rates The barely supported. Lamb is now out of sea s° o jets b demand for Calves, the show of which wasertheles; good, was not so active as on Friday; 11 , (4 ., f o r Vig ' prices were maintained. NVe had a fair inqui r l in the value of which no change took place. 0 , For Sibs. to &lathe offal. 0. 4 * " 3 6 0. d. to s. d. - 3 ! 9 1 4 11 Inferior Ilegets..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep •' e ' 0 4;; Second quality •••• 2 8 3 2 Second qual. 8•Ao-r 0 v Primo largo Oxon •• 3 4 3 8 Coarso-woolloddlttc, 4 ~ 0 Primo 500t5......3 10 4 0 Southdown Wetter 1 o ; 6 L arge c oarse Calves 3 2 310 Dias out of the Wo ol o ' 1 0 4 1 0 Prlmeaall ditto •• 4 0 4 4 Largo Hogs •• •• •• ; 8 , ru Suckling Calves I lvesTO..T2.oiLsOhseue2ip4.p. I 0 Small Porkers " ..1; 0 5 ' L a mbs •••• .. •• •• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old rigs •••- t ° ' LY AT MARKET. Calves. 9 l 31. . ,513 2m,(..)0 332 A Statement n2aBsil l 262 ,I File ° ft F on atStock exhibited and Fold in Smithfield cattle :„ . :,eP ' Monday, Sept.obfurthreeLaYSl;ueps.pliesari- 61;srl'ect1 pt 22, 1851, j and this day, Afondsi, 20, 1852. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... . S .. e Prime l Per Ms., to sink the offal& t• 20 8 1 c l. s. d. s• d• ~; Ito .) largequality ditto ... ... ... 2 6 2 ''' 4 3 4 0 Second Se pt. . 222:0128514. S l e P i s. . : . oxen Pr , Prime Scots, & c .... ... .: ... 3 2 3 4 . .. ... 210 3 uJ 3 it? 0 60 coarse and inferior Sheep... ... '2 8 210 3 'l 3 3 / .7 Lecond . quality ditto ... ••• ... 3 0 3 4 3 0 4 ' 6 ' I:9me coarse-woolled ditto ••• 3 6 3 8 4 4 4 t ) Prime Southdown ditto... 310 4 0 4 0 0 it) Lambs._ .. , .. .... ... 0 0 0 0 0 ~- 3'4 Large coarse.Cal;.es :.. .... ... 2 8 3 4 3 n '' 4 6 Prime small ditto ••• ... ... 3 6 38 4 - Large H ogs „. ~. •.. ••• ••• 4 322 10 $l 5 Small Porkers ... ... ... ... 3 4 3 3 8 .. r i l 490 Beasts ... ••• .. ~. ... 5,27 0 99,,,,,.`.? Sheep and Lambs .. ... 32,12 0 ) Calves ... .. .., ... ... 269 ...i; Pigs .. ... ..• .. . 862 4,S''' . SUPPLIES ON SALE, Spirr. 23, 1850.—Baosts, Sheep and Lambs, 29,810 ; Calves, 281 ; Pigs, 55 0 . c s lve / ' SEPT. 24,1849. —Beasts, 4,909 ; Sheep, 300 0 ' 180; Pigs, 102. rairovack:r m 11. ND I. HAD EliagliS I " t he 111' The supplie s of each kind of Meat being o,'' e' I. t w cease, the gopend demand boa become PQA2011110" I lt IA L Ity