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, THEATRE ROYAL, HATKARICET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Welster as Lessee and Max tiger THIS EVENING, --- Will be performed the greatly successful new and original Comedy, entitled MASKS AIfD CRA ; or, Before and Behind the Curtain. The highly successful Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE, by Messrs. R. Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. 1 4 , S. Buckingham and Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, Will be performed a Dramatic Story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews Ir. Matthews, Roaby. Baker, Suter, Belton, Horncastle, Butler, Ro sicre, and Flonntr ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mins St. George, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Martindale, Mrs. Horst, Mrs. Macnamara, Mrs. Foote, and Miss Foote. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Alleroft, 15, New Bond•street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Direetms, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLNG (Lst3t time but One.) Thb celebrated Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, by Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey, Emery, &c. After which (at second price), the Popular Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL PRINCE iS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Play, in flee acts, by West land Marston, WM., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. After whieli, DEAF AS A POST. Characters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Meadows, and F. Cooke : Misses Marshall, J. Marston, and Deaborough, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude w,lth THE SPITALPI* , DS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Proprietor and Manager—Mr. W. Batty. - - Second Night of the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CAI3IN, and First appearance In England of the eminent Continental Artistes, M. and Mddle. Lalande. On TUESDAY, 23d November. and during the week, the En tertainments will commence with the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, in two acts, written expressly for this Theatre. and embodying all those stirring situations so graphically described in Ars. Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular work, end which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Theatre, with new dresses, scenery, and appointments. To be followed by..an unusually brilliant Routine of Batty's Scenes in the Circle. Concluding with a popular Farce. stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-office open Sally from Eleven to to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDI ON BRIDGE, Tors DAY -Morning 0 min. after 0 Evening 1 min.aft. 12 To-Morrow Morning 21 min. after 12 I Evening 43 min.aft. 12 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, NOV. 23, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order.of latitude. tSTINGS —Calm—overcast. UTHA MPTON—N.E. ' s t ro ng breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—N.W., light Mrs—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., calm—overcast. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. STROOD—N.E., calm—foggy—rain. SWINDON—N.E. - , gentle breeze—overcast. LEIGHTON—E., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—N.. gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—N., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—N., gentle breeze--cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of tke weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : SOUTHAMPTON—S., gentle breeze—heavy rain. BASINGSTOKE—N.B., calm—heavy rain. LEIGHTON—S.E., calm—overcast. LANCASTER—W., calm—overcast. DARLINGTON—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SNAP—S.E., calm—overcast. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, Nov. 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'65. WIND, W.SW. THE WELLINGTON SUN. • ON TEITIRSDXT THE Han, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN W.IS PUBLISHED, CONTAINIISIG A SPLENDID PORTRAIT THE I ATE _IMJKE OF WELLINGTON, VIM HIS AUTOGRA.PII, AND A TULL ACCOUNT F TUB °FUND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. #fr. t 4 4'4;44/4.14, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1852, A remarkable estimate of the present age in ite political significance, is advanced by Sir ARCHIBAID ALISON, in that noble continuation of his " History of Europe," upon which he has re cently adventured. However much we may differ from the annalist in his opinions, we must per force concede to them the attribute of sublimity. It were as idle to deny to them the possession of this attribute, as it would be to gainsay the daring of the attempt by - which the historian is now bringing down his narrative to the time of his immediate contemporaries. According to the view taken by Amsorr of the nineteenth century —the great change now going forward in human affairs, and of which change the author reminds us that we are the " unconscious instruments," is thz second dispersion of mankind ! Pointing to the emigration in one direction to California, and in another to Australia, our annalist calls upon all intelligent observers to reflect that there are now advancing " over the hitherto desert and unpeopled parts of the earth"—what?—" the spread of civilisation," and "the extension of Christianity." He impresses upon the attention of the educated community the extraordinary circumstance, that for the first time in the annals of the human race the stream of emigration is setting steadily eastwards— a hundred thousand glo-Saxons annually pro ceeding to the pckts If , Australasia ! He calls upon the more reflective to note the still more surprising fact, that, while this movement is pro ceeding, no less than half-a-million Europeans yearly land upon the shores of the American Con tinent ! And, after bidding them weigh these occurrodneez ii& thai obp.oial romembrauce, he ob serves that "it is hard to say whether the pas sions of civilisation, the discoveries of science, or the treasures of the wilderness, have acted most poweriully in working out this great change." By the passions of civilisation, he implies the visicziary schemes of the Communists, the fantas tic projects of Socialism, the principles inculcated by POURAIER, and the specious aspirations of the St. gimonians. By the discoveries of science, he P,ecial s ly refers to the virtual annihilation of time ana Pace by the electric telegraph, and to those a u t i r e s , t w io h n i s ch o! the steam-engine, by land and the fa c ili t i ess o n t ive so very marvellously increased h ocomotion. By the treasures of t t h h e e ;old -fields now e w would have us understand the *hes, simultann- im b s eing rifled of their abounding north I Y or in the south of the eastern and in the western hemisphere. Beholding these truths, a t o ll°. family ofngt_the discords agitat ing the ancient with h w. E . uropeans, and perceiving the eagerness so large a pqrtion of the civilised cora mt. lll . eh y hasteni t in all this the remote and unpeopled region s of the globe-- SiIVAIICHIBALD ALISON asserts, that recognises the, Second Disp er s i on of Ai he alankij "N o such powerful causes" (as those above enumerated), he remarks, " producing the disper_ sion of the species, have oome into operation s i nce mankind were or i g i n w . lly separated upon th e Assyrian plains :" adding, "and it took place from ait attempt, springing from the pride and ambition of man, as vain as the building the Tower of Babel." That attempt he immediately afterwards define s in language of much solemnity, and of equal explicitness. He declares that it was "the endeavour to establish social felicity and ensure the fortunes of the species, by the mere spread of knowledge and the establishment of democratic institutions, irrespective of the moral training of idle people." Although We can by n o means acquiesce in the justic e o f these .. deductions, takiag them in the aggregate, we cannot but be conscious that there is in them enough of truth to demand their most serious consideration by the advocates of the popular advancement. From the mournful and startling conclusions ar rived at by our historian, we may draw forth germs of wisdom for the future guidance of the democracy. He is right, deplorably right, when he talks of the failure of the stupendous effort nfade in modern times to secure the social felicity by the spread of knowledge, and to insure the for tunes of the people by the establishment of demo cratic institutions. He is not very far mistaken when he avows that that failure ig to some extent attributable to the general indifference displayed in regard to the moral training of the community. But he is mistaken, to our thinking, very wonder fully mistaken, when he alludes to this majestic effort of the nineteenth century as to one actually criminal and even impious in its character. No ! Here it is that we are compelled to differ toto ccelo from our distinguished annalist. Instead of re garding the social and political endeavours of the present age as criminal or blasphemous, we consider them to be intrinsically good, emi nently ennobling, and touchingly beautiful. They originated, indeed, in the purest and noblest aspirations. They grew up from that divine germ sown in the heart of every man amongst us by the hand of the benign CREAroß—the love of liberty. They constitute the latest, and the brightest, and the grandest expression of that need which has been more or less felt by the human family ever since our first parents were driven by the brands of the Seraphim out of Paradise—the need of continual advancement, of perpetual improvement, of endless development. No ! In all this there cannot possibly be impiety any more than there can be impiety in breathing the air of heaven. Yet Sir ARCHIBALD ALmoN thinks otherwise ; for he has viewed matters through some distorting medium incomprehensible to ourselves. He understands, in the endea vour which is the object to us of most true and most unaffected admiration, only a subject of shame and a source of con fusion. Therefore, we cannot be surprised when we find him asserting in continuation of his argument—" As this project was based on the pride of intellect, and rested on the doctrine of human perfectibility, so it met with the same re suit as the attempt, by a tower raised by human hands, to reach the heavens." Granted that, among the aspirants for social improvement and political amelioration, there have been numbered those who have, indeed, blasphemed by the pride of intellect, and by cherishing the impious doc trine of human perfectibility—yet such cannot be accepted as the veritable representatives of the general aspiration. The hopes of the multitude rbse from a lowlier, and, therefore, a sublimer fountain—they sprang from the desire of a change, such as might effectually obtain for them the assuagement of many sufferings hitherto alto gether nnalleviated, the recognition of many rights previously denied to them by their rulers, and the opening up of many paths hitherto closed by insurmountable barriers against their skill, their energies, and their intelligence. A glorious and exquisite dream it has been ; not a dream of evil and irreligion : and though it has undoubtedly failed, it has failed only partially and for a while, not by any means permanently or altogether. In token of this, it is only necessary to contrast the social and political condition of the people nowa days with the social and political condition of their immediate forefathers, Let us not hear, therefore, of the grand movement of the nine teenth century having resulted in universal disap pointment, or, much less, allow it to be asserted that it has so fallen out because the effort was in itself criminal, and even blasphemous. Comprehensively considered, we repeat, Sir ARCHIBALD .ALISON'S estimate of the present age cannot but be viewed by ourselves, and no doubt by many thousands of others, as signally erroneous— although, while asserting this to be our deli berate conviction, we admit the sublimity of those opinions in the aggregate, and their accu racy in several particulars. A more striking tes timony of the incorrectness of our historian's judgment in this instance could scarcely be re quired than one which can be adduced from some of the opening sentences of his own Introduction. He adduces in testimony of his assertion the event which he conceives to be the penalty of the movement, the punishment of the crime, the expiation of , the blasphemy. He speaks, as we have intimated, of the second dispersion of man kind ! Yet look well at that second dispersion— see the source of that grand migration. Does the human current flow—as it should, if it be in expiation--from France, the birthplace of the whole scheme of improvement ? No—the race princi- pally proceeding to the gold fields of the Australian wilderness is, as the historian himself observes, the race of the Anglo-Saxons ! It is Ireland that is chiefly depopulated : and surely AusoN cannot complain in its regard of any inordinate attention to the spread of knowledge ! The reality of the question is simply this—that our annalist has allowed himself to be fascinated by a sublime and awe-inspiring hallucination. Nevertheless, the solemn shadow thus conjured up before his readers in the " Introduction," has in no way marred the pellucid clearness of the main narrative. Such, in truth, could scarcely be the case with a writer as laborious in the collation of his facts, as lucid in their arrangement, and as eloquent in their enu meration, as the illustrious historian whose genius is now engaged in the great task Of bringing down the records of Christendom to the days of his con temporaries. We are always delighted to witness the tribute of friendship and respect offered to public men. It cheers and strengthens them in their good re solutions, and encourages them to persevere in he course that has gained for them the cordial approbation of their friends and the community. One of these demonstrations of public feeling, alike honourable to the givers and receiver, took place last week in Southwark. JOHN BRADY, Esq., M.P. for the County of Leitrim, was entertained by those among whom he had for many years re sided, and from whom he had gained golden opi nions. The respected representative for the district, APSLEY PELLATT, Esq., M.P., presided, and the meeting seconded his exertions, so as to render the evening one of unmiTed happiness. The political views enunciated by the guest of the evening, were received with the greatest satisfaction. He showed that the people were the true source of power, the foundation on which society rested. His aim, then, was by every legiti mate means, to elevate and advance them. That could only be done by educating and improving their minds, and diffusing sound information among the least wealthy. They should be permitted to participate in the enactment of the laws which they were bound to obey. A great extension of the Franchise should, therefore, necessarily be granted ; but without perfect freedom in the exercise of the privilege, without ample protection to the voter, the boon would be of little avail. " THE BALLOT is, there fore, essential—that must be struggled for, and the people should never be satisfied until it was achieved." These are sound and constitutional views. There should be a steadiness of purpose —an unflinching determination exhibited by all true Reformers, to be satisfied with nothing less. It was the hostility evinced by the Whig Govern ment to that just and necessary measure (coupled with the financial incompetency of their CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER) that disgusted the na tion, and occasioned their unregretted downfal. A new light may possibly break in on thei r minds through the salutary effects of the removal froma office. In opposition th e y are really liberal, d ready to do that which will render them ' III Y Popular. They may now, therefore, regard and the question in a very different point of view ; they may be assured th a t un t i l th ey d o so, regainithe confidence or support o f true Ref ormers. And unless the wi ye look for meas ure s, no t men . '. er'sare prepared to confer greater benefit s on th community than their op ponents, we would make no exertions "the family party " place to restore and power. The care i n t e rests of " the many " i s our chief ; and w hoever will do most .promoteand a 4 those interests, shall have our cordial assistance We shall receive sound and good mi matter from what quarter they may proceed. We shall, in like manner, resist any proposition pre judicial to the people. Parliamentary Reform is much required ; but nothing can be accepted of which " the Ballot" is not a portion. Mr. BRADY has, therefore, enunciated a principle in which he will be sustained by all desirous rather of ameli orating the condition of the people, than ad vancing the interests of party. Give a sound moral education to the rising generation —you will thereby qualify them for the noblest privilege of freemen—a privilege which cannot be withheld from those fitted to exercise it honestly and independently. Remove the temptation to demoralising influences. Prevent bribery, co ercion, and intimidation, whether from land lord, employer, or customer and you will have done much to purify the Legislature, and to render it what it ought to be, a true and faithful representation of public opinion. The matters referred to by Mr. BRADY, respect ing the administration of charitable trusts, are well worthy of notice. There are ample funds for the education of the people, if care were only taken to apply the resources in the hands of pub lic bodies according to the true meaning of those by whom they were devised. An ample inquiry will take place into capitular revenues, and we hope and believe that it may be extended to all charities without exception ; that the trusts may be faithfully and efficiently discharged by those in whose hands they are now vested. The case of Dulwich College is 'a striking illustration—where the property which, in the first instance, produced only 8001. a year, now realises no less than 12,000/. per annum. It is right that in all such cases the benefit of the addition to the funds should be given to those who were the original objects of the testator's bounty, and that in full proportion to the increase. We should not then find the trustees and the administrators of the property securing the lion's share for themselves, and allowing only the sums originally granted, al though palpably inadequate, to the more humble recipients. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 22, Her Majesty gave a grand dinner this evening at the Castle to the distinguished foreign officers deputed by their respective Governments to attend the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington. The company also comprised her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Majesty's visitors, and some of the Queen's Ministers and officers of State. The banquet took place in the Picture Gallery, and the guests appeared in uniform. The illustrious circle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Due de Brabant and the Comte de Flandres, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duchess of Atholl, the Duke of Mon trose, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Marquis o f A ng l esey, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount Hardinge, Lord Rag lan, and the following officers deputed by their respective sovereigns : From Hanover—General Sir Hugh Halkett, Col. Poten, Lieut.-Colonel Baron Mahrenholz, Lieut.-Colonel West, Captain Colin Halkett. From the Netherlands—Lieut.-General Baron d'Om phal, M. Guillaume Tindal (Chambellan du Roi), M. Gevers (Capitaine de Cavalerie). From Brunswick—Major-General de Erichsen, Colonel Bause. From Portugal—Marshal Due de Terceira, Lieut.- General Compte de Villa Real, Major Don Manuel de Souza Continho. From Prussia--General Count de Nostitz, General de Scharnhorst, Lient.-General de Massow. From Russia—General Prince Michel de Gortchakoff, General Comte de Benckendorff, Count Suchtelen, Lieut.- Colonel Tchernitzky. From Spain—Duke d'Osuna, Lieut.-Colonel' Gabriel de Torres, Colonel A. de Calvet y Lava. Col. Cornwall, her Majesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, Capt. Claremont, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Caroline and Miss Barring ton, Col, the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel the Honourable Charles and Mrs. Grey, Sir George and Lady Couper, Lieutenant-Colonel and Lady Emily Sey mour, Colonel Williams (Commanding Officer of the 2d Life Guards), Colonel Wood (Commanding Officer 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards), the Gentleman in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge, Col. de Moerkerke, Comte de Briey, and Sir Robert Carswell. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following music : Veteranen March Hamm. Overture, Wunder Wasser Flotow. Lied, Das Schweizer Heimweh Proch. Duett, Der Verlohrene Sobn Auber. Galop, Souvenir de Wilhelmsbad Heller. Lieder Potpourri, "Das Lied, som E ten Regt., Blane Auglein sind gefahrlich, Das wald voglein" Larzing. " Zwei Sterne die leucht en in's Leben" Neidhart. " Jager-Chor aus Martha" Flotow. The foreign military officers travelled from London to Windsor by a special train on the Great Western Rail way, and arrived at the Castle shortly before six o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duc de Brabant, the Comte de Flandres, the Prince of Leinengen, and Lord Cowley, went out ;hooting this morning attended by the Earl of Verulam, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Colonel de Moerkerke was in attendance on the Bel gian Princes. Lord Cowley left the Castle this afternoon for Lon don. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived to-day on a visit to her Majesty. ' It is understood that the Queen and Prince Albert, with the youthful Royal family, will leave Windsor Castle on Friday next, by special trains on the Great Western and South-Western Railways, for Gosport, en route to Osborne, Isle of Wight, to remain at that marine palace until a few days before Christmas, and then return to the Castle for the holidays. Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister, had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Blandford had also an interview with the noble earl. The Marquis of Londonderry had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation, headed by Sir John Shelley, had an in terview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester yesterday at the Board of Trade. Colonel Mackinnon had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office. Capt. Wade had also an interview with the hon. baronet. Mr. Humphrey Brown, 1V1.P., had a n i n t erv i ew w i th the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yesterday. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day, from the Governors of Ceylon, New Zeala n d, S out h and West Australia, M a lt a , Hong Kong, Van Dieinen's Land, and Victoria. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) SIR C. NAPIER 41. "THE QUARTERLY REVIEW." Mr. M. Chambers appeared on behalf of Sir C. Napier, to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal infor mation should not be filed against Mr. Murray, the pub lisher of The Quarterly Review, for a libel published in the October number of that periodical on Sir Charles Napier, late Commander-in-Chief of the army in India. The learned counsel opened his case by a brief review of the services of the gallant General. He entered the army so early as 1794, and first served early in the Irish Rebellion. Lord Campbell—Without going further, Mr. Cham bers, the Court may also take judicial notice that Sir C. Napier is one of the most gallant, distinguished, and meritorious generals that ever led the British army to the field. Mr. Chambers said that it was necessary he should go through these circumstances, in order to show that the application was necessary. Sir Charles served throughout the Peninsular and American wars, and also in the cam paign of 1815. He afterwards for many years held a distinguished command in the lonian Islands ; and after holding the command of the Northern Division of Eng land for some time, was in 1842 appointed Commander in-Chief in Sdnde and Beloochistan, the Earl of Ellen borough being then Governor-General of India. At that time - Upper and Lower Scinde were governed by chieftains called the Ameers, and it was suspected that during the Affghanistan war these chieftains had been in communi cation with the Afghans. Sir C. Napier, on joining his command, had received written instructions from Lord Ellenborough to iivestigate if these suspicions were cor rect, and he succeeded in ascertaining, beyond doubt, that the chieftains )f both Upper and Lower Scinde had carried on such corununications. Certain treaties had previously been signed by the Ameers, but Lord Ellen borough forwarded another treaty to be signed, in which was a clause conceding to the Khan of Bahlpoor a certain portion of territory which the Ameers had formerly con quered from him. Upon looking at the description of territory, Sir Charles immediately wrote to Lord Ellen borough to inform him of its extent and value, of which he had thought he was not aware. With regard to the treaty every possible endeavour was made by the Ameers to delay the signing of it. Several months had elapsed, during which negotiations were taking place ; but, eventually, Sir C. Napier having reason to believe that their delay was only to enable the Ameers to concentrate a large body of troops, was obliged to move forwards with the troops under his command, amounting to only 3,000 men, and encoun tered the Ameers at Meanee, with a force of 30,000 men. The result was the total defeat of the Ameers, and the capture of Hyderabad. It was out of circum stances occurring in the course of these events that the libel arose. The article purported to be a review of " Dry Leaves from Young Egypt, by a Young Politi cian," of a speech by Lord Jocelyn on the subject of the Arneers of Scinde and Parliamentary Papers relating to Scinde, from 1836 to 1843. In this article expressions were used imputing highly discreditable conduct to Sir C. Napier, accusing him of incompetency and unfitness for his office, of a determination to go to war at all hazards. The first impitation was with regard to the territory to be ceded to the Khan of Bahlpoor, that Sir C. Napier had grossly misconducted himself in con cealing from Lord Ellenb9rough the real nature of the territory to be ceded. • Sir C. Napier, in answer to this, to show that it was false, had set forth the letters which he had written to the Governor-General during the proceedings, in which he had suggested to Lord Ellenborough that he probably was not aware of the limits of the territory, and had con sequently informed him of them. The next passage was one which spoke of Sir C. Napier on coming to India for the first time, ignorant of the language, but predeter mined to embroil matters, and bring them to a warlike demonstration. Sir C. Napier acknowledged that it was perfectly true that he was unacquainted with the lan guage, and had not served in India, but as to being pre determined for war, that he distinctly denied. The next charge was, that in seeking for proofs of the guilt of the Ameers, he had not hesitated to receive letters and do cuments as proofs, which were nothing better than for geries. It charged him in one instance, with having received one of the letters as genuine, simply after he had measured the seal of the Ameer affixed to it with a pair of compasses. Sir C. Napier stated in answer to this, that be had procured one of the private seals of the Ameer, and found it to correspond exactly with that affixed to the letter. Another charge was, that before the battle of Meanee, instead of seeking a personal interview with Meer Roostan he had avoided all the attempts made by the Ameer to obtain such an interview, and had thus left him exposed to the arts of insiduous advisers which had assisted, with the " ungovernable determination to bring about war at any cost" of Sir C. Napier, to the com mencement of hostilities. All these charges Sir Charles asserted to be utterly untrue, so far from avoiding an interview he had sought it by all means in his power. Lord Campbell—Supposing all these imputations to be entirely unfounded, what ground has Sir C. Napier to apply to this court for a criminal information ? Mr. Chambers thought it was as clear as possible that to charge a high official with incompetency was a libel. Lord Campbell —lf tlat were the case there would be no public newspaper which would not be liable every day to a criminal information. Mr. Chambers said there was still another charge— one reflecting on the honour of the British army. It was stated in the article that at the surrender of Hyderabad the soldiers, contrary to the rules of war, plundered the fortress, even so far as to carry off the jewels and ward robe of the women in the Ameer's Zenana. The fact was, that there had been no plunder at all ; the troops had marched in in the most peaceable manner, and ,two officers of the .Ameer's household had been appointed to co-operate with the prize agent and the British officers to provide for the removal of the women in the Zenana with all their effects. On all these grounds Sir C. Napier, who felt himself deeply injured by these unfounded remarks, considered that he was not only jus tified, but absolutely called upon to apply to the Supreme Criminal Court of Vie country for redress, by way of a criminal information. The Court having consulted iogether;" Lord Campbell said that he thought the court would not be justified in i nterfering in this case in the manner proposed. If there had been in the article complained of any passage written 'with an intention of calumniating Sir C. Napier, the court would have extended to him the protection of the law. But listening most atten tively to the leaned counsel, he had not been able to discover any passage leading to such a con clusion. The article seemed to him an historical essay, in which was discussed a disputed passage in history, as to whether the Ameers of Scinde had been treated with Yesterday their Excellencies Marshal the Duke de Terceira and Conde de Villa Real, General Prince Michael Gortschakoff, General Count de Benckendorff, Colonel Tchernitzky, Le Comte Suchtelen, General Count Nostitz, General de Scharnhorst, Li eu t,-G eneral de Massow, General Sir Hugh Halkett, Colonel Poten, Lieut.-Colonel de Mahrenkertz, Lieut.-Colonel Waste, Captain Halkett, Count F. Nostitz, General Erichseri, Colonel Bause, General Baron Omphal, Captain Govers, and Baron Tindal, accompanied by Colonel Cornwall and Captain Stopford Claremont, left Mivart's Hotel on visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor Castle. harshness or generosity. H e enti r ely believed that everything sworn by Sir Charles Napier was perfectly true, but it would be encroaching upon the liberty of the press if the Court were to allow a criminal information to be granted upon itch grounds. They sat there placed by the Constitutim to restrain the licentiousness of the press, but also to gua rd its just liberties; and he hoped that in this county, whatever might happen else where,the press would always be at liberty to discuss any question of history, whfther modern or ancient, freely and without apprehensioi of a criminal information. It seemed to him that Sir C. Napier had not laid before them any ffi s u c-e n- + grogid for the application which he sought. He strongly cenied the doctrine which had been laid down by the Darned counsel in one part of his address. They would certainly find authorities in old books, when the lav of libel was not settled, FASHIONABLE RE-UNlON.—Viscount and Visc ountess Palmerston gave a grand dinner last evening at th e i r mansion in Carlton-gardens, to a distinguished c i rcle invited to meet the Duke and Duchess de Ter ce i ra The presence of the duke having been commanded b y her Majesty at Windsor Castle, the duchess Was a l one present, attended by his Excellency the Portug uese Minister and the Countess de Lavradio. Among the guests at the banquet we remarked hi s Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, hi s Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Duchess of Inverness, the Mar chioness of Aylesbury, the Earl of Westmoreland, th e Countess of Shaftesbury, the Countess of Tanke rv ill e, Lord Howard de Walden, Count Bentevoglio d'Arae.on, Hon. Spencer Cowper, and Mr. Monckton Milnes, g.p . THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. —The new residence o f the American Legation is No. 45, Portland-place. W e understand his Excellency Mr. Ingersoll intends to enliven the fashionable world with a series of assemblies before Christmas. or settled in a manne r highly vexatious, to sup port the doctrine that b i m pute incompetency to any high officer of the crown was libelous, because it was said to bring the Government into disgrace, but that doctrine was long ago e xploded. He believed Sir C. Napier to be one of the most gallant, most distinguished, and most meritorious olcers who ever led a British army into the field—one whose assistance might be calculated on by the country, if wa should again resort to him, as we had done before, in a, time of great public emergency ; but leaving that aside, he thought the application was not well founded, and the rule must therefore be refused. The other judges concurring—Rule refused. MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY• — The Con servative members of Parliament met Lord Derby to-day at two o'clock. MEMBER FOR HUNTINGDON.—We learn by the last mail, that Mr. Thomas Baring, the member for Hunt ingdon, had been seriously indisposed at New York, and was confined to his hotel. Influenza was stated to have been his disease. He was expected to leave for Liverpool in the next steamer (the Arctic.) LIVERPOOL ELECTION.—The Liverpool Albion states that there is to be a petition against the return of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and Mr. Turner, for that borough. The allegations are bribery and treating. CONVOCATION.—In Mr. Walpole's reply to Sir J. V. Shelley, on Saturday, it will be observed that Mr. Walpole did not settle the question of prorogation, which practically includes that of the right of delibera tion. He asserted, however, most emphatically, that " nothing should induce him to recommend the Crown to grant its license to Convocation to make canons...He entertained the strongest opinion that nothing could be more detrimental to the Church of England, and nothing was more calculated to cause schism in the Church than the revival of Convocation. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Henry lle,aBman, 2; grocer, pleaded guilty to an in dictment charging hitz t with embezzling and stealing the sums-560/., 1/. 6s. 10d., 12s. Hid., and 19s. 6d., the monexs of Joseph Frederick Capps, his master. He was also indicted on five other charges of felony. The Recorder said it appeared that the prisoner had been induced to commit the robbery by engaging in betting speculations in connection with the turf, an evil which was becoming very prevelant, and unless dealt with by the Legislature, would give rise to much more .crime ; but, as the prisoner had made every reparation in his power, by giving information which led to the re covery of a portion of the money, and in conse quence ,of his previously good character, he would pass upon him a more lenient sentence than was _William J, Pronyri of, Queenstown, .Ireland, has been - elected a Fellow of the" ROyeireolloge - of Sur geons of England. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 23, 1852. generally awarded for so serious an offence. The Recorder then sentenced him to imprisonment for 12 calendar months with hard labour. PERJURY. William Baldry surrendered to take his trial on a charge preferred against him for perjury in a case tried at the Camberwell County Court on the 24th of Septem ber last. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Charnock conducted the prose cution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. After the evidence of the prosecutor and several other witnesses had been taken, The Recorder stopped the trial proceeding further, in con sequence of the unsatisfactory and extraordinary nature of the evidence and directed the acquittal of the prisoner, inti mating that no costs would be allowed. His lordship took occasion to advert to the inconvenience arising from the practice of granting warrants against parties on ex-parte statements before a judge at chambers, obseriing that though the act of Parliament prevented him exercising any discretion, this Court could do so, and invariably re quired, when such an application was made, that notice should be given to the person accused. In the present case, he had requested the solicitor who conducted the prosecution to adopt that course, but his advice had not been followed. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. NEW COURT. ROBBERY. James Mansfield, 21, and Henry Fulwood, 19, were indicted for stealing a quantity of empty casks, value 251., from the premises of Mr. Mortimer, builder, Lee, Kent. Mansfield pleaded not guilty and Fulwood guilty. From the evidence against Mansfield, it appeared that the prisoners went in company to a shop in the Old Kent-road, where they hired a horse and van, with which they proceeded to the premises of the prosecutor, and in broad daylight removed the casks. They first offered the stolen property for sale to Mr. Wingfield, of East Greenwich, who, however, refused to purchase it, and afterwards disposed of it to Mr. Hilton, of Thorney street. ' Mansfield, in his defence, alleged that the other pri soner had engaged him to assist in removing the casks, representing that he had previously purchased them, he having no reason to disbelieve the assertion. A good character being given to him by a respectable witness, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Fulwood was then sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. The Court was occupied for several hours in trying mint cases, that presented no feature of public interest. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. ROBBERY AT THE BRENTFORD UNION. Mary Tones, aged 26, and Eliza Humphreys:aged 23, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with stealing two blankets, the property of the guardians of the poor of the Brentford Union. The particulars of the case have already appeared, and each of the prisoners, who had a child in their arms, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. Esther Jones, aged 16, pleaded not guilty to an indict ment charging her with stealing, on this day week, 112 pieces of wove cotton, called "decry," value 325., the property of James Clitherow. The case was fully proved, and the prisoner, who said in defence "that she knew nothing at all of the case," was sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment with hard labour, in the House of Correc tion. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) FACTS FOR FREE -TRADERS.—A short time since Gurnard Farm, the property of the late Captain Wil kinson, was offered for sale, by public auction, by his executors ; it consisted of 143 acres of arable wood and pasture land, subject to a quit rent of 201. a year. Many were the anxious inquirers about its value. Three different valuations were made of it, the highest being 3,100/. After a spirited competition, it was knocked down to F. Rowton, Esq., for 3,400/. Several agricul turists attended the sale with a view of being the first on the list of tenants, On its being known that it was bought for the "National Freehold Land Society," the Protectionists stated that they were sure that it must be purchased for something of the kind, as no one could pay such a price for agricultural purposes. Still, such was the number of applications from persons wishing to be come the tenants, that it was determined, after taking off 68 acres for building purposes, to let the remaining 75 acres, and the farm buildings, by auction, with the proviso that the rent should be paid quarterly in' ad vance; and as the land might be required for building purposes, the tenant should be subject to six months' notice to quit. In spite of these drawbacks, Mr. Leslie of Cowes bid 1301. per annum for the 75 acres ; Mr. Flux of Gunville, 140/. ; and Mr. Dawson of Furzy hurst Farm, 145/. ; and on the lot being knocked down to him, he paid down 361. 55., being one quarter's rent in advance, as per agreement ; and this for half a farm, the whole of which, in the good old Protection times, was let for only 1001. a year. Bad times these for land lords and tenants, truly ! " The land will all be thrown out of cultivation"—"there is nothing but ruin before their eyes," barring hunting, shooting, &e. PROPOSED Nzw TOWN IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.— The land purchased for this purpose is the opposite side of the hill to that on which the townlof Cowes stands— the latter dips to the eastward, the former to the west, and is distant about one mile from the Royal Yacht Squadron House, either by the shore or by the high road ; it commands the most extensive, varied, and beautiful sea and land views ; in the south and west are seen the high Downs of Mottistone, Afton, and Fresh water—to the west the Needles Passage, with the island of Purbeck in the distance—in the north and west is the solent sea, with its moving panorama of ships, yachts, and pleasure boats, with the New Forest from Hurst Castle to Southampton River in the back ground. The land falls into Gurnard Bay, and there is a fine sandy beach and excellent bathing. The cliffs are not perhaps suited for building purposes, but there are lots of excel lent stone for building purposes in them. Report says that 1,0001. is to be expended on the formation of new roads—rather a large sum, considering that the ma terial is on the land, the subsoil being gravel. There are to be pleasure-grounds and fountains, and—but we must stop, as we have seen no plans, nor can we hear of anybody else that has ; and the beautiful villas we have pictured to ourselves may at last prove to be—only castles in the air. ADVICE TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.— But what shall we say to the Chancellor of the Exche quer—to the leader of the once great county party ? Less than twelvemonths ago Mr. Disraeli wrote how Sir Robert Peel was stripped of his following, and how in the moment of victory, " the Emperor was without his army." And now where are his own battalions ? Where is that county militia which was called out twice a-year for two days eating and speechifying, which was once marched to London and quartered in Drury-lane theatre, and ,which was to be "up and at them ' when the day of battle came ? The mutinous squads are in arms against their own officers, and are openly threatening to tear their general in pieces. What does Mr. Disraeli now think of his own levies ?—for his own they are. Every blessed Booker and Chowler and Foskett is of his making, or at least of his preserving. If it had not been for his genius the whole tribe of Protectionists would have dropped into the limbo of current impostures and gone clean out of mind six years ago. But it is fortu nate that this connexion has come to an end at last. Mr Disraeli was not made for such spirits, nor they for him. Let him turn their desertion to good account, and quit at once a rotten policy for a sound one, without attempting to conceal an error which everybody can discern, but which nobody will be anxious to make worse than it is.—Tintes. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE IN ALDERMANBURY.—On Saturday an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, as to the death of Henry Pincher, aged 41. He had been in the service of Messrs. Chadwick, of No. 7, Dyer's-court, Alder ma,nbury, velvet edgers, and, although his residence was at 31, New Ivy-street, Hoxton, he had been allowed, from the great pressure of business, to sleep in the house in Dyer's-court, for the last few nights. On Wednesday night, about 12 o'clock, he went to the top of the house to turn off the gas, and there is a well-staircase all the way up. As he was coming down, he afterwards said, he was reaching over the well to turn off a branch of gas which was in the centre, when, having a lantern in the other hand, his foot slipped, and he fell all the way down the well-hole. Upon the noise being heard, some of the persons in the house went to his assistance, and a sur geon was sent for, who advised his immediate removal to the hospital, where he was seen by Mr. Fletcher, the house surgeon, who found fractures of the thigh and knee-cap, as well as severe injuries to the head. He died on Thursday. Verdict, " Accidental death." Two DEATHS THROUGH VISITING CHELSEA HOSPITAL. —.Yesterday morning a respectable tradesman, of the name of Mr. Jeremiah Pearce, builder, who resided in Hart-street, Covent-garden, expired from injuries he re ceived on Saturday morning, the 13th instant, while en deavouring to obtain admission to see the Duke of Wel lington lying in state at Chelsea Hospital. No day is yet named for the coroner's inquest.—Yesterday morning Thomas Wakley, Esq., held an inquest at the Fish mongers' Arms, West-street, Seven Dials, touching the death of Charles Barton, aged 47 years, japanner. It appeared by the evidence, that the deceased went on Tuesday, the 16th inst., and was near l y suffocated, being in the crowd six bons and a 1 , 14'. On he was Liked ill, and died in a few hours. Mr. New, surgeon, proved the deceased died from the effects of ex travasation of blood on the substance and ventricles of the brain, The jury returned a verdict accordingly. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 Ame rican were taken on speculation. The market closed steadily. The sales comprised 100 Bahia, at 6g to 6i; 200 Egyptian, at 6i-d. to 7d.; 400 Surat, at 4d. to 4 d., and the remainder nearly all Ame rican. Railway shares were firm at higher prices. There are more vessels known to be on the way from Australia, and the aggregate amount of gold they will bring is important. The Andromache will have 42,051 ounces from Sydney ; the Nestor, 12,295 ounces ; and the Roman Emperor, 6,400 ounces. The Pelham has arrived from Sydney with 27,000 ounces. From a return, showing the quantity of some of the principal articles of produce which left New York, at tide-water, from the commencement of navigation to 31st October, inclusive, in the years 1851 and 1852, we find that in the present year there was a slight falling off in flour and rye, but an increase in wheat of 2,752,132 bushels, in barley of 168,841 bushels, and in pork of 23,989 lbs. There was a decrease in the quantity of corn amounting to 2,115,617 bushels, and in cheese, wool, and bacon there was also a material diminu tion. In the last week in October there was an in crease in the quantity of flour left this year of 1,9121b5. ; in wheat, of 215,226 bushels ; and in barley, of 71,165 bushels ; while in corn there was a decrease of 128,554 bushels. Discoveries of gold have been made in Canada, which seem to warrant the belief that it will be come a great gold-producing country. Lumps, valued at 8001. to 9001. have, it is said, been found at the Chandiere mine, about 30 miles dis tant from Quebec. Quartz is reported to exist to a large extent, and it is considered from the geological structure of the hills where the discoveries have been made that gold exists in large quantities. There appears from the official return a diminu tion of 131 vessels and 51,547 tons in the arrivals at Quebec during the present year up to October 30, as compared with the same period in 1851. The English Stocks have been advancing again, and there are investments still making in Consols, which have been up to 1011 #, though since a little flatter. For Account the quotations have been 101 k to #. The New per Cents, have r ea li se d 103#- to /. Bank St oc k h as b een up to 223 to 2231. India Stock is worth 275. Exchequer Bills are down a little, being 695. to 725. premium ; and India Bonds are at 83s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been brisker. In Sardinian there have been transactions at 99 to 100 k. Gre nada Deferred are more in request at 10-4- to 11/. Austrian Scrip is 8 premium. Equador Stock is at 5. Mexican Bonds have been quoted at 25* to #. Spanish Deferred are 25 to f, being a shade higher. Dutch 21- per Cents., are at 651 to 66. Turkish Loan is worth 3 premium, and Swedish Loan 1 to li t discount. - There has been a very buoyant market again for the English railways, and the buying and selling being more active corresponding fluctuation occurs. Caledonians have again been maintained at 63 to 64. Aberdeen and North British are higher, and. Brighton and Great Northern, Oxford and Wolver hampton, and South Wales have been in request. The French lines are neglected, and it would seem that as the English market revives the other de clines. At any rate there is much less doing than there was. The Gold Mine Shares are very firm, and the Nouvean Monde have advanced. There have been a few bargains in the Electric Telegraph of Ireland and in the General Steam at 303. advance, and in the Australian Royal Mail at ijg. to / discount. The Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Com pany have received letters from Melbourne, dated 25th of August, advising the safe arrival of the Augusta Schneider and Geelong with the com pany's staff, all well and in good health. Mr. Hopkin's had made arrangements to send them up to the diggings immediately; he had founded an establishment at Forest Creek, where he would put one party to work, and would then go out and establish another party at Bendigo. Mr. Hopkin's entertained the fullest confidence of the result; he had previously arranged to supply the men with stores, provisions, &c., and he expected to be able to secure a respectable amount of gold dust as a remittance by the royal mail steamer Australian,. The establishment at Forest Creek had com menced the purchase of gold dust. Invoices of two small parcels have been received which had been sent to Melbourne for shipment, and they were provided with ample funds to continue their ope rations. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business dote Bank Stock 2231 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOl g New 34 per Cent. Annuities... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6,1 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Account.. Exchequer Bills Lid. £lOOO.. X5OO Small 83 1018 a March. June 72 69 69 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Australian Scrip 5 per Cent. Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, per Cent Ditto Deferred, .... Mexican 3 per Cent.. .... 97f .... 5 .... 22 .... 101 11i .... 25 .... 25 Ditto for the Account Peruvian 6 per Cent. Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ... . . Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per C en t 25 Swedish Loan . Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. 3 p HALF-PAST TWO. 101 i 101 i Consols Ditto Account, Dec. 9 ERRATA.-Mr. Ellis, the writer of the letter referred to in the money article of yesterday, is one of the Direc tors of the Australian Mutual Gold Mining Association ; and it was to that Company the letter from which we quoted was written. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY). COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has been firm for foreign, but with little doing. There are buyers both for shipment and home use. Refined is at 45s to 48s for low to fine grocery lumps. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India docks was 747 hhds, 105 tierces, 379 barrels ; there were taken for home consump tion 1,418 hhds, 129 tierces, 365 barrels. Th e s t oc k i n th e same places is 14,541 hhd s , 1,747 tierces, 3,796 barrels. COFFEE.—Flantation Ceylon has been quiet, but holders are firm. Native is at 47s for the new import. Costa Rica and Mocha have been in demand at previous rates. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 245 puns., 3 hhds. there were taken for home consu m pti on 345 puns . , 8 ads., and ex ported 61 puns., 81 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,111 puns. 602 hhds. SPiois.-106 cases 17 bags Calicut ginger at auction rea lised 33s to 46s ; Pimento, 43 bags sold at 5a to 58 per lb.; 160 bags Cassia Vera were taken at 48s to 60s per cwt. SALTPETRE.-1,292 bags East India, at auction, sold at 25s 6d for 9 per cent., at 24s 6d to 25s for 14 per cent., and 26s for 8t per cent. refraction. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s 6d to 47s 9d per cwt. on the spot, and Town, 49s 3d. COFFEE.—There has been no decline, but business is limited. TEA.—The market has been firm but quiet. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 18s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 18s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 10s per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ Os ; clover, ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 16s • and straw, 1/ 5 s t o 1/ lie per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 18s ; clover, ditto, e 3/ 15s to 5/ O s ; an d straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 11s per load. Trad dull. DESERTING FROM A SHlP.—Yesterday at the Thames Police Court, Robert Crail, a respectable looking man, was brought before Mr. Y ar dl ey , charged with-unlaw fully deserting from the ship Competition, of which he was carpenter, at Port Adelaide ; by which he had ren dered himself liable to three months' imprisonment, with or without hard lahour, at the discretion of the magis trate. He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, but without hard labour. ARRIVAL OF THE FORERUNNER.—The African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Forerunner, Captain J. B. Atkins, arrived at Plymouth, last evening, at six o'clock. She left Gibraltar on the evening of Sunday, the 14th ; experienced head wind in passing through the Gut, and has had severe weather ever since. On the night of the Ist of November, between Madeira and Tenerife, passed the Hellespont, Captain Watts, for Sierra Leone. Yesterday morning, the 21st, spoke the Arthur, of Glasgow, from Calcutta, going up Channel. DEPARTURE FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures for Australia from the port of London during the past week have been rather numerous, and the export trade con tinues active. There were five vessels to Sydney, of an aggregate burden of 3,158 tons; two to Port Phillip, of 341 tons; two to Swan River, of 738 tons; and one to Van Diemen's Land, of 578 tons. THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMATE.—The conse cration of Dr. Dixon to the Primatial Chair of St. Patrick, was performed yesterday with the usual pomp and cerc,,anniles in the Royal College of Mayhooth. The officiating prelate was "his Grace" of Dublin, assisted by nearly every member of the hierarchy. The. Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare were present at the spec tacle. SHREWSBUfiTIiACEV (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Astley Stakes. Knight of the Thistle . Ada Doubt Bit of Blue Shrewsbury Handicap. Twelve ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. To-morrow, at Shrewsbury, is devoted to the Steeple' . chase and Hurdle Races. The first race—grandilo quently set forth as the Shropshire Grand An nual Steeplechase, ope n t o a ll England, with a water leap opposite the stand, &c.—is of five sovs. each, two ft , ', with seventy added, over about four miles of fair hunting country. Of the dozen acceptances, in all probability not more than s i x w ill be found at the post. Peter made the t o p we i g ht at li st 71b, which, however,. doubt his carrying successfully. Victress, at 11st, 111 " eluding 71b extra for her victory the other day, has al s° ' to my fancy, got a little too much to carry. Vainhope, at lOst 101 b, if i n f orm an d meant, is about the be g thing in the ra ce . B our t on at lOst 81b, has no cha nce whatever. V engeance , at lOst 41b, is not over-weigh ted ' The gelding by Si r H ercu l es out o f L ep i da, H ero i n e, an d f the Emperor m us t g i ve p l ace to Y oung Si r Edward , ,° whom I obser ve d th e o th er d ay, i n my re marks on tne Hunt Cup Steeplechase at Warwick, that his, day had not then arrived ; I thi n k it now has. 14"ttJo f Charley and Clatt er b ox h ave th e i r c h ances disposed ° • by Annie Lauri e , w h o , a t 9 s t lib , ought to run velit: forward—in f ac t, o bt a i n a p l ace. L ooking over the P S / if Mr. Vevers does not intend to attempt winning', think YOUNG S IR ED WARD an d A NNIE LAURIE quit e good enough to fill the first and second places. The Hurdle Race of 40 sovs., added to a handil sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 1 ft. &c., over six flight s ° hurdles, on a t wo m il e an d a quarter course, will, I pr: sume, be contested by about half of the acceptan ce h 'i The top wei g ht, H ALF - AND - HALF, at lOst 131 b, oug to be about the mark at the finish of the race. It i 3 5 question however, wheth er h e i s b etter than Tnin bl; Ballet Girl, and Gayl a d a t th e we i g h ts. He is certainly the best hurdle jumper of the lot, therefore I shall PI him first ; and award the second place to Ballet Girl, she runs ; in her absence Gaylad and Tomboy will P r h (r bably be second and third. I perceive there is a shionably-bred horse that figured in the nominations it the last Derby, at the tail of the acceptances ; knovlivP nothing whatever about him, I must continue in the 81. lent mood with respect to his qualities. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF' TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. THE SHREWSBURY HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Doubt 3 to 1 Mr. G. Barton's Little Fawn 5 to 1 Captain Archdall ns Kiteflyer 7 to 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Bit of Blue 8 to 1 Mr. Burton ns Lerrywhent The above w ere th e nom i na l pr i ces at the close ; l e 4 little was done. THE COLUMN HANDICAP (SHREWSBURY" 2 to 1 agst Mr. W. H. Scott's Warwick (taken) CHESTER CUP -2,000 to 30 l a id agst Muscovite, and 1,000 t o 10 ea ch agst Robbie Noble, Goldfinder, Madeline, Grey Tofll Redmond O'Hanlan, qnd Tickton (taken) DERBY. 1200 to 100 agst Mr. Bowes's West Australi an (taken and a ft erwar d s Offen 1000 to 60 L or d J o h n Scott ' s The Beive tak) • 900 to 50 Duke en of Richmond's r og (taken and afterwards offere d) 1000 to 50 Lord Derby's Umbriel (tak° and afterwards offered) 1000 to 50 Mr. Howard's Elmsthorpe(t 34 ' and afterwards offered) d 1000 to 50 M r . P owney ' s C i neas (takella afterwards offered) 1000 to 40 Captain Lane's Ninnyhavole, 4 3, a 0 k 0 e o n t aonldooafltaeirdwaatrdosnoeffoe rect *As much as 1,000 t o 30 has been laid againstthis horse at the c l u b-h ouses i n the course of the last two or three days. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.--Yesterday the public vier' admitted by tickets to "View the interior of St. Paul 1: fitted up and li g ht e d as it wrs on the day of the funell • The number all owe d i n a t a t i me was unnecessar i ly e rn3 being limited to 700 per hour ; but we hope that a /Il e t larger issue of tickets will be made durinc, the reit the week, the object, in the first place, having7been to sse e ' ; tain how f ar th e sacre d ed i fice could be thrown open witho ut impeding the thoroughfare. Some change must be Ma d° in the mode of granting the privilege of admissio n, which, as will be aeon, has led to great inconvenien.c e and abuse. Great eagerness was displayed to see the 1_1)4. terier, and thos e w h o succee d ed in doing so appear' much astonished at the extent and effectiveness of the arrangements. Nor is this surprising. for we are a ssured. that the amount of work got through within the time 19 quite unexampled ; 2,000 loads of timber having 10e° used, and 6,000 feet of gaspipe, containing 7,500 Jets, having been laid down. f TICKETS OF ADMISSION INTO Sr. P AUL ' S. —l ns t ea d o • adopting some r egu l ar and methodical arrangement' whereby resp ec t a bl e persons applying might obtain the! A e ; tickets, the officials to who m th e matter was intreet'a have allowed th e pl ace t o b e b eset by a disorderly c roii: of the lowe r c l ass , an d to t h ese the tickets were ilia's: criminately handed, no name, address, o r o ther part i , c t lars, being ask e d or given. The consequ ence was wu'd might have been e x p ec t e d— t h e t i ckets thus o bt a in were hawked about in the neighbourhood of the exc is ':., office and in St. P au l' s c h urchyard by a set o f luc ife , match sellers, and such-like vagrants, at half-a-crow n ,: piece, and we b e li eve, i n many instances, a treat at 14' nearest beer-house was the consideration demanded. AGGREGATE COST OF SEATS AT THE DUKE'S FUNEBA' r ; • —The following calculation has been made with s era f ,t care, for the purpose of ascertaining the proximate aten il- • the of money paid by the public for mere seats to vieW,,, ceremonial of the Duke funeral. There were in the . 1- ": of ;procession, in Piccadilly, 100 houses ; St. Jane s a . street, 90 • Pall-Mall, 124 ; Cockspur-street, 34 ;."i",. ring-cross, ' 24 ; Strand, 457 ; Fleet-street, 208 ; Ludg 3 , „ 5 / hill, 90 ; St. Paul's-churchyard, 30 ; in the whole, 1, 1 to mention the numerous clubs, the ncl ci i in Waterloo-place and T ra f a l gar - square, and the and it houses of ev er y s t ree t a b u t t i ng upon the line ; a 1,1,7 must also be rem em b ere d th a t th e i nc l osure of St. It. tin's Church, th e N ew Church, St. Clement's, and Dunstan's, furnish e d accommo d at i on f or full 6,000 P e e r t sons ; the gallery o ver th e O pera C o l onnade for a t leas 1, people ; C roc kf or d' s th ree ga l ler i es, 1,000 peel' - 0 i and the house in process of erection at the corne r , a t Arundel-street, for 700 p ersons . N ow, assuming 1,,'()),4 there were only 60 s p ec t a t ors i n eac h house (694' there must have been p r i va t e accommo d at i on for abut 120,000 people, and if one -thi r d b e d e d ucted on ae c°g . of those who devoted th e i r establishments to the ace 0 02 modation of their con nec ti ons and friends, there will e main 80,000, which, a t one sovere i gn a head, 80,000/. re' COUNTY TREASURERS.—Yesterday a Parliamentar9. turn, procured by Mr. Frewen, was printed, contaiDlr, an abstract of the accounts of the several county trea• curers in England and Wales for the year Cou ti l t i Michaelmas, 1851. The total assessment for the eo ll r„ t s rate in the year was 59,994 , 9861. 6s. sd. The rece i 'r i s , with the balance in hand, amounted to 1,489,4371-_,a 6d. The disbursements were 1,355 , 6451. 12s. I' 4 The prosecution of prisoners in the year came to 194,3581ted Os. 54d. The maintenance of pauper lunatics amou n t to 16,990/. Bs. 44d., and the coroners cost in the 54,451/. 2s. Bd. ST. MARYLEBONE SAVINGS BANK.—The return.' this bank, whose offices are at 76, Welbeck-street , hibit the following progress of accumulated deP eg o o during the last seven years :—Open deposit account s do , 20th Nov. 1846, 17,2801.; do. 1847, 18,119/- 1848, 19,019/. ; do. 1849, 20,382/. • d o . 1850, , 21,1' • do. 1851, 22,1761.; do. 1852, 22,714/. tree 4 SAVAGE ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at the Worship -8 , - o w, Police Court, Jeremiah Do novan , a t a ll , muscu l ar was charged with a murderous assault upon his "1 . of who was lying in the London H os pit a l, w ith sever -„do. her ribs fractured, and in a state o f i mm i nen t da l %tio ' The prisoner, it appeared, in the course o f a d° r t e ,,,ect quarrel, had knocked his wife d own , an d t h en Ju upon her several times, fracturing h er r ib s on both 81 0 , 0 and inflicting other very serious inj ur i es , i n c onsequ e ro of which her life was in great danger. He was manded. ASSAULT ON A SOLDIER. —Yesterday, at the Iv ' minster Police Court, a fell ow named Higg i n b o ttoin 00 charged with the following very serious assault : r . • the night of the 16th ins'z. some Li g ht Dragoons, %al tered in the vicinity of Kni g ht s b r id ge, _ wer e at the 133 001 e ham Head public-house, when, in consequence of ana angry words between one of them (not complaina rd) t his, a civilian, the military left the place. Shortly after . wa s Thomas Pitt, a private of the 13th Light Drageer': l ono t standing outside s p ea ki ng to a friend, w h en the pris eye, threw a stone a t him, which struck him in the rig ht on er and felled hi m t o the ground insensible. The pris was committed for trial. 11011° 8 ' CAUTION TO EMIGRANTS.—At the Mansion , c heS° yesterday, Lionel G. Thompson, late of No. 1, l', efo re court, Lime-street, shipping agent, was brought e ,u- do y- Sir Robert W. Carden, in the custody of Micha_lat',eo. don, the officer, upon a warrant issued under the 1c . 8 % 1 ,, gers' Act, for the non-payment of the sum of 591.; the being the amount of the passage money, 1. t he expenses incurred in consequence of the defatuwlt.• prisoner to provide certain persons named Hart r it,n_ r Y o . oc l sage in a vessel called the South Sea ; and alsotr aged to de upon a warrant for a conspiracy with G. Shot e , oc _ d to fraud William Henry Ba-Isett, a person who exp 0 , 14 14 1, be a passenger by the same vessel, of the sum to l aros e 10s. The defendant was ordered to be sent to thethe of Correction for three months unless he pad ti o a ni %d to which he did not do, and he was accordingly r ev the Compter. arri ved 8 e MORTALITY AT SEA.----The Patna, which „ can th . Liverpool on Sunday night, brings accounts emigrant ship Shackamaxon, Captain .a .t. a. " she Liverpool on the 4th of October for Aubti . 1: _ a i s o p n o . k 2 e 6 by mr th ., e a t awthniachontimthee 2239tphaOsseetno:eerrs.n(c,h_lidititcycija =en) out Of Alie - 600 which sailed in her had scarlatina. ~ 3 i. 8 8 20 20 10 St. St. Bt. Bt. St. 14 20 20 20 6 12, 12 12 §t. ' 19 20 10 25 10 1.0.6 100 10 100 1O 10 5 6 all 103 all 100 109 1 100 I all 1100 424 160 3 1C3;1 100 100 100 100 5 all all all 10 all li all 5 25 all 1 To