The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-29 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS D A Y.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Creas%eli.) FencERY. --- Th.. , two prisoners. Coleman and Gurney, who were found guil ty yesterday of concurring iu the torgery of u fill of exchange, were brought up this morning to re eeive the judgment of the Court. Mr. Justice Cresswell, in passing sentence, stated that one of th e j ury h a d t hi s morn i ng i nt i mated t h at i t was the intention of the whole jury to recommend the pri soners to mercy, on the ground of the evidence not la; lug so conclusive as it might have been ; but they were ell satisfied of their guilt, and though no money was ob tained by means of the forgery in question, yet there could be no doubt that it was only one part of an extol ".,,ivo system o f f rau d w hi c h th e y h a d in contemplation. It therefore became necessary, for the protection et traders in the city of London, to make a severe ex an n ee of the prisoners, and the sentence of the Court upon them was, that they be transported beyond the boas for a period of 15 years. The prisoners were then removed from the dock. MAMILLIJCIITER. Susan Kale surrendered to take her trial on an in• dietmeet charging her with the " manslaughter" of married woman named Margaret Ellen Jones. Mr. R ibinson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution that the prisoner, who resided at Stoke Newington, hae a servant. n a med Sophia Williams, whom she suddenly discharged for some alleged misconduct. A fuw day afterwards the mother ef the girl went to the prisoner', house, in company with the dicaased Mrs. Jones, ti , inquire the reason for her dismissal, and to fetch awe) her clothes. The deceased knocked at the dour, which Was opened by the prisoner, who, on ascertaining their errand, threw out a bundle of clothes, and then guv, the deceased a push, which sent her into the area, a few feet below, and the injuries she received were of l i such a serious description that she died a few days afterwards in the hospital. Mrs. Williams admitted, on cross-examination, the she and the deceased had been drinking some gin, but she denied that they were intoxicated. Witness broke some windows in order to induce the people to corn( out, and rcrider some assistance, and she was given int, custody, and fined for the damage done. The policeman said that both Mrs. Williams and thi deceased were drunk when he was called to the spot. Mr. Clarkson having addressed the jury, and th( learned Judge having summed up, the jury returnee a verdict of Not Guilty. MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Coastwise, the arrivals of English Wheat have been slightly on the increaEe this week, but the receipts fri 81 4, to-day, were very moderate. The show of sample. of both Red and White was comparatively small. Th( atteLdaece of town and c )untry buyers was by no mean! large, yet the sale for home grown Wheats was steady at Monday's prices. About 1,000 quarters changes hands for forward delivery. Upwards of 18,000 qusrters of Foreign Wheat hav( rairue ; nevertheless, cost,ms kinds changed hands to extent, at late en Several floating cargoes sold, chiefly on Irish account. at full prices. We hal a very small supply of both English and Foreign Barley on show. Really fine malting parcels ware the turn dearer. Grinding and Distilling sorts were fi rm. Malt —the show of which was small—moved of steadily, at very full prices. There was an improved inquiry for Oats, the quota Imps of which were fully supported. Beane, Peas, and Flour moved off steadily, at extreme rates, ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour ti ICM .... Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Ql4l. Sacks Irish .. • • 8 . 260 1,210 1,260 1,830 1,170 • ... 13,910 ... _ Por e f gn. .....• 'lB , 260 ' I r 1.010 6,960 26,600bJ SMITHFIELD. _ To day's mark e t was we ll supp li e d w ith B e asts as to Prober, but th e i r genera l qua li ty was i n t er ior. Middling breed moved off steadily, at, in some instances, a slight t ilu e° in the quotations . Otherwise, the trade was b o at" at full p r i ces. Sh eep, t h e arr i va l s of which were ttio toodorat e , wen in fair request at full currencies— iib primost Old Downs selling freely at 4s. 4d. per o f We had an i m p rove d sa le for Calves, the supply gib;Wnich was on the d e crease at an advance of 2 d. per hd , li • Tht-re was more doing in Pigs at late rates. ,°h Cows were very dull at from 141. 10s. to 19/. 4 n a, including their small calf. 8 1 , ( 1 , f no orior Per Bibs. to sink the 011'81. 32. d 0 to p. d 2 2 Prin i n , N a ,q u alitY •• •• 2 4 3 0 p r u n - Arge Obeli.. 3 2 2 6 Lttrg: Snots ......3 8 310 Pc,,,. e "rge Calves 2 6 3 6 ditto .. 3 8 4 0 L abs I ettives ..19 0 22 0 •• • ..... . . 0 0 0 0 s. d. to s. d Inferior Skoep •• .• 3 0 3 4 Second 0111,1. Sheep 3 4,1 3 S Coarse-woolleddlttc 310 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Ditto outof the wool° 0 0 0 Large !logs ...... 210 3 6 Small Porkers .... 3 s 3 10 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 31 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1,040 Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 3,100 300 I 3io Ileasts FOREIGN SUPPLY. 3.10 Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs. 1,600 210 NENVGATE AND LEADENIIALL. We bad an improved demand fur each kind of Moat, at very full prices. At per stone by the Carcase. tea. Interior....,, 2 d. to •. d. I. d. to s. .'. •-- u+iddi pr “.• .• ?, ° 2 4 Mutton, inferior *A 2 s 0 Veal prime small . 3 .i in- •• •• 2 6 middling 3 0 3 6 ..-- prlmelarge .• lO 28 3 0 --- prime 3 b 4 0 ........ ~, - 3 4 Pork, largo ••••• • • • 2 6 a t * 8 210 - small.. 3 8 4 at full rates of currency. 110?. The demand rather active for all new Hop 9, re continues The , 11 East Kent -.-iiity.255,000/. to 0 60,000/. 4)(lidland and lacy.supplies on offer are 27 Goldino, 1203 to 150 s per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 4 _,, i to 84s ; do. choice, 00s to 90a; Sussex, 7113 to 78+ 0 ; bl o c: choice, 80s to 84s; Farnhams, 1004 to 1206; d i °i ce, 130 s to 140 s; country do, 90s to 1003; do choice. , 10s to 120 s. COLONIAL Sular—The market for British Plantation has been ate ad th' R m .! 13 week, with a fair demand and a somewhat r l . 4 ed supply. The consumption continues stead t y. hadoea bold briskly at an advance of 6d per cw "5 Y e llow, 39s to 40s; mid to good, 36a to 38s 6d; and . tila cw, 35s to 35s 6d. Jamaica realized 35s for mid to " s e w; and 333 to 849 for low. Demerara brought 32s Tfoorb goodagom c t o o m fin o u n brown, and 33s 6d to 3 4 s for yel• arle em y s e r l i l d ow at so f l udll at 33s f t a o ir 33 to l fine d was i n f a i r d 'll; uee rY lumps bringing 45s to 483. For East India e re has been tat e , a steady inquiry at about the previous e , t 1,611 gal sold at 37 8 6d t o 39 5; for Benares mid 2-,,,p0d white and soft yellow, 28s to 32; brown, 265. to 101dend ord to mid-like Mauritius, 32s to 353. Madras at 28s to 32a for soft yellow, and at 34s to 37s for 4wit been mid grocery. Mauritius has been firm, but none fo offered publi c ly. M an ill a was t a k e n in at 33s ",..e 8 53 for or d to good cloyed, and Java at 361 6d to 37s r mid to good. ore ign—.Pernamb uco so ld a t 34 s 6d t o 38 s f o r low to good white. Savannah was bought in at 36s to 383 for Or d to mid yellow, and at 34s to 36s 6d for brown low to ge°d• Privately full rates hays been paid. the d eman d f or most sorts was s l ugg i s h i n e early part of the week, but it has increased since, ed a r i se of is to 2s per owt has occurred in plantation e Yloo, with a t en d ency to a further advance, low mid ~0 ( 1 mid bri ng i ng 528 to 595, good, 60s to 67s 6d, triage. .?)78 61 to 483. and peaberry, 56s to 595. Mocha has _en sold a t 61 s to 655, for greenish, partly garblsd, and '%1.L10, has be en t a k en i n at 40s, for good ord brownish 151ahia brought 37s to 445, for ord to fine and good ord Malabar sold at 48s. Costa Rica went at stiff prices, erd grey, 478 to 49s 6d, fine ord and low mid colony, 5 03 to 56e and peaberry at 50s. Cocoa—There has been a brisk demand at full rates. Grenada ord to good grey has been sold at 30s to 333, 'and mid to good red, at 33s to 353. Trinidad went at 823 to 36s for ord dark to mid grey, and at 32s to 39s for low and good red. Riee—The demand has been limited, but full prices have been ob:air,ed. Arrowroot—Bermuda has been taken in at la 2d for ord te ~ " 0 , and Jamaica at 8d per lb. Spices —Pimento has been Pepper was to Rbod, realising 4cl to 5-0. good fullerra for Singapore, Batavia 3ii to aid for mid an 6 d i g d o p o t p o d, 7 w it h l ite advanced 3id to 4id ord to mid, realizing . oc4 Sid to 91,1 for fine. Cloves d dark P enang, and 51,1 to 6 0 for sold ord at to Illarnon is 2d to 3d dearer. 6 m t id o . 6 4 dCli.n or S,ltpetrc—Prices have been supported , ord t o g ood 15 0 to 7ed p er cent ., re f ract i on B eng al sold at 24s 6 d t ° 2 7, per cwt. Ilutri—T.his article has been dull. Cotton —There has been a good demand at higher Dtioott. Surat sold at .11i to 5d per lb. Cochineal —The market is steady but quiet.. v T ea —At the public sales a large proportion found "uyerr, but barely 9,000 pkgs were offered. Litt on _ I'oung ditto and Gunpowder, sold at full prices, but _ 1,:ou rather heavily. Since then, the market privately l a 1 " 1 ", at 9d to 91d for common Congou. ' ' 'ull uw--P.Y.O , is firm at 3a 6d per cwt. !eroGrp,,,tl Featt :I. favour tb'e change of wind has sight have se veral arrivals. S ome new M ess i na L emons of which bhieeeho received by steamer via Liverpool, a portion State were scat to London, but are in too green a zebeitiviL:dt itt,,roLnaediate use. A parcel of 400 boxes, Naples , Antwerp, sold by Keeling and Hunt s i t t i on ' ~,,84'09 realizes a good price, being in good cond . D l e ' i ,'Ne'r black Spanish Nuts are dull of sale, the ver.beCtirreflas. barrel, 1 "` - ' in g too high for consumption. A parcel of 100 linercet Grapes has been sold from 293. to 30i. tit A A cargo of Fara Oranges has arrived, beiag 0 ...rat t h is season. A F' ato - cl LOC K OF LAWYERS —As many as " one hundred •tltio n to glay.three" per sons h ave given notice of their i 0 - apply to b e a d m i tted a torneys of the Court of queen's 13eceTtui in tho ensuing Michaelmas Tra 'term, co' techeing on esday next. !seenbEDLADL—The Lfrairs of this hospital seem to have conducted in quite a congenial sp i r i t ; for if we !° funds , ok at t h e lavish expenditure of the fun, or the bruta t! t- treatment of the p oor patients, we are bound to coa l less that the governors and directors have been regularly Cling it like mad."—Punch• 10% 11 74 y.) aighg b"i%°' , of ; (brif i ) t ho Id, ve; been br ig) otori, o , re c tots' de t , of B doop° 3s oil Arof ebee , 0 1 ' ores' Sel 0 ,111°I)1‘ co ere, ;ailed , 11" : Att ic : L i ' : sr, s i dn ,yea, Tr"°ljt ori 3 Mons OF op soof iris 11 4 Affi 1 I. ._ Ar ge10. 1 ,40r; )1 10, 0 1 1 Lilerr Cl o 1 G To° of O . Lodi O. rEl 3O3 ' De o r so , l): cl;r!"e'roll° ) De . ter, e leo! , go wait lo pe, r • B m ; if or P . o. fool • d 1 life rot I pote , vo w' 09; Oir rived' dor , rine goo' trow , G ijorl eeo, Co° Lo tto; . 0 o; TalP v ie , ll o l d , atl; i v a bile; ID, `` .. 0003 ° oic; • oh ; 5161111 FRANCE. The illoititeur has the following with regard to the Turkish loan—" Letters from Constantinop!e, of the Isth of October, announce that the Porte has dtecidt•dly refused the ratification of the loan nevo ciated some weeks ago in London and in Paris. This news is alone exact of all ►hat has been brought forward on the subject of this loan affair." The official journal contains a good many appoint ments in different branches of the magistracy. There in a batch of decorations of the Legion of Honour, and the military medal is confered on several marines. As a proof of the great change in public opinion in the arrondisement of Avesnes (Nord), which, at the time of the presidential election on the 10th Decem ber, 1848, was most hostile to Louis Napoleon, we now find that out of the 153 communes o f w hi c h the arrondissement is composed, 252 have demanded the re-establishment of the Empire. The number of communes in the Meuse, which have sent petitions to she Senate to the same effect, amount to 586, having 57,470 signatures; 198 of the recently-renewed Municipal C„uncils of the Loire Inferieure, have .ant addresses praying for the Empire. In the Maine-et Loire fresh addresses arrive at the Pre fecture every day ; the number already amounts to 200. We read in the Constitutionnel :—`` Since the Go v( rnment has determined to extirpate bandittism in Corsica, the local administration has redoubled its activity and energy. Important results have been already obtained. It is known that two formidable bandits, named Padovana and Framoni, have been, the first, killed in an encounter with the gendarmes, and the second, arrested. Framoni, in particular, was one of the most dangerous offenders that could be met with. He is shortly to be tried by the Court of Assizes. We learn that two other bandits, Domi nique Cesari, surnamed Sperato, and Cesar Bartoli, have been lately killed by the gendarmes. Sperato was a man of extreme audacity and almost superhu man strength, who had succeeded in terrifying the neighbourhood of Spartena, his principal haunt. He was the type of the bandit who hired out his carbine to the vengeance of others. Bartoli explored the ar rondissement of Corta, and they were together when surprised by the gendarmerie. They made a despe rate resistance, and some of the men attacking them were wounded. The letters, which inform us of these results, state that in consequence of the determination of the authorities to punish severely whatever persons harbour baniits in Corsica, these latter are left com paratively defenceless, and can in consequence be more easily laid bands on. Several of them, in de spair of being able to continue their odious occupation, have asked leave to be allowed to proceed to Sardinia. I'he news of the death of Sperato, who passed for being almost invincible, will produce the greatest consternation amongst them. The event was greeted with the greatest joy in the arrondissements of Corta and Sartena." Government securities again declined at the Bourse. Railway shares were more firm. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents. opened at 106 f. 50c., and closed at 10Gf. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 811. 80c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,71014 Rouen, 9801.; Havre, 4731. 75c. ; Great Northern, 8521. 50c.; Avignon, GO5l. ; Basle, 365 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 8351. ; PAris and Lyons, 9951.; Lyons and Avignon, 737 f. 50c. ; Western of Prance, 725 f.; St. Divier to Gray, 580 f.; Caen to Cherbourg, 612 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux to Cette, 642 f. 50c. ; the Turkish Loan, 1,015 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 23. Charleroi and Erquelines, 15k—Grand Junction of France, 7%—Namur and Liege, 8 1 / 2 Northern of France, 333 — Paris and Lyons, 29i— Paris and Strasbourg, 32%—Paris, Caen. and Cnerbourg, BU—Rouen and Havre, 18—Sambre and Meuse, 10% 4 —Western of France, 17%. THE CONTINENT. BELGIUM. The King of the Belgians, with his family, left Brussels on Wednesday morning by a special train tor Tirlemont, to meet Queen Marie Amelie, the Prince de Joinville, and the Duchess of Orlean► coming from Germany, en route for England. From i'irlemout his Majesty was to accompany his august relatives as far as the station of Weckeren, whence the special train would proceed to Ostend. We read iu the Emancipation of Brussels of Wed nesday :—" At the close of the sitting of the Chamber, a courier was dispatched to M. Henri de Brouckere, at Anderghem. He is sent for by the King. The ministry which he has been charged to form will ap pear in the Moniteur to-morrow, or the day after." The Pays has the following on the ministerial cri sis in Belgium : " We are now in possession of more details relative to the different incidents of the vote, which led to the election of M. Delfosse, as President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. It was not until the second ballot that he was elected. We esterday re marked that this feeble numerical majority was evidently insufficient to serve as the basis of an homogeneous and durable ministry. In fact, after the first success this uncertain majority dissolved itself', and the Chamber came to different contradictory votes. It was thus that 11. Vilain XIV., member of the Catholic party, was immediately elected first Vice President, by a majority of 57 to 44. and afterwards by a fresh charge the votes were given to M. Veidt, the liberal candidate, who was elected second Vice-President by 53 to 48, The Secre taries comprise two liberals, MM. Alisrteus and Ansisux; one Catholic, M. Vermeire, and 0110 of the neutral party. M. Dumont ; and the two Questors are St Baillet, a moderate liberal, and M. Secus,,a pure Catholic. Evidently there are in these facts symptoms ot political dissolution in the Belgian parliament, which appear tons of the greatest gravity. Public opinion :knows not on what to fix ; it waves between men and parties at the hazard of events, and at the capri, a of ballots. We know not with what resolution this difficult situation will inspire the Sovereign of Belgium ; but in truth with the elements of which the parliament is now composed it is almost impossible to foresee how this long crisis will terminate. M. Delfosse, in taking possession of the Presidential chair, invited parties to union and concord ; it is diffi cult to believe that this wish can be realised. M. de Brouckere at least thinks so. It is in fact announced that he has been again sent for by the King, and that he has formally declined the mission of forming a Cabinet. The late ballot, he said, proved that the old majority was broken up. But, if that be true, the fluctuations of the parliamentary votes equally prove that there has not yet been formed a compact majority capable of support ing a new administration. Thus, for three months Bel gium has been delivered up to an insoluble crisis, without a ministry since the old one has resigned, and without a parliament, for there exists no real majority, in face of that irresponsible fiction called Constitutional Royalty. We leave this afflicting state cf affairs to the meditation of all the partisans of Parliamentary regime." GERMANY. The Emancipation of Brussels says :—" It is stated that the negotiations which have just been opened at Vienna on the custom's question will in principle be only confidential. The Austrian cabinet, before making any proposition, wishes to be sure of the ac ceptance of all the plenipotentiaries. A first prepa ratory meeting took place on the 22d, at the ministry of foreign affairs." The primary elections for the second chamber are terminated in Prussia. At Berlin they are such as was anticipated. The democratic party abstained, and the other electors showed but little eagerness to vote. We do not yet know the result of the elections in the provinces, but it is more than probable that they are like those of the capital. A journal announces the death of Baron Jean de Gagern, who played an important part at the Con gress of Vienna, and made himself remarkable for his determination in claiming Alsace for Germany. Count Appony, who was a long time Austrian ambassador at Paris, has just died in Hungary. _ The Voss Gazette s ays, un d e r d a t e o f Vi enna : It aia,is po s iti ve l y stated that not only Austria, but also Bavaria, has made propositions for arrangement to the Cabinet o f B er li n. " T Pr o e : se a of concordat Vienna o withf the the e 3 says Pope have :—" tiatio h n e s f opened, by d es i re of the Emperor o f A us t r i a , result. and it N b eg ee on is hoped that th ey w i ll have a satisfacto 'lt- How C a A n u ll A d ai e OßTAlNEDuricurious ITS NA —The origin of country previous ' t enou-h " g t el e d un azdls s ilve r , and finding non© The Spaniards the French, and made thevisited wo rthatdiAGN who" Aca nada," (there watched closely, particular searches fur After the they often said among; themse lve s, hlndianis, errand, is nothing here). learned the sentence and its meaninagr.riv repeatedr was lost depar ture of the Spaniards, the French In dians, who wanted none of their company, they also were Spaniards come onthe same and supposed were anxious to inform thorn that their labsauir the by tarrying in that country, and them the Spanish sentence, " Aca nada" The eFre t o French, who knew us little of Spanish as the Indians, sup . this incessantly recurring sound was the name o p f os t e h d e country, and gave it the name of Canada, which it has borne ever since. THE MADIAI FAMILL—The following letter was re ceived in Edinburgh on Friday :—" Foreign-tffice, Oct. 20, 1852. Sir—l am directed by the Earl of Maimed bury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst., forwarding a memorial adopted at a publiL meeting of te inhabitants of Edinburgh, and praying that her Majesty would interpose in the behalf of the Madiai fa mily, now t iu Tuscany on account of their religiousopinions; and I am to state to you in nply, that the parties in question not being British sub in uieridt : y an d sub jects, her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Tuscany cannot ini,:rfere t flicially in their behalf', Sir Henry Bulwer has, holi - pr;.r, been instructe4 to 0? every Fs7 I eistunee that he can uiloirlly afford to the deputation which has proceeded to Florence :With the view of inter c!dit_ifg vith the Grand Dues]. Government in foTur of t , e Neladiai family,—): um, &c., Stanley. James Nicho l, 1 Esq., 9, N ort h B un k - s t reet , EdiAburish," _;~ .4 ~ -, ~ ~~. WY: ig~)~ 2».AC't: _ o- - _,!~' _'' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, COURT CIRCULAR. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. SPORTING DOTES. WINDSOR, OCT. 28. A five-act play, by 31:. Westland Marston, bearing the modest title of " Anne Blake," was produced at NI theatre last nigh:, with most siginel and deservedsoccer::. The intrinsic uteri's of the drama are of the highest orOor, and it is impossible to speak in too favourable to-ms of the admirable ellicloney of the p rfornters. A play better calculated to hold possession of the stage, and one more deserving of being seen by all who entertain any appreciation of dramatic and histrionic excellence, we cannot specify. It is not the mare production of a pleywri ; ht's ingenuity—popular for is season, and des tined, after fulfilling a brilliant transitory existence, to quiet intermsnt and speedy oblivion, but a valuable adui nun to the stureheuse of our dramatic literature, rife with a sound vitality. The plot is artistically and lucidly constructed and evolved. The churact, ra are distinctive, prominent, and um xaggerated. The dialogue is nervou;, elegant, and natural. We find no "purple patches" stitched on, no ear-tiekliog burplusugc, but all germane to the matter. No tinsel or clap-trap, but a sterling and polished sub stantiality. " Anne Blsku" is, we repeat it, the work of a legitimate dramatist, not of up etentious plsymunger. Five acts, and but seven characters—the unities of ttm, nod place preserved—and yet not a moment of tedium or flagging of interest. Such, in brief, is this master piece of the contemporary stage. The story, simple in its framework, and harmonious in its details, easy be narrated in a few words. The action lies in the mansion of Sir Joshua Toppington the vulgar- settled, ungentle, tied sordid uncle of the orphan girl, whose father died in poverty, and loit her dependent on the bounty of his coarse brother in law and the heartless and wily Lady Toppington, Sir Joshua's property is fully mortgaged to Air. Lanniston, a neighbouring gentleman of station and fortune, who would gladly make the poor but spirited dependent his wile, which, when discovered by the worthy couple, they change their harsh demeanour towards her into a semblance of the greatest affection. The noble-minded Anne, who feels bitterly her situation, has, however, given her affections and troth to Thorold, a wandering artist, end stands firm to her faith'idespite their it - I,lga- Lions. Llaniston perseveres in his suit. 71/erold ' confidently and calmly at the proceedings of his rival; and, strange to say, the rivals are friends. At length. ' however, Lady Toppington, by dint of wile, and treacherous interpretation of motive, begins to insinuate doubts in Anne's pure breast; and at length she finds a gulden opportunity—not less than Moroi(' alone, and rapturously kissing the miniature of a beautiful woman. Au accidental summons causes him to leave the trinket on the table—Lady I oppington eagerly secures it, nar rates to Anne the history of what she has seen, and , finishes by triumphantly exhibiting to her the cherished picture of another. In the third act, some in geniously-contrived recitations of speeches—in a re bearsal for private theatricals, in which both lovers, Anne, and her aunt, take part —are brought to bear upon the situation of 7'horola and his betrothed; the latter of whom, after gradually surprising and then agonizing her lover by her altered manner and cutting words, tells him that he is free, almost at the moment that news is brought that the poor artist is a distinguiahee Indian officer of great wealth and consideration, and Anne's guardian. Upon this the lady, with deeper and deeper feeling, takes an oath before her aunt that tile poor dependent girl will never marry the rich betrayer and then promises her hand to Llaniston. The fourth act contains the grand scene of the play, in the parting interview of Thyroid with Anne—when he gives her Lb( fatal miniature, with theterrible intimation that it is the portrait of her own mother, and in nobly written language details the unbroken love of her father, who died in India, for the wife from whom death, occasioned by poverty and want, had parted him. Ie breathless words poor Anne shrieks out her agony and her love for Thcrold; but the fatal vow interposes, and she falls fran tically on her knees, utterly prostrate and undone. Anne had already refused for the second time, Mr. Lanniston. and she only scruples to fulfill her troth to Thurold upon account of her oath—when thi sudden revealed fact, at the end of the play, that co - tuin Indian mine shares held by her father, and after wards by Thcrold for the daughter's benefit, have be come worth treasures, so as to relieve her from het own technical description of herself—as a poor dependent —frees her from the vow made in that character. The fifth act is devoted to the dinouernent of the final hap pinife.sesacoriffi,;_thegloLvaefrasn,isatondn, t w he ho ge a n c e ta ro al u l s y l s i f b i e fi ra m li a ty kes of the over ' t e e the bride what he bad intended for her portion—the mortgage of the Toppington property—and thus turns the res pectable former proprietors into the dependency w hich:Anne Bloke has risen. The sounds of con heardonfrorhe , h th a e pp a i p u p e r s o s a o c f hi t n h g e av ir ir o ial7ugleartsu,r, yanrdejtohiceincg are heard falls lovers, and the discomfiture of the baiLd Berouet and his lady. Lovel and Bouroicault hare written plays, in which the interest is centred in the characters originally sus tained, by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, but oven in respect of tbo co-performance of these pro. eminent artists—to say nothing of Westland Maratoe'e more exalted rank (as a dramatist— commend as to the play under consideration. At the conclusion of the fourth act the whole house rose at them in an irresistible impulse of enthusiasm, and they bad to appear before the toot-lights in obedience to the universal and vehement demand. Were it but for this pertion_ulone, we say—Go see "Anne Blake." Mrs. Kean's personation of the heroine is a veritable triumph of art. Nothing can exceed her exquisite delineation of the nature " ardent and galled by wrong, "of the spirited and loyal girl. The part is one requiring great acting ability to do it adequate justice ; and to what hands could it so felicitously be committed as to those of our most finished and delightful actress? Thoro.'d is one of those characters of serious comedy in which Mr. Kean is incomparable, from his characteristic blending of expres sive energy and accomplished ease. Mr. Walter Lacy as Llaniston, looked and played in his usual gentlemanly manner. Mr. Addison was admirable both in make up and acting, as the detestable Sir Joshua, and we must give en especial commendation to Mrs. Winetanley, who makes her appearance but too seldom, for her assumption of the pletting traitress, Lady Toppington Jillot, the but ler of the household, a rare coxcomb in his way, was capitally done by Mr. Chester, who drew the first of the countless rounds of applause that abounded throughout the play; and Lloyd, the housekeeper, was done as well as possible by Mrs. Daly. Better acted on the whole no play could by possibility be. The scenery is, it need hardly be said, painted and set in the invariable first-rate style of the Princess's Theatre. The applause at the conclusion was unanimous and cordial, and a general recall was awarded to the artists en masse. A most genuine gratulation fell to the lot of the author, as he appeared, pursuant to custom, in the front of his box ; and ho may indeed feel proud of his noble contribution (and mark I original, not French stolen) to the stage, and, we must add, grateful to the management for the pains, above all praise, bestowed on its representation. No. CCCXXXVII. The following had the honour of dining with Lier l'ilajesty yesterday:--The Prince and Princess of Ilo hQnloho. Langenberg, the Prii , ce-se Adelaide and Prince Hermann of flohenlohn, the Earl of I,ls.lrue;oury, and the Viscount Llardioge. Princ, Albert, axompatiied by Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, went out bunting this afternoon, utteild,ql by Lieut.-Coionel F. 11. Seymour, The Earl of Malteesbury left the Castle this morning for London. YESTERDXY'. i 4 CING AT NEWMARKET, &c. Of the rases d cide d yesterday, only two—the Ca.,s• IP)w, and 50 SOVA. Stakes—are worthy of comment. Australiar, in !:rah rhea for the former, reversed the Criterion, running vir..lth Speed the I'lqvgh end Filbert. The last named cut otlt the work to the bushes, where West AuAratian took up the rennin, and iinn.hed a very t-asy winner by couple of lengths. Speed an, Plough was a bad third, and tho Putentia cc.ilt a very in ferior fourth. The rwining of the winner immediately elevated him to thousands to sixty in the betting for the Derby ; his chance for that race, however, I consider t he but a so-and-so one. A deputation from the Local Board of Health of Dewsbury had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall, with respect to the supply of water to the above-named district The deputation (which were attended by the Engineer to the Local Board, Mr. Ranger) consisted of Mr. John Twredale (the Cnairnian of the Local Board), Mr. Thomas Cook, Mr. James Howes, and Mr. Benjamin Clay. Mr. Henry Clive, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Horne offic,. General Campbell had an interview with Sir John Pakit.gton seat( relay at the Colonial-office. The Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met at the Palace of West minster at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Sir William Cubitt in the chair; Mr. T. F. Gibson, Sir Alexander Spearman, and Mr. Bowring (St cretary), attended. Dispatches from the Governor of Malta were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Tho 50 Suvs. Stakes brought out Pharold at last. lie has been prepared fur three stakes ; for the first he wo. drawn at the last moment for some unexplained reason, tor the second ho was actually saddled and got some way to the post, but arrived there too late lo start : the third time, however, things came off more favourably, for in his spin yesterday he. net only took the lead at 9tLi•:ing, but made all the running, and woe, with some seven or eight pounds in hand, by a length. Nicutine heat G:en avon (the faveurite at 6 to 5 against the fivkl) by a head, for second place. Cobnut was stalled off I cannot imagine what the ring could have been dreaming about, considering the reputation Pharold is held in at Newmarket, when they laid 10 to 1 against his winning. I fancy he will find his way in,o the Derby betting; and I stn confident he stands quite as much chance of taking the great event next year as many of the present favour • ttes; by which, however, I do not mean to say that he will win. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreigu-office. The Ministers present were—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lona dale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Mulmesbury, Sir John Pakington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Northum berland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hardwieke, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, and Lord John Manners. The Council sat throe hours. We hear that the address will he moved in the House of L)rds by the Marquis of Bath. and will be seconded by the Earl of Donou,;huanre.— Morning _Herald. All the Stakes to-morrow are at present skeletons The Matches, I have but little doubt, will be decided as follow—Pelion, Bst 81b, will beat lonic, Bst 21b, T.Y.C. Doublethong, Bst 81b, will dispose of Feramorz, Bst 61b, A. F. The Knight of the Garter, Bst 71h, will beat Ilex, 7st 111 b, a mile and three-quarters. Miss Sarah, filly, I think, will dispose of Eruestine; and a close race ma) be expected between Caracara, Bst 71b, and Sackbut, Bst 51b, D.M.—the former, not improbably, just obtain ing the beat of it. THE SPIRI r OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The last race to-day, of which we barely had time to send off the result, was one of the most disgraceful attsirs over concocted. The Moor and Trinket had bees pur chased in the morning by a Mr. Mytton, and a Mr. Hughes (of Worcester), the two names, beyond all doubt, representing ono interest. At the commencement of the betting 5 to 2 and 2 to 1 was laid on the Moor, and a good deal of money got on Euphony, and against Trinket, at about 3 to 1 each, the majority of the bets, it is strongly uspected, having been made for Messrs. M. and 11., and parties connected with them. On its oozing out that the Moor was not likely to have anything to do with the race, he went out of the betting, and even money, and 5 to 4 was laid on Euphony, Trinket closing at 11 to 1. rho Moor, instead of going to the post, galloped another way; only Euphony and 'Trinket started, and the latter, to the infinite horror of the plotters, won easily. Mad dened by his disappointment, Mr. Hughes rushed into tao the weighing stand, snatched the saddle cloth out of Crouch's hand, and declared that he should not weigh. The jockey, and the clerk of the scales, however, were cesolute—the former was weighed, and the latter kicked Mr. 11. cut of the room. It was said after the race that that the three horses were the property of Mr. S. Merry. Phis be positively denied, and a written declaratio❑ to that effect was posted by him in the subscription room -Jo returning into the room, the clerk of the scales, Mr. Manning., made a representation of the attempts to dis qualify Trinket to the stewards, who have ordered witnesses to be is attendance tomorrow at eleven o'clock THURSDAY'. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, for two year-olds. D. IL Lord Cliiden's Molas,ss, 6st 21b (rover) Walked over. Match -100, h ft. First half of Ab.M. Duke of Bedford's Hesperus, 8.4 7ib (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Hughes's Sophistry, 7st I lib (Flatman) 2 Betting —a to lon Hesperus. Won by half a length. Run in 51 see. Match -200, h ft; Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Pensioner. (F. Butler) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Angelo (Flatman) 2 Betting -7 to 2on Angelo. Won by three parts of a length. Run in 1 min. 21 see Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h tt, : for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst lib ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. M. Mr. Mare's Pharold (Charlton) 1 Mr. Howard's Nicotine (A. Day) 2 \lr. Payne's Glenavon (Flatman) 3 Lord Exeter's Cobnut Betting-6 to son Glenavon, 5t02 on Nicotine, sto 1 agst Cobnut, and 10 to 1 sgst Pharold. Pharold took the lead, made all the running, and won by a length; a head between second and third. Run in 1 min. 5 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, 86t 41b. The winner to be sold for 40 soya., if dimunded. Last of Ab. M. Mr. Listet's Plunkett (Kendall) 1 Lord Ciifden's Molasses Mr. B. E. Olivet'fi f by Birdeateher out of Grace Darling (Flatman) 3 Mr. Jaques'a Pitfall (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Morris's Margaret of Anjou (%sham) 0 Mr. Moiklam's Ada, by Poynton (Tewpleman) 0 Betting-2 to 1 apt Greco Darling f, 4to 1 agat Margaret of Anjou, 4 to 1 agst Ada, and 4 . t0 1 aget Plunkett, who was not rnentioncd in the betting, took the lead immediately after starting, and won easily by length; half a length between second and third. The race wts not timed. The Glasgow Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for two year•old colts; Bst 71b each. Last three quarters of Ur. Bowes's West Australian (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Filbert (Norman) 2 Mr. Payne's Speed the Plough (Flatman) 3 General Anson's c by Dun John, out of Potentia (Rogerk) 4 Betting—Even on West Australian, and 6 to 4 agst Speed the Plough. West Australian and Filbert had the race to them selves, the former waiting to the top of the bushy bill, and winning in a canter by two lengths, Run in 1 min. 18 see. The play was followed by " Sweethearts and Wives." Wright's Billy Lachaday kept the audience in repeated peels of laughter, and the unique ditty of his disaster:, was hilariously encored. Miss Carlotta Le Clercq looked most charming as Laura, and played with delightful spirit and expression. Mr. Addison as the gouty amo rous old admiral, and the other performers in their re• spective parts acquitted themselvrs very well. The house was moat fushinneblv end fully attended. 42t Sill BUG WER LYTTON ON KNOi.VLEDGE, The f'ellowing o ratoieflge was dei:;:ored by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart, on rinhurs dl.y, the 21it inst., before a nurnerous end disqnguit.hed audicnes7, upon the o ceam i on of a Literary Sone-) held at Ilan Town-hall et Elntiord: _. Sir EDWARD In rising was 3 received with hearty and long continued cheerin g: w h en this heel subsided no said • t• Ledies and Gontlemen,—When my worthy friend the'Meyor kindly accompanied me thre ugh yonder ad joining room, aril inferined me that it was your Muni cipal Council; when 1 beheld on its table, amidst so teeny objects of interest and art, the mace and charters of your Corporation; when I called to mind that that chamber was devoted to the prac:icel business of your town, and saw it now filled for the purpose of embellish ing cur ordinary work-day existence with the charms of literature, and the graceful it.fluences of art, I fdt that the soli ction of our pllce of meetin4 was a recognirie n of this important truth; that no object can more worthily engege the prtweic il attention of a community of fr. , e- IDOYI —no purpose can more dignify their eounc.l-mall than Lhe noble endeavour to cement the union between political liberty and ite ellectual improvement. (Cheers.) I em not going to intl. et on you a long harangue on the advantages of knowledge, those advantages are too gib vious and the aiihjiaat too hacluied. ladeed, I think it is the fault of our age amongst men of all parties and all sects, not to underrate the value of diffusing information through the medium of popular libraries and institutes, but rather to anticipate too exaggerated results from the were appetite tor knowledge; forgetting that it is not the eagerness of the appetite, but the soutoluess of the digestion which conduces to health and vigour. (Hear. hear.) And if I might presume to offer an admonitory suggestien to those fur whose benefit popular libraries and institutes are chiefly designed, it would be to remind them that knowledge is infinite, while all that the must assiduous can acquire is so limited, that the true student finds his humility increase in proportion as his informa tion expands. (Cheers.) Well, then, you go with me ' thus far; go with me further still—when I add that if' there be anything which may occasion anxiety or appre hension to a sober judgment, in that demand for general intellectual culture which makes the remarkable attri bute of our times; it is not the fear of knowledge itself, but it is that pompous and inflated boast of our own su p rior enlightenment, which is too often addressed to our vanity by those who find is an easier and more popular task to flatter us than to counsel. (Hear, hear.) Know ledge and liberty are alike in this, and they, in them selves, are never formidable except to their enemies, but that the nonsense which has been talked about them, is often very alarming and very discouraging to their best friends. Knowledge and liberty are designed to be the ' safeguards and the directors of our social system— (hear, hear)—yoa approve that definition? Pardon then, a very homely illustration. We do not fear the watch dog while he guards the fold and directs the flock, but we look vt him with very great suspicion when we meet him foaming at the mouth, and rattled out of his wits by the noise of a tin canister tied to his tail. (Cheers and laughter.) Look for instance to our neighbours the French —for the last eighty years they have made such a clat ter about all the grand results to be expected from liberty and enlightenment, that enlightenment and liberty have been frightened away by the din (cheers), and men in that country now seem rather disposed to get rid of the watchdogs altogether, than to run the risk of having them driven into madness by the hollow clang of that everlasting canister. (Much laughter and applause). Let us, then, take knowledge as our own great Newton took it, with a profound conviction that we are humble mor tals, of the same six° and stature as our ancestors, and it we appear taller, it is because we climb upon their shoul ders. (Hear). Lot us gratefully heed every clue which their resources have bequeathed to us, and let us modestly confess that much which we now claim as a certainty, our children may detect as an error (bear) You remember, perhaps, those beautiful words which Newton uttered at the close of a life, illustrious for the most splendid triumphs in the sublimest sphere of phi losophy—" I feel (said he) like a child by the seashore, who has picked up a few stray shells and curious peb bles on the sand, while the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered around." And indeed Newton himself is a striking example how finite a man is, and how infinite knowledge, for Newton estimated the fixed stars at 3,000, and when Dr. Hersehell had completed his great telescope, how many fixed stars do you think passed across its field iu one short quarter of an hour ? Two hundred and fifty thousand! (Hear, hear). It is the same in all things. We of this generation cannot conjecture the number of lights which the Creator may vouchsafe to the next. (Hear, hear). Now from what I have raid in caution against presumption, and too overweening a conceit in what we of to-day call knowledge, and what they of to-morrow may call but partial ignorance,—do not consider that I desire to damp your generous ardour, or that I deny, I will not boldly say the advantages, but the moral duty and the social wisdom of bringing within the reach of all classes of our countrymen that world of books which teaches us that there aro other enjoy ments besides those of the senses. (Applause). For if we regard books in their effect upon the individual, the soul can scarcely be said to feel its own diviner nature until is is made aware how thought can exist independently of the body. (Cheers). The moment we enter that world of books the body rests, thought awakens. The soul can then traverse swifter than light from pole to pole, bring before it all the ages of the past, and unfettered by time and space, strengthen and developo the powers which prove its own essence to be immaterial and immortal (Applause). And if we regard the effect of knowledge in a social point of view, why the wealth of a nation does not depend upon the fertility of its soil, the treasures of its mines, the extent cf its dominions, but en the ag gregate of the intelligence possessed by its people. It is intelligence that tills the soil, works the mine, directs the ship, invents the machine, and suggests those laws which unite the harmony of order with the energies of freedom. (Much cheering). And as the material wealth of a nation is always greatest where wealth is least hoarded by the few—so that capital of in telligence from which material wealth is produced, expands in proportion to the width of the surface over which it is diffused (Applaus:). It is, there fore, our duty as individuals, to afford, as far we can, as to every human soul facilities for its own developement; and it is our interest, as a community, to increase and circulate that fund of ideas from which even our physi cal comforts are derived, and by which this small island of ours silently maintains an empire immeasurably more vast than the mines of Peru could assure to the kings of Spain, or their myriads of unlettered serfs can bestow on the autocrats of Russia. (Loud cheers.) And it is the consciousness how much the history of the human mind is, in modern times, identified with the history of England that induces me earnestly to advise all those who intend to profit by the facilities for instruction af forded by this town of Hertford, to make the history of their own country a fundamental part of their studitte. History is, indeed, a study which well becomes the men of our own times. For those times are embroiled by the perpetual strife between ancient forms and novel ideas ; and history, calmly and impartially road, is the safest arbiter between wise experiments and hazardous innova tions. (Applause.) We can scarcely judge soundly of any of the questions upon which we aro divided, by • dry maxims and positive assertions picked up from the jour nals of the day, and which would reduce the complicated art of statesmanship to abstract propositions of Euclid. It is only by a careful examination of the past that we can estimate the influence of events on the destinies of 1 the future But of all history, that of our own coun try is obviously the most useful to Englishmen. And I am happy to recommend to your notice a work recently published, which comprises all that can give in terest and profit to a mere chronicle of events. I speak I of the Pictorial History of England, published by Mr. 1 Charles Knight. Have you got it in your library ? (Mr. Crawley: Yes.] Well, in this work you will find chapters devoted in each great era to the progressive state of arts, literature, science, commerce, manners, laws and religion; and in short, all that completes the record of British civilization. I should say that the leaning of this history is to what is called the popular aide of the question, but all histories lean to one side or the other, and this (at least as far as I have examined it) is seldom grossly partial, and never wilfully distorts facts or misquotes authorities in support of its view!. Still it is one-sided—and a manly understanding in search of truth will not be contented to form its judgment upon partial evidence. Therefore in the more disputable political eras, I advise you to turn to the page of Hume, and see what can be said by a philosophical reasoner on the other side of the question; and even where you differ from Hume most, and with most justice, you will be in company with a writer who will increase and refine your knowledge of your own language, by the charms of a stale perfectly matchless for nervous simplicity and lucid precision. If the recommendation I thus adventure should find favour in your eyes, I shall be very happy to offer a prize to such student, belonging to one of your literary societies, who shall pass the best examination in some selected period of our history, comprising views of the progressive triumphs of those glorious forefathers, whose legacies have been a literature more splendid than that of Greece; an empire more colossal than that of Rome ; and a political constitution which still towers aloft in majestic se mmetry, because the depth of its foundation has allowed for additions to its structure. (" Bravo," and enthusiastic and long continued applause.) I shall detain you no longer, for I do not consider that we are met here to listen to long speeches, but rather to mix wi!hi soh other in social and friendly intercourse; to forget for awhile the local contests that have . latelyliters agitated both town and county, and to enjoy titre what politics has not yet succeeded indbesitnowing— fraternity. the polished commonwealth of equality (Much cheering.) I must, however, congnradantoualpattievayt the various objects that a e u th a e n please the eye I a must taste which you have got togethe s r t . an . moatpopular congratu late you especially on the brightest and ornament of all, the presence ofso interest in whatever an ladies. (Cheers.) Indeed they do wisely to take . tends to secure their own legitimate man—nothing more endears the fireside r ruder sex. Nothing more domesticates remount t t o he th h e a n b r i i t g s i a n nd nf tas li t t e c s rn. ot literature. And if we lure in all countries, wo must ascribe it to that sentiment which woman inspir es and refines i for literature has ever commenced w i t h petry, and a great German writer has h a ppily said, " that the earliest poet m ust have been the earliest lover. (C eers.) Gentlemen, I shall now conc lude by reading to h you the discrimi nating words by which Bacon has prefaced and enforced the sentiment , which I have undertak en to convey. ' The greatest error of all is the mistaking or mispl ac i ng of the last or farthest end of knowledge, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wander ing and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair pros pect ; or a tower of stat e f or a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit or sale. And not (mark the words that follow and define the true end o knowledge, and as such 1 recommend it to you)—a 60 storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief o men's estate." (Prolongued and enthusiastic cheering.; FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The authorities are making very slow progress with the arrangements for the Duke'a funeral. With the exception of the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral, which Messrs. Cubitt and Company are rapidly transforming into a vast and magnificent amphitheatre, little has been done, and it is a remarkable fact, that little is known as yet us to what will really be done by those appointed to carry out the operations. Whether the remains of the Duke will remain under the roof of Chelsea Hospital on the night preceding the funeral, or whether they will be deposited in the Audience Chamber of the Horse Guards, as originally arranged, was not known 'at a late (hour last evening by the present Duke himself. It can hardly, therefore, be expected that the public should have accurate infer marion on the point. It seems to be a great pity that some definitive plan is not at once determined on, and officially published. The public have a right to expect information upon a matter in which so deep an interest is felt through out the length and breadth of the land, and it is more over, desirable that the parties upon whom the carrying out of the arrangements devolves stiou:d have a more clear and defined notice of their: uties than they have as yet received. the design for the funeral car upon which the body will be conveyed to St. Paul's, was finally approved yes terday. This is a step in the right direction at any rate, and the country will be glad to learn that it is proposed to construct the car, not merely for the temporary pur pose, but rather as a national heir-loom to be handed down to posterity, Wish this view it will bo built in the strongest possible manner, and of the most substantial nsiteritsle. The design, which has emanated from the national establishment at AlarlbJrough house—the Department of Practical Art—is described to be very appropriate and magnificent. The stage or platform upo❑ which the superstructure is to be raised will be nearly 30 feet long, and its width may be imagined, when it is stated that there will be but one foot to spare on each aide, as it passes through Temple-bar. The upper portion will present something of the appearance of a military tent, and the stage will be decorated with massive ornaments of solid bronze. It is understood that eight or ten horses will be required to draw the car. One other feature already settled is the trappings to be worn by these animals. The period of the middle ages has been selected to afford precedents for the occasion. The horses will be enveloped in black velvet, touched with silver from the shoulder to the hock, after the manner of the chargers in the tournaments of the fifteenth cen tury. These caparisons are now being prepared, and it is understood they will be extremely magnificent. Altogether, from the little known relative to the cere monial, it certainly promises to be a most imposing spectacle. PREPARATIONS AT ST. PAUL'S. The preparations in connexio❑ with the funeral ob sequies of the late Duke aro proceeding with great ra. pidity, and on the most extensive scale, under the di rection of Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Works, the Lord Chamberlain, and other authorities. Yesterday the workmen, in number amounting to be tween three and tour hundred, were engaged in com pleting the vast amphitheatre of seats, on either side of the great central aisle, leading from the western end of the cathedral, and which are constructed to contain 5,000 persons on each side, rise tier upon tier, com pletely to the roof, a height of some hundred feet from the ground. It has been determined by the Government authori ties that all the seats shall be free., aLd that no gra tuities shall be taken by the representatives of the Dean and Chapter. The steps at the western por tico are to be covered with black cloth, and a plat form, also black, is being erected to receive the bier, with its illustrious remains, after ascending Ludgate-hill. On entering the Cathedral yard, where the funeral car and equipage will be drawn up, the procession will have to diverge slightly from the straight line, in consequence of the interposition of the statue of Queen Anne. Machinery, i❑ connexiou with the platform, is being specially constructed for the pur pose of conveying the bier, on a moveable stage, along the centre aisle to its place of deposition, under the dome; and its slow solemn transit will be accompanied by the' Dead March, or other requiem. It is stated that in con sequence of the limited height and width of Temple-bar, the proportions of the funeral car will have to be mate rially curtailed as regards their originally meditated dimensions. The proprietors of one of the houses front ing the cathedral is reported to have let his house fur 1,000/. for the occasion, and the purchase money for seats to view runs encrmously high, both in the neigh bourhood of St. Paul's, and ever the whole route. During the progress of the works the usual daily ser vices aro announced, with the exception of those on Sundays, to be suspended. The cost of carrying out the arrangements is estimated at 10,0001. EXPERIMENT WITH THE GAS IN ST. PAUL'S, FOR THE FUNERAL. Last evening the first general experiment was made in St. Paul's, at the instance of Lord John Manners, Commissioner of Woods and Works, of the cfh ct of the gas arrangements within the edifice. The gas is thrown downward from Lear the root, throughout the entire length of the cathedral, springing in one con tinuous chain from the cornices on both sides of the centre aisle, around the base of the whispering gallery, and along the choir. The appearance is that of a beau tiful beading, lending that " dim religious light" so appropriate io the cathedral and the solemnity of a grand funeral. M plains and pipes have been laid on in the edifice to supply many thousands of small . burners. A specimen pipe, with it s b u rn ers , was shown In notion, by Mr. Goulding, the manager of the gas department under Messrs. W. Cubitt, who pointed out the necessity of regulating the supply of gas so as to cause an equal play of the gas from every jet. THE LONDON CITY MissioN.—Last night the sixth annual meeting of the Holborn-hill Association in connexion with this organization was held in the Inquest-room, St. Andrews's court, Holborn. Admital Vernon Harcourt, R.N., occupied the chair, and was surrounded by several clergymen He referred to the great work going on in Ireland, where between 30,000 and 40,000 conversions from Roman Catho licism had taken place within the past year.--The Secretary then read the report, which stated that during the past year the missionary had made 2,579 calls add visits; of these 192 had been to the sick and dying. He had read the Bible to 652 persons, distributed 2,34'i tracts. The domiciliary visi tations had occupied 1,109 hours, and 107 meetings had been held for devotional exercises. It appears that the sphere of the City Mission Society embraces 2,528,000 persons, which is a larger population than that in ten English counties, viz., Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Chkster, Cornwall, Cum berland, Dorset, Durham, and Rutland. Of the 3,428 adults who died last pear, 1,047 were visited exclusively by the mis sionaries. The number of persons in the metropolis regularly neglecting public worship was as large as the entire popula tion of Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Birminghanm, Ox ford, and Wolverhampton! There were 275 missionaries, all of whom visited 500 families per month, or 2,000 persons. Since the mission was formed, 8,309,197 visits had been paid, of which 864,970 were to the sick and dying; 204,504 devotional meetings had been held, and 11,324,949 tracts and 77,761 Bibles had been distributed. There were mis sionaries to the police, to cabmen, to soldiers, to Germans, to Italians, to Jews, to Irish, and to the Welsh residing in the metropolis. The report was adopted. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUtbSIDOOI3, Thurs day, Oct. 28.—1 t has this morning been ufficially an• flounced by telegraph that the Emigration Commis sioners have fixed upon Southampton as a Government Itailway Company depot for emigrants to the British colonies, ar d of depar ture for ships employed in this service. We under standemigrant station are, that the terms on le,hieh the Commissioners have accepted the tender of the London and South-Western u s fine n ln p u s a a s a a n n g d e rha.for th c a o t n s a ti d t t u r ti o n t g Southampton eap,Lble ot ocorn ett .. London to th from this accom modating 2,000 emigrants is to be built at the London in are the o b S e o o tr e t e h y a e m ) Southampton nbydroacikl railway a ; y f a r n om d, a ip's side at Southampton, the departure port will he, practically, a starting from the pas sengers and crewl vessels, nail metropoli s t zar :)n inereased premiums of instirappe PP time on thevoyage, without the dasgets, delay, expense, loss of dispatch of ships attendant Post of provisos for bout pas of large on an incident to the The opening of the new m • is t_lr:it:P:P3alsteTcl freight of passen gers aargei Size taking on board their cargo in the London river. LSouthampton, and many ships, it IZ W E i c li rit h i e Eri d T i . — " l e i 18 stated that the w ater to give great activity to shipping a t i 6goio l i jri :iu9 . I, nst!rt4 u?di-.1;• the gthue(.efie:torvii refuse to a:low the men of this regi , e4 „, w h o are stationed at Spike Island, topass 1 t o or from the ibiaud in fueir boata.—Cadi Constitution. t m cr e m n sooti ~ LATEST DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE! An ingenious critic in the Daily IVezcs of this morn ing, while alluding to the brilliant success achieved last night by the first performance of " Anne Blake" at the Princess's, sariously informs the public that "it is written by Mr. Westland Marston, a gentleman who has gained a name in our dramatic literature by The Wife's Secret,' and other pieces of acknowledged merit.' What will the ingenious Mr. Lovel say to this? It reminds us cf a dramatic reviewer in another of our morning contem poraries, who, some months back, commended the talent displayed in one of the " old plays" reproduced a. Sadlers' Wells, under the management of Mr Phelps. observing that it augured admirably for the author's future productions—the author being, in fact, one of the contemporaries of Shakspeare! Or, still more, it recalls to our recollection the ardour with which a Dublin audi ence, some years back, shouted for the author of " Antigone," and, like Rachel, would not be comforted, until Mr Calcraft appeared before the footlights, and took courage to inform them that the dramatist had been dead some two thousand years, and that, therefore, it We, in vain to look to the stage•box for the appearance o! the honourable Mr. Sophocles. DEATH OF A METHODISTIC CELEBRITT.—Last week M. Hugh Bourne died, in Staffordshire, at the advanced age of 81. Ho was the founder of that large and in creasingly useful branch of the Methodistic body, known as the " Primitive Methodists." This body originated only some thirty-three years back, Mr. Bourne and some few others being expelled, or having withdrawn, from the '` Wrsleysns," on account of their not being "per mitted to h o ld w h a t are known as camp m eet i ngs, " and for some other similar reasons. They wished to restore Methodism to its peimitive simplicity, and were , accordingly designated " Primitive," that is, original Methodists. The first little band, thirty-three years ago, was a "class" of about twenty, of whom Hugh Bourne was the " loader ;" but now they have 600 regular travelling prt sellers, about 10,000 lay preachers; 5,255 chapels, and 109,000 members, with an i ncrease or between 4,000 and 5,000 members every year, The ministers are a very earnest, pious, and extremely labo rious class of men; for the most part they are but indif ferently educated, in a literary point of view, though possessing an extensive acquaintance with the Scriptures. Their rough eloquence and vehement appeals to the con science of their hearers—who are largely of the lower orders, whom more polished speakers would fail to move —are ofttimes highly effective. They are ill paid, but as a whole contented, and characterized by a laudable prudence, and notwithstanding their small revenues, are rarely involved in pecuniary embarrassments. In the Conference, which is always open, the lay element holds a proportion of 2 to 1. EAnLY RISING.—Said the distinguished Lord Chatham to his son, " I would bstvo inscribed on the curtains of your bed, 4ad the walls of your chambers, If you do not elan early you can make progress in nothing. It you do not set apart your hours of reading, if you suffer yourself or any one else to break in upon theta, your days will slip through your hands unpoiltable and fri volus, and unenjoycd by yowsalf.' STATISTIi'S Oy. WIalE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The tea Giten't of telegraph in England is nearly 4,000 miles, representing an outlay of about 300,000 L The to:al amount of wire laid down for the purpose is up• wards of 4,000,000 yards, and the total number o f tele graph posts somewhere about 100,000. The staff of wards of 800 persons.employ ea may be token at up Match-200,h ft. A.F. Lord Glasgow's Knight of the Gana., 4 yrs, Tat 71b (Flatman) I Lord Clifden's Hothorpe, 4 yrs, Bst 31b.... ....(Sly) 2 Betting-5 to 2 and 3tol on the the Knight of the Garter. Won by forty lengths. Subscription Handicap Plate of 501. for three-year-olds and upwards. D.I. Mr. J. M. Sanlry's Cariboo, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Matson) 1 Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs, let 6!b. Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs, 83t 31b (Abrahams) 0 Elwes'a Azsel, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 0 Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, 6st 91b 0 Mr. Walker's Treasurer, 3 yrs, Est slb 0 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Lady in Waiting, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Lady i❑ Waiting, and 4to 1 each agst Azsel, Le Juif, and Sanita. A fine race beween the first two. Won by half a length. Sanita a bad third. The rain prevented our timing this race. The weather, favourable as could be wished yesterday, was unpropitious this afternoon, everything in the shape of enjoyment being destroyed by frequent and heavy showcrr•. Match -100, h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Glasgow's fby Don John, out of Conspiracy, 7st 71b, received forfeit from Duke of Bedford's Diomedia, Bst 71b. Match-200, h ft, Sst 71b each. T.YC.—Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne received forfeit from Lord Rib blesdale's Talrourd. TUE TRINKET AFFAIII.—The investigation into the case was commenced this morning; it, after the exami nation of several witnesses, was adjourned until the even ing. LATEST BETTING LAST NIGHT. FIRST CLASS NURSERY STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Anteverta (t) 4 to 1 agst Exact (0 8 to 1 agst Belie Sauvage filly (t) 10 to 1 agst Talfourd (t) 10 to 1 agst Game Tommy (t) 12 to 1 agst Winter SECOND CLASS NURSERY STAKES. 7 to 1 apt King David (t) 7 to 1 agst Michaelmas Maid 8 to 1 agst Treacherous filly DERBY. 15 to 1 agst West Australian (t) 20 to 1 agst Umbria' (t) 20 to 1 ngst Cineas ORES FOR 1852. Stretford Warwick Aberystwith Shrewsbury Autumn 23 ES TO COME. 3111EIL 23 RACING FIXT, NOVE: Worcester Autumn 2 Epsom 4 Liverpool Autumn 9 Cowhridgo Hunt Northallerton ll IRISH RACE NOTE: Kilkerny :MBER. COMMERCE OF TUE NETHERLA2 , II)I3.—The Dutch Go vernment has just published etatist i ral returns, from which it appears that in 1851 the imports exceeded those of the preceding year by 31,000,000 florins, thn exports by 18,000,000 florins, and transit by 6,000,000 florins. Amongst the imports, coffee presented an increase of 7,000,000 kilogrammes, rice 6,000,000 kilog., and sugar 8,000.000 kilog., and gold in ingots and silver in bars 12,000,000 florins. In exports there was an increase of 700,000 kilog., in butter, 8,000,000 kilog. in cotton, 10,000,000 kilog. in coffee, and 8,000,000 kilog. in rice; whilst in oxen there was an increase of 8,807, in calves of 5 512, in pigs 3,916, in sheep 20,000, ard in lambs 6,000, In the r commerce of transit th ere was an iereaso of 8.000 lasts in rye, 1,500,000 kilog. in rice, 5,000,000 kilog. in sugar. In naviga t io n th ere was an i ncrease of 103 ships, and in burden of 60,311 tens. In ships in ballast there was a diminution of 104, but the tonnage was greater by 4.158. The number of vessels which sailed was less by 403, and the burden by 18,002 tons; but of those that left in ballast there was an increase of 549 in number, and 97.908 in tonnage. Ia steamers entered there was an increase of 82 with freights, and of 74 in ballast; and of those that sailed 183 loaded and 17 in ballast. ~.-~-` NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. aDAIkAL MUDGE. A.lmiral Z :chary Mujge, one of the flag•officera on res,rvi,d rinlf- pay, and i n reccpt of a ser , v,ct, pi.rasion, died at his residence, attar Plymouth, ou the 26th inst., et a gJoLI old age. The death of Admiral Mudge gives the Dal: , of Northumbe r l an d t h e opportunity of conferring tae relin quisked pension of 1501 on another officer of the grade of de.2eased, when the fidiowing prornotiana will ensue . Vice-Admiral Sir Sam u el Py in , K . C . 8 ., to be admiral of the blue. Vice• Admiral of the White Thomas Brown, to be vice ad.iirel of the red. Vic,-,-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. 'lnset:line Percy, C.B. (commander in-chief at Sheerness) to be vice-ad sairal of the white. (Rear -Admiral of the Red J. W. Doans l)undas, C.B. eocnrum.der-ic-ehi e l of the Moili:erraneau), to be vice tehruiral of the blue. Rear-Admiral of the. White Peter John Douglas, to be rear-admiral of the rrfl. 11,ar- Admiral of the Blu, Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., Ii C.f.i., to be rear•ticuiral the white. Captai be n Sir G eorge 18 22 T5l, .n K , A.D.C. (Oat 10, ', to rear-atirriiral on the reserved half-pay list. Captain Sir John Franklin, K.C.H. (Nov. 20, 1822). of the misting Arctic Expedition, to be rear -admiral of the blue. Retired Captain William Hendry (July 19, 1822), to be retind rear-admiral, but without any increase f pay. The Hon. George Elliot, C. 8., will then become the .pnior vice•admiral on the list; Sir William H. Dillon, will be the senior roar admiral for promotion ; and Sir Thomas Herbert, K C.B. (one of the Lords of the Admiralty), will be the senior captain (Nov. 25, 1822). Captain Sir Charles R. D. Bethune, C.B. (1830), and Charles Graham, C.B. (1830), succeed to the senior list ; and Captains F. D. Hastings and George Hathorn (1840), will ri se u p t o t h e 12 s . 6d. per them ball-pay list. Another good-herviee nentiion and an appointment of naval A.D.C. to tho Queen, will fall in hand by tho above promotions. RETIREM ENTS Captains G eorge C . Bla k (1838), and William P. Stanley (1838) have accepted the retirement under the Order in Council of 1846. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeon.--Thomas Somerville, to be in charge of the c3nvict ship St. Vincent. Second Mater.—Charles J. Puffer, to the Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, at the Cape. Master's Assistant.—Q. B. Ryall, to the Linnett, 6, at Davenport. THE ROYAL ALBERT.—This noble ship is to have her stern taken down, and a new one built with a run of some 10 feet longer than her present stern, to obtain the fine lines necessary for tho good working of the pro peller. She is to have screw machinery of 400-horse power, and not I,ooo—the exaggerated amount given to her by rumour. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28. The leirds of the Admiralty continued their tour of inspect on this morning. At 10 o'clock they crossed the harbour in the floating bridge, and proceeded to the Royal Clarence victualling establishment at Gosport, where Captain-Superintendent Johnstone, Mr. Davies, R.N., Master-Attendant, and Mr. Pinhurn, R.N., Store keeper, were in waiting to receive and escort them over the establishment. From the Clarence yard the Board, attended by Captain Johnstone, proeeedcd in the gig of the latter, to the Naval Hospital at Hasler, where they remained until two o'clock ; they then drove to the Royal Marine Barracks, at Forton, where Colonel-Com ' mandant MeLzies, K H., and staff, with the whole divi •ion, were on parade ready to receive them. While the other members of the Board were thus employed : Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, was in the dockyard, inspecting the ships in dock, fitting, &c., accompanied by Captain -Superin tendent Henderson, C.B. Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Northumeerland and the gentlemen from the Admiralty dined with tho Port-Admiral, Sir Thomas Briggs ; and at ten o clock the party proceeded to the Kilig rooms, and attended the ball, where they met the Vac of the county. Amongst the company present were the following:— His Grace the First Lard, Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., Mr. Secretary Stafford, M.P., the Hon. Captain Pelham, R.N., Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., Colonel Green, C. 8., Admiral Sir T. Briggs, Rear-Admiral the Hon. ci. D. Byng. Captain Henry Byug. R.N., the Hon. Miss Beatrice Byng; Captain Martin, R.N., and family; Cap tain Henderson, R.N., and family; Sir Angus Campbell, 93(1 Regiment; Captain Hope Johnstone, R.N., Colonel Menzies, K.EI., Mrs., and Miss Menzies; Colonel Phi lips, R.M.A.; Captain Savage, R.M.A., and Mrs. Savage; Captain Crispin, R.N.; Captain Chads, R.N., Mrs. Clunk end family; Colonel Haultaie, R.A., and family; Colonel Gibsune end Mrs. Gibsone; Sir W. Wiseman, R.N.; officers of the 93d, 49th, and 7th Regiments. From the number of uniforms the ball was an unusually brilliant One. As Mr. Holinasworth with his usual liberality gave the use of his rooms gratuitously, the ball will realise a ookiaiderable sum in aid of the funds of the Seamen's snd Marines' Orphan School. The Admiralty left the Georwe Hotel this morning, and proceeded by the half past e ght train to London. Mercury, cutter, sailed this afternoon for the Channel Islands, :o protect the fisheries, in the place of the Sea lower. Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander Strange, will be out of the hands of the shipwright by the Bth of November, and the engineers' by the 20th. lier mainmast as well as the foremast is rotten, and has been taken out to be replaced by a new one. Menai, old 26, receiving hulk, has been brought along side the south jetty this afternoon, to bo cleared out, and placed up Porehester Lake as a target fur the Ex cellent, gunnery-ship. Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Free mantle, has hauled off to the Malabar to take in coals. DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY. Termagant, screw-frigate, Captain Gifford, arrived last night, and now remains in the Sound, so that the Sound presents a formidable appearance once more. Prince Regent, 92; Queen, 116; Rodney, 92; Indefati gable, 50; and Termagant, 28. These ships are being restored and viotuall,d. Tee Prince Rogent and Rodney will will be ready for sea on Saturday, but the Indefatigable requires some considerable repairs, and as her time is nearly expired, it is not improbable that she muy be ordered to be paid off. Termagant, although recently been docked, is found to be in an extremely leaky state, particularly her decks, and will, it is ex pected, have to undergo a general caulking. Dee, steamer, Lieut.-Commander Smith, waits the arrival of Mr. Roberts, the newly-appointed governor of Liberia, and family, who are expected here this evening. Atter landing the governor, the Dee is to be stationed at the Cape, for the conveyance of troops. Sans Pareil, 81, screw-ship, Captain Decree, will be completed on Friday evening, and is expected to bo taken out for the trial of her engines on Saturday or Monday next, weather permitting. A VERY OLD MULE.—We noticed some months ago that au old mule, the property of the Earl of Ellesmere, had been stolen from Woreley village, and after a few weeks' absence had been fortunately recovered. This aged creature, believed to be between 90 and 100 years old, has, after working almost a century, been at length " turned out to grass" upon the moss, and is described by those who have seen it to be " as lively as a urtcket." I'he mule's great age is well authenticated, for Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P., can remember some fifty years ago to have seen it on the Bridgewater estate, and it was then known us the " old mule ;" and a carter who died some months ago, aged 80 years, could remember working the animal above sixty years since. It is of a very diminutive size, and we hope it is now to enjoy green pastures and fresh water, freed from toil, for the remainder of its protracted existence. Manchester Guardian. A NEW SYSTEM OF MUTUAL INSURANCE.—Last night a meeting of officers in the several services, con vened by public notice, was held at Willis's Rooms, King street, Westminster, to take into consideration a proposal for a system of mutual insurance. The chair aas occupied by Mr. John W. Brown, who read to the meeting the proceedings of meetings htld at Woolwich and at Chatham, where the proposed system met with the full approval of the (Mears of the military, naval, and marine services. Air. Lord explained the proposed system; the distinguishing feature of which was, that the claim would arise on the (flee, not on the contin gency of the death of the insurer, as in other dikes, bbt upon the contin.ency of his superannuation, or of his being placed upon ha if- p a y . The chairman approved submitted a motion , that the s y stem bo Mr. Martin, of the civil service, moved as an amend meat, that the civil service should bo excluded from the proposal; showing that in the present discussion, with respect to government superannuation, it would be im politio to look for support elsewhere than from Govern ment. The promoter finally agreed and othe amendment, upon which the civil officers retired , the 0 otherapproval i e o r - f t h e : project :was left to the me m b ers of th vices present. CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS., —The following two curious advertisements appear in the Time s of S atur d a y. —4 , Medora is entreated to o s cnd Conrad back to his friends." " Leb' W h u l '— T eastern sea, th e blue-eyed the pearl o f th e grea t maid of Israel, who keeps watch near the impassable gate of dreary Scandinavia; his you cost one g reat man place, and will also cost a great many m ore t h e i r place—Leb , Whol!—E. J. W." EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—An important step in this matter has bean taken by the Great Northern, Loudon and North-Western, Midland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Leeds Northern Railway Companies. They h ave resolved for the to cease collecting or receiving goods goods' trains, at seven o'clock every evening, at Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, and Halifax, so as to " curtail, within reasonable limits, the hours of attendance of the employed in the mer chandise department on railways ;" at the same time it will ensure a punctual dispatch of the trains. They trust to the energies of the employed to meet this eon cession by increased exertion is the day time. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. —The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the Catholic University was held yesterday at the committee rooms, Lower Ormond-quay. Subscriptions to the amount of 2,2681. were announced to have been received since the last meeting. 1 HEATRICALS IN CALIFORNIA.—III music and theti trinala the Calitoruians are not wanting, Mr. Booth and his two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Signor and Signora diseaceianti, Miss Goodenow, and others, are all in San Francisco. Some talk has been made concerning the building of a magnificent new theatre, but we tear the project will not be carried out this season. 12 MIMI