The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

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Po ein rt g r ill of e•opf tho crew r Livery%., y, Will Ca"- )ordt strucS In (8) , a f)° os: asclaY I to Br oto ot , or and b garb ° f bls In d for -001 ingtont 2 fi r r ,, 7inion , to i iv., r l ,7 ° e if 'helps, '' del , of Ar tll3 a rylle has w og voter I out ° ' 0 ' lYmnstgcit t oP ia„;eett Bo w 'riam/arlite► 0 14 hip or , b a its 11 barrb or r , lat. eo' f bo o 0 I Diced ° D a, or? 5111 : e ntil aPP, l" a bOf e tee , ' "" 00k To 4 is r e' Me t° olo' Qa 000 4 ,6 u..f • -• ir dole. by ivoid Ut ;‘43281v THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. In the tccount given in yesterday's Sun of the tri umphal entry of Prince Lcuis Napoleon, we omitted to particularie the enthusiasm of his reception at the railway terminus. When Louis Napoleon alighted from the railway carriage, he was conducted by some of the railway directors into the saloon prepared for him. The mo ment he appeared, loud shouts of "Vivo l'Empereur !" " V ive Napoleon !" burst forth. All the dignitaries of the State, magistrate.!, generals, and high func tionaries, displayed the greatest enthusiasm. The Prince embraced his uncle Jerome and Count de Moray, and shook hands with several other gentle men. He then conversed for some minutes with those around him, and in particular with the Arch bishop of Paris. A grand dejeuner had been pre pared fur him, but he did not partake of it, nor did he ascend the throne, though asked by some of the func • tionariei to do so. He remained about a quarter of an hour in the saloon, and then, proceeding to the outward yard, mounted the horse held ready for him. The Prince, it was remarked, never looked better, his long tour, of nearly 1,200 miles, having produced no other effect on his features than to have slightly bronzA them, but without imparting to them the slightest appearance of fatigue. He was dressed in the uniform of a general officer, with large boots ti ecuyer, and white doeskins. The home which he rode was the same noble animal, a dark chesnut, which had attracted universal admiration at the Pete des Aigles. . _ _ _ The Aloniteur gives the reply of the Prince Presi dent to the Municipal Council of Paris, as follows : " I am the more happy at the sentiments you express in the name of the City of Paris, as the acclamations which hero receive me are the continuation of those which have been the object during my journey. It France will the Empire, it is because she thinks this form of government best guarantees her grandeur and her future. As to myself, under whatever title it may be given me to serve her, I will consecrate to her all that I possess of force, all that I possess of devotedness." The Patrie having stated that the triumphal arch on the Place de la Concorde, for the reception of the Prince President, was erected by the State, the iloniteur corrects the error, and states that all the preparations were spontaneous. The Constitutionnel announces the death of General Bonnet, commandant of the Polytechnic School, which took place while he was on a tour of in spection. Sunday was the fifty-ninth anniversary of the exe cution of Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI. Prayers were offered up on the occasion in several of the churches by the Legitimist party. We find in the illoniteur the following particulars of the release of Abd-el• Kader :—" The Prince has marked the end of his tour by a great act of justice and national generosity : he has restored Abd-el-Kader to liberty. This act has long been decided in his mind ; he wished to carry it into effect as soon as circumstances should permit him to follow, without any danger to the country, the suggestion of his heart. At present, France has in his strength and his rights too legitimate a confidence not to show herself great towards a vanquished enemy. In returning to Paris, the Prince stopped at the Chat e au d'A m b o i se, and having seen Abd-el-Kader, informed him of the end of his captivity in the following terms : " Abd•el-Kader—l come to inform you of your libe ration. You are to be taken to Broussa, in the States of the Sultan, as soon as the necessary preparations shall have been made, and you will receive there from the French Government an allowance worthy of your former rank. You are aware that for a length of time your captivity has caused me a real affliction, tor it incessantly reminded me that the Government which preceded me had not observed the engagements entered into towards an unfortunate enemy ; and nothing in my oyes is more humiliating for the Government of a great nation than to m isunderstand its force to such a point as to fail in its Prom ise- Generosity is always the beat counsellor, and I ••• am convinced that your residence in Turkey will not Prove injurious to the tranquillity of our possessions in A.,frica. Your religion, like ours, enjoins submission to the decrees of Providence. Bat if France is mistress of the French the reason is that God willed it to be so, and "eoch nation will never give up that conquest. You 0 0 been the enemy of France, but I not the tees render J u stice to your courage, to your character, and to yuur resignation in misfortune. That is the reason why I consider it a point of honour to put an end to your cap tivity, having full confidence in your word.' These noble words deeply moved the ex-Emir. After h aving expressed to his Highness his respectful and eternal gratitude, he swore on the Koran that he would never attempt to trouble our rule in Africa, and that he would submit without any concealed de sign to th e w ill o f F rance . Abdel-Kader added that Il Would be quite to mistake the spirit and the letter of the law of the Prophet to imagine that it allowed any viol a ti on o f engagemen t s t owar d s Ch r i s ti ans , an d he Pointed ou t t o th e P r i nce a verse i n th e K oran , which formally condemns, without any exception or res ervation whoever violates sworn faith, even with unbelievers. In the opinion of all intelligent Arabs, t he„ conquest o f Af r i ca i s a fait accomp li ; t h ey see i u e consta n t super i ority of our arms a marked mani , e u a . tati o n o f t h e will of Gud. A loyal and generous polic y is the only one that suits a great nation, and France will be thankful to the Prince for having fol lowed • it. Abd-el-Kader will remain at the Chtleau ta diA ke nl baise until a ll th e necessar y measures have been " o nected with his removal, and his residence at roussa.” Th e appears Sunday' e h Pri nce President left the Elysee, where, it slept o n Saturday night, at 12 o'clock on fur St. Cloud. He was received at Boulogne 'Paysstahe may" and authorities, and was greeted on his Passage by the acclamations of the population. A artrliumtral arch was erected in his honour at St. Cloud, mayor, in the name of the inhabitants, pre aentedeto him a loyal address. A large concourse of Persons_who had assembled in the avenue and place Cdre.eSst. Cloud, greeted the Prince most warmly with l of Vive l'Empereur !" In the evening St. Cloud was illuminated. An advanceae our i ti took pla ce i n th e pri c e of public es at th e B ourse. The Four-and-a-Half per Cen ts. opened at 106 f. 90a., and closed at the same price for th e end of the month ; the Three per Cents. Ron d at 82f. 25c ; Orleans Railway shares, 1500 f. 13 asle, 330 F ouen, 91 5 f .. „ aav,E, 425 f.; Great Northern, 790 f. ; ; Paris and Strasburg, 785 f. ; Paris and wls, 980 f. ' • Lyons an d A v i gnon , 692 f. 50 c . ; w estern of France, 690 f.; Bordeaux and Cette,64sf. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, Tuesday, 8 A.M. The Illoniteur publishes a decree convoking the Senat e for the 4th November. BUSINESS DONE IN .FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Our. 18. , Grand J unct i on cf France, 5 3 4—Luxembourg, (Railway), 1741—Northern of France, 31 1 /—Paris and Lyons, 28—Pari s an d Strasbo urg , 311/—Roue n and Havre, 16')—Sambre and Meuse, 10 A--Western of France, 10%. As Louis Napoleon was entering the grand avenue Of the gardens of the Tuileries his horse--the same he rode at the distribution of eagles on the 10th of May last, and a present from the Sultan—became frightened at the quantity of bouquets of flowers flung before him on every side. The animal reared, and at one moment appeared about to plunge into the large basin of the garden. The Presid en t, however, kept hi s seat, and the horse soon became quiet. In fact, the deluge of bouquets and garlands was so great along the line of March as to incommode the horses of the escort, and a N I 3i V ;a Wat kins, a i t a they occasionally stumbled over them. THE CARD CHEATING CASE. —Th e i ndictment against Mr. Ramp, the , Bev. Blr. for an allegedobert,and le n l n r. n . king, by Johnny Broome 's , e the settlement of the :card cheating indictment into thedictmentascrnengratrdnsf Brame, has been removed by certiorari Queen's Bench, in order to a tu t l i ll e n r e e 'e fo st r i d ga b t y i , o t n he in d t e o fe a n l d l a t n h tes facts. B a il h as b een for thei r appearance to gtaileenthaeir trial;two Mr. Hemp's in 5 ampoL h t sr e e a e n og. ; biz enees were, himself in 1001., and sureties • , Jure , and kr. Probert's were, himself in 5001., and two sureties in 23 0/. Th e case will no doubt be made a special though it may stand for trial at the sittings after term, yet it is most likely to go over t h in November term. which will bring the trial on about weekthe f fl e r m st Englan in d December —unless the absence of any witnesses r should delay it. By the accounts from the United States this week, it appea rs t h at a sudden reaction had occurred in the various new sch emes in the share market, similar to that which has ._ just t a k en place on this side. The activity of mercantile business had caused an advance of about 1 per cent. in the rate of discount, but there was no general pressure, and the pzices of the leading securities had not b een muc h a ff e cted. the import s f or the past month had shown a large increase liipover the corresponding month of last year, although the total itee January was still below that of the first nine months 185 1. The deposits of gold at the Mint for the same time t a d been 7,260 ,000/.,' against 6,410,0001. in 1851. During 43;t!qe week a charge had been brought by Messrs. Brown, others, and Co., against a clerk whom they had intrusted havewe their p r ocuration, and b y w h om 45,0001. is stated to be en two misa ppropriated in spec u l at i ons w i thin the past years. The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam end Rot terdam produce markets mention that business had become much more act r ilavee,OaV that prices showed a further tendency to advance. ' and quotations for p th ration s in coffee hail been considerable, higher. Large purehaseesSuperior descriptions were generally Made, the inquiry for Co of sugar, raw and refined, had been ing increased. well sh ut in spice had been limited. and rice were in demand. f ( l3 and Hamburg state that sugar eff.se was maintained wit Hess, although the business was not important, and indi h go fi h rin ad - Readily risen. team Intelligence e n I pany s screw. vessel Forerunner, r,elYrnouth at 5 p.m. on the 9 4 Passe at m a,te to that island. lexcludingg .feneriffe at 10 p.m. on the ' ls t t h which left of September, arrived at inset being di,,_ al her speed averaged "*liulce,the quickest o p pag 10 li + f th whole r 10,3 or e THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. The editors of the herald°, the Constitucional, the Espe ranza, the Epoca, and the Diario had been set at liberty, but cannot sign their respective journals until the tribunals shall have decided on the prosecution commenced against them by the Director of the Trea sury for calumnining him. In the meantime these papers will have to abstain from political discussion. The editor of the Heraldo, who had been in confine ment thirty-two days, had been obliged to deposit 6,000 reals as an addition to his previously existing caution money of 120,000 reals. The Constitucional announces that it will cease to appear. The Queen had given 20,000 reals to the poor of the province of Madrid. The post of Commander of the Halberdiers vacant by the di-ath of the Duke de Biylen, had not been filled up. The surreys for the first section of a railway to the north have been ter minated. The Gazelle publishes a detailed account of the expenses of the different ministries in the second quarter of 1852; they amount to 313,068,157 reels; the budget had calculated them at 328,712,541 reels. The Queen, the King, and the Queen Christina had held grand receptions for kissing hands in honour of the Queen's birthday. The Duke and Duchess de Montnensier had returned to Seville. Count d'Es terhszy, the Austrian Minister, had returned to Madrid after a leave of absence. It is stated by the Epora that the Cortes are to meet on the 25th November. The day, however, says a letter, is not yet officially fixed, but it is ex pected that it will be before the end of November. The mails between Madrid and Paris now occupy seven hours less time in the journey, owing to the opening of the section of the railway from Angou leme to Bordeaux. Accounts had been received from the Captain- General of Cuba to the 14th September. They state that tranquillity continued to prevail; that the cases of cholera had slightly increased, owing to the heavy rains ; and that a prosecution had been commenced against the writers and publishers of the subversive journal La Voz del Pueblo. A dispatch from the Commander of the naval station of the Havannah announces the wreck of the war steamer the Pizzaro, at a place called Tango-Farango, on the northern coast, whilst going to look after a frigate whose manoeuvres seemed suspicious. A letter from Madrid of the 11th states that the rumour of its being the intention of the Spanish Government to suspend all the railway concessions is well founded. The only exception, it is said, is in favour of the lines from Madrid to Almansa, and from Aiar to S.intander. The motive for the delay in making other roads is said to be the fear of the Government that it would be unable to pay the gua ranteed interest on the capital, if several lines were to be executed at the same time. . _ Madrid Bourse, Oct. 12.—Three per Cents., 47k; Deferred, 261. Exchange, 50 30. BELGIUM. "It is rumoured more and more strongly," says the Emancipation of Brussels, of Sunday, that the Cabinet formed by M. H. de Brouckere is dissolved. It is not yet said that the King has called in any other political personage." GERMANY. During the Austrian Emperor's stay at Agram, the Prince of Montenegro, Daniel Petrow itch, waited upon his Majesty, praying him to give his adhesion to the declaration of the independence of Montenegro, by Itu,sia. The consent of the Emperor is expected, for the question has long been debated in the Cabinet, and a definite resolution adopted. A treaty relative to a customs union between Aus tria and the States of the Coalition of Darmstadt is to be concluded immediately, and to come into force on the Ist of January next. A general Civic Code is to come into operation on the let of January next in those Crown lands where it has not yet been introduced. A telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, from the locum tenens of the coast lands, announces the arrival of the Emperor and the Archduke Max at Fiume on the 12th. " A letter from Vienna of the 14th," says the Independance of Brussels, "informs us that M. Ward, Minister of State of the Duchy of Parma, and Mini • ster Plenipotentiary to the Court of Vienna, has re ceived from his sovereign the order to proceed to Madrid, and to enter into negotiations for the recog nition by the Duke of Parma, who is brother-in-law of the Count de Chambord, of Isabella 11., and the present Government of Spain. The motives of this determination are represented to be of a private char acter. It is stated as certain that during his stay at Vienna the Duke of Parma refrained from visiting Frohsdorff on the occasion of the fete of Saint Henri." According to the Gazette of Prussia, the French Government is causing special agents to visit the ports of the Rhine, in order to obtain correct statistical in formation on the commercial relations of Belgium with the Zollverein and Switzerland. _ • The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Berlin of the 15,h, which states that the affair of Neutcha•el is to be discussed anew at London by the diplomatic agents of the great powers. A letter from Frankfort, of the 12th, in the Augs burg Gazette, states that there are two propositions beture the Germanic Diet for an augmentation of the federal contingent : one asks for only 150 men in all, and the other proposes to have the present force augmented by 50,000 men. . . The last accounts from Munich represent that in consequence of the continuance of the indisposition of the King of Greece, his Majesty's departure, which had been fixed for the 16th, had be e n postponed. The Burgomaster and Senate of the tree city of Frankfort have, in conformity with the order of the Germanic Diet, decided that the laws of 19th October, 1848, and 20th February, 1849, shall be repealed, be cause they are hostile in spirit to the political institu tions of other parts of Germany. They have also an nounced that, in compliance with Art. 11 of the addi tional Articles of the Constitution, the citizens shall be convoked on the 18th and 19th to elect 75 citizens, who will have to choose 45 members of the Legisla tive Assembly. As M. de Hassenpflug, First Minister of Hesse Cassel, was seated in his cabinet a few days ago, a stone was thrown at him with great violence through the window, and broke some of the things on the table. M. de Hassenpflug subsequently left Cassel to inspect the provincial tribunals. Several innkeepers of Electoral Hesse, who played a part in the revolutionary movements, have been de prived of their licences. The Vienna journals announce the arrest, in the district of Liptau, of a man who had acted as apostle of the new religious sect calling themselves "De scendants of Christ," which has already ramifica tions in France, Germany, and Switzerland. From intercepted letters, it appears that the Austrian por tion of the sect was in correspondence with that of France. It has not yet been ascertained whether the sect does or does not entertain political designs. The Reformed French Commune of Berlin, almost all of whom are descendants of the Protestants who left France in consequence of the revocation of the edict of Nantes, propose to celebrate with great pomp the anniversary of the day on which the Elector Frede rick William ordered the exiles to be received in Prussia, and granted to them all the rights of citi• zenship. There were five new eases of cholera reported from the 13th to the 14th in Berlin, making the whole number to the latter date 165, of which 98 have been fatal; 35 have been cured; 32 remain ,under treatment. ITALY. A letter from Florence of the 12th, in the Risorgi. 7ne It o produced of Turin, states that the reading of the i st sidocu mentsl l Guerrazzi in his defence continued in Court. The correspondent observes how surprisin g i t i s that G confidence of Guerrazzi should have gained the th a t he theenteredßepublicansbe lieve int o th e i r v i ews, an d wou ld b e their instrument, w r en it app ears f rom t h e d ocuments produced, th at be kept a sharp watc h over t h em b y them so far as to require and . that h e carr i e d h i s d i strust of ings of their clubs andconventicler the r e p orts of the proceed him every eveni ng . T he t o be brought to that the inability of Guerrcaozrz!espondent is of opinion is clearly proved. The ito dominate that party who were its main sprin g,emigrantswerfrom Lombardy, had money and a political Paper aat militarily t.e that Guerrazzi, not having the means a ir disposal ; BO them, displayed great tact in defeatingof disbanding least of their plans. a portion at The Monitore Toscano of the 12th announcesr that , d the portfolio o f Director of Police of theki om of the Two Sicili es, vaccted b y the death o f M. g p e cheneda, has be en entrusted to M. Ferdinand Troj , : The Opinione of Turin states that M. Henry Dameth, director of the Arenir de Nice, has been or dered to quit the Sardinian S ates, and adds that this order is owing to an application from the French Consul. The Piedmonicse Gazette of the 14th publishes a Royal decree, di-pensing professors of the University and secondary schools from taking the oath of fidelity at the beginning of every year. The circulation of the Turin journal, entitled the Social Union, has just been prohibited in the whole of the Austrian empire. Letters from Sassari of the 9th, in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, state that the state of siege is about to cease, and that the fire-arms which had been called in are being restored, but that many have not been found again, a circumstance which has caused great dissatisfaction. The honesty of those who were intrusted with the keeping of them is questioned, and an inquiry has been set on foot to throw light on the matter. NOIVOINIO THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1852. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF, WELLINGTON. IVe believe that the following programme of pro.. ceedings at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington will prove to be in the main correct. The remains of his Grace will remain at Weimer until four days before the funeral, which will take place between the 17th and 19th of November. They will then be removed to Chelsea Hospital, where the body will lie in state for three days, and on the evening before the solemnity it will be re moved to the Horse Guards. On the morning of the funeral, the funeral cortege will bc formed at the Horse Guards, and will pro ceed by Charing-cross, the Strand, Fleet-street, and Ludgate-hill, to St. Paul's. Six regiments of infantry, eight squadrons of cavalry, and 17 guns, will take part in the proces sion, that being the number of troops to which his Grace was entitled by his rank in the army. A body of M Irines will also form part of the cor*e, which will be headed by 83 veterans from Chelsea Hospital, who shared in the Duke's cam paigns, the number 83 representing the years to which his Grace had attained. We have also reason to believe that the Field- Marshal's baton of the deceased Duke will be borne on the occasion by the Marquis of Anglesey, his companion in arms; and that representatives from those foreign Sovereigns in whose armies his Grace bore the rank of Field Marshal will assist at the solemnity, each bearing the bato❑ of the deceased. With a view of diminishing as much as possible the delay inseparable from a long file of carriages it is intended to make the procession as much as possible a walking one, and to dispense, as far as consistent with the solemnity of the occasion, with an unnecessary train of vehicles. It is also hoped that the good sense and good taste of the City will, on this occasion, consent to waive its claim to precedence, and that the Lord Mayor, after meeting the cortege at Temple-bar, will fall into the procession after the Prince Con sort. Finally, it is not intended to line the streets through which the procession will pass with military The guardianship of the thoroughfares will be left to the police, and to the good feeling of the public, who will thus have an opportunity of beholding the mournful spectacle without the interruption of a line of soldiers, and of testifying their respect for the mighty dead by their decorous and orderly demeanour. Messrs. Cubitt, the eminent builders, have received instructions to fit up the interior of St. Paul's Cathe dral for the accommodatiou of from 18,000 to 20,000 spectators. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 18. Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, went out shooting this morning, attended by Colonel Hun. N. Hood, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieu tenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited her Ma jesty to-day. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and the Marquis cf Exeter have been invited, and are expected at the Castle this afternoon. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Frogmore, near Windsor. A deputation from the Corporation of the City of Lon don, consisting of the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect, the Sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Sir Chap man Marshall, Mr. Alderman Farncomb, Mr. Alderma❑ Sidney, Mr. Alderman Moon, Mr. John Wood (chair man), Mr. Deputy bolt, Mr. Deputy Cork, Mr. J. M. Barnard, Mr. Edward Couder, Mr. Frederick Farrar, Mr. Thomas Snelling, and the City Remembrancer, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home office. Sir Horace St. Paul, the Rev. E. Hawkins, and Mr. Cadogan, had interviews with Sir John Pakington yes terday, at the Colonial-office. The Belgian Minister transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. _ _ _ The Marquis of Exeter bad an interview yesterday, at the Home-office, with Mr. Secretary Walpole. Dispatches from the Governor of Canada were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. On the nomination of his Grace the Duke of Nor thumberland, the Qaeen has appointed Captain the Earl Talbot, C. 13., &c., to be one of her ➢i..jeatp's Naval Aides-de-camp. LYCEUM THEATRE. The ever-sparkling Charles Mathews and the peer less and perennial Vestris, opened the campaign for the season last evening, in this elegant theatre. The house was crowded, despite a rise in the market (whether pru dent in the main or no, time will tell), the pit havir g been advanced from two shillings to half-a-crown, and the upper boxes from four shillings to five. The first piece was a new comic drama in two acts, called " The Mysterious Lady," an adaptation from the French, from the pen of Mr. Planche. The original piece is a little vaudeville, of the most light and farcical description. The adapter has endeavoured to give a more substan tial and serious character, and to raise its tone by writing the dialogue in blank verse. The result has not been very happy; for the slightness of the subject and the absurdity of the incidents are only rendered more apparent by this elaborate mode of treatment. There is an old gentleman, Sir Amaranth Fitzape, who has a great admiration for the character of a roué, and sends his nephew on his travels fur the express pur pose of his acquiring the accomplishments belong ing to such a character, The uncle joins his nephew at Antwerp, and is rejoiced to find that his design has been successful, for the young gentlemen (Hector Fitzape) has, by his own aceounr, ma le h reself a perfect Don Icon. But there are also at A ntvrerp a gen tleman, r amed Blackstone, and his daughter, who are there fur the purpwe of unmasking " young hopeful's" character, and exposit g him to his uncle as a mere pre tender to the character he assumes. Their scheme con sists in disguising themselves as a Corsican count and countess, and persuading the uncle and nephew that the count is a tremendous persenage, who puts any one to death who pays any attention to his wife. The uncle is charmed with an adventure that will give his nephew an opportunity of showing his spirit ; but Hector is frightened out of his wits. After being terrified in various ways, he is at length persuaded that the count has put a deadly poison in his wine after dinner. He is in agonies of horror, of course, of which be is not re lieved till his cowardice and false pretensions to the character of a courageous scamp are fully exposed. There is another character in the piece, a properly behaved young gentlemen, between whom and the young lady there is an affair of the heart, which ends in marriage ; but the connexion of this underplot with the principal business was by no means apparent. The principal part was performed by Mr. Charles Mathews, who acted with great spirit, and made the last scene very laughable ; but this was the only character that produced any effect. At the fall of the curtain there dwiasaspcpornosbiadteiroan ; ble en a d pp t l h a i u s s c e o , n in te i n l tio d n lasted how eve a r' g w oo it d h m l a o n u y d . minutes before Mr. C. Mathews came before the cur tain with Miss Oliver, and made his bow hastily. A call for the author, raised by two or three persons, was not attended to. The middle piece was the Golden Fleece, (produced here by the permission of Mr. Webster,) a justly fa vourite classical extravaganza, which was done lull hon our to, and which was made the xiedium for the re-ap pearance of the manageress,:Madame Vestris, who was greeted with a cordiality that could only arise from genuine admiration. We were glad to find the lady looking remarkably well, and in possession of all her usual vigour, notwithstanding the reports circulated as to her health, and which we were gratified to learn were groundless. _ _ Her acting was the perfection of burlesque, combin ing classic grace and elegance with grot esque and racy humour. Her mellow contralto voice was a s beautiful as extremely inge ever, and her singing was delightful. Her p aro d y , in particular, of the old Scotch ballad "John , An derson, my Jo,'' was exquisite, and rece i ved with acclamation. The part of Jason (originally M rs . Keeley's) received ample ju stic e from Miss St. George, A T.Hhoeuseenotuein m ho ent i s vin c d o o n u e s lu , dwedhiliitsh a farce, c a ll e d nious and amusing. The en tire ac t ion is conducted in a t rt o a ft cleverly set scene, showing the front windows of a first and second floor. On the second floor resides Mr Paul Potter, an artist (Ur. lioxby), who makes strong love to Julia (Miss Martindale), on the drawing-room floor, at first letting down letters with a string, and ultimately descending by a rope-ladder himself. He is found in this situation by Closecard, the landlord, himself an old beau ; who draws up the rope-ladder, and goes for a policeman. Poor Paul is left in a sad dilemma, and he is wetted to the skin by a pouring rain ; and his lady love comin,, 0- to his rescue, with an umbrella, is herself shut out in the balcony with him. This situation caused much fun, and was made the most of by Mr. Roxby. The fate of the young couple appears cri tical, when Paul contrives, at apparently an i mmi. nent risk, to slide down the gas lamp, and to regain his own apartment ; so that when Closecard arrives with a policeman, he appears in his night robe, at his own window, and the old landlord is abused by all parties, including the policeman he has fetched, as a drunken old ass who has created a useless brawl. Of course, an old aunt (Mrs. Macnamara) consents to the union of the young people, and their hands are united in the balcony ; nu one having ever appeared actually on the stage, and the whole of the scour' baring taken place out of the windows. It is a very clever little piece, with a good deal of smart dialogue ; and two or three novel and telling situations in it. The audience enjoyed it very much, and the actors all (including the Mario. nette-like policeman) did the utmthit for their parts, ana it consequently was thoroughly successful, and is likely to continue a favourite. It is :aid to be the production of one of the Mr. ktroughs. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCCXXX. CAMBRIDGESHIRE " WAIFS AND STRAYS." (To the Editor of the Sun.) SlR,—The following scraps of information respecting the last great Handicap of the season, have been col lecting during the last ten days, partially at Newmarket, but principally in those clubs and places where sporting men most do congregate. Taking its money for my guide, I find that those stables, the names of which are given below, in all likelihood will be represented by the horse whose cognomination is attached to each, as fol. lows:—T. Taylor, Babette; T. Dawson, Evadno; Kent, Chief Baron Nicholson; Dockeray and Dilly, Knight of the Shire; Stebbing, Hungerford; Isaac Day, Ephesus; J. Shepherd, Sir Charles; Saunders, Hobble Noble; Bullock, Grief; T. Parr, Weathergage; John Day, Father Thames; Death, Convulsion; Stevens, Azael; John Scott, Hyacinth; Fisher, Plot; and Cleary, Brawn. From other sources, I have ascertained that one, or bath, of Mr Drinkald's will go to the post; that Rachet, will probably bo Osborne's animal; that Le Juif ..1 also be started from Saunders's stable; end that Job Marson's lot will be represented by the High Sheriff, and Wadlow's by Lady Amyott. Khalidja is reported the representative of the Horse heath Stable; and Herbert is to try it on for Lord Rib blesdale. Mainlold will go from Carlisle's, Miss Fanny from Shirley's, Phlegra from Harlock's, Puritan from Darling's, Pancake from Rogers', Peacock from Boyce's, and Sabra from Armstrong's; and report says young Stephenson will have Billy Bar, and Stephenson, sear., Sophistry in the race. Bardolph, not unlikely, will run for Mr T. Parr's in terest, equally with Weathergage. Alec Taylor's stable, I believe, will be unrepresented, for Sister to Singapore is held in light estimation, and Teddington'a lb. extra for winning the Doncaster Cup is considered to have destroyed his chance. Lady Evelyn will run in case of an accident to her stable companion. in the hope of saving the cash invested on her chance previously to the Babette move; the sum, however, is anything but great. Truth is looked upon as a von-starter, or, if a runner without hopes. Glauca will, not improhably, go, in addition to the money representative of the Dockeray and Dilly Stables. Ephesus has been backed for a very heavy stake by the partisans of the stable; but in some very knowing circles his chance is considered anything but rosy. They are not remarkably confident in Saunders' stable of victory with Hobble Noble. Chief Baron Nicholson has been doing good work for some time, and, 'tis said, will come out in his old form. Stebbing's rather crack string will have, it is ru moured, for its money horse, Hungerford; but I have some doubt of this being the ease, comparatively little having been invested upon him as yet, Alfred the Great, if in form, looking much more like business. I shall publish the remainder of these " waifs and strays," as they arise, on Thursday, and endeavour to throw a ray of light as to the SPIRIT OF robable THE TURF. winner.—l am, Oct. 19. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. A considerable outlay on Babette, at an improvement of about twenty points on the odds last quoted from Newmarket—the result of previous transactions at the West-end and in the City—the decline of her stable companion, Lady Evelyn—and a disposition to back Hungerford, were the features yesterday; business in all other respects was u nimportant and dull. The follow ing were the closing prices:— CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 5 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Oliver ns Babette (taken and afterwards offered) 12 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Weathergago (taken and afterwards offered) 13 to 1 agst Sir W. Booth's A zael 14 to 1 apt Mr. Waller's Ephesus 100 to 6 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire 18 to 1 agat Major Martyn's Convulsion (taken) 12 to 1 agat Baron Rothschild's Hyacinth (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn 20 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Robbie Noble (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Morris's Hungerford (take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Phillips's Le Juif 25 to 1 aget Mr. Robson's Bardolph DERBY. 20 to 1 apt Mr. Powney's Cineas (taken, and after wards offered) 20 to 1 agat Lord Derby's Umbriel (taken, and after wards offered) 20 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's Tho Reiver (taken, and afterwards offered) SURREY THEATRE. A production entitled, 011 to the Diggings, or London Schemes in 1832, met with rcopcctable suuceas last even• ing, chiefly owing to the broad hunacur of Mr. W. H. Wlddicumb. Without being an extraordinary hit, its provisiousl existence will prove convenient during the preparation of more striking novelties, The chief par t were well till e d b y Mi ss Luria, , Miss Lebatt, Mr. ict dicomb, and Mr. bnepherd. STRAND THEATRE. A spirited and amusing dramatic sketch by gr. W Brough was la s t night produced at this house, under the title of Uncle Tom's Crib, or Negro Life in London. The " crib " of Uncle Tom is the sign of the Neg ro Head," a h ouse of call for Ethi opian serenaders, n igger crossing sweepers, an d t h e incidents flow out of the fforts of the landlord to induce Dinah, his " one fair daughter," to marry Mr. Ccesar Augustus Squashtop, a crossing sweeper, who professes to h ave and 50/ a first situation, but has also lately added to his avocations that of a lecturer at Exeter hail upon the rights of man and the wrong! of Africa. Dinah has, however, fixed her affecti ons upon Dandy Jura, an Ethiopian serenader, and the denouement discloses the fact that the 501. has been stolen from him by Augustus, that bis 'fine house, filled with furniture," was a two shilling-a-week lodging, out of which he had been turned for non-payment of rent, while his crossing has been taken possession of by an other sweeper since he became a lecturer. The prudent and affectionate Uncle Tom therefore hands o ver Dinah to her previously rejected, but now wealthy suiter, and the piece winds up with a nigger ball , i llum i na ted after the styl e o f t h e grand opera w i t h co l o ured lights. The dialogue is sparkling, the " situations" full of broad humour, and the sarcasms upon specious sentimenta hems and shams smart and telling. It brings out the capabilities of the African opera troupe now performing at the Strand capitally, and with a little judicious shortening, will secure a good run. Its reception throughout, and at the close last night was a decided success. Mr. Price, an American dancer, also made his first appearance. His style is similar to that of the celebrated Juba, and in some of his dances he even ex ceeds that well-known and extraordinary delineator of " plantation danets." The house was crowded. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION. Yesterday (Monday), at a few minutes past 12 o'clock at noon, a serious fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Ind, Coope, and Co., the proprietors of the ' Rumford brewery stores, situate in Great Garden-street, near Whitechapel turnpike. gate. The building, which extended in one direction between GO and 70 feet, was of proportionate depth, but, although divided into two warehouses, each communicated with the other by means of large loop-holes. From the fact of one warehouse containing a vast number of ho gs h ea d s o f sugar, it was at one period feared that every building in the immediate vicinity wculd have been levelled with the ground. As it was, in the co urs e of a few minutes the fitat-nam e d building, i n which the di saster com menced, presented cue treme ndous body of fi re , an d as the flam es b e l c h e d f or th from the different windows and through the roof the scene became one of fearful gran deur. The mains of the. East London Company having been drawn, the engines were set to work, but in spite of the torrents of water thrown from the engines upon the conflagration, it continued to travel. A number of policemen of the H division, under the directions of In spectors White and Miller and Sergeants F oay and Eves, went to work and rolled some dozen barrels of ale out of the premises, at the time that the flame s were mount ing from the upper floors most terrifically. The firemen, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, re d ou bl e d their exertions, but notwithstanding several hours passed away ere the firemen could get the mastery over the flames, and not until the first-named warehouse from the ground-floor was burned out, and the lower floor seriously injured. The adjoining warehouse, in which so many tons of sugar and a large quantity of grain were, were also seriously burned ; but, fortunately, the whole of the extensive stock of sugars, although, at one time, almost at red heat point were preserved. The total loss, however, is very con siderable. The origin of the fire is unknown. For tunately, the firm was insured. About two o'clock yesterday morning, a fire occurred on the premises belonging to Mr. Thomas Kollar, eat ing-house proprietor, No. 4, Sherburne-lane, City. The discovery wos made by the police who were doing duty in the neighbourhood, and who, fortunately, succeeded in arousing the inmates; but on their attempting to gain the street by the front door, they we re una bl e to do so, the stairs being rendered impas sa bl e by smoke. The parties therefore made for one of the upper •win dows, and the Royal Society's fire escapes having at tended, six persons were rescued in safety. Th e su ff ere r, it is understood, was insured in the Glob e Fi re Office. THE WELLINGTON STATUE AT I V/A.NCHESTER: , --Tile sulmeriptions to the fund for the purpose of erecting a public memorial in Manchester of the late Duke of Wellington are still rapidly augmenting. The total to Saturday 6 , 4 1 9 4 10,5, POLICE INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY MARLBOROUGH—STREE r. A LUNATIC. William Lancashire, a miserable looking man, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged under the fol lowing circumstances: — Marcel, 80 C, stated that this morning about one u'cic ck his attention was called to a mob of people who had tkisembled in Coventry-street, and on going to see what was the matter, he saw the prisoner lying on the pavement, apparently in a state of great suffering. At the suggestion of two gentlemen, one of whom was a surgeon, witness and another constable conveyed him to a surgeon's, who recommended his removal to the hospi tal. Witness accordingly procured the stretcher from the station-house, and as soon as he had placed prisoner on it, the latter jumped up and said, "I'm all right now, let me go," Believing him to have assumed illness for the purpose of imposing on the constable, ho (witness) took him to the station. The prisoner's wife, who was in attendance, informed the magistrate that her husband bad been an inmate of a lunatic asylum, from which ho had recently been dis charged, On hearing this, Mr. Bingham discharged the man and handed him over to the care of his wife. THE REGISTRATIONS : WEST SURREY.—The Court sat at the Bush Inn, Farnham, yeterday, to revise the lists for the parishes of Ash and Normandy, Elstead, Farnham, Frensham, Seale, and Tongham. Mr. G. Edgar Dennes, the Solicitor to the Westminster Freehold Land Society, and Mr. John Wells, solicitor, of London, appeared for the Libe rals. The Tories were unrepresented. In Farnham the Re formers established 69 new claims. The claims allowed in the other parishes were as follows :—Ash and Normandy 11, Elstead 5, Frensham 11. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. The following gentlemen were admitted members of the college on the 15th inst.:—Messrs. Matthew Morris, Haverfordwest, Pembroke • shire; Edward Archibald Middleship, Hon. East India Com pany's service, Bengal ; Charles Davenport, Walford, Glou cestershire; Thomas Henry Cheatle, Burford, Oxfordshire; James Winter, Dublin; Robert A. Allen, Stewarts-town, Tyrone. James Nicholls, Trekenning, o rnwall ; Robert William Cockerill, Greenwich; Amos Ingham, Hebden bridge, Yorkshire; Stephen Donegan, Cork; James Crowder Eastcott, St. Pancras ; and Carl August L udwi g Bauer, London. At the same meeting of the court Mr. John Wal rond Cleave passed his examination for naval surgeon; this gentleman had previously been admitted a member of the college, his diploma bearing date Marc h 4, 1848. OMNIBUS SALE. —Yesterday the sale of the entire stock of the London Conveyance Company commenced, on their premises, St. Alban's-place, Paddington. Mr. Gower, of the firm of Itymill and Gower, of the Repository, Barbi can, presided as knight of the hammer. It is expected that the sale will occupy the whole of the week. The stock comprises SOS horses, 65 omnibusses, and an immense quan tity of harness, Scc. The stoppage of the London Conveyance Company has thrown out of employ drivers, conductors, and horsekeepere, to the number of several hundreds. COMMON LAW REFORMS.—On Monday next, an important act, passed in the last session (15th and 16th Vic toria, chap. 73), to abolish certain offices and fees in the common law courts, will come into force. By this Act the office of Marshal in the common law courts in London is abolished, and the duties are to be performed by the asso ciates, who, in future are to b e appointed by the chiefs of the three courts. The office of marshal is to be continued on circuit, and to be paid by salary instead of fees. Clerks are to be appointed, and the present officers are to hold office during good behaviour. The fees charged at the Judges' chambers are to undergo revision; they have yielded large amounts to the clerks, whose incomes were solely derived from the same. The clerks are to be paid by salary. Fur ther, it is provided by the Act that the fee of 6s. Bd. paid on circuit is to be abolished, and also all the fees to the mar shals' men, the Judges' bailiff, and to any servant attending the circuit. The duties of each office are to be performed in person. The accounts under this Act are to be laid before Parliament. NEWMARKET HEATH.—And yet there is a kind of republican spirit that seems to animate the gatherings upon Newmarket heath. The nob and the snob, each on a cob, hob-nob it tagether pleasantly. A swell sweep may be by the side of a small nobleman, and the man of patrician lineage may be jostled by the tout upon the knacker's victim. We don't know where we can see this save at Newmarket on its glorious heath; and, therefore, take it for all in all, perhaps Newmarket may be laissez faire as far as the heath goes. We do not know that it is the heath or the town that theb h u e e ..• w s wi will i d t e i v e ol We take exception to, or rather we do not know that it is not. unless be shall or have been admittedb But Newmarket has its star-chamber, and its exclusive but silly rule, and that is the canker at its heart.— Racing Times. least tenllaieLaresm hsCi Cuter CLERKS IN CHANCERY.—As a good deal of provided on e hat n o p clerks ersen i ns ashall Chancery be appointed under chief clerk acts,to the v Mastere been noft chiefi t i h e e r fi l l l e a s r , sk o a r too any tnt oe V re i n c i ee thehr a n Masters,c el solicitorl or in one o f the courts at estminster, and practised for at vacant, are, on the first be released ; Leman, he act declares that Mr. Geo. Whiting and tir t . he chief clerks of the Masters about to clerks of three of the e and Mr. Pugh, the chief clerk of the Master now cessors in office. ce. A salary ditayy judges, the g es. e a n n s di u s i t i h i t g oe term,irb be patiod respective b t e o chief osauceh- chief clerk, which may baereinotcfereles4eodlby theyunior clerks under the new acts are to hold etne t e h d e e L r o in rd g C "good hancelbloef to material distinction in the (51u0r0,/,., whilst h 3; l e s a t r t ; h e j f e ? e n e o s m issued bby Demerara th i e n Governor, increasing the that a pro hold office "during pleasure allowance to immigrant labourers from Mil dole. to 25 dolt., in consideration of the failure a from 20 01 the vintage appointmente la T n h at e i o n ad l v l oc d fe : b ffi e in that island, PONTEFRACT RACES, MONDAY. no Trial Stakes of 5 sous, each, and 25 added for 2 yrs olds 6st, three 7st 101 b, four ,Bst 71b, five Bst 12113. six, and aged 9st; mares and geldings allowed 31b, winners 5 and 71b. extra. One mile. 5 Subs. Mr. Chilton's Audubon, 2 yrs (Carroll) 1 Mr. Pedley's Trousseau, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Kimberley's b.c. by I9go, out of the Daughter of Toscar, 2 yrs Marson's Twin, 4 yrs. Dalzell's the Judge, 2yrs Betting.-5 to 4on Trobseau, sto 2 agat Audubon, and 3 to 1 agst The Judge. Won by a length and a Half. Handicap Sweeps of 5 sovs. and 50 added, winner to pay 5 sovs. expenses, and second save his stake. Once round and a distance. 14 subs. . _ N 1;. :..Joo. Osborne's Little Davie, 3 yrs sst 13lbs Carroll Mr. Taft'i f, by Don John, dam by Mundiz, 4 yrs sst 101bs 2 Mr. Jno. Osborne's Merry Bird, 3 yrs, Est filb 3 Mr. Jno. Shepherd's' Alp, 5 yrs, Bst 51b 0 Mr, R. E. Oliver's Ischia, 4 yrs, fist 12 lb 0 Mr. Eddison's Wasp, 4 yrs, 6st 41b 0 Mr. Dawson's Lerrywbent, 3 yrs 6A 31b 0 Mr. Pedley's Paquette, 4 yrs, Est 31b... 0 Mr. Eddison's nd Tower, 4 yrs, sst 101 b 0 Mr. Wentworth's Don Carlos, 3 yrs, sst. Olb 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Little Davie, 3 agst Ischia and 4 to 1 agst Don John filly. Won by a length. The Park Hill Handicap of 5 sovs. each for 2 yrs. old with 25 soya. added. Wood End, about 3 qre. of a mile 7 subs. Mr. John Danby's Tickton Bst Olb (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Pearce and Master Norton 7st 71b 2 Mr. Dalzsll's The Judge ist 121 b 2 to lon Tickton., Won by a short neck after a fine short race. The Visitors' Plate of 20 Boys., added to a sweepstak e of 3 soya. each, for three yrs old and upwards, winner to be sold for 80 sovs., &c., one mile, five subs., were won in two heats, cleverly, by Captain Ileynard's hr. f. Flo rence, three yrs 301. (Carrol), beating the Don John filly, Tissington, Itbania, and Lilly. RACING FIXT, ;RES FOR 1852. IBER. ILanark .. .22 Newmarket Houghton.. 25 OCTO. Holy well Hunt Richmond Brighton 22 NOVE. Worcester Autumn 2 Epsom 4 Liverpool Autumn 9 Cowbridge Hunt Northallerton ll IRISH RACI Down Royal Corp 2O I NOVE Kilkenny ... Stretford Warwick Aberyatwith Shrewsbury Autumn 23 ES TO COME. OBER. 1 Carlow :MBER. 28 GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY.—WO now understand that it has been definitely determined to pro ceed with the construction of this lino of railway, exe cuting in the first place the portion of the works betwixt Aberdeen and Huntly, The surveyors aro engaged staking off the line, and the contractors have received orders to commence the works immediately between Port-Elphinstone and Huntly. By the operations being confined in the first instance to this part of the line, the Aberdeenshire Canal will be allowed to remain open for the convenience of the public until absolutely required for the purpose of the railway ; and arrangements are in course of being made for the completion of the line between Port-Elphinstone and Aberdeen, after which it will be gradually extended northwards from Huntly.— Aberdeen Journal. WAS PENN EVER A SLAVEHOLDER ?—Did WCO. Penn ever make use of negro slaves? As this question is put, I should think he did ; and for my authority in thus believing would refer Mr. Croosfield to Hepworth Dixon's recent " Life of Penn," published in London in 1851, p. 389 :—" Many years after this he (Penn) spoke of slavery as a matter of course, and though he refrained from the actual purchase of negroes, so as in strict fact never to become a slaveowner, yet he constantly hired them from their masters, and they formed a regular part of the establishment at Pennsbury." William Penn was, therefore, a slaveholder, if not a slaveowner. Many planters in America are similarly situated at the present day ; they hire slaves to cultivate their land, but do not own them. Mr. Bancroft would appear to be correst.—From Notes and Queries. p [A DVEZTLSE MENT.]--THE ROYAL EX ow RIBITION.—A erful waistcoat valuable, nilily-invented, very small pocket glass, the size of a w alnut, by which a person can be seen and known li miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses ; country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles; they are in valuable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to Sports men, Gentlemen, Gamekeepers, and Tourists.—To be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York-hotel. Telescopes—A nevi\ and most important in -3i inches , wit h an extra eye piece, will vention in Telescop es, p ossessing such extraordinar y p owers, that some, s how distinctly , Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, an d t h e Double the same , Te 1 esc ope, weighing only th ree ounces, Stars.eai, be With a person scountenance miles distant, and and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and Race course glasses, with wonderful powers; an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before imper fect vision, every object appears clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. The Invisible Or ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief of extreme deafness.-39, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, ob serve opposite the York lioteL NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION RAIL.. WAY.—This line, which runs from Willesden to Kew, and thus affords a communication between Manchester and the S ou thampton lines, without pa ss i n g through London , was virtually opened yesterday by the Government in s p ector, I Captain Galton, passing over the line, and after careful survey reporting it ready ter tratficeswltaikaw Record. • •• [BER. LAW OF PARISH SETTLEMENT. Last night a public meeting of the inhabitants of St. James's, Piccadilly, was held at the Vestry-room, "to consider the evils which attend the operation of the pre sent law of settlement, and the he av y c h arges consequent on the compulsory removal of poo r persons to their respective parishes." Many of the principal parochial officers were present, together with Messrs. Jacob Bell and Charles Cochrane. Mr. GARRETT, the senior churchwarden, took the chair, and stated that he had readily acceded to the re quest which had been made to him of granting the vestry room on this occasion ; but the subject was ono of great importance. The removal of poor families from perhaps a part of a town where they had resided many years was a great hardship upon them ; in many case such persons had been sent back to Ireland and else where. Some improvement had been made in the law, but little had been done to effect any permanent good, Ile was not aware what proposition was about to be made to the meeting, bat would call on Mr. Bidgood to state his views. Mr. BIDGOOD said he was as much in ignorance of what proposition was to be made as any gentlemen who had signed the requisition. The object of this meeting was to call together those who took a part in parish affairs, to discuss the question, and to hear suggestions of a gentleman present, showing that something was locming in the future. (A laugh.) Mr. W. B. WEST then rose and addreesed the meeting from a written statement. Mr. GEESIN thought it would be better for Mr. West at once to proceed to his plan for the remedy of the evils of the present law. After a long conversation, Mr. WEST handed to each gentleman his plan for the abolition of the law of settlement, from which we give the following extracts:— " It is intended to abolish all the laws relating to set tlement and removal in England and Wales. " These laws being abolished, it is contemplated that fluctuations will take place among the labouring classes, some of which may be of a permanent, others only of a temporary nature; and that there will be advancing or receding numbers, perhaps in every pariah in the king• dom. " The plan ' therefore includes the mean s w h e reby parishes may be indemnified against damage from such fluctuations. Attention will be drawn to the manage ment and to the means of future economy by the intro duction of a system of local averages and returning periods of adjustment; and to secure vigilance on the part of the guardians and watchfulness on the part of the payers, it is intended that they shall claim the benefit of any advantage that may occur in the locality. " Each parish is to provide the funds after the cus , tom now in practice ; and to prevent centrilization it is intended to continue to the inhabitants of parishes all local rights, privileges, properties, and institutions, election of guardians, and other powers they possess, except the compulsory removal of paupers, which is to be wholly abolished. " It is intended to continue the authority of the poor law board, it being responsible to Parliament. " It is intended to retain the boards of guardians, and to continue their present authority. " It is intended to continue under the authority of the poor law board the inspectors, auditors, olerks to boards, relieving officers, and so forth. _ _ " For the effective purpose of this plan data are re quired relating to the expense in detail of the number of paupers maintained for the last 10, 20, 30, or any period of years sufficiently retrospective to embrace both the seasons of prosperity and of adversity. " The data should be in a tabular form, and should be carefully and accurately stated, being intended for present and prospective use. " Every parish or union to return the number and de scription of every paid officer, each to be separately de scribed, with the amount of annual salary received by each. " Every parish or union to supply a separate return of the annual expense incurred for building, alterations, additions, repairs, cleansing, furniture, insurance, water, gas, aad other household charges, the expenditure each year to include linen, hosiery, drapery, and other arti cles usually supplied under this division. " The expenditure incurred for ascertaining settle ' ments—the charges consequent upon removal—the ex ' penditure occasioned by disputed settlement—and the amount of legal charge, in cases of litigated removal in each year. " The intention of these retrospective statements, is to elicit the average annual cost that each parish has in curred for a given number of years. " To obtain true data for future charge, all expense hitherto incurred under the head of settlement, removal and litigation, should be deducted from the annual cost, unless disposed of in the manner hereafter pro vided. " The data statistically arranged will supply the ave rage annual cost per head for maintenance, and the average yearly number of paupers to be supported for a fixed period, the duration of which to be be determined by the Legislature. "The data arranged and the system of local averages adopted, it will determine the proportionate number of paupers to he annually maintained at the hitherto ave rage cost per head, the inhabitants of each parish will then provide for that number a sum sufficient to meet their quota, which being estimared by their own returns will be a maximum and minimum amount until the period for re-adjustment arrives. " At the expiration of the time fixed, re-adjustment of cost, and re adjustment of numbers shall take place in every parish, when the altered circumstances in each parish will be taken into account. " It being settled that parishes are to be protected from injury by reason of pauper migration, those parishes where the quota charged for the time being exceeds the amount required for relief, shall pay the balance in the hands of the local treasurer into a common fund at the Bank of England, to be denominated the Parochial Pauper Protection Fund.' "In each parish where the number exceeds its average, and thus require an amount above the quota, it is proposed to indemnify such parish from the protec tion fund pro rate; that is, at is own average estimate per head per diem. " The accuracy of such necessity to be guaranteed by certificate (hereafter described in matter of account) under the authority of the poor law commissioners, who will issue warrants for payment from the protection fund to parishes that may be so entitled. " This principle will preserve an equitable balance amongst the payers ; but there may bo in seasons of prosperity, a surplus exceeding all demands upon this fund. "It is proposed that this surplus (whatever the amount may chance to be) shall be invested in Govern ment securities, under the title of the Pauper Contin gent Fund ; the interest upon which to be carried to principal, and so form an accumulative fund against seasons of adversity. . " Changes in population will occur, by which paupers will cease to bear the relative proportion established at the commencement; this disproportion it is intended to re-adjust by the decennial census, when, the relative proportions being re-established, those parishes in which population has decreased will be relieved of a propor tionate charge. On the other hand, those districts in which population has increased will be charged with a proportionate increase of paupers until the next re adjustment. "In case of unforseen calamity or famine, it is pro posed that, during the continuance of such visitation, the price for maintenance shall be adjusted by the aver age price of grain settled by the Government returns. " Matters of account for ordinary purposes to be cer tified by the district auditor. ' " Special statements of migratory poor account to be kept and balancad by the chief clerk to each board, and afterwards examined by the district poor law inspector, who shall certify (accompanied with an abstract of the account) to the poor law board ; and the accuracy of such account may be confirmed by the certificate of the district auditor. " The Bank of England, after payment of all warrants, by a certain day to certify to the poor law board the balance ; which balance shall be immediately invested in government securities, and, with the preceding gross sum already invested and standing to the credit of the account, be published by the poor law board in the next Gazette." Mr. CHARLES COCHRANE proposed as a resolution— " That the present law of settlement is a harsh and un just law; unfitted to the wants and feelings of a Chris tian country, and, therefore, ought to be greatly modified or abolished with the least possible delay." Mr. SMITH moved, as an amendment, that a committee be appointed from the meeting to watch any measure which may be brought befuro Parliament in the next session, with reference to the alteration or abolition of the present law of settlement. Mr. COCHRANE withdrew the original motion. The amendment was then put and carried, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, tho meeting separated• LEAGUE BANQUET AT MAN CHESTER. dN This banquet is to be held on Tuesday the 2CL .0- vember, instead of Tuesday the 9th. The Council of the Anti-Corn-law League were probably prered for some dodge of the minist r y , which, by altering the meeting of the House of Commons, would place them at disadvantage, and they therefore did not advertise or talc() any steps to fix their banquet positively. The in tention was to have it two days before the meeting of Parliament, and the determination to assemble the Com mons on the 4th instead of the 11th has led to a change for the banquet from the 9th to the 2nd. There ' b u t little doubt that this will be the mo st infic7,,:wtoi3i 5 gathering t he League has ever had. - Upwards of 0 members of Parliament have already premised to b e presen t, and amongst the names not before give n t o t h e public ore —Sir James Anderson, M.P., Stirling ; Mr. A. M. Du nlo p , M.P., Gree nock; 1, M.P., Southampton; Sir Richard B. Ir. a M. Wilcox.ilcox. W. Bulkeley, Bart., Anglesey county; Mr. M. Wilson, jun., M.P., Clitheroe; eth; Mr. W. H. F. Co g an M ktr .P, W ., . C W ou il n l t ia y m it s, i i l d d . a l r ), e L ,• a a m nd b Mr. George Thompson: ' de jun., M.P., Aberdeen. The number of vice-presidents has been augmented above 200, and these ice-pr a e n si dt n h t e s to very large committee formed b will embrace a greater n eo ur ie b e e te r a o o f u th: u e ob tte oo rs al ::if ot t our than were ever before THE NEW RECORDER OF HULL. On Thursday less, the 14th instant, the commence ment of the Michaelmas Sessions in the borough of Hull was rendered noticeable by the circumstance of Samuel Warren, Esq , Q.C. and F.R S., (and long celebrated in literature as the author of" Ten Thousand a Year," and the " Diary of a Late Physician,") taking the oaths aid his seat in his capacity as Recorder. After the Grand Jury had been formally sworn in, tho learned Judge addressed them in an inaugural oration, very eloquent and impressive, After a few sentiments of a simply introductory character, ho offered the following grateful tribute to his deceased predecessor:—" Gentlemen," said he, " only the last Sunday I attended divine worship in that Temple Church. and sat in my appointed place, within only a foot or two of the spot where your late Recorder, my predecessor, is lying now. And I thought of my cornino , here to-day, an d I h a d a strong fee li ng o f solemnity, which, I trust, I may communicate to you. Gentlemen, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It is not for me to eulogise, or attempt to eulogise, the memory of my deceased predecessor ; but I will say that I believe he was very anxious to dis charge his judicial duiics conscientiously, and he had to do so, unfortunately, under the constant pressure of as unsound physical constitution, which sunk suddenly, as you all know, under an apparently slight attack of india position. Gentlemen, he has died in the prime of life, and, as a member of the Legislature, and as a b arr i ster of considerable standing, has Left behind him a character of unsullied integrity." DAter on in the courte of his very beautiful and effec- tine address, the learned Recorder continued "Gentlemen, forgive me for reminding you that the laws with which we have to deal are based upon Christianity, whose sublime sanctions support every portion of those laws, and dignify—while at the same time they restrain —every functionary, every conscientious functionary, however humble, however limited, may be the sphere of his action. Gentlemen, a thousand years ago, onr illus trious King Alfred compiled a little code of laws, which are still extant, and which I was looking at yesterday with a learned person whom I now see near me, in your excellent library here. Be commenced that code with the ten commandments, which he set forth one by one, and then added the sanction given to them by our Saviour in the New Testament—" Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." And then King Alfred grandly added—" These, my subjects, are the laws which Aliniglity God has given to his creatures, and if we obey these laws, those of ours which follow would not be necessary." Gentlemen, this is a noble and affecting incident in our judicial history. It from the first deeply impressed my mind, and I think gentlemen in your positio❑ cannot hear these words without being similarly impressed. Our laws have since then swollen to an enormous bulk and complexity, but they still bear the same relation to religion which we have seen in the rude and simple elements of those laws in the days of the great and good King Allred. And whoever realises this fact will see a splendour in those laws which is hid den from those who do not. And, administering them in this spirit, we shall best secure that mingling of mercy with justice, each reflecting the rays of the other, or neither is really mercy or justice, which will make our laws respected even by those unhappy persons whom I and my brother magistrates are compelled to make feel the sharpest edge of those laws. Gentlemen, the ad ministration of civil justice in this kingdom—for I, as re corder, am also judge in a civil court)—l mean that re lating to common law and equity—has recently been altered and amended to an extent utterly unprecedented; and the practiccl commencement of the new system must render ever memorable the autumn of 1852. I believe these changes, sweeping though they may be, which have just been effected, aro equally bold, wise, and bene ficial; reflecting infinite honour upon all parties con cerned in bringing them about, and conferring an incalculable boon upon the country. The main objects of these changes are to destroy the springs of technioallity and delay; to bring litigants together promptly; and to strip the merits of their cases of everything calculated to disguise truth, to distort fact, and to foster fraud. And, to a very considerable extent, the same may also be said of our criminal law (thanks in no small degree to one of my learned and excellent predecessors here— my friend Mr. Baines, for whom, I am sure, you all en tertain an affectionate respect)—l a:y the criminal law has latterly been placed upon the basis of plain, good sense. The facts of a case now can, or ought to be, arrived at easily and speedily, while the sacred prin ciples of liberty and justice are left wholly unimpaired, and may now be seen more conspicuously than ever leavening the whole lump of a humane and enlightened criminal jurisprudence. Let us be thankful for this, and address ourselves to the discharge of our simplified duties with increased Efficiency." The remainder of the address was distinguished by similar excellence, and at its close the customary pro ceedings of the court were duly commenced. CROSSING THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. By the Orinoco we have received the subjoined ac count of the state of the works on the Panama Railway. The communication is dated Chagres, S?ptember 21, and contains some interesting par ticulars : " Through the kindness and courts?) , of Mr. Center the Vice-Prcsidsot of the Panama Railroad Company, who had placed ono of the carriages of the train at our disposal, we were enabled to take a trip on the rail as tar as at press nt comple:e, which is to the village of Barbacoas, 25 miles of the read—rather mere than half way, arid citcidedly the wont half of the line. Out of the 25 miles, at least 2u aro through a continuous swamp, all of which is laid on piles ac out 6 feet apart, and driven at least 20 and 25 feet belore a foundation could be obtained. 'l'h© immense difficultiPs and apprent impotsibili- ties that have by kgenuity and perseverance been over come surpass all that I have ever seen in any part of the world. Too much prai,e cannot be accorded to Colonel Totten, the excellent superintendent of the works, in ac - complishieg so much with so many difficulties to contend with—his perseverance, his courage to overcome every obstacle, and his unremitting exertions in every depart ment of the undertaking. " During the past wet season the sickness which has prevailed on the isthmus has been a great drawback to the prosecution of the works, the mortality being greater than in any previous season—no less than two-thirds of the labourers employed ou the line having fallen victims to the fatal swamp fever. However, the greatest difficulties are now surmounted, and happy will be the day to Colo nel Totten and his associates when the whole line will be finished. It will be decidedly one of the greatest achieve ments in railroad making, and the benefits to the world are at present incalculable. " We arrived at the village of Barbacoas in an hour and a half, stopping at two station& for the convenience of workmen employed on the line. Hence you have a , fine and picturesque view of the Chagros river, as you stand on the left bank, at an elevation of From aou this hundred feet from the edge of the river. spot a bridge is to be thrown across a space n d aorfr t i r 2v a t v o e f l fr l eo e e r mt s . From here you also see tho river boats Cruces with the Californian adventurersa from the Pacific. These boats co a nt n a d tn as they from thirty turn to forty porsons, a mot l ey g roup, a bend on the oppos ite side of the river, a little die. i t hem in sight of their friends tance up, which hr. ll o who have in arrived gled wt thhe the no dischargethem, pistols, carbine s , whoops, and yells. m and revolvers, made a din surpassing description. This village consists of a few hurs in the rude Indian style, formed of bamboo end covered with palm leaves. Hero are refreshment shops, retailing of spirits, with their accompanying gambling-rooms. Next to these are the, s lop shops for the sale of ready-made clothes, of which many stand in need on their arrival, not having changed since their departure from Californa, at least 10 days; new clothes are bought, and the old ones are thrown away in heaps, as the travellers change them in the open air. These heaps have accumulated in the last four or five days to an amount which would take three mules to Y carry them away. Directly on the opposite bank h ave a splendid prosp e ct of a beautiful level c ountry , astn ssre s:t u u m dd n e r d e with fine lofty trees, which, with the p wilderne in resembles a park in Englund than s t cn e v e r r i e v d e r w the South America. Further to the left of h s country rises gradually for milerso,fuse foliage of the all the gorgeous trees and p tropics. - e i o a r g , s Ohio, Falcon, e to si c c a o r ti r t y ai t ti h i e n in g 400" Wp assesWe r e tu e r r n s e , df for w r i t t hwp h ees a Atp t i Im r ne a ge i .rnicAoaaflip2loBntwec a a a r mi r i at Navy Bay (now n ame d a b n y d th U eu ni n te g i d ted S s ta to te t % to New York a nd New Orleans. "The numb er of passengers conveyQd by the railway in the last five days has been upwards of 1,800, besides the specie destined for New York, making a total return that the whole line will be complete aonf 1 openedd 'loanu oadsos f l o l ar r er a sd l I traffic in 18 i m st o h nth s from the present t i me , the journey across the ac complished; in fact, has been performed, ay expressnow be in t; hours; it formerly was a tedious and over-fatiguing one of six days; when complete it will be don e in less than as many hours." NE W P OTATO MARKET AT THE G RE AT NOR.. TIIERN RAILWAY. —Yesterday the old station in Maiden lane, lately occupied by h Railway as a temporary p e a d ss ir e e n ctors of the Great Northern opened as a potatoe m ar k e t. There g e r a w n a d s g a o o g d r s e a s t t a n t n i o n n i h , :i r e s o f; salesmen and dealers present, and a rather twist trade Was done at good prices. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO ROCHEFORT. —The Prince President passed in review on the I lth, at nine o'clock in the morning, the marines quartered at Roche fort, and the deputations of the communes from the country around. The Prince passed through the ranks amidst cries of " Viva l'Empereur," from the men reviewed and from thespectators, of whom not less than 100,000 were present. He then paid a visit to the spital, and next went to examine the port a nd arsen where he was received by Admiral INlontagnies ../ la Ronne, the Maritime Prefect, and all the functionaries employed at the port. The Prince went on board the Constantine corvette, about to sail for the Chinese Seas. The crew who manned the yards gave him seven cheers, concluding with cries of :'. vive l'Empereur." The Prince then ente h r y ed t a he spl E en m d p id e l r y n - r examine the va dseacponrlaeteend i b n oat lBo w B h , icahnd hapdreebeeedeneaustead others ile of which will soon the Louis XIV., rhieouslanvneeshseelds, oanndthaerrisetnogcskts, se of 130 guns; the Turenne, of 100 guns; the Ulm, of 100 guns ; the Alexandre, of 90 ;guns ; the Semiramis frigate, of 66 guns; the Flore frigate, of 66 guns; the Lucifer steamer, of 200 horse-power; and the illeduse steamer, of 120 horse-power. The Prince also visited the other parts of the establishment, such M the foundry, the 1110da - r O O lll , the woilignsoic.