The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-18 00:00:00

Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s ...... to Newport Abr IT - ..frpoi ..,ergy., and Hera. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warreopoint, and Rostrevor .... 20 Norfolk - Ditto New 201.. lO - Ditto Eztr - ,5 - .ension 5 per ct... 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5 - Do. do. W aveney V a ll ey... 2 ...... ... - Northern Counties Union ... 4 ...... to - North Briti s h - Ditto Halt Shares...-. ..... 12 1 / 2 — - Do. Quarters' 6 - Ditto. Extension ... .. E5 i3 — - Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... 84 ...... - North and South-W- _... North '=on[,,. , extern... 2' .. -.. ... to - Staffordshire-. .. ...... 13 North Wales 3% -.. . - ..... t . too - 'North Western ..10 - • *se. to ... Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - ...... to - Reading, G uildfd., & Reigate 10 - Royston and Hitchin ..... 2 - - Scottish Central - ScA)ttish Midland .... ....... - •25 Ditto, New.......... ........... 17% - - heffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7% - to --- Do. d o . (S outh Dir.) 4 -....-.... Shrewsbury and Binningkain 9 - ...... to - to - Ditto. ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury an d Ch ester ..... to - (Nor. W. Min.) - ...... to - Ditto Halves. Ditto... 8%... - . ... to - Ditto, Oswe s t r y l7z',i Ditto ,New) 1 - ..... to - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref.-.. 10 - - Shropshire Union... - ...... to to - South Devon - - .5 -...- ...... to - Ditto, Preference 25 - ...... to - South Staflordahire ..• - - South Eastern - - ..... to - Ditto, No. 2. -- - - - - to - 25 Ditto New, N o . 4. T hirds 10 S mith Wales .. South Yorkshire,. Donwter and Goole ........... . ..... 5 - ..... .to - Swans. and Loughor and Ca __ tneren'3 mtrn. Coal ... . 6 - to - Taw Vale Extension .. 8 .. .. 'Thames Haven Dock ..... ItailwaT .... .• . 17% — - Vale Of INeath .....1 . : ........... 4 Waterford and KilltCri - ny ........ 1 -1 to -- and = Waterford and Limerick- .. 47%..... - Waterford, Weaford,Wicklw• and Dublin ..., Guaranteed - - Do. do. do. ......... 25 Do. do. do. ...... .. 10 - ...... to _ . West Cornwall 6 - - West London Ditto, First Class .. 20 - to - Ditto, Second Class 2O Whitebaven and Furnesa lB to --•... .. - Windsor, Staines, and South Western....., 9 1 6 '3 - - Wilts,Sonicroet,&Weymouth 40 -.... 26 . - .. to - to - .. York, N ewcast l e, an d B erw i c k 2 5 Do. Original New & Bcr'ck 25 - 1 )0. Exton. No.l (T. & N.) 15 - Do.:do. No. 2, Few &B. 15 - Do. G. N. E. I'ur. mirref. 8 - York and North Midland .. 50 ..... 1'4 8 1,4.. ... to 48 Ditto, Preference lO - ...... to - Ditto Eastand Vi r set Riding Extension ..-....... ...... 25 - - to - Anglo Italian (Iate FOREIGN Italian P.AILWA IS. and Austrian - to - 'Boulogne and Amiens 20y,.,, x coup. to - , 5 7 / o • Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) - ...... to - Ceylon ..• % - to - D emerara. • - Dendre Valley - ...... to - Di rect Bombay and M a d ras ss. .... . - ..- .. to batch Rh en i s h 7% —' ...... to - —. East I n di an - ...... t o -- Great I n di an P eninsular 14 - Luxembour g Louvain ala Sambre Ditto ....... lO to -- to -- - Madrid an d V a l enti* - • Namur an d Li 0ge.............. 20 - to to Northern of Fr ance l2 ...... - ...... - O rleans and Bordeaux :... - ...... t o Paris and Ly ons .. 11 - - Do. 1)0. PPans and Orleans... Pans and Rouen .. .... ....... 20 - ...... to - aris & Strasbourg -... ..... 9 - ...... to -- Rouen and Havre 20 - to -. S ambre:and M euse - • .... to -. Strasburg an d 8a1e..... ...... 14 , . - ....... to - Tours & Nantes ... .... .. 9 - ..... to ..... Tournay, Jurbise Landon, and Ilasselt .. .... .. 29 ...-. - ..... to - W est Flanders VA ...... -.. • ..... to - Australasi a JOINT STOCK TANKS. 40 ..... - to - British North American .... 50 - to - Colonial .. 23 ....• -- • •• to -. •• • •• •••• .. Co' mmercial of London -• London Joint - National P rovincial of Engld. 35 - - Ditto, New .. • '«" 10 ...... ..,s. to National of Ireland 22% - ... .. to - Provincial of Ireland - .. •.• to - Ditto, New . Union of Attat;;;L: .... .. .... 25 • . 10 ..• •• -•-•• to - - ..... to - Ditto, New.- - to - • • U nion of L 0n d 0n........ 1111100 of Madrid .-__ 10 40 - ...... to -- An MINES. glo /loxican ...100 ...•••. -. Aaturi an M ining Company.- 13 "-* - Australi an to - .. 2% - ...... to -• - Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 - ••.... to Bolattos Scrip - - to - British Iron - Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24%..«.. . - .» to -• Ditto Coolies and Cuiaba... 30 to - - Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - obro C o pp er ......... ....•-• 4e - to - enoral Alining - ...... ...... 29 - ...... to - Real del Monte, Unregistered - . .. bo. Bl ac k D e be n tures. - - Do. Red I>ebentures ... - gantiazo de Cuba. lO - ... ... to -- United Mexican .....- ........ 28% - ... .. to -. COURSE OV Amster lam .....• •• •• 12 3 Ditl,o, at sight 12 1 Rettcrda,n .... •••• •• 12 3% Antwerp •• ••• •• 25 90 liamnburgh ••31.8. 13 12 Altona.• ..."• • • ••• ** karts, 3 ilays'slght ...• 25 55 lAtte, 3 months .... 25 80 Uarseilles •• •••• •• 25 82% tourdeanx.......• • • 25 82% rrankfort on Maine.... 122 Petetsburgh, Sil. nble•• 363 V ienna. effec. •• 11 18 Trieste, ditto.... .. Itadrid 11 18 • • Cadiz..• 4714 •• Bilbao. ••• • 483 h ••flaree: ona •• •• ...... •• •• •• •• •• •• - L EXCIIANGIA. Gibraltar.. • • .• • • • • •• •• Leghorn .... ••.. • • .... 32 5 Genoa •• •••••••• •• • • •• 26 20 Milan ...• ............ Venice • • .... Naples • • 394 Palermo, per0z........ Messina. ............. Lisbon.. .• .......... 52 Oporto ...... • ... • ... b 2 1,6 Rio Janeiro uenos Ayres •• • New York, 21 daytesight Philadelphia .... • • .... --- PUCKS OF BULLION, FEE 01 Foreign Gold is bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New D011ar5.....• 0 4 91( Silver la bars •• 0 4 11% 811 IVRY LONDON, NOV. 18.—Wi fine clear weather. YARMOUTH ROADS, Nov. 17.—Arrd. Victoria, Gowie of Invtrkeithin g , with slight damage, having been in contact with a schooner eff Hasborough; Rosebud, Lynn, of London, with damage, having been in contact to-day, whilst lying to off Cromer, with the barque Na parina. WINTERTON ROADS.—Arrd. Robert and Ellen, of South Shields, with loss of bowsprit and bows store, having been in contact. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. York, fey, New Orleans; Yenilia, Frisk, Stephens; Hereyna, O'Brien, Quebec; Olive Branch, ditto. The Glencoe, from New York to Galway, in lat. 45, lon. 37; with loss of main mast and other spars, was spoken by the Her cyna at Liverpool. OFY RatztouTrt, Nov. 17 .—Bousaole, Sikkes, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Antwerp. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 17.—S1d. Trent steamer, West Indies; Ibrca steamer, Gibraltar. Ow- PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 17.—Torch, Madeira. DEAL, Nov. 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. from the River, Sir Charles Forbes, Pry nn, Adelaide, South Aus tralia; Garctta, Livingston, Grenada. TORBAY, Nov. 16.—The Joanna Jacobs, :Sap, from Cardiff, for Amsterdam, has put in here with loss of Wizen mast, rigging, sails, and other damage, having been in contact with the Freedom, of Jersey. YANDIOUTH, Nov. 16. The Vanguard, Lambton, from Ilamburgh, put into these roads 14th inst., with cargo shifted, &c., having experienced very heavy Weather. LYNN, Nov. 16.—The Sales, hence for Hartlepool, has put back, having been in contact. ZSHEERNESS, Nov. 16.—The Brown, of Sunderland, oori (coals) e l Maplin Sand this mornin g , an d rema i ns ; thrown overboard to lighten her. C CHESTER, N ov. 15.—Arrd. Dement, Quebec. duras Ll:; NOY. 16 .—S1d. Hurricane, Lima; Ruby, Hon- G—(THIS DAY.) ad S.W., light breeze, and _____ 4RIiET NE WS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GRDEN. , T t h e, supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables being very extensive, the general demand was in a sluggish state, but Fuit:— We have no alteration to notice in last week's prices. Pine -apples, 2s 9d to 4s per lb; Apples, is ~,t o as ; Pears, 4s to 6s per half sieve; Black Hamburgh ssraPes, 9d to is 3d, and Muscat of Alexandria, 2s to 2s 8:1 per lb; Walnuts, 8d to Is and New Oranges, Si to 10 per 100; Filberts, 90s to 100 s per 1001bs.— egetables:--Red Cabbages, is to 3s per dozen; Spinach, Is 4d to 2s per junk; Horseradish, 2s to as per bundle; Turnips, Is to Is 9d; Carrots, 2s 6.1 to 3s 3d ; and nions, 2s to 25 Gd per dozen bunches; A otato es , 4s t O o Gs p er bushel; Celery, 10d to Is ad per bodle Mus ; Cupe Broca, 4s to 5 s p er d ozen b un dl es; los to h - "los, 8d to i s G d per pottlo; Spanish Onions, 155 per box; Endive, ild to Is 2d per score. RTINGERPORD. Our markets t o day was well supplied w ith mos t ki n d s 41, drooping prices. 1,„ rilte 751 a X. WGATE AND EADENBAN.Z. full Beef and Mutton were in moderate ri quest, at he Prices ; otherwise the demand was extremely , a q:—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 2d ".° 4 5 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od ; and Pork ' 4 3 Grl to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase.—Geese, 6 2 011 to 's; Fowls, Is 3d to 3s Od; Capons, as 6d v i t 4 tot 8 6 d i Chickens, is Od to 25 3d; Ducks, is 9d .") 2 . 3 6d; Rabbits, 8d to Is 6d; Leverets, 2s 6d 2g, flares, 3s to 3s Gd; Grouse, is to is 9d; Par plc; Is to Is 6d; Pheasants, 3s to 3s 6d; and Par- Pigeons 5d to 9d °soh. Ostend Fresh Butter, lOs 6d Est ige ..the hero. oth et Ind on SE to to E. 232 a tae. Ii I. THE SUN, LONDON, to lls 6d, and English ditto, 115 to 13s 6d per dozen pounds. Irish Eggs, Ss 6d to 65 3d; Ostend ditto. Gs 3d to 6s 6d; llonfleur ditto, 6s 9d to,, 7s 9d; and English ditto, 7s 9d to 8s Gd per 100. WHZTECHAVES. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Alatkm, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; arid Pork, 3s 8d to 43 8d per Blbs. NZWPORM, Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 43 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d rer 81b. lIILLINGSGAITE. Turbots, 4s to 9s; Brills, lld to 3s; Cod Fish, 3s to 7s; Whitings, 34 to sd; Lobsters, 10d to 2s; Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair; Eels, Gd to 10d per lb; and Salmon, 10d to Is Id per lb; Grey Mullets, 6d to Is; Red ditto, 4d to Gd; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skates, 3d to 4d; Salt Fish, 2d to 4d; and Stur geon, 5d to 6d per lb; Flounders, Is to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 9s to 22s per bushel; Fresh Herrings, 4d to 6d per dozen. THE MANCHESTER ATHENIEUM. MANCHESTER, Nov. 17.—Last evening the annual soiree of the Manchester Athenseurn Lock place in the Tote-hall; Lord Viscount Mahon in the chair. The room, capable of accommodating between 600 and 700, was crowded by a well-dressed assemblage, among whom were many ladies. On the platform wo observed Mr. M. Philips, the mayor of Manchester, the late mayor, Mr. Brown, M.P., Mr. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Cross ley, Mr. Brotherton, M.P., &c. Lord Mahon on taking the chair was loudly cheered. Letters of apology for absence having been read from the Archbishop of Dublin, Lord Nugent, the Rev. G. R. Gleig, Mr. Alison, and others. The noble CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the assem blage as fullows:—Ladies and gentlemen, appearing beforcyotz, as I do this evening, altogether unconnected with you;by residenee or representation—a stranger peraonally to almost: every one at ound me, and dif fering from, Many ainongst you in views and opinions on public affairs—l yet believe that these very circumstances afford only a clearer token, a more convincing proof, of that link of brotherhood which sheuld always bind together those engaged in the pur suit of arts and lett ers or o f science. —(Cheers.) When you invited me to my present high position, and when I accepted the honour proposed to me, you felt, and I felt, that men animated by the same desire for mental culti vation should not be deemed strangers to one another, and that party differences should be laid aside for the time, frankly and freely, whenever the question arises by what means knowledge may be best appreciated and most successfully diffused.—(Cheers.)—I think I may say that meetings like the present, besides their first main object, are also in their collateral effects highly beneficial. To whatever opinions or denominations we belong, we are all, I fear, inclined to judge too little favourably of each other. Surely, then, it is no slight advantage of an as semblage like this—inviting to one common field of ac tion labourers both far and near—that we shall depart with kindlier feelings, with a belief in each other's rec titude of purpose in our different paths, and with senti ments of increased personal friendship and goodwill. The institution whose anniversary we aro met to celebrate has for its object to diffuse as widely as possible the ad vantages derived from the study of literature and science. In both these departments the object is to render the library and the other means of information as ample and as well selected as they can be. Now, first, as to science, I cannot but feel it almost superfluous that I should say a single word to recommend its study to such a meeting as I see before me. For, if you look around you, if you see the greatness and importance which Manchester has attained, and if you consider within how limited a period that attainment has been achieved, you cannot, I am sure, forget that this greatness and this importance are mainly owing to the discoveries of modern science (Cheers.) Consider what rapid advances these disco veries in science have enabled you to make. Little more than a century ego the young Pretender marched through your town and lodged at a house standing not many years since in Market street ; I ask you, if it were pos sible for him to revisit these scenes, do you think he would recognise them again ? Do 3ou think ho would see any resemblance between the not considerable country town, as this then was, which he so easily marched through, and what it has now become —this im mense capital of our mercantile enterprise, this vast mart of active wealth, this swarming hive of busy industry ? —(Cheers.) What would he have said to those lines of factories which have arisen on every side, affording honourable employment to hundreds of thousands of our people, and the beneficial effects of whose produce have been felt in the remotest corners of the globe ?—(Cheers.) When I see then, so much progress made, and know that this pro gress is due to science—when the discoveries of science form, in fact, the chronicles and annals of your city— can I doubt for a moment that the study of science re quires no words of mine to call forth encouragement from you—that you will all bo desirous to explore the root of y our own greatness, the groundwork of your own im • portance?— (Cheers.) In no place, therefore, do I think that recommendations to the study of science can be less required than in the city where I have now the honour of addressing you.—(Cheers.) Nor let me bo told that the study of science is too hard and difficult for hours of leisure—for hours that must bo taken from many other active pursuits. Let me remind those ladies who have graced and honoured us with their presence this evening, that one of themselves —one of the ladies of England, Mrs. Somerville—(Cheers)—is not more re markable for the depth and accuracy of her own scien tific knowledge than for the still higher and rarer gift of making the avenue to that knowledge clear and delight ful to others.—(Cheers.) There is another writer of the present day—Professor Nichol, of Glasgow—who deserves the same praise, that while his own scientific attainments are deservedly held in high estimation, he has written popular works which make the first elements of science easy of ac quirement and within the reach of all. I do not mean, of course, that in science, more than in any other pursuit, high skill and proficiency can be attained without severe labour and exertion. I am speaking only of the first rudiments, the earliest stages, of science. Indeed my own acquirements would not qualify me at all to speak of other than these; bat, speaking so restrictedly of the mere elements of science, I can assert from my own ex perience that their study is not incompatible with other pursuits, and that it may be the' source, even when pursued no furth er , o f hi g h intellectual pleasure.— (Cheers.) When I alluded to science as having peculiar claims to encouragement at Manchester, I referred of course to the progress of mechanics, or more practical science. But there are other branches of which it is the boast and pride that they aro confined to no one age, to no one clime, to no one country, but may receive pursuit and encouragement in all. The names of Mrs. Somer ville and Professor Nicholl, which I have ventured to mention, naturally suggest to me the science in which they have attained such eminence—the study of astro nomy. Now even the first elements of astronomy are capable of affording intellectual pleasure of no ordinary kind. I remember that an English statesman of bygone years—one certainly not to be approved for many parts of his public life, and still less to be esteemed or excused for what he termed his philoso phical opinions, but still a man of great and surpassing genius —I mean Lord Bolingbroke —goes so far as to enumerate among the consolations of exile that there is no spot on earth where the study of astronomy may not be pursued. His words on the subject are marked by so much eloquence that I am sure you will forgive me if I attempt to repeat them. Lord Bolingbroke says, in his " Reflections on Exile," " There is no part of the world n o o r t b a i d ts m r ir o e ut t i h d os t e he pl s a a n m eta e c t e h n a t t ra r l ol s l u l n i — ke stupendous, that array of fixed stars hung up in the vast whence we w wdi e eff m emr a ea y not gaze on another obj ec t s till more may not space of the universe, innumerable suns whose beams enlighten and cherish the unknown worlds which revolve around them; and while I am wrapt in contemplations such as these, while my soul is thus borne up to Heaven, g I n r g o b la r n o d k e t r ß e n a t d up." p s o p n e . k i n S g e e o h are f the praise that belongs to the study of astronomy, testi itimthpe imports me me testi monies much higher as well as much more ancient than this might be adduced. There is, I have always thought and which thence it, a most noble and striking thought of Cicero in that part of those unrivalled essays on philosophy which ho wrote in his villa of Tusculum, derived their name, wherein he says, "that in his the man who is able by the force of his intellect to calculate the movements of the great celes tial bodies, and decide in what orbits they are about to opinion run, shows that his mind is akin in its imam were fashioned and termed ." Surely,, that is a striking thought from a heathen writer on whom the light of the words re velation had never shone. But we who know in his r that Almighty Being by whom those celestial tal e bodies nature to words of unerring truth that God created man i n own image, we can to such a thought as this a f fix 3 higher and a holier meaning. Sure I am, at least,that more clearly th e immortal frail being here below, an d ma nif e st in no one pursuit doe s man e levate himself more above i immortal spark within him, than in those studies of astronomy which enable him, an atom as it were in creation, living in a world, after all, but another atom in creation, to calculate with unerring precision the precise second of time when one of these celestial bodies will appear to eclipse another in the sky, or tell the precise instant of time when one of the great fixed stars shall appear to shoot across the disc of his telescope. —(Loud cheers.) Are not those achievements of the human mind worthy of praise, worthy of cele bration, worthy of attainment?—(Loud cheers.) Sure I am, too, that no one study, if properly pursued, is better adapted to raise up our minds in humble adora tion to that Almighty Being who has made us - what we are, and has permitted us, though at an infinite distance, to prosecute with so much advantage the discovery and knowledge of His wonderful works.—(Cheers.) There are other branches of science, which, unlike astronomy, hive not flourished in many ages and countries, but which, en the contrary, are remarkable for the great and rapid strides which they have made in our own days. Not, indeed, that astronomy has not made great pro gress too, but there are sciences which have, as it were, started into being altogether within the memory of man. Such a science is geology. See what great triumphs of geological discovery have been achieved, and within how narrow a space of time! We cannot, perhaps, measure this progress more clearly than by marking the altered feelings with which men of education and knowledge speak of geology. In the last century it was not an un frequent topic of ridicule; now we fled its discoveries treated with general respect and esteem. Sixty years ago, for example, Bishop Watson, a man of no mean order of n used e m d i t n o d , sayof, a o y f , , n , o t h a i n t c t o h n e s g i d e e o r i a o b g l i e s t i w n h t e o l a e c t t t e u m a 1 p t a e t d t a t i o n m s p e ee n t u s . , late on the internal formation of tho globe, reminded him only of the gnat, which, perched on the shoulder of an elephant, would, by the roach of its tiny puncture, vv al übldoeloaw any man mTanheosfe common were the education presume t o t e ll t h e i nternal structure of the majestic ani m- w ne o a rd ti s on of or Bishop judgin W en a t ts n o s n e . similar language now? Is there any one who would men tion, but in terms of respect and esteem, the researches of such teen, for insta nce , as Dean }Ackland or Sir c remind thought m a i moet v u e io ngi dhrt could omrtwunhanl internal many among vttoaehr nothing c s oi bn e t nueggr r eebp3s beyond e oyoo a fuob r na c t hhd h b leo e yt s w . T h Charles Lyell? S ee, too, what great and curious results globe, owrhese when conjectured.ei oh In t ao h yf e we ar v hsc e i t r leot y ihfan pi need i db n sw t ne oaro matter,s-tf strata, as they are called, decline into the earth at a cer tain angle, and then at a vast interval of space re-appear n s w i i t i m h l a r ! a p r a r mangle, l o a h y a e h r i s i a , i at n ti ytd approaching has sp exactly it gu s i n m dt o i l p a die ee a e, would bo the structure of the globe, miles and miles lower than the foot of the most adventurous miner ever trod.—(Cheers.) Of course, I can glance only briefly at such a topic, but if it were developed by those bet ter able by scientific attainments to do it justice, you would see that even on that ground on which the the deriders of geology meant to rely, it presented the scene of one of s our proudest intellectual triumphs.-- (Cheers.) In 'ipeaking of geology I would not disjoin BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 8d to Sid; of Household ditto, Gd to 'lid per 41bs loaf. • P/XD:S 211.11EICET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 1;ld ; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 2d to 2- 4 1 d; ditto, 721 b to SOlb, lid to lid; ditto, 80Ib to 881 b, 2 d to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b 3id to aid; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 51d; Calf Skins (each), 4s 6d to 5a 6d;: Horse Hides, 8s to 8s 6d ;Tolled Sheep, is 9d to 2s 4d; Kent and Half-breds, 2s to 2s 10d; Downs, is 10d to 2s 4d. FEAT PJIAR►3K£TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 13s; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 1/ 95 per load. A moderate supply, and a stt ady trado. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to, 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 81 10s to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 46 to 1/10s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadew flay, 21 lOs to 31 146 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Trade eteady, at but little variation in price. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF COPELAND V. /ER. NEYHOUGH, LEASE, AND DAVIES. In this case (the particulars of which have already been published) Mr. Iluddlestone, obtained a rule nisi, calling on the m a gi s t ra t es of Staffordshire to admit the defendants to bail. They had been committed for re ceiving certain quantities of earthenware knowing it to be stolen. The defendants all resided at btoke-upon• Trent. Mr. WHITMORE rose to show cause against the rule, and Mr. HUDDLESTONE replied. Mr. Justice PATTESON, after looking over the deposi tions, remarked that there appeared to be a probability of the case disclosing an organized system of robbery in the Potteries, and the magistrates were, therefore not to blame in ref us i ng t o h o ld t h ese parties to bail to answer a charge, which, although of a minor nature now, might ultimately assume a very serious alteet. Still he thought the Court might safely admit them to bail upon heavier sureties than those provided by the Act, and he would make an order upon the magistrates, requiring them to liberate the prix( ners upon their put ting in bail themselves in 1004 each, and four sureties in 25/. each. THE LOSS OF TWO EMIGRANT SHIPS. TO TIE EDITOR OF TUE• SUN. SIR,—In a paragraph of your paper of yesterday, re lative to the unfortunate loss of two emigrant ships, it is stated that " the Long Sand has two light ships, one on each extremity of it, sufficient to warn the mariner of danger; probably, however, the hazy state of the atmosphere obscured the lights." _ There is no light vessel on the Long Sand. The Long Sand lies between the Kentish Knock Sand and the Sunk Sand. At the Nortb-eait end of the Sunk Sand is the Sunk light vessel (one brilliant light fixed); on the Eastern side of the Kentish Knock is the Knock light vessel (a revolving light). The distance between these two lights is about au nautic iniles,'-the North-Eastern extremity of the Long Sand „lying about midway between the lights —I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Nov. 17,1848. G. B. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. . . __ • . SlR,—Observing in your paper an account of the wreck of two emigrant ships, attended with loss of life, it would appear to those conversant with such matters that due precautions are not used. The season of the year, in the first place, is very objectionable f or vesse l s crowded with inexperienced voyagers, to be exposed, not only to the chances of shipwreck on the dangerous sands that surround our eastern coast, but to others of a more terrific character on the coast of America during winter, of which there aro abundant melancholy proofs in the sufferings and extensive loss of life among poor emi grants who have been induced to adventure, at the incle ment seasons of the year, when the cold is intense, and the gales of a character to bid defiance to the skill and hardihood of the most experienced mariners or the best constructed and soundest framed vessels. Again, it appears, that such was the heavy sea that rolled around the wrecks that the boats could not ap proach them, and that they were unprepared with other means of rescue—hence the loss of life. I would invite you or any other gentleman, to inspect a simple invention of mine, having this object in view, viz., to rescue the crew and passengers from wrecked vessels when it is found impracticable for a boat, with a boat's crew on board, to approach the wreck, from the causes you have stated. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD SMITH, R.N. Surveyor of Steam Vessels. United Patent Marine Model and Surveyor of Steam-Vcssels Offices, Garden-stairs, Greenwich, Nov. 17, 1848. P.S. The plan alluded to may be seen at the above named offices. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Kerr, Lord Waterpark, Colonel Buckley and Colonel F. 11. Seymour, arrived at Windsor Castle, at half past four o'clock this afternoon from her Majesty and his Royal Highness's visit to the Queen Dowager, at the Priory, Stanmore. The royal party occupied two carriages and four, the escort being of the 2d Life Guards. Her Majesty and the Prince were received at the grand entrance by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Maid of Honour in Waiting, Major-General Bowles, and Mr. Ormsby Gore. The Hon. Miss Caroline Dawson arrived at the Castle to-day to take her duty as Maid of Honour in Waiting. The Judge Advocate General and Sir Thomas Fre mantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. A deputation from the Mauritius Association, con sisting of Mr. D. Barclay (Chairman), Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Steele, Mr. Gower, Mr. A. L. Gower, Mr. 0. Milligar, and Mr. Clifford, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. John Reynolds and Mr. Tidd Pratt had inter views yesterd ay w i t h t h e Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatche s were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American Colonies. - TREATER ROYAL, DRUILY-LANE...—TherO were present last evening his Royal Highness the Condo de Montemolin, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duchess of Inverness, Earl of Cardigan, Countess of Jersey, Lord Suffield, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Earl and Countess of Harrington, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Munster, Lord Ward, the Swedish Minister, Viscount Dillon, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Ducie, Sir Peregrine Acland, Sir William do Bathe, Sir H. Lushington, Sir J. Flower. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.— The Elijah was rformed last night, for the second time, under the direction of Mr. Costa. The oratorio was splendidly rendered; the principal parts were given with true religious fervour; the choruses were executed with power, delicacy, and precision, and the orchestra was in admirable training. The entire performance re fleets high honour on the musical intelligence of the na tion. The ball was crowded. On Friday next the Messiah is to be given, with the combined attraction of the first appearance in London of Mr. Sims Reeves in this the mightiest work of the great master of sacred song, and the first time of Costa's conducting one of Han del's oratorios. THE COURT.—According to present arrangements the Court will leave Windsor for the Isle of Wight on Thursday next, the 23d instant, where it will remain for about three weeks, returning to the Castle, for the winter, the third week in December. The eighth anni versary of the birth of the Princess Royal will be cele brated at Windsor Castle on Tuesday next. A numer ous and distinguished party have had the honour of re ceiving invitations to the Castle. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, Nov. 17.—The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Trent, Captain R. S. Norton, took her departure this afternoon with the usual British and foreign West India and' Pacific mails, in charge of Lieutenant Davis, RN., Admiralty agent. Her route is via Madeira. She had 114 passengers, amongst whom were General O'Brien, Lord William Douglas, Lieut.-Colonal Armstrong, M. M. Henri Cu zotte, Consul-General for the French Republic in Chili, who proceeds via Panama to assume his official functions at Valparaiso. The Trent had on freight a large gene ral cargo, specie, value 1,8221., and jewellery, value 1,393 L, and 14 bottles of quicksilver. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, sailed to-day with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. The Iberia had only a few passengers and 70 tons of cargo, with a small quantity of specie for Lisbon. The Jupiter, Capt. Meehan, with the homeward Spanish and Portuguese mails, and the Pasha, Captain Olive, from Genoa, &c., are both overdue, and hourly expected. • WOOLWICH, Nov. 17.—lbe cholera amongst the convicts has now greatly abated, and there is not one single case of danger at present. The number admitted since the commencement of the disease is 57, of whom 20 died, and 32 have been discharged as recovered. Th ere were five discharged as recovered from twelve o'clock yesterday to twelve o'clock to-day—the greatest num ber discharged in one day since its appearance amongst them. ASTRONOMICAL INTELLIGENCE.—Saturn has lately been appearing in public without his rings, and has occa sioned much animadversions among the other planets, who accuse him openly of having pawned them! (Shabby I)—Punch. SATURDAY EVENING, from it that science which, strictly speaking, is not iden tical, but yet is seldom separated from it in study—l mean that in which Cuvier attained such mastery and skill, the study of the remains of extinct races of ani mals and the reconstruction of their scattered bones, so as to afford by analogy no small probability as to their original structure, their size, and even their habits of life. Surely this, again, is a great triumph of the human mind.— (Cheers.) Surely, then, even in its elements, even in its first stages, this science is well worthy your hours of leisure.—(Cheers.) I remember being especially struck with one of the discoveries of Cuvier relating to ono of those animals which, as far as we know, human eye had never seen; and of which, in this instance, so far as we know, no vestige of its substance, no fragments of its bones, nor one shred of its skin, remains. Well, then, if this animal had never been seen or recorded in the annals of man, if no fragment of its substance remains, just ask yourselves, fur a moment, how was it possible to acquire any knowledge respecting it ? Does not this at first sight appear an almost impossible task ? Yet the difficulty was overcome by Cuvier. And how ? By the footsteps which the animal in its lifetime had imprinted on the sea shore. Those foot prints had become petrified in the course of years, and from the examination of them Cuvier has been able to deduce, from the interval be tween the footsteps, a calculation as to the size of the animal, and, from their configuration, a calculation as to the order to which it belonged by comparison with other animals, and thus, with no other vestige remaining than these petrified footsteps on the shore, he has been able to construct, not as a vague theory or guess unsupported by experience, but as the result d analytical and analogical reasoning, a most probable system as to the size, struc ture, nay, even the habits of this animal.—(isoud cheers.) Am I, then, wrong in saying that the seience which pre sents such results, wh'eh even when imperfectly etndied seems so surp r i s i ng , i s one that may be well recommended to you, and in which you cannot fail to find abundant sources of delight ?—(Loud cheers.) From the study of science turn, for a moment, to the study of literature. I think I may say that literature also will afford for your hours of leisure objects well worthy of attentive pursuit. For instance, in the field of historical literature how many subjects of interest present themselves to you. Perhaps in the whole range of historical literature there is none more fraught with interest and full of instruction, in every way more worthy your attention, than the study of that city whence the name of your institution is derived—the study of the history of Athens.—(Cheers.) It has been the lot of few amongst us to be able to explore for themselves the remains of that renowned city ; yet who is there that has cared or thought for literature who has neglected to explore its story ? Who is there that has not sought to familiarize his mind with its scenes—to trace the remains of that majestic temple which crowns the Acropolis, and which even in its present state, despoiled as it has been by man, scathed as it has been by time, is yet perhaps superior to any other structure in the zenith of its splendour and fresh from the sculptor's hands ? Who is there that does not love to trace in description, and to see as it were with his mind's eye, the prospect which presents itself from th e c i ta d e l and temple of ancient Athens—those marbles columns still standing around the sunny heights of llymettus, that plain divided by a scanty stream, and grey with its scattered groves of olives, and beyond in the distance the azure expanse of the jE gean s ea ?__ (Cheers.) You will remember how the scene from tha spot has been described by a great poet of the presen day:-- " As thus within the walls of Pallas' fans I marked the wonders of the land and main, Alone and friendless on the magic shore, Whose arts and arms but live in poet's lore, Oft as the matchless dome I tried to scan, Sacred to gods, but not secure from man, The past return'd the present seem'd to cease, And glory knew no clime beyond her Greece." :Cheers.) And then you will remember that in an other passage on the same subject Lord Byron adds:— " Who that beheld that sun upon thee eset f Fair Athens, could thy eveningforget ; Not he whose heart nor time nor distance frees, Spell-bound within the clustering Cyclades." (Cheers.) It is natural that this scene should become familiar to the minds of all of us, for it has been the birthplace of some of the noblest writings, of the noblest works of art, of the noblest speculations in philosophy the world has yet seen.—(Cheers.) In branches of science and many other departments of human know ledge we have outrun the early Athenians, but in some we have never yet been able to surpass or even rival that great people, who, like its own emblem of Minerva, sprang full-grown and full-armed into life—(Cheers) — and at an early period of its history produced works which even the ripest maturity of genius and civilization has never yet been able to exceed.—(Cheers.) Great as are the strides we have made in other points, the world vv, has yet to seek a sculptor greater than Phidias, an ors- eac for greater than Demosthenes. a philosopher greater than Plato.—(Cheers.) And allow me to remind you - that in one respect the study of Athenian history, which many modern popular works render delightful and easy N of attainment, comes, I think, peculiarly home to you. In ancient Athens the study of the arts and the ac quirements of literature were united with and made to flourish by the pursuits of commerce—(loud cheers)-- for, while those great speculations in philosophy were being pursued in the groves of the academy—while Phidias was raising the master pieces of his art, at that very time ships from every clime then known were crowding the wealthy port of the Piraeus.—(Cheers.) Thus it was that amongst that people the pursuits of commerce were not only joined with, but formed the foundation of a superstructure of art and literature, which continues to excite our admiration still. Surely this is no uninteresting study to pursue; surely this is no unworthy model to follow.—(Cheers.) You will, I am sure, continue to remember what wo are taught by the history of Athens, that the wealth which has been honourably gained in the pursuits of industry can, in few ways, be more gracefully and liberally dispensed than by enriching our native city with works of art, and our native tongue with contributions of literature or science.-- (Loud cheers.) In this respect allow me to repeat my opinion, that Athens is a model which may bo hold out with advantage to all, and which everyone may at least study with the greatest in terest and pleasure. There are few, I imagine, who would doubt that studies of this kind, when fully pur sued, must be a great source of improvement and of pleasure; but I should wish to convince you of a fact, not less certain though less commonly acknowledged, that an acquaintance with the scenes of history may advan tageously mingle with many details of our common life, may lend fresh zest to every pleasure, and enable those who possess it to have enjoyments whieh others cannot know. Let me take the trivial occurrence of a summer's holyday; let me suppose the time when many among you, released for a time from your active occupations, are able to enjoy a few days' excursion, and let us see whether this tame knowledge of history may not add greatly to the pleasures you may derive from it. I will suppose that the traveller whom lam representing might pass rapidly, with all the speed which railways now supply, through the fens of Lanca shire, already familiar to him, and stopped short when he arrived at Penrith or Carlisle. I suppose that thence he might be anxious during his leisure to explore the lakes of Cumberland on the one side, or to range be yond the Cheviots on the other. If he turn to the left and wend his wuy to the lakes of Cumberland, when he ascends the last hill above the lake of Derwentwater, and sees the fair prospect opened before him, he will eu the summit of the hill find himself in the circle of Druidical stones. To one who has not attained a knowledge of the detail respecting the Druids— Ca3sar sad Tacitus reco r d e d them, and many writers have rendered familiar i n modern , a times—to one who felt no curiosity in such details, what would the circle of these stones be ? Ile would see nothing but a num ber of moss-grown fragments of rock, to bo dismissed from his mind without a t h oug h t. But what pleasure would such a contemplation afford to him who had imb ue d his mind, in some measure, with the strange traditions relative to the rude faith of our forefathers ? and how much in terest would he feel among those very stones by calling to mind some traces of their bloody rites or fantastic superstition!—(Cheers.) Can you doubt for a moment which traveller of the two would enjoy the greater plea sure?—(Cheers.) Or if, on the other hand, instead of turning to the left, he on the right travelled along the foot of the Cheviots, he would at nearly every step en counter remains of the majestic Roman wall, which, to one ignorant of, or indifferent to, the history of Rome, would seem so many tufts of matted iv or blocks of c emented brick. But he who knew something already, and who wished to know more, of the tr aces o f t h at wonderful people, who fortified an island as we would a town, and constructed works so remarkable i n c h aracter and magnificence, would derive fresh delight from every vestige • of antiquity, enhancing the natural beauties around, and lending an enchantmentte previousdistanttothenf iorma view, which he that was destitute of h tion would be compelled to forego.—(Loud cheers.) I should be anxious if I were able_ to i mpress on you that literature is not a mere holyday thing, to be as • sumed on some special occasion, but that it may mix and blend itself with the affairs of every-day life, with our hours of pleasure, with our days of excursion, not only without diminishing pleasure, but with a consider able increase and enhancement of it . Believe me , t h e pleasures of reading deserve most careful cultivation. See, as to other pursuits, pleasures , and objects of at tainment, how much depends o n circumstances within the power of those around us , on. the flourishing or de pressed state of an interest or profession, on connexions, on friends, on the prevalence of one party or another in the State. In the pleasures of reading, en the other hand, how much is at all times within your own 3' owll ou r r e s ac el h ve - 7. how little you depend on any one While saying this, Ido not mean, of b course, to forget for a moment our entire dependence on that Almighty Being, who may, if he so will, strike with blindness the studious eye, or afflict with incapacity the inquiring and discerning mind. But, subject to that Almighty Power, to which under all circumstances and a t all times we aro subject, see how little the man who can rely on the pleasures of reading is dependent on the ca price or will of his fellow man ; see how much there is within his own power and control—how reading, if his circumstances have not been thwarted by the fortuitous events to which I have referred, either assists to bettor his condition, or, failing in that, to procure oblivion from it when communing with the great and good of other days. Surely, then, all those who feel— and who does not ?—the varieties and vicissitudes of human life, ought, on that very account, if he b e w i se, to cultivate in himself, and also to promote in others, an enlightened taste for reading.—(Cheers.) Of the plea sures of reading I will say this—there is no one so high who is enabled to dispense with them, an d t h ere is no ono so humble who should bo compelled to forego them.—(Cheers.) Rely on it, that in the highest fortune and in the highest station hours of lassitude and weariness will intrude unless they be cheered by intellectual occupation. Rely on it, also, that there is no doom so toilsome, so devoted to the cares of this world and to the necessity of providing daily bread, Mr. BROTIIERTON, in supporting the motion, referred to the invention of the Stanhope press by Lord Mahon's grandfather, and the valuable assistance he had lent, towards the close of last century, in overcoming the en gineering difficulties of the Bridgewater Canal. The proposition, put to the meeting by the MAYOR, who for that purpose assumed the chair, was carried with acclamation; for which Lord MAHON briefly returned thanks. Three cheers were then given for "Lady Mahon and the Ladies." Shortly after which dancing commenced, and was continued till a late hour. [3,709 7,094 1.5 Ft-. gG4 X 1,856 7,178 NO VEMBER lB , 1848, hut will afford intervals, if you will only seek them oat, CITY OF LONDON SEWERS. in which pleasures may be cultivated and oblivion of The report of Messrs. Walker, Cubitt, and Brunel, your other cares enjoyed.—(Cheers.) Depend upon its civil engineers, on the state of the city sewer s , h as these are pleasures whi c h h o w h o con d emns will find just been publish e d. Th e report has been drawn up himself a miser a bl e l oser i n t h e end. It is with views like these th a t y ou h ave founded the present institution at the request of th e Cit y aut h or i t i es and is addressed.o the City Remembran ces . Th e i r i nstructions, it t to encourage and promotes Wag as possible a t as t e f or intellectual pleasu res . Q appears, were to_ survey and report " upon the state n.thakground it deserves and, of the sewers of the City of Lond on an d t h e lib erties I am sure, s 4: am convinced that, conducted' will receive saweerh as I trust it alwilyo44. ikontinue to be, with thereof; upon the improvements from time to time skill and judgment, the prideiples s ef this institution is made therein, to what extent the drainage is so sound that it must.prevail.-- Xott cannot, indeed, ex- effectual, and the parts in which sewers are now pect that an institution eTiekhis kind should be required to be made." As their instructions stated equally flourishing at all periods of the fluctuating that the persons employed by them in their personal transactions of business from ,year .to year; but, of an survey and examinati on o f th e sewers were not to be institution on _th e pr i nc i ple I have described, and under in the service or employment of the City Commis the managem en t w hi c h I anticipate to continu e , ' I will ventu re to predict that it will ke e p it s sioners, they applied to and engaged for this purp ose ground amidst your difficulties, whil s t on t h e ot h er Messrs. Munday, the extensive contractors for sewers hand it will grow with your growth and prosper with in London and other cities, including Harnburgh ; your prosperity.--(Cheers.) I believe that this insti- also _Messrs. Smith and Scott, engineers and sur tution contains within it a sure principle of vitality, be- veyors, who are well acquainted with under-ground cause I believe it contains within it the principle of uses surveying. Messrs. Munday and Scott personally fulness.—(Loud cheers.) Sow the good seed, and rely examined nearly the whole of the principal sewers on it that your harvest, whether retarded by a passing and the collateral lines, and their report is printed as cloud, or quickened by a genial sun—whether late or to the general repor t. an appendix early—your har ves t w ill be pleutiful, and y our rewar d reference to the ge nera l s t a t e o f th e d ra i nage secure. (The Nobl e Viscount •resumed his s ea t am Widh refidst of the City, Mr. Walker an d hi s co ll eagues f i nd that loud and prol onge d c h eer i ng.) Mr. T. M. GIBSON next addressed the meeting on the it pre ents numerous excep ti ons f rom a perfect and social and mo ra l a d vantages of education. The ten. connected system, in which the si ze and inclination of dency of the age was to give the people at large more the 'various sew ers b ear a due proportion to the dis and more infl uence over publio affairs, and it became trict drained by th em . A t t h e same time, they do not proportionat e ly mo r e i mportant, by the general diffusion believe that we could ever have arrived at the present of knowledge, by the development of intellect and moral state of perfection, or at our present state of know training, to fit them for the exercise of those powers ledge of what is desirable, otherwise than by the pro which undoubt e dly th ey w ould ' sooner or later possess. In order to rai se th e mora l s and i mprove the taste of the gressive syst em , w hi ch is unavoidably attended with n all iitts iims'petrhfeeyctiobnelsi,e L e o ' n u d i o n n ve is rs s a t i i l l Y l community, every man, who desired th e p ermanent wel- agreed soled t e h f a e t c , ts; with a at this mom en t th e b est artificially drained city in fare of his count r y s h ou ld pr o m o te that and other kin dred instifutions.--(Cheers.) Mr. J. D. Mougu. afterwards spoke at some len g th. the world. Mr. J. BELL (author of the "Life of Canning" and They state that the application of system to the other 'woi c iks), made an eloquent speech, which was muc h sewerage of th e pr i nc i pal portion of London may be ~.. applaur. de . `on WIN, 6 ; that ore that MG. , who followed, referred to the pr o - p er i o d a ll d ra i nage appears to have been before superficial grass of art in this country,and the advantages derivable and fortuitous ; that the first common sewer was built from associations for its development, by placing works in Ludgate by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's t C h h e r ti is r t e o . pher Wren being probably the advisor), in the hands of the many which were formerly confined to the few and opulent. . eee .. , s and the Fleet-street sewer in 1668, only two years Mr. BRIGHT delivered a long and earOst ipOchf: 4l97 . ( af S te ir r ploring the inadequate cohsciousaeomader which flier, of the exi s ti ng eewer all laboured of the value o f time, and dwelli ng on th e a d On the subj ec t o f the extent st offered so widely t o th e people.. They were'l n or e occu - "There vantages which such i ns tit ut i ons as the. 41thenseum age the report states-- are, if the wh o l e l engt h up to the houses pied with amuse men t an d. f r i vo li ty than ,with the hard be taken, ab ou t 50 m i les of streets, alleys, and courts, study and laborious exertion necessary to enable them within the city of London ; but, as the public sewers to participate fully in the advantages, 'presented to;: need not go to the extremities of the courts or streets them. He did not under va l ue w h a t was called the total length for sewerage may be taken at 47i light reading or magaiine literat u r e , m uc h less miles ; and there are, in fact, 44 miles of sewers, so would ho discourage the reading of newsp a p ers , w hi c h that only 3i miles, and this chiefly of court and a ll ey, gave us, in fact, the history of our own times—and no remain unprovided w ith sewerage. If we suppose the man could know where ho stood i n th e world unless he 44 miles of se wers now i n ex i stence to be applied in looked frequently into the newsp a p ers o f th e d ay —b ut parallel equidist an t li nes across the city, the distance from the age of 15 to 25 young m en ; s h ou ld c hi e fl y d l • vote themselves to the careful study of goo d b oo k s in between the sewers would only b e 40 yar d s, so that, history and biography. which they ought t o se l ec t with with the privat e d ra i ns an d gravelly bottom, the sit as y much caution as they would their associates. H o of London may b e a l mos t sa id to be built upon a net did not think the middle class young men of Yorkshire work of arches and drains. The sewerage of the city and Lancashire were educated as they should be, and he of London is discharged into the Thames by 11 outlets, urged, as on former occasions, the propriety of opening of which the pi incipal are the London-bridge, the Val, a university for the benefit of the sons of commercial men. brook, the Paul's-wharf, the Fleet, and the Irongate. Mr. M. a vote of thanks to PHILIPS, Lord Mhighahlyon. eulogistic speech, mov e d The difficulty of colle c ti ng th e contents of all these It was seconded by Mr. CROSSL EY , w h o a d verte d to sewers into a gre a t sewer on each side of and parallel the historical renown of the nam e th e i r no bl e c h a i r - to the river, an d cont i nued below London, would man bore, and tho personal di s ti nc ti on h o b a d acqu i re d be very great now , ow i ng to dock entrances, in the field of letters. narrow streets, and b u ildi ngs, includin, the T . ower. The enormous exp ense o f t h e works, and ig the probable opposition to them, appear to render the practicability of such a measure very doubtful, to say the least. At the same time we consider the subject as deserving of serious consideration, and the object very d es i ra bl e, if it can be accomplished ; and the same observation applies to the proposal for entirely diverting the sewers' water from the Thames, for effecting which we have as yet seen no practicable plan." The variation in the fall of the sewers is chiefly from 1 in 240 to 1 in 24 ; the former being 22 feet, the latter 220 feet, per mile. There are cases in which the inclination is as small as 1 in 960, and others where it is as high as 1 in 14. " The number of houses and buildings in the City is about 16,000 ; of these, 9,288 had private drains previous to 1848, leaving 6,762 without; so that about two-fifths in number of the private premises in the City had no other drainage but upon the surface and by cesspools, requiring to be periodically emptied." From the year 1707 to 1827 there were con structed 52,810 lineal feet of sewers, and from 1827 to 1847, 1.'27,435. " The length, therefore, made in the last twenty years is more than double of all that was made during the preceding years; and the length made during the last ten years is nearly equal to all that was made in the previous 130 years. The worst of the imperfections of which they have to complain belong to those which are exclusively " the City sewers," in some of which the quantity and current of water are not sufficient to carry the offensive matter down with it. As a partial remedy for this, they recommended the erection of a number of reservoirs, or tanks, similar to those in Newgate and Leadenhall-markets , care being taken th a t th e operation of fl us hi ng be frequently repeated, and th a t men be employ e d i n t h e sewer, with proper tools, to aid in disturbing and carrying down the offensive matter. " The larger the supply of water frorn'ti;e water works for this special purpose, or for the use of the houses that drain into any of the sewers, the better, for we think that no water which is brought into a city can be considered as wasted or useless. If the Thames, the Colne, the Lea, or any other stream, could, with out prejudicing other interests, be brought through the metropolis in a considerable quantity, like the Alster, in liamburgh ; or, if reservoirs could be formed to collect the surplus water from the country brooks, and run it through the sewers, the effect would be very beneficial. A plan of this kind was recommended for the Surrey sewers by the surveying officers (Mr. Horn and Mr. Walker), to whom the Bill then before Parliament was referred." They earnestly press upon the attention of the commissioners the propriety of taking advantage of the winter months, when there is more water in the sewers and river than during any :other season, to to make a general and complete cleansing, after which they cannot doubt that the means that they have pointed out in the course of their report, if systematically and energetically pursued, will prevent a recurrence of complaint. "In advising this," they add, "we must give the commissioners the credit of having done much in the way of flushing gates, flushing tanks, and side entrances during the last few years ; but there is still room for improvement. Our decided opinion, however, is, that any radical change tending to render useless the much good that has been done would be a great public evil.' With regard to the reports of the Sanitary Commissioners on the sub ject of the sewers, they state that there is much valu able information in them, from which commissioners and their officers may derive useful lessons ; but the sweeping charges against the ex. commissioners for wasteful expenditure in the system of drainage as respects the size of the sewers are, they are convinced, unwonted and erroneous. The report concludes with the following abstract of the general opinion of the reporters in reference to l the City sewers : " We think, that although there may be excep tions in particular cases, the present sizes of the sewers are not too great, and that they ought not to be lessened. " That the sewers, were made, are generally effi cient. " That, as from three to four miles only of the fifty miles of streets, courts, and alleys within the City are without sewers or drains, it is desirable that the same be constructed, as soon as arrangements can be made for the purpose, so that every street, court, or alley within, the City may be efficiently drained. " That the City sewers, which receive the sewer age of the portions of the adjoining county, are sufficient for the discharge of the county and City drainage. " That as, of the 16,000 houses and buildings in the City, 6,762 have not private covered drains, it is de sirable that these be provided. " That there is a considerable quantity of soft de posit in some of the sewers, but that the fall or incli nation in the private drains is generally such as to keep them clear of offensive matter. 4 , That any general search for cesspools, for the purpose of opening and emptying them, particularly in private houses, would be impolitic as a general measure, and likely to be more injurious than the cesspools now are, if they are properly constructed, which may be ascertained. " That the form of sewers has practically very little to do with the general question of their keeping clear of deposit, this depending very much upon their fall and the quantity of water ; but that no fall or quantity of water is likely to be obtained, even in the City sewers, sufficient to keep them clear of obstruc tions, without the occasional aid of men in the sewer to remove hard deposit. " That the most eminent men of their time have been consulted in, or have directed the execution of the City sewers, including Wren, Wyatt, Dance, Sniirke, and Rennie. " That we have discovered nothing in the construc tion of the works which can justify our charging the commissioners with waste in respect of the size or construction of the sewers or otherwise; although the outlay during the last 10 years must have been great, as during this time more new sewers have been made than during the previous 130 years. " That the system of flushing has been introduced lately with great advantage, and is already consider ably extended. " That the desiderata in order to perfect the sewer age of the City are, the formation of the three to four miles of sewers, the extension cf p r i va t e d ra i ns, a larger supply of water, the flushing system by gates and tanks, as described in our report, th e b e tt er ven tilation and discharge of the sewers, and the thorough clearing out of the sewers during the next winter, and keeping them clear in future. We assume that the numerous and useful im- provements of detail which will, no doubt, from tim e to time, be invented, will be considered and tested, and, where successful, will be adopted, as appears to have been done heretofore. " We are of opinion that neither of the new plans suggested for Westminster by the surveyor to the Metropolitan Sewers Commissioners, nor that of their consulting engineer, is applicable to the sewerage of the city of London." DEATH OF .A.lns. BATEMAN....—At Oak Park, TM lee, on the 26th ult., in her 79th year, Arabella Jane, daughter of the late Sir Barry Denny, of Tralee Castle, Baronet, and relict of the late Rowland Bateman, Esq., of Oak Park (Killeen), Adravalo and Brosna Manor, in this county, who (in right of maternal descent), as head aincdh co-heirand BatroonthDe (lnasn‘s of her own f am il y , c l aimed to be representative of the ro o i: f et oo W utnh a t l e t ß h l a a as m t t. A las h t he i y '4B ; r o l h. of l6 Nrw 42 ° , tinglass, of the R o p er f am i ly, ob. 1725; a t Y l Earl and Viscount Coning -Ay, ob. 1729. DESTRUCTION OF A VESSEL 131- Fins. --On Tues day a Scotch schooner, named the George, Mr. Mills, master, bound to Arbroath, which had sailed from Sun derland on the preceding evening a ith a c argo of lime, was driven on Herd Sand, near Shields, where sbe beat heavily. The sea broke over her and got amongst the lime, which quickly heated and set the vessel on fire. As soon as practicable a large number of hands boarded the vessel and adopted every possible means to ex tinguish the fire, but ineffectually. The vessel burned the entire night, and on Wednesday morning was a total wreck, being burned to the water's edge. She was insured to the amount of 700/. THE Ex-ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE. We are happy to learn that the Countess de Neuilly, who was very seriously indisposed, and obliged to keep her bed for several day s after the arrival of the ex-Royal family of France at the Star and Garter, at Richmond, is now nearly convalescent. The Count de Neuilly, who is in the enjoyment of excellent health, was scarcely affected by the deleterious nature of the water which was sup plied to the inmates at Claremont. The leaden and zinc pipes through which the water was conveyed to Claremont-house are being removed, and new ones sub stituted in their stead. The large reservoirs, also, whence all water was obtained for the use of the house hold, are in course of being newly cased, so as to pre vent the possibility of any danger for the future arising from the same causes which occasioned so much alarm a fortnight ago. The family, suite, and domestics of the ex-King and Queen number no less than 38 persons, occupying between 40 and 50 apartments at the Star and Garter hotel, which were engaged for one month. At the expiration of that period the family are expected to return to Claremont. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic for the week ending Nov. 11, 1848 :—Coaching traffic, 927/. 9s. 9d.; parcels, 47/ 2s. 3d. ; goods and cattle, 2471. Is.; steam-boats, 1171. l ls. Total, 1,3391. 4s. The Belgian advices allude to proposals laid before the Chamber of Representatives by the Government for further modification in the sugar duties, through which it is anti c i pated the revenue derived from that source may be augmented from 3,000,000 f. to 4,000,0004 The Amsterdam advices report a slight reaction in most securities. Spanish, Dutch, and Mexican having alike suffered from sales. Speculative business in public securities has been wholly abandoned at Frankfort since the events at Ber lin, and prices have been generally marked lower. THE MURDER OF A FEMALE.—SEVENOAKS, FRI DAY NIGHT.—This f orenoon , at e l even o'clock, Mr. C. J. Carttar, the coroner for West Kent, resumed the inves tigation, for the fourth time, at the Cock Inn, Halstead, respecting the brutal murder of a female, now ascer tained to be Margaret Thompson, aged 48. William Deane, of Upper Whitecross-street, London, and other witnesses, deposed that the body of the deceased was that of Margaret Thompson. She was a native of Ken dal, and had been married to John Thompson, a private in the Foot Guards, but who had been deaal about seven teen years ; and on the Bth of September she left Lon don for the purpose of going hop-picking, to Peashearst, in Sussex.—William Mnde, a labourer, new living at 37, Gardener's-lane, York-street, Westminster, said in the course of September and last month, while engaged hopping in the grounds of Mr. ;Beckett, near Tonbridge, he lodged at the house of a party of the name of Ambrose. On the Ist of October a woman answering the description of the de ceased, and which he believed to be her, came to live at the same lodging-house. tine stated that she was in pursuit of work. On the following day she got employ ment on the same grounds where witness was engaged. The witness here described another party visiting the house, with whom the deceased occasionally quarrelled. On or about the 10th or I Ith of October the deceased left the grounds, there being no more work for her. Witness saw no more of her. She did not state where she was going. Mrs. Parker, of Denton-green, Oxford, deposed that on Sunday, tho 15th of October, she saw a woman, attired in similar clothing to that the de ceased wore, pass through Denton-green, accompanied by two men. It was about half-past eleven o'clock in the forenoon. One was about 27 years of age, and the other appeared a somewhat older man.--Other wit• nesses being examined, whose testimony was not very important, at a late hour the proceedings were adjourned till the 6th of December. THE MURDER AT STROOD.—ROCHRSTER, FRIDAY. —Last night Mr. Lewis, the coroner for th e b oroug h of Rochester, resum e d and concluded the inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Mary Abbott, the young woman who was found dead in a ditch, at Fairfield, near this town, on the Bth of October last, and whose death was alleged to have been caused by some unfair means. After several inquiries before the coroner, three per sons, a man, his wife, and son, named M'Gill, were ap prehended on suspicion of having caused the death of the deceased, who had been seen in the company of Mrs. M'Gill on the previous evening. The inquest, yesterday, took place in the Guildhall, which was densely crowded by persons anxious to know the result of the proceedings. The jury having been called, evidence was adduced, showing that M'Gill had been seen in deco-:=sod's company, shortly before the time of the supposed murder. The coroner proceeded to sum up the case. lie said two of the persons now in custody have given evidence before this court; that evidence in several ,points is contradic tory. Yet:upon consulting the law books, and upon the advice of the Recorder, I believe that their evidence may be received, it having been given voluntarily; and I also find that they both came without a summons. In re ferring to the evidence of Mrs. and Mr. M'Gill, I find that she owned the piece of carpet, and she said she knew nothing about: t. (This was a piece of carpet found with the body of deceased.) After going through the whole of the evidence taken at the several adjourn.. ments, the Coroner continued—l consider the chain of evidence complete, and I beg to remind you that any person possessing a knowledge of the perpetration, must be considered as principals in the first degree, and there fore your verdict must be shaped accordingly. The jury then retired, and after an hour's absence, returned a ver dict of ' Wilful Murder against James M'Gill, Thomas M'Gill, and Maria AVG-111." The Coroner then made out his warrant for the committal of the prisoners to Maidstone gaol, to take their trial at the next assizes. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Among the notices of applications to Parliament, is one by the South- Eastern Railway Company, in reference to the restric tion against the opening of the railway from Tonbridge wells to Rye, until the line from Hastings to Ashford shall be completed. The same Bill will comprise, amongst other matters, a similar power with respect to the line from Bulverhithe to Ashford, which, by an ex isting Act, cannot be made by, or transferred to, the South-Eastern Company, nor any tolls taken in respect thereof by the company, until the completion of the por tion of the railway near Hastings.—Railway Record. THB " WEEELY SHARE LIST."—A rumour has been in circulation some days past, that a leading officer of one of the principal railway companies had offered a bribe to parties connected with the late Weekly Share List to induce them to refrain from noticing the com pany's affairs. The rumour further goes that the bribe was not accepted—which unquestionably was the case, inasmuch as we can say on good authority that it was never offered—at least not by the gentleman whose name has been so unwarantably handled, nor, as we believe, by any official of any company whatever.—Railway Record. The extreme length of the river-wall at Liverpool, which fronts the line of the docks, is within a few yards of four miles. The total water area now available amounts to upwards of one hundred and ninety-five acres, and the total quay space to more than fourteen miles. There are in all twenty-one docks in operation, exclusive of graving dock, half-tide docks, and basins. Of these five, comprising about thirty-three acres of water area and nearly two miles of quay space, have been opened within the last few weeks. Two others, and a half-tide dock, which will yield together twenty one acres of water area and one mile of quay space, are also in a state of great forwardness, ROMANISM.—The Rev. Robert K. Sconce, 8.A., of Brasonose College, Oxford, has conformed to the Church of Rome. The rev. pervert, in publishing his reasons for secession, urges that he had, previously to leaving the Church, been permitted by his diocesan to hold and teach the identical doctrin e s w hi c h h e now holds existing com munion with Rome; and that the only . doubtin his mind for a considerable period previo us had whether v the greater claim on his obedience. Mr. one his own diocesan or the Bishop Sconce R o e m e was ordained in 1845.—Church and State Gazet t e. At M ining Association the meeting of the Alten held y esterday , the report of the directors s t ate d t h at the works were making favourable progress, but, owing to the low price obtained for their produce, no dividend could be declared. The Sheffield Times says that the burgess roll of that borough exhibits the startling decrease of 1,225 burgesses during the current municipal year. An American journal calculates that, upon an average, steamers on the Mississippi last less than five years, and that half of them are destroyed by acci dents. A Mr. Baldwin has discovered a method of splitting into two parts a pi ece o f paper, so as to preserve without injury the surface of either ride. The letters from Havre continue to report an active business in cotton, and prices were proportionately well maintained. lu other descriptions of produce there was no essential alteration, and the general markets were rater flat. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.- On Monday morning the servant of Samuel Stephens, Esq., of Axminster, went to call him for breakfast, and knocked several times at his bed-room, but receiving no answer, went in and dis covered him sitting up in bed with a razor in his hand, and his throat cut in a shocking manner. 110 appeared to have been dead some hours, as he was quite cold, and the bed-clothes were matted together with blood. De ceased, who was.a bachelor, read prayers on the Sunday evening to his servants, after he was in bed. He had been in a desponding state of mind for some time.— Wiltshirc 'Jerald. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—Tho following are the Total Receipts of Bane ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the sam week In the previous year: Ing I NAME OF RAILWAY. 11 Aberdeen •• .• .•• • • 12 Amiens and Boulogue •••.•• • • • • ..... 11 Belfast and Ballymena •• •••••• • • • • • • 12 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire I 1 Caledonian... ••• • • •••••• • • • • • • I Chester and Holyhead.•• .. • • .... •• .. 11 Cockermonth and Workington........ 9 Dublin and Drogheda...• • • ••••• • • • • 14 Dublin and Kingstown • ..... •••• • • • • 11 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen ••• . • ... 2 East Ang1ian........................ 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •••• • • • • 11 Edinbnrgh and Northem •••••• • • • • . 12 Eastern Counties and North Eastern. 11 East Lancashire •••• • • . 11 Eastern Union— •. • ..... .••• • • • . 11 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••••• 11 Glasgow and Greenock •• • •• • • •••• 11 Groat Southern and Western • ....... 12 Great Western, Ike •••• • . • ... .. • • .... 11 Kendal and Windermere"... .. 1 I Lancashire and Yorkshlre..• • • •• •• .. 10 Lancaster and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • •• 12 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 11 Londonderry and Enniskillen........ 12 London and North Western, tse. 12 London and 11 London and Brighton .• • ••••• • •• •• 12 London and South Western .•••• .. •• 11 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • • . .1 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 12 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1 Monklands ..... • ..... ...• ..... . I Newcastle and Carlisle• •• . 1 North British •. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Rouen and Havre .. •••••••• • • • • • • .. 1 I. Scottish Central .......... .......... : 2 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ . ~ .. _ It South Eastern and Branches 10 South Devon• ••• • • •••••••• • • • • • • Taff Vale .• .• • • • • •• 4 Waterford and Limerick•• •••••• • • • • • 12 Whitehilaren Junction ............... Wishaw and Coltness •• • • • • . • • • • • • • 11 York and Newcastle .••••.•• • . • • .. • York and North Midland . •••• • • • • • Last week, 332 1.608 66, 4,670 1,339 102 729 701 913 739 3,466 1,802 13,895 1,586 1,360 2;448 964 3,232 18,163 163 10,254 2,110 128 37,450 593 8,242 8,837 2,711 02 3,757 725 12,470 938 1,092 2,611 1,024 1,767 16,986 127 8.9117 1,213 20,822 1,235 876 112 35,325 2,562 752 .7,770 7,199 2,114 19,233 1,004 1,02 7 1,285 8,052 1,213 2,069 820 301 185 2,269 552 8,470 713 1,833 772 188 OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY COMPANY. - Circumstances hays recently occurred which strongly confirm a previously-existing suspicion that it is the intention of the Great Western directors (when circumstances favour the "move ") to get rid, if they can, of their obligations in respect of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton lease.—Railway Record. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RICHMOND RAlL WAY.—Yesterday morning as 6.40 A.M. goods train from Nine Elms was nearing the Barnes station, on the Rich mond line, the engine driver perceived what he at first conceived to be a stuffed figure to represent a man lean ing against the wooden fencing of the line. Upon going to the spot it was found to be a human being, surrounded by a pool of blood, and not only dead but partly frozen. The blood was easily traced in a direct line to the up rail, where it was evident the accident had happened ; but that the unfortunate victim should, after its occurrence, have crawled to the spot upon which he was found would have been considered impossible were it not that the grass and weeds which he had con vulsively grasped and torn up in his progress proved the fact. The deceased, who was a man of upwards of fifty years of age, had had his left foot all but severed— a tendon only united it to the leg. Extraordinary as it may appear, it is supposed that the deceased, who had. his open pocket knife firmly grasped in his right hand, and had cut away his leather gaiter, intended the entire severance of the limb, when Must have sunk from exhaustion, and died from losseirtklood. Ile was sub sequently ascertained to be John Sharp, a hawker of crockerywaro, and living 'in the Hammersmith- brid ge road. He left Richmond by the seven o'clock up-train on the previous evening, and should have got out at the Barnes station. He had probably, however, fallen asleep, and waking up after the train had got in motion, rashly alighted. The carriage had probably no other passenger save the deceased, as no person had made any statement of a person leaving the train in such a manner. It being the last train at night, the deceased was not discovered till the passing of the goods train to Datchet on the fol lowing morning. The body was removed to the nearest public-house to await an inquest. THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MONUMENT TO LORD GEORGE BENTINCR.—The subscriptions already received for the purpose of erecting a monument to perpetuate the memory of the Noble Lord amount to upwards of 1,0001. ESCAPE OF GAs.—On Thursday an accident of a singular character occurred at the corner of the York road, in the Waterloo-road. Two men were engaged making some alterations in the gas-pipes in the road, , and during their operations fractured the main service pipe: in an instant the gas rushed ont in such a body that the men were thrown down, the noxious vapour . entering their stomachs and depriving them of their senses. In this condition they lay until the smell of the escaping gas drew the attention of the passers-by to the spot, when the men were pulled out, both of them ap pearing dead, and removed to the York Hotel, where every attention was paid to them. Several medical gentlemen promptly attended, and owing to their unre mitting exertions one of the men rallied sufficiently as to be able to walk home r but the other was obliged to be removed on a stretcher to .the hospital. CAUTION TO QUACRS.—Alatthew Symes, baker and beer-housekeeper, of Burstock, Dorset, has just been committed to Dorchester gaol to await his trial at the assizes for the offence of manslaughter. Symes had inoculated two of the children of John Mare, a dairyman, though repeatedly admonished that he was acting ille. gaily in inoculating children, which he appears to have been in the habit of doing. Both the children died, and it was proved on the inquest by a medical man that they had died from small-pox, received through inoculation and not naturally. The coroner, Mr. Cory, called the attention of the jury to the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 99, which makes inoculation illegal, and a jury o f e i g h teen respectable persons returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Symes. RECKLESS DRlVlNG.—Yesterday an inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Dulling, aged 84, who died from the injuries he sus tained from being knocked down upon London-bridge, and run over by a cab, the driver of which made his es cape. The inquiry was adjourned, in order to affuld time to the police to discover, if possible, the culprit. LOCK