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THEATRE ROYAL, lIA.YMARKET. McGinn Season of Mr. Benjamin We'lster as Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING, Will be performed the greatly successful new and original Comedy, entitled MASKS AND F." CES ; or, Before and Behind toe Curtain. The highly successful Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE, by Messrs. 11. Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Pernik; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham and Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Madame Yestris THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, Will be per rormed a Dramatic Story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews F. Matthews, Roxby, Baker, Suter, Belton, Honicastle, Butler, Ro sif re, and Bonner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. F. Matthews. Miss it. George, .fiss M. giver, Miss Rosins Wright, Miss Martindale, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Mrs. Foote, and Miss Foote. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond•street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENIff G (Last time but One.) nib celebrated Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, by Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey, Emery, 8r". After which (at second price), the Popular Wants. of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. ,ZOLLL PRINUE;S'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING' WIII be performed the new and original r ay, in flYkris, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Princip characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly,. and Mrs. C. Kean. After whit% DEAF AS A POST. Characters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Meadows, and F. Cooke; Misses Marshall, J. Marston, and Desborough, and Mrs. Daly. To conalude THE SPITALFIRILDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Proprietor and Manager—Mr. W. Batty. Se Firs Night of the Equestrian Drama of - UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, and First appearance in England of the eminent Continental Artistes, M. and Mddle. Laianee. On TUESDAY, 234 November, and during the week, the En tertainments will commence with the Eqvcstrian Drama of UNCLE TOIL'S CABIN, in two acts, written etpressly for this Theatre. and embodying all those stirring situations so graphically described in Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stove's popular work, rnd which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Theatre, with new dresses, scenery, and appointments. To be followed by an unusually brilliant Routine of Batty's Scenes in the Circle. Concluding with a popular Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Hail-past Six o'clock; Box-office open daily from Eleven to to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tiu DAY -Morning 0 ITlba. after 0 I Evening 1 min.aft. 12 To-Momaow Morning 24 min. after 12 1 Evening 43 miu.a.ft. 12 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, Nov. 23, 1.852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latithde. STlN—Calm—overoast. Nt (S —N.E.' strong breeze—overcast. FOLK E STONE—N.W.,Iight airs—overcast. TuNBRIDGE ;VT. , calm—overcast. GREEN WIC ST ROOD —N .E , calm—foggy—rain. SWINDON—N.E., gentle Breeze—overcast. LEIGuTox—E., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—S.W., g entle breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—N.'W., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—N., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : SOUTHAMPTON—S., gentle breeze—heavy rain. EASINGSTOKE—N.E., calm—he:wy rain. Li IGHTON—S.E., calm—overcast. LANCASTER—W., calm—overcast. DARLINGTON—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SHAP—S.E., calm—overcast. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45--highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'65. WIND, W.SW. rHE WELLINGTON SUN. ON TUURSDIT 111 E 18TH, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PU3LISTIED, CONTKINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT (.1' TilE. LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH MS A.UTOGItA.PII, AND A FULL Accousr CF TRH GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, :AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. . t A -0 3 t 444 LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1852. A remiukable estimate of the present age in ate political significance, is advanced by Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, in that noble continuation of his " History of Europe," upon which he has re cently adventured. However much we may differ from the annalist in his opinions, we must per force concede to them the attribute of sublimity. It were as idle to deny to them the possession of this attribute, as it would be to gainsay the daring of the attempt by which the historian is now bringing down his narrative to the time of his immediate contemporaries. According to the view taken by ALISON of the nineteenth century —the great change now going forward in human affairs, and of which change the author reminds us that we are the " unconscious instruments," is the second dispersion of mankind ! Pointing, to the emigration in one direction to California, and in another to Australia, our annalist calls upon all intelligent observers to reflect that there are now advancing " over the hitherto desert and unpeopled parts of the earth"—what?--" the spread of civilisation," and " the extension of Christianity." He impresses upon the attention of the educated community the extraordinary circumstance, that for the first time in the annals of the . human race the stream of emigration is setting steadily eastwards — a hundred thousand Anglo-Saxons annually pro ceeding to the ports it Australasia 1 He calls upon the more reflective to note the still more surprising fact, that, while this movement is pro ceeding, no less than half-a-million Europeans yearly land upon the shores of the American Con tinent ! And, after bidding them weigh these occurrences in their especial remembrance, he ob serves that "it is hard to say whether the pas sions of civilisation, the discoveries of science, or the treasures of the -wilderness, have acted most powe4fully in working out this great change." By the passions of civilisation, he implies the visiowiry schemes of the Communists, the fantas tic projects of Soatlism, the principles inculcated by Foupann, and die specious aspirations of the St. Simonians. By the discoveries of science, he es Pecially refers to the virtual annihilation of time and sp ate by the electric telegraph, and to those applications of the steam-engine, by land and water, which have so very marvellously increased the facilities of locomotion. By the treasures of the wilderness, he would have us understand the the gold-fields now being rifled of their abounding fiches, simultaneously in the south of the eastern and ill the north of the western hemisphere. of the Europeans, a n d )3 e holding these truths, seein g the di scor d s agitat jug the ancient family perceiving the eagerness with w h ich so large a pqrtiOn of the civilised community . is hastening to °pled. regions of the the remote and unPe . globe-- Sir AUCHIBALD ALisoN asserts, that in all this he . . Dispersion of mankind. • As the Second reeognis -- powerful causes" (as those above "No such enumerated), he remarks,e "producing the di s p er _ have co me into operation sin ce .1 Y pion of the species, separated upon the mankind were origi.n a l AssYrian plains :" adding, "and it took p lace fro m aft attempt, sp r inging from tae pride and ambition . of man, as vain as the building the Tower of Babel." Th a t a tt emp t h e immediately afterwa rds . "the defines n language of much solemnity, and of equal explicit ness. H e declares that it was endeavour to establish social felicity and ensure the . fortunes of th e spec i es, by the mere s pread of knowledge and the establishment of democratic institutions, irrespective of the moral ' training of the people." Although we can by no means acquiesce in the justice of these deductions, drag them in the aggregate, we cannot THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 23, 1852. but be conscious that there is in them enough of truth to demand their most serious consideration by the advocates of the popular advancement. From the mournful and startling conclusions ar rived at by our historian, we may draw forth germs of wisdom for the future guidance of the democracy. He is right, deplorably right, when he talks of the failure of the stupendous effort made in modern times to secure the social felicity by the spread of knowledge, and to insure the for tunes of the people by the establishment of demo cratic institutions. He is not very far mistaken when he avows that that failure is to some extent attributable to the general indifference displayed in regard to the moral training of the community. But he is mistaken, to our thinki g, very wonder fully mistaken, when he alludes to this majestic effort of the nineteenth century as to one actually criminal and even impious in its character. No ! Here it is that we are compelled to differ toto ado from our distinguished annalist. Instead of re garding4he social and political endeavours of the present age as criminal or blasphemous, we consider them to be intrinsically good, emi nently ennobling, and touchingly beautiful. They originated, indeed, in the purest and noblest aspirations. They grew up from that divine Arm sown in the heart of every man amongst us by the h of the benign CREATOR—the love of liberty. ey constitute the latest, and the brightest, and the grandest expression of that need which has been more or less felt by the human family ever since our first parents were driven by the brands of the Seraphim out of Paradise—the need of continual advancement, of perpetual improvement, of endless development. No ! In all this there cannot possibly be impiety, any more than there can be impiety in breathing the air of heaven. Yet Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON thinks otherwise ; for he has viewed matters through some distorting medium incomprehensible to ourselves. He understands, in the endea vour which is the object to us of most true and most unaffected admiration, only a subject of shame and a source, of con fusion. Therefore, we cannot be surprised when we find him asserting in continuation of his argument—" As this project was based on the pride of intellect, and rested on the doctrine of human perfectibility, so it met with the same re sult as the attempt, by a tower raised by human hands, to reach the heavens." Granted that, among the aspirants for social improvement and political amelioration, there have been numbered those who have, indeed, blasphemed by the pride of intellect, and by cherishing the impious doc trine of human perfectibility—yet such cannot be accepted as the veritable representatives of the general aspiration. The hopes of the multitude rose from a lowlier, and, therefore, a sublimer fountain—they sprang from the desire of a change, such as might effectually obtain for them the assuagement of many sufferings hitherto alto gether unalleviated, the recognition of many rights previously denied to them by their rulers, and the opening - up of many paths hitherto closed by insurmountable barriers against their skill, their energies, and their intelligence. A glorious and exquisite dream it has been ; not a dream of evil and irreligion ; and though it has undoubtedly -failed, it has failed only partially and for a while, not by any means, permanently or altogether. In token of this, it is only necessary to contrast the social and political condition of the people nowa days with , the social and political condition of their immediate forefathers, Let us not hear, therefore, of the grand movement of the nine teenth century having resulted in universal disap pointment, or, much less, allow it to be asserted that it has so fallen oat because the effort was in itself criminal, and even blasphemous. Comprehensively considered, we repeat, Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON'S estimate of the present age cannot but be viewed by ourselves, and no doubt by many thousands of others, as signally erroneous— although, while asserting this to be our deli berate conviction, we admit the sublimity of those opinions in the aggregate, and their accu racy in several particulars. A more striking tes- timony of the incorrectness of our historian's judgment in this instance could scarcely be re quired than one which can be adduced from some of the opening sentences of his own Introduction. He adduces in testimony of his assertion the event which he conceives to be the penalty of the movement, the punishment of the crime, the expiation of the blasphemy. He speaks, as we have intimated, of the second dispersion of man kind ! Yet look well at that second dispersion— see the source of that grand migration. Does the human current flow—as it should, if it be in expiation—from France, the birthplace of the whole scheme of improvement ? No—the race princi pally proceeding to the gold fields of the Australian wilderness is, as the historian himself observes, the race of the Anglo-Saxons ! It is Ireland that is chiefly depopulated : and surely AlasoN cannot complain in its regard of any inordinate attention to the spread of knowledge ! The reality of the question is simply this—that our annalist has allowed himself to be fascinated by a sublime and awe-inspiring hallucination. Nevertheless, the solemn shadow thus conjured up before his readers in the " Introduction," has in no way marred the pellucid clearness of the main narrative. Such, in truth, could scarcely be the case with a writer as laborious in the collation of his facts, as lucid in their arrangement, and as eloquent in their enu meration, as the illustrious historian whose genius is now engaged in the great task of bringing down the records of Christendom to the days of his con temporaries. We are always delighted to witness the tribute of friendship and respect offered to public men. It cheers and strengthens them in their good re solutions, and encourages them to persevere in the course that has gained for them the cordial approbation of their friends and the community. One of these demonstrations of public feeling, alike honourable to the givers and receiver, took place last week in Southwark. JOHN BRADY, Esq., M.P. for the County of Leitrim, was entertained by those among whom he had for many years re sided, and from whom he had gained golden opi nions. The respected representative for the district, APSLEY PELLATT, Esq., M.P., presided, and the meeting seconded his exertions, so as to render the evening one of unmixed happiness. The political views enunciated by the guest of the evening, were received with the greatest satisfaction. He showed that the people were the true source of power, the foundation on which society rested. His aim, then, was by every legiti mate means, to elevate and advance them. That could only be done by educating and improving their minds, and diffusing sound information among the least wealthy. They should be permitted to participate in the enactment of the laws which they were bound to obey. A great extension of the Franchise should, therefore, necessarily be granted ; but without perfect freedom in the exercise of the privilege, without ample protection to the voter, the boon would be of little avail. " THE BALLOT is, there fore, essential—that must be struggled for, and the people should never be satisfied until it was achieved." These are sound and constitutional views. There should be a steadiness of purpose —an unflinching determination exhibited by all true Reformers, to be satisfied with nothing less. It was the hostility evinced by the Whig Govern ment to that' just and necessary measure (coupled with the financial incompetency of their CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER) that disgusted the na tion, and occasioned their unregretted. downfal. A new light may possibly break in on their minds through the salutary effects of the removal from o ffi ce, In opposition they are really liberal, _ e and ready to that which will render them truly popular. be. They may now, therefore, regard the qu es ti on in a very diff e rent point of view ; and they may assured that until they do so, they will no true Reformers. gam the confidence o r support of Wh e ig l s ook for measures, not men. on the community than their op ponents, we would make no are , A r n ea d te i r na b le e s u s efi t t h s e prepared to confer exertions to restore Cc the family Party" - to pla6e d power- 'Phe interests of " the many " is our chief care ; and whoever will do most to promote and advance those interests, shall have our cordial assistance. We shall receive sound and good measures—no matter from. what quarter they may proceed. We I shall, in like manner, resist any proposition pre judicial to the people. Parliamentary Reform is much required. ; but nothing can be accepted of which " the Ballot" is not a portion. Mr. BRADY has, therefore, enunciated a principle in which he will be sustained by all desirous rather of ameli orating the condition of the people, than ad vancing the , interests of party. Give a sound moral education to the rising generation—you will thereby qualify them for the noblest privilege of freemen—a privilege which cannot be withheld from those ; fitted to exercise it honestly and independently. Remove the temptation to demoralising influences. Prevent bribery, co ercion, and intimidation, whether from land lord, employer, or customer and you will have done much to purify the Legislature, and to render it what it ought to be, 'a true and faithful representation of public opinion. The matters referred to by Mr. BRADY, respect ing the administration of charitable trusts, are well worthy of notice. There are ample funds for the education of the people, if care were only taken to apply the resources in the hands of pub lic bodies according to the true meaning of those by whom they were devised. An ample inquiry will take place into capitular revenues, and we hope and believe that it may be extended to all charities without exception ; that the trusts may be faithfully and efficiently discharged by those in whose hands they are now vested. The case of Dulwich College is a striking illustration—where the property which, in the first instance, produced only 8001. a year, now realises no less than 12,0001. per annum. It is right that in all such cases the benefit of the addition to the funds should be given to those who were the original objects of the testator's bounty, and that in full proportion to the increase. We should not then find the trustees and the administrators of the property securing the lion's share for themselves, and allowing only the sums originally granted, al though palpably inadequate, to the more humble recipients. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) SIR C. NAPIER V. " THE QUARTERLY REVIEW." Mr. M. Chambers appeared on behalf of Sir C. Napier, to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal infor mation should not be filed against Mr. Murray, the pub lisher of The Quarterly Review, for a libel published in the October number of that periodical on Sir Charles Napier, late Commander-in-Chief of the army in India. The learned counsel opened his case by a brief review of the services of the gallant General. He entered the army so early as 1794, and first served early in the Irish Rebellion. Lord Campbell—Without going further, Mr. Cham bers, the Court may also take judicial notice that Sir C. Napier is one of the most gallant, distinguished, and meritorious generals that ever led the British army to the field. Mr. Chambers said that it was necessary he should go through these circumstances, in order to show that the applicatiOn was necessary. Sir Charles served throughout the Peninsular and American wars, and also in the cam paign of 1815. He afterwards for many years held a distinguished command in the lonian Islands ; and after holding the command of the Northern Division of Eng land for some time, was in 1842 appointed Commander in-Chief in Scinde and Beloochistan, the Earl of Ellen borough being then Governor-General of India. At that time Upper and Lower Scinde were governed by chieftains called the Ameers, and it was suspected that during the Affghanistan war these chieftains had been in communi cation with the Affgbans. Sir C. Napier, on joining his command, had received written instructions from Lord Ellenborough to investigate if these suspicions were cor rect, and he succeeded in ascertaining, beyond doubt, that the chieftains of both Upper and Lower Scinde had carried on such communications. Certain treaties had previously been signed by the Ameers, but Lord Ellen borough forwarded another treaty to be signed, in which was a clause conceding to the Khan of Bahlpoor a certain portion of territory which the Ameers had formerly con quered from him. Upon looking at the description of territory, Sir Charles immediately wrote to Lord Ellen borough to inform him of its extent and value, of which he had thought he was not aware. With regard to the treaty every possible endeavour was made by the Ameers to delay the signing of it. Several months had elapsed, during which negotiations were taking place ; but, eventually, Sir C. Napier having reason to believe that their delay was only to enable the Ameers to concentrate a large body of troops, was obliged to move forwards with the troops under his command, amounting to only 3,000 men, and encoun tered the Ameers at Meanee, with a force of 30,000 men. The result was the total defeat of the Ameers, and the capture of Hyderabad. It was out of circum stances occurring in the course of these events that the libel arose. The article purported to be a review of " Dry Leaves from Young Egypt, by a Young Politi cian," of a speech by Lord Jocelyn on the subject of the Ameers of Scinde and Parliamentary Papers relating to Scinde, from 1836 to 1843. In this article expressions were used imputing highly discreditable conduct to Sir C. Napier, accusing him of incompetency and unfitness for his office, of a determination to go to war at all hazards. The first imputation was with regard to the territory to be ceded to the Khan of Bahlpoor, that Sir C. Napier had grossly misconducted himself in con cealing from Lord Ellenborough the real nature of the territory to be ceded. Sir C. Napier, in answer to this, to show that it was false, had set forth the letters which he had written to the Governor-General during the proceedings, in which he had suggested to Lord Ellenborough that he probably was not aware of the limits of the territory, and had con sequently informed him of them. The next passage was one which spoke of Sir C. Napier on coming to India for the first time, ignorant of the language, but predeter mined to embroil matters, and bring them to a warlike demonstration. Sir C. Napier acknowledged that it was perfectly true that he was unacquainted with the lan guage, and had not served in India, but as to being pre determined for war, that he distinctly denied. The next charge was, that in seeking for proofs of the guilt of the Ameers, he had not hesitated to receive letters and do cuments as proofs, which were nothing better than for geries. It charged him in one instance, with having received one of the letters as genuine, simply after he had measured the seal of the Ameer affixed to it with a pair of compasses. Sir C. Napier stated in answer to this, that he had procured ono of the pri-, .t. coals of the Ameer, and found it to correspond exactly with that affixed to the letter. Another charge was, that before the battle of Meanee, instead of seeking a personal interview with Meer Roostan he had avoided all the attempts made by the Ameer to obtain such an interview, and had thus left him exposed to the arts of insiduous advisers which had assisted, with the " ungovernable determination to bring about war at any cost" of Sir C. Napier, to the com mencement of hostilities. All these charges Sir Charles asserted to be utterly untrue, so far from avoiding an interview he had sought it by all means in his power. Lord Campbell—Supposing all these imputations to be entirely unfounded, what ground has Sir C. Napier to apply to this court for a criminal information ? Mr. Chambers thought it was as clear as possible that to charge a high official with incompetency was a libel. Lord Campbell —lf that were the case there would be no public newspaper which would not be liable every day to a, criminal information. Mr. Chambers said there was still another charge— one reflecting on the honour of the British army. It was stated in the article that at the surrender of Hyderabad the soldiers, contrary to the rules of war, plundered the fortress, even so far as to carry off the jewels and ward robe of the women in the Ameer's Zenana. The fact was, that there had been no plunder at all ; the troops had marched it in the most peaceable manner, and two officers of the Ameer's household had been appointed to co-operate with the prize agent and the British officers to provide for the removal of the women in the Zenana with all their effects. On all these grounds Sir C. Napier, who felt himself deeply injured by these unfounded remarks, considered that he was not only jus tified, but absolutely called upon to apply to the Supreme Criminal Court of the country for redress, by way of a criminal information. The Court having consulted together, Lord Campbell said that he thought the court would not be justified in interfering in this case in the manner proposed. If there had been in the article complained of any passage wrtten with an intention of calumniating Sir C. Napier, til t court would have extended to him the protection of the law. But listening most atten tively to the learned counsel, he had not been able to discover my passage leading to such a con clusion. The arta° seemed to him an historical essay, in which was disqjssed a disputed passage in history, as to whether the Alieers of Scinde had been treated with harshness or geibrosity. He entirely believed that everything sworn by Sir Charles Napier was perfectly true, but it wouldbe encroaching upon the liberty of the press if the Court were to allow a criminal information to be granted lion such grounds. They sat there placed by the Coistitution to restrain the licentiousness of the press, but aso to guard its just liberties; and he hoped that in this country, whatever might happen else where, the press mould always be at liberty to discuss any question of history, whether modern or ancient, freely and without apPnhension of a criminal information. It seemed to him Sir C. Napier had not laid before them any sufficiert ground for the application which he sought. He strongly denied the doctrine which had been laid down by the learned counsel in one part of his address. They mould certainly find authorities in old books, when ;he law of libel was not settled, or settled in a manner highly vexatious, to sup port the doctrine that to impute incompetency to any high officer of the crown was libelous, because it was said to bring the Government into disgrace, but that doctrine was long ago ex ploded. He believed Sir C. Napier to be one cf the most gallant, most distinguished, and most meritorious officers who ever led a British army into the field—om, whose assistance might be calculated on by the country, if we should again resort to him, as we had done before, in a time of great public emergency ; but leaving that aside, he thought the application was not well founded, and the rule must therefore be refused. The other judges concurring—Rule refused. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Henry Hean ta y t , 25, grocer, pleaded guilty to an in dictment chargng him with embezzling and stealing the sums-560/., 12, 68. 10d., 12s. 11id., and 19s. 6d., the moneys of JosEph Frederick Capps, his master. He was alsO indicted on five other charges of felony. The Recorder said it appeared that the prisoner had been induced to commit the robbery by engaging in betting speculations in connection with the turf, an evil which was becoming very prevelant, and unless dealt with by the Legislature, would give rise to much more crime ; but, as the prisoner had made every reparation inNBl)9wer, by giving, information which led to the re covery of a portion of money, and in 'Ouse (pence of lii previously good character, he would pass upon him a more lenient sentence than was generally awarded for so serious an offence. The Recorder then sentenced him to imprisonment for 12 calendar months with hard labour. PZ:RJURY. IVilliam Baldry surrendered to take his trial on a charge preferred against him for perjury in a case tried at the Camberwell County Court on the 24th of Septem ber last. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Charnock conducted the prose cution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. After the evidence of the prosecutor and several other witnesses had been taken, The Recorder stopped the trial proceeding further, in con sequence of the unsatisfactory and extraordinary nature of the evidence and directed the acquittal of the prisoner, inti mating that no costs would be allowed. His lordship took occasion to advert to the inconvenience arising from the pr'actice of granting warrants against parties on ex-parte statements before a judge at chambers, observing that though the act of Parliament prevented him exercising ally discretion, this Court could do so, and invariably re quired, when such an application was made, that notice should be given to the person accused. In the present case, he had requested the solicitor who conducted the prosecution to adopt that course, but his advice had not been followed. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. NEW COURT. ROBBERY. James Mansfield, 21, and Henry Fulwood, 19, were indicted for stealing a quantity of empty casks, value 251., from the premises of Mr. Mortimer, builder, Lee, Kent. Mansfield pleaded not guilty and Fulwood guilty. From the evidence against Mansfield, it appeared that the prisoners went in company to a shop in the Old Kent-road, where they hired a horse and van, with which they proceeded to the premises of the prosecutor, and in broad daylight removed the casks. They first offered the stolen property for sale to Mr. Wingfield, of East Greenwich, who, however, refused to purchase it, and afterwards disposed of it to Mr. Hilton, of Thorney street. Mansfield, in his defence, alleged that the other pri soner had engaged him to assist in removing the casks, representing that he had previously purchased them, he having no reason to disbelieve the assertion. A good character being given to him by a respectable witness, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Fulwood was then sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. The Court was occupied for several hours in trying mint cases, that presented no feature of public interest. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. ROBBERY AT THE BRENTFORD 'UNION. Mary Jones, aged 26, and Eliza Humphreys, aged 23, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with• stealing two blankets, the property of the guardians of the poor of the Brantford Union. The particulars of the case have already appeared, and each of the prisoners, who had a child in their arms, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. Esther Tones, aged 16, pleaded not guilty to an indict ment charging her with stealing, on this day week, 112 pieces of wove cotton, called " deny," value 325., the property of James Clitherow. The case was fully proved, and the prisoner, who said in defence "that she knew nothing at all of the case," was sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment with hard labour, in the House of Correc tion. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) FACTS FOR FREE-TRADERS.-A short time since Gurnard Farm, the property of the late Captain Wil kinson, was offered for sale, by public auction, by his executors ; it consisted of 143 acres of arable wood and pasture land, subject to a quit rent of 201. a year. Many were the anxious inquirers about its value. Three different valuations were made of it, the highest being 3,1001. After a spirited competition, it was knocked down to F. Rowton, Esq., for 3,400/. Several agricul turists attended the sale with a view of being the first on the list of tenants. On its being known that it was bought for the "National Freehold Land Society," the Protectionists stated that they were sure that it must be' purchased for something of the kind, as no one could pay such a price for agricultural purposes, Still, such was the number of applications from persons wishing to be come the tenants, that it was determined, after taking off 68 acres for building purposes, to let the remaining 75 acres, and the farm buildings, by auction, with the proviso that the rent should be paid quarterly in ad vance; and as the land might be required for building purposes, the tenant should be subject to six months' notice to quit. In spite of these drawbacks, Mr. Leslie of Cowes bid 1301. per annum for the 75 acres ; Mr. Flux of Gunville, 140/. ; and Mr. Dawson of Furzy hurst Farm, 145/. ; and on the lot being knocked down to him, he paid down 361. 55., being one quarter's rent in advance, as per agreement ; and this for half a farm, the whole of which, in the good old Protection times, was let for only 1001. a year. Bad times these for land lords and tenants, truly " The land will all be thrown out of cultivation"—" there is nothing but ruin before their eyes," barring hunting, shooting, &c. PROPOSED NEW TOWN IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.— The land purchased for this purpose is the opposite side of the hill to that on which the town of Cowes stands— the latter dips to the eastward, the former to the west, and is distant about one mile from the Royal Yacht Squadron House, either by the shore or by the high road ; it commands the most extensive, varied, and beautiful sea and land views ; in the south and west are seen the high Downs of Mottistone, Afton, and Fresh water—to the west the Needles Passage, with the island of Purbeck in the distance—in the north and west is the solent sea, with its moving panorama of ships, yachts, and pleasure boats, with the New Forest from Hurst Castle to Southampton River in the back ground. The land falls into Gurnard Bay, and there is a fine sandy beach and excellent bathing. The cliffs are not perhaps suited for building purposes, but there are lots of excel lent stone for building purposes in them. Report says that 1,0001. is to be expended on the formation of new roads—rather a large sum, considering that the ma terial is on the land, the subsoil being gravel. There are to be pleasure-grounds and fountains, and—but we must stop, as we have seen no plans, nor can we hear of anybody else that has ; and the beautiful villas we have pictured to ourselves may at last prove to be—only castles in the air. ADVICE TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.— But what shall we say to the Chancellor of the Exche quer—to the leader of the once great county party ? Less than twelvemonths ago Mr. Disraeli wrote how Sir Robert Peel was stripped of his following, and how in the moment of victory, the Emperor was without his army." And now where are his own battalions ? Where is that county militia which was called out twice a-year for two days eating and speechifying, which was once marched to London and quartered in Drury-lane theatre, and ,which was to be "up and at them ' when the day of battle came ? The mutinous squads are in arms against their own officers, and are openly threatening to tiar their general in pieces. What does Mr. Disraeli now think of his own levies ?—for his own they are. Every blessed Booker and Chowler and Foskett is of his making, or at least of his preserving. If it had not been for his genius the whole tribe of Protectionists would have dropped into the limbo of current impostures and gone clean out of mind six years ago. But it is fortu nate that this connexion has come to an end at last. Mr Disraeli was not made for such spirits, nor they for him. Let him turn their desertion to good account, and quit at once a rotten policy for a sound one, without attempting to conceal an error which everybody can discern, but which nobody will be anxious to make worse than it is.—Times. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE IN ALDERMANBURY.-011 Saturday an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, as to the death of Henry Pincher, aged 41. He had been in the service of Messrs. Chadwick, of No. 7, Dyer's-court, Alder manbury, velvet edgers, and, although his residence was at 31, New Ivy-street, Hoxton, he had been allowed, from the great pressure of business, to sleep in the house in Dyer's-court, for the last few nights. On Wednesday night, about 12 o'clock, he went to the top of the house to turn off the gas, and there is a well-staircase all the way up. As he was coming down, he afterwards said, he was reaching over the well to turn off a branch of gas which was in the centre, when, having a lantern in the other hand, his foot slipped, and he fell all the way down the well-hole. Upon the noise being heard, some of the persons in the house went to his assistance, and a sur geon was sent for, who advised his immediate removal to the hospital, where he was seen by Mr. Fletcher, the house surgeon, who found fractures of the thigh and knee-cap, as well as severe injuries to the head. He died on Thursday. Verdict, " Accidental death." Two DEATHS THROUGH VISITING CHELSEA HOSPITAL. --Yesterday morning a respectable tradesman, of the name of Mr. Jeremiah Pearce, builder, who resided in Hart-street, Covent-garden, expired from injuries he re ceived on Saturday morning, the 13th instant, while en deavouring to obtain admission to see tbe Duke of Wel lington lying in state at Chelsea Hospital. No day is yet named for the, coroner's inquest.—Yesterday morning Thomas Wakley, Esq., held an inquest at the Fish mongers' Arms, West-street, Seven Dials, touching the death of Charles Barton, aged 47 years, japanner. It appeared by the evidence, that the deceased went on Tuesday, the 16th inst., and was nearly suffocated, being in the crowd six hours and a half. On his return home, he was taken ill, and died in a few hours. Mr. New, surgeon, proved the aeceaseci died from the effects of ex travasation of blood on the substance and ventricles of the brain. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 Ame rican were taken on speculation. The market closed steadily. The sales comprised 100 Bahia, at 6g. to Gi; 200 Egyptian, at 6-id. to 'lid. ; 400 Surat, at 4d. to 4d., and the remainder nearly all Ame rican. Railway shares were firm at higher prices. There are more vessels known to be on the way from Australia, and the aggregate amount of gold they will bring is important. The Andromache will have 42,051 ounces from Sydney ; the Nestor, 12,295 ounces ; and the Roman Emperor, 6,400 ounces. The Pelham has arrived from Sydney with 27,000 ounces. From a return, showing the quantity of some of the principal articles of produce which left New York, at tide-water, from the commencement of navigation to 31st October, inclusive, in the years 1851 and 1852, we find that in the present year there was a slight falling off in flour and rye, but an increase in wheat of 2,752,132 bushels, in barley of, 168,841 bushels, and in pork of 23,989 lbs. There was a decrease in the quantity of corn amounting to 2,115,617 bushels, and in cheese, wool, and bacon there was also a material diminu tion. In the last week in October there was an in crease in the quantity of flour left this year of 1,9121b5. ' • in wheat, of 215,226 bushels ; and in barley, of 71,165 bushels ; while in corn there was decrease of 128,554 bushels. Discoveries of gold have been made in Canada, which semi. to warrant the belief that it will be come a great gold-producing country. Lumps, valued at 8001. to 9001. have, it is said, been found at the Chandiere mine, about 30 miles dis tant from Quebec. Quartz is reported to exist to a large extent, and it is considered from the geological structure of the hills where the discoveries have been made that gold exists in large quantities. There appears from the official return a diminu tion of 131 vessels and 51,547 tons in the arrivals at Quebec during the present year up to October 30, as compared with the same period in 1851. The English Stocks have been advancing again, and there are investments still. making in Consols, which have been up to 101 k #, though since a little flatter. For Account the quotations have been 101 k to #. The New 31- per Cents. have realised 1034 to f. Bank Stock has been up to 223 to 224. India Stock is worth 275. Exchequer Bills are down a little, being 695. to 725. premium ; and India Bonds are at 83s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been brisker. In Sardinian there have been transactions at 99i to 100 k. Gre nada Deferred are more in request at lot to 11/. Austrian Scrip is 8 premium. Equador Stock is at 5. Mexican Bonds have been quoted at 25k to k. Spanish Deferred are 25 to 1, bein g a shade higher. Dutch per Cents., are at 651 to 66. Turkish Loan is worth 3 premium, and. Swedish Loan 1 to 11 discount. There has been a very buoyant market again for the English railways, and the buying and selling being more active corresponding fluctuation occurs. Caledonians have again been maintained at 63 to 64. Aberdeen and North British are higher, and. Brighton and Great Northern, Oxford and Wolver hampton, and South Wales leave been in request. The French lines are neglected., and it would seem that as the English market revives the other de clines. At any rate there is much less doing than there was. The Gold Mine Shares are very firm, and the Nouvean Monde have advanced. There have been a few bargains in the Electric Telegraph of Ireland and in the General Steam at 303. advance, and in the Australian Royal Mail at ol to / discount. The Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Com pany have received letters from Melbourne, dated 25th of August, advising the safe arrival of the Augusta Schneider and Geelong with the com pany's staff, all well and in good health. Mr. Hopkin's had made arrangements to send them up to the diggings immediately; he had founded an establishment at Forest Creek, where he would put one party to work, and would then go out and establish another party at Bendigo. Mr. Hopkin's entertained the fullest confidence of the result; he had previously arranged to supply the men with stores, provisions, &c., and he expected to be able to secure a respectable amount of gold dust as a remittance by the royal mail steamer Australian. The establishment at Forest Creek had com menced the purchase of gold dust. Invoices of two small parcels have been received which had been sent to Melbourne for shipment, and they were provided with ample funds to continue their ope rations. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business doLe. Bank Stock 2231 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOl g 1 New 31 per Cont. Annuities lO3B Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 64 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO B3 Censols for Account 1011 g Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lO00.. £5OO Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Australian Scrip 5 per Cent. ......... 8 Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent. Dia° 4i per Cent - 971 Equador Bonds 5 Grenada Bonds, Ii per Cent 22 Ditto Deferred.. lOl 11i i Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 25 Peruvian 6 per Cent. Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 52 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.. 25 Swedish Loan li 1 d Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 3 p HALF-PAST TWO. Consols loli Ditto Account, Dec. 9 ERRATA.-Mr. Ellis, the writer of the letter referred to in the money article of yesterday, is one of the Direc tors of the Australian Mutual Gold Mining Association ; and it was to that Company the letter from which we quoted was written. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY). COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has been firm for foreign, but with little doing. There are buyers both for shipment and home use. Refined is at 45s to 48s for low to fine grocery lumps. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India docks was 747 hhds, 105 tierces, 379 barrels ; there were taken for home consump tion 1,418 hhds, 129 tierces, 365 barrels. The stock in the same places is 14,541 hhds, 1,747 tierces, 3,796 barrels. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been quiet, but holders are firm. Native is at 47s for the new import. Costa Rica and Mocha have been in demand at previous rates. Rurx.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 245 puns., 3 hhds., there were taken for home consumption 345 puns., 8 hhds., and ex ported 61 puns., 81 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,111 puns. 602 hhds. SPICEB.-106 cases 17 bags Calicut ginger at auction rea lised 33s to 46s ' • Pimento, 43 bags sold at 5i to 51 p er lb. ; 160 bags Cassia Vera were taken at 48s to 60s per cwt. SALTPETRE.-1,292 bags East India, at auction, sold at 25s 6d for 9 per cent., at 24s 6d to 25s for 14 per cent., and 26s for 81 per cent. refraction. TALLow.--Y.Y.C. is 47s 6d to 47s 9d per cwt. on the spot, and Town, 498 3d. COFFEE.—There has been no decline, but business . is limited. TEA.--The market has been firm but quiet. HAY MARKETS. SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 18s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 18s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 10s por load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ Os ; clover, ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 16s • and straw, 1/ 5 8 to 1/ ns per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 36 18s ; clover, ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os; and straw, 'l/ 4s to 1/ 11s per load. Trade dull. DESERTING FROM A SHlP.—Yesterday at the Thames Police Court, Robert Crail, a respectable looking man, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with unlaw fully deserting from the ship Competition, of which he was carpenter, at Port Adelaide ; by which he had ren dered himself liable to three months' imprisonment, with or without hard labour, at the discretion of the magis trate. He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, but - without hard labour. ' ARRIVAL OF THE FORERUNNER.—The African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Forerunner, Captain J. B. Atkins, arrived at Plymouth, last evening, at six o'clock. She left Gibraltar on the evening of Sunday, the 14th ; experienced head wind in passing through the Gut, and has had severe weather ever since. On the night of the Ist of November, between Madeira and Teneriffe, passed the Hellespont, Captain Watts, for Sierra Leone. Yesterday morning, the 21st, spoke the Arthur, of Glasgow, from Calcutta, going up Channel. DEPARTURE FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures for Australia from the port of London during the past week have been rather numerous, and the exprt trade con tinues active. There were five vessels to Sydney, of an aggregate burden of 3,158 tons; two to Port Phillip, of 341 tons; two to Swan River, of 738 tons; and one to Van Diemen's Land, of 578 tons. -- - THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC 'PRIMATE.—The con4e oration of Dr. Dixon to the Primatid. Chair of St. Patrick, was performed yesterday with the usual pomps and ceremonies in the. Royal College of Maynooth. The officiating prelate ,was "his Grrce',' of Dublin .assisted by nearly every member of the hierarchy. The Marquis and Marchioness c 4 Kildare were present at the spec tacle. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 22. Her Majesty gave a grand dinner this evening at the Castle to the distinguished foreign officers deputed by their respective Governments to attend the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington. The company also comprised her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Majesty's visitors, and some of the Queen's Ministers and officers of State. The banquet took place in the Picture Gallery, and the guests appeared in uniform. The illustrious circle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Due de Brabant and the Comte de,Flancires, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duchess of Atholl, the Duke of Mon trose, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount Hardinge, Lord Rag lan, and the following officers deputed by their respective sovereigns From Hanover—General Sir Hugh Halkett, Col. Poten, Lieut.-Colonel Baron Mahrenholz, Lieut.-Colonel West, Captain Colin Halkett. From the Netherlands—Lieut.-General Baron d'Om phal, M. Guillaume Tindal (Chambellan du Roi), M. Gevers (Capitaine de Cavalerie). From Brunswick—Major-General de Erichsen, Colonel Bause. From Portugal—Marshal Due de Terceira, Lieut.- General Compte de Villa Real, Major Don Manuel de Souza Continho. From Prussia—General Count de Nostitz, General de Scharnhorst, Lieut.-General de Massow. From Russia— General Prince Michel de Gortchakoff, General Comte de Benckendorff, Count Suchtelen, Lieut.- Colonel Tchernitzky. From Spain—Duke d'Osuna, Lieut.-Colonel Gabriel de Torres, Colonel A. de Calvet y Lava. Col. Cornwall, her Majesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, Capt. Claremont, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Caroline and Miss Barring ton, Col. the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel the Honourable Charles and Mrs. Grey, Sir George and Lady Couper, Lieutenant-Colonel and Lady Emily Sey mour, Colonel Williams (Commanding Officer of the 2d Life Guards), Colonel Wood (Commanding Officer 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards), the Gentleman in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge, Col. de Moerkerke, Comte de Briey, and Sir Robert Carswell. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following music : Veteranen March Etamm. Overture, Wunder Wasser Flotow. Lied, Das Schweizer Heimweh Proch. Duett, Der Verlohrene Sohn Auber. Galop, Souvenir de Wilhelinsbad Heller. Lieder Potpourri, "Das Lied, som c, ten Regt., Blane Auglein sind gefahrlich, Das wald voglein" Larzing. " Zwei Sterne die leucht in in's Leben" Neidhart. " Jager-Chor aus Martha" Flotow. The foreign military officers travelled from London to Windsor by a special train on the Great Western Rail way, and arrived at the Castle shortly before six o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Due de Brabant, the Comte de Flandres, the Prince of Leinengen, and Lord Cowley, went out ;hooting this morning attended by the Earl of Verulam, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Colonel de Moerkerke was in attendance on the Bel gian Princes. Lord Cowley left the Castle this afternoon for Lon don. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived to-day on a visit to her Majesty. It is understood that the Queen and Prince Albert, with the youthful Royal family, will leave Windsor Castle on Friday next, by special trains on the Great Western and South-Western Railways, for Gosport, en route to Osborne, Isle of Wight, to remain at that marine palace until a few days before Christmas, and then return to the Castle for the holidays. Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister, had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Blandford had also an interview with the noble earl. The Marquis of Londonderry had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation, headed by Sir John Shelley, had an in terview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester yesterday at the Board of Trade. Colonel Mackinnon had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office. Capt. Wade had also an interview with the hon. baronet. Colonial-office yester eHidenleayt t y h e e st c er o d l a o y ni . Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., had an interview thewith Dispatches Right H o Hon. ejre. W. day, from the Governors of Ceylon, New Zealand, South and West Australia, Malta, Hong Kong, Van 'm D' en s Land, and Victoria. Yesterday their Excellencies Marshal the Duke de Terceira and Cohde de Villa Real, General Prince Michael Gortschakoff, General Count de Benckendorff Colonel Tchernitzky, Le Comte Suchtelen, General Count Nostitz, General de Scharnhorst, Lieut,-General . de Massow, General Sir Hugh Halkett, Colonel Poten, Lieut.-Colonel de Mahrenkertz, Lieut.-Colonel Waste, Captain Halkett, Count F. Nostitz, General Erichsen, Colonel Bause, General Baron Omphal, Captain Govers, and Baron Tindal, accompanied by Colonel Cornwall and Captain Stopford Claremont, left Mivart's Hotel on a visit to her. Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor Castle. FASHIONABLE RE-UNlON,—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand dinner last evening at their mansion in Carlton-gardens, to a distinguished circle, invited to meet the Duke and Duchess de Terceira. The presence of the duke having been commanded by her Majesty at Windsor Castle, the duchess was alone present, attended by his Excellency the Portuguese Minister and the Countess de Lavradio. A mong the guests at the banquet we remarked his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Wai ews ki , his Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Duchess of Inverness, the Mar chioness of Aylesbury, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Countess of Shaftesbury, the Countess of Tanker v ill e , Lord Howard de Walden , Count Bentevoglio d'Ara g on, Hon. Spencer Cowper, an d Mr. Monckton Milnes, m.p. THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. _The new residence of the American Legation is No. 45, Portland-place. We understand his Excellency Mr. Ingersoll intends t o enliven the fashionable world with a series of assemblies before Christmas. MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.—The Con servative members of Parliament met Lord Derby to-da3 at two o'clock. MEMBER FOR lIIINTINGDON.—We learn by the last mail, that Mr. Thomas Baring, the member for Hunt ingdon, had been seriously indisposed at New York, and was confined to his hotel. Influenza was stated to have been his disease. He was expected to leave for Liverpool in the next steamer (the Arctic.) LIVERPOOL ELECTION.—The Liverpool Albion states that there is to be a petition against the return of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and Mr. Turner, for that borough. The allegations are bribery and treating. CONVOCATION.—In Mr. Walpole's reply . to Sir J. V. Shelley, on Saturday, it will be observed that Mr. Walpole did not settle the question of prorogation, which practically includes that of the right of delibera tion. He asserted, however, most emphatically, that " nothing should induce him to recommend the Crown to grant its license to Convocation to make canons...He entertained the strongest opinion that nothing could be more detrimental to the Church of England, and nothing was more'calculated to cause schism in the church than the revival of Convocation. William J. Cronyn, Esq., of Queenstown, Ireland, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Sur. geons of England. a ' L SHREWSBURY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Astley Stakes. Knight of the Thistle Ada......................................... . Shrewsbury Handicap. Doubt Bit of Blue Twelve ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLIII. To-morrow, at Shrewsbury, is devoted to the Steeple chase and Hurdle Races. The first race—grandiloi quently set forth as the Shropshire Grand Ang lia Steeplechase, open to all England, with a water leap opposite the stand, &c.—is of five sovs. each, two ft, with seventy added, over about four miles of fair hunting country. Of the dozen acceptances, in all probability not more than six will be found at the post. Peter made the top weight at list 71b,* which, however, doubt his carrying successfully. Victress, at list , in eluding 71b extra for her victory the other day, has also, to my fancy, got a little too much to carry. VainhnPei at lOst 101 b, if in form and meant, is about the bes thing in the race. Bourton, at lOst 81b, has no chanede, whatever. Vengeance, at lOst' 41b, is not over -weights a The gelding by Sir Hercules out of Lepida, Heroine , a ll f the Emperor must give place to Young Sir Edward, .0 whom I observed the other day, in my remarks on the Hunt Cup Steeplechase at Warwick, that his day had not then arrived ; I think it now has. Litt 1° Charley and Clatterbox have their chances dispose d l by Annie Laurie, who, at 9st 11b, ought to run very,: lc forward—in fact, obtain a place. Looking over the Ps T if Mr. Vevers does not intend to attempt winning,l; think YOUNG SIR EDWARD and ANNIE LAURIE q ui good enough to fill the first and second places. The Hurdle Race of 40 sovs., added to a bandiesla sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 1 ft. &c., o ver s ix flight s ° hurdles, on a two mile and a quarter course, will, I P r : sume, be contested by about half of the acceptan ce fi The top weight, HALF-AND-HALF, at lO s t 131 b, 0110 . to be about the mark at the finish of the race. It boys question, however, whether he is better th an Tomb* Ballet Girl, and Gaylad at the weights. He is certaisli the best hurdle jumper of the lot, therefore I shall Pls e l him first ; and award the second place to Ballet Girl, 1 she runs ; in her absence Gaylad and Tomboy will Pr:, bably be second and third. I perceive there is a f shionably-bred horse that figured in the nomination s the last Derby, at the tail of the acceptances ; kn° lvi !r ' nothing_whatever about him, I must continue in the lent mood with respect to his qualities. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. THE SHREWSBURY HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Doubt 3to 1 Mr. G. Barton's Little Fasc 5 to 1 Captain Archdall ns Kitetlyer 7 to 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Bit of Blue Bto 1 Mr. Burton ns Leri7whent _4 The above were the nominal prices at the close ; """ little was done. THE COLUMN HANDICAP (SHREWSBURP . 2 to 1 agst Mr. W. H. Scott's Warwick (taken) CHESTER CUP. 2,000 to 30 laid agst Muscovite, and 1,000 to 1 0 _,.., ea , f , agst Hobble Noble, Goldfinder, M a d e li ne , Grey Tcou'' Redmond O'Hanlan, and . Tickton (taken) DERBY. OP ° 1200 to 100 agst Mr. B owes ' s W es t Aust (taken and afterwards offeFeer 1000 to 60 Lord John Scott's The F ell (taken) o 900 to 50 Duke of Richmond's l' - 0( 1) (taken and afterwards ken 1000 to 50 Lord Derby's Umbriel (t al ‘ e and afterwards offered) ken 1000 to 50 Mr. Howard's ElmsthorPe and afterwards offered) mo d, *lOOO to 50 Mr. P owne y' s Ci nea s (talon" - afterwards offered) 1000 to 40 Captain Lan e ' s Ninnyha; (taken and afterwards off 3,000 to 100 laid at once.,) th is *As much as 1,000 to 30 h a s b een l a id agains t or horse at the club-houses in the course of the last tiv° three days. • 0 4 ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—Yesterday the pubbe rs, admitted by tickets to Niew the i n te r ior of St. I ' 3ll o l. fitted up and lighted as it w's on the day of the fun e The number allowed in at a time was unnecessarily being limited to 700 per hour ; but we hope that a la, o f larger issue of tickets will be made during the res t e r the week, the object, in the first place, having been tos s ',t, tain how far the sacred edifice could be thrown open wit b :de impeding the thoroughfare. Some change must be 131 . - no , in the mode of granting the privilege of admis sl ,,y e e which, as will be seon, has led to great inconveni e ln. and abuse. Great eagerness was displayed to see th e ud terior, and those who succeeded in doing so apP° much astonished at the ext en t an d e ff ec ti venes s of t e d arrangements. Nor is this surprising. for we are a5,, 911r io that the amount of work got thr oug h w ithi n the t' r ise a quite unexampled ; 2,000 loads of timber having ' used, and 6,000 feet of gaspipe, c on t a i n i n g 7,500 Jets, having been laid down. e TICKETS OF ADMISSION INTO ST. PAUL'S.—JiIs- ead el , m adopting some regular and methodical arr angeos whereby respectable persons applyi ng m ight obtain s tea tickets, the officials to who m th e ma tt er was ili tre o lva have allowed the place to be beset by a disorderly 6r . ,dis• of the lower class, and to these the tickets were I _:,: jo r criminately handed, no nam e , a dd ress , or o ther Pa i ;bst lars, being asked or given. The consequence wa g ,„;sec i might have been exp ec t e d—th e ti c k e t s thus °"".„ - e l isr were hawked about i n th e ne i g hb our h oo d o f the e- „ifer office and in St. Paul's churchyard by a set of match sellers, and such-like vagrants, at half-a -el-et the piece, and we believe, in many instances, a treat, e ci. nearest beer-house wa s th e cons id era ti on d e manae t oD• AGGREGATE COST OF SEATS AT THE DUKE'S F 6 , 1 , 5- 8 00 e t —The following calculation has been made care, for the purpose of ascertaining the proximate 3- 0 , the of money paid by the public for mere seats to vi e Ilse ceremonial of the Duke funeral. There were irc t i e s's of procession, in Piccadilly, 100 houses ; St. street, 90 ' • Pall-Mall, 124 ; Cockspur-street, 34; cigs te: ring-cross, 24 ; Strand, 457 ; Fleet-street, 208 ; 1 11 1,1 5 / 4 hill, 90 ; St. Paul's-churchyard, 30 ; in the wh °le/ hoti se- a houses—not to mention the numerous clubs, the , p in Waterloo-place and Trafalgar-square, and t' - i , c l tt houses of every street abutting upon the line;o r must also be remembered that the inclosure of c ,,3 , tin's Church, the New Church, St. Clements , ~ac T o per; Dunstan's, furnished accommodation. for full 6, ' t 1 4 . sons ; the gallery over the Opera Colonnade for 3 d ie } 1,000 people ; Crockford's three galleries, 1,00 0 P o e o r and the house in process of erection at the CO tha Arundel-street, for 700 persons. Now, assum,',lo o7 ; V th-re were only 60 spectators in each house ' ',poe t there must have been private accommodation f or co ole' 120,000 people, and if one-third be deducted on a ace oe r of those who devoted their establishments to th e r e ; modation of their connections and friends, there 010 main 80,000, which, at one sovereign a head/ 80,000/. re' COUNTY TREASURERS.—Yesterday a Parliamen trey'' turn, procured by Mr. Frewen, was printed, O n o , an abstract of the accounts of the several Wi ll d e acl i y'd surers in England and Wales for the Yea r c oil ij- " Michaelmas, 1851. • The total assessment for th° - c eit rate in the year was 59,994,986/. 6s. sd. 'M e e r / 1 , 1 ,1' with the balance in hand, amounted to 1,489, 4 °' 11Q: 6d. The disbursements were 1,355,645/. 1` 28 i 1 4,3 5 ' e a The prosecution of prisoners in the year came to lil o un Os. sid. The maintenance of pauper lunatics ael t l be to 16,9901. Bs. 4d., and the coroners cost in 4 of 54,4511. 2s. Bd. 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MARYLEBONE SAVINGS BANK. — Th e e e this bank, whose offices are at 76, Welbeck-strcisposio. hibit the following progress of accumulated otintS,4o, during the last seven years :—Open deposit ae i c o. ; o u i. ; 20th Nov., 1846, 17,2801.; do. 1847, 1 8 2 0, 11 1848, 19,0191. ; do. 1849, 20,382/. • do. 1850, tr eet do. 1851, 22,1761.; do. 1852, 22,7741. .s SAVAGE ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at the le i fe, Police Court, Jeremiah Donovan, a tall, mu seu 1 :1 of was charged with a murderous assault upo n sev ec a , who was lying in the London Hospital, w ith t her ribs fractured, and in a state of inuni, ll° doro e ; The prisoner, it appeared, in th e coursed r, e , jildeS. quarrel, had knocked his wife down, anthen el o nce' upon her several times, fracturing her ribs ° n ns ee r e` and inflicting other very serious injuries, of which her life was in great danga. t• 4 We ° manded. t th e t o ASSAULT ON A SOLDlER.—Yesterday, 110 00- ti) minster Police Court, a fellow named Higgi charged with the following very serious a tis o se f i e s t , :( ll, l f; the night of the 16th ins. some Light DI t - b e tered in the vicinity of Knightsbridge, wer e of °° o -0 ham Head public-house, when, in consequerao,ot)tily, angry words between one of them (not col . , a fter s ots a civilian, the military left the place. She:;', 3 ,•',. o on? , o per Thomas Pitt, a private of the 13th Light e vW, prix ores standing outside speaking to a friend, r igkt op er threw a stone at him, which struck him in the Pr is and felled him to the ground insensib le. g us e, was committed for trial. CAUTION TO EMIGRANTS.—At the -LT-1-N°. 1, l'.,.. e for e yesterday, Lionel G. Thompson, late Of_ broug ht i P oo r court, Lime-street, shipping agent, N.Ya s _ f ss eir Sir Robert W. Carden, in the c ustody v under the •`: 0 1 . don, the officer, upon a warrant issued , 59 /. a 4 ,b0 t ba sera Act, the for am h n t on e - Passatffethe de f a ult, expenses incurred in consequence named go t vi charg prisoner to provide certain persons pfaymtheent of the suremeioleiy, of with k exp o upon a warrant for a conspiracy erson who of '` s o sage in a vessel called the South Sea O. : fraud William Henry Bassett, sen t te h l' e 10s. 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