The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-03 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHA N GE-FRIDAY Scarcely any English Wheat has arrived fresh up to our market during the present weak, and the show of samples of both red and white to-day was very limited. Fair average qualities commanded a steady sale, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, Monday's prices. All other kinds moved off slowly, at late rates. The imports of Foreign Wheat since our last report have been on a very moderate scale. For that article there was a firm and somewhat extensive inquiry, and rather large sales were effected, at full rates of currency. With Barley, both English and foreign, we were scantily sup plied. Fine malting parcels moved off freely, at very full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts were, however, slow in sale, at lat e ra t es . S uper fi ne M a l t ready for de livery was in good request, but for forward transactions there was very little inquiry. The Oat trade was firm, and fine sound corn was 6d per quarter dearer. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, were very slow in sale. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. English ...... irish. •••••••• Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Flour. :2,610 qrs. 1,090 qrs. 790 ire. 3,170 slit 1,110 4,063 Foreign ...... 8,510 3,620 Malt. 1,110 ars. SMITHFIELD. Our market to-day was somewhat heavily supplied with both English and foreign beasts, the time of year considered. For all breeds the demand was in a very depressed state, at last week's decline in prices. At least two-thirds of the supply were the refuse of Mon day. The number of sheep was but moderate. The primest old Downs produced full prices without diffi culty; otherwise the mutton trade was dull, at barely late rates ; the highest figures ruled from 4s 8d to 4e lod per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was good, were in improved request, at an advance in the quo tations of 2d per 81bs, the primeat veal producing 4s 2d per 81bs. Prime small porkers sold at full prices. Mitch sows were dull, at from 141. to 171. each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Second quality •• 2 3 3 0 Coarse-weolled ditto 4 2 4 6 Prime large Oxen •. 3 2 3 6 Southdown Wether 4 8 41 C Prime Scots .. .. •• 3 8 310 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 Large Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 4 Prime small ditto .. 310 4 2 Small Porkers ••. • 4 6 4 8 Suckling Calves ..17 0 24 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 21 6 Inferior Sheep • • • 3 0 3 4 Lambs .....• • ... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Figs. I 1,972 I 4.620 370 3BO FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 1,753 117 — NEWGATE AND I.EIADEWHAI.I.. These markets were somewhat heavy for each kind o meat, on the following terms:— At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. Beef.inferior.• ••• • 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. middling .... 2 2 210 prime large .. 3 0 3 2 -- prime •• • . prime small .• 3 2 3 4 i Pork, large.. • • • Veal .......• ••.• • • 3 0 4 0 small .... BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Our market continues tolerably steady for the bes. new Hops, both in pockets and bags, and late rates are firmly supported. The declaration of a portion of the duty has had but little effect upon the trade. New Hops: —Sussex pockets, 44s to 60s ; Weald of Kent, ditto, 48s to 70s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 56s to 108 s; and Farnham, 107 s to 112 s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR,—The supply of British Plantation has been ample, and the quotations have .ruled heavy in conse quence. Barbadoes at public sale has realised 35s 6d for low yellow, and 36s to 37s for mid. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 495. EAST INDIA.-3,749 bags Bengal about half sold, and at 6d decline; very fine strong yellow 455, fine 40s, and mid and good 37s to 395; fine strong white 46s 6d to 495, ord to good white Benares 39s to 425, and low to mid soft yellow 32s to 35 s 6d p er cw t. Madras, 191 bags sold at 30s to 33s for damp yellow, and 28s to 28s 6d for brown. MAURITIII3.-20 casks and 8,731 bags about half sold at 6d decline, good mid and good yellow 36s 6d to 38s ; and ord to fine brown 28s to 335; washed and syrupy, 28s 6d to 38s 6d. Foreign Havana has been at the full value; good and fine, washed, 38s to 40s. Cuba has been held for previous rates; low and mid, 34s 6d to 365; and good, 37s 6d to 395. Porto Rico has been flat at 403 to 42s for good and fine. There are large sales to -day. COFFEE.—Jamaica fine and fine fine ord to low mid has been sold at 35s to 455, good and fine ord at 25s dd to 345, and ord and triage at 18s to 245. Ceylon has been in rather brisk demand, at fall rates. Plantation low mid and mid 41s to 44s 6d, fine fine ord 36s to 40s, fine ord 30s to 365, good ord 27s 6d to 295, and pea berry 41s to 455. Native good ord 27s to 27s 6d. Mid and good mid Plantation has been sold as high as 44s 58s and 635. Mocha brought 46s to 47s for mid. St. smingo has been taken in at 24s Gd to 28s. Rio -1,330 bags sold at 24s Gd to 25s for good ord pale, and at 26s 6d for coloury ditto. COCOA .—Guayquil has been taken in at 30s for ord grey. Not much has been done in other sorts. RICE.—The market has been brisker and firmer. Bengal good mid white 11s to 11s 6d, damaged 7s to lOs 6d; Madras mid and good pinky white 8s 6d to 9s 6d. Rusr.—Leeward Island has realised is 5d to is 51d for proof, and East India is to is 41d, Jamaica 33 per cent over 3s per gallon. SALTPETRE. —There has been a firm market ; Ma dras mid gray 131 per cent, refraction 24s to 24s 6d per cwt. Cor'roN.—There is an improving demand. TEA.—This article has not been brisk, but the con sumption is good. Ord and good ord Congou 7d to 8d per lb. SPlCES.—Pimento has been 4iti to SA-d per lb for mid. Penang Cloves have been held for is 4d par lb. Pod Pepper 60s to 755; Nutmegs 3s per lb; and Jamaica Ginger 313 s to 91per cwt. PEARL SAGO.—Sumo parcels have been sold at 20s 6d to 22s per cwt. TAPlOCA.—Purchasers have given 7i per lb. TALLow.—The market has been good, and rather tends upwards, being 45s to 45s 6d per cwt on the spot for P.Y.C. TOBACCO.—There was a fair extent of business done last month both with home trade and exportation. Sales, 1,050 hhds, exclusive of a purchase for resale, particulars of which have not transpired. Imports, 2,768 hhds. Deliveries, 1,781 hhds, against 926 hhds in the corresponding month of 1847. Stock, 28,905 hhds; against 27,313 hhds in 1847. In Virginia, sales ' have been 160 hhds; 100 hhds leaf and 60 hhds • strips. Transactions have been chiefly confined to limited purchases for Ireland Scotland, and exportation. lifer home trade and cutting purposes, very little done. In Kentucky Leaf and Strips, sales have been made to a fair extent, and may be estimated at 860 hhds; 230 hhds Leaf, principally for exportation, and 640 hhds of Strips, nearly all of old imports, The market has con ' Culled nearly in the same state as in the previous month, big there has been more firmness for fine qualities, and a fractional advance has, in some instances, been submitted to. Maryland, nothing done. Havannah Leaf: a parcel of recent import of fair and middling quality, sold at full rates, and quality in limited demand, and sales difficult to effect. In Havannah Cigars, of fine quality, and ord sorts for exportation, sales have been made to a fair extent at • steady prices. Stock of export descriptions has been considerably reduced. Manilla Leaf sales have been ._ n ne. a de to a con s id era bl e extent, chiefly for exportation. illa Cheroots in good demand at a slight advance. Stock almost bare of certain descriptions. In Cuba for home use and exportation sales have been made to some extent; stcck of good and fine is much reduced. Yarn in good request, at firm prices. In Columbian an improved business has been done at steady prices. Havannah Seed Leaf, St. Domingo (of which stock is almost bare), and Porto Rico, scarcely anything done. Brazil—sales almost con fined to ord sorts for fillers, prices firm. German, of diood and fi ne d escr i ptions, continue in fair demand; ord, fficult of sale at extremely low rates. Amersfoort—a few cases of ord were taken for snuff purposes. In Negro Head and Cavendish, of good and fine sorts, sales have been made, to a fair extent on arrival, at previous rates. Stalks, in good demand. Smalls, nominal. Beasts. 560 s. d. to s. d . 32 3 4 30 3 8 3 10 4 4 34 4 4 4 0 4 10 THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Iberia, Captain Burney, with mails in charge of Jllr. Lanton, Admiralty agent, has arrived. Her dates are—Gibraltar, October 26 ; Cadiz, 27 ; Lisbon, 29; Oporto, 30 ; Vigo, 30. The cargo consists of forty-eight packages of specie, and a general cargo of fruit, wine, &c. She brings sixty-six passengers, amongst whom is Dr. Atfonsica, Member of the Portuguese Cortes for the Island of Madeira, charged with dispatches. Her Majesty's ship Polyphemus, the French brig orwar rAigle and a French steamer (nam e un k nown ) , were at Gibraltar. The usual Portuguese squadron was at Lisbon. The Iberia spoke with the Peninsular and Oriental " rn Pany's stea mer M on t rose , i n Vi go B ay, on t h e 20th ult. At Gibraltar an order was issued from the Govern- went on the 26th ultimo, that all ships arriving from England after that date were to perform 15 days' quarantine. n , The Ri pon was expected, and the passengers would ave to comply with such order. All quiet in Portugal. Count de Thomar left Lisbon for Madrid on a spe c. jai mission, an d i s expected to return by the 2d of January for th e open i ng o f the Cortes. It is als o said that a rev i s i on w i ll most probably take place in the English treaty with Portugal. Ro r' a nnlilllr AT BRIGHTON BARRACKS.—AII extensive o b b ery was co mm it te d on T hursday evening at the avalry Barracks. Cornet Chichester, after returning f ront the races, dressed for mes, and left his room about half -past six o'clock. The key was placed beneath a l arge chest in the passage, into which the various doors tof the officers' rooms open; and the spot was supposed be known only t) Mr. Chichester and his servant. 'bout nine o'clock Mr. Chichester entered his room for bmoment, and he was then absent till one o'clock in the orn ing• On returning h e di scovere d t h at h i s drawers ~..ad been forced, and that his clothes, m ilit ary an d pri :ate, a gold hunting watch, a gold pencil-case, and a bmall sum in silver, had been carried off. There was rother go ld watch on the mantelshelt; belonging to a r h ° ther office r , w hi c h was not taken; but the value of i"t Was st o l en was not less than 1001. The key must aye been t a k en from its hiding-place and replaced by the thieves, wh o, i t is conjectured, perpetrated the rob berY between seven and nine o'clock. No clue has been obtained likely to lead to the apprehension of the thieves. . --ari 9liton Gazette. THE 7STIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1848. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. Not a dozen subscri)ers present, and nothing done worthy of quotation. WORCESTER RACES—THURSDAY. Match, 501. Two miles. Mr. Howlett's Cardinal's Niece, 4 yrs (Howlett), beat Mr. Darius's Maynooth, 6 yrs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added, Two miles. Mr. Price's Tuscan, 3 yrs Mr. Knowles's Baronet, 5 yrs ... Mr. B. Giles's Gaffer Green, aged ••• ••• The following also ran :—Mr. F. Edwards's New Po. rest Deer, aged—Capt. Capel's Subduer, aged—Mr. Maugan's Farnham, 4 yrs—Mr. Cartwright's Titbit, 5 yrs—Mr. Kirby's Rosa, 6 yrs—Mr. Phillips's Little Mary, I yrs—Mr. Whildman's Megara, 6 yrs—Mr. Jones's Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs—Mr. Phillips' Marlow, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Day's Dimanche, 3 yrs—and Mr. Pettifor's f by Martin Chuzzlewit. The Worcestershire Hunt Stakes - of 5 sovs. each, with a piece of• plate added. Two miles. Mr. Dixon's Clorophorm, 5 yrs (Lord Strathmore) 1 Mr. Woodward's Alboni, 5 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. W. Essex's Countess, 5 yrs 3 The Hack Stakes of 2 sovs. etch, and 10 added; the second to save his stake. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Day's Dimanche, 3 yrs (Wakefield) 1 0 0 1 Mr. Watson's Widred, 5 yrs ... 0 0 1 2 Mr. H. N. Powell's Jenny Wren, 6 yrs ... 0 1 0 3 Mr. Eskrett's Tapis, 3 yrs... ... ... 2 0 2 dr Mr. Daley's Archery, 3 yrs ... 0 0 3 dr Mr. Pettifor's fby Martin Chuzzlewit, 3 yrs 0 2 odr NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. THURSDAY. VP: Derby—First Ties (Concluded). Field Marshal beat Wildboy. Second Ties. Field Marshal beat Louis Phillipe—Feari:ought bear Maize. ... (H. Evans) 0 1 ... 0 2 The Cup.—First Ties. Figaro beat Walter —Rosetta beat Milo (drawn) Mainmast beat Locomotive—Doron beat Minor. The Oaks.—First Ties. Dacia beat" Fly—Bessie Bell beat Forget-me-not— Bramble beat Moreen. The Port Stakes.—First Ties. Drift beat Miles—Diamond beat Bulow—Lavender beat Ratlin the Reefer. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race-course; Fri., Dyke-10i. Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket; Thurs., Tels combo Tye—loi. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Pound hill; Fri., Horsham Gate-101. Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon., Burton Turnpike-gate; Tues., Kingston Russell; Thurs., Holcomb. B. V. H., Tues., Milborne East Hill; Sat., Sturminster Common-11i. Mr. Dean's harrs., Tues., Hunter's Lodge -10. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Tiddesley Wood ; Wed., Woodcote Green; Fri., Bransford Bridge-10i. Lord Redesdale's hds., Mon., Boulter's Barn; Wed., Far Wood. Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Colin Park; Wed., Newcut Wood-10i. Wheatland hds., Tues., Monkhopton; Fri., Neeriton —I CALLS FOR NOVEMBER.—The calls on classes of railway shares, including English, Scotch, Irish, and Continental, amount for the month of November to 1,175,3621., being 867,3561. less than during the corre sponding month of last year, when they were 2,042,718/. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire alone, whose works are proceeding vigorously, calls up 300,0001 of this sum. The works of the South Wales Railway line are proceeding actively to the westward of Cardiff and at Bridgend. MICHAELMAS TERM.—The Lord Chancellor en tertained the Judges and leading members of the bar yesterday at breakfast, at his mansion in Park-lane, in accordance with the usual custom, preparatory to the opening of Michaelmas term. The attendanca was very numerous, including the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Den man), the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (Sir Thomas Wilde), the Lord Chief Baron (Sir Frederick Pollock), the Vice-Chancellor of England (Sir Lancelot Shad well), Vice-Chancellor Wigram, Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Master of the Rolls (Lord Lang4al e y,_ Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Pat teson, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice C o l er id ge. Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, the Attorney-General, the Soli citor-General, the Accountant-General, IMaster Dow deswell, Master Tierney, Muster Farrer, Master Bar low, Sir David Dundas, Q-C., M.P,; Sir Frederick Thesiger, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Godson, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Stuart, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Turner, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Whateley, Q.C., M.P.; Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Horace Twiss, Q.C., Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Mr. Page Wood, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Lee, Q.C.; Mr. Parkers, Q.C.; Mr. Rolt, Q.C.; Mr. Butt, Q.C. ; Mr. B. An drews, Q.C.; Mr. Hayward, Q.C.; Mr. Walpole, Q.C., M.P.; Mr. Bethel!, Q.C.; Mr. Roupell, Q.C.; Mr. J, Russell, Q.C.; Mr. Hodgson, Q.C.; Mr. Hill, Q.C.; Mr. Bacon, Q.C.; Mr. Humfrey, Q.C.; Mr. Kmdersley, Q.C.; Mr. Wilbraham, Mr. line, Mr. Whitmarsh, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. 'Matthews, Mr. Walker, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Sergeant Manning, Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Sergeant Storks, Mr. Sergeant Merewether, Mr. Sergeant Channell, &c. Previously to the arrival of the Judges, the Lord Chancellor received the Lord Mayor Elect and the Civic authorities, to whom the Noble and Learned Lord expressed her Majesty's approval of their Chief Magistrate for the ensuing year. After the breakfast the Lord Chancellor and the Judges pro ceeded in procession to the courts of law at West minster. FLOODS.—From Putney to Richmond the mea dows, gardens, and fields are covered, having all the appearance of a lake. The towing paths up to and be yond Kingston, for miles, are flooded, so that trade on the water is put a stop to; neither boats nor barges can proceed, as horses cannot be used. At Thames Ditton, Walton, and near to other stations on the South-Western Railway, thousands of acres of grass, newly sown wheat, and ploughed lands, are inundated to the depth of several feet. Beyond Winchester, to Bishopstoke, Romsey, and Dean, scarcely a spot of dry land can be observed along the valleys through which pass the rivers Test and Itchen. For many miles below Salisbury,- where the rivers Avon, Abele, Nalder, Wiley, and the Bourne pass, the surrounding country is flooded. Between Hunger ford, Newbury, and R ea ding, through which the rivers Kennet and Loddon take their meandering course, and beyond Reading to Twyford and Maidenhead, where the Thames is again seen, there is nothing but a vast ex• pause of water visible; yet we are happy to hear, up to the present time, less damage had been done than might have been expected. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Married, yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Charles Bingham, Captain Kemeys Tynte, of the Grenadier Guards, eldest son of C. J. Kemeys Tynte, Esq., M.P., and grandson of Colonel Tynte, of Halswell House, Somerset, to Mary Sophia, eldest daughter and coheir of the late Rev. G. Clutterbuck Frome of Punknoll, Dorset. After the ceremony a handsome dejeuner was given by the bride's aunt, at her residence in Great Stanhope street, and the happy pair left town for Burrhill Park, Surrey, a seat of Colonel Tynte. A SUBJECT FOR ANTIQUARIAN SPECULATION.— On Thursday last the workmen of Mr. Brownlie, the contractor for the erection of the new quay on the south side of the river, made a discovery while engaged in excavating the ground fronting the Clyde there, which we doubt not will open up a field of interesting inquiry to antiquaries, geologists, and others. About 300 feet from the margin of the present channel of the river they came upon; a canoe imbedded in fine sand, at least 20 feet from the surface. The boat, when measured, was found to be 19 feet in length by 2f feet deep, and 22 feet wide. It has a sharp prow and square stern, and has been cut out of the solid oak. From the length and other appearances it would seem to be adapted for six oars. The wood is in pretty good preservation consider ing the position in which it was found, but part of it was unfortunately broken by the workmen in digging it out. We believe it is the intention of Mr. Brownlie to have the piece that has been broken off preserved, along with the rest of the ancient-looking structure. In the mean time it may be seen at the works, on the south side, by the curious, who have time, and are willing to trudge through the mud and loose sand that lies in their way to the spot.—Glasgow Chronicle. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGIL—OPENIN G OF THE WINTER SussioN.—On Tuesday the winter session of our university was opened in the chemistry class room of the college, by the Very Rev. Principal Lee, D.D. About two o'clock the Principal entered the university, accompanied by the various professors, and, after a fer vent prayer, delivered a stirring and appropriate address; the benediction was then pronounced, and the meeting separated.—North British Mail. ASHFORD.—A brig built for the Earl of Winchilsea, by Mr. Duke, of Dover, was launched at Eastwell-park, last Thursday, The vessel is a perfect model, on the scale of an 18-gun brig of 382 tons; her length is 60 feet; breadth, 15 feet 6 inches; depth, 7 feet 6 inches. The spacious lake in which this elegant specimen of naval architecture lies moored and rigged, is a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth, and from tho diversified scenery surrounding presents a view of enchanting magnificence. The weather on the occa sion was very auspicious, the launch proved most satis factory, and Mr. Duke was highly complimented on the successful production of so great an ornament to East well park. Among those present to witness the launch ing were—Lord Maidstone. Lord Sydenham, E. R. Rice, M.P., and others.—Kentish Observer. Rum.—The Government contract for 50,000 gallons of rum for the navy was Liken yesterday by Messrs. Lemon, Hart, and Son, of 59, Fenehurch-street. THE WRONG Sow DT THE EAR.—An amusing incident occurred some time since at the City Clerks - office. A stout Irishman came in at the same time with an enormous dog, and said to Mr. M'Cleary, who \vita at his desk, " May it plaze your honour, I went a license." Mr. M'Cleary quietly wrote out the license and handed it to the man. " And how much am Ito pay ? " " Two dollars." "Two dollars ! A friend of mine got one here only a day or two ago for fifty cents." "It must be a mistake," replied Mr. M'Cleary ; "I have been here a great many years and never itsueJ a dog license under two dollars." " Dog ! " cried the Irishman ; "hang the dog ! I never saw the baste before. I want to get mar ried ! "—Boston Atlas. TREASURE TROVE. During the past week a labourer found in Perry-wood, Shelwich, about five pounds in weight of silver coins of Henry VIII., and Edward VI. They had been concealed in a crock just below the surface, and it is supposed that the late heavy rains had washed the earth from them, leaving them ex posed.—Canterbury Journal. STATE OF TRADE. MANeREsTER.—The slightly improved tone of feeling perceptible in this market at the date of our last report has been somewhat further developed. Instead of that prevalent want of confidence, and ex cessive pressure to force off the production, under ' . which prices were constantly sinking to a lower level, we are glad to say there has appeared something like a disposition among the buyers to meet the sellers at rates ineffectually demanded by the latter a week ago. Rather higher prices have pretty gene rally been asked, both by spinners and manufacturers, but without success, except in the case of some pecu liar and limited qualities of yarns or descriptions of goods. The day's process has been that of steadying prices, in some degree, and not of generally raising them. However, an increased business has been done in yarns and cloth, more especially the latter. The purchasers have been for various markets, the most prominent of which, as regards cloth, are those of India. There can be no doubt that the main imme- diate cause of this improvement is the reaction that has taken place in public opinion as to the soundness of our leading railway companies. But, looking at the still most precarious position of the disturbed conti nental states, at the embarassments involved in rail way calls, and at the lateness of the season, it is evi dent that the progress of commercial improvement must necessarily be slow, and possibly interrupted ; and that nothing but low prices can carry off the present production. The rise we see in cotton can have no effect whatever in causing a demand for ma nufactures. It appears from letters which the Greek houses have received to-day, that the apprehended military struggle for the throne of Persia would, in all probability, be avoided. Trade in that country continued, however, in a paralysed condition ; and advices from Constantinople state that the arrival of cotton fabrics were very heavy, whilst the demand for them was small, and prices were consequently giving way in some degree. There is, therefore, nothing from that quarter to stimulate demand in this market. From the Brazilian accounts, we learn that the course of exchange at Rio and Bahia had undergone a further improvement; and that the demand for our manufac tures was progressing satisfactorily. At Pernambuco, on the contrary, trade was still in a very depressed state, and the rate of exchange very low. We may here mention that a Mr. Cockshott, a Brazilian merchant in Liverpool, suspended payment a few days ago. itocimaLE.—There has been a fair average busi ' ness doing in flannels to-day, at last week's prices. The woolmarket continues languid, and prices have undergone no change. HUDDBRSFIBLD.—We cannot report any improve ment in the market to-day. There certainly have I been more buyers but the purchases hare been on a limited scale. In wool, there is nothing doing, and complaints are heavy throughout the whole district. HALIFAX.—Our Piece Hall has presented to-day as dull and inanimate an appearance as ever, and there is hardly so much doing in the warehouses. The spinners continue fully employed; and although as the season advances the orders given out by the ex porting houses are not so numerous, yet as the orders on hand are completed, fresh ones are given out suf ficient to keep the machinery running full time. Prices, however, are far from being satisfactory. Wool goes off slowly, yet steadily, at old rates, the spinners buying only from hand to mouth, and not seeming inclined to lay in stocks. LEEDS.—There is no alteration in our market; business continues dull, as is usually the case at this period of the year. Prices remain steady.—Man. ckeeter Guardiazs of Wednesday. THE TRIANGULAR SURVEY OF LONDON. Yesterday morning the last piece of scaffolding, built for the purpose of enabling the Sappers and Miners to make a trigonometrical survey of the metropolis and sur rounding counties, was removed from the gallery imme diately above the dome, and in the course of the day carried away. Although the scaffold was only up three months the observations taken were between three and tour thousand, in which were included every division in the degree. In many instances the same object was gone over ae many as six time:, none less than three or four. The utmost distance obtained was twenty-six miles in the circle, with the exception of the north-west point; here Highgate-hill impeded the observations, the crown of the hill being higher than the level from which the observations were taken. With this single excep tion no difficulties presented themselves, and the survey, and the various altitudes obtained, are of the most satisfactory description. In the language of the parties engaged surroun di ng the metropolis and the counties may be considered nearly a lev e l plain. Although below it was repeatedly naisty the atmosphere was exceedingly clear above, which enabled the Sappers and Miners repeatedly to obtain the utmost limit of their survey. The extreme height of the scaffolding, from the base to the crown upon which the observatory was built, was ninety-one feet, and took between a fortnight and three weeks in raising. As the whole was bound together with ropes, about one and a half ton was used for the purpose. It may be gratifying to know that in this perilous undertaking not the slightest accident, not even to the breaking of a single pane of glass, occurred, while only some of the corners of the planks were chipped off during the re nsoval. The most dangerous part of the work was the fixing of the poles which supported the cradle, imme• diately beneath the principal dome. These extended beyond the gallery thirty-five feet, and great skill and caution were requisite in fixing, as _well as in removing them, for had the slightest slip occurred no power could have prevented them falling through into the church. The number of persons employed was ten. It may be interesting to know that the time which they occupied in going up !was about seven minutes, while from four to five minutes were occupied in the descent. Some of the persons had to go up and down three or four times a day. During the period the scaffold was up the lead-work of the upper dome was repaired. The expense of the sur. vey is very small, as the materials were supplied by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. NORTHAMPTON, Nov. 2.—The unfortunate stoker who was so dreadfully scalded in the train yesterday, at Weedon, died this morning in the h os pi ta l at North ampton, leaving a wife and five children totally unpro vided for. An inquest will now explain the cause of the accident. ----------- DISSIPATION AND SUICIDIL—Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Salutation, Tavistock street, Covent-garden, on the body of Charles Mill s , aged 35, assistant to Mr. Baker, linendraper, of No. 31, in the above street. The deceased, it appeared, had lately been exceedingly irregular . in his habits, often staying out all night, and keeping the worst of company. He was frequently intoxicated, and at such times was in very low spirits. At last he neglected business so much that he received notice of dismissal. On Monday night last, while sitting at the Blue Anchor, Feathers-court, Drury-lane, he asked the servant to buy a rope to hang himself, and after she had refused, be went out and bought one himself. Early the next morning he went to his employer's, and at the time he should have been taking down the shutters, hung himself against a pillar in the shop. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." MUNIFICENT DONATION.—An anonymous " friend" has contributed 1,0001. towards rebuilding St. Peter's Church, Cheltenham. SMITHFIELD CLuz.—Parties intending to exhibit animals at the next show of the Smithfield Club should note that it is necessary to send in their certificates on or before the 11th of November. SKETCH OF THE STORNOWAY HERRING FISHING. is a very pleasant sight to see perhaps a hundred and fifty, or two hundred fishing boats leaving the bay on an evening, " a ll wa lki ng t h e waters like things of life," every one mo s t eager an d anx i ous to outstrip its fellow. Each boat is manned with five or six hardy Highland fishermen. Each net is fifty yards long and six deep. If the fish are conjectured to be near the bottom, the buoy-rope is lengthened; if near the surface, it is shortened; and each net is tied to the other until the whole extends a thousand yards from the boat, and swing with the tide. To prevent the herring from see ing the meshes of the net in the water, the twine is dyed brown by the liquid of oak or birch bark, which also prevents the hemp from rotting, by being thus made im pervious to wet. On this invisible surface the herrings rush and having got their heads in just over the ear, in drawing back, the cords lay hold of the gill, and thus keeps them fast until strangled. When then found, they present, perhaps, the most beautiful ap pearance in all animated nature, being enamelled, gilded, painted, infinitely beyond everything which the most glowing colours and happy pencil can de scribe. The boats return in the morning, some having perhaps, as high as fifty crans or barrels; but generally thirty crans and upwards are reckoned a good take. And then to see the haste and hurry at landing—what jostling and confusion! Little urchins busy stealing, and old Highland wifie's begging, in imploring and em phatic Gaelic strains, whilst crowds of winsome lasses are busily engaged in gutting them. As soon as the boats land, the fish are carried into the curing yard, and poured into large square boxes. Three women gene rally form themselves into what is called a crew, or joint stock trio. Two of these with a short-bladed, sharp pointed knife, nip out the gut and gill by a process of throat -cutting which cannot be described. Yet so expe ditiously is this work done, that one woman will gut two thousand five hundred herrings an hour! The third woman of the crew packs the fish into barrels, each con taining seven hundred herrings. To give an idea of the quantity caught, I may mention, that during six weeks last year, 31,000 barrels were taken, and on one day, this year, 2,200 barrels were caught. The herri'eg fish ing in this quarter continues from the beginning of May till the end of June.—W. A. DARING ROBBERY. Last evening, between six and seven o'clock, a p )or man was observed lying on his face on the pavement, opposite Mr. Cording's water proof establishment, Strand, near Temple-bar, and, upon examination, he was found to b 3 in a fit. Some persons came to his assistance, among the rest Mr. Cording's fireman, who, with the aid of some medicine, succeeded in restoring the man to his senses; while the gentleman was thus humanely engaged some thief stole a gold watch from his wai s t coat pocket, although secured by a chain. Inform a ti on of the robbery was subsequently given to the police, through whose activity it is to be hoped the thief will be discovered. The number of the watch was 2,457, single-cased, and rather old-fashioned. THE DAY . MAIL. —By the alt era ti on i n t h e arr i val of the day ma i l train in Canterbury, the letters will be delivered in Canterbu r y ono hour earlier than heretofore 1 —Kentish Gazette. MR. G. THOMPSON, M.P., AND THE TOWER. HAMLETS. On Wednesday a numerous meeting, called by the com mittee who conducted 11.1 r. G. Thompson's election for the Tower Hamlets, was held at the Royal British In stitution, Cowper-street, City-road, for the purpose of affording that Hon. Gentleman an opportunity of ren dering to his constituents an account of his Parliamentary conduct during the last session, and giving such explana tions as might be demanded. Mr. J. H. FRY was called to the chair, and, after some introductory remarks, introduced Mr. G. Thompson, M.P., to the meeting. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON upon coming to the front of the platform was received with the most enthusiastic and prolonged cheering, which, having subsided, he pro ceeded to state that, in his opinion, it was the duty of the represented to expect, and demand, at the hands of their representative, a candid statement of the manner in which he had discharged his duty to them and to the country; and it was the duty of the representative to make that statement, and to submit his conduct to the fair, but rigorous scrutiny of those whose suffrages had helped him to the high position he occupied. He (Mr. Thompson) came there that night to make no apology, and to conciliate no party, nor to prepare the way for re-election in that borough; but to state what he had done, and to express his deep regret that he had not ren dered more service to them and to his suffering country men at large than he had hitherto been able to do, either from want of opportunity or ability, also to state frankly and honestly, in the sight of the Judge of all men, that if he had not been able to serve, he at least had never betrayed them.—(Cheers.) When, at the in vitation of all sections of the liberal inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, he first came forward to solicit their suffrages, he delivered and circulated an address, in which he stated the principles he held upon all the great public questions in which he deemed they were interested; and, in that address, he promised nothing but a laborious attention to the business of the House of Commons, telling them frankly that he did not intend to go into that House to talk, but to work—(Hear, hear) — that he was not to be judged by the number of his speeches, but that he would be tried by the votes which he should give, and by every syllable ho uttered, whenever he deemed it expedient to riee and express his views in that assembly.—(Cheers.) He had yet to know that there was one word that he had uttered which he should retract, unless it might have been in conse quence of any want of temper or soundfdiscretion; but, as far as any principle or sentiment had been embodied in what he had said, he had nothing to retract or regret, nor anything for which he should feel condemned in his own conscience. The past session had been a very long one; but long as it had been he had felt it his duty to attend throughout. He had been one of the first to enter that House at the commencement of the session, and was amongst the very last who left it at its termi nation. He could truly say, that no regard for personal comfort, health, or pleasure, had ever kept him from his duty in the Legislature; and, however little he might have been able to serve them and his countrymen, he, at least, had always been in his place by en humble vote to contribute something to the cause of the people. They were there that night, less for the purpose of re viewing the multifarious proceedings of the session, than to hear an explanation of his (Mr. Thompson's) own share in those proceedings. many measures had been lost, many rejected, many postponed, and many barbarously mutilated.—(Hear, hear and cheers.) The fi rs t ques ti o n which came up i n Parliament to which he would allude had reference to Ireland ; it was the recommendation of a coercive Bill. An amend ment was moved, that it was not just to the people of that country to enact any law of a coercive character without at the same time passing measures with a view to their permanent relief. For that amendment he (Mr. Thompson) voted.—(Cheers.) He had never given a vote in favour of any coercive measure towards Ireland, but whenever there had been a measure brought forward for improving the condition, and establishing the just rights of the people of that country, it had invariably received his support. Whatever tended to improve the physical or social condition of the people of that land had received his support; but Arms Bills, Crown and Government Security Bills, and the Suspension of the j Habeas Corpus Bill, he had left to others to carry, and had himself given to those measures his most resolute opposition. The next Bill was for the purpose of re lieving the Roman Catholics from certain obsolete pains and penalties affixed to them in consequence of their religion; for that measure he had voted, as he would ever do when the object was to annihilate all distinctions founded upon the religious creed of his fellow-subjects. —(Cheers.) There was another question in which he (Mr. Thompson) felt a considerable interest, although it was not so comprehensive as he could have wished it, nevertheless it was a step in the right direc tion, and he gave it a cheerful vote —he re ferred to the motion brought forward by Mr. Horsman, for the reform of certain ecclesiastical abuses. Although that gentleman advocated the continued connexion be the State and the Church, yet he had, nevertheless, shown an earnest and sincere zeal to remedy the abuses connected with the administration of the vast property possessed by that Church, and the unequal distribution of its good things among its ministers. He (Mr. Thomp son) had voted for that measure, not because he thought it went to the root of the matter, but because it was just in itself; he should have preferred a measure that would at once have separated that Church from the State, and brought its wealth under the control of the people and Parliament of this country, to be applied to a more legitimate purpose than the maintenance of an exclusive sect, holding particular articles of faith and doctrine. One of the very few measures introduced by her Majesty's Government, which he (Mr. Thompson) had felt at liberty to support, had been the Jewish Dis abilities Bill. He (Mr. Thompson) rejoiced to listen to the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment, when ably and eloquently arguing for the rights of their Jewish fellow-subjects to perfect religious equality with their Christian brethren—their rights to enjoy whatever honours or distinctions the State had to confer, irrespective altogether of the faith which they possessed. The next measure to which his attention was directed was for the repeal of the window 'tax, for which he had voted heartily. The next measure he not only voted for but spoke upon, almost for the first time in Parliament. The House was unexpectedly called upon, while the blue book was still wet from the printer's, and not yet in the hands of its Members, to vote 1,100.0001. in part payment of the expenses in curred in the Kafir war. Upon that occasion he (Mr. Thompson) said a word in favour of their coloured brethren in that region, and in condemnation of the acts of our countrymen abroad, and of certain Governments which had existed at the Cape of Good Hope. He had denounced the indecency of calling upon the House of Commons, without any information before it as :to the origin, progress, or characteristics of that war, to vote so large a sum of money out of the pockets of the English people. He had voted with Mr. Horsman for a motion in favour of the equalization of the income-tax, so that, instead of pressing with much greater severity upon the middle classes of society than upon the upper, it should be so graduated as to render the burden least severe where the abili ty to meet the tax was the smallest.-- (Cheers.) He next spoke and voted in favour of Mr. Ewart's motion for the abolition of capital punishments. —(Cheers.) He (Mr. Thompson) had then felt it his duty in the House of Commons to employ arguments which to his mind were the most conclusive in favour of the abolition of that penalty, and which h a d no t b een alluded to by other Members, upon the principles of the Christian religion, rather than upon the ground of expe diency. He (Mr. Thompson) maintained that it was an excess of human jurisdiction and authority for any tri bunal, under any sanction whatever, however for tified by statutes, t o lay hands up on a hu man being and punish hi m for an offence against society by taking away his life. His next vote was for reducing the number of men and boys in the navy, upon which question he had followed two able leaders—Mr Hume and M r . C obden. —(Hear, hear.) In his (Mr. Thompson's) eyes armaments, whether for of fence or defence, wore the aspect of practical Atheism. Revering that Book which told him he must " love his enem ies, do good to; them that hate' him —avenge not himself," but refer all vengeance to his Maker— that he was to save life, and not take it—lie could not regard any warlike me a sures , whether executed by the army or devised by the Cabinet, without regarding th em as a practical denial of the authority of Scripture, an d a n exhibition of practical unbelief in that Being who had told them to confide in him for protection and security. —(Cheers.) He did not ex p ect the people of that coun try, still less the Members of a House of Commons corn-, posed to so great an extent of naval and military men and their connexions, to take his (N. Thompson' s ) v i ew of the subject, but he hop ed that the people would (lia r look i w n th a t a the hv t a a nsw s du a p question iepnt: di i h s f cuss it in all its bearings, finance, policy, and religion , carrying; doing, out such reductions as werereune he (Mr. Thompson) would dceesrsaarlly power to those who fearl essl y denounced a system so , fraught with loss to the country in a pecuni ar y po i nt; of view, and so disgraceful to them as a profes sedly Christian The nextlavwotse white he gave nation was upon the debate on the game- , upon which oe .. casion he moved the adjournment, witmhetnitiltaevi wasinulost, n n t g en h ti a o d n a o n f i a i e r d m n f e e o d xr sq th e purpose. tvta ed r w o, o he a in n speaking upon the question, ourn adjn, which n ot opportunity of doing, as t he hoped to do at some future time. favour of the discontinuance of maintained n the western coast of Africa, mm of putting down the slave trade. That object he desired' , next void ote was in f avour o r to see achieved; but his opi nion was, t hat the end did; not sanctify such means. His a reduction of the military force of the country from . 113,847 to 100,000. On the 6th of April a motion was. made in the House of Commons t hat h er Majesty would. be graciously pleased to pardon Frost, Williams, and. though he had givenhear,_and Cheers.) Jones; for which address, it.). pledge, he had voted. (Hear, been called to take Upon the next question to which ho . (Mr. Thompson) would refer, he had unexpectedly a prominent part. Suddenly, as though in th e - twinkling of an eye, notice was given of the intention el" ' her Majesty's Govermui‘nt to introduce a Bill for the- il better security of the Crown and Government of the. i country. By that Bill, ten felonies were created i n one. short clause. lie (Mr. Thompson) did then, as he ever• should do, when a great duty was required at hi s: : hands, discharge it irrespective of the o p inio ns entertained. of his conduct out of doors. While the routine business was going on, upon the day fixed f or the second reading, he gave notice that ho s h ould move that the Bill be read that day six months;—(Cheers.) The object of the Government was , as he subsequ en tly learnt, to press the Bill through in all its stages with the utmost possible speed, well knowing that it would. pass the House of Lords without opposition or discus- 1 mon. He opposed that Bill in every stage, and althou g h its opponents had failed in defeating the intentions of her Majesty's Government, they obtained several impor tant modifications of that measure. A delusion was practised upon the House and the country by the state- g ment that the Bill was not a Bill to enhan ce t h e pcnelty annexed to sedition, but for the mitigation of the pe- nalties annexed to high treason. It was a gagging Bill and nothing but a gagging Bill.—(Cheers.) It was the introduction of a clause which had been twice rejected under the reign of Tory Governments, abandoned by Mr. Pitt, because he found he could not carry it through the House of Commons, abandoned by Lord Castlereagh and his Adminstration, and finally carried by, par ex cellence, a Liberal Minister!—(Cheere.) He (Mr. Thomp son) had also voted against the Alien Bill, believing that England's throne, altar, and firesides, had nothing to fear from the residence of foreigners in this country, and it was his intenton to vote against that Bill in future. On the 12th of May he voted for inquiry into the alleged interference of the Marquis of Exeter with his tenants during the election at Stamford. He had voted in favour of ever) inquiry connected with elections, and would always do so, even if applied to the Tower Hamlets.— (Laughter.) On the 9th of June he voted for a relaxation of the navigation-laws, knowing, however, that in so doing he should displease some parties in that borough. Ho had, however, stated fairly, when questioned upon the subject during his canvass, that he should vo'e for the repeal of the navigation•laws, and would still continue to do so. The sugar duties was the next measure which came under consideration, and again he felt himself at variance, in some respects, with those whose opinions ho respected, because they were honest, and whose motives he honoured, because they were in the highest degree humane; but, nevertheless, he felt it his duty to vote for leaving untouched the measure of 1846. With his present views ho should vote for the reduction of the sugar duties, without reference to the countries from which they came; and were it necessary upon that occa sion he should be prepared to justify that course of con. duct. The measure of 1846 was entirely unsettled, without giving any benefit to the consumers, but rather injuring them, the whole object sought by the altera tion being the benefit of the West India interest. Upon the refined sugar in bond question, he also gay( another vote, and spoke several times upon that measure. It had been so arranged by her Majesty's Government, that the Dutch refiners, no mat ter from what country they might obtain their sugars, should have the privilege of sending them, in a refined state, into the market, to be consumed by the people of this country ; and his (Mr. Thompson's) efforts were directed to obtain for the British refiners in bond the pri vilege of entering their sugars for home consumption, upon payment of precisely the same duties as those charged upon Dutch sugar. He had urged the facts upon the Government, and shown that the question of slave and free•grown produce had nothing to do with that particular duty ; not obtaining any satisfactory answer, he was compelled to give up the matter, but not until he had voted in every stage against it. Upon that measure he had been warmly supported by a deceased nobleman—Lord George Bentinck—who, for the first time in his life, had made free-trade speeches and a free• trade motion in the House of Commons. Upon the 6th of July Mr. Hume brought on his motion re specting the national representation. This was a question upon which he (Mr. Thompson) had intended to speak, and the reason he bad not done so was because it had been determined, after grave consi deration, to confine the debate to two nights, as the fur ther adjournment might prove injurious. He (Mr. Thompson) well knew that the opinions of the men who were to speak upon that subject deserved more weight out of doors than his own, and he had, therefore, re solved, against his own feelings, but in full accordance with the dictates of his own judgment, to refrain from speaking upon that occasion. On the 29th of July he voted with Mr. Sharman Crawford, that the House should direct its attention, not only into the repression of crime in Ireland, but into the actual condition of the people, with a view of finding, before .the close of the session, some remedy for at least a part of the grievances of which the people of that country complained. That motion was thought by many inopportune, but not so by himself (Mr. Thompson). The session had been protracted, it is true, much beyond the usual period, but he (Mr. Thompson) would have willingly sat much longer if the House would have 'taken up the wants of Ireland, as well as have employed its time in Arms Bills, gagging laws, and the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus. They would then have given the people some solid and satisfactory proof that Ireland was not considered undeserving of the same religious and poli tical rights which were enjoyed in this country. Upon the Bth of August Mr. Berkeley brought forward his motion on the subject of the ballot. Again it was the opinion of all with whom he (Mr. Thompson) was in the habit of acting, that the debate should be suffered to terminate the same night. All present knew that Mr. Berkeley's motion was carried by a small majority, and that the Hon. Gentleman had given notice of his intention, early in the next session, to ask leave to bring in a Bill to make the vote by ballot the law of the land.—(Cheers.) Oa the question of Vancouver's Island, he (Mr. Thompson) had voted with Mr. Hume against giving the government of that island to the Hudson's Bay Company until the subject had undergone full inquiry, and certain com plaints against the company had been investigated; he trusted that the discussions which had taken place on the subject, including the able speech of Mr. Gladstone, would make the Government pause, ere they trans ferred for a term of years so important a portion of Bri tish territory to the hands of a company of whose ma nagement so little was known. During the progress of the votes, under the head of miscellaneous estimates, the House was called upon to grant the sum of 9,8271. to defray the charge of the Island of Labuan. He had spoken and voted against thegrant, regarding it as most ex travagant, and believing that the establishment of British authority on that island would, judging from the narra tives he had perused of the conduct of our countrymen in that part of the world, be a calamity rather than a blessing to the natives dwelling around. He did not ' regret the vote he had given; he would rejoice to see the fears ho entertained of the result of our settlement at Labuan disappointed. Any person reading only the journal published by Midshipman Marryat, of the Semarang, would blush for the acts perpetrated by Englishmen under the plea of putting down piracy in the eastern seas. Too jealous a control could not be exercised over the acts of those who represented this country in distant parts of the world. The melancholy history of the coloured races, both in the east and in the west, showed how ca pable even Englishmen were of committing deeds of the grossest injustice and cruelty. He had voted for the Bill to establish diplomatic intercourse with the Pope, as the head of the Roman states; but he had also voted for :every amendment tending to divest that intercourse of an ecclesiastical character. He had voted with Mr. Lushington against the grant known by the name of the Regium Donum, and, though in a minority, trusted it might be the last instance of the public money being applied to such a purpose.—(Cheer;.) Future sessions would, he trusted, witness the introduction of far more comprehen sive measures relating to ecclesiastical and religious questions, upon which he should be happy to vote, until the House of Commons ceased to legislate and make grants of money for purposes of a purely religious cha raster. He would now briefly refer to a question on which he had twice spoken at considerable length—he alluded to the case of the late Raja of Sattara. If there ever was a case which imperatively demanded the attention of the House of Commons, it was that of the ill•used Prince he had named, who was dethroned with out a hearing, and upon evidence which had been proved to be false and fabricated. Ile (Mr. Thompson) deemed it his peculiar duty to bring this matter again before Parliament. It was one which be had studied for eight years—which he had again and again brought before the Court of Proprietors at the India House—a case, an inquiry into which had been prayed for by 70,000 petitioners, and which involved, not only the fate of a noble-minded man, his family, his followers, and his former subjects, but the character of the British Go vernment in India. Many of the most distinguished men connected with India had long regarded the case of the ex-Raja in the same light as he (Mr. :.Thompson) did, and conceived it eminently entitled to the notice of the Legislature. Though his motives had been assailed and misrepresented, his facts had not been disproved, and ho was still ready to establish, before any impartial tribunal, the truth of the allegations he had made against the Court of Directors and their offi cers and servants in India. The charge of having obstructed other business by making motions on this question was not true ; for, on both occasions, th ere would have b een no H ouse, had not one been kept for that particular question. If it was supposed that he had devoted that time to the study of the Sattara ques tion which he ought to have devoted to other matters of more immediate interest, he could assure the gentlemen before him, that long before he entered the House of Commons he was perfectly familiar with all the details of the case, and quite prepared at any moment to submit it to the consideration of the Legisla ture. Though his efforts and those of others had thus far been unsuccessful, he did not regret that they had been made, nor did he despair of seeing the verdict which had so often been recorded, reversed, when justice should prevail over interest, and there i should be a fair inquiry into all the facts of the case. 0i any future occasion he would be ready to explain every part of his conduct on this question to his constituents, and he felt assured, that if possessed of a knowledge of the case, they would unanimously agree that it was one. that t o only y every claiming his Member(l r.Th ofoinopi Th e ompson's) attention, British Pa rliam buten Parliament. other It was possible an impression might have gone particularabroad that the attention he had given to a par in question relating to India had abridged his efforts behalf of the interests of those nearer home; he must contend, how ever, that whatever related to the d d uial governmentmillions ef the of f p l e n e d p i l a e , and to the condition of the hun re _ of that country under Britislimaisvtaayk—en, a b p v op t u b l e ati a o d n di s t o ic o t i to be increased, if he was not t i of five millions in the Panjaub—was matter of deep Lo. and to all classes o tl f the cornri f iuriiti. T h e e nt p t e o ep ti l i e is ecofuintirlgyl,nd, deprived dr jo.ufszeirsodmuee share of might complain of b ad eing still p the means of making their po.it , i a ca t l ep p s o k % ) r ‘ , v n. Here, discussions were rife on till subjects—theregrie---. were parish debates, political asso c i a ti ons of all e l r e 3 in coffee-house discussions, and publi c meet i ngs of v in doors and out of doors.—(C r i es of " No every d: hinds, eription, le e (Mr. Thompson) had at the moment ( Labutg,yh hadr.) noßvuoti how e i in theirwa was it with the people forgo,tten no.") Bonnet's-fields. —(Laughter.) T own government, no representatives whom they could call, as those before him c ould, to ac count for their public conduct.—(Cries of Only one of th em ," ) The p w e i o tb p u le ut o t f bc l s ~ ( nmdeiains wereof n a l f a a l r iing off'onveoioefeltehss and impotent, many wrongs they suffered known, still less of obtaining re d ress. L et it not, then, be considered foreign from the duty of any Member of Parliament occasionally to lift the curtain, and show what was done by a chartered company over the broad extent of those fertile and sunny lands which had become portions of British territory. It was a grievous error on the part of the people of this country to separate the distant portions of the empire from their consideration and sympathy. Every spot over which the national flag floated should be viewed as an integral part of the empire, and the rights and interests of Bri- tish subjects throughout the world be regarded as one. Should the people of England ever wake up to a just sense of the value and importance of India as a dependency, they would find that every man, woman, and child had a direct interest in the good government of that country, and in the happiness and prosperity of its countl ess millions.—(Cheers.) Soon after his el ec tion, he (Mr. Thompson) had brought one branch of the Indian ques tion before his constituents. He alluded to the great meeting at the Eastern Institution. He there en deavoured to show the importance and neces sity of looking to India for the article of raw cotton, and th e connex i on b etween that subject and the prosperity of the manufactures of this country, and the abolition of slavery. He endeavoured to prove that if the Government of India would but supply to the people of India the means of internal communication, and relieve them from the oppressive burthen of an in tolerable land-tax, and allow them to freight the vessels on their shores (native though they might be, and manned by lascars, who should not be put under the ban of navigation-laws when they come here), the people of India would be improved in their physical and social condition, an article of prime necessity be cheapened to the people of this country, the cotton manufactures of this country saved from insecurity and fluctuation, and the grievous yoke of slavery, which republican America had fastened upon three millions of her people, be broken in pieces.—(Cheers.) If asked what had been done on the subject since the great meeting in Oc tober, 1847, he would answer, that on the motion of Mr, Bright, a Committee of the House of Commons had been appointed, of which he (Mr. Thompson) was a mem ber, and that that Committee had taken the evidence of a great numbe r o f w i tn sses, which evidence, toge ther with the report of the Committee, would, he trusted, be brought before Parliament at an early period, and the discussion thereon lead to important practical results. What had been done during the late session was an es sential preliminary to any legislation on the subject, and his constituents must regard his labours in the Com mittee, and his continual, though unseen, attention to the question, as a redempti on of the pledge he had given to do all in his power to give the matter due prominence in the eyes of the people and Parliament of England. Members of the House of Commons should not be judged by the number of columns of reported speeches in the public papers. Some of the best men in Parliament, men who rendered the greatest service to the country, were men whose names seldom appeared in the debates, but who nevertheless devoted themselves with unceasing diligence to the business of the nation, whose principles could only be ascertained by the votes which they gave on the questions publicly decided. (He (Mr. Thomp son) spoke not now for himself so much as for others. Speech-making was by no means the sole business of a man in Parliament. Some of the greatest talkers were 'the most inefficient workers.—(Hear,) It might, perhaps, be expected that he would notice the strictures which had been passed upon his conduct by the press. He did not deem it necessary to do so. He granted to the press what he claimed for himself. He had no fault to find, nor was it his business to scrutinise the motives of those who furnished articles to the London papers or any other journals. Public writers entertained—and it was well they did—various opinions, and he could not expect to share a better fate than public men generally. It was for his constituents to judge of his conduct after he had fully explained his acts. By their verdict he was con tent to stand or fall. If fortunate enough to obtain their approbation, he was satisfied; and if he should have the misfortune to fall under their condemnation, he would resign his trust into their hands. As he was not himself at all sensitive in respect to the criticisms of the press, he wished his constituents to bear with the same equanimity any severe animadversions to which his (Mr. Thompson's) conduct might be subjected. Let them not fancy their Member annihilated by this or that particular article, but remember that he was treated no worse than his betters. If a man could not live down what he knew to be unjust accusations respecting his objects or his motives—if he could not demonstrate by his acts the sincerity of his intentions, he could ren der himself bat transient service in any other way, and would spend his time and breath in vain by taking up his pen in his own vindication, or by coming out into the street, and crying aloud, I have been misrepre sented by the Times, or some other paper.—(Loud cheers.) Fault might have been found with him for having spoken but seldom sin& he took the seat to which he had been so triumphantly elected. He can didly confessed that if had erred in this respect, it had been wilfully and deliberately ; but he had been guided by a calm consideration of what was due to his own cha racter, to the Houso in which he sat for 'the first time, to the multifarious business requiring attention, and to the constituency he had the honour to represent. On very many occasions he had felt a strong desire to de liver his sentiments on the questions under discussion, but had been restrained by motives which he could not but believe were sound and sufficient. ken of eminence and long standing of the same political principles had, however, fully explained their views, and given the public a distinct knowledge of the objects of those with whom he (Mr. Thompson) had acted. As often as he had spoken he had been satisfied with the attention with which he had been heard. He had never yet been coughed, or crowed, or brayed, or barked down ; and should he ever deem it his duty to speak, when such in terruptions were offered he would maintain his right, and fearlessly express his sentiments. He would coun sel those before him not to form their opinions of men in the House of Commons by the number and length of their speeches in the public papers. A man's adherence to his principles could not be tried by a more fallacious test. Think not your member, or any other man, has betrayed you because you do not see his name fre quently in print, but try him by his votes, which are the best and surest index of the course ho has marked out for himself. The Hon. Gentleman having recapitulated the measures for which he had voted, and stated his de termination to adhere to a similar line of conduct in future, proceeded to state his view of the manner in which he considered the people should act for the ad vancement and establishment of their just rights. While an ardent friend of the disfranchised classes, he was equally a foe to all conspiracy, to all secret associations, and to the use of physical force—(Loud chcers)— to all disobedience to the law, except when the human law conflicted with the divine, and then only in the form of passive resistance.—(Cheers.) He was an enemy to the employment of physical force, not only on moral and religious grounds, but also upon the grounds of policy and expediency. Few vit.. tuous and enlightened men, still less any truly Christian men, would resort to violence for the attainment of their object. They would seek it by calm discussion, and establish their right to what they asked by showing their moral fitness to possess it. Milton had truly said— " Who would be free should first be wise and good."— (Cheers.) His conviction deepened every day, that by the proper exercise of moral power, and the force of public opinion, it was competent to the people of this country to reform the government to any extent they pleased. Reformers in this country were weak in pro portion as they were violent, and had recourse to wea pons which no virtuous man or good subject could sanction. Bad and arbitrary governments knew this but too well, and the consequence was, that when they apprehended any great and salutary change, and sought to avert it, they encouraged, up to a certain point, the designs of weak, misguided, and criminal men, and then, when some dozen individuals could be apprehended at the Lord Denman's Head, or elsewhere, frighted the isle from its propriety by the intelligence of a plot for the overthrow of the state, the prostration of all law, and the general spoliation of the honest and industrious people of the country. He would, therefore, conjure all who professed a desire to carry forward the cause of reform to be open, manly, peaceful, and constitutional in their measures. So acting, the humblest and the poorest had the power to aid it— its real enemies were the ignorant, the vicious, and the criminal, and such were always the friends of despotism and military rule. Unlawful acts led to legislative coer cion, justified the assumption of arbitrary and unconsti tutional power, increased the number of armed police and the additional taxation of the people, augmented the patronage of placem en , gra tifi e d th e sp i r i t o f T ory ism, and brought reproach upon a good cause and good men, and inflicted a deep and ser i ous woun d on liberty her self.—(Cheers.) He felt it would be most unjust to charge the criminal a c t s o f cer t a i n men now receiving punishment upon the Chartists of England generally, whose conduct had been loyal and peaceable. Whatever offence it might give there or elsewhere, he must honestly say he was no believer in the existence of any real cause for the panic of the 10th of April, when the nation was led to believe, on high authority, that there was some deep-laid and extensive plot for the destruction of the Government—when men were appalled by the dread of the sacking of Buckingham Palace, the taking of the Tower, the pillage of the Bank, and the lighting up in one great conflagration of the whole of L on d on . A panic there undoubtedly was; the quiet inhabitants of London were scared by the apparition of a phantom in the shape of a bloody insurrection— "If shape it might bo ca ll e d , t h at shape had none, • Distinguishable in member joint or limb ; Or substance might be called, that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black as night it stood Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell." The House of Commons stood aghast—the special con stables were called out. Oh I how they turned out.— (Laughter and hisses.) He must confess, he for one was not appalled. Ile certainly did go out with a heavy heart on the morning of that day—with feelings which he had scarcely experienced at any former time ; but his fear was, not that the multitude would break the peace, or that they would injure life, limb, or property; but that there might be brought about a conflict between them . and tho se w h o paraded the streets, and the more formidable bodies who were concealed in every part of .this great metropolis, which would mike the street.; flow with the crimson fluid that represented the lives of their fellow -creatures. He stood up in the House and cen sured the Government that had thus in‘ited a con flict betwcen the people and the authorities.—(Loud cheers.) He returned thanks to God when he rose at five o'clock th a t even i ng i n h i s place that peace reigned in every part of this vast city; but ho did not omit the opportunity of attempting to show that it was with a bad grace these measures p rocee d e d from men , w h o , in former times, had held similar views, and who had re commended the same assemblages which they now sought to put down. On another day he quoted to Sir John Hobhouse the following veree of a song, which he used to sing before he got on the Treasury bench, when he was Westminster's pride:— " To see the corn upon the rigs, And a gallows built to hang the Whigs, And the right restored where the right should be, Oh! that is the sight that would wanton me." (Hear and laughter.) But while he vindicated the rights of the humbler classes, and while he vindicated —as he would continue to vindicate to his death—the honesty of the intentions, and the loyalty of the feelings of the great body of working men of this country, he felt that he could do so all the better, because he would be one of the first to rebuke any measure of a violent character to which they might be tempted to resort.—(Hear, hear.) And why did he depre cate such measures ? Because nothing would bo gained by such a conflict that would not be ten thousand times outweighed by the evils, the crimes, and the misery which it would occasion. Every one engag ed in such a conflict w ou ld b ecome demoralized, and by the very acts which he committed to obtain liberty he would be stamped with reprobation as unworthy to enjoy it. r — ep t u he di m at o e r a a j l i Could but the unenfranchised classes know the strength strength—whichetrins preached t h ey thatth wretchede they w ould miscreant, the Government spy.—(Loud cheers.) When / be thought of such a man, and of the Government that employed him, he could not restrain his indignation. Thus it happened : a man would go to the inspector of police, and would say, I will betray certain parties into your hands. lie then went to Milton.ftreet or to Bonner's-fields, enjoying perfect immunity, for the police were told you are not to take notice of the pro ceedings of Powell or Johnson, or whatever his name may be. He went, therefore, to the meeting under the direct protection, if not the patronage, of the Government. He showed the hilt of a sword—he showed pistols—he said to his neighbours, " You don't mean to put up with this. I am going to propose a resolution, and I hope you will second it." His neighbours, perhaps his fellow• work men, animated by a chivalrous feeling, not to be outdone in daring, second his resolution, and repeat his words; and next day they find themselves before a magistrate-- the next day in Newgate—and the next at the bar of the 1 Old Bailey, where they are sentenced to be transported for life.—(Hear, hear.) He could not but think there was a better way of doing things than this; and he could not but hope that the moral and religious classes of this country would display no sympathy with the informer and the Government spy. But they might learn a lesson from this. It was fitted to teach them the futility of such measures. There was no faith among bad men, and they ought never to follow the advice of the men who prompted to violence, be he spy or no spy. A word now as to the measures to be sought in future. The work of representative reform must be renewed and priasecuted with redoubled energy. In the mean time let the question of taxation not be forgotten. The gross income of this amounted in 1847 to 59,538,000/, of which 37,290,0001. were raised from customs and excise. The Liverpool Financial Association had truly said, " that as this amount is a direct charge on articles of merchandise and trade, it becomes a constituent part of the first cost of those articles to the trader, who must put as much profit on this portion of their cost as on the original short or bonded price, which profit, spread over the number of vendors through whose hands the articles pass from the imparter or manufacturer, as the case may be, to the Iconsumer, may be fairly reckoned, and has been so stated by witnesses before Parliamentary Committees to be twenty-five per cent., thus adding to the original amount of taxation, so far as the tax-payer is concerned, 9 ,324,000," making the gross amount of taxation paid by the public in the year ending sth January, 1847, no less than 68 ,862,000/., of which only 9,500,000/. were raised by taxes on property, leaving 59 ,311,000/., the amount pressing upon trade and industry. Let the people out of doors assist their representatives to obtain both a reduction in the expenditure and a revision, of the entire system of taxation, that the burden which was inevitable might be more equally distribated, and industry and trade have fair play. A scrutiny into the various estimates would show the way to reduction, and the voice of the people should demand an equalisation of taxation, Many votes were obtained during the last session in consequence of the conjuring up of another phantom in the shape of a French invasion. We were discovered to be in a de fenceless position, and loud v. ere the clamours raised against Mr. Cobden for the opinions he had the boldness to advance. Well, there had been an invasion that had reached to the Mansion-house, the Exchange, and even to Windsor Castle. It was a French invasion, too; and thus the prophecy had been fulfilled, but not as inter preted by the alarmists. The recent visit of the French to our shores had been one of friendliness and good will, and a certain illustrious Duke and a certain Noble Lord had been effectually silenced, and Mr. Cobden left in triumphant possession of the field. After some further observations Mr. Thompson passed an eloquent eulogium upon the unenfranchised classes of the country for their conduct during the recent convulsions upon the continent of Europe, and concluded by saying—l now leave myself in your hands, content to receive the ver eict you shall pronounce on my conduct and opinions. Since I have been one of your representatives I cannot charge myself with ever having flattered those in power; with ever having trafficked with my vote, or sup ported extravagance or corruption in any form; or falsi fied any profession, or compromised any principle, or wilfully neglected any known duty. What I declared myself to be when I came amongst you, that I have been throughout the period of my service hitherto, and such it is my intention to remain. I ask no thanks, I seek no reward, and leave you, in the exercise of an honest and impartial judgment, to say whether or not you be lieve that I have done my duty.—(Mr. Thompson sat down amidst prolonged and enthusiastic cheers.) Mr. Joux SCOBLE then rose and moved the following resolution:— " That this meeting, having heard from Mr. George Thompson a statement of his Parliamentary proceed ings, desires to record its entire approval thereof. _ " That in the judgment of this meeting, the general election of 1847, and the proceedings at' the present House of Commons during its first session, have again furnished irrefragable proof of the necessity for the adop tion by the Legislature, of the great fundamental prin ciples upon which this borough triumphantly returned Mr. George Thompson to Parliament—a thorough re form of the miscalled representative system —as the only effectual means of remedying the ecclesiastical and poli tical evils of the United Kingdom. " That while fully recognising the duty of both repre sentatives and people to render to tire ruling powers every constitutional support for the good government of the kingdom, this meeting desires to express its strong conviction, that in times like these, when the civil liberty of the country is endangered, from the assumption by the Government of extraordinary despotic powers, and its religious freedom threatened, from the Ministerial stratagem of the tender of further bribes to eccle siastical bodies, thereby increasing the already overwhelming taxation of the people, for the nefarious purpose of apostatizing their spiri tual teachers into temporal oppressors, it becomes the special duty of every popular representative jealously to watch, and strenuously to resist, the sinister aggres sions of the Government upon the civil and religions liberties of the nation. " This meeting, therefore, respectfully requests Mr. George Thompson, regardless of any venal opposition he may encounter—whether voting in minority or ma jority—to continue the same independent and vigilant course he has hitherto pursued in Parliament, taking as his sole rule of actionithe good of the people, irrespeca• tive of the corrupt designs of any political faction or con federation whatsoever. " Mr. Scoble expressed himself fully satisfied with Mr. Thompson's conduct, with the exception of the vote that Hon. Gentleman had given upon the sugar question, which measure he denounced as the application of free trade to robbery and spoliation. He also disagreed with the course Mr. Thompson had taken upon Mr. Hors man's motion for the equalisation of the incomes of the clergy, inasmuch as the measure bad not gone to the root of the evil—the connexion of Church and State— which was the great battle of religious liberty remain ing to be fought. After paying a high compliment to Mr. Thompson's great talents and political integrity, Mr. Scoble concluded by moving the above resolution. Mr. BROOKS in seconding the resolution, vehemently censured Mr. f lume's motion for Parliamentary Reform, as a compromise o f the rights of the unenfianchised classes, who had a right to universal suffrage. He then proceeded to inveigh, in no measured terms, against Mr. Cobden for his castigation of Feargus O'Ccnnor, the Hon. Member for the West Riding having just: platted 80,000!. of the people's money.— (Tremendous hisses, cheers, and great uproar followed this ill-timed attack of the spea ker , which continued more or less durin g th e residue of the gentleman's speech.) After various remarks from persons in the body of the meeting, the resolution was then put and carried unani mously, amidst loud acclamation. Mr: THOMPSON, in reply, stated th a t h owever cir cumspect or conscientious he might h ave b een in giving his votes, he never expected to be able to meet the views of all parties in the borough. Although he could not agree with Mr. Scoble upon his views of the sugar q uestion, or with other persons upon other isolated points, it would be unfair to try him (Mr. .Thompson) upo n s i ng l e po i nts upon which they con scientiously differed, and not u p on t h e many points upon which they fully agree d . W ith reference to what Mr. Brooks had said of Mr. Cobden, he (Mr. Thompson) was bound to state that, in his opinion, that Honourable Gentleman was justified in whit he had done. It would have been impolitic for Mr. Hume effectively to have brought on his motion upon the first evening when it stood on the paper.—(Elear, hear.) The Protectionists had spoken at great length upon previous ques• tions of comparatively tri v i a l importance, so as to drive Mr. flume's motion 'off until half-past ten at night, which rendered it utterly impos sible for them to have finished the debate, as was their intention, upon one:evening:. Mr. Feargus O'Con nor, however, thought himself justified in ris i ng and impugning the sincerity of Mr. flume's intention, and Mr. Cobden thereupon, with perfect fairness, as ho was associated with Mr. Hume in the responsibility of the postponement, rose and defended Mr. Hume from what he believed to be an unjust charge. With respect to what had been said upa that occasion beyond that, he (Mr. Thompson) had nothing whatever to do. He had long had the honour of the personal friendship of Mr. Cobden, for whom he entertained the highest respect, as the sincere and ardent friend of the rights and inte rests of the: people.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the chairman, which, having be-n seconded and carried unanimously, that gentleman returned thanks, and the meeting se parAteel. MONU➢tENT TO THE LATE REV. DR. CHALMERS. —A monument in memory of the late Rev. Dr. Chal mers has just been erected over the grave of that eminent divine, in the Southern Cemetery, Grange Loan, by his family. The design of the monument is extremely sim ple, consisting of three massive slabs of granite, project ing from the northern walls of the cemetery, the one in the centre having the inscription, " Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D., born 1780, :died 1847." The grave is enclosed with an elegant railing in the Gothic style.—. Witness. • CHOLERA.-15 cases were reported yesterday in the metropolis, of which 12 were fatal. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, NOY. 2.—The Royal. Mail Steam-Packet Company's ship Teviot, Captain R Rivett, sailed to-day with the usual British and foreign West Indian and Mexican mails, also the mails for Ber , muds and New Orleans, in charge of Lieutenant Den aton, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Teviot has 74 pas sengers, 7164 in specie, and a large general cargo. _ _,,••••rwimin.II.I,OOI.IIP.MMUIN..M.P.I•PPO•IOIIIIMP 284 4 1 4 8 is 20 117 9 3/4 41 1 ,4 954 52 ft.. 44 14% 3 1 4 3 3 4, 84 1% 24 014 '3O