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gINIPPI . CORK. Om 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Maria Margaret, Jones, Quebec. . - YARMOUTH, Ocr. 17.—A large timber-laden brig rom America (reported to be the Ann and Elizabeth, of Sunderland), got upon the South Scroby this afternoon, and it is feared she will not come off. Tanwicu, OCT. 17.—A loaded brig, supposed to be a collier, is p ow making for this port, having been on shore on the Shipwash Sand; she was assisted off by the crews of six smacks. THE CHOLERA. The Board of Directors of the General Dispensary, Alderagato-street, have made arrangements to receive patients at the institution, who will meet with immediate from the medical officers in cases of severe diarrhoea. STEPNEY.—Yesterday an inqutst was held by Mr. Baker on the body of a seaman named John Spencer, aged 52, belonging to a Newcastle collier called the Roseville. Mr. Chalend, surgeon, of Ratcliffe, described the symptoms. and said that it was a most decided case of Asiatic cbolera.—Verdict accordingly. EDGWARE-ROAD.—A fatal case is also reported of a sailor belonging to a North Shields trader who was lodging in Burn-street, Edge ware-road. Letters from Amsterdam of the 13th state that several cases of Asiatic cholera have been declared in that city:, some of which have terminated fatally. At Konigsberg (Prussia) the disease is raging fearfully, and up to the 10th inst. 720 persons had been attacked, of whom 286 succumbed, and only 112 were cured. THE QUARANTINE. Yesterday afternoon it was stated, in answer to in quiries made at the Board of Health by persons con nested with the shipping of the port of London, that re presentations had been made to the Privy Council of the evil and inutility of quarantine, especially after cases of Asiatic cholera had already broken out in different parts of the country in spite of the quarantine. It was an nounced in the afternoon, however, that in consequence of the Board's notification of the fact of cases of Asiatic cholera being in England, it had been determined, and orders would now be forthwith given, to have the quarantine removed. - Eleven cases of cholera were reported yesterday in the metropolis, making fifteen cases in addition to those re ported by the Registrar-General up to Saturday. Active exertion were making in several districts by the local authorities. From the information received in town it still appears that the progress of the disease was marked and decided in Edinburgh and its neighbourhood. The following were the cases reported of Asiatic cholera from the 4th to the 16th inst., and examined by the local au thorities : No. of Cases. Died. Recovered, Remaining, In Edinburgh . 42 ... 34 ... 6 ... 2 Newhaven 2l ... 15 ... 5 ... 1 Leith 27 ... 16 ... 3 ... 8 Total ... 90 65 14 11 The following are the localities in Edinburgh where the cases have occurred :—Abbey•hill, Calton -street, Canongate, Clyde-street, Cowgate, Grass-market, Ile riot-place, South St.:James's-street, St. Cuthbert's Poor house, Greenside-row, Pleasances, Tobago-street, West Porto MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The deaths from all causes, according to the statement of the Registrar-General, amounted during the weak ending on the 14th inst. to 991, being 163 below the Weekly average computed from the weeks of 1843-4-5-6 and 7. Of this number of deaths 30 are stated to have arisen from cholera in various parts of the metropolis, thus:—ln the London Hospital, a man, aged 65 years, Asiatic cholera, 36 hours' duration. In Aldgate, a boy, 1 year old, Asiatic cholera, 24 hours' duration. In St. George's-in -the East, a man, Asiatic cholera, 11 hours' duration. In Bermondsey, a man, aged 40 years, Asiatic cholera, In Lambeth, a man, 39 years of age, Asiatic oh o l era , f our d ays ' duration. In vvichWool- Arsenal, a man, 60 years of age, cholera, 8 hours' duration (inquest). In sub-district, Greenwich, -a convict, 40 years of age, Asiatic cholera, 11 hours' duration (inquest). In the same sub-district, a con vict, 31 years of aye, Asiatic cholera, 4 hours' du ration (inquest). In the same sub-district, a con vict, 42 years of age, Asiatic cholera, 13 hours' duration (inquest). In the same sub-district, a convict, aged 55 years, Asiatic cholera, 8 hours' duration (in quest). The above five deaths occurred on board the Unite hospital ship on the Thames, off the Royal Arse nal. There have been no cases in the Arsenal or in any part of the town. In St. Olave district, Tooley-street, a woman 49 years of age, Asiatic cholera, 18 hours' du ration. In Chelsea south (sub-district), a boy, 14 years of age, cholera morbus, 16 hours' duration. In the same district, a man, 40 years of age, cholera morbus, 30 hours' duration. Same district, a man, 68 years of age. cholera morbus, 12 hours' duration. In the same dis trict, a man, 46 years of age, cholera Anglica, one weeks duration. In the same district, a girl, 13 years of age, cholera morbus, 37 hours' duration. In Bethnal-green, a boy, 11 weeks old, English cholera, one week's duration. In Spitalfields, a woman, 32 years old, ma lignant oholera, 29 hours' duration. In St. John's sub-district, St. Olave's, a man, 77 years of age, cholera, 65 hours' duration. In the same sub-district, a man, 30 years of age, cholera maligne, 32 hours'idura tion. In the same house, a female, 2 years of age, diarrhoea, convulsing. In St. James, Bermondsey, a girl, 6 years old, cholera, 13 hours' duration. In Lam beth, first part sub-district, a man, 22 years of age, cholera, nine hours' duration (not certified). In the same sub - district, a man, 25 years of age, cholera 2 days'dura lion. In Rotherbithe, a man, 25 years of age. English cholera, 24 hours' duration. In the same sub-district, a boy, 6 years old, cholera, 24 hours' duration. In St. Paul's, Deptford, a woman, 31 years of age, cholera, 4 days' duration. In the Dreadnought hos pital ship, a man, 21 years of nge ' cholera. In the sam e ship, a man, 23 years of age, cholera ; and a boy, 16 year s o f age, w h o h a d recovere d f rom t h e sma I diarrhcest, 27 days' duration, sudden vomiting, purg ing, and collapseXabout 24 hours). At Clapham, a It tala, 44 y ears o f age , ma li g na n t cholera, 9 ho urs ' dura tion. The deaths from scarlatina amount, during the aan lei Week, t o 188, being an excess of 8 over the wee k r 2 rrecedi ng, and excess of 34 on the week ending on the - 9th of Sept em b er last. T he d eat h s b y typhus during t he week ending on the 14th of October inst. wore 80, an excess of 15 over the preceding week; by diarrhoea tand d sentery, 39, b e i ng a d ecrease o f 20 f rom t h e wee k r e eding. The n um b er o f bi rths during the week ending ctober 14th inst. was 1,303. The mean temperature of the thermometer during the week was 52.1, above 8 degrees below the temperature of the preceding week. NUMBER OP DEATHS FROM ALT, CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATUItDAT, OCT. 14, 1848. Epidemic, Endemi c , an d Contagious Diseases ....448 Diseases of Uncertain Seat • Turbercular Diseases... *** *** 36 Diseases of th e B rain, Nerves, and Senses... ...131 Diseases o f th e Heart and 8100d -vessels 84 Diseases o f t h e Lungs, and • other Or a. g . ans . 0 .. f 32 Respirati on ... ••• ••• ..• Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and othe;:Orga.n.; 90 of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. " Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, L. ." Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• Diseases of the Skin, & c , Malformations... *** *** *** Premature Bi rt h ••• ••• Atrophy Old Age ." .11 *es Sudd en." . ." Violence Privation, C o ld , or" Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROE ALL CAUSE! ... 40 ... 20 ... 32 ... 22 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. in the 1841. Sum mers. Week. West Di s t r i cts... 300,711 . . Five 142 North D. 4 t r i ets.. 375,971 .. ... 139 •.. 183 182 Central Di s t r i cts 373,653 ... 17$ ... East Distri c t s ... 392,444 ... 219 2 33 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 251 ...33 ... 266 ---- - - Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 972 ... gq i Males Females ... 470 ... SJI ... 706 ... 597 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... ... Total ... 000 0001,303 .111 this There ar e 80 cases o f d eat h b y Cholera included in number. CHOLERA NOT CONTAGIOUS. 'the followi ng is extracted fr om a report to t h e General Board of Health by Mr. R. D. Grainger, 1 / 11 0 has been deputed by the Board to make inquiry as to the progress of cholera at Ilamburgh.:— "It appears that, in 1831 and 1832, two hospitals were erected for the reception of cholera patients; io 183 3 the pl an was a b andoned. When the disease broke out in September last, the head police magistrate, who is one of the senators, and head ° the S an i tary Board of Hamburgh, applied to the trustee s of the General Hospital (and, it is presumed, to the managers of the t wo sma ll h osp i ta l s , th e J ews ' and the Freemasons') for permission that those cholera Patients who, owing to circumstances, could not be attended at their own homes, such as sailors, emi grants passing through the town from the interior, destitute persons, Etc , should be admitted into th e l iTsPital M . This application was advocated by Dr. an, the medical director of the hospital, and was a cceded t o b y the trustees, who consist of respectable kerchants, "In order to secure proper attendance, the A ber of nurses was increased, two day and two toght nurses ( ma l e and female according to the ard) being attached to each ward. It is important to observe that the duty of attending in the cholera W it ar_ds is shared in common by all the nurses, male 1 , 1 2,c 1 female, of the hospital, so that eight fresh :r:!ndants enter the two cholera wards 4 ' 441 _ 1 3' . . It is also worthy of remark, that u e . far from any dislike to this particular service the evinced, the nurses sought the occupation. tfordinary patients of the hospital were not ro.ed, according to express inquiries made to as ,7reta_in this point, in consequence of the admission of t cholera cases ; on the contrary, they collected in t n n e mi , r icora at the doors of the cholera wards, and eary to o an extent that the physicians found it neces give orders that the doors should be kept shut. NC nt ' ls lionn as the ch o l era pat i ents become conva they are sent into the common wards, and THE; SUN, r are dispersed indis.;riminately among the other patients. " Those of the ordinary patients who have been attacked with cholera remain in their ward:. "None of these circumstances have caused any alarm, as the general director of the hospital in formed me that of the whole number of patients, upwards of 1,000 (exclusive of the insane), not one had quitted from alarm. One lady, who was in the establishment in consequence of illness, left when the cholera patients were brought in. It has also been found that the friends of patients in the hospital have not come to visit them so freely as usual ; but many still come, and the friends of those suffering with cholera come to see them, of which I had a pleasing example to-day. Being in the cholera ward, a young woman came in to see a fellow-servant who had been attacked; she took her hand, and stood close to the bed talking to her. On being asked if she had any fear of catching the complaint, she laughed, and seemed to treat it as a jest. " The medical officers of the hospital and of the town are quite satisfied the disease does not spread by contagion iu the hospital or elsewhere; and, in sup port of this conclusion, the following facts may be mentioned :—Up to the 4th of October the official returns give 1,846 as the total eves of cholera that have occurred in Hamburgh ; and if the total population be taken at 150,000,* as it is here reported to be, the attacks of cholera will be about 1 in 81. At the General Hospital, up to October 4, there have been 12 cases of cholera among the common patients and lunatics, and as the total number of patients and attendants is 1,602, the pro portion of cholera cases will be 1 in 133. It is • par ticularly interesting that not a single nurse or attendant of the hospital has been attacked, nor have any of the medical officers suffered. It is alsdproper to state that although the locality of the hospital is considered to be healthy, there have been some cases of cholera among the inhabitants in its immediate neghbourhood. " These facts, and many others, have quite removed the fear o f contagion from - the minds of all classes. As a proof of the great changs that has taken place since 1831, it may be mentioned, on the authority of the General Inspector, that when the first post smortem examination of a cholera case was made, the surgeon put on gloves —a thing quite unusual. " The medical men of Hamburgh and the autho rities were anxious that all persons attacked should, if possible, be attended at home ; and this has been carried into effect to such a degree, that out of 1,84 G cases only 263 have been taken to the three hospitals, the only public establishments for the reception of patients. The same evils that have been noticed in other countries as to the great alarm excited existed formerly here when special hospitals were established. The passage of those attacked through the streets has also caused ill consequences. When at the General Hospital to-day, I was informed that a young woman had been brought in who was suddenly seized after a violent fright, caused by seeing the cholera cradle pass by. "In connexion with this subject, it may be stated that there is no special fever hospital in Hamburgh, nor any fever wards in the General or other hospitals. The fever patients are dispersed indiscriminately through the common wards, and without ill effects. Dr. Neville, assistant physician of the General Hos pital, who has studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, and Halle, states that the same plan, as to the dispersion of the fever patients, is adopted ; arid that he has, during the three years he studied in the above universities, never known or heard of typhus or other fevers spreading in consequence of the adoption of this plan." * Colonel Hodges, the Chargé d'Affaires, thinks the city population is altogether nearly 200,000. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUESDAY. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.-9 to 2 agst Dacia (taken freely) -7 to 1 agst Laneiborough (taken)-10 to 1 agst The Cur (taker.)-10 to 1 agst Chanticleer (taken)-15 to 1 agst Geraldine (taken)-30 to 1 agst Cosachia (taken)-30 to 1 agst Collingwood-33 to 1 agst Mariana-33 to 1 agst Lola Montez. DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman-15 to 2 agst Tudmor-10 to 1 agst Honeycomb (taken)-35 to 1 agst Escalade (taken). PEDESTRIA NIS M W. NICKAM AND CHAS. MALLEN.—TiIeSO racers. the first of Westminster, the latter of Somers-town, brought their question o f re l at i ve rate of speed to a de cision yesterday, according to articles. The ground chosen was Wandsw or th common, the distance one mile, the money staked on both aides, ten sovereigns. At three o'clock, with commen d able punctuality, the wbmeaei easing gf srw,oeiarnset wasted d t o toihtnieni preliminaries,gr post, a r a ( n t s d much heyl Wandsworthe g ss o t ti o , m f f .e and t s h hT2rthi:e usu r al first half-m i l e M a ll en (the " little one, " as termed) held his wa y ; Ni c kh am, who may hereafter appear in his proper na me , t h e present being a sobriquet , waiting a little, but c er t a i n l y ten to f i fteen yards in the rear; at this point, however, he pulled foot, closed up the distance b e t ween hi mself an d his opponent in the next 250 yards, passed him, and won by a large lot to spare, Mallen giving up 150 yards from home, and walking in; time, five minutes. SULLIVAN AND PRICE ---The race of 120 yards, for 10/. a side, which was fixed for Monday, was decided on Wan stead Flats. By the conditions, Price was to have two yards at starting, but by a slovenly go off he gained but little by the stipulated advantage, for Sullivan almost caught him before they had run two dozen yards. Ne vertheless, Price led, and was never dispossessed of his position, holding in a slight degree the foremost place to the end, and reaching the goal a short half-yard in front. A slight confusion here ensued; the umpire of Sullivan was absent, while that of Price claimed the race; the re feree (a well-knows pedestrian);refused his decision, al though he declared he had no doubt on the subject. Eventually the umpire of Sullivan declared his claim for a dead heat, whereon the referee awarded the race to Price. The betting at starting was even. A LONG WALK.—Few of our readers who have seen or cared aught about pedestrian performances can be ignorant of the veteran Mountjoy and his performances. We will say little of him, save that a s a '`doer of dags, , as the little boys call it, he surpasses all the fast youngsters of these degenerate slays in distance, if not in pace. His latest struggle against time (whom a sym pathy, from the years he has lived in the world, should make him chary of beating), has been the task of walk ing 104 miles on the Queen's highway, viz., from White chapel Church to Colchester and back in twenty-four hours. On Monday morning then, the 16th of October, he started from Mr. C. Vanderstaen's, the Three Bells, Whitechapel, at four in the morning, and after stopping at the White Hart, Brentwood, the King's Head, Chelms ford, and arriving at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester, at 27 minutes past two o'clock, he:rested; thence starting on tile return he arrived at the place from whence he set out, at 37 minutes past three o'clock, yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, thus covering 104 miles within the 24 hours, and leaving 23 minutes to spare, which amount he could unquestionably have increased. MORTALITY OF EDINBURGH AND LEITH FOR SEP TEMBER, 1848.—The mortality of Edinburgh during the month of September, amounted to 372-172 being males, 178 females, and 22 still-born. The mortality in Edinburgh during the corresponding month of the years 1845, 1846, and 1847, was respectively 294, 425, and 507. The mortality in Leith during the month of September amounted to 70-33 being males, 31 females, and 9 still-born. The mortality in Leith during September of the years 1845, 46, and 47, was respectively 41, 101, and 93. During the past month the mortality in Edinburgh has exhibited a slight in crease; yet the deaths have been only at the rate of 11} daily, being the average daily mortality during the past seven years. The mortality in Leith during the past month was somewhat below that of the month of Sep tember in the years 1845, 46, and 47. Caledonian Mercury. We Understand that another meeting of the autho rities of the London and North-Western, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Companies, was held yesterday, and that nothing has yet occurred to disturb the harmony of the parties, or alter the character of the pending negotiations. We continue to entertain the opinion that the negotiations tt•nd towards an amal gamation. SOUTH DEVON RATLWAY.—The directors of this company, on Tuesday, passed a resolution reducing the salaries of all the employes on their line. The porters and policemen will have 14s. instead of'lss, weekly, and those of a higher grade will be reduced about twenty per cent. Besides which, a reduction in the number of porters, policemen, and clerks is also contemplated.-- Devonshire Chronicle. CREIL AND ST. QUENTIN RAILWAY.—At St. Quentin the works for the line from that city to Creil are urged on with the greatest rapidity, and it is ex pected that by the end of November the section between Compiegne and Noyon will be ready for traffic. BURGLARS NEAR YORK —A most desperate attempt at murder and plunder by a gang of burglars, at Mel bourne Hall, the seat of Mr. C. R. Robinson, on the night of Wednesday last, has produced the greatest ex citement in the neighbourhood. On the previous day, Mr. Robinson and his family left home to attend the Union Hunt Club ball, and consequently were absent the whole of that night. This circumstance had evidently attracted the attention of the actors in the scene about to be detailed, and given them the key to an opportunity of plundering the ball. Tho servants retired to rest at an early hour. About three o'clock in the morning the butler was aroused, and on his opening his bedroom door he saw several men ascending the staircase, each holding a lighted candle. Their faces were blackened, and they wore stockings over their boots to prevent their making any noise. On seeing the men the butler immediately fired a pistol at them, which appeared, however, not to have touched them. The burglars, being taken by surprise, fled down stairs and hastened out of the hall. The butler followed, and succeeded in laying hold of one of the fellows, and attempted to secure him, when one of his companions turned back, and a bloody conflict ensued. The villain used a knife in the most determined manner, and made an attempt to cut the butler's throat, which providentially failed. The knife, however, took effect across his chest, inflicting a deep long gash. He continued his grasp of the ruflisn, ex pecting the assistance of his fellow-servants. He was finally overpowered by the wretches cutting his hands and arms, and they all got clear off. They had gained a❑ entrance to the hall by the cellar window. A com plete description of the villains has been forwarded to all the police stations in the north of England, and their apprehension is hourly expected. The butler is reco vering from his fearful injuries. ownoN: MR. WARREN'S NEW WORK. THE MORAL, SOCIAL, AND PROFES SIONAL DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS. One Vol., pp. 448. By Sanwe, Warren, F.R.S. Another work has just appeared which cannot fai to add very materially to its author's already distin guished reputation. Mr. Warren has done immea surably more than yeoman's service to his profession. He has expiated by seventeen years of profound re search and vigilant observation the "glorious fault" of his literary celebrity. Of this fact his masterly contributions to legal-literature form a sufficient testimony. In one book—we mean, of course, kis "Popular and Practical Introduction to Law Studies" —he produced the vade mecum of all who aspire to be Counsels or Pleaders. In another—the present volume, respecting their "Moral, Social, and Pro fessional Duties"—he has composed the vade mecum of every aspirant to the office of Attorney or Solicitor. Nor are these the mere elementary treatises of a forensic Pinnock or an equity Porquet—they are the effusions of a mind ripened by scholarship, guided by experience, and illumined by that elevating and reverential spirit which emanates from a just appreciation of religion. It is this latter charac teristic which has invariably appeared to us as the most conspicuous and beautiful of the many peculia• rities of the works penned by this eminent hand. And in this respect the little book before us is cer tainly not the least remarkable among his different productions. The noble and spiritualising tendency of its precepts imparts to every section of the volume a dignity quite irrespective of the manly and sono rous vigour of the composition. It not only conveys a kind of moral nutriment to the heart, but infuses into the mind a healthful and wholesome philosophy. This is why the professional works of Mr. Warren exercise such a severe fascination over the attention of an unprofessional reader. The glamour of his most technical argument is the high moral end to which it is, as it were, inevitably directed. Beyond this, as was remarked by " Aquilius" in the current number of Blackwood, Mr. Warren has throughout his career given a noble portraiture of his profession " in all its dignity :and usefulness ;" a circumstance which, coupled with the austere purity of his ambition, has rendered him a favourite with very numerous and miscellaneous classes of the population. In addition to these qualities, however, there is one which has tended to enhance in a sur prising degree the popularity of our author, and to multiply the influences of his opinion ; we mean his earnest and thoroughly conscientious sincerity. Whatever he thinks, he thinks profoundly. If he expresses an emotion, it is an emotion born in the very depths of his nature. If he betrays a sensibility, it is a sensibility vibrating with the pulsation of his heart of hearts. If she entertains a feel ing of scorn, he betrays that feeling (to employ one of his own powerful phrases) by his abrupt and scalding sarcasms. In an age of affectation, this cordiality of sentiment and sincerity of opinion not only excites observation by its prominence, but charms the observer by its singularity. And the attraction is the less surprising when the earnestness of the writer is enforced by a simple elevation of style and a masculine elegance of diction. This ear nestness, this style, this diction, are peculiarly the characteristics of Mr. Warren, and in no one in stance have they been more strikingly developed than in the work which is here submitted to our consideration. Occasionally, it is true, the language merges, if anything, too much into what may be called the evanescent vernacular o en age, as where the practice of cramming for exami nations is reprobated, or where the familiar coxcomb is scouted as a jackanapes. In this, nevertheless, it cannot be forgotten that Warren has many illustrious precedents in the classic instances of Defoe, of Lillo, and of Swift. Of the style in which the whole volume be fore us is penned—a style well remembered by those in whose recollection Kate Aubrey has been embalmed— it is only necessary to remark, that it seems to us more refined in its eloquence, and more virile in its terse volubility than any one of the preceding composi tions of Mr. Warren, not even excepting those fine didactic passages which are scattered through the most celebrated of his three celebrated fictions. Wh a t i s th e . . chief peculiarity of this style is the total absence of mannerisms. It is the very last style to be travestied. It would defy even the flexible capacities for mimicry of Mr. IVlakepeace Thackeray. It is one of those simple, nervous, effective, and perfectly inartificial styles which constitute a direct Contradiction to the assertion enshrined by Tully in his De Oratore— where , speaking figuratively of th e garb, the aspect, and the gesticulation of the rheto rician, he !says, " Nihil est facilius, quam atuietum irnitari alicujus, aut statum, aut motum." If there is _ any singularity whatever in Mr. Warren's style, it is one beyond the limits of personal imitation; and one, too, of such punctilious correctness as to sot repre hension at defiance. We allude to a casual peculi arity, which, in the absence of a better phrase, we may term grammatical pedantry. Ex. gr.: when our author, at page 388, mentions " an attorney and two other gentlemen, none of whom was related," &c., we feel at once that the employment of the adjective with a singular meaning is in no way either a viola tion of the rules of syntax or contrary to the regula tions of etymology, because, according to its derivation, the word in question signifies, originally, not one. At the same time, the adjective having been long since used almost exclusively, in a plural sense—as where Milton sings— 1 ... " In at this gate none pass"— the employment of the word otherwise is, in more senses than one, to say the least of it singular. We have made OA apparently trivial exception the more willingly, since it testifies that whoever would quarrel with the 1 style of Mr. 'Warren must, as it were, perforce, de generate into hypercriticism. Somewhere about four months ego we announced in our columns the com pletion of a series of four lectures on the Moral, I Social, and Professional Duties of Attorneys and Solicitors, by Samuel Warren, F.R.S., these lectures having been delivered in the hall of the Law Insti tution, Chancery-lane, in the course of the Trinity Term just then expiring. The substance of these lectures, developed and extended, mellowed by a generous supervision, and accompanied by a profu sion of illustrative or explanatory notes, has appeared to us at last in the shape of a goodly and substantial volume of 448 closely printed foolscap octavo pages. If for nothing else, the work would be remarkable for in asmuch as it is unique; no book of a similar character having to our recollection or knowledge ever before prin cipal passed a i t m h e i l s t Rubicon o a n ff o o f r the a b 0 t p b r i n clientst printing-office. g- office. and to l a t t sp r r ni in e - 8 an opportunity of properly estimating their rela tive positions, to disclose to every incipient lawyer, as vividly as possible, his various duties and responsibilities, and to do all this in such a manner as to absorb the attention of the reader whether lay or professional. To attempt such an undertaking is worthy of praise ; to succeed in its accomplishment, as Mr. Warren has succeeded in it, is beyond all commendation. The result is worthy of the author's standing at the bar ; it is more than this, it is compatible with the very rare opportunities he has enjoyed, and is a brilliant evidence of the ex perience which he has derived from the employment of those opportunities. We know of no volume— from quarto to duodecimo—so admirably suited to instil right principles into the mind of the articled clerk when its plasticity is being exercised in the abstruse and intricate study of the laws of England. A more beautiful or more useful present could not be offered to a clerk serving his articles than a copy of this noble-spirited effusion, and the present would come with peculiar grace from the hands of those, whether parents or masters, to whose care the interests of such students are in a par ticular manner confided. Mr. Warren has striven generously to elevate in the imaginations of his auditors—and his auditors are now something beyond the comparative few who listened to the arti culation of his lips from the tribune of the Law In stitution—that branch of the legal profession which is erroneously depreciated as inferior. The delicacy of sentiment, the adroitness of expression, the digni fied and gentlemanly candour with which all this is spoken, are admirable. By personal example as well as by eloquent p recep t s the author is striving, in truth, to promote a real brotherhood in the profession. The first lecture in particular is pervaded by an enlarged spirit of fraternity, pointing out the extraordinary liabilities of the profession, its powers for good and evil, its fearful responsibilities, its being in fact a solemn compact with the community, its more promi nent requisites, its moral duties, the integrity re quired in its conduct, and, above all, the high intellec tual and religious standard which is essential to the first exponents of the law —attorneys and solicitors. As an epitome of all the ablest definitions il ) t of law, expoundscl a t o w rY w lecture take tb e the t, ,0 ttrue be ceoanv masterpiece; c i concluding i o n fg the h p e or l portion N o v n , ,o — f especially t th h e i s condi tions whenonntrdoi tld t idi ‘i3 i tilelb o useafe n pitenrll ketai 3rtow3i, definition displayed hh c tionhnf i of( ovalew,ri and caihdenel s ueaxs o gt st c pahht i ldoote e i nrf t olnai y fdati ty,rte ' ,aod antagonistic ao th authority r i and ty , coun terpoising, — t h e af ' i li b erty the delineation hineo from ef s:itcer itusc,eihl SironL of Bishop nature of hintern b a le s t i n o rlimit i a s b d le isc the compatibility of the seemingly incongruous labyrinths of our Code, where it isobserved ,, The delicate mechanism by (p. 130) — which the social move ments are regulated is so exquisitelytempered and and adjusted, with a view to the harmonious action of the whole, that one may say— "' Unteep on e t - s rmg—and hark ! What discord follows !'" Frequently the lecturer gives of us the very pith of wisdom, the very marrow condenses a thought into an experience, when he apophthegm. While he is in this axiomatic mood we hearken to such sen tences as the following (page 114) :—" He is likeliest to be scrupulously faithful with the tolibslnnl, am plified parentageat e of i euo WEDNES EVE N ING, OCTOBER 18, 1848. money of' others who is not reckless with his own." It reads like —shall we say Franklin, or Johnson, or Bacon, or Rochefoucault ? Several suggestions are thrown out, incid en t a ll y, i n the course of the volume, which are worthy of m ore th an a merely evanescent consideration, as where (p. 9 17) it is maintained that the office of Coroner comes more immedi ately within the p rov i nce of the legal than of the medical practition e r ; or, again, where (pp. 371, et seq.) a noble indign a ti on i s expressed at the unjusti fiable multiplicity of oa th s. U pon the latter sugges tion we can no t f or b ear making the subjoined quota tion, because, in a very striking manner, Mr. Warren hes called to our Legislature for an extension of the statutes 5 and 6 William IV., c. ; 8 and 9 Victoria, c. 48, whereby oaths are displaced by declarations : " Desiring to speak with Y the greatest possible diffi dence, I nevertheless ca nnot h e l p expressing a fear that an oath is required far too frequently, and on utterly in adequate occasions, in the conduct of legal business, to an extent which i s ca l cu l ated to impair the sense of its awful character and incidents. Surely it is au act of tremendous signifi cance , d el i berately to invoke the Deity to witness, that what is said on a given occasion is the truth—the wh o l e truth—and nothing but the truth. I have sometimes shuddered at witnessing the unconcern, and even levity, with which oaths are administered, and taken—so as almost to degenerate into mere irreverent form. In Scotland the oath to witnesses is administered with a grand solemnity. The judge rises from his seat, and raising his right hand, requires the witness to do the same; and then, th e i r h ands remaining elevated, the witness repeats! after the judge the following words:— I swear by Almighty God, and as I shalt answer to God at the great Day of Judgment, that I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.' What could be more calculated to solemnize the mind, to search and quicken the conscience, than such an oath, so administered? It might be as well perhaps if such were to be the practice in our own courts. However this may be, I appeal to every one present, whether oaths are not at present t a k en on a vast number o f t h e most trivial occasions that can occur in the course of ordinary business; administered hurriedly—taken with out adequate reflection on the nature of the act—given, and taken, in fact, almost mechanically—the dread words So help you God!' pronounced trippingly on the tongue, while the lips touch the sacred volume with hasty impatient action, the soul taking no part whatever in the matter! As if God had never uttered that awful command—Thou shalt not rake the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; .fer the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain. Gentlemen, if the public saw as much of these matters as you and I see, I think they would immediately urge upon our Christian Legislature further steps in the direction which it has lately taken— I mean in enac ti ng the statutes substituting declarations for oaths'on many occasions. Why is it that our cdurts and judge s , an d o ft e n subordinate public officers, can receive, or act upon, no statement, on even the most trivial occasio ns — un l ess God Almighty b e first called upon to witnes s th a t the deponent is telling them the truth? Ought this to be tolerated? Why not take a hint from the Heathen poet? — 'Nee Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus!'" Heartily, cordially, earnestly do we reciprocate these aspirations—a s pi ra ti ons w hich appropriately em ana t e from the lip s th a t fi rs t b re athed life into the ideal form of Adam Ayliffe. As we have already inti mated, the whole book is suffused with the same healthful and mascu li ne reve rence for religion. We say a " masculine reverence," because by such ex pressions we would contrast the moral tone of Mr. Warren's productions, whether as a lawyer or as a literateur, with the puling and sentimental cant which too frequently passes current for the zeal of Chris tianity. Th ere i s an una ff ec t e d awe in his very mode of emphasis when speaking of the Holy and Invisible that commands the respect and homage of in the and call s t o m i n d t h a t bewitching trait the character and habits of the great Boyl e — we refer to th e pract i ce o f th e philosopher in unco vering his head whenever the awful name of the Deity was pronounced, w hether in his laboratory, his library, the public street, or the private garden. By this re verent air, as we ll as by the eloquence and wisdom of his present work, Mr. Warren has proved himself to have been eminently qualified to occupy the rostrum previously graced at intervals by Henry Nelson Cole ridge, by Spencer Horatio Walpole, and by John William Smith, suitable predecessors of one who has here afforded an additional evidence of the versatility of his intellect by throwing aside the shafts of satire and the garb of tragedy, to instil the stereotyped truths of seventeen years' experience into the hearts of sol, citors and attorneys. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The royal mail steamer Acadia, Captain Stone, arrived here this day at one o'clock, with the mails from Boston and Halifax, and twenty-one passengers. In consequence of a very heavy gale blowing from the N.E. with great fury, the communication between New York and Boston had been interrupted, and the mails of the 31 had not reached Boston when the steamer left, on the 4th. The steamboat mail from the south, due on the second, did not reach till the evening of the 3d, so that we have no New York papers later than the 2d inst. The steam• ship America reached New York on the 29th of September, after an excellent voyage, not withstanding her having encountered a severe hur- ricane. The Cambria, which sailed hence on the 23d of September, arrived at Halifax on the sth, and pro ceeded to Boston. With respect to the Presidential election, the rela tive position of parties had not changed. There is no news of moment from Mexico : the first instalment of 1,500,000 dolls, indemnity money for the expenses of the war would become due on the 27th of October. With a view to relieve the Money Market in New York, an arrangement has been made by the Govern ment at Washington to purchase 800,000 dolls, of Treasury-notes at par; this being practically equal to a loan of that amount, was hailed as a considerate boon to the mercantile community, who have been of law suffering severely from the action of the Snb treasury Bill; and as both the departments of New York and New Orleans had an overplus of deposits, the measure is regarded with great favour, and will tend greatly to alleviate the pressure of the actio❑ of that measure. In the Cotton Market prices have experienced little change. The ,news from Europe tended rather to lower prices, but holders are, for the most part, un willing to sell at lower rates. In Breadstuffs prices have not materially altered since the last report, the news by the steamer having produced no fall of any consequence in the market. The rate of Exchange is 9 to 9i, with little demand on Paris, sf. 20c. to sf. 25c. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BELLEROPHON'S SHIP'S COMPANY AND THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—WO have much gratification in stating that we have been assured by those whose watchfulness and care in keeping the few ships of the navy afloat on foreign service, fully manned and equipped for any emergency, entitle them to the greatest credit, that the Bellerophon's crew of 650, officers and men, were assigned to her according to the newly-arranged scale of complements for ships for foreign or war ser vice. The Bellerophon is only 2,056 tons, or about 300 tons larger than the Hastings, with 72 guns and 600 men, and we are informed that the calibre of the guns of the former is not anything nearly so heavy in proportion to that of the 72's which have 50 mon less; or the 84's, which are about 200 tons larger, and have 100 men more. We have heard also with extreme satisfaction, that all the line of battle ships under the command of Sir William Parker have recently, by drafts and super numeraries, had their complements made up to the full war scale. ROYAL YACHT PROMOTIONS. The usual annual promotions of the officers of the royal steam-vacht Victoria and Albert have been pro mulgated. They are— Lieutenant —Edward James Bedford (1838), to the rank of Commander. Mates—William B. Elphinstone (1847), Thomas B. Lethbridge (1848), and Thomas D. Atkinson (1848), to the rank of Lieutenant. Of Lieutenant, or rather Commander Bedford, we may state that as an officer of comparatively long stand ing, no promotion has been more deservedly obtained. Commander Bedford was bargemato of the Hastings when the late Earl of Durham was conveyed to Canada by that ship, and subsequently was bargemato to the Queen Dowager, on her Majesty's visit to Malta. Ho failed, however, to obtain his promotion from Lord Mint°, and was not made a lieutenant until after a fur ther period of two years' service as a mate. In his new rank, then, he served as flag-lieutenant to Sir Edward Owen, at that time Commander-in-Chief, and was universally respected by the officers of the Mediterra nean force for his kind and conciliating manner, as ho was esteemed by 'his superiors for his strict attention and efficient discharge of the responsible duties of his office. On Sir Edward Owen striking his flag, Lieut. Bedford was appointed to the household of the Queen Dowager ; and in 1847 was appointed to the Victoria and Albert, of which vessel ho became first lieutenant in January last, In this last capacity he discharged once more the duties of the executive office, with the credit and satisfaction to his superiors, which, as a junior officer, so highly recommended him in his early career, and has left his late messitnates with the same regret for his separation and good wishes for his future welfare which have ever accompanied him, once more to resume the duties appertaining to his non professional appointment in the household of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, whose distinguished favour and confidence we believe he has the high and dis tinguished honour most deservedly to possess. APPOINTMENTS. Lieut. Stephen S. L. Crofton (1842), who has com manded the Rifleman, screw-schooner, as tender to the Powerful, has been re-appointed to the Rifleman, as a separate command. Mate—George W. Watson, to the Rifleman. Midshipman—C. K. Lindsay, to the Prince Regent, 90, at Spithead. Boatswains—John Wallace, confirmed to the Blen heim; Oliver Paul, acting, to the Wellington. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE STYX.—The navy, and more especially that portion of it which has been serving on the coast of Africa, will be gratified at seeing, in the following announcement, the dispatch with which Mr. Woodhead, the agent of Captain Chads, has brought the prize -money due to the ship's company of the Styx, steam-sloop, lately paid off, into the registry of the Court of Admiralty, preparatory to immediate dis tribution. The promptitude of Mr. Woodhead in this business affords an example to other agents worthy to be followed:--" Notice is hereby given, that the ac count sales of the proceeds arising from the capture of the slave -vessel Nietheroy by her Majesty's steam-vessel Styx, Henry Chads, Esq., commander, on the 26th of February, 1847, will be registered in the High Court of Admiralty, on or after the 27th instant." Mr. Atherton, chief engineer of Woolwich, has been recalled from leave of absence, in consequence of the Admiralty requiring information respecting boilers con structed upon his plan. The in achincry of the Snap, slaver, seized on the coast of Africa, and which was brought home by the Devasta tion, is ordered to be sold at Portsmouth. The Myrmidon, steam-vessel (one of the half dozen), requires new boilers. She has not been built above three years, and she has certainly not been under steam 100 days during that time. The Teazer, screw-vessel, is ordered to have a set of tubes provided for her at Woolwich. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Commander Henry Dumaresq, sailed last night for Jersey. The Lightning steamer, Pctley master, sailed for Woolwich last evening. The Gramsus, 50, Captain H. Martin, C. 13., has had her masts taken out to-day: It was a mistake of our informant yesterday as to the Bellerophon's books not being received. She was paid yesterday, and will sail to-morrow. The Coale.; steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commanding C. G. Riggs', was paid off to-day into ordinary. The Plumper steam-schooner had her lower masts put in to day. The Fearless steam-vessel arrived to-day with seamen and marines from Sheerness. The Quail lighter arrived this afternoon from Mil ford Wind, N.N.E., strong breezes and dark cloudy weather, with rain at times. WOOLWICH, OcT. 17.—The Lightning► steam-vessel is ordered round from Portsmouth to Woolwich, to convoy his Excellency Count Reventlow, his Danish Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, on a diplomatic visit to Copenhagen. The Sharpshooter steam-vessel, Lioutenant Comman der Miley, is under orders to leave Woolwich on the 20th instant, for Portsmouth, where she will receive further instructions. The Garland steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander B. A plin, is ordered to leave Dover immediately for Woolwich, to have new boilers, as her old boilers are to worn out. - The Iphigenia, Marine Society's vessel for boys. is to be tewed to Woolwich from Deptford to-day, the Venus being now ready for their reception at this port. The Torch steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Mor ris, has arrived at Woolwich to have her defects made good. The Llewellyn steam -you'd was taken to the East India Docks yesterday to have her defects made good at that place. Tho Driver steam vessel conveyed Major James's Company from Southampton to Jersey, and returned with Major Hennis's Company, 4th battalion, on being relieved, and the latter joined the garrison at Woolwich on Saturday last. Mr. Nash, whose name is familiar to our readers, as associated with almost every point of practical utility to the railway in!erest, is a candidate for the offiee of secretary to the Waterford and Limerick Railway Com pany, about to be vacated by Mr. Saunders. Mr. Nash's letter to the directors we give in another place, and w e bag to tender him our best wishes for the success of his canvas. His unbending exertionin the defeat of the May nard and Garrett gangs, involving him in great expenses for the public benefit cannot be torgotten—nor his con duct in declining the testimonial from private individuals which several gentlemen have set on fuot.—Railway paper. DEATH OF THE RAILWAY PIONEER. --TllO public will read with r. , gret the announcement of the sudden death of Thomas Gray, author of the railway system. lie VPIS the son of Mr. Robert Gray, of Leeds, and had been in ill health for some time, but was much better and out of doors on Saturday. On Sunday morning, at a quarter past six, he expired of disease of the heart, aged GI years.—Dcvonport Chronicle. iefittlY tittion FRANCE. The Committee of the National Assembly, charged with the task of examining the question of taking off the state of siege, constituted itself yesterday. It appointed M. Duclerc, President, and M. Buchart, Secretary. It adjourned to the next day to continue its deliberations, which it has engaged to keep secret until it shall think fit to make its report known to the Assembly. All the proceedings preliminary to the trials of the men inculpated in the affiiir of May 15 (says the Corsaire), are concluded, and the trials are fully expected to be commenced within the first fortnight of November, but it is not yet decided whether they shall be held in Paris, or in one of the departments. The Minister of Justice, M. Marie, thinking that Paris had not become sufficiently pacified, proposed that they shall take place at Bourges, and it is be lieved that the Cabinet coincides with him. Vice-Admiral Dupetit-Thonars and M. Lebas, en gineer, have been appointed Members of the Conseil d'Amiraute, in the room of Vice-Admiral Casy and M. Gamier. • We read in the Presse:—" We repeat, but with every reservation, a report which was circulated last evening in well-informed circles. It was said that the old wound of the Duke de Bordeaux had re-opened, and that he was in a very alarming state." SWITZERLAND. The Ticino Gazette informs us that a circular has been issued by the Federal Directory to the Swiss cantons, urging the latter to withdraw the asylum offered to the refugees inculpated in the second revo lution in the Grand Duchy of Baden. The remainder are to be subjected to the especial surveillance of the police. M. Raveaux recently inquired of the police authorities at Berne whether they would supposing the opportunity to occur, arrest and deliver up the murderers of the late Count Lichnowski. The Director of the Police replied that he was not autho rised to enter into any communication with the repre sentatives of Foreign Powers. General Zucchi left Lugano for Rome some days ago. RUSSIA. Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 6th inst. state that General Leflo, Envoy of the French Republic, was admitted to a private audience by the Emperor on the sth. His Majesty told the General that, as the first soldier of his empire, he always saw with pleasure military men of every country, and that he should be happy at all times to receive him. ITALY. - The National Saecisien contains the following, un der date Turin, the 12th instant:— " It is generally believed that the Government has considered the present moment opportune to call on the mediating► Powers,: to adopt some definitive deci sion. This morning it was said that the Ministry presented a note to the Representatives of England and France, stating that if they: did not prevail on Austria to conclude an honourable peace hostili ties should immediately recommence." The Speranza of Rome of the 6th announces the probable dissolution of the Rossi Ministry, owing to financial difficulties, which the Ministers have not powers sufficient to counteract. The forts of Corn =Olio are to be demolished. The Lucca Gazette gives an account of some dis turbances which took place at Pisa on the 9th, origi nating in an attempt on the part of some perturbators from Florence, to excite the civic guards by insult ing them. The civic guard, after having loaded, charged them at the point of 'the bayonet, and ar rested four, the rest dispersed, and returned to Florence or Leghorn. Advices from Venice of the sth announce that an adjutant had arrived with orders to General Welden to direct the Austrian fleet not to maintain a strict blockade. ' The Alba of Florence of the 10th contains an ac count from Leghorn, stating that on the evening of the Bth Professor Montanelli harangued the people, declaring himself sincerely democratical, national, and Christian. His words were received with cries of " Viva Guerrazzi e Montanelli! Down with the Ministry ! We will march upon Florence within three days !" Montanelli promised he would apprise the Government of their desires. The Reforme gives the following as an extract:of a letter received by Mme. de Belgiojioso yesterday from Turin, d a t e d th e 12 t h :—" I wr i te to you with ' a heart full of hope, I may say of certitude, to cross the Tesino. Lombardy at the moment at which I write is in the utmost agitation. The Croatians and the Hungarians are quarrelling amongst themselves. At Milan the troops are all ordered to keep within barracks. A letter has been received by me, stating that at the gate of Tesino all is in confusion, and to morrow perhaps the post will not be able to quit Milan. We, who are emigrants, have formed an in surrectional association, and will soon set out." THE HOP HARVEST. (From the I..talclstone Journal.) MAIDSTONE.—The picking may now be considered at an end, although there are possibly some isolated cases in which it is not finished. The result, we trust, will prove more favourable to the planters than has been feared, but we are bound to say that expe rienced observers estimate the crop higher than we do. The principal betters are in favour of from 205,0001. to 210,0001., which is thus made up:— Canterbury Rochester Sussex . ... Worcester 16,700 Farnham Kingdom £207,90 We must add, h owever , th at b y many this o esti mate is considered extravagant, and that from 175,0001. to 190,000/. will be nearer the mark. CiNTEEDURY.—Hop picking has generally finished. All accounts speak of the hops falling short of expec tations. WORCESTER, OCT. 11.-The supply of hops at our last market was most abundant, numbering at least 3,000 pockets, for which there was a brisk demand both by resident merchants and country dealers ; and at the close of the day more than three-fourths of the number were disposed of, although, owing to the difficulty of getting the hops weighed, only 1,422 pockets passed the scales. There was again a scarcity of fine samples in offer, which were ls. to 23. higher, but upon the ordinary qualities no advance could be quoted. The duty varies from 15,0001. to 18,0001. Below are the present rates :- New Worcester's 355. to 525., choice 60s. ; 1846's 30s. to 403., choice 455. ; 1845's 20s. to 255. The ' number of pockets weighed in the week :-New 1,197 ; Old, 107. S a t ur d ay : -N ew, 1,422 ; Old, 13., HOP FAIR.-WEYIIII.I., 0CT.11.-On the first day for the sale of hops a vast quantity was brought for sale, not only of the Farnham's, but what are designated the country-Sussex and Kents. The quantity for sale was far above last year's, every shed being filled, and large stacks or piles in the open air covered with tarpaulings. We heard 61. per cwt. asked for prime pockets of new Farnham's, and in se veral instances Si. 10s., ditto given ; second quality, Si. ditto; moderate ditto, at from 4/. to 4/. 10s. ditto. Those of 1847 were very little lower. There were plenty of Sussex grown also of different qualities, some very splendid, others poor ; prices from 50s. up to 41. per cwt. asked. In the country rows there were nearly 5,000 pockets, in the Farnham ditto about 500 less in number, and about 1,000 of Sussex and Kents. Not a tenth part changed hands. OCT. 12.-In the Farnham row a great many bright samples were this day disposed o f a t 10s. per cwt. more than those of similar quality realised yes terday ; those of inferior colour and aroma were not so much in demand, trade for such being exceedingly dull. There appeared many w hi c h b ad evidently been injured by the wind and rain, lost their strength and bright colour. W e h ear d o f several of the largest and most particular grow ers o f F arnham making 6/. per cwt! this day, a few asking 6/. 10s. per ditto, others content to take Si. to Si. los. per cwt. Hops of 1847 are decidedly of finer colour than many of this year's growth, for which as much money is asked as for some of the new ; there appeared more life and spirit among the gr owers, b uyers increasing putting them in better heart. Going from this into the London row, where the London Borough hop factors sell Kents and Sus sex grown b y sample, we found them offering .at very l ow fi gures, many being so very inferior la quality to last year's. The average prices ran from 3/. to 3 / . 153. per cwt. ; a few prime East Kents went up to 51. ditto; very moderate mid or Weald of Kent ditto, from 21. ss. to 2/. 15s. ; ditto Sussex hops, from 2/. 2s. up to 3/. 10s. ditto ; selected, up to 4/. ditto. In this part of the fair business ap peared very slack. Taking the two long country rows right and left, there appeared more activity, several of the well-known growers and careful pickers having sold many pockets. Those from the plantations of Sir Thos. Miller, of Froyle; Mr. Bennett, of Bent ley; Messrs. Bageant and Shotter, of Binstead ; Mr. Knight, of Bentley; Gunner, of Alton; Stovoid, of Aldershot; Twitchen, of Holybourne, and several others, were very bright in colour and excellent in quality, they having been picked before the rain on the 28th and 29th of September last. Their best pockets sold at from 3/. 10s. to 4/. per cwt. ; se cond quality, 3/. to 3/. 53. ditto. There were other pockets offired at from 2/. 15s. to 3/. ditto. Looking through the whole rows, it appeared from the marks of chalks on the pockets, that many sales had been efiected, a great many for Bath, Bristol, Exeter, and other western districts; it is thought nearly all the best Farnhams and country grown will he sold by Saturday night ; those then left are poorer sorts, those touched by the mildew, bad in colour, and having lost their chief i strength arid bitter flavour. The duty is not laid at SO much as first computed by from 15,000/. to 20,0001. Many gardens are not yet picked, nor likely to be, the fruit being so injured by the wind and rains that they are worth but little, except for dung. OCT. 13, 14.—0 n these days more business was done, and the Farnhmas cleared at from 4/. 4s. to 6/. per cwt. There was also a fair trade in country (Kent and Sussex) hops, at from 31. 103. to 51. 6s. to Si. 12s. COLLECTION OF THE HOP DUTY..—It is stated that the second and last instalment of the hop duty for the growth of 1847, so far as relates to the Sussex col lection, will be collected at the following times and places, namely —at Tunbride Wells on Wednesday, Nov. 15 proximo ; at Wadhurst on Thursday, Nov. 16; at Rye on Friday, Nov. 17; at Battle on Satur day, Nov. 18; and at Lewes on Wednesday, Nov. 22 ....-,,,,,,,„,..„.........—. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) DIANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Our market has mani fested an increased dulness to-day. The sales effected in goods have in many instances, been at some further reduction of price • while, as to y arns , this has been almost uniformly the case, and in a de cidedly greater ratio than the former. There have been operations for various quarters, but altogether very limited in extent, and leaving an unfavourable impression from the plain indication they afford of the probable course of things. And, indeed, it is perfectly obvious, that, so long as in creasing railway embarrassments at home, and actual or apprehended revolutionary movements abroad, are conjointly diminishing the means of consumption, and tying up the hands of the mercantile community, it is impossible that spinners and manufacturers, with their mills at full work, should be able to sustain the value of their productions. As regards the home trade, we learn from several firms, that it is very greatly smaller in extent than is usual at this season, in years of average general pros perity. The falling-off lies in the large towns, whilst, in the rural districts, little change is per ceived. Of our city dealers, the great ones are not much affected by this diminished demand, but the smaller ones feel it severely. There have been ru mours on 'Change to-day of commercial embarrass ments, if not failures, in Glasgow, which we have not been able to trace to any trustworthy source, and which, we hope, will prove unfounded. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—Though there has been a ' fair business doing to-day in flannels, yet the demand has not been quite equal to that of the preceding week. Wool is much the same as it has been for some weeks past; the demand is limited, and prices are stationary. HUDDERSFIELD, TURSDAY.—A decidedly dull mar ket, and but little doing in the warehouses. The stock exhibited to-day in the Cloth-hall is heavier than for some weeks past, and some first-rate patterns have been exhibited. There is scarcely anything doing in vestings, although the manufacturers are still busily employed in completing orders to pattern. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. The attendance in our Piece Hall to-day was exceedingly slender, and the amount of business done, either in plain or fancy goods, was very trifling. In the warehouses, how ever, of some of the larger firms there is rather more doing in fancy goods for the American mar ket, but there is not any improvement in prices. In yarns, there is a little more activity for the Continent, chiefly owing to the German manu facturers having run out of stock, and being, there fore, anxious to supply themselves before the closing of the navigation for the winter season. Prices, how ever, continue as depressed as ever. Th e woo l trade is far from brisk. Middle wethers having been much inquired for of late, are somewhat scarce, and are held with greater firmness; but most other sorts sell heavily, and have rather a downward tendency. LEEDS, TIIESDAY.—The transactions at our Cloth Halls to day have been limited to a small scale, a few heavy winter goods only having changed hands ; both the town houses and shippers begin to buy sparingly, owing to the advanced season of the year, when the formar seek rather to realise their in-laid stock than to incresse it by fresh purchases ; and when the latter are debarred fro►n entering into extensive operations, independent even of internal commotions. We are, in fact, arrived at the period when our market generally assumes a flatter tone. _. , --~-~ NEW MUSIC. THE DEATH OF THE ARCI6I4ISHOP OF PARIS. A Song of the I'ich Revolution. Written by Austweek Westbrook, Rag.; the Mudd . by Wellington Guernsey. Simpson, Regent-street. This highly effective song, by Mr. Westbrook, describes most vividly one of the most affecting incidents of the late revolution. The melody is sweet and flowing, and in the range of most voices, the accompaniment being judiciously harmonised, it has all the requisites to become very popular. THE DREAMS OF OTHER DAYS. A Ballad. Written by Miss Griffith; composed by Wellington Guernsey. Jefferys, Soho-square. A very elegant ballad in B flat, sweetly written by the fair authoress, and sure to meet with universal success, the melody being very catching, the harmony simple yet scientific. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mrs. Gore's amusing comedy of King O'Neil has ! been revived here, w ith H udson as " His Majesty, " and certainly he is th e most amusing of monarchs. His lest Legs, with Hudson as the man of genius, followed, and kept the audience in a roar. Hudson is far and away the best Irishman who has appeared since the days of Power. The Dancing Barber and John Jones followed, and excited shouts of laughter. The house was crowded. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A well written adaptation of the pretty French vaudeville 46 Protegee sans le Savoir , which was so popular a short ti me s i nce at the St. James's, has been produced here under the title of Patronage with complete success. Mrs. Stirling represented the heroine Edith, the young artist, who is patroniaed by Herbert Clavering (Mr. Leigh Murray), and whose pictures are purchased by him at such liberal prices that her reputation becomes compromised, and she is by the world considered as being not so much under his patronage as under his protection. The patron be comes more attached to her in consequence, and would at once marry her hut that he is hampered with a matrimonial engagement in another quarter, from which he is released by the elopement of his in tended, when he is but too glad to marry Edith. The character just suits the peculiar talents of Mrs. Stir ling, who threw into it all that natural simplicity and pathos which renders her acti ng so fascinating. The other characters were all ably supported—it was well put upon the stage, and achieved a complete and most deserved success. COURT Cli-RLAINDSORR vTUESDAY. The Queen and Prinee Albert, thei r High nesses the Hereditary Prince an d P r i ncess of Parma, her Serene Highn ess the Princess o f H o h en l o h e L an: genburg, and her Serene Highness the Princess Eliza of Hohenlohe, walked this morning on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. Th'eir Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Parma took leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert this forenoon, and l eft Windsor C as tl e for London, visiting her Royal H ighness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore, before thei . r departure. Her Royal Highness the HereditaryPrin , ces? was attended i by the Countess Lopez (Lady n II siting). The Duke of Wellington and the Duke of Norfolk left the Castle to-day. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, and the Right Hon. Sir William Fremantle. Her Majesty's private band will attend after dinner in the Castle. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at their resi dence, in Chesham-place on Monday night. Yester day morning th e N o ble Lord and his Lady left town for their residence in Richmond Park. Yesterday the marriage of Lord Burghl e y, eldest son of the Marquis axd Marchioness of Exeter, and Lady Georgians Sophia Pakenham, second daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Longford, was solemnized at St. George's Church, .Hanover-square. The Duke of W e lli n gton and the relatives and friends of the bride and bridegroom assembled at the vestry at half-past eleven o'clock, and were soon afterwards joined by the bride, -who came accompanied by her mother the Countess (Dowager) of Longford. Th e ce remony was performed by the Hon. and Very Rev. Henry Pakenham, Dean of St. Patrick's and Christ Church, uncle of the bride. The bride was given away by her brother, the Earl of Longford. At the attesta tion of the marriage in the vestry, the register was signed by the Duke of Wellington. After a dejeuiter at the mansion of the Countess of Longford, in Bruton street, the bride and bridegroom left for Burghley House, the Marquis of Exeters's seat, near Stamford. M. ALDBRMAN 01-011NSON.—We have much plea sure in stating that this gentleman, whose serious illness was alluded to some days since, is much better, and that hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. THE CITY OF LONDON MEDICAL OFFICER.—At a meeting; of the City Commissioners of Sewers yesterday, some discussion occurred with respect to the remune ration of the medical officer to be appointed. It ap pears some misconception exists on the subject. The Common Council have voted 1501. as the remuneration of a medic a l officer during the interval between his ap pointment and the period when the City Health of Towns Bill comes into operation, under which Bill pro vision is made for the employment of such an officer. The Earl of Dartmouth is stated to have pur chased Sir Robert Pigott's Fulda estate, for 560,0001. - • - -..,-,,, , FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. BLISWORTII, OCT. IG.—An inquest was held this morning at the Railway Hotel, Blisworth, before Mr. Hick, one of the coroners for the county of Northampton, on view of the body of Richard James. Mr. Bedford attended to watch the proceedings on the part of the company. The deceased was a porter in the employ of the com pany, and at the time the accident happened he, with three other porters, inamed Mellish, Goodman, and Leper, had been turning a carriage -truck on to a siding, after which deceased proceeded to cross the line, on the London side, at the time the five P.M. train was coming in. The driver and fireman were keeping a good look out, but the police man's hut and the signal-post intervening, they could not see the deceased in sufficient time to avoid coming in contact with him, and the consequence was that the off buffer struck the deceased on the hip, and drove him about six teen yards, throwing him across the rails, when one of the waggons caught his foot, and dragged de ceased under the other waggons, separating his right foot, and severing his head from his body, besides otherwise mangling him in a frightful manner. The deceased was about twenty-six years of age, and he had been at the station only about five weeks. His mother and sisters and a brother were standing on the platform at the time, having come to visit the unfortunate man, and thus witnessed the accident. The obstruction caused no fewer than nine waggons and the tender to be thrown off the line, blocking it up to such an extent that it was not cleared till after ten o'clock, whilst deceased was so dreadfully mangled that his remains were not cleared from the waggons and road for nearly an hour and a quarter. This is the first fatal accident that has occurred at this station since the . opening of the lin2, and the jury were of opinion that the present might have been avoided had signals been given by the driver. Mr. Bedford stated that such was the regulation of the company, the engine -drivers being instructed to sound the whistle a quarter of a mile before entering a station, but, unfortunately it was a common practice amongst many of the porters, &c., to disregard this, and thus the majority of the accidents that occurred were caused, not by the engine•drivers neglecting their duties, but by the carelessness or recklessness of the servants employed on the lines. The jury, after a lengthened consultation, returned a verdict that deceased came to his death by accident; but, at the same time they thought that more caution ought to be used by the drivers in approaching to or passing by a station, particularly one of such an extent as that at Blisworth. The Lords of the Admiralty have placed her Majesty's steamer Lightning at the disposal of his Ex cellency Count Recentlow, who will proceed in her on Thursday morning to Copenhagen. We believe that this visit of the Danish Minister has been rendered necessary by the negotiations still pending for the settle ment of the Schleswig-Holstein question. ARRITALS AT Ihmr..—Recent arrivals at this im portant northern port from foreign parts have com prised the large number of 117 vessels in the space of a week, being the largest number we remember to have taken place in the time at the port alluded to. They were laden with various articles, the products of foreign, countries, and comprised among other supplies of different articles of food, the fol lowing large importation of corn from perts in Europe, viz., 10,820 quarters and 2,304 bags of wheat, 849 bags and 2,961 quarters of peas, 12,218 quarters and 3,411 bags of barley, 1,906 quarters and 824 bags of beans, 443 bags and 6,248 quarters of oats, 52 bags and 156 quarters of rye, 30 quarters of tares, 390 bags of bran, and 400 bags of pollard. The whole of this large num ber of vessels, with but one or two exceptions, arrived from the northern and central states of Europe, with the usual imports from those several countries. SUSPECTED MURDBII , —PrOLTI circumstances which have transpired, there is reason to fear that the young womm whose body we stated last week had been found in a ditch, had been murdered. It appears that her name was Abbott. She was a widow, and a n itive of .11awkhurst. She had been in ser vice at Gravesend, and was about to go thence to Maiditone, and stopped at the Silver Oar on her way. She left that house on Friday morning with very re spectable apparel, and had ju s t receive change for a sovereign. When found in the ditch, in which there was barely water enough to cover her, her bonnet was off, some of her clothing and her money gone, and a piece of carpet covered over her head, which she tightly clenched with one hand, and it seemed evident that the poor creature was suffocated in the mud. The police are using every means to unravel the mystery.— Maids€onc Journal. Love AND Sum - Dz.—Last night, an inquest was held on the body of James Hierns, aged twenty, late potman at the Horse Shoe, Goswell-road. Deceased was a very steady young man, and bore an excellent character, but he had formed some connexion with a female living at Highgate, to whom he appeared much devoted. Latterly it seemed that there had been some dispute between them, which weighed heavily upon his nsind. He became exceed ingly despondent, and sometimes spoke of destroying himself, but would immediately afterwards exhibit such conscioussess of his folly, that it was not thought that he would have committed so rash an act. On Friday morning ho awoke rather strange in his manner, and in the evening, having procured some arsenic, for the pur pose of killing rats, as he said, he swallowed the poison, and died from its effects on Sunday morning. Verdict —" Temporary insanity." At the meeting on Monday last of the West-end Joint Tenant Association, Edgeware-road, Mr. George Wiggall in the chair, a letter from Lord John Russell was read, declining to (rive any explanation as to whe ther lodgers were entitled to vote under the "Joint Ratepaying Clauses" of the Reform Act,