The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

CHALLIS, Mayor.—The First Court of MAYOR and ALDERMEN, held in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Tuesday, the 30th day of November, 1852, in the 16th year of the reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c., Resolved unanimously—That the sincere thanks of this Court be presented to the Right Hon. Win. Hunter, late Lord Mayer of this City, for the manner in which he sustained the high office of Chief Magistrate, for the punctuality of his attendance in this Court, and the impartiality with which he presided over its deliberations, for the hospitality which he uniformly maintained at the Mansion-house, for the liberality he evinced towards the numerous charitable institu tions of this City, `or the readiness of access he invariably afforded, and the amenity he manifested to all classes of his fellow-citizens and especially for his kind and courteous behaviour to every member ' of this Court. MEREWETHEIL THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farwell Season of Mr. Benjamin We'nter as Lessee and Manager ; THIS EVENING - Will be performed (by desire) the highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Rosa Bennett, Sirs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Maskell. After which, the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. To be followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, and the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Yoder the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TAKING BY STORM. After which, a new Farce, In two acts, entitled THOSE DEAR BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, Suter, Butler, and Miss Wyndham. To be followed by USED UP. To conclude with A MUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Character', by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Alicroft, 15, New Boed•s►reet. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, For the Third Time, an entirely new Drama, in three acts, called SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Allred Wigan (his third appearance). Emery, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Ce leste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Extravaganza of MEPHISTOPHELES; or an Ambassador from Below. ROYAL PRINCEiS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EYENDIG Will he performed the new and original Play, in live acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. sbaracter by Mr. C. Kean Principal To conclude with THE SFITALFIELDS WEAVER, in 'which Mr. Wright wall appear. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense success of the Equestrian Drama of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Debut of M. and Mdlle. Lalande, from Franconi's Cirque Na tionale, Paris, having been unavoidably postponed, they will posi tively appear (for the third time) TIIIS EVENING, when, and during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, in two acts, produced with new dresses, scenery, and appointments, written ezpressly for th►s Theatre, and embodying all those stirring inci dents and situations so graphically described in Mrs. Stowe's popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Establishment. To be followed by an extraordinary display of Equestrian and Gymnastic Achievements in the Arena. To conclude with a popular FARCE. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LOND, lON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning 21 min. after 4 1 Evening 39 min.aft. 4 To-Moaaow—Morning 0 min. after 5 1 Evening 21 min.aft. 5 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'elock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKEST ONE—N., fresh breeze—rain. TUNBRID GE—N.W., strong breeze—partially clo u dy. BASINGS TOKE—N.W., gentle breeze --partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N., strong breeze—cloudless. STRooD--N_ strong breeze—cloudy. SWINDON—N., gentle breeze—cloudless. LEIGHTON—N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—E., strong breeze—rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK—W., calm—cloudless. POOLE—N.W., calm —partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—N.N.E. strong breeze--partially cloudy. LANCASTER—N. calm—cloudless. DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze--cloudless—frost. THE WEATHER.—SUN OPFICZ, Dec. 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 40— highest since noon yesterday. 28—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'98. WIND, S.—Fine frosty weather. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE ISTu, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT oF TEE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT ( F THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND ,AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. ••A Z e t i , *•• • • • -14 U LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1852. Well,! we are at length to have a stringent and searching inquiry into all the facts and circum stances of the "FRAIL" transaction. It will speedily be ascertained how far " the barber's" dis tinguished correspondent is implicated—whether the Right Honourable and Gallant Gentleman is indeed fully and completely innocent, and his accusers guilty of the infamous conspiracy charged against them. It is but justice to Major BERES FORD to acknowledge that he has made no effort to shirk or evade the necessary investigation—that he has not, as at one time asserted, taken refuge in a West Indian Government appointment--and that all through he has not only protested his own in nocence, but retorted upon his accusers, declaring that, " unless some steps were taken by the parties who made the charges against him, he would himself, in his place in Parliament, insist upon an inquiry." We are quite willing to give the Right Honourable Gentleman the full benefit of the impression arising from what Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN justly termed " such manly and straightforward. conduct." It must, however, on the other hand, be borne in mind that the case had assumed a peculiarly suspicious aspect, and that a continued silence would be tantamount to a confession of guilt. The accused had previously contented himself with asserting his innocence, but beyond that his defence was studiously reserved. He offered no explanations as to the extraordinary events which brought him a gentleman of birth and position in society—into such intimacy with the Shrews bury tonsor. Neither did he directly deny the authorship of the letter found on MORGAN when seized, flagrante delicto, with the red hand, in the very act of bribing the electors of Derby ; nor even confess, and avow it. He remained totally silent, calling on the public to suspend their opinions until the truth should be elicited. This Wrongs silence, so very mortifying to any person , al innocence might be distinctly proved, had it le adY had some pre j u di c i al effect, and was if the Ri e a 4 eutial that it should be removed, t u retain hisghminieutourable Ge n tl eman were st i ll to situation of gecreetrial position in the responsible t oo , that his co r at War. It is just possible, they were not might have felt th a t who, if really guilt;:r ad Y Strong to shelter one evinced such singular There might, there and culpable indiscretion. fore, have been no alternative mi ght, and theg matte a r t etientoob tarty'w.tehac se vigorou,s defence, and carryi n l e but a enemy ' s cam p •; and the conduct of the throng)! whose intervention the li g ht, was in every resp ect s , brought to vigorous onslaught m j tionable, that a teiially diminish the weight otherwise attaclkable to his testimon Without in any wise prejudging the case that i 3 still sub judice, we may refer to the new light that has been thrown on the transaction. It ap.. pears that a certain Mr. FLEWKER, an Attorney, had, on many previous occasions, been .de. H e active agent on the Tory or Conservative si had cond ucted, amongst other matters, the peti tion under which Messrs. STRUTT and GOWER were unseated in 1 848, but unfortunately too late discovered that his zeal had surpassed his discre tion—that "he had reckoned without his host." There being no person for the expenses, some subscriptions were given—in4uding one of 1001. Upon the nature of the forthcoming Budget depends the existence of the present Government. The fact, indeed, is so very obvious that it seems almost preposterous to venture upon what may reasonably appear to many its superfluous enun ciation. Yet, perceptible though the truth un doubtedly is, it is at the same time one of such extraordinary importance, as to demand from us a reminder thus explicit, now that we are on the eve of the long-anticipated ministerial announce-, ment. Until now it must be acknowledged by us all that no opportunity has presented itself for the deliberate bringing forth of this financial statement. Circumstances have to a considerable extent aided the Ministry, by affording them ample time for consideration. Causes of unavoid able procrastination have started up one after another in rapid and, so far, very convenient suc cession—early in Spring the necessity of passing the Mutiny Act, and voting the supplies--early in Summer the necessity of at once dissolving , Parliament—early in Autumn the general elec tion, followed almost immediately by the death of the late Duke of WELLINGTON—. early in Winter the funeral obsequies of the de parted hero, occurring nearly simultaneously with the assembling of the New House of Commons at Westminster. Scarcely had the remains of the Conqueror of the Peninsula been solemnly deposit ed by the nation under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, when it became necessary to cram the principles of Free Trade down the throats of the Protectionist Administration. It was a duty unavoidably devolving upon the Opposition. It was a responsibility to which more were pledged than the Manchester party and their sympathisers. Something like this was required for the calming of the public mind in the United Kingdom, and, in some measure also for the maintenance of tranquillity throughout Christendom. F L LEN had to administer the leek : but —contrary to first anticipations--he came to the House of Com mons, not from the West Riding of Yorkshire, but from the borough of Wolverhampton. His, however, was not the hand that forced it between the teeth of the reluctant Derbyites--the task de volving, at the eleventh hour, upon the noble Lord the EX-FOREIGN SECRETARY. By whomsoever administered, the aliment has been at length most happily devoured by the Cabinet to the dismay of party, but unquestionably also to the popular satisfaction. It was an act, we cannot but think, of very memorable retribution. It was a noble evidence of homage to the genius and patriotism of Sir ROBERT PEEL —expressive of a tribute from the Opposition benches, and of expiation from the benches of the Government. Henceforth, more over, we can have no misapprehension whatever upon the subject as to the relative strength of the rival causes of Free Trade and Protection. The question has now been, for once and for all, settled. The system of the monopolists is buried beyond the possibility of exhumation. In its place we have seen solemnly and permanently established the grand system of Free Trade; or, as it is the fashion to call it among the later and most un willing converts—unrestricted competition. The wisdom of the course pursued in 1846, the justice of that course, and its eminently beneficial conse quences have all been recognised and acknow ledged by the DERBY - DISRAELI Government and its supporters--what though the obnoxious clause with the three " odious" epithets, " just, and wise, and beneficial," was shrunk from so sensi tively by the leaders of the Administration. Monopoly is dead. __Lon live Free Trade ! was the cry of the division on Friday night, or rather on Saturday morning, in the lower branch of the Legislature. The still obdurate fifty-three and their friends oui of doors, PAUL FOSKETTS, and the like, might, after this all but unanimous division of the Parliament, as lief attempt to re store the system of rotten boroughmongering, as hope to revive the abandoned principles of agricul tural Protection. For, the Forlorn Hope, upon the strength of whose prowess they had counted with such implicit confidence, have thrown down their arms, and abruptly capitulated. The vic tory, in truth, has been so complete and over whelming, that the triumphant Free-traders are meditating whether, as Liberal Reformers, they may not, after their Ulm, very speedily witness their Austerlitz. Meanwhile, the once Protectionist, but now Free trading Cabinet—having (with wry faces) eaten their leek, seasoned, be it remembered, very deli ""telY and daintily with their own words—are l edepend preparing to lay b e f ore th e country those carefu lly e"sidered measures which must constitute the pith and marrow of the forthcoming Fi nanc Fina ncial Sta tement. U pon the character of the measures contained i n th e Budget, as we have already ob served, m , l dn d the' downfall or the stabilita tion of the existing may reasonably conje‘-ictUrveerninar:lttoleraMiblynisatweras'rewoef all this themselves. T l ' ley must appreciate to imperative necessity of some extent, at least, the the age, that of progressive advancement. They must un d er otand that 'm6B eackayours are !., THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, DECEMBER 1, 1 852, from Major BERESFORD, who even then took an interest in the Derby elections. FLEWKER, how ever, in place of obtaining honours and emolument, was 'root. or 8001. out of pocket by the trans-. action—a matter that appears to have rankled in his mind and excited a strong desire of vengeance, an anxious wish "to pitch into every body" when the fitting occasion should arrive. Four tedious years elapsed, during which period the injured FLEWKER continued " nursing his wrath to keep it warm." At length the hour arrived when the avenging NEMESIS might be propitiated. An appeal was made to the country. A general election was about to take place. At first FLEWKER kept aloof in sullen dignity. He refused to act as an agent for the Ministerial can didate. He had a correspondence on this point with the Chairman of the Conservative Commit tee—a gentleman just appointed a magistrate for the borough in which he showed that the "old sore" was still open. He was, however, too valu able an auxiliary to be given up without an exer tion. A trusty agent, named RADFORD, was selected to make the final attempt to propitiate his anger. RADFORD determined to try the effect of a little candour. He accordingly told the in dignant FLEWKER that decisive arrangements had been made for securing the election by means of money, and that a stranger had arrived in town, who was to do the trick. FLEWKER apparently yielded. The anger vanished, and he consented once more to act as Conservative agent, and to render his best assistance to the good cause. But FLEWKER was faithless. A scheme of vengeance flashed across his mind, which he determined to carry into execution. He consented to meet " the good and safe man," and was intro duced to that respectable individual at the County Tavern. He then asked if MORGAN had any let ter from FRAIL, with whom he had been in com munication on a former °cm-Rion, and with whose style and manner of handwriting he was well ac quainted. MORGAN answered in the negative, but produced as his credential the celebrated let ter 'Signed " W. 8.," and dated from the Canton Club. So at least FLEWKER asserts. On the other side, so far as we can learn, it is positively affirmed that the letter was an old one, written on a bye gone occasion, and not in any degree relating to the last election—and that if there had been any tampering with electors at the instance of her MAJESTY'S Secretary at War, the time for in quiry had gone by ; the statute of limitations might be pleaded in bar of the suit. This, it appears, is the issue to be tried, and GOD for bid that we should in any degree prejudge the re sult. It is not our desire to influence in any degree the decision of the tribunal to which the matter has been referred. GOD forbid that any party feeling or prejudice should induce us either to inflict injury on an innocent person, or to shelter a guilty one. Our only desire is, that the verdict may be in strict accordance with the substantial merits and real justice of the case. When that verdict is returned, we may offer some commentary ; but until then we refrain from further observation, merely pointing out the nature of the question about to be decided, and heartily hoping that truth may ultimately prevail, so that the inno cent may be fully acquitted, and suitable punish ment inflicted on the guilty. adventured upon by them to effect a series of popular improvements, they can never hope to preserve long , within their grasp the somewhat slippery reins of constitu tional administration. Unless they feel con vinced of these things, and act upon their con victions, they may prepare forthwith to resign to more able and more discerning statesmen their present inestimable opportunity. If such are not the opinions entertained by them in reference to the requirements of the existing generation, they cannot expect to retain much longer their enviable ascendancy over the fortunes of their immediate contemporaries. Sufficient has been said, however, even now—in spite of the almost inscrutable silence upon these particulars main tained by the Right Honourable the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER-t 0 justify us, we conceive, in anticipating some effort, however inadequate, to accede to the wants of the majority of the population. For instance, it may not be impossible that the Income-tax, or, as it is now termed, the Property-tax, may be, by certain concessions and emendations, to a consi derable degree lightened and popularised. Neither is it altogether improbable, that the remission of some duties of an intolerable kind to the general community may be proposed—such for example as those levied upon tea, as one of the most uni versal, and, in these days, necessary articles of consumption. While propositions will, of course, be made by Mr. DISRAELI, tending to a reduc tion of the burthens at present weighing heavily upon the agricultural interests by the extension of those grand Free-trade principles which are at length recognised and accepted upon almost all hands as the inviolable principles of unrestricted competition. Such are a few among the rational anticipations suggested to the more thoughtful observers by the inklings already obtained as to the ministerial intentions, in defiance of a really be wildering taciturnity on the part of the astute and accomplished Leader of the Lower House of the Imperial Legislature. Whether or not these ex pectations may be realised can continue matter for conjecture only until Friday evening. Then will be decided, by the voice of Mr. DISRAELI him self, the fate of that Cabinet of February, of which he is one of the most distinguished ornaments. The liberality of the measures about to be pro posed by him, can alone save his own and the for tunes of his colleagues from perdition. A respon sibility of great imminence devolves, therefore, at the present moment upon the Right Hon. Gentleman the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was brisker, the sales being 12,000 bales. Railway Shares were firmer in the morning, but closed rather easier. Accounts from Peru recently to hand state that the exports of guano this year have fallen off. The Austrian Government is steadily paying off its debt to the National Bank of Vienna. The Chamber of Representatives in Belgium have passed the project for the conversion of the 5 into 44 per Cents. There was a slight reduction yesterday afternoon in the rates at which Bills of Exchange were nego tiated on the principal continental cities, Paris excepted, which remained at 25 :40 to 4215-. Am sterdam, 90 days, was at 11: 18 to 184. ifambro' at 13 : 6/ to 7, and Trieste at 11: 41 to 44. Scraps s+ill occasionally come to hand from Aus tralia, showing not only the difficulty, but also the precariousness of gold digging, The following is a copy of a letter received from the Captain of the Anaki Hills exploring party : "I should have written to you earlier, but have no means of sending a letter to town. One of my men being very anxious to see his wife and family, whom he left very ill, I have given him permission to do so, and to return on Monday next. We have explored all the hills on Messrs. Griffin's and Staughton's stations, and found not a speck of gold. We have sunk a great many holes on both stations, and also surfaced ' • but we a re i n hopes of finding the p rec i ous meta l on Steiglitz's run, part of which we have explored, and are now proceeding down the creek in Sharp's direetiou." The Bank of England during the " shutting" of the transfer-books will advance upon stock at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum, to be repaid in January. _ The English Stock Market has been weaker, and there is less doing, the naval and military prepara tions of the Government being a cause of some un easiness. Consols have been 101 to * for transfer, and are now 101 k to f ; the New 31 per Cents. have realised 103 g. to -T r and the 3 per Cents. 100 k t o #. B ank Stock is worth 222 k; South Sea New Annuities are at 100 a ; Exchequer Bills bring 725., and India Bonds 80s. to 83s. premium. - There has been a decided movement in Grenada Deferred Bonds, the price hhving risen to 12 and 13. Mexican are well supported at 25 to ; Equador hav e b een a t si ; B uenos A yres are 74, and. Brazilian 102; Austrian Scrip is at 9 prem.; Pe ruvian Deferred Stock is at 641 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 51f to 52 ; and the Deferred 25, The Certificates are 3# to f The Swedish Loan is 1 discount. Nothing has been dons in the Turkish Loan. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are asi to Dutch 4 per Cents. bring 97. Railway Stares are not generally so high, but the market is active and buoyant for North British, Bristol and Exeter, Endinburgh and Glasgow, and Great South ern an d W es t ern o f Ireland. French Shares are dull, but at fully the previous rates. In Gold M:nes there are still large transactions, and higher rates have been obtained for Colonial, United Mexican Yuba, English and Australian copper, and Australian freehold, & c . The Chartered Bank of Australia is not so good. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, (From the Official List.) _ Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced] Annuities lOO i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities.... ..... . lO 3l i B Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 - Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860. India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills lid. June. £1000.... 69 72 £5OO 72 Small — 72 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT E ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Scrip, 5 per Cent 9i Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent 97i # Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent 102 i Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 74 Equador Bonds 5 i Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent l2 i # 13 121 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 2 51 Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 6 3 4 81 1 Portuguese 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent . ............ Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3# i I p c Swedish Loan ll d Dutch Exchange 2A per Cent 66 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 HALF-PAST TWO 101 i I 1018 i 6 83 80 3 . 100 5 - . 101,1 1 March. 72 Consols Ditto Account, Dec. 9 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAV The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. TRUCK SYSTEM. _ _ Mr. C. FORSTER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in consequence of the report of the commissioner for enquiring into the opera tion of the Truck System, it is the intention of the Government to introduce any measure on that sub Ain the course of the present session ? Mr. WALPOLE said it was his intention to bring in a bill on the subject shortly after the Christmas recess. THE MILITIA. Sir G. PECHELL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he would be able, before the recess, to present the returns of the number of men now enrolled in each regiment of militia, and the quota of each, &c ? Mr. WALPOLE said, he believed the returns to the Home-office were nearly complete, and if the hon. and gallant member would move for them as far as they had gone, he would lay them on the table before the recess, and they could be made more perfect afterwards. RYDE PETTY SESSIONS. In reply to Mr. FRENVEN, Mr. WALPOLE said the last information he received was, that though there were only three magistrabes to preside at the Ryde petty sessions, no practical incon venience had arisen. He should communicate with the Lord-Lieutenant, for the purpose of obtaining more full information on the subject. RETURNS. Sir G. PECHELL moved fora copy of the order issued by the Poor-law Board, dated the 25th day of August, 1852, for regulating the administration of out door relief ; together with copies of such applications as have been made by the several guardians for a total and immediate repeal of such order. Also, copies of the several applications that have been made to the Board of Admiralty, the Hydrographer, and the Astronomer Royal, since 1849, for pecuniary rewards on account of improvements made in chronometers; and, a list of the s eve ral chronometers that have been placed on the Goverl, inent trials at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, arranged in their order of merit, and distinguishing those chrono meters that have been purchased by the Board of Admi ralty, with the prices awarded for them (in continuation of return, No. 585, of session 1 8 4 9).—Agreed to. BETHELEM HOSPITAL. In reply to Sir R. H. INGus, Mr. WALPOLE said he hoped to lay on the table next week, the report of the commissioners, and the reply of the governors of the hospital. POLLING AT COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL. On the order of the day for the committal of this bill, Mr. BUCK put it to the noble lord who had cnarge of the bill, whether it would not be better to refer the bill to the consideration of a select committee ? Mr. MILES, before the question was answered, called upon the noble lord to state specifically what his proposals were. Lord R. GROSVENOR had no hesitation in giving a reply to both these questions. With regard to the first of them, he should have had no objection to adopt the suggestion thrown out if this had been the first time that the bill came before the house. But the fact was the bill had been repeatedly before the house in the last Parliament, and once it had been sanctioned by the Government of the day, and he could see no necessity for referring the bill to a select committee. With regard to the second question, he begged to state, that he intended to confine the provisions of the bill to the simple matter of limiting the polling for counties to one day, and providing that the declaration of the poll should take place the day afterwards. Sir GEORGE PECHELL supported the bill. Mr. PACKE complained of the very great haste with which the bill was being pressed forward. It would be time enough to commit it when the house met again, after the Christmas recess. The bill, he was afraid, would produce great inconvenience to county electors, for it always happened that something like 80 county elections had to take place within the space of ten days; and inasmuch as many electors had votes in several counties, they would have no opportunity of polling in more than one if the bill passed. H e s h ou ld t h erefore move that the bill be committed that day three months. After a few words from Mr. H. DRUMMOND and. Capt. A. LENNOX, Mr. G. BUTT moved that it be an instruction ; u the committee on the County Elections Poll. Bill to Intro duce provisions into the bill for shortening the time between the proclamation and day of election in counties, and the time of the receipt of the writ and the election in boroughs. The great objects which a bill of this nature should have in view, should be to secure to the electors the exercise of the franchise with convenience, and to limit the expense attendant upon county elections. The law as it now stood was passed in 1796, but since that period the means of communication from one part of the coun try to another had been greatly increased, and a change in the law was required to make it comformable chat altered state of things. Mr. B. DENISON did not apprehend that there would be any objection to the proposed amendment, as the house was clearly of opinion that the time for holding county elections should be shortened. Her Majesty's Government, as he understood, had no objection to the 'principle of the bill, but they did ob ject to that part of the bill which shortened the period to elapse between the day of nomination and the day of polling ; and, for his part, if the noble lord would con sent to make the time three days, he would support the passing of the bill, as he was convinced, from confer rences that he had had with electioneering agents. that there would be no difficulty, with an increase in the number of polling places, in accomplishing the polling at county elections in one day. Mr. WALPOLE agreed with the observations which the previous speaker had made, and if the noble lord would adopt his suggestion, there would be no difficulty in passing the bill. He, however, could not consent to the instructions proposed by the hon. and learned mem ber (Mr. Butt), as from the shortness of the notice which had been given of them, he had had no opportunity of consulting his colleagues upon the subject, and he there fore hoped the hon. and learned member would not per severe with them. After a few words from Lord HARRY VANE, Lord J. RUSSELL concurred with what had f 4 -1 len from the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department, it was highly desirable to shorten the time for taking county elections, but that object could be attained without making an alteration in the law in any other respect. For instance, the number of polling places could be increased under the lawa3 now stood, and he could see no good reason for encumbering this bill with provisions upon that matter, or with the proposal of the hon. and learned member opposite. This latter proposal might he made the subject of a second bill. Mr, MULLINS did not believe that the bill would effect any saving of expence or prove acceptable." the, electors, but it would prevent a good deal of that cor ruption that 'generally took place on the second day's polling, and he should therefore vote for going into Committee. Mr. HUME advised Lord Robert Grosvenor to be content with the principle of limiting the voting for counties to one day, and not to press any provision in regard to the mode of voting. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY. Mr. V. SMITH said his object in supporting the bill was to prevent the enormous expenses which took place between the first and second day. Mr. G. BUTT withdrew his amendment, and gave notice that after the recess he would move for lea' - .to bring in a bill to carry out the proposal which i t con tained. Mr. V. SCULLY approved of the bill, and hoped its principle would hereafter be extended to Ireland. At present, however, he did not b e li eve th e mac hi nery o f the bill wa s fitted for that country, and the first conse quence of it would be that not one-tenth of the county electors would be able to record their votes. rhe process of polling a voter in Ireland was ex tremely dilatory, and from what he had seen working in his own personal experience, he could state for a fact that it was not possible to poll more than 200 votes, in a day of eight hours, at one booth. Mr. MONSELL said, that having consulted the hon. member (Mr. Elliot) who had intended to move that his bill be extended to Scotland, he thought it most con venient to announce to the house that he had come to the determination to allow the bill to pass through com mittee, and to defer their amendment to the report. (Hear.) Col. SIBTHORP said that he considered this a low, shabby, and mean bill. He, himself possessed the elective franchise in eight or nine different counties, and at the late general election he had fr‘ and it exceedingly difficult to get from place to •place in sufficient time. If this bill passed it would be in future perfectly impossible. (Hear.) H e h a d no reliance in this house—(l au ghter)—aud he looked therefore to another place which was not actuated by the same selfish party motives as this house. Many other bills of this natureihad been thrown out there, and he hoped this bill would meet with the same fate. He believed. this bill was supported by honourable mem bers simply with a view to save their own pockets. Mr. DEEDES said that he should support the amend ment, because he thought the bill was premature. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT After a few remarks from Mr. GEORGE, the amendment was withdrawn, and the bill passed through committee. Mr. HUME enquired if the financial statement would he made on Friday night. Mr. WALPOLE was understood to bow assent. THE MELBOURNE. Mr. DRUMMOND moved for the correspondence and reports relative to the ship Melbourne. Mr. A. STAFFORD said that not only was there no objection to the introduction of this correspondence, but the Admiralty would be exceedingly glad to lay the whole much circumstance before the public, as they had been exaggerated and misrepresented in the public prints. It would be found, he thought, that the whole blame attached to the company, the proprietors of the vessel, and that none could possibiy attach to the Admiralty. After a short conversation the motion was agreed to, and the remaining orders having been disposed of, the house adjourned at three o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS —Nov. 30, - - • • —• MINISTERS' MONEY (IRELAND.) Motion made, and question put, " That this house will, upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a com mittee, to take into consideration the law relating to the rate or tax called Ministers' Money, in Ireland, with the view to repeal so much thereof as relates to the said rate or tax ; and further to take into consideration the Act 3 and Will. 4, c. 37, called the ' Church Temporalities Act,' for the purpose of amending the same, so as to provide thereby a substitute out of the revenues of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as a provision for the Pro testant Ministers in certain corporate towns in Ireland, in lieu of the annual sums now received by them under and by virtue of the Act 17 and 18 Charles 2, c. 7." Whereupon the previous question was put, " That that question be now put." The house divided—Ayes, 94 ; Noes, 140. AYES. Baines, lif. T. Gower, F. L. O'Brien, Cornelius Ball, John Grace, 0. D. J. O'Brien, Patrick Barnes, T. Greene, John O'Brien, Sir Timothy Bell, James Grey lie, Colonel F. O'Flaherty, Anthony Bellew, Captain Hastie, Alexander Otway, Arthur John Berkeley, Craven F. Hastie, Archibald Pellatt, Apsley Bowyer, George Heard, JI. Pinney, W. Brady, John Henchy, D. O'Connor Pollard, Urquhart W. Bright, John lligAins, George Potter, R. Br otherton, Joseph Hindley, Charles C ower, N. brown, Humphrey Hume, Joseph Price, W. P. Burke, Sir T. Keating, Robert Roche. E. B. Hto ler, Charles S. Kennedy, TrlstraM Rus ell, F. W. Rynz. G. H. Charles Kirk, William Sadleir, J. Challis, Alderman Laslett , William Sadieir, J. Cheetham, John Lawless, Cecil Scully, V. Clay, J. Loveden, P. Shee, W, Clay, Sir William L ucas, F. Shelley, Q Cobden, Richard M'Cann, J. Smith, W. J. W. M. Coffin, W. M'Gregor, John Sullivan ' l l.Crossley, Frank 2 , l`3lahon, Patrick Swift, Richard Devereux, John T. Magan, W. H. Thompson, G. LuITY, Charles Cavan Maguire, John F. Thornely, T. Duncan, George Meagher, Thomas Towneley, C. Esmonde, John Massey, W. N. Villiers, C. Pelham Fergus, John 11l fall, Edward Whitbread, Samuel Fitzgerald, John Milner, W. M. Wilkinson, W. A. Fitzgerald, Sir J. F. Mitchell, T. A. Williams, William Forteseue, Chichester Molesworth, Sir W. Gardner, Richard Moore, 'l. H. Gibson, Thomas M. Mulgrave, Earl Goderich, Viscount Murrougli, J. P. Goodman, Sir George Norreys, Sir D. TELLER.. Fagan, James Murphy, F. S. NOES. Acland, Sir T. D Gask ell, James M. Naas, Lord Archdall, Capt. M. George, John Napier, Josept. Baird, James Gipps, Henry P. North, Colonel Bankes, George Gladstone, William Packe, C. William Barrow, W. H. Graham, Lord M. W Pakington, Sir John Bateson, Thomas Greenell, Gilbert Parker, R. Townley Bennet, Php Grogan, Edward' Patten, J. Beresford, William Gwyn, Howel l'hillipps, J. H. Bernard, Viscount H am i lton, Lord C. Pigott, F. B'andtord, Marquis of Hamilton, Geo. A. Repton, G. W. J. Bolder°. Colonel Hamilton, J. Hans Rolt, P. Booth, Sir R. Harcourt, Colonel Bowie, C. B. G. Bramston, T. W. Hayes, Sir Edmund Seaham, Lord. Bremridge, Richard Henley, Joseph W. Smith, Sir F. Brooke, Lord Herbert, Sir Thomas Smollett, A. l'rooke, Sir A. B. Hildyard, Robert C. Sorner , et, Captain Bruce, C. L. C. Hotharn, Lord , Sotheron, T. IL Buller, Sir J. Y. Hughes, William B. Spooner, R. Burghley, Lord Irton, Samuel Stafford, A. Butt, Geo. Medd Johnstone, IL B. Stanley, Lord Cairns, 11. M Calmont dolliffe, Sir W. G. Stapleton, J. t'arnac, Sir J. Rivett Jones. Captain Stirling, William Chandos, Marquis of Ker, D. S. Stuart H. Christopher, R. Adam Knatchbull, W. F. T ai l or, C o l onel Christy, Samuel Knight, F. W. Taylor, H. Clinton, Lord Robert Knox, W. S. Thesiger, Sir F. Codrinrton, Sir Wmt Langton, W. G. Thompson, Ald. Conolly, T. Lennox, Lord A. F. Trollope. Sir J. Coote, Sir T. Leslie, C. P. Turner, C. Corry, H. L. Liddell, H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Cotton, W. Lindsay, Colonel Vance. J. Davies, David A. S. Lockhart, W. Vansittart, G. H. Davison, It . Lowther, Captain Vernon. G. E. H. Drummond,Henry Macgregor. James Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Du Cane, Cbarles Melina, Richard Walcott, Adm. Duncombe, Wm. E. Mandeville, Viscount Walpole, S. 11. Dunne, Colonel Manners, Lord G. Warner, Edward Egerton, W. T. Manners, Lord J. Whiteside, James Evelyn, Wm. John Maxwell, James P. Whitmore, Henry Ferguson, Sir Robert Michell, W. Wigram, L. T. Filmer, Sir Edmund Miller, T. J. Wyndham, nen. Forester, Colonel Mills, A. Wynn, Herbert W. Forster, Sir Geo. M. Monck, Lord Wynne, W. W. E. Franklyn, George W. Montgomery, H. Yorie, Eliot Thomas Fraoer, Sir Wm. A. Moore, RS. Frewen, Charles Hay Morgan, C. R. TELLIES. Fuller, Augustus E. M organ, ° craving Mackenzie, F. Gallivey, Sir W. P. Mulling's, J. It. Lennox. Lord H. CREWE STEEPLECHASES, TUESDAY, The Eddleston Free Handicap of 5 sovs each, and 30 sovs added. Three miles. Mr. James's Jenny Jones (301.), 9st Olb Mr. Byron's nd Falcon (301.), 9st 101 b... Mr. Smith's Gulnare (801.), 10st 121 b Mr. Land's Frank (301.), lOst 41b Mr. Henderson's Crabbs (30/.), lOst 41b 0 Mr. Lamplough's Yorkshireman (301.), 9st 101 b 0 Mr. Tilbury's Quickstep (301.), Oat 101 b Mr. Blow's Flying Buck (301.), Ost 81b Mr. Tustin's gr g, by Greatheart (801.), Ost 61b .1 Mr. Smith's Harmony (301.), Bst 61b Betting-2 to 1 agst Frank, and 4to 1 agat York shireman and Quickstep. Won by three lengths. The Annual Steeplechase Stakes of 10 soya, each, and 60 soya. added. About three miles. 16 subs. Mr. Spier's Benedict, Bst 101 b (White) 1 Mr. Bretherton's Clatterbox, 9st 41b Mr. Laing's Johnny Barry, 10st 21b Mr. Land's The Screw, 9st 81b Mr. Clayton's Janus, 9st 81b Captain Pascoe rid Royal Blue, 9st 41b Mr. Henderson's Widow Machre, 9st 21b Mr. Williams's The - Unkown, 9st 21b Mr. Roberts's Emperor, Bst 121 b Betting-3 to 1 agst Clatterbox, 4to 1 agst Emperor, sto 1 agat Janus, 6to 1 agst The Screw, 6 to 1 agst The Unknown, and 10 to 1 agst Johnnie Barry. Won by three lengths. The Hatherton Stakes of 30 soya. each, and 15 added; one mile and half, 16 subs., were won in four heats by Mr. Steven's Lady Wilton beating Mr. Johnson's The Lame'un, Mr. Grimer's Sarah, Mr. Tempest's Knight of the Pipe, Mr. Barton's Pioneer, Mr. Smith's Gulnare, Captain Phelam's Louisa, Mr. Rickard's Emma, and Mr. Welling's Miss Moulton. ... (White) . o . o 0 BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Nancy (t). 50 to 1 flack Doctor (t). 11 1 : , Joe Miller (t). Richard Primmer (t). Muscovite (t). 1,000 to 1 0 G o ldfi n d er . 1,000 to 10 000000000 to t o o t 11 1 555 _ ___ Lord Fauconberg (t). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 50 to 1 offered on the field. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst West Australian (t). 15 to 1 -- The Reiver (t). 18 to 1 --- Pharos (t). 20 to 1 -- Elmsthorpe (t). 20 to 1 -- Umbriel (t). TRADING IN D RATR.—Several years have now elapsed sincerational men, th at the English people had fallen into a to be c l ear t o th e co mprehension of most condition began muc much to be regretted, in respect of their Fu neral customs. A system of barbarous show and ex pense was found to have gradually erected itself above the grave, which, while it could possibly do no honor to the memo ry of the dead, did great dishonor to 'le living, as of inducing them to associate the most hum an occas ions with unmeaning mme mu ri es, dishon es t d e bt, p r ofuse waste, and bad ex ample in an utt er oblivion of respons ibility. Th e more the subject Wa s examined, an d t h e l ower th e investiga tion was carried, the more monstrous (as was natural) these usages a p peared to be, bot h i n th emse l ves and in their consequ ences. No class o f soc i e t y escape d . The a mong the middle c lasses f or superior competition gentility in funerals--the gentility being estimated by the amount of ghastly folly in which the undertaker was permitted to run riot—descended even to the very poor, to whom the cost of funeral customs was so ruinous and so disproportionate to their means, that they formed clubs among th emse l ves to defray .s uch charges. Many of these club s , conducted hy designing villains who preyed upon the general infirmity, cheated and wronged the poor, most cruelly ; others, by presenting a new class of temp tations to the wickeest natures among them, led to a new class o f mercenary murders , so a b om i na bl e i n their ini qu it y, that language canno t s ti gmat i se them with sufficient severity. That nothing might be wanting to complete the general depravity, hollowness, and falsehood, of this state of things, the absurd fact came to light, that innumerable harpies assumed the titles o furnish ers o f funera l s, who possessed no fu nera l furnituie what ever, b ut who formed a long file of middle men between the chief mourner and the real tradesman, and who hired out the trappings from one to another— passing them on like water-buckets at a fire —every one of them charging his enormous per centage on his share of the "black job." Add to all this, the demonstration, by the simplest and plainest practical science, of the terrible consequences to the living, inevitably resulting from the practice of burying the dead in the midst of crowded towns ; and the exposition of a system of in decent horror, revolting to our nature and disgraceful to our age and nation, arising out of the confined limits of such burial-grounds, and the avarice of their proprie tors ; and the culminating point of this gigantic morkery is at last arrived at.---Dickens's " ilouseltold Words," solemn LORD PALMERSTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Upon the occasion of Lord Palmerston's abrupt dismissal by Lord John Russell from a post he had filled for so many years with so much credit to himself and honour to his country —you were the first to regret, the first to condemn. You deserve credit for your discern ment--your predictions are verified by time. Lord Pal merston is now, as he was then, the most important per son in the kingdom. It is agreeable to behold the exhibition of talent under any circumstances. We all like to see a clever thing cleverly done ; but when talent is made subservient to patriotism—when its object is to annihilate faction, to re-establish permanently the most important principle that ever triumphed in any country—to rally under one banner men of talent of every party, with " onward" for their cry—to trumpet forth in the most unmistakeable manner (by a stupendous Parliamentary majority) to Protectionists of every country, that protection is an error, and that free trade, after a fair trial, has been proved to be a great truth ; when these are its objects, the exhibition of talent has an air peculiarly graceful. Lord Palmerston has not only brought the Protectionist and the Free-trader to the same pond, but he has made them drink. Curious enough, it was only the free-trade horse that kicked—poor Cobden ! We might say in the words of Byron, Where's Cobden ? Dished ! Where's Lord John Russell ? Diddled ! Where's Sibthorp, Newdegate, and Mr. Ball ? We might also add, in the words of the same poet, " Re venge is sweet, particularly in " place-hunting Radicals and well-paid patriots. Lord Palmerston was satisfied with the triumph of a principle. Cobden and Lord John Russell would make their enemies bite the dust. The people of England will not bend down their thumbs —the vanquished gladiators shall live. The country—. the world—is indebted to Lord Palmerston for his ad mirable tact. England will not be ungrateful. I conclude, sir, by subscribing myself to be, yours respectfully, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park Square. C. W. S THE DEBATE LAST WEEk.—The London correspon dent of the Edinburgh Advertiser, observes that the amendment, in a homely phrase, completely took the wind out of the sails of the factious Opposition. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a speech of great bril liancy, made a most triumphant vindication of the policy of the Government. Bright, and Mr. Frederick Peel did their best to reduce this great question of domestic policy to a mere party strug gle. The latter gentleman was succeeded by Lord Palmerston, whose great Parliamentary experience, high personal honour, and acknowledged Free-trade sym pathies, at once secured the attention of the house to the few sentences of dignified and profound wisdom which he addressed to it. The noble Lord is, by general consent, the ablest and readiest debator of the day, and never to better purpose did he bring to bear his influence, wisdom, and evperience. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—Last evening the arrangements for the reception of the prize cattle imple ments, and to be exhibited during the next week by the Smithfield Club, were finally completed. With regard to animals, the admissions will be extended up to 10 o'clock on Saturday night, after which hour no specimen will, under any circumstances, be received. The ar rangements are such that there will be a more distinct classification of animals than formerly. The judges will make their inspection and award of their prizes on Mon day, and in the evening the show will be illuminated for private view. On Tuesday morning the exhibition of the cattle will open to the public, and continue open daily until Friday night, the 10th instant, when it will finally close. A NEW CANADIAN RAILWAY.—A new Canadian line, called the Hamilton and Toronto Railway, was announced yesterday afternoon. It will be 40 miles in length, and the bill authorising it has already passed the Canadian House of Assembly. The capital is fixed by the legislature at 450,000/, currency, or 369,0001. ster ling, and the Government is, moreover, authorised to advance one half the entire cost of construction, on loan at 6 per cent., for 20 years. A contract, however, is stated to have been made with Mr. George Wythes, of Reigate, to lay down a single line of rails, complete, for 348,5001., and to pay 6 per cent. per annum on the capital called up till the opening of the line. The capital is to be raised by the creation of 212,5001. currency of share capital in shares of 25/. currency, or 201. 10s. sterling each ; and by the issue of 1,742 bonds of 100/. sterling each, bearing 6 per cent. per annum, repayable in twenty years, and convertable into shares. Only one half of this capital, however, is to be raised in England, the other moiety being reserved for Canada. FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.—A piece of arable land of 20 acres, in this parish, was, on Wednesday, knocked down at 2,0001., being 1001. per acre. This is under free trade, and one of the " sophisms of protec tion" was, that land was to go out of cultivation. The land is not suitable for building purposes, and will doubtless continue to be cuiltiev,LedAfyolresy Ne wheat, bu7 ‘ 2 ZhiCh nobody could grow at the pre . PLYMOUTH.—Mr. debut M ead, on the THEATRE Royal S ROYAL , They Plymouth boards on Monday the 22d. The piece selected was the celebrated domestic play of Tlee Stranger, and Mr. Mead's interpretation of the chief character Was undoubtedly a finely drawn and exceedingly clever per sonation. Mrs. Haller was taken by Madame Leclercq, and this lady was never seen to more advantage than she appeared in that character. Her acting possessed the very soul of nature, and was highly expressive of the deep humiliation of a penitent, affectionate wife, who is convinced that she has cruelly wronged her husband. The closing Scene wee most effective, Paid tears were noticed LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS PO') MIDDLESEX SESSIONS: id so The Assist an t-J u d ge (M r. Ser j eant Adams) itso bench of magistrates, sat this morning at the we 0 1 house, Westminster, to hear bail and apPeal c/vi which there were four in the paper. ya „,, o of CHARGE OF ROBBERY AG A I NS T A LATE MERCY. Anne Campbell, who, it is stated, is very re s Pe l of connected, and w h o has gained some notoriety YI g o quence of having published a pamphlet refleetag e oi the system p ursue d at Miss Sellon ' s esta bliOt Devonport, of which she was an inmate, eai /1 this morning a n d p l ea d ed not _guilty to an i ll ` 7 m i ds, charging her w ith h av i ng stolen a set o f da iar„l o o4 pearl neckla ce , an d other valuable proper*? to Mrs. Julia Anne Phillips, widow of the La_ _or Howell Jones Phillips, of S eymour - s t r eet, town. a* Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution , as Ballantine and Mr. Parry for the defence. o secti ti" Mr. Bodkin, i n open i ng the case for the p r os foe,: said that it a pp eare d f rom the evidence o f the P trix, who at the time of the robbery resided c 1 I l er Albert-street, C am d en -t own, that the pr i son er O a mother were on a visit to her residence, and that ° r s io 19th of Octob er l as t having occasion to go to Exel n ' e r , placed a nu m b er o f jewels under the care of the P rl ' ii - o trg mother, Mrs. Campbell. On her return from the & 5 °I the whole of the property was gone, and on the eop ty, October Mrs. Campbell returned the jewel-ease s , r t ole: Finding he r p ro p er t y gone she sent to a Mr' - s e cli c j . man, who aft erwar d s w i t h Lockerby of the,,beP , sion of poli ce , wen t to Knowle-hill, near Ids'h e iv° and saw the p r i soner . Th e officer told her t hat ! A del suspected of stealin g a num b er of valuable art' belonging to Mrs. Phillips. He was a fter n o; shown a t run k f rom which lie saw the 13 ,0 4„o r iore' ing the jew e l s t a k en. W hen he first saw the Pthatb she did not ex p ress th e l east unwillingness , search should be made, but asked if the Mi.rsses ' l3O O had been questi one d upon t h e matter. -am r. I.l, •)Ve', having adv er t e d t o th e statement made by the P-st when taken int o cus t o d y, an d i n which she said 4.), had taken the jewels, thinking that the daughters s right to them, sa id if th e j ury were of opinion 000 had so take n th e property with that intention, tbef usio , return a verdict o f no t gu il ty. He would, in eeel.er state that he an d a ll part i es concerned were e;"„ece°' sorry at the a pp earance of the private corres palue - , the prisoner —a correspon d ence which ought ele have appea re d, an d w hi ch by being taken from "Of fendant and published was against the principles law and justice. After a few words from the Learned Judge, _A to i?.! Mr. Balla n ti ne sa id t h at he was much oblige 0; learned cou nse l f or th e way in which he had st 3 0, case, and, in conc l us i on, made some comment TPa 0 , bo,,w manner in which th e d e f en d ant had been treale ietr at the police court and by the publication of her —letters which had no bearing upon the case. tibe Mr. Bodkin, after a short pause, withdrew 3 :"tio li prosecution, and the prisoner was, under the 1 1 - 0 4 of the Judge, discharged from custody, the jurf previously returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The Court was crowded. BOW - STREET.—(THIS DAY.) 1 ,1 VIOLENT ASS AULT UPON A MEMBER OF PAB.-17 ,10 11 ; —This mornin g , th e H on. B utler Johnstone, 31", i t Wltil Canterbury, a pp eare d b e f ore Mr. Henry, t h e. magistrate, in a nswer t o a summons charging the, violently assaulting Benjamin Oliveira, M.P. for tefract. Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the defendant. dO / It appeared f rom th e evidence, which was the at great length, that on Friday night last, betsn r o hours of land 2, and after the division on the fre e. th ° motion, brought on in th e H ouse o f C om ma complainant and defendant were walking along rzwd the the former in company with Mr. Hastie, M.P. , 13 r latter with Lord D rum l anr i g. Both part i e s / to the, peared, called a cab, and the cabman driving 11P , A the side of the pavement, the complainant 1410' side, when the defendant struck him in a very d then manner twice over the shoulder, with a cane, d ,°l/. ran away. Mr. Oli ve i ra f ee li ng himself aggTie_„—sttr the followi ng morn i ng took out a summons ar`oftli`, defendant, and the c ase was t a k en t hi s morning ou t I foo ordergenerally pursued at police courts, it coming °S the night charges. Several witnesses were called to prove the above 00 and after some considerable conversation betwee n parties, 00 .6 Mr. Henry, th e mag i s t rate, stated that the b e st 0 0 3 to pursue would be to send the case before a./ b o sk let them decid e on th e matter i n issue. . d therefore, order the d e p os iti ons to b e ta k en , o ' ll 4 o o defendant to b e b oun d over to appear at the nex t se' for the county of Middlesex. p ro . The parties were then bound over to appear 9 ' - „peAr . k secute, and the ho n . d e f en d an t put i n b a i l f or his ance. The court was crowded to excess. Cu' THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. S. MORTON." - ti, respondent states that the Procureur of the Fren ch Ire public, or, as he is now called, of the Empire, 1 . 4 - yi the ceived instructions to commence a prosecution „,,,' - v ing cass of Mr. Bower, the relations of Mr. Morton '7,; e ct' made an application to the Government on this sob e„ CARLOW ELECTION.--M r . Francis Macdonogh, .but one of the most successful members of the Irish bar' pi who has never hitherto taken any part in politics , 0 , offered himself to th e e l ec t ors of Carlow, as at.C5lO date for the sea t l e ft vacant b y the death' the Colonel Bruen. t SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCID ENT. —A n acc iden n c h a which a gentleman lost his life, occurred on the shire and Y or k s hi re Railway, at Pendleton, near 5110 chester, y es t er d ay morn i ng. The deceased, Mr. I , the Longshaw, was rent - co ll ector to Mr. Hugh Ifigs°ciitoll' manager of th e Fit zgera ld co lli ery estates at Pen ia',, He had crossed the up-line of rails at Windsor - 10 4e , station to make so me i nqu i r i es of the clerk in „,°,4,3% whose name is Willi am Bi rc h . T he latter was sn-oor between a lu ggage -t ra i n an d a coal-train on t he u t line, both of which were stationary. He had P i . s re ace swered Mr. Lo ngs h aw ' s questions, which had re'ewilea to the arrival of some cattle-trains from Skipton , iiiv oi a shout of "l oo k out " was raised by one of the rlbester officials, an d th e express -train from Bolton to ga ll° came up almost immediately along the up-hne• n for Longshaw, wh o was stan di ng on the down-line' eci i° tunately mistook the caution and thought it refe ‘ r t , r . co ril f one of the t ra i ns h e was stan d ing between. Ir e 'line 0 „, ingly stepp e d b ac k wards, almost close to the ur bait rails. Scarcely had he done so, when the engin, e a r aci : of the expr ess t ra i n , w hi c h he had not perceive°, him on hi s r i g ht s id e, and dashed him before it, s° ever he fell across one of the rails, and the train passings him, cut off his left foot and right hand, at tb i r ns te; time dreadfully fracturing his sk u ll. D ea th was sv „ taneous. The u n f or t una t e man has left a widow "- children. THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES AND THE IRISH tO-• TION.—The Art Journal, for December, adverting ~0, 1; vast Continent a l support promised to th e Dublinec ll , de ll l , bition of next y ear , says —" O ur Paris corre sP writes us, that the approaching Irish Exhibition ' 00 .0 4 nobly supported by near l y a ll t h e first-rate mond° A O of Paris, particularly thos e connec t e d w i t h t h e fi rl, f , - oer the whole of the bron ze , th e b es t o f t h e bijoutiere, rwitlls' stainers, ca rve d f urn it ure manufacturers, gul'B- porcelain m anu f ac t urers, b ook bi nders, silversinitli!o "thos6 pet manufacturers, &c., and by th e p ro d u cers °, I%f r t i articles called emphatically 'Articles de Paris' ce ive, Roney, accompanied by his agent, has been r e of with the utmost urbanity by the greater numb er eel ise bricants. The President, Louis Napoleon, has _,P r n fol e r the support of the Government for the transpor t - is sog; chandise to Havre, the election of a French conin i no val, the contributions of the Gobelins, Sevres, and am manufactories ; these, added to much goodwi", Ater fested by our artists, will make no doubt a In`lh'e con esting exhibition, and novel in point of art, IT i ",. - brat'l trast of the different productions of the m ost ee' - i schools of painting of Europe." The whole of 1 .0 1 , 0 t° lection forming by the East India-house, wh ich „ ta cle r have constit u t e d i n i tself a magnificent sP e- : - elf I' o London, n ex t year, w i ll now figure exclus'vo th Dublin, owing to an ar rangement come to bet sgee krilr e Royal Society of Art s , th roug h its pres id e nt, c 1 Albert, and the authorities in Leadenhall-street East. , bic ni m.. CARRIAGE OF PARC E L S . —A case of consioe ra- c o-; terest between the trading community and railw a y li nty panics has ju s t been heard in th e Liverpool wee, Court. The London and North-Western C , °,O, of f, ,r; finding that certain carriers adopted the praeb e b - lic a.," 0 warding and delivering small parcels for the Vitheta ap p very moderate charge, by making a number of 0 00 t. into one large parcel, resolved to increase tbei, r oa e„ o such parties to more than double the usual on, These rates were paid under protest, and l ie ost, was brought against the company to recover one I r. charge, their act not allowing them to Pla ce e ooth e r . dividual in a less favourable position than, ie To prove that the company had pursued tial and consequently illegal course, testiorfeiv. given by several persons to the effect that i t i ni' ex ce t l; been in the habit of making up a variety of sze 3j e itiOla. t . into one, and transmitting them to an agent for o t heir distribution among their customers and that,: Thef . , case no extra payment had ever been demand ed ' c arr y also stated that it would be impossible for thew ~„e t ein,' on their present business under a different 0 7 0 100 , "Booksellers and watchmakers," it was isms to ' "were in the habit of sending parcels a dclres- an d Fe great number of consignees in one enclostlina w, would be an enormous expense if each parcel na ott Sty sent separately, and the separate carriage Pai d ul e ) r ions i f Even persons who were not in trade would be . in injured by since they could not send anything The parcel to be divided between two or more perr i neet oic e Judge said l 3 would consider his decision, and it early in December. e ghib i SALE ,OF A WIFE.—One of these diagrac: ful Av il a tions took place the other evening at the Cardig an iun isbe _ Kirkstall-road, Leeds. From the information ? or. D e ,!so by an eye-witness, we learn that a man named', g a r i t i lr has cohabited with a married woman name at c r , Spence'_ r. _ Spence ; and the woman's hysband, solicitation, agreed to "sell" her to her cordingly she was by appointment taken t 0 0 ,, „ e ch i c Para th ill e ° C uardl o gg : Arms in a halter, and sold in the presence__e s y , pany drinking there for a soveraign . . 0 t 1 ,7 40 ,t i 0 .„.. 1 1 a e j on u STr aed. the "sale " was complete w d as , s p a r t e d tt o y wn near to ly in which the sovereign r miog" Leeds Times. E.—A 13i t f (3l. n n A.N of c the con Five hai T n il h E OU l s m e Pr ae u e ri btai C n o e lN d A o G n E e o p r ert F ie _rn re. ost thousand tons of copper will be req seven hail and the making the copper coinage of the FreunierhedlifoP; died toes issue of the metallic , currency, nearly firni; au of which Will be used" by the Binning work will probably take four years to complete it. UNIVERSITY OP LONDON. Yesterday afternoon a generameeting of the graduates in this University was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, to adopt measures for urging upon the Legislature the claim of the University to be represented in Parliament. Mr. Heywood, M.P., presided, and was supported by the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. Collier, M.P., Mr. Carter, M.P., Dr. Bil ling, Dr. Carpenter, and other gentlemen. In opening the proceedings, the Chairman remarked on the necessity of an addition to the number of scien tific men in the House of Commons, and where the medical profession was very inefficiently represented. It had been objected to their movement that Chelsea and Kensington had a prior claim to any vacant seats that might occur in the House of Commons. While recognising the claims of such bodies to be represented, he (the Chairman) could see in those claims no valid reason why the University of London should not struggle for privileges to which it was certainly entitled. Dr. Forster read a report, which stated at some length the circumstances connected with the foundation of the college, and its subsequent history. The number of schools and colleges now affiliated to the University was above 100, in which between 7,000 and 8,000 young men were under instruction. As some of these pursued their studies at two places at the same time, the number of students in con nection with the University might be estimated at 5,000, which was more than the number at Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin taken together. It was now a matter of doubt which had the most wealth—Oxford, Cambridge, or London. Upwards of 700 graduates were now connected with the London University, which would be a larger constituency than the Univer sity of Dublin possessed when the Reform Rill gave it a second member. Upwards of 30 members of the House of Commons had promised to support the claims of the University, amongst the number being Lord J. Russell, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Hume, and Lord D. Stuart. On the motion of Mr. Thornely, M.P., seconded by Mr. Collier, M.P., it was resolved, that the time had come for erecting the University of London into a Par liamentary constituency. On the motion of Mr. Mahon, M.P„ seconded by Mr. Thorogood, a committee was appointed for pre paring the necessary details. A subscription list for the purpose of meeting past and future expenses was opened, and Mr. T. Field Gibson was appointed treasurer. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, who briefly ac knowledged the compliment, closed the proceedings. MINISTERS' MONEY, _(IRELAND).—Mr. Charles Forster paired off in favour of Mr. Fagan's motion, with Mr. Walter against it, till eight o'clock ; and, on returning to vote, at that hour, found the House up. DEATH OF CAPTAIN GREEN PALEY.—We have to record the demise of Captain Greeii Paley, son-in-law to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Solicitor-General. The gallant officer died suddenly on the 29th ult., having been ill but a few hours. He was the husband of the only daughter and child of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and was the representa tive of an old Yorkshire family. So little was the event expected, that on Saturday evening last, Mrs. Paley at tended the soiree given by Lady Derby, in company with the Solicitor-General. THE ESTIMATES.—It is said that the increase to the army, in personnel and materiel, will include an addition to the artillery branch of 2,000 men, 1,000 horses and carriages, and ammunition waggons for 200 guns. ABOLITION OF QUARANTINE.—The Lords of the Council have directed Mr. Greville, one of the clerks of the council, to acquaint the Commissioners of Customs, for the information of their officers, at the several ports throughout the kingdom, of the desire of their lordship s that the regulati ons contained in the Council letter of the 2d of September last—" that the officers of the customs should examine very particularly the masters of vessels arriving from the Baltic and the North Sea, as to the state of health of their passengers and crew, more especially with reference to cholera, and in the event of there being any person or persons on board actually suf fering from cholera, or who had been suffering from that disease within the five days previous to the arrival of the vessel in port, they were to detain any such vessel under a precautionary quarantine, for such period as the medi cal officer employed to visit the sick might judge neees commTHEunFitiuyEo: shore"-- E s c h L o E u ß ld be ay. 2 -Yesterd sary for the secur i ty or preservation of the health of the discontinueday a f r g o e m n e t r h a the present tim e . meeting - of the subscribers to this charity —the objects of which are, allowhig permanent pensions to the widows and orphan unmarried daughters of clergymen of the Established Church, and affording temporary as s i s t ance to necessitous cl ergymen and their families —was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of electing ten pensioners on the funds from a long list of candidates. The Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A., having taken the chair at one o'clock, stated the claims of the society, and then declared the poll to be open. Mr. Stephen J. Aldrich, the secretary, informed the meeting that there were at presrint twenty pensioners on the funds, receiving from 30,/. to 401. per annum. During the past year grants and loans had been made to 57 ne cessitous clergymen, 'to the amount of 660/. ; to the wives of ditto, 101. ; )25 wid ows o f ditt o , 145/. ;to 34 daughters of ditto, 1871/. ; making a total of 9961. The funds were stated to 'be in a very flourishing condition. At three o'clock the poll was closed, and the names of the ten successful candidates having been announced, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the pro ceedings terminated. HEALTH OF LOND OR DURING THE WEEK. —The weekly return continues to exhibit a comparatively favourable condition of the pr Lblic health. In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths were 947, a number which differs not much from that of the preceding week. In the ten correspon ding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average number was 1,087, which, if a correction i s ma d e for inc rease o f population, gives a mortality f or the pre sent time of 1,1.96. Compared with this estimated amount, the dea the actually returned last week show a reduction of 249. In the last week of October the mean temperature fen to 45'6 deg. ; this was followed in the next week by an i ncrease o f mortality, which rosert o 1,101. Under r the influence of a higher temperature, the mortality in the last three weeks declined, and was as of follows : -1,0 22, 92 2, 947. In t h e f our weeks Nove mber the mean •temperature has been 54'2 deg., 51 . 2 deg., 49.3 deg., and 45.7 deg., which, one with another, is 5 deg. a b c , ve th e average. The amount o f rain that has fallen in each o f th e same wee k s i s 0.84 i n ., P3O in., 1.77 in., and 1 . 46 in. Last week an inch of rain fell on Friday a: one. It may be supposed that excessive rains, by thoroughly •wr kshing the drains and carrying off injurious matters, ten .d to promote the public health, and it is not till they 1 Lave ceased that the effect of in creased evaporation 13, !gins to be observed in an increase of sickness and death. Last week the deaths from scar latina again rose fr am 59 to 72, those from typhus fell from 50 to 37. Th' Re were 7 deaths from small-pox and 15 from measles. Diseases from the respiratory organs are at nearly the F .ame amount as in the preceding week. Last week the b= .rths of 855 boys and 816 girls, in all 1,671 children, " were registered in London. The average number in +seven. corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1,348,. At the Royal Observatory, Green wich, the mean h* sight of the barometer last week was 29 . 369 in. The :mean temperature was 45 . 7 deg., which is 2 . 3 deg. ab sve the average. The mean daily tem perature was highest on Sunday and Friday, when it rose to 50'8 and 52 deg., or 7 deg. and 9 deg. above the average. The wind blew generally from the north in the beginr jng of the meek, and from th e sou th- wes t on Friday a Ad paturday. I lier acc o rn, th e ;1, o'clock' DR 42 , 14. a h e Lo 411liet eRPec *h i e ° l ll4 t 4) ell he t o .th, te 10 th e Of Al c i ea, th e lat e ` .. ° 1 11 A4Bta thl ~94 I r d e(l 4 11 uLlit h cqpit N 4,4 ih 48 iO4 t ete 114 -eSB he n a d ber eB PeCi. ° f S t2 hrii e ,teB( 114; awim