The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-29 00:00:00

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Mr. Justice Cresswell, in passing sentence, stated that One of the jury had this morning intimated that it was the intuition of the whole jury to recommend the pri soners to mercy, on the ground of the evidence not being le conclusive as it might have been ; but they were all satisfied of their guilt, and though no money was ob tained by means of the forgery in question, yet there could be no doubt that it was only one part of an exten sive system of fraud which they had in contemplation. It therefore became necessary, for the protection of traders in the city of London, to make a severe example of the prisoners, and the sentence of the Court upon them was, that they he transported beyond the seas fur 4 Period of 15 years. The prisoners were then removed from the dock. MANSLAUGHTER. Susan Kale surrendered to take her trial on an in dictment charging her with the " manslaughter" of a laarried woman named Margaret Ellen Jones. Mr. Rubinson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution, that the prisoner, who resided at Stoke Newington, hac aservant named Sophia Williams, whom she suddenly discharg e d f or some alleged m i scon d uc t. A f e w d a y, afte rwards, the m ot h er o f t h e g irl went to the prisoner'a h • °Use , in company with the deceased Mrs. Jones, to inquir e t_ e the reaso n f or h er dismissal, and to fetch away a n cloth es . The deceased knocke d at t h e d oor , w hi c h was e __°Pened by th e p r i soner , w ho, on ascertaining their rr ud, th rew out a bundle of clothes, an d t h e n gave th e deceased push, which sent her into the area, fey such below, an d th e i n juries she received were of 8„ n T'n a seri ous d escr i pt i on that s h e di e d a few days “ItTvards in the hospital. Bh Ai ". Willia ms a d m i tte d, on cross-examination, that e e and the dece ase d h a d been drinking some gin, but s h denied th at t h ey were i ntox i ca ted. Witness broke sumsout windows in order to induce the people to c o me and ous ._ rend er some des i stance , and she was given iute custody, and fi ne d f or t h e d amag e done. deeeqs 13 1 °Iiceman s a id that both Mrs. Williams and the w ere drunk when he was called to the spot. verdi ct lea n Clark son having addres sed the j ur y , and the s v Judge having summed up, the jury returned of Not Guilty. MARKET NEWS- (THIS DAY) CORN EXCLIA.NGE.—FRIDAY. eoastwise the arrivals of English Whea t have been sli ghtly on the i ncrease this week, but the receipts fr esh h t0.,1 - (1 )", were very moderate. The show of sampl , ss of both Red and White was comparatively small. Tht Itt endaace of t own an d co untry buyers was by no meant . i i i t r igl , yet th e sa l e for homegro wn Wheats was steady, t" Monday's prices. About 1,000 quarters chaugeo ands for forward delivery. Upwards of 18,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have inT 4e ; nevertheless, most kinds c h a n g ed hands to a ..4r extent, at late currencies. Several floating cargoes sold, chiefly on Irish account, at full p r i ces . p We had a very small supply of both English and ° reigo Barley on show. Really fine malting parcels were the turn dearer. Grinding and Distilling sorts W ere firm. Malt—the show of which was small—moved off s teadily, at very full prices. e There was an improved inquiry for Oats, the quota "°lll of which were fully supported. rates Beane, Peas, and Flour moved off steadily, at extreme ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. Flou: ,1" irithagtt..•. 3,260r5. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks ligh . • ••• I 3,220 1,260 1,830 1,170 13,910 tor i e-gh •• •• •• i 18,580 1,610 6,960 26,600 ti • SMITHFIELD. To day's market was well supplied with Beasts as to number, but their general quality was inferior. Middling breeds moved off steadily, at, in some instances, a slight advance in the quotations. Otherwise, the trade was !steady at full prices. Sheep, the arrivals of which were but moderate, were in fair request at full currencies— the primest Old Downs selling freely at 4s. 4d. per Blbs. We had an improved sale for Calves, the supply of which was on the decrease at an advance of 2d. per 81 b 8 . There was more doing in Pigs at late rates. kilch C ows were very dull at from 14 1 . 10s . to 19 1 . e ach, including their small calf. Per 811 m. to sink the offal. re 8. d. to s. d Sectenor BeastB 2 0 2 2 ond Priquality •• 2 4 3 0 ale larZe Oxen 3 3 3 6 „ s SCota 3 a 310 icarge coarse C a lves 2 8 3 6 i ze small ditto 3 8 4 0 Lambs cBllll3 Cal "19 022 0 00 0 0 e. d. to s. d Ulterior Sheep •. •• 3 0 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 6 3 6 Coarse-woollecldittc3 10 4 1, Southdown Nether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool° 0 0 0 Large Iloge •• .• 210 3 6 Small Porkers •• 3 8 110 Quarter old Pigs .•17 0 31 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. I 6,100 300 330 FOREIGN LIIIPPLY. 10eaS t 8 310 I Sheep. i Calve. Pigs. 1,600 210 NENVGITE AND LEADENIIILL. I" ~We had au improved demand for each kind of Meat, 'very foil prices. Il etsts. 1,010 At per atone by the Carcase. E. d. to s. !. s. d. to s d. i beef, lnferior...... , .4 , hfutton,inferior .. 2 8 3 0 ....... reicl,lllag .. •• 2 60 2 2 8 middling.. 303 f, ..--___ pprrlinizsamrgaell .. 210 3 0 m aI Prime i . . . . •.. .. .: .•,, 3 3 2 8 8 6 4 4 3 0 C Yeah... .. • a 2 3 4 Pork, largo •• • • ••• • •• n . --.• A 8 2 10 - e at full rates The demand BOROUGH HOP. icontinues rather active for all new Hop:, ._Goldin lar e D 0 currency. The supplies on offer are gent 11 tY, 255,00 0 1. to 260,0001. Midland and _East gs, 1203 to 1503 per cwt ; Weald of 'lent, do to 843• do. choice, 003 to 903; Sussex, 723 to 783; c i ) i , ; c4 i o e, 80s to 84s ; Farnham, 1003 to 1201; do i ,',,`ce, 130 s to 1403; country do, 903 to 1003; do choice. A ws to 120 s. COLONIAL ;tB4Zar—The market for British Plantation has been i tQa . cl Y this week, with a fair demand and a somewhat jP a l ted eupply. The consumption continues steady. !trbadoes sold briskly at an advance of 6d per cwt ; ie yellow, 39s to 40s; mid to good, 363 to 38s 6d; and . e°netnon, 353 to 35s 6d. Jamaica realized 35s for mid , ? ell "e; and 335 to 34s for low. Demerara brought 32. 10°_.3e..tor good to fine brown, and 33s 6d to 34s for yel life Tobago common d. e eu ned was in fair demand at full rates, fair to fine yellow sold at 338 to 331 6 t f 4 OCe r , , h / "'MP bringing 45s to 48s. For East India . 6 r..ere has been a steady inquiry at about the previous t ° o 4es ' Bengal sold a t 37 s G d to 395; f or B enares mi d ...Rend white and soft y e ll ow, 28s to 32; b rown , 26 1 . t o !I; and ord to mid-like Mauritius 328 to 355. Madras rid at 28 1 to 32s for soft yellow, and ' at 34s to 37s foi lout . e 1,0 mid grocery. Mauritius has been firm, but none zaa been offered publicly. Manilla was taken in at s 6odsysfeoarsrefnajoridotr(d) g to on g d o . od clayed, and Java at 36s 6d to 37 , n_, good. sold at 34s 6d to 38s for low to /OW white. Havannah was bouht in at 36s to 383 for to mid yellow, and at 343 to 36s 6d for brown low to goo t 0 Privately full rates have been paid. th"ciff''e—The demand for most sorts was sluggish in . e early part of the week, but it has increased since, and a rise of is to 2s per cwt has occurred in plantation a i en, with a tendency to a further advance, low mi mid bringing 523 to 595, good, 60e to 67s 6d, triage e 7B 6! to 48 , i. and peaberry, 563 to 597. Mocha ha n sold at fits to 655, for greenish, partly garbled, and It" h Bahl° as been taken in at 40s, for good ord brownish „„a brought 37e to 445, for ord to fine and good ord 4n4labar sold at 48s. Costa Rica went at stiff prices, e ga n td greY, 47s to 498 6d, fine ord and low mid colony, . 4 to 56s 61, and peatierry at 50*, ft C°oo t 7 —There hats been a brisk demand at f u ll ra t es . esrenada ord to good grey has been sold at 30s to 33*, Ntr ," Mid to good red, at 333 to 353. Trinidad went at `'s to ees for ord dark to mid grey, and at 32s to 39: fo r„ e lew and good red. - Klee—The demand has been limited, but full prices h ave been obtained. 4 rrow-root—Bermuda has been taken in at is 2d for fine, and Jamaica at 8d per lb. t ee a S t a P iveis at fuller rates, "s—Pimento hats been at previou s ra t e s , good B g"od, realizing sid to 5 1 - e d. Pepper yen good, ,, white advanced 3d a 3ied to 3ici for mice t° 4/d era to mid, realizing 6id to iid for Singapore, 411c1 ii to Sid for fine. Cloves sold at 6/el to6id lor . I.(1 dusk P enang, and Sid to 6 id f or ol d t o mid. Cm - men is 2d to 3d dearer. Stilt 6d to to lid per cent., refractiou Bengal sold at 24s Pet'e—Pricea have been supported, ord to good to 273 per owt. leurn—This articl e has been dull. e°tLen-There has been a good demand at higher prieja.. Surat sold at 4, 5 ,1 to 5d per lb. C chinettl—The market is steady but quiet. butburf:s7At tt ielluybl Young ditto and GunpotrP, gou rather heevily. public sales a large proportion found h stsl a d awtefruel l o p ff r e ia re e d s: bu il t y c 's o o n n_, Since then, the market privately ie tirnaer, at 9d to ilid for common Congou. yallewP.Y.C., is firm at 33 6d per cet. tr,.. 0 Green Feutt—A. favourable change of wind has .._llLeht several arrivals. Some new Messins Lemons c",;..00ti received by tamper via Liverpool, a portion n at latch were sont to London, but are in too green a !t ee : for immediate use. A parcel of 400 boxes, Naples, r s..._, fy:d zed Antwerp, sold by Keeling ri u ota p . ll "le ' barrels realizes a gord price, being in good condi and Hunt at New black Spanish Nut 3 are dull of sate, the Price bein g ton high for consumption. A parcel of 100 of Almeroe Grapes has been sold from 9 9e. to 301. Per barrel. A cargo of Fara Oranges has arrived, being the first this season, A Iziocx of LA.vvvrats.—As many as " one hundred tent and eighty-three„ per sons have giveu n o ti ce o f t h e i r in apply to be admitted a torneys of the Court of Queen's Bench e m ote rn e nsu i ng Michaelmas Term, co' zeeecig o Tueay next. BEDLA.M. e affairs of this hospital seem to have been conducted in quite a cocoa'' spirit ; for if we look at the lavish expenditure cf the funds, or the brutal ill-treatment of the pour patients, wo are bound to con fess that the governors and directors have been regularly gotis it like mml."—Punch. FRANCE. The Moniteur has the following with regard to tho Turkish loan—" Letters from Constantinople, of the 15th of October, announce that the Poite has decidEcily refused the ratification of the loan nego ciated some weeks ego in London and in Paris. This news is alone exact of all that has been brought forward on the subject of this loan affair." The official journal contains a good many appoint ments_ in different branches of the magistracy. There is a batch of decorations of the Legion of Honour, and the military medal is confered on several marines. Asa proof of the great change in public opinion in the arrondisement of Avesnes (Nord), which, at the time of the presidential election on the 10th Decem ber, 1848, was most hostile to Louis Napoleon, we now find that out of the 1.53 communes of which the arrondissement is composed, 152 have demanded the re-establishment of the Empire. The number of communes in the Meuse, which have sent petitions to the Senate to the same effect, amount to .586, having 57,470 signatures; 198 of the recsntly-renewed Municipal Ct,uncils of the Loire Inferieure, have sant addresses praying for the Empire. In the Maine-et Loire fresh addresses arrive at the Pre fecture every day; the number already amounts to 200. We read in the Constitutionvel:—" Since the Go vernment has determined to extirpate bandittism in Corsica, the local administration has redoubled its -.cavity and energy. Important results have been :already obtained. It is known tha t two formidable bandits, named Padovana and Framoni, have been, the first, killed in an encounter with the gendarmes, and the second, arrested. Framoni, in particular, was one of the most dangerous offenders that could, be met with. He is shortly to be tried by the Court of Assizes. We learn that two other bandits, Domi uique Cesari, surnamed Sperato, and Cesar Barton, have been lately killed by the gendarmes. Sperato was a man of extreme audacity and almost superhu man strength, who had succeeded in terrifying the neighbourhood of Spartena, his principal haunt. He was the type of the bandit who hired out his carbine to the vengeance of others. Barteli explored the ar rondissement of Corta, and they were together when Surprised by the gendarmerie. They made a despe rate resistance, and some of the men attacking them were wounded. The letters, which inform us of these results, state that in consequence of the determination of the authorities to punish severely whatever persons harbour bandits in Corsica, these latter are left com paratively defenceless, and can in consequence be more easily laid hands on. Several of them, in de spair of being able to continue their odious occupation, have asked leave to be allowed to proceed to Sardinia. The news of the death of Sperato, who passed for being almost invincible, will produce the greatest consternation amongst them. The event was greeted with the greatest joy in the arrondissements of Corte and Sartena." Government securities again declined at the Bourse. Railway shares were more firm. The Four-and-a. Half per Cents. opened at 106 f. 50c., and closed at 106 f. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 81f. 80c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,710 f.; Rouen, 980 f.; Havre, 4731. 75c. ; Great Northern, 8521. 50c.; Avignon. 6051. ; Basle, 3651. ; Paris and Strasburg, 8351.; Paris and Lyons, 995 f.; Lyons Ind Avignon, 737 f. 50e. ; Western of France, 725 f.; St. Divier to Gray, 580 f.; Caen to Cherbourg, 6121. 50c.; Bordeaux to Cette, 642 f. 50c.; the Turkish Loan, 1,015 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIUN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 23. Charleroi and Erquelines, 15i—Grand Junction of France, 79 , 8—Namur and Liege, 8% 2 Northern of France, 33% — Paris and Lyons, 29}—Paris and Strasbourg, 32%—Paris, Caen, and Cnerbourg, 8 1 ,4 —Rouen and Havre, 18—Sambre and Meuse, 10% —Western of France, 17.7;8. THE CONTINENT. BELGIUM. The King of the Belgians, with his family, left Brussels on Wednesday morning by a special train , or.Tirlemont, to meet Queen Marie Amelie, the Prince de Joinville, and the Duchess of Orleans ;oming from Germany, en route for England. From rirlemont his Majesty was to accompany his august relatives as far as the station of Weckeren, whence 'he special train would proceed to Ostend. We read in the Emancipation of Brussels of Wed nesday :—" At the close of the sitting of the Chamber, a courier was dispatched to M. Henri de Brouckere, at Anderghem. He is sent for by the King. The ministry which he has been charged to form will ap pear in the Moniteur to-morrow, or the day after." The Pays has the following on the ministerial cri sis in Belgium : " We are now in possession of more details relative to the different incidents of the vote, which led to the election of M. Delfosse, as President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. It was not until the iecond ballot that he was elected. Wo yesterday re marked that this feeble numerical majority was evidently insufficient to serve as the ba.is of an homogeneous and durable ministry. In fact, after the first success this uncertain majority dissolved itself, and the Chamber came to different contradictory votes. It was thus that NI. Vilain XIV., member of the Catholic party, was Immediately elected first Vice-President, by a majority of 57 to 44, and afterwards by a fresh change the votes were given to 31. Veidt, the liberal candidate, who was elected second Vice-President by 53 to 48, The Secre taries comprise two liberals, MM. Martens and Ansiaux; one Catholic, M. Vermeire, and ono of the neutral party. M. Dumont ; and the two Questors are H. Baillet, a moderate liberal, and M. Secus,A pure Catholic. Evidently there are in these facts symptoms of political dissolution in the Belgian parliament, which appear tons of the greatest gravity. Public opinion ;knows not on what to fix ; it waves between men and parties at the hazard of events, and at the caprice of ballots. We know not with what resolution this difficult situation will inspire the Sovereign of Belgium ; but in truth with the elements of which the parliament is now composed it is almost impossible to foresee how this long crisis will terminate. M. Delfosse, in taking possession of the Presidential chair, invited parties to union and concord ; it is diffi cult to believe that this wish Can be realised. M. do Brouckere at least thinks so. It is in fact announced that he has been again sent for by the King, and that ho nes formally declined the mission of forming a Cabinet. The late ballot, ho said, proved that the old majority was broken up. But, if that be true, the fluctuations of the parliamentary votes equally prove that there has not Yet been formed a compact majority capable of support ing a now administration. Thus, for three months Bel gium has been delivered up to an insoluble crisis, without a ministry since the old one has resigned, and without a parliament, for there exists no real majority, in face of that irresponsible fiction called Constitutional Royalty. We leave this sfffictieg state of affairs to the meditation of all the partisans of Parliamentary regime." GERMANY. The Emancipation of Brusiels says :—" It is stated that the negotiations which have just been opened at Vienna on the custom's question will in principle be only confidential. The Austrian cabinet, before making any proposition, wishes to be sure of the ac• ceptance of all the plenipotentiaries. A first prepa ratory meeting took place on the 22d, at the ministry of foreign affairs." The primary elections for the second chamber are terminated in Prussia. At Berlin they are such as was anticipated. The democratic party abstained, and the other electors showed but little eagerness to vote. We do not yet know the result of the elections in the provinces, but it is more than probable that they are like those of the capital. A journal announces the death of Baron Jean de Gagern, who played an important part at the Con gress of Vienna, and made himself remarkable for his determination in claiming Alsace for Germany. Count Appony, who was a long time Austrian ambassador at Paris, has just died in Hungary. The T'oss Gazette says, under date of Vienna : It is p os iti ve l y state d t h at not on l y A ustr i a, b ut a l so Bavaria, has made propositions for arrangement to the Cabinet of Berlin." The Pressc of Vienna of the 22d says • .—" Nego tiations f or a concordat with the Pope have been opened, by desire of the Emperor of Austria, and it is hoped that they will have a satisfactory result. How CANADA OBTAINED ITS NAME.—The origin of the word Canada is curious t e o nough. The Spaniards visited particular that searchescountry o p r r e g v o i l o d u the French, and made silver, and finding none they often said among them as s n e d lves w , h " Aca nada," (there nagr. o riv watched closely, After the depar turets nothing here). The Indians, !earned the sentence and its meaning. they. and supposed of the Spaniards, the French on their labut r r e was lost ; and the In ,Tians, who wanted none of their company, were o i a Spaniardsorm them cometha t same errand, theyTlTr al anxious so by tarrying in that country, and incessantly Them the Spanish sentence, " Aca nadcz." The opeEated to who knew as little of Spanish as the Indians, su rench, :his incessantly recurring sound was the natne P o P f " th " e l country, and gave it the name of Canada, which it has b)rhe ever since. THE MADIAI FADHLY.—The following letter was re ceived in Edinburgh on Friday:—" Foreign-office, O c t. 20, 1852. Sir—l am directed by the Earl of Malmes bury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst., forwarding a memorial adopted at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, and praying that her Majesty would interpose in the behalf of the Madiai fa mily, now suffering imprisonment in Tuscany on account of their i eligious opinions; and I am to state to you in reply, that the parties in question not being British sub j:ets, her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Tuscany cannot interfere officially in their behalf. Sir Henry Bulwer has, however,• been instructed to give every as sistance that he can unofficially afford to the deputation which has proceeded to Florence with the view of inter ceding ft, madiai f . E iq . 9 amily.—l am, &e., Stanley. James Niehol, e ? ,North Bank-street, Edinburgh." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER COURT CIRCULAR. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. SPORTING NOTES. WINDSOR, OCT. 28. A five-act play, by Mr. Westland Marston, hestirg 1 the modest title of " Anne Blake," was produced at this theatre last night, with most signal and deserved success. Tho intrinsic merits of the drama are of the highest order, and it is impossible to speak in too favourable terms of the admirable efficiency of the performers. A play bettor calculated to hold possession of the stage, and ono more deserving of being seen by all who entertain any appreciation of dramatic and histrionic excellence, we cannot specify. It is not the mero production of a playwright's ingenuity—popular for a season, and des tined, after fulfilling a brilliant transitory existence, to quiet interment and speedy oblivion, but a valuable addi tion to the storehouse of our dramatic literature, rife with a Bound vitality. The plot is artistically and lucidly constructed and evolved. The characters are distinctive, prominent, and unexaggerated. The dialogue is nervous, elegant, and natural. We find no " purple patches" stitched on, no ear-tickling surplusage, but all germane to the matter. No tinsel or clap-trap, but a sterling and polished sub stantiality. " Anne Blake" is, we repeat it, the work of a legitimate dramatist, not of a pretentious playmonger. Five acts, and but seven characters—the unities of nine and place preserved—and yet not a moment of tedium or flagging of interest. Such, in brief, is this master piece of the contemporary stage. The story, simple in its framework, and harmonious in its details, may be narrated in a few words. The action lies in the mansion of Sir Joshua Toppington, tho vulgar-souled, ungentle, and sordid uncle of the orphan girl, whose father died in poverty, and lett her dependent on the bounty of his coarse brother-in law, and the heartless and wily Lady Toppington, Sir Joshua's property is fully mortgaged to Mr. Lanniston, a neighbouring gentleman of station and fortune, who would gladly make the poor but spirited dependent his wife, which, when discovered by the worthy couple, they change their harsh demeanour towards her into a semblance of the greatest affection. The noble-minded Anne, who feels bitterly her situation, has, however, given her affections and troth to Thorold, a wandering artist, and stands firm to her faith;despite their in4ga tions. Llaniston perseveres in his suit. ?heroic/ locks confidently and calmly at the proceedings of his rival; and, strange to say, the rivals are friends. At length, however, Lady Toppington, by dint of wile, and treacherous interpretation of motive, begins to insinuate doubts in Anne's pure breast; and at length she finds a golden opportunity—not less than Thorold alone, and rapturously kissing the miniature of a beautiful woman. An accidental summons causes him to leave the trinket on the table—Lady 7oppington eagerly secures it, nar rates to Anne the history of what she has seen, and finishes by triumphantly exhibiting to her the cherished picture of another. In the third act, some in geniously-contrived recitations of speeches—in a re hearsal for private theatricals, in which both lovers, Anne, and her aunt, take part—are brought to bear upon the situation of Thyroid and his betrothed; the latter of whom, after gradually surprising and then agonizing her lover by her altered manner and cutting words, tells him that he is free, almost at the moment that news is brought that the poor artist is a distinguished Indian officer of great wealth and consideration, and Anne's guardian. Upon this the lady, with deeper and deeper feeling, takes an oath before her aunt that the poor dependent girl will never marry the rich betrayer, and then promises her hand to Llaniston. The fourth act contains the grand scene of the play, in the parting interview of Thorold with Anne—when he gives her the fatal miniature, with the terrible intimation that it is the portrait of her own mother, and in nobly written language details the unbroken love of her father, who died in India, for the wife from whom death, occasioned by poverty and want, had parted him. In breathless words poor Anne shrieks out her agony and her love for Thorold; but the fatal vow interposes, and she falls fran tically on her knees, utterly prostrate and undone. Anne had already refused for the second time, Mr. Lanniston, and she only scruples to fulfill her troth to Thorold upon account of her oath—when the sudden revealed fact, at the end of the play, that cer tain Indian mine shares held by her father, and after wards by Thorold for the daughter's benefit, have be -1 —frees her from the vow made in t hat character. Th e o come wn t e worth chn i technical l t d r e e s a c s r u i r p e t i s 0 , n s o of h a s e r s t e o l f re — l —as e s v h a e p oo e r r d froma dependent fifth act is devoted to the denouement of the final hap pinife.sseacoriffitchicegloLvaenron,isainodn, t w he ho ge a n c e tu ro a ti ll s y l s i t b i e u ra m li a ty kes of oT th e e r th so e un d d e itrhoemreswpileicctitAlennfeorßmiearkphroaps r r i i e s t e o u r . s Into the lovers, and the discomfiture of the ha iled Bar o n et and villagers,' and the curtain falls on the happ i ness of the his lady. Lovel and Bourcicault have written plays, in which the interest is centred in the characters originally sus tained, by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, but even in respect of the co-performance of these pre eminent artists—to say nothing of Westland Maraton's more exalted rank las a dramatist— commend us to the play under consideration. At the conclusion of the fourth act the whole house rose at them in an irresistible impulse of enthusiasm, and they had to appear before the toot-lights in obedience to the universal and vehement demand. Were it but for this portion"..alone, we say—Go see "Anne Blake." Mrs. Kean's personation of the heroine is a veritable triumph of art. Nothing can exceed her exquisite delineation of the nature "ardent and galled by wrong, "of the spirited and loyal girl. The part is one requiring great acting ability to do it adequate justice ; and to what hands could it so felicitously be committed as to those of our most finished and delightful actress? Thorold is one of those characters of serious comedy in which Mr. Kean is incomparable, from his characteristic blending of expres sive energy and accomplished ease. Mr. Walter Lacy as Llaniston, looked and played in his usual gentlemanly manner. Mr. Addison was admirable both in make up and acting, as the detestable Sir Joshua, and we must give an especial commendation to Mrs. Winstanley, who makes her appearance but too seldom, for her assumption of the plotting traitress, Lady Toppington Jillot, the but ler of the household, a rare coxcomb in his way, was capitally done by Mr. Chester, who drew the first of the countless rounds of applause that abounded throughout the play • and Lloyd, the hou se k ee p e r, was done as well as possible by Mrs. Daly. Better acted on the whole no play could by possibility be. The scenery is, it need hardly be said, painted and sot in the invariable first-rate vle of the Princess's Theatre. No. CC CXXX VII. The fcilowing had the honour of dinirg with Her Majesty yesterday:—The Prince and Princess of Ho henlohe, hangenberg, the Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Earl of Mahnesbury, and the Viicomat Hardinge. Prirc", Albert, accompanied by Prince Hermann of Lichenlohe, went out hunting this afternoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, The Earl of Malmesbury left the Castle this morning for London. A deputation frcm the Local Board of Health of Dewsbury had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall, with respect to the supply of water to the above-named district. The deputation (which were attended by the Engineer to the Local Board, Mr. Ranger) consisted of Mr. John Tweedale (the Chairman of the Local Board), Mr. Thomas Cook, Mr. James Howes, and Mr. Benjamin Clay. Mr. Henry Clive, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the 'dome. office. General Campbell had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met at the Palace of West minster at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Sir William Cubitt in the chair; Mr. T. F. Gibson, Sir Alexander Spearman, and Mr. Bowring (Secretary), attended. Dispatches from the Governor of Malta were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lens dale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir John Pakington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Northum• berland, the - Right lion. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hard wieke, the Right lion. J. C. Berries, and Lord John Manners. The Council sat three hours. We hear that the address will be moved in the House of Lords by the Marquis of Bath, and will be seconded by the Earl of Donou.,!heaore.—Morning Herald. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. WEDNESDAY. The authorities are making very slow progress with the arrangements for the Duke's funeral. With the exception of the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral, which Messrs. Cubitt and Company are rapidly transforming into a vast and magnificent amphitheatre, little has been done, and it is a remarkable fact, that little is known as yet as to what will really be done by those appointed to carry out the operations. Whether the remains of the Duke will remain under the roof of Chelsea Hospital on the night preceding the funeral, or whether they will be deposited in the Audience Chamber of the Horse Guards, as originally arranged, was not known :at a late ihour last evening by the present Duke himself. It can hardly, therefore, be expected that the public should have ,accurato infor mation on the point. It seems to be a great pity that some definitive plan is not at once determined on, and officially published. The public have a right to expect information upon a matter in which so deep an interest is felt through out the length and breadth of the land, and it is more over, desirable that the parties upon whom the carrying nut of the arrangements devolves should have a more clear and defined notice of theiriduties than they have as yet received. The design for the funeral car upon which the body will be conveyed to St. Paul's, was finally approved yes terday. This is a step in the right direction at any rate, and the country will be glad to learn that it is proposed to construct the car, not merely for the temporary pur pose, but rather as a national heir-loom to be handed down to posterity, With this view it will be built in the strongest possible manner, and of the most substantial mA terials. The design, which has emanated from the national establishment at Marlborough house—the Department of Practical Art—is described to be very appropriate and magnificent. The stage or platform upon which the superstructure is to be raised will be nearly 30 feet long, and its width msy be imagined, when it is stated that there will be but one foot to spare on each side, as it passes through Temple-bar. The upper portion will present something of the appearance of a military tent, and the stage will be decorated with massive ornaments of solid bronze. It is tinder/stood that eight or ten horses will be required to draw the car. One other feature already settled is the trappings to be worn by these animals. The period of the middle ages has been selected to afford precedents for the occasion. The horses will be enveloped in black velvet, touched with silver from the shoulder to the hock, after the manner of the chargers in the tournaments of the fifteenth cen tury. These caparisons are now being prepared, and it is understood they will bo extremely magnificent. Altogether, from the little known relative to the cere monial, it certainly promises to be a most imposing spectacle. PREPARATIONS AT ST. PAUL'S. The preparations in connexion with the funeral ob se . qtnes of the late Duke aro proceeding with great ra pidity, and on the most extensive scale, under the di rection of liar Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Works, the Lord Chamberlain, and other authorities. Yesterday the workmen, in number amounting to be tween three and tour hundred, were engaged in com pleting the vast amphitheatre of seats, on either side of the great central aisle, leading from the western end of the cathedral, and which are constructed to contain 5,000 persons on each side, rise tier upon tier, com pletely to the roof, a height of some hundred feet from the ground. It has been determined by the Government authori ties that all the seats shall be free, and that no gra tuities shall bo taken by the representatives of the Dean and Chapter. The steps at the western por tico are to be covered with black cloth, and a plat form, also black, is being erected to receive the bier, with its illustrious remains, after ascending Ludgate-hill. On entering the Cathedral yard, where the funeral car and equipage will be drawn up, the procession will have to diverge slightly from the straight line, in consequence of the interposition of the statue of Queen Anne. Machinery, in connexion with the platform, is being specially constructed for the pur pose of conveying the bier, on a moveable stage, along the centre aisle to its place of deposition, under the dome; and its slow solemn transit will be accompanied by the Dead March, or other requiem. It is stated that in con sequence of the limited height and width of Temple-bar, the proportions of the funeral car will have to be mate rially curtailed as regards their originally meditated dimensions. The proprietors of one of the houses front ing the cathedral is reported to have let his house for 1,0001. for the occasion, and the purchase money for seats to view runs enormously high, both in the neigh bourhood of St. Paul's, and over the whole route. During the progress of the works the usual daily ser vices are announced, with the exception of those on Sundays, to be suspended. The cost of carrying out the arrangements is estimated at 10,0001. EXPERIMENT WITH THE GAS IN ST. PAM: 8, FOR THE The applause at the conclusion was unanimous and cordial, and a general recall was awarded to the artists en masse. A most genuine gratulation fell to the lot of the author, as he appeared, pursuant to custom, in the front of his box ; and be may indeed feel proud of his noble contribution (and mark I original, not French stolen) to the stage, and, we must add, grateful to the management for the pains, above all praise, bestowed on its representation. The play was followed by " Sweethearts and Wives." Wright's Billy Lackaday kept the audience in repeated peels of laughter, and the unique ditty of his disasters was hilariously encored. Miss Carlotta Le Clercq looked most charming as Laura, end played with delightful spirit and expression. Mr. Addison as the gouty amo rous old admiral, and the other performers in their re spectivo parts acquitted themselves very well. The huuso was most fashionably and fully attended. FUNERAL. Last evening the first general experiment was made in St. Paul'e, at the instarce of Lord John Manners, Commissioner of Woods and Works, of the effect of the gas arrangements within the edifice. The gas is thrown downward from near the roof, throughout the entire length of tho cathedral, springing in one con tinuous chain from the cornices on both aides of the centre aisle, around the base of the whispering gallery, and along the choir. The appearance is that of a beau tiful beading, lending tbat " dim religious light" so appropriate io the cathedral and the solemnity of a grand funeral. Mains a n d pip es h ave been laid on in the edifice to supply many thousands of small burners. w A specimen pipe, with it s b urners , as shown in action, by Mr. Goulding, the manager of the gas department under Messrs. W. Cubitt, who pointed out the necessity of regulating the supply of gas so as to cause an equal play of the gas from every jet. TUB LONDON CITY Missrotv.—Last night the sixth annual meeting of the llolborn-hill Association in connexion with this organization was held in the Inquest-room, St. Andrews's court, Holborn. Admital Vernon Harcourt, R.N., occupied the chair, and was surrounded by several clergymen. He referred to the great work going on in Ireland, where between 30,000 and 40,000 conversions from Roman Catho licism hal taken place within the past year.—The Secretary then read the report, which stated that during the past year the missionary had made 2,579 calls add visits; of these 192 had been to the sick and dying. He had read the Bible to 552 persons, distributed 2,340 tracts. The domiciliary visi tations had occupied 1,109 hours, and 107 meetings had been held for devotional exercises. It appears that the sphere of the City Mission Society embraces 2,528,000 persons, which is a larger population than that in ten English counties, viz., Bedford, Berke, Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, Cum berland, Dorset, Durham, and Rutland. Of the 3,428 adults who died last pear, 1,047 were visited exclusively by the mis sionaries. The number of persons in the metropolis regularly neglecting public worship was as large as the entire popula tion of Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Birminghanm, Ox ford, and Wolverhampton ! There were 275 missionaries, all of whom visited 500 families per month, or 2,000 persons. Since the mission was formed, 8,309,197 visits had been paid, of which 861,970 were to the sick and dying; 204,504 devotional meetings had been held, and 11,324,949 tracts and 77,761 Bibles had been distributed. There were mis sionaries to the police, to cabmen, to soldiers, to Germans, to Italians, to Jews, to Irish, and to the Welsh residing in the metropolis. The report was adopted. GOVERNMENT EMlGRATlON.—Southampton, Thurs day, Oct. 28.—1 t has this morning been officially an nounced by telegraph that the Emigration Commis sioners have fixed upon Southampton as a Government depot for emigrants to the British colonies, and of dept.- ture for ships employed in this service. We under stand that the terms on which the Commissioners have accepted the tender of the London and South-Western Railway Company for constituting Southampton an emigrant station are, that a depot capable of accom modating 2,000 emigrants is to be built at the London terminus end in the Southampton docks ; and, time on the Vey as the passengers are to he conve) ed by railway from London to the ship's side at Southampton, the departure vessels, and from this port will be, practically, a starting from the tmetropolis without the dangers, delay, expense, loss of n e d a r t e i (,) ri ti i i ncr eased costof p remiums provisions of lot both insurance pas sengers freight i,he of ergers and prow attendant on on incident to the passengers end cargo in the London river. ispatch of ships of large size taking on board their . opening of the new year 13 expected to give great activity to shipping at Southampton, and many ships, it is anticipated, will be dispatched to Australia under the terms of the new regulations. . men of Queenstown refuse to allow the men of this r egiment, who are stationed et Spike Island, to pass 29, 1852. YESTERDAY'S RACING AT NEWMARKET, &c. Or the races decided yesterday, only two—the Glas gow, and 50 Sove. Stakes—are worthy of comment. West Australian, in the race for the former, reversed the Criterion, running with Speed the Plough and Filbert. The last named cut out the work to the bushes, where West Australian took up the running, and finished a very easy winner by a couple of lengths. Speed the Plough was a bad third, and the Potentia colt a very in ferior fourth. The running of the winner immediately elevated him to thousands to sixty in the betting for the Derby ; his chance for that race, however, I consider to be but a so-and-so one. The 50 Soya. Stakes brought out Pharold at last. He has been prepared for three stakes ; for the first he was drawn at the last moment for some unexplained reason, for the second he was actually saddled and got some way to the post, but arrived there too late to start : the third time, however, things came off more favourably, for in his spin yesterday he not only took the lead at starting, but made all the running, and won, with some seven or eight pounds in hand, by a length. Nicotine beat Glen even (the favourite at 6 to 5 against the field) by a head, for second place. Cobnut was stalled off. I cannot imagine what the ring could have been dreaming about, considering the reputation Pharold is held in at Newmarket, when they laid 10 to 1 against his winning. I fancy he will find his way into the Derby betting; and I am confident he stands quite as much chance of taking the great event next year as many of the present favour. ices; by which, however, I do not mean to say that he will win. All the Stakes to-morrow are at present skeletons. The Matches, I have but little doubt, will be decided as follow—Pelion, Bst 81b, will beat lonic, Bst 21b, T.Y.C. Doublethong, Bst 81b, will dispose of Feramorz, Bst 61b, A.F. The Knight of the Garter, Bst 71b, will beat Ilex, let 111 b, a mile and three-quarters. Miss Sarah, filly, I think, will dispose of Ernestine; and a close race may be expected between Caracara, Bst 71b, and Sackbut, Bst 51b, D.M.—the former, not improbably, just obtain ing the best of it. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. The last race to-day, of which we barely had time to send cff the result, was one of the most disgraceful affairs ever concocted. The Moor and Trinket had bee• pur chased in the morning by a Mr. Mytton, and a Mr. Hughes (of Worcester), the two names, beyond all doubt, representing one interest. At the commencement of the betting 5 to 2 and 2 to 1 was laid on the Moor, and a good deal of money got ex Euphony, and against Trinket, at about 3 to 1 each, the majority of the bets, it is strongly suspected, having been made for Messrs. M. and 11., and parties connected with them. On its oozing out that the Moor was not likely to have anything to do with the race, he went out of the betting, and even money, and 5 to 4 was laid on Euphony, Trinket closing at E to 1. The Moor, instead of going to the post, galloped another way; only Euphony and Trinket started, and the latter, to the infinite horror of the plotters, won easily. Mad dened by his disappointment, Mr. Hughes rushed into into the weighing stand, snatched the saddle cloth out of Crouch's hand, and declared that he should not weigh. The jockey, and the clerk of the scales, however, were resolute—the former was weighed, and the latter kicked Mr. H. out of the room. It was said after the race that that the three horses were the property of Mr. S. Merry. This he positively denied, and a written declaration to that effect was posted by him in the subscription room. On returning into the room, the clerk of the scales, Mr. Manning, made a representation of the attempts to dis qualify Trinket to the stewards, who have ordered witnesses to be in attendance to•morrow at eleven o'clock THURSDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, for two year-olds. D.Y. Lord Clifden's Molasses, Est 21b ('Purer) Walked over. Match-100, h ft. First half of Ab.M. Duke of Bedford's Hesperus, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Hughes's Sophistry, 7st 111 b (Flatman) 2 Betting-3 to lon Hesperus. Won by half a length. Run in 51 sec. Match-200, h ft; Bat 71b each. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Pensioner (F. Butler) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Angelo (Flatman) 2 Betting-7 to 2on Angelo. Won by three parts of a length. Run in 1 min. 21 Pee, Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft,tfor two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. M. Mr. Mare's Pharold (Charlton) 1 Mr. Howard's Nicotine (A. Day) 2 Mr. Payne's Glenavon (Flatman) 3 Lord Exeter's Cobnut Betting-8 to son Glenavon, 5t02 on Nicotine, sto 1 net Cobnut, and 10 to 1 agst Pharold. Pharold took the lead, made all the running, and won by a length; a head between second and third. Run in 1 min. 5 tee. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 40 soya., it demanded. Last of Ab. M. Mr. Lister's Plunkett (Kendall) 1 Lord Clifden's Molasses Mr. R. E. Oliver's f by Birdcatcher out of Grace Darling (Flatman) 3 Mr. Jaques's Pitfall Mr. Morris's Margaret of Anjou (Barham) 0 Mr. Meiklam's Ada, by Poynton (Temploman) 0 Betting-2 to 1 sgst Grace Darling f, 4 to 1 agst Margaret of Anjou, 4 to 1 agat Ada, and 4,t0 1 agst Pit fall. Plunkett, who was not mentioned in the betting, took the lead immediately after starting, and won easily by a length; half a length between second and third. The race was not timed. The Glasgow Stakes of 100 son. eaoh, h ft, for two year•old colts; Bst 71b each. Last three quarters of R. M. - Mr. Bowes's Wag Australian (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Filbert (Norman) 2 Mr. Payne's Speed the Plough .(Flatman) 3 General Anson's u by Don John, out of Potentia (Rogers) 4 Betting—Even on West Australian, and 6 to 4 eget Speed the Plough. West Australian and Filbert had the race to them selves, the former waiting to the top of the bushy hill, and winning in a canter by two lengths, Run in 1 Min. 18 sec. Match-200, It ft. A.F. Lord Glasgow's Knight of the Garter, 4 yrs, fist 71b (Flatman) 1 Lord Clifden's Hothorpo, 4 yrs, Bst 31b.... ....(Sly) Betting-5 to 2 and 3tol on the the Knight of the Garter. Won by forty lengths. Subscription Handicap Plate of 501. for three-year -olds and upwards. D.I. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Cariboo, 5 yra, Set 71b (J. Maroon) 1 Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs, 7st 6lb Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Abrahams) 0 Mr. Elwes's Axsel, 3 yrs, 7st Gib 0 Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, Est 91b 0 Mr. Walker's Treasurer, 3 yrs, Est 51b 0 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Lady in Waiting, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Lady in Waiting, and 4to 1 each agat Azael, Lo Juif, and Sanita. A fine race between the first two. Won by half a length. Sanita a bad third. The rain prevented our timing this race. The weather, favourable as could be wished yesterday, was unpropitious this afternoon, everything in the shape of enjoyment being destroyed by frequent and heavy showers. Match-100, h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Glasgow's fby Don John, out of Conspiracy, Tat 71b, received forfeit from Duko of Bedford's Diomedia, Bst 71b. Match-200, h ft, Bst 71b each. T.YC.—Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne received forfeit from Lord Rib blesdale's Talfourd. THE TRINKET AFFAIR.—The investigation into the case was commenced this morning; it, after the exami nation of several witnesses, was adjourned until the even ing. LATEST BETTING LAST NIGHT. FIRST CLASS NURSERY STAKES. 4 to 1 agat Anteverta (t) 4 to 1 ugst Exact (t) 8 to 1 agst Belle Sauvage filly (t) 10 to 1 agat Talfourd (t) 10 to 1 agat Game Tommy (t) 12 to 1 agst Winter SECOND CLASS NURSERY STAKES. 7 to 1 agst King David (t) 7 to 1 agst Michaelmas Maid 8 to 1 agst Treacherous filly DERBY. 15 to 1 agst West Australian (t) 20 to 1 agst Umbriel (t) 20 to 1 agat Cineas RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. HOVE; Worcester Autumn 2 Epsom 4 Liverpool Autumn 9 Cowbridge Hunt Northallerton ll IRISH RACI NOME Kilkenny ... :MBER. Stretford Warwick Aberystwith Shrewsbury Autumn 23 S TO COME. DIBER. 23 COMMERCE OF THE NETHERLANDS.—The Dutch Go vernment has just published statistical returns, from which it appears that in 1851 the imports exceeded those of the preceding year by 31,000,000 florins, the exports by 18,000,000 florins, and transit by 6,000,000 florins. Amongst the imports, coffee presented an increase of 7,000,000 kilogrammes, rice 6,000,000 kilog., and sugar 8,000 000 kilog., and gold in ingots and silver in bars 12,000,000 florins. In exports there was au increase of 700,000 kilog., in butter, 8,000,000 kilog. cotton, 10,000,000 klieg. in coffee, and 8,000,000 kilog: rice; in whilst in oxen there was un increase of 8,807, calves of 5,512, in pigs 3,916, in sheep 20,000, and in lambs 6,000, In the commerce of transit there was an increase of 8,000 lasts in rye, 1,500 000 k ;log. in rice, 5,000,000 ‘ kilog. in sugar. In n avi g ation there was an increase of 103 ships, and iu burden of 60,311 tons. In ships in ballast there was a diminution of 104, but the tonnage was greater by 4,158. The number of vessels which sailed was less by 403, and the burden by 18,002 tons; but of those that left in ballast the T was an increase of 549 in number, and 97.908 in tonnage. In steamers en tered there was an increase of 82 with freights, and of 74 in ballast; and of those that sailed 183 loaded and 17 in ballast. LATEST DRAMATIC INTELLIGENCE! An ingenious critic in the Daily News of this morn ing, while alluding to the brilliant success achieved last night by the first performance of " Anne Blake" at the Princess's, seriously informs the public that "it is written by Mr. Westland Marston, a gentleman who has gained a name in our dramatic literature by The Wife's Secret,' and other pieces of acknowledged merit. What will the ingenious Mr. Lovel say to this? It reminds us cf a dramatic reviewer in another of our morning contem poraries, who, some months back, commended the talent displayed in one of the " old plays" reproduced at Sadlers' Wells, under the management of Mr Phelps, observing that it augured admirably for the author's future productions—the author being, in fact, one of the contemporaries of Shakspcare! Or, still more, it recalls to our recollection the ardour with which a Dublin audi ence, some years back, shouted for the author of " Antigone," and, like Rachel, would not be comforted, until Air Calcraft appeared before the footlights,t and took courage to inform them that the dramatist had beer, dead some two thousand years, and that, therefore, it was in vain to look to the stage-box for the appearance of the honourable Mr. Sophocles. DEATH OF A METHODISTIC CELERRITY.—Last week M. Hugh Bourne died, in Staffordshire, at the advanced ago of 81. He was the founder of that large and in creasingly useful branch of the Methodistic body, known as the " Primitive Methodists." This body originated only some thirty-three years back, Mr. Bourne and some few others being expelled, or having withdrawn, from the " Wesleyans," on account of their not being per mitted to hold what aro known as " camp meetings," and for some other similar reasons. They wished to restore Methodism to its primitive simplicity, and were accordingly designated " Primitive," that is, original Methodists. The first little band, thirty-three years ago, was a " class" of about twenty, of whom Hugh Bourne was the " leader ;" but now they have 600 regular travelling preachers, about 10,000 lay preachers; 5,255 chapels, and 109,000 members, with an increase of between 4,000 and 5,000 members every year. The ministers are a very earnest, pious, and extremely labo rious class of men; for the most part they are but indif ferently educated, in a literary point of view, though possessing an extensive acquaintance with the Scriptures. Their rough eloquence and vehement appeals to the con science of their hearers—who aro largely of the lower orders, whom more polished speakers would fail to move —are ofttiines highly effective. They are ill paid, but as a whole contented, and characterized by a laudable prudence, and notwithstanding their small revenues, are rarely involved in pecuniary embarrassments. In the Conference, which is alwaya open, the lay element holds a proportion of 2 to 1. EARLY litsitin,—Said the distinguished Lord Chatham to his son, " I would have inscribed on the curtains of your bed, and the walls of your chambers, If you do not rise early you can make progress in nothing. If you do not set apart your hours of reading, if you suffer youritlf or any one else to break iu upon them, 'your days bill slip through your bands unprofitable and fri voles, and unvujoyed by yourself.' STATISTICS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII—The total extent of telegraph in England is nearly 4,000 miles, representing an outlay of about 300,0001. The total amount of wire laid down for the purpose is up wards of 4,000,000 yards, and the total number of tele graph posts somewhere about 100,000. The staff of employ is may be taken at upwards of 800 persons. SIR BULIVER LYTTON ON KNOWLEDGE The following oration up - 7n kiaowledge was delivered by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart, M.P., on ilurs day, the 21st inst., before a numerous and distinguished audience, upon the occasion of a Literary SoireJ held at the Town-hall at Hertford:— Sir EDWARD in rising was received with hearty and long continued cheering: when this had subsided he said --e Ladies and Gentlemen,—When my worthy friend the Mayor kindly accompanied me through yonder ad ioinieg room, and informed me that it was your Muni cipal Council; when I beheld on its table, amidst so many objects of interest and art, the mace and charters of your Corporation; when I called to mind that that chamber was devoted to the practical business of your town, and saw it now filled for the purpose of embellish ing our ordinary work-day existence with the charms of literature, and the graceful influences of art, I felt that , the selection of our place of meeting was a recognition of this important truth; that no object can more worthily engage the practical attention of a community of free men—no purpose can more dignify their council-hall than the noble endeavour to cement the union between political liberty and intellectual improvement. (Cheers.) I am not going to inflict on you a long harangue on the advantages of knowledge, those advantages are too ob• vious and the subject too hacknied. Indeed, I think it is the fault of our age amongst men of all parties and all sects, not to underrate the value of diffusing information through the medium of popular libraries and institutes, but rather to anticipate too exaggerated results from the mere appetite for knowledge; forgetting that it is not the eagerness of the appetite, but the soundness of the digestion which conduces to health and vigour. (Hear, bear.) And if I might presume to offer an admonitory suggestion to those for whose benefit popular libraries and institutes are chiefly designed, it would bo to remind them that knowledge is infinite, while all that the most aasiduous can acquire is so limited, that the true student finds his humility increase in proportion as his informa tion expands. (Cheers.) Well, then, you go with me thus far; go with me further still—when I add that if there be anything which may occasion anxiety or appre hension to a sober judgment, in that demand for general intellectual culture which makes the remarkable attri• bute of our times; it is not the fear of knowledge itself, but it is that pompous and inflated boast of our own au p,rior enlightenment, whioh is too often addressed to our vanity by those who find is an easier and more popular task to flatter us than to counsel. (Hear, bear.) Know ledge and liberty are alike in this, and they, in them selves, are never formidable except to their enemies, but that the nonsense which has been talked about them, is often very alarming and very discouraging to their best friends. Knowledge and liberty are designed to be the safeguards and the directors of our social system— (hear, hear)—you approve that definition? Pardon then, a very homely illustration. We do not fear the watch dog while ho guards the fold end directs the flock, but we look at him with very great suspicion when we meet him foaming at the mouth, and rattled out of his wits by the noise of a tin canister tied to his tail. (Cheers and laughter.) Look for instance to our neighbours the French —for the last eighty years they have made such a clat ter about all the grand results to be expected from liberty and enlightenment, that enlightenment and liberty have been frightened away by the din (cheers), and mon in that country now seem rather disposed to get rid of the watchdogs altogether, than to run the risk of having theta driven into madness by the hollow clang of that everlasting canister. (Much laughter and applause). Let us, then, take knowledge as our own great Newton took it, with a profound conviction that we are humble mor tals, of the same size and stature as our ancestors, and if we appear taller, it is because we climb upon their shoul ders. (Hear). Let us gratefully heed every clue which their resources have bequeathed to us, and let us modestly confess that much which we now claim as a certainty, our children may detect as an error (hear). You remember, perhaps, those beautiful words which Newton uttered at the close of a life, illustrious for the most splendid triumphs in the sublimest sphere of phi losophy—" I feel (said he) like a child by the seashore, who has picked up a few stray shells and curious peb bles on the sand, while the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered around." And indeed Newton himself is a striking example how finite a man is, and how infinite knowledge, for Newton estimated the fixed stars at 3,000, and when Dr. Herschell had completed his great telescope, how many fixed stars do you think passed across its field in one short quarter of an hour ? Two hundred and fifty thousand! (Hear, hear). It is the same in all things. We of this generation cannot conjecture the number of lights which the Creator may vouchsafe to the next. (Hear, hoar). Now from what I have said in caution against presumption, and too overweening a conceit in what we of to-day call knowledge, and what they of to-morrow may call but partial ignorance,—do not consider that I desire to damp your generous ardour, or that I deny, I will not boldly say the advantages, but the moral duty and the social wisdom of bringing within the reach of all classes of our countrymen that world of books which teaches us that there aro other enjoy ments besides those of the senses. (Applause). For if we regard books in their effect upon the individual, the soul can scarcely be said to feel its own diviner nature until it is made aware how thought can exist independently of the body. (Cheers). The moment we enter that world of books the body rests, thought awakens. The soul can then traverse swifter than light from pole to pole, bring before it all the ages of the past, and unfettered by time and space, strengthen and dovelope the powers which prove its own essence to be immaterial and immortal (Applause). And if we regard the effect of knowledge in a social point of view, why the wealth of a nation does not depend upon the fertility of its soil, the treasures of its mines, the extent of its dominions, but on the ag gregate of the intelligence possessed by its people. It is intelligence that tills the soil, works the mine, directs the ship, invents the machine, and suggests those laws which unite the harmony of order with the energies of freedom. (Much cheering). And as the material wealth of a nation is always greatest where wealth is least hoarded by tho few—so that capital of in telligence from which material wealth is produced, expands in proportion to the width of the surface over which it is diffused (Applause). It is, there fore, our duty as individuals, to afford, as far we can, as to every human soul facilities for its own developement: and it is our interest, as a community, to increase and circulate that fund of ideas from which even our physi cal comforts are derived, and by which this small island of ours silently maintains an empire immeasurably more vast than the mines of Peru could assure to the kings of Spain, or their myriads of unlettered serfs can bestow on the autocrats of Russia. (Loud cheers.) And it is the consciousness how much the history of the human mind is, in modern times, identified with the history of England that induces me earnestly to advise all those who intend to profit by the facilities for instruction af forded by this town of Hertford, to make the history of their own country a fundamental part of their studies. History is, indeed, a study which well becomes the men of our own times. For these times are embroiled by the perpetual strife between ancient forms and novel ideas ; aad history, calmly and impartially read, is the safest arbiter between wise experiments and hazardous innova tions. (Applause.) We can scarcely judge soundly of any of the questions upon which we are divided, by dry maxims and positive assertions picked up from the jour nals of the day, and which would reduce the complicated art of statesmanship to abstract propositions of Euclid. It is only by a careful examination of the past that we can estimate the influence of events on the destinies of the future. But of all history, that of our own coun try is obviously the most useful to Englishmen. And I am happy to recommend to your notice a work recently published, which comprises all that can give in terest and profit to a mere chronicle of events. I speak , of the Pictorial History of England, published by Mr. Charles Knight. Have you got it in your library [Mr. Crawley: Yes.] Well, in this work you will find chapters devoted in each great era to the progressive state of arts, literature, science, commerce, manners, laws and religion; and in short, all that completes the record of British civilization. I should say that the leaning of this history is to what is called the popular side of the question, but all histories lean to one side or the other, and this (at least as far as I have examined it) is seldom grossly partial, and never wilfully distorts facts or misquotes authorities in support of its views. Still it is one-sided—and a manly understanding in search of truth will not be contented to form its judgment upon partial evidence. Therefore in the more disputable political eras, I advise you to turn to the page of Hume, and see what can be said by a philosophical reasoner on the other side of the question; and even where you differ from Hume most, and with most justice, you will be in company with a writer who will increase and refine your knowledge of your own language, by the charms of a style perfectly matchless for nervous simplicity and lucid precision. If the recommendation I thus adventure should find favour in your eyes, I shall be very happy to offer a prize to such student, belonging to one of your literary societies, who shall pass the best examination in some selected period of our history, comprising views of the progressive triumphs of those glorious forefathers, whose legacies have been a literature more splendid than that of Greece; an empire more colossal than that of Rome ; and a political constitution which still towers aloft in majestic symmetry, because the depth of its foundation has allowed for additions to its structure. (" Bravo," and enthusiastic and long continued applause.) I shall detain you no longer, for I do not consider that we are met here to listen to long speeches, but rather to mix with each other in social and friendly int ercours l e ot ; e _ o forget for awhile the local contests that have y _. agitated both town and county, and to enjoy i n es tow li tem ] ing_ turn what politics has not yet su cci eded a b r ate you on the polished commonwealth of equality and fraternity. atul (Much cheering.) I must, however, tong the various objects that please the he eye and must congratu ce a g onnd captivate the g taste which you have got t late you especially(Cheers.)l one ante ladies .t popnar ornament of all, the presence b of so te an to take an in terest in whatever Indeed they do wisel y tends to secur their own more I h g :_ om iti e m et a ic te ate it s fluenc over our e man— e nothing ruder sex. Nothing more en dears tho fireside than the habits and tastes of li ter ature. And if wo remount t o the ori g in o f litera ture in all countries , wo must ascribe it to that sentim ent w hich woman inspires and refines ; for literature has ever commenced with poetry, and a great Germau writer has happily said, "that the earliest poet must have been the earliest lover." (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I shall now conclude by reading to you the discrimi nating words by which Bacon has prefaced and enforced the sentiment, which I have undertaken to convey. Thu greatest error of all is the mistaking or m i sp l ac i ng . of the last or farthest end of knowledge, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wander ing and variable mind to walk up and down with a fait prospect ; or a tower of state for a prcud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit or sale. And not (mark the words that follow and define the true erd of knowledge, and as such I recommend it to you)—a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of men's estate." (Prolongued and enthusiastic cheering.) t• , -S ---~~• NAVAL IN:7ELLIGENCE. .„ * ...4 - ,...V.T , '' \ •S, -----, ----- i'.":l 54: 4 4. , , \ % .0 DE XTII OF ATJ, , URAL MUDGE. 41 , ts , ''''...er - ..... ‘."----... \ - j - P •-< - 7 .0 Admiral Zschlay Mudge, one of the fl,,g-offir .t' , 4 t ... %".. 1 P : ,.--7 - \ , reserved halt-pay, and in rectflpt of a service pt %7 died at his residence,. near Plywou.tu, on the 26t1 at a good old age. The death of Admiral Mudge gives the D Northumberland the opportunity of conferring the ream quished pension of 1501. on another officer of the grade of deceased, when the following promotions will ensue . Vice-Admiral Sir b'sunuel Pyin,K.C.B., to be admiral of the blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Thomas Brown, to bo vice admiral of the red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Jr:lsocline Percy, C.B. (commander-in-chief at Sheerness) to be vice-ad miral of the white. Rear-Admiral of the Red J. W. I)cans Dundas, C.B. (commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean), to be vice admiral of the blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Peter John Douglas, to be rear-admiral of the red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H., to be rear-admiral of the white. Captain Sir George Tyler, K.H, A.D,C. (Oct 10, 1822), to be rear -admiral on the resetrved half-pay list. Captain Sir John Franklin, K.C.H:. (Nov. 20, 1822), of the missing Arctic Expedition, to be rear-admiral of the blue. Retired Captain William Hendry (July 19, 1822), to be retired rear-admiral, but without any increase of pay. The Hon. George Elliot, C. 8., will then become the senior vice•admiral on the list; Sir William H. Dillon, K.C.H., will be the senior rear-admiral for promotion ,• and Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. (ono of the Lords of the Admiralty), will be the Senior captain (Nov. 25, 1822). Captain Sir Charles R. D. Bethune, C.B. (1830), and Charles Graham, C.B. (1830), succeed to the senior list ; and Captains F. D. Hastings and George ifalthpoa half-pay (1840), will rise up to the 12s. 61 . per diem lilt. Another good service pension and an appointment of naval A.D.C. to the Queen, will fall in hand by th e above promotions. RETIREMENTS. Captains George C. Blalia (1838), and William P. Stanley (1838) have accepted the retirement under thr s , Order in Council of 1846. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeon.—Thomas Somerville, to be in charge of tho convict ship St. V;ncent. Second Master.—Charles J. Pulfer, to the Ily?,ra, 6, steam•sloop, at the Cape. Master's Assistant.—C. B. Ryali, to the Linn(M, 6, at Devonport. TIIE ROYAL ALBERT.—This noble ship ',a to have her stern taken down, and a new one built v , ith a run of soa,e 10 feet longer than her present ',tern, o bt a i n t h e fine lines necessary for the good workiTig of the pro peller. She is to have screw machinery of 400-horse power, and not I,ooo—the exaggerated limount given to her by rumour, PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28. The Lords of the Admiralty continued their tour of inspection this morning. At 10 o'clock they crossed the harbour in the ff)ating bridge, and proceeded to the Royal Clarence victualling establishment at Gosport, where Captain-Superintendent Johnstone, Mr. Davies, R.N., Master-Attendant, and Mr. Pirihorn, R.N., Store keeper, were in waiting to receive and escort them over the establishment. From the Clarence yard the Board, attended by Captain Johnstone, proceeded in the gig of the latter, to the Naval Hospital at Haslar, where they remained until two o'clock ; they then drove to the Royal Marine Barracks, at Forton, where Colonel-Com mandant Meezies, K H., and staff, with the whole divi sion, were on parade ready to receive them. While the other members of tho Board were thus employed : Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, was in the dockyard, inspecting the ships in dock, tying, &c., accompanied by Captain-Superin tendent Henderson, C. Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Northemeerland and the gentlemen from the Admireaty dined with the Port-Admiral, Sir Thomas Briggs ; and at ten o clock the party proceeded to the King's rooms, and attended the ball, where they met the elite of the county. Amongst the company present were the following:— His Grace the First Lord, Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., Mr. Secretary Staff )rd, M.P., the Hon. Captain Pelham, R.N., Sir B. W. Walker. K.C.8., Colonel Green, C. 8., Admiral Sir T. Briggs, Rear-Admiral the Hon. iI. D. By fig. Captain Henry Byng. R.N., the Hon. Miss Beatrice Byng; Captain Martin, R.N., and family; Cap tain Henderson, R.N., and family; Sir Angus Campbell, 93d Regiment; Captain Hope Johnstone, R.N., Colonel Menzies, K.H., Mrs., and Miss Monsies; Colonel Phi lips, R.M.A.; Captain Savage, R.M.A., and Mrs. Savage; Cqptain Crispin, R.N.; Captain Chads, R.N., Mrs. Chads and family; Colonel Haultaie, R.A., and family; Colonel Gibson° and Mrs. Gibsone; Sir W. Wiseman, R.N.; officers of the 93d, 49th, and 7th Regiments. From the number of uniforms the ball was an unusually brilliant one. As Mr. Llolinesworth with his usual liberality gave the use of his rooms gratuitously, the ball will reabse considerable sum in aid of the kinds of the Seamen's and Marines' Orphan School. The Admiralty loft the George Hotel this morning, and proceeded by the half past eight train to London. Mercury, cutter, sailed this afternoon for the Channol Islands, to protect the fisheries, in the place of the Sea lower. Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander Strange, will be out of the hands of the shipwright by the Bth of November, and tho engineers' by the 20th. Her mainmast as well as the foremast is rotten, and has been taken out to be replaced by a new one. Menai, old 26, receiving hulk, has born brought along side the south jetty this afternoon, to be cleared out, and placed up Porchestor Lake as a target for the Ex cellent, gunnery-ship. Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Free mantle, has hauled off to the Malabar to take in coals. DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY. Termagant, screw-frigate, Captain Gifford, arrived last night, and now remains in the Sound, so that the Sound presents a formidable appearance once more. Prince Regent, 92; Queen, 116; Rodney, 92; Indefati gable, 50; and Termagant, 28. These ships are being restored and victuall, d. Tee Prince Regent and Rodney will will be ready for sea on Saturday, but the Indefatigable requires some considerable repairs, and as her time is nearly expired, it is not improbable that she may bo ordered to be paid off. Termagant, although recently been docked, is found to be in an extremely leaky state, particularly her decks, and will, it is ex pected, have to undergo a general caulking. Dee, eteemer, Lieut.-Commander Smith, waits the arrival of Mr. Roberts, the newly-appointed governor of Liberia, and family, who are expected here this evening. Atter landing the governor, the Dee is to be stationed at the Cape, for the conveyance of troops. Sans Pareil, 81, screw-ship, Captain Dacres, will be completed on Friday evening, and is expected to be taken out for the Oita of her engines on Saturday or Monday next, weather permitting. A VERY OLD MULE.—We noticed some months ago that an old mule, the property of the Earl of Ellesmere, had been stein from Wortley village, and after a few weeks' absence had been fortunately recovered. This aged creature, believed to be between 90 and 100 years old, has, after working almost a century, been at length " turned out to grass" upon the moss . , and is described by those who have seen it to be, " as lively as a cr:cket." rho mule's great age is well authenticated, for Mr, Joseph Brotherton, M.P., can remember some fifty years ego to have seen it on the Bridgewater estate, and it was then known as the " old mule ;'' and a carter who died some months ego, aged . 80 Sears, could rememb er w orking the animal above sixty years since. It is of a very diminutive size, and wo hope it is now to enjoy green pasturea and fresh water, freed from toil, for the remainder of its protracted existence. Manchester Guardian. A NEW SYSTEM OF MUTUAL INSURANCE.—Last night a meeting of officers in the several services, con vened by public notice, PM held at Willis's Rooms , King street, Westminster, to take into consideration a proposal for a system of mutual insurance. The chair was occupied by Mr. John W. Brown, who read to the meeting the proceedings of meetings held at Woolwich and at Chatham, where the proposed system met with the full approval of the officers of the military, naval, and marine services. Mr. Lord exp lained the proposed system; the distinguishing feature of which ace that the claim would arise on the edice, not inbonnubatithbieeornntin gency of the death of the knlsresru superannuation, The chairman having bbt upon the contihseney ,of h his being placed upon half.pay. approved of, submitte a motion, that the system be Mr. Martin, of the civil service, movedas an amen d. ment, that tho civil service should be excluded from the proposal; showing that in the present discussion, with respect to government superannuation, it would be im politic to look for support elsewhere than from Govern ment. The promoter finally agreed to the amendment, upon which the civil oflicers retired, and the aeproy9.l of t h e :project ;was left to the members of the other ser vices present. CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS following two curious advertisements app ear i n the 1 ?IT es ct Saturday. itcu Medora is ent reate d to friends." " Leb' hol '—Toth d e pearl Conrad ' back to his eastern sea, the blui!•eyed maid of flsra of h Israel, who o e great keeps watch near the i mpassa bl e gate of dreary ticantlinavia; you cost one great men his place, and will also cost a great many more their place—Leb' %Vhol!—E. J. W." EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—An important step in this matter has boon taken by the Great Northern, London and North-Western, Midlard, Lancashire, Y orkshire, and Leeds Northern Railway Compiniesi. They have ri solved to cease collecting or receiving goods for the goods' trains, at seven o'c.oc.. 1 k every eyepiece ut Leeds, Bradford, Wakeffi4d, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, aid Halifax, so as to " curtail, within reasonable , limits, the hours of attendance of the employed in the mer chandise department on railways ;" at the same time it will ensure a punctual dispati h of the trains. They trust to the energies of the employed to meet this con cession by increased exertion ie the day time. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.—Tho Usual monthly meeting of the committee of the Catholic University • , was held yesterday at the committee rooms, Lower Ormond- quay. Subscriptions to the amount of 2,2681. were announced to have been rceiiived Since the last meeting. HEATRICALS ITT CALIFORNIA. —In music and thea tricals the Californians are not wanting. Mr. Bcoth and his two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Signor and Signora Biscaccianti, Miss Goedenow, and others, aro all in San Francisco. Some talk has been made concerning the building o f a magnificent new theatre, but we fear the k project will yot be carried out this season. i/ers • '" I lb lake dtk=_" — =ty, L e resin- -1 lone ~