The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-21 00:00:00

SYMPATHY WITH HUNGARY. (From the Liverpool Albion.) A public meeting of the Welsh residents in the town was held in the Music•hall on Friday evening, to memorialize Lord Palmerston to interpose the in fluence of the British Government to obtain for the remnant of the patriotic Magyars who have not yet been executed by Austria a restitution of their ancient constitutional liberties, and of their liberty and pro perty confiscated. The meeting was highly compli mentary to the philanthropic and patriotic feelings of our Welsh fallow-townsmen ; and the spacious room was thronged and much enthusiasm manifested. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were the fol lowing :—The Rev. D. James, W. Rees, M. Lewis, T. Aubrey, S. Pierce, J. Hughes, J. Williams, and J. James, and Messrs. D. Lewis, Owen Elias, J. Evans, Matthew Jones, D. Davies, J. Griffiths, and G. Owen, &o. Mr. Thomas Lloyd, town councillor, was called upon to preside. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by address ing the audience in Welsh, and, after giving a geographical description of Hungary and the number and character of her population, &c., read a lengthy letter from Mr. Arthur James Johnes, in which the writer stated, that although his public engagements prevented his attendance at the meeting, he begged to convey his entire concurrence in the views of those by whom the meeting had been promoted and his heartfelt hope for their success. The Rev. W. Rees, whospoke in Welsh, then came for ward amid loud cheers and proposed the first resolu tion, which was as follows :—" That this meeting, viewing with extreme horror and disgust the deceit. ful and tortuous policy of the Austrian Government lowards the Hungarian nation and the unparalleled atrocities perpetrated by that Power, aided by Russia, on those brave people, calls upon all free nations, both in Europe and America, as they value the in stitutions under which they live, emphatically to petition their respective Governments to use every means in their power to obtain fir the Magyar people a restoration of their ancient con stitutional liberties, and for those individuals of their race who are now unjustly enduring the penalties of confiscation and banishment restitution a their property and liberty to return to their native land." After observing that the Welsh were not accustomed to deliberate upon political subjects, especially the affairs of sovereign nations, the Rev. Gentleman said, if any one should ask why they took upon themselves the cause of Hungary, they would answer by asking another question—'was there not a reason ? Tne cause of Hungary was the cause of justice, the cause of truth, - of liberty, of civilization, of humanity; yea, the cause of God, and therefore their cause. The speaker th .n proceeded in a power Ail and fervid strain to speak of the threatened judgments of Gal as expressed in Scripture towards the tyrants and oppressors of nations, and cited the case of the oppres sors of the I fungerians as one to which these judgments applied. The Almighty had said, "I am the Lord, who exercise loving- kindness, judgment, and righte ousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, saith the Lord." Surely, then, he delighteth not in that dra g en of cruelty, the Austrian Government.— (Cheers.) The cause of oppressed Hungary was peculiarly the cruse of God; and in assembling there that evening to advocate it they (night confidently look for His ap probation and blessing on their meeting.—(Hear, hear.) The speaker then proceeded to condemn those whom be designated the tyrants of Europe. He wished he could get these of Austria and Russia together including the villain Idayn-.11, who was a di , gr ice to the age in which he lived—he said he wished he could get them closeted together, that he might point out to them several passages cf Scripture, and say, Look there, ye promoters of iniquity, and behold pour horrible visages ; reed there your doom, written in fiery letters of divine ilspleasure ; look there and tremble ; look there and perish."—(Loud cheers.) He would also point to Kossuth and Mazzini certain passages in the same blessed book, and say, " Look there and hope ; look there and be encouraged ; look there and be consoled ; your righteous cause is not lost, it is in safe keeping, under the protection of Him who spoke these words, and not one jot or one tittle of them shall pass away till all be fulfided." But the object of their meeting that evening was not so much to create a feeling on the question, because that feeling, he was happy to say, already existed. There was no individual then present whose bosom had not been often convulsed with strong emotions of indignation against the monstrous oppressors of anhappy Hungary and of deep and tender sympathy with that brave nation. There was, he believed, a sufficient amount of feeling in Wales on the question to produce such an earthquake underneath the foundation of Vienna and St. Petersburgh, the seats of the two beasts who devoured Hungary, as would spew them off the face of this earth. The Welsh people were never known to have taken such a deep interest in the affairs of a foreign nation as they now manifested in the affairs of Hun gary. It was the subject of conversation between the shepherds on its mountains, the warm-hearted quarrymen in the slate works, the labourers in the fields, the mechanics in the towns, and the mothers, and wives and daughters of their beloved country. The external mountains and the majestic rocks of that beautiful land were witnesses to the prayers offered by their countrymen on behalf of the noble Magyar race, and of their execrations of its abominable tyrants.— (Hear, hear.) But they must work out that feeling to some practical purpose—it must be tempered by judgment and discretion; they should not advocate war with. Au,stria and Russia if it could be avoided ; but, at the same time, they would cry peace, peace to them. What I peace, so long as the abomi nations and barbarities of that Jezebel, the Austrian Camarilla, are so many ? No! they proclaimed war against those monsters that evening. Not a physical, but a moral war. They would arouse sach an amount of public opinion as would send forth mighty thunders of honest indignation against them, that would cause them to quail and tremble, and hasten to hide their heads and the secrets of their infamous deeds. These public meetings and the public press would be employed as their heavy artillery against such tyranny. They would have all the free nations of Europe and America to rise up as one man and lift up such a tremendous shout of indignation against Austrian barbarities as would thrill through the whole globe. They would earnestly implore their respective Governments to use every peaceful means to obtain for Hungary a restoration of its just rights and constitutional liberties. They would not cease till the last grievance of that worthy and noble nation was redressed—(Loud cheers)—until her noble and illustrious Kossuth, her heroic Klapka, and others of her noble sons who had been bunted like wild beasts and driven out of their beloved country for no other crime but their patriotism and their love of justice and liberty, were restored unto her. They would nut cease in their endeavours " until the roaring of the lion, the voice of the firm lion, and the teeth of the young lion were broken ; until the old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps were scattered abroad." The Hun garians had a right to their liberties in a twofold sense : first as the common birthright of man. Man was never made to be a slave ; he had an ina lienable right to freedom. The Creator never com manded nor intended that one man should rule over another to his hurt.—(Cheers,) Again, the Hunga rian people had a constitutional right to their liber ties ; a constitution guaranteeing to them their na tionality and liberty was formed and ratified more than 300 years ago, when the country was united to Austria. It gave them a diet and a parliament to re gulate their own laws and institutions. The Hunga rian struggle, therefore, was not a rebellion in any sense, at least in any bad sense of the term.—(Hear.) It was a sacred, natural duty.—(Cheers.) It was for freedom as the common birthright of man, but also as a constitutional right of their country. The infa mous attack' of the Austrian Government on Hun gary involved it under a heavy load of twofold guilt, a violation of the rights of mankind, and a violation of the constitutional rights of a nation. But they should not despair of the cause of Hungary. It could not be lost—(Hear) —for as sure as there was a God in heaven who loved justice and mercy, and who judged among the nations, the great bulk of its op pressors would be broken and Hungary would yet rejoice in the full enjoyment - of those rights and liber ties which her noble sons had proved themselves so worthy to enjoy.—(Loud cheers hailed the reverend gentleman as he resumed his seat.) The Rev. Mr. Animal-, Wesleyan minister, of this town, next addressed the meeting in Welsh. He regretted, we understand, that the meeting had not been held on an earlier day, but expressed a hope that it would not yet be too late to put a stop to the. brutal executions taking place in Hungary. When humanity was bleeding it was the duty of all good Samaritan s to step in and endeavour to heal the . wound. The love - of liberty an of life were like Siamese twins: w p h e a o t i),e7 ; life without liberty.— ( A pplauee.) The Hungary were not de graded set* but highly e d ucated and civilized, pos seesed of rights like ourselves, an d were hence en titled to sympa th y . It w as their desire to destroy which had serfdom throughout their ki n b roug ht them into collision with Austria. Tyr an t s stood b e t wee n men and their Creator ; they oppres se d men who, in the siOit of God were their brethren, and this was the case between Hungary and Austria. Metternich and the Austrian executive were only puppets, the strings of which were pulled by the Jesuits. He had tried to exclude the Bible from Austria , but had been compelled to fly.—(Applause.) The reason of the attack upon Hungary was, the prevalence of Protestantism there : the people strongly wished for religious liberty; If James the Second had done his duty to Protestantism it would have been all but universal. If Cromwell, who used through John Milton to write powerful notes to the Poten tates on the Continent, were now on the English throne, he would have put a stop to the butcheries of Hun gary.—(Rapturous applause.) He eulogised the TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 21, 1849. Government and Lord Palmerston for the liberty of speech not only allowed bat invited in this country. —[Lord Palmerston's name was received with loud cheers.) Although many Hungarian patriots had perished and others were exiled, the cause for which they suffered still remains. From the land which bad been covered with the blood of the martyrs would arise ten thousand more to avenge the deaths of their countrymen. —(Cheers.) The Rev. D. JAMBS, of Kirkdale, next addressed the meeting in English, and moved the second resolu tion, as follows :—" That the noble conduct of t he Turkish Sultan, in refusing to comply with the in iquitous demand of Russia and Austria for the extra dition of Kossuth and the other Hungarian and Polish refugees has excited universal admiration throughout this country. That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Lord Palmerston (of whose general policy it highly approves) for having energeti cally supported the Turkish Government in their resistance to this unparalleled aggression by dispatch the British fleet to the Dardanelles ; and that his Lordship be assured that his efforts to preserve the independence of an ancient and valuable ally of the British nation will receive the cheerful and ready support of all classes in this country, provided that the Turkish Government adheres to its original resolution, and whilst it affords protection to the refugees imposes no restraint on their personal liberty." He showed by reference to history that Hungary had for 323 years been a free and inde pendent kingdom ; and from this fact sought his exoneration from the charge of supporting rebellion or revolution. The successive Emperors of Austria had sworn allegiance to the Hungarian Constitution ; but events had caused the flight of Ferdinand, whose throne was now occupied by his nephew, who had been led by his advisers to violate the oath usually given, and to take from the Hungarians their consti tution ; to take from them their national indepen dence ; and to reduce Hungary to a mere province of the Austrian empire. The war that ensued, and in which the Hungarians took an active part, was, in consequence, a war of self defence.—(Cheers.) This was a point which he was most anxious to substantiate, because it justified him, as a minister of the religion of Christ, always prepared to advocate loyalty, and to recommend obedience to a well-regulated Government, whatever form that Government might assume, in taking his place on that platform to lift up his voice against the cruelties perpetrated by the Austrians upon those poor vanquished Hungarians, who had dime nothing but defend their liberties and their constii u tion.—(Loud cheers.) If it were a crime to defend one's country and defend one's national liberties; if it were a crime to defend those privileges which had been handed down for generations ; if it were a crime to defend the right of self-government, whilst the country was willing to contribute its proportion to the taxes of the entire empire, then were they all guilty of that crime, for they had inherited from their ancestors a love of liberty, and a determination to stand up in the defence of the immunities of their laud' and, if necessary, to shed their blood in its defence. But he felt sure they would be justified by the public at large. They were anxious to set an example to their countrymen in the principality, that they might hold similar meetings.—(Cheers.) It was only becoming that sympathy should exist in the ancient nation who first inhabited Britain for the brave Hungarians, who were also distinguished for the antiquity of their race.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He remembered reading, only a few years ago, that even Hungarians were obliged to go to wsr in defence of their language; this was exactly analagous to the position many times in history of the Welsh. But at the present time we saw how, by the combination of Austria and Russia, the Hun garians had bet n defeated; and liberty was about to be extinguished from their land; nay, more than this, those noble spirits who led them on to war, and fre quently to victory, were being sacrificed without in curring any guilt but that of standing by their country.—(Cheers.) If Austria or Russia had any noble feeling they would have disdained the mean request that the poor refugees should be delivered to be put to death. How different was their conduct to the magnanimity shown by the Roman Emperor, who, in consequence of the proud bearing and noble sentiments of Caractacus, had released him from his chains.—(Cheers.) He thought that Austria and Russia should follow the example of Rome in this particular, and let the poor Hungarians, who had thought it right to shed their blood in defence of their country, go free. The Rev. Gentleman nex referred to the powerful terms in which previoue t speakers had in Welsh language pleaded Hungary's cause. Their very eloquent speeches in the Welsh language had rolled from one beautiful sentiment to another with all the beauty of oriental imagery, and he good-hu mouredly regretted that the reporters were Saxons; and hence, however willing, unable to do justice to the speakers who had gone before. He was sure, however, that they would do justice to that crowded assemblage and let Liverpool know that the Welsh, the most loyal inhabitants of the kingdom, had bravely stood up on behalf of liberty, and those who were oppressed. The Rev. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst the most rapturous applause. The Rev. JOHN HUGHES next addressed the meet ing in Welsh, at very considerable length. He com mented upon the different topics set forth in the resolution, and highly eulogised the conduct of Lord Palmerston. Mr. DAVID LEWIS, of the Branch Bank of Eng land, supported the resolution in a pertinent speech, delivered in Welsh. The resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. D. PRICE proposed the next resolution as follows :—" That this meeting, whilst regretting that a portion of the English press, but more especially the Times and Morning Chronicle, prostituted them selves to the infamous service of defending the cruel oppressors of Hungary, by misrepresenting the noble Hungarian nation, at the same time tenders its warmest thanks to the conductors of the Daily News and other metropolitan journals, to the local press of Liverpool generally, and particularly to our own Welsh paper, the Amserau, for their consistent and continued advocacy of the cause of Hungarian inde • pendence. The Rev. THOMAS PIERCE seconded the motion. 'He observed that it was an honour to Wales to have been the first to call a meeting in favour of so 'glorious a cause, and he felt honoured in addressing i them upon such an occasion. The speech was enthu siastically cheered. Mr. liwzri Bums briefly supported the resolution. Mr. Jour( JONES read an admirably drawn-up me morial to Lord Palmerston, embodying the spirit ,and amplifying the sentiments of the resolutions, as follows 1 " TO THE RICHT HONOURABLE LORD PALMERSTON, HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FUR THE FJREIGN DEPARTMENT. " The humble memorial cf the Welsh inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool in public meeting assembled: shewetb,—That your memorialists desire to convey to your Lordship, however imperfectly, the sentiments of horror with which they have learned of the atrocities committed by the Austrian Government on their subjects the Hungarian people. " That, at this eventful era in the world's history, when the nations of Europe have been abruptly exposed to the severe and awful trials of war and anarchy, the cause of law and social order, as well as the cause of rational liberty, demand, as your memorialists venture to think, from all European Governments a combination of firmness with moderation, a union of a high and dig nified sense of justice with a ready obedience to the dic tates of humanity and mercy. " That the conduct of the Austrian Government in abandoning for the blind impulses of a savage revenge all the maxims of humane and enlightened policy, and all the principles and duties of civilization, has been, in the judgment of your memorialists, at once a stigma and a calamity to the whole civilized world. A stigma, because involving a violation of all the principles of Christianity; a calamity, because while on the one hand 1 it is calculated to give a now impulse to revolution, it is also calculated, on the other hand, to impart, by the example o`: an established Government, new features of cruelty and terror to war and social convulsion. " That your memorialists deem it a duty which they owe alike to the country in which they were born, to the age iu which they lire, and to the religion which they profess, to express, as far as human language can reach, the indescribable feelings of sorrow and indignation with which they have viewed atrocities perpetrated, without distinction of age or sex, on the best, the wisest, and the most illustrious of the Magyar people; atrocities especially indicted on those in whom munificent fortune was joined to a still more munificent generosity and pa triotism; on those in whom the practice of every virtue, whether in public or private life, was united with high hereditary rank, and with the still higher hereditary claims which belonged to the saviours of the Austrian empire; atrocities consummated by the appointment to the Government of that unhappy but illustrious country, which has been the scene and the victim of his guilt, of a commander whose crimes will form the foulest blot on the history of the age in Which we live, and an indelible reproach to humanity. " That while, on the present occasion, acknowledging with gratitude and admiration the noble, untiring, and disinterested exertions, prompted alike by the elevated views of a great statesman and the generous impulses of a heart that can feel for the afflictions of his fellow-men, by which your Lordship has sustained the character of an umpire hitherto regarded throughout the world as the asylum of the unfortunate and the protector of the oppressed, your memorialists beg humbly, yet most fervently, to express their hope that thoso exertions, l•o t nly rend ere d more i ntense b y t h e eccumulated misfor sof the H ungar i an nat i on , may b e una b a t e dly con tinued, encouraged, and sustained by the ardent sym pathy of the British people, and of all nations in which civilization is honoured and Christianity revered." The Rev. M. Lewis' of Bangor, proposed the adoption of the me mo rial,and that it should be pre sented to Lord Palmerston by Lord D u dl e y Coutt s Stuart, M.P. The Rev. T. J. WILLIAMS, of Carmarth ens hi re , seconded the motion. Mr. JOHN AMBROSE LLOYD supported the motion, which was carried unanimously. Thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting F eparated at 11 little after ten o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. George Clarke, a boy of respectable appearance and connexions, about 14 years of age, residing with his parents, in Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, appeared before Mr. Combe, pursuant to his bail, for final exa mination, charged with having stabbed and wounded Charles Butti, aged about 14 years, son of Mr. C. Butti, picture-frame manufacturer, of Hatton-garden, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The injured boy appeared in court with his face bound up with adhesive plaister and a handkerchief. The particulars of the case have very briefly been stated, and it may be recollected that he was unable to attend the first examination to give evidence, in consequence of the injuries he had received. He now appeared, and said that on Monday night, the 12th inst., ho was near his father's residence, where he was playing with some other boys, who asked the prisoner to join them in a game which he declined, on which they threatened to give him (prisoner) the "laws of his country," when he took a penknife from his pocket and making a rush at him (witness) stabbed him in the face. Mr. COMBE inquired the meaning of giving him the laws of his country ? It would appear from the reply that when any boy refused to join in any game he subjected himself to the infliction of sundry kicks, &c., from his com panions. Mr. COMBE—And pray did you kick him ? Wit ness—Yes; but another boy kicked him twice. I was going to kick him. The prisoner's father here said he was a boy of weak intellect. A certificate from a surgeon was produced, v►hich stated the prosecutor to be out of danger. A boy here said that Butti kicked the prisoner, when the latter took the knife from his pocket and stabbed him (Butti), who bled very much, and he was taken to a doctor's. Mr. Com BE—Did the prisoner open the knife after he took it out of his pocket ? Witness answered in the affirmative. Mr. COM3I3E—Did he say anything at the time? Witness—No. Another boy was called, who gave confirmatory evidence in reference to the threat to give the pri soner " the laws of his country" if he did not join in the game, and the parties kicking prisoner, but he flatly contradicted the other portions of the evidence for the prosecution. Master Clarke, he said, had the knife in his band, cutting his nails, when the boys commenced kicking him. When Butti was about to kick him, be made a blow at him with his right hand, and the knife was used without any intention to do injury, and the wound was accidentally in flicted. When Butti was taken to the doctor's, Master Clarke went there to ascertain if any injury had been done. Mr. Butti, the injured boy's father, said he had heard that the prisoner had used the knife similarly before. Mr. Clarke denied the truth of such statement. Mr. COMM?, after attentively listening to the case, was induced to believe it to have been accidental, and discharged the prisoner, leaving Mr. Butti to indict at the sessions if he thought proper. rtitrD n LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (THIS DAY.) Free Handicap. Mrs. James ... ... ... ... Ventura ... - ... ... Seven ran. The Grand Steeplechase. Sir John ... ... Vain Hope ... ... The Doctor ~. ... ... Seventeen ran. on the preceding Monday. The middle and lower priced pieces have been most inquired after. We have little change to report in the wool market, ex cept it be that the manufacturers are offering rather i lower prices fur wool. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is no new fea ture to notice in the trade of this town, either as re gards the throwing or manufacturing interest, the latter remaining, with some few exceptions, in the quiet state we last reported. We understand there is a prospect of a fair business being done in figured fabrics for the ensuing spring. Tlae raw silk market continues firm. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market has not been very brisk, although we have had several buyers, but we do not hear much complaining, ari'diwith the exception of those engaged in the manufacture of fancy vestings, there appears to be considerable acti vity throughout the district. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—There has been scarcely so much business done in the Picee Hall to day, but there is a fair amount doing in the warehouses, and as stocks are generally very low, most of it is done to order, by which the manufacturers are enabled, in some instances, to obtain rather better rates. Lastings and low mixtures are much Inquired for, but not readily met with, the in adequate prices which have ruled for a one time past: having greatly diminished tkt production. ti The on s yarn t and trade th eecxopnotri export s brisk, at houses are l o y s e l d a t to e q g t i l v o ,, t a- a little more for prompt delivery. A fair quantity of long wool is changing hands, w 2ch the turn in favour of the seller. Most sorts of ,hurt wool are more easy to quit, at recent prices ; a n d brokes, which arc more sought after, are looking upwards. L BEDS, TUESDAY.—There has been more business done at,:the cloth hails, both to day and Saturday ; and some considerable orders have been given by the shipping houses. Prices remain firm, and stocks continue low. There is a fair business doing in the warehouses ; and taking into consideration the time of the year, considerably above an average trade is doing on the whole. THE ARCTIC REGIONS. (From the Times.) The return of Sir James Ross from his voyaga in search of Sir John Franklin recals our attention from the ordinary topics of discussion to those distant and desolate regions of eternal ice, from which man and his interests seem for ever banished. 'That where there is danger man should be found to brave it, is cot a matter of surprise. There will always be forth coming adventurous spirits in abundance who are ready to grapple with peril for peril's sake—men whose hearts rust within them in the midst of the tame interests of civilized life, and who, although capable of the most heroic efforts and the most astonishing perseverance, when placed in conflict with the powers of nature, sicken and give up the game when condemned to the position of cogs or wheels in a complicated machine over the general operations of which they can exercise no effective control. To men of such stern, unyielding stuff the human race has been greatly indebted. They seldom profit by their own labours. They pass their lives in the midst of danger and of toils. They die with the satisfaction, perhaps, of having pointed out to their countrymen, and to the world, the existence of some continent, or some system of islands, unknown before their times, but which centuries after their death will es b t e nad c s o . verd B e nyn w n i thriving Beyond the thennnanitnonwn consciousness and easnf cheerfulhaving hom sati4fied the inward cravings of their natnre—their own peculiar re ward is limited to the privilege of bestowing their name upon a mass of ice-capped granite far within the Arctic circle, or on a desolate island removed beyond the summer wanderings of the distant Esquirnaux. It may be supposed that we are not inclined to apply any very stringent canons of critici-m to the noble labours of these simple hearted men. If the Anglo-Saxon race is at this moment more widely scattered than any other European stock over four of the continents which overtop the level of the ocean, it is to men of this class that we must be grateful for the distinction. If we raise our voice at length against any further expeditions in a particular direc tion, we do so mainly from the sorrow with which we hear of so utter a waste of the most heroic struggles, and of lives too valuable to be sacrificed prematurely, but which, if sacrificed at all, should at least be staked with a view to some result important to humanity. With the map of the Arctic regions lying spread before us, we ask ourselves in vain what single object worthy of the venture could by any contingency be gained by any further voyage of discovery in this direction ? As to the fact of a North-Western passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, there is nothing further to be known which is worth knowing upon the subject. It is now as nearly as may be three centuries ago that the tide of maritime enterprise has set in this direction, and, as any one may convince himself by a glance at one of Mr. Wyld's maps of the Arctic region, discovery has been pushed far beyond the limits of practical utility. There appeared in the Times a few days back the fol lowing brief abstract of the course of the various Northern expeditions, which may not be without in terest to any of our readers who would take the trouble, in connexion with it, to give five minutes to the chart : " The first attempt was made in 1553 by Willoughby and Chancellor, who were sent out with instructions to ascertain if there was a north-east passage, or if they could reach China by passing to the north of Europe and Asia. Willoughby reached Nova Zembla, but he and all his crew were frozen to death. Chancellor en tered the White Sea, and thus opened a communication with Russia. Captain Cook reached Icy Cape from the Pacific in 1778. In 1607 Captain Hudson was sent out to attempt to discover the north-west passage, and reached the latitude of 81 degrees, but was under the necessity of putting back cn account of the ice. In 1773 this experiment was again tried by an expedition under the command of Captain Phipps, who advanced as far as Captain Hudson had previously done: and a similar attempt was made in 1818, which proved equally unfortunate under Captain Buchan. In 1827 Captain Parry was sent out to reach the Pole in boats and sledges over the ice, and he attained about 82 degrees 40 minutes, and was obliged to return by the motion of the fields of ice to the south. In 1818 Captain Ross attempted a north-west passage, and passed through Lancaster Sound. In 1819 Captain Parry reached 110 degrees west longitude, and in 1821-23 examined the coast to the northward of Hudson's Bay. In 1824 he reached Prince Regent's Inlet. In 1826 Captain Franklin was sent overland to explore the northern coast of America to the west of Mackenzie River; and at the same time Captain Beechey was dispatched to meet him in Behring's Straits. The two expeditions approached each other to within a dis tance of 146 miles, but returned without meeting. In 1829-33 Captain Russ sailed up Prince Regent's Inlet, and ascertained that there is no communication between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic soath of Barrow's Straits." The exertions of the heroes of the Arctic regions, Parry, Franklin, and the Rosses, appear to have sufficientl37 developed the true nature of these high latitudes. The absolute opposition offered by the vast fields of Arctic ice to any continuous traffic, or even to the fortuitous passage of a single ship without almost superhuman exertions and endurance on the part of her crew, forbids the supposition that the Arctic regions can ever be turned to any practical account. A few whales are no doubt pick€d up by the more adventurous of the whale ships ; beyond these, what ? The answer shall be given from the narrative of the proceedings of Captain Penny in the Advice, who, much to his honour, had penetrated in search of Sir John Franklin as far as Navy Board Inlet in Lan caster Sound. He landed on one of the Wollaston islands in this inlet, and here is what he discovered : " We disturbed on our landing about half a-dozen pairs of the eider duck (somateria mollissima). Their eggs I found to be within a very few hours of maturity. There were besides numerous nests, the occupants of which had, I supposed, winged their way southwards. Two brent geese (anser bernicla), and a single pair of Arctic terns (sterna Arctica) were most vociferous and courageous in defence of their downy offspring when ever I approached. These were the only birds, with the exception of a solitary raven (corvus corax), &c." Now, it is far from our intention to speak otherwise than with admiration and respect of the noble exer tions made by Captain Penny and Mr. Goodsir to discover and relieve Sir John Franklin and his party. We quote from the narrative of their proceedings simply to show in ordinary cases what the value would be of any expedition to these high latitudes— to witness the process of incubation on the part of the somateria mollissima, and to listen to the croaking of a solitary raven. Go still further, as men have gone, beyond the regions where the eider duck and the Arctic tern pitch their nests, and what do you find ? A vast solitude of icebergs and a desolation, the monotony of which is broken alone by the cracking and turning of the heavy ice. It is clear enough, then, that for all purposes of commerce or of traffic the Arctic region must remain a sealed book to the human race until some vast change shall occur in the temperature and meteorological arrange ments of the globe. Steam and railways are power less here. Magnetic telegraphs and the printing press can do nothing. All the wonders of modern civilisa tion are palsied in the presence of eternal ice and snow. It we want to go eastward to India, we have now the short overland passage by the Isthmus of Suez, which must in any case take precedence of the North-Western passage, even if we could put a vast fire under the ice of the Arctic regions, and melt it down to-morrow into a sum mer sea. So . with regard to the voyage to China; a few year S—perhaps a few months—and the Isthmus of Panama will be cut through. What have we to gain in this respect if we could establish a line of steamers to perform the distance by way of Lancaster Sound and Bahring's Straits ? Such a course would simply be to go out of our way without any adequate object. In a scientific point of view, does any fact remain unexplored which would be of sufficient importance to justify the risk of dispatching further expeditions into these inhospitable regions ? ' Sir James Ross has already reached the Magnetic Pole. Captain Parry, in July, 1827, reached in boats and sledges 82 deg. 40 sec. north latitude. Dins, human enterprise has penetrated within four or five hundred miles of the North Pole, and we are sufficiently aware that in that direction nothing is to be met with but impracticable fields of ice. If we speak against any further dispatch of Arctic expeditions, our remarks are not intended to apply to the noble efforts of Sir James Ross. His was a gal lant enterprise gallantly conducted. No nobler or more adequate motive could be proposed to the brave sailor and to the companions of his honourable toil than the succour of the missing expedition. If the mission failed, no fault can be imputed to the party under the command of Sir James Ross. The powers of nature overcame the efforts of man. The party was forced to return after having performed important services, which even yet may be productive of a good result. At any rate thus much is clear, that they did not meet with a single sign which would lead to the con clusion that Sir John Franklin and his companions had met with any misfortune. Although this testi mony is only negative, yet it is so tar favourable and worthy of attention. Our remarks have, however, extended already to such a length that we must re serve all comments upon the recent services of Sir James Ross for a future day. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, Nov. 20. We had a fair attendance at market to-day, but a dul ness ruled generally. 'flee supply of wheat was n t o large as usual, and may be called fully is per quarter cheaper. Barley was a large supply, and did not sell so readily or so high in price as last a eek. Beans and peas in small supply. There was some considerable quantity of malt on sale, but no buyers found. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red 4os to 42s Pea , 29s to 30s Do., white Do very choice 47s to 00:1 e.. ....... Barley... 2Bs to 30a Malt oos to 00s D 3., select Beans 26s to AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV. 17. Wheat 1,366 quarters at 43s 3d. Barley Oats Beaus 2B „ 29s eid. Peas.... . . 34 „ 29s 01 Rye . HULL, Nov. 20. • Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states:—Busi neee of every kind has been quite inanimate during the week, and wnero sales have resulted it has been on con cession by holders. Our farmers supplied us liberally again to-day, and prices of all de scriptiuns of wheat were Is per quarter lower. Foreign was offered at some re duction, without leading to business. The barley market very flat, and both mulling and grinding qualities ob tainable on easier terms. Only old beans maintain their value; new of all sorts are offering at is reduction. Peas for grinding support cur quotations. Linseed cakes, as also rape cakes, unaltered. The following are the present prices of grain i— s. S. S. S Wheat, English, red 36 to 38 Peas, white and yel. 25 27 Do. white 4O —42 Do. grey ... 24 —e6 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 43 45 nigsberg 44 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 37 42 Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Archngl. 36 —3B Hamburgh . 36 40 Do. Konigsberg .... 35 37 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 3l 36. Linseed cakes, Hull 71 5s Od leussian and Odessa 32 36;D0. fine foreign Oats, English Do. Danish l2 14 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l6 18 Rape cakes...7ss 03 to 003 03 Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 16 Tares, English oos —00 a Barley,malting 24 26 Do. foreign 20s 243 Do. grinding,....... 20 21 Guano 6l to 91 los Beans 2B 32 Bones, do ...... 00s Oil to 87s 6•3 Do. foreign ...... 26 32,Rye meal 6los LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20.—Our supplies from Ireland and coastwise during the:past week have been liberal of oat meal and flour, but small of wheat and oats. Frcm foreign ports and Canada, with the exception of a fair quantity of wheat and Indian corn, the arrivals are only moderate. The exports in the same time show a slight increase. The trade has been extremely lanui3, and to have made any progress with sales of wheat end flour lower prices must ;lave been submitted to. Oats not coming forward so freely, and being in fair request, have advanced id per 451 b. Indian core has sustained a fur ther decline of 6d per quarter, with a very limited sale. At this day's market there was a moderate attendance of town and country buyers, and a very limited demand was experienced for Irish new wheat at a decline of fully 2d per 701 b. Foreign red wheat met with little atten tion, and must be quoted Id per bushel lower, but some newly arrived Dantzie of good quality met with a ready sale at prices ranging from 7s Id to 7s 4d per 7010. Oats were held for id per 451 b advance, being scarce, but little business resulted. Oatmeal was without change, as were barley, beans, and peas. Flour was au exceedingly slow sale, and 6d per sack and barrel lower Indian corn moved off in retail, at a decline of 63 to Is per 4801bs. LEEDS, Nov. 20.—The dull account from Mark-lane yesterday has paralysed the wheat trade here to-day, and our supplies continuing extremely large, to make sales a decline of is per qr. must be submitted to on the best qualities, and inferior sorts are quite unsaleable, and very little business is doing. Barley is also is per qr lower Oats and beans without alteration. Coat, Nov. 19. Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d; extra 14s 6d; ' seconds, Ils Od to 12s 6d - households 9s to Ils; thirds, 7s to 8, per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6Sto 10s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s; wheat meal, 9s 6d to 10aper cwt. Indian corn 125 s Od to 130 s Od perton. Bran 3/ 10s to 3115 s per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s Od to 3 is; average 30s; dealers 32s to 33s Od; average 34s per ton. Straw—Farmers 12s Od to 25s Od; average 205; dealers 27s Od to 00s Oil; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to bid ; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 93 per lb. Eggs-5s Od to 5s lid per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to Sid; veal 4d to Od; pork 4id to sd; bacon 7d to 8d; sausages 53 per lb. Hops 91 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to Si ss; Valonia 141 to 0/; French 7153; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 103 to 12s per stone. Hemp 34/ t 0351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 21a to 00s • red ditto 25s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 00/ 00s to 00/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton; deals, first quality, 18s, second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 128 to I8s; salted 13s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 24d per lb. Potatoes, white siel to 8d; Minions lid to 12d; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel 19s per barrel. RAILWAY StiAttE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was dull and de pressed to-day. The only transactions were—Midland Stock, 47—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16%. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, Preference, Quarters, 7 1 A —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Censol. Halves, 20 % dis.— Ditto, Fifths, 6% dis.—London and North-Western, 112— Ditto, New Quarters, 9s. 3d. c. p.—' itto, Fifths, 1% c. p.— Midland, 47—Ditto, Halves, 22% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, (No. 2), 16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 9 Y R dis. —North-Western, 10A dis. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extensions, 8% dis.—Ditto, (G. N. E. Purchase), 6.oer cent. till 1830, 5% dis. MANCETESTER, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE. —The transactions to•day were as follow:—Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1 1 A c. p.—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 1-16 East Lancashire, 12 5 ,b—Leeds, 321. Shares, 11 dis.—Ditto, Stock, 58—Ditto, Preference, 12! ‘ f —Ditto,:Fifths,6 11-16 North Staffordshire, 9 11-16 dis. —London Stock, 112—Ditto, New Quarters, par Ditto, Fifths, 1 1 4 p.—Sheffield, Preference, 9 3-16. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol low :—South Staffordshire, 4 dis.—Shrewsbury and Bir. mingham (A), 7i. Bs. 9d. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 2 1 / 2 p.— Shropshire Union, 31 2 dis. YORK, Nov. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were a: follow: Caledonian, 10% Great Northern, Preference, 7/. es. 3d. -York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16 1 / 2 —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 2%. DEATH OF MR. D. C. MOYLAN.—We regret to announce the death, on Monday afternoon, of Mr. D. C. Moylan, the judge of the Westminster County Court. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICII, Nov. 20. — Captain P. Bonn's 3d battalion and Captain C. J. Wright's company, 2d battalion, have been taken off garrison duty for the purpose of going through a course of repository and laboratory instructions, these compa nies being first on the list for foreign service. Captain Hamilton's company, the 12th, has been placed under orders to bold itself in readiness to proceed to Devonport to relieve Major Askwith's company, being the third on the roster for foreign service. Captain Fulford's com pany, 12th battalion, is placed under orders of readiness to proceed to Guernsey to relieve Captain Cockburn's company, fourth on the roster for foreign service. Cap tain Savage's company, Ist battalion, and Captain Smythe 's eompany, 6th battalion, are to proceed to Dub lin to relieve Captain A. Benn's and Captain Gambier's companies, the sth and 6th, for foreign service. A COSTLY DINNER.—Mr. S. S. Osgood, the painter in the course of a letter to the New York Tribune, gives the following account of a Fourth of July dinner at the mines in California. He says—" It was given by Ram sey to his customers, and fifty sat down, or rather lay down, for our dinner was spread on a level, which was made by felling a tree, trimming it, and filling in above it with earth and stones. We had a cloth along the centre, and scraps of mats and blankets along the sides of this, on which we reclined in Oriental style. Each man bad a tin plate, and a tin pot for his liquor, water not being allowed on the table; champagne and other liqueurs were too plentiful to make it desirable to but few. There was some lack of dishes to serve up in; but with wash-basins, the pans of the gold-washers, and a cast-iron bake-kettle, and with the assistance of two large soup tureens, the numerous dishes were all dis• played. We had, among other luxuries, fresh black berries and bon-bons, the latter were rather dry, and had no doubt travelled far. Each man had a three pronged iron fork, and a regular case-knife. I was told that the cost of the dinner, exclusive of wines and meats, was 1,100 dolls." WRECKERS ON THE EAST COAST.--TLIORPE, ESSEX, TUESDAY.—Upwards of twenty-seven men, stone gatherers and others, were on Monday last summoned before the county magistrates sitting at the petty ses sions, for unlawfully entering the brig Fleece, wrecked on the main at Walton-on-the-Naze, against the consent of the master, and for unlawfully removing the cargo from the wreck. Four of the men were fined 41. each, or two mouth's imptisoment, and the remainder 40s. each, or one month. One was discharged. HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The deaths from all causes, registered in the me tropolitan districts in the week ending last Saturday, were 878. This number exhibits a decrease of 284 deaths on the weekly average of five previous autumns, corrected for increase of population ; and the returns of the last ten years show that the present low rate of mortality is without example (within the period of observation) at this advanced season of the year, unless the year 1841 must be excepted, when the deaths returned in the corresponding week were 827, but out of a population undoubtedly less than at the present time. The mortality in the early part of November has usually ranged from 900 to upwards of 1,200 deaths. The deaths registered last week from the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases were only 204, while the average is 307 ; those from diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis) were 134, while the average is 214. But the mortality from phthisis (or consumption), and bronchitis seems to increase, and is now about the average ; and influenza was fatal to four young persons and an adult. The deaths from diarrhtea and dysentery in the week were 22, which is about the same as in former years at this season. Those' n the last four weeks have been successively 51, 40, 29, 22. From cholera eight deaths were registered, or two more than the preceding week ; but in two cases the persons died of disease conse quent on cholera, from which they had previously suffered. One of the eight deaths occurred in Hol land Cottages, St. John's, Westminster; one in Earl-street, Lisson- grove, Marylebone ; one in King's College Hospital (the patient having been brought from Drury-lane); one in St. John-street, Clerken- Is ell; one in Green-walk, Bermondsey; one in Lam beth ; one in York place, South Lambeth ; and one in Nightingale-vale, Woolwich. A boy of six years died of diarrhcea, after 52 hours' illness, in Frederick-. street, Bromley, an over-crowded Lnd dirty neigh bourhood, where cholera lately was rife. The mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 803. The mean daily height was above 30 inches on Sunday, Monday, and Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 45.2 degrees ; on Saturday it was 39 3 degrees. It was above the average of the same days of seven years on the first four days, and below it during the rest of the -week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *204 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 4a Tubercular Diseases ... Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 108 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... . 134 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 50 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8- .. . 6 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ..• 8 Diseates of the Skin, &c. ••• ... 5 Malformations... ... ... 2 Premature Barth ... ... .. ... ..• 21 Atrophy ... ... ... ••• ••• ... 21 Old Age ••• .•• ••• ••• 28 Sudden ... ... ••• ... ••. ••• ... 14 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ... 26 Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• Oil• 2 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the • 1841 Five Autumns. Week. ' West as'Yiei... 301,189 . . 164 ..• 1.12 North D.Artets.. 376,568 .. 207 ••• 165 Central Districts 374,199 ... 208 ... 166 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 259 ... 202 South Districts.. 503,346 ... 324 ... 233 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,162 ••. 878 Malea ••• ••• ••• ••• 427 Females ... ••• ••• ... ••• 451 THAMES. John Waliams, an apprentice on board the Earl of Durham, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing, in conjunction with several apprentices of other vessels, eight case bottles of Hollands, from the Thomas King, now lying at the jetty in the London Docks. It appeared from the evidence, which was taken at some length, that one of the apprentices of the Thomas King, a boy apparently not more than eleven years of age, had been in the habit of inviting several other lads on board and treating them to a Sunday jollifi cation. Amongst others was the prisoner, who was caught in the fact of leaving the deck with a bottle of nollands on his person. Mr. YARDLEY having heard some further evidence, which went to show that no person was supposed to be on board the ship at the time, expressed his sur prise that property to an unknown amount should be left in so unguarded a state. It was an astonishing fact that four or five lads should be getting drunk on board a ship in the docks, and no one be cognizant of it. Inspector White, of the Thames division, said that ship keepers were generally employed to watch these vessels, but they were sometimes left without any keepers under the general superintendence. Mr. YARDLET—The general superintendence ! Don't tell me such stuff. Why here is a system calculated above all others to make thieves and drunkards of this class of boys. There is an utter recklessness of property on the one hand, and of morals on the other. Let this lad's captain be instantly brought here. Captain Grayson shortly after appeared, and, giving the lad a good character, said the Earl of Durham was a teetotal ship, but he could not account for the lad's conduct when out of the vessel. Mr. YARDLEY considered that captains having apprentices ought to pay the same attention to them whether on shore or on board. The prisoner does not seem to be the most criminal in this matter, and I will fine him 201, which I hope the captain will pay, or he must be imprisoned for eight days. Captain Grayson—l consider imprisonment the best punishment which can be inflicted on him. Mr. YARDLEY—I am astonished to hear you say so. You have children of your own, and taking this lad as an apprentice, you enter into the place of a father over him, and it is your duty to feel and act as one towards him, and to rescue him from the contaminating contact of prison associates. The captain, with considerable reluctance,ultimately consented to pay the fine. LAMBETH. MariaAldred was brought up in custody of Sergeant Gooff, 8 L, and charged before Mr. Elliott with steal ing two 51. Bank of England notes, the property of Lieutenant Alfred Cooper, of the Honourable East India Company's service. From the evidence of Mr. Cooper, it appeared that he was stopping at the house of his brother, in Oxford-terrace, Clapham, and that on the night of the lath of last month he missed two Sl. notes, which he received on that day, and inquired from the prisoner, who was then his brother's servant, if she knew anything about them. She replied in the negative, and he sent her to the person from whom he had taken them, to get their date and number. On her return she said she could get neither, and added that he.must have lost them out of doors. On subsequently searching for the notes, Mr. Cooper found a number of pawnbroker's duplicates sewn up in a silk band, but did not disturb them, and in a few days after he also saw some more ' duplicates in the prisoner's workbox, one of which related to a watch pledged for 12s , and ano- ther for a ring pledged at Air. Barnett's, near the Surrey Theatre. He spoke again to the prisoner about the notes, when she replied that there was no use looking for them, as she felt certain he must have dropped them out of doors. He, Mr. Cooper, subse quently called at Mr. Barnett's, where the ring was pledged, and then discovered that the prisoner had passed a 51. note at that shop. The prisoner was discharged from her situation on the 3d of the pre sent month, and on the 7th witness called at the pawnbroker's. Henry Winch, shopman to Mr. Barnett, a pawn broker, in St. George's Circus, produced a 51. note which he had received from the prisoner, and which had all the appearance of being new when he took it. The prisoner, when she passed the note, gave the name of " Dyer," and her address, 10, Kent-road. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that on the evening the notes were lost, she went out on an errand, and on her return she found them lying on the kerb-stone outside the door. She was fully committed for trial. The Count De Taxa Dembecke, the Polish im postor, who stood remanded from Saturday on a charge of ♦agrancy, was finally examined. The prisoner, who is a stout person of about sixty years of age, is one of the boldest of his class, for after knocking with the utmost authority at the street door and asking fer the lady or gentleman of the house, he without ceremony walks into the drawing room or parlour, as the case may be, and causes con siderable alarm to the female inmates. On the pre sent occasion he described himself as an old French officer lately returned from America. Horseford, the mendicity officer, said the prisoner was known to the society since 1832, and had been repeatedly com mitted to prison as a common beggar. Mr. ELLIOTT committed him for three months to Guildford House of Correction. rAdvertisement.] LECTURES ON CONSUMPTION, &c. &c.—Dr. Cronin will commence on the 29th instant a popular course of six lectures on diseases of the Lungs, Chest, Stomach, and Liver. During the course, Dr. Cronin will illustrate by diagrams, microscopical observations, &c , his new and original theory of the nature, causes, and forma tion of tubercle, and explain his peculiar and successful mode of treating consumptive, asthmatic, and dispeptic diseases. Terms for one course, 25.; the whole course, 103. 6d. For prospectuses of lectures, &c., apply be tween ten and one daily at Dr. Cronin's residence, 14 Leicester-place, Leicester-square. THE NOVEMBER ASTERIODS.—These remarkable meteors, which some years ago excited so much atten tion, appear to have become "matters of history." The generally clear state of the atmosphere would have been very favourable for observing them for some hours dur ing the early part of the last few evenings, but very few have been seen. Two or three on the 11th inst., a few more on the 12th, and a few on the 13th, were, however, nuticed; their numbers, however, being wholly insuffi cient to have attracted attention had not their former periodical cccurrence on the corresponding nights of this month led to an expectation of their possible re-appear ance. One only of any brilliancy was noticed on the 13th. The general direction of the courses of those seen on that and the preceding nights was from S.E. to N. or N.W.— Durham Advertiser. ifourtoMbition QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The points involved in this case are of the utmost importance to railway companies. This was an appeal from an order of the justices at the Quarter Sessions for Surrey, with respect to the rating of the line which passes through the parish of Croydon. The rule called upon the justices to show cause why a rate reducing the amount of rating from 21,300/. to 15,765/. should not be quashed from its inefficiency, in order that the said rate and assessment be reduced to 5,9701, or such other sum as the Court might think fit. The rate was made in November, 1847, and four questions were reserved for the de cision of the Court. The first was, in effect, whether the railway ought to be rated on account of the earnings in the six miles for which it passed through the parish of Croydon, or only in proportion to the earnings of the whole of the line, the largest earnings being obtained in that parish. The second point contended for by the company was, that the cost of maintaining the permanent way should be deducted before the rate was made. The third was, that the London and Brighton had made an agreement, which was sanctioned by Parliament, by virtue of which the South-Eastern to Dover ran over a portion of the other line, and the London and Brighton over a portion of the line of the South Eastern, both being in the parish of Croydon, no toll being paid, the use of the one being considered an equiva lent for the other. The fourth point arose out of the following :--The rate was made in November. On the 18th of August certain accounts were drawn out, in accordance with general Acts of Parliament, but they only brought down the affairs of the railway to the 30th of June. The rate was really made on the 18th of August. The company said, that on account of the inefficient state of the plant when the accounts were made, and in consequence of having opened various lines between June and November, that the condition of the line and its circumstances were altogether altered when the rate was made, and that the makers of the rate were bound to ascertain by some means or other the value of The property rated at the moment of the making of the rate. Mr. PASEILEY appeared to show cause against the rule. He held, on the strength of several cases which he cited, that in railways, as in the case of canals, the rate must be evied upon the earnings of the land in a particular parish, and not in proportion to the earnings of the whole route. Then the use of the two portions of line in the same parish by the two companies was just like two farmers agreeing to use portions of their farms alternately, or of two gentlemen, one holding a house in the country and another in town, agreeing to occupy each other's house for certain periods. It was a private understanding, and the real owner was the person to be rated. It was utterly impossible to make out a valuation with out occupying a good deal of time. The value of the property assessed could not be stated at the time the rate was published. He contended that the justices were correct in the rating they had laid down. Air. J. CLARKE followed on the same side, after which Mr. GURNEY proceeded in reply, but had not con cluded when the Court intimated that it would hear him in continuation on the first day after term, the 27th instant. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued irom our Afternoon Edition.) THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT V. SMITH. In this case, which will be ,found partly reported in another page of this day's impression of our paper, after our first edition went to press the Court de livered judgment. The COURT was unanimous that the judgment should be for the plaintiff, being of opinion that al though the document of 1665, cited in the argument, was not receivable in evidence as not being a public document entitled to credit in a court of law, there was still abundant evidence to show that the payment of the toll in question was immemorial. Judgment for the plaintiff accordingly. FRAN CE. The following report of M. PIERRE BONAPARTE to the officer in command of the entrenchments, dated camp before Zaatcha, October 25, has been received by the Government from General D'HER.• DILLON : " Mon Colonel,—Charged with the command of 200 men of the Legion, and 200 of the 3d African Light Infantry, to cut down the palm trees and protect the men engaged in that labour, I proceeded this morning to the position pointed out to me by General d'ller billon, the Commandant-in-Chief. On arriving at the spot we occupied a wall which had been crenelated by the Arabs, and from which we were able to keep them in check, while our workmen proceeded rapidly in cutting down palm trees to the number of 250. The Arabs, however, at length concentrated them selves at the end of the wall. I had several times charged Captain Buttet, of the 3d Infantry, to keep a strict ob servation on that important point, and he replied that he would be responsible for it, when, soon after, he was struck by a musket shot. One of his men was shot at the same moment. The Arabs then attacked the wall at the limit of our line, which they were not able to get over. They were very numerous. They assailed us with stones, which they threw from behind the wall. At length they got on the top of it and discharged their pistols and muskets. We received them with a volley of musketry. A reserve of 30 grenadiers advanced under Captain Nyko to support the infantry, and we then took up another position, which enabled us to keep the enemy at a greater distance. The arrival of this reinforcement enabled the workmen to proceed with the cutting down the trees. A still further reinforce ment then came up. During this time the grenadiers, who had been posted on a small hillock, aud the African light infantry, sustained with great bravery the reiterated attacks of the Arabs. I must not omit to mention that the Commandant of the Zoaves sent a further reinforcement of 15 men, under Lieutenant Sentupey, to support the grena diers. Tho conduct of these brave soldiers is beyond praise. I must, however, point out to you the intrepid Captains Buttet and Touchet, of the 3d African Infantry, both seriously wounded, and Captaia Nyko, who was struck by a musket ball and also by a stone in the head. We have had five killed; the wounded, exclu sive of the two above-named officers, are 20 in number. Agreeably to an order of the General, transmitted to me by you, the retreat was effected in the greatest order, and it was accomplished at noon. Besides the cutting down of the trees, our operation may be consi dered as being an attack on Litchana, and without being able exactly to estimate the injury we have inflicted on the enemy, I consider it was very considerable, and at least twice the amount of our own loss. Accept, mon Colonel, the expression of my deep respect. ":I'. NAPOLEON Bo NIPARTE, " Chef-de-Bataillon Foreigh Legion." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The expectations of the Liverpool speculators as to the effect of the accounts of our immense operations in cotton, taken out by the Hibernia, on the 20th ult., have been somewhat dis appointed by the advices which the Europa has brought to hand; and the result is, that hardly any thing is doing except by the trade, whose limited pur chases:are effected at a i reduction of *d. to /d. per lb. In a state of things in which prices are in so equivocal a position as at the present moment, our market is instantly affected by any change in that of cotton. It has been plainly seen, since the arrival of the packet, that many who lately held a de cided opinion that, at least, the existing value of cotton would be maintained, are beginning to waver in their judgment. We have consequently had to get heavily through a very inactive day. In yarns, the buyers for Germany, Italy, and the Levant are anxiously watching the course of things, and taking only what they are in immediate want of, when it is to be had at some advantage in the terms; while the India merchants are confining their opera tions to the finer numbers, and even in them they are doing very little. The manufacturers are back ward purchasers. Under these circumstances, some concession has been made in the rates of shipping yarns, to the extent of the comparatively trifling busi ness effected ; though, after all, considerable firmness has prevailed. The best qualities of fine yarus con tinue scarce aid relatively dear. Goods have been found quite as difficult to sell as yarns. For the most part, the quotations are the same as those of last week ; but in some of the few instances where sales have been made, there has been some little giving way on the part of the sellers. Printing cloths continue in re quest, yet not in the same degree as was lately the case. Skirtings to all widths are dull ; and heavy goods labour under an unrelieved depression. ROCHDALE, MoNDAir,--We have had a good market to-day, but not so many ,pieces were sold as BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ... 613 Females ... ... ... ... ... 613 Total ... ... 1,226 *ln this number are included 8 cases of death by Cholera, 41 by Scarlatina, 42 by Typhus Fever, and 21 by Diarrhoea. MYSTERIOUS D BATH .—At nine o'clock on Monday morning Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Plough, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on John Thomas Wildman, a stockbroker, late of 40, Shaftesbury -street, New North-road, Hoxton, aged 48. Mr. Benjamin Wildman, deceased's brother, deposed that deceased had been a stockbroker. On Friday he saw deceased in King's College Hospital, suffering from the injuries of which he died. Mr. George Elsom, house surgeon, stated that deceased was brought to the hospital between two and three o'clock on Friday morning. His thigh bone was fractured, his scalp on the left aide was lace rated, and he was the worse for liquor. The police said , he had fallen from the second-floor window of Colliver's coffee-house, Holywell-street. Deceased stated that he lived in the New North-road ; but when interrogated as to the manner in which he met with the injuries he became morose end silent. He lingered until Saturday morning, when he died from exhaustion, the result of the shock and fracture. Mrs. Sarah Colliver, landlady of the coffee-house, said the deceased, accompanied by a young man, came to her house shortly after ten o'clock on Thursday night. He was quite sober, and had some coffee and toast. After reading be and his friend retired to bed on the second-floor. About two o'clock the following morning she was awoke by a cLasb, and found the deceased had fallen from the window into the street, where he lay dressed, bleeding and insensible. De ceased's friend rushed out of the house in his shirt, " Oh, my God, my friend has thrown himself out of the window; go and tell his friends." He soon afterwards dressed himself, started off again, and, was not since heard of. Neither witness nor deceased's friends knew the young man, nor anything about him. Deceased frequented her house. Mr. M. F. King, re siding in the coffee-house, corroborated the last witness. Police-constable Cribb, 132 F, raised deceased from the ground, and with assistance carried him to the bospital. While doing so deceased frequently exclaimed, " My God, what mystery is this? What ;have I done?" He was quite stupid from the fall, and had been drinking. Miss Wildman, deceased's sister, entered the inquest room at this stage of the proceedings in a distracted state, and was with the greatest difficulty calmed and induced to retire. Her appearance affected to tears every one present. The Coroner summed up, and con cluded by expressing his unwillingness to close the in quiry until the young man who was last in company with deceased was produced. The jury fully agreed with the Coroner, who ordered the police to search for the young man. He then adjourned the inquiry. REPRESENTATION or SHOREHAM.—A vacancy has been caused in the representation of the borough of Shoreham and rape of Br , mber by the death of Mr. Charles Goring. Mr. Goring had been suffering for some con,iderable time from an attack of typhus fever, at his seat, Wiston-park, near Steyning, in the rape of Bramber ; but he was recovering, when he was suddenly seized with a relapse, of which he died on Sunday even ing. He was only thirty-two years of age, and bad scarcely passed his honeymoon. He succeeded his cow sin, the present Sir Harry Dent Goring, in the repre sentation of the borough, twice defeating Lord Edward Howard, son of the Duke of Norfolk, and present Member for Horsham. He was a Conservative and Protectionist. The representation is one of the pecu liars of the Reform Act, the burgesses of Shorehara and the freeholders of the rape being conjoined to form the constituency. . . Art is but a mirror, which gives back what is cast on its surface faithfully, only while unsullied.-- -Eliza Cook's Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A Remarkable Cure of. Dropsy of the Chest by Holloway's Pills.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Munday, farmer, Kennington, near Oxford, dated Dec. 2, 1848 Professor Holloway Sir,—Having on a former occasion apprised you of an extraordinary cure upon myself by your invaluable medicine, it gives me great pleasure to testify again to its efficacy in a case of dropsy of the chest with which my shepherd was afflicted, to whom, the moment I was informed of the nature of his complaint, I recommended a trial of your Pills, which advice was adopted with complete suc cess, for by taking a few boxes only he was perfectly cured, and is now in sound health.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Profelsor Holloway's Establishment, 244 4 Strand, Liedia METHS. On the 13th inst., at Langton Rectory, Dorsetshire, the wife of the Rev. R. Farquharson, of twins boys. On the 17th inst., at Ridley Parsonage, Kent, the lady of the Rev. T. P. Pheirs, of a son. On the 17th inst , at Horncastle, the lady of Samuel Sketchley, Esq., of a daughter. At Montpellier-row, Blackheath, on the 17th inst., the lady of A. B. Brandram, Esq., of a son. On the 17th inst., at Holkham, Norfolk, Mrs. Henry Bol• ger, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., in Norfolk-street, the wife of Lawrence Levy, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington, John, eldest son of the late John Blenkarn, Esq., of Norwood, Surrey, to Maria, second daughter of George Gunthorpe, Esq., of New ington-place, Kennington -common. On the 17th inst., at Hounslow, Henry Richard, younger son of the late William C. Saxby, Esq. of Albemarle-stree t • to Ann Eliz a b e th, on l y daughter of ? the late Alexande r Blake, Esq., of Piccadilly. At Plymouth, on the 17th inst., Augustus Tracy, Esq" Lieutenant, R.N., to Marian, youngest daughter of George Coryndon, Esq., of Plymouth. DIED. On Tuesday, the 20th inst., at his residence in Fitzror square, Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of Newe and Edinglessief in the 77th year of his age. el On the 16th inst., at Winton, Hants, Lieutenant-Colon el Charles Wright, K. H., Gentleman Usher to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and for many years on the Staff o f th Royal Military College, Sandhurst. On the 16th inst., at Chester, Thomas Bagnall, E scl " M.D., aged 65. On the 18th inst., in London, John K. Trattle, Esq., for merly Paymaster of 11. M. 66th Regiment. On the 14th inst., at Cheltenham, aged 79, Samuel Walker Parker, Esq., late of Scots house, county of Durham. On the 14th inst., S. Keyser, Esq, aged 69. On the 13th inst., at Southampton, Mrs. Goring Barr son, aged 85. London ; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG 4, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No- ' I Stand, in the Precinct of the Sitvoy, in the county ° Middlesex, Wednesday, November 21, 1849. ti\ an tot ui Lii «