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and pric..s give way 2 , 1 per 81bs. Tho sale for Pigs was heavy, at barely late rates. Dtilch Cows were s, 11- ing at from 151 to 181 10s each, including their small Calf. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. to e. 4. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts-- 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 8 Se3ood quallty • •• 3 0 3 2 Coarse-n eolledditte3 8 310 Prime lar,m Osen•• 3 4 3 8 Soutbdown Wether 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots ••.•• • 3 1) 4 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 4 Large Bogs •••• • • 3 4 8 Pritnt small ditto .. 3 6 310 Small Porkers ••-. 3 10 4 2 r•uchlitig Calves ..19 0 25 0 Quartor old Pigs •.17 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep .• 3 0 3 2 Lambs 0 0 0 0 - . TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET Beast*. I Sheep. I CA I VOS. I P 144 1,210 1 6,020 240 200 FOREIGN surrLY. . _ ep Calves. 1 rigs. 84h3e . 0 1 79 SCOTCII. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I rigs 40 NEWGATE AND X.II.ADENHALL. 13 Pasts. 243 For each kind of Meat, the supplies of which wero on the increase, the demand was heavy, at a general decline in the quotations of 2d per Sibs. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. 1. 5. d. o s. d. Ileef,interlor...... 2 2 2 4 ; Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 rald.ll:ng .... 2 G 2 8 ) middling.. 3 0 3 4 primelartre •• 210 3 0 I prime .... 3 G 310 - prime •;mall 3 4 3 6 3 4 2 8 Vea1.............. 3 0 3 8- small . ..... 310 4 4 BOROUGH HOP IVIAREET. The ecmand for the best Lew Hops continues steady, at fully last week's prices. All otter kinds are a dull sale, anJ, iu some instances, rather low,-r to purchase, although the supplies offering are but moderate. New Mid and East Kent pockets. 81 to 101 per eNt; New Weald of Kent ditto, 5/ to 71 10s; New Sussex ditto, 51 lOs to 6112,; New Farnhams, 101 103 to 11/ I Is; Year ling Kents, 31 lOs to 4/ 15s; Yearling, Sussex, 21 15s to di 10s; Old Hops, 1/ to 3112,. COLONIAL. Susan.—The busites;cioneiOTfritish Plantation has been rather extensive, refiners and grocers having both purchased freely, and at full prices. Barbadoea, by auction, has realised 383 to 39s for mid yellow, 393 61 to 40s 61 for good and fine. St. Lucia good and mid brown 345 to 34s 61, low yellow 353 to 35s 6d, and fine bright 39a to 393 6tl per cwt. Chrystabaed Demerara went at 426 to 45s 6 j, superior 473 to 503, and brown at 286 to 41s 61. Refined brown lumps sold at 47s per cwt. St. Croix low to mid realised 38s 6d to 40;, and good and fine 403 61 to 43s 61. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been in good request, privately, and by auction mid yellow has realised 375; ord grey, 355; and good brown, 34s to 34s 61. Bengal went at 413 6d for Benares line white, 38s 6d to 40s for low to good, and 38s to 39i 6d for good and tine. Ceylon has been sold at previous rates; mid to good soft brown, 32s 6d to 333 61; and low to mid yel aaw, 34s to 35s ad. FOREIGN.—Porto Rico has been sold at 35s 61 to 37s Id for low and mid soft and heavy, and 38s to 41s for good and fine ; low ,to fine was taken in at 393 to 425. Cuba low and mid heavy went at 34s to 385. Brazil damp and washed taken in at 2ls to 253. Havannah, duty paid, sold at 35s 6d to 378 6d for low to mid. COFFEE.—There has been a firm market and higher prices have ruled. Native Ceylon has been as high as 46s and 47s fur good and fine ord. Plantation has been sold at 48 3 to 543 for fine fine ord to low mid, at 53s to Eris 6d for mid and good at 52s to 61s tor pea berry, and at 393 to 47s for triage. Privately there have been large sales. Costa Rico sold at 495. and part was taken in at 55s for mid. Rio good and fine ord 593 to 445. Manilla 45; 61 to 485 6.1 for good and fine ord, and Java 45; to 475. Bcrbice 443 to 44s 6d for good ord, and Jamaica low mid and mid 52s to 575, fine and fine ord 44s to 493, and triage 35s to 40s per cwt. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 43s 6d to 45s ler cwt. SPICES.—BIack Pepper has been taken in at 21 8 1 to 21d per lb, but 21d to 2,4i1 have been obtain e d for ata via good light, brown, and 24d to 2id for good clean brown Sumatra; Cassia Lignea has been sold at 114 s to 1318, and Bengal Ginger at 203 61 to 21s. RlCE.—Bengal has been taken in at lOs 6d per cwt, being lower; Madras, good and fine, 8s 6d to 9s; and Bombay, 7s 6d. SALTPETRE.—BengaI has been sold at 26s 6d to 27s for &fibs refrcction. COTTON.—There has been rather less doing. TEA.—There has not been much doing. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is rather more saleable, at 373 to 37s 3d per cwt on the spot. TOBACCO.—There was a large business done last month both for home trade and exportation, and sales may be estimated at 2,276 hhds. The market had re mined a firmer tone, with every appearance of an ?row d teniency. Some material alerations have been trade in the quotations, but extreme prices refer more 'specially to parcels of now import, of which sales have lot been effected, but the prices quoted are nearly id per b. higher than imports. Sampling has made some pro gress, the quality of Virginia is much superior to what was anticipated, and maybe classed as fine, but Kentucky, although possessing more colour than was expected, will, we are of opinion, be found deficient in substance, and in ferior to last year's importation. Imports, 3,538 hhds; de liveries, 1,124 hhds; against 1,781 hhda at this time last year. Stock, 25,402 hhds, against 28,905 in 1848. Iu Vir ginia sales have been chiefly of fine and ord for exporta tion;:of the new importation nearly 200 lalids were taken tt 54d to qd; and 560 hhds of old at 24d to 4d; of low quality the stock is diminished, and prices are firm. ]'or Kentucky leaf and strips there has been an improved demand, and several old parcels have been taken at an advance of 4,1 to id per lb. Sales have been nearly 1,500 hogsheads, 200 hogsheads of which have been taken on speculation. Maryland has been ouch inquired after, and 30 hogsheads were taken principally for home trade at full rates. In Savannah leaf there has been an improved business cone; Havannah Cigars of good and pure qualities have been much sought after at high prices. Mid and ord have also been taken at fair rates. The last shipment, however, was rather inferior to the previous ones. Ma nilla leaf has been much inquired after during the month. The market at present is very bare of this article. In Yara and Cuba sales have been limited, for good qualities good prices have been realised. In Brazil, lia vannah seed leaf and Florida, scarcely anything done. The stock is now limited of good and Eno sorts. Porto Rico continued in al eznand ; holders aro firm at previous rates. German has been in moderate request. The trade appear disinclined to buy, except at low rates. Columbian, Ambelems, and Giron, of fine qualities, are still sought after, sales have been effected to some extent at full rates. Amersfoort, for snuff and cigars, have been more inquired for than for some time past. In Negro head and Cavendish sales have been effected to some extent at firm prices, and in some instances at a slight advance, and manufae turers are firm. Stalks in good demand. Smalls in more request. GREEN FRUIT.—The demand is good for all kinds, and is likely to continue. Black Spanish Nuts are wanted, and several cargoes daily expected. A cargo of Oranges, ex Aurora, from Oporto, part sold by lieeling and Hunt, at public sale, the remainder subsequently sold by private contract. A small parcel of Madeira Oranges realised a high figure. The first cargo of Lemons from Messina has arrived, the quality good, and the opening price 4s per case lower than last year. No improvement in the price of Chestnuts. Almeria Grapes wanted. Lisbon nearly finished. LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Bunco.) THE LAST HARWICH ELECTION.-BAKER V. RUSE. This case was tried at Chelmsford during the last Essex assizes, before Mr. Baron Alderson. It was a qui tam action to recover 5001. from the defendants under the Act with respect to bribery and corruption, he having, it was alleged, bribed one Saxby, in order that he might secure his vote for Mr. Attwood. Tho declaration, it appeared, was objected to as being defective, inasmuch as in the course of th e p rocee di ng it was p rove d th a t a promise had been made to redeem the vote of Saxby, and to pay all expenses incidental to certain legal pro ceeding% taken against him by the person to whom he had pledged his vote for a mortgage on account of a debt, whereas the declaration omitted the latter point, and Mr. Baron Alderson having refused to amend, saying, since the recent Act ho had not found any such emendations in a legal proceeding, and holding the omission fatal to the case of the plaintiff, a verdict was returned for the defendant. Mr. M. CHAMBERS now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should be had, on the ground that the Judge had improperly refused to amend, and because the omission of the allusion to the payment of the ex penses was not a material fact, and ought not to have prejudiced the case of the plaintiff. A Mr. Halos had possession of the vote for a Mr. Grioe, and Mr. Rusk, Mr. Attwood's clerk, offered to pay 41L, by monthly instalments. 101. was paid on account o f it, the defendant pledging himself to pay the balance, 311. 55., and Saxby voted for Mr. Attwood. The letters written by Mr. Rusk to Hales contained such expres sions R 3 these:—" It would be a sad pityif the vote is lost, as it is worth double the amount of that debt. If you can do anything to redeem his vote, it would enable him to turn it to good account..? The redemption of the vote was not, however, completed, for the election was disputed, and Mr. Attwood unseated. Saxby was summoned before a Committee of the house of Commons; but Rusk having got possession of the sureties connected with the vote Saxby was placed in the same position as if he had not been bribed. He, however, stated the whole facts at the trial. Now, he contended, on the face of several cases which lie cited, that so long as the real offence was set forth in a decla ration it was sufficient, and the point omitted not being a material point, the plaintiff ought not to have been damnified. He contended that all that was essential was proved. It was sufficient to prove that there was a promise to pay money, and it was quite immaterial whether it was promised to be paid by instalments, or whether it was on account of money due to one or seve ral persons, or on account of a debt or seizure. Lord Mansfield said the material fact in penal proceedings must be proved, and that all circumstances which did not vary the offence were out of the case. He called the attention of the Court to the great injustice, hardship, loss of time, and needless litigation that would result if an opposite doctrine were laid down by the Judges. The COURT took time to consider the question. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON ) OSBERN V. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY. Sir FREDERICK THESIGER was instructed to move for a mandamus directed to the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, commanding them to issue their warrant to the Sheriff of Warwickshire to summon a jury for the purpose of assessing the compensation due to Mr. Osbert) in respect of a certain house and premises in High-street, Birmingham, which they had given him no tiee would be required for the purposes of their Act. 1% 6% . die 2% IAY.) 5.5. W.,. krrd. s alcutta; rom the Dstrich, '. Dean, Quebt o, ►lacrity, ompsoV, rd. 7th, 11:4 New nsviick; Bruns- Larch, Quebec; a Trade w York; w York • ssed on Nason, atherine Taconic, bec. ort, and una wick fathew, tad, has , ur, with ton to as been las been AX.) :Y.) at coast lie show limited. less that' ions wits it which niers cf gly littlo vre hare nns. In Bari()) at very tee rale! rate. Al l general t parcels legal** MondaY• ----", Flour• _ ____.....--• ducks• 3,020 e'nnigll ; mark et 'eq (166 : k wit s o must be o rePe r h : per S iw beieg ere !el r; other' the cle ° ' asoaablf ut not t° WOW' THE SJN, The notice was given as far back as Jinuary, and it informed Mr. Osbern that a Mr. Hornblower was the agent of the company, for the purpose of arranging any of purchase. Accordingly, Mr. Osbern employed Mr. Edgington to meet Mr. llornblower, and those two gentlemen agreed that 10,2001. would be a proper ecru pensation fur the company to pay Mr. 0Ab.21..n for his interest in the premises. Mr. Osbern being cow infurmcd by Mr. llornblower that the com pany would require the premises on Lady-day, 1347, he removed a considerable portion of his furniture, and connected his business of a wine mer chant. The company, however, had taken no steps to complete the purchase, and as all attempts at nzgotiation had failed, Mr. Oibern was compelled to have recourse to this proceeding, to force them to complete their bar gain, or make him come compensation for the injury he had sustained by reason of the notice. Mr. Justice PATTEsobt granted a rule to show cause, Rale nisi accordingly. SABBATII• DAY BREAKERS. Mr. PHYNN said he WdS instructed to move the Court for a rule, calling upon two of the justices of Bath to show cause why they refused to issue a warrant of die tress against a person named Levy Western, for the non-payment of a penalty under the Lord's day Act, the 29th of Charles the Second. It appeared from his affidavit that in August last a person named Levy Western, who was a porter in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, Was summoned before the magistrates for exercising his occupation on the Lord's-day, the alleged breach of the statute being that he was assisting in unloading the company's trucks and dragging trucks about laden with luggage. The solicitor of the company attended on be half of this persoe, and he contended that the case did not fall within the Act of Parliament. Now, the provi sion of the Act, as the Court was no doubt aware, was this, that no tradesman, artisan, workman, cr labourer whatever, should follow his calling, or do arsy worldly labour, on the Lord's-day, works of necessity and charity only being excepted. It was admitted on the part of the detendant that ,he had been exercising his ordinary calling, but it was said that ordinary calling did not come -within the meaning of the Act. The magistrates took time to consider the matter, and at last convicted the defendant. The defendant was then asked for the penalty, but Mr. Kemp, the solicitor, said it could not be paid, and thereupon the complainant applied to the ma gistrates to issue a distress warrant, which they refused to do unless the Court of Queen's Bench decided that they ou.;ht. Now, he apprehended the magistrates either went too far or they did net go far enough. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Is there any appeal given? Mr. PELYNN said there was not. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Then there is no other mode of enforcing the penalty. Mr. Payl4tc said there was no other mode. The sta tute gave the power of distress, and in default of the distress, the person was to be put in the stocks for two hours. He apprehended it wa's a pure question of fact for the magistrates to decide, first, whether this person was within the description mentioned in the Act, and, secondly, whether the work he was employed upon was or wasnot within the exception, that was to say, whether or no it was work of necessity or charity. It was Lot put before the magistrates in that way, but by their con viction they had expressly negatived that it was work of necessity or charity. If the magistrates had simply wanted to raise the question for the decision of the Court, what they ought to have done would have been to have refused to have re ceived the information, as in the case of the " King and Cox," reported in the 2d " Barrow," page 1785. There the Magistrates refused to receive an information against a baker for baking meats and pies on the Lord's day, and the Court held that they had done right, as the work was a work of necessity or charity, inasmuch as it enabled persons to go to church. . _ Mr. Justice PATTESON—Yes; but it was held that the cook baking rolls was not within the exception. Mr. PHYNN remarked that the question involved in this case was simply one of fact. Mr. Justice PATTESON—And the magistrates seem to have determined the point by their decision. Mr. PHYNN said that was what he contended they expressly dt cided, that the person came within the description of the statute, and that the work was not within the exemption there specified. Mr. Justice PATTESON—YOU may take a rule to show cause. Rule nisi accordingly. MARLBORO'-STREET—THIS DAY. Mr. William Watson, a wine-merchant residing at No. 44, Craven street, Strand, was placed before Mr. Hard wick, charged with having violently assaulted Mr. Alexander M'llougal, a solicitor residing in Charles street, St. James's-square, by striking him several times with a horsewhip. The complainant stated that last night, about eleven o'clock, he was coming out of the Parthenium Club in Regent-street, when the defendant flew at him and caught him by the collar of his shirt, which he tore, and struck him with a heavy whip which he had in his hand, at the same time saying, "I shall always do this when ever I meet you." Defendant was proceeding to follow up the attack, when a constable came up and immediately took him into custody, before witness had the opportunity of striking him (defendant) in his own defence. Mr. Ledley, the Chief Clerk, inquired whether com plainant knew the defendant, and what was the cause of his committing the assault ? Complainant said he knew the defendant, but had not the least conception what led bim to assault him. He had not exchanged a word with him for some lour or five years. Before that period it was his misfortune to have advanced defendant a considerable sum of money in his business as a wine -merchant, which, from some misconduct on his part, complainant thought it neces sary for him to withdraw as best he could. That was all he imagined that led the complainant to commit the assault. Sergeant English, 4 C, said ho was on duty in Re gent-street last night, when he saw the defendant pa rading up and down in. front of the Parthenium Club for more than an hour. Witness watched him, and heard a person ask him what he intended to do? Defendant replied, " He meant to horsewhip a gentleman, and give him a d-- cut of the head." Witness posted a con stable there to watch the defendant while he went round his beat. About eleven o'clock he was passing aga i n , and saw the defendant go up to the complainant and strike him twice with a heavy horsewhip. Witness im mediately went up and took bim in charge. He was perfectly sober at the time. The accused, when called upon for his defence, said— lam extremely sorry to be placed in this position. Mr. Mg/Algal, though now a solicitor, was for some time my partner in the wine trade, and has for twenty years been on terms of intimacy with me. Under the garb of the strongest friendship he has utterly ruined me, and I am now entirely dependent on my family for sup. port. Being a solicitor, he had means, which I have not, of resorting to stratagems for the purpose of con cealing his villany to me, and as the matter for which I assaulted him was ono that the law could not touch, I felt there was no other course for me to pur sue than the one I have ; and, but for the interference of the pelice-constable, I should have chastised him much worse. I know not the motives of his conduct to me, but having gradually sunk in the wale of society, compared with that which I had when he first had any connexion with me in business. This might have caused him to show that vindicative lecling towards me which caused me to chastise him in the way I did. For more than five years he had pursued the same line of conduct towards me, and last night was the only chance I had for some time of meeting him. This is all I hsve to say. A solicitor, who attended on the part of the com plainant, requested the magistrate not to deal with the case summarily, as it was too serious a matter to end here. He had no doubt that the defendant was not in his right mind, and from conversation he had held with him this opinion was, confirmed. He therefore wished the case to be sent to the session. Mr. HARDWICK directed the depositions to be taken and ordered defendant to enter into his own recog n;z Incas in 80L, with two sureties in 40/. each, to appear at Middles( a Sessions, now holden at Hicks' Hall, Clerkenwell•grecn. SOLAR &MTS.—The month of November has been characterised, for these three years past, by the appear ance of very large spots oa the sun. At present there is a very extensive cluster or series of connected spots, which appear as one spot to the naked eye. The smallest telescope or opera-glass may discern them as an oblong mark on the sun, not far from the centre. The entire length measures, in round numbers, upwards of a hundred thousand miles of the solar surface; but its breadth varies from fifteen to thirty thousand. About twenty spots may be counted, the several penumbrte running into each other with irregular outlines. The dimensions were taken by a Cavallo micrometer, with the image of the sun cast upon a white ground, which reflects the divisions of the scale very palpably.— Caledonian Mercury. BYZANTINE AND SAACENIC ART.—The Spanish influence in the low countries tended to spread and in. fluence the use of a style of colouring, which, in its es sence, was then existing in their own country; and we find throughout the Hotels de Ville and churches many bold and even magnificent attempts at polychromatio gold; At r eitih ß e ve r e u ldo g w e b s ye , r the ea ribs i l is o b, f s t v r y a an v idn a s u c l otet pendantsd t ceilinghe beingpav w em a i s a black ennszarle dia mond tiles, black or red. I n other roofings,' ground, nn ct effect. the natural soft-toned chesuutwas retained, an d r i c h co l oured bands painted inimitation of By zanti ne M osa i c inlay, was' extensively introduced. The cathedr a l a t Liege, but especially the church of S!. Jacques, st an d a l most alone in the rich peculiarity of the polychromatic decoration adopted throughout the vaultings; the design, more i n accordance with the refinement of Italian design and feeling, but the great flow, rs of the vaultings are eastern, though their treatment, and that o f the grand enclo s i ng foliage scroll-work, may be identified with some of th e best conventional designs of the period. The intense effect produced by the use of deep blue and crimson intersections, is each vaulting rib, at their star-like is remarkably grand and deserves the especial attention of the colourist, who will also appreciate the exquisite artistical variation of poly - chromatic effect, upon the same design as exhibited upon the vaulting of the north porch, where a cool, quiet, refreshing green, takes the place of the richness of colouring displayed upon the interior of the church.—Architect and Building Operative. PLEASURES OF EMIGRANTS.--A German who tra velled the same road about this time, told me, "I go in "flagon till 10 o'clock at night; it rain, den it freeze till 3 o'clock. I so s tiff I cou ld no t ge t o ff d e waggon , dey lift me off ; I drink a tumbler of warm brandy, and go to sleep in de inn; I sleep two days, and not know it; I very nearly die_"—Sir J. Alexander's "Acadie." SADLER'S WELLS.—We are informed that a five act tragedy, by Air. F. G. Tomlins, secretary of the Shakspere Society, an d aut h or o f severa l wor k s on dra matic art and literature, is in rehearsal, and will shortly be produced at this theatre. LONDON, LORD MAYOR'S DAY. The 9th of November may be a very gey and jovial day in the city of London, but it is, never theless, a great nuisance. It obstructs business, serves the purposes of pickpockets, and offends the CDTIIIIIOII sense of industrious sober people. Still the Lord Mayor's Show is looked upon as one of the institutions of the country, and to speak against it may be considered something little less than high treason. This morning, big with the fate of turtles, opened dull and heavily upon the mighty city, but as the day advanced the damp hazy fog floating over the glorious dome of St. Paul's gradually disappeared, and civic functionaries and gaudily attired footmen were heard to exchange mutual congratulations upon being able, after all, to exhibit their tawdry finery with the advantage of a November sun. Long before the city had begun to assume its wonted bustle and activity, the carpenter's hammer was sounding forth the noisy note of preps tious, and throughout the line of the procession rickety windows were secured, dusty flags unfurled, and stout barriers erected, to stop intrusive vehicles. The Mansion House, of course, was a scene of much commotion, and during the whole of the morning policemen, city marshals, and lively 1 flunkies, with immense bunches of flowers and unexceptionable limbs, were flitting to and fro in a dreadful state of excitement; while at the various ward halls, beadles, whose shabby-genteel coats were concealed beneath heavy cloaks fringed with gold lace, were furbishing up their wands of office, and drilling the ticketed supernumeraries who were en gaged in the pageant. At an early hour the Lord Mayor was duly installed in his civic palace, and his Lordship commenced the duties and pleasures of his office by putting his , cook's abilities to the test, and entertaining his friends and officers of the household at a sumptuous break fast. The well-known venerable coach of state, drawn by six high-spirited steeds, expressly hired for the occasion, and caprisoned in massive crimson trappings, was then ordered to the door, and his Lordship, attired in his robe and invested with his gold collar, and attended by his chaplain, the Recorder, the S wordbearer, the ponderous mace, and the scabberded sword, entered the antiquated equipage and drove:off to the Guildhall, followed by the sheriffs. Here fer the first time he was welcomed and cheered by the populace (?) as the " Lord Mayor of London," and having partaken of a luncheon—eating and drinking forming the principle, and certainly the m os t agreeable, features in the ceremony—his Lord ship announced it to be his will and pleasure that the procession should be arranged in the ordt r in which it is to move. Accordingly the City Marshal sets to work, and with the aid of a body of policemen, whose rough top-coats and glazed hats, present a singular contrast to the rich showy livery of his Lordship and the Sheriffs, the men in brass and steel, with their plumed helmets and lengthy lances, are safely deposited in the saddles of their powerful dray horses. The procession was chiefly composed of dressed-up livery men, beefeaters, and porter drinkers; the state carriages of the Sheriffs, the private carriages of Aldermen, and the Lord Mayor's coach, guarded by a company of Guards and a company of Lancers (Prince Albert's Own), whose splendid bands added materially to the effect of the exhibition. The proces sion having been formed after much shouting, noise, and prancing about of unruly animals, a flourish of trum pets was sounded, when his Lordship resumed his seat in the state coach, and onward the pageant pro ceeded, passing the Bank of England, going along King William-street, and so on to London-bridge stairs, where his Lordship took water. The river procession was made up in the usual manner. First, there was his Lordship's barge, towed by one of the City Company's boats, then the late Lord Mayor's barge, and bringing up the rear was a thick cluster of smaller craft belonging to the several liveries. The wharfs and bridges throughout the whole route were numerously crowded with holiday-making folk, whose hearty plaudits, as his Lordship and the late Lord Mayor (Sir James Duke) passed on, could only be exceeded by the rapidity with which a large quantity of valuable gunpowder was wasted in firing salutes from the different prominent points on the river. The appearance of the procession, as it shot through Westminster-bridge, was hailed by a tremendous cheer from the workmen engaged in the new Houses of Parliament. It returned in the same order as far as Blackfriars-bridge, where the pageant was again re organized, and the previous signal of a flourish of trumpets having been given, it moved along Bridge-street, up Ludgate hill, round St. Paul's Churchyard, down Cheapside, and up King -street to the Guildhall. The streets were lined with crowds of people, who ap plauded his Lordship most vociferously, while almost from the window of every house fair hands waved snow-white handkerchiefs, and tiny voices echoed the cheering in the streets with ecstacies of de light. ARRIVAL OF THE LORD MAYOR AT WESTMIN STER. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. On the arrival of the civic barges at Westminster bridge, the Lord Mayor and the other City function aries disembarked, and having formed into proces sion, proceeded at once, through Westminster Hall, to the Court of Exchequer. A great number of persons had collected on the bridge to witness the debarkation, and Palace-yard and the Hall were also crowded with spectators. The Court itself was filled in every part, and amongst the auditory were several of the fair sex. The subsequent proceedings will be given fully in our next Edition. A SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF AFRICA. The Messager du Midi of the 30th ult., relates the following account of the shipwreck of the brig La Lucie, of Agde, on the coast of Africa. The narrator is one of the three men who were the heroes of this lamentable story : " On the 27th of June last the new polacca brig, the Lucie, of 215 tons burden, and manned by a crew of eight persons, including the captain, M. V. Lavaille, left the port of Algiers in ballast, with beautiful weather, bound for Goree and Gambia, where a cargo of arachides awaited it, destined for Marseilles. On the 13th, tit ten o'clock r M., the weather was dread ful ; the sea threatened to swallow up the vessel, and a tremendous leak was soon sprung. Several manoeu vres to caulk the seams were tried in vain ; the two boats used in these operations were hurled against the side of the brig, and several of the crew narrowly escaped drowning. Exhausted by fatigue they resolved to await the dawn. When daylight appeared, however, it only served to show the panic stricken mariners the fearful position in which they were placed ;—the Lucie was wrecked on the coast of the great desert of Sahara, which was the very anti podes of its course. The sea still raged with the utmost fury. Various manoeuvres were tried, but without any result. It was necessary to renounce them,!and to resort to other measures. Each man then made a parcel of his clothes; a sail served for the preservation of a small quantity of provisions ; the mainmast was cut down, and on this frail piece of wcod eight men variously laden reached the shore, not without having experienced the most cruel sufferings. having landed, the mariners raised a tent with the sail, and reposed from their long fatigues until the morning of the 15th of July, when they began their march along the coast towards St. Louis of Senegal, more than 100 leagues distant from the site of their shipwreck. They were dejected and depressed in spirits, and tears filled their eyes. On the evening of the third day's march their scanty supply of water failed them, and it was then resolved (horrible to re late) that their common urine should be collected in a glass bottle, and this was for four days their only bever age. But the fifth day the bottle received nought but blood, and salt water supplied the place of urine. Eight days had already elapsed since these unhappy wretches had bid adieu to the Lucie. In this arid country, the soil of which was burning sand, no vestigt of humanity had yet appeared to rekindle hope in their hearts. The captain, however, still ut tered expressions of encouragement and con solation. On the morning of the ninth day Cape Blanco presented itself, and . the travellers d escr i e d two Moors, who by signs gave them to understand that they were near a habitation where they would be favourably received. ' Courage !' cried our sailors, who directed their steps towards the spot. 'They soon reached a wretched cabin, whence a I , loor emerged, and with loud vociferatious, laid hand on the small t quantity of provisions that still remained to them. The eight sailors allowed themselves to be robbed FRIDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 9 18t9 without resistance. Hope had given way to despair. They resumed their toilsome march, and soon after wards were assailed by a band of Moors who stripped them of every thing. "This Arab band drew a circle round them, and conducted them as prisoners, amidst shouts and the most unintelligible howlings, to a neighbouring settlement. Having reached this spot in a dying state, the unfortunate mariners were ordered to kneel. They did bo, and the infant Moors, excited by their mothers, cast whole handfuls of sand into their eyes by way of allaying the existing irritation. A vehe• ment discussion next arose, and a council of savages was convened to decide the fate of the captives. The women were more ferocious than the men, and insisted on a sentence of death, which was brutally pronounced by the council. Towards night, it was decided, by drawing straws, to whom the victims should be surrendered. Mean while, however, the tender sex retired ; and the male floors, having scourged the naked mariners to the very verge of death, made signs to them to escape by flight. The prisoners offered up a momentary prayer to Almighty God, and then, staff in hand, resumed their journey, without knowing whither to go. After a toilsome journey during the whole night, our fugitives found themselves, at sunrise, on the seashore ; ex hausted by hunger, fatigue, and sickness, the eight r unfortunates fell upon the sand and went to sleep. On awaking the captain, Lavialle, and three of the seamen detached them selves from their companions on a journey of exploration, to discoyer a less dangerous route. Alas! the soesequences of this courageous resolve were disastrous, for the four men never re-appeared. Two hours after their departure the four remaining sea men saw that they were - pursued by the Moors; they concealed themselves, but in vain. They were drag ged from their lurking place, and again most cruelly maltreated, the fair sex, as before, displaying by far the greatest ferocity. The only habiliments that remained to them—their shirts—were taken from them ; they were stripped stark naked, mercilessly bastinadoed, and abandoned to their fate. " At nightfall a fearful tempest mended the aspect of affairs; the fiery wind was suffocating, and one of the sailors perished, whilst his companions passed the night literally buried in the sand. At daybreak the survivors resolved to return to the site of the wreck, in the hope of fiodiog some nourishment on board the vet sel. " After four days' march they found the articles of dress which they had scattered along the road on the day when they abandonded the Lucie, and so re clothed their weary and bruised limbs. Another of the seamen died on the route, but on the fifth day the remainder reached the site of the shipwreck. The two surviving seamen went on board, but, alas ! the natives had anticipated them, and plundered the brig of every article. They had now struggled against famine and fatigue for ten days, and resolved to await death—that blessed benefactor of unfortunate man. In the interim, however, a white spot was descried in the distance, it proved to be a vessel in full sail. A signal was hoisted by the two seamen, and at length, after much delay, the captain (fearing that it was a mere stratagem of the Moors to decoy him into their hands) sent a shallop ashore, and rescued the dying wretches. The vessel proved to be the Spanish ship Adam, commanded by Captain Francisco Devega, and employed in the fishing trade on the coast. The gallant Devega, having heard the recital of the rescued ones, made every effort, for the space of a month, to discover the men who had been lost ashore, but in vain. On the fourth day the Adam cast anchor off the Canary Isles, and towards the middle of September the unfortunate Frenchmen were dispatched to Cadiz in a Spanish Government steamer, whence they took passage to Marseilles. They arrived at the latter port on the 12th of October, and embraced their families with tears of thankfulness and joy. It is hoped that the French Government will make a fitting acknow ledgment to the gallant Captain Devega for his noble conduct." ERECTION OF A W FORT AT STONEHOUSE. In addition to the fortifications lately completed at Bovisand, I'icklecomb Point, and Drake's Island, as defences for this harbour, a new fort has been erected just above the site of the old Long-room barracks, at the Victualling-yard Point, which will render com plete the defence of the Sound and the entrance to liamoaze. The new building is called " The Prince of Wales's Redoubt," and the high ground upon which it is situate gives it the entire command of the harbour. Within the barrier gates is a ditch twenty feet wide, which is flanked by two caponierea, and so commanded by loop-holes in the curtains and the fort itself, that in the event of an assault the assailants would be exposed to a heavy fire of musketry, while the beseieged would be efficiently protected. The external walls, on the side towards the land, are seven feet thick, and musket proof, and instead of being built up perpendicularly from the ditch, they are so curved as to bring the greatest possible number of the attacking party within the line of fire. The fort itself is shut up by two pairs of mas sive gates—the first of wood, lined with wrought iron plates, and so rendered musket proof, the others of heavy wrought-iron bars. On the right hand side of the entrance is " the keep," in which are the officers' quarters, the artillery store house, and the melgazino, the whole being surmounted by a " Platform," protected by musket-proof wal!s, which are loop-holed on the two sides which look towards the land, so as to afford the means of defence in the event of an attack from that direction. All the windows of the "keep" are fitted with massive wrought-iron shutters, also loop hided and musket proof, each shutter weighing from two to three hundred weight. Running round the outside of the " keep,' but within the fort itself, is a gallery, supported upon massive cast iron columns, and leading on to the "terraplane," on which are eight 56-pounders, mounted upon traversing platforms, and commanding the whole sea line from the Larnbhay Point to Devil's Point. In casemates, under the terraplane, are two 8-inch howitzers, and on either side of these the apartments for the soldiers who will be quartered in the fort. These apartments will afford accommodation for a company of artillery. They are fitted up in the usual style of barrack rooms, with cast-iron fitments ; the ceilings are groined and six rings thick ; and the floors, as well as the terraplane and the platform over the keep, are laid with the Seyssel asphalte. The walls on the sea side are eight feet thick, and considered to be bomb proof. The fort has been just two years in course of erection, and the total cost will be about 15,0001. It is constructed principally of dressed limestone, raised from the quarry immediately under the fort. The cheeks of the embrasures, the piers of the entrance gates, and the other parts where extra strength was deemed desirable, are of dressed granite. A new road is in course of formation up to the gates of the fort, and ample provision bas been made for se curing an abundant supply of water. Mr. George Roach, of Plymouth, is the contractor; and the work has proceeded under the inspection of Mr. Frederick Burgoyne, the Government foreman of works.— Plymouth Times. FOREIGN FUNDS. ,HAMBURGH FUNDS, Nov. 3. Bills. Money, Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent 1053 Ditto, 3% per Cent. .... Prussian 5 per Cent. ......... • 106 105% Lianaburgn Certificate.. •..• • 99 99 Anglo-Russian Loan •............ 104% 104% Ilamburgh, 3 per Cent • • B7 86% Russian 4 per Cent Nem 4 per Cent., Hopi, and Co. 94 Ditto Stieglitz ......... Blq 841 Belgian Loan, per Cent.... Anglo-Dan6h Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • • 71%, Ditto, in 1001. Shares .... ••.•.. • • .• 1)ia0,5 per cent. 96% 90% knglo-Swodish Loan .. • • ...... Ditto, Transport Loan • • • • • • .. • Norwegian loan, 1848 ••••• • • • • •• • • 99% 99% Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • 9 Ditto, 3 per Cents. .• • • •• • • A WoMAN SHOT. —George Harman, a gas stoker, of Ore, near Hastings, went to his work on Monday week, leaving a loaded gun, with which be had been shooting starlings, in one corner of his kitchen. Before leaving the house he cautioned his wife that the weapon was loaded, and desired her to forewarn their lodger of it when he returned from his work. She appears to have forgotten to do so, and an accident fatal to herself was the consequence. The lodger, a railway labo urer , w h o was on excellent terms with his landlord and landlady, had scarcely returned home and sat down to tea when he began to play with the barrel of the gun, and, lifting it from the ground, got it entangled in the bar of a chair, so as to pull the trigger. The unfortunate woman re ceived the whole charge in her head, and died almost instantly. An inquest was held on the body on Wed nelday, when, it being quite evident from the demeanour of the lodger after the accident that his share in the oc currence was involuntary, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. ACCIDENT AT TILE NEW CHURCH, KINOSDOWN, DOVER.—An incorrect paraeraph has been going the round of the papers, stating that the whole of the above building fell to the ground on Thursday last. The fol lowing are the real facts of the case:—The cause of the accident arose from the great height of the scaffolding poles preparatory to the erection of the Bell Cot, the base of which was only two feet above the apex of the roof, but the putlocks and scaffold floor were some five or six feet under the apex; the gust over the downs from the south west, striking upon the floor of the scaffold, and the putlocks acting as a fulcrum to the leverage cf the poles upon the newly built gable, doubled it in, so that the upper part fell against the storm outwards, and a portion only of the gable beneath the putlocks fell inward. Hid it been otherwise>, the truss next the gable would have gone, and swept the roof over the cliff. The works ore being executed by Messrs. Deane, of %Delmer, in a manner not surpassed% any church in the kingdom, for excellent workmanship and good mate rials. Mr. Hay, of Liverpool, ie the architect.—Architect and ifuildin Operative. NEW MUSIC. THE HELENIC NATIONAL SONG AND CHORUS OF THE THIRD OF SEPTEM BER, 1843. Translated from the Greek, and dedicated by permission to the Countess of Arundel and Surrey, by Pericles R. Akxandrides. The Music by Edward Clare. This spirited and stirring anthem is arranged in the key of B fiat, and opens with a symphony of peculiar beauty, short, but replete with melody. There is a fire aroughout the whole of the composi tion that is at once attractive and inspiring. It breathes the ardour of a nation's love. The solos, which are alternately for tenor and bass, and two sopranos possess all the pathos of the chant of the Girondins,' the Mourair pour la Patrie, while the choruses have something of the melancholy grandeur of the Illarseillai se. If merit be the passport to popularity, this noble and national anthem cannot lie unnoticed. The frontispiece, which represents the Greeks at the palace walls demanding the constitution, together with the portraits of Otho, King of Greece, his. Queen Amelia, Kalerges, the Grecian hero, and sketches of the classic temples of Athens, is exceedingly chaste both in design and execution. THE ALICE AND FREDERIKA POLKAS, by Johann Strauss, performed by the Composer and his celebrated Band at her Majesty's Grand State Balls. We need scarcely recommend these two charming polkas to the notice of the public, the name alone of Johann Strauss attached to them is a sufficient guarantee of their merits; and the fact of their having been placed in the author's coffin (for the mtisical world has, alas I recently had to lament his unexpected death), will endow them with an unusual degree of interest. They are intricate without being difficult, and are arranged with a succession of movements, so as to relieve the ear as much as possible from the sameness of the prevailing melody. This is an achievement of musical art, and one little emulated by too many of our polka com posers. They unfortunately forget that there is " a charm in variety," and that the ear weari es w ith th e same incessant measure, be it ever so sweet ! A little adroitness in the variations of a polka would, in many instances, insure it from ever becoming " hackneyed," a fate too common (and owing in a great measure to the fault just alluded to) among nine-tenths of those with which the public taste has been recently sated. Such will not be the fate of these; there is a refinement about them which must secure them from the common doom. THE DUCHESS POLKA, dedicated with per mission to her Grace the Duchess of Leeds, Patroness of the Fancy Fair in aid of the Funds of the Royal General Annuity Society. Presented to the Society and composed by G. F. Taylor, author of the D'Egride Po s and raises, 6-c. 'This graceful polka is quite a bijou in its way. The time is admirably marked, and though exceedingly simple in every movement, there is about it an ele gance and daintiness of style that bespeaks its origin. It is the production of a master hand. 3 DES WANDERER'S LEBEWOHL WALT- ZER"—( The,Wanderer's Farewell). By Johann Strauss. The -11A1?CH of the ROYAL HORSE GUARDS. . _ This addition Co the numerous and celebrated waltzes, by poor Johann Strauss, alas, now no morel will be an acquisition to the music rooms of our fair country women. It is scarcely inferior to the most choice of its predecessors, and has about it the great charm of novelty. It has something of the brilliancy of the " Elizabethen," mingled with the lightness of the " Philomel," and yet is unlike either. The introduc tion commences in common time, and in the key of F major. The transitions from key to key, together with the catching, and cccasionally elaborate move ments, so peculiar to the compositions of Strauss, prevail throughout this last, and not least beautiful, of his waltzes. " The March of the Royal Horse Guards," also by Johann Strauss, and to which there is an appropriate frontispiece, representing an officer of the Guards in full uniform, is likewise successful. The trio portion, or air of is spirited, and not the less pleasing from being arranged in four fiats, a key so well adapted to music of either a pa thetic or martial character. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. DERBY, 1850. 24 to 1 aget Lord Airlie's Deicoon—take 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus—taken 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken 1,000 to 30 agst Sir R. Pigot's Moultan—taken Cyprus and The Nigger were backed for two or three hundred pounds each; the favourites not mentioned. CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt—t freely 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o'-day Boy—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Carew's Kennington—token 1,000 to 10 agst Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius—taken 1,000 to 10 sgst Sir R. Buleley's Melody—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklam's Cocktail—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Lord 11. Lennox's Beehunter—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. H. Hill's Osterley—taken 1,000 to 10 aget Lord Clifden's Surplice—taken 1,000 to 15 was taken with great avidity about the Whim colt, and repeatedly about Peep-o'•day Boy and Lady Evelyn; 6,000 to 60 and 2,000 to 25 taken about Essedarius; and several I,ooo's to 10 about Kennington; the other horses quoted were backed, but only in small sums. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. We have already announced the unexpected arriva; in London of Captain Sir James Ross, and we have also stated that Mr. Kerr, the captain of th e w h a l er Chieftain, the sourc e o f the Esquimaux story respect ing Sir John Franklin's and bir James Ross's ships, was on his way to town from Kirkaldy to afford the Admiralty some further elucidation. It is rather singular that both Sir James Ross and Mr. Kerr should thus arrive in England almost at the same moment ; but there is a still more remarkable coinci dente to be pointed out, and that is—the arrival in this country also, by the last American packet, of the venerable Sir John Richardson, from his overland expedition to trace and succour Sir John Franklin, Captain Crezier, Captain Fitzjames, and their brave and gallant companions. These three gentlemen have not only arrived in England, but they have met at the Admiralty and compared notes ; and although neither Sir James Boes nor Sir John Richard son have be( n so fortunate es to discover any traces of Sir John Franklin, we still rejoice in the Lope that the lost ones are yet in safety, on tome portion of the extensive coast between the various points visited by the above named officers ; and that they may, either by pushing to the westward or falling back to the eastward, meet with those supplies which the devotedness of Ross and Richardson, Bird and Rae, Kellet and Moore have provided for them in the frozfri regimes. It will be interesting, however, not only to those who have friends and relatives, but to the public generally. ho feel the deepest interest in the fate of Sir JOhu Franklin, to trace the proceedings of those dispatched in search of him. To begin, filet], with Sir James Ross's expedition, composed of the Enterprise, commanded by himself, and the Investigator, by Captain Bird, we find that Sir James, in the autumn of last year, Sept. 11, penetrated a little to the westward of Leopold Island, when the ships were obliged to take up their winter quarters at Port Leopold (entrance of Prince Regent's Inlet). In the spring of this year Sir James Ross with a party traversed the north coast of I\.'orth Somerset, beyond Capes Rennell, Gifford. and Bunny, and finding the land trend nearly due south, he followed it to that part of the western coast opposite Kerswell Bay ; the total distance traversed being about 500 miles. It had been his intention to trace the land down to the magnetic pole, where he had been previously, but owing to some of the party getting knocked up from fatigue, he was obliged to abandon the attempt, and to return to the ships. He had determined also to detach a party towards Cape Walker, the place named in Sir John Franklin's in structions from whence he was to steer a south-west course; but this intention he was also obliged tc forego on account of the great difficulty of dragging the disabled men on the sledges, the foot party nut being equal to the severe work. Another detachment was sent down Prince Regent's Inlet, as far as the spot at which the provisions of the Fury were left; they reached it, and found them in a perfect state of preservation. This party then crossed over to the opposite side to Port Bowen, anc returned across the inlet to the ships. A third part . ) went from the ships, across Barrow's Strait to Cape Hurd," examining that shore ; they also endeavoured to push up the Wellington Strait, but they found it at this time impenetrably blocked with ice. Finding no vestige of any kind, and no flag-staff or marks, the probability is suggested that Sir John Franklin's ships passed through towards Cape Walker without any obstruction. Sir James Ross having wintered at Leopold Island, and searched all around in every direction, now cut a canal of two miles and a half in length, with the in tention of continuing the search, and proceeding to the westward, to Melville Island; but immediately after getting out of this canal, they unfortunately got into a flow of ice, in which they became frozen up, and thus were carried right bodily with the ice, at the rate of about eight miles a day, through Lancaster Sound, and out beyond Pond's Bay, much after the same manner in which Back's ship the Terror was drifted oft Southampton Island in 1837. Sir James Ross's ships, as may easily be supposed, were in the greatest peril, and but for meeting a gale of wind, which happil3 broke up the field of ice, and set them at liberty, the most serious consequences might have been appre• hended ; for as the immense mass was drifting down on the west side of Baffin's Bay the ships ran a great risk of being carried upon the bergs, and wrecked at Cumberland Island. As it was, however, the gale and the swell having broken up the ice, the ships, as soon as they got released, stood over to the other side. Is was now too late in the season to return to Leopold Island, and Sir James, therefore, most judiciously determined on returning to England. He could never hope to reach a secure place for wintering, or in which be could be of any sell ice in the event of Sir J. Franklin's being discovered. At this quarter, how ever, which is the most central spot in the track, they had deposited an ample supply of provisions of all kinds, and then left the steam-launch, together with a vantity of fuel, whilst they had also erected an excellent house at Leopold Island. Sir James had not fallen in with the North Star, but in all probability the stream of ice had entirely cleared the straits, and thereby enabled the North Star to reach Sir James's old winter quarters, whein Mr. Saunders, the commander, having ascertained there that Sir James Ross had returned, he would land his provisions and return according to his instructions; but should there not be sufficient time, he will doubtless winter at Leopold Island, and come out next summer. It is, however, most likely that ho will be able to effect his object this season. Of Parry it is recorded that in a fortnight he ran up to Melville Island with very little interruption, and returned even in a less period of time. With reference to the reports of the Esquimaux, none, as we have already stated, had been on board Sir James Ross's ships, and from the statement of Captain Kerr, of the Chieftain, who has been exa mined by the Lords of the Admiralty, it would appear that there is a slight discrepancy in his statement and that cf Captain Parker, of the Truelove, inasmuch as the Esquimaux had not told Captain lierr that they bad been on board the ships ; nor in the Esquimaux sketch was there any track from ship to ship, both of which were mere inferences, the one from the Esqui maux having said they were all well, the other from there being a line on the sketch, which might bs meant for the bowsprit of one of the ships, or any other long article. it is yet most probable that the Esquimaux saw Franklin's ships go to the westward, and Ross's ships pars in ; and indeed the distinction made by the Esquimaux with respect to the periods of time at which these occurrences took place would warrant us in believing that this was all the Esqui maux wished to communicate. We next refer to Sir John Richardson's expedition, and we may remark, by the way, that this dis tinguished gentleman, although so recently engaged in an enterprise of great peril and privation, looks as well as if he had been merely on a summer's cruise. We have already stated that in 1848 he had pro ceeded from Mackenzie, eastward, to the Copper mine, forming depots of provisions at different parts of the coast. lie describes an open sea to the north, all the way so far as vision extended, until his arrival at the Dolphin and Union Straits, which were blocked with ice. his companion, Dr. Rae, was to proceed with a party of select men down the Copper mine, in this manner to penetrate as far north as he could, and endeavour to advance between Wollaston and Victoria islands, where Sir J. Richardson thinks there is an opening, as the tide sets eastward and westward through Dease's Straits and the Dolphin Straits. This route will intersect the course which Franklin would most probably steer from Cape Walker, the shortest distance to which point is 400 miles. Our latest news from the third expedition was 1 down to the time her Majesty's ship Herald, Captain Kellett, C. 8., sailed from Oahu on the morning of 19th May last, being loaded with provisions of all kinds from a hired transport sent from Valparaiso. From her Majesty's ship Plover nothing has been heard since her departure from Honolulu, August 25, 1848, but Captain Kellett would, doubtless, very soon fall in with her and give her all the requisite sup plies. These ships were then to push as far north as they could to see for themselves, or to pick up infor mation from others, and to deposit depots of provi sions. No one could have shown more zeal in the work than Captain Kellett on his departure, and the same feeling seemed to animate all his officers and ship's company. But, independently of the services of the Herald and Plover on that side, it appears that numerous American whale-ships had sailed for those regions (from which it is hoped that Sir John Franklin may yet burst upon us safe and sound), and one or two other whalers at Honolulu in May were likewise about to start for Bebring's Straits, their captains being aware of the reward offered for in formation or discovery, it was made a special request to them that they should endeavour to earn the re ward, and there is not the slightest doubt that they will exert their strenuous endeavours to obtain intelligence of Sir John Franklin or any of his crew. Last year it was all open sea in th a t quarter, and we trust to find it is the same this sum mer also. With respect to Franklin, it is prett y genera l ly known that his ships were provisioned for three full years—that is, from July, 1845 ; but Sir J. Franklin stated in his last letters, that he could extend it to four years without serious iliconvenience—that is, up to July last ; but if they were fortunate enough to take a ny seals and birds, of which Sir James Ross obtained an ample supply, it might be said that those provisions could be eked out for a longer period. There can be no question in the mind of any per son, that if safe in their ships Sir John Franklin will now abandon them, and push for the nearest point whence he might bpi* to meet with relief. With respect to the depots of provisions Sir James Ross's expedition has left ample means of support for twelve months, independently of any supplies from the North Star, should they fall hack to the eastward from Cape Walker, or even from Wellington Straits, should they have gone up there. If they should have proceeded westward, the next point of succour is that provided by Dr. Rae at some northern point of IVollaston and Victoria Islands. Should they have got still further to the westward, no doubt Sir John Franklin would make for the Mackenzie, all along the coast of which Sir John Franklin would be quite at home, and where resources are provided by Dr Richardson's party. To the westward of the Mackenzie, again, towards 13, hring's Straits, Captain Kellet and Commander ?loore, of the Plover, will have prOvided succours, independently of which there is a Russian settlement on the noble River Colville, which is two miles wide at its mouth, where suppli es may b e always had. The onlyintervals of distance, then, where no provisions have been made, would be from Ross's furthest point of visitation on the western coast of North Somerset, :o Victoria Island, which may be considered the ter ritory of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose particular Attention we beg to draw to this fact. But here doubtless there are at least some resources in the numerous reindeer said to abound on this coast, as it is also stated that ptarmigan and other birds frequent these localities, and there is also some excellent salmon fishing in these regions. With the above facts before us we cannot help feeling that there is still much hope left of the ulti mate safety of the Franklin party, and this hope is much strengthened by another fact—namely, that Sir John Ross, in company with Sir James, were absent from England in their polar expeditions be a een four and five years, and for four years were not heard of, although they were only at the bottom of Prince Regent's Inlet, during which time they sub shted on their own provisions (three years) and those of the Fury. From the return of the North Star we do not , xpect any new intelligence, but we look forward to ',war from the Plover in the course of three months. In the meantime there is hope sufficiently strong to keep our sympathies keenly alive for the missing expedition, and we trust that, notwithstanding what has been done in regard to the depots of provisions, every possible energy will be called forth to devise ttew means for renewing and pursuing our philan qrropie task of re , certaiding the fate of so many good, gallant, and brave men as those who comprise Sir John Franklin's expedition. At all events the nterprise and Investigator (last heard of at Yar mouth) will, doubtless, be thoroughly refitted at Woolwich, and held in readiness for immediate service if required. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THREAT TO STOP THE SUPPLIES. CAPE TOWN, AUG. 30, 1849.—At a meeting of the nhabitants of Cape Town, held in the Town-house, this day, Thursday, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : " That this meeting is of opinion, that no contracts of any description should be entered into for the sup ply or use of the military, naval, or civil departments until the order in Council making this colony a penal :ettlement be rescinded; and that the inhabitants of 111 classes be strongly recommended to adhere firmly to such resolution, as the only means of saving the colony from injury, degradation, and ruin."—Cape Town Commercial Advertiser. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Suffolk hds.—Mon., Harding-green; Thurs., Haw stead-green; Sat., Rusbbrook-hall=lol. Duke of Beaufort's hds.—Mou., Cross Hands. Mr. A. Smith's hds.—Mon , Netheravon; Tues., Stowell lodge; Wed., Wherwell•wood; Fri., Everleigh; Sat., Winterslow-11. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds.—Mon., Elton Furze; Wed., Lilford Cross-roads; Fri., Castor Haughlands-10. Duke of Rutland's hds.—Mon., Dunsby-wood; Tues., Stubton; Fri., Boothby-14 Quorn hds.—Mon., Allexton; Tues., Bardon-hall; Wed., Ratcliffe; Fri, Houghton-on-the-Hill; Sat.,Wart naby Stone-pita-11. Mr. Meynell's hds.—Mon., Ingestrey; Sat. Roleston. Burton Hunt—Mon., Wragley; Tues., Eagle Hall ; Wed., Fiskerton Long Wood; Fri., Skellingthorpe; Sat., Glentworth-11. Lord Yarborough's hds.— Mon., Weelsby-house; Wed., Saxly-mill ; Fri., Little Lirabor-lodge-11. South Wold bds.—Mon., Tothill; Tues., Martin; Sat., Well. Worcester hth.—Tues., Hartlebury; Fri., Brockuidge Common. Ledbury hds.—Mon., Duke of York, Berrow; Fri., Wall-hills-10f. Shropshire hes.—Mon., High Ercall; Tues., Acton Burnell; Fri., Atcham Bridge-104. Cheshire hds.—Mon., Poole-hill, Wed., Turemlow hail ; Fri., Warmiogham; Sat., Tatton-10f. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds.—Mon., Grestord ; Wed., Styche; Fri., Acton Reynald; Sat., Baschurch Station Of. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your paper of Oct. 22d last, a paragraph appears as a quotation from the Liverpool Standard, in which my name appears to be mixQd up with the " Washing preparation" selling throughout the country by the trade. Permit me politely to correct the error into which the writer of the paragraph bas fallen, - and to explain that if his allusion is to " Twelvetrees Brothers' Improved Washing Preparation," he has confounded that article with a prescription of mine, as published in a treatise several months ago (now out of s print). The names being somewhat similar, has no doubt occasioned the mistake. If the writer of the article in question had examined the Soap Boilers' Act, he would have perceived that the article made according to my receipt is wholly illegal for sale, for which reason the Excise-officers, throughout the country, are vigilantly employed in suppressing the sale of Washing Paste, Washing Jelly, and all liquids containing fatty matter mixed with alkaline lees. As the paragraph in yourjournal has been extensively copied into other papers, I shall feel obliged if you will give insertion to this statement, hoping it will meet with a similar reception.—l am Sir, &c., HARPER TWELVETREES. 14, New Millman-street, London. ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—Since Thursday, the Ist instant, when twenty-six miles of this railway northward from Montrose was opened for traffic, the novelty of the railway conveyance has of course attracted a great num ber of visitors from the villages in the vicinity of the line. It cannot as yet be fairly estimated what increase of traffic the progress of railway accommodation in this direction may produce. During the three or four days that have passed, the number of passengers is at least four times greater, and the quantity of goods increases daily. The connexion between Limpet-mill (the farthest Borth point which the railway coaches reach) and Aber deen, is kept up by omnibuses and waggons, which are in abundance equal to tho demand made for them. The Limp t-mill station is but a temporary erection, and will not likely be continued after the railway line is brought farther north- A stone building is being reared half way between that and Aberdeen, to which point the railway will be still farther completed in the course of six weeks.—Scolsman. STEALING A MAGISTRATE'S DOG. Lit the Liverpool police-office on Tuesday last a man named William 'tied, a "fancier," was placed at the bar on a strong suspicion of felony, the Charge-sheet setting forth that the prisoner had stolen a deg, the property of Ed ward Rushton. On the case being called the worthy stipendiary left his seat, remarking that he " could not sit on that case, having an interest in it;" and it turned out that the "Edward Rushton" on the sheet was the veritable magistrate himself. A servant man stated the case, and Mr. Rathbone (who acted during Mr. Rush ton's absence) disposed of it by ordering a month's im prisement to be imposed. THE ARMY. We have heard that Major General Bourchier will succeed the late Sir George Anson as Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards. This officer was employed under Sir Ralph Abercromby in the expedition against Cadiz, in 1800, and in the campaign in Egypt in 1801. Ile served afterwards in the cam paign of 1811, 1812, and 1815, and was present at the siege of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, Quartre Bras, and Waterloo, and the capture of Paris. A report was current yesterday at the Clubs, that General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8., is to be appointed to Chelsea Hospital, and as that officer is senior to Sir Colin Ilalkett, should this prove correct, we must expect to find him gazetted to the situation of Governor of that establishment direct. URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Hignesses the Hereditary Grand Duke ,ad:Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by Lady A. Cadogan And Major Stephens, took their departure from the Castle this morning. The Earl of Westmoreland also left the Castle. The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer ire expected to arrive at the Castle this day. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert inspected the working models of a new steam-engine invented V Captain Fitzmaurice, at Windsor Castle, on Tues day last. His Royal Highness afterwards proceeded to Datchet-bridge to witness the working of the en gine in the boat fitted for the purpose. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, returned to Kew yesterday. Earl Grey arrived in town yesterday evening, from the residence of Sir Charles Wood, Mickleton near Doncaster. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) Tie following favourable bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued yesterday : " The Priory, Nov. 8, 1849. " The Queen Dowager has passed a most com fortable night, and her Majesty is refreshed this morning. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D. "RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D." THE LAST BATTLES AND DEATH OF KING CHARLES ALBERT. (From the Illustrated London News.) Piedmont, Piedmont, is filled with sighs, Charles Albert's last bed In ►he church is spread, And the old and the young bend wistful eyes, Where silent and cot quer'd a brave king lies. Brief time is pass'd since, the sword by his side, Aspiring to see Fair Ansonia free, With his troops behind him in martial pride, We beheld him to battle gaily ride. And Lis banners all bright were flung on high— The war music was sounding, The war horses were bounding, And courage and joy were in every eye, And none suspected the doom that was nigh. But they thought of brave times quite pass'd away, Times dead as the clay Of the King they'll lay So spin in the chambers that know no ray— The desolate vaults of the cloisters grey. They thought of the ancient victorious times Related in story So replete with glory, Of deeds once achiev'd in these very climes, Still from sire to son sung in nursery rhymes. Ah! vain were these hopes, though buldly avow'd, And sudden and strange Was the destined change, Which turn'd all their light into gloom and cloud, And their King's bright arms to his winding shroud! It was not the sabre which laid him low— The careering rattle Of the fire in battle Still grudged what he sought, a dispatching blow— The King was reserved for less cemmon woe. The light of success and hope had departed— 'Twas the thickening gloom Of his country's doom, That into his soul like the iron darted, And pierced him and left him—quite broken-hearted. MILES GERALD LEON. INSTALLATION OF THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.— Yesterday,'Alderman Thomas Farncomb, the Lord Mayor Elect, was duly sworn in and installed as Lord Mayor and Chief Magistrate of the city of London. The sere• mony took place in the Guildhall, which was crowded principally by lathes. The necessary oaths having been administered, and the prescribed ceremonial completed, Alderman Farncomb was inducted as Lord Mayor by Sir J. Duke; and he subsequently received the congra tulations of the Aldermen present, and various other members of the Corporation. Charles Gilpin, Lg., attended at the Home-office, on Thursday, to present petitions for a commutation of the sentence of death upon Charlotte Harris, from the following places :—Devonport, Edinburgh, Devizes, Not tingham, Bristol, Exeter, Sticklepath, Gloucester, Street, Melksham, York, Carlisle, Buckingham, Colinton, Hud• derstield, Cupar, Tewkesbury, Plymouth, Bath, &c., &o. The total signatures amounted to 15,000. THE IRON TRADE , —BIRMINGHA M , Nov. B.—The iron trade of South Staffordshire and the districts con tiguous is reported to be improving, the prices fixed upon at the last quarter-day being firmly maintained. The pitmen who turned out a few weeks ago are now generally employed, and as far as present appearances can bo depended upon, the differences which existed be tween master and men have been &atisfacturil) adjusted. The price of coals remains high, and now winter has set in, for the pried severely, there is little probab ility of a reduction. TERRORIfaI IN TUB COUNTY OF LIMERICK.—On Saturday night about three hundred men, many well armed, proceeded to the lands of Graigalug, the property of William Garrett, Esq., and having placed sentries on the people residing on the townland, warning them on the pain of death to keep within doors, they assembled at the houses of two of that gentleman's tenants, named Fenton, and swept away the corn on about 100 cars, with all the property. They fired shots, and marched through the country, cheering along the road, a circum stance which created much alarm throughout their route. The Fenlons owed a larged amount of rent. 18% 6% 16yi 3% 6 914 25 26% 4'