The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-06 00:00:00

3WS. SEE. )re esti• on spe nerican ; i 0 Bahia )0 Surat 1. per lb. e rather Colonial a steam d bound d s a y In met onee'3l 17 ro.,t; at whico ras, ho 4. rket, and :ra with- new fea- ►m other wing, or ►ntinuoUs rica are in my y large land for supply is supply of coutunip- I continue rica over fabled to seem, to interrup• y, against it would them to vessels Paraguay, rohibition itter state, L'he trade ild have present on-handed gilding his mpared to gnificant. Ly. There on; money e business is that the 30 altered, duo from by the Chere has lied to the d to have le sum ac- Lmsterdaw, ie. Dutch iish Three ates brings s it is 89.- ad rather a rived from will prove 3 very low, but there the money )g to the vival of the Atlement of last two or temporary ce we have .bills to 45e. ium. Bank ranged front per Cents. y neglected. rid Brarlian apish Three ar Cents., at Cents. 53 edonian and ;enerally the CL"SING PIM 198% 91'4 9136 92% a B j B 8 3-It 8 e—lo a 25 8 82,P 82 P 90 IA 9234 45 p 45 p fLO:3INO PRI(' F.S. 83 ;4 82 NJ CLOSING CS. PRIC:%o• .00. .... ... .., / do.. il4 , • ...... .... aoo. /. •• 00000 , ...«••• , . , ••• ..0„, ..... ...... 61 ...... ..... ....... .‘...... ....... , , . ...... ' ........ ~. ,onion, P.rizhton, and South _ 100 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Gazrant. -; 9 Do. Prefcr. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto. ditto 1.=0,2 50 L ridonandGreenwich 12/1554d... --•—•• • ••• Ditto. Prefer. - _: ~ .20 Lon,lr. and N. Wo.,.ti. , rn too 115 1154.-- .. Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Du to, Flit . ..... 7 .- Do. 40/..Sharss(L.M.) 35 Do 101 (M. & B.) C. 1 •• . Londas S. Western 50.....31 1 4 31 Ditto, New 501. 42% t ..-.. 24 ...... Do. New 401. Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. .. 5 Londonderry&Colerair, e , 25 Do. IA Shares .. 5 ........«..... Londonnerry and Ennis- ki:l , n - 25 ....... Do. 1 4 Shares—. ... 5 ...... Lowestc,ff gua-. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 111 an..:!l , ..r , :r.Burton,and Matlack..... 5 LI enchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln.shire —lOO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Da. li, Shares (No. 3) 12 2 — Do. New 101. Pref lO ... .. 10 1 .4 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ....—... 19 Ditto ditto ... W s Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2 2 1. ... Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... . Do. laanchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — hit.l , lo ...... ....... ... 100 ...... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo 1 / 3' Do., do., 501. Shares 30 Do. Birni., and Derby 100 Do•Consol.Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist, & Glocstr. 42 ...... Ditto ditto ........... 22/. 75...... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pief. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Bwan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great We3tern Irish M ddlesbro' and Redcir, , 6 per cent. aaar. Newcastle and Caesle.100 lio. Quarters N wmarket Do. Exteneon ... 2/. 125.... Newport, Abergaveeny, and Hereford . 6 • ••• • • - Newry and Enniskiren 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ........, l6O Do. ri..iev( 201. ... l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 , i pe.. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... ......... North Britith ........ ... 25 .... „ ... ..... Ditto, Halves .. ..... 12% — Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... —.. 84 .. Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 63(04 North Wales . North-W e st ern .... . 13% ...... Oxford, Wo rces t er , an d ••• Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and RReigate oyston and Hitchin ... 4 1 A.. ... -- ... ..... ...... Szottish C en t ra l .... Scottish Midland 22 Shrewsbury Ind Birm .12 ... Ditto ditto. Class B S . ..... .. Ditto, New G unianteed 8 . . . . . . . . . . . Shrewsbury ar d Hero . . .. . . - . .d. 4 . Shrewsbury & Chester ..... (Nei.: W, Min.) e lB ••••kt '''" *so •••••••••• • Dit'lD Hair- d; Tv . CS ... ditto 9 ..".. -- Dittb (:).., • estiy ...... 18 . 6 — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union ...... VA ! . 3 3 1 / 8 •• South Devon ... ...Ai . . — ..... ... Do. Preferenc e 25 . • So.ith Stallord•s' - .e...... 84 —• •••• •••• ... .. •• Bomb Eastern Do~ N 0.2. Do., No. 3 . Do., Registered No. 4 10 ..... ...... Do., Scrip No 4 . South % ales - •• caster, and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stat. C0a1.... 7 ••• Taw Vale Extension ... 8 ••• Tames Haven Dock •• and Railway ..... ... 17% — Vale of Ncath - .. 8 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 W 6 l tertord and Eimerics. 47% — ... Viratertd,Watird,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. dc. do. ... 25 W Do. Cornw do. all do. ... 15 .. ... ••••• — .• — - est ...... ... 6 ... .. --- 1,1, hitehaven &‘ Vilnius 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... .., 14 --- ... .. Wilts, Somerstt,& We,) - inoutt York, Ncweas...e, an;. . . . . .. . .. . .• . Berwick. .... .... ........ 25 Do. .Neweastie Ext,r, 20 10. G:N.E.P re orooce 8 ... - 3 :ii 3 ••• ••• • - 130. 11 , rtlepool Dock and flail, ay lOO ••• ' Yori• an, :North fr.ii:. - ii-aid 50 •• 19 19k Oate I'rei - ere:lc-1 FOREIGN RA [LW/Ira. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5% -- . nou lugne and iliniens... 20 Central o f F rance (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 •• . Deinerara•• . ... 171/ • .. Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 -- - E ast Indian .... - t:-:1 • DGr,lndian Penins—u- ar 6 . Do, los. ... L Lo uvain ila Sambre ... 7 % — ux embourg ... ......... 71 , 4 1•••••• Ditto ...... ..• lO - Madrid an d Valentia... 2 ...«. Nalnur a n d Liege .20 ••• •• 5 % • No rthern of France...... 534 .. 14/. 85... dis ..... Paris and Orleans 20 ..... •••• ..... ** Paris and Rouen .... Paris and Strasbourg_ ... 12 SRouen an d Havre 20 ...... . •• ambre and Meuse Toursand Strasbourg an Nantes d Basle 13 14 _ x.d ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- Wden, and Hassell ..... 20 eall Flanders ..... .. ..... 8% .. ... Ditto ........... .... ..... 8 % Australasi a JOINT STOCK BANKS. , 40 British North American 50 .....• London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 .. ..... ...... & Westminster. 20 Ditto New... ..... -...• 10 Nation a l of Ireland 22%...... —-- . Pr ovincial of Ireland - ••• ... Ditto, Now ..... ..... 10 Union of Australia Di tt0 , New.............. 2 %...... ...••• • Union of London ..- ..... 10 ...... Union of Madrid 40 Anglo-Mexican lOO MINES. Asturian Mining Conn 15 Australian... ........ ...... 4 6!, 2 ..... 64 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 6.—Wind this day at noon S.W.,'mo derate breeze, and fine clear dry weather. LIVERPOOL, Nov. s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. 4;b, M'Laughlan, Ric) Gran&, and not the Ellen, M'Cloughlan, as reported yesterday; J. R. Skiddy, Shipley, New York; Jessica, Hayes, St. John'?:, New Brunswick ; sth, Mary Stoddart, Dean, Calcutta; Beccles, Taylor, Bonny ; Ceylon, Mills, St. Domingo; Rectitude, Wilkie, Mirarnichi ; Gula ea, Richibucto; Wilson, Evans, Maranham ; Hercules, Newton, St. 'John's, New Brunswick; Emily, Prince Edward's Island; Ilargaret Russell, Newfoundland. Sid. 4th, Europe, Philadelphia. Off Port, El:zabeth, Callao; Caledonia steamer, Boston; Agatha. The Eliza and Hester, for Bombay, has put back leaky, having been on shore near Tuskar, and must discharge. Put back, Wilton, Wood, DEAL, Nov, s.—Wind W.NAV. to W.—Arrd. Earl Nurharn, North America; Essex, Norton, St. John's, e' , Brunswick. Arrived from the River, Duke of bvvellington, Duncan, Calcutta; Rosebud, Todd, Algae 'l o g; Alice Maud, Winn, Algoa thy ; Conservative, 6 reAv leY, St. Helena; Index, May, Bahia; Belmont, Gr ay, r __ New . Orleans. Arrd. Palenser, Yarmouth, N. S.; eat Britain, Wade, Montreal. Put back, Ralph :on, Atkinson, Hobart Town; Conservative, Paterson Mauritius. 11 , Nov. s.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. lo t ;"` e nce, Winterman, Antwerp. for Liverpool, with of bowsprit, foremast sprung, bow stove, and other t e 'age, having been in contact with a steamer off n‘achy Hea d .4.-E/G _ NMOUTII Nov. s.—Wind N,W., strong brecz'. g - rrd. 4th HaloPrdine, Collins, Llbrad , ir. F ALMoIITEI, Nov. 4.—Neptan, Vespermark, 1 , ,,,g . _ 411 4, and sai l e d f or B remen . s;h, Lightning, Dcr 1 , ( 1 , Havanna!). k e L o Moirrn-, Nov. 3.—Wind W., sq ua lly.—A rr d. st h, O v 'rY, winton, Sierra Leone. PILL, Nov. 4 —Ceriair, Quebec, for Gloucester. 5 w4 ,1 113 Pon DRUNKENNESS IN SWEDE N .—Th e a ßa ` ill ' l ' B h Government has ju,t enacted certai n l a ws th at I t . (I! unken ness ' which show the de;:rte to which a ulB gUSting v i ce has attaimd. For the first n&nce i ; ,,Ze of 15 r i x -d o ll ars is imposed; f or t h e secon d , 30 a7ll,ot.lirs; for the third or fourth the elective franchise et , •" 0 privilege of b e i ng e l ec t e d a M em b e r o f Farha t,th are torfeited; and the offender is moreover exposed Pa r i s e pillory pillory on th e followir, Sunday, in front of the leered eh luch.. For the filiCoff , !nce the culprit is ht. per son in the H ouse o f C orrect i on f or one year. A tg eei n . convictfd of having induced another to drink to kli tio ; Pays 15 ri x -d o ll ars, an d 30 i f the victim be a t ..- , 531.9 -- , 13i'9 , N ..... ...•• • -- 34 0.0 THE SUN, LONDON, MARKET NEWS.—(THis DAY.) '13% nzty /Z. TB. 115% 12% cumolviam. COFFEE —387 bags 215 casks Plintation Ceylon, and 31 casks Jamaica, were mostly disposed of at prices bsrely supporting those previously current; 1,014 bags fine ord I.a Guayra were withdrawn, with the exception of about 300, at 45 850 bags good ()id Rio sold pri vately et 41a to 41s 61, being extreme: pric,s; Native Ceylon continues in good demand, and snverat parcels have changed hands privately at 43a to 43s 6d, with a few very superior at 44a p•r cwt. 1113:U.—The quantity landed bat 'week at the Eart and Wes.: India Docks was 334 puns, 20 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 184 puns, 23 hhds, and exported 80 puns, 105 htidi. Tee stuck in the same OA, s is 23,186 puns, 2,039 tilds. JUcE.-500 bags Bengal went at easier rates, viz., 9s to 9s 61 for low mid white. 10!4 4714 8 % SALTPETRE.-250 bags Bengal were disposed <A at 3f decline, 8} per cent. retraction, 263 6d, and one lot al 27s per cwt. fALLow•.—P.Y.C. is 37s to 37s 3d per cwt. on the spot, and T«wo 39s 6(1, with a fair business. TEA.—Black is dull, and Green well supported. COTTON.—This article is quiet. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his court in the Old IIa: Lincoln's Inn, to day. ROBERTS V. ROBERTS.-JUDGMENT. His Lonpsuir gave judgment to day in this case, which has been argued before him for two days. The arguments were concluded esterday. The case came bt-fore his Lordship upon appeal front the decision of the Vice Chancellor of England, refusing to grant a new trial of an issue directed to the court for the purpose of trying whether the plaintiff was the next of kin of Catherine Lloyd, who left considerable property in Wales, and died intestate. The jury found i❑ favour of the claim of the plaintiff, and the Vice-Chancellor of England having, upon motion for that purpose, refused to grant a new trial, the parties appealed to this branch of the court. The Lord Chan cellor, after going at length into the case, distnissei the motion for a new trial, with costs, and .decreed that the pLintiff was one of the next of kin of the intestate, and directed an inquiry to the Master for the purpose of as ses taining who were the other next of kin. FOLLETT V. lIEFFREYS. The farther arguments on this part-heard motion oc copied the Court the remainder of the morning. ROLLS' COURT.---(THIS DAY.) His Lorddhip the Mister of the Rolls sat to-day in his Court, Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane: His Lordship, having diq3osed of the cam) of "Robertson - v. Shelton," which stood for judgment, proceeded -to hear motions and petitionsoNhich occupied the Court the whole. day. 'ICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour, after hearing in his private room the arguments in a case, the facts of which it was thought advisable not to make public, took his seat in his Court, in Lincoln's lon, and I roceedtd to hear the further ar guments in the part-heard petition of NEATE V. PINK. This case came be fore his Honour upon the petition► of certain parties entitled to the rents of the moiety of tan estate in Jamaica, called the Bindless ALiiety. The object of the petition was that the petitioner's claims might be satisfied out of the proc:.eds of the whole et. tate,which were standing in the name of the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery in this country. The facts of the case possess not the least point of interesr, except to the parties concerned, and the arguments occuided the Court the remainder of the day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His Honour heard causes to day, but no case of interest came before him during the morning. (Before the Vice-Charicelior WIGRABL) REYNELL V. SPRYE. His HONOUR having handed down to the parties his written judgment in this case, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard case of " Coope v. Cart: r." EXCLIEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Ba n co, teFore the Loud CHIEF BARON, Mr. Baron PARKE, Mr. Baron ROLFE, and Mr. Baron ALDERSJX.) CROOME V. FAIRRAIRN AND OTHERS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, in this case, which was tried at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Baron, on thy- 9t.h of July last, and a verdict found for the plaintiff fur 4501. beyond the money paid into court, he had to move for a new trial on the ground of the reception of improfer evidt•nce, and that the verdict aas against evidence. The real defendants were the Admiralty, and it was an action of assumpsit for the price and value of goods so7l and delivered. The defendants paid 1,0001. Into court, and adm:ted no damages under it. The Messrs. Fairbairns, the defendants, aro large ship builders, and some time ago undertook to.: build one of two steam-vessels for the Government, namely, the Madeira and the Vulcan. These vessels were on the screw principle, and bavieg been recommended by the Messrs. Rennie to the plaintiff, Mr. Croome, as a prac tical engineer, the Messrs. Fairbairn entered into an engagement with him to make the slide-piece and other fittings necessary for the screw of the vessel; and for that work he charged 2,2804 10s., the payment of which the defendants resisted on the ground that it was excessive. With the view of proving the exorbitancy of the charge, the defendants called a Mr. Mare, a large ship-bulls:et. on the Thames, who de posed that he made the very same articles tor the steam vessel Vulcan, which was cf the satne size as the Ma deira, for 1,2001. At the trial the plaintiff produced his books, and showed the expenses he had incurred in the making of those articles, and the jury were misled in finding their verdict on that supposition. A great por tion of the charge of the plaintiff was for buil ling fur naces and making tools to do this very work, and the counsel for the defence contended that that was no de ment in the cost of the manufacture of articles of this description, any more than if he (the Attorney-General) took his watch to be repaired to a watchmaker in the Strand, the tools and nails used by the artisan ought to be included in the charge for repairing the watch. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Upon - that principle an engi neer might charge the expenses of his education. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—TO be sure. Besides, tle dt fendants calved a number of witnesses in large busi nss, compptent to do work of the kind in question, who all swore that 1,2001., or thereabouts, was the full The CouRT granted a rule to show cause generally, leaving the question of the payment of the costs of the rule which was in dispute to be subsequently argued. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Tins DAY.) (B&oro the A SSISTANT- JUDGE.) The Novemter general session commene, d this morn ing. at the Sessions House, Clerkenwt The number of prisoners in the calendar is seventy. James Byrne, aged 22, was indicted for stealing a hanekerchief, a gold ring, and the sum of 165. 6d., the property of Catherine Pickley, nom her person. The prosecutrix, a servant out of place, stated that she and some other females went en Wednesday. night last to a " dance," at a public-house calh d tha Hope, in Stairord-street, where she met the pi isoner, with whom she had had some acquaintance. lie accompanied her a part of the way home, anti at another public-house in the same street she treated him to some drink; in pay ing for which she took out the handkerchief containing her money and a - wedding-61w, purchased for her by a oung man to whom she was flout to be married. The prisoner snatched the ) ,handkerchief and its con tents out of her hand and ran away with it. On the following day one of his comrades returned the ring. She afterwards met the prisoner, restoreand tthen ohr al h: d e e a d r t eapn policemanerot property. He v eHmlehdilmagu4gvi he n e t h o d alacustody her,a t o e anduifs t oh her ye d r. i sister ss t not he er had not been cut of place a week for seven years. Mr. PAYNE, for the prisoner, commented severely ic t i going upon the impropri e ty o f the girl ' s conduct, in going, to a dance_ i a a of p u place,blh public-hood. woulds t —s Ee notto being b i e f m s he era married s owd bes servantout "respectable young woman iu such a place. Several countrymen of the prisoner and the prosecu trix gave the former a good character. The A SSISTANT JUDGE said that a most disgraceful attack had been made upon the character of the prose cutrix. It wgs true she was an Irish girl ; but what ever faults might be in the Irish ch,racter, the modesty of the young women in the Liwer classes was a jewel in it, and was acknowl.dged by every one who had as much opportuniiy of Eeririg them under various circumstances as he had. They Were th9ughticss, and often thd what others who had mere wickedness would not do; and there was nothing at all strango in her going to this dance with her country follc3, just after leaving her service, or in her treating the lrisoner,. who was one of their friends. The jury iound the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen fencc•d to be impribon , A for six mouthy, and kept to hard LL:ur. rti AR LBR(Y-ST REET—( THIS DAY.) Mary Wilson, a woman of the town, wtri brought before arr. 13ingliatn, charged with having assaulted u gentleman named Dulman, by brealdng his head with a coup - plate. Thu complainant, whose head was bound with ad hesive plaister, stated that on the previous night he was i❑ Alexander's Coffee-house, in Titchborne-street, partaking of some alamode, when the prisoner and two other women came in and set down at the same table, SMITHFIELD.—Meftdow flay, 2/ 10s to 31 10;; Clover ditto, 3! Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, ti 4s to 11 10. per !oad. A moderate supply, and a st.,ady trade. CUNFIERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2 12s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lus ; and Straw, 11 5s to 'll 10s per :oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 10s; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4l 12s; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ 10s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. SUGAR —There continues a steady demand for Bri tish Plantation, the sa!e3 exceeding 770 hhds, including 123 hhds Barbadoes, at auction, which realised 381 6 to 403 6d for mid to good yellow; 7,830 bags Bengal, and 470 bags Madras, sold briskly at rather higher rates, the former at 43s to 48s for mid to fine crystalised, 39s to 40s 6d for Benares, acrd 335 6d to 41s 6,1 for low yellow to fine pale date kind, and the latter at 36s 6d to 418 6d for low to fine ?:rainy yellow. The quantity of B. iti,h Plantation landed last week at the E4st and West India Docks was 2,165 hhds, 232 tierces, 1,039 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1 603 (Oils. 187 arcs, 288 btrrels. The stock in the same plac.t is 1,844 hills, 2,548 tierces, 5,571 barrels. abNl and called for sumo ri.fie,huaent. Just before they left the hill*c the prisoner came up to him and asked him to "stand some gio. lie declir:ed acceding to . her teauest, when she called him by a ahy expret,ion, and, taking up a Fou p-p la' 0, struck him with such vio• knee on the head that the plate was broken in several pieces, and the blood fl weei in torrents from the wound she had inflicted. He called out for the weiter, who came and washed his head, and applied some adhesive plaister to the wound. Witness then walked to the door, and, having called a constable, gave the prisoner in charge. Two — witcesses were called, who proved seeing the prisoner strike complainant with the plate. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was fined 41., and in default to be committed for one month. Al A GAZIN &c.—(CONTINUED.) DAVID COPPERFIELD. No. 171. By Charles Dickens. Seventeen years hive conducted little David to that intermediate period between bayhoul and man hood, when the thoughts, the manners, and tl e sensations of the stripling may be depicted in one word, as the thoughts, the manners, and the sensations of extreme awkwardness. He has, like Byron at Missolonghi, to look around, and choose his ground, ~.nd not to take his rest, but select his profession. Mr. Dick at one time, in a moment of inspiration, suggests that Trot should be made " a brazi-r"— but for ever afterwards holds his tongue on the days of consultati, n. At last aunt Betsy resolves that, as a preliminary step, he shall make an excur sion, just to see a little of life prior to settling down in any employment going first to London and afterwards to Yarmouth to visit the Barkises and Peggottys—bidding him before his departure, however, to emulate his immortal sister Betsy Trotwood, that hypothetical baby, that wholly supposititious infant, which we have already designated the Mrs. Harris of the nursery. Before leaving for the metropolis, Trot goes to bid farewell to all friends at Canterbury. The Old Soldier comes out in great strength; Mr. Wickfield- betrays a yet more deplor able affection for the port wine bottle ; dear old Dr. Strong purposes giving up his academy • and Uriah Heep gives yet more visible indi ca ti ons of his knavery. Little Agnes, though she says nothing about it, and though the author himself says nothing about it, is, we cannot help conjecturing, in love with David. A portent of calamity to poor dear old Dr. Strong is muttered by the biographer, who says that "it fell like a stain upon the quiet place where I had worked and played as a boy, and did it a cruel wrong." It is sufficiently manifest to us that Jack Maldon, who is coming back from India on a pretence of ill. health, will elope with Annie, between whom and Mr. Wick field there appears to be a profound suspicion. Starting at last by the coach-and four to London, Trot expe riences his first " fall " in life—being degraded from the boxseat to make room for " a shabby man with a squint, who had no other merit than smelling like a livery-stables." After that terrible rebuff says the victim—" I felt completely extinguished and dreadfully young." He meets with scarcely more exhilarating treatment on his arrival at the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, where the waiter is familiar, the people generally act towards him without respect, and the very chambermaid seems to mock at him by bringing hint " shaving water" in the morn ing. On all occasions and at all tittles the feeling of David seems - to be an overwhelming sense that he is " dreadfully young." At night, after going to the play, Trot 'encounters an old schoolfellow—the u.ecting is beautifully told : " • Swerforth I won't you speak to me?' " He looked at me—just es he used to look, sometimes —but I saw no recognition in his face. " You do-n't remember me, lam afraid,' said I. " My God!' he suddenly exclaimed.. 'lt is. little Copp, I grasped him by both hands, and could not let them go. But fur very shame, and the tear that it might displease him, I could have held him round the neck and cried. never, n. ver, never was so glad! My dear Steer forth, I am so overjoyed to see you!' "' And I am rejoyced to see you, too!' he said, shak inx my hands heartily. Why, Copperfield, old boy, don't be overpowered!' And yet he was glad, too, I thought, to see how the delight I had in meeting him affected me. I brushed away the tears that my utmost resolution had not been able to keep back, and I made a clumsy laugh of it, and we sat down together, side by side." Steerforth conducts his young friend, whom he chris tends 4' Daisy" by reason of his freshness, to his home at Highgate —the waiter having previously altered his demeanour to Trot in consideration of his acsiudintance. "He attended on us, I may say," observes Daisy, "in sackcloth and ashes." At Steerforth's home we are introduced to a Miss Dartle, otherwise Rosa, Steerf or th' s l a d y - mot h er ' s companion. Here is her portrait in four lines : " She was a little dilapidated—like a house—with having been so long to let: yet had, as I have said, an appearance oF good looks." Steerforth's servant, Littimer, is still better drawn, and promises to be of some importance—his chief charac teristic being respectability. "If his nose," says the cuthor, " had been upside down he would have made that respectable." Ultimately Daisy and Steerforth proceed together to Yarmouth. The meeting of David with dear old Peggotty, now Mrs. Barkis, is exquisitely true and simple. Here , it " Is Mr. Barkis at home, ma'am? I :aid, feigning to spaak roughly to her. Lie's at home, sir,' returned Peggotty, ' but he's bad with the rheumatics.' Don't he go over to Blunderstone now?' I asked. When he's well, he do,' she answered. " you ever go there, Mrs. Ballets?' " She looked at me more attentively, and I noticed a quick movement of her hands towards each other. " Because I want to ask a question about a house there. that they call the—what is it?—the Rookery,' said I. "She took a step backward, and put out her hands in an undecided frightened way, as it to keep me off. " Peggotty r I cried to her. " She cried, My darling boy!' and we both burst into tears, and were locked in one another's arms." Barkis proves to be too rheumatic to be shaken hands with, " but he begged me to shake the tassel on the top of his nightcap, which I did most cordially." "As he lay in bed," says Daisy, " face upwards, and so covered, with that exception, that he seemed to be nothieg but a face—like a conventional cherubim— he looked the queerest object I ever beheld." Leaving the Barkises atter a delightful day there, David and Steerforth proceed 'at night acros the Yarmouth flats to the ship, where they find Mr. Peggotty, Mrs. Gummidge, Ham and Em'ly, all in a high state of health and good humour—the two latter being that moment betrothed to each other I The way in which the love passages between Ham and Em'Jy are re counted by Mr. Peggotty, and the way in which the stalwart Ham, trembling, corroborates the tale of his love, are beautiful. Ham, indeed, feeling com pelled to say something, speaks as follows with much taultering and great difficulty : " She warn'e no higher than you was, Mas'r Davy— when you first come—when I thought what she'd grow up to be. I see her grow up—gent'lmen—like a flower. l'el by down my life for her—Mas'r Davy —OH most content and cheerful! She's more to me—gent'lmen— th,in—ahe's all to me that ever I can want, and more than ever I—than ever I could say. I—l love her true. There ain't a ges►e'lmen in all the land—nor yet sailing upon all the sea—that can love his lady more than I love her, though there's many a common man —would say better—what he meant.' "I thought it affrcting to see such a sturdy fellow as Ham was now, temblieg in the strength 01 what he felt tor the pretty httle creature who had won his heart." Steerfottli threatens to mar all the joy and inno cence of this charming "family picture"—Euely I.eirg very ber.uticul and he very profligate. THE ST. JAMES'S. Edited by J. B. Burke, Est. The editor comes forward in propria persona this month, and relates a recent visit to btoneletgh Abbey in such an agreeable manner, that we hope for the future he will, whenever he takes a trip into the country, record his thoughts and impressions in the pages of the magazine. Mr. John Hay commences "lioscobel—a History," being a narrative of the adven tures of Charles 11. during his escape after " Wor'ster fight." The present instalment concludes with the close of the adventure of the Royal Oak. There are various other articles of merit on subjects of antiquarian research, besides the Heraldic Re gister and Annotated Obituary for the month. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The papers composing the number of this periodi cal for the present month are clever and varied as usual. We may mention, as a strange fact, that the present awful condition of Ireland is not referred to in her national magazine. Indeed we can well conceive bow ry uninviting must be that theme at this moment to an honest Irishman, and we are therefore disposed to t.ttribute the omission to other feelings than indiffer ence.. It opens with a learned and scientific paper en cal:A "Physical Geography —the Air," introducing some very interesting extracts from Humboldt and others on the curr e nt s o f t h e ocean and atmosphere, the gradations of h e at an d e l ectricity, &c. " Recol lectiens of a Ci rcass i an C ampaign, " a translation from the , journal of a German officer in th e R uss i an serv i ce , is full of new and stir r i ng i nc i dents. The "Portrait Gallery" is embellished with an etching of the much respected father of the Munster Bar, George Bennett, Esq , Q.C i , a name, in the w or d s o f hi s biographer— " Associated with honest worth, private virtues, per sonal excelk'nce, and professional ability ; the name of one possessed of that smount of natural good sense an d fairness of mind, which, inits higher departments, is a Form of genius ; who has lived for half a century in his prof, ssion ; bas won the esteem of competitors and compaukus, the confidence of the Bench and the ju r y_ box, every attestation to merit which public opinion and private respect could ordinarily bestow; and yet he is still, as we sketch him, Vain George Bennett, without official rank or judicial elevation." There is not one who has the happiness of knowing Mr. Bennett, either in his public or private capacity, who will not give a hearty concurrence to the estimate IC% - z.i PA 1514 - 3% 44 18% 13%2 6% 2 1 1 % 19 1 4 5% :; °a ~;;~. ,a 11 -. 2% 17 1 / 4 2634 TUESDA EVENING NOVEMBER 6 1849. formed of him. by his h- arned biographer. The sp;rited and graphic de.oription of " The Commeragh Mountains, . their Lakes and Legends," is continued al ,cl concluded; the ability with which these sketches f the wild and beautiful have been executed induces us to hope that the author will direct his steps to other untrodden spots, unheeded and unknown, with which his lovely island abounds. "Moorish Romances and German Ballads," translated from the German and Spanish by D. F. M. C., are done in that gentle man's usual excellent style, and we by no means wish to detract from M. C. 1.6 merits, when we say we sadly miss poor 'Mangan. " Ceylon and the Cingalese " is concluded in this number. It was frequently our pleasing duty to speak in terms of commendation of the power and research with which these papers were written ; and, now that the learned author has brought his labours to a close, we cannot too highly recommend them to the attention of all who feel an interest in one of the most fertile, lovely, but neglected islands of all our colonial p.ssessions. 1 he next is a notice of novels by the author of " Two Old Men's Tales," and of the "Protestant Reforma• thin in France." The "Fairy Serenade" has eon sid,erab!e merit. "Notes and Suggestions on Indian Affairs" is a very comprehensive and important document, and well worthy public attention. This nralth's number concludes with an analysis of the memoirs of Mr. Secretary I'epys, one of the annalists of the Restoration. We regret cur space will not at present permit us to enter hit° an examination of the interesting annals of that remarkable period. FINE ARTS. THE ART JOURNAL. Sir David Wiikie's painting of " The Fret Ear. ring," crigraved by W. Greatbach, and Sir A. W. Calco . .t's picture of "A Dutch Ferry," engraved by R. Wallis, are the two illustrations of the Vernon Gallery collection in the Art Journal for November. Thomas Sidney Cooper is portrayed both by a por trait and a biography. Scott and Spenser afford themes for the graceful pencils of the artists employed from month to month in the delineation of" Passages from the Poets." John Thomas, the sculptor, yields a subject not only for a woodcut, but also for a very interesting memoir; and Flaxman's glorious composition of " Michael and Satan " has been vigorously sketched by the graver of W. R3ffe. Alto gether the Art Journal is fully equal to its repu tation. COVENT-GARDEN OPERA. What is to become of the Covent-garden Opera during the next season? The proceedings in the Court of Bankruptcy on Saturday last in Delafield's case do not furnish us with an answer to this inter esting question. The report of Saturday is merely in the nature of an historical retrospect of the extra vagance and folly of the bankrupt during two or three years of a feverish splendour. It is but another comment upon the old theme of—how fortunes may be lost. There are various ways of arriving at this desirable conclusion. A stud of racehorses, a kennel of hounds, a newspaper, a review, a contested county, a steady series of land speculations, will soon produce such a result. Within our own experience we should say, that a "man of business" and a theatre are the two best roads to ruin. The man of business is the slow chronic disease. He cuts down your timber here, runs up a row of cottages there; eusts one set of tenants and imports another without your knowledge; and just at the moment you conceive your fortune at ifs zenith, you find yourself with nothing left bet a dry legal interest in your own estate. That, however, is a slow process, and admits of Alnasehar dreams fur a certain period of years. Not so with the theatre or opera-house. That is the burning fever fit that consumes a man's vitals, and leaves Lim be yond all hope of rally in an infinitesimally brief period of time. Italian vocalists and French ballet dancers make short work of 100,000/., as is shown plainly enough by the balance- sheet in the case of poor Mr. Delafield. Think of what such a sum as 100 0001. is when cast upon a man by the mere act and operat:ou of the law. Had he laboured for it, it might have been a different matter. Ilad he toiled at the Bar; or worked sums in his head on the Stock-Exchange; or spent the best years of his life in a tropical climate indigo-growing, or in an out lying settlement of the Hudson's Bay Company contending with the bears for the possession of their furry drapery, the acquisition of the 100,0001. in question might turn out a speculation of dubious propriety. There is a heavy tale of shattered nerves, sensitive digestion, and sluggish liver, which must be set ofl• against the gratifying politeness of the part ners in the bank where the favoured child of fortune keeps his account. How many successful hunters after 100 0001. envy their own coachmen ! But this was not Mr. Delafield's case. The chances are he never did a turn of work in his life; and yet, in the balance-sheet handed in the other day at Basinghall street, there is found what Mr. Lawrance very aptly termed the following impressive entry :—"November 7,1845—8 y amount at credit in the books of Messrs. Combe and Co. 100,0001." As nearly as may be four years ego Mr. Delafield was the happy person interested in this delightful minute. Rightly handled, here was enou t sb to have le pt the civilized world a tributary at Lis feet during any number of years his life might have been prolonged. We purposely leave out of the questions all higher principles of action, all holier aspirations. We will not dwell upon the hundreds upon hundreds of aching hearts that might have been relieved; of the tears that might have been dried ; of the valuable lives that might have been preserved ; of the families that might have been supported by one who, with such means at his disposal, should have considered that one day he must render up an account of his stewardship. Let us pass by all such thoughts as irrelevant, 'and adopt for a moment the philosophy of Pall mall, as expounded by an aged Pundit to a knot of irreproachable dandies in the bow-window of a London club :—" Any species of property but money - is a mere nuisance. Of money you cannot have too much. With decent management however, there is nothing in, reason that a man with four or five thousand a-year, with no incumbrances, no claims, no drawback, need deny himself. With such a sum, and a good digestion to start upon, so he have the fixed determination never to speculate and never to eat a bad dinner, a man may be pronounced happy." Now, judged even by this code of ethics, such as it is, whit can be said of Mr. Delafield's proceedings ? We turn again to the Basinghall balance sheet and we find—a few months back, at the date of the fiat—under the head of as• sets, the following words, quite as " impressive " to our mind as those we have already quoted : " Good debts, 81. 14s. GI Property, value not as certained, but supposed to be worthless." There is, however, even a set off against these vestiges of so handsome an independence—these poor seventy-four shillings and sixpence. It is stated that the whole sum due to unsecured creditors is 33,337/., and that there are, in addition, liabilities to the extent of 3,000/. Now, what would be the verdict of "the lowest hog in Epicurus' stye" upon such a state of facts ? Ile would naturally inquire what amount of gratification did Mr. Delafield extract. from the expenditure of this sum ? If short in duration, was it intense in degree? The answer is, that during the three years and nine months of the bankrupt's short existence he only con trived to get rid of 22,2281. upon his own personal expenses. But as he might in the shape of mere in terest upon his capital have wasted nearly the same amount of money without diminution of the capital itself, it is tolerably clear that by this test he cannot be acquitted. All his fortune, then, has been sacri ficed for the mere pleasure of signing the engage ments, and presiding over the squabbles of a parcel of (lancers and singers for the short space of something less thon four years. The fate of theatrical lessees is proverbially a precarious one. A man who engages in such a pursuit must have nerve sufficient to keep one wheel ever - spinning over the verge of bankruptcy, without absolutely suffering his chariot to fall into the abyss throughout his career. The footmen khind his dinner chairs are sometimes ser vants, sometimes bailiffs. Season follows season. The presumptive ruin of one year is not much more fatal than the presumptive success of its predecessor. So he lives, and so he dies—whether insolvent or the reverse is a mere matter of chance, and entirely be neath his serious consideration. For such a course of life as this Mr. Delafield was clearly unfitted. He was too weak headed, and with too little capacity for his strange vocation. We think of him rather as a bold young man, who goes in with his pockets full of money to break the bank at Homburg or at Baden, and comes out without a thaler in his pocket Such a one is not a gambler, but a " pigeon ;" and that is just poor Mr. Deltifield's case in his operatic concerns. There is, however, far too much real trouble in the world,—far, far too many of our poor countrymen who are fighting an adverse hatte against fortune day after day and night after night, and who cannot reach dry ground let them struggle as man fully as they will—for us to affect or express much sympathy or sorrow for so ridiculous a conclusion to an operatic speculation. When a man is placed by fortune in so favourable a position as Mr. Delafield was four years ago, he should have had the sense to keep his footing, even if he were not inclined to move forward. We turn rather to the question in which the public are more immediately interested—the chances of a second operatic entertainment during the ensuing season. As we said before, Mr. Dela field's bankruptcy proves nothing in this matter, except that his failure arose in some degree from general carelessness of management, but mainly from the extravagant salaries paid to the singers and dancers in compensation for their services. In com menting upon this subject some months back we quoted from the balance-sheet the abstract of salaries paid to these gentry during the late Covent-garden campaign, but the list is so edifyingt that it will well bear re insertion here. " Arti,tes' saliries, 1848 and Alboni, 1848, 4,000/. ; Mdllp. Angri, 1849, 2,5001. ; Madgme Castellm), 1848, 1,728/. Mdlle. Corbari, 1848, 432/. ; 1849, 4801 ; Dimas Gras, 1849, 1,5001. ; Catherine Hayes, 1849, 1,3001.; De Merin, 1849, 5001.; Grisi, in 1848, 3,1061.; in 1849, 2,8001; Persiani, in 1848, 6401.; in 1849, 500/.; 14onconi, in 1848, 4801.; in 1849, 48016 Stefiationi, in 1848, 6001.; Viardot, in 1848, 4,0001.; iu 1849, for two months, 1,2131.; Signor Corradi had, in 1848, 8801. Mario, in the same year, 2,2351; and in 1849, 2 7201. Roger, in 1848, 2,110/. Ronconi, in 1848, 1,1201.; in 1849, 1,120/. Salvi, in 1848, 1,5201.; in 1849, 1,040/. Tamburini, in 1848, 1,7001.; in 1849, the same sum. " The whole amount expended in tho vocal depart ment was, in 1848, 33,3491.; in 1849, 25,644/. " In the ballet accounts the two Bretin received, in 1848, 967/. Lucille Grahn, in 1848, 1,1201; in 1849, 1,000/. The two Casati. in 1848 and 1849, more than 1,000/. Marmet; in 1848, 650/. Silvani, in the same year, 4501. " The whole expenditure i❑ the ballet department amounted, in 1848. to 8,1051.; in 1849, to 2,5261. The orchestra department shows an expenditure of 10,018/ in 1848, and of 7,3981 in 1849." It is quite clear that this list is sufficient to account, in chief measure, for the failure of the concern under Mr. Delafield's management ; but the failure under such circumstances is no proof that the town is not capable of maintaining a second Opera, and affording a fair remuneration to the persons engaged in carrying on the performances. Now, to whatever series of causes the fact may be re ferred, it is abundantly proved that the relish for the acted drama is just now in England far less than the taste for operatic per formances. If, then, we are to have music as the principal public a musement, let us have it its good and as varied as possible. We are fully pre pared to admit the humanizing influences to be derived from the cultivation and diffusion of this ex quisite art ; but it would be a pity that the works of modern Italian composers, and those not always the best chosen, should be set up as the fixed standard on which the public taste is to be modelled. To accept stale repetitions of musical ex pression that at its outset was not worth much, as a substitute for what can be accomplished in music, would, indeed, be a short-sighted policy. If they can both be fairly maintained, as far as the public are concerned, two operatic establishments are better than one. Even in the interests of the proprietors of the rival establishments it is preferable that there should be an opposition. The diffusion of musical taste by the performances at one house must, in the end, be beneficial to the proprietors of the other. We see no reason why either establishment should be constituted an operatic close borough, or why, when there i 3 free trade in every'hinv, else, there should renilin a rtP)nopo:y in in sic —Times. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT. The British Dnfi North American Royal Mail steam ship Caledonia, whit`: left Boston on the 24th ult., and Halifax on the 26:1), has arrived at thin port, v%ith her Majesty's mails and a large number of pas• sengers. She reports the arrival of the Niagara at New York, and the Hibernia, which sail,d hence fur 13( s ton, had callud at Halifax previous to the Caledonia arriving at that port on her homeward voyage. The news generally is of an uninteresting cha racter. The dispute N‘ith the French Ambassador Ind been settled amicably, The returns of the cotton and grain crops were still unszoi:!l::ctoi Much exe.ternent prevailed at New Yolk relative to the forthcc,triing state election, which was to take place (n the I,t No‘eibLir. 'lle Democrats were making. great exer:ions to rescue the " Empire State" from Wt,iggerv. The tone cf dissat:sfaction which the. press assumes with the personnel of the Cabinet, ccntributes towards the advancement of the Locofcco interest througout the unic , n. A state convention was Lehi at Concord, in New Hampshire, at which the Democrats nominated their candidate for the governorship of the State. A great lair of the South Carolina Institute had been held during the week in Charleston. It was well attended, and being the first ever announced there, created much interest. It was generally con• sidered that the application of the Mormons for the admission of their territory as a distinct State into the Union, under the title of the State of Deseret, would not be entertained by Congress. A new line of steam-ship between New York and Antwerp has been projected by some merchants in the former city. From Canada we learn that the agitation to pro mote annexation still continues. A meeting of those in favour of annexation had been held on the 17th ult., which was well attended, and several strong speeches were made on the occasion. A meeting of delegates of the British American League was convened for Toronto, on the Ist of November. Some excitement prevailed in Montreal, in conse-- quence of a special asse-sment being made to pay for the injury done in the late riots to property. The bu , iness of Montreal was very good, notwith- Atanding the a g it a ti on st ill carried on amongst the political community. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The state of business generally throughout the Union is fully as good as we have reporteri it for some time past. The 1119nry Market continued easy, money being plentiful, and °titan:ll,6lc at moderate rates. f freasury Notes, 1101; United States' Stock, 1123-; Sixes, 68. The transactions in Breads; Ors were few. Prices had igain slightly given way. Western Canal Flour, 4 dolls. 75c. to 4 dolls. 8712. per brL, steady. tx ii,abee Prime Wheat, 1 doll. 20c. to 1 doll. 22c. per 601bs. Southern Wheat, 98 a=nte. to 1 doll. per 601bs. Indian corn, round yellow, 64c. to 66c. per bushel, steady ; ditto, flit yellow, 630. par bushel. Indian meal, 3 dolli. to 3 dol!s. 121 c. per barr e l. The Cotton Market was dull, and picot were lower. New Orleans and Mobile mid fair to fair, 1 litt. to 114 c., showing a tall of Upland and Florida mid. fair In c. to lie. Exchange on London, 1101 1104, very firm; on Paris, SF. 20e., business fair; II :mbur 6 b, 354 36; Bremen, 79 3 ,- 80. Freight low and little doing. RETURN OF SIR JAMES BOSS. Captain Sir James Ross arrived at the Admiralty yesterday, and had interviews with the Board. The gallant officer appeared rather the worse for his perilous voyage, but was animated with his cha racteristic energy. I'Ve understand that it is his confident opinion that neither Sir John Franklin nor any of his brave companions are eastward of any navigable point in the Arctic regions, and if there be any chance of their existence it is in the supposi tion that he proceeded in a westerly direction, and in such case we can only expect to hear from the miss ing adventurera by the Mackenzie detachment, or by her naiPsty's ship Plovia, Commodore Moore, by way of Russia. Sir James traversed at least 230 miles on the ice, the bergs of which were frightful, much mare so than any of the experienced arctic voyagers had seen before. Sir James and his pirty wnetrated as far as the wreck of the Fury, where he found the old tent standing, and everything about in a state of the best preservation. At this point Sir James deposited a large quantity of provisions, and also the , crew-launch of tha Enterprixe. The march of Sir James across the boundless regions of ice is truly tated as a ►noat unparalleled feat in exploration. We are sorry to find, however, that it, was in nu way successful. The captain, officers, end ship's company have worked together punt harmoniously —a of emu lation having anialated every one in the great philan thropic task of endeavouring to carry help and succour to their long lost friends. In the whole course of his researches it is said Sir James Ross never met with a single Esquimaux. gir Jaines speaks most highly of all those who have Bern connected and associated with him. He is fully satisfied that till has been done that could he done by the Admiralty in the appropriation of the vessel, the selection of the crew, and the ex tensive equipment of each veiszl, in stores, provi sions, &c. The Admiralty have ordered a couple of steamers from Woolwich to the North Sea, to tow up the Enterprise and Investigator to Woolwich to be paid t.ff; and their Lordships have also ordered up from Kirkcaldy the master of the whaler Advice, about which so much has been :aid. The following extracts from private letters, ad dressed to personal friends, will be found highly interesting : " At sea, lat. 56 12 N., lon 2 9 E., Oct. 31, 1849. "We are off the coast of Great Britain so far safe and well, having taken our last look of the forlorn and ice-bound shores of Davis' Straits on the 10th of October. We are all well, and, making allowance for the toils and privations unavoidably attendant on similar expeditions, the voyage has been exceedingly crlnfortable, the greatest harmony having existed between the officers and crew durin„ , its progress. We have certainly h a d t o grapple with difficulties of no ordinary nature, but thanks to the energy and dauntless courage of our experienced commander, we have triumphantly overcome them all. " The voyage has been replete with incidents, varied and interesting, which you will see described at some future period by more learned heads than mine ; suffice to say, that we have had a sufficiency of labour during the two summers that have been gone, and spent rather a cold winter in Port Leopold (entrance of Prince Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, let. 73 50 N., long. 90 12 W.) ; and I hope the most rigid political economists (Cobden not excepted) will not begrudge us our double pay. "iill'hatever opinions may be hereafter expressed with regard to the success or conducting of the ex pedition, lam ready to maintain that all that man could do has been done by Sir J. Ross; and I believe there are few but will admit that he is an officer of no ordinary character, whether as regards nautical shill or scientific abili ties. Sir James seems to have been formed by nature for the arduous service to which through life he has so zealously devoted him self. To great physical powers, and a constitution equal to every privation and fatigue, he unites every mental qualification necessary to constitute the man destined to conduct a great and hazardous enterprise. " We have lost four men through sickness—as sistant-surgeon, and three A.B.'s—men whose consti tutions were thoroughly br,ken prior to leaving England, and in my opinion they could not have lived twelvemonths longer in any climate, however genial. ‘‘ While I write this I am ignorant of the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition. "I may remark that our consort, the Investigator is in company with us, we having never Lost, sight: each other during the voyage." Her Alajesty's ship Enterprise, Off Scarborough, N ov . 4. " Here we ar e again. `\'e did not get out of the ice in Barrow's Strait until the last week in Sep tember, which is very late indeed, so that we had a narrow squeak for another winter in the ice, and good nes knows how many would have lived to return. We found no traces of Sir J. Franklin, although the etiptam travelled in May and June upwards of 20 on the W. and N.W. coasts of North Somerset, but could find no traces of them. We wintered at Port Leopold, in lat. about 74 N. and long. 90 W. We were without the sun for about 80 days, and had the temperature 80 degrees below ireeziug, by Fah renheit. lamin in a great hurry, and will give you more news in the next." [ADVERTISEMENT.] A R.-marliable Cure of Dropsy of the Chest by Holloway's Pills. —Extract of a letter from Mr. Alunday, farmer, Kennington, near Oxford, dated Dec. 2, 1848 :—To Professor Holtoway Sir,—Ha.ving 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 MCIS perfectly cured, and is now in sound lealth.—Sold by all Druggists,and et Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London TAIT S. Taits Magazine is more than usually excellent this month. Among its most interesting contributions are an article on " Our Anglo-Saxon Empire," a " Memoir of Madame Sontag," in which, in comparing that singer to Madame Pasta, it is observed, "In Pasta art was so complete that it concealed art, and seemed to be pure nature, but in Sontag you always felt the presence of science." The most attractive article in Taits is entitled "Amicitiee Shakspearianw," from which we extract the following observations:— " Friendship is based on similarity and contrast. An individual possessing a certain definite complement of qualities, developes them in his intercourse with his tellow-men. To a class or series of these, he discovers an exactly similar and correspondent class or series in another person. Between these in himself, and those in the person, a sympathetic communication is established —a moral telegraph is erected. Like the mutually at tracting poles of the needle, they entice one another to a junction. A connexion thus formed acquires firmness and strength in proportion to the number of similar at tributes, and the frequency with which they are brought ieto harmonious contact. To another class he finds no correspondent class; but, instead, a class of which he is either totally or partially devoid. These are qualities fitted, by their nature, to excite admiration, esteem, love. Thus, both classes sre endowed with attracting proper ' ties; and the result of their combined action is the con summation of a union which is consolidated and perpe tuated by reciprocal obligations, and the lapse of time. The two friends have henceforth no secrets; soul is open to soul, and heart to heart. In fact, there is a real moral oneness—a oneness so complete, that Horace, in his beautiful ode " ad Virgiliutu," exclaims, " 0 aimidium animae meae 1"-0 thou half of my soul I. This invests the relation with a mysterious and religious sanctity. The love which a generous, high-minded man cherishes for his friend has in it a purity, a holiness, that resem bles the disinterested and sublime affection which the Deity himself bears to a sinless intelligence.. Friend 7 ship, thus hallowed and dignified, was worthy the pencil of our great artist. 'The picture has been sketched, the likeness has been drawn, and no one who follows us in the following examination will hesitate to saywhich is the highest eulogium we can bestow—that it has been executed with his usual felicity." THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. "The Marriage Law,' "John Howard, the Philan thropist,"" Apocalyptic Reveries," " Herschel's Out lines of Astronomy,"" Stuart's Expedition into Central Australia, "Dr. Harris's Man Primeval," and " The Wisdom of the Hereditaries," are the subjects of the articles in the Eclectic Review. In that on " Apoca lyptic Reveries," a deserved condemnation is pro nounced on Dr. Thom and other would. be biblical expositors. THE LAND WE LIVE IN. Part XXVII. The romantic scenery of North Wales is beautifully illustrated and described in this number of the Land We Live in. The BRITISH POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND HISTORICAL GAZETTEER, Travelling Road Book, and County Atlas. This comprehensive work progresses steadily, and gives full evidence of the continued research and in dustry which marked its early numbers. The present, the seventh of the two-and-sixpenny parts, contains three beautifully executed maps of the counties of Northampton, Leicesterhire, and Surrey. It is also embellished with an admirable engraving of the eque duct over the Avon n- ar Bath. The spirited proprietors appear to spare neither labour nor expense in carry ing out the extensive design of the undertaking. THE BANKER'S MAGAZINE, Journal of the Money Market, and Railway Digest. The number of this useful and practical magazine for the present month contains many valuable and important papers. The opening article, on the mis chievous effects of the unwise and impolitic Bank Act of 1844, clearly and ably shows how unfairly that Act operates in reference to the banking companies of England and Wales. By a proviso in the English Act, it appears that if two joint stock banks of issue unite, the circulation of the one which merges in the other shall altogether cease; and if two united banks should, on their union, adopt a new title, they would both of them lose their previous right to issue notes to the extent of their respective fixed issues. The Irish and Scotch Banking Acts are free from these unjust and penal clauses; and there appears to be no sound reason why they should be retained in the Act referring to England and Wales. " Statistics of Pawnbroking and Monts de Pi 6.6" contains some interesting information, extracted from a paper read at a meeting of the British Association by Mr. Han cock, Professor of Political Economy in Trinity Col lege, Dublin. There is a very full and able digest of the New Bankruptcy Act, 12 and 13 Victoria, c. 106. It has the usual quantity of important intelligence on monetary and railway matters. A SERMON, preached in Carlisle Chapel, Ken nington. lane. By Francis Thornburgh, A. 8., Minister. The 19th of last September was the day appointed by the Lord Bishop of the diocese for public prayer and humiliation throughout the district, in conse quence of the fearful ravages made by cholera in the metropolis. The Rev. Mr. Thornburgh took occa sion, in ti.e discharge of his ministerial functions, to pronounce a discourse on that day which possesses the merit of unaffected piety, untrained reasoning, and simple and eloquent l anguage . H e h um bl y expresses his opinion that nat i ona l v i s it a ti ons are not necessarily national punishments ; that the scourge was prob a bl y l ess o f a str i ctly punitive character—less an exhibition of retributive justice on this side the grave, than an awakener to a keener sense of our utter dependence upon God, and an inciter to the duty of a more implicit, unreserved submission to his will. " Nothing," says he, " in our personal capacities stays our progress in the path of obedience, or cools our ardour alter the ? precious pro m i ses an d g l or i ous prospects of a Saviour s religion, more effectually than an unbroken series of prosperitics. And whet is true of individuals separately, is no lees true of them in the aggregate. Exrernal good fortune exorcises its iljurious influences alike upon the community." He then, in very beautiful terms, instances the case of the Church of Christ herself ; who gradually lost in piety what she gained in pomp, and that of Israel, the chosen people, whose ingratitude was so notorious for unexampled heavenly favours. " Britain, too, has been signally blessed; yet the Author of her glory has been too little remembered, " And, we guess, it is with this view she is, in mercy, r.ffincted. Pestilence comes to bring out before us our Benefactor, and to put within our hands, by an unusual method, a senso o f our dtpendence on Him, our need of Him, and our obligation to Him. It is hard to recognise el,arly in the full blaze, and so a cloud is bid to cast over the land its dark shadow" Some admirable subsidiary remarks on the sudden popularity of the topic of " the sanitary condition of the poor," which, among the better classes, has all at once become the theme of the day, are wound up by the following truthful reply to the inquiry, why a subject deemed before almost indelicate, is discussed now with an interest universal as it is hearty ? ".Ft or has provt d more powerful than love. It was not the principle of attraction which drew, but that oF force which impelled. The sutj• ct of the ianifary condition of the poor,' with winch reli gio n is essentially connected, has br en forced upon us. W e think upon it, we talk upon it, we are ready to expend money upon i t, s i mply because we cannot 1.1,1 p it. 0 pestilence, merciful pestilence, thou host done the work in a day that phi!anthropy has vainly essayed to do kr years! It was not the t loquence of life that wrought the change; it was the silence of th-ath. It was not the oratory of the li%ing voice; it was the dumbness of the coffin and the shroud." BANKRUPTCY COURT.—The floors of this court, which were covered with the patent kamptulicon about five years since, in order to deaden the sound, are un iicrgoing partial repair. The wear of this extraordinary m:chanical production appears to have given great satis faction. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 5.—A Statutable Congregation was hold,n on Saturday to receive the resignation of the late Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Cook . son; and at a mee ti ng of th e H ea d s o f H ouses, ho ld en this day, the Rev. James Cartinell, Master of Christ's College, w as e l ected his successor. A man never loses by doing good offices to others. —Eliza Coulee Journal. DUI CH FUNDS. ANSTEEDA3I, Nov. BuURSE.—The gen6ral tenthncy of the B:urse was exceedingly flat to-day, n. arty all tl.c transactions in the different kinds of stock were made at yesterday's closing pricer. This was especially the case with the Three per Cent. French and the Four per Cent. Portuguese; Russian stock alone was in detnerf. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEWDAM t Nov. 2. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent— •...... 53 Ditto, 3 per Cent .. • . 62% Ditto, 4 per Cent • • • . • 817 , 4 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. .... •. . • East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Spanish New 5 per; Cents.• • .... Austrian 5 per Cent 5.................— Ditto 3 per Cent., inland .......... Commercial Company, 4% par Cent • • --- Exchangeon London, at sign .. •.` 12 5 Two months.... ....... •• • . 12 On liamburgh, at sight .. 34 87 Two months.— • . .... 34 75 On Paris, at 5ight.......... 5d t 2 Twomonths ...... 56 37 ➢foney, 834 ACCIDENT TO THE DURB OF CAMBRIDGE.—This s i l h l u o s o t t i n o : s o h D T u I y w l i h st, a a t alight e ta!) trayc Park,den accident whilst Duke r in s d e a l of Rutland's seat, near Newmarket. The Royal Duke was in company with Colonel Hall, of the Ist Life Guards, and Mr. Sloane Stanley, shooting over the Links, when he received a slight injury in the hand, which compelled him to quit the field. His Royal Highness has since returned to Kew, and suffers but slightly from the accident. Mr. Anderton has given notice of the following motion for the next Court of Common Council :—" That it be referred to the Commissioners of Sewers to examine and report whether the smoke arising from steam-engines and furnaces erected in and near the City and ihe steam-boats upon the Thames, is or is not in• jurious to the health of the inhabitants, a preventive to cleanliness, and destructive to public buildings; and whether the present jaws ure sufficient to cause the nui sances (if any) to be abated." ALARMING OCCURRENCE. —On Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, one hour before high water, a large sailing-vessel, laden with suit sand, the property of Mr. Pass, of Nine Elms, was proceeding up the river from Woolwich, and when opposite Blackfriars Steam-boat vier the captain let go her anchor for the purpose of bringing her up. Unfortunately the chain was foul, and the crew were unable to slacken it sufficiently to make the anchor hold, and the consequence was that the yards of the vessel came \in contact with the fourth arch on the north-west side of Blackfriars-bridge. By so doing the yards sprang, and the mast-head of the ponderous vesssel caught the crown of the arch, and in an instant she heaved over, and in less than two minutes sank. Toe men in the vessel shrieked out for help, when John Ware, the deputy piermaster, and Carey, one of the extra men, came alongside the vessel, fortunately succeeded in rescuing the crew of the sunken vessel, and conveyed them ashore. Whilst they were engaged in si.tving the lives of the people in the vessel a large.yawl, laden with potatoes, was making, her way towards Hnngerford Market, when her bow came in contact with th'e saint ilia of the bridge, which threWlier athwart the tide, and for a moment or two the lives of the crews belonging to both the large vessels, as well as those who so heroically put off from the pier, were greatly jeopardized, but fortunately the bead mast of the potato yawl was low enough to allow it to pass under the bridge. If such had not been the case, the whole must have been drowned. GLASGOW, Nov. 3. COTTON MARZET.-- The demand for cotton from the trade has during the week been on a limited scale, and, the market being conse quently quiet, no change is prices can be quoted. Pig Iron—Our pig iroe market has been quiet throughout the week, but prices have been fully maintained. Mixed numbers may be quoted at 425. 6d. per ton, No. I 435., and No. 1 Gartshirrie, 445. to 445. 6(1. cash. _ _ ROYAL ARTILLEES.—Captain P. Benn's and Cap tain Wright's companies arrive d at head-quarters, et Woolwich, on Saturday afternoon, from Dublin, via Liverpool, having been relieved by Mjor Desbrisay's and Captain Hyde's companies. Captain Bean's and Captain Wright's companies are now the first on the list for foreign service; but are not expected to leave Woolwich until the early part of next year, ell the reliefs contemplated for the present year having already embarked for their destinations. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANITEAD —Yester day afternoon, the half-)early general ma tting of the governors of this charity, for the purpose of reporting specially in reference to the number of orphans created by the ravages of the recent epidtmic, and of electing the increased number of forty orphan children into the estab!i,hment, was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. B. 13. Gabbell, MP. presiding. The report, whi c h was by Mr. Buckler, the secretary, dwelt brie fly upon the fact that many of the orphan children then pressing for admission into the institution had been deprived of both parents within a few hours by cholera, or else left dependent upon the mother, who was herself suddenly thrown upon her own resources. Under these circum stances, the committee had endeavoured to meet a slecial emergency by special means, nama ly, by an in crease in the already large number of children admitted; and they had therefore come to the conclusion that a special election should be held in February next, at which forty children should be admitted. The com mittee had also determined to increase the number re ceived at each half- yearly election, so that the Infant Orphan Asylum would receive 120 children yearly, a larger number than had ever been received by any of the national charities within a similar space of time. There were yesterday 163 candidates for admission. At the conclusion of a very busy poll, which lasted several hours, the names of the forty successful candidates were announced. There are 330 children now in the asylum, without the addition to the number made yesterday. A of thanks to the chairman for his courtesy in pre siding ch red the proceedings. THE DUKE AT DOVEN.—The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, held a Pilots' Court here on Tuesday last, at which three senior mena bars of the Fellowship were superannuated, ai.d three young men from the supernumerary list were put in their places. His Grace was rt c - _ived with a salute of nineteen guns, a vuard of honour, with band and colour, from the 50th (Queen's Own), under the command of Major Long, and by the local officials. The Noble Duke looked well and hearty; and after the routine ti the pilot bu'iness had been transacted, his Grace took his cus- __- ternary survey of the harbour works. Oa reaching the esplanade (in front of which, in defiance of the deiences yet raised, the sea has been making extensive inroads during the late gales), his Grace's opinion was naked by the harbour master as to what was to be done to save the houses and land in that locality, which stand in jeopardy every hour. The Duke replied, " 0, keep on piling." '• How far, your Grace ?" was the next query. " Let me see," said the Duke, looking down, musing, and then scanning the bay with the eye of an engineer, why, to the bathing machines." Having completed his survey, the Noble and Gallant Duke stepped into his carriage, and drove off, under another salute from the grand redoubt.—Doter Chroakk. Guy FAWKES' DAY.—The anniversary of the gun powder plot wit 3 celebrated in the vicinity of Tower hill last night in a manner seldom witnessed, at least during the lust few years, in the metropolis. As soon as dusk set in, vast crowds collected on the hill, and in Trinity-square, and speedily innumerable pieces of fire works were darting about in all directions. As the evening advanced the excitement increased, and between nine and ten o'clock there probably could not have been less than from 60,000 to 8,,,000 persons assembled. A large force of police were in attendance, under the di rection of Mr. Inspector Marchmont, in order as far as possible to prevent squibs being thrown against the houses, as also to protect the inhabitants from the de predations of the swarm of thieves that invested the neighbourhood. We heard of no accident of any par ticular moment, excepting one which befel Sergeant Hains, of the Fenchurch-street station section of the City police, who, in endeavouring to prevent a lad throwing a squib, had the lower part of his arm rather seriously burned. MDLLE. RACHEL AND THE THEATRE FRANCAIS.- A complaint was entered on Friday last, before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, by the members of the committee of administration of the Tl;44:re Francais, with a view of compelling Mdlle. Rachel to appear before the tribunal to show cause why she has ceased to belong to the theatre, and, in accordance with the laws of the society, to compel her to fulfil the duties she contracted to perform, and in default of her doing so, to show cause why she should not be condemned in the sum of 12,000 francs damages and interest, from the 15iii ult., for every week she declines to conform to the regulations. The complaint also prayed the tribunal to grant such provisional conde muation to the theatre as it should think proper. The tribunal, agreeing with the views of the complainants, fixed on the 9th instant as the day for hearing the. comilaint. We are grieved to learn that at the late calamitous fire at Combury House (Lord Churchiil'). a 13,x con tainirg valuable records relating to the illustrious hero, the ancestor of the Noble Lord, perished in the confla grati. , n, though strenuous efiorts were exerted for its preservation. WHAT IS A REAM OF PAPER P—We understand that a case of some importance io consumers of writing paper was decided before the Sheriff of Aberdeen on Tliursday last, the facts of which are briefly as 7(1low: —A traveller, representing the house of D. Jack and , Glasgow, tiffs in Aberdeen some time ago, solicit ing orders for peper at a very cheap rate per ream. Amongst others he got orders from Messrs. Win. Gor don, Wm. Adamson, and Wm. Stevenson, and when the goods came to hand it was found they had supplied . a ream 4t0., which cont a in s 480 s h ee t s , b e i ng just one-half the quantity of u ream folio cut 4W., which contains 960 sheets. The parties refused to pay for the former, as they maintained that they had bought the latter, it being the universal practice in Scothrui to buy and sell paper by the folio ream into whatever size it might be cut: and on D. Jack and Co.'s bringing the matter into Court, the Sheriff decided in favour of the purchasers. —Aberdeen Herald. adon. 12 ... 25% - it,i 8,4