The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-31 00:00:00

110NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed ith a hardening tendency and with less offering. he demand for Boweds, between sgd. to sid. per Rio., for export has again been very good. Prices of ,American were fully id. per lb. dearer, and in :many cases even more. Surat and Egyptians -were also id. per lb. dearer. The sales were 8,000 bales comprising 6,500 Americans (500 for e••xport and 1,000 on speculation), 300 Egyptians, 15, d. to 71d., and 1,200 Surat, aad. to 40. per lb, (5 00 for export). The Rail way Share Market yf ,sterday was steady, and closed at an advance. The general tone of business on the Paris Bourse ye sterday was heavy and uncertain. Transactions in the Three per Cent. Rentes were made in anti oip , ation of to-day's settlement. The Four-and-a- Hal f per Cents. declined 25 centimes for the m eow tt, and 20c. for the close of the current month, In I tailway Shares there was little doing, and not muc It fluctuation in the quotations, with the excep tion of the Lyons, Mediterranean, and the Austrian Sethi tty Shares, which receded 10 to 15 francs on previ :ous prices. To r several days past the Hollando-Belgian line of railway has been carrying large quantities of silver ingots in, transitie for Paris, which are sent by the E ;ank of Amsterdam for the Bank of France.. Th e Madrid Gazette has just published a decree for tl to regulation of the floating debt as proposed by M'.. Bruil, the Minister of Finance. Treasury notes; will be issued, bearing a certain rate of in teres44 and taken a,!; a legal tender for the payment of dt dies, for the sum of 200 millions of reals. The advices by the La Plata from the West Indies state that at the next meeting of the House of Assembly an attempt will be made to reduce the direct taxation in ;Jamaica, and substitute in its stead an increase in the import duties. Opinions, of course, differed s s to the measures which ought to be adopted wit'u a view to obtain a revenue sufficient to meet Vae liabilitiesof the island. Among the poorer classes there was a cry for a diminution in the high salarie 8 of some of the officials, and it was observed that the expenditure is excessive. Upon the subject of th; 3 proposed alterations, it was con sidered that as t he members of the House of As sembly entertait ied adverse views upon the Import Duties' questic du that there would be considerable opposition. There was no , alteration in the prices current on the London Cc .rn Exchange to-day, but the busi ness doing was ; Tile last we; 3k's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, al •o in round figures as follow :- 1855. 1854. Caledonian Deeside Brighton 14,469 15,243 Manchester I Lnd South Junction South-Easter n South Devon 2,317 Kendal and Windermere West Cornwall West Hartlepool 2,702 2,313 Glasgow arid South-Western 6,179 5,579 Ulster There is no improvement to notice in the market for Public Securities, but, on the contrary, a slight decline has occurn3d in the absence of any large purchases. Cons pis opened at 871 to 87k, at which they have remained, but for money they have touched 87i and 88. The New 3 per Cents. *re heavy at 871- f.o 87k, and the Reduced at 86i to 874. New 2& per Cents. are 73/. There is rather an active demand for money in the Stock Exchange, this being " pay day" in the Foreign Stock an.d Railway Share markets, and Exchequer Bills - have dropped from par to 10s. discount. It is generally stated that the late in crease in the rate of interest on the Unfunded Debt was insufficient. Foreign Stock:; ruled quiet, and there was very little alteration i n the quotations. Turkish 6 per Cents. are at 78 to 78f1, while for account they are as high as 7 9 to 79±. Sardinian Bonds have declined to 84, but Peruvian are steady at 73k. Equador Bonds at 44, and Brazilian 4-i per Cents. at 92. Dutch 2i per Cents. have advanced to 62 to 63. Spanish Passive Bonds are si. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexicam, 19i to ; Peruvian, 72 to 4 ; ditto Three per Ce lats., 52 to 4; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 5 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 8 ; ditto F our-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 8 ; Spanish New I Deferred, 19i to h ; ditto Three per Cents., 37i t 0 8 ; ditto Certificates, 4i to # ; ditto Pas sive, 4i to si. T he business in Railway Shares is contracted, an' 1 the few transactions entered into have been at about yesterday's rates. Great Western, how e,irer, rule heavy. The CAnadian lines are dull, 'awl the Foreign neglected. Copiapo Mine Shares are marked 20. Oriental Bank are quoted ex dividend. Canada Land Shares are fully 3/. lower. "BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. r From the Official List, : Mi.ino. , don, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities,....... B7 64 3 per Cent Console Annuities 874 i 8 7i 8 7i i IC.)vr 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities L Inc Annuities, Expire sth Jan., MO 31 India Stock , par 1 (.1 chrisols for Account B7i i E toll equor Bills, 2i A. MOOO , . . par 10 d 3 1500 inall par 10 d 5 Exahequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent.... 98i Ditto 1859, ~ ... 981 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4. per Cent 92 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent ......... ............ ........ 65 Equador Bonds itilxican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish 13orals, 3 per Cent 37i Ditto Passive SK 5 Tarkh Bonds, 6 per cent 7B. 9 Ditto for the Account 79i 9 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London r• ntch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull MI 2 Ditto 4 per Ceuc. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for th© Account B7l if LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This-Day.) LONDON, Oct. 31.—Wind this day at noon, N.B. ; fresh, with rain. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Argyll (s), from Careutan ; Charlotte, Guern sey ; Malcolm Brown, Sunderland ; Aufgahende Sonne, Neustadt ; Atalanta (s), Havre. Sailed—Transit (s), for Jersey ; Ondine, (s,), London ; Marco Polo, Naples, LlvznrobL, Wednesday Morning. N.N.E. Sailed—Magrico , for Lisbon ; P au l an d Edmond, Ant twerp ; Lion, Calcutta; Martha, Demerara ; William Stanley, Tampico. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 29. Wind N.W.W. Arrived—Esther, from Tomatin ; Gleaner, Lady ; Louise, and Margaret Ann, Callao ;Ed ward Johnston, lir anritin • ffi 4 Acadian, Quebec ; Betsey, Sy ra ; Camihence, sa . Uni corn, Moulmein. (BT SUBMARTNE ANI3 BETTIS: I We 1 TELE G day, 9 .52 RAM.) a.m. G RAVE SEND, dnes Wind N.E. ; title, four hours ebb ; cloudy. Arrived, Oct. 30.—London from Gothenburg ; Edges Minds, Memel; Maria, Pit'ea ; Heinrich George, Ske. leftes ; George, Danzic ; Stag, Brussels ; William Septi mus de Septimo, Antwerp ; Elizabeth Sophia, Dorbak. Arrived, Oct. 31.—Traveller, from Ostend. Sailed, Oct. 30.—E1 Tade, for Lisbon ; Duchess of Northumberland, Adelaide. Sailed, 31st.—Dolphin, for St. Michael's. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind, S.S.W. ; moderate. Anchored.—Ronochan, from London, for Mobile ; an English gun-boat, from the eastward. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR EDINBURGH.-011 Friday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a fear ful accident took place at Burdiehouse limekilns. The works were proceeding as usual, when suddenly the boiler exploded, fragments of it being carried from 200 to 800 yards by the violence of the shock. James Gilchrist, quarry, and Wm. Bennett, bank heads foreman of the man, were killed on the spot. Mrs. M‘Gill, wife of a la bourer at Edgehead, who had just reached the kilns with her son's breakfast, was awfully burned, and died soon after in the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. Her son, Thomas M‘Gill, the enginernan, was also very much burned, and he lies in the Infirmary in a dangerous state. John Renwick, blacksmith at the works, was very severely injured, but it is thought he will recover. —Scotsman, 5 5 ?,i 1 10 412 s ~~ I O i l . ---,____ SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. L'A.lLl7,klr*. (Closing Prices this day. 23 - ?4 3i-- 4 74 -7/ 16 - 15 14 - 15 9 - 8 85 - 87 58 - 58. Ili i 2, S -- 4 i 6 *ei -7 oi 67? - 68 49 - 51 91 - 9i 16 - 17 1•111 .... 71 - 73 64 - 6i 83? - 9 4; 68 - 69 [l9 - 100 - 102 50 •- 514 68 - 72 6 - 7 5 - 7 p 741 754 ri 6 94 96 92 —92 A 2 lidl 1k - 1 13 lA 83 84 9 8 8 7 : 22 id 63i 64 36 38 •M w~ .~ . i ~ - i~ ii 7 ii 25i -26 i 674 • 684 4 —44 d 114 124 44 45 92 97 . - . it - i 5.4 23 - 25 Lob lot 72 74 41 - 43 11 12 55i 57 3O —31 i 5 3d 2d pare 33 - 35 ... ...... "."' • . 13 19 3 4 18 - 20 4 - 6 Aberdeen . A.mbg. Nottag. Bast and East,n. Junct Belfast Sr Ballymena. Binning. Waive S Stour Valley Biro e ihd.. LancsL. Cheshire Juno . Do. Choth. dr Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., Z 20... Rlyth Tyn 5 origina. £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter.— Caledonian Carm. and Ca , digan Chester dr Holyhead. Cork and Bandon,.. Cork, Black, dr Pas Cornwall Do. A Do. B Chaff Junction DualindsßelfastJunc Dun. P. de Abei. Jew Do. ...... East ./I;glian ...... Eastern Counties... East. Sti De., B, Stour Do., New A 'East Kent East Lancashire Edinbnrgh dr Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin.Prth &Thardei. north & Clyde Jr.o iFurness . Do. Extension.. Glasta-ow 3LS w'gt . Great N. of Scotlnd. (+mat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val Rai Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds .. Do. New Thirds LAncash.andVorks:l Wst. aiding Un. Lle.Crioy.&Southpt Loudon & Blackwal' Lon 1. Bright & S.Cst. Lend and N. Westn iDo. Fift;is !n0.101.191.06,t13...C1 Do. Eighths London and S. West', Do., .£5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col eraint Lndndrr7. & Ennisk Manch.Shef.& Linelr Do. I Shares, No. 1 Do., Man. Pz. Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Ilirmn g. &Derb - . Midid. Gl. West. (Ire,; Do. Half Shares . Newcastle & Carliplr • Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrtl Newry & Newry Warrenpoini and hostrovor: Norfo]k Northn.Countios Un, (North British North Devon, No. I 'Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwick Do, do. Extension G.N.E. l'urch Co. Leeds Do. York North London N .&S.Wstrn.,Haral stead, and City Ai,. ,North Staffordshire, North Western & S. Westrn. June Nunoaton, Hinckley and Leicester .)x, Wore.. & Wolv L',.rts--aouth 3, • ,tish Central Scottish Midland Allropshire Union .onth Devou 3onth Eastern South Wales Yrksh. 6t RiT. Do taines, Wok. &Wok ..tockten Darli Stu Ikton tit Hutlepl Call Valo Do. Pref., No. Names Hay. P.& R. Ulverstone & Lanes. Vale or .I,Teath Waterti. & Kilk claw VVater for MLinaeri , •l West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London... Wimbledn &Croydon FO RRIGII/41*. A ntwerp&Rott -r 1412 U Do. 5 p. c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes Reigian gastn. June Reziers to Oral est-ssac Bombay, Baroda,ano rlcntra.l India.Scri) Do. Demerara f)utel‘ Rhenish Eastern of France Do. 'Tow East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk. of Canad2.A. i F Do, St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till '62 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Ceutral of Fran: , Gt. Indian Peninsul , guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent. Do. Extensions.... . Great Luxene.bottrz Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad i-.arm4 Do. New Do. Zds., pa.yable's7,' with option till '55 'Do. do., '62, p. Do. do '76 p. Dc.. do., '73, without' option Eiainilton & Toronto DO. 6 por cent._ li Lake Conet. & Baslel Lierro and Turnhout Lyons and Geneva Lyons & ktediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia . Do. do. New Namur di Liege (via interest) 'Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D0.20/.Shs Do. 207. 3 p. c Bde. (fmy.B. do Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen— ParisCaen &Cherbrg. D 0... Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Mouse_ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scindo D 0... Southern of France St. kndrew's and Quebec (A), West Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof ' Western of France , Do. Zealand JOINT-STOI AustralaKi6 _ Bank of London ..... Uri. Col. Bk .& ran. C. 4 3ritish N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Cit y..................... Colonial ............... Commercial of Load. Eng. Soot. & Sue. Cht. Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia .......... Ditto New tendon and Connt . y . : rind &E. Bnkg. Corp London Joint Stock Westminstet gAtioll9,l Fro. of Eng. Do. New. .......... National of Irolaud Now South Walea Oriental Bank of Corporation ?rovincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg Tmp Royal British south Australia Union of Australia Dn. Nc3v; Union 4 :g Londo -- 7i 2i -24 d 4 2 d I- i , ~. "-- ... 1 id 35i —35 i 9i —10•. p, 21i 22/ 1 9i - 8 i 14A - 15 68 70 87 —8) 21 31 5i 51 par - 4p 4 - 41 21 - 3 221 - 23 - lip 99 - 101 109 - 113 110 -- 114 101. 103 22f -22 i 108 - 113 5 - 6p 19 - 191 7 9P 2 - 3 4i l - 5 :43k - 34 h 11 - ri - Ri 43A - 44 ii - ii ... Pl 2 20 21 2 —ld 2i 3 8 i -1P •.. pm 3i :: 4 i i6i -- 3oi 19 - 20 BANKS. 87 - 84 52 - 51 d —par 55 -- '6.7d • • ....... ... 15i -- 161 lii 19 d 1 -- id Par 2p ••• •••••• ... ''" '"' ~. 34 - 36 33 - 40 52 - 54 .. '"" ••• - 4 1 72 - 74 8 9 28 it 30 Business done this day. F 5 58 I 9 81 9 84 3i 119} 51 50/ 6i 95 4i 92i 1 21 1} 83,E 2/ 631 i 36i 6i 7 39 i 9 ex d THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E' ING, OCTOBER 3l 1855 LINES FIXED RENTALP. _ • r P ' ‘ f, 2 Nw 4„ 44 , I n intending to steal the watch. The fact is, the prosecu tor thought he had money, and could impose upon him, consequently, when he got hold of the watch, he called the constable, so that his imposition should be exposed. His worship would see that the watch was block tin, washed lightly over with silver, and of the coarsest make. It might have done for a drunken man. Police-constable 462 said he was on duty in Duke street, last evening, when the prisoner called him over to the door of the public-house, and handed him the watch, saying that the prosecutor attempted to sell it him, but believing it was a " duffer" he would not buy it. The prosecutor then said that he should give the prisoner into custody for stealing his watch, and he then took him to the station-house. Leashta Company. losing • this day. ti usinesz this day, SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. WORCESTER RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HURDLE RACE. Red Rose Phaitom Penman Thirteen ran. ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. The prisoner said that the prosecutor actually followed him up after he had said he would give him 203. for it, but on looking at it he saw it was a " duffer " and he gave it him back. He, however, handed the watch again to him (prisoner) and said he would take 15F. for it, when he called over a constable and gave him the watch. The prosecutor then gave him into custody for steal- The Potter Star of England Emigrant Twelve ran. SPAIN. ing it. The Madrid journals of the 25th have reached us. The Queen had received M. Olozaga. New assemblages of workmen had taken place, but though some men appeared in them in arms, and endea voured to excite disturbances, they after a while peacefully dispersed. A number of men also assem bled at the Ministry of Public Works, but the Mi nister caused their leaders to be brought to him, and he told them where work might be obtained. On that, the greater part of the men went in bands of 30 or 40 to the places indicated. Placards were afterwards posted up, informing workmen that they might obtain work in various specified places. A committee of the Cortes on the bill for the establish ment of banks of issue had struck out all the clauses relative to the Bank of San Fernando, but had adopted the others which provide for the esta, blishment of similar banks in places where they may be needed. The Gazette states that an en gineer of Rio Santo, having remarked that the cho lera never visits manufactories and workshops in which sulphur is employed, has suggested that the smell of it may be a preservative against the malady. A letter of the 26th, received in advance of the re gular mail, says : Mr. A'Beckett, to the prosecutor—How much is this watch worth/ Prosecutor—About ten or fifteen shillings, sir. I, however, would have sold it for the latter sum. Mr. A'Beckett, after examining the watch, said under the circumstances, which looked rather strange on the prosecutor's part, he did not think any jury would con vict if he sent the prisoner for trial. He should there fore discharge him with a caution to have nothing more to do with public-house hawkers. "In the Cortex, yesterday, the bill authorising the company for the canalisation of the Ebro to wise a loan was adopted without discussion, and the debate on the bill relative to substitutes for the army was resumed. The attendance of deputies was not numerous. The Committee on the Budget has accepted the plans of the Minister of Finance. The last return of the sales of national and ecclesiastical property shows that the number of estates sold was 2,079, and that they rea lised 40,680,828 reals, or 19,670,772 reals more than the upset price fixed by the government agents. Va rious bills for regulating the liberty of the press have been presented to the Cortes ; and they all propose that offences, except those of libel, shall be tried by a jury. The cholera is sensibly declining. The Naciom, a ministerial journal, referring to an assertion in an op position paper, declares that the Spanish Government is on the most cordial terms with that of France. The last news from Porto Rico are satisfactory; seven artillerymen who had taken part in the last military in surrection had been shot." THE MURDER OF MISS BINDS. --- The quarter sessions for the Belturbet division of th county Cavan was opened at Bailyconnell ore Thursday, by Mr. P. M. Murphy, the Chairman. The court was unusually crowded. The learned gentleman addressed the grand jury as follows : ,‘ Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,— I deeply regret I am unabl e to repeat on this occasion those congratulations on the peaceable condition of the district which I have had so much pleasure in address . - ing to you for a considerable time back. I regret it the more because there is but one solitary case for your in- vestigation during these sessions ; this, however, only proves what experience has long taught us, namely, how fallacious a criterion the calendar, either at sessions or assizes, affords of the condition of society. which I exists among us ; and how strikingly exemplified has I this observation been by the appalling event which has taken place ! It is a matter of notoriety that some years back this part of the country was in a fearful state of disorganisation, arising, as we all know, from the secret proceedings of an illegal confederacy but too well and too familiarly known as the Riband Society. However, from the almost complete disap pearance of those crimes usually denominated agrarian outrages, in common with yourselves I had shared the hope that a sound state of society had been perma nently established. Is it permitted us still to indulge those pleasing hopes, or must we join in the apprehen sions of those who tell us that under this smooth and , tranquil surface there still runs that treacherous under current which bears along in its poisonous course the seeds of crime, of desolation, and death ? God forbid that by any word of mine I should prejudge a case which may yet, I trust, undergo a solemn judicial inveitiga tion ; nay, so far, indeed, from doing so, I would fain hope that this surpassing crime, which has just affrighted the heart of every man in the community, is an isolated case, and has no connection with a more extended com- bination. But if, indeed, the fears of many should prove to be true, and the dreadful crime is symptomatic of a return to those evil days to which I have adverted, then should I say, Woe betide this unhappy and devoted district.' I have already said I shall abstain from allu sion to the circumstances of this case ; but hiving bad a long experience, both at the bar and on the bench, of the disastrous consequences springing from those illegal confederacies, I can speak with something like authority on this subject ; and, therefore, I think it not out of place on this occasion to raise my warning voice, and to supplicate every man whom my words may reach to consider deliberately the character, the objects, and consequences of this Riband confederacy. In quire, then, in the first instance, of any man, the oldest and the most experienced in the community, if he can point out one single benefit arising to any human being from this association. Now, let this question be fairly considered and canvassed in a candid spirit, and I pledge my experience there will be but one answer, and it is this—that misery, and misery alone, has been the result. Let us next examine the object of these associations. That object is clearly this—by the influence of terror and intimidation to establish an au- thority paramount to the law of the land, and, through the instrumentality of this machinery, to deter men from prosecuting their rights, whether for the recovery of lands or rents, or the execution of any legal process in connection therewith. This I conceive to be a succinct but perfectly accurate description of their objects. Now, suppose for a moment that these confederacies had even a temporary euccess ; is it to be believed that soy man having the power to cast his fortunes in any part of the world out of Ireland would remain among us ? What, them, would be the inevitable result? Why, that all the evils of absenteeism which are so generally deplored would be aggravated tenfold ; rents would be collected— of course they would—by the agents of absentees, and enforced with increased vigour ; all avenues and ap proaches to the proprietor would be shut up, he would be far away in a distant land, while the poor cultivator, bound down by necessity to the soil, would be compelled to struggle on in adversity and distress, unregarded and unpitied ; and to complete the picture of this misery, in no respect overdrawn, all these calamities would fall indiscriminately on the innocent as well as the guilty. Now, mark well, this is the result of the Ribandman's success—his complete success. Let us now turn to the consequences of his failure. He has brought down the vengeance of the law upon his district ; he has stimulated the activity of every magistrate and policeman around him ; he has compelled the Govern ment to put forth all the terrors of the law, and, if these are found insufficient, he has induced the Parliament to forge now fetters for the Irish peasant. He it is who has revived the Coercion Acts, the Arms Acts, the In surrection Acts, the Whitoboy Acts ; in fact, he it is that has drawn forth the sward that has long remained rusty in the scabbard, to fall upon the devoted heads of his countrymen. Then, let him count the gains. He has turned the heart of the landlord against the tenant, of the tenant against the landlord ; the kind and affec tionate regard he has converted into the averted look of mutual distrust, and then, perhaps, he terminates his guilty career by becoming the informer against those very associates in crime whom he first seduced and after wards betrayed. Is this an exaggerated picture, or is it the experience of every man among us S Trace the career and progress of the youthful Irish peasant who has been seduced into these illegal associations, and is met, perhaps, at some gathering or dance by some artful knave, who, at the very moment the unconscious boy consents to take the unlawful oath, is gloating over the price he will receive for his betrayal. How many and many an artless lad has thus been inveigled ! His youthful vanity is first flattered by being enrolled,' is Ribandnion call it, in this association. His young heart would then have recoiled at the bare con templation of murder, but soon, through the vile companionship of wicked and dissclute associate", ho becomes familiar with crime, the barriers of vir tue aro broken down, and, step by step, he descends in tie paths of guilt. He is afraid either to advance or retie(' ; he is oppressed with terror at every step he hears, and at length he terminates a wretched existence either by the hands of the hangman or the assassin. Who, then, that has a heart to feel, or a Olive to give the feeling utterance, will not join me in imploring all men to unite in crushing in the bud the reviving efforts of this hell-born confederacy ? Away with all recreant fear, and, still more, all guilty connivance. Ido not appeal to those higher sanctions which, I doubt not, have been, and will continue to be, inculcated upon the hearts of the people by their spiritual instructors. They will tell them, no doubt, that from the day of the first murderer the wrath of the offended God has ever pur sued the footsteps of the assassin. I purposely abstain from alluding to the circumstances connected with the outrage upon the hapless lady who now lies almost in view of •this court a lifeless corpse. The sad story of Charlotte Hinds has reached every corner of the earth. She, poor mangled and mutilated victim, has just been released from the indescribable agonies of her seven deadly wounds ; her bruised spirit has been summoned before that dread tribunal where one day assuredly she will be confronted face to face with her ruthless mur derers. There is, however, one caution which I desire to circulate far and wide, it is this—that every man or woman who harbours or conceals, or assists in any way whatever in the escape of the murderers, does, in fact, by so doing become an accessory to the fact, or, in more intelligible language, an actual party to the murder ; and I have reason to know that the Govern ment is intent on hunting out and punishing to the ex tremity of the law any man who harbours or conceals the assassin. Let every man, therefore, use his best exertions to bring those wretches to justice. In this way, and this only, can you wipe away the stain which has been cast upon this district, by the perpetration of an outrage which, I will say, amid all the dark and dis mal records of Irish crime, stands forth without a parallel." This address was listened to with breathless silence, and produced a profound sensation. At the conclusion of its delivery the grand jury and magistrates presented an address to the learned Chairman, and requested a copy of his charge, as they considered its publication would be attended with the most lacneficial results. The interest of the proceedings was heightened by the fact that during the delivery of the learned Chairman's charge the coroner was holding his inquest in the imme diate neighbourhood on the remains of the unfor tunate Charlotte Hinds. BATn THEATRE.—The performances at this establish ment, both on Saturday and Wednesday, were well at tended. On the first-named night, after the drama of Susan Repley, which seems to retain its full amount or , interest with a large class of "the patrons of the stage in this city, there was presented a military spectacle ien titled the Fall of Sebastopol. With the characteristic energy which distinguishes the management, Mr. Chute, no doubt, contemplated an amusement which should satisfy the cravings of the public appetite in the present excitable period ; so far as scenery, machinery,leftst to be and stage effect were concerned, nothing 7as k desired. But though an exhibition of thuillicied Applause receive, as it would deserve, universal might Presentations to elsewhere, people expect in stage witness the development of some j Stocqueler, cation of character. The author, t . O his own talents, plot, or the exempfifi. has scarcely done justice, howeversk etch to be put upon in allowing this evidently .hastyon There are some cha fnoariginn stanc excision— the stage without some rev racters so unreal—the sennotitilnatnienettalwni that we regret they had 2, er, a t h v v c y o and others seem to be bur lesquesnt the hands of the their b intended to be so ; whilst it without thei would require a keenly indulgent critic to discover any ee thing approaching tn plot in the pieces. Th e scenery, to Sebastopol b y moonlight capital a s it - w. 9- -1 a Trench and Batt ery therefore ' and the view s 0 scarcely saved the piece .. from failure, which is the mere to be regre tted since the expense indulged in by the libe. r lity of the ma na g ement m ust make a serious inroad u pon a the treasury. On Wed nes d ay, Madame Celeste a nd Mr. B. Webster were th e great attraction, and well did t h e y sustain their well-earned reputation as leading artistes in their peculiar walk of the drama. The first piece, Janet Pride, is a drama of intense interest, ex hibiting vividly the awful effects of the vice of drunken nese. Truly might the stage be made a school for morals, were people only willing to be taught. The career of Richard Pride is a homily more powerful than a score of sermons, or of ten score teetotal disquisi tions. The after piece was The Pretty Girls of StilberTh so well known for the opportunity it affords Mr. Web ster of exhibiting his extraordinary portraiture of the Emperor Napoleon. The general applause by whic h the audience testified their satisfaction was the best evi dence both of the morits of the pieces and of the actors. To-night Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster will appear doubt a large audience will be again assembled.. ARf t a at o itna J ournal . our Z i nc, Da. EsaTON.—Mr. Easton, surgeon in was taken prisoner at Tf ango , a rrived in Edinburgh, of which ho is a native, on Thursday. London A N. feat. CaWon_ E. Un. & E. C Gt.Nrtlin E. Count Caldonian Do Gt. Trestn Yk. New. Borw. SC. &NIL Baden 'eto & Co. Norfolk., L.& N. W & Stckton & Darlingt. Midland..l Coun. Count. D 0......... iDo :Do tt Northr , Laneash Yorksh. T. Brassey MClean tockt. & ➢arlingt Do - . 4 tWes tn 93 95 95 - 300 1131 - 135 ii ie 105 12i -- 13 ad 115 -- 120 2i - 2i 89 fl. id iP 56 68 130 - 134 - 3 - 26 29; -70 i POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) GUILDHALL. WIFE BEATING.—A man, named Beaumont, was charged before Alderman Finnis with the following brutal aspault on his wife. Sarah Beaumont deposed that she was the wife of the prisoner, and resided with him at 22, Little Britain. She had been married to him 19 years, and had had separate maintenance for the last nine years, in conse quence of the prisoner leaving her. She had returned to him about three months. Last evening the prisoner, who was sober, struck her a violent blow on the eye, which blackened it, in conse quence of his imagining she was conversing in the kitchen with a man. He then went out, and returned between 12 and 1 o'clock drunk, and attempted to strike her with his boot, which she had offered to assist him to take off, but she evaded the blow. He went to bed, and asked her to do so, but she refused, saying she was afraid of him. He promised her if she came to bed he would not touch her. She went to bed, but shortly after he seized her by the hair of the head, and shook her head on the pillow. She got out of bed and he followed her, swearing he would knock her teeth oat, at the same time giving her a blow in the mouth, which knocked out four of her teeth. She was in danger of her life when her husband was in liquor. This was the first time he had assaulted her. The prisoner said he was sorry for what he had done. It would not have occurred had not be and his wife been drinking, and she having irritated him, Ile called his brother as a witness to prove that in the middle of the day his wife used irritating language to him, and appeared as if she had been drinking. . Alderman Finnis said he should like to have some fur ther information as to the character of both parties, and adjourned the case till to-morrow. It was a serious case knocking out four teeth. The prisoner said he did not strike his wife violently. In consequence of her having had a foyer he could take her teeth out with his finger and thumb, without pain or difficulty. The prisoner was remanded. MARYLEBONE. DESPERATE ASSAULT ON A LICENSED VICTUALLER. — J. Corntet, a female, well known for her intemperate habits, was brought before Mr. Long, charged with the following desperate and outrageous conduct, at the Shepherd and Flock, High•street, Marylebone. Mr. John Cottrell, licensed victualler, and the pro prietor of the Shepherd and Flock, said that the previ ous evening the prisoner, who was known to him many years, came and wished to have something to drink. He had directed her never to make her appearance at his house, and he refused to serve her. Mr. Long—That was owing to her bad conduct ! Mr. Cottrell—Yes, sir, and he ordered her to leave. She came again into the housa, when he turned her out, with the assistance of his barman and another person. She then became very violent, and with a stone smashed a pane of glass, which cost about 51. He laid hold of her, but she got away. He followed her, and it was with great difficulty that he was able to prevent her from doing him a serious injury. Mr. Long—Did she strike you ! Mr. Cottrell—Repeatedly, sir. She tried to bite me, and other persons who were assisting me. Berridge, D 38, sergeant of police, said that when he had hold of the prisoner she made a desperate struggle to get away. She threw herself on the ground and scratched his face. Had it not been for his coat she would have done him a serious injury- The prison* was fined 51. for breaking the glass, or one month in default of payment ; 205., or in default 14 days, for the assault on Mr. Cottrell ; and 10s., or seven days, for the assault on the policeman. JUVENILE THIEVES.—Four children, two boys and two girls, were charged with stealing 421bs. of bolts, the property of the Great Western Railway. Neither of the prisoners was above 13 years of age. Mr. Herring, instructed by Messrs. Maples and Pierce, appeared to support the charge, and Mr. J. Collard, the active superintendent of the company, also attended to watch the proceedings. Mr. Herring stated that the company were building an iron bridge near Kensal Green, and that adjoining there was a heap of bolts intended for the construction of the bridge. The company have lost a large number of bolts ; in consequence of which a watch was placed over the property. It was subsequently discovered that the prisoners had left a qtraotity of bolts at a marine-store dealer's, opposite the Royal Sawn Tavern, Alfred road, Paddington. Upon Mr. Collard going there he heard that about 40Ib. of bolts had been purchased by the per- son who occupied the shop. There was no desire on the part of the company to proceed against the prisoners, as they felt that they would not have stolen the property but for the facility afforded by the marine-store dealer to dispose of them. After hearing much evidence the prisoners were dis charged, and a summons was ordered to be issued against the marine store dealer, whose name is Meekes, for the unlawful possession thereof. SOUTHWARK. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC AGAINST PURCHASING WATCHES OF HAWKERS. — William Edmunds, a decent-looking man, described as a labourer, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing a watch, purporting to be a silver one, from Joseph Lyons, under the fol lowing extraordinary circumstances : The prosecutor, who was attired in the garb of a sailor, with large bushy whiskers, said he was a licensed hawker, and resided at Mile-end, New -town. Last evening, about seven o'clock, he went into a public house, in Duke-street, L ondon-brid g e, to treat an old friend, and wanting a little money to do so, he took his watch out and offered to sell it for 30s. The prisoner, who was in the house, said, " Let me look at the watch." Witness handed it to him, when he said he would give him 20s. for it, and at the same time walked out of the house with it, and refused to return it. A constable came up at the time, and he gave the prisoner into cus tody. The prisoner declared that it was all false as to his THAMES. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBEILY.—James Finn, aged 25, and described as a labourer, having no home, and John Manning, 23, of No. 54, Lambeth-street, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assault ing and robbing Nicholas Leitch, a sofa-maker, of No. 18, King-street, Turk-street, Bethnall•green. It appeared from the evidence that last night about half-past 11 o'clock, the prisoner was walking along Leman-street, Whitechapel, when he was accosted by two women, who mjsde some overtures to him. Ile re pulsed them, and said he would have nothing to do with them. Directly afterwards, and before the prose cutor had well got rid of the women, the prisoners and two other ruffians came up to him, one of them seized him by the collar of his coat and another by the neck. He struggled with the villains, and released himself, and one of the fellows then struck him a violent blow with his clinched fist on the side of the head and knocked him down. Before he could get up one of the thieves fell upon him and rifled his pockets, from which he took 225. 6d. in money and a tobacco-box. The prosecutor called out " Police," and the thieves ran away. Mr. Leitch immediately proceeded to the station-house in Leman street, and gave some information of the robbery and a description of the thieves. A few minutes afterwards the prisoners were apprehended in Lambeth-street, Whitechapel, by police-constable Deeble, No. 195 H. The prosecutor at once identified them, and he swore to Finn alias Fenn (he is called by both names), as the person who first seized him by the collar. Manning was standing by at the time. In answer to Mr. Yardley, the witness said that he was quite positive as to the identity of the prisoners. He could not say which of the four rifled his pockets. Mr. Yardley asked if the prisoners were known. Inspector Weakford, of the H division, said the pri soners lived in Lambeth•street, which fora long time had been a notorious receptacle for thieves. Manning was convicted some time since, and fined 51., for hav ing in his possession 50 silk handkerchiefs, suspected to have been stolen. Finn was the constant associate of thieves. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoners until Monday next, and directed the police to look after the other thieves. He hoped the case would be completed when the prisoners were again brought before him. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OoT. 30. In a Convocation, holden this day at two o'clock, the Rev. Charles Frederick Hayden, M.A., fellow of Corpus Christi College, and lately presented by that society to the incumbency of Helmedon, being the adjoining parish, was elected without opposition to the rectory of Suttesbury, a living in the patronage of the University. Tuesday, Nov. 13, is fixed as the day for the election of a professor to fill the chair of chemistry, now vacant by the retirement of Dr. Daubeny. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 30. A LIST OF PERSONS WHO HAVE PASSED THE EXAMINATION IN THEOLOGY, 1855. EXAMINERS. J. A. Jeremie, D.D., Regius Professor of Divinity. W. Selwin, 8.D., Margaret Professor of Divinity. E. H. Browne, 8.D., Norrisian Professor of Divinity. C. Hardwick, M.A., Christian Advocate. • W. C. Mathison, M.A., Trinity College. J. S. Wood, M.A., St. John's College. Allison, H., 8.A., Clare Kingdom, J. D., 8.A., Trim. Bailey, H. R., 8.A., St. Kingsford, F. W., 8.A., John's . Clare Baker, H. De Foe, 8.A., Lamb, F. W., 8.A., Pemb. Jesus Lander, T., 8.A., Corpus Baker, W. De Foe, 8.A., Leathes, C.H., 8.A., St. Benham,Emman. W., 8.A., Sidney Barnes, B. C., BA., Jes. Bather, H. F., 8.A., St. John's Baty, T. J., RA., Sid. Beard, A., 8.A., St. John's Beaumont, T. G., 8.A., Magd. Beck, A., 8.A., Caius Binns, C. J., 8.A., Cath. Blagden, H., 8.A., Trin. Blunt, W. R., 8.A., Clare Boger, W. S., 8.A., Emman. Boldero, J. S., 8.A., Corpus Bolton, J., jun., B.A.,Pemb. Bcusfield, H. 8., 8.A., Caius nowlby, C. E., 8.A., St. John's Brown, T. 8., B.A.,Emmaa. Browne, 5.8., 8.A., Trin. Browning, H. 8., 8.A., Queens' Bulmer, E., 8.A., Pet, Burn, W., 8.A., Pemb. Burnaby, 5.8., B. A..,Christ's Butler, E. T., 8.A., Caius Butt, G. H., 8.A., Jes. Buxton, T., B. A., Corpus Candy, F. J., 8.A., Emman. Carnsew, T., 8.A., St. John's Carter, H. J. 8.A., Clare Carter, J., 8.A., Cath. Christie, J. J., 8.A., St. John's Clark, G., 8.A., St. John's Clarke, F. K., 8.A., Clare Clarke, G. P., M. 1., St. John's Clay, W. L., 8.A., Emman. Cleave, W., BA., Jes. Cluttorbuck, J. 8., B. A. ,Pet. Cole, W. 8., 8.A., Caine Collins, J., B. A., Cath. Cornwall, K., B.A. ,Trin. Cornford, E., 8.A., St. John's Craven, S , 8.A., Sid. Croft, T. C. H. 8.A., Caius Crossley, T., 8.A., Trin H. Coming, J., 8.A., Corpus Curtis, P. W., 8.A., St. John's Daltry, T. W., 8.A., Trin. Davies, R., 8.A., St. John's Davis, N. 8., B. A.,St.John's Densham, J. C., 8.A., Cath. Devenish, C. W., 8.A., Trin. Dobede, H. F., 8.A., Magd. Drawbridge, W. 8., S.C.L., Oahu Druce,A. J., B. A., St. John's Drury, A., 8.A., St. John's Du Port, J. M. 8.A., Cahn Edwards, R. K., 8.A., Trin. Elliot, R. W., 8.A., Corpus Falkner, F. 8., 8.A., St. John's Farmer, J., 8.A., Caius Farrar, J. ' B.A. Trin. Freeman,W.H., 8.A., Caius French, G., 8.A., Queens' Glynn, A.,8.A., Pet. Goodall, ~ 8.A., Clare Gordon, R.A., 8.A., Cath. Grabham, T., 8.A., St. , John's Green, W. M. A. Trin. Griffith, S., V.A., Clare Grindrod, W., 8.A., Trin. Girling, J. C., 8.A., Caius Hales, W. A., 8.A., Caius Hall, C., 8.A., Queens' Haubury, A., 8.A., Trin. Harlock, A. K., 8.A., Pet. Harbord, Hon. J., M.A., Magd. Harrison, E., B.A. Trim. Haynes, R. J., 8.A., Caius Headland, E., 8.A., Calm Hollier, T., 8.A., St. John's Hughes, J., BA., Emman. Hutchinson, C. P., 8.A., Trin. Jackson, W. H., 8.A., Trin. Jeffcoat, T., 8.A., Trin. Kelly, H. P., 8.A., Caius . . John's Legh, J. R.,8. A.., St. John's Little, J. R., 8.A., St. John's Lloyd, J., M.A.. Trin. Loft, J. E. W., 8.A., Corpus Lord, E., 8.A., Jes. Machray, R., 8.A., Sid. Maclear, G. F., 8.A., Trin. Marriott, H. P., 8.A., St. John's Marsden, S.E. B.A. Trin. Marshall, E. i., 8.A., Clare Matthews, J. B. 8.A., Trin. Metcalfe, G., 8.A., Clare. Millard, H. S., 8.A., St. John's Mil ward, H. C. ,B.A.,Christ's Molesworth, S., 8.A., St. John's Monkhouse, H. C., 8.A., St. John's Monk, W., 8.A., St. John's Moorsom, R. M., 8.A., Trin. Mooyaart, R. J., 8.A., Trio. Moule, F. J., 8.A., Corpus Muriel, H. E., 8.A., Pet. Alylchreest, H.,8.A „Christ's Napier, J. W., 8.A., Trin. Nelson, Hon. E., M.A.,Trin. Ninnis, P. A., 8.A., Clare Pace, J., 8.A., Pemb. Pa.rmenter, A., 8.A., St. John's Pearson, A. W.,B.A.,Pemb. Pearson, J. 8., 8.A., St. John's Perry, E.C., 8.A., Caius Phillips, G., 8.A., Queens' Proby,W. H. 8.,8.A., Trio. Pyper, R., 8.A., Down Road, S. G., 8.A., Corpus Reavly, F. F., 8.A., Trin. Reynolds, E. M., 8.A., Emman. Roberts, E., 8.A., St. John's Robertson, C.H., B.A.,Trin. Busby, T., B.A. Magd. Seppings, G. W., 8.A., Corpus Smith, A. F., 8.A., Pemb. Smith, T., 8.A., Trin. Smyth, H. M., 8.A., Cath. Sonthwell, H.G., B.A.,Trin. , Sowerby, W. J., 8.A., St. John's Spencer, M. T., 8.A., Caius Spurgin, A. D., 8.A., Clare Stephen, L., 8.A., Trin. N. Stevenson, E.J., 8.A., Caius Sundius, J.H., 8.A., Corpus Tayler, G.W.H., 8.A., Trin. Taylor, E. S.,BA. Magd. Thompson, ~ 8.A.,: Pemb. Thompson, J. E., 8.A., St. John's Tinkler, J., 8.A., St. John's Tinniswood, W., 8.A., Clare Tipper, J. G., 8.A., Emman. Towne, E. J., 8.A., Trin. Tweed, J. 8., 8.A., Corpus Vasey, F. G., 8.A., Trin. Wainwright, C. H., 8.A., Trin. Ward, A. H., 8.A., Pemb. Ward, A.R.,8.A., St. John's Ware, W. W., B.A .' Jes. Wasse, G., 8.A., St. John's Wasse, H. W., 8.A., Magd. Watson, F., B.A. Caius Watson, F. F. lA., Calms Watson, J. W.,l3.A.,Queen s' Westerman,E.,B.A.,Queens' White, H. S. 8.A., Jes. Whitley, T.: ' B.A. Emman. Williams, A. H., T 3. A. , Clare Williams, E. V., 8.A., St. John's Wilson, J.E., 8.A., Emman. Wiustauloy, C. 8., S.C.L., 1 Jes. Winterbottom, E., 8.A., Christ's Wood, A., 8.A., Trin. , Wood, M., 8.A., Oath. Yeats, G., 8.A., St. John's TRIESEMAE.—The High Court of Chancery, in May last, granted an injunction against a party for an infringe- a meat of the Triesemar patent medicine, which has world-wide reputation. It is said tha a this woreatdndeaerful discovery will be the means of saving g l of misery to suffering humanity.—Carresp anden ' t• TEE CAMP AT SHOENCLUTZ—The strong gale of Fri day severely tested the buildings on Shorncliffe, erected for the troops. The contractor had some fear for the church (which is in an expose d position), but it stood the gale well, as did also the huts. An iron storehouse in sourse of erection fell down ; but with the exception of some gutters which were blown off, no damage was done to the camp. ELILV7,2IIt. Bedford and Blet eh lay Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. e. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.& D n. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Sharer. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . lididld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exten N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prost. & Vti y: Do. Shrh. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.and Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. 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Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c.' Do. do. do Stock. & llartl. g. p, o. till July 1, 'F.6 ,Waterfd. & Kilk. O p c 10 St. 20 50 100 100 100 1(X) 100 1100 too all ill all St. 1.4 12i 10 6 1 , 12) 2 1 12+ St. St. 10 20 20 20 i pm Pm 12i 12 ad x d 30 29/ DESTRUCTION OF VALUABLE PLATE& A ceremony was performed the other day, which at the first blush appears to be about the most stupid and disgusting act of Vandalism which we ever happened to have heard of. A number of gen tlemen "interested in the advancement of the fine arts," to use the words of the reporter of the meet ing., attended at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate street, on Thursday evening, to bear witness to the destruction of the steel plates " of some of the best known and most popular steel engravings which ever existed, and which were published by the pre. sent Lord Mayor, Sir Francis Graham Moon, when he carried on the business of a printseller and pub lisher, and the original cost of engraving, copy right, &c., of which has been little short of 30,0001.°0 Among these were " The Waterloo Banquet," "The Queen receiving the Sacrament," " The Re turn from Hawking," and several others equally well known to those who gaze at print-shop win dows. The steels of these magnificent plates werein the first instance destroyed by disfiguring thee x tigray .s i t n r g e s e , under the superintendence of M r . Boys, of ofo t, their present proprietor, and Messrs. Dixon and Ross, the printers, of the Hampstead-road, who have taken the whole of the impressions from them for distribution among the public. The plates were subsequently cut to pieces by machinery, and were exhibited nailed to boards on a surface of white cloth, at the Albion, on Thursday. Mr. Boys, formerly of the firm of Moon, Boys, and Graves, presided, and remarked, that perhaps this might be looked upon as the most extraordinary epoch in the annals of the fine arts. He believed it was without a parallel that from 25,0001. to 30,0001. should have been voluntarily sacrificed and destroyed, as they saw was the case with the beautiful and celebrated plates around them. Some of the subjects he was justified in saying had cost, with the various adjacts in engraving, ke., 8,000/t. each. They were, as they saw, destroyed beyond all re demption ; and now must be stated the object of such voluntary destruction. The patrons of art devoted a considerable sum every year to the decoration of their mansions with such specimens as the impressions of the plates before them bad produced, and it was felt that those who had paid 10, 15, or 20 guineas for a work of art should be protected from seeing the same work at a later period, as was too frequently the case, hawked about at incredibly lo sums. One effect, therefore, of the destruction of these plates was that a large increase is the standard value of the existing impressions was created. A. lasting value was imparted to them, and as those in the hands of the trade diminished in number that value would increase. Under these circumstances, as a guarantee to the trade as well as the public, these valuable plates had been destroyed. Mr. Graves, Mr. Straker, Mr. Marks, and other gentlemen, spoke upon the subject ; and the various copies in the hands of the proprietor was then put up to a trade sale, the conipett tion being very spirited. A liberal entertainment ter minated the proceedings. One of our earliest recollections is of a picture, in a certain child's history of the world, called "Turks Destroying Works of Art," where three or four sturdy Osmanlis, slippered, bearded, turbaned, and with fine muscular development, were sawing away at a fluted Greek column. We have never been able to forgive the Turks for this —no, not even now that they are our allies. But they were barbarians, and they knew no better ! When we read the above ac count of the Albion Tavern meeting, this picture was immediately recalled to our recollection. The acts were the same ; but, as for the reasons, they are very different in the two cases. Mr. Boys, Mr. Graves, Mr. Colnaghi, and Mr. Ackermann, and " the large number of gentlemen interested in the advance of the fine arts," are not barbarians. Oh, no ; they are interested in the fine arts. _ We hope Mr. John Lemoine—who makes him self merry with English absurdities, and shows us up to his compatriots, and whose facetious notice of our legal and Sunday legislation we translated a day or two since—we hope that Mr. John Lemoine never reads the Daily News. For these gentlemen interested in the fine arts would indeed be exhibited as English originals. The observations of his to which we refer began with the sentence "What are laws without manners I" and very apropos is such a maxim in the present case. When we have succeeded after ages of struggle in destroying the obstacles of the law to free trade, when we have destroyed many, and—please God—intend to destroy many mere monopolies—when we have done all this, hei e we hate this fine-art people, who have no " law " to trouble them, showing themselves apparently to be as little troubled with "mariners." Apparently, we say, for are they Rot interested in the fine arts It Wo have all read: of Shakspere's or King Lear's " farmer, who hanged himself for fear of plenty ;" and we have heard that during the good old times quantities of corn were now and then absolutely destroyed io enhance the price of the remainder. Now the corn destroyers and King Lear's farmer were interested in agriculture ; so their case at first seems parallel to that of Messrs. Boys and Co. But it is not ; for the farmer and corn destroyer were interested in agriculture as being sellers of corn, and though they did the corn eaters harm, they (lid themselves good—or thought so. But Messrs. Boys and Co.—and by the Co. we mean all the per sons concerned in the Albion ceremony—according to the statement of Mr. Boys, destroyed the steel plates only to benefit others, by raising the value of the engravings, which had been bought for many guineas b . y people who d ecora t e th e i r mans i ons. Tile fact is, Messrs. Boys an d C o . are ar i stocrats or philo-aristocrats ; they worsh;p people who have mansions, and they show their abundant love by making a voluntary sacrifice of 25,000/. or 30,0004. entirely for the sake of their lordly patron*. We therefore see now what they mean by being lute rested in the fine arts. We have heard of print sellers destroying engraved plates immediately after they had taken as many impressions as could be called perfect copies, so that no inferior ones should appear in the market to beget a poor taste in art and take away from their high repute as priutsellers. These latter were interested in the fine arts in a dif ferent sense from Messrs. Boys and Co. There are some people, too, who labour to make the best things common—who would rather decorate the peasant's wall with a good engraving than with a bad one— who think it better that the :esthetic faculty of the poor man should be drawn out by offering to his gaze a Raphael than dulled by the vulgar and atro cious daubs which alone aro now within the reach of his purse ; and who think, in fact, that there ' will be always natural causes enough in action to make a difference between the cottage and the mansion without resorting to the barbarian, brutal, and wicked process of voluntarily destroying what is beautiful or useful. Are Messrs. Boys and Co. content to be consi dered as interested in the fine arts in this sense, viz., that they are meant o n ly f or th e mans i on, an d not for the cottage ? Is this really th e i r excuse for their stupid barbarian act ? and for the brazen front with which they take credit to themselves for the act, and have a president, speeches, and a " liberal entertainment ?" To do them justice, we don't think they saw the full meaning of theirsue% planation, or that they intended to do ny barbarous thing ; and as the barbarity would a con sistw in the knowledge of what they barbarity. As doing, As we acquit them of brutality and in short, affair wears this aspect. elaborate trade puff. said at first, it is only at th;refirbssautrspb‘elucts,h that the that after all it was only Mr. Boys, the distribution among impressions from Mr. Boys fi to g_ o theculonsideration : and this con proprietovaiziort.ho plates, had taken the public" ...... for a siderationno more could possibly : re m: it became known be produced. . ,woullvde impressions should be taken as the that as man), amount h o that e that h t a o t M a p l a t e s would bear, and that he and th e gent l emen inter interested es in the tine arts who entered into " the s pirited competit ion " for the engravin gs may ma k e avery good thing of it. We hope that the whole world will now have an opportunity of buying , som e of those prints ticketed " very rare ;" that they may) notwithstanding, be bought cheap enough to adorn a cottage, while the owners of the mansions may fancy that all their engravings are from plates that have been voluntarily destroyed, so that their souls may not be vexed by having anything that the million can attain to. We hope that this latter is the real explanation of the Al bion meeting—that, in fact, it was a peddling trade puff ; that Mr. Boys made so good a thing of it that the cost of the liberal entertainment was a flea-bite ; that it was not the dull-headed act of Vandalism which it at first appeared ; and that this time we shall escape the kind notice of Mr. John Lemoine.—Daily News. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). on sale iniast:::: CORN EXCHANGE. Although the supply of English wheat market was very moderate, the demand for all kinds rlded, very inactive, at Monday's decline in the quotations, inferior '. o 2 r 7 p ow a r en c er e ks l; The imports of foreign whertt have been e o n ;l a Importers generally were firm in their demands and p r ? • were supported. The business doing, however, Iv " t . fi . ce4 Fine barley cargoesrealised of v.e grain ry w itoeon e yn r : full e mi pricesoqo o u n. i a te i tai3tra;:s butd_ stationary prices. commanded f nl3g:aoßeans, s.,.peas, s c reheat. 2 a a, r ,ni scarcely Malt h a v7s a tolerably l o e w r a g b a l y i e firm, f a a t t s , la a t t o rates. Boa lyfloalrYilaaasnt I aamvala 111113 IV 1,650 ~•T alt. frish •• •• _ 556 Foreign 2 270 f ' 1= 1 1 Oats. I Flour. 1 1,220 5,430 6,280 1610 aka. 1 —brls. BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a very inactive demand for all kiwis of hops, at barely stationary prices. Duty, 350,0001. WHITECHAPEL. The trade r u l e d h eavy , as f e ll ows : —Beef, from S s 2dte 4s 6d ; mutt on, 3 s 4d t o 4 s 6d ; vea l, 3 s 8d to is 10d P°r lr, 1.0(1 to b 2cl rex 51be by the moue. R2s, 1 100 100 100 3i 100 430 100 16 too ton 213 20 5 20 18 20 WO 25 25 20i 20} 100 20i 100 20 100 100 100 20 20 20 50 1001 50 100 100 20 10i i 86 8 53 i