The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-11 00:00:00

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The Oregon, from Our-h c, vrtnt thole 7 h inst., it iies,tt a.aria got if, and has arrived here this day,veAug .s (not the 14th) off L.,pez, apparently on oil a was the cies, from B3uny to Liverpu:, arid not the Vecchs, as yesterday reported. Sid. 8 , 11, Priecess Alice, Charles ton. 9.h, B:ina Don, Sava!in,.l4. Bee Tort, OCT. 10.-,The It.:hert - and William, Har wich to ha. ben towed up here from Clay Hole to-day, and must discharge litr cargo, whiehis supposed be much damaged. DUBLIN, ()cr. 9.—The Helen, New R sa to Pr. - . , ston, on shore on Wicklow Bar, has been gut off leaky, and must discharge. _ _ OFF PLYikIOUTII, OCT. 9.—Putentate, Phelps, LAUD: ceston, Van Diemen's Laud; Taseepar, Brown, Bahi. more fur Havre. FOWEY, O'T. 9.—Arrd. Union, Blair, Santa Cruz for Bremen, with foremast sprang. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NM VIGILTE AND LEADMITRILLL. These markets were wail supplied with each kind of Melt!, yet the demand was steady at full prices. Beef from 23 4d to 33 6d; Mutton, 23 101 to 3s 103; Veal, 3s 2 1 to 33 8d; and Pork, 33 4d to 43 43 per Slbs by the carcase. ET SMITHFIRLD.—Me A adow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 12i; Clover ditto, 31 O. to 41 123; and Straw, 11 4 , 1/ 9i per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. Cubit;RitLaND.—Meadow Ha), 21103 to 3/ 1.1 i; Clover ditto, 3, oi to 4/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 105 per load. A lull av e r age supp l y, and a sluggish demand. W HITECHAPEL.—AIeadow Hay, 2:85 to 31124; lover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 125; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1110 s per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. MEAT PiXAMLETS. HAILSHAM, OCT. 10.—We had a steady trade this minting, ou the following terms :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4(1 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 34 Btl per Blbs. ARUNDEL, OCT. 9.—Our m rket was firm, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Beef from 3s 4d to 43; Mutton, 33 6d to 45 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 33 6d; and Pork, 33 6d to 33 8d per Blbs. CHICHESTER, OCT. 10.—The general trade was steady, at higher prices. Beef from 33 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 34 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 225; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 18/ each. SOUTHALL, OCT. 10.—Our market to-day was fairly supplied with tech kind of stock, the demand for which vas steady, at improved currencies. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Od; Mutton, 33 4d to 4s Id; Veal, 3s 2d to 33 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offal. RomFoitp, OCT. 10.—Each kind of prime stock moved off freely, at enhanced quotations. Oti erwise. the demand was firm. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 38 4d to 33 83; and Pork, 33 4d to 3s 81 per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 19s to 255• Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 21s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN FOr the Week ended Oct. 4, 1849, made up from thi Returns of ti e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. . . OA7S. RTE. BEANS. . PRICE .. I 421 WHEAT I 4d 27s BARLET I 7d 17sk Id I 25s 9d 293 01 1 I YEAS 29j Id UN N Ns BEAT. I I BARLED TIES Y, OAT O S. CORN. I FOREIGN RTE. I BEANS. PEAS. IS Od Is Od Is Od Is OJ Is Od lis 08 HERIFFS' CCIUII.---T.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under• Sheriff BURCHELL ) LOW v. This was an action to recover the- sum of 141. the balance of the value of two cows, alleged to have been sold by plaintiff, who is a cattle-salesman, to defendant, a cowiteeper and dairyman. The original price was 341. but 201. was admitted to have been paid on account. Mr. Edward Low ; brother to the plaintiff, proved that he was present at the time of the sale for the sum named. In cross-examination by Mr. CHARNOCI{, he said that there was some allowance made fur a cow which had been sold on warrantry, but had turned out bad, but he could not say that it was to go off this amount, Mr. CHARNOCK said that ho must admit that the de fendant had misconceived his right, which was to have brought a cross-action, and could not urge the unsound ness of other cattle as a set-off.—Verdict for plaintiff: BOLDING V. wOIIIBWELL This was an action to recover the sum of 71., the price of a her e. The facts of the case were these:—The plaintiff agreed with defendant to take a horse for 71. los., but if the plaintiff did not approve of it, and returned it within a week, defendant undertook to return 71., reserving lox. for trouble. The horse did not suit, and was sent back, but defendant refused to repay the 71. A witness who was called to prove the agreement said the mare was warranted sound, but defendant said he would take it back if de'endat.t did not like it. De fendant, after he bad put the horse in the stable, said he expected he should have it back again. Witn(ss said it was " groggy" arid br , ken-wind(d—indeed it was a re gular screw.—(Laughter.) Thomas Deabury said he was present when defendant warranted the mare. Mieniaut said it was as nice a little mare as plaintiff could have, aud, was as sound as a The UNDER SHERIFF-L -What fish—a roach? Witness was prisent alter the deal, and defendant sail " We are safe to have her back egain, but sho won't take any harm, as Mr. Bolding's keep will do her good. It was a pretty. loeking thing, but in reality was ver3 bad inthed—as bad as could be. In cross-examination, he said that plaintiff said he thought the horse was thick-winded, but defendant war ranted it of course because he wanted to sell it; that was natural enough. It was not his business to say any this to Bolding, but he did not recommend it. Defendant said it was a little thick-winded, as it had slept out in the field and caught cold. The UNDER-SHERIFF—That is a standing excuse, is it not? Witness—Yes. I should say it myself if I wanted to sell. I should do the best I could for my self.—(Laughter.) Thomas Yolland, a plumber, &c., in West -street, Somers -town, proved that defendant admitted that he ought to have returned the 71, but be said he did not make a practice of returning money, or he should have all the farmers in Whetstone after him. Witness re commended Golding to buy of defendant. He (wit nese) had heard of other cases like this, but he stilt dealt with defendant, and would recommend him, as he considered defendant might not know all the horses as he bought at fairs. Witness had bought 100 horses of him in five years, as ho had kept cabs. Cab-horses varied from 3/. to 151. or 161. The defendant's solicitor said he was afraid that he could not offer any defence, as he was very imperfectly instructed, and defendant, who had promised to bring witnesses, was not present. The UNDER-SHERIFF said the plaintiff's case bad bee n fully made out, if the jury believed the witnesses, and he did not well see why they should not if they were nncontradicted. The jury gave n verdict for the amount claimed. MARLBRW-STREET—(THIS DAY.) John Batton was brought before Mr. Bingham. charged with having embezzled several sums of money, received by him for and on account of his employer, Mr. Edwin Lee, confectioner, Sidney-alley, Leicester square. 'The prosecutor stated that on th e 22 d of S eptember be sent the prisoner with goods to the amount of 1/. ss. to . a customer of his, named Mitchell, in Lamb. street, Spite Melds. Before the prisoner left, witness gave him bill and receipt, with strict directions, in case he die not get the money, to tear the receipt from the bill and leave the latter with the goods. When the prisoner returned he said he had seen Mr. Mitchell, who wished the same quantity of goods to be sent in a week, when he Would pay both the bills. On Saturday last witness lent some more goods by the prisoner, amounting to IL los., making with the goods previously sent 2/. 15s. With these goods he gave the prisoner a bill and receipt for both amounts. The receipt was so written that the prisoner could not tear it off without tearing the bill, which witness directed the prisoner to bring back, in ease he failed in getting the money. On his return he told witness that Mr. Mitchell was not at home, and he bad been- foolish enough to leave the bill. Witness on hearing this reprimanded the prisoner, and thought no more of the matter ; but on tho prisoner absconding from his employ on the following day, witness called upon Mr. Mitchell, who, in reply to his inquiries, said be had paid the prisoner when he delivered the goods. Witness saw nothing more of him till last night, when he gave him in charge. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday. EWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match, 100, h ft—Crucible received. Handicap for three yrs old. P.M. Paquita ••• Bt. Denis ••• ••• ••• ••• Match, 300, h ft—Tisiphone best Borneo. Match, 200, h ft—Preslaw beat Treacherous. Match, 200, h ft—Newport beat Ploughboy. T M ... ... 1 ... 2 _HE MYSTERIES or LoNno,N.---In addition to its pictures of country life, the new story, entitled " The Lord of the Manor," contains some extraordinary reve lations of the " sa yi ngs and doings " in our great metro polis. The leading personage in the drama is a certain Jew quack dotter, who, having for his confederates his wily, wife and no less wily daughters, contrives to live en Prince, in a mansion splendidly appointed, with a goodly retinue of servants. Once within the physician's magic circle—" like that of the fiend in Der Frieschutz —his victim (some wealthy or noble person, in all pro bability, of the weaker sex).vainly endeavours to escape from his toils. This Jew doctor is stated to be a per trait drawn from real life. If so, it may be predicted that he will not pursue his pro!essional career with im Punity ; albeit, he may long be permitted to " strut and fret his hour upon the stage," for "The Lord of the Manor" is to be dramatized immediately. A BRIIDEEN.—SIE ROBERT PEEL.--T his laikhly d istinguished Baroaet is expected in Aberdeen on Friday first. The civic ilig,nitaies are making such prep arat i ons as will a dd to the honour, and give éclat to this part of his progress homewards. The freedom of the ancient city of Bun Accord will, of course, be conferred on Sir Robert Peel; and it is probabl e th ere w i ll be a banquet thst OCCaIiiOD.SCOLIMait. CHOLERA ANL) DIARRHCEA RETURN OF (:ASES, OCT. 9. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISPRAR's DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Dlarrh. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington Chelsea... ..• St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster St. Martin-in-the -Fields ... St. James, West.emster Marylnborn) Hampstead St. Pancras Islington Hackney St. Giles Strand --- • Holborn Union Clerkenwell . St. Luke East London West London City of London NORTa DISTRIc CS. ••• "..• ••• ... - CENTRAL DISTRICTS. • • • ."". ••• .... • • • ..-. ... ...... ••• •'. ••• EAST DisTitic rs. shoreditch Bethnal-green ••• Whitechapel St. George-in -the ast Stepney ••• •.• Poplar ... ••• .. £OIITH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. (Have Bermondsey St. George, Southwark Newington ... Lambeth Wandsworth Camberwell Rotherhithe G ret nwich Total ••• o 1 o 1 o 0 o 0 o 0 o ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 o o 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept. 17, 1848, to Oct. 9, 1849... ... 14,448 Total deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Oct. 9, 1849... ... 13,357 • The return has not been . received from Mr. G. Yarrow, registrar of St. Leonard's, sub-district of Shore ditch. NOTE.—The district of Kensington comprises the parishes of Kensington, Hammersmith, Fuiham, and Paddington. Westminster district comprises the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan gelist, with Privy Gardens and Whitehall, and the close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. St. Giles's district comprises the parishes of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury. The following are co extensive with the unions of the same name:—Hackneyf Strand, Holborn, East London, West London, City o, London, Whitechapel, Stepney, Poplar, St. Saviour, St. Olave, Wandsworth (Wandsworth and Clapham), Greenwich, and Lewisham. The remaining districts are co extensive with the respective parishes of the same name. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhce4 reported to the General Board of Health the 10th day of October, 1849 : Alnwick ••• ••• ••• Axbridge ••• • •.• Barnstaple ... ..• ... Bedminster ... ..• Big4leswade (Patton district) Bradford, North Bierley, Pudsey, Thornton, and Bowling ... Bridgwater ... Bristol Bury (Elton and Heywood) ... Carlisle ••• ••• ••• ' Castle Ward (Stamfordham)... Chorley ••• ••• ••• Chorl ton (Hul me ) •• • Clifton Union (St. Philip and Jacob) ... -••-- Darlington ••• --- Dewsbury (Soothill) ••• Droitwich ••• ••• Dudley (Srdgley, Tipton, and Ro•.vley (Regis) ... ••• East Stonehouse ••• Eccleshall (Bierlow) ... •.. Falmouth (Constantine district) Faversham ..• ••• Gainsborough (West Bubber nick, Owston) ••• Gateshead (Dunston, Wickham) Goole (Snaith and Armin) ... Great Loughton ••• flal , fax (Sowerby) Hardingstone (Paddington) Elastings fiayfiell ••• ••• Elitchin and Baldock Huddersfield (Lockwood and Slaithwaite) ••• ••• Hunslet, Kirkstall, and Rothwell Lancaster Lceds Lewc s ... ••• .... Liverpool ... ... Louth ... ••• Sladeley (Much Wet,lock) ... Sheelesfield (Bolliugton) Nlanehester ••• ••••• Milton r ext Sittingbourne Milstead ..• ... • ... Newcastle-on-Tyne ..• Newtown ... ••• Northwick and Weaverham Peterborough •• Pontefract (Lumley, Castleford, and More) Rochford Rotherham (Wad)) ... Runcorn and Badworth St. Albans Sculcoa Lc ... • Selby••• ••• South Shields (Weston) ... - Stockport and Marple... Stockton (Hartlepool and Yarm) Stoke-upon-Trent (S belton) Stourbridge (Kingswinford) Thetford ... ••• rutnes - (Brixham) Fruro I'ynemouth ( Bly th and Earsdon) Uxbridge (Hillingdon district) Wakefield (Stanley) ... Wal-all and Darlastnn ••• West Bromwich (Wednesbury and Oldbury) West Derby (Toxteth Park and Walton-on-the-Hill) Wept outh Whitby Whitehaven Wigan Windsor (Clever) ... Wolverhampton (Bilston and Wombourne) Wycombe ... Yarmouth, Great •••. ...* ••• ...... Deaths. Cholera. Dlarrh. 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ••• ... ••• ... • • • .....• Total ... • . • ..... SCOTLAND. Arbroath ... St. Vigen3, Arbroath Dundee ••• ••• ••• Bones. (6th and 7th inst.) . ... Blair Drum mon d, parish of Kincardine, Stirling (for 3d and 4th) • • ...." Total ... ... General total:— Metropolis ... Country ... Scotland ... ••• ". 14 1 1 4 0 0 5 5 1 8 2 13,896,894 Loan in Jan. 49,430,267 I 1848. No. 11. Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the 10th October, 184, and the 10th October, 1849, Quarters ended Oct. 10. 1849 ••• .... iii• ..... Total site .... 14 199 10 NOTE.—The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im• practicable to distinguish every place separately. CHOLERA. Mon. Tue. Oct. Oct. Bth. 9th. 4 0 4 1 3 1 11 3 16 9 DIARRHCEA. Mun. Tue. Oct. Oct. Bth. 9th. 4 2 5 3 1 0 4 4 6 2 38 14 20 11 5,483,832 1,318,233 1,035 98,642 426,570 428,746 THE SUN, LONDON , THURSDA Y EVENING OCTOBER H, 1849 THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING OCTOBER 10, 1849. No. I.—An Abstract of the N. t Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended 10th of Octet). r 1848, and lath of Oetobur, MP showing the Increas.? or Decrease on each head thereof. II YEAR '! QUARTERS ENDED QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ______________ A ____ , I ended ,- __________ A ___ , . ended ' Year ended Oct. 10. q uarter ended Vet. 10. r - Jan. 5, April 5, ' July 5, Oct. 10, Oct. 10, , Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Oct. to 1 (-________&____, r _______A__ ---, 1848 1841 1843 1843 1841 ! 1849 1849 1849 1849 1849 I Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. - • - - X- X .£ X Customs ••••••• • • • • • • • 4,111,862 4,392,650 4,447,432 5,406,183 , 18,358,827 4,682,395 4,593,119 4,128,777 5,253,272 18,657,593 ' Customs . . 298,736 153,211 Excise.. .... ... •••• • • • 3,246,' 4 83 0,002,601 3,473,803 4, , 02,574 i 12,825,861 3,25:3,162 1,820,575 3,020,602 i 4,287,577 12,381,916 i Excise ..... ....... •• • • •• - Stamps. 125.108 .. 224,8(5 •• .. Taxes .... , .12,599 Property Tax.. I'ost-0t1ice..,.......... 208,000 221,000 136,000 221,000 786,000 I 198,010 231,000 126 , 000 1 224 , 0 0 0 852,000 ~ 3,000 . Post-office ..• 6670 2,299 21,116 . .0 . 0 Crown Lands - - ... •.. 40,000 21,000 10 , 0)0 20,001 91,000 30,000 40,000 40,000 1 '20,000 130,000 ! Crown Lands ••• • • • 39 000 .. • • ... •- - 668,611 ~1 46,244 44 ,903 :1;810 Miscellaneous ........ 11,746 56,307 9,227 13,923 91,293 , 21,709 98,792 70,140 21,902 212,543 Miscellaneous.- - .. • • 1 .. 121340 - -- - - --- - Total Ordinary - Revenue 11,561,696 70,497,764 12,657,036 13,334,498 43,019,968 ,12,003,311 10,495,277! 12,163,186 13,610,561 48,272,335 Total . . 455,02: 84 _B4 . .. • • 81,284 China Money ...- - China Money- - .. •• ; • • 455,021 • • -. 30,914 24,452 163,60 n 165 , 437 302,103 ,•,3 ‘ ,. , ., , ,, i 204,361 109,875 120,134 553,265 ', Imprest Moneys, &e . 1 : 0 :: :6 5 2 2 D8 3 1 : 6 0 1 9 7 : 3 : 7 4.„5, ... 07 I 1 - ' • ' •••• Imprcst Moneys, &c. ..! Repayments of, Ids-daces 74,043 74,133 84,813 112,605 347,604 140,695 87,643 170,1341 1 166,199 595,383 ; llepayrntsofAdyncs. 217,779 •-, • • .... 48,263 • • • • 53..594 Total Income • • 11,605,353 11,051,379 12,912,4 , 19 13,615,510 49,244,696 : 12,352,185 110,787,2 12,143,932 1 13,8 ( .43,894 i 49,480,267 • i Total -- Amount applied to Con. i I 11 ~ . 4 , , . Deduct solidated Fund* - Decrease ' 1 " ' '''' 1 Deduct Ditto, as Advances .•• - ' 310,833 149,059 231,111 428,746 1,149,746 ' 134,330 ; 135,554 393,077 490,420 1,253,437 I,' Ditto, as Ways & Means 1 , 1 - Increase of the Year --- - - 4,889,744 4,946,003 , 5,863,319 5,956,3:38 21,655,489 3,193,653 ' 4,704,432 4,830,517 5,107,494 1 7, 8 36,131 j , ' Increase - - - - , I 235,5711 on 281,384/ on tire the Year. Quarter. Total. •• • • 12,241,133 11,051,379 12,912,449 113,615,5101 49,820,471 ,12,352,185 10,787,236 12,443,902 113,896,8941 '49,-130,267 1! . • Exclusive of Advances and inclusive of Loan in Jan. 1848. . Quarters ended Oct. It', 5,469,666 1,292,376 I 0,:350 98,695 409,282 490,426 the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, K C B. (captain of the P . was at Trafalgar); Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8.; Sir F. W. Austen KC 13. (commander of the Petrel at tire cap ture of La Legurienee, and of the Cano; us at St. Do mingo); Sir J. A. Ouamanney, K.C.8.; Sir E. D. limg, K.C.H. (captain of the Grenada at the capture of Gua deloupe); Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G. (captain of the Atlas at at. Dow ago); Sir Samuel Pyrn, K C. 8.; Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.8., K C. 11.; Richard Thomas, J. R. Dacres, the Hon. Donald H. Mackay, Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 8., and Sir John Louis, Bart. Oat of the above hat the flag officer a fro has servkd longest in command in chief is that gallant, distinguished, and able officer Sir E. D. King. Captain Slade bas been appointed additional to the flag-ship in the Mediterranean, to be employed upon any service in which his great experience in Oriental man ners and customs, and proficiercy es a linguist, may be made available at the discretion of the Gallant Corn mender-in-Chief; and as it may be advisable to keep tip an uninterrupted personal communication between the Admiral and the British representative at Censtan i nople, and 'moreover as the ser vices of an adlicer of Captain Slatie's abilities as a linguist and O. kids! tra veller may be required in diplomatic intt reeurse Nesse-en the authorities above -mentioned anti the rowers of France, Turkey, Austria, and Russia. Cepteio Sieve has been selected as a meta able and coetidenti d ea eu a Captain Slade (within 48 hours of his eppointuant)" left London for Marseilles on Saturday last, and proceeds thence by the steam packet that conveys the outwar d overland Indian mail of last night to Malta, en route to join the flag-ship in the Mediterranean, to report himself to Vice-Admiral Sir IV. Felker. It is expected that he will find the fleet at Athens. Cap • lain Slade is nut only intimately . and mitutely ac quainted himself with Turkey and its inlets, and the resources and capabilities of that empire, but in a two volume work, entitled "Records of Travels in Turkey, and of a Cruise in the Black Sea with the Caei'aa Pacha, in 1829-30 31," he has succeeded iu improtieg the information of the public. During the late ref:data' in Portugal, Captain (then Commatater) Slide we. dis patched in command of the Recruit, 12 gun stoop, to Madeira, on a &I:caw and confidential mi s sion, w hi c h he fulfilled with great credit to himself. His Com mander-in-chief, aiir C. Napier, however, was not at all disposed to appreciate his services on this occasion, and if report says truly, he even went so far as so ex press some slight disapprobation of his proceedings ; nut the gsllant commander consoled hina , -eft with au Atimi. rally letter in his p,cket, thanking hirer fur the manner in which he had performed the duty entrusted to him. In fact, for this service he eas noted for promotion to his present rank by the late Earl of Auckland, %hosts intention was carried out after his Lordship's lamented death by the Board of Admiralty, by wle.m he has now been appointed to another important and confiden tial post. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATII OF ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD W. C. R. Ownx, G.C.8., G.C.H.-Aelother pliant flag officer of . the Royal Navy has gone to his last account. AdMiral of the White Sir Edward William Camp bell "Rich Owen, G.C.8., G.C.11., died on Monday last, at his seat at Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrey, full of years and honours, having attained the ad vanced age of seventy-eight. The name of the gallant deceased, either by his father's, his own, or his bro thet's gallant deeds, has been well known in the navy for the last ninety years ; but especially that of Sir C. Owen, who having been in the naval service for almost three quarters of a rentury, served on full pay no less than fifty years of that time. As Corn modore Owen, however, he will be best known to posterity, for his great and incessant services in the Channel against the French will live for ever. His name on the French coast was held in the utmost terror, kr wherever his gallant frigate " Imincrtalite ' . .ghti . went there was stern fighting with and destruction to the enemy. Sir William OWen's father was a Captain in the navy ; as a midshipman he lest his right arm at the taking of Pondicherry from the French in 1760, and was accidrntaily killed at Madras in 1788, when returning to England with dispatches announc ing the second capture of Pondicherry. Sir W. OWen represented Sandss ich in Parliament in 1826 ; in Alay, 1827, he was appointed to the office of Surveyor General of the Ordnance; and in March, 1828, formed one of the Lord High Admiral's council. From the Admiralty he was appointed Commander in-chief of the East India station ; and from 1834 held for a short time the office of Clerk of the Ordnance. The details of his career in the navy are thus given in O'Byrne's " Naval Biography," but they are necessarily somewhat abridged :- "This officer entered the navy on August 11, 1773, as captain's servant on board the Enterprise, commanded in the Mediterranean by Captain Sir Thomas Rich, with whom from 1780 until 1782, he served in the West In. dies in the Princessa, Sandwich, and Princess Rey al. In July, 1786, he rejoined the same captain as midbeep. man on board the Culloden, 74, lying at Plymouth, and while on the books of that ship be was on two occa sions lent to the Fairy sloop, Captain Isaac George Manly, and Leander, 50, bearing the broad pendant at Helifax of Commodore Herbert Sawyer. In the early part of 1790, after his servitude of two 3 ears on the Channel and Mediterranean stations in the Loss estoffe frigate, Capt. Edward Dodd, he passed his examination. H then became, in succession, attached to the Thisbe, 28, Capt. Rupert George ; the Dido frigate, Capt. Ed wd Butler; the Vengeance, 74, Captain Sir Thomas Web; the Hannibal. 74, Captain John Colpoys; the Porcupine, 24, Captain Edward Buller; and Culloden again, Capt. S.r Thomas • Rich, in which ships he served on the North American, home, and West India stations. until made Lieutenant, Nov. 6, 1793, into the Fortue6,-, 36, Captain Wooldridge, off Cadiz, where he soon removed to the Hannibal, still commanded by Captain Culpoys. His next appointments were July 22, and Dec. 15, 1794, to his old ship, the Culloden, and to the London, 98, hearing the flags in the Channel of Admirals Sir Thomas Rich and J. Colpoys ; by the latter, we be lieve, of whom he was nominatt d, after having enacted a part in Lord Bridport's action, acting Captain in March and May, 1796, of the Impregnable, 98, and Queen Charlotte, 100. Being awarded a second pro motel commission, bearing date Sept. 19, 1796, Captain Owen, in Jan., 1797, rejoined his friend Admiral Col poys as a volunteer on board the London, on leaving which ship in the ensuing May he was for two months employed in the command of the gun-brigs stationed in the Thames and at the Noi-e Under . the orders of Com modore Erasmus Gower. He obtained post rank on April 23, 1796,in the Northumberland, 74, lying at Sheer ness, and he was subsequently appointed, tor a short period in the summer of the same year, to the Irresisti ble, 74, stationed in the river-Medway; Jan. 1, 1801, to the Nemesis, 28; May 11, 1802, to the Immortalite, 36; March 21, 1806, to the Clyde, 36; Dec. 6, 1810, to the Inconstant, 36; Feb. 17, 1813, to the Cornwall, 74; July 30, 1814, to the Dorset, yacht, off Deptford; Dec. 12, 1814, to the chief command on the Lakes of Canada; Feb. 6, 1816, fur six years, to the Royal Sovereign yacht; Nov. 25, 1822, to the Gloucester, 72. In the Nemesis Captain Owen commanded a detachment of vessels off the Scheldt and the neighbourhood of Dun kerque; and in the Itnmortaltni he was at first employed, as senior officer, during the peace of Amiens, of a squadron of frigates lying in readiness for service in th e Downs. On t he renewal of hostilities we find him sta tioned with several slooops and smaller vessels under his orders on the coast of France, where his activity and zeal kept the enemy in a constant state of alarm. In June, 1803, he drove on shore, near Cape Blanc-nez, Le Commode and L'lnabordable, a French brig and schooner, each mounting four guns. On the 14th of September, following he bombarded with effect the towns of Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux; and in July, 1804, he directed an attack upon a powerful division of the French invasion flotilla, consisting of forty five brigs and forty-three loggers, part of which was endea vouring to effect a passage from Boulogne to Etaples. In August of the same year he was for several days en gaged with the enemy, partici:W-1y on the 25th and 26th, when the interchange of fire with their vessels and batteries in the vicinity of Boulogne was frequent and heavy. On the 23d October, 1804, the ImmortatinS and her consorts sustained a eunnirg action cif an hour, be tween Capes Blanc-nt z and Grtantz, with three prattais, seven brig;, and fiitein luggers, and in July, 1805, they took part in a very smart affeir nil the enemy near Ambleteuse. On the latter occit!ion the Immorialue had her foremast, maintopmast, spanker-boom, and three boats shot through, 11, r rigging and sails much cut, her hull struck in several places, 2 carronadea dis • abled, and 4 man killed and 12 wounded, several of them severely. She had previously, March 7, 1805, captured El Entrepeda Curune Spanish privateer, of 44 guns and 66 men. On his removal (alter having had command of a squadron.stationed in the riv ers El be an d Weser, fir the purpose of embarking the troops under Lord Cath cart) to the Clyde, Commodore Ow.n (he had been ordered to hoist a broad pendant) superintended in Oc tober, 1806, a decisive and very s u ccess f u l exper i ment , made with Congreve's rockets on the town of Boulogne, where many of the buildings and several vessels were destroyed. Accompanying the expedition of 1809 to Walcheren, the Commodore throughout the operations which there took place distinguished himself in a hi g h degree by his gallant and liii animated conduct, and obtained warm commendation for the manner in which he discharged the various arduous duties he had to per. form. His skill and judgment were in particular de monstrated in the position he assigned to the bomb and other vessels under his orders in the attack upon Flush ing, and his activity and, zeal in the assistance he afforded the St. Domingo, the flag-ship of the Comman der-in. Chief, when aground under the enemy's fire, which, through his exertions, was speedily slackened. In the Inconstant, Commodore Owen made a voyage to Vera Cruz and back, and was for some time attached to the fleet off the Scheldt ; where, on his appoint ment to the Cornwall, he assumed the command of the advanced portion of the shipping. At the close of 1813 he tendeied himself conspicuous by his ex emplary conduct at the head of a body of seamen and marines landed to co-operate with the Dutch Royal ists in the defence of the island of South Beveland. While in command of the Royal Sovereign yacht, he bad the honour of conveying to this country the present Queen Dowager, the Dukes and Duchesses of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Hesse Homburg, and Grand Duke Michael of Russia. With the exception of some months in 1823-24, Sir Edward Owen-who had been nominated K.C.B. Jan. 2, 1805; invested with the honour of knighthood May 14, 1816; and appointed c donel of Roy al Marines July 19, 1821-continued in the Gloucester, on the West India station-where the House of Assembly of Jamaica passed a vote of thanks to him for his prompt attention to commercial and naval interests-from the date above-mentioned until that of his promotion to flag rank, May 27, 1825. On Dec. 20, 1828, he was appointed to the chief command on the East India station, whence he returned in Oct., 1832; and he was next-from Oct. 14, 1841, until Feb., 1845- intrusted with the command in chief on the Mediterra nean station, be having attained the rank of vice-admiral on Jan. 10, 1837, with his flag successively in the Queen, 110, and Formidable, 84. His nomination to the G.C.H. took place on Oct. 24, 1832, and to the G.C.B. May 8, 1845. " APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Francis S. Short (1843), to the Firebrand, steam frigate, titlin g at Woolwieh. Mater—lt. P. Forbes (1848), who navigated the Adelaide steam-vessel to Port Adelaide, to the Spiteful, stt am-sloop, fitting at Divonport. Chief Eiigincers—William Templeton, to the Conflict, :crew-sloop, at Devonport; Archibald Bain, to the Virago. steam-81°14 at Devunport; William Richardson, to the Spiteful, steam-sloop, ,at Devonport. Mate—John C. Soady, to the Spiteful. Assistant Engin e er s —Ch ar l es Moore, Isaac Cocper, 4. A. Be:ond, to the Conflict; Robert Drummond, Charles Cotton, and William Wotton, to th e S p i tetut; James Morris/James Connor, and IL J. Willits, to the Virago. Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. Johnstone Christie (1846), to the Conflict; Alexander Robertson (1841), to the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth; Robert Mungle (1846), to the Shearwater straw-vessel, Queenstown. Clerk—T. H. C. Gray (184), to the Eisguard, flig. ship at Wo,lwich. Master's Assistant—J. W. need, to the Firebrand. Clerk's Assistant—W. P. Braidwood, to the Spiteful. Naval Cadet—Henry F. Campbell, to the Encounter, screw corvette, at Spithead. Mr. Dinnan, inspector of steam machinery afloat, and who has been most actively and incessantly employed fur many years in the various branches of marine steam machinery, and who was appointed inspectOr of steam machinery in the last experimental sqaadron, has been appointed to the staff of the swim department of Somer set-house, at a salary of 4501. per annum. This is a most just and well-deserved appointment. Mr. Dinnen's great practical experience afloat renders him a MJst valuable servant. REMOVAL OF SUNKEN SHIPS IN PoRTSMOTITH HAR- Sir Edward Owen married, in 1829, the daughter of Captain J. B. Hay, RN., but we believe he has left no children. Rear-Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen is his brother, and is scarcely less distinguished for ser vice, although he has not been fortunate enough to have any appendages to his celebrated name. We believe be is now in his seventy-eighth year; he has been seventy one years in the service, and of this period has actually served forty-four (not thirty-four, as stated by the authority above quoted) sea service. By the death of Su. Edward Owen, the following promotions take place:— Vice-Admiral Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, to be Admiral of the Blue, vice Hugh Downman, to be Ad miral of the White. DOUR —For the last fortnight past a party of divers and seamen from the Excellent have been employed in clearing away the wreck of two vessels which were sunk and lying in the wake of the new slip on which the Furious steamer is building, she being the first vessel built thereon. These vessels were sunk a')out 60 y ears back, as a sort of breakwater, when that part of the dockyard wall was first built. Their removal bas been attended with a good deal of trouble, and blasting was resorted to; but a chlrge of ten pounds of powder, placed under one of these vessels, so shook the new wall, that it was deemed prudent to desist using powder, and the wreck of the vessels is now being got up piece meal by grapnels or dogs. One vessel was foreign, her timbers and planking, which are quite sound, having been all fastened with dowels. There was some report abroad at Portsmouth that the Britatinia, 120, is to be taken (loan and commissioned in lieu of the Victory, and tba; the guard-ships at the principal ports are all to be efficient ships. Captain Edward Purcell has returned to his ship, the Superb, 80, at • Spithead, from Admiralty leave. The boats of the ship, with their guns in, and otherciise manned ar.d armed, were exercised at Spithead on Mon day, firing at a target. Toe L andt r, 50, Captain S. C. Darrel, has entered three-fir hs of her complement of 500, and so far has a king set of men. Iler topmasts are pointed, and r b.ivr silit nearly clothed, and she will be ready for sea by the .nd of the month, The Brilliat, t, 20, Captain B. B. Watson, C. 8., was paid oil at Sheerness, on Tuesday. A variety el ships, just conmis , iontd, offer to the ISO blue-jackets good opportunities for further employment in her Majesty's Service. The Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, bas been taken into the Angle duck, at Portsmouth; she is having her copper patched, and will be taken out of dock this day. She is nearly manned, and seems to have a capital crew, all stout, active fellows. She has been rigged with great expedition, and will be soon ready for sea. The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falc , in, will bo ready to leave Chatham on the 14th iust. She has nearly completed her crew. Tile Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, will be ready for hoisting the pendant in the course of a fortnight. The Terrible steam-frigate, at Woolwich, has been under the hands of the Woolwich " rippers and break ers," and is now a wreck of what she was a fortnight The Sidon steam-frigate has received her four boilers at Portsmouth. She has as many men about her as can find room to work. She will be masted to-day, and will be out of the hands of the engineers by the 14th of next month. The Vulcan iron steam frigate, at Woolwich, is re ported complete for service in the engineer department, and will be out of the hands of the shipwrights by the 15th Oct. The Firebrand, 6, steam frigate, Captain Knox, is complete in the shipwright and engineer's department at Woolwich, and has entered above 120 out of her 200 complement. The Styx, 6, steam-sloop, of 280-horse power, fitting at Woolwich, is ordered to be made ready for commis sion at this port as early as possible. The armament of this vessel will consist of one 68-pounder, of 90 cwt., and 10 feet long; one 10-inch gun, of 85 cwt., and 9 fret 4 inches long; and four 32-pounders, of 42 cwt. each, 8 feet long, on pivot slides and carriages. She will have a crow of 160 men. The Scourge, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord F. Kerr, has been masted at Portsmouth, and is partly rigged. She has about 50 vacancies to fill up. The Confiance steam•vessel, Master - Commander Martin, is detained at Woolwich, to have some defects made good. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, FIVE p.m.—Wind N.H., light airs, and fine. — Trio Sir Robert Peel, a new liner-packet, bound to New York, embarked passengers, and sailed yesterday morning. Rear• Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., to be Vice- Admiral of the Blue, vice Sir Charles Richardson, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White, vice James Noble, to be Vice-Admiral of the red. Captains (retired)—Charles Bertram, George hills, Henry Fanshawe, Isaac Hawkins Morrison, George Barns Trollope, 0.13., Sir Thomas Mansell, Thomas Groube, Hercules Robinson, and William Black (1814), in accordance with the terms of the orders in eouncil of 1846, are promoted to the rank of Rear- Admiral un the retired list, but without any additional pay. Captain Ralph Randolph Wormley (June, 1814), to the rank of Rear-Admirel of the blue, vice Jol.n Pascoe to be Rear-Admiral of the white , vice Cearles Siblorp John Harem) ne to be Rear-Admiral of the red. By the above promotions Sir Edward Durnford King, Kt., K.C.H., becomes the senior V ice - Admiral, and Brian Hongson, Esq , becomes the senior Rear- Admiral OD the list for promotion. Captain Hayes O'Grady (1814), becomes senior Cap tain on the active list. Captain Richard Augustus Yates (1827), now in command of the Illustrious, dr pot ship of Portsmouth ordinary, comes within the 14s. 6d. per diem half-pay list, and Captain John Drake succeeds to the half pay of 12s. 6d. der diem. In addition to the admiral's good-service pension of 3001. per annum, the appointment of superintendent to Devonport Dockyard becomes vacant by the promotion of Sir John Louis, who has held the appointment since Dec. 16, 1846. The good-service pensh n will, no doubt, be easily disposed of. As a matter of course, the candi dates will be limited to those holding the rank of admiral or vice- admiral. The officers of those grades who are not already in receipt of gcod•service pensions, or equiva lents, and who have b een i n comman d as admirals, are Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.; Sir John West, K.C.8.; Sir William Hall Gage, Sir Graham E. Hamond, Bart., K.C.B. (captain of the Blanche at Copenhagen); LADY FRANKLIN. This amiable lady arrived at Aberdeen on Satur day from Stromness, by the Pharos, light-house steamer. Her Ladyship was accompanied by her daughter and a maid. They did not remain long in town, but proceeded to Peterhead, from which they returned to Aberdeen on Monday. She left Leith on Tuesday. No further particulars of Sir John have come to light. ARRIVAL OP LADY FRANKLIN IN EDINIILIRGII.— steamer Bonny This lady, accompanied by her niece, arrived at Granton. last nigh fr t„ om at Aberdeen. six o'cloe by yhe the pr Bonny Dundee, immediately in a conveyance to Cibb's Royal Hotel, where she intends to make a short stay prior to setting out for the south, in order to promote and org:lnise such plans as may be consi dered most expedient for relieving the expedition of which her gallant husband has the command from its long imprisonment and present perils. We under stand that her Ladyship is in expectation of receiving additional information by the Advice, of Dundee, the arrival of which at some of the northern ports is daily expected. This vessel, it will be recollected, accompanied the True-Love for some distance, in the ineffectual attempt that was made to penetrate Lancaster Sound, with a view to obtain further intelligence regarding the expeditions of Sir Jchn Franklin and Sir James Ross. We learn that Lady Franklin received the gratifying intelligence of her husband's safety, at a place where she was residing, near Stromness. The news was conveyed to her by the authorities in that quarter, who had got it from some of the crew of the True- Love that were landed at Kirkwall. A correspondent informs us that her Ladyship arrived in Aberdeen on Saturday from Stroßmess, by the Ph aros li g ht-h ouse steamer. She did not remain long in that town, but proceeded to Peterhead, from whi c h s h e returned to Aberdeen on Monday, and left for Granton on Tues day by the steamer, arriving here, as mentioned above, last night.—Scotsman of W e d n esday. LADY FRANKLIN.-PETERHEAD, OCT. B.—Lady Franklin, in prosecution of her iudefatigab'e exertions to obtain information respecting her husband, arrived here on the 6th inst., and left this morning on her way t London.—Shippirty Gotak. ..... LONDON. West Districts ... North Districts ... Central Districts ... East Districts ... South Districts ... Total ALLOWANCE TO BANKRUPTS UNDER THE NEW LAW.—There is a new feature in the Bankruptcy Act with regard to allowance to bankrupts. Hitherto the law has been that an allowance was made by the credi tors, subject to the approval of the commissioners, but now the power is vested in the Court. By the 194th section it is declared that it shall be lawful for-the Court, if it shall think fit, to make an allowance from time to time to the bankrupt, out of his estate, until he shall have passed his last examination, as shall be neces sary for the support of himself and family, provided that no such allowance shall be made by the Court for any period after the adjournment of the last examination sine die. HACKNEY POOR-RATE COLLECTION.—Yesterday a full meeting of the members of the poor board was held to consider the propriety of appointing au additional collector of the parochial rates. After a long discussion in the course of which it transpired that the two present collectors received upwards of 4001. per annum, the re port of a committee appointed to inquire into the sub ject was received, and a resolution declaratory of the n(c , ssity for a third collector was unanimously carried. This step is imperatively demanded, owing, it is said, to the rapidly increasing rental of the parish ; and also to the inability of the collectors to do full justice to its widely extended districts. Some idea of the presumed value of the newly created office may be furnished by the fact that a guardian of the poor and a member of the trustee board have resigned their posts of honour, and are already in the field as competitors for the parochial emolument. A severe struggle is expected. INCOME. Customs • • • • • • ..... •• • • • • •• • • .. Excise .. •• •• • .• Taxes ..... ..... ..... Property Tax •• •• •• •• •• •• • Post-office . Crown Lands .. - Miscellaneous ....... .. ......... Itnprest and other Moneys .• •• •• •• l'roduce of the sal , oi Old Stores .. • • Repayments of Advance 5........... To Cash brought to this Account, to be applied to pay off Dtficiency Bills• • 5,406,483 4,114,783 1,461,942 215,656 1,892,890 221,000 20,003 . 13,923 28,450 139,987 112,605 5,253,272 4,299,217 1,68G,747 203,057 1,914,006 221,000 2 , ,000 21,902 34,924 85,210 166,199 13,627,719 13,908,334 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 6, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• Tubercular Diseases ... Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 10 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 23 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 123 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... .1. ••• ••• ••• ••• 76 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 5.,. ... 6 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 12 Diseases of the Skin, &c. 3 Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 Premature Birth ... •• ••• ••• 24 Atrophy Old Ag e ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 48 Sudden ... 5 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ... 22 Causes not specified ... 6 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,290 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the 1841: West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Malea Females ... Five Autumns. 164 ... • 207 ... 208 .1. 259 234 ... Week. 179 194 215 317 386 ... 1,162 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 1,290 ... 622 ... 668 ... 631 ... 551 Total ... ._. ... 1,182 *ln this number are included 288 cases of death by Cholera, 39,by Scarlatina, 53 by Typhus Fever, and 135 by Diarrhoea. A PENNY LODGING-HOUSE. At the Thames Police- court yesterday James Hayes was charged with savagely assaulting two wretched boys, named John Sullivan and James Green, who are without home, friends, or the means of subsistence. The complainants had been in the practice of sleep ing in a penny lodging house, kept by the prisoner's mother in-law, in Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane. The boys, who had not been able to procure a meal on Tuesday, repaired to the house on Tuesday night, for the purpose of sleeping there. They had no money, and the landlady said they should not stay there. The boys refused to leave the place, on which Mrs. O'Brien called her son in law, who armed himself with a 'blackthorn stick, with which he beat the poor boys over the head and shoulders in a most savage manner, and severely injured them. Their cries brought a police. constable to the house, who found the lads bleeding profusely, and the prisoner standing over them with a stick. The fellow was immediately arrested, and the boys were sent to the London Hospital to have their heads dressed, and they appeared with bandages on them, and said that they had been grievously as saulted and wounded. The policeman described the scene which presented itself in the room he entered. It was a very small one, extremely filthy, and there was no furniture of any description in it. There were 16 men, women, and children, lying on the floor with out covering. Some of them were half naked. For this miserable shelter, each lodger paid a penny. The stench was intolerable, and the place bad not been cleansed out for some time. It was also stated, that several cases of cholera had occurred in the house and the adjoining ones, which were equally filthy. The prisoner said the boys would not leave the house, and made the first attack on him. This statement, however, was completely dis proved by John Shea, one of the penny lodgers, who said the attack on the boys was brutal And un provoked. Mr. Yardley expressed his surprise that so many human beings should be huddled together in one close room. It was lamentable that such a state of things existed in this metropolis. He condemned the con duct of the prisoner in strong terms, and said he had no right to use the stick on the boys, and beat them as he had done. He fined the prisoner 405., and in default of pay men t comm it te d hi m to the House of Correction for fourteen days. CO URT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The intelligence of the sudden death of Mr. George Edward Anson reached Osborne yesterday at about one o'clock. This event has caused deep affliction to hrr Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, to whom he had been for nearly ten years a confidential and attached servant. - Her Majesty's departure for Windsor, which had been fixed for this day, has been postponed, upon the recommendation of the Board of Health, in conse quence of the number of new fatal cases of cholera that have occurred in that town. Iler Majesty proceeds to London on Friday next, and will from thence visit her Majesty the Queen Dowager at the Priory, Stanmore, and should the efforts of the Board of Health to cleanse the part of the town which is afflicted have proved successful, will proceed to Windsor upon Saturday, where the Royal children, who will remain at Osborne for the present, will join her Majesty upon the same day. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this forenoon in the Park. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Baroness de Speth, left town at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday for the Priory at Stanmore, to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness partook of a dejeune, and in the afternoon took her departure, returning to Clarence House, St. James's, at five o'clock. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations had a meeting yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of th, le Duchy of Lancaster, Sir James Stephen, and Sir ;dward Ryan. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na .ional Debt had a Quarterly Meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, in Downing-street. There were present the Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the De puty-Governor. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comp troller. General, was in attendance. ALARMING FIRE AT ALDERMAN HUMPHERT'S W HARFS.—Between four and five o'clock yesterday morning, as a person was passing the wharfs of Mr, Alderman Humphery, at Bankside, be discovered an unusu%l tam ke. Timely information was given to the police, and messengers sent to the City and Southwark engine stations. Several engines and firemen were in quick attendance, and an entry having been forced, a tire was found extending itself among the straw and rubbish in the oil cellars, where an enormous stock was dI posited. The firemen were successful in soon allay ir g the fear of the neighbourhood, and fortunately, their having been quickly called to the spot no doubt pre. vented a most awful loss of property. How TO DO THE OBSTREPEROUS COLONIES.-- They won't take cur paupers after they have become convicts. Let us send them out as emigrants before they get into prison.—Punch. Never chew your words. Open your mouth, and let the voice come out. A student once asked, " Can virchue, fortichude, gratichude, or quiechude, dwell with that man who is a stranger to rectiohnde?" CHARGE. Permanent Debt •.•• • ..... • ...... ••.• •• 0 .4 •• •• •• •• ...... •• •• •• re• e• •• •••• •• •• •••• •• •• •.:. •• •• •• •• . • Terminable Annuities...... •.. ..... • .. Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund ••••••• ...... ........ . . .............. The Civil List •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ...... . •• . For Advances •..............--- --•• •••• •••• ••-- Total Charge The Stuplus:. • • . • . • • • • ...... LITERATURE. *6OB 44 140 POEMS. By Robert Brownink. 2 rota. :41. New Edition. A suspicion has long crept over the imagination of the admirers of Alfred . Tennyson that he has never yet justified his reputation. Even the "Princess," beautiful as it is, and doubly, trebly beautiful as it appears on each additional perusal, is conceived to be a mere jeu d'esprit contrasted with what might be expected from a genius so exquisitely and intensely poetical. Something more than a "Medley" might be anticipated from one who has written " Locksley Hall." Again the author of "Fiesta:ls" is regarded by many as one destined to do great things in litera ture, or to dwindle down into a sort of psychological monstrosity, as the Opium Eater has half predicted. Another poet of an equally partial and incomplete ability is Robert Browning. Having composed " Paracelsus " he has paused, or rather degenerated. Like si laverock in early morning, he has soared up to a great altitude, chaunting a song at the dawn of his intelligence. Ever since then he has been sinking down in musical gyrations; until now.a-days we, can only hear a casual twitter in the grass, or a chirp from the hedgerow. The fact comes upon our ap prehension more conspicuously now that we have before us the whole of his collective composi tions. Turning over the pages (upwards of MOO) we find here nothing commensurate with what was anti cipated from him on the first appearance of his " Paracelsus." Even that was rather the syllabus of a work, than a great work itself ; it was rather a prelude, a symphony, or a recitative, than a complete achievement. Hence it happens, that graceful as are the effusions of Robert Browning, his name, come partitively speaking, is very far from having become familiarised to the community. We would wager that although hs is known and appreciated as a man of elegant fancy and refined taste to the more se cluded circles of the literary world, among the generality of readers he is little less than an entire stranger. His name has not become a household name, like that of Barry Cornwall; like that of Alfred Tennyson ; or like (that even of Elizabeth Barrett, whom he has recently married. Yet with the master-minds of the age, the heart and the intel lect of Robert Browning are loyed; and honoured. flow this comes to pass not by any means difficult t o explain. To our thinking it arises from the volu bility with which his rhythmical language pours itself forth—a volubility, which from being unchecked, has become diluted into mere garrulity. We wish there were some intellectual contrivance for the dis tillation of his long and miscellaneous writings, and for the condensation of their quintessence into " one entire and perfect chryssolite." The truth is that, with scarcely one exception, his different poems are admirable in conception, but, generally spe a ki ng , wretchedly mediocre in execution. The thread of their interest, which, if kept within moderate limits, would be strong and powerful, is in almost every instance attenuated to the extremest point of tenuity. Thus, in " Luria," a theme which, abbreviated, might have been rendered eminently enthralling, the interest becomes frittered away in the tedious soliloquies and still more tedious dialogues. Sometimes again, on the contrary side, a subject which admits of reason able extension is obtruncated to a very torso. As for example, in the " Blot in the 'Scutcheon"—where the author set all the laws of the drama at open defiance by publishing a tragedy in three acts 1 We rather suspect that he has been, by the way, unin tentionally personal (to himself) where he makes Paracelsus speak of, his "Rhymes, and all this frothy shower of words I" For assuredly no verse in all our poetical literature could more accurately define the character of the principal portion of his productions. To ourselves, this is literally marvellous. For knowing, as we do, how beautiful many of Robert Browning's ideas and expressions are, we cannot comprehend how a man so fastidious upon such matters upon occasion, can pen thirty leaves together with scarcely a line or syllable in the whole of them worthy of remem brance. That he should at intervals condescend to mere oddities of thought, as where he observes— " mind is nothing but disease, And natural health is ignorance ;" that he should sometimes even allow himself to fritter away a fine fancy in a grotesque metaphor, as where, maintaining that noble natures may never renew confidence, though base one's may, be remarks : " Twist off the crab's claw, wait a smarting-while, And something grows and grows and gets to be A mimic of the lost joint, just so like As keeps in mind it never, never will Replace its predecessor! Crabs do that: But lop the Lion's foot—and" That he can write thus at periods is comprehensible ; but that he can produce long dramatic scenes, long acts, with half-a dozen scenes in them, without a single point or brilliant articulation, is to us matter of astonishment, especially seeing that whensoever he lists he can sing such golden verses. In illustration of the produce of his better moments, take that line in extenuation of a love of the earth (it occurs in our favourite of all Robert Browning's poems, " Pippa Passes ") "God must be glad one love's his world so much." Or take that lovely pa..vage of love in the same , piece where Ottima reminds Sibald of the hour when their guilty passion was first articulated— " speak not ! The past, would you give up the past such tip, it is, pleasure and crime together? Give up that noon I owned my love for you— The garden's silence—oven the single boo Persisting in his toil, suddenly stopt And where he hid you only could surmise By some campanula's chalice set a-swing As he clung there—' Yes, I love you:"" Hear him cry out with the agonized philosopher— "A stone floor one may writhe on like a worm." No mossy pillow, blue with violet'!" Listen to his exquisite allusion to the dead ones we have loved and now believe in Heaven— " And she is gone ; sweet human lo ve i s gone! 'Tis only w h en tey spring to heaven that angels Reveal themselves to you; they sit all day Beside you, and lie down at night by you, Who care not for their presence —muse or sleep— And all at once they leavoyou and you know them !" Hearken to him one while exclaiming with such deep poetic truthfulness— "Respect all such as sing when all alone !" And, at another, with the daintiest grace remarking— " Why pansies, eyes that laugh, bear beauty's priza From violets, eyes that dream." That one who can at pleasure chaunt such melodies of poetry should content himself with pouring forth mere masses of verbiage, is fit. subject for amazement. It is a noble ejaculation of his in "Paracelsus," that " God is the Perfect Poet." If ever Browning is peculiarly felicitous, it is in transcribing from the visible poetry of the Creator, in painting with a few vivid and picturesque expres sions the min uter aspects of Nature. This circum stance will be sufficiently visible in the subjoined "The night, late strewn with clouds and flying stars, Is blank and motionless: how peaceful sleep The tree-tops all together! Like an asp, The wind slips whispering from bough to bough. The heavy darkness secms Diluted; grey and clear without the stars; The shrubs bestir and rouse themselves, as if Setae snake, that weighed them down all night, let go His hold; and from the east, fuller and fuller Day, like a mighty river, is flowing in; But cloudy, wintry, desolate, and cold: Yet see how that broad, prickly, star-►haped plant, Half down in the crevice, spreads its woolly leaves, All thick and glistering with diamond dew." It is with similar forcefulness that Festus encourages his friend Puracelsus, saying— The Amount of Exchequer Dills issued to meet the Charge on the Consolidated Fused, for the Quartcr ended July , 5, 1849, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1849............ The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1849, in part of the Sums granted by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund, for Supply Services •••••••••••••••• • • •• • • • • •• • • • • • •••*•• • ** ' • **** "• The Surplus of the Cons o id ated Fund, Quarter ended Oct. 10, • • *• • • •••• • ' • *** • ••••• The Surplus Revenue, a ft er p roviding for the Charges on the Co nso lid a t e d Fund, and for the y payment . of Sup ply Services in England, in the Quarter ended October 10, 1849 ................... 7,762,108,. 5,865,611 13,627,719 5,107,494 6,117,339 7,791,195 6,117,339 13,908,534 466,953 1.009,845 544,887 " Then, who should sneer at the Convulsive throes, With which thy deeds were bc)rn, would scorn as wel The winding-sheet of subterraneous fire Which, pent and writhing, sends no less at last Huge islands up amid the.sistmering sea!" At intervals he can compact yet weightier . truths within a smaller compass, by way of wholesome stimulation, as when the philosophic dreamer consoles himself thus : " Be sure that God Ne'er dooms to waste the strength he deigns impart." His effusions, moreover, yield not only encourage ment to the doubter, but consolation to the sorrowful. Instance this where it is marked in " A Soul's Tra gedy"—" Youth, with its Beauty and Grace, would seem bestowed on us for some such reason as to make us partly endurable till we have time for really becoming so of ourselves without their aid, when they leave us." Robert Browning knows the full energy of a well-selected word. See this in the excitement of his principal hero, when Paracelsus calls aloud— "My frame Trembles, my forehead's veins swell out, my hair Tingles for triumph!" He is conscious, tco, of the eloquence of en implied similarity--as when the same great adventurer says, speaking to his companions—, " Are there n ot, F es t us , are there not, dear Michel, Two points in the adventure of the diver: One—when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge? One—when, a prince, he rises, with his pearl? Feet's, I plunge!" From the fragmentary passages above transcribed, it must be sufficiently manifest that the author of " Paracelsus" is capable of noble efforts to win him self no mere ephemeral, but a lasting and honourable reputation. Let him recognise this himself betimes, and not be satisfied with showering down upon us a cloud of " Bells and Pomegranates." Let him learn that there are more splendid themes for historical dramas than that Sardinian crisis commemorated in his " King Victor and King Charles." Let him intro duce such characters as Valence among worthier comrades than those surrounding him in " Colombe's Birth-day." Let him select less recondite materials than those woven into " The Return of the Druses." Let him breathe the life of his inspiration into no mere copies of the creations of his predecessors —as in Luria, that combination of the Olonzo of Young and the Othello of Shakspere. " Pippa Passes," we have said, is our favourite among the poems of Robert Browning. Yet among his minor Dramatic Ro mances and Lyrics there are several of singular ex cellence. " Incident of the French Camp'' is both effective and ef f ecting, particulnrly the concluding stanza. Immediately afterwards comes a" Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"—one of the happiest pieces ever penned by our author, although many may not catch the exact tone of it, so as to recognise in what it is so peculiarly felicitous. " Gr-r-r—there go, my heart's abhorrenee! Water your damned flower-pots, do! If hate killed men, Brother Lawrence, God's blood, would not mine kill you!" The spitefulness of the whole thing is absolutely delicious. Talking about the goblets that will be furbished up for their repast, this "good hater" con tinues—that they will be "Rinsed like something sacrificial Ere 'tis fit to touch our chaps— Marked with L. for our ini:ialf (He, he! here his lily snaps I)" Then again, as he watches Brother Lawrence tend ing his garden, he mutters to himself— " Row go on your flowers? None double? Not one fruit sort can you spy ? Strang* . I —And .1, too, at such trouble, Keep 'em close nipped on the sly!" But the end is a master-touch of splenetic exple tives— "Blasted lay that rose acacia We're so proud of! Hy, Zy, 'St, there's Vespers! Plena Gratin Ace, Virgo! Gr•r-r—y ou wine I Another fragment in a different' strain is in its way inimitable—" In a Gondola." The chiming of the recurrent rhymes in the following has an eccentric charm for us, in which some few may possibly par ticipate : THROUGH THE METIDJA TO ABD , EL-KADER. 1842. " As I ride, as I ride, With a full heart for my guide, So its tide rocks my side, As I ride, as I ride, That, as I were double.eyed, lie, in whom our Tribes confide, Is descried, ways untried As I ride, as I ride. " As I ride, as I ride To our Chief and his Allied, Who dares chide my heart's pride As I ride, as I ride? Or are witnesses denied— Through the desert waste and wide Do I glide unespied As I ride, as I ride? " As I ride, as I ride, When an inner voice has cried, The sands slide, nor abide (As I ride, as I ride) O'er each visioned Homicide That came vaunting (has he lied?) To reside—where he died, As I ride, as I ride. " As I ride, as I ride. Ne'er has spur my swift horse plied, Yet his hide, streaked and pied, As I ride, as I ride, Shows where sweat has sprung and dried, —Zebra-footed, ostrich- thighed— How has vied stride with stride As I ride, as I ride! "As I ride, as I ride, Could I loose what Fate has tied, Ere I pried, she should hide As I ride, as I ride, All that's meant me: satisfied When the Prophet and the Mid() Stop veins I'd have subsido As I ride, as I rider The meaning of the foregoing is about as percep • tible as the meaning of those exquisitely harmonious verses written by Coleridge in a dream—a dream while sleeping, not a day-dream—Kubla Khan. " The Pied Piper of Hamelin" bears somewhat of a resemblance to a grotesque production by the author of the farthing epic " Orion." Other effusions of various merit will be found clustered together at the end of these the Collected Writings of Robert Browning. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON AliD THE EDIN• BURGH TOWN•COUNCIL.—We understand that Sir James Duke has, betire relinquishing the honours of the mayoralty of London, invited the members of the Edin burgh Town Council to meet him at dinner at the Man sion-house. The invitation has arisen, wo believe, out of the honour conferred a few weeks ago on Sir James Duke, in making him a burgess of the city of Edin burgh. The dinner has been fixed to take place on Monday next, and we learn that at least three-tourths of the Council will be guests of the Lord Mayor on the occasion.— Scotsman. Sensitive natures acquire an instinctive dread of bad-tempered people, as certain nervous minds do of fire-arms; believing they may go off, even though not loaee3. —Eliza Cook's JournaL ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.--It has been reported that the proceedings against Mr. Whi-iton hove been abandoned. This is not the case. On the contrary, we have authority for stating that the Dean and Chapter have overruled Mr. Whiston's de murrer, prepared and presented by the advice of the Solieitor•General, and have given him notice to appear before them on Wednesday (yesterday) to make answer to the charges; named in their citation of Aug. 14.-- Xaidatone Joarnal. 10 1 4 101,E 2 1 ,4 82% ~: S••• 454 9% 26 • ••• 18' 1134 ahi 103 i ~-