The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-16 00:00:00

awate , . THE REGENT , SPECIAL COMMISSIONS ! A GREAT METROPOLITAN PUBLIC MEET ING of the. FRIENDS to JUSTICE and HUMANITY, irrespective of c!aotor party, will be helti at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, T9-3101:1LOW EVENING, Nov. 17, to consider th• proceelings connected with the recent lamentable Dis turbances in the Northern and Midland Counties, and to adopt such measures relative thereto as may be deemed necessary ; T. S. DUNCOMBE, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. Several M.P.,'s and other influential gentlemen are invited and expected to attend. The Chair to be taken at Seven o'Clock. Now ready, in 2 vols. small BTo., with Portraits, 213. bound - - MEMOIRS OF THE QUE.E AND NS OF FRANCE, . ROYAL FAVOURITES. By Mrs. FORBES BUSH. Henry Ciilburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " THE TWO ADMIRALS," &c. On the 21st Inst., in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE JACK •O'LANTERN (LE FEU FOLLET): OR, THE PRIVATEER, A Story of the Sea. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Richard I3entley, New Burlington-street. On Thursday, Nov. 24, will be published, in 2 vois. Bvo., Sixth Edition (of the first two volumes, being the p:pular Portion, a the original work), with five coloured Plates, 3's. 6d. cloth, NniOT)LTTION to ENTOMOLOGY ; or, tretr:enti of the Natural History of Insects, of their Metamorpho•es. Food, Stratagems, Habitations, Societies, Motions. Noises, Hybernation, Instinct, &c. By W. KIRBY, A. M„ , F. R. S., and L. S. ; and W. SPEN CE;Esq., F. R. S., and L S. London : Lengman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. DUKEPOF BEDFORD'S CORRESPONDENCE. On Thursday,.-Nov. 2-1, will be published, Bvo., with Portrait, rip H.E olt ESPO NPENCE of JOHN, J. FOURTH DUKE of BEDFORD, selected from the Originals it. Woburn Abbey ; with an Introduction. By LORD JOHN RUSSELL London: f.nnimin, Brown, Green, and Longmans. On Thursday nest, Nov. 24, medinm Rvo., 21s. cloth, THE and DOMESTIC LIFE of GE -11 ) ‘ •• : with Ckaracteristic Sketches of its chief Cities a.. _ . Colected in a General Tour, and during a Resideakitc; tifif Cottntry in the Years 1840-41-42. Br NCILLIAM4IIOWiTT, Author of the " Rural Life of Eng land," " Nisita to -Remarkable Places," "'The Boy's Country Beek," dre. Illustrated with above Fifty Engravings on Wood. London; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 8 200 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided .'en the 30th Instant, ansonest EIGHT THOU SAND TWO RUNDRED SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in.the year IMO, and GUARANTEED by the GO VERVIENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE of BADEN.- I Dividend 50,000 Florins 50,000 Florins 1 "''do. 25,000 do. 2.5,000 do. 1 . do. 12,000 do. 12,000 do. 1 do. 10,000, do. .. lO,OOO do. 1 do. 5,000 do. .. 5,000 do. 8 do. 1,000 do. each B,OOO do. 10 do. 500 do. each 5,000 do. 10 do. 200 do. each 2t )0 do. 110 do. each 22,000 do. 200 do. 105 do. each ..- 21,000 do. 467 do. 100 do. each 46,700 do. 7,300 do. 94 do. each 686,200 do. $, 00 Mosey Dividerds, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or - £74,400 Sterling Money. a,•_'Oo SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to obtain one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 SmaVest Dividend 7 16 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per the day's exchange. ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION WHATEVER. Direet for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY; 'to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds - are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to £l5, and the Sale will close before the end of this Month. Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 15th instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, November 1, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. TIIISEVENING, NOV. 16, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST. lonso, Mr. Cooper ; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr. Vandenhoff; Ant o nio, ,Mr. J. Vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C. Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste phan;, Mr. Bartley. Uiranda, Miss Vandenhoff; Ariel, Miss Rainforih. After Which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, • written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' club," &c., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Witter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. llfeadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley; Mrr. Culpepper, Mrs. fitirnby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors 'open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence air.Seien.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Cir c l es 5 5 ., S eco d Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second icR 2s , ; Gallery Is. Ticks q and PlaCes for the Bowes to be taken of Mr. Whit low. at Vfo 'Box-e'ffiee, from Teia till 'Four, where Season Tick.* may be had. Private 13<,ses to be had at tlte Box-el:fine ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond -street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL. HA-Y-NIARKRT. THIS EVENING will be performed the Comedy of • THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.. Sir Petwr Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Oliver urfaoe, Mr? Strickland ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Stuarti, Charles Surface . , Air. Chas. Mathews; Crabtree, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Iterijainhi• Backbite, Mr. Bucl , stere ; Moses, Mr. Webster e• Careless, Mr. Hoire; Lady Teasle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs: Candnur, Mrs. Glover t : Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. %V. Clifford ; Maria, Mrs. E.. Yarnold..t After which—SNAPPING TURTLESV • • 2 •;•'• Mr. Tinfethy Tims, Me. Buckstone ; Mts. Mitilda•Tims, Mrs. Fitzwillikm. 'To conclude with—PERFECTION. Sir Lawrenee Paragon, Mr. Strickland ; Kate O'Brien, Mrs. C.) • • Honey. To-morrow, Naval Engagements. with Grandfather White head, One Hour, The Belle of the Hotel, and A Kiss in the Dark. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING. NOV. 16, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cjpal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN PONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray.... To be followed by a Grand Rurletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland; Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. 80xe0,.4% ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, cou;racpee at seven o'clock. DgVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success , of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. T. P. Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowded audiences— the n9v effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and the sing on fire ereates a complete hurricane of applause. • THIS EVENING, NOV. 16, Will ibe rereated an entirely New NauC.cal Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DA UGHTEII, written expressly for Mr. T. P. Cooke. .who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith,:lieslop, Mrs. R. Honner, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After *lnch will be produced an entirely new Drama, en ti,tled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTtNIQUE; or, the FUGITI YE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. '1 he other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry , x who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian, composed by Mr. G. Stansboty. To eonclutie with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; or, a SIS TER'S SACRIFICE. Flaewe and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box,office, from eleven to four. • , HICIti CrElt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 4l•Jrnind • • • 22 minutes after. '0 I Evening 3) minutes after . ,r5 , 11 , n, LONDON : WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 16, 1842. We have already stated that the number of persons punished by summary conviction and by hpprisonment, in only nine prisons, in the last year, was no less than 3,147. Those persons belonged to eight counties, the population of which. is about one-eighth of the whole population of England and Wales. There were probably more persons summarily punished in those coun ties thariawe have stated, but there could not be less ;' 'and assuming that number as an index to the pniiisliment similarly inflicted in other parts of England and Wales, it follows that about 4,0.00 persons are annually punished by sum maryconvictions who are not heard of at Quarter Sessions or •Assizesi. whose names never appear tai atirealendar, and who are not included, we belititt rli any criminal returns presented to Parliament, or annually published. — lhey teach US tshie the ~ariminalit y of the people is double what; it, usually appears to be, and that the punishments inflicted by the law are more than numerous as those (,fficially promulgated. We `'state the nun iber however, only as ap pro;ymative towards the truth. On seeking for the name kind of info) •mation in the Report of the 4nspector of Prifions of.the Northern and Eastern District, as Ni . e, have found - - in the Report for the Southern and .Western - Districts, we can find . hothing of the sort. We do not censure that Report. :Sire have allready bo rne f avourable testimony' to' the, we mu; and care of Mr. WiLtiA MS, but we mu; it say that it 'vonld be ' more for the public advani'age if the Prison In spectors were supplied with a model of the statis tical informatiOn they are required to furnish, and if each one were to supply exactly the same kind of information. That not being the case, we find in the Report of the Inspector for the Southern and Western District, the curious information we quoted as to the number of summary punishments, and we are unable to confirm or extend it by any cm.- ' responding information in the Report of the In spector for the Northern and Eastern District. Looking, however, at the certainty of many omissions, and the impossibility of any exaggera tion as to the number actually punished summa rily in the nine prisons we have referred to, our approximation obviously falls far below the truth and yet we state it as a somewhat start ling fact, that upwards of 24,000 persons are an nually punished, in England and Wales, by im prisonment, varying from fourteen days to four months, by the mandates, of Magistrates, and without the instrumentality of a Jury.' What a severe punishment imprisonment now is we need scarcely remind our readers. It is not mere detention, mere' restraint, mere exclusion from all that man calls enjoyment;- it is that, indeed, but it is much more. It involves, generally, the degradation of cropping, and wearing a prison dress ; exclusion front all so ciety, hard and monotonous labour—(in many instances totally foreign to the prisoner's ordi nary habits of muscular exertion, as in the case of the sawyers committed to Northleacb, pre viously accustomed to stand almost still, and work 'exclusively with their arms, but there set to walk up stairs continuously for hours on the tread wheel)—cold, and sometimes damp cells, and insufficient food. At the same time, it is frequently combined with other punlslunents, such as shutting up in the black-hole, stopping the allowance of food, solitary confinement, and extra labour. In some cases these subsidiary punishments arc very numerous and varying, so that this kind of torture depends very much on individual Magistrates and gaolers, and on the system adopted. For example, under one sys tem, in Northallerton House ofCorrection, the ad ditional punishments in 1839-40 were 879, while in 1840-41 they were, under a new system, 23:2. rn 1839-40, therefore, 647 punishments or little acts of torture were unnecessarily and wantonly inflicted on an average of about 63 prisoners. We impress it on our readers that the imprison ment to which Magistrates summarily condemn upwards of 20,000 of the people per year is de grading, utterly cheerless, and debasing to both body and mind, an both of which it inflicts a slow torture. In - the Police-courts of the metropolis, and some of the larger towns, these punishments arc inflicted by professional gentlemen, who are accustomed to sift evidence, and have, perhaps, no strong interest to give them a systematic bias against the houseless vagrants, the un thinking trespassers, the hungry poachers, the shivering hedge-breakers, • the petty thieves, who constitute the bulk of those thus summarily punished. They administer . this sort of law, too, which is erroneously named justice, under the eye of reporters, awl they are kept in check by the Press. Notwithstandi g these restraints, we hold the immense power en trusted to them of inflicting summary punishment to be dangerous and injurious to the people. Every objection to the system applies with four fold force when that power is exercised by coun try gentlemen, more likely to give way to temper or passion than sift evidence and make allow ance for motives,who have a strong interest and sys tematic bias against the persons they punish, who exercise their authority uncontrolled by the pre sence of the public or the Press, and who are sur rounded almost exclusively by menials or humble dependents. Such a system, we do not hesitate to say, is, in principle, a great and a grievous tyranny, and the: immense mass of pain inflicted under it shows how oppressively and how-cruelly it is worked. It has been prov.ed that our system of prison discipline has been of late years increased in , severity; it is proved that the number of persons doomed to undergo that penalty has been much aug-Mepted. Thus, while the public has been vaunting of its increased humanity—while great "and good men have. exertedtheinselves to me lioraee our sanguinary code,.and,have boasted of .their success, its punisidnent hii; in' . secret been amazingly increased and sharpened. It is no longer an instant pain, it is slow and excru ciating torture.. Our philanthropists have struck .the; sword out of the hands. , of .tho, executioner, l 'bitt it has been only to place in the hands of the :Jrlagistrate and the gaoler' the means of slowly and painfully accomplishing the extermination of criminals. In truth, while the public has been pleased to [suppose that cruelty was disappear ing, there has been retrocession from humanity, and a furtive enhancement of the punishments inflicted by the laws. Severe and terrible, however, as is now im prisonment, still there are some of the popula tion who court it as a refuge from greater calamities. It is better than to die, like JOHN LAVENDER, of filth and hunger. It is better than to live surrounded by men as hungry as famished wolves. When great masses of the community must subsist on less than a penny a day, when gaunt hunger stares thousands of families in the face, they are reduced to the condition of wretches famishing on a raft at sea—alls sympathy is at an end, they are almost ready to devour each other, and from such a terrible state of society even the horrid prison of Northleach may be a welcome refuge. Into that condition have our political experimentalists plunged the people. They have become reckless. The thousands who are condemned yearly to imprisonment shows how terribly they are degraded. It is im possible to go on consigning forty or fifty thousand persons annually to prison, leaving their wives, families, and relatives a prey to destitution, and to shame, without spreading from them, and by , weir means, a great and increasing mass of cor ruption upwards in society, and without making a prison a welcome home to many. Accordingly we learn that as the punishments have ex tended, the moral condition of the people has be come more deplorable; the most pitiable thing of all being that this vast extent of cruel summary punishment is inflicted to no good end, fbr it does not prevent, and probably increases, offences.. How totally at variance the system of hasty arbitrary punishment, inflicted at the will of one man, is in. its nature and principle with that charity which thinketh no evil, we need not say. How contrary it is in spirit from that doctrine, that all'are liable to errors, that all are 'sinners, and that we should love one another like'bre thren, needs no elucidation. There is,no touch o f, forbearance, of mercy, or of kindliness in it. It is directly opposed to the pro:ept—Do unto others as you, would be done unto : for what rich man would like to be judged by a poor vagrant, and ousted at his bidding, for want of charity per haps, from his luxurious home, and consigned to a damp cell and the tread-mill at Northleach? It is as opposite as possible from those precepts which the clergy try to enforce, much more by their words than their conduct. We denounce this great and terrible despotism of summary pu nislitnent as opposed alike to freedom, justice; and religion. CONVICTS.—Last week forty-two Scotch convicts, under sentence of transportation for various terms, and principally from Glasgow, arrived. in London by one of the Leith steam-ships, and were landed at St. Katherine's Wharf, and afterwards transferred to the hulks at Woolwich, and to a convict ship lying off Deptford, about to sail for New South Wales. The convicts were mostly young men, and many of them had been convicted of uttering base coin, They were chained together in gangs of three or four each, and the heavy irons on their legs precluded the possibility of escape. One desperate fellow, who was manacled to two others, committed yiolent as sault on one of hi s p artners i n cr i me on reac hi ng th e A wharf, for which he was threatened with a severe flog ging, and stoppage of.some of his rations, on his arrival at the hulks. GOVERNMENT CO UMISSIONER.---It is reported that a Commissioner, appointed by Government, is at present in town, with the design of getting informa tion respecting the effect which the new American Tariff is likely to have . on the manufacturing interests s nei , rhbourhood -- of Gl as gow and it . Gtasgow Argus. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager ;-ode out on horseback in the vicinity of Canford House, Dorset shire, on Monday, attended by her suite, Earl Brownlow arrived in the afternoon at Canford House on a visit to her Majesty: The Dowager Lady Clinton and Miss Seymour paid a visit to the Queen Dowager on Monday. The Earl of Denbigh was expected at Canford House yesterday evening on a visit to her Majesty. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia, New Zealand, and the Mauritius. Dis patches were sent off last evening for the Governors of the West India Colonies. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. George Dodd, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Dodd, and Miss Sanders, in Montagu-square, from the Pyrenees ; his Excellency General Cass and Mr. Lewis Cass, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Paris ; G. Y. kinson, Esq., and J. Malneck, Esq., at ditto; S. Cowell, Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, at ditto ; John Portal, Esq., from Freefolk Priors ; Rev. W. Maskell, at ditto, from Devonshire : G. Ferguson, Esq., at ditto, from Sussex; D. Floyds, Esq., and F. R. Rives, Esq., at ditto, from New York ; - Mr. and Mrs. L. Faits and family, at Markwell's London Ho tel, Albemarle-street, from the Continent; J. Pain, Esq., at Nelson's Hotel, Portland Tlace, from Christ church; the Misses Sutton, at ditto, from Cologne ; Mrs. Owen and family, at ditto, from Hastings ; J. Jenkins, Esq., and Mr. Jenkins, at ditto, from Car digan, South Wales ; J. Bourne, Esq., and family, at ditto, from the Continent ; Lyndley Purcell, Esq., at ditto. . 11 f • =t" . (Islirtg 4' , ...... r 6; 'A - e - ;4:2% 4'4' '. : 411f 1 1)0 1P 4ho , 2.7 THE SUN, LONDON, INTEDNi4IStak iVVNING, NOTEIVIBER IG, 8-4-v DEPARTURES. Mrs. and Miss Jackson, from Long's Hotel, for Hastings ;• Henry Annesley Woodham, Esq., from ditto, for Cambridge; John Norris, Esq., from ditto, for Hughenden House ; Edward Reynolds, Esq., from ditto, for Huntingdon ; Mr. and Mrs. Grant;de, Lon gueville and Miss Cregor Colmore, from Markwell's London Hotel, for More End, Cheltenham ; Edward Macleod, Esq., from ditto, for Arley Hall, Glouces tenbire ; Major and Mrs. Hobart and family, from Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, for Paris ; Sir Thomas Finlay, from ditto, for Paris ; Thomas Curtis, Esq., from ditto, for Southgate ; Mr. and Mrs. Purcell, from ditto, for Brighton. THE LONDONJe CAOUTCHOUC COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR 'OF 'THE SUN. Stn„—ln • your Evening Edition of the 12th, I observe a very material error as regards myself, by your early correction of which I shall feel obliged. It is there reported, in the account of the proceedings at Guildhall, before Sir Peter Laurie, that I stated that, having been sued for an infringement of the patent, I had applied to Mr. Leaf, &c. This was not the case, nor did Iso express myself. The fact is, observing from your elaborate report in The Evening Sun of the .sth instant, that Sir Peter Laurie had, in ex parte statements, expressed himself towards Mr. Leaf in a way most unfair and unfounded in fact, I unsolicited, attended at the second hearing, to stat. the circum stances attendinc , my application to that gentleman on behalf of a neighbour, Mr. Lobb, who had been served with a process in Chancery for an infringement, and also to bear witness to the candid and honourable manner in which the application was met by Mr. Leaf ; that he at once declared that it had never been his intention that proceedings should be taken against the retail dealers, but only against manufacturers and importers'; that the proceedings in Mr. Lobb's case should be immediately stopped, and, as far as his in fluence extended, the expense should be limited to merely the costs out of pocket ; adding the proceedings against such parties were disgraceful, and that the solicitor had exceeded his instructions. I beg to refer you to the Morning Papers of the 12th for a confirma tion of these facts, and I . trust you will do me the favour of inserting this . explanation. I an, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES WARWICK. 137, Cheapside, Nov. 15, 1842. THE WAR IN' AFFGHANISTAN. Extract from a letter by a private of her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoens, dated Camp, Futtiabad, Au gust 18 : " I embrace the earliest opportunity of sending a few lines to yol, hoping they will find you in good health, as it leaves me; thank God, at present. The cause of my writing at so early a period from the last letter is as follows :—My regiment left Jellalabad on the 14th day or August, for the purpose of going against Caubtil, the capital of Affghanistan. Our army consists of the following regiments—namely, her INlajesty's 3d Dragoons, her Majesty's 9th Fooc, her Majesty's I - 3th Light Infantry, her Majesty's 31st Foot, two troops of European Artillery, aeven regi ments. of Bengal Native Infantry, a corps of Sappers and Mii.l:.r§, a battery detachment, three regiments of Bengal Native , CaValry-Lthe whole about 18,000 strong. We marched from Jellalabad in different ht.:, gades•; we expect' to muster. the force • at Gun damuck, 'about two days' march from: • this, and then proceed direct to Caubul, there to take revenge for the massacre of • our - late countrymen, which, I'll be hound; is - nearly all over Europe by this time. We are now eight days' march from Caubul ; we expect a deal to do going thrOugh the passes in the mountains, but there is but little doubt that if they will only stand a fight we shall re pulse them, but we doubt whether they will. Our men are' all in good health, and chiefly composed of Europeans ; every man that was considered unwell or non-effective was left behind at the fort of Jellalabad until our return, also all our old horses and the heavy baggage, according to general orders issued on the oc casion. According to reports, we hear Caubul is a most delightful city, but I expect we shall destroy it —that is, if we :succeed, of whichi there is no fear. The reason that the General is marching so strong a European force is on account of the climate of Caubul being so very cold, as most all the native force before got frost-bitten there, and by that was rendered non effective,:and so got massacred by the enemy. We have heard that all the prisoners have been killed that were in the hands of Akbar Khan, but I believe the General has received orders from the Horse Guards that they are to be taken dead or alive." PEDESTRIAN PERFORMANCE.—A youngster, on Monday made his debut, and acquitted himself with credit. It has been deemed good work on the part of a well-grown novice to accomplish five miles per hour for two successive hours, and although much more has been done, the performer has been invariably a first-rate pedestrian. On, this occasion, a child, twelve years of age, effected that which many a man has failed in. The match was one against time. Molloy, the well-known pedestrian, undertaking that his son should walk ten miles in two succesive hours fora stake, in which the odds of 51. to 3/. were given against the performance. The ground selected was a mile out and in, starting near the Stags, or Spring Wells Tavern ; and at half-psst two, in he presence of some hundred spectators, the little hero of the day made his appearance. He is exceedingly thin—indeed, not at all a likely looking person for such a task. Betting was 7 to 4on time. - The boy started excel ljntly, and exhibited throughout both style and speed of no ordinary character. He walked the first two miles in twenty-one minutes, and completed half the distance (five miles) in fifty-three minutes. He went on steadily, exhibiting at the eighth mile some dis tress, and accomplished his task one minute and a ' half within the given time. last a o d f administered September pi e st e te k er nr s eb t de a r t a e ta d nt t dh h e a o t et Leeds amountthoebe INCREASING. POVERTY e-10 poorBnl 4tVhoes, October workhouse r p t kh he of oPtu:srreee POOR-RATES: three Rf theltyears,oTEt f 1841, and 1842, showed an alarming increase. The amounts were as follow :—ln September and Octo ber of 1840, 2,6081. • in Septemb er ' an d October of 1841, 2,94 L ; in September and October of 1842, rafollowsasa; a nd h necessary c consequence qvueernyc weekha the t t3e e es o P9 v l. ers ° r e lse; te must augment s have laid a half -yearly rate of two shillings in the pound, whereastherehas not for many years been a rate qxceeding one shilling and four pence. The increase is fifty per cent. upon the' former rates ? At no time have the inhabitants been less, able to bear any increase of the rates than at present; but it is absolutely necessary, and must be borne by Paget, Bart., all G w e h n o er e ar th b e ear H i o t. n 7Leds Sir Edward wa e r r da3 Go vernor of Chelsea Hospital, brother of the Marquis of Anglesey, who has been so seriously ill as to be con fined to his bed for some weeks, in Cowes Castle, is, we are happy to say, gradually mending, and was yesterday bl h a isr e oo to s m. it t i tpra short ie fo wascansid t e ite but considered in inso no s t a eriu b u l ., e a state that all his children were gathered round him, and Doctors Cass and Hoffmeister were in constant attendance. A NOBLE MONUMENT TO GRACE DATtrrisa.----.k. letter appears in the Berwick Warder suggesting " that the best and most appropriate monument would be the restoration of the Chapel of St. Cuthbert, where that eminent Christian worshipped, the remains of which stand upon the 'Great Fern Island, with a tablet within the building to the memory of the de. ceased. 'There being several families upon the islands, the chapel is wanted for the worship of God, and many persons would be disposed to contribute largely to such a work, and would feel a pleasure in placing the monument in a holy place in:the midst of the islands in which she and her family have lived so long." We need hardly say that we entirely concur in the view taken by the writer. _ HANOVER, Nov.7.—llis Majesty the King re turned from Rothenkirchen yesterday. As his Majesty's weak state of health permitted him to follow the chase but very little or not at all, he passed the time at Rothenkirchen in other amusements. IP , gpt t t t it it SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. The Whig and Tory journals are very busy writing-against one another. There is in this, for their respective parties, an instinctive good policy. They will raise a great dust, in which both may perchance escape, but each hopes to turn the rising indignation of the public on their opponents. One says, " You Whigs began the war in Affghanistan ;" and . the other retorts, " You Tories mismanaged it, and deserve im peachment for your vacillation, and the discredit you have brought on the national councils." " It was the Whigs," say the Tories, ",who inter rupted the peace and the trade with China ;" It is the Tories," say the Whigs, " who have neglected to exert themselves, and bring the EMPEROR to terms." " It was the Whigs," say the Tories, " who caused the defalcation of the revenue ;" "It was the Tories," say the Whigs, " who would not allow us to set trade free and increase the country's. resources." "It was the Whigs," say the Tories, "who brought the country into its present terrible condition, for distress was prevalent before we came into power ;" "It was the Tories," say the Whigs, "who would not allow us t o cure th e di s t ress, who undertook to cure it theniselves, and Ivho have only increased the disease, and perhaps rendered it incurable." The clear purpose of all these eriminations and recr i m i na ti ons , i s to make out a case for the Tories on the one hand, and the Whigs on, tbe other, by proving merely that their opponents are far worse .than themselves.. Both are con scious of.great demerits; neither party can say. or ventures to say, " We have conferred great benefit on the country, we have made the people happy at home, and we have made the nation respected and honoured abroad ;" but both do say; and say loualy, " We have not done as much mischief as our opponents—we have con tributed less than they have to bring on intense distress at home, and cause'discredit abroad." That kind of crimination and recrimination which can scarcely be very pleasant to the gentle men concerned, must not be permitted to blind the public to the faults and the errors of both. Both are answerable for the condition of Eng rand. Both have undertaken conjointly in Par liament, and one after another, in office, to g,overn the country. Both have said, in fact, and even in words, " Our measures will promote the public welfare. Give us power, place us in office, and we will make the nation happ - rancl honoured." Both have frequently united in Parliament to pass the very laws which now cut up prosperity by the roots ; and both have promoted those measures abroad which have cOrapro- ; raised the reputation, if they do not affect the safety, of the empire. Both being sections of the aristocracy, having their power based-on monopoly, have promoted restrictions on traffic, and have silently carried on a continual legisla tive war against the democracy; that is, against the interests, the freedom, and the hap piness of the bulk of the people, whose present condition attests their fatal suc cess. For the moral degradation of the masses—manifest in the increase of pauperism, workhouses, and gaols—as well as for their physical privations, bath Whigs and Tories are deeply, nay, awfully responsible ;, and we, at least, will not allow their mutual conflicts, as to which of the two has incurred the heaviest re sponsibility, to turn from either the severe con demnation which the present condition of the empire emphatically pronounces on both. Certain of our readers, with whom we gene rally concur on political and commercial topics, blame the present Government as well as the last for keeping up so many military establishments in different parts of the world, and waging war on distant nations at an enormous expense, arid without any probable chance of beneficial results. . Mr. GIS BORNE l as t week, in a speech delivered at Derby, de ll o Ra ced both Whigs and Tories for the Afighan .war, and 'implied that, like most other disputes with foreign nations, it had been entered into rather for the purpoSe of benefiting the aristocracy a nd higher cl ass e s , th an f or pro moting the power of the country or the wel fare of the people. We neith er j ust ify nor bl ame Lord AUCKLAND for his Indian policy. We give no opinion on the subject, because till all the circumstances . which led to thi s ex p e diti on are laid before the world, it would be extremely un fair, as well as preposterous, to give any decision; but looking at the motives which generally actuate mankind, and the mild and amiable character of that nobleman, we may confidently assume that a war so expensive, so hazardous, and so distant from the seat of Government, would not have been undertaken without some, great and im perious necessity. It is for his 'Lordihip to settle his account with the country on these points, he is fully heard in his and o:cu ti d ll ef t e h n a c t e i , s , d v o e ne, till must, as in all other cases where persons lie under serious charges of which absolutely nothing is known, refrain from coming to an unfavourable conclu sion. The remarks made by Mr. GISBORNE on this question, certainly are not at all strengthened by his denunciations against a system to which England chiefly owes her commercial and colo nial prosperity. Why should England, he said, keep up an at Gibraltar, another at Malta, andgoon arny erecting l forts in almost every. quarter of the globe ? He might as well ask, Why should not the English confine' them Selves to their own little island? Could we have ships, and colonies, and commerce, without providing means for their protection ? If his argument is worth anything, we should dismantle Gibraltar and Malta, and all the fortresses that secure us the command of the sea, and leave unprotected every harbour and bay that now serve as shelter to our vast commercial navy. What would be the result? The Mediterranean would in six months be a French lake, and England in as many years might be a French province. It is natural enough for French writers to upbraid the English for occupying these numerous stations, and using every, exertion to establish com munications with distant countries; but we can not of an Englishman iiiii uttinagt see example, the policy the which is absolutely:and running down a system necessary to our existence as a nation. Our friend STURGE, in similar strains, lamented the war with China. M. THIERS' journal; the' - 'other''day, took up the burden of the 'Sorig, , , ' 11 ) in — a weeping mood, asks— " What 45,Wer can be . given to' this honest EMPEROR, who, faithful to the - traditions of his fathers, will not suffer his subjects to be poi soned? Who:do es no t co mpassionate the suffer ings of this poor man, who blames and curses himself for not h av i ng yet freed his subjects from the miseries of war?" We lament the war iocrime, it had death; With China as muc h as Mr. STURGE, hut for very differentA r easons. W e lament that British Subjects, guilty of l bad a d d ea bee ; th nc a r t uelly imprisoned and threatened the Q-11'eri of ENGLAN D had been insulted in the which person of her -representative ; ; and that pro perty been admitted in to the ' Chinese :rivers with the , open :.sanc tion of this upotn.” • man's officers,' had been faithlessly confiscated; to :the amount of several millions sterling,. :Had the British authorities 'submitted 'to these:Aristilts and-robberies; the French ; Who cry out' iigainit this war T L•who de throned the Dey of ALGIERS, seized sonic Mil lions of hard cash in his treasury, and finally occupied the country, for the grievous offence of waving a fan in the French Consul's face —would have described us as a nation of miserable ped lars, ready to sacrifice honour, and even life, for permission to carry on trade with the insolent aggressors. War is a great evil, but it is said by high authority, that it is a necessary evil in the Present state of society ; and any attempt to escape from it by submissions degrading to the national character, would only involye us in greater difficulties and calamities, Tie i Paris papers o onday - state that, ac cordiirgtoa f M accounts from Alexandria and Bey.. rout, no doubt remained that the Syrians had defeated the Turks, and were preparing - to attack Betedden, the residence of OMER PACHA. The following is an extract from a letter on the sub ject, dated Alexandria, October 24, which ap pears in the illessager : The Syrians of Bechara, near Tripoli, rose on the 12th instant ; 400 Turks who had penetrated into the mountain were defeated. Symptoms of revolt have been shown at different points. The caravan from Damascus to Beyrout, which was escorted by Alba nians, was stopped and plundered by the Druses on the 17th. The most perfect calm reigns in Egypt. The Viceroy is at Cairo. The papers are generally destitute'of news. HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Nov. 8, Bills. Money. 110 Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1635 Anglo-Russian Loan 106)4 108 X Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certiffeate 1034 Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th __ . . , Series OB Ditto in Certificates 97% -- New 4 per Cent. (1640) 87% 87th Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds .-- New Tickets lOB _ Anglo- Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. SON 81 % Spanish, New 5 nor Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDOS. HAMBURGH, Nov. 11.-13 9%, Two months 13 8. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 4. —Seventv-five days, 12 19. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-13saux, Nov. 10. Bills. Money - . St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent.. . . ... 1037,, 1(33 Prussian English Bond , , 15.30, I per cent. 12% 11 X Exchange on London . . - 6 23% Prussian State Gazette, Nov. 11. Sir George,Clerk, Secretary to the Treasury, and Mr. Drummond, Sir Robert Peel's Private Secretary, left town this morning by railway, on a visit to Sir Robert Peel,' at his seat, Drayton Manor, Stafford shire. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Wharncliffe are expected ,to pay visits to Sir Robert Peel, on their way to their respective country resi dences. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of cotton in the. Liverpool, Market yes terday fell off to 2,000 hales, hut prices remained the same.. In Railway Shares a fair husiness was done at - steady prices. Eastern Counties were, '8 ,bUrgh and Glasgow, 47 ; Grand Jimction, 173 ; Great Western Half, 61 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 180 ; South Western, 591- ; Paris and :Rouen, 22 ; and South Eastern, 22i. - No news of the Britannia steamer. There are accounts two days liter from Port Philip, viz., to the 21st of Miiy, but they contain scarcely anitem of intelligence of interest to readers here. After the previous serious depression, it is satisfactory to find that stock was improving in value, large sales of sheep having been made at higher prices. For the supply of the Launceston market heavy contracts had been made with the Port Philip graziers, one butcher having agreed to take 15,000 sheep during the short winter. A more efficient sys tem of police for the protection of the colony was projected, and increased taxation was to be submitted to for the purpose. From incidental notices in the Australian papers it would appear that the trade of New Zealand is greatly on the increase. During the year ending the 21st April last, there arrived at that colony no less than 230 vessels, .of 33,000 tons.. The Quebec packet - 1514 brings' advises one day later from New York, viz. October 21. The Canal business appears to have. been slack, and a good deal of Chagrin is manifested at the return of the Commis sioners' sent to England to negotiate a loan, without having met with the success, anticipated. The failure of their mission, which some of our London capitalists are said to have regarded with a favourable eye, is ascribed to the indisposition of the public to be any longer duped into - loans for foreign States, among which repudiation is so popular, and also to the de-, cided hostility of the press. It may be remarked that " repudiation" is so very convenient to the ma jority of a people by nature averse to taxation, that although the principle may not be assented to, the fruits are cheerfully received, and thus every encou.! ragement is given to pursue the swindling system. In a recent speech to a Local Congress, the Governor, after remarking on the state of the times, adverts to the state of the finances, and observes, that for the relief of the people ta x e s should be taken off, but that no interest could be paid on the foreign debt! Cool this ! ! In Canada an effort is to be made during the next session of the Local Parli ame nt t o reduce the public charges ; first by retrenching all sinecures and unne cessary offices ; secondly, by a moderate reduction in the several salaries on the Civil List, and all other branches of the public service, to a scale com mensurate with the revenue and liabilities of the province, and also to bring into consideration the expediency of abolishing all perquisites arid fees of office, and of commuting the same for fixed salaries ' or allowances, and of forming' such perquisites and fees of office, as it may be cleaned - expedient to con tinue, into a fund applicable to the public service. There' is very little business' doing in the Funds to-day. The' brokers for the Savings' Bank Corn- . missioners took ah3ut 5,0001. Stuck. , Con Sols have again touched 94f both for A r loney and Account; the quotations are at present a fraction lower. There has been scarcely any alteration in the Three-and-a-Hatfl per Cents, The preMium upon the -Unfunded , Debt has somewhat declined. Money is rather more iUrequest, and we trust for commercial par- poses. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has fallen from:6os. 61s. to 575. 695. Bank Stock has been offered at li2. There is an improvement in the demand for Dutch Stock to-day, and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have advanced to 53 ; the Five per Cents. may fairly be quoted at 1004 k. Spanish Stock has improved a trifle, the Active Bonds having been sold at 184, and the New Three per Cents. at 20*. Mexican Bonds hadrealised 35k ; Belgian, 102 ; and Buenos Ayres, 22. A good deal of business has been transacted in the Scrip of the North Eastern and Midland Railway Shares this morning, but at fractional variations only from the quotations of yesterday. The Bristol and Exeter Shares have been sold at 25* discount; the Great Western at 19 prem. ; the Brighton at 14k dis count; the South Western at 18* prem. ; the Manchester and Leeds at 2 discount ; and the North Midland at 40 discount. There have not been any transactions reported in the banking shares to-day. In the Colombian Market several public sales have been brought forward to-day, most of which have gone off without much animation. Prices cannot in any one instance be quoted higher than yesterday. PRICES OF SHARES THIS . DAY AT ONE. A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 7O 44k...... to Great Western London ane. Brighton London and South We s ter n ... 41% ......59 f to 60 Manchester and Leeds Midland Counties 100 Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip... .. .. ............ ... b North Midland - 100 South Eastern and Dover SO Ditto Scrip - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 15.—Our market continues very inactive, and there is but little disposition for business.—Edinburgh and Glas gow, Quarter Shares,, 41. 165.; North Midland, 62 62k; London and Birmingham, 181 183 ; Liv.erpool and Manchester, 177 179; Eastern Counties, 81 81; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MAN, .MESTER.---TuEspar. BY. DEA 8 to 1 agst A. British Yeo man (9 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 apt Murat 20 to 1 agst Winesour 30 to 1 agst Progress colt 40 to 1 agst Parthian 40 to 1 agst Cotherstone 40 to 1 agst Napier (t) 40 to 1 agst Newcourt (t) 40 to 1 agst Amorino 40 to 1 agst Languish colt 50 to 1 agst Oxygen colt (t) 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot 'l3 to I agst Sir G. Heath cote'slot. 8 to 1 agst Maria Day 10 to 1 agst. Lord Westmin, ster's lot (t) .Is. 10 to 1 agst Wee Pet 1 14 to 1 agst Extempore. COURT SING. ASHDOWN PARK, NOV. 15.—Mr. Kersham's Knight of the Garter beat Mr. Goddard's Gammon. Mr. W. Etwall's Whip poor Will beat Mr. Bennett's Boulogne. Mr. Bradley's Bay Leaf beat Mr. Lawrence's Leporello. Mr. Etwall s Ernest the First beat Mr. Bowles's Busear. THE CUP AND SOVEREIGNS.—Mr. Bradley's Barclay against Mr. Bennett's Brahmin (no course). Mr. Agg's Amazon beat Mr. Goddard's Gridiron: Mr. Etwall's Eton Boy beat Mr. Lawrence's Longstock. Stone's Spitfire beat Mr. Morant's Mussnlman. Mr. Kershaw's Kalmia beat Mr. Etwall's World's End. Mr. Bowles's Biorn beat Mr. Morant's May Fly. Mr. Brad ley's Laura beat Mr. Bennett's Bravura. Mr. Lawrence's Lovely beat Mr. Goddard's Glasgow. LANARKSHIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE MEETING, Nov. 10 AND 12.—The Cup of 161. for dog puppies was won by Mr. L. Ewing's Ida. The Pollokshaws Stakes by Lord Eglinton's Stag. The Pollok Stakes by Mr. A. Gra ham's White Hat. The Patterton Stakes by Mr. A. Pullok's Match'em. The Darnley Stakes by Mr. A. Gra ham's Blackball, and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. L. Ewing's Lammermoor. . MORPETU CLUB, Nov. 10 AND 11.—The All Aged Stakes were won by Mr. Braithwaite's Beeswing. Mr. Bainbridge's Collltl.l ran up. WITHNALL MEETING, Nov. 14.—The Dinner Service of 25/. was won by Mr. Gale's Dangerous ; Mr. Bake's Dangerous receiving the second prize, 6/. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. BRIGHTON, 1843. NO DAY MENTIONED. --Sweepstakes of 25 Sovs. each, for 2 yrs-olds, &c.—Duke of Beaufort's c by Liverpool, out of Retamosa ; Duke of Bedford's b f Commerce ; Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil ; Lord Chesterfield's c by Ratcatcher, out- of Nameless ; Mr. Gratwicke's b f by Elis, out of the Margravine ; Duke of Richmond's Strath spey ; Mr. Shelley's Omphale, and br f Jill ; Colonel Wyndham's Master Hervey. r:T UT SU'"‘ 1 1 11' OF NEWS AND WOW Optitton. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. The Journal de Honfleur has the following notice relative to the Telemaque :—At the moment when we are going to press we learn that the Telemaque has been raised from the spot where it has been so long imbedded ; it is covered with flags, and the cannon are firing salutes. The Madrid Gazette of the 7th publishes a decree dated on the 2d, which announces the nomination of M. Gomez Becerra to the post of President of the Senate; and of Messrs. Landero Corchado and Perez de Necoechea to the offices of Vice-Presidents. It is said that the Spanish Government intend to reduce the number of the Standing Army to 60,000 men. The infant Don Francisco was still at Sarragosa on the 7th. The Courrier de Lyon says that some symptoms of agitation are observed in the Canton of the Grisons. Troubles in thlt frontier canton might attract the attention of Austria, which is so easily alarmed for the tranquillity of Lombardy and Tyrol. PUBLIC OPINION. The Times thus points out some of the beauties of the Income-tax We were a good deal startled yesterday evening at the alarming pile of paper with which our Correspondents had favoured us in .the course of the day. It turned out, however, that the whole of the excess was due to a letter inserted in the Times a day or two since from An Assessor,' on that all-interesting subject the Income-tax; and proceeded from that numerous class of her Majesty's subjects whose incomes fall short of the notable 150 i. per annum. 'A Clerk,' "A Poor Clerk,' 'Another Poor Clerk,' Another Poor Clerk,' and still Another Poor Clerk,' A Widow from the West-end,' A Poor but Honest Man,' 'Truth," Justice,' two or three who have been inconvenienced,' and a variety of others, of whose lucubrations at least a dozen lie now at our elbow, poured forth in a flood of indignation their denials of the clumsiness which the `Assessor' summarily imputes to 'all who are - aggriediiV.' his brethren in office, and their prote s t a ti ons , each for him or herself, that after having, in the most regular and unambiguous way declared themselves unblessed with the fatal 150/. a year, they have not the leis re ceived notices of being assessed to the various amounts of 21. 18s. 4d., Si. 16s. Bd., and so on, with the aggra vation, in some instances, of an intimation, a fortnight antedated, that if they wished to appeal, they must deliver in their notice of the same within 15 days of the date. It is far too bad that a national resource, submitted to with the greatest reluctarice tinder the severest pressure, and already sufficiently onerous to those on whom it is levied—sufficientlY dangerous to the popularity of its imposers —sufficiently perplex ing and inconvenient in its necessary appendages, should be made intolerable by the mere carelessness of its subordinate collectors. All are equally 'in terested, Minister and people, in providing against this abuse ; and we do hope that the authorities are sufficiently considerate of the convenience of the people to have already visited with prompt and pointed censure those who have caused so much vexa tion and inconvenience. A complaint appeared in our paper a day or two since, with an aggravation which deserves even a more stringent reprimand. A return claiming exemption, as for an income below the taxable amount, the assessor took occasion to remit to its author without even taking tile trouble to enclose it. This is perfectly abominable. For what purpose does he suppose he takes the oath (which we presume he has taken) to retail to the world none of that inforina • tion respecting his neighbour's affairs to which his office as assessor admits him ? For what purpose does he suppose that the law has framed all that ap paratus of special and general commissioners, and commissioners for general purposes, by which- the 'rich hope to protect themselves from the impertinent curiosity of the world? Those members of the. Go vernment whom it concerns will, if they are wisedose no time in putting a stop to this ignorant misconduct. To sacrifice popularity is sometimes necessary, but to allow . it to be, sacrificed by such blunders as these is a folly of which we do not suspect the Conservative Ministry." The Herald, speaking of some recent trials in which certain members of the aristocracy figured in no very creditable manner, says :—" Lord Chesterfield is a leader of a class—a chief of what is called fashionable society—the head of a frivolous and offensive con federacy. It is a society devoid of every good quality composing the English character ; its men have the appearance of well-dressed tailors' blocks, and its women of milliner-girls fitted out for show days ; its manners are as affected and vulgar as its morals are detestable and its habits of life unwholesome; its career is one continuous round of vicious indulgence purchased by the infliction of misery on others ; its termination is generally ruin and expatriation; and wealth anA vice are the chief qualifications for admis sion into its saloons. The Ches . telfel& set is an ei pression in the mouth of cabdien ; is there among the squad ore desirable acquaintance—one Christian gen tleman ? Are not the peeuniary: embarrassments and difficulties of its members beComing more and more -notorious daily ? bo we not read of the continental residenCe of this spendthrift Earl, and the sale of the estates of that imitative Conimoner ? Is not the end of such contamination insolveneY and disgrace ? Why the very gainbling-houseS maintained by the crimes of these men are closing their doors—the carcase has been plucked to the very bones, and the vultures are taking wing. Their studs are sold or are selling, their very furniture has in some cases been brought to the hammer, and these leaders of fashion are only protected from the sponging-house and a prison by the privileges of the Order which they have degraded.' We quote the following from the Post:—" In plight most pitiable are Lord Palmerston and his brother authors of our recent Asiatic triumphs.' Where to hit, and how to hit, at the details of a po licv planned by better and abler men than themselves they cannot for their lives discover. When they imagined that an immediate retreat from Affghanis tan had been finally resolved on by the Indian Govern ment, the heat of their affected indignation well nigh overcame the delicacy of their nerves. When the news of an advance arrived they were not better pleased; and now that they know not what to think (seeing that they are altogether unable to form an opinion of their own as to the course that wisdom and sound discretion would dictate in the East), they think to save their reputation by blaming everything--- everything thing that is, everything that may be, and everything that can be. If the troops go forward, the movement is wrong; if they go back to India, it is wrong ; if they stay where they are, it is wrong. Such is the substance of the Noble Viscount's latest fulmination, as issued through the columns of his congenial newspaper organ. Such are the straits to which the Morning Chronicle is reduced in its feeble, though venomous and desperate, thrusts at the char acter and conduct of Lord Ellenborough." The Chronicle says :—" Heartily, therefore, do we wish success to the League in its momentous enter prise. It is both a power and a safety-valve. The perils of agitation are abated by the organisation and direction that ensure its fairest chance of being crowned With success. The Great League Fund' should be raised promptly. For the farmer, it is an insur ance against fire, and for the citizen against tumult. Fifty thousand pounds are a good round sum, it is true ; but, like the little loaves and fishes, what are they amongst so many ?' And what, moreover, in comparison with the tax which th e y w ill go f ar to wards abolishing ? One landowner, and proprietor of several farms, has, we . perceive, subscribed 100/:, to be repeated if requisite. The example is a good one. All who have property, especially property in land, are deeply interested in the speedy settlement of this question. Their liberal subscriptions may purchase expedition of Sir R. Peel. While to those dependent on trade, or whose only property is labour, it is a life or death question. Both the outlay and the raising of the fund will act with appalling force on the up holders of the food monopoly. We remember a poli , tical drama with a chorus of mechanics in it, commen cing We do object 'to starve. And the 'strength of the sokection to starvation is now to be shown, first .1 . 3 y subscriptions varying proportionally from the pence of the poorZto the hundreds of the propertied ; and then by that hearty co-operation in the renewed agitation, which will evince its claim to the charaCter of a national movement, and enable it to avert the im pending storms of national calamity." The AdVertiser makes the following comments on the Lord Mayor's politics :—" A great deal has been written about.the absence of party feeling which is said to have characterised the proceedings at the late civic banquet. As the advent of the new Lord Wyor is a purely civic and social occasion, the politics of the Lord Mayor never being taken into consideration by those who elect him, it is, doubtless right that there should be an entire absence of all political feeling at the banquet, by which his investiture with the insignia of office is always accompanied. We cannot see, therefore, why Lord Mayor Humphery should have been so prodigally praised for his non-exhibition of political feeling on the recent occasion—even had the absence of such feeling been really as entire as 'it is represented to have been. Other Lord Mayors be:ere him have always made it a point, whatever were their private political views, to sink all political feeling on such occasions, and so to demean themselves both by the choice of guests and by their speeches when ac. knowledging the compliments paid them, as if they had no political partialities at all. Even, there fore, had the new presiding genius of the Mansion house displayed the most perfect political impartiality on the late occasion, we do not see why he should have been so liberally lauded, just as if 110 one else had ever done the same before him. But it so happens that Lord Mayor Humphery has no claim' whatever to commendation on the score- of an akeePee'i . 1„,1 of political feeling. He ai V layell decidedlyiolitical - leanings, and these,leanings, which makes,•the thinsTaalo look still mor e indecent, were in favOUr of that very person, and that very party, to oppose Whora the elec tors of Southwark sent him to Parliament. Initead of exhibiting that absence of political feeling at the Guildhall banquet, for which his new Civic Lordship has obtained so much credit, he appeared on the ° 6- . 4 casion in the character of an apostate from those i dd principles which he has professed through life, and to assert which, in the H ouse o f C ommons , the electors 551,0 of the Borough returned him to that House. He spoke . in approving terms of Sir Robert Peel being at the e ewi° head of her Majesty's Government, and expressed his ,9d belief that we could not have a more fitting Premie r ,, ci His words were, that " the Government could net I °7 - I A 9ff in safer hands." If thi s b e no t ran k a postacy from ,„1. 0 !) the principles of M r . H ump h ery , we s h ou ld lige to :0 ,:, 1 J i i 4 know what is. ,>Ol, MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. 'fa -/ eslnJ, At the meeting of th e su b scr ib ers o f the School fetl, 9d l Indigent Blind, hAd yesterday at the London Taver n ,' it appeared from th e h eport th a t s i nce th e o pening °I ~i 1 the institution, 294 persons had been enabled to get f. 4 , - ; f li living. Th e rece ipt s f or th e pas t year amo unted t° 10.9221., and the expenditure to 9,7131., leaving ~! balance in hand of 1,207/. -99°,9LA PUBLZO IMPROVEMEN'TS. ';l,o9ofif At Halifax the state of the prison is said tt .. 111.-gai10,!, 5 21 most reprehensible. A number of the prisoners,altEiiltd,,' to be seen in the tap-room, whom the publican', : .0 0 1 gaoler boards at rates up to a guinea a-week. Th,, ° ' ' l lO Sheffield lock-up is in the same state of disorder an'ivocli i l neglect. The cells are many of them quite da.TY 0 L . 974 with dirty straw litter ; the prisoners are unpr,_ j er°,, li g i l dit with soap or towels, and the keeper, though 09.1 l& f " . .1 Bd. a-day for their maintenance, fu , rnishes nothing jA 9 , I " but bread and water for this sum. 1 914 ' : , r , ac e It is stated by Mr. Walker, in a letter just pu,9l - 1 161 ' i, lished, that after a shower of rain, and during 71 1 ) ° 9 1 ,0 1 1 warm season, the air in London is sensibly too ,0 0 , 5 „,, with and corrupted by the emanations from the de* di n i t . A peculiar putrefactive odour in the neighliourP . Tti . 1 0 ,0 of Parliament•street, arising principally front, .1 91 , ° !, j surface of St. M argare t s churchyard, is frecine9till ''''' si distinguished. ,y ill . -' ' 4- :;' ,l 11:'1,.11:::.0 ECCLZSIA.STICAZ. The late Dr. Dickinson, Bishop of Meath, has died so poor, th a t con t r ib u ti ons are being, solicited for los family. Dr. Stopford, the new Bishop, has been O w secrated in the Cathedral of Armagh. Porter, Bishop o f Cloghef, left upwards of 200, 0 ' behind him; and the celebrated Lord N Enot °ll ' or Archbishop of Dublin, known in Ireland by the 6 ' briquet of " A gar th e N agar ," scrape d t o gethet, , 400,0001. by pe nur y an d exac ti ons . Wh en th e 8 1 '1" : ,foj Dr. Doyle died, four-pence halfpenny,was 0 10 9 his pockets, this b e i ng th e w h o l e o f his worldlyiAet7, e ':. / . l ' LAW AND POZZCZ. t A . 1 1 r The sum taken from a prisoner on =his incarciersto,ThildP in our country pris ons i s t erme d " garn i s h"' pears to be a cruel oppression, and,-if not paid, Off! coat of the owner is appropriated. In one ga ol eigu,9o ,9 coats and hats were taken on this claim. - Francis Rugg, Henry Rugg, George Stephens, 011 gel!! Christopher Rugg, who have been in custody s°l qr J time on a charg e o f obtaining a sum of money out (3 , i rflP the office of the Accountant-G ene ral o f the Court ° f 501 Chancery, were finally examined at Lambeth-stre et l 10 1 and ordered for commitment for trial at the Old 4'l l Bailey, but will be brought up again before they 1 „ 1 0 0 ' transmitted to Newgate, owing to the absence d o : // 311$ ir or two witnesses. John Parsons was ch a rg e d, at Wa n d s worth, Yktile,4)l, putting off t w o 51. no t es , b e i ng f orger i es on the Bur ul ' f .o6 ll ' he was remanded until Monday next. of 91 9 John Morris, the person accused of setting fire,„„'" the premises at Teddingto n , was re - exa mined . """•',, 50 19 0 charge at the Felth a m P e tty S ess i ons . The evideofit'i appears to make the case one of strong suelljui dil 2! against him. He was remanded. 11-100. VINE ARTS. The Aguado collection of pictures is to be 50 1 d at „nib Paris in March. r . The statue of the Duke of Wellington intended in it the City is finished, but the Committee have not Yet d e .; 1 cided on the site itis t o occu py. Th e s ub s cription (. 110 2 is somewhat under 15,0001. M r . C. Wyatt hid . .. 1, 13 West-end statue of th e D u k e con fid e d t o him, 23, 4 7, for which have already been subscribed. - /1 4 --„iT 0 9 SCIZNTIM C. There is a great novelty i s i nven ti o n at presen t I t : the Waterloo Saw Mills in' the Commercial -r°`; Lambeth, for, which a patent has been obtained, liff4/14 the planing of deals. Its construction is simP i l :i n ' the extreme, Me result being produced by re v : d a re knives, worked by steam. Th e d ea l s thus Pir„, s3e ss not only most rapidly turned ou t of hand, but t he - re ~d a smoothness and equality not to b e a c quire" ordinary means ; and, moreover , the edge s a "ploughed" and "toned" at the same time 25 the sot, face. Several of our most Scientific men have Pr t _ 3 ;i f ,-44, / , nounced a high opinion upon the ingenuity displsrit, tvisl in its construction, and the deals' finished by it certaidlY,d warrant their encomium. ( 0 9 coulvr—pAsmoNAnzz.- • • .' t ic The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the 3 0d01",,i ful Ladies Somerset, at the close of the linntiory, 1; 19 ' season,. are expected to proceed on an extenaert ^ 9l ' l . 1" • i f tinental tour. The Earl of. Stradbroke has returned' to New: ll . 3 7J Hall, Suffolk, from a vi s i t to'his Iri s h es tates. „tl l 9 1 The Earl and. Countesi of ChOsterfield and farnli.Y are expected to ,leave Chesterfield House to-morrew 11 on a Continental tour. They are eipected to win ter ; at Rome. . The Earl and Countess 9f Glengall will, on OW arrival from. Caher Castle, remain in town only fey days, as they intend to join th e numerous • ton who minter in Paris. Lord and Lady Kinnaird and family are Poi n t e ;0. , the season at Rossie Priory, in Perth s hir e . Lord and Lady Canning are s till on a visit to te.f ,1.1 ! f ! Marquis and Marchioness of W a t er f or d, a t Currag.,..` ,, ;;',,il more, and are expected to remain i n I re land until bll :7' end of the month. AZISICZIMANEOI7II. of There are at present 1,100 p r i soners in the gao. the House of Correction. rss The misgovernment of th e a ff a i rs o f St. Pall e IA .;, for some years past, crea ti ng th ere b y ver y exte s . ; it defalcations, has deter m i ne d th e h ea d s o f the Parl: r to call preliminary m ee ti ngs i n ever y district, in °ru i n - " b e' fully to explain to the rate-payers the position $4. which they stand with r egar d t o th e parish flint " 1 - 4 1 also with regard to the education of the chiltV7V - Pf and treatment of the poor. ft • 10f( 09 • r LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS 7)A11") LONDON, Nov. 16.—Wind this day at 10/14 9j l easterly, light airs, and hazy. DEAL, Nov. 15.—Wind E.S.E. , moderate. -- , Duke of Wellington, St. John's, New BrunsW ic ;" Northumberland, Agn es , T r i n id a d ; Washing t °,, 7? ''..os America. Arrd. Ge orge C ann i ng , M us t ar t, Honcings siet FALMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind S. t o W.S.W., 3 .,41 1 1 1 breezes, with rain, and hazy.—Arrd. 14th, 0 00 1 7:410 Niernann, Jamaica. Sid. Montrose (steamer), VigtT.a. • ,lo Powirsmourtr, Nov. 15.—Wind W. squally•—r - i; Quebec, Williams, Ne w Y or k, sa il e d 21 s t u lt. ; Adey, Quebec; Marie, Bremen for Cuba. Sailed be .-(0 Majesty's ship Hyacinth, eastward. , LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Ellen, German, Cabello. Off port, Duke of Gordon Demerara. ' 1 1i ,nfo; Belmont, Brown, New Orleans : Lord Mait t° ii 4- 1 Taylor, ditto : Sheridan, De Peyster, New 1 ;i, - sio Tarolinta, Smith, Boston ; Martha, Williams, l a- - ` l.- 1• t tO SWANSEA, Nov. 14.—Arrd. Alexander Ittb erts 7,i 4. Hannau, and Helena Hardy, Smith, Cuba. ~.„,„„:be I MILFORD, Nov. 14.—Arrd. Reward, Frost, lA -- C for HUH, with loss of boats and other damage. e , 1 , 1 s, CORK, Nov. 12.—Arrd- Lady H un tl e y, fl e ' — ; 4 Prince Edward's Island ; Urania, Clark, and Lit .- „ 3 o ' Deave3, Quebec; Lady Campb e ll, P ower , Q u ebec ; Sisters, Davidson, Honduras ; Lancaster, W r4 ' Laguna. Sld. Constantus, Pernambuco. LIMERICK, Nov. 13.—Arrd. Primrose, Quebec' CLYDE, Nov. 13. 7 —51 d. Isabella, Jamaica. " sh i s '; LEITH, Nov. 14.—S1d. Jane S m ith, Wright,right, Hum., Nov. 15.—Arrd. Gang es , Blyth, „ a f RAMSGATE, Nov. 15.—Wind E.S.E. Arrd- Wise, Harwood, Sydney. ' COWES, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Frederick (master.l);sl five of crew deceased), Manila.- MARGATE, Nov. 15.—Wi n d E„ blowing hardAfir Arrd. Huron, Miller, St. J o h n ' c, New Brunswiolc":l_.._("'t WIVENHOE, NOV. 15.—The Gannett, Kunna°7 ° di of and from Newcastle, was totally wrecked last nig!" on the Whitaker • crew saved. The Christopher D° 7 Cook, Shields to ' London, got on the Mouse San 12th inst., but assisted off after throwing Paicrt l' ~c argo overboard, an d rocee d e d. The ll udia Shapcott, from London p to Rotterdam, has been aL sisted in here leaky, after being 48 hours on the Mouse Sand. Th e E n d eavour, Rhodes, of mor from L on d on t o Lincoln, was run foul of this and ing, whil s t a t anc h or, by a brig, name unkno wn, an received damage and is leaky. HAuwrcm, Nov. 15.—The Hamilton, Bradbury.: from Shi e ld s t o L on d on; was t o t a lly lost on the C u , fleet Sand this morning, only one man saved. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15.--Wind S.W.—Arrd. Danl l4 • Hooper, Quebec. JERSEY, Nov. B.—Arrd. Amicus, Orang e, . Psetrailsi,33l.); nambuco ; Friendship, Morgan, Guadaloupe.„?.. Themis, River Plata; Antelope, Rio Janeiro. .f.cleiegiT PADSTOW, NOV. 14.—Arrd. Clio, Brown, QueYtei: BOWMORE, ISLAY, Nov. 10.—The Wei° _A ,0 from Sligo to Liverpool, has put in here leaky, 15( 10 " - with damage. Antwerp,SIHELDS, gotN o 14.—The Herd Th san o d ma th s, is H n t4 f ;St, remains in a dangerous position_i crew saved. 4 . ro 'ii r on n . the YARMOUTH, ov. 14.—The fiarmmiis, Arne., - Hartlepool to London, gr t in contact with the Pl ni Brotherick, Stanley, last night, and received dainag and became leaky, but had it stopped, and proceelis.,l to London. • The latter also receives damag e ' proceeded to Harwich.