The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-07 00:00:00

0 " " I.fiTr 4i41 r?‘ .iND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGTE2I;),4 CITY, Two o'CLoci , .. The. Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday ma nifested a steady though quiet aspect, closing flatly, however, at a decline of fully id. per lb. en American. Other kinds without change. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by the exporters, and 500 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market cloSed quietly, and prices were a shade lower than those current on Wednesday. Accounts from Berlin state that the fall which has occurred is the principal continental wool Markets, in consequence of the monetary crisis, has not been felt there yet. However, the market is dull, and exhibits a tendency to decline. For the present the few transactions which occur are closed at September prices. The manufacturers appear to be holding on until the wool-fair at Frankfort-on the- Maine, but still they must come into the mar ket to obtain supplies for their current wants. The arrivals at the commencement of the month are more than usually happens in Nov., diminished partly by the August and September sales. The stocks on hand have not been increased as in former Years by fresh receipts from Prussia and Poland, He that they are not heavy. The manufacturers Who have entered into contracts for this year's clip complain of the lateness of the season, and where a greater quantity was expected they are not more considerable than they were last year. In the provinces the contracts have been active for the next crop at an advance of 5 to 8 thalers per quin tal. The greater part of the Prussian wools have I already been sold. In the markets for Foreign and Colonial produce this week a smaller business has been transacted, the dearness of money occasioning a limitation of purchases,n ear l y but for all the principal stapl es previous valu es h ave been maintained. Holders of Sugar h ave b rought forward a small quantity only for public corn • quently been fi petition, and prices have conse rm. Coffee has been without any chan ge of • importance, and the demand has not been active. For has been obtained. cocoa an advance of ls. per cwt. obtained Tea has sold at former curren- Cie % audice has been more inquired for at steady ate', Of saltpetre there has been scarcely any on offer, and a rise o f i s . t o 2 s . per cw t. h as consequently been established. In spices there have been a few transaction; and\ ginger has been held for high prices. Cloves and cassia llama have slightly de clined. Tall ow h as been dull, and is. to 2s. per cwt. cheaper. • Another New Joint Stock Company of an exceed- TglY useful character has just been brought before hpublic, viz., th e B r i t i s h C andle Company, e capital required is 200,0001., and the pro- Meters, who have purchased the works of the British Sperm Candle Company, and of Ban "! en'a Patent Candle Company, calculate upon aeeuring for the proprietors an ample return on the nnbscribed capital. From an estimate made it is shown that a clear profit of 20 or 22 per cent. can be earned if the concern is judiciously managed, fas there can be no doubt that the article manu actured will command extensive patronage. The Investing public will do well to participate in such USeful undertakings as this, where a return in the '1141)a tof dividend s can b e i mme di ately insured, raher than embark in foreign enterprise of a doubtful description. A meeting of the Northern Counties Union failway Company has just been held. The ques %ion was as to dividing the 9,0001. in hand, and ; y in, ding up the company, or to await the sale of / ne line to some other company, It was agreed by a majority to leave the concern in existence still longer, with a view to its disposal for the benefit of the shareholders. L , A moder a t e b us i ness has been transacted in Fke 0 English Stock market, but the quotations Salve.na ruled heavy in consequence of speculative looks es The aspect o f mone t ary a ff a i rs st i ll The while political events are also watched with anxiety, although it is now stated, in telegraphic accounts, that the ilfoniteur denies that the Anglo-French alliance is less strong than it was. This, however, if true, W ill prob a bl y not increase confidence, as it is no t much that subject as the appearance of the Money Market which excites mistrust. The money pressure seems to have become almost chro nic, and even the most sanguine entertain Zia - hope of an early improvement. Consols oPened at about 92i for money, and 921 to :93k for account. They have since been 92g and 93, owing to a pressure of sales. Tho New Threes have been marked 92 to 921, and since 91i 92. The New Deferred are 914 I. Bank Stock is firmer,, viz., 214 to 216. Exchequer Bills are 2s. discount to is. premium. In Foreign Securities there has been a general decline, but there is not much activity in business. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded to 891 and 90, but are now 901 and the 4 per Cents. are 1004. Spanish are weaker, the Threes being 411, the Deferred 231, and the Certificates 51. Russian 4i 1:11)r Cents. have been 95i, the Small ditto 96. Sardinian 89 and Dutch 21 per Cents. 951. b The following•are the nominal prices of Foreign "eke :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6/ 71 ; Mexi 'all, 22 22i ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., '76 8 ; ditto a. per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., j 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per ) ell ts.) 95 7; Spanish 6 per Cents., 411 421 ; ditto ~,eferred, 231 24; ditt o Certificates , 1; ditto 4-4 sive, 6 L Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the market for American Securities during the past 1,1.34.71_, has been quiet. The foll ow i ng are the quo was Redeema Cent. —...1 tr nited St a t es 6 per Cents. 18 671868 b1e. 05 Per 105 truited States 6 p er Cent. Bonds 1868...105 105 STATE SECURITIES. Alabama 5 per Cent 4 entucky 6er Cent. Bonds 1868-1872_ 90 —4aryl and " per Cent. (Sterling Bonds).:. ... 89 91 lias, sachusAts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ... 98 -- 4418aiSaippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. 1841-1871_ 43 45 ...Bonds. Atississippi 6 per Cent. - Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18 ... 72 74 l'enneylvania. 5 per Cent. Stock 1877... 79 81 ~'?llll.sylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds v irgini a, 6 1886... 82 84 per Cent Bonds Ir irginia 5 per Cent: (Sterling Bonds) —1888... 84 86 LOANS OF CITIES. 5. 1883... 85 87 Mn treal 6 toll 5 per Cent. Bonds per Cent. Bonds 856-1865— 83 85 New Orleans 6 per Cent. St oc k 1 1883... 78 80 RAILROAD BONDS. nlinoia Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, ~. not Convertible .............................. 1875... 80 81 not Central 6 per Cent .................. 1875... 77 79 Illinois Central. '7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds ................... .. ................. 1860_ 93 94 Illinois Central (Shares), $25 paid ..... ... 11 12 P Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert....lB6o.- Newl%• Do. do. do. ............... 1869... 90 92 rew York Central 7p. Cent., Convert...lB64.- 93 94 York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible ........ .. _ .„ _ ._„ . ... 1883... 78 80 New York and Erie 7 ...... . gent. .. . 3d...510. rt gage ............................. ._. _._ ... 1883... 83 94 N. York and Erie 7 . Cent.. Conve . rtible .1862_ 79 81. N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund .............. - 1875. 82 83 .............................. ... Railway Shares have been dealt in to a moderate extent, but a general reduction of i to 1 per cent. in the principal lines is apparent. Those most. aftected are Great Northern, Edinburgh, Perth, andiDundee, South-Western, and North-Eastern Berwick. The Foreign lines are dull, but Lom bardo-Venetian have-risen Statement that no call will bec°"equence of th t e naade at presen The Colonial are flat. . mining Shares are inactive, and Miscellaneous descripti ons are hea also Ba n ks. and Oriental Steam are 1/. lower. 17. Penins ular I,: I RITISH FUNDS T Fro HIS the Offi DAY.— CLOSIIi G PRICES. ( m ctal f.,,,,.., (lon Bank Stock. 214 6 6, B il per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu ities ...,. ......... 9.1. ii i R P'r c ent. C onso l s A nnuit i e9 ' l 2l . .1 $ ri nez• 3 per rent. Annuities .. 92 i n Wen" Annttities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 1546 1.346 I ndia Stock ndi k i knids. £lOOO ... ..... ... ...... ..... 4 3 p Ditto, unde r 21000 i 1i *‘-'ousolie for Accou nt 92 3 32 :3 ttnhaquer Bills, 21d. ' 2500 1 p 2 d 1 p par p • Small tt PRICES OF F OREIGN FUNDS TA IS DAY. '. " 11 (33.13 per Cent.... , Ditto Account ......... ....................... k-crtuguese Bonds, '5 per Cent., Con. 1841 .„ Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ......... . . . 431 Aoßsian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per . .C . ont . . .. Ditto 41 per Cent. . ..................... 951 6/ „,431.tt0 Small .................................. 96 ",' rdinian Bon4s, 5 per Cent. .. ............. 89 i Qlaantsl, Roads 3 per Cent .. 3 - bitto Account ............. ................................... 4 4 21 2 Dith, ~ -.‘' New Deferred , 3 per Cent. ......... • Sparuitto Ac ount 23/ tiah. Corn% itteo Cert. of Coup. not fun. 51 4 - . r , , 4 ikmdh, 6 per cent,,,,,, .-ntto Ac count D'ttool 89 bitto Guarante e d, 4 per Cent looi i I o Account , 100 a l• renc , .:, ~ node on the above payable in London Rei g i a u n. n res, 41 per Cent. Ditto 4i 1 4 Per Cent', ex. 25 francs --. batch Ex , Per Cent.. ex. 25 francs ' 1 aalge, W j per Can;., 12 Guilders 64i ) Console.. THREE O'CLOCK. o (A ....... ... 92i i 4.cotint) December 4 21 i 2 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) IN BE BESSEMER'S PATENT. Mr. Cairns this morning applied on the petition of Mr. J. Birch, of the Bowling Iron Works, Bradford, to set aside the patent lately granted to Mr. Bessemer for cer tain improvements in the manufacture of iron. The learned counsel, as the ground of his application, stated that the petitioner bad obtained a patent for a certain discovery in the manufacture of iron, in June, 1855, which was in effectp recisely the same al that fir which Mr. Bessemer badiobtained a patent in 1856. The learned counsel read a letter, the specifications of the patent of Mr. Birch, and contended that if Mr. Bessemer claimed a patent for the introduction of atmospheric air under the surface for the purpose of deoxydising the metal, that was embraced in the patent granted to Mr. Birch. If the claim for a patent rested on the completion of the process of refining, reducing, and puddling at one operation, that process was also embraced in the paterit of Mr. Birch. He fully believed that Mr. Bessemer had really road the discov . ery men tioned in the patent, but then it WS in the June of the present year ; but his client had made the discovery some time previously, and Birch's discovery had been in opera tion for a year and a quarter at the Bowling Iron Works, at the time that Besseiner's patent was taken out. The arguments in the case occupied the Court the whole of the day. VICE•,CHANCELLOR'S COURT. To-day being a petition day, the Courts were occupied in hearing applications for the payment of money out of Court —none of which were of the slightest interest ex cept to the parties concerned. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Mr, Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice E:le.) The Altorney-General moved for a new trial in a case connected with a patent in a wool combing machine, and entered at groat length into technical details, which were of no public interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at NiEi Prius, before Mr. Justice CrOwder.) WEBSTER V. ORFORD. This was a feigned issue to try whether certain goods which had been taken in execution really belonged to the plaintiff, who laid claim to them. The plaintiff's right was clearly proved, and the jury round a verdict accordingly. • This was the only case before the Court. 'Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice Creswell, Mr Justice William!, Mr. Justice" Crowder, and Mr. Justice Willes.) FINNEY ♦.. LORD BROWNLOW CECIL. This was an action which 'has been tried twice, and been on several occasions before the Court ; the last trial took place befoie Mr. JUstice Willow, at Guildhall, whqn a verdict was given for the plaintiff for 1,3581., being the amount of a promissory note given by the defendant for 1,0001,, with interest. Mr. Serjeant Byles now moved to set aside the ver• diet, and to enter a verdict for the defendant. The question involved was one of a purely legal cha racter. The Court, however, refused tho rule. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THE NEW BARON. At the sitting of the Court, at which the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Martin, and Mr. Baron Bramwell were present, Mr. Baron Watson (the new Baron in the room of Mr. Baron Platt, resigned) entered the court in his full robes, when the Oaths of Al. legiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration were administered to him by Charles Panton, Esq., the senior clerk in the Queen's Remembrancer's Office, in the absence of that. officer (H. W. Vincent, Esq.), on account of illness. The oaths having been taken, the learned Barola subscribed the roll of oaths of the Barons of the Exchequer filed of record. The same oaths were administered in each court, to give concurrent juriediltion. Yesterday, in addition to those oaths, the ancient oath of the Red Book of the Exchequer was administered by the Queen's Rememr brancer, before the Lord Chancellor. The learned Raron commenced his judicial functions by sitting at chambers this afternoon. DEGG ADMINISTRATRIX, &C., V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Keating, Q C., moved pursuant to leave in this case, for a rule to show cause why the verdict found for the plaintiff on the first issue should not be set aside, and the defendants generally on both issues, the verdict on the second issue having been found in their favour. This action, which has been previously tried before Baron Alderson, involves a question of the liability of railway companies for accidents caused by parties volun tarily assisting servants of the company. Mr. Baron Alderson said that at the trial he had directed the jury to find a verdict upon the fact only, whether the deceased, at the time of the acciden', was acting voluntarily or•not, when they found for the defendants, but on the plea ef . not guilty, he directed a verdict for the plaintiff. Rule nisi accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DRUNKETIPRosuctrroR.--A tall, fashionably dressed young woman, who gave tho name of Laura Mayne, wag Placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing two 51. not'es, two sovereigns, and some Pilver, the property of John Webb, butcher, 14, Newport. market. The prosecutor, who appeared to be in a slate of semi intoxication, stated that last night, about 11 o'clock, he was proceeding along` Compton-stroet, when the defend ant came up to him and asked him to treat her. He declined acceding to her request, anti told her to go about her business, as he was going home to his "old woman." (Laughter.) He then walked on a little way, the prisoner walking by his side, when all at once he felt her hand in his trousers pocket. At that moment two men came behind him, and one of them struck him a violent blow on the side of the head. The woman then ran away, and on feeling in his trousers pocket he missed a canvass bag containing two 51. notes, two sovereigns, and ss. in silver. He then went in pursuit of the prisoner, and came up with her in Deau•street, when he gave her into custody. Carpenter s 36 C, said about 12 o'clock last night he was on duty in Dean-street, when the defendant came up to him, and claimed his protection from the prosecutor, whom she alleged had been stopping her. Witness asked him why he did so, when he replied that she had. been robbing him of his purse, which she most indignantly deried. He then took her to the station, where she was searched, but nothing was found upon her. The accused denied all knowledge of the prosecutor or his money. She was going home when he seized her and charged her .with robbing him, and eventually gave her into custody. The prosecutor admitted that he was so exceedingly drunk that he would not now swear to the prisoner as the person who had robbed him. • Mr. Bingham, under these circumstances, at once discharged the defendant. SOUTHWARK. ROBBING HER MAJESTY. —MichaeI Maguire, an as. sistant store-keeper employed at the To wer, was brought up in custody of a constable of the H division, charged with stealing a Colt revolver pistol, the property of her Majesty the Queen.' Mr. John Watkins, a clerk in the War Department at the Tower, stated that he bad charge of the small-arm department, and tbe'prisoner was employed as an aeais tent store-keeper. On Wednesday evening last he was informed that the prisoner had pledged a Colt's revolver pistol in Se Borough, belonging to her Majesty, when he was sent for by the principal storekeeper , and given into custody. Hi gh - street, Har r i s , ass i stan t t o M r . Blejard, pawnbroker, Lligh-street, Southwark, stated that ou Tuesday evening last, a b out half -past six o'clock, the prisoner came into his m aster ' s shop an d offered t h e pi s tol produced in pledg e . lav wanted 151., and said that Mr. Wharton, in the Biackfriars,road, had lent him 20s. on it. Wit nese, ho wevr, advanced him only 12e., which he took, and left th e s h op. Mr. Watki ns here examined the pistol, 37.0 Said it was the .propertyof her M a j esty. He ha d between six and sev en t h ousand similar ones under his care, and it was impossible to miss one or two. As soon as the prisoner was called before the store he had pledged. He repl i ed that a man keeper he was ask e d where he got the pistol from that gave it him near London-bridge, and ask e d him to pledge it for bim, and he said he could produce th at man if the constable went with him. The constable was sent with him, but the man could not be found. Ile was then given into custody..,, Mr. Daniel Flood, one of thr arrnourers emplcyed ini the small arms department in the Tower, stated that it . , was his duty to inspect all the small arms intended for t h e army, and all those which he coneidered properly finished he marked. The pistol produced bore his mark, and had never been sold from the stores. It was one of Colt's revolvers, and worth . three pounds. • One of the clerks employed at the Tower said that on Tuesday evening last he followed the prisoner from that place, and saw him entcr the pawnbroker's. After he came out witness went into the shop and ascertained that he had pledged the pistol pnduced. He afterwards gave information to his superior officer. Mr. Cbiffurfield, on the part of the prisoner, contended that he had not stolen the pistol in question, but that a man whom he met on London•bridge had given it him to pledge. In fact, there was no actual proof that it was stolen from her Majesty's stores. The magistrate thought otherwise, and to give the witnesses an opportunity of consulting the law officers of the Crown, he should remand the prisoner until Thursday next. DIA.F.KET N;&Vl3.—(This ray.) TILE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAT CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Eaglish wheat coastwise and by land carriage continue very moderate, and the shovi of samples in to-day's market was limited. All kinds, however, met a dull inquiry, at prices barely equal to those realised on Monday. The imports of foreign wheat are 9,400 quarters. For home consumption there was very little inquiry, yet im porters refused to accept lower terms. • Fine barley was tolerably firm, but other kinds met a dull inquiry. Malt sold slowly, at barely late rates. We were barely supplied with oats, and the demand for them ruled heavy, at Monday's decline. Beans, peas, and flour sold to a fair extent, on former terms. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. I 'Barley. Malt. Oats. I 2,230 / 1,760 3,270 j 10 1,970 ! ( 6,650 1 3,169 18,820 brls. scks. E lash .. Irish .. Foreign 1 I 1 9,400 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Only a minierate supply of huts was on sale in to-day's market; nevertheless, the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at Monday's prides. The show of sheep was limited, yet the mutton-trade was inactive, on former terms. We wore scantily supplied with calves, in which a steady busi ness was transacted, at an improvement in value of 4d per 81bs. The top figure was 5s 4d per 81bs. There was a moderate demand for pigs, at full prices. Mitch cows were dull, at from 14L to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the °trait. e. d. s. dd O. d. e. Inforior Beasts.... 2 Bto 2 10(PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 m Secd quality.... 3 0 3 6 /Argo crse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 6 / Prime small do 410 5 4 Prime Scots, tire. 4 8 410 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 ( Sinallporkers Second quality ...3 8 3 10 / Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 4,Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 TOTAL SUPPLY. l POSEICN SUPPLY. Blasts ..... 959 i Beasts.. .• •• .• •• ••.• • 160 Sheep . ••• ....•. 3,360 Sheep ..........•• •• 640 C a l v es ..... .......• •• 241 Calves..• •• •• •• •••• •• 212 i NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. The trade generally ruled heavy, as follows : Per 81bs by tue carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 6 2 10 Do., middling 3 2 3 6 I Do. prime large 3 8 4 0 j Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 a. d. s. d Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 ' 6 Veal 3 10 5 0 Perk, small 4 8 5 6 BOROUGH HOP. Although -the old duty has been . . declared at 266,399/. 16s Sid, and the show of samples is good, our markot is very firm, at extreme quotations. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 103 to 5/ 15s per cwt.; Weald of Kent, 31 5s to 4/ 14s; Sussex, 310 s to 3/ 16s. COLONIAL. TEA.—A large business has been done in this article by private contract (chiefly congous), at full prices, viz., is OW to is 4id per lb. Young hyson brought is Oid per lb. The last arrivals, of the new crop of congous were eagerly sought after at is 91 per lb. Common congou 91d to 9;d per lb. SUGAR.—The supplies have been very limited, and full prices were obtained for all descriptions. The stooks on hand at the present time are estimated to be about 12,000 tons more than, at this time last year, but prices are lower by 11s to 13s per cwt. The rlfined market is rather firmer, there being a good demand f home consumption. COFFEE.—The supplies continue very limited. Planta tion Ceylon brought fully previous rates. Mocha has been in demand, and the supply being very moderate previous quotations were fully supported. RICE--The market ruled very inactive, and prices gene rally were rather easier. Hallam fair quality brought 9s 3d to 9s (id, and low mid white lOs 2d to 1 s 3d per cwt. Rum—Holders continue to demand high rates; cor se quently very Hale business has been done. Prices as com pared with those current at this time last year show a slight decline. SPlCES—Ginger has been in demand, at enhanced prices; but other descriptions ruled steady. Cloves, however, were rather easier. SALTPETRE—The market has been very excited, and but low parcels were on sale, and prices advanced abort 2s to 2s 6d per cwt. COCIIIIIEIL —The transactions in this article have been very limited, and prices are unaltered. TALLow—The market has been dull, and but little busi ness transacted. P.Y.C., on the spot, 55s Gd to 55s lid; all the year 55s per cwt. LLo - 2 - D's SHIPPING.--(phis Day.) LONDON, Nov. 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; light airs and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind E.E.E.—Arrived—Ma riou Maciutyre, from Ceylon ; Parse; London, for More ton Bay, and proceeded for Southampton ; Spanish brig Josephine, from Havre to Havana, with loss of bowsprit and cutwater, from collision with the Baalbec (s.s.) Sailed —H.M.S. Driver, for the westwrrd. Off the port—Ed ward P. Stringer, from Sunderland, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind E.—Arrived—Ann, from Singapore; Sabrina, Calcutta; Brothers, Mauritius; Ca meleon, Matanzas ; London, St. Jago de Cuba, for Bre men. Sailed—Wassenao.r, for Manilla. FALMOUTH, Nov. G.—Wind. E., strong—Arrived—Leo. pold, from Rio Janeiro, for Bremen. DARTMOUTH, Nov. G.—Wind E.—Sailed—Scotland (s.s.), for the Cape of Good Hope and SWANSEA, Nov. 6.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Albert, from Quebec. SHEERNESS, Nov. 6.—The Washington, from Chatham for Porsgrand, is reported to have sunk at 8 p.m. on the 3d inst. RAMSGATE, Nov. o.—The Leopoldina, of and for Oporto from Riga, Which was brought in here derelict, had struck on the Brake. wi t i a wheelh very CASTLETOWN, Nov. 2.—The Marie Loui se , f rom Que . and bee, rpuudtdienrt partially a r Urban tiai y disabled,C reek , in a nedo has ola brought r o B nup dangerous place. BEAUMARIS, Nov. s.—Wind E. Arrived Robert .—Arrived —Andre w s , Bins, from Quebec. fro L fH vt a s r T trp T o ' ol N , o fo v r . 116.a—vrWe,inledakSy.E. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Light and Sign, and Elizabeth, from Sander- land. Sailed—Saxon steamer, and Talbot, for Cardiff; Cherub, Swansea. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.E. Off—Annie and Baronet, from Maranheim ; Sir Robert Peel, New York. Sailed—Freeman, fo Pernambuco ; Jamaica, Jamaica ; Crusader, Honduras ; Paragon, Santander ; Espoir, and Union, Ostend; Fanny, City Point; Alert, Toulon; Boomer, Aden. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 5. Wind S.S.E. SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH THE POLICE.—BRIGHTON, Thursday.--The sth of November celebration of the Gunpowder Plot was carried out in this town in a man• even ing's rw p h o ic r h tio li t a l s o n f not been cleekbnroawtitionfows characterisedrs T h ya riotous and t umu lt uous gat h er i ng o f h un d re d s o f l aw l ess fellows in th e p u bli c streets, carry i ng and roll i ng li g h te d by a tar-harrels, armed w ith bl u d geons o f most f orm id a bl e years, and the dimensions and shapes, and whioh unfortunately ended in serious collisions taking place between the mob and the police, several of the latter being most seriously injured. Seventeen of the mob were taken into custody, but 13 were discharged by the chief constable Mr. White, only four beinz detained. These men, whose names are James Duly, Jesse West, Wm. Bartholomew, and Wm. Ilitchings, were brought up before the borough magis• trates to-day on separate charges, the court being crowded. The Bench fined Duly 40s. and costs, or one month's hard labour ; West, 20s. and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment ;- Barth o l omew , 10 s . an d cos t s , or teo days imprisonment ; •and Ilitchins, 205., or two webkre hard labour. MELANCHOLY DEATR.—An Irish ex-member of Par li-Stifent-arrived at Torquay a few weeks since with his family, for the singer months. He was seen on Satur day night last to enter a beer-shop in the company of a woman. The latter asserts that he remained with her until midnight, when she went, at his request, to fetch some beer. On her return the gentleman was lying on the floor. Medical aid was immediately procured, but life was extinct. The suspicious features of the case are that deceased was known to have a large sum of money on his person, and although a portion of this was found in his pockets after death it is still rumoured that a con siderable amount bad been abqracted. From a " post mortem " examination roads on Tuesday it appears that deceased died' of . ap.oplexy. A coroner's inquest has been opeocello inquire into the circumstances of the case. AUSTRIAN RAILWAYS.—The concession for the Fran cis-Joseph Eastern Railroad has appeared in the Wiemer Zeitung. The most important condition s are the com pany has the right to construct a railroad from Mohacs to Funfkirchen, in addition to the lines mentioned in former letters. The state also guarantees 5 per cent. for the Mohacs-Fur:third:leo line. The railroad must be made for double rails, but only one set of rails will be laid•as long as the net receipts are below 15,000/. per German mile. The whole railroad must be completed within ton years. The prices for the transport of goods are lik. and 2k. per cwt. per German mile. The Theist; Railroad Company has a great advantage over its competitors, inasmuch as it is allowed to charge 111 c., lik„ and 2ik. per alVt. per mile. It is the Ik. in the last class which enabl.es the Northern Railroad Company to pay a divi• dend of 15 and 16 per cent. EVENING, NOVEMBER, 7, 1856 MR. THACKE.RAY IN EDINBURGH. The Scotsman contains a summary of the first of Mr. Thackeray's i lectures on "The Four Georges." There was a crowded audience in the Music Hall—"not the le ~ s fit that they were not few." The lecture comprised a rapid sketch of the Guelph family, from William the Pious, who sang psalms with Doctor Luther and frugally ordered his quiet "palace" at Zell, to the German Prince who married his de scendant, and sorrowfully left bis Hanoverian Court to assume the Crown of England. Thus tracing the ramifi cation 4 of the Guelph family, he at last centred the in terest in the Court of Hanover, to the Elector of which the Princess Sophia, nine years after her uncle, Charles I lost his head, along with her scanty trousseau the re. version of the English Crown. Quoting a description of the ladies of the Court of Hanover in the time of the Electresa Sophia'si eon, George Lewis, who actually realised this reversion, in which description "sly Mary Wortley" represents them as having all snort beautiful rosy cheeks and alabaster foreheads, complexions that look charmingly in candle-light, and never leave them until their death except when they go too near the fire), the b e urer took a peep into the ward-room, the pantry, the kitchen, the cellar, and the plate-room, calling up throngs if pages, yeomen, cooks, scullions, confectioner, butlers, and keepers of the plate—and only two washerwomen for the whole court. At the ti ee that Ge„r ;: e I. left his dear old Dent schlaad for England feudalism had been fairly beaten down by monarchy—the rule of the nobles had entirely succumbed to that of the Sovereign. Princes of the blood were proud to carry candles before Louis XIV., and quarrels originated between great nobles about which should be nrivilezed to h old tt e oyal shirt when his most Christian Majesty changed tbat garment. The shrewd awl cynical German had sufficient penetration to see through the pretence of loyalty with which he was received in England, know ing that there were fifty heirs to the Crown nearer than himself, and that he was there but by accident. His Keilsoatsogge, surnamed " the Elephant," whom Le made Countess of Darlington and her rival, surnamed "the Maypole," whom he made Duchess of Kends', had reluc,antly followed him to England ; ane to them he would spy—" Come, let us go to my priva'e rooms, and hare oysters, and beer, and Rhine wine, and let us leave these bawling British with their pretended, loyalty." Of bite, however, it must be said that he was loyal to England. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. This was the first of the series of long winter after noons. About a dozen members dropped in, but not a bet was LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. Weights for the Aintree Piate. One mile. Age st lb Age st lb Mary 4 8 7 L'Addia 4 6 12 The Earl Jack Sheppard Allred Polmoodia 3 7 6 lab) 3 6 0 Excitement ...—. 4 7 4 Janet 2 510 Gay Catherine Parr ... 6 7 0 I Sulpitia "Julia Weights for the Crbsteth Welter Cup. Mile and a half. 14 subs. • Age st lb Alonzo Wild Huntsman 5 11 2 Lough Bann a 10 10 Ace st lh Hospitality Red Robin- Gaudy Johnny Taft 4 9 '6 The Sluggard 4 9 6 Barfleur 3 9 2 King of Scotland 3 9 2 ndicap Stakes. T.Y.C. 33 tbs. , Reveillee Catherine Parr Excitement Prince of Orange 3 10 0 The Knowsley Nursery Hai sul st lb( st lb Filly, by Teaiaway, - out of All's Well 7 4 General Williams 7 4 Petto Liverpool 7 2 Impostor Schneider • Admiral Lyons Apothecary 6 10 Kenerdy Sunrise 6 4 Ella The Little Cub Lima Sister to Dramatist 6 0 Cumberland... 5 10 Sir Humphrey Old Fashion • 8 7 Commoner Mongrel Vaulter Polly _Ca out of Dipthong Colt a nl r t e e i t t e b F r y a B t amgt Touchstone, a Odd' Trick 777 68S. Yorkshireman 7 4 Zanoni 7 4 fled, White, and Blue 7 4 The Tattler Rickledon Queen Bess 7 4 Violet Face... 7 4 • The Sefton Handles] 22 si Yrs at lb Alonzo The Early Bird 5 8 2 Wild Huntsman 5 8 0 Yorkshire Grey - 4 T 7 Mary 4 7 5' Lough Bawn a 7 5 Pretty Boy Landyfoot 3 7 0 Reveillee Fanny Fern Hospitality Weights for the Hurdle B Acceptances to be dee] Yrs at lb Yra st lb Titterstone Black Swan ...... 6 10 11 Victory, h b ...... a 10 2 Harry Lorrequer 5 10 11 Royalty ............ a 10 2 Lough Bawn alo 6 Boadicea, h b...... 49 9 Minerva, h b 6lO 6 Croxteth, h b 59 5 4:1. Mile and a Half. nibs. . Yrs st lb Peter Flat 3 6 10 ,Thames Ditton 3 610 Pol raoodie Catherine Parr 6 4 Excitement ...... Gaudy Alma Uzella ......... 3 6 0 Barfleur King of Acotland 3 5 12 De Ginkel ace. Two miles. 10 subs. lared on Monday next. RACES. LIVERPOOL AND SHREWSBURY. —YOUATT War. GRAY'S information for the above will be forwarded this day and to-morrow. He guarantees ten winners at the tw• meetings, or the money returned, the winner of two races being at 20 to 1 each. Its pa it success—upwards of 250 winners, including the winners of the Derby and the Oaks —is a sufficient recommendation. Terms to the end of the season, 55., including stee2lechases. Address, 15, Charing cross. Stamps taken. Six wild boars were killed last week in the neighbour. hood of Rochefort (Netherlands), and the number of wolves and foxes killed this year in that neighbourhood surpasses to a considerable extent that of former years. Five friars of the order of Barefooted Carmelites left Bordeaux on Sunday fer Marseille,., where they will em bark for the mission in Syria. They are first to proceed to Mount Carmel; where they will be informed of their ulterior destination. AUSTRALIA VIA JAVA.—A. society exists in Holland for promoting the observation of phenomena at sea, and in its last sitting, which was held a few days ago at Rotterdam, it was announced that under its auspices 413 nautical instruments had been examined, making a total of 763 for the two years the society had been nsta• blished ; also, that in the course of the last year it had received 40 log nooks kept on Lieutenant Maury's plan, and had distributed 103 each books or charts. An ac count was besides given to the society of the sailing of vessels to Australia and Java by what has been indicated as the shortest route ; the experiments made being proved by 500 extracts from log books to be satisfactory. ENTERTAINMENT AT LINCOLN'S-INN HALL TO THE NEW BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER.—Yesterday morning the benchers of Lincoln's•im a entertained W. IL Wat son, Eget., one of the benchers of the inn, the breakfast, in the New Hall, Lincoln's-inn, on the occasion of hi s elevation as one of the barons ofthe Court of Exchequer. The attendance of benchers was most numerous, and the learned baron received the congratelations of all pre sent, After the entertainment the ceremony of ringing out t•)le place—a custom always followed on the elevate tion of a member of the inn to the bench. FRAUD BY A CONTRACTOR.—A letter from Breslau of the 28th ult., in the Journal di Frankfort, states that a considerable sensation has been caused there by the arrest of M. Sch—n, one of the largest manufacturers cf cloth and blankets at Stockeieau, and contractor for the supply of the army. This arrest is connected with some extensive frauds committed by the military equipment eammission. Between 30 and 40 other persons are impli cated in the affair. The military authorities have de manded that all the landed property of M. Sch—n, amounting in value to 600,0008.. should be placed un der Sequestration. The great majority of the clerks em ployed by the above comeaissi on are mixed up in this fraud, which, it appears, has b een g o ing on since 1848. The loss to the State amounts to nearly 2,000,0001 A WoLF SHOT.—A journal of Aix (Bouches du Rhone) s s i a d y i s n gt just ta outsidefew days t that to city,a gentleman b n e a e t n e named Estelle, informed - a strange animal had penetrate d in to an enclosure belong iugtit to him, guns ent t he w re provided loadedich, on seeing th em, b oldly Ad vanced, with slugs, an d f o l lowed by accompanied by a f rien d , b oth several peasants armed with pitchforks or clubs. They found ith foam at its mouth, an d prepare d to stpid ri a but both gentlemen fi re d at the same lg oyoungn them growling,ewu o i l wolf, moment, and the animal received one shot in the head, aunt her in the breast. Ile fell, but made desperate et tempts to rise, and a third shot killed him outright. The appearance of wolves so early is considered an indication of a severe winter. How TO CONVERSE PROPERLY.—This, too, is a prin cipal point to attend to—knowledge how to converse— to interrogate without over-earnestness, to answer with out desire of display, not to interrupt a profitaole speaker nor desire ambitiously to put in a word of one's own, to be measured in speaking and hearing, not to be ashamed of receiving, or to be grudging of giving information, nor to pass another'a knowledge for one's own. The middle tone of voice is best ; neither so low as to be inaudible, nor ill-bred from its high pitch. Oae should reflect first What he is going to say, and then give it utterance : be courteous when addressed, amiable in social intercourse, not aiming to be pleasant by facetiousness, but cultivat ing gentleness in kind admonitions. Harshness is ever to be put aside, even in censuring. —Home Magazine. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool, being the last series this year, commenced yester day afternoon. There was a very numerous at tendance of buyers, both home and foreign, and the biddings were spirted. The choice descrip tions of Australian advanced about id. per lb., as compared with the rates obtained at the last sales ; and all other descriptions commanded full quotations. These auctions, at which about 49,000 bales will be offered, close on the 29th of this month. TBE SHREWSBURY ESTATES. The solicitors to Earl Talbot have issued a cir cular to the tenantry of the Shrewsbury estates, giving them notice not to pay their rents (some of which are now receivable) to the devisees of the late Earl of Shrewsbury, or "in any way to ac knowledge their claim to or right of interference with the estates," and calling ou them to pay their rents to the earl. The grounds upon which Earl Talbot rests his claim to the Shrewsbury estates are thus set forth in the circular :—" By the 2d section of the act 6th of George I. (1720), it is enacted that the estates in question shall be and remain to the use and behoof of all and every per son and persons being issue male of the body of John, first Earl of Shrewsbury, to whom the title, honour, and dignity of Earl of Shrewsbury shall, after the decease of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, George Talbot, and John Talbot (therein named), without issue male of their respective bodies, by virtue of the said letters patent of creation of the said earldom descend and come, severally and suc cessively oue after another as they and every of them shall succeed to and inherit the said earldom, and of the several and respective heirs male of the body and bodies of all and every such Fer son and persons issuing, to attend and wait upon the said earldom and to be annexed to and de scend with the same.' By the Bth section of the same act the estates are made inalienable, but with a proviso enabling Protestants, conforming to cer tain ceremonies, to alienate. This proviso has, however, been repealed by the 32d section of the act Gth and 7th Victoria, chap. 28 (1843), passed upon the petition of the then Earl of Shrewsbury, a Roman Catholic. The issue male of the bodies of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, George Talbot and John Talbot, named in the act 6th George 1., has failed ; and Earl Talbot, as issue male of the first Earl of Shrewsbury, is now entitled to the estates. In April last the late Earl of Shrewsbury executed a deed by which he sought to disco tail the estates, to become absolute owner of them, and to possess himself of an absolute power of disposition' over them ; and by his will, dated in April last, lie pro fessed to devise them to Mr. Hope Scott and Mr. Serjeant Bellasis." The circular states that Earl Talbot is about taking immediate steps to establish in due course his right to the earldom of Shrews bury and to the estates, and adds that the conside ration of his right to the earldom is necessarily de ferred till the meeting of Parliament. His lord ship's solicitors also offer to the tenants the indem nity of Earl Talbot and his eldest son, Viscount Ingestre, against any other claimant. THE RIGHT HOY. M. T. BAINES, M.P., AN.D THE LEEDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., a few days ago visited this borough on his way from Harrogate to LotrGlon At the invitation of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce he bad an interview with the council of that body, at their rooms in Park-row, for the putpose of hearing their opinions on several questions of interest to the trading community. Mr. Bousfield drew the atten tion of the right hon. gentleman to the law of partner. ship, and recommended that a hill should be introduced for the compulsory registration of all traders, Mr. John Jowitt explained the views of the council in favour of repea'ing the 17th section of the 29th Charles 11. chap. 3, called the Statute of Frauds, which provides that no contract for the sale of any merchan dise ii good unless an earnest be received to bind the bargain, cr a written contract be entered into. It was not the practice us Leeds, or in any part of the country, except Lond.m and Liverpool, to make written contracts; and they were not thought necessary or desirable. Mr. tzburg stated that in the opinion of the Council it would be well for Government to recognise the Cham bers of Commerce, and to consult them before presenting commercial measures to Parliament. Mr. Lupton drew attention to the necessity for reforming the administra tion of the Bankruptcy law, especially as to the remu neration of the officers of the Bankruptcy Courts, and the cost of working commissions. He said that the cost was such as to deter creditors from resorting to bankruptcy where any other method of winding up an estate could he adopted. In 121 bankrupts' estates, of which he had received an account, the expenses amounted to 55 per cent. of the gross sum collected, and the average time of working was three years and a-half. The chamber thought that the officers of the Court should be raid fixed salaries, as in the County Courts, rather than remunerated by fees or percentage. Mr. Baines listened attentively to all the sugges tions made to him, and received the memoranda offered on the various questions. He promised that they should all receive careful attention in the proper quarters. He said that one:of the bills for assimilating the commercial law of England and Scotland, brought in owing to suggestions orig►nally made by the Leeds Chamber to himself, and submitted by him to a legal commission, contained a clause repealing the objec tionable provision of the Statute of Frauds, but the clause had been struck out as the bill passed through Parliament. He then asked the Council their opinion on the Sound Dues; when the secretary read the peti tion which the Chamber had presented on the subject. Some other topics were slightly mentioned, among which were the heavy French duties on English linen yarns, fire insurance duties, the duty on paper, and local dues on shipping. After an interview of more than an hour the meeting broke up.—Leeds Mercury, FALL OF A BRIDGE, AND LOSS OF LITE, AT DLYSDALE, NEAR DARLINOTON. On Tuesday afternoon great excitement was created in Darlington by the report that a bridge just erected over the Tees at Dinsdale, about four miles from that town, bad fallen whilst the men were removing the centres from the arches. The facts appear to be these : Prior to July or August last a wooden bridge, on stone buttre=ses, had served the purposes of the residents at Over Dinsdale, on the Yorkshire side of the Tees, which, at this place, is some 60 or 70 yards wide. The bridge had not been erected many years, so that for merly, in order to get to Darlington, passengers had to take a very circuitous route. The wooden bridge was found to be inadequate, or not sufficiently strong, and the proprietor of the property on either side—the Rev. Mr. Temple, rector of Dinsdale, and at present son-resident employed the county surveyor, Mr. Howison, to prepare plans for a more permanent erection. These plans contemplated the use of the old stone buttresses, and turning upon them four brick arches, three spanning the river, and see land arch on the Durham side, varying from 45 feet to 48 feet span. The work was undertaken by Mr. Call, who has recently been engaged on some viaducts and other important works on the Durham and Auckland Railway. llis in spector was Mr. Turnbull, of Durham, under whom two men, named Taylor and Coates, were gangers or fore men of the masons and carpenters respectively. Some days ago the bridge being all but completed, the wood work or centres on which the three river arches had been turned was slackened, the land arch having been already cleared ; and on Tuesday two or three men were employed in removing the centres, whilst several more were pointing the stone coping and doing other work. Shortly before noon, as some of the principal parts of the centres were being taken out, an alarm was raised that the arches were giving way ; and in a few seconds the whsle mass lay in the bed of the river, nothing re maining but the land arch and the stone buttresses. Two men, John Goldsbrough and John Wood, were buried in the debris, and Richard Dobson and the two gangers (Taylor and Coates) partially so. The two latter es caped with bruises and slight contused wounds ; Dob son was dreadfully crushed across the abdomen, and lies at the rectory (the residence of the Rev. Mr. Smith) in an almost hope:ess state. Goldsbrough and Wood, who could only be taken out after several hours searching by men who were nearly breast high in the stream, were dead. Mr. Hammond, a county magistrate, living near the spot, caused medical assistance to be at one-) ob tained, and the wounds of the survivors were dressed. Goldsbrough was unmarried, but Wood has left a wife and one child. The bodies were removed to Hurworth in a dreadfully mangled state.-- 41am/taster Guardian. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. DURHAM UNIVERSITY. The following answer has been received from Bishop Maltby, to the address of the Warden, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Durham, on occasion of his resignation of the see of Durham : " London, Nov. 3, 1856. " My dear Mr. Warden and Gentlemen,—l acknow ledge with gratitude the receipt of your obliging and flattering address. Warmly attached to letters from early youth, and admiring almost with envy an academi cal life, I felt peculiar pleasure at finding myself at the head of an university, when I was placed in the see of Durham. The ability with which you, Mr. Warden, conducted the rising institution, and the learning and diligence with which the professors and tutors have pro moted the studies, and encouraged the application of the students, have already raised the university to an en viable point of distinction. If I have been enablad to asoistaito progress, and encourage its emulation by the institution of prizes and the donation of hooks, as you kindly intimate, I have done no more than my duty, yet 1 assure you the discharge of that duty affords en a the purest satisfaction. I shall never be content with viewing the Castle of Durham as the seat of mere thee -10 4ical learning, hut as claiming for itself notation whiell levers of science and classical literature may view wltLt delight. The munificent collection of books belueathedl. by Dr. Routh ' and those which it has Lem my good'. fortune to add, will form a collection cf literary trea sures scarcely, perhaps, to he rivalled by auy single :. college in either of our other universities. Of such . res )urces it is my fervent prayer, that not only your present hut future students, may make a diligent and , successful use ; and that by these means your University i - nay attain literary pre-eminence, so as to render her not unworthy to be ranked with the ancient and distin guished bodies of Oxford and Cambridge. Again cordially thanking you for the kind wishes you have expressed, and earnestly commending you to the care of the Almighty,--I remain, dear Mr. Warden and. Gentlemen, your obliged and affectionate friend, E MALTBY, Bishop. On Thursday, Nov. 6, W. 11. Richmond, 8.A., Eli. versity College, G. S. Allen, 8.A., Bishop Hatfield's 1:1411, and P. lie,vins, 8.A., Univeoity College, we re elected Fellows of the University. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Sir Benjamin Hall, the Chief Commissioner of Public 'Works, is far from satisfied with the dilatory manner in which the members of the Metropolitan Board of Works are discharging the duties of their office. His dissatilaction seems to be fully justified by the facts. The Metropolitan Board wastes weeks and months in the finding of mares' nests and on the decision of foolish squabbles, and at the twelfth hour they rush to Sir Benjamin Hall's offices, and require his immediate sanction for plans which they have been discussing for an indefinite period. They deal, in fact, with th e C omm i ss i o ner of Public Works pretty much as the Commons are apt to do with the Peers towards the close of a session. From wet le haveb eg i n o ni ft n e g n o seen, e f Februaryenthe Peers until aretheend of left wi thou June, two as and then, duri ng die last week of the session, a pro fusion of bills is shovelled into the Upper House, which must receive immediate sanction or undergo immediate rejection. Discussion considerationand are out of the question,timeafails, o weN ,e forr anxious the Peers may be to proceed with the busi- Fr i n i ee e rfa s oe s rirnle3 a . caihteseh mayoct , m t tm u l ee n e nntceheceme Metropolitanspee a ons r ti y t oi o d f n e t l h a oe y f .13s Siru. Board r B. Now e. or fH t u h anl i. vi is Works rstki, the present present moment, when we are beginning to feel the first pilicl , es of the approaching winter, the elected of the people bs ve been frittering away their time in the idlest manner. Wewrecithhnaost just t a b t ee w n e p a u re t prepared to make the largest allow ance f or t h e shortcomings of machinery hi into gear for the first time, we should be compelled to pronounce the experiment a failure. We have heard or read of little else than of recriminations between the members, of conflicting theories, of plans carelessly prepared and angrily discussed, and, in short, of a practical comment upon the canons of the great science of " how not to do it." Such delay as there has been must be entirely re ferred to the Metropolitan Board of Works. They have, however, hit upon a scheme at last for dis posing of our sewage, and, as most even of our London readers must have been long since sickened of attending to the discussions of their elected vediles, we will iu two words say what it is. It is proposed that the ()titian of the sewage shall be in Halfway Reach, at a point of the Thames below Erith. The points of discharge will be two and a-half miles below the metropolitan area on the south side, and three and a quarter on the north side of the Thames. The calculation is, that by the play of the tide the sewage may be brought within a quarter of a mile of the metropolitan boundary at the most unfavourable period of flux and reflux. Besides this there are to be various outfalls into the Thames between Vauxhall and Deptford to carry off the surface storm water, which may be looked for on 20 or 30 days through out the year. Such is the scheme which has ultimately been marked by the approval of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Its defect is in completeness, its merit economy. We are so wearied out with delay that we would willingly acquiesce in any arrangement which would free us from our pollutions, so that it contains within itself the germ of better things. If this project is capable of extension, so that the fitting on of so many more miles of pipe will at a future day remove its sewage so far away from this huge overgrown town that it can be productive of no further mischief to the inhabitants ; or if, which we rather hope, the formation of tanks at a safe distance from London and the profitable employ ment of the sewage for agricultural purposes he consistent with the scheme of the board, let us adopl - the half-way measure at once, and carry it out afterwards. The immediate recommendation of the proposition is that tbcre is a difference of expense of 2,000,0001. in favour of the outfall at Halfway Reach as against the outfall at Sea Reach. But to return to the dispute between Sir Benjamin Hall and the Metropolitan Board of Works. As soon as the sewage question was disposed of at the meeting on Tuesday last between Sir Ben jamin Hall and the board, Mr. Marrable next brought forward the plan for the Covent-garden improvements. The Parliamentary notices must be given on the 15th of the present month, so that the interval between the 4th and 14th, a period of ten days, is all that is left to the Chief Commissioner of Public Works for con sideration of the subject. Even if he were to give to it his undivided attention in so short a period, there can be no time left for oitisultation or reference. A dry negative or affirmative is all that is left to Sir B. Hall. What renders the matter more aggravating is, that in the beginning of July he had forwarded his plans to Mr. Thwaites and his colleagues, anct requested them to undertake the works themselves, but, saving a formal letter of acknowledgment, had heard nothing more of the matter until the other day. The next grievance is precisely similar in kind, although involving a greater expenditure. It arises out of the plans for the Southwark im provaments. Upon this point there seems to have been sore feeling and jealousy, as well as the dilatoriness which tainted the two former pro ceedings. There is to be a continuous street between ,gouthwark and Westminster bridges through Stamford-street and the York-road. The expendi ture involved is estimated at 300,0001., or there abouts. The Metropolitan Boa rd of Works have not yet made a plan, and, when made, Mr. Thwaites said, " The Board would certainly, as a matter of courtesy, lay it before Sir B. Hall, but there was a doubt whether it was requisite to do more than give the Parliamentary notices, the sum being above 50,00 C/." Sir B. Hall loftily retorted that if such was their opinion they had better not send their plans to him at 411 ; lie could only say he thought they " were bound to do so under the act." There remain but five days, and then the Parliamentary notices must be given. The Metro politan deputies admitted the time was short, which is true enough. Finally, Sir. Benjamin pro mised that if the plans were sent to him by Monday next he would postpone all other business and at tend to them, " but lie must really request the Metropolitan Board to let this be the last time they would allow such delays to occur." Thus repri manded.the deputation withdrew. and " wigged,: o a s r t d u o l i i i a s ve ve b st e r e y n . Sir Benjamin Hall floe time has just cause of complaint. The Metropolitan B conducting their affairs like a ten:TP They have endeavoured to avoidpe:;ewc.eisri,oannaduhdarvee sponsibility by all means in their at last thrown the Commissioner into serious diffi culties by their dilatoriness and disputes. We will not say that there is not testiness and a little harshness on this side ; but, even if this be so, it constitutes no excuse for the shortcomings of the Board. Mr. Thwaites and his colleagues have not been placed in their present position for the pur pose of thwarting and vexing Sir Benjamin Hall. The position of those two offices with respect to each other involves a certain amount of rivalry and ill feeling, as a matter of course. We want some en gineering improvements made in our town, and we elect a number of laymen to decide, under tke ad vice of an engineer, how the improvements shall be carried out. The next step is to require our depu ties to submit their projects to another official per son, with an engineer of his own and an official staff of his own. The deputies are thin-skinned, the official person prone to find fault—for, if he does not find fault, what is the use of him I—and so dis putes arise. Added to all this there is the inclination common to all mankind to put off till to-morrow the business which can be avoided to day. If the Metropolitan Board require the Chief Commissioner to decide the question of the London sewage in a gallop, they themselves had decided it at a canter after the absolute waste of half a year. We should be sorry to see the principle of self-government as to our metropolitan improvements imperilled by any future carelessness on the part of our repro- ' sentatives. We do not anticipate much advantage from their suggestions, for no doubt a competent engineer would perform all the necessary work in the time which they waste in talking about it. It ion improvements.ought t The principle s e e.a h r e e however, a great matter that the inhabitants of the metropolis should be brought to acquiesce easily in the necessary p - u c ; h :t a r r ag e s n principle of po charges and d n this result, and therefore we trust that it may stilt teed in this instance.—.77»tes. FASHIONABLE RIGGING.—A lady arrayed in the height of existing fashion presents an interesting spectacle. Her dress, piled tier above tier, renders her au example o!' Beauty in tiers of muslin. This peculiar arrangement of female costume affords facilities for the introduction of a. new pattern, which would probably becotle p o pular. Each tier might be figured with th e repres entation of: the portholes of a m an - et - war, carrying guns. Th us d e , enrated with the sem bl ance of decks, the little " cra,f4;" might sail down upon the spectator with striking . effe l3 t. Li this nautical t r i m a young lady ought exitibib herself at a fancy drsss ball in the character of the ,S'auc'y Are time— unless it may he obiected that to cc to" 'l . ' , ! . , 1k Cockney ph raseo l ogy, so strong as this, woul d I k nustur able to the character of the weaker vessel.—pu ncii. A. 11APTI3IIAL MISHAP.—To one of our subn. *hs.',.'_,, t _ vil lages, seven " blessed babies" were to have been 1 ,"`: ° cried on Saturday. In seven households christens ng _ ny fes tivals were in preparation. Cakes were made—co. '" ' . l3 i r *rest, invited; but through some misunderstanding they . ti bent, who was to have supplied the place of the main S ___. never came, and after the patience of the sevena 1 '"'"' vere blages were exhausted, the seven unblessed babes lo, , ), ,_. taken home, with heavy blessings on the clerical _)lea ', tee. The " singing hinnies".and the tea were robbedßub six of flavour by the failure of the arrangement. L Oft -.ne of the innocents have since been christened. _ I,e seventh no tidings have been heard ; and it may, li . r Tristram Shandy, have cause to rue for ever the blend e which befell it on the threshold of lifs.—Gcreshead at '' server. • COURT O 1 COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court (the last of the Mayoralty) was held for the despatch of public business. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Mr. Alderman CUBITT brought up a -- ;e — port from the police committee, to whom certain matters bad been referred in connection with the Commissioner of Police. I The committee stated that while they could not entirely concur in the conclusions or inferences drawn by the Commissioner from the facts which he had submitted, nor admit that any obligations had been incurred by 1 the corporation which had not been met, yet, in consi deration of the long and efficient services of .the Com missioner, the committee begged to repeat the recom. meudation made in their reprt of June last, "that the desire of the Commissioner should be complied with by an allowance being made to him of 2001. per annum in lieu of his being provided with a residence, such allow ance to commence from Christinast fast." Mr. Alderman CUl3lTT — Movedtn;idie report be re ceived, and that the Court agree with it. Mr. AERAEIAM said he did not agree with the commit tee in their report, and that a worse principle could not be adopted than that of allowing the Commissioner of Police to reside five or six miles from the City. The chief magistrate, in the person of the Lord Mays r, always resided in the City, and no distinction ought therefore to be made in this respect with regard to the Commissioner. He concluded by moving by way of amendment, "That the report of the committee do lie upon the table." After a short discussion, Mr. ROWE seccnded the amendment. The amendment was put and carried by a very large majority. A division then took place, when the numbers were— For the amendment B2 Against Majority -54 The original motion having been ❑egatived, The amendment was put as an original motion, an 4 carried. THE METROPOLITAN CATTLE-MARKET. Mr. H.ETATI:OR brought up a report, which state!, " In proceeding to carry into. effect the Metropolis Market Act several points have occurred which, in the opinion of your committee, require the assistance of the Legislature. " The section which limits the power of letting to one year should, in the opinion of your committee, be extended to such term as your hon. Court may think necessary. " That the tolls and dues now authorised to be taken in the market layers, &c., are adequate in many instances to defray the necessary expenses of the market, and make fair return for the capital expended thereon, we therefore recommend that power should he applied for to enable your hon. Court, with the sanction of the Board of Trade, to increase the said tolls and dues, and from time to time to diminish the same when it shall appear they are more than sufficient to pay the legitimate ex penses of the market, and a reasonable annual sum in liquidation of the money expended for the requirements of the same. " That the power to make bylaws should be altered and enlarged. " That the power contained in the act of the 21st of Geo. 111., cap. 67, which authorises the Court of Alder men to make rules, orders, and ordinances for the driv ing of cattle are insufficient for the purposes intended, and we therefore recommend that that power should be repealed, and an extended power given to your hon. Court to make rules and regulations for the like purpose. "That the period for giving notices to Parliament has now arrived, and your committee recommend that they should be empowered to give the necessary notices for a bill to carry into effect the objects aforesaid. " IL L. TAYLOR. • J. Low T. ROWLEY IZ. PEAD G. AITCHISON J. SMITH W. Cox G. CUTHBERT W. J. M ATTHEWS J. DE JERSEY sTy.mRON BEDFORD FORD W. H. ROBERTS J. Arms." Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, in moving the adoption of the re port, said that the act of Parliament by which the mar ket was now regulated was not the.act of the corporation but of the Government. During the last year the com mittee had seen quite sufficient to induce them to take some steps at the earliest possible opportunity to amend the act, which did not work as satisfactorily as they could have wished. After a short conversation, in which several members took part, the report was received. At the termination of the business of the Court the Lord Mayor thanked the members of the Court for the assistaLce they had given him during his year of office. TEE CHANCE OF MINISTRY IN TURKEY. The following letter from Constantinople relates to the circumstances which led to the ohmic% of 0 • the Turkish ministry : " As the 2Sth was to be the day on which the period expired for the fulfilment of the provisions of the treaty, the Porte sent a note to Lord Stratford de Redoliffe t) remind him of that circumstance, and begging him to make his arrangements relative to the closing of the' Straits. The recent arrival of a reinforcement to the English squadron sufficiently indicated that the British Cabinet had no intention of recalling its fleet. The English ambassador is said to have made a double reply—a verbal one, which he made in person to Aali Pacha at his private residence, at which interview Foad Paoha was present, and afterwards sent the substance of this declaration in writing. At the in terview, the noble lord is said to have declared in the first place that the difficulties which had arisen relative to the frontiers of Bessarabia and the occupation by Russia of the Isle of Serpents constituting the non execution of the treaty of Paris by Russia, no astonish ment ought to be felt that England, who had fulfilled her engagements with good faith, should require a kind of guarantee for the conduct of the cabinet of St. Peters burg by keeping a squadron in the Black Sea ; that those measures moreover did not less interest the Porte than its allies ; and that it ought to understand that the entire and strict execution of the treaty would be re quired from Russia. Lord Stratford de Redcliffo also ex pressed his astonishment that so much should be thought of the presence of an English squadron in the Black Sea, when in Moldo-Wallachia the Austrians were preparing to pass the winter, and were increasing their garrisons on• several points. This latter circumstance was, he said, of much greater consequence to the Porte than the presence of a few English vessels of war in the Bosphorus. In consequence of there observa tions, it was decided that the Porte should demand ex planations from the Austrian internuncio, and M. de Prokescb, in his turn, waited on the Grand Vizir. His declarations were, it said, very pre cise, and the more candid, perhaps, because he knew that his auditors were well disposed to listen to all he might say against the Principalities. Ac cording to M. de Prokesch, the state of the pro vinces is very unsatisfactory ; the public mind is a unionmuch agitated,hosti lhostile to and teg ri evildoers hto w of thee were e P at orto work nd w o it f h A id u e s a tr s ia of . A revolution was, he said", to be feared, if the Austrian troops were withdrawn ; and the Cabinet of Vienna had, therefore, decided on maintaining the occupation ; and the more so ae the season was too far advanced to allow of the removal of the troops. The English Ambassador might have expected this reply, but he never theless m anifested astonishment, and made this declaration the subject of a blame on the way in which affairs were conducted by the Porte. The two Minister', Aali Pacha and Foad Pacha, replied with great warmth, and a discussion took place, which at length went so far that the English ambassador said he should refer the matter to the Sultan, which he did on the same day, but it was not known what was the reception he met with from his Majesty. It was after this interview and the visit of the English ambassador to the Saltan that the two ministers tendered their resignations, which 'were not accepted ; hut, on the contrary, Aali Pacha (as has been before mentioned) received a letter from the Sultan expressing his confidence in the Minis try. Many persons, however, are still of opinion that there will be a change of Ministry, and that Reschid Pacha will come into power. It is thought that Kubrizzi Mehemet Pacha, the President of the Council, who is now on a mission to Russia, will be kept at St. Petersburg as ambassador, and that Reschid Pacha will take his place in the Ministry. This commas tion is the more seceseary that Rifaat Pacha, who was the ad interim successor of the absent President, is too ill to attend to public affairs. As if to support the declarations of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, a large steam frigate yest er d a y c ame up the Bosphorus , salutin g the Turkish fl ag w ith 21 g uns, and went to join the squa • dron in the Black Sea." A new and bbautiful college of St. Aidan, which is belonging delightfully situated in Claughton Firs, Birkenhead, was inaugurated by a grand banquet, on Tuesday afternoon, which was presided over by the most noble the Marquis of Westminster. The clipper ship Tudor, Captain Anderson, to Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s "Black Ball Line," sailed from the Mersey yesterday, for Melbourne, with 400 passengers, about 40 of whom are first class. sh e also takes out a large cargo of merchandise, and carries o fe i bo h a i t Institution seeretary, a mail. FROM SHIMBECK.—Yester. PRESERVATION OF LIFE 1 ' t 1 ; :lr. Thos. dwcahaysa Chapman, meetinglad at i.tßs o . i f s, o t : h is e ne :iiojevoachlhnaNisra.t. t r i e : ei n t a r, . 1 ALii Leone, , ward of 61, was voted to the . crew of the lifeboat of the having read the minutes of the previous meeting, a re and rescuing the crew of six men of the Norwegian galliot institution stationed at Berwick, fer putting off in her v ence, which during a Davy gale of wi n d was re cently stranded near Berwick. The service was well performed, and the lifeboat was reported to have behaved exceedingly well on the occasion. The lifeboat of the institution placed at enliercoats, on the Northumberland coas t, had also recently rendered valuable assistance to ; d l l l 9 ri fi ng sh a er h m e e a n vy gale of wind off in the lifeboat to rescue their fellow two i gfioshtinioguvi 7 :1 1 N w o l t i h ic e h r - fi s h p e r r o m m e p n t .s l y i i p v u es t and property. The silVer medal of the institution was also voted to Donald Thompson for his gallant services - in putting off, with four others, in a boat and rescuing, at considerable risk of life, two out of six persons from the Russian brig Ahti, which was observed off Hans i near Thurso, dismasted and waterlogged. Thompson and his crew had also received a reward ted from the to Bo five ard of Trade. A reward of 2/. 10s. was also g pilots in consideration of their prompt and laudable cop. duct in putting off in their gig to the rescue of two men gm announced t I iei r ic o boat n u e:: i and iifeb t o w a o ts, w r o e m a d e women , s w r h e o p o w r t e , r were n u d p s it e tbefilio, Ilfracombe last week. Capt. Ward, R- 14 .. inspector of Dunbar had offere d t o pr e ach ▪ Dr. Croly and Sir W. • sermons on behalf of the institution, the proceedings terminated. J ! 1