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

Spirit of the Public Journals. (From 11t3 Ti;nes.) The British press is thenght by many to act an undutiful part in parading to all the world the political failures, the social scandals, and even the national crimes of the country. If any stranger wants to see England, her institutions, her Govern• ment, and all that belongs to her criticised with unflinching candour, he has only to peruse her journals, and there he will find more than enough for the most furious philippics. Indeed, the rabid abuse of England, that constitutes the very bread of some French and German papers, contains no more material than Englishmen themselves are at pains to supply, though served up with the addition of bad logic and opproorious epithets. As, then, we are noterioutly ne flekterers of our country, and that is a t whieh doe; net go down among our own salve s, we deserve credit for truth and sincerity when we tie flsppen to speak a good word for our coin) rry. Tee g wool 'vliieli has ',Len oeene t - 0.1 l 110 7 V C witu particiear euiptiesis, is, ':[tae. in no other country is the Government so speedily and directly brought to the test of public opinion as in England. It is not only that the Minister has to defend his policy in Parliament, surrounded by colleagues, place-men, and partisans, and armed with patron age. He has every now and then to stand alone in the midst of asseinblages beyond his control, and of whom he can know but little. They are there because they are rich, or powerful, or self-confi dent, or factious. They stand in no awe of him. They have little dee in common than that they are Englishmen. It was to such a company last night that Lord Palmerston had to present himself, and, according to custom, declare himself on the most in teresting questions of the day, Emperors may, and often do, possess the devotion and confidence of their subjects. They may have a large unexhausted credit for the conduct of public affairs. But it may be always pretended, and may even be true, that in any particular affair they no longer carry with them the hearts of the people, and disaffected writers may have the opportunity of saying that such and such a policy is really unpopular. No such opportunity can be afforded under our Go vernment. Every week tests the question,—is the foreign policy of her Majesty's Government at this moment unpopular or no ? There are many both at home and abroad who would affirm it most gladly if they could, or if even a doubt could be thrown upon the question. But here is a jury of more than a thousand respectable citizens, and Lord Palmerston is put on his trial before them. Does he faithfully serve and truly represent his country or no ? The answer is, that he does. it its, then, not merely the rul e r or t h e Govern ment, but the people itself, that conducts our pub lic affairs. Possibly, in some matters of Imperial policy, where a company or a colony intervenes, neither Government nor people appears to be con cerned till the decision is taken, and to proceed is inevitable. But this is the misfortune of empire, and even when we succeed we take little credit for victories that come so much as a matter of course. We put these instances out of the question, be cause they are put out of the question. The pas sions and the conscience of the British people are agitated on questions either of our home policy or of our intercourse with our neighbours and rivals. Of these, then, do we speak when we say that no Minister can go on long without being " brought to book," and confronted with that very public for whom he professes to act. On these occasions hap pily also there are witnesses, not only beyond the suspicion of partiality and connivance, but inte rested in detecting the decline of enthusiasm and the withdrawal of support. No captain ever counted so closely the guns of a hostile broadside growing weaker and weaker as the Minister or partisan of a foreign Government watches our popular demonstrations, our flagging cheers, our ominous silence, or faltering accents. A coil re ception, or energetic appeal faintly responded to, is reported to twenty Courts, and distant states men know how much they may presume on our wavering resolves or divided opinions. Se,, had Lord Palmerston either felt it necessary to confine himself to vague generalities last night, or had his express appeal to the support of the country been received with indifference, no doubt we should soon have had to perceive the result in a certain loss of appreciation abroad. Elsewhere it is thought a great object to ascertain the precise intentions of the Sovereign, to measure the influences at work upon him, to detect his relentings, and to be warned of his exasperations—the result of common acci dent, perhaps of disease, or even more trivial causes. Hare the will at work is that of the people. Hit ebbs or flows, the change is as manifest as the tides of our own ocean. It has, indeed, now and then left the Minister stranded high and dry, in absolute . desertion, or split on some rock of political obstinacy. But here it is evident the resolution of the British people, to which Lord Palmerston made his appeal last night, has not been flattered by a momentary triumph nor blunted by a certain de gree of delay. It is not tired out or perplexed. Eighteen months ago, by a vigorous effort, it re jected the casuistry which said there was no real quarrel, and that on our heads rested the crimes of the war. That was not the convulsive effort of an hour. The people of England are as ready to dis criminate with keenness between the fulfilment and non-fulfilment of a treaty, between an honest and a fallacious interpretation, as they were last year between substantial and illusory conditions of peace. Nor is there a doubt that the popular en thusiasm and stern resolution which then carried Government through the war to the Treaty of Paris needs only the signal to bear us all onwards to an honourable fulfilment. The Premier made a significant reference to the state of thine t' S under whi c h we consented to ex change war for negotiation. "At the commence. mence of the present year," he says, " this coun try possessed the finest army and the most magni ficent fleet that were ever engaged in defending the honour and the rights of England. The spirit of the people was roused to as high a pitch as was ever witnessed in this country." Clause by clause this glance at the still recent past was cheered by his lordship's hearers, as was also the picture he drew of the anticipations which the British people reluctantly but conscientiously give up for peace. The assemblage that thus cheered his lordship ha-; probably as much stake in the continu mice of peace as any eval body of men in the country. They have beceme too well accpaiuted with the horrors and anxieties of war, and they are still paying its cost. Nevertheless, at a word, they can look back to the hour when they everywhere heard the no'es of prepaiatiori, When m n were retire:tied in he haste, when the whole p ,eket servici, wen i , l l Pre's" for the war, when every for:za, every dockyard, was eureloyed in the rearm facture of :.hips and arms ; wh en , consequently, money and ()Toed tiol' , v rweiatdhily, if needlittlett r i ceo: e it e . , 'Liter cheers denote how they it return to that - state. Is it necessary that Europe, or any State it, el me ld want to know whatin ' mood t ii‘: war has left us ? There cant b doubt on that pi n ua e le le • or e are wha; we wese— ready for peace, or for war. To such suspicions as there might he on this poitint--7 to any Unworthy estimate of the national' been made, ono answer hlriltreatdh.yatbemenayghivaevne —that of the public press. There a is not a jour nal that commands even the lowest degree of respect with the people of this cot , in h t t ry that has not resented the thought that we 1111 out of the Treaty of Paris. be frightened Feegland has already replied-that she will not re-open the whole q a general reference to a new Con,, r tion by It is not for nothing that she has disband:de; ships into harbour. soldiers andhewi l il o l nl n y ot en u te n r d a l anel sent work that has beau done, conference with a distinct u n d erstanding of its subjects. That answer has b een given by the public press, and nothing was wanted but such an public feeling as would s h ow it to be expression of p no boast or exaegeretion of the j ourna li st. The reception given to the Premier i n the manufactur ing districts, and now at the annual festi va l of the City of London, supplies the proof that we and our honourable contemporaries have not spoken with out book. We have done justice, and no mote than justice, to the spirit of our country, as well as to the spirit of the statesman to whom its destiuies are confided. (From the Morning Post.) It is a custom among the English people that at certain high festivals, of which the Lord Mayor's dinner is one, the Prime Minister of the country makes his appearance on a stacte so mewhat more public toan thr St. Stephen's, and on . which he speaks audience more mixed, but scarcely less im posing. Theses eeches not only command, tradi tionally, the respect specially addressed, of i those to whom they are taut they often contain strong truths of the utmost ' English poli c y at th importance on the temper of depends on the character moment. Much, of course, speaks. The polished, of the Minister who late Sir Robert __ ee l., cautious-eloquence of the safe' subjects. The manly t au s l eldom touched on any hut Pal merton throws on the re y candour of Lord Pal a light by which all may learnPlitad dangers of England intends to maintain in any the position that she arise. Nothing can be simpler, bolder, that may modest than the tone of the pr P ee e i r., bolder, or more be more decided. He holds without Nothing can abatement the nrofessiong which thrilled the slightest of sll who heard him at Manchester. 1 the hearts land the truth, so long disguised from her, Retells Ergs at the close of the last great war rt that site army that she had ever possessed—that h e finest WU the most powerful that a State had her navy " e r boasted_ _ +.; THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, IL 1856 from the beginning of the world—that she was sure of conquest—of success in the right. It was thought jut and wise by our Allies—and by ourselves— , o stop saor: tr, .hs, career of triumph on which we had entered. E was deemed best not to press our enemy beyond the want which showed our advantage and which won our cause. It was decided to make peace, stipulating on no conces sions peculiarly beneficial to England or to France, but maintaining only the matter of right on which we had insisted from the first. It is this matter of right which Russia, with her usual dishonesty, now seeks to evade and withhold; it is this, on every iota of which, won as it has been, by blood, by toil, by self-denial, England now fairly and strongly in sists, as on that which has been too well and too dearly won to be withdrawn. It was this bersist euco in the right once achieved that Lord Palmer ston announced last night. This was the plain, simple declaration, which was interrupted by the loudest burst of cheering that ive ever heard. This is the policy on which ilia Government is bent, and ta;,Yn.tk! country follows :.00 3. ;.nan, w tick, satiea a svr a. is soelsen ' meets ois[ti he burst of ap plause that in Eagll al ways attends the straight forward declaration of manly sentiments. We are convinced, not only by the universal popu larity that now waits on Lord Palmerston, whether from the keen hard-headed men of Manchester, or from the citizens of London, or from those through out the country who read his words, with a proud determination that, so far as their force can go, they shall be carried out to the utmest, not only by this strong sign of a nation's instinctive judgment, but by every argument of justice and reason that this straightforward, true asser tion of the maintenance by a nation of her duty is ever the right course. It is of little use to tax ourselves to raise great armies, unless we let the world know that they are raised, not for idle show, but for the actual maintenance of the rights on which we insist. It is of little use to sweep the seas with our mighty fleets it, after all, we allow our beaten enemy to affect an insolent superiority in the very quarter in which we have proved the absurdity of her unjust assumptions. We have consented to a peace on conditions so moderate, that the Power from which we won them would, it might be thought, be anxious to carry them out without swerving a line from their letter or their spirit. The contrary is the fact. Russia has met our generous moderation by intrigue, by sueter fuge, by pretension. Sae must be taught that England is not weak because she is moderate. She must learn that the opinion of the whole country sides with her Minister on this question, that none of her citizens are so blind as not to see the import ance of the point at issue—that all are ready for any sacrifice they may be called on to make. It is for these reasons that we are glad of the publicity given to Lord Palmerston's sentiments by his speeches at Manchester, and again by his de claration last night at the Guildhall. It is for these reasons that we rejoice in the burst of ap plause, in the true Engliali feeling, with which their announcement is met on all sides and by every party. (Prom the Morning Iferald.) In the Town Hall of Manchester on Thursday last Lord Palmerston is reported to have made use of the following words :—" We are now at peace, and I hope that peace may be lasting. Its dura tion must depend upon the honour and fidelity with which its conditions are fulfilled. I trust that that power which brought upon itself the hos tility—either active or moral—of all Europe by a forgetfulness of international rights and duties— I trust that that Power, having concluded a treaty, will observe that treaty with faithfulness, and then no doubt peace will be of long duration." Such is the deliberate language of the First Minis ter of the Crown with reference to the treaty of March last, and to the conduct of Russia with respect to it. It is language which no doubt implies derision, and perhaps the adoption of a fixed policy on the part of this Government; but words are easily uttered, and no man understands their value better than Lord Palmerston. The people of Manchester, like most Englishmen, appreciate a confident and straightforward address, and are of opinion that a solemn contract is only undertaken to be kept. The Premier was fully acquainted with the character of his auditory, and he improved the occasion with his usual dexterity; but he carefully abstained from entering upon a description of thee contract in question; he did not tell his hearers, as he could have done, that'the most material parts of the treaty of Morels-last were not concluded at all at the Congress, but were relegated to other bodies, to certain commissioners to be appointed subse quently to the break-up of the conferences, and who were to arrange those.. yell points at present in dispute, and which haVe - never been conceded by Russia, and never will be without another war. If Lord Palmerston had told the good people of Man chester that the treaty was an imperfect document —a sort of conditional contract, which the party chiefly interested declines to carry out for reasons best known to himself—he would have given a faithful description of the peace; and if he had added that Russia, in refusing to comply with its • loose conditions, has been supported by that Go vernment which has bean in strict alliance with us all through the war, his lordship's reputation for candour and sincerity would not have suffered ma terially. As it was, Lord Palmerston implied, Übe dil not actually assert it that the conditions of peace are so clear, so rigid, and so precise, that there can be no mistake wh a t ever a b ou t ;hem ; that they were the result of the anxious and lengthened deliberations of the authorised represen tatives of the European States; that they were un derstood by Russia to be final at the Congress, and while the allied forces were in the field, and only discovered by that power to be debateable when it became safe to question them ; therefore, that the Russian Government by its own act had precluded further controversy on the subject. If peace is to be maintained it could only be by a strict ob,ierv anee of the trenty by Russia, or, according to Lord Thiltnerston, " its durairna must depend upon this honour and fidelity with wnich its conditions are fulfilled." Now, we do not think this haughty and uncom promising language becomes the head of a Govern ment under whose auspices the contemptible treaty of March last was concluded—whopermitteil France to take th- lead all through the war, awl :oti& tided a peace rilkncst without a question who forgot what was due to the dignity of England during the prevalence of hostilitlea, as well as at their termina tion, but now bee ernes very bold indeed when the proper opportunity for a display of resolution has Passed away. It may be that the most stringent tremy which the wit of min could devise, con tae deepsst ,;oleinnity of which 3 ;:tunmi ceremonial is (Iva. We, would not; hind 50e1 a Go vernment as that of Puns i ;—we ch not say it would —we have tesd sufficient experience of R iscian fraud and Ressian dishonour to forbid any such charitable belief ; but that is the very reason why our Gseesernenr should have insisted that the terms of treaty of Paris shoal(' have been per tee. hr (.!lear and explicit—if for no other reason in onler that its infringement might at , -wee bring the whole for;, of the pttidic opinion of Earope astainst the power attempting it. Bat how stands the case ? The treaty of peace was neither precise in its terms, nor can it be said to have been con cluded, in the legitimate sense of that term, at Paris. One of its most important provisions,— namely, the liberation of the navigation of the Danube was referred to a commission whose labours have not really commenced. 'About the Moldavian or BssSarabian frontier a qu:.stiou im mediately arises, and Russia refuses to be guided by the conditional arrangement coutained iii the 31st article. In this refusal, not only can Russia afford to laugh at our efforts to bring public opi nion to bear against her, but she is actually sup ported by Prance ; the Cabinets of the Tuileries and of St. James's are at once brought into colli sion, and the alliance receives a shock from which it will soon recover. kito much for that straightforward British policy which L or d P a l merston so coo ll y c l a i med credit for before a credulous Manchester audience. We con fess we look to results as the proof of the wisdom away course of action ; the results of the treaty of Peace have been to prepare the way for the renewal of hostilities with admirable success. Russia will not consent to the neutralisation of the Black Sea, nor yet to the freedom of the Danube. We could have forced her to do so, and could have disabled her from oppor tunity, we learans.tl breaking faith ; we surrendered an oppor- anwdeaouerecrafty foe has profited by our folly and our the East By the latest accounts from 1 the e at the Russian Government is about to place i n Black Sea 26 post steamers, s"ix bar o g t i h ie e s r" — ste s. 4 ll ln o e t oars' tug steamers, mid 20 Eons of the treaty. Th ol e in excess of the sfipula be armed, and their cr.? ea wl e e . a v r e e ss t o e l s h have 1 the uniform and ° wfttrhouotp, u m lerle,lrial service ; and it is and disci line of th l e at sifeownevemy war has been sent further stated t by sea into Sebastopol, t., n a o gwe stig matises unco m - trlns p o r t to Solikurn Kaleh i e i s d t a k by e not, it was this very Minister the Russian breach of faith in langu age promising severity, that six short months a , sann logised in his place in the house for the occupation-o -' -- " by Russia of the forts on the eastern scheonrefooef hastlie Euxine. "We can only say that thet consideration then shown by tha Minister to our re been turned to a very deeded account. LORD RECT , ASHR. OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITy.—'I% 6 Ecli2thu? Owirant mays Stanley, M.P., h as be)3a started by anoti),,re!ub of stollen tR, who are devisitm energetic means to cagy him. Sir John :Herschel]. has also be option of. . ._ LA W INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 10. COURT OF CH 'NCIERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) ALEXANDER. V. ALEXANDER. The appeal in this case wai from the decree of the Vice-Chancellor Stuart. Tile question involved in the appeal was simply as to the construction to be given to the will of the testator in the cause, and which pos sessed interest only to the parties to the cause. On the conclusion of the argument, The Lord Chancellor gave judgment reversin g the de cision of the Court below. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. EX-PARTE lIORRY -FRIMINAL INFORMATION. -Sir F. Thesiger was instructed by Mr. Hurry, the barrister, to apply for a criminal information against Mr. Jas. Anderson Rose, formerly me of the under•sherifs r f London and Middlesex, for a libel reflecting seriously upon Mr. Hurry's professional conduct and character. htt libel complained of was an assertion by Mr. Alder- man Rose, whit ft under.sheriff, that Mr. Harry had improperly obtained fees from the relatives of prisoners g.id neglected to defend them. It appeared that Mr. Harry had replied to these statements in a letter which was subsequently published in the Times denying the truth of the assertion. Lord Campbell said, if this last letter had not been written, he should have been disposed to grant a rule, but they must now leave Mr. Hurry to the .public tribu nal which he had selected. It was too much to first appeal to the public and then to ask this Court for re dress. The rule mast, therefore, be refused. Sir F. Thesiger hoped their lordships would say that their decision did not prejudice Mr. Hurry's right to avail himself of other means of redreFe. Lord Campbell said he was entirely a t liberty to pro teed, either by indicrment or action, if he thought pro. per. Rule refused. IN RE BILL, AN ATTORNEY. In this case, Sir F. Thesiger, Q.C., obtained a rule to show cause why Mr. Richard Sill, an attorney (who, it will be recollected, was struck off the rolls of this Court, and imprisoned, in connexion with matters arising out of "the Brighton card case") should be reinstated on the rolls. The Attorney-General said he had been instructed by the Wolverhampton Law Association, and by a person named Bellew, to oppose the rule. The Association com plained that Mr. Sill, since he came out of prison, had miscondncted himself, in practising at Wolverhampton, a; a solicitor, withow; taking out his certificate. Lord Campbell expressed his opinion that Mr. Sill was not actuated by any malus animus in not having taken out his certificate ; and, having intimated that it was desirable that be should pay the arrears ~f certificate duty due of him, his lordship sa'd that the opinion of the Court was, that the rule should be made absolute. Rule absolute accordingly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WHITE V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.- ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE. This was an action to recover damages, upon the ground that the railway company had, by their negli gence, caused delay in the delivery of goods. This case wa. tried in Somersetshire befira Mr. Sergeant Chan nell, who nor:suited the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake now asked leave to move for a new trial. Th• papers in the cause had been err, neonsly endorsed "Id the Exchequer of Pieas," and the motion for a new trial had been made in tuat court, and had been granted. Mr. Just ce Cresswell said that the motion might, under the circumstances, be made. The learned sergeant stated that the plaintiff on a Monday sent a quantity of cheese to the railway station at Bath, to be carried to Bishopstoke. It was not for warded from Bath until Tuesday afternoon, in conse quence, it was said, of the engine not being sufficiently powerful to take the whole of the trucks. On Tuesday the cheese arrived at Rqading, and remained there two nights and a day, the only reason for the delay being that there were not sufficient rail way servants at the station to transfer the goods from one train to another so as to enable them to be sent away earlier. One of the conditions upon which the company took goods was, that they would not undertake to send them by any particular trains if there were an insufficient bui_z ber of trucks at the station, or the trucks could not be conveniently used for the purpose. Mr. Serjeant Channell was of opinion that that condition ex empted the company from liability ; but it was now sub mitted that that opinion was wrong, and that it should have been left to the jury to say whether there had been negligence on the part of the company. grounds, you vagabonds, or I will fetch something that will make you. If you do not get out at once, I will shoot you. 1 7 ..0 have right on ray o.ound, a.id so I sh-w you. A short time ait,r as th( . - cow pLinant was leaving the ground, a rep6rt, of a gun was heard. Poulson was shot in the neck and lace, and the prisoner was seen standing at LB bed-room window, with a gun in his hands. Poulson gave the prisoner into custody, and after ho had been seen by a surgeon, attended at this court to prefer his charge, but the nature of the wounds was such that he was unable to articula , e, and Mr. Carrie remanded him until Saturday, at the same time refusing to admit the prisoner to bail, although Mr. Wakeling, who then attended for the defenoe, made a most earnest appeal, and said he could put in sureties to ,any amount, and of the greatest respectability. On the present occasion, Mr. Lewis, jun., said he understood that the com plainant did not wish to press the charge. Re was prepared with evidence to show that his client did not fire the gun. Mr. Currie said it was a very serious charge, and he could not think of disposing of the case without hearing the evidence of the prosecutor. Jordan William Poulson was then sworn, and stated that he had no quite recovered, and felt very well. He did not believe that if the detendant did fire the gun he intended to injure him in any way. He believed it was an entire accident. Mr. Corrie said that, under such circumstances, he must discharge the prisoner. If he was to commit the prisoner for trial no jury would convict him. MARYLEBONE. D ASTARDLT OUTRAGE.— 9eorge Waite, a determined-looking man, said to be on "ticket of-leave," was placed at the bar b e for e M r . B roug ht on , charged with the following outrage, with intent to rob, upon Mr. William Turpie, a printer, residing at 29, Little George-street, Hampstead-road. The proceedings excited some interest, in consequence of its having been reported that the attack made was upon the "garotte" system, and that the prosecutor had been seriously injured. Prosecutor, who is about 60 years of age, and whoie face was, on the left side, much swollen and bruised, owing to the iriury inflicted upon him, said—Last night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, while on my way home, I saw a man leaning against the wall of the Reservoir. There was no other person near. Immediately after I had passed him I heard footsteps close behind me, and they c mtinued till I got to the end of Coburg-street, Little George-street. There is an inlet down to where I live, but no theroughfaxe . at the ether end.. When I got within a short distance of my own place I received a tremendous blow upon my head which felled me to the ground. I felt a man pres-ing heavily upon toe, :and I called out "Murder" and "Police" as loudly as I could. A constable directly ca oe. when the ma.i, hearing him approach, ran away in the direction where, these was no outlet. I saw the palicewan lay hold of the man and take him into custody. Mr. Broughton—l shall send you for trial, but you will be brought up again for the completion and reading over of the evidence on Monday next. In the meantime the officers will have an opportunity of instituting some further inquiry respecting you. Toe assault, which it is clearly proved you committed, was one of a most atro cious character, a,el but for the prompt arrival of the *constable complainant might have received a sewed blow which would have launched him into eternity. Merrimac than between the Guerriere and Constitution. A very la , ge prnportion of the crew of the illerrira3c, I nay add, are E fish seamen, and many of ;A:ern ecru: d to the 13:1,!tc and Black Sea fleets. —Mecitanics'Magazine. ADULTKRAfION OF FOOD. Those of our readers who ha7eperused the articles we have lately devoted to the cprkideration of the report of the Parliamentary committee on adulterations will have been enabled to form some idea of the mea , ures required to check effectually the practice which has for so long puled prevailed to a nmst diAgraceful extent. We now propose to state briefly, but clearly, the several steps necessary for the suppression of adulteration. The mea,uns necessary are of txo kinds, viz., those for the dicovery of adulteration, and those demanded for its punishment when discovered. The principal measures needed for the discovery o adulteration are as follow : I. The appointment in the principal towns and dis tricts of the United Kingdom of inspectors and analysts. The duty of each of the inspectors would be to procure articles of food and medicine, to forvvar , l them to the analyst of his district for his analysis and report, and to bring cases of adulteration before the proper authorities for a ijudication. In our import towns a principal .and addilional duty of the inspector would be to watch over articles of food and medicine brougat to this c mntr.Y and in doubtful cases to forward them to the analyst for his opinion. Lastly, the inspector, like the present E , :cise officers, should in certain cases have the power of entry on suspected premises ; in general, however, the samples collected for analysis should be procured in the presence of a witness, in the ordinary way, by purchase, and the power of entry would rarely require to be enforced. The Excise'obtains its evidence of adulteration chiefly by the ~e ,zure of articles in the warehouse, &c., forcibly entered, of the adulterator ; and in this respect a very great dif ference would exist between the proceedings of tile Excise and that of the authorities now proposed to be called into operation. While' it would be necessary that every chief town and distrist should be provided wsth its inspector, it would not be necessary to appoint an equal number of analysts, as the same analyst could, in many cases, act for several towns. In the appointment of analysts spe cial regard should be had to their qualifications, and none should be appointed who wet e not capable of ap plying the microscope to the detection of adulteration The app iinttnent of the inspectors and analysts should be vested in the municipal or other local authorities. 2. That a metropolitan board of inspectors and analysts be appointed, its appointment to be in the hand 4 of the government. To this ooard should be confided the charge of dealing with toe subj ct of the adulteration of the food aod medicine of the metr Ppoli , and its suburbs. The board sh ulrt publish pi riodical reports of its pro ceedings, these reports con? aining tee particulars of the articles analysed, including the names and addres , es of the parties of whoa] they were procured, and this whe they they proved to be genuine or adulterated. Further, the local inspectors and analysts should be required to make periodical returns of their proceedings to the me tropolitan b -ard By this means a vast amount of use ful information in regard to adulteration would be ac cumulated, and the several local authorities would be kept up t i the full measure of their duties. Lastly, in the ce: ,, ral board the local inspectors and analysis would possess an authority on adulteration of the highest cha racter, which they might consult at all times in cases of dotibt and difficulty. We consider the institution of this board absolutely indispensable to the successful' working of soy scheme designed for the repression of adulteration. Without it, although local inspectors and analysis might be appointed, but little good would be effected, because there would be no sufficient authority over them to as certain whether they discharged their duties properly and efficiently. With regard to the creation of a metropolitan board no seat difficulty exists ; in faot, there is already a board of the kind, although at present in a very,inefficient state. We: aliude to the analytical board of the Excise. It is stated in the report of the committee on adulteration that "in addition to about 4,000 officers, scattered over the country, whose experience enables them to detect many alulterations, and to discover cases of strong suspicion, the board (of Excise) employs about 60 or 70 analytical chemists, whose numbers are recruited by students edu cated for this purpose at University College, to the num ber of 14 every-year." Well, this Board of Excise is most unpopular. It is so because of its arbitrary and absolute character, entering forcibly on suspected premises, seizing suspected goods, planting its excisemen in 'our manufactories, and con• trolling, to the detriment of trade in some cases, not merely the times at which a manufacturer shall work his factory, but also dictating the processes be shall pursue. Again, this board is must inefficient, notwithstanding its enormous numerical strength, its officers numbering t h ic is ie s s t , at i e n m w en s t ic tit h ts i s t fullys e v several a p l ove d thousands. in o n The e of u our accuracy c p e re r v . a i c o y u so of was shown that " the Lancet Sanitary Commission" found adulteration to be rife in nearly every article bearing an Excise duty, and that hundreds of adulterations were practised, and of which the analytical board of the Ex cise possessed no-exact er scientific knowledge. Lastly, the sphere of operation of-this board in regard to adulteration is of the must limited character. It= juri— dictiOn extends only to some few exciseable articles of consumption, and it pays no regard whatever to adulte rations in general, although many - of the articles adul terated pay a duty to the state, as in case of drugs. Thus it leaves untouched the great question of adulteration in all its wider and higher bearings, in its sanitary, moral, and even in certain of its pecuniary aspects, in,its effects on the interests of the trader, the consumer, and also to some extent the revenue. Reasons, ther,fore, of the strongest kind exist why the analytical board of the Excise should be re-organised, and placed on a more comprehensive basis. It should be made to take cognisance of the adultera tion of all articles of food and medicine. This done, it would lose ite arbitrary and objectionable charaeer. It would no longer be regarded as an engine for the extor tion of money ; but while it really and effectually pro tected the revenue, it would at the same tone protect the interest - of the honest tral-r, of the c insuiner, and also lo , come a guardian of the public health. 3 The punishments should include the publication of the names acid addresses of those either selling adulter ated articles or who are actually guilty of these adultera tion,, fines, and also imprisonment. Fines have been tried for the suppression of crime in a variety of ways, and have failed to produce any considerable effect. Some further and more effectual punishment is needed, and this we find in imprisonment. This would brand adul teration as a crime, and affix a well deserved personal stigma to it. While fines were inflicted for the less seri oni cases, the punishment by imprisonment should be reserved for the more serious cases, and for repetitions of the offence. Adulteration is punishable by imprison ment in all the continental countries, and even in New York. .... # .FROLIFIO MARRIAGE.—We read in the Tester's Tames: —" Toe blessing of a full quiver has descended on the house of the Rev. A. L. Mitchell, the worthy pastor of the Free Church, Southernay. On Tuesday his good wife presented him with their seventeenth child--all living." [Anverteiszresr.]—We are happy to quote the following interesting information from Du Barry's Report on cures of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Ner-, vons, Bilious, . and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and . •Debility, without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food : Eight years' dyspep sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had a consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Aiabica Food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. JOHN W. FLAVELL, Ridling ton Rectory, Norfolk. From the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.—Cure 52,612. Rosstrever, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—Tee Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability, of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Cure No. 1,609. Three years excessive nervousness with pains in my neck and left arm, a n d general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta, Arabica Food. Atuxaxnua STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors or Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorlaud ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Di. 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An Account, pursuant to the &ct :3eventh and eighth • Victoria, cap. 32, of the' Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of issue in England - and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur ' day, the 25th day of October, 1856 : PRIVATE BANKS. A.ndover.Bank ' Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank,Ashford—Jeinmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G: and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesliury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock. and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock--Wells; Hogge, and Co B%rnStaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, , Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T." Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Seaiey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and StiffOlk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Average Amount. 14,300 10,756 5,750 34,241 33,223 10,971 23,679 30,976 11,68 G 15,590 23,527 9,629 6,322 72,109 14,944 7,414 36,681 18,131 Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, BanburyCobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Oldeßank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. 1.. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, BrecOn—Wilkins and C 0.... Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— ' Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edtnunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge —Mortlock & Co. Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co 24,175 80,394 36,903 29,126 37,552 31,701 12,650 65,973 20,93 12,66 2,955 15,119 49,220 28,2 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen--David Morris ,and Sons Chertsey Banki Chertsey 7 --La Coste and Song Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Eisex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank; Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and CO Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhonse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old. Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester —R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co . East Riding . Bank, Beverley—Bower and C 0... Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham -- Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalraing—Mellersh and Keen........................................... Guildford Bank, rGuildfard—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and - Co. Hertfordshire,• Hitchin Bank, Hitchin,-- Sharples; — and,Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— • Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, ' Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and 'Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanderi and CO. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. , Kington and Radnorshire Bank, iington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and C 0.... Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co 21,425 lendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. - 43,169 Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and 23,043 2,380 18,169 38,166 47,098 8,725 20,935 74,178 9,256 10,300 39,310 26,253 10,175 10,311 73,732 52,912 9,950 47,79 94,710 54,114 49,450 27,940 7,725 . 12,376 5,967 4,591 13,144 29,727 30,291 22,83: 17,324 51;972 5,640 81,062 25,597 20,020 71,068 18,502 26,005 8,860 Sons Lane End and Son ndStaff o ordshire Bank, Lane End — C Harvey n Le ß ed a s n — k - , Be L ck ee et ci t z— an ‘ d v Co. Williams, 37,36 Leicester Bank, Leicester—mPoaligneetusxaannddKciorb..y.,. 2 1, 9 4 8 0 2 1 Lewes Old Bank, _ LeedsLd Browns Bank , n and io Co. Lichfield B akn k ii L n i c e o h l fi n eld s — ln P it a h l , m E e l r lis a o n n d , a G n r d e c en o e Lineolnßan 93,733 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank;•l 4 landovery—D. Jones and Co._ Loughborough,J!ank, Loughborbugh—Middle ton'and Craelock Lymington Baitk, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis--Gurneye and'Co. ........... . ....... Lynn Regis,and\Norfolk Bank, Lynn. Regis-- Jarvis and Co ....................... ............ : ... 13,612 Macclesfieldßank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree. Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and CO. Marlborough Bang' Marlborough and Wilts • b O o l r d em E g a h nk o Marlborough ldßanwand Ouulndgeßrfaonrldt, Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough —Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, DOlgelly—Williams and Son • - Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyains and Co 11,352 16,049 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergivenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con - Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, • Monmouth—l3romage, 'Snead, and Co 14,246 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and - Riddell 27, 441 Newark and Sleaford Bank; and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 52,365 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 21,185 Newmarkt Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and. Norfolk Bank, Norwich--Gur- 5,185 52,263 31,883 3,369 ... 41,606 15,17: 3,239 27,768 22,306 46,139 86,658 neys 'and Birkbeck . Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, O vestry—Croton and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. .. Old Bank, T on b r id ge , Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells. Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tan bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, T on bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching ... ....... Oxfordshire Witney 'Ban k, Wi tney_J. W 11,051 3,029 19,977 9,899 28,297 34,174 11,571 10,905 Clinch' and Co. .................................... Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the' Hull Old Bank Peter and 'Beverl4 Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0.... Penzance Bank) Penzance—Batten and Co. Peterborough p ir n o k rk a e n a d nd Ou c n o d . le . ,.B ... a,nk ...: ......... Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters ................. . ........................ Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and C 0..... Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. .............................................. 30,253 Richmond Bank, Richmond-I-Roper and Co. 6,216 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 4,658 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches• ter—Day and NichOlson • ... 8,131 Royston na,nk, Royston—Pordham and Sons 15,647 Y—A. Butlin a n d S on 10,252 R u gby Bank, Rugh Pomfret, & C 0.....-. 15,675 11eRovssBaOnlid REYae—g, Ross Allaway and Macdongal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf- • fro Waldell-:.cab ii • ows Co an d s 48,036 10,748 12,225 9,390 31,960 3,999 %".'l ,q v ~-.: iLi %AP : if Oftl)—Noy . 7 . The wheat trade to-d Kits very dull, and inferior quali ties must be quoted is. lower, the best samples barely maintaining last week's p rites. second rate barleys were is. cheaper; all other ki . a cis of spring corn without altera tion. Wheat, white, old, per s. 8. I qr. 42 76 Oats, per qr. 's 31 n0w .... ,5 71") Peas, Pat triage 44 4 6 red, old 40 t 5.4 WI alto 42 49 new.... 40 Gi' Bo fling 43 .50 34 43 D 7 . r. 42 , Earley Chevalier 38 Grinding. - 33 Malt 72 Chevalier ....... • 74 ..n 33 51 / Beans, 'l4 .k ' 37 ii 42 I Harrow ticks 41 43 76 I Mazagan 38 40 78 I Ditto, new 37 40 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., receive ] in the port of London, from the following ports, from Nov. 3 to Nov. 8, both inclusive. 11 6 ,t 4 4 g c i :4 A il 8 A P , .' F' - ' Colchester - 1 35( • 75 : 5 09 Harwich ' 220 32 464 -- 6 - 7 70 Leigh ' 3BB 12. 125 6.> --- Haldon. 1684 27 203 ' , ,991 173) 560 MIDD LESEZ SESSIONS. ;laudsley Draper, who pleaded guilty on Thursday last of embezzlement, was brought up for judgment. The Assistant-Judge said this was a very serious case. The prisoner had embezzled his master's money to the amount of nearly 1,000/., and he could not feel justified in sentencing him to imprisonment. The sentence, therefore, was that he be kern in penal servitude for four years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 10. MANSION-HOUSE. CIIARGB of STABBING. Francois Bossee, an Italian, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wire, upon the charge of having stabbed a man of the name of John Flynn, with a dagger. W. Hale, City police officer, 625, said—About a quarter before nine o'clock on Saturday night I was on duty in Aldgate, and was called to Church-row, where I heard that a man had been stabbed. I went into the coffee-house, and there saw the prisoner sitting down. I took hiild of him, and with assistance conveyed him to the station-house. A wounded man, of the Paine of John Flynn. was brought into the coffee-house while the prisoner was there. Having beard that the prisoner had stabbed Flynn, I asked the wouoded man who had injured him, and he pointed to the prisoner, whom I took to the station-house. Tile wounded man was taken to the London Hospital, but was not able to attend. Mr. W. Sayer, of 97, Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, said—A little before 9 o'clock on Saturday night my attention was attracted to a crowd in the passage of the Three Nuns Tavern, in Aldgate, where I saw a man lying on the ground and another man fighting with him. The man who was standing up was afterwards wounded. The prisoner suddenly came out of the house and struck the man a violent blow in the face with his fist. That men was then in the act of pursuing the man vett.. whom he had been fighting, when the pri -on -r riri up an l t.sbned him on the back with a dav:;er. He afterwards placed the dagger in his br,ast. I itn oedia ely communicated what had taken place to a police-officer, and the prisoner was afterwarde secured, in a coffee-house in Citurch-row. The prisoner was remanded. wE 3 r I IINSTER.-13Rur AL ASSAULT.— TT. &alines, a ha, , Her, wa9 finally Wore Mr. - Pavnter, ctiargeti with b e i ng drunk. and brutall, a,saulting his wire. a3e.tult was c.nnmitted on the 231 u't., since winch time the object of defendant's brutality has been lying in a very precarious state. Her statement was that on the night in vestion h,r husband ca.ne home iut.ncioatel, ar.i after applying. state vile epithets to her he pet the light, and c onintoced a most savage as sau;t upon her. flo neat and kicked her abut the head awl face, and cor ne d ner into the b treat, where sh e l ay helph,s., and insensible. Mr. Paynter commented upon the brutal treatment ehe had evidently received upon the present occasion, a n d corn nitted (1 , -fendant for three months to hard labour in the Hou,e of Gntrection, and required hina at the ex pirati , n of that term of irnoriqnnment to find two sure ties in 101. ,:ach to keep the, peace towards his wife for t!ie next t•:r;ie uionthe. WORSHIP-STREE P. A POLITICAL VICTIM, Amon g st the recent numerous appli can t s f or procuring . relief from the poor-box was a native of Wallachia, named Constantine Cantacuzene, a young man of gen tleman-like address and deportment, but evidently in mi , erably impoverished circumstances, and a wretched state of health, whose deplorable condition excited an unn•mal degree of commiseration and sympathy. It appeared from the statement of the applicant, which was nut'ientica'ed by documents in his possession, that about 5 veari ago be held the situation of privatesecretary to the Russian Prince Demileff, at his palace in Florence, in whose service he remained until his patron suddenly broke up his establishment, and repaired to St. Peters burg for the purpose of placing his vast resources at the di,posal of his imperial master, for the prosecution of the late war. He (applicant) shortly afterwards returned to Bucharest, his native country, which was then in the occupation of the Russians, and finding that his mother, a lady f fortune, had died during his absence, he entered the land mehr of the province, in the ranks of which ho Served as a volunteer, until an arbitrary order wasissued for their incorporati:m with the invading army, in con sequence of which he abandoned his military duties, in common with a number of his companions, and succeeded with some difficulty in escaping from the Principality. Mr. M'Bride, the ohief usher, reported to the magi , strata that, pursuant to his instructions, he had com municate" with Dr. Birkett, one of the physicians at the Victoria Park Pulmonary Hospital, who had carefully examined the unfortunate exile, and finding that he was in such a condition as urgently required the best medical attention he had given directions fur his immediate admission into the hospital. CLERK EN WELL.—ATTEIIPITD AIM= EY SHOOT LNG.— Samuel Lowry, aged 34, a respectably-dressed men, described on the chargt-sheet as a watchmaker, residing at No. 3, Cornwall-cottages, Cornwall-place, Elo111) tvay, and of Spencer-street, Clerkenwell, was placed at the bar on rema , id, charged with feloniously wounding Jorean Thomas Poulson, a labourer, by firing at him with a got], with intent to kill him. Mr. Lewis, j'in., appeared for the defence. Both the u)inplairiant and defendant are well known at this court, having figured here several times lately. It appears that the pri-over let the complainant ;a niece of land, but finding, that he could not get 130- session after he had given him notice to quit the prisoner had recourse to violence, and the polics , have on several friend s . On tohcenafisgiohnts ee s b b e e t e w ne n al t l h ed e poandtioesianntedrtfhireere, in consequence of Satur day, the Ist of November, the complAuact and two men met on the gr .und whioh is in front of the prisonerls cottage, arid had not been there long before th e pr i son * came - out, and abu..ed them. According to the evidence of James Wright, the prisoner threatened "to do for t hem," while William Carter deposed that the prison* made use of the fallowing words ; "! Get out of ruY SOUTHWARK. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BERMONDSEY. —Richard Burchell, Abraham Burchellt and Patrick Ryan, were again remanded for another week, for malicidusly stab bing Patrick Griffio, witb intent to murder him. Inspector Reed produced the following medical certi ficate : "I certify that Patrick Griffin, though much improved, is still in a dangerous condition. "J. F. GRAY, House Surgeon. " Guy's Hospital, Nov. 10, 185 G." Bail was refused. LAMBETH.—PLUNDER BY A CONFIDENTIAL SER VANT.—RECEIVER OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY.—John Lutchford, a shopwan and confidential servant in the em ployment of Mr. Robert Eden, glass and china dealer, 12, Commercial-place, Brixton, was charged before Mr. Elliott with plundering his master to a considerable ex tent ; and George Burgess and Win. Knigh,t, omnibus men in the employment of Mr. Balls, and John Byers, jun., a timekeeper, were also charged with receiving the stolen property with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Elliott said he should commit the prisoners for trial, and accepted for Burgess and Knight two sureties in 201. each, and themselves .in 401. ; but for Byers he should require two sureties in 401. each, and himself in 801. NOTES OF A VISIT TO THE MERRIMAC. BY A. NAVAL OFFICER. The Merrimac is certainly a fine frigate, although I consider that anundueamount ofpraise has been lavished upon her by the public papers. On the occasion of my visit to her they were expecting a visit from a high naval officer (the commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, Sir G. Seymour), and the ship was "got up" for the purpose. The upper decks were well holystoned, bright work all well polished, &c. ; but still it did not impress me with the idea that she was perfect in respect to cleanliness. There is a great deal of " bright s ork" about. her—large brass awning or hood stanchions over every hatchway ; all these were highly polished, together with the brass guns for the boats, elevating screws of guns, &c The appearance of the crew was anything but credit. able • although past seven bells, the men were not uni. form!) , "clean." We saw several with long boots on, and their trousers tucked inside, very unlike the appear ance of the men on board a British man-of-war. The head decidedly was not kept as clean as it should be, the smell in the forecastle from it was most offensive. The guns were nicely polished, and generally appeared well kept ; they are fitted with elevating screws, the fitness of which for long guns is questionable. In short pieces, such as carronades, where the circle described by the breach in elevating or depressing is not much, the slow effect of the screw is more sensibly felt than in the larger circle described by the long gun ; hence the point ing of the gun must take longer than with the handspike and quoin. Tee carriages are on the French plan, without trucks on the after part, and worked by roller handspikes. There is no question but that on this plan the shock of recoil is *ore severely felt than when the gun recedes more easily under its force. The sponges are made of brush bristles, instead of wool, as in our ships. This is a great improvement. The locks of the guns are on the hammer principle, with back-spring action, but not so. simple as those used in the British navy. The breeching; are fitted with solid or shackle-eye thim bles, for drop bolts instead of thimble-eyed thimbles, as we use. Its makes the breeching stand tip stiffer to its work. The boats' guns are all of brass, and, for land service, are mounted on three-wheeled iron hand car riages. They did not appear more suitable for service mounted this way than it on regular land carriages. The muskets ara all rifled on the Minis principle ; we found, however, the locks very stiff and hard, and not siaitab!e fur precise firing. The best of shots could not insure a good shot with one of them. The pistols are upon the common percussion plan. Upon inquiry it appeared that there are not any revoivers atn, ngst the public armament. The cutlasses ppeared short. Tho guns are more swelled at the breech than our ordnance. The armament of the main-deck battery consisted of 9- inch guns ; the upper deck finch, and two 10 inch pivot guns, ose on the forecastle, and one on the quarter. deck (40 in all) ; the bulwarks being made to fall down to work these guns. Are csuld not see the arrangement of te e ul nae ue and shell roams ; but it struck us that the light-room of the fere magazine was insecure, a very light door only separating it from the gunner's store r oom. lhe main deck is low, and disappointed sue. From the capacity of the ship, a finer gun-deck might have been expected. The employment of wooden knees, in stead of iron, also gives a clumsy appearance to the deck, This old-fashioned mode of construction is remarkable, A very noticeable thing was the abundance of large hatch. ways and ladders, a very good thing in a ship of war. The lower deck is good, but the absence of mess-tables gives it an uncomfortable appearance. The men take their meals on the deck. Tole is greatly to be reprobated in a ship of her size. Nothing contrihntes so much to the moral condition of a ship's company as their social comfort. The clean mess-table on board of an English man-of-war, with the ine-:s traps all nicely arranged on the shelves at the ship's side, is a great comfort to the men ; and it is pleasant to observe the men sitting at their tables o f an even i ng, re ading perhaps to each other, or enjoying true that in many sma ll E ng lish men-of-war the mess the yarn o f :wale gifted messmate. It is tables are not use d , b ut i n l arg e vesiels this is never the case, and i u f r i gates espec i a lly the mess-table can never be objected t o, as they are not interfere d wi t h in t i me of action. The engines are on the double piston rod principle, and direct action ; they are much pinched up, and many of the parts most difficult to get a l. '• g The ``scre w alley," or "shaft-way," i s formed of boiler p l ate , a rched at the toP) and wat-rp rao f . The screw is on G ri ffith's principl e The spare f ans were stowed on t h e l ow er deck. Ther e was nothing remark a bl e a l o ft except that there were a kind of standing rollin tackles, or more properly pre venter lifts on the lower yards. There was a very ex cellenteont r i vance on t e forecast l e f or fi-pi ng th e anc h or . It consisted of a stout spar, one end fixed to a swivel bolt on a band round the foremast, the other end fitted with a hoop with four eyes. When used a pendant from the lower mast aloft is hooked to the upper eye, and guys to the ey es on each side. Th e spar i s th en , topped up and cant e d over to the side requ i re d, t h e fi s h t ac kle block hooki ng to the ey e bolt on the other side of the hoop. By thi s arrangement t h e fi s h d av it i s riggedi n an instant, a n d i s always ready for use. Wh en rant re quired it lies fore and aft on a crutch. The appearance of the I‘lcriiaiac outside is not, favour able. She has a considerable amount of sheer, and her stern is very he avy . Her bow is good. She does not look as if she were a fast ship, although the officers , as sured us that she was so, To conclude, sufficient desire is indicated in the great size of the Merrimac, on the part of the United States, to succeed us in the size and weight of their frigates, to suggest to our Government the necessity of increasing very considerably the dimensions of this kin I of ship of war. Whether the Shannon, our largest frigate, is a faster chip than the Merrimac, whether she carries more guns, and will be more inefficient in her armament, is another thing. The fact of the Merrimac being a thou sand tans larger than she is, is,, sufficient to arouse the attention of the naval surveyors to the necessity of building even larger frigates than the Shannon, if we do not wish, in the event of another American war—which God forbid —to have similar disast , rs to those which marked the naval proceedings in the last war ; but it must be remembered that, as far as size is considered, there 14 a gre a ter contra4t between the Stninn9n . 4.44 COLCHESTER # Nov. 7. - - - A good supply of wheat, wl4.c h met a dull sale at is to 2s per qr. decline ; barley was u lore plentiful, and fully is per quarter cheaper. Beans ananti peas were both the turn dearer. Prices to-daywere as follow :—.'Wheat, white, 66s to 804 red, 66s to 72; bai ley , 44s to 5!?, ; oats, 30s to 32s ; beaefr, Mazagan, 403 to 424; middle ar id small, 42s to 465; pesos white, 41s to 48b ; grey, 40s te, 445. Ju.aL x. 401 ET• —Nov. 10. "ro,ifh. or Cfmi per ton At the close of tka =Att. •s. (1, • Davison's West Hartley 15 9 Byass's West Hartley _l5 9, Howard's West Hartley Netherton 15 9 Lon gridge's Wst Hartley 15 9' North Percy Hartley _l5 31 Canfield Moor' Butes l5 6, Walker Primrose 0' Eletton West Hartley ...15 0 Bates's West Hartley 15 3 dolywell ...................17 6 Canfield Aloor lt4itsenti, Gosforth l7 9 , Herten - Riddell l7 9 Eletton Lyons Haiti ~ 18 3 Ships At market...ls: Wallgen d i &c. Braddyll l9 Unveil 20 Lainbtou Pensher 18 Russell's Hetton 19 South Hetton .20 Hartlepool 2O South Kelloe l9 reed 2O Evenwood 16 -, tewart's 2O 19 Eden 'Wain l9 Woodhouse 01080 17 Wharnelitte lB Hetton .,,,20 ;3 I Sold lOO LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10. , STOOK EXCTIANGE.—The Liverpool Sto c k Exc ha -- ng . „, is quiet to-day, bat c l ose d with Li steady aspect. 1 ." business transacted was rather extensive, at the followil rates :—Blackburn, S—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 934 —Midlands, 78 4—London and North Western, 10211 South Eastern, 20 1 4 i—North Staffordshire, 51 dis.—Grel b Western of Canada, 24—Ditto, new, 2 p. MANCHESTER, Nov. 10. • -MOE EXCHANGE. There was a fair amount of business in the principal stocks, but prices were depressed/ and closed lower. Leeds stock, 93—Midlands, 78i 1: - —Great Western of Canada, 24k —Dovers, 20 134 0 " Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33 Blackbu 111:1 ' B—London and North Western, 1021—Ambergate, 4 Cheshire Junction, 17i 13—East Lancashire, 20k. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 10. BTooK EXOIELANGE.—The market was doing lit r , business to-day, and prices were flat. S ou th StafferV 3.8.9. • Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed SW' 72A —Shropshire Banks, 3j. _ frlIA BORNE MA ad. (21 signifies that the mails are sent from the General fost-f IPICe the night—and Ai by the morning—despateh.) • Day when Made up • F rom ~,,, \Oen ,_ due ID ' • 031TSTRIlts. in Genera Vos -. For Office ii London.* msvte . Engl oj. kmertea(bylirit.paea)2,.... Flvery.Frldu Li verpoo, ... iWeeSIY tmerice. (by United 8;s. * ' , t pabket) ..........r. Every Tuesday i Sonthana ,i on weeklY &Morin (by• IJ. ,Ste.k.s . , picket) ..........N .. , „.• •..so r L•verpo ,, ... kustralia (via !Alt, •,, . pool) ..:.'...... .:11 4th and 18th . Twice Liverpool ... Twi litto (via ilarseilles) N Dover .... • Ittto (Via Cape of give 12th .. Unee''' " Elope) .... oa •• dm .•11 •• , fno Africa (West Coast i ~„ , ssl o! tit AOLL:. i.exandria.......... b 10th li. 26th oi ~ o Dover ......11d I z ''' klesandria........ • . r,l 1 ,,, & 2: l th of m , ti Bonham', ,'- 4 , rc21 , tahama.t.......... • Li 17th of the month SouthamPic iviuk, %, iehr,lum ......„. r. - 1 .a11y..... Dover .• .• • • P'',„.' •' trazil ............ .im 9th of the m o nth Southampton •it w. • 3uenos Ayres ........1.1 ," " 'h" ”^” SaathAmpton 160 _,....„ !ape of Good ti,,,- , is sth of the month Unc ertzw• 'Jape of Good Rope ' t Uncertain !aside Verde .... , 8 -ii , ,{L ' -ii 16th oi vs teyion (see In.lta) 10th and 26th l5 -..t 49 10 'eylon... .... ~ . ...e. 4th and 20th —I 4th e....' 21$ !•.Lannel 151 e,... 4 . . . ,y . .• . .-.3' ' ni l'u.fn.riat• ;Lulli. ....... - ~ ~ 1 i: , i 7 'o . -- nontb;oo , ioisi,n ; cri , l and 16' Ihina ~ . 4th and 10th 'onstnntinople : oth and 26th D ',' . 2 and . 9 ! , 444stantinople , it. t, 41), ... . n ,13 , , , ii • and 2 4 Jmt. of Europe L . ; • ;' ,, 1i ,-, 'IS; • Dover Twicedail r.gypt (see India) . Twicedili raw: . ... 5I , ." 26 I,braltar „. i . ~ 4. ~ 1%, ;Lin ',17 •fm. 4 ?,, , i, --, .r, - ' &root) (see 1n,'14 . . 'lst and 16 ireytown .. ... . ' ' - n. 8 ' lanaburgh -., ',Dail ..... ..... Lothion .......! '' ' , !a vgnn..! —, .•; ~-.. , ' , ,„ t , F., .. , l ad In ' Tolland ....... ~ ~..9: DA , , . ~. ...... 1 1, ~..a . „:11mily •londara6 .. .... ~51 ! it of ~.,-, awn, h.!S Jut:tamp , n 16th ndi a (viaSouthampt. )li, its . 20th of in ,, n. 4 and 21W 'hdla (via IfarsoUles)M Igth&26th of Mot'. Dover .... „. 15 & 29 to orila fees (see [nil. .... .• • • ' Dover. ~ . 4reland .4. ovo •• •• li & N Cerise daily .. ~„ Eugyh e. , ; .. ij5ben..............51 2d or .1 0..• 1891illiurnPtori NOT. 1 6 . Idadnira ........- .../s1 Digit of moatl'... •. 'Southampton 6 and I' Idadeira ........ i... N2M of month • • lLiverpool .... ktalta (sea India) , , Walta ................;.N 4, 10, 20, and 26 IDo'ver - 4.16 M it'd 'of the month gontharnot,n lst %fauritius (see lndia) strauritins ........ N 20th of the month ei and 2 tfLOSICO - , 70w P1 . 1a . na . ,la 7::::...k . ' I ) d al Pe ly ; Tth of monthispoonvterham" al izil ti u t i a a to . s .. , 2. . „ .. :. ..l Daily New Zealand,. .. ~.... 4th and 19 th Pion Dlt a nd?. •• .• • • • • • • • • • Dover •• •• .. 4 ir ee-- man Various pert ; k ty ? a on i) Peru .. .. , .. .. .. .. r y ,/ 4 . 1 v t „ 4outhampton . 1 60 Port Natal .• .• .• CA.II • •1' sth .u of mon. Southampton let '''- _,cy ~...... . , z; x of month ~... Various port) , l ase % ny ....... . ~._ ...very Saturday.. Dever '...;.. wockil Venezuelr .., ~, ~. :.,..t, ;/(I:B,lyi.t.h.o..iii..o.n.t.h.l.BDoouvtherain;wl3 li_ 16 , 0 • Van Diemen'sLnaof.ee Australia) • , .... 4th and 18th of nr. West Indies 1. ii...n.',1 ti n o n:lllT ,Ii and 16 a"n IBOuthamprani Whenany of these date ' s fall on a Sunday, the malts 4.13 be spatched on the following day, with the e xcept i on of the !1:' a tbs '.ou thampton), and the Malta, both of which will b e de:, at ," prlcedinz day CASE OF STABBING AT CARDIFF. —Nov, S.— This 01 seems to hav e b een s i ngu l ar l y unfortunate of late—,bat with a terrifi c e ipl os i oa and three alarming fires in le ss than a fortnight. We had scarcely recovered from th e fright occasioned by th ese . acc id ents b efore we heal' " report that a man had been murdered last night; but 01l making inquiries it t urne d ou t t h at the man was 1:1°t dead, although there is no probhbility of his recovery' It seems that early last evening some Irishmen and wegian sailors were in Bute-street, and a quarrel Will taken place between them as to a girl who was in they company, a fight ensued, b u t P o li ce - sergeant SheP be having interfered the parties were separated without any ' serious injury being d one on e i ther side. Th e y had n° o proceeded far down th e roa d , however, before on• of tb Irishmen fired a pi sto l at h i s opponents, and a mele e ensued, in the course of which a seaman, na me d Sin 3°l c i t Hansen, belon g i ng t o th e N orwegian ship Fame, receiv e se severe ''stab with a k n if e th a t his bowels irnmecgate'J,4 protruded, and he was carried to the house of Mr. Eit ll4° ; .' druggist, Bute-road. Dr. Wal lac e an d an ass i stant t o i; Baker wero soon in attendance, when it was discovere!! that his bowels had been cut from almost one side to the other, so that no hopes of his recovery are held out 00 the next morning two men, named Patrick Keating and Jeremiah M'Ainllocb, were taken before the woe' crates, when it was stated that a k , ife was found el the former, w ith w hi c h it i s suppose d the cowardly was cotnniit'ed. The magistrates attended at the bed' side of the wound e d man , as we ll as t h e prisoners, w b e n it was found that b e was i n too preearimis a state '" .„- give evidence, and the prisoners were consequently r e : trianded till Thursday next. Offences of this nature at e very common in Czliff; especially in the Bute-road: BIRTHS. OP • SOL On the l'lth het , at 3. Harewood• aquare , th e wife e f Horace Lloyd, Esq., brrtister•at-law. On the 10th inst., at 15, Jan:leo-street, the wife o f 00 1. Hamilton, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. ' k th e Oa the 10th i n st.. a t 63, Glocester-place, Hyde-par wife of William Baker, Esq. Ou the 10th inst., at 1, Devonport-street, Hyde-P.:- Mrs. Philip Henry Lawrence. MARRIED. On the 6th inst., at West Hackn e y Ch urc h , Mr. Marl ° John Edwards, to Anne Elizabeth ; and, at the same 6o 01 Mr. James William Bungay; to Mary Ann, the eldest 1 03 " . youngest daughters of Mr. W. J. Westcott, of the G' ral Post-office. On the Bth ingt., at St. Pancras New Church, Thos. Biddle, Esq., H.M , 's Bth Ki ng ' s R egt., to Louisa, secc''' daughter of the late Henry D ay, E sq., of Mornio • gton" road, Regent'a-park. DIED. On the 9th inst., Lieuten an t-C o l one l J o h n Maclean, nn. attached, formerly of H.Nl.'s 4 ;d, 20th, and 4-6th Regtt o6, ' On the Q th inst., at D a lh atn Hall, near Newrear, ~1‘6„0, r. Richard Franklyn, Esq., lat e o f th e Royal Mint, age" On the 9th inst., H enry R o bi nson, Esq., of 24, Po r• and of the East India House, aged 63 : 4 , On the 9th inst., a t B r i dport Harbour, William SI" . Esq., aged 73. On the 9th inst., a t 2 , Sussex-place, Hyde-park, Walter fo t ß h u e e c h o a u n n a t n y , oEful,vii,dodni x one of o e f Hag.eMd 40. .'s Justices of the Peace hot , On the 9th inst., suddenly, • in the camp, Alde rs i a te Lieut. Sydney Smith, 77th Re t. fourth son of the Bright Bright Smith, Esq., of 12, Bryanstone-square, e aged ar , pet On the Bth inst., at Lime-comt, Beckley, Sussex, Painter, Es q ., age d 74. LONDON N. 1 12, m o Print e d and Published b y MURDO Y°1114Go: - 1 2, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mice, . 14 1 ., 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Satvy, in the CO of Middlesex, Tuogisy, NORM* U, itibf!