The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-02 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON AT ROMSET. On Tuesday the annual meeting of the "Labourers' Encouragement Society" was held at the White Horse Hotel, Romsey, Hampshire, under the superintendence of its president, the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston. Money prizes, ranging from 10s. to 21., were awarded to shepherds, teamsmen, ploughmen, seedsmen, and drillmen, rickmakers and thatchers and turnip hoers, labourers with neat and clean cottages, and others who had been for a long series of years in one service, and had educated and " got out" their families without any parish aid. The successful candidates, to the number of about 100, were regaled with a substantial dinner of beef and plum-pudding. The awarding of the prizes followed, and then Lord PALMERSTON addressed the labourers as follows : —I have great pleasure in being president of this most useful institution, and it affords me infinite gratification to see so many of my neighbours here, who have by their good conduct in every possible way earned the ~ re wards which have now been bestowed upon them. tis unnecessary, in addressing those who have distinguished themselves as you have done, to say much touching that course of conduct which is calculated to secure for the person comfort and respectability, and call down upon him the approbation of his neighbours. But, neverthe less, it is always well that people should bear in mind general principles. Now, in addressing you, whom Pro vidence has placed among the labouring classes, it may not be out of place to remind you that the distribution of wealth and poverty--the arrangement by which there are comparatively few rich and comparatively many poor —is the condition of the world in which we live, and that no human institutions can alter this arrangement, and make all the poor rich ; it might be possible to snake all the rich poor, but the condition of comparative poverty must inevitably be the lot of a great portion of the human race. But although it has been the pleasure of our Maker, in a world which is a world of trial and transition, and not the ultimate destiny of mankind — though it has been the pleasure of our Maker to sub ject a great portion of the human race to trials and privations to enable them to qualify themselves for the future state that awaits them, yet Providence has not been niggardly in the distribution of those qualities which are calculated to secure happiness to those who conduct themselves well upon this •artl3- (Cheers.) All the good qualities of human nature—the qualities of mind and of heart—everything that tends to dignify our species and to enable men to distinguish themselves in the condition in which they have been placed—these qualities have been sown broadcast over the human race, and are as abundantly dispersed among the humblest classes as they are among the highest classes of the land. (Renewed cheers.) You will find that all children are born good ; it is bad edu cation and bad associations in early life that corrupt the minds of men. It is true that there are now and then exceptions to general principles. As there are men who have been born with club feet, born blind, or with other personal defects, so also will it happen that children will he born with defective dispositions, but these are rare ex options. Be persuaded that the mind and heart of man are naturally good, and it depends upon training and education whether that goodness implanted at birth shall continue to display itself, or whether by bad asso ciations it shall be corrupted and destroyed. (Hear, hear.) Therefore the first thing you would infer from this truth is, that it is the duty of all parents to see that their children are well and properly educated—that they are early instructed not merely in book learning, in read ing and writing, and acquirements of that kind, but in structed in the precepts which indicate the difference between right and wrong, and that they are taught the principles of religion and their duty towards Gud and man. Now the way in which that can be done is by the father and mother building up their household upon that which is the foundation of all excellence in social life—l mean a happy home. (Applause.) Now, o home can be happy if the husband be not a kind and affectionate husband and a good father to his children. Bearing this in mind, he must avoid two great rocks on which t so many men in the humbler ranks make shipwreck— the tobacco-shop and the beer-shop. The tobacco-shop ruins his health and leads to all kinds of diseases. If he were a man living on a desert island and isolated from society this might be a matter of comparatively little importance, and be might ruin his constitution just as he pleased ; but the labouring classes must re member that their health and strength are the support of their families, and if they ruin the one and reck lessly waste the other they not only injure themselves, but do irreparable damage to those who are depending upon them. So much for the use of tobacco, which many to their detriment indulge in. But the beer-shop and pub lic-house e) further, because the habits there contracted not only lead to the degradation of the individual and the impoverishment of his family, bat they lead to offences and crimes which tend to place the man in the condi tion of a felon and a convict. No man who indulges in drink can fail to feel degraded when he recovers from his intoxication, and that sense of degradation leads him again to drown his care in renewed intoxication, and from step to step he falls into the lowest condition that human nature can be degraded to. Now, do not ima gine, becaus e I say these things, that I consider them necessary to those whom I have the pleasure of addres sing. The very fact of your being here, with the best credentials of good behaviour, is a proof that y ou have avoided the erro rs I h ave po i nted out; but you are y enti tled to give good ad v i ce t o your neighbours, to those who have not been so fortunate as you have been, or who may not be so alive as you are to your duties to yourselves and your families. I must repeat it is very gratifying to see so many men who have, in the various pursuits of agricultural industry, entitled themselves to the rewards which have just been dis tributed; but there is one thing connected with the list of piz-smen which I confess is peculiarly gratifying tai me to think of. I mean that among you there are a certain number who have lived so long in the employment of particular masters. This circumstance not only shows that those who have so lived in service have been most deserving men, and therefore have done honour to the class to which they belong, but it does equal honour to the masters in whose employment they have remained. [The noble viscomit then read the names of eight labourers who, on an average, had each remained 33 years with one employer, and concluded as fol lows trust that next year we will have a larger list of premiums, and that the example of those prize men who go forth to the world with the honourable marks of public approbation will serve as an induce ment to others to imitate them, and that the good con duct of the labourers will more and more entitle them to the confidence and good-will of their employers, and thus that the two classes who depend upon each other will find their relationship more cemented by mutual attachment and respect ; and that, let me tell you, is a condition of things most important to the interests of the nation at large. Great applause followed the conclusion of his lord ship's address. He immediately afterwards called upon the assembly to drink " Success and prosperity to the labourers of Hampshire," an appeal which was responded to in bumpers of strong ale. His lordship then retired amid "three cheers" from the stentorian lungs of the ploughmen, shepherds, &c., present. THE DINNER of the members and friends of the association took place ' at three o'clock • Viscount Palm ers t on i n the chair. About eighty sat down to the entertainment, includinirg. the mayor and other influential inhabitants. After the usual loyal toasts had been given, The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said : I beg to give a toast which at all times must be dear to the hearts of Englishmen, but peculiarly so at the present moment— I mean "The Army and Navy." (Great cheering.) Many people thought that a long peace had unnerved the arm of the country, and that we had forgotten the arts of war by our long acquaintance with the arts of peace. People, too, imagined that our soldiers, not having had that exercise and hardy discipline which are the necessary accompan i men t s o f a l ong war , were not equal t o th e more practised armies of other nations. But we have recently lad experience to show that Eng lishmen are the same at all times and under all cir cumstances— (cheers)—whether by sea or land the sight of an enemy is sufficient to inspire with courage the British soldier, and th a t no resistance can withstand the vigour of his onslaught, an d whenever the enemy is pointed out to him, that en em y i s sure, in the shortest possible space of time, to yield to his attack. The toast was drunk with all the honours. After some other healths had been drunk, The MAYOR (Mr. , Joseph Ge orge ) proposed nor Majesty's Ministers, and congratulated the meeting upon having as president of that society, and having among them that evening , one of the most Leportant as well as the most talented of her Majesty'e cowl s ellors. The toast was most enthusiastically received. Lord PALMERSTON rose amid great cheering, and said —ln the name and on behalf of my colleagues and my. self, I be to return thanks to you, Mr. Mayor, for the kind and iattering manner in which you have proposed the toast, and to you, gentlemen, for the cordial manner in which you have received it. I can assure you that your worthy mayor has not in any degree whatever over rated the desire which animates her Majesty's Govern ment to promote to the utmost of their faculties that system of progressive improvement in every branch of our social system which it must be the object of ever y enlightened statesman to follow out, and which it i s so greatly for the interests of the country should b e fully developed. however, I can i (Ch eers .) I n th a t res pect, present Government for take credit t o h er M a jesty's any zeal or success greater than have attended th e for now more than efforts of su ccess i ve G overnmen t s a o l t uarter of a cen t ury. F or i t i s a remarkable and most circumstance in the condition of the country, i f}, 'a „. a t t if i i h n e g rean previous times the labours, and the time, nehietahe attention of states men and Parliament were y occupied in convul sive struggles for the reetennitiitoiaanel power, on the one h an d, or t h e obtaining on the ether, f p ow eth for th e l ast quar teres.tention of the of a century, and somewhat more , G o vernment of the lay has been directed t o Parliament social and legislative improvement ; and, p seconded their efforts, the greatest possible mprnoeTtfre ll s a s vilt has g been made in everything that concern s the we happiness of the nation. The result ha s been t a ia re t , and though we have, within no distant time, had to contend with great privations from famine in one place, fro m - scarcity in another, and are now involved i n a r wa T t . which requires every effort the nation can make, the greatest loyalty and contentment reign throughout the length and breadth of the land—that we hear no more •f conspiracies and insurrections, but that the nation seems animated by one common feeling that Govern ment is carried on for the benefit of the whole, and not for the partial interests of individuals and classes, and that those who are charged with its administration devote the best faculties of their nature and the most zealous attention to do all that is possible to increase the swank of Ca. pulls, And inure tha propority of the nation. (Loud applause.) The present Go- ' vernment, however, has certainly upon its hands a work of greater r esponsibility, a work of deeper im portance, a work of larger—l trust not insurmountable —difficulty than has devolved upon any administration since the closing of the last war. (Hear, hear.) On this occasion there has been no difference between the Executive Government and the country, except this— that the government clung to the hopes of peace long after the country had made up its mind that war was inevitable--(cheers)—but in that respect I think the country will not find fault with the Government, because it was clearly the duty of those who were charged with the fortunes and destinies of a great nation to postpone to the latest period the dreadful alternative of war. The country and the Government have both come to the conviction that it was necessary to draw the sword for the purpose of maintaining principles of the utmost im portance to the welfare of mankind—for the purpose of not only supporting the weak against the strong, and protecting the commercial and political interests of an ally, but for supporting the sacred principles of inter national right, which, if violated in one case by a power ful Government against a weaker neighbour, would be drawn into a precedent, and lead to a flood of injustice which, sooner or later, would have come to our own doors. (Cheers.) There never was in the history of the world a more honourable spectacle than that which has been exhibited by the British nation. We have em barked in a war, and are fighting side by side, in honour able ambition, with a Power that in former periods we were only wont to meet hostilely in the field. (Cheers.) We trust that the new companionship, cemented by the blood shed in action, and confirmed by those laurels which will be intertwined in victory, will long endure, and that the two great nations which are at the summit of civilisation, not only in Europe, but of the whole world—two nations most worthy of the esteem of each other—will, as the result of the resolution of the Govern ment and the country to engage in this contest, be for ever bound together in ties of friendship and affection. (Tremendous cheering.) Anticipating that whatever may be the difficulties and dangers of the conflict—whether it may be long or whether it may be short—the result can be one—that is, that the arms of England and France, reared in combat for the cause of justice and truth, for the cause of liberty and national independence, not seeking conquests for selfish objects, but for those of the most noble and generous character—l cannot but feel confident that the result, come when it may, will be such as will gloriously crown the efforts which the nation has made, and will place the honour of this coun try, will place the character, dignity, and well-being of this country upon a surer and firmer basis even than that on which they have hitherto stood—(great applause) —and when the people shall look back upon the sacri fices they have made, they will feel that the result has fully justified the means that were used, and they will feel that they have been rewarded by ample success for all the exertions which the Government has called upon them to make. I beg leave to return you my best thanks for the honour you have done the Government, of which lam a humble member. The noble chairman resumed his seat amidst great cheering. Lord PasssEnszoN again rose and said, you have been kind enough to drink the toast of the Government of the country, but we must not forget the government of the town in which they had now assembled. I believe that that government is as good a specimen of those munici pal institutions which fortunately have been developed of late years in the different towns and cities as any that can be named. lam quite sure, at all events, there is ❑o corporation in the kingdom that can boast of a better mayor than the one we have the happiness to have as the Mayor of Romsey. (Cheers.) You know him as well as I do. I have the good fortune of having a good number of years enjoyed his acquaintance. lam proud to say his friendship. We are not far from each other in point of standing—(laughter) and I hype we may for many years enjoy your confidence. (Continued laughter.) O❑ this festive and social occasion I need say no more than that you know Mr. George--you love and es teem him as I do—and you will feel as much pleasure in drinking his health, as I do in proposing it. The toast was received with several rounds of cheering, and ac knowledged by The Mayor of ROMSET, who said that it must be granted that the local governments demanded, certainly not to the same extent, but an essence of the same judg ment, the same activity, and the same probity which was expected to mark Governments far more exten sive. Mr. T. CHAMBERLAYNE, after alluding to Lord Pal merston as a neighbour, proposed " Long life, health, and happiness to the noble President of the Labourers' Encouragement Association." The toast was duly honoured, and in responding, Lord PALMERSTON said—l beg to return you my cor dial thanks for, I may say, the unexpected honour you have done me, for I scarcely expected that having been included in a larger toast, 1 should have had the honour of being singled out for the personal compliment now paid to me. I can assure you that it has afforded me the greatest possible gratification to have been asked to become president of this most useful institution, and it is also a very sincere pleasure to me, consequent upon the position in which I have been placed, to find myself here associated with so many of my neighbours in this part of the country. I feel particularly gratified in being the president of this institution, for I think it is not only one of the greatest usefulness and importance in itself, but it is also remarkable as being in its nature a symp tom of the great progress of civilisation. In former, and in less civilised times of the world, mankind were to be governed entirely by punishment. The only idea that man had, from the highest to the lowest, on general go vernment, or local or social order—the only idea men had was to punish fcr offences. Good conduct was con sidered to be, like virtue, its own reward ; and the only thing men had to study was to avoid coining under the lash. Now, it is the greatest possible imprevement iu political and moral science to find that, most especially in this kingdom—more so than in any others —men have turned their thoughts to a different method of swaying human actions. It is a discovery, I may say, of later times, that it is more easy to govern men by en couragement and reward than by fear and punishment ; and that great principle of modern philosophy is the foundation of the institution of which I have the honour to be the president. I hail it not only from the advan tages locally sure to follow from it, but as one of the nu merous indications of the great march of human under standing, the great spread of practical philosophy, and in one instance among many others that we are now, from the diffusion of enlightenment through every class of the country, hitting upon the true means of obtaining an influence over the conduct of men, of touching the heart, and of holding out inducements which kindness and rewards offer, and instead of occupying ourselves as our ancestors used to do, in driving, we are at last en• deavouring to govern the people by leading. As I am on my legs, and adverting to this institution, perhaps you will allow nee to remark that no institution of any sort or kind, no association, can do without a secretary. The Government cannot do without a secretary—we have now four Secretaries of State. (Laughter.) This institution could not go on without a secretary, and we have the good fortune of having a most excellent, worthy, intelligent, and zealous secretary, in whose hands 1 am sure all that detail of business which a secre tary has to transact will be most ably and zealously conducted. I beg to propose "The health of Mr. Lordan." (Cheers.) r, C. L. LORDAN, in a neat speech, acknowledged the compliment, and remarked that he had abundant encouragement in the spectacle which they had that day witnessed, and that he had a sanguine hope that much good would be accomplished. He expressed his regret that Sir John Barker Mill was prevented by illness from being present amongst them, and after making some appropriate observations relative to the state of aericul tore generally, thanked the merchants and traders of Romsey, and the farmers in the district, who, with but only one exception, had contributed towards the funds of the association, which, if persevered in, would, he felt satisfied, produce its own reward in the improved minds and morals, the sharpened faculties, and the strengthened attachment of the labourers who lived about them. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said—l wish to propose a toast which was suggested naturally by those excellent ob servations which have fallen from the secretary, and that is " Prosperity to Agriculture." (Cheers.) In proposing that toast I need not remind you that agri culture has altogether altered of late years its essential character. It used in former times to be a mere practice, a sort of rule of thumb, and a man did what his father, and grandfather, and great grandfather did before him. Ask him why he did it, and he said his father did it. But tell him it ruined his father, and he was a poor man all the days of his life, and the answer was, "But he did it, and Ido it," Question them about science, and they knew no more of it than whether the moon was made of green cheese. (Laughter.) Of late years agriculture has, by the general diffusion of knowledge, been ele vated into a respectable science, and no man can be a good farmer who is not to a considerable extent also a good chemist —who does not know something of mecha owodhicfah co e m rs e farmers nics, has not a grea t d eal of general knowledge, and does a n r o t t . read s t h h o o u s l e d practical presume allworks good out on t t h h e e Journal of the Royal Agricultural A • Association, which ' contains the most valuable information as to x made, results arriv e d at , met h ods to be purs e ue p d erimen i ts ments to be used— a ll th ose matters which bring °- g about the welfare and succe ss o f industry. Farmers have t learned that sand is not the better for being full of weeds ; though it may please the eye, and although it may be delightful and picturesque to view in the turnip•field a mixture of yellow and green, it by no means tends to 011 the pockets of the farmer. (Cheers.) Though the sportsmen revel in thick and green stubble, though it affords a shelter for the partridge, it is not so productive to the granary as if it had been kept clean. All these things are now almost universally the study of intel ligent and enlightened farmers, and I trust that the few exceptions one sees throughout the country t o this progressive advance will every year diminish. Far mers will now from day to day more and more study the science of their profession, will understand how dif ferent processes con t r ibute to the successful pursuit and will find that the soil, in which they are engaged, though it ca n not be increased in quantity, because the waves forbid an expansion of its territory, will increase annually in the amount of its productions by the im• proved methods of cultivation. (Cheers.) Nothing is more demonstrable than that by attentive cultivation and scientific processes—by draining and better manur ing — You may very much increase, and farmers have very much increased, the amount of produce to be de rived from any g i ven sur f ace o f so il . Th ere f ore, anti mpatiug that agriculture is in a state of progression, that the improvements made will be surpassed from year to year by i mprovements which are to come, I b eg to propose, as a matte r of " Succ e s w to A.gri I ' , ture• (Cheers.) Dr. TATLOR proposed "The Health of Mi ss Nightin gale," a na ti ve of the neighbourhood of Ponrey, who hai gone out 3.4 at 11114 a , 4to tt 4 _l_l4 the Ask and wounded THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1854. soldiers in the East, recommending for consideration, as entitled to some reward, the case of the servant who accompanied her, a young woman who ha-I refused an available offer of marriage because her father and mo ther required her assistance, and had now left behind her her little savings iu trust for their benefit during her absence. The toast was duly acknowledged, and Lord Pal merston, having vacated the chair, was succeeded by Mr. John Allsop, when several other toasts were given, and the harmony of the meeting was kept up till a late hour. THE LIVERPOOL FAILURES. (From tlee Bankers' Magazine.) Liverpool has been frightened from its propriety by a series of failures comparable only with those which oc curred in the panic period seven years since. The alarm occasioned has consequently produced a deep influence upon credit, and the public have watched with some anxiety the progress of the investigation into the several estates. Although the whole of the statements have not been submitted to general scrutiny, sufficient of their contents has transpired to furnish an insight into the causes which have led to these ruinous results, and to show that the system upon which operations have been based is one that could scarcely have terminated in any other way. Painful as this reflection is, it is clear that shocks such as those recently witnessed will periodically recur, until merchants and traders of all grades shall have been brought to a conviction of the necessity of keeping their transactions without prudent limits, and of avoiding one of the greatest temptations in com mercial enterprise the circulation of accommodation paper. It is at all times an ungracious task to allude to diffi culties in commercial circles, particularly when created by a disruption of political affairs, or circumstances in volving a depression in an especial branch of business ; but the suspensions which have latterly taken place, and to which reference is directly intended, cannot be said to have followed from antecedents of this description, but, on the contrary, from excessive individual specu lation, without adequate capital to support its re sponsibilities. Now, this is a bold assertion, and it will be probably met by the rejoinder, that it is all very well to jump to this conclusion on ascertaining the disastrous consequences of the adventures these several parties have engaged in ; but, unquali fied as it may appear, it is nevertheless true ; and the system on which business is known to have been con ducted should have been accepted as a warning, and pre vented that free facility for assistance which is stated to have been rendered to these houses far beyond the date they were entitled to receive it. If any evidence were required of the instability of the foundation upon which this kind of credit has been supported, it is to be found in the very fact that the first pinch, not to say pres sure —for that is a term many sensitive people will ob ject to—has terminated its vitality. Unreasonable it would be, indeed, to suppose that tradieg relations, however lucrative, could be carried out unaccompanied by the intervention of bills or other auxiliaries of accommodation which a legitimate sphere of commerce presents. But the fatal acquiescence in, and extension of, the measure to which these facilities have been granted form the ground of condemnation in the estimation of those whose prudence would have in duced them to stop far short of the limit allowed accord ing to the use of Liverpool activity. A free exercise of credit, with undoubted resources to meet the liabilities currently entailed in a mercantile career, whether through the agency of banks or the recognised channels of discount brokers, is not a question which any one would for an instant dare dispute ; and the more encou raging the success of the merchant or the trader, the greater is his title to respect and consideration in the financial operations which he may be desirous of com pleting. Confidence begotten in this manner cannot be too well repaid by the assistance essential to maintain a large and increasing business ; yet, when it is perceived that the operations which were once confined to what may be properly designated wholesome and legitimate mercantile contracts suddenly enlarge and assume a wild and uncertain range, it is not only a duty which the banker or broker owes to himself, but also to his custo mers, to step iu and protect their mutual interests, even at a risk of diverting temporary profits. Every one who has had the least experience in com mercial affairs will readily appreciate the desirableness of establishing checks upon speculation in its early stages, since subsequently it is more difficult to arrest, especially when the ramified channels of trade give in creased life and power to its progress. The system adopted in the cases now under notice presents, in an unmistakeable manner, the success which, through this medium, has for a time attended the inflation of a paper circuiation ; but it has been followed by the melancholy spectacle of all the firms known to have been intimately associated with it relying upon each other for support, and of the whole of them endeavouring to shift the odium to more capacious shoulders, by declaring them selves to having been " more sinned against than sinning." Allowable as the excuse may be in connection with some of the smaller firms which have thus paid the penalty of their imprudence, it cannot be advanced in favour of those originating the movement. Sanguine as the expectations of returns may have been—enormous as, it is alleged, the result of previous speculations had proved—it was not compatible with the dignity of their position, or with the safety of the branch of business they represented, to launch recklessly into a system of bill accommodation which it was scarcely to be hoped could ever prosper. It was to have been anti cipated that the wide-spread distress succeeding the collapse of IS47—S, and the evils then resulting from an extensive abuse of confidence, would, wile stimulating the exercise of greater caution on the part of the mer chant, have likewise induced his financial supporter to watch with extraordinary vigilance any deviation from a regular couree. But this does not appear to have be, n the case. In fact and circumstances the objectionable phases of the old story are revived—reputed wealth, un ' paralleled resources, and inordinate credit, With these in full command, so long as the current of business is ' smooth and the rate of money is easy, the paper floats unharmed by suspicion. It is only when a reverse takes place, and accommodation, which was before freely available, becomes restricted, that these pretensions are discovered to have been largely exaggerated, and the bubble of course bursts, much to the dismay and discom fiture of those implicated. Unfortunate as their position undoubtedly is, the majority interested have themselves principally to blame, since, although mercantile suspen sions are always to be lamented, tne perpetuation of such a system of trading is greatly to be reprobated. This mode of transacting business, indicative as it is of recklessness and an entire absence of forethought, is apparently borrowed from America, where a failure seems to be a secondary consideration, provided there is a chance of again entering into the grand arena of spe culation. Springing from this vicious principle, an un limited employment of paper credit has always, more or less, distinguished the trading operations of our transatlantic neighbours ; and, strenuous as the efforts have been to correct the evil, it continues to be largely exhibited whenever a partial pressure ensues. It is to be hoped that any section of the mercan tile classes of England are not emulous of imitating, in its worst features, this special description of financiering ability, though, from what has recently occurred, not only in Liverpool, but also in London, au impression might be formed that advantage has b een taken of the experience alre a dy acquired. The severe losses which these failures have entailed will, in all pro bability, operate for the present as a check to an exten sion of the system ; but this is not sufficient, and a de termined endeavour should be made wholly to eradicate it. Whatever may be the nature of the competition for banking facilities, either in the provinces or the metro polis, self-interest and protection should induce co-ope ration among those primarily concerned to root out and destroy any organised arrangement which savours of accommodation or an undue expansion of liabilities. , Besides saving a vast amount of obloquy, it will, in the long run, produce the largest proportion of legitimate profit. A useful lesson is furnished in considering this ques tion, with regard to the operation of the Bank Charter Act. Although that law is not without its defects, some of which it may reasonably be anticipated will, at no distant date, be remedied, how vociferous would have been the outcry against its working if these failures had taken place in the midst of a general panic ! Instead of being attributed, as they are properly now, to their true causes—viz., excessive speculation and over-trading —they would, according to the theories of the currency doctors, have been produced by the stringency of the act and its concurrent consequences. As it is, however, they come before the public in an almost isolated posi tion, and must therefore stand the brunt of inquiry on their separate merits. THE LATE GENERAL TTLDEN.—The following is a notice of the services of the late Brigadier-General Tyl den, of the Royal Engineers, whose death was announced in recent accounts from the army in the Crimea. His commissions are dated—Second lieutenant of the Royal Engineers, 6th November, 1806 ; first lieutenant 1807, second captain 1812, brevet major 1814, first captain 1824, lieutenant-colonel 1837, colonel 1850, brigadier general 1854. He was serving at Gibraltar from 1808 to 1811, end in the Mediterranean from 1811 to 1814. During this time he was commanding royal engineer at the siege and capture of Fort Santa Maria, in the Gulf of Spezzia, the 29th of March, 1814 ; and commanding royal engineer and military secretary to the commander in -chief on that station, Lord William Bentick, at the capture of Genoa, 19th April, 1814, for iwhich, on the recommendation of Lord William Bentinck, he was made brevet-major. From 1814 to 1818 he was in the Netherlands, and with the army of occu pation in France. In the Netherlands he organised and commanded a force of 80 pontoons attached to the army, and was with them at the capture of Paris, 1815. From 1822 to 1823 he was second in command of the wIw R I nsha o 4se ya joncuc l to neoncommanding Engineers, nheBla4B:4sd: 0 ,ntg,h commanding Rn a wo t Fye G ena btl i b r tu r o a a :Ct Loyal Engineer F at t o m B e l r B m 3 O u d t a o 18 F 36 r he m in t 5 4, ihn Engineerthe same a a sni t tdu l‘ ao l ft a i l to t hn a i East, Engineers ast,withther tta an a ko c f lal to brigadier -general, army employed t lie he unceasingly employed, and was chiefly instrumental in saving Varna from destruction during the fire by pro tecting two large powder magazines with wet blankets, when the fire had reached within thirty yards of them. He was with Lord Raglan through the whole of the battle of the Alma, and was most honourably mentioned by him in his despatches. The day after he was attacked by cholera, and fell a mar tyr to that terrrible disease on the night of the 22d of September. During the intervals bf foreign service he was also employed as second in command of the Royal Engineers at Portsmouth, and Commanding Royal En• giater at Harwich and Dom TIIE METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. The report of the committee appointed last session to inquire into the state of the metropolitan bridges has re cently been printed, together with the evidence taken before them. The committee confine themselves to re commending that the experinieht should be made of en deavouring to meet the increased traffic of the metropolis by throwing open the present toll bridges, if they can be obtained on reasonable terms ; but they also intimate an opinion that it will ultimately be necessary to build at least two new bridges --at St. Paul's and Charing cross. Many gentlemen of considerable eminence in various departments, but principally engineers and architects, were examined before the committee, and though frequently differing in minor points of detail, all concurred in the opinion that the present bridge ac coinmodation is wretchedly insufficient, and that vigor ous measures ought at once to be taken to remedy their inadequacy. Ot course, almost every witness Lad his own peculiar plan for effecting this object, but, speaking generally, the plans laid before the com mittee may be said to divide themselves into pro portions for laying open the present toll bridges, or for building new bridges at various points. London and Westminster seem to be the two thoroughfares which most require relief, and it is on these two points that the various plans proposed are brought to bear. All the witnesses concur in the necessity of t browner, open South wark-bridge, and, according to the evidence of Mr. Brand, controller of the Bridge -house estates, negotia tions have long ago been entered into by the corporation with the Southwark-bridge Company for that purpose. The price asked by the company was 300,0001. ; but, considering that for the 14 years previous the average annual amount of the net dividends of the bridge com pany was about 2,2701., which at 30 years' purchase would have made the price of the bridge 68,0001., and at 40 years purchase 01 ,00)1., this estimate was consi dered too high, and the negotiation dropped. Last year it was renewed, but the same price-300,0001. —was still persisted in, and an intimation was held out that unless that suns was immediately given, in all prob a bility a larger price would be asked. The only basis given by the company for this valuation of their property was, that that was the sum which had been offered for the bridge by the North Kent Railway, at the time when it was contemplated to bring that railway over the river into the city. It must be borne in mind that, in addition to the purchase-money, a large sum—estimated by one witness at 150,0001. —would have to be expended in widening the approaches to the bridge. The proposition of Mr. Benuoch is to build a new bridge across the river from St. Paul's. He would build it 60 feet wide, of stone, with wrought iron girders, at a cost, including construction, approaches, and the whole cost of the land from St. Paul's to the level of Union-street, of not more than 500,0001. London bridge, it may be remembered, cost 2 , 5 66,2681., including the expense of removing old London -bridge. Mr. Ben noch has also thrown out a suggestion that there should be a system of steam ferry-boats organised, to ply from about the lower end of the Tower, which, he calculates, would relieve London-bridge of about one-eighth of the present traffic. A proposition for widening London bridge, by projecting an iron footvay over the sides of the bride, so as to throw open the entire solid part of the bridge to carriage traffic, was then laid before the committee by Mr. Bunning, the architect to the cor poration. This would increase the roadway by 20 feet, and would cost about 36,0001. Tie project had been laid before the Bridge Committee, and had been re ferred by them to Sir John Renn:e, the architect of the bridge, for his consideration. Mr. Bunning ad mitted that, whatever might be the utility of his plan, it certainly would not improve the appearance of the bridge, and hence his very proper anxiety that Sir J. Rennie should be consulted. M.. Page would build a new iron suspension-bridge below the Tower, crossing the river at Irongato stairs, where the river is 840 feet broad, of such a height as not to interfere with the navi gation of the Pool, The width of ,he bridge would be about 50 feet, its span 800 feet, and the cost, including approaches, something less than 451 ,000/. The great merit of a bridge in this position woild be, that it would relieve London-bridge of that isnmeise amount of traffic which flows from the east, and for which at present it is the only outlet. It was with this object in view that Mr. Brunel was examined as to tdo possibility of com pleting the Thames Tunnel so as to bring it into use fur heavy traffic. In his opinion all thas is necessary for this purpose is to complete the approaches, which would in volve an expenditure of about 156 ,000/. The tunnel would then be available for all kind s of traffic, except quick traffic, and would probably relieve London-bridge to a great extent. If Waterloo-bridge were thrown open it would be necessary, in order to relieve London-bridge, to open an improved communication from the Waterloo road to Union-street ; indeed, all ;he witnesses concur in the expediency of making a broad, straight line of road ail the way from the Surrey side of West minster-bridge to London-bridge, which, 'snore particu larly if a new bridge were built at Charing-cross, would be the direct line to the London-b-idge railways for the west-end traffic, which now helps to block up Fleet street, Cheapside, and London-bridge. Now that it has been determined to rebuild Westrninster-bridge, the question of the west-end bridge does not seem of such pressing importance, but most of the witnesses who gave evidence on this point expressed a strong opinion that a single new bridge will not be sufficient for the traffic which now flows over the river at this point. Instead of one, Mr. M'Lean would have built two new bridges —one at Charing-cross and another at the south of the Houses of Parliatnent, near the end of Great College street. A bridge at Charing-cross, this gentleman thinks, would be of greater utility than opening Waterloo-bridge, Mr. Page would build two new bridges, besides West. enioster-bridge—one at Charing-cross and another at the Ilorsefe rry—nor does he think that the three would he more than are required by the traffic. Mr. M`Lean's estimate for the two bridges is 1,500,000/., including approaches. Mr. Page mentions 250,0001. as his esti mate of the actual cost of the bridges, exclusive of ap proaches. Every one who has business at Westminster hall must have experienced the difficulty of crossing Bridge-street at the point where the Pimlico, Great Georgs-street, and Parliament -street traffics unite, and there can be no doubt that any plan which would sepa rate these lines would be a great metropolitan improve ment. Waterloo-bridge, if thrown open, would no doubt be of great service in this way by absorbing the traffic from the west-end to the Elephant and Castle, but, as was pointed out by several witnesses, the traffic subtracted from Westminster-bridge would greatly overcrowd the west Strand. The plan for widening Hungerford-bridge, se as to admit of carriage traffic, is also to a slight extent open to this objection, and it would seem as though the difficulty could only be got over by a new bridge at Char ing-cross. It has often been spoken of as a radical mis take on the part of the promoters of Hungerford-bridge to have confined is to a foot bridge in the first instance ; but Mr. Few, the chairman of the company, laid before the committee a plan for converting the bridge into a carriage way at the cost of 156,0001., including new ap proaches on each side. By this i mprovement the com pany calculate they would greatly relieve Westminster bridge, and, in addition to the South -Western Railway traffic, would, in the event of a direct line of road being opened along the Surrey side of the river from Westmins ter-bridge-road to Biackman-street, attract much of the light traffic from the west-end to the London-bridge railways. Mr. Baly, the engine er t o t h e company, spoke in the most confident manner of th e capabilities of the bridge for carrying the increas e d traffic, With regard to the bridge proposed to be built f or t h e accommodation nt sv e e r r e of thrown t he t oli open bridges, there des, ilr. epa of Pimlico, below the Houses o f P arliament, it was allowed thatys better if Vauxhall-bridge than any h would not be so much need o f thi s ; but, as PageVauxhall brdg thought it would c os t as much to buy it as i to build a new bridge. Among other designs for relieving the bridges and thoroughfares of London submitted to the committee, we must not omit to mention that of Mr. Pym, who proposes to build about eight and a half miles of tabular superway, some what similar to the Britannia tubular bridge, running first from the South-Eastern Railway station to the Blackwall and Eastern Counties stations ; from the Black wall station to Charing-cross, by way of St. Paul's ; and from the Eastern Counties to Tottenham court-road, by way of Holborn, The South. Eastern and the South-Western railways would be joined by a line which would run on to West m i nster, and there would be junctions connecting the east and west lines, as well as ,branch lines to the Elephant and Castle, to the Angel, Islington, to Euston-square, King's-cross, Whitechapel, Lambeth, and to such other points in the principal thoroughfares as might be found desirable. The tubes would be wide enough for a double line of railway, and to be carried en columns of masonry in the rear of the principal streets, sufficiently high to pass over the tops of the buildings in the streets below. Trains to be lamming along the lines without intermis sion, and to consist of first and second-class carriages, with fares 3d. and ld. for all distances. There would be stations at all the junctions and all the principal cross-streets, and passengers would be raised and lowered in chambers by the aid of machinery. The cost of such a superway Mr. Fyne states at 50 0,0001. per mile, and ho calculates that when in work it would gield 1,4581. per day, or 10,206/. per week. Opinions were very much divided as to the relative economy of purchasing the old bridges and building new ones, as well as to the easiest mode of raising money for either purpose. The general idea seemed to be that the Government and the local rates should each contribute a share, but there was some difference as to the area over which the rates should extend. One witness expressed a very confident opinion that if Government depart ments would refrain from interfering, private capital would very soon build all the new bridges that are re quired, and that if proper economy were exercised the speculations would be paying ones. LA IV INTELLIG.EIVCE—Nov. 1. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. DAVIES V. EVANS AND ANOTHER.-LOAN DEPOSITORS AND E3HA BEHOLDERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, originally a depositor in the Globe Loan and Discount Association, No. 2, Widegate-street, Bishopsgate, now defunct, against the defendants, two of the directors of the asso ciation, to recover the sum of 481., the amount alleged to have been deposited by him with the association, upon condition that his principal was secured, and that he should receive interest at the rate of 61. per cent. upon the amount so deposited. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Robinson, the barrister, for the defendants. The fact of the plaintiff having deposited with the as sociation in the year 1.847 was not disputed, but the defence was, that about the year after the deposit the plaintiff consented to become a shareholder, receiving interest proportionately to the profits of the association, which, it was stated, he had done up to the time of the concern stopping, the plaintiff admitting, in answer to questions froth the learned judge, that the interest varied from time to time, but he did not know the reason. When the plaintiff became a depositor he received a book containing the amounts, which was afterwards marked by the secretary, Reece, one of the defendants, as a share book, the excuse being for doing so that at the time the association had not got a shareholder's book b,. them. The plaintiff, however, repwiiated that he ever con-ented to be or had acted as a shareholder. The evidence on both sides was very contradictory. The Learned Judge having looked through the books of the association, which he said had been !post care les.ly kept, decided that he must upon the evidence of plaintiff himself come to the conclusion that he was a shareholder, and give judgment for the defendants. Mr. Buchanan then asked if the Judge would, under the 47th s,ction of the act, go into an account between the plaintiff and the defendants. Mr. Robinson objected. The Lo:=arned Judge said that must be made the mat ter of another application. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. —Robert Jenkins, driver of cab number 3,617, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Hunter for plying for hire in the City, his vehicle not being in a proper state for the conveyance of passen gers, and unfit for public use. George King, a constable of the metropolitan police, No. 199 H, said—On the morning of the 26th ult. I inspected the cab of which the defendant was the driver, and found that the inside lining was torn in four places, one of which was upwards of two feet in length, another upwards of a foot. I pointed out to him at the time that his cab was unfit for use. Alderman Hunter asked the defendant what reply he had to make to the charge. Defendant—l was driving for a man who has 14 or 15 good cabs. This was an excellent cab, but some mis chievous person whom I had carried as a fare tore the lining with either a stick or an umbrella. Alderman Hunter —You should. have taken care to have had it repaired. Every person who hires a public carriage has a right to have it in such a state as to justify him in riding in it. Inspector Tarleton said that this was the first com plaint that had been made of a cab belonging to the master of the defendant being unfit for public use. The defendant was fined 2s. and the cost of the sum makingaltogether ss. Thomas Robinson, driver of cab No. 1,626, was also summoned for plying for hire in the City with a vehicle unfit for public use. The same constable as in the former case proved that the lining of the defendant's cab was torn nearly all the way acruss, to such an extent as to hide the Stamp-office number, but was sound in other respects. The defendant was fined 2s. and costs. S-veral other cabmen were also fined for not having the number of their cabs exhibited therein. Alderman Hunter requested that the press would ac knowledge the receipt of the following contributions to the Patriotic Fund :—From Messrs. Johnson, 101. 10 , 4. ; Henry Johnson, E,q , 101. 10s. ; Thomas Wootten, Esq., 51. ; H. H. Collins, 1/. 10s. 4d. M A RLBO RO UGH. ST RE ET.— Frederick M was brought up for further examination, for having in his posses-ion a plated key presumed to be the property of her Majesty, and stolen from Windsor Castle. Police-sergeant Rogers said that in additon to ob taining further evidence respecting the key, he had ascertained that a large number out of 56 duplicates found upon the prisoner related to property stolen at various times from the sale rooms of some of the leading auctioners at the west-end. John Roberts, porter to Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkin so -, arictioneers, No. 3, Welling-street, Strand, said the plated key and a clock were sent to the rooms by the late Mr. Edward Martin to be sold by auction on the 23d August, 1553. The property was on vi ew t wo d rys, and the day previous to the sale the key was missing. The key, which has " George III." for the wards, is the key in question. The prisoner, in defence, called his father, who said that his son showed him the key about a year ago, and asked him what would be the expense to replate it, as a person had given him the job. Evidence was then given with respect to property stolen from different auction rooms, and which wrsa shown to have been pledged by the prisoner. The magistrate said he had decided to commit the prisoner, but would remand him for a week further, in order to obtain fresh evidence, if possible, into the ex tent of operations. MARYLEBONE.—Mr. _Henry Hugh, Clayton, re siding at 21, Charles-street, Westbourne-terrace, Bays water, and who was stated to be the son of Sir William Clayton, was charged on a warrant with having violently ass wited one of his female servants, named Maria Power. Mr. Handley, managing clerk to Mr. Foley, solicitor, attended for complainant. Complainant deposed that she had been in the service of defendant as housemaid, and that on the 19th ult. a ;plumber came to the door, and when he asked her if a ;little dog which ran towards him would bite, she told :him that it would not ; and upon that assurance ho en tered the house. Defendant then said to her, "Did 'you say that my dog wouldn't bite ?" and en her reply ing in the affirmative, he gave her a kick which caused her great pain. On the 24th (last Tuesday week) he told her to go upstairs to make his bed, and after he had opened the bedroom door to let her into the apartment, he, without saying anything, gave her two severe kicks upon the right thigh. She was so,much injured that she was compelled to go to a surgeon. A surgeon's certificate was produced and handed to Mr. Broughton ; it, set forth that complainant was suf fering from severe contusions on the thigh, caused no doubt by kicks. The defendant, who stated that he had been an officer in the army, admitted having kicked the complainant, adding that she must have given him some provocation, or he should not have done it. The ease was ultimately arranged by the defendant paying 51. to the complainant as a compensation for the assault, and for wages due. WESTMINSTER.—John Edwards, alias Healson, a labouring man, was charged with being a deserter from ;he 91st Foot. Robert Horton, a private of the 91st, stated that the defendant was at the Will am the Fourth, in Gardener's lane, on the previous night, intoxicated, when he told him he should take him into custody for having deserted from that regiment. Defendant declared he was no , the man witnes3 had mistaken him for, and that he bad never enlisted in the army. Witness had enlisted de fendant himself, in the name of Healson, at eight o'clock in the evening of the 10th ult., and gave him the usual shilling. Witness had subsequently served a notice at the address defendant had given, but he never appeared to go before the surgeon. Defendant most positively denied that he had ever enlisted, and said it was not very likely he should have done so, as he was in full employment, earning 1/. a-week, and had been for some time at work at a club house at the west end of the town. He could distinctly affirm that he was elsewhere at the time described by those who were in company with him. Mr. Arnold was evidently about to adjourn the case to give him an opportunity of doing so, when upon di recting his attention to the enlistment act he observed that as there was prima facie evidence of his enlistment he must commit him, and leave the authorities to decide the matter. Defendant Wag committed accordingly, to remain in custody until an order is sent to the prison from the War•office. LAMBETH.—Mr. Jonathan Kan, the owner of the saw mills on the west side of the Waterloo-road, ap peared to answer to an information laid against him by order of Lord Palmerstou, charging that he did on the 10th day of last month unlawfully use a furnace not con structed so as to consume or burn its own smoke, con trary to the statute 16th and 17th Vict., cap. 128, and fur which offence he had rendered himself liable to a penalty not exceeding 51. nor less than 40s. Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Jarman, from the office of the solicitor for the Treasury, attended for the Crown to prosecute ; and Mr. Joseph Solomon appeared on behalf of the defendant. Mr. Keen pleaded "Not guilty " to the information. Various witnesses residing in the neighbourhood of Mr. Keen's saw mills were then called, who described the thick black smoke emitted from the defendant's chimney to be a most intolerable nuisance. It was most THE GREAT WESTERN'S EXTENSION TO THE NORTH. destructive to their furniture and health, and when the The opening of the Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Bir- wind blew in a particular direction they could not keep mingham Railway is fixed for Friday, the 10th instant, their windows open for a single moment. Altogether after which time the Great Western Company will have the nuisance was Of such a character that they should a continuous through connection between London and be compelled to leave their houses unless it was abated. the Mersey, vi a the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and One of two of the witnesses, however, admitted that Shrewsbury ann Chester Railways. latterly it was not so bad as it had been. D [ADVERTISEMENT.] —SUPPLEMENT GRATIS WITH THE unexampledinterest of which it would be sc u hoe s n e h l ta e as s it s en:tpa t oit o lhis e; pr dwell o p r u i e p t o upon, is of greater tiithe j v e i e n k iy quantity p i p at Dispatch than ISPATCH.—As the intelligence received from the Allied that it was impossible, ; Mr. Solomen,onthe in p s a u r e t h o n f b t u h s e in d e e s f s e a n s da th n a t, t n o r f g h e i d s Arnty, the Witnesses in attendance to prove that as yet no adequate ordinary limits of the largest newspaper can be made to remedy had been discovered. Mr. Elliott, however, not appearing to be convinced t to e pi d •esent a Series of Supplements, so as to include all up an a t to i the ll d final o sn decisionwhen needfulo f tihne an l o y n t f e n s t tu a r et of the alleged impossibility, and stating his decided opi r.ion that the existence of a serious nuisance had been fully proved, Mr. Solomon engaged that, if time were te t n h d e period of the campaign. The highly interesting and im- allowed, his client would adopt one of the patented con trivances which had been spoken of by a witness during portant news of the present week will require much space;: the investigation. for which reason a Supplement will be presente (gratis to each p urc h aser of the Dispatch, on Sunda', next, On this und ers t an di ng , th e summon s wan allowed to November sth. Orders are requested to be forwarded stand over for a month. as early a s possible to all news agents is town an, noun- —. tr ; WANDS WORTH.—Thomas Wild, y or to the publisher, at the office, 139, Fleet-street, Londo - - __ .a t . In the 6th Dragoon Guatcle, stationed a 4 *eriOngtp i 1 - 4 - ---- -- - --- --- --- , a lance corporal , was charged with assaulting police-constable William Chambers, while in the execution of his duty. The prisoner, who was in full uniform, and wore a good-conduct badge, said the officer came up to him about 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening, in the road between Hammersmith-bridge and the Boyleau Arms, and asked him for his pass. He (prisoner) told him there was no occasion to show it. The constable then seized hint by the collar, and he certainly did resist, as he did not like to be dragged off to a station like a felon. Mr. Paynter thought it very strange that a constable should interfere withia soldier in full uniform at such an hour of the evening. It was the first case of the kind he had ever beard of, and be should like to know if a constable had any order to act in that manner. Sergeant Underhill, the acting inspector at the sta tion, said he had never heard of such an order, nor were the police in the habit of stopping soldiers in their uniform at such an hour of the evening. If a soldier was seen at the turn of the night then they interfered with him, not otherwise. A sergeant of the regiment gave the prisoner an excel lent character, and stated that on the night in question he had a pass till 12 o'clock. _ _ _ Mr. Pt;ynter said he should not think of committing the defendant, and dismissed the cast.. SOUTHWARK.—Dennis Foley. a lad about 19 years of age, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with uttering a counterfeit florin to Mary Wells. The complainant, a widow, said the prisoner came into her shop, and called for half an ounce of tobacco. She supplied him, and he tendered her a two-shilling piece, which she changed. As soo❑ as he was gone she carefully examined it, and found it to be a counterfeit. The prisoner bad been in her shop about a month ago, and after he left she found bad money in her till. The prisoner said he never passed any bad money before, and as for the florin he thought it was a good one. _ _ - - ' - Mr. Cornbe asked whether the prisoner was known as an utterer. The constable replied that he did not know him. Mr. Combo said he should remand him until Satur day, on which day the solicitor of the Mint will attend. THAMES.--A gentleman connected with the house of Wackerbarth and Co., shipowners, solicited the ma gistrate's advice under the following circumstances. The applicant stated that two or three days after their ship Winterthur left Calcutta the captain discovered that two men belonging to the crew had smuggled two native women into the ship and stowed them away be fore the vessel left Calcutta. The captain having a fair wind for England did not think it right to waste time and return to Calcutta, but on reaching St. Helena he made application to the authorities for permission to land the Indian women there, but he was not permitted to do so unless he gave security that they should not be come chargeable to the island, and paid their passage back to Calcutta. This the captain did not feel justified in doing, and he brought the two women to London. They were still on board and their paramours with them, and neither of the females seemed disposed to stir from their comfortable quarters. Mr. Yardley said the smuggling of the women on board the Winterthur was a most impudent proceeding, and he should certainly recommend the owners to set off the expense of boarding the two women on the voyage against their wages and pay the men nothing at all. The applicant—What are we to do with the women ? Mr. Yardley—You must turn them out of the ship Calculate what their provisions cost on the voyage, and make that a set-off against the wages of the seamen. The women have no claim on you. You are not bound to send them back td After some further conversation the applicant with drew. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The HURDLE RACE HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. 13 subs. Mr. Capel's Black Bess, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (R. Archer) 1 Mr. Gibb's Jemmy the Black, 5 yrs, lOst 21b (R. Sly) 2 Mr. Boyce's Alp, aged lOst 71b (C. Boyce) 3 Mr. Evans's Teddlesley, 5 yrs, lOst 1 Olb (Holman, jun.) 4 Mr. Rayner's Bullfinch, aged, lOst 21b ...(W. Archer) 5 The following also ran : Freedom, Old Misery, filly by Safeguard, out of Sarah Rebecca. Betting-5 to 2 agst Jernmy the Black, 3to 1 ag , t Freedom, 4 to 1 agst the Alp, 5 to 1 agst Old Misery. and 6to 1 agst Black Bess. Black Bess made nearly all the running, and won easily by two lengths; a length between the second anti third, and between the third and fourth. Old Misery, Freedom, and Safeguard filly pulled up, and did not pass the post. The winner broke down after charging the last flight of hurdles. STEEPLE CHASE HANDICAP of 23 sous each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 1001. added. The second to receive back his stake. About four miles. subs, 10 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Mr. B. Land's Need wood, aged, lOst 1016 ...(Green) 1 Mr. Barber's Spring, 2 yrs, lOst 21b (W. Archer) 2 The following also started :—Diana, Maurice Daley, Tbirkleby, Old Misery, Cervus, Frank. Betting-5 to 4 agst Needwood, sto 2 agst Spring, 6to 1 agst Maurice Daley, 7 to 1 agst Cervus. Won very easily by two lengths. Old Needwood and Sprin g passed the chair. Frank and Old Misery stopped at the last fence on the moor the first time round. Thirkleby slipped up at a ditch near the hovel the second time round and put out his hip. The HvNT STEEPLE CHASE, a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. Three miles. 4 subs. Mr. Smith's Bastion, 6 yrs (Oliuer) 1 Mr. Walker's The Captain, 6 yrs, 1211 lb (Owner) 2 Mr. Holtnan's Deerhurst, 4 yrs, Ilst 61b (G. Stevens) 3 Mr. Brown's Harry, aged, 12st 81b (Owner) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Harry, 6to 4 agst Bastion. Won by a length. Harry stopped some distance from home. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Ocr. 31. There were in the market to-day, 16 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :---16 at 2/. 7s, 0 at 01, Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET OCT. 31. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices to-clay were as follow : Oat straw, from 8s On to 10s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., Os Od to 7s Od ; barley do., 6s Od to 6 , 6 d. Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—OcT. 30. There were in the market to-day 80 3of barleymeal, and 0 of pot-barley. top price of oatmeal was is 6.1 up ; the the third was is Od up. Pot-barley on down. bags of oatmeal, Sales dull. The second is Od up ; the top price 00s Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second. 1 Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN, OCT. 31. In consequence of the decided reaction in London, our corn market to-day was extremely dull. Buyers of every description of grain were cautious, and we note wheat is to 2e, barley ls, and oats 6d cheaper than on Friday. Sc treely a transaction occurred in Indian corn or foreign wheat. White w! eat, 3Ss 01 to 42s Od ; red ditto, 35s 0 i to 39,4; barley, 16s Od to 19s Od ; oats, 13s rid to 19s Od ; rapeseed, 27s Od to 28s 6(1 per brl ; oatmeal, 15s 6d to 17s Od ; bakt.rs' flour, 21s Od to 26s Od per ewt ; ludiau corn, 40s Od to 47s Os per 4801bs. COAL MARKET.—Nov. 1. he close of the market. Vv'allsend, &c. Prices of Coal per ton at t' s. d. Buddle W. Hartley 2O Davison's West Hartley 20 0 Hasting's Hartley 2O 0 Longridge's Wst Hartley 20 ( Raveusworth Hartley 2O I Redheugh Main 17 South Peareth l7 01 ~22 Hutton itewart's 26 Whitwell 23 6 Heugh Hall 24 6 south Kelloe 24 6 Whitworth 2l 0 Methel Cannel 25 0 Tyne Cannel 21 0 Wallsend, &c Haswell 26 t SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-odic oy the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when ma,le e• From wilai Wlien COUNTRIESI. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.' i)ispatched England. tmerica(bylirit.pack).N Every Friday Liverpool Each_ Mon merica (by United St. packet) Oct. 14 ...• • . Liverpool ... Nov. kmerica (by U States packet) pet. 11 • • • • southamptoi , Nov. 1 kustralia (via South ampton) ..........M I Nov• 4 •• •• • • .4outhampton Dec. 4 tritto (via Marseilles) N Nov. f Dover . . ay. 30 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N i Dec. 4 Utica (West Coast) ..24 1 13.1 of the month 9, 24, &30of n Dover .. Uexandria..........m:4th & 20th of mo' Southamptoh lahamas ...........Mll7th of the month S.uthamptoi, Nov. 1 Belgium .........„ _NI • • 3razil ..... M !9th of the month Buenos Ayres or the month Aonthamw on Nov. 16 .;ape of Good Hope ..NI Various ports Uncerta'g Cape of Good Hope ..N , Cape de Verds 9th of the month Southampton OY. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ............ Channel Isles .......,N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid iouthampton rLib.Sitt 2el & 17th of month Southampton Nov. 1 China (see India) onstantinople ......N 8,13,18,23,&28 offn Dover Nov. 1 Constantinople 4th & 20th of um; Southampton Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Cgypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily...—. Dover rwicedailj Abraltar ......M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of m. iouthamptor Nov. 4 Greece (see India) :ireytown .......... M & 17th of mon. ;outhamptoi , Jamburgh Tuesday & Friths , L0nd0n..... Savannah .......... N 2nd of the month iurfinampton Nov. 1 Holland Daily.... Dover ....... donduras of the month. Southampton Nov. 16 India (vlaSouthampt.)M l 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth India (via Marsellles)Mi9th&2sth of month Dover Nov. 16 lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of more Dover...." Ireland . & NiTwice daily ilolyhead • Cwiceclally Lisbon 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. Southampton Nov, 1 ,, ‘ , ladeira 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 16 fadeira ............ N 23d of month •• 'Salta (see India) Malta ..............N 8, IS, &28 of men. Dover ...... Nov. 11 Mauritius (see India) ',laurltius 14th of the month :Sealed ti] of the month Sontharnptoi Nov. 1 _.spies sthlStll2sthofmon. Dover ...... Nov. 2 New Granada M 2d & 17th of month Southamptol Nov. 1 New Zealand By private ship Papal States sth I sth2t , thofmon Dover Nov. 2 :'eninsula thl7th27thotinon iouthamprii Nov. 26 'cru 'cl & 07th or mon 4 onthamp': , Nov 1 -'art Natal ..........N !By private ship.. Various ports Uncertain; • ith2stlay mon, Dover .. Nov. 2 fuscany ~........NlSthiSth2sthotinori. Dover Nov. 2 Venezuela . & 17th of-month 4outhanapton Nov. 1 Van Diemen's Land (seel Australia) West Indies .... 2d& 17th month Southampte Ncv. 1 When any of these dates fall o, a Sunday, the mail. will i , e de_ vatched on the following day with the exception of the In 11, via •;outhampton), acd the Malta, both of which will be lespatched the receding da Y. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Medicine always aggrava t es c h ron i o diseases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, consumption, &c., but Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which bad resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effec tually cured by Du Barry's food in a very short time —W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effect tually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Pleven, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3 , 9 oo.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." Cure No. 81.—" Twenty years' live: complaint, with disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler, Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen —are nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart thr bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side an, ba.3k, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs ; all these symptoms have been removed by Du. Barry's excellent Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions —llb., 2s. 9d..; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 11s. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 338. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Pic cadilly; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gracechurch-street • 330 and 451, Strand ;63 an d 150 , Oxford-street ; 55 , Charing-cress 4, Cheansitle ; 49, Bishonsgate-street. ADVERTISEMENT.—HoIIoway's Oointment and Pills, wonderful remedies for the cure of Bad Legs.—Mr. Slater, of Stone, states, in a letter to Professor Hollo way, that he seen many cures effected by his inva lualle ointment and pills. One in particular he mentions as most extraordinary ; that of a stonemason, working on the new Catholic chapel in that town, whose foot and ankle were one complete mass of sores, the worst he ever beheld, but by the application of the remedies for a short time it was really astonishing to see the rapid cure these valuable medicines perfected, as his foot is soundly and permanently healed.—Sold by all vendors of medicines, and at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London ; and 80, Maiden. lane, New York. BIRT II 8. OF A 80Ist. On the 30th ult., at 6, Albion Villas, Folkestone, the wife of the Rev. Benjamin Cobb, M.A. On the 26th ult., at Sydenham, the wife of W. L. Y a t es , Esq., barrister-at-law. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 31st ult., at Brighton, the Countess of Darnley. On the 29th ult., at Penney, the wife of Lient.-Colonel Passy, Commandant of the Garrison. DERBY LOTS, 1855. W. BUTLER'S.—Paros, Pugnator, Spinner, JOHN DAY'S.—Arnaut, Cruiser, Dazzle, Jackdaw Kingstown, Lawyer Endless, The Nailor, Namur, Prince of Wales, Saucebox, Supplicant, Swagger, colt by Veni son out of Defiance's darn, William the Third. J. B. DAY'S. —Cavalier, Oulston, colt by Surplice out of Ferina. W. DAY'S.—Brinklow, colt by Epirus out of Fraudu lent, colt by lago, darn by Gladiator out of Marchesina, colt by Joe Lovell out of Buzz, Lord of the Isles, New. ington, Triumvir, Westminster by Touchstone. Dini,fs.—Colt by Bay Middleton out of Industry, Joshua, Valentinian, colt by the Libel out of Spiitvote. Mr. DRINKALD'S.—Donum, Katerfelto, Le Fripon, Monge, Professor Airy. DOCKERAY'S. —Colt by Cotherstone out of Polydora, colt by Epirus out of Glacis, Gerard. LORD EXETER'S.—Azim, Hazel, Nutjobber, Strood. FOBERT'S.—Corcebus, Courtenay, Deerstealer, Dirk Hatteraick, Freddy, Neoptolemus, Van Winkle. JOHN SCOTT'S.—The American, Aurifer, the Bonnie Morn, the Corfiote, De Clare, Dr. Cooke, Elvaston, Grmculus Esuriens, Hickleton, The Huntsman, Lorenzo, Louvat, Marco Spada, The Mosquito, Noddy, Paletto Phcebus, Priesrcraft, The Professor, Sir Roger Hill. Mr. KNownEs's.—Cecrops, The Rajah, The Sand boy. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 22, 1854 £22,050 8 4 Corresponding week last year 18,773 16 1 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 9, 1854 £19,107 10 6 Corresponding week last year 17,599 3 11 • - - - CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 29, 1854 £ 5 ,0 15 9 11 Corresponding week last year 4,387 0 7 --- Increase in 1854 £62B 9 4 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 28, 1854 £2oo 8 7 Corresponding week last year 2lB 12 5 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 28, 1854 £5,579 011 corresponding week last y ear 4 ,856 13 6 Increase in 1854 £722 7 5 SCHOOL OF MINES FOR CORNWALL.—The scheme which was set on foot a short time since for the estab lishment of Government schools of mines in Cornwall, likely to be shortly brought to a -successful issue. CHARGE AGAINST A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST.—At the Blackburn county petty sessions, on Wednesday last, a very serious charge was preferred at the instance of three girls, named Susannah Bennett (11), Ellen Martin (12), and Eliza Martin (9), against the Rev. Jo sephl Bond, of Preston, a priest of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Barkhouse was for the complainants, te instructed by M r . Ch ar l es Stall, of Accrington ; rev. gentlema n th ere appeared Mr. Knowles, b a rrister, Mr. the rev. Mr. W. Sega r , an d M r. Banks, solic i tor, Preston. M. Barkhouse st a t e d th at t h e proceed i ngs were taken out under the V agrant A ct, the defen d an t being with indecent exposure. Th e g i r l Rennettmw a hich she said d charged ea detailed statement referring t o an ac t of exposure took place on O ct. 9 , an d t h e t wo Martins deposed to two similar acts, each witnessed by both on the following day. Mr. Knowles addressed the bench for the defendant in reference to the first case, and said he had no evidence commi t t h t a e t_ d, child. Shortly the Rev. M r . to oppose t o th e s t a tement ma de by before th e a ll ege d o ffence was Bond left P r eston t°nrYehurst, where he enjoy e d active duties of h is pro fession. Whilst there, a some relaxation fromfotrhe S o more ° OD the day mentioned, h e h ad indulged in walks in the immediate neighbourh oo d of the college. In that ne ighbourhood the feeli ng b etween Protestants and Roman Catholics was very strong, an d many rumours had been set afloat with re s p ect to the B priesthood. By some means or other th e m i n d of that child _. had been filled with the story sh e h a d told. The ca se was one which it was evidently i mpossible to pre pare a defence, but the rev. gentleman f or whom he a ppeared solemnly and indignantly d en i ed the charge whichhad so unexpectedly been made. He hoped the magistrates would dismiss the case, but at the same time that their indignation should be vented against those parties who had dared to make so foul and impro bable a charge. Mr. Knowles afterwards dwelt upon the discrepancies discoverable in the evidence of the Martins, after which the magistrates retired to consult. They were only about five minutes. On returning into court, Mr. D. Thwaites said--The magistrates are una nimously of opinion that from the contradictions in the evidence, and the improbabilities of the statements made,' the charges against the Rev. Mr. Bond are not proved. We dismin tlacsae.—Beiton Clwomicle. _ , MARRIED. On the 25th ult., at Ditcheat, Somerset, Lewis Chas., son of the late General Davis, of Tan-y-B w l e h , C ard i ganshire, to Emma Frances, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Leir, rector of Ditcheat, Somerset. On the 31st ult., at the parish aura, Chipping Barnet, Herts, Thomas Saumarez, Esq., Commander R.N., only surviving son of Rear -Admiral Saumarez, S.L., of the Circus, Bath, and Ferndown, Dorset, to Agnes Jean, only daughter of S. R. Block, Esq., of Greenhill, near Barnet. DIED. - On the Ist inst., at 22, Belgrave-square, Harriet, Tin countess Boyne. On the 26th July, at Pernambuco, in the Brazils, Wi n . Stopple, Esq., Secretary and Interpreter of the Visit Office, son of the late Wm. Stopple, Esq., of the Island of Madeira. On the 18th Sept., at Sault de St. Marie, Lake S uper i or, Canada West, Letitia, wife of Jas. Hargrave, Esq., chief factor Hudson's Bay Company's Service, at that place, aged 41. On the 22d Sept., on board the Andes, from wounds re ceived in the battle of the Alma, Augustus Applewhaite, Lieut. and Adjutant 23( 1 Royal Wel c h F us i liers, second son of E. A. Applewhaite, Esq., of Pi c k en h am Hall, Nor folk. On the 27th ult., at Edinburgh, Charlotte Matild a , w if e of Henry Needham, Esq., late C a pt a i n 68 t h Regt., and daughter of the late Charles Trench, Esq. Ott the 30th ult., at 11, Victoria-road, Kensington, C. Jones, Esq., late of the Audit Office, Somerset House, aged 68. On the 30th ult., at Hampstead, after a long and pain ful illness, Mrs. Eleanor Wood, of 65, High-street, Blooms. bury. LoicDox : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suss Offioe, No. 112, %rani, is the Precinct of ibe Saver, ib e coun t y . o f Itidditr4s PIFEtibraNOT. 2, 14§i,