The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-09 00:00:00

pRELIMINA.RY INSPECTION OF TBE SITE OF A MODEL LODGING-OUSE IN DRURY-LANE. The labours of the Society for Improving the Condi tion of the Working Classes, under the auspices of its benevolent and indefatigable president, the Earl of Shaftesbury, are already favourably known to the public. In some of the lowest and hitherto filthiest parts of this huge metropolis, lofty edifices have by its agency been constructed, containing large and roomy apartments, and fitted with every convenience required for the attainment of domestic civilisation. Thorough ventilation, constant and abundant supply of water, and all the machinery requisite for complete sewage and drainage, have been provided in these club-houses of the working man, and the result has been the com p lete success of the undertaking even as a commercial specu lation. In these large " model-houses," as they are called, although the rents are lower than those which were before paid for wretched a ccommodation, the re turn is above six per cent. on the outlay. The rooms are always full, and there is generally a long list in arrear, of applications for apartments. So far an im mense good was effected, in the establishment of so many standards of decency and cleanliness, in districts where previously both had been for the most part occult sciences ; but the state of the poorer classes required a much wider and more immediate application of the prin ciple than could be effected by the tedious and expen sive processes connected with the purchase of ground, clearing it away, and the rearing of these immense piles at a great preliminary outlay of capital. Besides, al though s ix per cent. is considered to be a tolerably fair return for money in other departments of trade, the cupidity of the builders was not satisfied, and thus the necessity was thrust upon Lord Shaftesbury and his co adjutors of devising some means by which the poor could more speedily acquire human domiciles, and the bene volence of " the trade" be stimulated by what they con sidered an adequate percentage on their outlay—that is to say, from twelve to fourteen per cent. With this view it was determined to plunge boldly into some of the dens of filth and misery at present existing, cleanse them of their abominations, supply them with water and drain age, and then re-let them to their previous miserable oc cupants. A beginning is about to be made in one of the most wretched purlieus of Drury-lane, and yesterday a preliminary inspection was made in order that the revo lution about to be effected may, some twelve months hence, be more fully appreciated. Wyld-court, the locality against which our philanthropic commander-in-chief is about to open his first parallel, is a wretched passage lead ng out of Great Wyld-street, having six or seven wretch ('l-looking, tumble-down old houses of a side, and an open gutter running down the centre, that reeks and limners with the fermentation of every conceivable filth. The windows are all broken, dimmed with the dirt and dust of years, and further obscured by the labours of many generations of spiders. The street doors lie open day and night, for the fastenings have all been stolen long ago, and the wretched inmates need allow no fear of burglars to disturb their slumbers. The stairs feel like soft soil to the tread, so thickly are they encrusted with successive layers of dirt, and the balustrades are iscid and clammy to the touch, whenever a visitor is so reckless as to lay his hand upon them to assist his ascent. The rooms, although the work of cleansing has already made some progress in them, are sickening to ook upon them, and the whole atmosphere is laden with a faint sickly odour, which tells of cholera, and typhus, and all the other plagues which may be said to be the almost daily visitants of the London poor. The means supplied with sewage and drainage are quite in keeping with the other noisome peculiarities of the place, and, but for ocular proof, would hardly be believed to exist in any civilised or Christian country. For each house of eight or ten rooms, there is but one open privy, with merely a rail across the top, and this is situated on one side of a yard about six feet square, the opposite side of which is occupied by the tank that supplies all the in habitants with water. So near are the two to each other, that a man could stand in the middle of the yard and touch both with his hands ; and yet these two con veniences of the first importance are intended to answer the natural wants of perhaps fifty human beings ! As a consequence of such a state of things, the yard is daily covered with five or six inches of filth, which, per colating through the bottom of the water tank, must make its contents little better than so much liquid poison. For the inhabitants of the garrets a still more horrible contrivance has been adopted. A sort of wooden trough, quite open, is placed at the front room door, which communicates with an open gutter running literally along the cornice, and this pours its contents into the gutter on the roof. Into this trough the dwellers in the upper parts of the house throw all their filth, which runs in a constant stream past the beds of the people in the front room, and goes to s well the contents of the gutter in front, all the vapour from which enters through the broken windows. These are sickening details, but they must be made public, in order that the dwellers in clean and comfortable houses, who are just recovering from their cholera panic, may know where their great enemy gathers strength, and how and where he is to be grappled with. In the thir teen or fourteen houses so appointed, of which Wyld court consists, nearly one thousand human beings have hitherto found shelter ; the very staircases being nightly covered with poor wretches, to whom even the pestilen tial accommodation of the rooms was an unattainable luxury. During Lord Shaftesbury's visit yesterday the inhabitants clustered round him in groups, and their appearance spoke plainly as to the effects of their dwelling places on their vita:DT. They were all pale and haggard, with that peculiar look of physical de pression which is known to be the result of breathing a vitiated atmosphere. Like Coleridge's ancient ma riner, their universal cry was " Water, water," and they seemed most grateful for the deep interest taken by his lordship in their condition, and his noble exertions f3r its improvement. We were informed that ex treme poverty had nothing to do with the wretchedness of their appearance. They are all earning what, with pro per management, might be called a decent living, but exorbitant rents cause them to crowd into these dread ful dens, and the depressing influences that act upon them at home drive them to spend all their earnings in the gin shop. It is Lord Shaftesbury's opinion, and few have had better means of judging, that three-fourths of the intemperance of the London poor may be attributed to the dreadful state of their dwellings which drives them to the lofty and brilliantly lighted gin palace, with its bright cheerful look and other tempting appliances. It may be urged that much of the dirt of the houses is attri butable to the habits of the inmates, but how can people be clean without water, or decent without the commonest means of decency ! The society deeply feel the difficulty, and having taken a lease of these houses have deter mined on giving them a thorough cleansing and repair, the latter being rendered more easy by the fact that, although the houses are so dilapidated in appearance, the walls are strong and sound, and the woodwork under all the dirt in tolerable preservation. Water with co • stant supply will be carr i e d t o every room, an d proper water-closets placed on every landing. The walls will be newly plastered and coloured, the windows glazed and cleaned, and a fresh coat of paint will give a wholeso me and cheerful aspect to this now dreary-looking re court. When all is ready, they will be ra-let at considera blye less than their present rents to the poor people wh o hav e now been temporarily removed, and for whom immediate accommodation has been provided in one portion of the houses while the others are under repair. They are all not only contented but delighted with the arrangement, give to their new landlords every facility for their chari table work, and look anxiously forward for the day when they may be able to enter upon and enjoy the clean liness and comfort which are being prepared for them. (I=T22Z , WTROPOLITAAT BRIDGES. Some weeks back we drew attention to the Report of the Sele c t C omm itt ee o f the House of Commons o rt on the Bridges of the Metropolis ; but the evidence taken before the c omm i t t ee, which has only just been pub lished, and whi c h con stitntesthe most valuable portion of their labour, induces ustorecur to the subject. In fact, it scarcely requir e d much senatorial wisdom to arrive at such conclusions as that the present bridges are inade quate to the traffic of London, that, l as there are several toll-paying bridges, which are to used, it might be as well, before buildine , new ones e , m o k s e ee whether, by some mean s or other, we cannot the existing bridges free. On reading these very obvious a suggestions, we thought that Parliamentary time had loegelgLpire.fit ably spent on propositions as simple as the P TUTTh itself. Some curious things, however, came ' oU n t n in the evidence. Father Thames is, we regret to say, e be coming a vast public nuisance. Besides being a cesspool of malaria and of all unutterable foulness, it robs us of time, temper, and income. To cross the Thames is almost as serious a matter as to cross the Alma. Once our noble river was called the Silent Highway —now, we fear, it only stands in the way. What with the inland acilities of traffic afforded by the railways, which superseded it as an artery of communication, and what with the positive instructions and abominations connected with it, we are surprised that some enter prising engineer does not propose to divert the Thames from London or to fill it up. Anyhow , it is a social d ttLe"ltY of the day. Its lack of bridges is , ho wever, th _g,r,ievance we have now to do with. It is remark ablel,nat, and traffic, as compared with the amount of populati on Londonis, perhaps, worse supplied in this respect than any other city in the world. We find the bridge accommodation of Paris reckoned at ten times that of L on d on Lyons has nineteen bridges. If the metropoli s were as to iv have 13, instead of brid ge d as Gl asgow, we oug ht t o only free accommodation of five b e l ow W es t m i ns t er . Th e odation in width of roadway over the Thames, for a population of two millio ns an d a h a lf, i s 138 feet, Across London bridge a l one 63 ,000 persons, 114 single horses, and 11,500" t vehicles are forced in the course of a single day. We may, therefore, assum e t ivi list it is incontestable Walker, the et-les t hat we want more bridges. we might eas,lr. increase our ac cAm . neer, tells us that addition to modation 150 per cent. by purch y as; etheiwark, Water our three free bridges --London, Bia'nei,frijaers but required a minster—thethree toll-paying ones — ' and West matter 00, and Vauxhall. Perhaps it scarcely engineer to make this suggestion • is not quite so easy as it appears. The toll-paying bridges, it is superfluous to remark, have not - a ls P r a o Y v in ed g very profitable specull :ions. In some cases, years' experience, they return less than when they ter 3° opened. Southwark-bridge, in its first clear were year, brought in 5 . 000 /. of to l l —last y ear. its receipts were under 3,0001. The income of Waterloo-bridge has risen from 9,0001. to 19,0001., thanks to the South- Western Railway. The dividends paid by the Vauxhall Company are still very small ; and the Hungerford Sus pension-bridge is not A paying concern. But the pro prietors of all these structures refuse, and we think fairly, to part with their property at its present rental. If they cannot reasonably expect to sell on their origi n 4 4)l a's 79 at least doubt whether they would be , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1854. justly treated if forced to adopt their present receipts as a basis of valuation. As a mere matter of common sense, however, the three toll•paying bridges ought to be redeemed ; and it will be strange indeed if a fair and equitable bargain between the proprietors and the pub lic is found impossible. Of course the proprietors assess their value high ; and some even go to the ex tent of saying that the worth of Waterloo-bridge is what it cost, because no similar bridge could be constructed for less. Others propose to appraise the bridges by throwing them open for a year to ascertain the traffic, and making this a standard valuation. Which view is more preposterous it would be hard to say. On the one hand, the proprietors have no right to be reimbursed for a bad speculation— on the other, the traffic over a free bridge is no measure of the utmost possible traffic over a toll bridge. The difficulties of dealing with the proprietors are, in some quarters, thought so insurmountable that it is proposed to construct new bridges at the public expense, elOse to the existing private ones—which would, of course, reduce the value of the latter to nothing. This piece of mischievous retaliation would no doubt succeed ; but the joke would be rather expensive to the public, and its ingenious contrivers have not, perhaps, considered its results on the navigation of the river. When we come to the sources from which additional bridge accommodation is to be paid for the witnesses differ, and, of course, view the matter according to their own interests. The City people, with the Bridge house Estates in their hands, decline to do more than provide for London. bridge. But they forget that, when their property was originally granted to them, the City was London, and London-bridge was sufficient for the ac commodation of the population ; and the object of en trusting these funds to the corporation was to provide for the whole population of London—not a fraction of it. The Bridge-house Estates ought unquestionably to be exhausted in providing bridges for the whole metro polis before we go further. Tae Parliamentary Com mittee seem to acquiesce in the suggestion that the taxa tion for the purpose should be local, extending over an area of twenty miles ; and the existing coal-tax, which fulfils these conditions, is suggested as the seurce from which the expense of the proposed improvements ought to be levied. Mr. Lambert Jones assures us that a most unnecessary fuss has been made about this tax ; and that it is really a very pleasant impost. Others contend that London, to say nothing of St. Alban's and Croydon, ought not to be exclusively taxed for what will be a benefit to the whole country, and that the extension ought to be charged on the Consolidated Fund, because as many country people as Londoners use the bridges. However specious, and to some extent true, the objec tion may be, its answer consists in the danger of abae doning the principle of local taxation for local objects. A great many Londoners cross the Liverpool streets ; but a proposition to tax London for Liverpool improve ments would scarcely be thought of. The very notion of redeeming toll bridges has, however, raised up a host of claimants on public generosity. So large is the prospective liberality of the Committee that they suggest the redemption of all the bridges, inclu sive of, and below, Staines—though why we are to stop short of Windsor, Maidenhead, and Hen ley, does not appear. Foley-bridge is already prac tically included in this wild suggestion. The notion of the public purchasing Staines-bridge, which is mortgaged to the toll collector, or those hideous structures at Chelsea and Fulham, could only enter into the mind of a Parliamentary Committee, which deals as liberally with public funds as Mr. Brunel does, in this matter, with private resources. This gentleman, with a refinement which could only suggest itself to so eminent an en gineer, strongly objects to the idea of the Government buying the existing bridges, because he thinks " that if the public were left to themselves, they would soon build new bridges, which, when erected, would pay"—Mr. Brunel and his professional brethren. To one proposition we strongly demur—namely, Mr. Bunning's scheme for widening London-bridge by hang ing out a sort of cast-iron verandah for a footway outside the parapet of the present structure. Mr. Bunning, with some candour, "is free to admit that it does not improve the appearance of the bridge ;" and he tells us with all simplicity that Sir John Rennie , who built the bridge, "certainly did not appear to like the scheme at all.' , We shall be very much surprised if the public udgment on this matter differs from Sir John Rennie's. —Morning Chronicle. COMMERCE AND WAR. (Prom, th,e Journal of Commerce.) These, one would think, were two antagonistic ele ments in a nation's progress ; for commerce is essentially an operation of peace, and war is calculated not only to derange its system, but to impair its resources. Com merce undoubtedly has the fullest and freest course when all is tranquil. The fields of its enterprises are in in that case open and unobstructed ; there is nothing to check its advance—nothing to stand in the way of its success. And we have seen the force of this very signally illustrated during the almost 40 years of peace which, with slight exceptions, Europe has enjoyed since the downfal of Napoleon I. The course of commerce in that period has been rapid and extensive beyond all previous calculation ; and for this reason, that all the impediments which war created were removed, and the nations were left at liberty to pursue a successful ca reer of industry and art—to give effect to the appliances of science and invention, and to develope and appropriate their manifold resources, while more of the markets of the world were thrown open to their merchants' energies. Moreover, the science of trade had time and opportunity to be cultivated. As the operations of trade kept extending and as the necessity for the still greater extension kept gradually pressing upon public attention, its whole system had to be reconstructed and made more free and self-reliant. We speak now with reference more especially to England. Most of the European Govern ments have, in some degree, had to adapt their commer cial systems to the altered circumstances of the times. But England has done it boldly, comprehensively, and judiciously, and she is now reaping the benefit in time of war of what she did in time of peace. Notwithstanding the pressure upon her national finances, the distraction of her public mind, and the diversion, more or less, of her people's means, not only is her commerce unim paired, but it is still progressive and prosperous. This is a subject in which America could not but feel deeply interested, seeing that it concerned the consump tion, upon a scale of hitherto increasing maguitude, of some of her most important staple products. We have, on this account, adverted to it from time to time, and it has always been in our power to show how satisfactorily the trade of Great Britain kept up under the war, and how unaffected were the springs of her enterprise and industry by its influences. The last intelligence we have received is of the same encouraging character. We sub mit a few details of it, as bearing out, or rather going beyond, the most sanguine anticipations. We have the Board of Trade returns before us of the declared value of the exports for the eight months ending the sth of September, and their aggregate for that period of the last three years—that is, the present year, the year 1853, and the year 1852—is as follows :—for 1852, they were 47,009,146/. ; for 1853, 58,158,7291. ; and for 1854, 59,653,1501. So that, notwithstanding the coun try is now in the thickest of the fight, and all the usually disparaging influences of war might naturally be expected to be in full operation, there is still a progressive in crease. Not large, it is true—some million and a half or thereabouts ; but it is an increase, whereas a decrease might rather have been expected • and under the old contracted system, in all p ro b a b i lity, there would have been one. Besides, last year was itself one of enormous increase. It will afford, therefore, a fairer criterion to compare it with that of 1852, which comparison gives an increase of upwards of 12,500,0001. namely, from 59,653,150/. for the last eight months, and 47,007,1461. , for the same period two years since. A more signal tes timony to the successful working of the new system of trace could not ho desired. If we examine the details, there are special reasons why America should be satisfied with it. We aro, for instance, deeply interested in the prosperity of the cot ton manufactures of Great Britain. Well, the exports of those manufactures for the single month ending sth of September, amounted to 2,298,1311., being an in crease to the amount of more than one-third of a mil lion on the same month in 1852, and of upwards of 100,0001. on that of 1853. The last month, it is true, exhibits for the first time for many months a de crease as compared with the corresponding month of last year. But this is accounted for by the shipments for Australia having in that month of 1853 been of extraor dinary amount. The imports of wheat and flour which have been principally of late from this country, were l os a fe r lp g at e se r tm b yb y eear d r., ouble the amou n t i n t h e correspond i ng month asß u e rth p i a s is indicative red with that endingo fprosperity l a s t 5 rathert h o f harvest, products,draw naunpdo what h h a e t r wown loseresources than otherwise ; it shows that England has, by her late e n re s n o e m e e s t t h o in b g e e d ls r e a . wn f for those impor tant T h g e ai i n nf i we shall doubt less from the whole d e tail o f i g figures are, in fact, most encoura t ng o both countries. The consumption o f th e leading articles of food— both of the comforts as well as necessaries of life— is shown to be very lar ge an d to be tells us that the indust r i ous classes, whoform augmenting, which bulk of the population, are we ll employedand the great well re munerated ; and we all know th at the more this is the case, the better market there is for most of our own great staple products. There is another Board of Trade return which is not without interest—via., that of the shipping entered in ward, and the clearance outward. The whole tonnage inward far the month ending sth of September last is 922,889, while that of the same time in 1852 was 741,710, showing an increase upon the two years of about 180,000 tons. This is for one month. But the most re markable and pleasing feature is this—that the greatest item of the increase is in the United States' ships, the ton nage of which amounts to nearly twice as much as it did in that period two years ago, which was then but 75,674, while now it is 144,230—a very satisfactory indication indeed of our rapidly augmenting commercial in tercourse with the old country. The clearances outward are, in the aggregate, less favourable to the British shipping trade ; but to our own they are most encouraging, presenting a tonnage of 104,658 in th month this year, to stand against one of but 80, two years since ; showing an increase of nearly 25,000 tons per month. So that we are pushing our maritime interests with more and more successful effect into Bri tish ports. These ausare gratifying facts. They tell a tale that is picio . us for us as well as for Old England, and may well animate our • newed hopes. Jolntierchants and shipowners with re- i to sustain himself, both financially it is evident, is in a position this formidable war e financially and commercially, in extending and improving•and all we have to do is to go on. largest and most rehab! onrdrelation with him, as our and, in any time of need , most profitable customer let us trust our and considerate friend. generous THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. LIBEL. THE REV. DR. TIDMAN v. THE REV. ROBERT AINSLIE. TERMINATION OP THE PROCEEDINGS. Mr. Whateley, the arbitrator in this case, resumed the inquiry yesterday in the Lord Chancellor's Court. There was a very large attendance of persons connected with the society, the greatest interest being felt in the proceedings. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, Mr. Joseph Browne, and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Hawkins represented the defendant. Edwin Stacey, the clerk who found the letter alleged to have been written by the Rev. Mr. Davies to his wife, was examined by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins as fol lows :—I have been twenty years in the employment of the London Missionary Society. I have known Mr. Davies ever since his first connexion with the society—since 1839—1 never had any difference with him, nor did I ever hear of any complaint being made by him against me. I went with him to Black wall to see him on board the vessel when he was leaving this country for Berbice. I corresponded with him from 1832 to 1848, and am perfectly acquainted with his handwriting. I never tried to imitate writing, nor did I ever tell anybody I had the power to do so. I did not know Mr. Davies had any settled abode in 1845-6. I am able to state of ray own knowledge he addressed letters to his wife at the Mission-house. She frequently read and answered them in the waiting-room. On Tues day, the 4th of November, 1845, I happened to go into the waiting-room, and saw lying on the floor a sheet of note paper. It was lying open near the door. I picked it up. Some of the passages, which were deeply under scored, struck my eye. I read the letter from beginning to end. I was perfectly acquainted with the character of the handwriting. It was that of the Rev. E. Davies. I saw from the conclusion of the letter that it was ad dressed to his wife. In 1845, the Rev. John Arundel was the Home Secretary. He was away ill at the time. I showed the letter to my fellow-clerk, Mr. Robert Young Horley. He was well acquainted with Mr. Da vies' handwriting. We agreed to make a copy of the letter. I wrote the copy. This is the copy of the let ter, and this is the postscript, being the attestation signed by Mr. Horley and myself. We took a press copy for Mr. Henley to keep. I folded up the original letter and placed it in an envelope till Mrs. Davies should call at the Mission-house. I wrote " Mrs. Davies" on it. When Mrs. Davies called at the Mission-house, I placed it in her hand, with two other letters which had come in by the London delivery post. On the following day Horley told me he had met a friend who advised him to have nothing to do with giving the letter up to Mr. Arundel. I took my copy of the letter home, and pat it in a box, in which it was for many years. Maria Stacey examined by Sergeant Wilkins—l am the wife of the last witness. I remember on one occa sion many years ago my husband telling me about a letter he had found in the mission-house. He said it was a letter from Mr. Davies to his wife. I wished to see it, of course, but he said "it was not fit to be seen ; it was a ♦ery bad letter." Professor Godwin examined by Serjeant Wilkins—l am professor of theology at the New College, St. John's Wood, an office which I have held for four years, and a similar one for eleven years in Highbury College. lam a member of the Congregational Board. I was chair man of the committee to investigate certain charges against Mr. Davies in June 1852. At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. James requested an adjournment of half an hour, remarking it might save the learned arbitrator's time. The learned counsel for the defendant then retired with the view of considering the terms of an arrangement for settling the case. The plaintiff's counsel did not leave the court. Mr. James, on his return, said they had availed them selves of the interval so kindly afforded by the learned arbitrator to adopt a course which he must say in jus tice to his client, Mr. Ainslie, had originated in his own impulse, and which had met with the sanction of his learned friend Mr. Hawkins and himself. Now, on behalf of Mr. Ainslie, he had to tender to his learned friend Serjeant Wilkins, as the counsel for Dr. Tidman, the regret of the defendant that he had been induced, on the statements of the parties to whom, after the evi dence which had been adduced, he could now attach no credit to impute to him perjury and subornation of per jury ; and it was to.ths honour of Mr. Ainslie that now, when be had ground for doubting the veracity of those parties, he came forward to make an ample apology for the error into which he had been led. He now therefore publicly, on behalf of Mr. Ainslie, had to tender to Dr. Tidman not only Mr Ainslie's apology, but the expression of his belief that there had been nothing on Dr. Tidman's part, during the whole of these proceedings, which detracted from his character as a gentleman and a Christian mi nister. Mr. Ainslie, feeling that he could no longer place that implicit reliance on the veracity of those on whose statements he had brought his charges against Dr. Tidman, now withdrew those charges, not only against Dr. Tidman, but against Mr. Stacey, to whom he made the same apology ; and would consent to a ver dict against him in the two actions brought by Dr. Tid man and Mr. Stacey, against whom there was no impu tation ; but he would say, in justice to Mr. Ainslie, that his conduct had been such as to hare justified the assumption that Mr. Ainslie had formed. However, the charges against Dr. Tidman and Mr. Stacey, were now withdrawn, and Mr. Ainslie retired from a contest which he undertook from the most generous impulses, to vindic de a man who, as he then believed, had been falsely accused, and in doing so acted most generously by indemnifying all the parties from the expenses they had been put to. (A murmur of applause from the au ditory followed the learned counsel's remark.) A verdict was then entered for the plaintiffs in the two actions, " Tidman v. Ainslie," and " Stacey v. the same," with nominal damages of 40s. by consent. The learned Arbitrator said it was part of the order of reference that his order should be published in the news papers. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins said his learned friend Mr. James himself had agreed to waive that, as the proceed ings would go forth to the public, and that would be sufficient publication. The plaintiff was anxious to avoid anything that would have the appearance of a triumph. Mr. James said Mr. Davies was in court, and perhaps the learned arbitrator would ask him how he intended to act in reference to his actions ? The learned Arbitrator said he would rather not put the question to Mr. Davies now, as he had better consult his advisers, there being undoubtedly a strong body of evidence against him. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. James then thanked the learned arbitrator for his courtesy and attention to the case, and the proceedings terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 8. EQUITY COURTS. (Before Vice• Chancellor Kindersley.) WYNCH V. GRANT. The question in this suit was whether some executors, who were the personal representatives of both a creditor and his debtor, and had in their hands assets of the debtor, could, out of those assets, retain the creditors' debt in priority to other claimants. The facts of the case were as follows :—Sir John Peter Grant, by a Scotch settlement, secured 5501. to his wife, Lady Grant, after which he became a judge in India, and died in May, 1848, having by his will appointed Thomas George Gar diner and James Gibson Craig his executors. Lady Grant never received any payments on account of the 5501., and she died in May, 1852, having appointed her husband's executors her executors also. In that latter capacity they carried in to the chief clerk's office a claim in respect of the settled reoney belonging to Lady Grant. This claim, if proved against Sir J. Grant's office, would render the assets insufficient to pay all his creditors in full. The executors, therefore, as the representatives of Lady ;Grant, insisted upon their right to retain her debt, by virtue of the settlement, out of Sir J. Grant's assets in their hands ; while the creditors con tended they had no inch right to priority, and they re lied on the opinion of a Scotch advocate, which had been taken to that effect. _ _ The Vice• Chancellor said a creditor's right to retain his debt out of a debtor's assets in his hands was a com mon law right ; but the reason why an executor was entitled to retain his debt, was because he could not bring an action fir it against himself, while the other creditor might sue and get paid first. An executor might prefer one creditor to another, and h ence th ere was, therefore, no injustice in his preferring himself as one. In a case of " Wyatt v. Wyatt" (1 Mad. Ch. Pr. 730—note) this court had, in a similar case to the pre sent, directed a ease to a court of law, but, from the report, nothing further appeared to have been done. Under all the circumstances, his honour thought that the executors •f Lady Grant 'were entitled to retain in their hands the amount due from the estate of that lady's husband. BIM V. PREST. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Webb, for he plaintiff, stated that the object of this suit was to set aside a settlement made by a very aged lady on the ground that it was obtained from her without any proper explanation of the effect of it. The Vice-Chancellor said be observed that the parties who took an interest as cestui que trusts under the settle ment impeached were not made parties to the bill. Could be proceed in their absence ? Mr. bolt said the trustees, who were made defend. ants, took a beneficial interest, and were therefore inte rested in sustaining the settlement. The cestui (jug trusts amounted to 47 in number, and to insist upon their all being made parties would, in fact, be a denial of justice. Under the Chancery Amendment Act 15 and 16 Vict., chap. 87, sec. 42, rule 9, the trustees wero competent to represent the estate, subject to the dis cretion of the ewirt in ordering any other persons to be made parties. The Vice•Chancellor—You charge these trustees with fraud in obtaining th , s settlement. Can the court be satisfied with leaving the defence of the matter in their bands I Some of the parties certainly ought to appear. It is not like the case where everything turns upon the legal construction of a document. Mr. Webb—A bill was originally filed making all the cestui que trusts parties, but it wiis found/almost impos sible to proceed with it, and when the Chancery Amend ment Act was passed, the plaintiff dismissed that bill with costs to take advantage of the rule. Mr. Rolt—Will your Uonour se:ect some person to represent the cestui que trusts ? The Vice-Chancellor said he should prefer an infant who was not ono of the next of kin. That would throw upon the cowaiel ths 011114 of conaidoriag wlnthor spy fresh evidence ought to be taken, as well as of support. ing the case. This course was ultimately adopted, and the case stood over. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ATKINSON V. SHABP.-SLANDER. This was an action for slander, tried before Mr. Baron Platt, at the York assizes, in which the plaintiff had re ceived 40s. damages. Mr. Overend now moved for a new trial •n two grounds. The declaration set forth and complained that the defendant had said to the plaintiff, " Thou art a d-d rogue and a thief. Thon'st got John Cowling's brass." Ti which the only plea was not guilty. The jury, before arriving at their verdict, asked the learned judge what sum would carry costs, and he replied "405.," upon which they at once found for that amount. It was now submitted under these circumstances that the defen dant was entitled to a new trial ; first, on the ground that the learned judge ought to have explained to the jury the law of felony as applicable to a case of " find ing," for it might be that the plaintiff might have found property and might be told that he had kept it without imputing felony ; and, secondly, because the inquiry of the jury as to costs ought not to have been answered. They ought to have assesQi-d the damages regardless of costs, and but for the reply of the learned judge they would not have given more than nominal damages. The Court thought there was not sufficient ground for disturbing the verdict. Most judges declined an swering such inquiries from the jury, but it was dis cretionary on their part. It would not afford ground for a new trial that the judge had answered the jury on a question of law. As regarded the second point, it was left to the jury to say which of the two versions they be lieved, that of the plaintiff or defendant, and it was pro perly so left ; therefore the rule must be refused. Rule refused accordingly. CONSISTORY COURT. (Before Dr. Lushington.) HARRADEN V. HAERADEN. This was a divorce snit, promoted by the wife aping' he husband, by reason of adultery. There being no defence, the facts were not gone into. The court pronounced for the divorce. GONZALEZ V. GONZALEZ. This was a suit for separation, instituted by the wife against the husband, on the ground of cruelty and adultery. There was no appearance for the husband. The learned judge pronounced for the divorce, and eondernned the husband in costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN B LAMBOURN. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, offered no opposi tion, but recommended the bankrupt for an immediate certificate, on account of his attention to the estate since his bankruptcy. Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, called attention to the large amount of property given up, and to the time (ten months) which had elapsed since the bankruptcy. His Honour granted a second•class certificate. IN RR RICHARDSON. F. G. Richardson, timber-merchant, of Limehouse, applied for his certificate. Mr. Murray, for the assignees, called attention to the large preponderance of expenses and losses over profits. Mr. Harvey, on behalf of the bankrupt, attributed the failure to the large amount of bad debts ; but for this the expenditure would have been within the profits. The books had been well kept, and the bankrupt's con duct since the failure had been very praiseworthy. His Honour said the expediture had certainly been enormous ; there was no other charge against the bank rupt. As there were other very meritorious features in the case, he would grant an immediate certificate of the second class. THE NEWSVENDORS' FRIENDLY AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. On Tuesday a number of influential members of the news trade connected with these two societies dined together at the Highbury-barn Tavern, to meet Mr. and Mrs. Wild, of Catherine-street, Strand, who had been invited in order that a testimonial might be presented to Mr. Wild, who has lately tendered his resignation of the chairmanship of the societies over which he has pre sided with honour to himself and benefit to the institu tion for some years. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, Mr. STANDFAST, the hon. secretary, said it now be, came his pleasing duty to present Mr. Wild with a mark of esteem from several members of the Newsvendors' Friendly Society over which he had so worthily presided for the last seven years. The testimonial was here handed to Mr. Wild. It was a very elegant silver teapot, bearing on the one side the initials " L. R. W." and on the reverse the following inscription :—" Presented by a few friends to Mr. L. Wild, as a mark of their esteem, upon his retirement from the Chairmanship of the Newsvendors' Friendly Society.—October, 1854," The CHAIRMAN having proposed "The Health of Mr. Wild," which was drunk with loud cheers, Mr. WILD said he had now the grateful and most pleasing task of returning the ladies and gentlemen pre sent his most sincere thanks for the very kind and hand• some manner in which his health had been drunk, and the more especially for the very handsome mark of their esteem which then stood before him. It was many years since he first had the honour and privilege of taking part in the formation of the Newsvendors' Benevo:ent Society, of which he had been. now the chairman for fifteen years. The Friendly Society was more immedi ately connected with watching the interests of the trade, and he had seven years since received the honour and pleasure of being elected as its chairman. The Benevo lent Society was now most prosperous, having upwards oflsoo/.funded—a large amount he considered for the news trade ; and the Friendly Society was also at least in as good, if not better, position than when he first became the chairman. (Cheers.) Mr. Wild then alluded to various measures for the benefit of the trade which the Friendly Society had been instrumental in effecting since he had been in office, and concluded by again thanking the company for the very handsome testimo nial presented to him, and for their presence that evening. A number of other toasts were then drunk, and the company passed a very pleasant evening, the business of which was interspersed with some excellent music. TOWN AND GOWN ROW AT CAMBRIDGE, On Wednesday last, at the Town-ball, Cambridge, Richard Cayley and Thomas Charles Wood, undergra duates of St. John's College, were charged before a mixed commission of university and town magistrates with assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. There was some applause from the townsmen on the defendants being placed in the dock, but it was of course immediately suppressed. William - Jag,g;trd, superintendent of police, said—On Friday evening last, about ten minutes before 9 o'clock, I was sent for by the Mayor to the Town-hall. On my arrival I found a great disturbance in the large room, the Mayor dissolving a meeting, at which an anti-tobacco lecture had been going on. The Mayor was attempting to dissolve the meeting, and the university men were proposing resolutions in defiance of him. I heard them propose that Mr. Lockington, the tobacconist, do take the chair. (Laughter.) I had no directions to clear the room, but from what I saw I thought the sooner it was cleared the better. The room was about half cleared. We had moved the forms to enable the people to pass, when some one called out, " Gown ! gown ! the gown are wanted outside," upon which the gownsmen rushed towards the door, like a flock of sheep following their leader over a hedge. k I was pushed some distance down the room, and drew on one side to let the gownsrnen pass. One university man, just as he passed me, jumped on the back of a form which had been knocked down, and broke it. lie came out of the stream and jumped on it purposely. Mr. Brown (a magistrate), who was present, ordered him to desist, or if not he should give him into custody. He replied, " Who the are you ?" and was in the act of breaking another form when I collared him. Mr. Brown again asked him his name and college ; he did not give either ; and some one immediately sang out, " Gown, gown, to the rescue !" The gownsmen rushed at me, and seeing I must eventually, I let him go. At this time Sergeants Howlett, Yardly, and Maltby came up, and the taller defendant (Wood) struck out at them right and left ; he struck Yardly I be lieve. I directly caught hold of him, and directed the police to take him into custody. The cry of "Gown, gown, to the rescue !" was again raised, and another onset took place, and I ordered the police to draw their staves. I shortly afterwards saw the defendant Cayley is custody, but how he came so I cannot say. They were with great difficulty got into the grand jury room. The proctor arrived at this time, and he undertaking to produce them when required, they were given up to his care. The prisoners being asked if they had anything to say in their defence, Wood deelined to say anything. Cay ley said, " I was walking quietly out of the hall when I saw Wood, who is a member of the same college, col lared by some one, and I naturally went forward to rescue him. I tried at first, but made no further re sistance when I found he was in the hands of the police. When the proctor arrived I gave myself up to him, and altogether acted as quietly when in custody as any man would do who was being dragged along by the hair of his head. I will admit that I was excited, but I deny that I was drunk, and can bring twenty witnesses who will prove that I never was drunk in my life. The defendants were fined 51. each and expenses. The Master of St. Catharine's Hall (Dr. Philpott), so soon as the decision was given, rose, and addressing the audience, said the Bench had the power to inflict im prisonment without giving the defendants the option o' payment of a fine, and his hearers might rely upon that on the repetition of such an offence it would un• questionably be inflicted. TILE TURKISH LOAN. A further heavy fall has taken place in Turkish scrip to-day. The last price yesterday was to premium, and, after having opened this morning at par to + pre mium, it has closed with a heavy appearance at 1 dis count. The alleged causes of this depression seem too insignificant to account for it, since they merely consist in the circumstance of the bonds having been issued in a form not quite in accordance with pre cedent ; but, as an unusually large proportion of them is held in the Stock Exchange, where they were origi nally received with more favour than by the public, any slight circumstance proves sufficient, from the market being over supplied, to create great agitation in prices. The defect complained of in the form of the bonds is described in the subjoined letter, which was addressed, to the contractors during the morning : " Stock Exchange, Nov. 8. "Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned, hav e seen w ith great surprise the naturei of the bonds to be issued by you in exchange on payment in full of the scrip of the Turkish Loan contracted by you. _ "Those bonds liWo merely your lithographic signature in verification of the written names of the agents, Messrs. Black and Durand, and are consequently open to the pos sibility of the most disastrous results. " We submit that each bond, to give it validity and in fluence, must carry your written signature in attestation of that of the agents, as is done in all similar transactions. " We feel persuaded this representation of fasts will at once induce you to remedy the omission. (Signed) "S. J. WILE; and others. "Sir Isaac L. Goldsmid, Bart., and John Horsley Palmer, Esq." It was also remarked that bonds of 2001. and 4001. each had been issued, in addition to those of 501., 1001., 5001., and 1,0001. each, which are alone warranted by the wording of the document. This cause of dissatis faction, however, as well as the one mentioned is. the above letter, will, it is understood, be immediately re moved. The bonds of 2001. and 4001. were created for the convenience of the French market to represent 5,000 f. and 10,000 f. ; but, to prevent the possibility of question, they will forthwith be withdrawn. At the same time, also, arrangements will most probably be made for the written signature of the contractors to be attached to the bonds, if the holders desire it. The pre sent stamped signature, however, was adopted under legal advice, and with the most stringent precautions, and is precisely analogous to the method followed by the Bank of England in their notes. The idea of a fall of 2 per cent. occurring in such a stock on such grounds as these seems almost childish. but it contains a lesson which may be turned to good account by all individuals or States who may ever en tertain the prospect of becoming borrowers. It is the penalty which Turkish credit is forced to pay for the way in which, under Russian influence, the reactionary party contrived, by repudiating the acts of their agents in the contract for the former loan, to throw an element ef uncertainty into all the future transactions of the Government, which nothing but years of regular con duct will now efface. Although nothing has since leo curred to damage the financial. honour of the country in its intercourse with foreigners, which, with that fatal exception, had always been upheld in a way to serve as an example to others, the public have now become pos sessed of a vague and unreasoning feeling that leads them at once to magnify even the mere rumour of an informality into a serious difficulty. The claim recently put forward by the concoctors of the Ottoman Bank had an effect precisely similar to that now witnessed, and such is the sensitiveness on all questions of credit, and the adroitness of speculators in acting upon it, that the exposure of the worthlessness of that claim and the proof of the entire good faith of the Turkish Government in the matter have never sufficed to repair the damage it occasioned. ttwehi isrell terms t is afsnonra ut und rheawip et ti perfectly fbe be eott tribute to that iyntcol theetah clear hands fi n nad ksa m st a ioso n fffa fortchtoe Englandr yc the , Turkish natnrdaancitdto instructs France. loann Its ce Pasha of E g y p t to transmit the requisite portions of stntENT.l—Holloway' s Pills singularly effi cacious in curing Liver complaints.—Mrs. Bebbington, of Bark-street, Hulme, was afflicted for a very long time with a liver complaint, palpitation of the heart, and pains in both shoulders, headaches, giddiness, bad appe. tite, and restless sleep, together with other nervous symptoms ; for which she took almost every medicine generally recommended for such disorders ; being unable to derive any benefit from them, she determined to give Holloway's Pills a trial, and by persevering with them for a few weeks she has been restored to a perfect state of health, which she still continues to enjoy.— Sold by e y all vendor' ishm est ablishments, medicine,2l , Sta r aundd, at L London, Professor 1 1 80 1 ; 1 Maidea-lane, New York. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BOW-STREET.—Thomas Nelson, Mary Nelson (his wife), Thomas YY atson, Emma Churchman, and John Wallis, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, charged with being concerned in the late burglary in Cockspur-street, Charing-cross. It appeared that on the night of September 19th, the premises of Mr. John Harborough, hosier, of 15, Cock spur-street, were broken into, and goods to the value of 2001. were stolen. Entrance had been effected by the removal of the grating over the front area, from which access to the shop was obtained. The inmates of the house were not disturbed, and nothing was !mown of the robbery untill one of the assistants proceeded to open the shop in the usual way. A short time after wards, in consequence of some information obtained by Inspector Mackenzie, that officer proceeded to a house in New Compton-street, where, in a back room, he found Nelson and his wife in bed. He charged them with being concerned inthe robbery, but Nelson told him he was mistaken—" that he was wrong for once iti the way." The inspector, however, commenced to search the room, and found come dressing-gown materials, neckerchiefs, &c.. which were claimed by Mrs. Nelson as her property, but which were subsequently identified as forming a portion of the stolen property. He after wards went to the lodging of Watson, who was cohabit ing with Churchman, and there he found some further portions of the property, consisting of neck ties, new socks, &c. ; also four skeleton keys, a file, vice, and a black mask. Some handkerchiefs pawned by Churchman in the Strand were likewise identified as belonging to the prosecutor. Subsequent inquiries led to the apprehen sion of Wallis, in whose possession a small part of the stolen goods was found, but from a statement made by one of the prisoners, it is clear that there are yet other parties implicated in the robbery. Under these circumstances another remand was ilia. plied for, and Mr. Jardine accordingly adjourned the inquiry for a week. CLERKENWELL.—Yesterday the following note was handed to the reporter, viz. : " London, 6th . Nov., 1854. "Sir,—ln the London jour was of the 31st ult., 1 netfeed that from the funds at your disposal you kindly enabled a citizen of the United States to return to New York. En closed please find ten pounds (say 101. sterling) for the poor-box of your court. "An acknowledgment in the newspapers that the same has been received, will oblige, very respectfully yours, "AN A MERICAN. "Hon. Jude Corrie, Clerkonwell Court." 101. were also forwarded for the same benevolent purpose by " A Lady," who requests an acknowledg ment in the newspapers. Several persons were fined 40s. and 31. each for expos ing for sale and selling fireworks. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Tooke was summoned before Mr. Bingham for keeping a betting office, at No. 6, Great Windmill-street. A second summons was also taken out against Hannah Loeber, the proprietress of the establishment. George Geddes, agent, No. 22, Queen•street, said that he went to defendant's betting shop on the 11th ult., and made a bet of ss. with James Tooke, at 5 to 1, that a horse named Testy would win the Oatlands Plate. If the horse won he was to receive 30s. The horse was withdrawn, and he (witness) applied for his ss. again, but the defendant would not return it. Mr. Humphries, for the defence, raised a technical objection, which was overruled by the magistrate, who said that though the penalty was 1001. he would be content to inflict almost a nominal fine upon receiving an assurance that the betting-office should be closed, and having good surety tendered that such would be the case. Mr. Humphries agreed to the conditions, and the cases were disposed of in the way suggested. LAMBETH.—Mr. Frederick Fox Cooper, the dra matic writer, and at present stage manager at the Strand Theatre, applied to Mr. Elliott for his advice respecting a serious annoyance to which himself and his family had been subjected. Mr. Cooper stated that he had occasion to employ Mr. Brickhill, a printer, in Cumberland-place, to do some printing, and he held in his hand the receipted bills for various sums of money paid to him. One bill - for 31. he disputed, and Mr. Brickhill, instead of resorting to the ordinary legal means of recovering the debt, if pro. perly due, thought proper to print and circulate through. out the neighbourhood a handbill, of a most libellous description. Beside , ' he had sent persons to his house as early as seven o'clock that morning to demand the money, and all the morning they had been knocking at his door, to the great alarm of Mr,. Cooper, who was in an extremely delicate state of health, and to their great scandal in the neighhourhood. Mr. Elliott, having looked at the hand-bill, said— Mr. Cooper, you can have a summons against Mr. Brickhill, for printing and publishing this libellous bill without putting his name to it. Mr. Cooper—Thank you, sir ; I shall take it ; and shall feel greatly obliged if, in addition, you give a cau tion to this lad and others in the employment of Mr. Brickhill about knocking at my door, or annoying my self and family pending the hearing of the summons. Mr. Elliott gave the required caution, observing at the same time that the mode resorted to by Mr. Brick hill was both irregular and improper. THAMES.—Mr. William Cowley, an elderly man, who carries oa the busine?s of a hatter, at No. 6, Oak. hill, Ratoliff, appeared before Mr. Ingham on a sum mons to show cause why he should not be adjudged the father of a female illegitmatc child. Sophia Saunders, a very pretty young woman, stated that she was formerly in the service of the defendant an a hatter, and that he seduced her, She had lived in his house fear years. The last time there was any inter course with them was in January last, in her master's own bedroom. The child was born on the Nth of Sep tember last, and the defendant was the father of it. He had promised to maintain his child, but all be had given hor was a shilling on the 22d of April. Her master wad a married man. Complainant's aunt said that she knew Mr. Cowley was a member of Ebenezer Chapel, and thought she was putting her niece into a pious family. She little thought he would have acted as he had done. Defendant said the girl had been in his service, and he had looked after her morals, and lectured her on the sinfulness of her ways. He admitted having kissed her once, but it was a plans kiss. (Laughter.) He would solemnly swear he was not the father of the child. Mr. Ingham, after investigating the case, said he was of a different opinion, and made the usual order for maintenance and expenses. The defendant said he should appeal agala4 the de. _ _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY. A SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each with 30 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c, Second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 7 subs. Mr. Baker's Miss Allen, 3 yrs (301.), 7st 4lb(Chillman) 1 Mr. Fenning's Tonic, 6 yrs (301.), Bst 41b...(Charlton) 2 Mr. Sworder's Merry Peal, 6 yrs (301.), Bst 41b(Palmer) 3 The following also ran :—Young Hack, Fanny Fern, lago. Betting-6 to 4 agst Miss Allen, sto 1 agst any other. ' Won by a head ' • same distance between the second an d third ; bad fourth. The winner was sold by auction after the race for 150 guineas. The AINTREE PLATE (handicap) of 60 sovs, for all ages. A winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights 51b extra. One mile. Mr. Spence's Catherine Parr, 4 yrs Est 101 b (Ashmall) 1 Mr. Bancroft's Sister of Mercy, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Percy) 2 Mr. Saxon's Hazlenut, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Hooker) 3 The following also ran :—Warwick, Speed the Plough, The Reaper, and Maid of the Tees. Betting-5 to 4 agst Catherine Parr, 2to 1 agst Speed the Plough. The favourite made nearly all the running, and won easily by a length. Same distance betvveen the second and third. Bad fourth. speed the Plough got somewhat badly off. The LIVERPOOL AUTUMN HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE Of 100 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Winners extra. The second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. About three miles. 17 subs. Mr. W. K. Walker's Rosa, aged, Bst 121 b (W. White) 1 Mr. B. Land's Needwood, aged, list 41b (Green) 2 Mr. A. Rice's Lincoln, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Fowler) 3 The fallowing also ran :—Tom of Tuam, Speculation. Betting-6 to 4on Needwood, sto 2 agst Lincoln, and 10 to 1 agst Rosa. Lincoln took a commanding lead, with Needwood second, Tom of Tuam third, and Rosa fourth. On going intp the barn field Rosa became third, and Speculation soon after refused and was stop ped. No further change occurred until making for the Canal-bridge turn, where Needwood gradually drew upon Lincoln and passed him after fairly landing on the course. As they approached the last turn Rosa took second place, passed Needwood at the last flight of hur -1 dles, and ultimately won by forty lengths ; Tom of Team fell at the last flight of hurdles, being at the time far in the rear. Only these three paced the post. Rosa came down on her head at Beecher's-brook, but was soon righted. At the last hurdle she again nearly fell, and Needwood knocked one of them down. The OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One mile. 7 subs. Mr. J. Scott's t by lago—Confusion4e, 2 yrs (401.), 6st 61b (Hayhoe) 1 Mr. Sworder's Merry Peal, 6 yrs (201.), Bst 81b (Palmer) 2 Mr. Saxon's Banbury, 2 yrs (201.), sst 101b(J. Foster) 3 The following also ran Extempore, Bride kirk, Betting—Even on Confusionde filly, 5 to 1 each agst Banbury and Merry Peal. Won by a length and a half ; a neck between the second and third ; bad fourth. The winner was sold by auction for 215 guineas. The SCURRY HANDICAP of 5 soya each, with 20 added, for all ages. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Mr. Gill's Bourgeoise, 4 yrs, 9st (Charlton) 1 Mr. Fenning's Tonic, 6 yrs, Bst 41b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Wilkins's Dear Me, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b ...(Ashmall) 3 The following also ran :--Haxby, Louisa, f by Fly catcher. Betting-5 to 4 agst Bourgeoise, 4to 1 agst Haxby. Won easily by a length ; two lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 8. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Sirius, from Dantzic ; Wil liam West, Faro; Anna Catharina, Stettin; Johanna, Nyborg; Fortuna, Gothenburg; Petit Jean Baptiste, Marans ; Roger Stewart, Demerara ; August; Dantzic ; Lady Amherst, Penang ; Josephus, Calcutta ; Penelope, Dram ; Ysabel Segunda, Carrill; Flora M`Donald, Co lombo ; Louise Auguste, Svenborg; Thirkalson Minde, Karrebeksminde ; tEolus, Konigsburg ; Amelia, ditto; Agrippina, Colombo; Falcon, Stettin; Viceroy, Moul mein ; Aurora, Kjertminde ; Euphrates, Colombo ; Sul tan, Calingapatam ; Michael, Memel ; Hart, Dantzic ; Koophandel. Griefswald ; William Thompson, Stettin ; Octavia, Calcutta ; Thalia, Leghorn ; David Cross, Callao; Caroline R. Ferrer, Eiden. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Isabel, for Santander ; John Sonchay, Demerara ; Oliver Cromwell, Madras ; Bianca, Pernambuco and Valparaiso ; Eliza, Antwerp; Earnberg, Malta and Constantinople ; Breeze, Dunkirk ; Lady Am herst, Swan River ; Prince Albert, Jamaica; William Fo theringham, Calcutta; Emanuel, Bremen; John Phillips, New Zealand; Persia, Calcutta; James Adams, Bombay; Wilhelmina, Hamburg; Token, C. C. Castle; Walter Hood, Sydney; Aquita, Port Philip. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Hoop, for Harburg ; Miss Mag, Boston; Minerva, Madras; Cape of Good Hope, and Calcutta ; Sylph, Antwerp ; Newcastle, ditto; Grutze Warnhoff, Amsterdam ; Breeze, Dunkirk ; Eendraght, Harburg ; Susan Bayley, Beyrout and Alexandratta ; Rodney, Port Adelaide ; Swaaley, Jamaica ; British Em pire, Bermuda and Antigua. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Meander (brig), Oct, 5, on the Line. The Fido (schooner) 6th, lat. 3 N., long. 23 W. . . The Velode (barque), lat. b 7 N., long. 23 W. The Juno (Dutch barque), from Batavia to Dordt, 11th, lat. 23 N., long. 12 W. No. 8,359, 2d d. p., (barque), same day.. _ _ The Shakespeare, from Moulmein to Falmouth, Oct. 11 lat. 21 IN., long. 301 . The Sanford, bound to the West Indies, same (ley. The - Robert (barque), with passengers, steering W., Oc 7, lat. 43, long. 28. _ _ The Atlantic (s), from Liverpool to New York, Oct. 31, lat. 51, long. 26. The Cornelius Gips, from London to Port Philip, Sept. 27, lat. 7 N., long-. 23 W. The Emelie, from Hamburgh to St. Thomas, Oct. 12, lat. 28 N., long. 31 W. The Euphemeus, from London to Bombay, Oct. 2, lat. 10 N., long. 23 W. A ship, showing white signal, with red star, full figure head and poop, had lost fore and main topgallants, N.E., Oct. 21, lat. 37 N., long. 56 W. The Sheridan, of Dundee, Oct. 30, lat. 45 N., long. 52 W. The Hope, from Clyde to Boston, Oot. 11, lat. 41 N., long. 20 W. The Lizzie Thompson, from St. John, N. 8., to Liver pool, Oct. 24, 27 miles W. by. S. of Cape Sable. The Chaos, from New Orleans to Liverpool (supposed), Oct. 18, lat. 43 N., long. 62 W. The Harkaway, from Charleston to Liverpool, Oct. 23, lat. 41 N., long. 61 W. CRYSTAL PALACE, NOVEMBER S.—SHILLING- DAY.— Admission at the doors; 1,890 ; admission by season tickets, 316 ; total, 2,206. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days ending Saturday, Nov. 4.- Numbers, including season tickets, 19,469 ; amount received for admission, 1,0041. 83. Od. [ADVEATISMIENT.]—SUPPLEBIENTS GRATIC WITH TILE DISPATCH.—The unexampled interest which attaches to every incident connected with the operations of the Allied Armies in the East has determined the proprie tors of the Weekly Dispatch, to devote a greater space to the intelligence from the Seat of War than the ordinary limits of this the Largest Newspaper could possibly afford, and with the view of giving the amplest details, have resolved upon the issue of a Series of Supplements, which will include every particular connected with the Siege and decision of the contest at Sebastopol, and will be continued whenever demanded by the progress of the campaign. By the publication of these Supplements the portion of the paper usually devoted to incidents of domestic and political importance will be reserved in tact, and tie engrossing sabjectof the War will receive the fullest and most varied illustration. A Supplement will be published on Sunday next, November 12th. Orders are requested to be forwarded as early as possible to all news agents in town and country ' • or to the publisher, at the office, 139, Fleet-street, London, [ADVERTISEMENT.] CHOLERA. " B!ood, lago, blood."—To the Editor, Sir,—ln the Medical Times and Gazette, of the 4th instant, page 461, your readers will find a long and most important letter from one Michael Thos, Sadler, M.R.C.S., officer of health to the town of Barnsley, on the nature of cholera and the principles of its treatment. He says, as James Morison, the hygeist, said 30 Soars ago, "that cholera is caused by a poison in the blood, and that the purginc , and vomiting are con servative efforts." We rejoice when we see medical men propounding what we believe to be the real truth of the question, but still we think that as James Morison, the hygeist, and the whole society of hygeists, were the par ties who first maintained the great and important theory, that in all cases of disease the state of the blood wag really the only thing to look to, that the same should be acknowledged, not only by the medical profession, but also by the public at large, especially when it arises on a question like that of the cholera. We are, sir, your obedient servants, THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COL LEGE OF HEALTH, for the Society of Hygeists, New road, London.—Nov. 6, 1854. [AnyERTISEMENT.}—By her Maj n ts in the most power valuable and extraordinary improveme esty's Royal Letters Patent for ful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and the Per s c t t a i n v c e e G s 1 a of s s o e b s e g c l a t s z e v d i e with 3'tlhuinoiuegGhermtheamn —of im portance to the army, navy, and others. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 3 9 , Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Ob serve—opposite the York Hotel.— These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers th at some 32 inches, with an ex tra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 12 to 14 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—The Royal Ex hibition 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very sma ll , powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, coun t r y scenery, and ships are clearly see n a t 8 t o 1 0 miles ' e invaluable e f n o g s a h m o o e t k i e n e g p , e d r e s r - a s u t d kingt tourists, ihs y o tto a s c . yachting, wonderfuln miles Opera, t o power a l o h) c: v e e ly. e - t e r sa o na : e u . i a •se n , o c b a j n e i c p t , can n n d b e p e clearlyr pee ti v s e e e g n l a s i s r e o s m , distant. Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming are enabled impairedlies preserveddto employ their andt sightr en t a h te the ed most, and verya ged persons s minute occupation —can see w i th these lenses of amueh less mag nifying power—aud they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as tho skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired,--39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly °burro—molt° the York liotal. COUNTRY MARKET& EDINEUE,GH MEAL MARKET—Nov. 7. There were in the market to-day, 23 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-23 at 21. 4s, 0 at O. Os Od, and 0 at 01. Cs. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— Nov. 7. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in tho market. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 6s 6(1 to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., Os Od to 7s Od ; barley do., 5s 0d to 63 Od. Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Nov. 6. There were in the market to-day 62 1 of barleymeal, and 00 of pot-barley. top price of oatmeal was 35 down ; the the third was 3s down. Pot-barley on down. bags of oatmeal, Sales dull. The second 3s down ; the top price 00s Oatmeal, per sack of 2Solbs I First. I Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditt o Peasemeal, per ditto -s Od s Od - Od. Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od --s Od Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN, Nov. 7. There was a small supply and a very excited market at our Corn Exchange to-day. Wheat was is to is 6d, and oats, here, and barley 6d to 9d dearer than on Friday. Foreign wheats wero is to 2s higher. Indian corn held firmly, but no advance was realised. White wheat, 39s Od to 43s Oci ; red ditto,- 36s 01 to 41i ; barley, 17s Od to 19s 6d ; oats, 14s i:d to 17s Oci ; rapeseed, 270 Od to 28s 6d per brl ; oatmeal, 15s 6d to 17s Od ; bakers' flour. 23s Od to 264 Od per cwt; Imlian corn, 401 Od to 47s Os per 4801 be. COAL MARKET.—Nov. 8. Prices of Coal per ton at tho close of the market. s. d. Buddlo W. Hartley l9 0 Chester Main 20 0 Chilton Hartley l7 Davison's West Hartley 19 6 Hedley's Hartley 18 Holywell .20 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 19 0 Longridge's Wst Hartley 19 0 Ravensworth Hartley l7 Redheugh Main l7 0 Taufield Moor l7 1 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 01 South Taufield 16 CI Walker Primrose l7 1 Grey's West Hartley l9 0 1 Wood's Hartley 19 6 I Wallsend Walleend, ke. Northumberland s. 41. _l9 6 ~..21 6 Eden Main.. ,Belmont -.22 6 -.22 6 Braddyll 23 0 Fmnwellgate 22 0 Hetton 22 3 Haswell 23 Kepier Grange 22 6 bambton 23 3 Peusher . 22 6 Plummer 23 6 Russell's Hetton 23 0 rS'tewart's . ...23 6 Cassop 22 6 Hartlepool 23 0 Hough Hall 22 Kenos 23 0 South Hartlepool,.,., 23 0 South Kelloe 22 6 Tees 23 3 Trimdon 23 0 ; Thornley 2l 9 I South Durham 22 0 Wallsend, &c. - 801 l and Brown 21 6' Goforth 2l 6 Harton 2l liedloy 21 6, Hilda 21 0 Killingsworth E. l9 0 Lawson 20 6, 'Robin Hood .... _l7 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS; LIVERPOOL, Nov. 8.1 STOCK ExCHINGE.—The market continues worse, and we reduce our quotations 6 per cent. from yesterday. The following were the sales :—Caledonian, A ; Great Nor• tbern A, 9i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72 a ; London and North-Western, 104 ; Midland, 69i ; Northern Union B, 162. MANCHESTER, Nov. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened dull to-day, and prices closed at the lowest. Caledonian, 304; Eastern Counties, 114 ; Great Northern A, Def., 9i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23g ; ditto, 101. Pref., 11 3-16; Midland Consols, 69 ; South-Eastern, 18 7-16 BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was about stationary, but an average amount of business was transacted. Great Western (Birmingham Guaranteed), 73k; ditto, Preference, 10a. BRISTOL, Nov. 8. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market was flat. Midlands, 6 per cents., 134 ; West Cornwall, 6b. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oltit• by the night—and M by the morning —despatch.) Hay when rnade hi From what When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatchei.. England. America(byßrit.pack)l, Every Friday .. • • Liverpool Each Mot America (by United Sts packet) ........N )ct. 14..........• Liverpool Nov .1 America (by U. States packet) ..........N Oct. 11 .. • • .....• 3outhamptol A.astralia (via South ampton) Nov. 4 Ditto (via M arseilles) N Nov. O • Dover ...... Roy. 311 Ditto (via Cape of Gone Hope) •• •..• •. 11•.•NDec• 4 ....... .„ •. .„, tincentslo Alma ( West Coast) !3cl of the month .. Plymouth Nov. 6 9, 24, & 30 of n,. Dover ... Alexandria I th A tifit l, of /no , . Southampl . o; Bahamas 31117th of the month Senthamptoi• Nov. Belgium .......... ..N I' • • ••••• • • • • Dover D 4 i l 7 Brazil 9th of the month.. Nov. 16 Buenos Ayres 9ta of the month Aunt ham N NOV. 1 6 Cape of Uood llone ..N Various ports Uncerta A Cape of Good Hope ..3 Cape de Verds 9th of the wont! Southampton Nov. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel 151e5........N )efon.,Wed.,&Prid iouthamptof ru.Tb.Sat Chi1i...... &17th of mouth Southampto China (see India) Constantinople 8,13,18,23,&211 of m Dover .... Constantinople & 20th of moo 3outhamptoi Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover T ;v10(11411 Egypt (see India) France & N Twice dai1y...... Dover .. rwicodil Gibraltar .. ........M 4,7,17,20,27 of m. Southampton Nov. 4 Greece (see India) Greytown & 17th of mon. iouthamptoii llamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Elavannah .......... M 2nd of the month Southamptot. Nov. 1 Holland ...... Dover Honduras 31 17th of the month. Southampto i • Nov. ' l6 India (viaSouthampt.)sl ith & 20th of mon. Plyin , uth • • India (via Marsellles)sl 9th&2sth of month Dover ...... Nov. 16 lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland & N Twice daily Holyhead ... Twiceda 11 Li5b0n..............1M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Nov. 16 Madeira 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 161 Madeira N 23d of month .... Liverpool Nov. 3 Malta (see India) Malta 8,18, & 28 of mon. Dover ...... Nov. 11 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Mexico v... ... •M l ind of the month.. Southampton 1 Naples .............N sthlsth2sthofmon 1 0ver...... Nov. 2 New Granada 2d& 17th of month South,unptoi. Nov. 1 New By private ship .. Various port Uneernali Papal States ..IG ithlsth2cthofmon. Dover Nov. 2 Peninsula ..........31 Ithl7th27thofinon. Southampto• Nov. 26 Peru .........M..... sd & 27th of mon. Southampro• Nov. 1 Port Natal By private ship... Various ports Uncertain Sicily sth loth2sthoimon, Dover •• •• Nov. 2 Tuscany ..N sthlsf h2sthofmon. Dover Nov. 2 Venezuela 2d& 17th of month Southampton Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. West Indies 2d& 17th e t month Southampteti When any of these dates fall o•i a Sunday, the malls will be de spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the receding day. --- I JOURNEYMAN LOCKSMITH, named Navrian, wb• had been for some years employed in the workshop of a man named Bador, at Lyons, some time back left that city to return to Savoy, his native country. Bador bad heard nothing about him for some time, when at last he received a letter from the friends of his late workman mentioning that the body of Navrian had been found on the public road near Sallanches, nearly one-half de ♦oured by wolves. The papers found in- the pockets of the deceased left no doubt as to his identity. BIRTHS:®] [OF A SON 4 On the 6th inst., at 5, Kent-terrace, Regent's-park, the wife of H. N. Davis, Esq. On the 6th inst., at 3, Clarendon Villas, Brook•green) Hammersmith, the wife of Signor P. D. Guglielmo. Of ♦ DAUGHTER. On the 7th inst., at 39, Lower Grosvenor•street, the wife of Major Arthur Pack, Deputy Assistant Adjutant - Gon eral. On the 20th ult., at Corfu, the wife of Lieutenant-Col. Walpole. MARRIED. - On the 7th inst., at the parish church of Brighton, Ed• ward Augustus, of the Madras Army, son of James r• Saunders, Esq., to Emma Julia, only daughter of the late Captain Farewell, of Holbrook House Somersetshire. On the 7th inst., h t the Spanish Ambassador's Chapel, T. E. Byrne, Esq., Royal Horse Artillery, fourth son of the late Henry Byrne, Esq., Master in Equity of the 11 . - promo Court of Judicature, Madras, to Elisa Petronila, third daughter of Don Pablo Larios, of Laguno de Came' ros, Old Castile. DIED. On the 3d inst., at Florence, after a short illnessice Countess of Strathmore and leinghorn, eldest daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, aged 28. On the 30th August, at Umballa, Richard W. Andersen, Lieut. 70th Regt. Bengal NJ., second son of the Rev. R. Anderson, Bedale, aged 27. On the 7th inst., at Glenallen, near Alnwick, A m y Ann, Spencer Stanhope, E ' F a u g rl e ed y Esq., for , 51 . the n wife i t f h e e of t Hh h uingst.,at Canterbury, John many years the respected managing partner of the Canter bury, aged 82. On the 7th inst., at Oakfiold, Mary Anne Morgan, only daughter of the Rev. James Morgan, D.D. On the 7th inst., at Lewisham-hill, Blackheath, Meliore, widow of Charles Wm. Walker, Esq., late of the Army Pay Office. On the Bth inst., at her non's residence, Virginia Lodge, Balham-hill, Mary, relict of the late Mr. James Golden, of Bread-street, City, merchant. On the 28th ult., at Scutari, Lieut. T. W. Wollocombe, 47th Regt., of wounds received at the battle of the Alma. On the 17th ult., killed in action at Sebastopol, Charles Madan, midshipman, H.M.S. Sanspareil, third surviving son of the late Rev. Spencer Madan, M.A., Canon Resi dentiary of Lichfield Cathedral, and vicar of Batheastou and Tl9OllOll, Somerset. LONDON' : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, is the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,' of ILigcliese4 Iktuiday,lipy i 9, 1,80. I t , %