The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-14 00:00:00

PEERAGE and BARONETAGE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, Will he performed a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, entitled THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, bliss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. To conclude with the Grand Fairy Ballet of THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM, In which Mdlle. Plunkett, Mdlle Clara Webster, Mdlle. O'Bryan, Mrs. W. H. Payne, and Madame Guibilei will appeir. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, Will be iserfirmed TH E BUSY BODY. S r Francis Gripe, Mr. W. frvien Traffic, Mr. Strickland; Marplot, Mr. Charles Mathews; Miranda, Madame ,st ris; Patch, Mrs. Ilumby. After which, w►ll be repeated a New Comic Drama, founded on Don Cwsar de Bazar), entitled A MATCH FOR A KING. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C Mathews; Mariquita, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE H I MBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone, S.un Shindy, Mr. Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Stalls (which may be ret un ed the whole of the Even ►ng), ss. each. First Price—Boxes, 3. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at N o'Clock—Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, (id. Doors opened at Half-past Six, Pet fonnance commence at :,:even. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One nines and a-Half each Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled rHE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Coui.t Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which, an entirely New Drama, entitled CESAR DE .3AZAN or, Love And Henour. Charl es th e S econ d , M r. H owe; Cesar de h izan, Mr. Webster ; Maratina, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright ; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Dinah, Mr. Cowell. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, hlr. Mellon.—Box-ctice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. On Monday will be revived the Popular Dr.-ma cf V ICTORI NE. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, Will be repeated the New Drama, called DON CLESA R DE AZAN Don Cwsar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Secont, Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fosbroke. _ After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furl'lval. Mr. W.ilter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. StirLng To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Ballet, called THE ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussct: ; Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mule. Caroline Roussett; Naire (her Friend), Mdlle Teresine; Ding Dong (the Genii of the Bell), bliss Jlarshall Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, is. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Cwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. rest Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Uedar the Management et Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, a New Farce, called A '1 RIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Kelley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Wiles. Louise and Adele, of her Majesty's Theatre, will make their appearance. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolli , lge. To conclude with THE SEVEN CAS FEES OF THE YASS. ONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Chara-ters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Cr<iven, and Mr. Keeley; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli tge, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi,s James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A DMISSION.—BaIcouy Coxes, 4i.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2F. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the rt licony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guir ea. the Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr. tl n of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, Will be performed DON C/EZAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. Roberts; King Charles 11. , Mr. John Howard; Maritana, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE. To conclude with QUITE AT HOME. Principal Characters by ,le,srs. Howard, Aylitle, Dean, Mrs. Melville, and Mi•s Carter. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's _Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. H.S EVENING, NOVEMR 14, Will be repea T ted a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed; imtroducing unequalled National Fetes. Reel Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Foi and full Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Hr Tattersall, to realise this novel productLn. .Epsoin Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats or Horsemanship. To conclude with a Favourite Afterpiece. Acting ana stage-manager, Mr. W. U. Broadfoot, Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding I , v Mr. It. Smith daily. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. For the Benefit of the Southwark Philanthropic Institution. THIS EVENING, NO /ElVllik:/t 14, Will he performed Sheridan Knowles' Play of THE WIFE; A Tale of Mantua Leonardo Gonzagc, Mr. E. F. Saville; Julian St. rierre, Mr. Diddear; Antonio, kr. Neville; Mariana, Mrs. R. Horner. After which, the Farce of TRE TWO GREGO EVES. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. E. F. Saville; Susan, Mrs. R. Homier. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. SEAMAN. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, Will be performed THE FIELD OF FOR I Y FOOTSTEPS. Supported by Messrs. Henry, Herbert, S - aman, and Mrs. W. West. Altar %%inch, the Drama of THE WILD IRISH GIRL. Shelah Savourna O'Shay, Miss Vincent. To conclude with SIXTEEN-STR NG JACK. John Rana, Mr. T. H. 1 - I,gfie ; Kit Clayton, Mr. G. Wild Triv . ate Fat/lir), B o xes, j 1 is. lii. and .£ 1 Ils. Bd. ----- THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 13. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 29.63.—WD0), W. Naru.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Baronv...ters fair is u uilly placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-RRIDGE THIS DAY. !rig ... 12 minutes after 4 Evening 37 minutes after 4. NOW READY, PART 111. of MR. BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the whole of the Landed Gentry, or Untitled Aristocracy of England, Scotland, and Ireland. To 1:e completed in Four Parts, price 10s. Gd. each, forming a volume of upwards of 1,600 pages, uniform with the Author's popular ...,„ ~::' = . , , .IV .1 .. „. ~,•s oo - 6V I • INA, • ' • ( IP '4 •' •l I , .',k 4:4i112-• - •—• -:,` , ; „* ltil .. .• 1. *I, - arqi. - $• XV I , , 4: 4 01\ s iiik•„ a..--' ~ • , ext-u, ' ' -41 .;4 1- ' Li n v' ' t .i . -• IL 0 S ' ,,,,,, --i, ..; . . " 6 ‘o , `' , a., e A b • 'ROUE ,- ' , • -... .I. 4 '• • • ~,_ * Pk '-- 4liontinff LONDON, THURSDAY, NON EMBER 14, 1844. We have always great reluctance in making com ments on the decisions of police magistrates, because they have difficult duties to perform, (awing to the conflicting evidence brought before them, and the little knowledge they have generally of the character of the witnesses. In doubtful cases it perhaps is safest to side with the magistrate, and believe that he acted according to his sincere conviction. There are cases, however, when the public ought, and must judge for themselves ; and a case of this description occurred at Clerkenwell on Tuesday. It was one of an atrocious description, and nothing can equal it except the unaccountable leniency of Mr. COiuBE, the sitting magistrate, to the offender. Two ladies had engaged a cab to take them to a dinner party, and after the vehicle had proceeded a few paces the door flew open, upon which the driver, taking advantage evidently of Ole helpless condition of the ladies, charged their servant with lhaving damaged the door in shutting it, used towards them the vilest language, and the timid women, in order to escape from such a horrible position, jumped out of the cab, and tried to make the best of their way to their own house. The cabman, who, from all accounts, was drunk, pursued them, seized them by th&'ir bare necks, for it appears they were dressed for a party, shook them most violently, and they were only rescued from this perilous condition by the arrival of the husband of one of them, Mr. MEET YARD, a barrister-at-law. He naturally called upon the nearest police-constable, to whom be gave the driver in charge, and this con stable swore before the magistrate that the cabman was drunk. Mr. COMBE very properly told this egregious offender that he had subjected himself to two fines of 51. each, or two months' imprisonment, with or without hard labour; but, from some strange hallucination, reduced these fines to twenty shillings, which, of course, were gladly paid, and the cabman walked triumphantly out of court. No reason what ever is given for this mitigation of punishment. The master of the cabman did not come forward, but a colleague, the yard-keeper, gave him a good character. What man tried at the Old Bailey has been without a friend of this kind ? The Judges, however, unlike Mr. COMBE, pay no attention to such evidence, or indeed any evidence as to character, when an outrageous crime has been committed ; they look at matters of fact, and juries almost uni versally concur with them. Here was one of the grossest outrages committed upon two unprotected femalessand the magistrate considered it sufficient] - atoned for by a penalty of 20s / This is in c direct Y opposition to public opinion and Mr may rest assured . that many u'pright decis.ions7anindE some more severity. towards drunken cabmen, will b e necessary to redeem his character as a agistrate- The watermen, by their savage conduct to males, prevented all respectable women fromwartdks'fe boats on the river. They were ultimately reduce a d in t g o beggary ; no respectable person would enter into a river -boat; and if the other magistrates follow the example of Mr. CO MBE, the cabmen will, in a short time, be subjected to the same condign punishment. ~,,,... , But are the public, in the meantime, to suffer, and, while they pay at an enormous rate for police, to have no protection ? It is our melancholy task to record, this day, one of those domestic calamities which come upon us with the more appalling horror, as they occur in the course of our daily avocations (as it were), without warning or previous intimation of any kind, and amidst the crowded resorts of our commercial and shipping acti vity. A still more distressing feature in this disas trous casualty is presented in the fact that the principal victim has been an engineer of reputation, who prematurely perished just after the satisfactory termination of the first and only experi. ment on some important alterations which his inven tive genius had introduced in the construction of the beam of his steam-engines, the connecting ma chinery to work it, and the location of the engines themselves. For the particulars, however, of this fatal explosion off Black wall on Tuesday, on board the fine new steam-boat of 600 tens, called the Gypsy Queen, of the instantaneous annihilation of Mr. JACOB SAMUDA (the builder of the craft, and the constructor of her engines), and of six other persons, who were with him in the engine-room at the time of the accident,—as well as of the desperate injuries sustained by other five persons who are now patients, in a most precarious state, in the London Hospital ; we must refer to the detailed statement we have printed in another column. But the facts of the case suggest some observations to which we think it to be our duty strongly to direct public attention, the more especially as, in so doing, we cannot in any way prejudice the case of any parties who may be brought before the Coroner or any other authority, for examination touching this distressing affair. It appears that the Gypsy Queen was built by the Messrs. SAMUDA and Co., for the Waterford Navi gation Company, and was, therefore, we are to pre sume, intended for a regular steam-packet or passage vessel. Of the brothers, SAMUDA, the deceased, JACOB, appears to have been the senior; and we presume the firm is identical or connected with the spirited patentees of the Atmospheric Railway. In this case, the reputation they have acquired by their perseverance in carrying out into practical application one of the boldest principles it has yet been attempted to adopt in the modern science of locomotion, must offer every guarantee for the assumption that the new invention of Mr. JACOB SAMUDA was one of great ingenuity and promise. But, however this may be, it is certain that the engines of his construc tion on board the Gypsy Queen, with their divided beams and socketed joints, and their connecting rods acting at angles instead of ver tically, did perform, on the first trip from Bow creek down to 'Woolwich, and thence back to the buoy at Blackwall, satisfactorily and safely. In this same incipient experiment, the pressure on the boilers—which had been constructed to bear 401bs. the square inch—had been kept down to about half that ratio, or 201bs. only. But it was afterwards de termined to increase this pressure to 251b5., and whilst the steam was being got up accordingly, for that purpose,—the Gipsy Queen being still at her moorings so little danger was anticipated, so little apprehension experienced, that Mr. SAMUDA, with the engineer of the vessel, a Mr. DODDS, Mr. SCHOLEFIEED (another engineer), SLANDERS, a fitter, NUGENT, an apprentice, NEWMAN, a stoker, and another man name unknown ), were all of them standing in the engine-room, to watch the operations, together with the foreman of the Messrs. SAMUDA'S factory, the four other men who are so severely hurt and scalded, and two or three other persons who appear to have escaped—when the steam exploded, probably Through the rupture of one of the joints in the main-pipe, and swept into eternity in an instant, the unfortunate individuals we have named. Whether the safety-valve had been really set or properly watched, and other questions of that nature will probably be ascertained in the course of the inquiries to be instituted by the Coroner's in quest. Whether the engines, which were equal to a 300 horse-power, were high-pressure ones or not, does not at present appear. But the whole of the cir cumstances which have yet transpired warrant us in concluding that this is a case which strongly confirms the long-since admitted necessity for some organized and well-considered and responsible system of administrative superintendence, to the especial cognisance and report of which should be referred all primary experiments on new applications of steam or other explosive powers, and new mechanical inven- tions for directing them. We cannot imagine what possible objection there could be to the establishment of a Board or a Commission, constituted of scientific as well as practical authorities in such departments of experimental mechanics. The rights and interests of priority of discovery or invention could be secured to at least as great an extent as they now are in the absence of any such body. Many valuable lives, in the higher as well as the more mechanical or techni cal branches of practical science, would be annually spared, instead of being sacrificed by wholesale to pure accident, or accidental carelessness ; to evolutions of forces hitherto untried or un:„ easur , d ; or influences, all th e power o f which l ias never b efore been tested. It is matter, .54trely, of high public interest that original ex: f iefiments upon expansive forces, like those of st., eam , should not be made, ex cept under—fir,,t, arrangements embodying every pre for the pr o t ec ti on o f h uman life possible pr and inr4mber, in the event of unforeseen disaster, or fal.'iure ; and, secondly, arrangements carefully limit ing the persons to be present at their trial, to the smallest number compatible with the work to be done, the assistance to be rendered, or the general success of the operations. Her Majesty the Q' Albert 20/., towar:s4l .1.-en has given .50/., and Pri nce of a new ors ''a a fund no w ra i s i ng f or t h e erection w as g i ':en by George the Thi r d (h av i ng b een ta k en from 4. 7, - .&n in Windso r Ch urc h, th e o ld one, which S- George's... Chapel) being in a state of decay. The Ranting, a Ghent journal, has the following : —" Amongst the convicts in the prison of this city, there is living a man who, ten years ago, having murder e d a school mas t er f rom j ea l ousy, was condemned to hard labour for life, and this man is now worth nearly a million of francs. He is clothed in the livery of the convicts, and is working as a bricklayer's labourer. In the same prison there is also living a man, who half a century since was pardoned, and to whom liberty has been offered many times. He, ho wever , i s so much accustomed to the lift. of the prison, that he req ues t e d as a f avour to be allowed to remain there until the time of his death. He is now about ninety years old, he has lost all his relations and friends long since, and has no desire to mix again in a world in which he knows nobody. He is very kindly treated in the prison, as his conduct was always good." FIRE IN NEW -ROAD, MARYLEIIONE.—.TUeSday even ing, about seven o'clock, a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. T. Kent, 20, Southampton -place, facing the New road, Marylebone. The first alarm was given by some of the domestics, when a back apartment on the second floor was found to be in flames. Prompt assistance was rendered by the workmen of an adjoining factory, and several engines were soon on the spot, so that the flames were got under without any very great damage. Ap pearances, however, were at first somewhat threatening. ATROCIOUS CONDUCT.—On Sunday afternoon the Dover up-train, with nine carriages and 150 passengers, when within one mil e o f th e L on d on side of Folkestone. was nearly meeting w ith a most fatal accident 71-he guard on the first carri age p erce i v i ng abolo- - "...; 60 - feet high, , f an the other e . feet or ward, and between an embankment iue,he signalled to use the break ; the engineers obstruction lying across the . d g i u d ar s d o s i (two sn o t i f_t :.. iii) y when the first engine ran over a parcel 9f planks twelve in number, which had been most mali ciously placed across the road, and crushed them to pieces. Happily, however, from the caution taken, and the act of Providence, the train was not upset, and im mediately stopped. A beer-shop is situate a short dis tance from the spot, where a number of loose characters were found, upon whom suspicion fell. The landlord and his customers disclaimed all knowledge of the transaction. GREAT FOOT RACE FOR, TWENTY POUNDS.--Tues• day the match between Bee (of London), and Powell The Paris papers of Monday, which have been de- (of Hampton), came off near the White Hart Inn, at Hampton. The di s t ance contested was twelve miles. flayed by th e b o i sterous weather in the Channel, bring Both men had acquired celebrity, and the match drew no news of importance. The Journal des Debats has together a large concourse of spectators. At the start a long article on the state of the lower classes in Great the men went away, and completed two miles together Britain, and the means in preparation for betterin in eighte en m i nutes, and at the tenth mile Bee was in a g their conditi on . T he Conslitutionnel has a leader on leading positio n , an d was walking strong and full of con fidencc, while his opp onent manifested s mptoms of the the statistic a l returns made by the Prefect of the pace being t oo f ast, b ut endeavoured to symptoms of the the statistical returns made by the Prefect of the pace being too fast, but endeavourod to continue on the Seine, and some of the other papers contain contest. B o th men made strenuous exertionswhen near comments on the new loan. One of them thebeating turn his o adversary by 40 0 yards. The twelve miles of the last m il e , an d Bee concluded the distance, expresses a b e li e f t h at the great capitalist s was accomplished i n one h our and fifty-seven minutes, will agree as t o th e pr i ce to be offered, and that con it4rPLettaksinitzmor HANGING.—On Monday after fair toe and heel walking. W 'j , lohsyldoafnvviri William m st at the Cricketers, sequently there will be no competition. The Com er merce expresses indignation, that whilst Belgium and Camden-street, Y on' the F Chelsea pensioner, aged seventy-three, who imanvgetehiramn Isenlftg.et hcoisurlosedgc!fngths,el4, W ellington-street, last Friday. Holland resort successfully to a national subscription ye e i d l i o nr, o t e h a e s i nCortter observed in cases of loans, the French Ministry should have so little confidence in the wealth and patriotism of the that it was extraordiPnrae; I all the personsfwho committed suicide by hanging, the French nation as to suppose that a similar course 1 hanging were. That was apparent from the fact, e th t a s t of here would not be successful. The French Ministry, . of majority were ound either in a sitting posture, or with their feet or knees touching the ground. In one instance however, know the people better than the editor the Commerce. a young lady, who was watched by two females, one at led herself with the strings The Journal des Debats gives the following details I either side of her bed, strang of her nightdress, without their knowledge. On an relating to the trial of General PRIM, transmitted by i. hung himselfwhile its own correspondent, who was present at the court- i other occasion a man stretched upon martial : !his face, with his nose a l mos t t ouc hi ng t h e ground. A short time since he held an inquest at Balls Pond upon " The appeal laid by General Prim's counsel against ! a man, who havi ng h ung hi mse lf up, t h e cor d b roke be the jurisdi c ti on o f t h e court-martial has not been allowed. fore he was dead, and he survived the attempt thirty- Although th e G enera l , under ' an accusation of treason five hours ; h e s t a t e d th at h e h a d en j oye d the most against the State. thus finds himself desufuero, that is, pleasing sensations while suspended. Persons who com deprived of privilege of the fueros, w hich was anciently milted suicide by hanging (continued the Coroner) went granted to both military men and ecclesiastics ; he is off as in a sleep, and died without pain. He did not nevertheless brought before a court-martial composed of speak of malefactors hanged at the Old Bailey, whose his equals, all generals, as he is himself. The six mem- necks were broken, but of those who, like the deceased, bers of this Court, among whom ar e G enera l Ribera, an hung th emse l ves w i thout subjecting their bodies to a old fri en d o f Espartero, the Marquis de la Concordia, jerk In the case neither was the nor General Pi gnero, and General Jose Concha, brother of was. the windpipe latter closed, but a congestion neck of bro the k en brain o,:sceearntdlie leadin g mem b ers of the Opposition ; all are I ensued, which caused death. The jury returned, in the ' moderate men , and believed to be incapable of case of William Carter—" That he destroyed himself, suffering thei r judg ment to b e bi asse d by personal or 1 but that there was no evidence of his state of mind at the political anim os ity . The President i s , ex officio, th e time h e did so." Session after session we have Committees appointed for purposes of this truly conservative policy. Accidents in coal mines ; accidents from machinery, employed in mills and factories; shipwrecks, their causes, and the means to be adopted for their prevention; these, and twenty other subjects of not less signal import ance to humanity at large, or less connected with the duties of good government, are referred by the Legislature to Select Committees. But the num ber of practical plans adopted for remedy or prevention of such casualties is really in the inverse proportion of the number of the Committees and the amplitude of their reports. It is high time that steam machinery, especially in its application to maritime purposes, should be brought (to the limited extent we have sug gested) within the reach and precautionary control of the Legislature, as occasion may demand. We should be sorry to see the same reckless indifference dis played to the consideration of human life and its liabilities, in connexion with steam navigation, on this side of the Atlantic, with which our American brethren are so often and so justly reproached. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA Y MORNING, NOVEMBER 14 Captain-General of the province, who is at this time General Mazarredo, the late Minister of War, and the intimate friend of General Narvaez. In Spain, where all public acts and ceremonies are attended with a pomp and ostentation sometimes ridiculous, justice alone is de priced of all appearance of solemnity—we might almost say, of all dignity. Thus,_ in general, it inspires th e accuse d party with terror, without exciting deference or even common respect in those who are present as witnesses or audience. The tribunal assembled to-day, in a large hall of the old quarters of the gardes du corps. It bore all the appearance of a genuine encampment. A small table, round which were seated the President, the six judges, the Procurator-Fiscal, and the Secretary—on wooden chairs—and two benches for the audience, formed all the furniture. The public was admitted, but it does not appear to be very eager to witness such exhi bitions ; for, although the hall is spacious enough to hold 600 people, not more than about 250 were present, and of these three-fourths were officers belonging to the regiments of the garrison of the capital, who were called upon to attend by an order of the day. The only things saw upon the table were four books ; there was not even a crucifix. The judges were in uniform, and all, except two, kept on their hats. All the persons present walked freely about the hall, approached close to the judges—standing behind their chairs—for their were no guards, no officer of the court, not even a servant to keep order or call for silence. The charge had been prepared entirely out of court by the Procurator-Fiscal. The sitting was opened with a rapid reading of all the docu ments, the interrogatories, the charges; but at the same time were to be tried the six persons who were accused as confederates of General Prim, not one of whom is in the army, and who, in the opinion of many, ought to be brought before the ordinary tribunals of the country. When this reading was finished General Schelly pre sented the defence of General Prim, that is to say, he read a manuscript which had been given to him by the civil advocates of the General. As General Schelly, who is a brave and most commendable officer, has never occupied his mind with judicial questions, he read the paper in a monotonous tone, without bringing any of its arguments prominently out, and without any indication that he was impressed feelingly with what he read. I observed, however, that this defence made very strong and energetic protests against the form of the prosecu tion. One of the principal witnesses in defence, the ser vant of General Prim, who had charge of the trabucos (blunderbusses), had not, it is said, been examined by the Procurator-Viscal. The prisoner was not confronted with his accusers. The military life and general cha racter of General Prim were tolerably well set forth. - It was said that General Prim commenced his military ca reer as a volunteer in 1833, and had obtained every suc cessive promotion for conduct in the field of battle—that he had received seven wounds from the enemy, and had had several horses killed under hint. The defence con cluded with a declaration that it was impossible for a man so brave as General Prim to have become a traitor. After the defence of the General, those of the six others included with him in the prosecution were read by officers of different regiments. When the last paper was finished, the public were ordered to retire, and the Court entered upon the consideration of its judgment. After the lapse of an hour, the public were again admitted, and the President announced that the Court was not suffi ciently enlightened, and that a further inquiry must be gone into. This decision was not announced from the mouth of the President, but was sent to the office of the Captain-General, who, with the Military Auditor, de cides whether the judgment is to be carried into execu tion, or whether it is to be submitted to the Supreme Military and Naval Court-martial. Such are, in all their truth, the formalities of the military tribunals of Spain, judging according to their fueros, and which the Ministers wish to preserve in the Constitution, but which the Committee has wisely recommended to be sup pressed." Accounts from Madrid of the sth announce that the Court-martial on General PRIM had, after two hours' deliberation, come to a decision to annul all that had been done in their first sitting, on account of the irregularity of the proceedings and the errors in the indictment, and had resolved that another legal examination should take place, preparatory to a new sitting of the Court, due notice of which would be given. The seventeen Spanish refugees, who were arrested recently at Marseilles, have been sent to Chaumont to reside. Those who were arrested at Carcassonne are to be confined in the department of the Cote-d'Or. As to Generals AMETTLER and SANTA CRUZ (says the Commerce), they are still in prison au secret at Perpignan. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week, ending Saturday, Nov. 9, was 989, showing an increase over the previous week of 23. Deaths from small-pox and scarlatina are still high, and there has been a considerable increase from pneumonia, and other diseases of the lungs. The deaths from small-pox are 42 —average 17 ; scarlatina, 70 —average 45 ; typhus, 32 —average 29 ; pneumonia, 110, for the autumn months 107, and five years ave rage 79. The 42 deaths from small-pox occurred at the following ages :—Nine under one year ; ten 1-3 ; nine 3-5 ; ten 5-]0; three 15-30; and one 32 years. The following is an analysis of the list of violent deaths :—Fracture or contusion, six cases, of which one was by a fall, and three by the fall of hard bodies ; the remaining two by means not stated. Rupture, one case (probably by violence, but the na ture is not described). Wound, one case (by an animal). Drowning, eleven cases, of which one was suicide, and two accidental ; in the remaining eight it could not be ascertained, or juries have neglected to state, whether accidental or otherwise. Hanging, three cases (suicides). Suffocation in bed, three cases. Poison, three cases, of which one was suicide, one ac cidental, and one from criminal intention, but not with a view to commit suicide; and burn, one case, Total—eighteen males and eleven females.—T_t e f a ll of rain has been unusually great, amount ijg . t o 1 . 82 inches. DR. WOLFF. TO ALL THE PHILANTHROPISTS OF EUROPE. Bokhara, July, 1844. My dear Friends,—The blood of the gallant officers, Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, Englishmen by birth ; and that of Fodderwise, a German ; of Na selli, an Italian nobleman ; and of a Greek gentlemar, has been shed at Bokhara by order of its ruler ! and I do not know whether I shall not also fall ! and what is more, two hundred thousand Persians sigh in slavery in the land of Bokhara! Philanthropists of Europe ! be roused to activity— free the Persian slaves from captivity ! Bokhara is a beautiful country. Give liberty to the slaves, and religion and civilisation to its inhabitants Noble Bavarians, Prussians, people of Baden, and Austrians, join with England and Russia to effect that great work of redemption from slavery, and plant the cross of Jesus Christ in the streets of Bukhara. FLANDERS MAIL. Actua Debt, 334 per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .. . ......... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 98% Three per Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. 103% 1844.••• ....... ••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 103 Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. IO2A Society of Commerce. Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, F ive p er C ent 6o Issue of 1841 —Brussels Papers. Nov. 11. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vaxxs, Nev 5. . __ Five per Cents. Metalh q u es Four par Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. 75 s., Bank Shares .......•........... , 16113 Allgenzeine Zeitung, Nov. S. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. In these degenerate days it is rarely our lot to record the hundreth representation of any dramatic piece. To have to record" the hundreth representa tion of an opera by a native composer is something perfectly unique. Since the days of the Duenna such a circumstance has never occurred, and the Duenna is, after all, rather a vaude ville than an opera, and although many of the airs ar e or i g i na l compositions by Linly, the majority of the songs are merely adaptations of new words to previously popular airs, so that, strictly speaking, the Duenna is not an opera by a native composer. On Tuesday night, however, the opera--the English opera—of the Bohemian Girl, was repeated for the hundredth time at Drury-lane, and Balfe, the man whose genius has achieved this triumph, again appeared in the orchestra to conduct his own composition, His reception was most enthusiastic. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the house was crowded in every part, and his appearance in the orchestra was the signal for a burst of applause so long, so loud, and so enthusiastic, that the walla of Old Drury rang again, as they have not done since the days of Edmund Kean. At the end of each act this enthusiastic greeting was renewed, and when at the fall of the curtain he appeared on the stage, in obedience to the call of the audi ence, cheer followed cheer in quick succession. until the enthusiasm reached its climax, when Miss Rainforth presented him a laurel wreath, which had been thrown upon the stage. Never did English dramatic composer enjoy a greater triumph ; and never has there appeared an English dramatic corn poser more richly deserving of it. At the conclusion of the opera an elegant service of plate was presente to the gifted composer, by those of the dilettanti who are proud to rank themselves among his ardent ad mirers. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A new comedietta was produced here last night, and one could readily perceive, from its light and gauzy texture, that it came from a French workshop. The title of this little piece is the Widow Bewitched. The imbroglio is trifling, but it serves to bring out some very happy scenes. Mr. Eustace Lorimer (Mr. Granby) leaves his wife (Mrs. Stirling), and is re ported to be dead. Mr. Clement Furnival (Mr. W. Lacy) fancies that the supposed widow is in love with him. She, oa her part, seeks to obtain his hand for her niece (Miss E. Horier). The husband returns in the meantime, and his jealousy is excited at the intimacy which exists between his wife and Furnival. Her object being to cure her husband of his unreasonable jealousy, and the intended husband of her niece of his coxcombry, plays off tours d' habilite upon both, and succeeds in both objects. As might be anticipated from this out line, the piece afforded some very effective scenes, in which the high excellencies of that talented actress, Mrs. Stirling, were brought out to great advantage. She worked a vicenda upon the jealousy of her hus band, and on the silliness of her lover, with a perfect knowledge of her powers, and a complete mastery of her art. Like the famous winners in the boat-race, she triumphs, because she is conscious of her power. The piece was announced for repetition till further notice. tttKALti?,— 11 the branches of the linty depart ment in this neighbourhood continue in great activity ; the prices of yarns has advanced considerably, to the extent of abut 21 a spindle on heavy s i zes, an d that of flak abbitt 41. a Pins lietatitdactuted goods have felt a corresponding rise, and there IS every prospect of the im2totement being permanent. Of Sunday an immense quantity of snow fell in the neighbourhood of Dartmoor, and on Monday Dartmoor itself was found covered With spow fo the depth, of more than six inches. The wea diet' throtighotit DeftifiSliir9 has been extremely rough fbr several days past, and the wind on Monday set in +el §trthig fill the tiorth-east: T. GEORdE s, dOeffillHtld to take advantage of the vacancy in the rectory of' this tensive parish, and to break it up into smaller parishes; no appointment will be made to the rectory of St. George's until complete arrangements shall have been ette4tett. , .„ , The fipe faspberries *ere gathered in the grounds of Mr. Park, gardefieP and florist, Victoria-road, Kensington, and ripe strawberries also in the grounds of another gardener near Hounslow, the richness and flavour of which could only be equalled by thtise yttidticed in the height of the summer season. IRON CoLmEtt.—Some curiosity has been excited by the arrival in the Thames of a Newcastle collier, a fine looking vessel, built of iron, and fitted with a screw ph:11)0110 j dtt engine of 20-horse power. She is 139 feet long, 27 feet 6 inches Wide, and, when loaded with 840 tons of coals, her draught is ally 11 feet 9 inches aft, and 10 feet 3 inches forward ; her hold is divided into separate chambers, after the principle of vVater-tight bulkheads, hermetically c l ose d f a l se fl oor , into which the water can be admitted by large taps for - ballast, and when not required, is pumped out again by the engine. Her bows are sharp and wedge-like, and her stern unusually projecting; though low, her counters are so flat that she lifts with every swell, and it is nearly impossible foe >x wave to break over her taffrail. NEW WAR STEll4fitt.—On Tuesday the enormous tubular iron boilers, manufactured by Messrs. Mau desley and Field, were removed from their foundry to the East India Docks, preparatory to their being fitted in the new war steamer which has recently been built at Portsmouth, and named the Scourge, and which was to arrive in the River yesterday. Some idea of the magni tude of the boilers may be formed from the tact that two of the four compartments of the boiler alone weigh eighteen tons, and required fourteen horses to be em ployed in removing it from the factory to the wharf. THE LATE LORD WESTERN.—The mortal remains of this departed nobleman were removed yesterday from Felix Hall, near Kelvedon, Essex, fur interment in the family vault, a short distance from that seat. The Noble Lord, whose rental in the above county was about 9,0004 per annum, has left the bulk of this property to a distant relative. The Rev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart., is e.xecutor to the will. MAIL COACH ACCIDENT.—About twelve o'clock on Saturday night last, one of the wheels of the London mail coach going northwards, about a mile on the north side of the town of Shap, in the county of West moreland, gave way, but fortunately the accident was discovered before the coach was overturned, and on the driver pulling up it was found that the wheel was in a sadly damaged state ; the horses wore obliged to walk slowly to Penrith, a distance of ten miles, where they arrived upwards of three hours behind the usual time. There was not n conch in the town but the Darlington mail, into which the bags, luggage, a ad passengers were put, and after considerable delay proceeded on their Journey to Carlisle, where they arrirJd above four hours behind the due time. BRUSSELS, Nov. 9.—The Belgian schooner Fille d'Ostende, arrived at Antwerp the day before yester day from Villa Nova, with a cargo of figs and almonds. This vessel, which is built entirely of iron, had a very good and rapid voyage. The Chamber has confirmed to-day the debate on the proposed increase of the salaries of the judges. At the commencement of the sitting the Minister of Finance pre,sented a project of law relative to the public entrepots, and the Minister of the Interior one on the militia. The Minister of the Interior lib. nounced at the same time that he should present a project of law on the re-organisation of the civic guard. - BRUSSELS, Nov. 10.—The King who was expected at the palace of Lacken yesterday from Ardenne hill not arrive till Monday. Two sections of the Chamber of Representatives have been engaged in considering the treaty with the Zollverein, and have named their reporters. Both these sections (the second and the fifth) are favour able to the treaty. ST. PETERSBURGU, OCT. 19.—From the middle of June to the end of August, there were several bril liant combats of our army in the Caucasus, with the mountaineers in the northern part of Daghestan, in which our troops, always victorious, manifest the most heroic bravery. The results of this campaign shows that the foreign journals, which stated the con trary, have spread reports that were wholly false. We will mention only the action of the fort of Goloroin, which was attacked on the 28th of July by a body of 3,000 mountaineers. The fort had a small garrison, commanded by Lieu tenant-Colonel Jantschin. The enemy stormed three bastions. Jantschin, without losing his courage and presence of mind, retreated with two of his compa nions into the fourth bastion, in which was the powder magazine. There he waited for a favourable oppor tunity to make a sally, resolved to conquer or die. When the moment came he and his men sallied out with fixed bayonets on the enemy, who were so superior in number drove them from th e f ort, an d entirely d ra troyed diem in their flight. (?) We men tion also the march of the detachment of Daghestan to Zadacha, and the occupation of that place, in which operations they were constantly followed by numer ous enemies, whom they compelled to retreat, and took from them three cannons. Lastly, the occupa tion of Jelis, on the 15th of July, the action near Gilly, in which all our warriors gained glorious trophies by their distinguished bravery. Several of the officers have received the order of St. George of ,he fourth class, for their conduct on that occasion. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Batrams, Noy. D. JOSEPH WOLFF, NOTE BY CAPTAIN GROVER " An opinion appears to prevail that the King of Bokhara is beyond the reach of our vengeance ; I think, however, that I shall be able to show that he may be reached, and punished without difficulty. "Fearing that at the present day the question of ex pediency must be first discussed, I will endeavour to establish that point. "There is no principle in diplomacy more generally admitted than this :—The greatest injury —the greatest insult a nation can suffer, is the murder or imprison ment of an ambassador. " All jurists are agreed on this point, and I think no one would dare even to hint that it would be expe dient' that the British nation should submit to this degradation. "After the Cabul disaster, I am aware that it was not thought 'expedient ' to attempt to punish the mur derer of our envoy, but rather to save our rupees, abandon the prisoners to their wretched fate, and sa crifice the honour of the British army. " Now, my Lord, had this disgraceful decision been acted upon, I have no hesitation in saying the result would have been the ultimate loss of our Indian empire. " Have the rupees General Sale's expedition cost the nation been advantageously employed ? I am sure your Lordship will say, 'Had the cost been tenfold, the murder of the envoy ought not to have passed un avenged.' " Assuming, therefore, that it is ' expedient' to maintain the national honour, I will endeavour to show, how, in my humble opinion, this may be achieved. " The employment of a British force I place out of the question. " Your Lordship is aware that both Khiva and Kokan are at war with Bokhara. " I had the honour of submitting to your Lordship a letter from the Asof-ood-Dowlah, uncle to the King of Persia, Governor of Khorassan, from which it appeared that he had assembled between Mero and Meshed the most powerful tribes of Saralths, Mashal, Mero, &c., and that he was ready to march to Bokhara to punish the Ameer, with the permission of the Schar, if he had the authority of Great Britain. " The King of Bokhara being such a horrible tyrant, and considered by his sub,ects as a madman, they might possibly reflect upon Cabul, and save us the trouble of deposing him. " Now, the plan I propose is this : " England should proclaim to all nations her in tention of punishing the Ameer of Bokhara for the murder or imprisonment of her Ambassador, and to set at liberty all English, Russian,,and Persian slaves, the number of which is enormous. " To carry this resolution into effect, your Lord ship will only have to say the word to put a Persian army in motion. This army should be accompanied by a British officer, as her Majesty's Commissioner, and he ought to have one or two squadrons of British dragoons or Company's cavalry, with a few light guns as an escort, which would give an English cha racter to the expedition. In case of success (of which I can entertain no doubt), England would reap the honour—should it fail, of course the blame would lie with the Persians. " The expedition should be directed against the Ameer alone, our policy requiring that Bokhara should be strengthened instead of weakened. " I trust your Lordship will not consider me pre sumptuous in offering these remarks ; at all events, I feel that I am merely doing my duty ; and, in con clusion, I beg leave, through your Lordship, to make a tender of my dutiful service to her Majesty to be employed in any way in this glorious enterprise, al though I am sure your Lordship will find many officers quite as willing, and better qualified than I am.—l have the honour to be, &c., " JOHN GROVER, Captain Unattached. "I would send the British force from Bombay to Bushire dismounted, and purchase the horfel Persia." This proposition was declined by the Earl o 1 Aberdeen. „,,,„ ..., ANO THE; it -D READFUL COLLISION SINKING OF THE BRIG BLUNDELL OFF THE MAGAZINES. (From a Second tdition of the Liverpdtg I:Standard.) It is with exceeding s'ortow that we babe tigdin tti record opt' of tlicw casualties which have of late been of but too frequent occurrence, and which it would almost appear no human aid can avert. The Blundell, a fine brig, bound to Trinidad, started from this p or t on Saturday —and on putting back blunt in cntitact with the American ship Perenia; Mid kink althost immediately. 'the following particulars communi cated by the captain, Mr. Townsend, of the Blundell, will, we doubt not, be found interesting : The brig Blundell sailed from Liverpool for Trini dad on Saturday, at half-ebb, with wind about - 1 4 .1. N. W. At midnight the pilot left her, the 11. W. Light -ship bearing at the time S. by W. Stood on for two hours, and then stood towards the light. At two o'clock tacked ship, and stood four hours heading W. and W. iS. At eight o'clock made the Great Orms head ; wind light. About eight o'clock on Sunday night a breese sprung up from the northward and westward, which freshened till midnight, when a sudden gust carried away the jibboom. The hands were at the time reefing the maintopsail. At four o'clock made Lynas light, broad on the lee bow, distance about eight miles. Wore ship, and at half-past eight o'clock, the sea running tremendously high, and the ship labouring and straining dreadfully, carried away the foretop maststay and foretopmast, which, with all the gear, hooked the foreyard, and split the foresail to pieces. To save the vessel, the wreck was immediately cut away, when it was found necessary to keep the pu mps constantly going. St oo d on till twelve o'clock, head ing N.E., the wind still blowing tremendously in heavy gusts, when they spoke the fishing-boat Eliza and Betsy, which stopped by them. At ten o'clock passed the Rock Light; saw a ship to the eastward (the American ship Feronia), and a collision took place before there was time to clear her. The brig had a light up, and the watch was, we learn, on the deck o f th e F eronia. The Feronia's bowsprit hooked the mainmast of the brig, and her cutwater struck her just abaft the main rigging with such a tremendous crash that it carried away a great portion of her side. At half -past ten the brig was cleared from the ship, and almost immediately went down, head foremost, in 9i fathoms at low water. At this time the vessel was drifting bodily to le a ward. About four o'clock a man came on - boar ; t pilot, the N.W. Light-ship bearing about S , 04st:east a Quebec, and about twenty miles. Got the ship to we- A r ; t ti g h n t A.M., and ran her through the Victoria 'The hands had The Feronia was inward bound fror (Jhannel, - ' was anchored off the Magazines. ne Blundell be a' ad Higgiuson, and barely time to save themselves. T . longed to Messrs. Barton, Ham, is, we learn, fully insured in the I}larine Tn office. , _ • . , Aurance- The above letter was received open by Colonel Shiel at Tehran, and only reached me• on the sth instant. When Dr. Wolff wrote that letter he considered him self in great danger. Had its import been known to the Aineer, the good Doctor would have undoubtedly been sacrificed; he was, however, incapable of prac tising a deceit to save his own life, but was willing to offer himself up as a sacrifice to others. The circum stance of his sending this remarkable letter open, by averting suspicion, probably saved him. Many months previous to receiving the document, I thought it my dutpto address the following letter to the Earl of Aberdeen : " Army and Navy Club, Aug. 1, 1844. "My Lord—At the interview with which your;Lord ship honoured me on Saturday last, I was about to say a few words on the outrage committed by the King of Bokhara, when t we were interrupted by (I believe) the Chancellor of the Exchequer; I therefore presume to submit the following observations for your Lord ship's consideration : 1844, The Commissioner bought Three per Cents. Reduced this morning at 99i, the same amount being transferred as they took yesterday. Consols for Money have been at 1001 to 1001, while the only quotation for the Ac count is i per cent. above par. The premium upon Ex chequer-bills has fallen as 16w as 60s. Bank Stock has advanced from 2041 to 205 A-. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have fluctuated from 1011 to 104 In the Foreign Funds the business done this morning has not been to any extent. Spanish Consols have been sold at 24; the Three per Cents. at 354 b ; the Portu guese Converted at 551 to 54. In Belgic and Dutch Stock not much fluctuation has occurred to-day. Mexican Bonds have advanced, but Columbian ex Venezuelan are a shade lower than yesterday. The Share Market has been rather heavy to-day, and the prices in most instances are a shade lower. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock ..... •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ..... 205 204% 205% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99% 3 per Cent. Coniols. Arms New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities lO2 10Iji 10'2 itsi 4 A, Consol • for Account ----- 1004 Exchequer Bills. I%d. Il4d. 1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• - •••••••••..• 60 61 pm. 5001 ..•..........•............•,... •••••••••••• 62 .. pin. Ditto 5ma11.................... ...........• 62 — pm . Ditto Advertised........ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent....„„„..„...,,..„ B7sc, 88 Columbian Bonds. ........„....„,„,».........,„,., 1456 13% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ... ......... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 5 550A % Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent i 19 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840-- 24 Oitto Three per Cent. ••••••• ...... ••••« ......... •• 35% % Dutch 2% per Cents. ..... .......... ........... ..... Dutch 5 per Cents "..... 99% 46 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .........101 ..... .... to Ditto New ..„..........«....«, 1756 25'4 .. to Bristol and Exeter ....."... ..... ... 70 ..... Bristol and Gloucester...," ..... 30 ......... 35 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet 'Valley ... ..... ........." ..... 2 Eastern Counties ..-........... ..... 25 ........ 13%74 Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent... 21. 13s. 4d.... 7 1 Great Souther n and Western/ 5 8 (Ireland) % •...•• to Great North of England. lOO l2O to Ditto New ......................... 5 ........15 ... to Great Western ..... ................... 75 Ditto 56 Shares..... .... .. ....... 50 ....... London and Birminghlm. lOO ... .213 Dit o 4 Shares 2 ..""••• 24 London and Brighton .. ......... .... 50 ........ 4614% London and Greenwich ~... ..... 12% . . 976 London andfGreenwich (Pr e f erence ) 18 % London and Croydon Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Cent 2 ..... ~.. 2% ... to London and York 2% 2% to Midland ••..• ••••• ............ ..".... 100 ••••• ••.106 North British " 5 NO. 5 to Norwich and Brandon ............ 6 - Ditto New 1 2% to Sheffield and Lincoln Ditto — South Eastern and Dover ......... 33% New Ditto Scarboro' Branch .... ..... 10 Ditto Selby Scrip . Boulogne and Amlels MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 12.—We can not report any improvement to-day—business has been limited. Barnsley Junction, 51 9-16 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2i ; Churnets, 2 13 16 15-16 ; London and York, 2; ; Olieffield and Lincoln, 1i 13-16 ; South- Eastern, 42 ; Ditto ? New creation, 7i prem.; West Yorkshire, 84 prem. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Back SW'La.." ..... ex div i 05 - 3 per Cent. Red 99 3 per. Cent. Cons. 334 per Cent. Red — New 3% per Cent. ....... New 5 per Cent...... ....... Long Annuities io expire lan. WO l2 Oct. 1859 ll% Jan. letiO Indian Stock. FOREIGh Ditto Bonds £l,OOO pm. Ditto under .£l,OOO BO pm. 1 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d Ditto 5001. ..... 62 pin. Ditto Small 62 pm. Bank Stock for Acct — Consols for Act. looq India Stock for Acct — N FUNDS. $ l3 Russian 5 per Cent ..... itto,Metallic .... ........ ... 'Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840. ..: 24 ditto, 1841 ........... ........ Ditto, 1842......... ....... . Ditto, 1843. — Ditto, 1844 Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct — French, 5 per Cent.,...... —t — c. French, 3 per Cent....... —f —r. Exchange ... ........... ... —.f —C. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto,:s per Cent.... RES. I Austrian, D per Cent — Belgian, 5 per 102 U Brazilian! Bonds — Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Cuba Bonds, 6 . ,pe1• Cent — Chilton, per Cent ..... Ctiltittiblan, 8 per Cent Pahteiii3 per Cent .... (heels, 19:.9, 9 per Cent — Mexican, 5 pet Cent 35% Neapolitan 80 . nd5,5 per Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per it Bristol and Exeter (70 paid), ter and Holyhead ( bpi CiiiitnCt Valley, g paid..., Direct Northern, .44 paid .., 71 rid) 5 116 2 .. Eastern Counties (20 paid) .. ... - 13 Ely and Bedford, 1 paid Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Fifths, 12 paid London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 6 London and Greenwich (12t. 15s. 4d. rid) 9% London and South Weste rn (411. 6s. lid . paid) 74 London and York, 2% paid 2% Lynn and Eli, 1 4 paid Midland (100 paid) South Eastern and .Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Trent Valley, 2 paid 7% York and North Midland (50 paid) Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 79 Boulogne and Amiens ' 2 paid ...... ..... . Orleans and Vierzon, 2p•iid 94 Orleans, Tours, and flourdeaux, 1 paid /arils and Orleans (20 paid)... Paris and Rouen. 21) p aid DUKE DE LA VICTORIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, With reference to the mendacious statement in the Paris lithographic sheets, regarding the alleged de parture of the Duke do la Victoria_from London, on his way to Spain, permit me to mention that I have just had the honour of paying a visit to his Grace, at his residence, Abbey Lodge, Regent's Park. and I am happy to say he is ire the enjoyment of e-xcellent health. I also beg leave to state, that at the very time when, according to these apocryphal and malignant accounts, it had been given out that the Duke was confined to his house by indisposition, as a cloak for his clandestine de parture for Spain, his Grace (being in perfect health) did me the honour to conic to see me, when I was labour ing under the effects of a dangerous illness ; and that, ever since, scarcely a day has passed in which I have not been indebted to him for those kind inquiries, and kind acts, which all who have had the advantage of being pe r . sonally known to his Grace are aware are as characteris- tic of him in his private relations, as are all the noble and high-minded qualities in his public station, as a distin guished soldier and a patriot. To my certain knowledge, the Duke de la Victoria has not been absent from London for twenty-four hours since his arrival, about fifteen months ago. You insertion of this refutation of one of those " in famous and daily inventions," which you have so justly censured, will oblige, Sir, yours respectfully, AN ENGLISHMAN. Es.—l send you my name and address, which lam sure you will consider to be a sufficient guarantee of the correctness of the above statement. MONEY AND c(IIIMERCIAL CTY, WEDNESDAY Ett:timo. The Stock Market lea s off rather worse than it was in the morning, Cent;ol being 1001 sellers, both fur Montt) , alit' Times Bat?: Fitoek has been 2048 to 205 i. The New Three-and-a-Qatter per Cents. hate obtained 1018 to 102 k, and the Thte per Cents. 99i to 99g. EK chequer Bills dropped t 0595. premium, and East India Bonds to 83s. and 80s. primium. The Foreign Sectiritie: *erC generally heavy also. Spanish Five per Cents. it 23:1 to 24 ; the I .fhree per Cents. at 358 ; Portuguese Converted at 55; Brazilian, New, at 84 ; and Mexicanat 35 ,1. Belgian Stock has been at 102 i. The additional iraniacibns iii Railway Shares have been these :-Bristol and Exeter were 1 ; Chester and Holyhead, ; ChurnetVallty, ; Dublin and Galway, ; Ely and Bedford, s ; Great North of England, 19 ; Great Western, 62 ; Ditto, Fifths, 13 I South-Western, 33i to 324 ; London and York, - 1 . ; Lynn and Ely, 1 j ; Midland, 5 South-Eastern, 9 ; Trent Vall e y, :4 ; York and North Midland, ma, • 30i ; Boulogne and Amiens, 24 ; Orleans and Vierzon, 7 ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 2# 4 ; Paris and Orleans, 19 4 1, ; and Paris and Rouen, 184 4 premium. Direct Northern have been to ; and Blackwall, 101 ; and Greenwich, 38 dis. (Froir Th e Sun of Last Night.) At Liverpool yesterday, about 5,000 bales of Cotton were sold at steady prices. Mid American was scarcer and firm. Speculators took 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to 6d.; The other sales were 500 Maranharn, at 44d. to 51d.; and 700 Surat at 21d. to 3-441. ; the rest being American at 31d. to 54. per lb.-Shares were dull, except some of the French lines. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1014 ; Bristol and Gloucester, It. I.ls. 4 d.1 Caledonian, 4/. Is.; Chester and Holyhead, 5 1 1 ; Churnet Valley, 3; Eastern Counties, 134 ; Great Western, Fifths, 154 ; Lancaster and Preston, 45i ; Liverpool and Manchester, 202 f ; Ditto, Half, 104 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter; 241 ; London and York, 2/. 16s. 3d ; Manchester and Leeds, 108 ; Midland Counties, 1/. 185. 9d. ; North Union, 140 •, Sheffield and Manchester, 96 ; Shrewsbury and Grand June...on, 54; South-Eastern, 38i; Lyons and Avignon, 2/. 1 ls. to 2/. 12s. 9.1. ; Paris and Lyons, 31. ls. 6d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 3/. 16s. 6tl. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 748 -I. There no late accounts in the City this morning frost, New South %Vales and Van Diernen's Land, but their contents are not of very general importance. The ex clusive system appears to be adopted as respects stran gers being present in the Legislative Council. And it is somewhat singular that, at the last meeting of that body, as reported in the Sydney Herald, a member (formerly connected with the Press of London, and once on the Sun, moved that " strangers be ordered to withdraw." While here the party was a strong stickler for open dis cussion, but, as the saying goes, "circumstances alter cases"-and our well-known friend having advanced himself to the dignity of a member of the Council (by rare talent let it be observed), now is an apostle to the secret system. The markets of Sydney were pretty steady. A large amount of business bad been transacted in spirits. A very strong apprehension was entertained that there would be a scarcity of shipping, the arrivals from India, en route for India, having fallen off considerably. As the stocks of goods at Sydney were large, and credit not good, arrivals from England for some time to come -at least in any numbers-was considered out of the question. The stores for colonial produce for shipment to this country were rapidly accumulating. The state of the London wool market last received out was considered as most satisfactory. The clip was ex pected to be considerably above an average, but if ships could not be had to receive it on board, the markets here for the staple will in all probability be advanced. From Swan River we learn that the colonists were turning their attention to the cultivation of the vine moat sedulously, and ere long the exports of wine, of a quality far superior to the Cape, is a matter of certainty. From Port Philip we learn that the manufacture of Tallow, by boiling down sheep, was incre as i ng rapidly--not far short of 50,000 sheep had been boiled down at Sealong (Port Philip) in about ten months. SUMMARY OF NEW AND PubUr Optnton. " Who runs may read." PORDIGN. The Paris Potrie contains the following;—" It " that the Ministry, warned by the unanimous re tions of the press, is disposed to relax its rigour re:r it in.' the seventeen pupils of the Polytechnic Scheel , the Commission has proposed to expel, and thtats,%o amnesty, on the occasion of the Duke d'Aumale e l e riage, is to open the doors of the school to thelpw days after the return of their comrades, which rm place towards the 15th or 18th of the month.".lr The Toulonnais mentions a report that Geller moriciere is to act as Governor of Algeria dais% absence of Marshal Bugeaud, who is expected 10 soon in France. A letter from Tangiers of the 30th ult. mentions , 0 port that Abd-el-Kader, after having taken ret Melilla, one of the Spanish presidios on the or e % Morocco, had withdrawn to the south, to avoid th e $ cution of the orders communicated to him by t he peror. The Comm; re says, the Government, after 11s laid its hands upon 129,000,000 of deposits . 1 ' Savings' Banks, is about to take 100,00, 0 0 0 , and to provide by legislati ve means against to, s _de by the Treasury in a mo me nt of crisis, when W e aitors might call for reimbursement. During the last month, the consumption of ° I Paris was 6,070 ox e n, 1,495 c ows, 6,044 caloe, e ' l ,o o' l 37,445 sheep ; being 116 oxen, 254 cows, 41 sheep less, and 537 valves more, than in Octobe r, Four youths, of from seventeen to twenty-004J of age, were tried on Saturday, by the Tribunal 04i; rectional Police, for having been guilty of gross P o e duet in mocking and insulting a funeral procession' ing a bacchanalian song to the notes of the fundis, and throwing stones at the mourners. 1 0 trial they expressed great contrition, and one 0!,„), priests who accompanied the procession recomrs;i, them to the indulgence of their judges. They e'e r finedeach, without ievrisonment. woe A report has been reeeivetl from M. Petit, / .charged by the French Government with the hottle . ol ral experiments at th e M arquesa s. He states t . ,,h10t the plantations of cabbage, carrots, !urnips, s beans, pease, salads, tobacco, sugar-cane, te e ' ace apples, coffee, &c., h ave succee d e d admirably, as many as three crops of tobacco are obtained ar o- 0 The clerk of a commercial house at Marseillee n i, was arrested a short time a g o f or the forgery of I Ist dorsement on a bill o f exc h ange f or 290/. sterlio_,,g' committed suicide in prison. A s u m of 4,50011, 17,10 the proceeds of the f rau d, were f oun d u p on him 1/h e was arrested. The Duke de Leucht en b erg arr i ve d a t Munich ci ii etl4 r ,' 4th inst. Until his return to St. Petersburgh Pe w side alternately at Munich and Eichstadt. We learn from the German Universal Gazet t l i 3O Mr. Holman, th e ce l e b ra t e d bli n d t rave ll er , is norirpek country of the Lower Danub e . a ft er h av in g vis.,indyfo matia, Bosnia, and W a ll ac hi a . H e i s t o visit .M°' and Transylvania before he returns to England. LAW AND POLICD. At Guildhall, Cath e rin e B enne t, a wonian . . e ,,S thirty-six years of age, wa s c h arge d w ith intereaqi) commit suicide at Blackfriars-bridge about one s c t 0 in the morning. Aft e r some i nqu i r i es Si r Peter P r iv said he would consider whether he would send 0 0 0 soner to trial upon the present evidence, and re° her till Thursday. st All Baron Moritz Dam Vander Plotte r an individu held an appointment i n th e l a t e Ki ng o f S ax ony's htl f i4, hold, was charged at Marlborough-street, with 0 0 obtained, by means of a f rau d u l en t c h eque , the 0 0 10 21. from Muns. Den eu l a i n , t h e p ro p r i e t or o f the 0 0 i O O6 Provence, Leicester-square. The charge led to ° Abe investigation, when Mr. Hardwick asked the flattop, had evidence, lett e rs, or d ocumen t s to s h ow that u; 0 01 0 , any real foundation for asser ti ng th a t money o .l ° shortly reach him from the continent. The Bars° o 4 he had letters to sh ow th a t h e was j us tifi e d in ses e that he would sho r tly rece i ve rem it tances . The la g eir gation was adjourned. d e At Lambeth-street, Francis Palmer, a man 0 , e e s ji4 manly manners and address, was charged with st e er „ o a silver watch, the prop er ty o f M r . J o h n T. Series 'r' cornchandler, in Church-lane, Whitechapel. Thadthit soner, who seemed a good deal affected, admits °d b guilt, but said that dire po ver ty an d th e want of 5 0 alone had driven him to the act. His father, b e 0 10 had been for ma n y y ears an ex t ens i ve builder 101 Common Councilman for the City of London, 0, In „ go 0 3 left him, at his death, both a good p ro perty and " 0 business. Mr. Henry o b se r ve d th a t the case w o e melancholy one, and remanded the prisoner, to giv e to inquire into the truth of his statement. t th e At Worship -street, A nn M'C ormac k, a servant su r f' house of Mr. J. G. d e Sil va , Ki ng -street, Fin s fro st square, was cha r g e d w ith s t ea li ng . a sovereign iros Leah Abrahams, her fellow servant. The c harge,i i e completely proved, but in the course of the inve°7o lion, it appeared, that the theft was as no thiag moral point of view, in comparison with the ° psi crimes of which the prisoner had been guilty. Sh e tfil actually decoyed away a child ten years of age , daughter of her mast er f rom h er h ome, sa d 0 , 00 to sell her to an old p rocurers for ten guineas, to de t,/ her to a life of infamy, and in order to procure La° 11 ;;;Ie0 carry this diabolical scheme into effect she W l ' s tb e the sovereign from her f e ll ow - servant . Fortunal7oo absence of the child was discovered immediately. was made, and she was rescuer' from the horrible l e B eJ which the prisoner would have consigned her. i t o its appeared that the prisone r h a d en d eavoure d, but U. e te to induce the nursemaid in her master's service W brace a life of prostitution. She was remanded. ...as et a. 7t• t? btalcoza isaa,:wat. It 1 ° The Duke of B uc ki ng h am , w h o arr i ve d last we e o e, Buckingham House, Pall-mall, fora few days, frorn s lo has returned to that splendid seat. His Grace,. W l ' 'err in the event of th e new A us t r i an Mi n i ster PleniP: o oo tiary, Count Dietrichstein, not occupying P l ace ) House, intends to let it, and not remove, as h a Me et stated, a ith his establishment from Buckingham which has has been recently re-embellished. j a . The Earl and Cou n t ess o f L ove l ace , an d their il l 0. who are at present at Ashby Court, Somerset, fi r , t o 9 pected to re turn to O c kh am P ar k , near Ch er t s ef, end of the present month. n irti The Ea r l an d C ountess o f Li nco l n h a d a dinner r on Monday evening at their residence in 1 01° 1/0; place. A mong th e com p any were Vi scoun t ancid sod countess Canning, Lord and Lady M a hon, Lor , v d Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigbo Mr. Bonham. • ,y; q corn t The Countess Poul.at, accompanied by '"A i nef, Hinton, arrived in town on Saturday from "If j ercl Castle, and has since left for Downhana, the seat 0 , and Lady W. Poulett. nde fl The Duke of leeds has arrived at the Cla .h re re , Hotel, from H o rnby C as tl e , near C atter i c k, Yorkee l tp ato The Lord President, Lord Wharncliffe, is exP e4 „„7tief arrive in Curzon street, on Monday next, front II"' =rite /33.Z.111.15t MOT.* It C o les ° The candidates of the Rectorship o f Glasgow for the ensuing year, are the Earl of Eglinton an drew Rutherford, Esq., M.P. for Leith. f the On Tuesday morning, M r . Gilpi n , a Master ‘..Mayor Merchant Tailors' C om p any , i ntro duced by 7,; c ier General Dyson, waited on ,ir Henry Pottinger the him the freedom o f th at company, w hi c h has P c ' -- 5 0 first mark of mercantile approbation bestowed °P Henry. been On comparing the taxes paid in Belgium, it P . : found that the averag e o f th e sums p a id by Wu p d in vidual is less than in France, in the Netherland s, 1- ; for England. For Belgium, it is 19f. 86c. per ilea m ,, for France, 30f. 63c. ; for th e N e th er l an d s; 39f. 63 f; Oa England, 56f. For the duties of Customs, Ex i c io ;;;; s2 i ; for general consu m pti on , th e average i s a s fo For Belgium, less than 81. ; for France, more than l oot for the Netherlands, more than 16f. 69c. ; for Bng_ more than 38f. ,fig of Mr. O'Connell has given notice that, at the meet f o r the Repeal Association on the 25th, he will brinf, ward a motion for an application t o Parliament , 1 1 ) „' t he impeachment of th e p ersons p r i nc i pa lly co ncerned r'ider late monster persecutions, and in particular to ° P I of deliberately the propriety of addr e ssing the Pl r :iog Great Britain, in order to procur e their aid in en'q" The on Parliament the necessity of such an impeachinel° repeal rent for th e wee k amoun t e d t o 8381. 16s. 3u• o r The Directors of the Dublin a nd Drogheda CemP ott have presented the Rev. Mr. M a th ew with a free Pas s their railway. void The County Life Insurance-office has offered a lb' or of 100/. for the apprehension of parties suspected uth• ing set fire to the premi ses a t Coxside, riP l by The tanning premises of Messrs. Tanner, destrofewoi fire on Friday morning, were heavily insured in tb e of England Insurance offices. tbe Then seor Queen's Counsel in years' standi n g - 1 0 bar is Sir C. Wetherell ; th e j un ior Queen's CoU nee " point of time at the bar, is Mr. Roebuck. b o a° Some of the Radical Paris pap e rs have becoln e The to Mr. O'Connell, and would turn him into ridiculers.„ Reforme states, that a distinguished statuary and cl/r u ell turist is about to m a k e a cas -, re presenting O' CiSl n sil holding a to rc h i n hi s r i g ht h an d, an d in his left r of cold waterthe . An e , xtraordinary quantity of rain has metropolis and neighbo u rh oo d w ithin the last t'weroi four ho urs . U p to t h e h our of go i ng to press the 00 continues %ithout i n t erm i t s i on , with a strong W. I. f r the west. fallen gloy, DEATH FROM CHOYING BY A PIECE OF --gritI BIB P: Tuesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Princ e f Samuel Globe.road, Mile-end Ncw , -town, oz . • Samuel Knox, aged sixty e; ht - Elizabeth WI of No. 13, York street M• 'g ) "'l's. , a daughter , Mile-end New-town , , e ,ting of deceased, deposed that on Saturday last be was i n his dinner, which consisted of beef and mutton stew. fit the midst of his repast he was suddenly seized with 6/ r , of her with of coughing. Witness, with the assistance took him immediately into a back yard, when , fincling was apparently choking and turning black in the face,ho she went for Mr. Todd, a neighbouring surge"' " c i . e • on the bogy o promptly attended. Mr. Todd stated that he found pu t ceased quite insensibl e a s if from suffocation. Il e ile his fingers down his throat, but could find nothing. passed a candle down his oesophagus then cess, but upon a second trial with his fingers he fou . u." .. the top of the trachea introducing Ill' open, and upon f 60011, fingers he succeeded in d • drawing out a piece o g . A the about two inches in length, which had lodge , . e av windpipe. Death almost immediately ensued., ''';', i l l; peared that deceased was in the habit of " Nuti e g be f o re food instead of prorerly masticating it. Twice re he had nearly met with a similar death. The jury „ .. a turned a verdict of " Accidental death by choking wil u without sue; piece of meat." 1