The Sun. — London, England, 1851-10-23 00:00:00

silii-----,----_______ ----, litw To N \Tall II'iTELLIGENCE. ! I .e ihtid " ' h is t o , l e, li MN 111 E if , lING-..--WEDNE:DAY. . 0 save hi a • - "vo s'';' , . caen, and 20 added, second 4 ' l ' 3 . iiab l ,) . ' t ake. Twu miles, over Six hurdles. (3 ns tr• Raiding's Bo , i ii i. J . w che .I al Blue, 5 yrs ,lo3 t7ib(Wainwright) 1 Alma, 4 yrs, 16st 511/...(Livesey) 2 to, godeivton A r g 2 5 ..,_, Iv nilin Scramble Handicap of 3 %ova. each, 11r;!, (to Sub 'utied; second to save his stake. Half a mile. . 1 41. • 9 . .. kr, 840t,',1 s,.eliiirrialier West, 4 yrs, Bst...(Cowap) 1 ..kr,'ltir ali : v: raiek, 4 yrs, Bst 61b al. Evans) 2 "' kw . n. ",.n o 3 f, by Tcuchstone, 3 yrs, 7st2lb(Dickson) 3 qik t ... co '' ....1 hnson's -Duabury, 4 yrs, 881 (P. Clark) 0 it kr, Go o Johnson's Little Archie 73t 81b.. (Brentwood) 0 ~ t62.1.•'-swe4:ll4...Sueilerr,r;myrasi,a3,t3B.rish ..(Aspnall) 0 7st 21b (Atherton) 0 The s outh ~ _ ‘ Won easy. . I , m) 084, h ftiAncasnire Sieepi.ehase Stakes of 15 SOTS. a.. a , .IMerl,. v' o ' ta d t , bree, only if declared, with 100 soya. air, titi,s-' ur miles. (22 Subs., 9of whom declared.) tkr. Ti4"anj.phte Nip, 5 yrs, 93t 9.b (11arrison) 1 r 'k 11 , m s Isia ,c) aged, lost 101 b (Neale) 2 r, Booth's kr, Al , 'weap on ~, ge lOst 2lb A, P. Niel ,na r eter Simple 11 t 21b (Archer) 0 ; i r k; . m;ihew'roing'hatp.or.lu:bus, ageei, list GA u - d . ingwood 0_ . 14'4.1 1();13?' . . a ged, 9.t 91b (J. Evans) u i t'. -..b/e B eilit ig s t half a length.' /qkrl,_ 4, 1tt., !Iles of 5 60VS. each, 3 ft, and 30 added. .• Pe kve L . 0 .0! mile and a quarter. (6 Subs.) ''''' , Cia,,,,h, a 4 “t ‘.. at, Byre, 93t 3,b (Frost) 0 0 1 1 Ortil i r. No 7 aladeli, 7st 21h (Dickson,) 1 0 2 2 4 lir. WhitZ.Cpserpt, 4 yrs, 9't 4:b is kt..W., illia a ,„„ ,b O O by Jereed, 9it 71b 0 2 0 dr , - tedoh,,_. "." 1 ' af by A.ntelope, 7st 51b 2 0 dr •-• '''-‘,•:''' Azi7ll.° DuXbury, lOst 21b (Evans) 3 dr NET S ‘ Ol IN ft oft ' 4 - 1 qtlit tE ~,, tiler. The winner sold for 28/ ;tado;•/,' CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. ''4 ..1 1 The TUESDAY. ;..),4 ,olip e r r b a Great Western Cup. , I,_•se tt „ 4 „. oe u bt Mr. Miller's Magic. .iiir,.,,t4-11,4'•ZPUdence bt Sir J. Boswell's Magic , . • ; liir. ,,'s tillai k , h ,'Perinieat bt Major Clowes's Cashoo. Ab l tiler a t tro 4 Sabah° bt Mr. Bigg's Bonfire. i,r 4 ebb's L IP i l'Y bt Mr. W. Longs Lady Melnotte. t V . 4 _ ~mu bt ki r i „, _ , ~, 1 ic ww 4 11 4 E xtli . • te,unuali a Comanche. Its, coy, wL . .1101' bt Mr. Hole's Eagle. Vie' Pa t ecord bt Mr. Reed's Run-on. . iii4 . °4 l4 lat, L ay Reeds bt Capt. Wyndham's Woralia. t . b aas arai ,,e 4 vess bt Mr. Randall'a Rachel. kil, (rtu l 4ll , d Lil 3' bt Sir. Holmes's Motley. y,tp.holtael,: Rhode lat Mr. Morant'a Merry Boy. )4 'ON, r., 4 l ) flons bt Captain Wyndham's Vivid. 11,.. h g t'le' t 1 " ") . body bt Mr Psxley's Beware. I --i. qi ggi'il l o b ia l qe 3 4 bt Mr. Riley' s . Scholar.. . f t :.,, p . , lite Belle bt Mr. Morant's Miriam. 8irp.(14,,,5a, Druid Cup. kr, r_'Breistii`. ttuCaptain Wyndham's Weed. . llitri„sreh",! zzle'rnWalsh's Weazel. 040,..',414,410,4, Lobster bt Mr. Barnard's Backward. :,.. 44 ' . . i .1-7 1 :7di 8 r8 b .ii.t rt : e it r ty liflo bt Mr. Miller's Cobra. ''. kt% erase, Mr s Whiff Whiff bt Mr.Rendall's Six Shooter. Brown bt Mr. Reed's Rushlight, • l ikil li . lt reue t s , 6 ,`.' e ' , l3g Bird bt Mr. Powney's Fan. t g e,_ oti t rtletr a B' 4 , 4 Nz bt Mr. Bowles's Cashmere. :9, O R eiatit ,e ,'urtle bt Mr. Longman's Lion. 4' e i• . e wt eap' "ettY Martin bt Major Clowes'a,Courier. r. ,1:, 4 1's t tiet°4l lll bt Major Clowes's Compact. 0,12,4's '(/„ 4 :YPI bt Mr. Rendall's Gift. i t iron ,:..rt aint ht . . kil l 8 LlZ z i e c Ybt Mr. Loder's Lady. 11;1) 4 4:'sm ' ' , eat Mr. Bowles's Falsetto. ~stp*. h. erryto.., 4; weii. /ift .bt Capt.Wyndham'sWhite Rose. i.. ReWk k „„ever bt Mr. Riley's Reaction. ''!!e,,/ ? "14. r lIEETING—TUESDAY. ' 6l ,,,,,Yseti's p, , The Derby. . ttr,/i304'8 p o ' gri ut bt Ir, Gillett's Goldfinder. ' 4 4. li () ; 14(1 's L ' T e r bMr. Hill's Hippopotamus. I.o4,ll4solZr"Lor the Isle bt Mr. Dobede's Dux. 44. ljt ic ,_wOrtC 1 ,:e bt Ur. Finch's Cadland. • "'"worth, Yard bt Mr. Moody's Dutchman. li p. , 8 Bridegroom ran a bye. ' k t , Zill't IL The Cun l it kr .A 4 4e , ,d.ct k ,, , l3 tk i M , , r. BuckwOr . th's Bolingbroke. 'l:,4to'i's D o t h e'd bt Mr. Buckworth'a Beeswing. los' 4 8- POr " Mr. Round's Linda. Nr..biilM4e4r4tlber bt Mr. King's Repute. '.' 4 . It o 8 trin e Ott bt Mr. Gillett's Great Northern. :14• . •• 4 1:14' 'T. le tta tat m le. 0 ...., • .41 0 4/, r. Moody', Regent. tiii,k . , r ran bye. h t ' Itaao,tortie's Br Oaks. /(' tat" Led I ,elida bt Mr. Fyson's Flexible. ' ? ' 1 Ye t Yetrd bt Mr. Moody's Rosemary. 4 1'1,4 1 )ea„, 114 Bar* •tia,; l lNlLY bt Mr. Gillett's Glenluce. - '14,14,"4 Lash al 4 bt Mr. Hill's Harmless. ' 14. e . : -'.• S ' I b t bt Mr. kiill's Highland Lass. k tiii.„ Mr. Dobede's Delicate. ./41,itlit 11 .4 La m I :be Port Stakes. It rtrit'il . et b's 1Z bt Hill's Dart. ‘ 1 1 , 1044 inia a ,7 40 11 bt Mr. Moody's Rowena. ' 4 '!sh, 4 tl t :t Mr. Gillett's General. • ‘-,-ii'V . - -aeon 0' •'t , , te tot bt Mr. Buckworth'a Blackberry. 1 „‘ • ' • 1141 bt Mr. Dobede's Donald. tro„ ' i•., ; ti .. WEDNESDAY. 61 I,46s<fia The Derby. • F'. time b t /ard bt Frank Holyoake bt Bride -1)4_14t _ Lord of the Isle, Locksley ran a bye. 44414 k ' , The Cup. l'' ' 144 e k bt Dot, Henrietta bt : Fearnought, It's ND g r . _t T. ' . ..orerunner ran a bye: sends Ties - %bt 4 Doi Oaks. • • p i _ eel. eat bt Ladybird, Berry bt Laura, t tad "t Tie s ,_ 4 4 1 , 1 l' Elet Port Stakes. 6 . % by e. °L uta bt Damson, Regina bt Bashful, k DA -.4. b-e e d l „ . 44 plio a a I),„ in "' Mining Stakes. ' ' 4 l4' P6%ii,c't,Mr. Gillett's Great Northern. j j , °l . ch'. g l : Qt M. Hill's Highland Lass. ql V -____ °Hllbroke bt Mr. Dobede's Dance. E R A_ ------ W 'e profs,ON- - INTELLIGENCE. ICti, --iDt›,-, 61 8 0r . " 4 - , , OCT. 22. I e' els (31. ) VI iit Political I? 4 6 .. 1 .re ttd • hi d , Economy (Mr. Nassau IVO pi 1 ' 4) 0, h, °llver seven lectures this term in it, it ttl e s iCk ,, k ) ala t l innin g . on Monday, the 27th inst., 14 4 'lt N 1 111 i ts _ c()n tIIIIIing his course each day l vell) viliah t,;(),43pletion, at the same hour. tie,,ekl43,PPoPoBe, t : e seor of Astronomy (Rev. Baden th„"4 ai t i t e2t, the b egin a course of lectures on r rtar ° dea• 2801 inst at two o'clock. Gen -441 N or ire t o tr al) th at his h ouse are requested to call on POL: I., te e 25th, b et 4BB in New College-lane, on 44a to Cr s Reader .ween two and three o'clock. WI Oeto,n3rnaa„ill Anatomy (Dr. Acland) pro kttte4lll.liti e ut h r . 3l: ll e t n z is :text course of ectures on Fri tol_ Ith e ' l st eh u° P.m. in the anatomical mu ttililke upB4 leeturet:rch• All those who propose to 14atel!te prlY6ioloß I and require certificates, or intend bats' hi t tr thedi ci4 ' and their first examination, or are e eli 1 „44-stree't are requested to call on Dr. Ac- I st t li r ; L lt ta f f 4 O d tt p t .. 4 ): scla "inursday, the 30th Oust., od • Rat )th a. tio ' 4 fter e rector o f T • ,711) bpi, is tt, as ill Li ncoln College, died . th..,,ahi "e colie ill of some months, at his shi p the : 0 1; Dr. Radford was elected to kei to by a il I '4e t o , ue ge 111 834, on the death of 0 14. chi sBe tiler rector. He was much be ......... 2 for his affable and kind de ,‘,,.44 li 4 cgon -4 tYt t , 4 4 4 th e ~, tte ;,1t.04 ,„1‘ of r•wilic A. tt or ENGLAND AND IRELAND. 16,411,1•6111ragutes ' I. "! of . last session was one to repeal I 4 ght t , Of fl , ', elating to the Irish branch of the 4 1 4 A e co gland a t i t ltad . rt 1 ,, lisoh ‘t nii Ireland, in order that such t tta ~,,- N . ; Passza - ~..e tt and amended. In.the same ses • 'tb ""ats a ' 4 gest '''Pecting ecclesiastical residence in of the session, eitending k at a l ie to Irei, Act to 24 toe 4 1 t h ad. Niti, ilt th e %h er 0 , attt• :al el, 1 04 at 8 ` the National Society's peper ei rt ti l , ti ias tit of L the National Chelsea,has received an k'"lio ye, fr 10rist ef ficiene ' hogoig c'l bye 4 rk Il i Y an d Power in the election ot 41 : 0 1 3 . e tliat P ri a e 3; ll e exPensea necessarily incurred are , tt i s or a ants earned by four of the students, choir at the Church of St. Barnabas, er-441 !oh m i, Ish a i o ,.. formed frona the mother parish of St. 1 40 11 t °I. the '.l". i, iti 'il E4 r i will ah .., I, ec otl aite d ~,of el ate , u two codicils of the Right o tii. It . or r ;king dorn ~_Ol Ireland, and Baron Fitzgibbon, h;;!4hipit,„_44terbo., has been granted by the Preroga iotoitatilt,:ttitil:titot:::::l4tieetistiesci,ttttut exec rYlee z t a o einc h atir i tg s rei s x i s t i F o r ; the i t f R a i p g d h t t oHo whomn . La n d i y s portion o e ihis property, the igkt,P4tol 44.,end ,4 d the furniture together with i tioh °l TO as annul, the diamonds w 2 hicti were his , 1 4 1 !e,,` , to klierary a „,,,ty of 1,300/. chargeable upon his Zol,ipclittho v7,.heirio_Lirnerick, The furniture at Mount 414ilithlwri'ti? 7t r i s k *__ :Ale _last codicil, bearing same " nr lat 4. o ll. . 1 ,7 1 1 g he io 1 " 1 , 1 , 1 8?1, is entirely in his Lnrd g legacies to many of les 4t , t ter. ure are anntlitieS and legacies h allo to his dPlllj, are N tttt6l / 1 - 17 t : t t h ti l l pPr'esia:nera for trial Si the county gaol !,tk t 4 44 1 e cOUtit tit 4lieliaelnias essions, a fact highly 4 ror 4 .-s -i n Y• 41'ilit,'",, ;(31.!°tfoi;i13t.°4,11hra„lit!raryf criticism s of yesterchy .A, ci,liation," for . reviewers" IstetT r 4 iket'' ""treetaeT/ tIIN ta 4 4c Ibtl e" " fat a recorrected, " for "Jug" 4 , kr . 11 4 -, UOUS. ci tV e 'e by .rtz 4T th c r Y 00,,, t he kin, ING•it appears, by a calcu -Kik ,zlti,, .4, 0 , .er of Stevens's edition of Shakspere, t44.s,the"(3.l3iecesPag°°f that work, text and notes,contain s (t hi ' l3n.. 1 At ••ta ---s., which in a sheet amounts to IN 6 et a Menacing of a n 146,41 0 , le (if ~, With „ . .Y one of which would inevitably o,,giiteglit 1r p r i ot . Lula curious fact before us, the ac "lo4itNs ofL o re f reet ing, in general, is to be admired, and h A t (a +oree ins eet Y to be pardoned than the fastidiou s v t , etb t gerghir eye of certain critics has allowed.- 4 40, It t To e. k tk Aer ,_Th, A AN E„,„ lo ' 'qu i „, - xtne r i e -.GRA.NT SHIP.KINCISTOWN, -thei nit eiti2,44 ...6blP James Wright, S. Clarke, eiel'. las etev en - ; 11(1 " 3, for New York, grounded on the f ti k 1' to -.er e .._ 0 clock this naorning two hours before tt1 i , t1 1 : 9 4 4 v , i tt .4. 4 , wniC4,l,4ha fresh breeze on at S.S.W., but for pikl,4o,, toeLoceedea°._barbout:-master, Lieutenant T Hut t% t,,, , Uks, h e .us p re ,, ar , o, the ship in pilot-boat No. 3, and Di i 4 tl . tk * Of , i ": ) °k a r i ,, ! ( . 1 to eightsasistance if required at * lt at 4 0 4 et oi ght p ilo ,,.at and men in addition to the 0 01 ,21% ail. ? had been On arriving at the vessel it was 11 :,!It i:(141 Off ii the 1, bon by the master of No. 1 t 1 444, tcbi a with the . 1 1 3 did not strike with severity she OOtai si, %,1 1 ion, i, 41d other sails before 3 r.m. Lieute ttitt4v:e4 there or aid to satisfy himself, had the pumps t N e , 3 ria a i trY assurre-f.und fifteen inches of water. The !Ok I, I bis th Nty. , r ,, 4O Le that he would pat back if the lk:,4t, oR.ANAII:Irits an d float an.d passengers were in the st obedtent. J 0 '41, 4.1;, 4 th,' e • - •-•G eor 0 11 ' 1 5;i 1 ha:. 41( 4100 10 g° Deacon, a religious enthu -4:k„s!ntotill_tiß er4!4o, known in Ya-rnouth as "'lb, 4 0 4 , to t, it : createdin, a disturbance by his ravings ei r ,l 4 l th:it Of th eare ot hruer to escap e from the police wh. S t I • I t % godi e '.ltlai g h7 ll. tie de Oared that he was the ji tl 44 W 4, , atm ~ y, that the Bible told him to " flee 4n . 4 t wen. ( '" I Y b, Luat it was impossible that he could V,.,q1 to n N q ..- abl e t .E . , great exertions that some men who i i 4, 4 4 4 1 s i l reS eue b i _ . ji ~• He had with him about iii, b4v* 4Y 'Cr. --e wa s h • h se le g hi nodal , ta en to the station- ou i ri,,‘-arr t , 4 1 co lifi 0 3• the parish doctors with the pi 4 4 f t ql p at ( ' h • , but it seems that he is again at • her NI LI Li oNt I . q t , ot a i i N bt , ~ to ; ct .., 4 .Y la a , bco"`•-•-••A ;vessel which las ar -""klia p u t t i t c s o ,2 4o bales 9f Voitt9/1 43 part THE SUN, COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACLIT I!;QUA DROI'd IN fELLIGENCE. COWES, Ocr. 22 --Sailed yesterday, the Titanie, G. R. Stephenson, Esq.; and the Leda, Col. Smith, for the Mediterranean. Arrived, the Snake schooner. from Norway. The secretary has sold the Earl of Rodney's Ura nia to Sir A. Bannerman. • The Osprey, 45 tons, belonging to Mr. Gooden, has been also sold. A fine schooner, of 95 tons was launched this morning, from Mr. White's building-yard, and is to be equipped with all dispatch, to take her owner, Sir Hyde Parker, and Mr. Ponsonby, to the Mediterranean. The keel of *a schooner yacht, of 130 tons, has since been laid down on the same slip, for Sir Percy Shelly, Bart. AMERICAN STEAM-PACKET FRANKLIN.—Arrived, 'the steamship Franklin, from Havre. She took in her mails and passengers, and at 4.45 r m., steamed on for New York,. having remained here but a few ' minutes, being anxious to save her daylight out of the Needles. THE AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP WASHINGTON.—The Malmesbury steamer has been lying off since Friday last, expecting the Washington to , arrive, but up to the time of post, 6 r.m., this evening, there are no tidings of her. Being so long after her time, fears are entertained that some serious accident has hap pened to her machinery. She is understood to have sailed from New York, for Cowei, on the 4th inst. COUR V CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 22 The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, the Mai quis and Marchioness of. Abercorn, Lady Harriet Hamilton, Earl Granville, the Rev. Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, and Viscount Canning. The band, of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following selection : Overture, "Fist" Finale, 2d Act, " Sappho" .. Waltz Selection, "Don Pasquale" Polka, " The Brides".. After dinner the Tyrolese singer, Holans, with his company of five persons, had the honour of singing before the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the distinguished dinner• party. This morning her Majesty and the Royal children walked in the Home Park and Slopes. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Marquis of Abercorn, Earl Granville, and Viscount Canning, went out shooting this forenoon, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. Sir Thomas Freemantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence, Downing street. Earl Grey left town yesterday morning for his seat, Howick Hall, Northumberland. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. Married at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, Lord Cosmo George Russel!, son of the late and brother of the present Duke of Bedford, to Annie, youngest daughter of the late John George Nor bury, Eq. Tae ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord Wrio thesly Russell. The bride was given away by her orother-in-law, the Hoe. George Ponsonby O'Callaghan, and attended to the altar by the Lady Rachel Russell and the Lady Harriet Hamilton. There were present at the marriage the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford and Lady Rachel Russell, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady 11. Hamilton, Lord and Lady Jahn Russell, Viscount and Viscountess J,oaelyn, Lady William Russell, Lady Henry Russell, Lady Frances Russell, the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Adolphus Fitz. elarence, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ricardo,- Colonel Camp bell, the Hon. R. Lawley, Viscount Mandeville, Lord and Lady Wriotheely Russell, the Hon. George and Mrs. O'Callaghan, &o. After the ceremony the party returned to.Lowndes street, where an excellent dijeuner was provided by the Hon. Mrs. O'Callaghan, sister of the bride. The happy couple took their departure soon afterwards, for the Priory, Stanmore, the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn: PATENT MACI-11N.ERY for COOPERAGE. A very important invention, or rather a series of inventions, for"making all sorts of casks and vessels, employed by brewers, wine•merchants, or used in the Royal or mercantile navy, has been patented by a Mr. Rosenborg, and may be seen, in extensive ope ration, at the Patent Cooperage works, in ;the Wen loak-road, City-road, where, by means of steam power, and by the manual labour of fourteen or fifteen men and boys, upwards of two hundred hogsheads are made every day, at a very great saving of time and expense, a hogshead being completely finished, from the raw material, a piece of American or Memel oak, in the almost incredible short space of four minutes. The machinery consists of circular saws, of a perfectly novel invention, for jointing and backing the staves ; and of a machine called a trussing machine, in which the staves, when shaped, are placed, and compressed, or drawn together into a circle, over which staves, when so compressed, the hoops are immediately placed, and the whole ope ration finished. The extreme neatness and accuracy of the work is extraordinary, every stave and every cask being as perfect as if cast in a mould. When it is considered that the great brewing firms of this me tropolis, and the exporters of ale, &c., ,annually expend in cooperage tens of thousands of pounds, some idea may be formed of the importance of this inven tion, and of the sensation it is likely to make amongst the " trade." It ought to be seen by every admirer of the progress of mechanical art, and by all persons interested in the progress of improvement. TnE NEW NOVELS.- - The following interesting new works of fiction by distinguished writers are just pub lished by Messrs. Colburn and Co., and may now be had at all the libraries :-1. Mrs. Mathews; or, Family Mysteries, by Mrs. Trollope. 2. The Livingstones, a Story of Real Life. 3. Cecile; or, the Pervert, by the Author of "Rock ingham." 4, Marian Withers, by Miss Jewsbury. 5. Alban, a Tale by the Author of " Lady Alice." 6. The Tutor's Ward, by the Author of " Wayfaring Sketches." 7. Clare Abbey, by Lady Ponsonby. 8. Arthur Conway, by Captain Milman. 9. Ralph Rutherford, a Nautical Romance, by Admiral Fisher. 10. Caleb Field, a Tale, by the Author of " Margaret Maitland," 1 vol. Also, just ready, a new novel entitled " Ravensclifie," by the Author of "Emilia Wynd ham," &c. • The Grand Jury of Devonshire, at the late quarter sessions, presented a written request to the magistrates, to use their influence to procure the abolition of that institu tion, as being of no utility in the administration of justice. CHANCERY APPOINTMENTS. — The vacancies caused by the elevation of Vice-Chancellors Sir,J. L. Kniglit,Bruce and Lord Cranworth to the offices of Lords Justices, it will be seen,..have been filled, up by the appointment. of Master Kindersley and Mr. James Parker, Q.C. The, vacant Mas tership in Chancery; it is believed, will -be conferred upon Mr. Swanston Or Mr. W. M. James. The forrher gentlamaia' was called to the bar so.long ago as - 1813, and possesses the highest reputation as a lawyer and a'scholar. , The notes to' Mr. Swanslon's Equity Rep its have always , been-cited with the highest approbation, both on the bench and at the bar. Mr. James was called to the bar in 1831, and has had consi derable practice at the Chancery bar, where he represents the Crown in charity cases for the Attorney-General. lie has also had an extensive practice on the Sou . h Wales circuit, and is understood to be related by marriage to the present Master of the Rolls.—Herald. ANOTHER STRISS.—The example which has been recently set by the workmen employed under Messrs. Jay, the contractors for erecting the permanent terminus of the Great Northern Railway at King's-cross, has, it appears, extended to other parts of the metropolis from precisely similar circumstances- No sooner was it known that the men in the employ of the contractors for the works of the Great Northern Railway had been successful in their de mands on Monday, than a general strike took place amongst the large body of bricklayers and labourers in the employ of Mr. Myers, the contractors for the erection of the New City of London Hospital at Victoria Park. It is stated that a de putation from the East-end men met a number of the Great Northern workmen on Tuesday evening for the purpose of anstO, s of 3d4 bringing the contractors for Great e t Cityof Northern L men ondo have London h Ho e spital to the same terms which the ers suc ceeded in BENEFICENT from t the i e Messrs. Nsrrs i and d y r 1 andsourib.s......Cc subscribers special to this . BRITISH general meeting of the w g a o s verno founded for affording institution,perma huseenftnilneeineeef 3 OL perwiaieilann an d others of a superior sta tion to the widows and unmar ried daughters of clergymen held rthe e o s e a o tf electing offi ces,theirfive a had there N nb. had eu 6 ei. 3 n , L tio in n ee in ln r s c l i n et hy. y, as h w elds, t . e tants, and for other business. The report stated that since beenthe electionsfestiv , a l a , t which celebrated nine e Jauhnhaeh,ni annuitants annuity elected, each of whom is now receiving per annum by monthly instalments. The council had also the gratification of announcing that vice-pr esi d en ts, besides about n uoblemen and gen tlemen as vice- are annual subscribers r graced by the support of fifty ladies a t s he pa i t n r s o t n it e u se t e io s a i n s d n l o bO w 4 00 governors, whoPribers ronfesonbeadgauminnenanarnedd appeared that i' o t m h et total al b a receiptsl a nce-s f e r e e t m , a a l l T e d: d t e o n t s h e s e b report, i n t to 1,1871. 195.. and after all the necessary d exp opened five annuitants paid,et. , i , tm d w . as i le h f e t aehbaaliamincaehinhatvhienghan s olththeebahnukseihrsesosf, the meeting proceeded to the election of p fr r o e m eee a d l i i h s z t s. of thirty-eight candidates, which c oncluded the SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A CHILD IN THE between eleven AEI) HULL STEAM -BOAT.-011 Sunday night , at and twelve o'clock, on the arrival of the Hull steam-boat_ hior- Newcastle, two women, who gave their names as Anne the NEWCASTLE bans and Mary Anne Miller, were given into custody charge of causing the death of a child ten or twelve dayOsn.old. The lwat left Hull about seven o'clock on Saturday night,the with these two women and a child three years of age, to the fore cab n, amongst other passengers. About eleven o'clock in the evening the cries of another child were heard, and on inquiries being m a d e b y the passengers respect i ng it, they were told by the child wtio accompanied the prisoners that she was the only one with them. At half-past eleven o'clock as the cries were still heard, a search was made, whe n a female child, which appeared to be ten or twelve days old, was found wrapped up in a blanket, and the old woman Gor ham lying upon it. Th e child was taken out, but it died at twelve o'clock. The prisoners, on the arrival of the boat at Newcastle, were accordingly given into custody, but they refused to give any account of themselves, and pro f esse d to know neither w h ere th ey l o d ged at Hull, the name of their landlord, or of any shopkeeper or publican there. They said they had no money, but on being searched 121. 10s. was found upon Gorham, and 1/. 75. upon Miller. The prisoner .V . lider claimed both the children, but there is reason to be lieve that she is not the mother of the youngest. They were wrought up at the borough police -court on Monday, and re -113414001W oxcle/ that a ctoileeli luquoit might in held. ' - THURSDAY SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TFIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—A weak and ineffective Ministry ie not in England itself felt as a very great calamity. The law, notwithstanding the imbecility of the Eiecutive, is still es orthily administered and steadily ento,rced. Society holds together by its own inherent strength, and men pursue their ordinary avocations in e pertect safety, and with perfect freedom. Everything; in deed, which depends directly upon the Governnaent is at a standstill; but, as that bears but a small propar tion to the whole of our social interests, we may con tinue to be as we now are, a fleurishing people, though really without the benefit of anything which deserves the name of an Administration. When, however, we extend our view beyond our. own island, when we regard our imperial interests,.arld take into consideration our vast outlying posiessions, and our colonies in every quarter Of the globe, the scene pre sented is of a • very different description. Sir G. Grey may be unable to do anything beyond the mere routine of his ,office, and we do not tend ourselves much the worse in consequence of his inertness. But the inability and shortcomings of Lord Grey are instantly followed by disastrous results. An English colony, unfortunately, is seldom permitted to manage its own affairs. The meddling finger of the Colonial Secretary is found everywhere, from the management of a parish turn pike to the conduct of a general war. If, having brought the colonists into dependence, and in duced the helplessness that always attends it, we either desert them in their need, or encumber them with mischievous assistance, their fate is deplorable. In the minor affairs of government the consequence is seen in the apathy and slow progress of the colony. It exhibits all the symptoms of an unfortunate and sickly plant placed in a barren and ungrateful soil. The sap, the freshness, and the vigour of youth i are wasting. Lingering, it drags on a miserable existence checked, • thwarted, and enthralled. It has, in fact, no substantive, existence, but is maintained alive by wretched dribblets of emigration, is ever praying .for aid, and ;Looking to the mother country for support ; and; having . been from its commencement kept in leadingstrings, it is wholly unable by its own energy to stand alone. Such is the regular and inevitable. consequence of our colonial system. When, how ever, an extraordinary crisis comes, then are seen in more striking relief all the baneful effects of our officious meddling. The colonists, unable to help themselves, look imploringly to the Colonial-office. The Colenial-office which has when danger was absent bltistered.and talked big,'is now paralyzed with ter ror. The chiefs, confused and incapable ' look to their inferiors; the subalterns, accustomed only: to,; their own routine, which in their eyes has always seemed the true art and science of government, are as helpless as their superiors. , Hurry, confusion, and disaster follow ; and at length the whole corps sit down in pitiable despair, hoping in their extremity " that the fire will go out of itself." Should any, one deem this an overwrought picture of imbecility end folly, we beg - of him to direct his attention to. our possessions in South Africa, and ascertain the fate ,of the - unhappy subjeets of England who there ,are crushed by the leaden weight of our colonial domi nion. He will there see an energetic race of Men, so soon as they leave their native land and arrive at that of their adoption, deprived of every means of ex hibiting and exercising the one great quality which has made England what she is, and at once made to feel that all spirit of self-dependence is deemed a crime —that they, are no longer to believe themselves the best guardians of their own interests, but must subtnit their fortunes to the guidance of the colonial authorities, and that, being colenists, they are an in. : ferior race, bound to render blind adoration and lin+- doubting obedience to the divinities of Downing-street. He will also see a country of great beauty and fertility, of almost boundless extent, and possessed of an exquisite climate, offering itself as a worthy field of enterprise •to the adventurous colonists whom England's:l6ly sends forth. In, short, be will behold a territory which, under skilful management, might become a great state, and a race of men eminently qualified to Wm to profit the many advantages the country offers being, as they, are to a great extent, of the same race, and not degenerate either, as those who laid the foun dations of that vast republic which now occupies the whole:continent of North America, from the lakes of Canada to the boundaries of Mexico. But this coun try and these. English colonists he will perceive struggling in vain against the mischievous and imbes cile rule of Lord. Grey and his subordinates. The settlers in South Africa, have, like our ancient colo nists of America, a wild and fierce native people to dispossess and keep iu subjection, With this difficulty, however, they are not permitted to grapple, the Celo nial Secretary believing that he alone is capable of ma naging this delicate affair. The Coniequence of this ar rogant assumption is now manifest to the least obser vant, and ought, we think, to convince the most obsti nate. A second Kafir war now rages. We have hardly paid the millions which the first war cost when we are again called upon to spend our blood and our treasure in this costly hostility. The war has found Lord Grey and his subordinate, Sir Harry Smith, wholly unprepared. The great politician of Downing•street, and the great soldier whom he sent forth with vast pomp and circumstance, have been both outwitted by a half naked savage. Sandilli has been too much for both of them, and the unhappy colonists, in their ruined farms, their desolate home steads, their famishing families, see the first fruits of the wonderful skill of our Colonial Secretary and his wonderful General. England herself will discover the results when the bill is brought in. Parliament will then have ample opportunity of estimating the value of Lord Grey's policy in the figures of the sum total for which they will be called upon to provide. They may not admire, but they must pay. A more frightful scene of devastation was never beheld during the terrible struggles which took place between the early settlers in America and the fierce nations by whom they were surrounded, than that which South Africa now presents to view, with an English Gene ral for its Governor, and an English army for its de fence. The colonial papers thus describe the destruc tion going on in the colony : " Above Graham's Town, to the Orange River, a dis tance of 300 miles, the whole line has been devastated — sheep, cattle, horses, all swept away or destroyed ; the whole border being marked by the ruins of fired farm houses, the once Kapp homes of a peaceful, industrious people. Lower Albany, with some little exception, had h t y he o ra n v ß ag ri e t s ia . h t i3 r o u o t p t s h i e n s a w f ° r a l v r e i a s have rushed hither , and a lread y we have the dismal h un av ti i l n g l a s b t e e w n e e u k n e e a s r e t a h p e e d d tidings of burning houses and beggared families." From this we learn that the Governor having betaken himself beadlong into. what is called British liarearia —a newly-occupied territory—left the settled colony • The wilg foe took advantage. of the unguarded. 'Harry Smith, has emp lo y ed the Governor's manoeuvre blunder, and, being a m ore ex p ert g eneral than Sir against himself with tenfold effect, and ,has -spread ruin and desolation over the fairest part of the colony. This disaster, be it rememb ered, did not occur at the o utbreak of the war,_ but at least eight or nine months after that event. Now, eight months in these days of rapid communication were amply sufficient to enable us to have sent a sufficient force to the Cape — if our rulers had really understood the dan ger, and known what force was needed. But Lord Grey, wrapped up in the contem plation of his own exclusive w isdom, would listen to no advice, and refused to take any warning. When the news of the outbreak arrived he supposed it would at once be suppressed. Now that vigour arid promptitude and fertility of resource were needed, he thought the height of wisdom was to sit with folded hands and do nothing. But, at length, disaster having succeeded disaster—confusion, and desolation, and ruin being to be seen in every part of the colony—what then does the Noble Secretary for the Colonies? Nothing. He looks on in bewildered imbecility, and betakes himself, as the Court News man informs us this morning, to his seat in Northum berland. The lesson .read us by the last Kafir war has been entirely forgotten. The fierce and wily character of the foe, which that war had made mani fest, was supposed to be wholly changed, and childish antics and ridiculous mummery were thought the proper instruments to employ in order to counteract the machinations of the deadly and vindictive hatred burning in the breasts of the native tribes by whom the colony is surrounded. Behold the result! A protracted war, a ruined colony, a disgraced com mander, a baffled army, a heavy bill of costs behind all ! Such are the admirable consequences of the unrivalled skill in colonial government of our present . Colonial Secretary 1 The day of payment must DA IL vv Y hat N a E ll W come. Will P ar li amen t ma k e that day a day of reckoning al so ? o S u . ; -- o W on e te n m ev p e o r ra f r o ie r s momenta seemtoh be lieved, done, that the Porte wouldoffer sistent opposition to the execution of a railway through Egypt, or that there was the least necessity for making use of bl us t er or menace at Constanti nople. We looked upon the quarrel as one of etiquette in the Sultan's mind, aggravated by intrigue on the The was part of minor agents. Sultan in the first instance surprised that an enterprise of considerable importance, affecting the empire, had been actually determined on, and contracted for, without any inti mation being given to him. And we have understood that when our ambassador at Constantinople sought to remove objections and allay irritation, he was met by the allegation of a purposed slight or offence on the part o f E g ypt. Rumour adds, that on perceiving this Sir Stratford Canning wrote to the British Consul-Gene ral in Egypt, begging the signature of the contract or its commencement, to be delayed till the formality of a -king the Porte had been complied with. And rumour moreover says that the Consul-General in E g ypt declined the authority and rejected the advice of the Ambassador at Constantinople. So that it seems the question of the supremacy of the Sultan, and the independence of the Pacha, affects not merely the policy and aiministration of the 'Curio, but -alto - • • our own. If the Pacha be completely independent of the Sultan, then is our.Consul-1,3-eneral in Egypt an independent diplomatic potentiie . also, subject only to , ordera from Downing-street. Whereas, if Egypt be still considered a province of the Porte, there is a consular agent there bound treonsider the British Minister at the capital as his suisrior. Whether this weighty Matter is settled by the award of Downing street, or by a . pfofound inquirilinto the nature of the Tanzimate, we are not fully aware. That the affair of the railroad would .be sktied; and satisfac!- torily, without armies or war4,..or even prolonged quarrel, we were well awifre. Reschid Pacha is ; not, a statesman. who would: choose fur his ground of quarrel with Egypt a question in which British ,interests were so deeply concerned. But the per Mission to execute the railroad, 'and the setti ng as id e "r i ll remonstrances or diplomacy respecti ng it, by no - niearis appeases the rivalry or extingui s h es th e quarre l b e t we en the Sultan and the Pacha. assume'some other form, put forward other causes or pretexts. And the defeat of the'Rotte,which its waiving its objection, is tantamount to, will bin augm en t th e inclinationto quarrel. We must.eenfess to taking the same view of the Tanzi maurquarrel as of the. railrad business, which is, that it is much better to make mattera up, dissuade the Sultan and Reschid, Pacha ,frem falling into the old blunder of Mahmotid, vvhose. grand policy it was to strengthen his empire by subduing Egypt; and to represent to Abbas that hia true atrength lies far more iu a good' understanding. with Turkey, than even in oortiplete independence, however one or other great Eu ropeanpowerLnight,llupport him for the moment in such pretensions. There can be no doubt, however, that the opening,of the railroad, making Egypt the great place of transit between east and west, and especially between Great Britain and her principal colonies, consider ably alters the old relations between Turkey, Egypt, and England, and has a but too natural tendency to place Egypt:under English' influence, and Constanti nople under Russian patronage. Do what we will for the Turks, they will soon come "to perceive that we are .more identified with Egypt than with Constanti nople, and feel more interest in:Alse„Nile than the -Bosphorus. A . retrograde -party, hating England, would: goon whisper this to an nndiacerning Sultan or inexperienced Vizier; and neither Reschid nor Abdul Reschid are immortal. In that case we might haie to• pay for our supremacy in Egypt by a total sacrifice of - our political and :commercial consideration and justice in Turkey. This renders such diplomatic quarrels extremely delicate, and requires at least a cer tain unity and subordination; amongst our own agents ; for if they disagree, how are Turk- Vied Arab to he kept at peace ? We have sot yet been favoured with the Turkish view of the dispute '.hetween them and Egypt; whilst from Egypt we have had ilome very just objec tions to an introduction of 'the Tanzimaut. But it is unfair to allege that the Sultan has made no progress in the reform of his administration, and in the assimi lation more Anil More of his provinces to the better sense "arid equity gf Europe. We are well aware, indeed, that Turkish reformers are - timid, slow in their ad vances, and as often deterred by obstacles as bravely surmounting-them. There is still lamentable disor der infinance, speculition and corruption amidst Offi cials high and low. .:- But on the whole Turkey is more tranquil than ever it Was under the most fierce and cruel administration, and there is throughout the empire- that general decay of ferocity and fanaticism, which gives hope of a Christian spirit growing over the country, the beat prelude to Turkey taking rank among -St the civilised countries of the world, and gra duallfsbaringin social, and religious enlightenment which can, better than armies, secure its independence. . Bills of exchange Overdrawn accounts Due from sundries Further amount in hand EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 18bi.. THE BANKING INSTITUTE. A general meeting of the friends and promoters of this scheme was held yesterday evening at the Lon don Tavern, for the purpose of adopting rules, and appointing officers for the management of the insti tute ; Mr. W. G. Prescott in the chair. This institute has for its objects the periodical meeting of all parties- connected with banking and commerce, the reading and discussion of papers, the republication of rare and useful works, the establish ment of a mutual guarantee fund for the fidelity of bank officers, and the opening of a central room as a library and place of meeting for London and county members. -The CHAIRMAN said he had been requested by many gentlemen interested in the subject of banking, and connected with that profession, to take the chair on the present occasion for the establishment of a " Banking Institute." He had done so with great pleasure, and although other obligations might pre vent his being permanently connected with it, he should feel happy if by presiding at the first meeting he could in any way forward the success of an insti tution which, he believed, would be both serviceable to the public' as well as to its members.—(Hear, hear.) Amongst the social arrangements on which, under the present advanced position of society, the com fort of a large portion of the community depended, few were more important than the currency and banking institutions, and it was of the utmost importance to cul tivate and extend as far as possible the scientific and practical knowledge of them. This institution, if properly carried out, was well calculated to obtain this object. This association was only following the example of ether professions who had established similar institutions, and he could not see why the profession of banking should not be able to create and maintain an institution for the benefit of its members, and the extension of a sound knowledge of commercial, monetary, and banking affairs.—(Bear, hear.) The Hon. Secretary (Mr. FALTON) then read the report of the proceedings of the provisional com mittee, which showed the great support the proposal had already received from the whole of the banking community, joint-stock as well as private, both in London and in the country, and stated the plan on which it was proposed to establish the institution. Mr. J. W. GILBART moved the fir s t reso l u ti on : " That the establishment of a banking institute is calculated to be advantageous to all parties engaged in banking pursuits, and is deserving of the support of the banking interest." He said that this institu• tion was not intended to be of the character of several associations of bankers, which had been promoted for the purpose of watching legislative proceedings in re lation to banking, but its sole object was the mutual instruction of its members in literary as well as pro fessional studies. He urged upon the meeting, in very forcible language, the advantages of such asso ciations in improving the intellectual qualities of those who were employed in a routine business like bank ing. He would only add that this institution had his most cordial support and good wishes.--(Cheers.) Mr. CHARLES CAVE (of the firm of Grote, Pres cott, and Grote) seconded the resolution, which was also supported by Mr. G. CHAMBERS, and carried unanimously. Mr. HYDE CL4RKfi then moved that certain gen tlemen (all of whom were officially connected with banking establishments) should be elected as council for the ensuing year, with power to add to their num bers ; and that they be requested to invite gentlemen holding a high position in the banking world to be come honorary officers of the institute. This was seconded by Mr. NEWMARCH and carried unanimously. _ A resolution was then passed for the adoption of the code of laws drawn up by the provisional com mittee ' • and after a vote of th an k s t o th e c h a i rman an d to Mr. Gilbart, the meeting separated. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAMOR GANSHIRE BANKING COMPANY. The petition just presented to the Master of the Rolls for bringing the affairs of this company under the operation of the Act of Parliament for winding up joint-stock companies unable to meet their pecu niary engagements, sets forth that it was established in 1836, with a capital of 190,0001., in shares of 251. each, and that a deed of settlement was executed by the subscribers for that purpose. From 1886, when the company commenced their trade, until 1851, they continued to carry on their business at Abergavenny, Chepstow, Monmouth, Newport, Pontypool, Trede. gar, the principal place of business being at New port, where it was carried on by Mr. John Frazer, one of the registered public officers of the company, as the manager. Changes from time to time took place in the body of proprietors, the shares were bought and sold, and transfers were made. Large profits also, it is alleged, were made, or were consi dered to be made, and accordingly considerable sums were allowed to the shareholders as dividends on their shares, until 6th October last, when the Commercial Bank of London, who were the London correspon dents of the company, declined to honour their drafts, upon which the company was compelled and ceased to carry on business, and on the 7th Oct. a public notice to that effect was affixed to the bank doors. The petition then proceeds to give an official state ment of the assets and liabilities (no full or correc account of which has yet been published), as follows, and which was presented at the recent meeting o 1 shareholders, from which the press was excluded : Da. Existing liabilities ... £558, Loss likely to accrue from bills dis counted and rediscounted ... 25,000 0 0 £583,796 2 2 ... .£10,301 6 3 ... 30,194 1 2 ... 62 215 13 6 .... 2,342 17 4 ... 3,947 10 9 £109,037 9 0 Available—Mortgages, collieries, life policies, shares, buildings, &0., at actual cost ... 58,119 0 0 Securities in band of London Joint S:ock Bank . .. 236,308 0 0 £403,462 9 0 Dormant accounts £634,783 0 0 The petition further sets forth that it will be found that the item 634,7831, entitled " dormant accounts," consists of advances of money that have been impro perly made by the directors of the company, either in whole or in part, to some one or more of the directors nr shareholders in the company, 4 or to the customers thereof, which are uncovered by any security, and that the whole or greater part of the ,said "dormant ac count" will be lost to the company, , and what after realizing the whole of the assets of.the . company there will be , a .sum amounting to •nearly 400,0001. to be' made up by the shareholders of the company in dis charge of its liabilities, The petition (presented by Mrs. Margaret Rankin, of Weston-super-Mere, through her solicitois, Merrs. Emmett and Knight) concludes by stating that proceedings are now being threatened by creditors against individual sharehold ers in the company for the recovery of their debts, that calls in arrear are due from various shareholders, and prays that an order absolute to refer the investi gation and settlement of the company's affairs to one of the Masters in Chancery may be made, as no suffi cient means for that purpose and to compel contribu tion to meet losses exist, except under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Acts. The following are, we understand, the contemplated arrangements entered into by the above company for the liquidation of the demands upon them, viz., all the small depositors to be paid off at once, which it is calculated can be done with about 15,0001. On the Ist of January next to pay a dividend of five shillings in the pound on the remaining claims; in about four months after, a second dividend of five shillings ; and at two subsequent periods, not yet named, two fur ther dividends of five shillings each. NAVAL IXTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant Edmund John Piper (1812), who died at Blackway, Hereford, 0ct.14, in ,the 60th year of his age, only served eight years afloat. He entered the navy April, 5, /806, as:!first-class volunteer on board the Belleisle, 74, Captain Williamliargood, and on Sept. 14 folloWing was present at, the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74-gun ship L'lmpe tueux. After visiting the :Vilest Indies, he accom panied Captain Hargood a.Cmidshipman, in July, 1807, into the Northumberland,74, commanded subse quently by Captain the Mon, Henry Hotham, under whom, while cruising off L' 6srient, we find him as sisting, in company with tilo Growler,.gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, May 2, 1812, of the French 40-gun frigates L'Arienne e nd L'Andromaque, and in 16 -gun brig Maeloucl:, ,hose united fire, con jointJy,with that of a heavyaattery, killed five and wounded twenty-eight of r the Northumberland's people.:',. He had previously,ln 1009, lost a leg in an attaelc upon a large convoys in the Adriatic. Pro ceeding in the summer of 1812 to the Cape of Good Hope, as a - supernutheraryilin the Minden, 74, Capt. tain Alexander Skene, he was there made lieutenant, N0v..21 in the same year, k the Harpy, sloop, Capt. Henderson Bain. He was invalided home in May, 1813, and never afterwards served. In consideration of his wound he received a pecuniary grant from the patriotic Fund, and was awarded, May 28, 1816, a pension of 911. ss. per annum. Commodore Martin's squadron at Lisbon, on the 16th were his flag-ship, Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris ; Hogue, GO, screw ship, Capt. 111 1 Dougall; Leander, 50, Capt. Dacres ; Arethusa, 50, Capt. Sy monds.. The Dauntless, 33, screw frigate, Captain Halsted, had not arrived. PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 220--The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, arrived..at Spithead last night from Lisbon, and came into harb our t hi s morn i ng . The Bulldog steam-slopp has been taken out of harbour to-day by Captain; Henderson to try her en gines. She returned agai n at three P.m. The Raleigh, 50, had b een undocked to-day ; and the Birkenhead iron steam-frigat e , Master-Com mander Salmond, has been taken in to refit. John Roome, an old Grienwich veteran, was sent down to this port on Monday by the Admiralty to hoist the ensign yesterday morning on board the Victory. The Frolic, 14, Commander Vansittart, will be paid off to-morrow at this port. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord G. Paulet, and the Hercules, 72, receiving ship, were paid advance to• day at Spithead, and will sa il t o - morro w for the Mediterranean.. About 140 convicts arrived i n t hi s d oc k ya rd yes terday, and were placed on hoa r d t h e A ta l anta , South ampton packet-ship,• for passage to Dartmouth ; and nearly 200 others were ialso sent by her from the York and Stirling Castle hulks in harbour to the same destination. ThaLucifer i steam- vessel, Li eu t enan t-C o mmander Ackson, arrived yesterday from Cork with volunteers for the Bellerophon. , „ „ , - ArrommEns: WooLwrcrr, OCT. 22.—Second Master--Francis Taylor (1848), from the Ganges, 84', on the Mediter ranean sta►ion, to the• Victory flag ship, at Portsmouth. MidshiPman—Henry Moore, to the Crane, 6, brig, at Devouport. Master's Assistant—J. H. Perry, to the Victory. Clerk—Andrew Little (1851), to the St. George, guard ship of ordinary, Devonport. Clerk's AssiStant—J. Y. Sargent, to the Impreg• nable flag ship, at Devonport. Naval. Cadets—Arthur G. H. Richardson, to the Ajax steam guard ship at Cork, and F. M. Omanney, to the Leander, 50, at Lisbon. Gunner—John Tripp, to the Crane. Boatswain —g. Davis, to the Crane. Carpenter—S. Geake, to the Crane. PROMOTION. Master Robert Fulton (1814), Master-Commander of the Hercules,, 10, store and troop ship, since Dec. 8, 1847, is placed on the list of retired commanders. HOP DUT Y. An Account of the Duty on Hops of the growth of the year 1851, for the under-mentioned districts, distinguishing the Old from the Now Duty. Districts. Barnstaple .•• Canterbury ... Cornwall ... Derby ••• Dorset «• Gloucester .• Leicester ••• Middlesex .•• Northampton Reading ••• Shrewsbury ... Sheffield Suffolk Sussex Duty, £25 0 3i 40,846 17 2i 1 19 4i 75 15 11i 5 7 gi 109 18 6 9 10 11 37 10 2i 2 18 1 52 5 9i 2 18 3i 506 1 gi ••• N. 1,043 0 11 - ... 47,083 14 6 ••• 22 2 44 78 12 10i ... 87 16 10i .1111 .... ... Taunton Wales ?diddle, Ware ... £89,941 11 6 Old duty at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 49,261 5 1 * 8-20 New duty at 8-20 d. per lb. 36,405 6 4i 12-20 Additional duty of 5 per cent., Der Act 3 Vic., c. 17 4,2'52 0 0 £39,041 11 6 The above are the only districts from which the returns have reached this office, those for the other districts will bs published as soon as receiVed. S.S. LINE, A. and C. G. Inland Revenue Office, Broad-street, Oct. 22, 1852. TnE BRITISH AlusEum.—Ttle British Museum was re-opened to the public yesterday, and will continue open every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from ten to four o'clock. Daring the recess anothe r c onei g nment of ma rbles has been r ece i ve d f r om the ruins of Nineveh. T h e gallery of scultural antiquities being comp leted, the arran g ement and classification of the objects is rap idl y p ro g ressin g. AMERI CAN F IREAR MS IN THE EXHIBITION.—TO Lords of the Treasury h ave desired the proper authorities to give direction s f or the delivery to Lieutenant Eyer Coatis, of the 11th Hussars, of four of Colt's revolving pistols from the Great &xlaitivu bitildips hliirielegrh. ASSASSINATION OF FRASCHINI, THE SINGER. A letter from Venice, in the Trieste Gazette, pub lishes the subjoined account of the murder of Fras- chini, the tenor, by a brother artiste : " On the 10th instant, Fraschini, the celebrated tenor, was sitting at his breakfast, wh en his colleague, Collini, the baritone, who has met with but little applause from the public, owing to his having nearly lost his voice, entered his room, and shook hands with him. After a few moments' conversation, Collini drew a dagger and stabbed Fraschini three times through the heart. The latter fell dead upon the ground. The assassin then effected, his escape. The Italian Opera thus loses one of its brightest ornaments. Fraschini was married, and the father of four children." THE NORTH W E L SH n dredging has no become so extremely profitable in the Menai Straits that fishing vessels from Jersey and other distant partsfind it to their advantage to go thither, in order to speculase upon the profits of a season. These straits abound with vast quantities of fish which hitherto have passed without notice, or comparatively little, in consequence of their being but a limited demand, but the opening of the Chester and Holy head line has at length aroused the North Wales fishermen to the necessity of exerting themselves, otherwise the trade will be carried from them by enterprising and energetic Englishmen. Accordingly, from the neighbourhood of Con .-ray, large quantities of fish are regularly conveyed by the rail to Chester, Liverpool, and Manchester, and the other large inland towns, where they find a ready , market. On the establishment of th e branch line from Carnarvon to Ban gor, it is expected that large quantities of the,finny and shell tribe which so abound in Carnarvon bay will likewise find their way to England for disposal. In Beaumaris bay ves sels from Hoylake regularly fish, and forward large cargoes to the Lancashire markets. NEW Ownnus.—Another new patent omnibus commenced running yesterday between the Strand and the North-Western Railway. The peculiarity of the new vehicle consists in a double door, which swings OH a pivot, and turns completely round, besides possessing a moveable axis, thus enabling the door to be swung with facility entirely out of the way of the entrance to the Omnibus, and affording space tor more than one pesos at a time to enter. • - LONDON, Cash THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The work of removal goes on apace. Nearly halF the British exhibitors are gone, and in two or three weeks more the western halt of the building will have been swept clean to the doors. Some of the foreign contr butcTrs will probably linger on the scene of their triumph: but they also appear to be actively on the move, and earnestly bent on getting away. Tunis, Switzerland, and Rome, are in the act of departure, if they have not already gone. Messrs. M'Cracken, the Russian Custom house agents, have sent off the things belonging to the Emperor which were exhibited; and Messrs. Major are busily engaged in preparing for re•shipment the Turkish, Austrian, and other collections for which they were concerned. In about two months hence the Crystal Palace will bo left alone in its glory, and when the pub lic arc once more admitted within its spacious precincts, and have time to admire in its unadorned grandeur the gigantic shell of the Great Exhibition, wo shall be sur prised indeed if they allow it to be pulled down. The full effect of 18 acres of ground under one roof without a single partition wall, with the light of heaven pene trating every corner of it, and the whole seen at a glance, has never yet been thoroughly realized. If to that attraction the contractors add those of balls and promenades, the success that must be achieved thereby would tell powerfully upon the fate of the building when discussed in Parliament. CONFLAGRATION AT ENFIELD Yesterday ( Wednesd a y) f orenoon, about half past ten o clock, one of the most extensive fires that has occurred for some years past in the parish of Enfield broke out in the premises b e l ong i ng to Mr. A. Paris, known as Plumridge Farm, about four mites beyond the Barnet station of the Great Northern Railway. From inquiries made on the spot cur reporter gleaned the following particulars. Before, however, it is necessary, in order that the reader may correctly understand how it was that the fire made such fearful progress, to state that the farm-house stood in a direct line with the carriage road, whilst a number of brick and timber buildings used for dep os i t i ng corn, seeds, cattle, &c., ran in a kind of cir cu it ous form a consider a bl e di s t ance , and again approached t o within a short space o f th e first-named building. The space between the various erections was literally studded with wide and lofty stacks of corn, hay, and other farm-produce. Some of the ricks towered so high that there must have been between 200 and 300 loads of material in them. Between the ricks and the buildings a number of sheds stretched across. The fire commenced in a small shed, through the carelessness of one of the men employed on the estate beating a pot of tar. Whilst attending to the fire the contents of the vessel boiled over, and in an in stant the combustible liquid became ignited, and ran like a sheet of flame over the floor of the building, so that in less than five minutes the flames rushed out of the property and seized upon everything near. The men employed on the farm, as well as many of the neighbours, hastened to the spot to render assistance, but in spite of their exertions the work of devastation continued with frightful rapidity. With as little delay as possible three engines of the parish went down, but by that period a large barn, between 80 and 100 feet long, and containing up wards of 150 quarters of corn, and a smaller one, about 40 feet long, and a number of sheds, were in flames. All chance of saving any portion of these premises appeared perfectly hopeless; every endeavour was therefore made to save the ricks of hay and wheat contiguous ; but so fiercely did the flames extend that very quickly a large wooden building nearly 70 feet long became fired, and but few minutes elapsed before the whole structure was enveloped in flames. The various persons at work at this conjun c t ure , on see i ng the Conflagration travelling so fearfully, were com pletely bewildered. A great many directed their ser vices towards stopping the fire from reaching the stacks and ricks standing hard by, but even in that they wese to a certain extent disappointed, for rick after rick of corn and hay, to the number of eight, became ignited in rapid succession; and the flames being wafted by rather a stiffish breeze, extended their ravages to the stables and some carriage sheds. Nothing short of the complete destruction of the whole of Mr. Paris's property could now be expected, more especially as a lofty rick of hay or corn, contain ing nearly three hundred loads, was in flames. The men, however, in a most praiseworthy manner, re sorted to various expedients to save from total destruc tion this stock, well knowing, if they could not, the bailiff's house and five other ricks must share the same fate as the others. Fortunately, by scattering the water and cutting the rick round they succeeded in saving the interior of the stack, and thereby cut off the the further spread of the flames in the direction of the bailiffs house and other valuable property. The fearful element continued to rage, and so threatening an appearance did it at length assume that it was deemed advisable to send a mounted policeman, and also to employ the electric telegraph to . give the ne cessary intelligence to the London fire stations, so that additional aid might be obtained. The moment the news was received in London, Scott, the head en gineer of the Farringdon-street-station, started with one of the brigade engines and a powerful body of firemen. Mr. Connorton, the superintendent of the iVest of England fire brigade, followed soon after, and on their arrival they beheld a fearful scene ; for at the least computation they found property covering half an acre of land in a tremendous blaze. The bri gade engine was forthwith taken to a pond of water, and its contents were pumped into the parish engines, for by that means alone could a continuous jet be thrown upon the fire. Fortunately, the firemen by eight o'clock succeeded in getting, as far as appear ances went, command over the fire, that is, to stay its further extension, but at that hour the country fur miles round was most brilliantly illumined, and it was the opinion of the firemen present that they would be unable to get the fire completely extin guished before late this (Thursday) morning. To give anything like a correct estimate of the damage done would, at the present time, be impossible ; we can however state with certainty that up to eight o'clock last night the large barn, with 150 quarters of wheat, the smaller one 40 feet long, another building 60 feet long, a vast number of sheds, the stables, and eight stacks of corn and hay were com pletely destroyed, to say nothing of the damage done to the surrounding property. Mr Paris, who is uni versally respected in the neighbourhood, wasinsured in the Sun Fire-office. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. SCOTTISH CENTRAL. The half -yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Scottish Central Railway Company was held on Tuesday, in one of the rooms of the General Railway Terminus, at Perth; the Hon. Mr. Dundas presiding. The report, which was resolved to be held as read, showed that the revenue account for the half-year was 42,6231. 7s. 10d., and the expenditure 36,750/. ss. 10d., leaving a balance of 5,8731. 25., which, added to 8,6891. ss. lid., carried over from last accounr,:left 14,5591. 7s. 11d. applicable for a dividend. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on the increase of the traffic during the previous year—that increase being, as compared with 1851, 64 752 in the number of passengers. The increase in the receipts had not, however, kept pace with the increase in the number of passengers, which was to be ascribed to the merely nominal fares which they had charged during the late contest with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Company, for the traffic between Perth and Edinburgh. Still, h owever, t h e i ncrease o f re ceipts over the corresp on di ng half year was 8,2001. The working expenses, as would be seen from the report, appeared to have undergone a considerable increase. In 1850 the locomotive charge was 5,6931., whereas in 1851 it was 9,245/., show ing an apparent increase of 3,552/. He said an apparent, because it was not a real in crease • and for two reasons. In no p rev i ous half year Zed they laid by any sum for depreciation. Last year, however, they had laid past for this object —1,070/., under the working agreement with the Scottish Midland and the Aberdeen Companies. This, then, although charged upon the expenditure of the half-year, was an asset, in point of fact, available to the company. In addition to this a sum of 1,2361. had been expended in putting the plant in complete repair, a thing unusual in other companies, and only b th e e cha same rged state, upon the one working common expensesfund. done on th e present occasion that the three companies embraced in th e working agreement might start in all to an item of expense that would not occur again, while it would b e a great source of future benefit to the company. Therefore, although it Th h i a s, in th g en a , may have cause d them additional outlay in the meantime, this working agreement will in the end be very much for their pecuniary be nefit. Taking the whole of the traffic in goods, mi nerals, and live stock, as well as passengers, there was an increase on the last half -year of something nearly approaching to 6,0001.; but of course against this was to be set the increase of expenditure, but of which, as he had endeavoured to explain, 2,3001. might fairly be set down as extraordinary expenses, and not applicable to any other half-year than the present, and consequently should in reality be de ducted from the expenditure of the half-year. With respect to the subject of dividend he had to make few observations. At the last half -yearly meeting they had declared the first dividend that bad ever been declared by the company unassisted. At that time they had a surplus of revenue not derived from the previous half-year, but from former half-years. This surplus of revenue amounted to 8,6001, which the directors thought would be suffi cient to meet any future claim to be made against revenue for the interest upon land settlements, &c. It would not, however, the directors conceived, do more than this ; and without respect, then, as he had stated at the time, to this surplus at all, he thought, from the earnings of the half-year, they were en titled to declare a dividend at the rate of 1 per cent. On the present occasion he believed that some of the distant shareholders of the company, who were not very well acquainted with its affairs, would not have any difficulty to dip into the surplus alluded to, although set a p ar t f or future contingencie s , and apply it to the purposes of dividend. The directors, however, could not give their consent to this, as they were of opinion that the dividend declared should be fairly out of the earnings of the half-year to which it had reference; and it was on this view of the case that they had re commended a dividend at the rate of 12s. per cent. on the consolidated stock. He was glad to say that the new stock which had been issued had been taken up to a large extent ; and he had not the least doubt that it would be all taken up. By the sums of money they had already received on account of it, the direc tors were enabled to proceed with the adjustment of all the unsettled claims of the company ; and it was their intention to proceed with the 'branch line to the harbour of Perth as soon as some little misun derstanding that had arisen to a certain claim of servitude was got over. He was glad to say that the contractors' claims were settled, and in a manner most satisfactory —causing a saving to the company of several thousands, and putting an end to all fear of litigation on that score. The working agreement with the Northern Companies, so far as they could yet judge, appeared to be doing very well, and he had no doubt that it would tend greatly to the future ad vantage of the Central Company. The agreement with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Company, and which had reference solely to the passenger traffic between Perth and Edinburgh, was to be only 'or three months, by way of trial ; and that it would require to be still further adjusted might be fairly assumed from the circumstance that since it had been entered into, the Central had been carrying two to one of the passengers between Edin burgh and Perth.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report, and that a dividend be declared at the rate of 123. for each 1001. of consolidated stock, to be payable on the 6th proximo. _ Mr. SPIES seconded the motion, which was una nimously agreed to, after some slight discussion with regard to a bad debt of 1641. made in the carriage of goods, the execution of the branch line to the harbour of Perth, and the transference of the meetings of the company from Perth to Stirling. With respect to the branch line, it was said that it was the bona fide intention of the directors to carry it immediately into execution. The meeting then adjourned. REPRESENTATION OF 7'IIE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. Considerable excitement prevails in this extensive borough, relative to its present representation in Par liament, and in consequence of the singular apathy to the wishes of the constituents recently evinced, not only by Sir William Moleswortb, but by Mr. Alder man Hunapherys. Local meetings are already being held in the several parishes of St. George's, South wark, St. Saviours" and St. Mary's, Bermondsey, with a view to call one great meeting at the Town hall, to fix upon a choice of names for the future election of Members. At one of these preliminary meetings, held in St. George's, an influential elector observed, " that if anything above another had been required to increase the smouldering fires of discon tent throughout this truly unrepresented borough, it was the apathetic bearing of one of their Members, Alderman Humpherys, on the occasion of the late meeting at the Town-hall, at which the deputy high bailiff presided, on the re quisition of nearly four thousand electors, regarding the question of offering, in common with every other division of the metropolis, a right English welcome to the noble Hungarian patriot—aossuth. Although within three hundred yards of the Town-ball, Mr. Humpherya had declined attending, and the construc tion to be put upon such a refusal was most obvious Neither Sir William Molesworth nor Alderman Huai pherys entertained sympathy for the illustrious Roe suth! The vast majority of the electors of the borough of Southwark did, as would very shortly b e demonstrated." The l ea di ng Liberal electors are already in communication with one gentleman, a Member for one of the western boroughs, whose return for Southwark is said to be certain. Mean time the several districts, as before stated, are holding local meetings, and organizing plans , p revious to calling a genera l public meeting, for the obtainment of the proper representation of the inhabitants of Sou thwark. —Advertise r . E ,ARL DELAWARR ON FREE TRADE. _ At a meeting of the Agricultural Association is of . Groombridge, Rent, a letter was read from Ea r r i l be D d .l es warr, who is now at Geneva, which is having made a deep farmers present. The following is the mo at The time is part of the Noble Earl's communication :— " !save to pronounce not far distant when the country ' impression upon the minds of the 11 other articles of agri cultural of foreign grain an definitively upon the experim d e s n will be governed. w of il the unrestricted Im share, a theyd ecnaenr,gyu,ndcaaulmntleyd butby 3 those classes whose does it behove a Well, therefore, with the prosperity of egrieul bpdrobtlyu produce. 0 ulre futurethis ver i d b i t c e t re w s e t shall have a large well-being is bound up threats or scoffs, `cast their t h eirsha representatives. dow Fi he f themselves for the part they will have to firmly prepare . re. ' ' C l o n ali t n h g e u h e e i s o t n a n play ture to consider ho by w even , meantime, let us by all the means in our power show the value which we set upon the pursuits of agriculture as the basis of all national prosperity, by straining every nerve ts in ' sa til y e s n th h e m p n o a et n , f t o follow out the modern improvements in every branch of farming, cautiously blending theory with practice, thus proving to our fellow -countrymen that we deserve their good will. Let us improve our breeds of stock, let us drain our wet fields, let us adopt improved machinery on our farm', let us sedulously attend to the comforts and general well-being of our labourers—of the ' bold peasantry, their country's pride.' Up-hill course as all this may seem to be at present, let us be assured that if it be manfully and with confidence adopted, we b bull reap our reward. Let our motto be, ' Live and let _live,' for we ha ve yet to l earn that th e prosperity olforne. r manufactures depends up o n the ru i n of agricul ture. Why should not t h e pl oug h an d th e spi nn ing . jenny not `speed' concurrent l y as t h ey h ave done he retofore, to the come in painful anta g o n i sm , b u t eac h contributing mon weal, respecting and respected byeach other, an d action uphold by their joint influence and harm on ious ing the vast fabric of our nationa l erandeur?" The report that her Majesty's visit to Liverp(ol will cost gO,OOO/. or 30,0001. is without foundation. The expeuseA ygill not be AI9E4 tiaala i' r * l " , ""ktvexPoci 41Grauvf. ESCAPE OF AN ITALIAN REFUGEE TO LIVERPOOL. By the screw-steamer Arno, which arrived at this port from Italy last week, we had transported to our shores an interesting refugee, in the shape of a mere boy, sixteen ,years of ago, whose name, for obvious reasons, we are not permitted to mention, who literally had "to run his country to save his neck." . lialf as hour before the Arno left Leghorn, he was. brought on board concealed in a, sack, and placed for safety among the provisions in the lazaret. ,The person in charge o f "the parcel" 'paid its passage money to England, hod thus far was all Captain liaram knew about the mat ter at the time. On getting clear of the 'port, how ever, it turned out that "the Sack," like many of those occasionally dropped in the Bosphorous, con tained a living freight; and a dark-eyed boy made his appearance to claim the protection of the commander of the vessel. His only credentials were an appeal to the sympathies of human nature in assisting a fellow -creature in distress, and a letter of introduction to Messrs. M'Kean, M'Larty, and Co., of this town. It appeared that this young gentleman and a number of other precocious spirits had formed themselves into a secret society or club, for the printing and circulation of religious and political works, among which the distribu tion of the Bible, and pamphlets on the “ Freedom of Italy," formed a prominent part. The authorities hav ing got wind of their proceedings, several of the mem bers were arrested and summarily shot, and to escape a similar fate, our hero was embarked on board the Arno. His parents knew nothing of his connexion with the affair until startled by the appearance of the soldiers to demand the person of their sou; and for a couple of days previous to the Arno's arrival at Leghorn, he had been removed from house to house in the suburbs of the city to escape detection.—Liverpool Standard. COUNTY COURTS.—In the recent rules issued for the n regulation o t f h c e o utnatty of January,courts there 20,n the he j declaring ud ges shallthat , " appoint o the days and hours for holding each o f t h eir courts during the month of January, February, and March in the said year ; and on or before the first day of every month after the said month of January, the judges shall appoint the days and hours for holding each of their courts during the month next following the three months previously ap pointed, and a notice of such appointments shall forthwith be put up by the clerk m some conspicuous place in the court-house and in the office of the clerk; whenever any day so appointed for holding the court shall be altered, notice of such alteration and the time when it will take effect shall be put up in some conspicuous place in the court-house and clerk's office, provided that the judge may from time to time hold additional courts besides those hereinbefore required to be appointed. Two courts shall not be held before the same judge in one day." It is to be hoped that the time when the courts are to rise each day will be stated, which notice would benefit all parties, and prevent late sittings. AN IRISH MONARCH IN HENRY THE SECOND'S DAYS.—In one fight, early in the war they cut off three hundred heads, and laid them before Mac Murrougb, who turned them every one up with-his hands, rejoicing, and a com ingi,ery to one which was the head of a man a ran a r 1 , ad.w :get. hoon,l:sEbel iii i : P oo o i ad nd 4 2 4WBo r i d s u ~ much disliked, grasped it by the hair and ears, and from this, the nose and lips with his teeth. You may judge times was. what kind of gentleman an Irish King in thoso whom h n e d h to d re or horribly treated: The captives, all through this war, w and casting them into the .. the victorious party making nothing of e b r r a esiking and cruelties attendant It was in the midst of the miserrieesthe decd laypiled in the f thew limbs, rock. sea whe from the tops °. company thatthose 0 8 8 e t r moundsougboi v on the taking of Waterford, quite worthy of the streets, m arri e d and i,. I t , a h , e — fi a l filthy yo odious e er m s of corpses must have made , I . ' --it is "s lated that at the late Council only now pretty freely u you L n o g u la D dy; o s H fa s th ß er. D E / L eh: , n s s NEW's three members o f l f Lord John RTussehello'sthCearbailneerat h s e u r p s p w or e t r e e d o h p is_ ne w Re‘orm Bl ew p posed to any n Reformcoßnisltlearnt aatliol.n._Thhriser:daiivd.ision in the Cabinet has caused great The privilege of selling newspapers and books at the railway stations belonging to the S outh-Western Rail. way C ompan y has, it is stated, be en l eased to Messrs. Smith and So, the news-agents of the Strand, for 1,009/, a year. 2 2 // ; O froo taltiff th.4 °4 # o 0 v