The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-12 00:00:00

THE SIJN, 1 3 J':lha's, N ew B runsw i c k ; San d us k y, N ew t „lvu , . New Orleans; Georgia, Savannah; Jhn's, New Brunswiek-; /Inna akR, i psi ; it,e,"fterhie, Q4eleic. Sid. John Mathie, Cal 'ra "rd Cob: en, h , • Mars Africa; ny, bPI, Cru z , ina ` j3. ' y oL la8 ; Eli Near Orleans; James Carson, New k t ' Mobil-, E. C. Scranton, New Caniana, Callao ; Elizabeth Bricer, tak y. 'AtT ElTS.—(rilis DAY.) e 0 'iv __ lia • 11 ti -X C H AN GE ,-(F R I D AY ~) 1, ri tig t , ''at ue prcsent week the arrivals of English ," 1 4) i„ P tr- ' (lr soio .serea„o market COsstwise have been somewhat ip iy r roo , , , they having exceeded 2,300 quarters, s,, l 4l o ;day b y lV, nd in middling condition, Fresh / 4t ow cf o carriage the supply was small ;. hpic d e 00 t k, 5a133 1)1 , 8 of both rei and white was !unite . k m t4t4, . ul ai cff wheat of home produce the demand (ki vd. P, 1 „ 4 , e11 ' 43 ; yet Mot.clay's prices were well sup h.:looY 2 l'°rward delivery next to nothing was doing. itd.s_ 6:loll,,auteLrs of Foreign Wheat have been re hrsr, r heavy samples were scarce,. and quito ti, ti, t t o ll : a tly li t i tt , te b ro us i i ci n d e l s i s rg wa a s nd annfesraico.red.kindl;oactoirnng tri lii, ll l. t. at t ' Pulkh Odessa sold for Dutch ac -411 1' both 11 , 61 per qoarter, all charges included. kit It 'll s n 1'1 1 31 3. and foreign Barley WO were season -144 tv rell Ppued. Fine malting parcels commanded k ir ! t ) 6 ". bat grinding and distilling sorts were Vict ° (d vilreh ase In Malt very little business was .4 "e" . firm ' their demands. We b t , t very slow actors were in . tk e ßoed °lv sale for 0...t5, the arrivals of which 1 . 14 11i 11 P4 es P` ci • 4ll y from Ireland; and in some in gr'll r4re elt• were 6 1 cheaper. Beans, Peas, and 14 % t: °'ll 4 till; but Flour WAS quite as dear as on ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 4 ,.. 1 Wheat. Barley. ' 5 '411.. -117 • Qrs. Q 1 QM 44 t ;'. 2 ,.i40 41 m i 1 , :,, s 6 1 770 . ' 10,060 i t 200 „ r 1,680 sks 2,620 1 8,8" 1 2,92 his. 4 1 .14 i 4/44 SIVUTELFZEX.II. Si L 4 04, , i °I Beasts, fresh up to-day, were seas . on- Y Zref t ,,,,' x v 700 Short-horns, from Lincolnshire, `T O 4 8 5.1,(1 Devons, from ' the Western counties, k it , I tsi L b ° ,, , from Scotland. The attendance of ; 0 1 1 i t 42 l ° means extrusive, whilst the Beef trade L i kik i y j t lve, at Monday's quotations. Although IN: it t d both English and foreign Sheep was til4 1 :140,Z„ 411( 1 for that description of stock was II 416 "aye no, decline to notice in value. The *,,tewns realized 4s. 41. per 8 lbs, We had a it - l e f °r Calves, the number of which were It . 448 t it, No d , weeks currency. In Pigs, next . to 'Lk t „ t)ln g• Mileh Cows were very dull in sale, 1 / 4 ,. • "" 18 1 each, including the small calf. 1 4;71 448te el'r sibs, to sink th e offal. a. d. to s. d l i L Pit 'tk i t: 411 .:. " : I t° ' 2 3. '4 l . Inferior Sheep ••.. 2 10 8 0 14 S 14%1 :: a 2 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 a 8 v 3 6 Cparse-IN °oiled ditto 3 10 4 6 1 5i4 t1% )11 44 %.1 it ;., - .; 41. 1e; 3 2 1 8 / 310 Southdown Wether i 4 ' C 4 o.`e . a 6 33 8 Large tt Hogst o t h . o . 7. 0 . 0 . 2 0 6 4 0 0 4 3 6 4 0 i '''• .... : • 1 „ 8 0 20 0 Small Porkers •••. 3 8 310 .1 414, • 't,,„' 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 11, ' TOT SUPPLY AT MARKET. I ~9 1 I S h 2 co. I Calves. I Pigs. itt Ait k 2,200 I 94 I 280 Ilk 1 SCOTCH. '• Il i ,' I '"eeP. 1 Calves. ..... I "a 10 0 ' 1 F OREIGN SUPPLY. Cl 4 I Bh "P. I Calves. Pigs. 860 Ik A ,(11,14 . 40 .1 4:,Z i lltral (1 11 2 3 ALTD LEADENHILIM. errand was inactive, on the following Malt. ; Oats. Flour. Sacks 990 S' \ 14;itilot... I. a. to e -e d. by \ L 4llO. At per atone the carcase. c d. to s. O. k) 4 ll lt r:qiir ett : :: ? 22 6 Mutton, inferior •• 2 6 210 middling.. 3 6 3 6 '0. 4 . 44 411: 8 210 prime •••• 3 8 810 i .... .-23 4 ' P rli 1arge........ 2 4 8 6 Z kitil o-i," 10.. it . r a 2 „"" a 8 ° 'small -•• .... 2 8 810 ( lb Zo% th e --- •3 GU ZiOP DICIS.U3LET. lA, .Pa, I, r ,e is 'less activity in the demand for all lillse are 6 1 :' , week's prices are well supported. 0. te l (1 001 p ''cl at full quotations. The show of Ve st b . 6l B 6 lrat ivelY small. New Sussex Pockets, 0 1Ottit: o Pew Kent, 618 s t o 81 ; G o lding, Mid k t ° 121 ; Yearlings, 41 15s to 5188; t tl ti l t f i t ° 3 1. 15s per cwt. *--Ille coZeoesretztais. eti o :hae fo rn arket has been firmer for the best li % la, b as b r the inferior descriptions. British ik tri owedtotb_ole te e e° steady. Barbadoes, by auction, 10, a ndi‘itt ot .44',, 33s 61 to 36s for ord and mid grainy 14 , 4 4 7 1 1 4'14% 2 7s taken in at 31s for low yellow, h ill t i‘ l :tl l t ° 44, to t° l ' mid yellow. Demerara crystal . Le 4: to 3 3 , r fine yellow, 34s to 36s for low to 6, . for brown, being 6d decline on the O S 4 kt Lie d Bole L e k 1,, Ps. - at 43s to 48s for low to fine L, V ek, t4 . 1 td,7 11 , 14 . S a l 1,16, 1 4,, * a 7 " °f Mauritius, privately, have !to, lel, limited extent, at barely previous , 1 11„te 1,111 nearly all sold that was offered by 41:48 1 : 11 Yer s '''° bags, at a slight advan- Neli t "Is g o - 1 good and fine grainy yellow at k i 4 1 44 814 °d brown at 303 to 30t 6d, low and mid y 4 ,4 to 3 , 34, 4 6d to 36s good to fine Mauritius Q't4P e lloe s "' (4,1 and low' ditto at 28s to 29s 6d, O t l 4 b ro 4 b t 5- s 2d to 283. Madras declined 6d et t a % to wn 25 bet a 2is 6d to 23s 6d, and ord to good 114.104140,,awaibi:eish63 iii:LiaPv7l,:nn good yellow. has 03w3 .s been to o 3 6 'l o s t d f o a r t 1 ,1 " 4 .-...y' "d 293 € j for - 11 i:11:1. 4 1 4R 1 ' ,, (1 * i i C a r I° W to mid w an a d sh g e ood, at 34s to 358 ni b :4,o oo e 4 yellow was taken in at 34e 6d to 355. f ti ot) ..ic l br ow Eilti ts, was taken in at 27s to 28s 6d for k ol li 10 * °4l bron, and at 32s 6d for clayed brown. 4 , 14 1 ( 1„ trey to °fr .' to good dark was taken in at 28s t oi tp tt. e . tee 004 raid yellow at 30s 64 to 33s 6d, and I t t l Y i t , ',Th e e t'ocery at 34s to 3.5 s per cwt. 8°14% ,traitetroaand has rather increased, and the k )11 111 06, 8 s 61; N ative Ceylon has been sold by k e i t e4 l ' l l 42;1 391 for low ord, and 40 for good ord, ~ Ne il % has has been asked for the latter. Plan re,,,, 0 „t 56, t been dearer, good to fine has t 'ti,N,:' , et 44 ° 638, low mid and mid at 47s to 575, L 'l4" 4 o b ert 3 to 463, triage at 32s 6d to 433 and LNlstc,''r good 50 3 to 64s Jamaica has realised 1, 04 t0, ity -)`' and fine or . d, crud Cuba 55s to 61s l it, !op (' 7 0s. . a te fine marks of Ceylon were taken Nl ‘l l , 4 ° t t ,_ atlettthr partly found buyers at 38s 1itij0t,,....it4:3, an Mangalore ord. Madras ord sound was 0 ; 4tl ord his rtic angaiOr . e good ord at 435. . s. 1 4 41 0 Iliad ru . 0 has slightly tended downward a tkk,„ 4 44 - i.d grey has been taken in at 34s to ct l t't " 1 6 gt , I Z l d red at 40s t 45*. Grenada has Il i tq l `•14 1 , (1 ' 4 5 64 to 36s 6d for o mid to good. t!i. (51,1" sad ~,Ind has been brisk, at fuller rates. klet`t 4 iStlr as - ild white 9s 6d to lOs and good lOs to pit l 4 ts('l'is n " raid pinky 8s per cwt. L t i re' t° SI elat° has declined, mid even has been i' l ti Id t id ' Aa . ' ' i 01% 0 good ?bite Pepper has been in good re 'N,P,oh °gee has old Penang at Cid to Bid per lb. Vqt 2 21 1 2,1 , been quiet• Nutmegs are lower, /1 0 4 11 14 +k t ° 2, 1 1 (:. , ._51,. and 10 . w ls . 8d to 2s. Mace " 4 t . ....... r mid. Vkw '4 s u i ti tn gal ord 12 1 to gi per cent. refrac otl ite o , t at 24s to 250 4 l(!tiLtOwlaitolsB,2l';';'l3ericauda.has realised Is ld, a f nd eh•r ot csee Per lb, sle -e Pearl Sago 16f to 16s 6d or t t!k: l4 tt ; here has been a slight reduction in prices, 14 1 ,, N Il 1 1 11 ,g• se t •ase - Ma r i. a l it, 4 s a l e , .et has.been inactive, but holders have A I N 1 i'. , ..11 v .' 4 ti 10 14 't•e• is 368 9d to 37s per cent. for old on I t, ttti 4 1 4 et. k ti ki t i' l • 4,j--he market has been well supplied s eift o aq, Terceiralsf Oranges have been received from • 1 1 tt to k th t , I, h A o ' Yl St. Übes and Oporto: I tlt t 4 l 4 ll l t -e h e z 'es have be ' en landed in bad condition, Iti Al fo k i i 47 Y gales experienced there, which pre kttpall Tte e : i g °I the vessels. Two cargoes St. Mi- S,ltis a ttt p nbi r, and one from Fayal, sold by heeling VII b ‘liti 0 ,, 1 , e , sale, realized prices proportionate to No tl -t ' 1 1; 4 "tY. Lemons are scarce, but largo e t li ell - z , e , 4 Pected. Nuts of all kinds, with the k us are in demand. i ‘ .t h _"\______..,............___, 1\ : , t: 05 T 1 E - , ----- ' 81 1 ,44 1, ~,-, •' -uilt.-(T HIS DAY.) k i ki llt an ts-11.11ISTIAN V. lIORWOOD. 4 ti , q, If l Ittld., et !9 l l to recover the sum of 801. for ! VII , 1 1, 01 14,"Ivered, I tt ltt r i r. q "d Mr. Cowling appeared for the plain 44,P.hge ti ff rf eoivood and Mr. Power conducted the ;NI V i t :hta ' v /le !. sl,,,tte t , 1 .11. e, , 10 his opening address, said the plain -1/4‘41 On vv ut istian and ltathbone, were extensive ti A lt se br lginore-street C- di , h-. uare and the (P 11 "ght a • ' "Yen -q ' 1 ,0 lb ON () , against Mr. Herwood, a solicitor, til t i t Ni et att °°, his wife, for the cost of goods sup -441:11t i ll 14;eprevious to her marriage. The plain t de l) ' 41 4 ol a ' Cl othing, and in 1846 a lady came to N I , p h. lopi ht , rdered a considerable quantity of goods lil l i`i'Qekie,`l,°° for her wedding outfit. She gave the S i ' 4,‘Pha ti , 4413 s and said she lived in Stockwell tatt,4teoect -r 2ad• This lady, ho should prove, was tot 4 th r 0f a ' 41 ° present defendant. She was the toil !kit, ,tiebtradeaman of large property, a Mr. It 41 13 el, rated chronometer' maker, in Cornhill, t . 1 s et b ,ki, 1 0 5 " , 11e f u ' In 1842, she came into possession of a 'tt i N, rt itr, j t "e• The goods were supplied accord- SI, th 4„ !, th e tl i t . ,° ll application being made shortly 'SAW' lil t - ' a uy could not be found, and it was only to sv at eitttlylaintiffs succeeded in discovering that It t 6 ' ref " Mr. Boxwood. This gentleman, a ti e prose us e d t :Ss ett e , ° pay the debt, and his defence el ‘l, a , ief a - ' action was, that Miss French 1 4 0 til' e has e -Lit and under ' age at the time kti 1 4 0 14 rue ti .! . h.° goods. To this the plaintiffs d e _th a l , l to iirtteles supplied were necessary to her ki„,,,, The defendant denied that they were, 11 141 1 fit aw_otild have to determine whether a wed tt Y i', il lady 41 : Part of the necessary requirements of a lb te e 41. a ° llt to he married. If the law allowed a ej fa r t t e%' r, t o , marry, it would hardly be so absurd Zo l t. . € ' 4 Wi lle r h ial tiking a contract for the purchase of f il l is 4 'll4 '' 3 were needed at such an important ott a. *43 th . 1/44, tro 111 OF tk E ll given in proof of the above facts. 1 th i , hel whitci de given Mr. French was put in evi ., Zies is e t le,, oon n , it appeared that his property, which 1 Vt. qof w h0,.. " 1 ., was left in t qual shit-es to his four ' Si:Of ti l l l aki w "aMra. Tlorwood was one. b e 04 0 def end D, in the course of his address on the 14 4 44 enf4thinant-, said Mr. Ilorwood had never re he 74iti;"tcl is ]e cf the fortune left to his wife, and tl t Zt,, t ve in , present action, because he considers d %l lt t th i t i l'i?ea s ia, 4 7nor in common. honour or honesty ~,t a ,, , ulf v „_" fur the debt.. There could be no Is 4 he 'it. arit a :l e lia married a lady, he took with her o res, e.41 1 ,,,g 8, etISU the debts she owed. lil ft B Alio tk r , r. qs-augh 14---Yes, he takes her for bettor or k shz , lit t ,, vr.) t , ter ' , woo /3 • t _ .am tir aid the other advantages were for vil „o e debts for the worse.-(Laughter.) 4"4 tin e the debt WU illQUrred, bad i only just left school, and was about nineteen years of age. She was then living with her brother, Mr. John French, and when she ordered the goods she told the plaintiff that her brother would pay for them, and the conduct of the plaintiff clearly showed that they had treated him as the only person responsible for the debt. Mr. John French subsequently got into difficulties, and went abroad, where he died, and the plaintiff not being able to proceed against him, had endeavoured to fix Mr. Horwood with the debt. Miss French's linen was all marked "A. E. Horwood," and the plaintiffs must, therefore, have been well aware of the name of her in tended husband, and it was somawhat extraordinary that though Mr. Horwood's address could easily be found in the Law List, no application was made to him for the money until 1850, a period of more than three years after the goods were purchased. Mrs. Horwood was then called, and she said she dis tinctly told the shopwoman to send the bills to her brother, who would pay the amount. lie had made her a present of the outfit. Mr. Horwood said neither he nor any one of Mr. French's family had received any share of the deceased's property, in cons( quenco of a Chancery suit having been instiiuted. The estate was nearly swallowed up with trade debts, which were very large, but there was a pros pect of some portion of the property being divided. Ile did not hear of the plaintiff's claim until Sept. 1849. Mr. HUDIFREY replied. The CHIEF BARON having summed up the evidence, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for 80/., the amount claimed. BOW-STREET-4THIS DAY.) Harriet Stone, aged 19, was charged before Mr. Henry with attempting to pass bad money, at a hosier's house yestf relay. When she was taken into custody she stated that she was servant to Mr. Winter (Spring), of the Cas tle Tavern, Holborn. Inquiry was made of her master, when it appeared that she was in Mr. Winter's service, and had in the morning obtained leave to go out; but that in her absence, in cmsequence of some suspicions, her master canted her room to be examined, and found concealed some articles which had been long missing. Ocher servants had occasionally been suspected from time to time, whilst the prisoner was in the service, of stealing numerous articles, such as a silver fish knife. silver spoons and forks, umbrellas and great coats be longing to gentlemen who were stopping at the house. There was now reason to suppose that some of these goods could be traced to the prisoner if time were given to the constables. She was accordingly remanded for a week. A young man named George Wave this morning gave himself into custody to police-constable Patrick Mal here, et the station-house in Bow-street, confessing that ho had robbed his master, M.-Vittorio Nastaglio, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of sundry sums of money re ceived on his account, and amounting to upwards of thirty pounds. He was remanded to Tuesday next. LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH. The following anecdotes of Louis the Eighteenth, when at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire, with the French Royal Family, during their exile in England, are from the Gentleman's Magazine : "Here King Louis the Eighteenth led so retired a life that little was known of him beyond the limits of the mansion. Whenever he met any person in the grounds he always returned their salute by taking off his hat, and he would often hold a light conversation in tolerably good English; and to one gentleman he pointed out with much pleasantry that each side of the great doorway of Hart well House bore a Fleur-de-lis in the old carving, as if in anticipation of his coming.' The style in which he lived was unostentatious, and very suitable to the rank he held of `Count.' " His Majesty's family and suite, about twenty-five in number, generally dined together in the large dining room, and once in about three weeks the inhabitants of the adjacent parts were allowed to walk round the table during the repast, entering at one door, and returning by another, in conformity with the custom of the old French Court. The regular drawing-room being occupied by the Prince and Princess do Conde on their visits, the library was used as its sub stitute, with the King's sofa raised on a little dais or eminence; and here be used to hold small levees and see company. But his Majesty's own rooms were the study and the adjoining strong closet next the portico of the southern front. " When Louis was troubled with the gout mass was celebrated in the dining-room, the ' altar' being placed at the east end, and here occurred one of the gravest incidents of his eventful life. "On Lady-day, 25th March, 1814, the Royal Family were at prayers, and Madame Govet, an English lady, married to one of the Royal suite, was seated near the middle window, which commands a view of the road leading to the lodge, on a sudden she perceived two post-chaises, each drawn by four horses, rapidly.are preaching the house, with white flags displayed, a sight which provoked an exclamation from her in spite of the general solemnity of the room. The carriages contained certain deputies from Bordeaux, who brought intelligence that the Due d'Angouleme had entered that city with Marshal Beresford's division of,the British army, which had been received with enthusiasm, that the white cockade was displayed, and that Louis the Eighteenth was proclaimed. Hardly was this excitement occasioned by the most joyous tidings moderated ere Captain Slaughter, K. 11., of the Royal Navy, conducted in person to his Majesty another party of deputies, whom ho received elf Dunkirk, on board the Archer sloop of war, he commanded, and charged to solicit the exile to return and take possession of his throne and kingdom. These gentlemen were ushered into the library, and the King there signed the celebrated docu ment, said to have been suggested by the supple Talley rand, stating that he accepted and would observe the constitution of France. The Rev. Mr. King, uho happened to b" pre sent at the ceremony, preserved the pen with which the signature was written, and has since placed it among the memorabilia in Dr. Leo's Museum, where it now remains." THE SHOE BLACK BRIGADE. This brigade, which was established previous to the opening of the Exhibition, not upon a war footing, but for the purpose of cleaning the boots and shoes of the many parties who might visit us during the stirring sea son of the Exhibition, has now ben considerably cur tailed in numbers. In the months of April last, when first established, it cnnsisted of 63 boys, provided by the prcmoters of the Ragged School Union. The num ber, however, has now been reduced to 30, and it may be satisfactory to know, that the e arnings of these boys, for blacking shoes, from the month of April to the close of the Exhibition, amounted to nearly 600/. Several of of t hem earned as much as 6s. and 7s. per day. One them saved as much as paid for his outfit to enable him to e migrate. It is the intention of the c ommittee of the union to set ageing another gang of boys, under heir care, to be called " Mercury Boys," whose business, in plain terms, will be to run messages for such as may em ploy them. They also intend to employ another set, called a " Brass Band" (not the Pope's), for the purpose of cleaning door knockers and brass plates. These are all legitimate callings, and it must be gratifying to see so many boys, Rho otherwise would be prowling about the streets as thieves and vagabonds, earning an honest living by following them out. LEADER ON TUE LAST FRENCH REVOLUTION. — _ Louis Napoleon is a schoolmaster, who, finding that Young France has got his sum all wrong, hat made him rub it clean out and begin it over again.—Punch. SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND. —Yesterday a general court of the governors of this institution was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, the Rev. J. Evans in the chair. The report stated that since the opening of the institution in December, 1799, it had answered the most sanguine expectations of its promoters, both in the encou ragement it had received from the public and in the results which had been produced. Upwards of 450 persons had been returned to their families able in most instances to earn a livelihood, or at least some considerable portion of it. The number of pupils had gradually increased from 15 males to upWarLls of 150 of both sexes. The receipts fur the past six months had amounted to 3,4271. Some routine business having been transacted the meeting separated. SINGULAR BEETLES.—The forests of oaks in the district of Montona, near Trieste, have of late been infested by an extremely small beetle, which pierces an infinity of small holes in trees to the very centre, and renders them unfit for any other use than that of fuel. The damage already done is estimated at several million florins, and it is not I known how it can be checked.—French Paper. A LovE SONG.—l've seen her out a walking, in her habit de la rue; and it aint no use a talking, she's pumpkins and a few. She glides along in beauty, like a duck upon a lake. 0, I'd be all love and duty, if I only was her drake.—/Vew York Express. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. --- Yesterday morning, shortly after eleven o'clock, as a re spectably-dressed woman wa s crossing Ludg ate-hill, near the end of Farringdon street, she was knocked . down by the pole of a Bayswater e 1 passing sh e was a o s v e i r m h m e r e d a i a n t el e l c y o vceorn state.i n v g e y t e h d e t p o a v s e t - . m om en n t ib w us ith th b e h lo w od e . Bartholomew's Hospital in an apparently dying THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AT DARTFORD. — Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. C. J. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent, resumed at the Dartford Union the adjourned inquest on the bod ies of Christopher Hoggart, William Harrison, Thomas Nash , Jose p h Loft, t,James Gold smith, Sarah Goodeve, and Ann Brown, the seven unfortunate persons who lost their lives by an e x p losion, which occurred on Tuesday week, in the premises of Mr. E. Callow, a blast ing rocket-manufacturer, of Joyce's-green. The investiga tion lasted upwards of six hours. After a lengthened con sultation, the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased lost their lives from an accidental extlosion of blasting powder in the premises of Mr. E. Callow ;" and added, " that they were unanimously of opinion that gross careless ness had been displayed on the part of Mr. E. Callow in suffering blasting quite unfitted for the pu r p ose , h a ving imperfect floors of wood cartridges to be manufac tured in a building and gravel, and suffering the employed to work in nailed boots and shoes, and in not having any defined rules or re gulations, either written or printed, for the guidance or pro tection of the parties employed in the premises." The Co roner said he perfectly concurred in the verdict of the jury. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON RAW" WAY. —A special meeting of the above company was held yesterday morning, at the Exchange Hall, Nottingham. There was a good attendance of shareholders present. The chair was occupied by Mr. Norton, of Elton. Mr. Gough read the terms proposed by the London and North-Western and Midland Railway Companies for a working agreement and ultimate lease, which have already been published. The chairman moved "That the arrangements provisionally entered into between the London and North-Western and Midland Companies, mentioned in the circnlar issued to each of the proprietors, be confirmed." Mr. Nicholson objected to the terms, and moved an amendment to the effect "That this meeting considering the terms offered inadequate, the same be declined, and that a committee be formed to con sider the subject proposed, and to co-operate with the di rectors." Mr. lbshop trusted the meeting would support the chairman.— ( Hear, hear.) After some considerable discus sion, the chairman put the former part of the amendment, negativing the adoption of the terms proposed, when it was almost unanimously carried. After a vote of thanks to the chairs an, tho meeting separated. LONDON, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the subjoked notes concern the public, I beg to hand you copies of them, and I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, J. A, NICHOLAY. Oxford-street, Dec. 8, 1851. (Copy.) London, Dec. 4, 1851. J. A. Nicholay, Esq., Chairman of the Deputa tions from the Metropolitan Parishes, &c., &c. Sir,—As I know you take an interest in the Com missioners of Sewers, I beg to acquaint you that an Arbitration will be held at the Law Institution, Chan cery-lane, to-morrow morning at half-past ten o'clock, to asses the amount of compensation due to the United Service Institution, for the damages they have suffered from the formation of the Victoria•street sewer. The Court is a public one, and the Arbitrators are Messrs. Smirke, Powell, and Pownall. Yours ever, AN ONTMOUS. (Copy.) December 5, 1851. To J. A. Nicholay, Esq , &c., &c. My dear Sir, —According to your desire I went this morning with " Anonymous" in my pocket to the Law Institution, to hear the statements made on be half the Trustees of the United Service Institution (Sir J. Cockburn, the Duke of Northumberland, &c.) to the Arbitrators for compensation for the damages done to the Museum in Scotland-yard, by the new fangled under. tunnelling Government Centralised Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. The statements made by counsel for the trustees, as well as the reports of Woods and Forests' surveyor, architects, &c., confirm all that the Marylebone Ves try stated in May last to Parliament. The damage to the buildings under-tunnelled is as great, if not greater, than Lord Seymour stated publicly, and for which the ratepayers will, of course, be further sur charged! To all appearance the money of the " district rate payers" has been wasted by these " centralised" Com missioners in constructing a defective sewer, and un dermining fatally the buildings adjacent thereto in a questionable manner, whereby the proprietors are forced into expensive arbitration, alias law, for the re quisite repairs, or reconstruction of their property, at the expense of the " district rate-payers ?" As this is a case on which the "district rate-payers" should be fully informed, I regretted not seeing any reporters for the press there, unless two short-hand writers officiated for the double purposes of taking notes and reporting also. An appointment in the City at noon prevented me hearing the whole case for the plaintiffs, or the result, which, as honorary secretary of the deputation, I should otherwise have given you ; but I trust the press will obtai❑ and publish the whole affair for the public information. If the " dilittanti" Commissioners are permitted to under-tunnel the Strand, Fleet-street, Cheapside, &c., they will undermine or tumble down the adja cent buildings, as they have the United Service Insti tution and those at Percy Wharf ! From the Mu seum a Mr. Shaw was warned, and for personal safety ' removed to avoid impending danger. The buildings destroyed by the under -tunnelling operations at Percy Wharf are partly reconstructed. Those belonging to the Duke have been re- edified at his Grace's cost or the " district rate-payers." I beg to return " Anonymous" to you, and remain, my dear Sir, yours very truly, RICHARD DOVER. EXETER HALL—THURSDAY CONCERTS. A series of Thursday concerts, modelled upon the general plan of the Wednesday concerts of last year, has been commenced at Exeter-hall. The perform ance last night was conducted by Mr. T. H. Severn, who has assembled a very fair madrigal and general chorus, comprising, indeed, the elite of the choral performers of both the great Operas. Their execu tion of the opening madrigal, "Flora gave me fairest flowers"—one of Wilbye's happiest inspirations—was excellent, full of feeling, and the light and shade de ligctfully given. The other madrigals were Wilbye's "Sweet honey-sucking bees," and the ever fresh " Down in a flowery vale." Besides these, however, a hunting song by Mendelsehon, oddly enough written in the minor key, and which has much of the madrigal character, was per formed with delicacy and spirit. Among the soloists were Miss Pyne, who was in full voice, and loudly encored in Wallace's " Scenes that are brightest:;" Miss Dolby, who sang a quaintly pretty couple of " Nile ballads," arranged by M r.Rimbauld ; and Miss:Binckes, who gave the "In questo sem p, lice " with the famous joddling passage , wit h s p irit and in a musician-like manner. Mr. Whitehouse, a gentleman with a firm round bass voice, gave efficient assistance in the concerted music. Mr. S wift, a pupil of the Royal Academy, and whose fine even tenor voice is well known to all the frequenters of the Academy concerts, made a very favourable impres• sion in Mendelssolites - graceful song, "By Celia's arbour." The well-known glees, "Ye spotted snakes," and " When wearied wretches," were care fully and effectively given by Miss L. Pyne, Miss Dolby, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Swift, and alto gether the entertainment appeared to give the since rest delight to a numerous auditory, who were most lavish in their encores. WHITTINGTON CLUB. MRS. SINCLAIR'S EVENING WITH THE SCOTTISH BARDS. Last night an entertainment of that sort rendered so popular by the late Mr. Wilson was given in the hall of the above-mentioned institution by Mrs. Sinclair, a lady well known in the musical world as a fine singer of Scottish music. Among the host who are endea vouring to follow in his footsteps, she alone seems destined to fill up the blank caused by his premature death. She brings to her assistance a great deal of research and much musical ability, and consequently her entertainment is what it ought to be—in every respect agreeable, amusing, and interesting. Her se lection of songs last night was excellent, and the musician-like mannner in which they were given equally so. " The Lea Rig" was capitally sung, and lip in the Morning Early" was encored with accla mation. The songs, however, were not the only agreeable part of the soiree, the pleasant, light running commentary, or descriptive lecture, being replete with agreeable anecdotes and interesting matter. Nor must Miss Sinclair's pianoforte performance be passed unnoticed, the judicious manner in which she ac companied her mother showing great good taste, whilst her solo (a fantasia on airs from Don Pasquale) was brilliantly executed, and proved her to be an ac complished pianiste. The room was quite full, and the audience were frequent in their demonstrations of satisfaction. Mrs. Sinclair, we believe, intends making a provincial tour, and it is almost a work of supererogation to wish her that which she is sure to obtain—success in her undertaking. THEATRE ROYAL EDINBURGH. Unquestionably the greatest performer whom Mr. Lloyd has yet introduced to our boards, or, to speak wider, who has appeared in Edinburgh for some time (R e may safely say since Mr. Macready's fare well) is Mr. Davenport, the American tragedian. Of strangers—of American celebrities perhaps more es pecially—the Edinburgh public is proverbially chary. Whatever amount of fame may have been achieved elsewhere forms but a slight introduction to the critical tastes of our audiences. But Mr. Davenport needed no herald to sound his praise. In person, judgment, voice, ges ture—everything that constitutes the greet actor — he brought his own recommendations with him, and at ignce achieved a decided triumph. Avoiding minute criticism, we may say generally that his performances of the Stranger and Othello were characterised by good taste and simplicity, with an absence of all affectation and straining atter effect. He excels in the rarest quality on the stage, Naturalness, and both in level passages and in sounding the higher notes of tra gedyhe-rarely if ever outrages the "modesty of nature." One scene is made harmonious with another, and a com plete character is thus presented to the critical spectator, which, if not coming up to the highest ideal of per fection, falls at least little short of it, and displays a power of conception and execution which very few of the many aspirants to interpret properly our best dramatists ever attain to. Those, therefore, who wish to enjoy an intelligent hour with Shakspere will rarely find a better opportunity than is now pre sented by Mr. Davenport's appearance here. Judg ing from his noble performance of Othello, we make bold to say that of the " mighty master's" creations there is hardly on the stage at present a more fitting exponent.—Edinburgh paper. MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A LADY AT DULWICH. —On Wednesday evening, at five o'clock, as Mrs. Hitch cook, a lady of the greatest respectability, residing in Dul wich, was on her return from Norwood, she was stopped by two ruffiars in the High Norwood-road, close by Croxted lane, and was instantly felled to the ground by a blow upon the head by some sharp instrument, which penetrated to the skull, and was otherwise most desperately ill-used. She succeeded, however, in catching hold of one of her assail ants, and was imploring his mercy and protection, when it is supposed that the sound of an approaching carriage alarmed the villians, who leaped the hedge and made ofl acrms the fields. The unfortunate lady's cries at length brought assist ance, and she was then conveyed into one of the adjacent houses. Medical aid was as soon as possible procured from Dulwich, when she was found to have been frightfully in jured, the whole of the upper part of her person being satu rated with blood. She was subsequently taken to her own residence, where she lies in a state of great suffering from the injuries she has sustained. CHILD MURDER AT DERBY.—An inquest has been held on the body of the child found in the canal, at Derby, yesterday week, and a verdict returned of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. Two women who were apprehended on suspicion have been liberated, and no clue at present exists to the perpetrator of the re volting crime. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1851. NAVAL INTELLIGEN CE. We stated on Wednesday that it Vas the intention of the Admiralty to form a branch establishment for gunnery instruction at .Devonport. 'We may now state that the charge of this service has been entrusted to one of the best officers in the service, Captain Hewlett, who was promoted from the Excellent. That officer has been appointed to the Hotspur fri gate ; and with a small staff and complement from the parent ship will at once commence duty. It is to be hoped, however, ere long an efficient sea-going screw ship will be appropriated to this important and valu able service. Lieutenant T. P. Barrow (1825) has been appointed to take charge of the Edward transport. Lieutenant the Hon. P. Curzon (1843) has been appointed to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED VETERAN.—The navy will regret to hear that one of the oldest and most distinguished veteran seamen of the war—one of the finest, best, and most skilful bnatswsins that ever occupied that position in the royal service—the man who, under compulsion, hoisted the red flag at the breaking out of the general mutiny at Spithead, and the gallant young seaman who, when the Ad miral's flag was shot away on board the Royal George, in the battle of the "glorious first of June," recovered the lost colours and nailed them to the stump of the broken mast—" William Burke," the man who was presented to his late Majesty, when Lord High Admiral, as the " first practical seaman in the world"—this veteran, who was in the active service of the Crown for more than sixty years, who was respected by every one who knew him, from the flag officer to the cabin boy, and who retired some years since as boatswain of Devonport Dockyard, died on Wednesday last at his residence, Caroline-place, Stonehouse, i❑ the 83d year of his age. Rear-Admiral Reynolds. C. 8., in the Southamp ton, 50, Captain Corry, having been relieved at Monte Video, by Rear-Admiral Henderson, C. 8., in the Centaur, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Cannon, has returned to Rio, and was to leave that place for Eng land, Nov. 18. Lord F. Russell, in the Tweed ,18, was also at Rio, and was to leave for England on the 16th. llavannah, 19, Captain Erskine, and Fly, 14, Com mander Oliver, are being fast dismantled at Devon port. The former will be paid off on Friday next, the latter to-mdrrow. The officers and crew of the Acheron steamer, who came to England in the Ha vannah and Fly, were paid off on Weduesay. Saracen old brig at Devonport is ordered to be fitted for surveying service. Messrs. Edward Lamb, John Trego, and Charles John, having served the required probationary terms, have been confirmed as supernumerary boatswains of the St. George, 120, at Devonport. PORTEMOUTII, THURSDAY.—Viscount Palmerston, accompanied by a party of gentlemen of the corps diplomatigue, arrived at Gosport this morning by the South-Western Railway, and were conducted by Mr. R. Willoughby Stevens, the company's superinten• dent, into the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard in the railway carriages. They were received on alight ing by Mr. Davis, the master attendant, who con ducted them over the harbour to the new stairs of this dockyard, where they were received by Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., the Commander-in-Chief, attended by Flag-Lieutenant Pasley. The Admiral escorted the party to the King's stair•, where he em barked them in his galley, and put them on board her Majesty's yacht Fairy, which conveyed them to Osborne, to an audience with the Queen, and after wards returned with them to this port, and disem barked them at the Clarence-yard at 3 30 P.M., whence they departed for London. The Britannic, 120, Captain Goldsmith, has been undocked to•day, and hauled alongside the jetty to fit out. She sent up her topmasts to-day. The Rapid, 8, Commodore Blane, sailed from Spithead to-day for the East Indies. _ APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, DEC. 11.—Lieutenant Charles G. Fegen (1845), to study steam at the factory at Wool wich Dockyard. Boatswain William Inglis to the London, 90, at Sheerness. Commodore Henry Eden having obtained six weeks' leave cf absence, Captain the Hon. Montague Stop ford has arrived here from Sheerness, to be acting superintendent at Woolwich Dockyard during the absence of Commodore Eden. Captain Erasmus Ommaney, recently in command of the Assistance, one of the ships of the last Arctic expedition, having been appointed Deputy-Controller of the Coast Guard, it is expected Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., will be appointed additional to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth, for packet service at Southampton, in the room of Captain Armor L. Corry, on the promotion of the latter gallant officer to the rank of Rear-Admiral. Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., will leave the position he now holds at Whitehall, as First Naval Lord at the Admiralty, in about six weeks from the present time, and will then hoist his flag on the Bri tannia, 120, and proceed to relieve Admiral Sir Wil liam Parker in the command of the Mediterranean station. Rear-Admiral F. M. Berkeley, C. 8., the present Second Naval Lord, is expected to be First Naval Lord, and Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., one of the present Lords of the Admiralty, has addressed the electors of the borough of Greenwich, Woolwich, and Deptford, with the view of being elected their representative in the room of Rear-Ad miral Dundas, who will vacate his seat on leaving for the Mediterranean. Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart is well known and greatly respected in this borough, having, when Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, some years ago, secured many influential friends in the constituency by his excellent disposition and kind manner to all parties in this locality. The Tartarus steam-vessel was navigated to Leith in the latter part of the last and the beginning of the present week, where she is to be stationed, and em ployed in the protection of the fisheries on the north coast of Scotland. Mr. Stuart, the Government pilot, proceeded from Woolwich to Leith in her, and he de scribes the whirlwind and gale he encountered in her when off St. Abb's-head as more severe than any he had ever experienced during his long professional service. The Defence, formerly a 72-gun ship, but now tcon verted into a convict-hulk, was take n d own th e r i ver to-day, from opposite the docky ar d, t o h er permanent emnonovriientgasemopposite during th theeßoyal day Ar in thatsenal,to contain departmentthe of her Majesty's service. The Amazon West India Royal mail steam-packet started shortly after 12 o'clock to-day on a further trial down the river, having on board Mr. Hughes, assistant to the chief engineer at Somerset- house, and Mr. Mills, chief engineer to the company, but after proceeding about five miles below Gravesend the fog became so thick that it was cons idered advisable to drop her anchor and b r i ng h er u p in good anchorage ground. The tri a l o f h er s p ee d between the Nore And Mouse lights i s , conse quently, deferred until Saturday, when she will be tried if the weather is free of fog, and she will afterwards proceed on the after noon of that day for Southampton. The vessel has been surveyed and considered capable of carrying 14 32-pounders and two 10-inch pivot guns, the latter of 85 cwt. each, on her main deck. Her coal boxes are constructed to carry 1,000 tons of coals, or up wards of 161 days' consumption at the rate of 2f tons per hour for her 26 furnaces: She is fitted with Captain Sir Snow Harris's lightning conductors, and in case of need can accommodate 360 troops below, allowing each man twelve superficial feet. Altogether the vessel is a great credit to the company, and when the five already ordered are completed, and one or two more, Captain Chappell says, are contemplated, this wealthy company will possess a splendid fleet, available for commercial purposes in the time of peace, and for the service of the country on any sudden emergency of war. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Though on the first two days of the great Christmas Cattle Show there was no deficiency of visitors as com pared with the corresponding days of previous years, yet during the whole of yesterday the crowd in attend ance at the show in Baker-street was so dense as to pre clude anything like a satisfactory view of the stock. The visitors, too, were of a different class from those in the early part of the week. Though there was still a considerable attendance of farmers and others whose whose occupations are more or leas connected with the cultivation of the soil, the butchers and dealers had to a great extent disappeared, but their absence was agree ably compensated for by the presence of a number of ladies, chiefly from the rural districts. With the ex ception of a few of the least promising of the cattle, and some half dozen pens of Leicestershire sheep, the whole of the animals have been sold, and there is every probabitity that no part of the stock brought to the exhibition for sale will have to seek another market. The interest of the visitors yesterday was principally con centrated on the articles exhibited in the implement gallery, including American reaping machines, portable steam-engines, grinding mills, thrashing machines, ploughs, and every other mechanical contrivance of modern date for the improved cultivation of the soil. The Duke of Wellington and General Wemyss were among the more distinguished of the visitors, and both of them appeared to take an especial interest in the stalls devoted to the display of field produce. THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE AND THE FRENCH eoiantvatilelme,etnhtou i th t a h t e E T s i h m e e r s n , o il :, tually proceeded to Lille, with the v i ew o f getting up a de-_I learn from a source w hi c h h as never to de th j monstration in favour of himself, p rov id e d he received the slighest encouragement. The f ac t th at t h e Times announced at ac the cording Prince this piece of information exclusi ve l y , a ff ords collateral con dmidis,leti after us, all,th con firmation of what we said yesterday respecting that journal being in the service of the Orleans family. On reaching Lille, the Prince de Joinville found that there was not the shadow of a chance for him, even in that disaffected town, and, therefore he hurried back to England per the next train, in the hope that the fact of his having contemplated an expedition against Louis Napoleon would not transpire. —Advertiser. We are happy to say that Mr. Brown, M.P. for South Lancashire, is so far recovered from his late attack of influenza AS to enable him to go to Southport for change of air• BANK OF ENGLAND, (From the Newcastle Journal) The monetary affairs of the country have been threatened with some disturbance of late, and they have, indeed, had to encounter it not from one cause alone, but from more. A few days ago, the Directors of the Ba n k o f England dclared their readiness to advance money on stock, and other approved securi ties, during the shutting of the books for the arrange ment of the dividends pay able on consols, at the re duced rat e o f t wo and a half per cent. Great was the consternation excited among the discount brokers of the metropolis at this measure. The Quaker mo ney lenders "groaned in spirit," as did the . Jews, the prospect before them of p er- centag h e n s d g r r e o t es . "small by degrees and beautifully less," attracted to the great paper mart clients, dle in T ieing street, where business might be done on termsreadnee cheap with those which are so abundantlypeecloamad: gated as regulating the outfitting, and no Sons, in doubt most useful establishment o f M essrs. Moses and the Minories. F ree t ra d e and cheapnes s are the i order of the day, th e a l p h a and omega of the time in which we li ve , an d t h at the free -trading, Zee somewhat degenerate B an k o f E ng l and should be prepared to emulate the economy of Messrs. Moses and Sons, is by no means surprising. That there is ability of the first order in the councils of the Bank of England is not to be denied. We name no names. There can be no necessity for doing so, but we hare it in our memories on the testimony of a Minister of the Crown—a Minister of the Whig clique, of course —that some five-sixths of the board of directors were ascertained to be in favour of the repeal of the corn duties, when that great question was mooted. They became so, we believe, not as the result of any con viction of their own, but because other people were. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd, that was, is a rich man and an influential. These City influentials, by the way, are most pretentious personages. We could name several of them who are too—much too—re spectable for the society of the plain jog-trotting por tion of the community. They appear often, as we perceive by the Cowl Circular, before the Minister in the character of deputations, and it goes forth to the wondering world that they have had, at Down ing -street, an interview with the Right Hon. Lord This, or Mr. Secretary That. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd, whose pedigree is now graced with a title, may not have been one of those pragmatical gentle men. We do not remember that he ever was, nor shall we dwell upon the point further than to say, in candour, that we have not any imputation of the kind to allege against him. He became, as we judge, the Lord of Overstone by dint of his amiable politices and his disingenuous support of that pink of a City candidate, Lord John Russell, who, under auspices so all-predomina n t, f oun d himself what he has the felicity of being, namely, M.P. for the City of Lon don. Well, we have called Lord Overstone an " influential," and so he has been. He was, and perhaps is, despite the great ness th a t h as been rust upon him, a constant attendant at the general meet ings of the Bank of England, nor have we to charge our conscience with the delinquency of having for a moment forgotten the deference that was ever paid by the directors to the suggestions of the noble banker, Lord Overstone. Would that he had in his communication with the Minister, when proffered admission to the peerage of Great Britain, suffered himself to be dubbed the Lord of Lothbury, because this would have been in accordance with the great deeds of the individual. He has not, like Jervis, dis tinguished himself at sea, or like Wellesley in the field. Those illustrious men, the Earl St. Vincent and the Prince of Waterloo, did so acquire distinction each for himself in one element or the other, and their titles are appropriate, but why, we ask, why should the most worthy patronymic of the Noble Lord be ob scured by a dignity not of accordance with his merits in another shape of usefulness ? Mr. Jones Loyd knew well the meaning of a bill of exchange when he saw one, and equally well did he know what use to make of it. He was a' master of his craft, and Lothbury ought to have been honoured by an identi fication with his performances in the moneyed world. Loyd and Lothbury are, or ought to be, synonymous terms, and we, th e r e f ore , comp l a i n of the robbery committed on the latter in favour of the village of Overstone in Northamptonshire, of which one knows little and cares to know less. What we have said of Lord Overstone's choice of title may, however, be supposed to have nothing to do with the measures of the Bank. This is not the fact. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd was great in his day both as a banker and a Liberal. He wrote a number of specious treatises on the banking and monetary system, and did much, in our opinion, to destroy the power of the National Bank—the Bank of England. He was ever going upon the widely-spread fallacy of cheapness—that crotchetty dogma which has brought England to the humiliating condition of having to come down on her knees and implore the co-operation of other countries in the consummation of the proposed blessing. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd was never particularly happy in the capacity of a pamphleteer. We could never sub scribe to his doctrines as the result of nice thought and anxious calculation. Neither could we ever see that there was anything in the position BEd practice of a private banker that should entitle him to foist his opinions upon a body of persons placed at the head of the Bank of England, between which and the private bankers a clashing of interests must con tinually exist. The recommendations of Baron Over stone may have been most conscientious—meat plau sible. This we readily concede. We concede also the claims presented by the incident, that his Lordship was the proposer on the hustings of Lord John Ras• sell, but still we are not compelled to admire the choice he has made of a title, nor his acceptance of any title at all. Nobilitas sola est atque ?mica virtas. We totally ignore the claim to a title wen preferred on the score of political partiz inship or enormous wealth, fur assuredly there can be nothing to be found in Mr. Lloyd's pamphlets worthy of a coronet. The Bank directors are, as we have intimated, not all of them endowed with the sagacity of Solomon. This, how ever, they do know in common with the rest of mankind. They know that some value attaches to the support of a very great man. At the bidding of Mr. Loyd and his school, the banking system of the country was wholly changed, and the national bank has in consequence no more command over the affairs of the country than a private bank, otherwise than that she has the advantage of the ancient and well appreciated prestige belonging to the foundation, as welt as an unlimited command of capital. Thus the reduction of interest by the directors in their charge fur discounts tells upon the profits of the smaller establishments, and had it not been for poli tical causes, having a neutralizing influence, money would by this time have been a drug in the London market. At the very moment the expectation of such an occurrence was formed advices were obtained from the French shorcs of the event we have long auticipated—the severance of Louis Napoleon and the more potential and other military leaders of the National Assembly. An immense speculation had set in upon the public in the concoction of mining and other companies, but the Bank of England, with its Overetone school, and the whole corps of miners and financiers, have been suddenly brought to their proper bearings. Our national stalks have fallen upwards of two per cent. ; dealing in shares has been paralyzed, and though the Bank has in gold and silver coin and ingots more than 16,000,0001., yet money is now more judiciously invested than was the case a week ago. Our domestic funds have, as we have said, sustained a severe shock, as well as our railway properties, but Louis Napoleon's appeal to the people of France has had a magic effect, and prices are by no means so depressed as they were at one moment, either at the Paris Bourse or in London. The moment is pregnant with change for good or for evil, and we must await the issue. Meanwhile we would suggest that forty shilling discounts are no more compatible with the national prosperity than a three-and- six penny bat on the head, or a scaramouch jacket on the back, of a reduced gentleman. THE WOODTHORPE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday last the inquest on the bodies of William Ramsden, Samuel Bacon, and Charles Stone, the three men whose deaths were occasioned by the explosion at this col linearyon the previous Saturday, was held at the Bull I nn , l ke. It appeared from the evidence that the management of the pit had been entrusted to a person who had very little practical knowledge, and that little attention had been paid to complaints made to him respecting fire damp. The evi dence of Mr. C. Morton, Government Inspector, showed that as regarded ventilation, there had not been a sufficient amount of intelligence brought to bear upon it, and the wit ness said he was sorry to be obliged to add that the bottom or underground steward, Oldfield, was not sufficiently well acquainted with either the theory or practical details of ven tilation to enable him to conduct works in a fiery seam with safety to those employed therein. The jury, after consulting for some time, concurred in the following verdict :—" Man slaughter against Joseph Oldfield," the underground steward ; and, moreover, expressed it to be their opinion that Mr. John Rhodes, the lessee of the colliery, ought to have employed a more efficient and intelligent person. Oldfield was immediately committed to prison for trial at the assizes. MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A LADY AT DULWICH. —On Wednesday cock, a lady of th evening, at five o'clock, As Mrs. Hitch greatest respectability, residi n g in Dul wich was on her return from Norwood, she was stopped by two ruffians in the High Norwood-road, close by Croxted lane, and was instantly felled to the gro und b y a blow upon the head with some sharp instrument, which penetrated to the skull, and was otherwise most desperately ill-used. She succeeded, however, in catching a hold of one of her assailants, and was imploring his mercy and prote.tion, 141 - len it is sup posed that the sound of an approaching carriage alarmed the villains, who leaped the hedge, and made off across the fields. The unfortunate lady's•cries at length brought assis tance, and she was then conveyed into one of the adjacent houses. Medical aid was as soon as possible procured from Dulwich, when she was found to have been frightfully in jured, the whole of the upper part of her person being satura ted with blood. She was subacqueutly taken to her - own residence, where she lies in a state of great suffering from the injuries she has sustained. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, DEC. 11.—We under stand that it is in contemplation to invite the lion. J. R. Walker, late Secretary to the United States' Treasury, to a public dinner in Southampton, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 1.750 to 50 and 1,000 to 25 agst Black Doctor; 1,000 to 25 agst Knouk Ku,ll; 3,000 to 45 agst Nancy; 2,000 t) 35 agst Koh-i• noor; 2,000 to 30 each agst Merry Bird, Pitsford, and Mr. Worthington's Birdcatcher filly, all taken; nothing else named. DERBY. 400 to 50 egst Hdhie Noble—taken and afterwards offered WESTBURY STEEPLECHASES. Acceptances for the Free Handicap of 10 sovs. etch, h ft, and 50 added. Thurgarton, 11Ft 71b—Baptiste, list 7:b—The Ge neral, 11,t lib—Forest Lad, lOst 121b—Hinton, lost 31b—Venice, lOst—Kate Kearney, lOst— Everton, 103t—Fifteen Pounds no Object, lOst—Roe buck (late Bobby), 90. HUN LING APPOINTMENTS. Duke of Beaufort's bds., Mon., Stanton Park; Wed., Coal-pit Heath; Sat., Yalton Kennel. Craven hds., Mon., Tottenham Park; Wed., Knights bridge; Fri., Aldbourne Chase; Sat., Shaw Place— 10i. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Clatford Oakcuts ; Tues., New Mill; Wed., Wherwe ll Wood; There., Combo Wood; Fri., Brigatiston; Sit., Clarendon Park-11. Bath stag hds., Tues., Melksham—lli; Fri., West- Badsworth hds., Tues., Hampole Inn; Thurs., Fry stone Hal! 10i; Sat., Brampton Bull Hh ad-10. Mr. Lurnley's hds. , Mon., Sparkin Hall; Wed.. Cant- L e y i b t: ri, y on the Hill; Sat, Stainton Village Brayton. lra m Thurs., n L i _ , ri.,33; o e o si r bayt h G d l s rv . a , ni M ees on slati. S ,Q t ri u .s t r to li n oo ll on il — l ; 10 7 . ed., Raiford bds , Mon,, Scarli ff e g Village; Tues., Ketbam; entinekle Lord Yarbor ou p z r h i ',.l , R ha s 4 ., Faby Wood; Wed., Ue L se o l r b d y H H e o n u ry se Kettlethorpe,• Wed , 6 hds., Fri., Newbold Commo n • Penton ; Thurs., Stapleford Moor; Mr. M. Ingram's hds at. Branston; Toes., , Hackthorne- 11 Snelston; Sat., Blithfield p. Mr. Farquharson's hds Rolleston Hall; Thurs., Nether Cerne. B. V. harrs., Tues., Green Man Inn -11. C ourt , m am bo ; Erin ; ash Mon., Shortwood; Tues., CAPE OF Gc04.0 RopE By the ar r i va l o f th e Teviot we have advices from the Cspe to th e 4th N ovember. ' The mass of h os til e K a fi rs within the es timated at 6,000, di v id e d i nto two bodiesl one alanY po is sted in the Fish River B us b, a b out 30 mile s N.E. er ' of Graham's Town, and th e o th er i n the Waterkloo f, about 50 miles N.W. o f th a t town. The ene my the Fish River Bush were watched on the west by Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, who, with a force of 500 men. covered Graham's Town ; on the south by M a i m ; Wilmot, with a small detachment at Fort Peddie ; a n d on the east by patrolling parties from King William's Town. Several skirmishes have taken place, in which the enemy have invariably been repulsed, but no im. portant success gained except in one instance, when a body of 800 attempted to carry off several thousand cattle and sheep from the vicinity of Fort Brown. Major Horne sallied out with 220 men, routed the plunderers, killing 10, and wounding many more. He recaptured nearly all the spoil, without any serious casualties among his troops. On the 12th of October, Major-General Somerset marched towards the stronghold of the Chief Maco me, in the fastnesses of the Waterkloof, with a force of 3,000 men, composed of the regular troops of the 2d, Gth, 12th, 74th, and 91st Regiments, Royal Ar tillery, Cape Mounted Rifles, Mounted Volunteers, and Fingoe Levies. On the 14th and 16th October the Waterkloof was penetrated in different directions by two brigades un der Lieut.-Colonels Michell and Fordyce. All ac counts agree in describing the operations of the troops as being conducted in a most masterly manner; the result was—after several hours hard fighting on both days—the enemy were completely driven out, and their camp destroyed. The fugitives took refuge in the valleys of the Blinkwater and Fuller's Hoek, where they wsra attacked on the 22c1 Oct., and after some sharp fighting, routed and dispersed. The de tached bands still cling to the fastnesses about the Kromme Heights, and preparations were making for another movement against them on the 25th Oct. The loss of our troops is reported at 6 killed and 26 wounded, amongst whom Lieutenant Norris, 6th Regiment, was killed; Captain Addison, 2d, and En sign Ricketts, 91st Regiments, wounded. That of the Kafirs has been rated from 400 to 500 killed. During the last month the district of Albany has been preserved in a great measure from the marauding in cursions of the enemy, through the protection afforded by the detachments under Lieuntenant-Colonel Eyre, and Majors Wilmot and Horne ; but the other fron tier districts were suffering severely from heavy losses. On the 16th of September a body of 2,000 Tamboo kies made a descent upon Tipper Victoria and Crad dcck, sweeping off several thousand sheep, and fi large number of cattle ; they have also recommenced their incur: ions into the district of Albert, and car ried off some hundreds of cattle. Several colonists have been killed by them in these attacks. The last reinforcements that arrived in this colony, viz., the GOth Rifles (2d battalion) and the 12:h Lan cers, have reached head• quarters. The Rifles have taken the field, for the first time, under Algjor-Ge ueral Somerset, and astonished the Kufirs by their ac curacy of aim and the distance from which they fired. BRUTAL OUIPAGE AT PERSHORE. We have this week to record one of the most shocking cases of ruffianism which can disgrace a civilised country, the perpetrators of which, however, we are glad to state, are in a fair way to meet that heavy punishment hich their crimes deserve. On the evening of Saturday week a carter of M. Francis IVootlward's, named William Cook, came into t'ershore with his sweetheart, a girl named Harriet Williams, from Bricklehampton. Having finished their marketings, they took some steaks into the " Quiet Woman "_public-house to be cooked, and sat down to supper. They left between twelve and one o'clock, and a party of boatmen, who had seen them in the house, closely followed them out. They had got about half a mile out of the town, to the bottom of Wick-hill, when one of these fellows came up to them, and after walking by their side about twenty yards, knocked the man down. On the instant four others rushed out of the hedge upon them, and three ,if them commenced beating the man about the head in a most brutal manner, till ho was perfectly senseless. The other two meanwhile assailed the girl, and in spite of her screams and outcries, one of them violated her, and the other was making an attempt to ree e pat the outrage when they fancied they heard persons coming up the road, and made off. A young man who had been walking with the couple, but had run away as soon as ho saw Cook knocked down, presently brought assistance, and the poor girl, who was iu a dreadful state, was assisted home. The man, when he recovered himself, found that 4s. had been taken from his pocket, but a half-soverign was left safe. The police were soon in search, and Superintendent Harris got some information which satisfied him who the men were. On the following Tuesday morning he dispatched police-constable Aston to Oldbury, to look after one of the ruffians at his brother's house there, but he was not able to meet with him ; however, on his return, he saw the party he was looking after at Smethwick, and apprehended two boatmen, Francis Compton and Jack Sheppard, on the canal. On Friiiey last, Superintndent Harris came to Worcester and apprehended two other boat men, named Reuben Brant and George Groves, as they were loading a boat at Mr. Lucy's mill. On Monday the men were brought upbeforeroJa.gYis.. Bedford and F. Woodward, &qrs., at the trees' office in this town, when the investigation of the case lasted more than four hours. Besides the abovementioned four men, who are all of Pershore, John Hunt, of Wyre Piddl e, was included in the charge. The prisoners,fwroimth custody,the e xception of Hunt, who forwas discharged the next assizes at Worcester—John Sheppard for a rape on were fully committed the person of Mary A" intent, &e. ; and ; p Harris Williams for aiding, _assisting, Compton and She Francis Compton for assault with :e p u a b rd en . Brant and George Groves and abetting the prisoners The prisoners Compton, Brant, and Groves, also stood further committed for trial, charged with a zross and unprovoked assault upon the witness Wil liam Cook. Superintendent Harris was then bound over to prosecute at the next assizes, and the whole o the witnesses were also bound over to appear against the prisoners at the assizes. On the prisoners being removed from the magic. trates' office to the police-station, a rescue was at tempted by the father of the prisoner Groves. He wag assisted by two other men, named Collins and W oods. The police, however , led on in a most determined wan ner by SuperintendentHarris,seucroeeseedueed,innamloceikv jog up the four p risoners, and also in capturing two of the men who had attempted th Thomas Groves, a tall, powerfulman, t both Chronicle. Collins, fro m from made a d e t e rmined resistance, and a man named l clear ve s b o a ff. m ---.' w h o Wo r c w e se r eer --------„, DEATH OF THE R EV. Iv . GARDNER BRADLEY.-- Our obituary of this week records the death of the Rev William Gardner Bradley, B.A , of Brasenose College, ox ford, and rector of St. Mary Cayon, after a short illness, in the 32d year of his ego. This eminently faithful and zealous minister minister of the Gospel has been cut off in the prime e th o e and in the zenith of his usefulness. As a priest of e _ .ca . _ a En glish Church he was sound in his views, and ev in ang e li o ,i_! _ his teaching. He lived among his flock faith which he professed and the doctrines He was characteristic of humility manners. His heart and hand were s ev t er e wants trouble of the sorrowing, and relieve tressed. His body rests in his P memory will ever be reveredlasasn and by all who had the his many virtues and his unostentatious is . was the eldest on of the It and Rector of Nether, ...SG Christopher Gazette. a . a ric s l a i he l tan i gt u t u . to soothe the of the die churchyard. His elcherishedby his parishioners, of spirrotwpsannd mildness of ure of his acquaintance, for Punostentatious benevolence. He ,• Bradley, M.A., Rural Dean Whitacre, in the county of Warwick. J. LITERATURE GOLDEN DREAMS AIVD WAKING RE• ALIITIES. By William Shaw. PAST AND FUTURE EMIGRATION. THE SIY COLONIES OF NEW ZEA LAND. By William Fox. The first of these works is the adventures of a gold seeker in California and the Pacific Islands. The author was in Adelaide when he first heard the news of the new El Dorado, for which he immediately started ; he found the reality, however, by no means consistent with his golden dreams; and certainly the volume before us affords no inducement even to the most adventurous to try their fortunes in California. The administration of justice seems particularly faulty, as a murder is passed over almost unheeded. The work is interesting from its details of what life really is in that country. " Past and Future Emigration" suggests many im provements in the arrangement of the Cape Settle. ments, and precautions against the Kafirs. It is edited by the authoress of " Five Years in Kafir land," which is alone a recommendation. "The Six Colonies of New Zealand" contains three chapters. The first a general description of the islands ; the second on the natives; and the third on the government. It is interesting and explicit, and is supplied with a large and commodious map. CHAMBERS" PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE. Vols. X. and XI. These volumes contain their usual variety of sub jects for all readers. Among them may be noticed " The Childhood of Experimental Philosophy," "Troubadours and Trouveres," and " Harriette ; or the Rash Reply," an interesting tale. There is also an article on Thomas Moore, though the author scarcely renders justice to the poet. PITCAIRN'S ISLAND and the ISLANDERS. By Walter Brodie. In the month of March, 1850, the author of this work happened to be left on Pitcairn's Island. Four of his fellow-passengers were placed in the same con dition, and the hospitality of the islanders and their attention to the travellers was so grea,t that the author feels bound to make public this account of their community, the materials for which he collected when at the island. The volume contains " A true copy of the Pitcairn's Island Register, from 1790 to 1850," and the reports to the Admiralty of several commanders of her Majesty's ships who have visited it. The author represents it as a virtuous and well conducted community, and considers that it may be safely affirmed that they are free from the vices of civilization, while their moral goodness is worthy of our example. KAMENSKI'S AGE OF PETER THE GREAT; with .Notcs a and Preface. By T. van Golovin. This work contains sketches of the chief Russians of the time of Peter the Great. They are well written, and contain much information connected with the period of the reign of that monarch. JACOB ABBOTT'S HISTORIES. These interesting histories are intended for the young. They are those of two of the most unfortu nate sovereigns of modern times, Mary Queen of Scots and Charles the First. They are impartially written and concise, and promise, when the set is completed, to form a most useful class of volumes, which are much required for the young. THE FOUNDLING ; or, The School of Life. This is one of those simple tales from the German that are so attactive to all. It is intended for children, but will doubtless prove equally interesting to many others. THE FORESTER._ By J. Brown, Forester. Blackwood. This is the second edition of a work intended to describe everything relating to the planting, rearing, and general management of forest trees, with an im proved process for transplantation of trees of large size. The success it has already met with proves its ability and usefulness, and its appearance in its pre sent state, enlarged and improved, must be very gratifying to all interested in arboriculture. 7 WENY YEARS OF A TRAVELLER'S LIFE. By J. Stare. Jarrold, St. Paves Churchyard. This is a commercial traveller's account of the many towns and cities which he has passed through during twenty years. They are all in England, and prove a contrast to the numerous foreign travels and adventures which are continually appearing. THE EYE OF THE DELUGE. By the Hon. and Rev. Villiers Stuart. Shoberl. This book describes the world before the deluge, and the author brings forward many arguments which go far to prove that the antediluvians were much more civilized than is at all supposed. The city which Cain founded would have been sixteen centuries in existence at the time of the deluge, and it was inhabited by liveareatanded over ages. FRANCIA; a Tale of the Revolution of Para guay. By E. Shepard. This is a tale of the revolution of Paraguay in the time of the celebrated Dictator. It is a tragic tale, with which romance is skilfully interwoven. It is needless to say that the revolution was a failure, and on the last page we read that Francia died a natural death in the 86th year of his age. JASPER LYLE; a Kale of Kafirland. By Mrs. Ward. G. Routledge. Safirland has lately engrossed a large share of pub lic attention, hence it is to be presumed that many will regard with peculiar interest a book which describes with force and vigour that interesting and almost unknown land. Elea nor ' s s t or y at the end is very entertaining. The variety of scene and man ners, the strange mixture of court life and desert skirmishes, seems to bring the reader into a different world, and introduce him to an undiscovered race. AUTUMN EVENING VERSES. By John Steb- Ling. Piper, Paternoster•row. This little book possesses greater merit than many of its contemporaries. "A. City's Parks" is very well conceived, and the " Bridge upon the Running Stream" contains many original ideas and interesting meditations. PHILOSOPHY IN THE FENS; a Talk on the Times. It is not easy to understand the purport of this work, unless intended for a sweeping censure on all the customs of the present day. Toe style is humour ous, and may entertain those who can be pleased by anything attempting the satirical and ludicrous. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, THURSDAY. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took leave of her Majesty yesterday morning, and left Os borne at ten o'clock, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, to embark in the royal yacht Fairy for Southampton. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party. Sir James Brooke had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Secretary Sir George G rey , accompan ied by Colonel Jebb, left town yesterday t o i ns p e ct the new convict prison at Dartmoor. Lord and L sdy John Russell left Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Ab bey, Bedfordshire. Mr. Currie, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Seymour T remen h eere h a d also an interview with his Lordship a t th e Colonial office.The Judicial Committee of her M a j es t y ' s M os t Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday. Present —The Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and Sir Ed ward Ryan. An appeal was heard from Bengal, " Douglass v. the Collector of Benares." SAVILLE HOUSE. Poses Plastiques have been revived at the above place of amusement. The troupe is a German one, and under the direction of Professor Krosso. The various groupings, mostly from the ancient masters, are very beautifully arranged. In the course of the evening the Professor gives what he calls the " Samsonian Revels," in troducing a number of 56- lb. we i g h ts , throwing them in the air, incredible, catehin that ghemo of cing tw on his hisplaarnis, $ 'c . o , lke.One feat seems almost men on a table, and having it lifted level with his mouth he grasps the edge with his jaws, and keeps it in that position several seconds; the stress on his teeth must be tremendous, having the entire weight of the two persons on them. Altogether this is a very agreeable entertainment, and well worthy the attention of those who seek novelty. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. —On Friday morning, the 21st ult., about four o'clock, the wind blowing from the south-west, a wild duck, coming from the same quarter, flew with such force against one of the panes of glass In the revolving light of Flamborough Lighthouse, as to break the glass, by which it killed itself, and all the lights were ex tinguished for about an hour. The glass was 30 inches by 24 inches, and a quarter of an inch thick, and not a piece remained whole the size of a man's hand. This circum stance may be termed a singular one, for although it is very common for birds to fly against the glass when the lights are in (and by so doing hundreds of them have killed them selves), yet the fact of a bird breaking ono of these strong squares of glass is quite new. Owing to the birds killing themselves against the glass of the lighthouse, several rale specimens have been furnished to the ornithologists, which otherwise, very probably, could not have been easily ob. tained.—North British Mail. DEATH or JOAN WILSON, Et.Q.—lt is with fed tngs of deep regret that we announce the death of J. Wilson, Esq , judge of the county courts for Glamorgan, Brecon,.and Radnorshire. The melancholy event took place on Monday evening last at the learned judge's residence, near Carmar then. This announcement will , we know, be received by the legal profession within Mr. Wilson's jurisdiction, as well as by all who had the pleasure of knowing him in the rela tions of social life, with only one feeling—that of deep sor t row for the loss of a sound lawyer, an upright judge, and a " 4 "heartea 111411,—Swansca lierald