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

• SPORTING INTFLLIGEN CIE' 4Elqi •v, 4 -, , s tVEDNED-4-Y* )' AUTLIM'i .11.EE LINL— -, , ond The ilandisp of fi ve 5:;,,,,. , acti, an d 29 a.dde,o,,ese.ce (3 to toe his stake. Two miles, over EIX tiara' Subs) 1 .E ir i l.'' tcl itlg's Roy al Bluo, 5 yr3,l 0 .t 71b(Wainwright) ~, , /! I ',.' t,',.. Walker's Alma, 4 yrs, IG.t 51b...(LiveseY), cs': e v„ Walker's Autumn Soramble Handicap of 3 sovs. ea . _l3 ,. and 25 dded; second-to save his stake. Half a mil ~(10 Subs ) 4alrrk artha'4 Shilnaalier West, 4 yrs, 83t...(CoweP_), „,1 ,iI,.,,SCOtt'S WilrOilek, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (EL Evani - 11; r" acll° '‘'d f, by Touchston,3 yrs, 7at2ib(DiCksoll) J o 11... C. Johnson's Dusbury, 4 yrs, Ur' e°tgrqives Little Archie, 7st 81b..•(Brantw"'ID) 0 Sst (P. .Clark) 0 iir. ooch's Scar, 3 yrs, 7s. 81b ........... (AePina' ' c, I'6 r ' Wear at% Merry Maid, 3 w yrs 7st 21b (Atherton) c., Won oily. - Qhnth Lancashire S'ee lechase Stakes of 15 sovs : e m ae d b % b ft, and three only Pif declared, with 100 sous. 4rry.lliott ea Chieftain, 5 yrs, )C""tu. an miles. (2') Subs., 9of whom declar; I kr. ii,nrtaan's laac, aged, lOst 101 b (Neale) 9st 913 ...(11arrison ~ k r. ';', R. 3,daztvell'a Barrister, aged 93t 61b(Fowlenr) 3A kr. :? °ut h 8 Verax, aged lOst 21b......., (Holniar. '! kr;kr. 4,4avenport La Poter Simple, 1 Ist 21b.. (Archer) or, tulells Coluinbus, aged, list (Audingwood) `) ..siawright's lieroine, aged, 9st 91b (J. Dyans) 0 'he Won by half a length. (med. Selling st a k e , of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, and 30 a kr, pellete, one mile and a quarter. (6 Subs.) 1 , r. coat.e,s, Latitat, 6 yrs, 9st 3d) (Frost) 0 0 ~ 2 i k r , (-\ !_ei,l d kadeline, l'st 21h (Dickson) 1 0 02 3 4,. i,,"Ori 8 Conscript, 4 yrs, 9 3 t 41b ...... 0 1 0 dr kr, wil!tall4eB bna by Jereed, gat 71b... 0 2 dr fit, ,1011arsson'd fby Antelope, ist 51b.. 2 0 ~ 'llaork's Duxbury, lOst 21b (Evans) 3 dr W1L7,41°,n ih It canter. The winner sold for 284 '"44 CII4UPION COURSING MEETING. , TrZSDAY. 41'. Poi" The Great Western Cup. kr. Poi" Beau bt Mr. Miller's Magic. ~, ti,,,,,7,, Impudence bt Sir J. Boswell's Magic. 'O. Parkin s E,zPerirnent bt Major Clowes's Cashoo. kr, liiie ',Nen a S amba bt Mr. Bigg's Bonfire. 1t,,,r.4,48y110ya1ty lit Mr. W. Long's Lady tte ~"'r. 14 11 1.41 41 s bt Mr. Rendall's Comanche. 41r, w048,,3 Exhibitor bt Mr. Hole's Eagle. kr, to u 3 Whipcord bt Mr. Reed's Run-on. Melno . e. Porn' 4kan 's Ltaen., b c t w adham air Bpow ~re t ap . , y ' 403,411, e ." bt Mr. Randall 8 Rachel. btu Ilk -, Lily bt Mr. liolrnes's Motley. 11 all 3R h 's Woralia. 141, 11 h ol kt , t , 1. , ode bt Mr. Morant's Merry ,Bvoyi.vid. hesittlt. 4IMP2ous at Captain Wyndham s m t 'NW, i',lsusy body bt Mr. Pazley's Beware. -q. higo,44entless bt Mr. Riley's Scholar. fir ' ,i 13-40 eat: isal bt k r 511bie 1 3elle bt Mr. Morant's Miriam. Lria , Druid Cup. Captain Wyndham's Weed. . . k 7 .l 'alvi. ett' Ptizzle-'ena bt Mr Walsh's W ' IrJ a °°i's Lobster bt• Mr Bernard's. Backward. t,,„_, oavlh,, er .. 44".`ebni Wyzdt chtnerville bt Mr. Miller's Cobra. eazel. kr riqolniee„ Ma'n's Whiff bt Mr.Rendali 1 ht. ~ du '' .irB.liit. $ bt lar Reed's Rush ig 14.1.4 lines' 4 11,10 ~y . rown . Fan. 44.0rete,, eking Bird bt Mr. Powney's Cir,}"arnqt'ss Six Shooter.. ; 3 , L 01:. bt Mr. Bowles's Cashmere. kr:4! r . ala Il e '4 T rue bt Mr. Longman's Lion* • ,PqNle•;4l,tiril,t !Betty Martin bt Major Clowes's.Courier. Compact. kt, r,:twahvoctoturn bt Major Clowes's k.: oeblv,, TNYPt bt Mr. R.endall's Gift. kir, /.6,s ii,certainty bt Mr. Loder's Lady. .rew ~,..-eryLass bt Capt.W Ittp,killer'am4s beat Mr. Bowles's Falsetto. r.,wk Laever bt Mr. Riley' s ° ti,`lY ell. --. Y ey's iteaction. k r, b ndhain'sWhite Rose. 441iLT MEETING---TUESDAY. 14,, V 30115 p ra , The Derby. kr, h()li' s p„, ia4 bt Mr. Gillett's Goldfinder. k,, 0 44,1 , s Loa ner bt Mr. Rill's Hippopotamus. 'Air:htlili's th' i gtl V the Isle bt Mr. Dobede's Dux -44, Iltielcwortpke bt Mr. Finch's Cadland, IA lelovorth,B I3aYard bt Mr. Moody's Dutchman. , 8 13rttlegroout ran a bye. 4 .5r e i,,,„ r., iVILe4I/41,,,k , The Cup. )4kr, blloect,', b tit li.. Buckworth's Bolingbroke.. ‘,,,t;1Ed,,,s- otukbetldi,..bt Mr. Duckworth's Beeswing. a , ,p On ap, Mr. Round's Linda. 1,4,. i y,„, 18 z, reruener bt Mr. King' s Repute. kr,4110i141',,54.!, erttiert:toalTht bt Mr. Gillett's Great Northern. .1.,t, uci' s 1 4 „,,,, ut Mr.oody's Regent. . h Viler nabra e. 4xitllq4Pit,aw.4)tth's Breads Oaks' ' 4 .8 Lt 8 tad L. uutt bt Mr. Fyson's Flexible. mkt, b4:lsli!orth,stlrd bt s.mary. Mr. Moody's Ro i t ll ''' , s I) i• r tY bt Mr. Gillett's Glenluce. .4,eltitl'a eht bt Mr. Rill's Harmless. a ° s It ' 4 bt M. Rill' Lass. ir, h eel bt Mr. u 8 Highland. li -.0141,1 ,rk obede's Delicate. r, h aI, The Port Stakes. ttp uelti. Nen ) A. ki °1 11)) l a t okr. Rill's Dart. klvirr:lktl4tt'Ltt, eßiata billal bt Mr. Moody's Rowena. - elli y - a bat, '4,l'. Gillett's General. 1 Pttet ot so4 bt Mr. B ackworth'a Blackberry. . tir° bt M. Dobede's Donald. FI N NVEDNLSIM. kton, :ti D. The li b -4. Farm_o„, , er y , bt"r4l.`l bt Prank . ide ,, Pe lt 1,. - 4 +Urd o f t i ocksley ran a bye. 11 u +lea io Isle, L tilteld 14 , ;. 1 1%,,, t. i The Cup Holyeake bt Br Fearnought, Fi.. 4.4'ile-t,',,t 1-)3t, Henrietta bt artst Ti e . ,retuangr ran a bye. "4 bt le'leliql Oaks. P, Eq. 4t bt Ladybird, Berry bt Laura, tt gti It Il ea et* /14 ,PEtetot l'urt Stakes. kkt. Do bed„,, 4 oye. t ith b t Damson, Regina bt Bashful, r b DortTh6 1-, 14,,' ',ho w ', b „-c,aning Stake.. eo F i e 1 t 44. Gillett's Great Northern. t, s'lleorth4Q,bt M. Hill's Highland Lass. Dance. "'Nib. _ °I utbroke bt Mr. Dobede's ' tIIN ---______ _ l / 4 , k , r , v _______,.______ \lle Ara OXpn4,INTELLIGENCE• th'"elli eBB or - '4DI OCT. 22. I CI °?) q't °f P alit" I p 4 ten 1 1 I d c ,l lea Economy (Mr. Nassau 4 t .1 4 , ,0, efts p e, 04 , be . er seven lectures this term in I,rlvh at 4 ,f 3 Q t. lt , , aogpening on Monday, the 1 - 1 e 11l it ontinuinv his course each day INII\ 4v ili 3 e°t 4l t . D 27th inst., 'll e , p i . an Pr of e lon, at the same hour. tl 6(1 1y (/ POS e , , " B or of Astronomy (Rev. Baden ('t4, be., -to b e •tb / 4 4 tyl l `,., th e n, begin a course of lectures on Eitki k res B s (l lire t e 4sth i nst., at two o'clock. Gen paifytZ at his boutsattend are requested to call on ‘t'l,), sth, bin New College-]ane, on Q ' I to 8 Ile etw een t il , 0 t ott., Read in Atwo and three o'clock. 4441 AL4191 1 , e his _ Anatomy (Dr. Acland) pro le,. ktt e o la eT 3 1, at 7 3-7\ext course of lectures on Fri titicl th eee liiit Ch urei v P • 11 .) in the anatomical mu- Nl'l e tlp let and '' All those who propose to 1 10t3 4) Yl o „,' _. require certificates, or intend Ik t :i la lirrtledinio6e/ are their first examination or are t;qta 1 skt l - sitr ee ' t ke requested to call on Dr. Ac- I N t. h m a f t l :l 4 1 .. 14 ' . citi Thursday, the 30th inst., I %, N ht, 7 d, the ~ th ~a . after a, .',ector of ~s head to the -, no a Lincoln College, died u t, sh i • coli eti esa of some months, at his N? ( lth at l l 3 o f h 9 eu e l i Dr. Radford was elected to 4 4) 4 , by all t he fo rrh t e ge in 1 834, on the death of ntl r 4 cla sse -, rector. Ile was much be air, 8 'A' his affable and kind de 4tilo'll Li N rrt,, - ,-, 4 No th e - k. , ot ra.n - -- - A 'llte ct ~.,4' of P i tblie A„, I t or ENGLAN D AND IRELAND. 'tti qlt lr Mlitute ``• Of last se.s . to repeal Ai, ' kil i th „ E 8 relati n , icin was one . the 04I t 'o 44 tbe ngizuad 6to the Irish branch of , 1 0 (1 w consolidate, alact Ireland, in order that such 4,;,t1, re).theelnPa3sed resq and amended. In the same ses• ,th 4 43 t lon gest A Peeting ecclesiastical residence in gt, ILt e Ire!aild.et of the session, :dqiiiothat th,,lllll:lTher of extending to 24 :skit : 41 ei q ' ° lair at tne National Society's paper httity,P, Cli or 4 t of ee t: Mark's, Chelsea, has received an IC ° tor' f t ok tit'l,tiirB. e r.cl ien cY end power in the election of ' , titi 4 1 th e L e.p k ,,,,,_ e expenses necessarily incurred are Nitr y pol l, ii.:t.ets 01:1iss. earned by four of the students, 11ti.`blet , ,'-triet a utr at the Church of St. Barnaba . s, , i,, rel),it,, di h e from the mother parish of St. 'lf t g li oh e 'ot th e ' 6 .' a. 1., ab . .v.a,..1 Will and re (2,, ''tect I ( ..c'f Clare Ireland codicils of the Right it4l, 11 14 1 of 111 4 . 0 r , ~,of and Baron Fitzgibbon, this i,,tlde4:l:;)*tzßC]itiabriotorb°ll--r,yetaos 111:liesen. g:ranted bythe Preroagay t i 4 4.lasbiltine,,ttlllle deleui rizsistzrr, tlir Fe it a li d it to i w ol ti . orn L I:is 0414'thearstiNelvt'e44quae4 age Portion of his property, the t4 tni e , kid 141 h ors ,. , _ and the furniture, together with 1 % 4 41 ° , 1 4 Ti o ,an sun s., the diamonds which were his , ti ti 4 te iitl,'-rary oild7t, of 1,300/. chargeable upon his ,Vs h% the w• heirinotri 'oneriek, The furniture at Mount ''N f r tki, i , 91, hi, of . The last codicil, bearing same iit,.,, 4 sola ritN. -,l,pril, 1851, is entirely in his Lord- TIlltl• Ther e eaa,:!tng legacies to many of his relatives dt ger,, , annuities and legacies also t) his creqitvet Itre no . t ql 3: 4 t. th Pr4c'ne's f • • gaol P €ste e p re 4 or trial in the county r q la the Sent ail I, ,Al ~ 4 1 ,, co lltit , c trial Sessions, a fact highly ~ ,,v , .s r 4......,4 3.• "liiklT,,ffrpt,icipatZliterary criticisms of yesterday , ik for 4,7 4 ' . n ,,',,_ : anticipation," for " reviewers 'tir ) „ 1.1)x, qteetio,-;-',7ceted" " recorrected, " for ".Tug" NQh4c iner,ACt 14 il fatuous." Pi()Nr;e by the RIAZING.--It appears, by a calcu i44i4o,eta,o ~Printer of Stevens's edition : of Shakspere, " t ktiie' , th e 't.pi eo : a 'age of that work, text and notes, contains ,illtatr, hl4,llll,,lsplacioof metal, which in a sheet amounts to I„Nt 4 4 tat e r lt! INS,hq 4,1 3 , one of Which would inevitably ("1/414,44teti.,gbit'Zr Pri n 4 iti t g h , is i n cu ,rious fact before U 3, the ac >„itrs of t, re. freely .., general, is to be a_dmired, and A es or ~ .ie iti seet , ,, ,, , be pardoned than the fastidious ct fi cl , NI,. ,Iter,ture 'Ye of certain critics has allowe --- Pk ; kli e 4 ' l l l l, t I'4 AR . Oise Wi thl A tzleri e tAtIGRANT SHIP.—KINGISTOwN, 1 4 * . 1, 1 :11k tit .‘,4;) oulin2.se 3111) James Wright, S. Clarke, tL'.'ktsrtr• -, •"leVe n '';t°, for :New. York, grounded on the 9 1 ..,, k r k , 'her e ~,,..°_ clock this. morning, two hours before IQ, 0, h aweh .3 a fresh breeze on at S.S.W., but fer it,i)i;' I,l4,:le;;Z'LProe.eed-rehuebiarbour- master, Lieutenant Hut t, 4 tr Pa, be p re Lo the ship in pilot-boat No. 3, and ,e ed e i or e took pared to give assistance if required at iv L t hat „, ( !ißlit ri 'i l l u ,est and eight men in addition to the h th if ol. eet , :Qe h ta ,! 3 . On arriving at the vessel it was e 'ket li ceq 0 7(1 Le threo. hoarded by the master of No. 1 e°,ll,l,,,litth With th i ,, 811 ,1) did not strike with severity she ,4,l)tzt‘i"ct, o;r1son, i o ~-,,e41 of her Sails before 3r. M. Lie Ute• 11:4%ce104.411 tileter t 0 satisfy himself, had the pumps +lt 1 , () t (! , ra every :ere feund fifteen inches of water. The A "'itil e ' leaky. %,rianee that he would put back . if the i,, it ,`,,l‘ 'Pirits ~,,,," Crew and passengers were in the t144,11,h0r ,att'r/........(3, Most obedient. ilti ,,Pc; t ll: Qrri„n'elloinenaril.o Deacon's religious en , t , hu : tpct,,, i ,tto,--g. e, li.m)wa in Yeouth as .1.1 -I g h s f r, csi o , i to t,k': riv er cued a disturbnce by his T . avl ~,t e „e at ~ " rn _, .rder to escape from the police who 'trik ,`ee e ut th e ', ut hi rn. H 'lt, . I e ßod ir o i , i a 0 declared that he was . the re t w Roll , ry "y, that the Bible told him to flee LIE. Rear ,:s , iii„. i, o. that it WVS impossible that he could ,Ik , l ti ( lt l 4 , , Rol q ri t e 4b r e i':o3' great exertions that some men who ist:'o;' ) !'eztt t,lO 3il ver re l e x u e him- lie had with him about - ri, '4. 1 1vi,, tt3: , aliii te wa tto the station-house, tib1.;41,„, 1140 ' le d by tokenparis doctors with the eo n rs , , eq , nil I` go but it seems that he is again at °t ilt ir c'ot L -11 °111 I z 4% , °oll,lbay I, Zlbl4---A vessel which las ar t 43 broll kg 14 1t u, gh t 5,200 b a l es of cotte4 aa part ar t prcidlice, SUN, CO WES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRODI OUR OWN CoRRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. COWES, OCT. 22.—Sailed yesterday, the Titania, G. R. Stephenson, E ~ q .; 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 thprey, 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 he 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 steam. ship Franklin, from Havre. She took in her mails and passengers, and at 4.45 P.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 STEAMSHIP WASHINGTON.—TIIC Malmesbury steamer has been lying off since Friday last, expecting the Washington to arrive, but up to the time of post, 6 P.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 Cowes, on the 4th inst. COURT 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 Marquis 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, "Fest" Finale, 2d Act, " Sappho" . Waltz . . . Kichner. 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, bad 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 Russell, on of the late and brother of the present Duke of Bedford, to Annie, youngest daughter of the late John George Nor bury, Ds) ; The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord Wrio thesly Russell. The bride was given away by her brother-in-law, the lion. George Ponsouby O'Callaghan, and attended to the altar by the Lady Rachel Russell and the Lady Harriet Hamilton. There were pre.:ent 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 H. Hamilton, Lord and Lady John Russell, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady William Russel!, Lady Henry Russell, Lady Frances Russell, the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Adolphus Fitz. clarence, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ricardo, Colonel Camp bell, the Hon. R. Lawley, Viscount Mandeville, Lord and Lady Wriothesly Russell, the Hen. George and Mrs. O'Callaghan, &c. After the ceremony the party returned to Lowndes street, where au excellent dejeuner 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 MACHINERY 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 i❑ 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 loek-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. THE 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 : —l. 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. S. 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 " Ravenscliffe," 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 Vico-Chancellore Sir J. L. Knight 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 former gentleman 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. Swanston's Equity Reports have always been cited with the highest approbation, both on the bench and at the bar. Mr. James was called to the bar in le3l, 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 South Wales circuit, and is understood to be related by marriage to the present Master of the Rolls.—Herald. ANOTHER STRIKE.—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 contactors 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 et 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 bringing the contractors for the City of London Hospital to the same terms which the Great Northern men have suc ceeded in obtaining from the Messrs. Jay and Co. BRITISH BENEFICENT INSTITUTION.—A special general meeting of the governors and subscribers to this useful institution, which was founded for affording perma nent incomes of 301. per annum to the widows and unmar ried daughters of clergymen and others of a superior sta tion in society, was held yesterday at their offices, No. 13, Lincoln's Inn-fields, for the purpose of electing five annul. tents, and for other business. The report stated that since the foundation festival, celebrated in June, 1850, there had been two elections, at which nine annuitants had been elected, each of whom is now receiving an annuity of 3ul. per annum by monthly instalments. The council had also the gratification of announcing that the institution isn and 150 w graced by the support of fifty ladies as pa t ro nesses, a(I noblemen and entlemen as vice-presidents, besides about 4 00 governors,who are annual subscribers of one guinea and upwards. From the balance-sheet appended to the report, it appeared that the total receipts from all sources had amounted to 1,187/. 195.. and after all the necessary expenses had been paid, there was left a balance in the hands of the bankers of 2701.2 x. 10d. The chairman having opened the business, the meeting proceeded to the election of five annuitants from a list of thirty-eight candidates, which concluded tie proceedings. SUSPICIOU S D EATH OP A CHILD IN THE NENYCASTLE, Awl) HULL STEAM-130AT.—On Sunday and twelve o'clock, on the arrival of th n e ig l h l t a ' ll b s e ‘ l t s e w a A e n e i a- b e o la G et\ o ca r n - t Newcastle, two women who gave their names ham and Mary Anne Miller, were given into custody onotildie. charge of causing the death of a child ten or twelve days . rue boat left Hull about seven o'clock on Saturday' night, in "e with these two women and a child three years of age, tore cab, amongst o th er passengers. Ab o ut eleven ocabin,lock in the evening the cries of another child were heard, a nd on inquiries being m a d e b y the passengers respecting it, they were told by the child who accompanied the nritoners t hat she wrs the only one w ith t h em. At half-past 'eleven o'clock os the ales were still heard, a search wrs made, when 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. The 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 accoant of themselves, and professed to know neither where they lodged 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. I Os. was found upon Gorham, and 11. 7s. upon Miller. The prisoner Aliller claimed both the children, but there is reason to be lieve that she is rot the mother of the youngest. They were brought up at the borough police -court on Monday, and re waladecl, is oi‘leA• ;tivit g c9rwar'q iaqucg PaiiNbe held. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FP.OM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—A weak and ineffective Ministry is not in England itself felt as a very great calamity. The law, notwithstanding the imbecility of the Executive, is still worthily administered and steadily enforced. Society holds together by its own inherent strength, and men pursue their ordinary avocations in perfect safety, and with perfect freedom. Everything, in deed, which depends directly upon the Government is at a standstill; but, as that bears but a small propor tion to the whole of our social interests, we may con tinue to be, as we now arc, a flourishing 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, and take into consideration our vast outlying possessions, 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 find 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 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 Colonial-office which has when danger was absent blustered 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 and folly, we beg of him to direct his attention to our possessions in South Africa, and ascertain the fate of the unhappy subjects 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 submit their fortunes to the guidance of the colonial authorities, and that, being colonists, they are an in ferior race, bound to render blind adoration and un doubting obedience to the divinities of Do wning-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 daily sends forth. In short, he will behold a territory which, under skilful management, might become a great state, and a race of men eminently qualified to turn 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 vest republic which now occupies the whole continent of North America, Um 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 imbe 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 in subjection. With this difficulty, however, they are not permitted to grapple, the Colo nial Secretary believing that he alone is capable of ma naging this delicate affair. The consequence 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 happ homes of a peaceful, industrious people. Lower Albany, with some little exception, had until last week escaped the ravages. But these 'wolves' having been unearthed by the British troops in Kafraris, have rushed hither, and already we have the dismal tidings of burning houses and beggared families." From this we learn that the Governor having betaken himself headlong into what is called British liafraria —a newly-occupied territory—left the settled colony unguarded. The wily foe took advantage of the blunder, and, being a more expert general than Sir Harry Smith, has employed the Governor's manoeuvre colony. spread r a u g i a n i n a s n t d h d h e n s s o e l l a f t io n with o v er tenfold t he fa fairest part r a t n o d f tt h h a e s This disaster, be it remembered, did not occur at the outbreak of the war, but at least eight or nine mo n t hs after that event. Now, eight months in these days of ruaspitdo communicationsufficientif our rulers had really underst ood the clan plfyorscueffiet t o e n t t h e t o C e a n p a e b — l e g er, and known what force was needed. But Lord Grey, wrapped up in t he contem plation of his own exclusive wisdom, 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 and 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 Colonialunrivall s eds e k c i r ll et i a n ry co l lon T ia h l e gov d e a r y nm o e f nt p o ay f mouernt must present come. Will Parliament make that day a day of reckoning also ? DAILY lieved, what N a E ll \VS n done, that the P . I. — o \ o V o e t o n o : p v e a r r a r for ies a seem m o m t e a n t have be- Porte would offer any serious or per sistent oppositi on to the execution of a railway through Egypt, or that there was the least necessity for making use of bluster or menace at Constanti nople. We looked up on the quarrel es one o f e ti que tt e a in the Sultan's mind, 'The by intri gue on th e part of minor agents. Ihe Sultan was in the first instance surprised that an enterprise oro. of consid e r a bl e i m portance, affecting th e had been actu a lly d e t e rmined on, and contracte l e p t i rl , withoLt any inti mation being given to him. A n d r, we have underst oo d th a t when our ambassador at C ons 't intinople sou g ht t o remo ve objections eqd allay irrit l ti n th 2 allegation of a purposed slight offenceor ° hewcs met by on the part of Egypt. Rumour adds, that on - 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 t e formality of ailing the Porte hvi beencomplied o with. And rumour moreover says that the nsul-General 5 , 1 Egypt declined the authority andrejected the advice of the Ambassador fit . Const lti ti no So that it seems the question of the supremacyP e. the Sultan, and the independence of the Pada, a - ff e oclt's_not merely the policy an d A kninistratiort of th e T . - utii B l but also THE LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOEE our own. If the Pacha be completely independent of the Sultan, then is our Coasul-General in .Egypt an independent diplomatic potentate also, subject only to orders from Downing -street. Whereas, if Egypt be still considered a province of the Porte, there is a consular agent there bound to consider the British Minister at the capital as his superior. Whether this weighty matter is settled by the award of Downing street, or by a profound inquiry into the nature of the Tanzimaut, we are not fully aware. That the affair of the railroad would be se ttl e d, and satisfac torily, without armies or war, or even prolonged quarrel, we were w e ll aware. R esc hid P ac h a is not a stat e sm an who would choose fur his ground o f quarre l w i t h E gyp t a question in which British interests were so deeply concerned. But the permission to execute the railroad, and the setting aside all remonstrances or diplomacy respecting it, by no means appeases the rivalry or extinguishes the quarrel between the Sultan and the Pacha. It will assume some other form, put forward other causes or pretexts. And the defeat of the Porte,which its waiving its objection, is tantunount to, will but augment the inclination to quarrel. We must confess to taking the same view of the Tanzi maut quarrel as of the railroad business, which is, that it is much better to make matters up, dissuade the Sultan and Reschid Pacha from falling into the old blunder of Nab mend, whose grand policy it was to strengthen his empire by subduing Egypt; and to represent to Abbas that his true strength lies far more in a good understanding with Turkey, than even in complete independence, however one or other great Eu ropean power might support 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 relati ons •b etween Turkey, Egypt, and England, and has a but too naturel 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 the Nile than the Bosphorus. A retrograde party, hating England, would soon whisper this to an undiscerning Sultan or inexperienced Vizier; and neither Reschid nor Abdul Meschid are immortal. In that case we might have 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 and Arab to be kept at peace ? We have not yet been favoured with the Turkish view of the dispute between them and Egypt; whilst from Egypt we have had some 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 and more of his provinces to the better sense and equity of Europe. We are well aware, indeed, that Turkish reformers are timid, slow in their ad flea 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 npon 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. lie 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 resol u ti on , w hi c h was also supported by Mr. G. CHAMBERS, and oarried unanimously. Mr. HYDE CLARICE 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. vances, and as often deterred by obstacles as bravely surmounting them. There is still lamentable disor der in finance, peculation 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 best prelude to Turkey taking rank amongst the civilised countries of the world, and gra dually sharing in the political, social, and religious enlightenment which can, better than armies, secure its independence. This was seconded by Mr. NEWMARCII 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 thanks to tho chairman and to Mr. Gilbart, the meeting separated. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAMOR GANSIHRE BAN'KING COMPANY. The petition just presented to the Master of the Rolls fur 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 wee established in 1836, with a capital of 190,0001., in shares of 25/. each, and that a (lc ed of settlement was executed by the subscribers for that purpose. From 1836, when the company commenced their trade, until 1851, they continued to catty 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 es dividends on their shares, until Gth October lest, 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 WS affixed to the bank doors. The petition then proceeds to give an official state ment of the assets end liabilities (no full or correct account of which has yet been published), as follows, and which was presented at the recent meeting of shpTeholders, from which the press wrs excluded : Dr. Existing liabilities ....C558,790 2 2 LDss likely to accrue from bills dis counted and rediscounted ... ... 25,000 0 0 £583,796 2 2 Cash ... "• .. Bills of exchange ... ... £10,301 6 3 ... 30,194 1 2 ... 62,215 13 6 ... 2,342 17 4 ... 3,947 10 9 Overdrawn accounts Due ficm sundries ••• Further amount in hand .4109,037 9 0 Available—Mortgages, collieries, life policies, shares, buildings, &c., at actual cost ... 55,119 0 0 Securities in band of London Joint Stock 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 or shareholders in the company, 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 that 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 solicitors, derrs. 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. 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 : " Oa the 10th instant, Fraschini, the celebrated tenor, was sitting at his breakfast, when 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 WELSH FISHERIES .—Oyster 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 fishetmen 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 way, 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 the branch line from Carnarvon to Ban gor, it is expected that largo quant i t i es of the finny and shell tribe which so abound in Carnarvon bay will likewise find their way to England for disposal. In Beaumaris bay veb sets from Hoylake regularly fish, and forward large cargoes to the Lancashire markets. NEW Osminus.—Atotber new patent omnibus commenced running y es t er d ay between the Strand and the North-Western Railway. The peculiarity of the new vehicle consists in a double door, which swings OR 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 o r more than one pereell at a time to enter. _ 23, 18h1. THE BANKING INSTITUTE. TILE GREAT EXHIBITION. A general meeting of th e friends and promoters of The work of removal goes on apace. Nearly hal: the o this scheme was h e ld yester d ay even i ng at the Lou- ,' British exhibitors are gone, red in two or three weeks don Tavern, for the purpose of adopting rules, and more the western halt of the building will have been appointing officers for the management of the insti- swept clean to the doors. Some of the foreign contri tute; Mr. W. G. Prescott in th e c h a i r . butors will pro b ably linger on the scene of their triumphs, but th e y a l so This institute h as f or it s o bj ects t h e periodical earnestly ' .ippeur to be actively on . the move, zee meetin g ; of all parties connected with banking and .. b and I,onie bent ar on getting ( away. Tanis, Swilzeri3nd, departure, if they have not commerce, the reading and discussion of papers the already gone, e. e l‘ie e ss th rs e . Al ac e o r . el-en, the Russian Custom republication of rare and useful work s , th e establish- house agents, have sent off a the things belonging to the meat of a mutual guarantee fund for the fidelity of Emperor which were exhibited ; and Messrs. lej sr are bank officers, and the opening of a centre! room as a busily engaged in preparing for re shipment the Turkish, library and place of meeting for Lond o n an d county Austrian, and other collections for which they were members. concerned. In about two months hence the Crystal Palace will be left alone in its glory, and when the pub manyThe CHAIRMAN said he had been requested by a ti n e d a h re a once more admitted within its spacious precincts, gentlemen interested in the subject of banking, io.anti v e e :sh ti e m il e o to the Great in its unadorned grandeur the and connected with that profession, to take the chair r a e le t , Exhibition, we shall be eur f th a gigantic indeed ' if the on the present occasion for the establishment of a full effect of is acres y of rvouint d to be pulled down. The " Banking Institute." He had done so with great pleasure, and although other obligations might pre- a ainoopartition wall, w. g under one roof without Wh the light of heaven pane vent his being permanently connected with it, he t ra ci ng every corner of it, and the whole seen at a should feel happy if by p res idi ng a t the first meeting glance, has n e v er yet b oen thoroughly realized. If to i d the success that mint be achieved thereby he could in any way forward th e success o f an i ns ti- that attraction the cont ractors add those of balls and tution which, lie believed, would b e b o th serv i cea bl e Prom to the public as well as t o it s mem b ers. —(H ear, would tel es, powerfully upon th e f ate of the building when promenades, hear.) Amongst th e soc i a l arrangements on w hi c h . i discussed n Parliament. 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 other 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.—(Hear, 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. GILUART moved the first resolution : " 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 CONFLAGRATION AT ENFIELD. Yesterday (Wednesday) forenoon, about half-past ten eclock, one of the most extensive fires that has occurred for some years past in the parish of Enfield broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. A. Paris, known as Plumridge Farm, about four miles beyond the Barnet station of the Great Northern Railway. From inquiries made on the spot our 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 depositing corn, seeds, cattle, &c., ran in a kind of circuitou s form a consid era bl e distance, 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 licks and the buildings a number of sheds stretbhed across. The fire commenced in a small shed, through the carelessness of one of the men employed on the estate heating a pot of tar. Whilst attending to the fire the contents of the vessel boiled over, and in an in stent 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 names 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 es little delay as possible three engines of the parish went down, but by that period a large barn, between 80 and 100 feat long, and containing up wards of 150 quart e r s o f corn , an d 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 conjuncture, on seeing 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, fur 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 nowbe expected, more especially as a l o f ty r i c k 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 bailiff's 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 bid might be obtained. The moment the hews was received in London, Scott, the head en gineer of the Parringdon-street-station, started with one of the brigade engines and a powerful body of firemen. Mr. Connorton, the superintendent of the West 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 for 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 130 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, was insured in the Sun Fire-office. 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 age, whose name, for obvious reasons, we are not permitted to mention, who literally had "to run his country to save his neck?' Half 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 of " the parcel" paid its passage money to England, and thus far was all Captain Harem 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'lCean, 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 son; 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. s th ha a l t i , COUNTY COURTS.—In the recent rules i s s ue d f or the o n r regulation before tion countyo t f he se co f jurattletbryer,elBiss27teh ejud ges declar ing appoint the days and hours for holding each of their courts during the month of January, February, and March in the said year ; and on or before the first day o f 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 followin sachet hree months previously ap pointed, and a notice of ppointments shall forthwith be put up by the clerk in some consicuous place in the court-house and in the office of the clerk; whenever any day so appointed for holding the ► court shall be alterea, 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 emits besides those hereinbefore required to be appointed. Two courts shall not be held before the same judge in one day." It is to be hoed that the time w h en the courts are to use each day w ill 13 be stated, which no ti ce would benefit all pr event late sittings. parties, and AN IRISH MONARC H IN HENRY THE SECOND'S DAYS. —In one fight, early in the war, they cut off three hundred heads, and laid them before Mac Murrongh, who turned them every one up with his hands, rejoicing, and com ing to one which was the head of a man whom he had very much disliked, grasped it by the hair and ears, and tore off the nose and lips with his teeth. You may judge from this, what kind of gent l eman an Irish King in those times treated: The captives, a ll t h rough this war, were horribly tr" . d s, the victori ous party making nothing of breaking_ttiejr i r im te and casting th em i nto t h e sea f rom t h e tops of hi g h oci D it , . d lay piled in the on the taking of Waterford, where with d blood, that Strongbow It was in the midst of the miseries and cruelties attendant streets, and the filthy gutters ran e d one quite worthy of the of corpses must have father.— Dickens's " Household Words." married Eva,—an odious marriag e company those mouals young lady's hither.— 81LL..-...1t is at the late Councilonly circulated that now pretty freely Russell's Cabinet. supported his members of Lord Jo h n LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S NEW REFORM three Reform Bill at all. This :division in the d to any new now Reform Bill proposition. The other members were op pose. The privilege of selling newspapers and books at Cabinet has caused great consternation.—Herald. the railway stations telonging to the South-Western Rail way Company has, it is stated, been leased to Messrs. Smith aid Sop, the urns-agents of the Strand, for 1,000/. a year. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant Edmund John Piper (1512), who died at Black way, Hereford, Oct. 14, in the GOth year of his age, only served eight years afloat. He entered the navy April 5, 1806, as first-class volunteer on board the Belleisle, 74, Captain William Hargood, 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 West Indies, he accom panied Captain Hargooci as midshipman, in July, 1807, into the Northumberland,74, commanded subse quently by Captain the Hon. Henry Hotham, under whom, while cruising off L'Orient, we find him as sisting, in company with the Growler, gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, May 22, 1812, of the French 40-gun frigates L'Arienne and L'Andromaque, and 16 -gun brig Mamelouct, whose united fire, con jointly with that of a heavy battery, killed five and wounded twenty-eight of th e N ort h um b er l a nd's people. He had previously, in 1809, boat a leg in an attack upon a large convoy in the Adriatic. Pro ceeding in the summer of 1812 to the Cape of Good Hope, as a supernumerary, in the Minden, 74, Capt. tain Alexander Skene, he was there made lieutenant, Nov. 21 in the same year, in the Harpy, sloop, Capt. Henderson Bain. He was invalided home in May, 1813, and never afterwards served. In consideration of his wound he received 5 pecuniary grant from the patriotic Fund, and was awarded, May 28, 1816, a pension of 911.55. per annum. Commodore Martin's squadron at Lisbon, on the 16th were his flag-ship, Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris ; Hague, 60, screw ship, Capt. McDougall; Leander, 50, Capt. Dacres ; Arethusa, 50, Capt. Sy monds. The Dauntless, 33, screw frigate, Captain Halsted, had not arrived. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 22.—The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, arrived at Spithead last night from Lisbon, and came into harbour this morning. The Bulldog steam-sloop has been taken out of harbour to-day by Captain Henderscin to try her en gines. She returned again at three P.M. The Raleigh, 50, had been undocked to-day ; and the Birkenhead iron steam-frigate, Master-Com mander Salmond, has been taken in to refit. John Rome, an old Greenwich veteran, was sent down to this port on Monday by the Admiralty to hoist the ensign yesterday mornin g on b oard 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 pa i d a d vance today at Spithead, and will sail to-morrow for the Mediterranean. About 140 convicts arrived in this dockyard yes terday, and were placed on board the Atalanta, South ampton packet-ship, for passage to Dartmouth ; and nearly 200 others were also sent by her from the York and Stirling Castle hulks in harbour to the same destination. The Lucifer steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Jackson, arrived yesterday from Cork with volunteers for the Bellerophon. APPOINTMENTS. WooLwicll, OCT. 22. —Second Master—Francis Taylor (1848), from the Ganges, 84, on the Mediter ranean station, to the Victory flag ship, at Portsmouth. Midshipman—Henry Moore, to the Crane, G, brig, at Devoaport. Master's Assistant—J. IT. Perry, to the Victory. Clerk—Andrew Little (1851), to the St. George, guard ship of ordinary, Devonport. Clerk's Assistant—J. P. Sargent, to the Impreg nable flag ship, at Devonport. Naval Cadets—Arthur G. 11. Richardson, to the Ajax steam guard ship at Cork, and P. M. Omanney, to the Leander, 50, at Lisbon. Gunner—John Tripp, to the Crane. Boatswain—R. Davis, to the Crane. Carpenter—S. Geake, to the Crane. PROMOTION. Blaster Robert Fulton (1814), Muter-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 gro - mth of the year ISSI, for the under-mentioned districts, distinguishing the Old from the New Duty. Districts. Barnstaple Canterbury ... Cornwall Derby Dorset Duty. £25 0 3k 40,846 17 2k 1 19 44 75 15 111 5 7 109 18 6 9 10 11 37 10 2k 2 18 1 52 5 Vk 2 18 34 506 1 84 Gloucester ... Leicester ..• Middlesex ... ••• Northampton •• Reading ... Shrewsbury ... ". Sheffield Suffolk Sussex ••• ,O. .. •• • 1,013 0 11 47,083 14 6 22 2 4i 78 12 10i 37 16 101 .. •" Taunton ... Wales Middle; •• ••• £89,941 11 G Old duty at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 49,254 5 8-20 New duty at 8-2011. per lb. 36,495 6 4i 12-20 Additional duty of 5 per cent., per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 4,252 0 0 £89,941 11 6 The above are the only districts from which the returns have reached this office, those for the other districts will be published as soon as received. S. S. LYNE, A. and C. G. Inland Revenue Office, Broad .street, Oct. 22, 1852. t, THE BRI T IS H MUSEUM. -11,e I),ritou Museum was re-opened to the public yesterday, and will continue open every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from ten to four o'clock. During the recess another consigurnent of marbles has been received from the ruins of Nineveh. The gallery of scultural antiquities being completed, the arrangement and classification of the objects is rapidly progressing. AMERlCAN>directions( F IREARMS IN THE E XHIB ITION. — The give Lo rds f theTreasury for tue have deliver ti ; 3i t r o e thed Li eu e proper nant authorities ri ti es Coates,to of the 11th H ussars, o f f our of Colt's revolving pistols frow tae Great Exhibition building la ilyde-park. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. SCOTTIS II CENTRAL. The half -yearly meeting of to shareholders of the Scottish Central Railway Company was held on Tuesday, ie. one of the reouis of the Ge,neral Railway Tereiinus, et Perth ; the Hon. Xr. Dundee presiding. Tee report, which rotas resolv e d to b e held es read, showed that the revenue account for the half-year was 42,623/. 7s. 101, and the expenditure3 , 6 a ,7 d t d . ss. 101, leaving a balance of 5,873/ . 25., which to 8,6891. 55. 11d., carried over from last account,:left 14,5501. 7s. 11d. applicable fora dividend. The CHAIRMAN congratalated the meeting on the increase of the traffic curing the previous year—that increase being, as compered 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 escribed to the; merely nominal fares vthich they had charged during the late contest with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Company, for the traffic between Perth and Edinburgh. Still, however, the increase of re ceipts over the corresponding half-year was 8,2014 The working expenses, as would be seen from the report, appeared to have urekrgone a considerable increase. In 1850 the locomotive charge was 5,693/., whereas in 1851 it was 9,2451., show ing an apparent increase of 3,5521. He said an apparent, because it was not a real in crease; and for two reasons. In no previo us half year had they laid by any sum for depreciation. Last year, however, they had laid past for this object —1,0701., under the working agreement with the Scottish Midland and the Aberdeen Companies. This, then, although charged upon the expenditure of the half-year, wa s a n asset, in point of fact, available to the company. In addition to this a sum of 1,2361. had been expend e d i n putting the plant in comp l ete repair, a thing unusual in other companies, and only done on the present occasion that the three companies embraced in the in ri that n g wouldagreement the same state, the working expenses having all to an item of expenseviv'. be charged upon one common fund. This, then, was might occur startagagain, while it would be a great source of future benefit e i t caused im e, th tthhi e s m to the company. Therefore, although it w o a r d i :d i i n t g i o n a l a g e o e u m t l .ee ay in ay thehav m e a l will in th e en d b e very much for their- p ectli o e o lary b g nefit. T a ki ng the whole of the traffic in mi nerals, and li ve s t oc k , as well as passengers therers gds, was an increas e on t h e l ast half-year of somethinge n ear ly approaching to 6,000/. ; but of course against this was to be set the increase of expenditure, but of which, as be had endeavoured to explain, 9 ,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 a few observations. At the last half -yearly meeting they had declared the first dividend that had 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 8,600/, 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 apart for future contingencies, and apply it to the purposes of dividend. The dire c t ors , h owever, 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 unsettied 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. lie 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 Ifor three months by way of trial ; an d th at i t would require to be still further adjusted might ba 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 125. for each 1001. of consolidated stock, to be payable on the Gth proximo. - Mr. SPIERS seconded the motion, which was una nimcwly agreed to, after some slight discussion with regard to a bad debt of IC4I. 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 1 , 0216 _fide intention of the directors to carry it immediately into execution. The meeting then adjourned. 'RESEIV7'ATION OF _THE BOROUGH OF SOUTRIVARK. 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 Molesworth, but by Mr. Alder man Humpherys. 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 Munbers. At one of these preliminary meetings, held in St. George's, an influential elector observeu, " 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 Hunapherys, on the occasion of the late meeting at the Town-ball, 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—Kossuth. Although within three hundred yards of the Town-hall, Mr. Humpherve had declined attending, and the construc tion to be put upon such a refusal was most obvious Neither Sir William Molesworth nor Alderman Hum pherys entertained sympathy for the illustrious Kos.. sulh! The vast majority of the electors of the borough of Southwark did, as would very shortly be a d l e r m ea o d n y s tr i a n t e d c . o " in na T u h n e i ca l t e i a o d n i n g lv t L h i b rnael electors n tem a are 73,a Member for one o f the western boroughs, whose return for So u th war k i s said to be certain. Mean time the several districts, as before stated, are holding local meetings, and organizing plans previous to calling a gen era l pu b lic meeting, for the obtainment of the proper representation of the inhabitants of Southwark. —Advertiser. EAR- .L DELAW ARA ON FREE TRADE. At a meeting of the Agricultural Association of Groombr:dge, 'Cent, a letter was read from Earl Delcas vvarr, who is now at Geneva, which is describ: , ._d the having made a deep impression upon the minds f farmers present. The following is the most_i_ part of the Noble Earl's communication:—" Tft TODOUSCO not far distant when the country will havenretostlicted im portation upon the experiment ofhtehre articlesu of agri. portation of foreign grain red all ot o shc 11 have a large culture! produce. In this verdict we ir e p: i o o m rt e sn is t will to governed. share, and by it our futu h re ov i o nt o Well, therefore, does it be n e t g ed ricu h l ; beat with the cy thoserl paerernoatesprptheyge yr ui: c ny l wd a c asoialsulflemshl calmly h e o s t e o fr by union and but firmly prepare t thchoice of their representatives . ' Coa l i ng says" ee the poet , ms l e l : c v rhooesstfmtobreeati mesas sesdhpiandoo our r-s powerbei' before.' .' show threatstil well-beingr et coorni consider i c db e et i r h u s : how o w up . the t h e which wo set upon the pursuits of agriculture as the • of all national prosperity, by straining every nerve basis to follow out the modern improvements in every branch valuem ePvi le4eaYnnttsi in e, let of f arm i ng , cautiously blending theory with practice, thus proving to our f ellow - countrymen that we deserve their drai good n our will. Let us improve o ur b reeds of stock, let us wet fields, let us edept improved machinery on our farm:, let us sedulously attend to the comforts and general well-being of cur 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 it it be manfully and with confidence adopted, we shall reap eur rest ail. Let our motto be, ' Live and let live,' for we have yet to learn that the prosperity of our manufactures depends upon the ruin of agriculture. Why should not t h e plough end the spinninjg-enny ` speed ' concurrently as they have done heretofore, not in painful ant agon i sm, b ut eac h contr ib ut i ngto th com mon weal, respecting e n d re s p ec t e d by each othe e r,andbr lyg theirthe vast asjointt fabric 0 influence on, and national h ar m o e n r i a o n u d s cu r action- '' uphold i The report that her Majesty's visit to Liverprol will cost 20,000/. or 30,0001. is without foundation. The expenses Will not be more than 9,ooo4—,Liverpoel Xercury. , ...." G. [ O6 Ol lit 91. DO, 1 from rsitsr) 3ts ll6 ' th bet 3 01 la le Or 3 CO r riff° Ith 11111 , 0 atO 0 1 1 . 0 g i3 / 16' tb sl