The Sun. — London, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

° - <( 4 II feel e o„eric" „,:rl-1E GREAT EXHIBITION. .413 itoy - .1 -essed al iiighness Prince Albert has add. ~ allitegraph !otters of thanks to all the foreign comm is - Council Ilia Royal Ilighor*s has al , o written to tfhe - " t incll of the Society of Arts, and, after making a due etichnowledgment cf the services of the Society in the n ef ti n t3e of the Exhibn, suggests for the considei min tes,:mt! Council the expedieocy of having the berefici , I orric e of the display just terminated discussed in t,, l ;,; r i t e l e ° I lectures, to be delivered weekly during t . : "Ming SISJ Aloll of the Society , by persons the most eininent. . The letter of his it ln their re,peetive depat%ments. y, agti3d'atthileyi ds gitimovees,s was laid before the Council yester th e n ,. we understand, cordially entered into hee l .7. e P9' lll . 'Mr. Redgravo's report on design is, we t;-__. r 4) he appended to tle jury reports, a mark of dis tu_e,_4l2f conferred upon him as having undertaken the e - rit xt the suggestion of the Fine Arta Jury, and with ',nue assent of the Royal Commission. At the last meet cltlg of the C°l4 thissien the flounce committee were re pyrefieot,..ed.. to consider the remuneration t o . be allowed to 1i1i,,,•” engftged in the executive service of the Coln -644ne I" ' " 4 in matters ("mint cted therewith. The dveit,!COnitnittee have, in cons, quence, arrived_ at r: d eeis uh on the subject thus remitted to thew, and . . 11- 11 0 1°11 , how awaits the confirmation of the Commission. ke eh -r t 44 .1%ty has transmitted to Mrs. Dilke, for her ti er ,' It uces a handsome bracelet in token of the atter fr which she has received from Mr. Dille during he• iitellatibelht visits to the Exhibition, and, in the mie Ito 1 a .413(1 considerate spirit, the portraits . of t h e 7‘ ebild re h L a baturday night 0 , ri ave et? forwarded to Mr. Dilke himself. contrib • . talons out of the building. exhibitors had cleared their _ g , iANALYSIS OF THE MEDAL. of the lk_ ,a,eitil theyeiroination of the aggregate result 0 , w ilirs of jurors shows that the number of awards. t ketietifto°,6,es--oottneil and prize medals, and "honourabl. have been tvro d "II is 5 084; of' this number 2,039 iiib i ' t,, 4 to the 'United Kingdom, and 3,045 to the foreign of prj 'le. 14011 analysing these lists, the propo h tl in L . eltideclBB, awarded in the six great groups, wine (no ea w I hole of t h e jurors, is as follows: IV. UAW MAT ERIALS. —CLASS ES I T To . T otal , ' F' 44l43ii tlsi s ed British.. Foreign. 16 I'l4 ..._ ,4.8 ........... 6 011(h gl 1 .......... . .... 1 25 ... 131 t,„ Total ......... - 262 988 1250 P !il v. _, 31 INER, liz i - 4 , 141 4 4 CS INERY."-CLASSES V. TO X. _ oli ur able Mend ........ ••: 6 o 4 .. a 1 ...... 3( 5 )1 114 n_ le Total ......... 404 341 il7neil medal. FABRICS. — CLASSES XI. To XX. 440404-1.;,_18 ............... 337 ~. 4 A , 4, ............ 1 2 um mentions ... 185 1%.4. Total . ° .—..... tlca v l'aE° .. .... 623 777 13u0 % Ir . l Us, AND CERAIVIC MANUFACTURES.— pr. 49 Oil ttedaiB . CLAS SES XXI. To X X V. 4:llsedai ........ ... l 4 4,14. k, e meet.... .a. ....... ..... 214 suit 407 °ta10 .... . . 312 ns ... 20 8 „ .., 199 _ tsettt Total .. _ 534 434 968 Nit • 411°118 FIA.NUFACTURES. 14 „e! tiledail . XXIX ' 10 4 CLASSES xXVI. TO 374 4044-,e,u!tis .................. 142 254 ,1101 p null ti oti ; ... ... 100 ~........ Total ......... 246 396 '11124 . 1 k, et It o. , FINE ARTS. 4 k' 4 4 tt d 41,18 ............ w, Q 4 IS 60 -,,,ukbie •••••.. ......... 27 47 niktftions ... 41 Total ..... ... 70 r, ti 1,81- ND --r ikirli,E . . voll„ !.40 1) , w li k . mU rliar. v. hn performed with cons i derable f a Joit m '° 4e past season at the Princess's Thea t re. Th, 14 4;4 . th e corn %etc g httl e ( I ra to . titd by I , iza of the Artist's Pany at Punch's Playhouse.. . a arket), was Wife (originally vl ted 1 ' `4.r. Ranger, at the H Ycl 4i, allt t z , N. ' "? a m Int for the sake of introducing him to ,e(11 . ante. 4 Eibt, • Atr. 1 3elton's performance was very e *l ta e1n 44 , 4 'ivos received with the greatest favo ur. s 1443441 0 • a:" e4 for at the conclusion amid loud p -liossu'ru• in the a 411: 4,! °1e t ( ran, n le Al it fr 0 - ‘ionstantinop ~ I ing as the spee h IlL t re4 h azette, gives the fol ow b rd the frigate nk essu T cling on ea of the fat, c. 4, l\ _ 114 ~..... Ron g *lioi'Seen„ 4 44 -.4... Rrt,-,,,---Ray the Almighty favour of being rttlop`lath;eu oae the extraordinary favour of my nation Iltatembiii "... to you, worthy brethren, God be praised, flag of the Unite 4 , a D4' Ilq (pointing to the __,y. Now onl. teraCcol. NI, only can I breatbo freely. my denli. at owing 44 t ' ) ; I'ol myself proud y most magna i till al,Ntiobltkli a nd to one of the, t to proceedo 4%1 00 4 , ef Europe. I am about k to l ' i th IN 11„ Ptioos to that generous and I shall is people liod f' 9 .) . the the happinesa to belong, , __ I h ope to eelt . ie r 4,), t;rlitered land of liberty, wile" for I Yes, has fotl4l'etilts:.,ortunate people what I seek. nut die until be pets; thota.",Rad I(ossuth will sympathies, for we I le% " ti, t lt Ido not seek your . for we -t IP 'lb; 4r) t ^ exiles, under 14 44E r 44 asylum 0, shall groan h Yelte ,ene e,, I Hun eat iv• ° I . the t on as the Magya li r berator, for seek an shall thop.„111 ilo, hBcloonian!• nor a if ; but I '114,74 rigtihi -° re to deliver herself cause, and for des in e4 a t the oppressor of a hots , kt;ineti tosWhe have unju3tly fallen); captain shock 1t0,49 h, ,11'41 had concluded t e . d "God save m itlih - "Ild, and the crew cried 4, lb i , .` P -i? el --'-'-' • --- •-•-•----...._________Ni L•• WED ARCTIC 4,4ktilv's Rp NE Th , 13 12 'A ; ITION• leech, l ollowi " 1 Qii EXIED . te letter just b.m ok is an extract of a pr i vate aof the re ,,vlved b i'°4l, fir, li d in coalman- was Prott, rauoh _._ _. enne y, not dated, but . 1 ,, olv writ,t4pedition. It is July. '"e tap; 'en a bout the middle of 414* .'Lle A lbe t ' alone in those regions, i lla I 6 hav e „,_ ,r is now . as well through slll;lttic witi " t u 'ear of her not getting her. lilt h..k,Aell fo hater as those who have preceded isions, and lirk,, N ritly ata tit 'd and well stored with prov the ,l,„-ct 40h,-11,,t hearts on board —among them ~,_ ,-till Pr -164.0pburn the tried companion of . Sir t'ho atikliu i ' • sufferings, Ne 'has , anbi,, 11 • 511 his former and master ; - 11l 8444 „.., One in search of his e who 10,11 ~ N. tellot, of the French mann , _ bleatki )less "bl 9 gone out in the Prince Albert. of 4,1,:ier4 ,that kr. Kennedy speaks in terms 41°11 of the latter officer : . 4 . b. , . Ship prise,© . (C(133%) ot, "le eticl rl4 " Albert, lat. 71 3 1 0 long. 57. . 1 ',f- fished d 4. ' d from an original ni A b euilled to eentnent, • cope whaler Jane, to . tloq eaPtain Walker, of the 0v,.. or of a t length 14_414 th the Advance, will, I hope, --ice e co a a he the tit ti t o shor ntry that Sir John reac h bp he Asiiits s, and that he must be in the direction of eh, Be!treh. assigns to the Prince Albert as that roi,,' 1111 '4•° it, therefore yon may rest assured -84 46.13ushed • ' - • • t and deter le 0 11, if a , With rednubled spirit h re both a, eve r ,re _a!,ll could be' added to where e degree oa;',,the firrst:all dto the highest possib e only tbi 43,,,,,, ~ . The Advance and Rescue are _e_ h "14 to'''t lo ad% of r ot think of d tal l ),85,, nee us, 80 Cann . e Albert i tviki; a fteci,n.Y more than that the Prime© She 4104 ,_ c l pa ps „'. favoured voyage thus f" and 1111,101 5in,..,..i-v arewell by the 22d ofJune, lekt v° laletitil , fo nothing but g Elh t i. erd tty e nos met with d Disco. 44 4 , 11 4 n ob ,' we have you See got beyond , she Leo 'to e vor e little craft, and the hands sa, %Peak 13311;in.g but speak.' God grant she may 4 totsrettl4)Y °ringing home Sir John Franklin and nd th It t o t3f his Party. All hands are w ell, , a ~ 2 kretitosP Will follow ine. "Aii Ikllot is the noblest, I s and best of our little band. i 4 It . ' 4 " WILL KENNEDI lit- thergor • • to Cape S.ytviliah, has andurn of traceaof - an expedition ~ ..___________________ already appeared in print." lip cilatt NT ,tilt gll(),etea'" 4:11°,01011 A f ----- T e ; -- ----------:Tc3lst of March 1104' °, the ttilihr.e'Sel. j.B to Proceed to sea or to steam upon the _ i btlt efeLach 40.1-Itell -ckingclorn without having a safetyvalve ..4 gi g ~0 ler, free irothe care of the engineer, .and *liirlerited t 0 44 ° 1 and inttrfd such safety-valve is to 't t , ‘ , th e b e a _ c, an chinery, upon th ki,t enotieer..useticre!sary part of the t m to a the Board of t 4e t I ,I P 04W rtgela.tieo34°lrsiosrdte°rerderyrthe 21st section of i11,t44z. 44(115 Victoria, cap 79. h.l'4l4nie tni4(1,,,,,,?t•---Another instance . of a philan -4 kto la ."84'ng Oa its own destruction, while endra qt, hat we-•,,vLe the lives of fellove-creatures, occurred during oliZeoi, . 1 '! la Sloan -street, Chelsea. On n acks a o ta n rda L ttp. tls.s._-_7, 4 respectable painter, named J h bove-named 1:i <7', Wee returning borne, along t-e a with ft•Niqllh.e;4P..4!ned by his toile, he saw a poor woman diat,ely in 11 11 4 1 c i i . it eah:lg‘totpting sross the road aimPureious rate. Zhirttatuttthat the;bt Was cog along Ja a ckson, with more I, l ‘ ll th e Illn pre c i e nl _uat be run over ' the horse ; but such Ned eked at tie, tried to stop ' the Jackson was ND (101,4 . Which It was going t ha t of the qt,4ta ltl tin ß , ll'lth great violence and the wheels u ate of .ver the lower Part of his body he was taken d to p tittle ipge, /,48ensibility. fi e w forthwith conveyed ." ••illti, ' -"Pi titl vvh ...as afterwards fro . m ho 4 be... .. s he had ... , s. . erehe diec . l Shortly ife and seven 11- 4, 1 4 e w-uhN deer,s.:',.?e,•tained, Plunging a w bereaveinent. The ),I!er 101 wartsitleuistress at their suiddent i y bolted, and the to, l l l ' it ivtZ,p'i.nable tocacaosnet°rofith?iincia calamity from the cab .;p4c:keiv,ci'''("iig on, directly after the accident to Jackson, . s e t 1 . 1 by the dreadful in.uries in various parts on! lOn Illtill a fall. I f J to St. Creorge a ltest.' NAN th , e, also, was taken . coroner's e ‘'etly of Jackson awaits the Nti? 18'4're,,, th it t l slat CU ES thole TLI C E. It has been incor r at th; "let dispatches le " re ceived yesterday morn tete 441 r. e,,10,ia1._ .c tyere re . c S Harry Smith. None t 6 th? ftrrQ•bY the uni tiirkenehiror ir are any expected be e - N:4N tivalilt S . .ita ' or re overdue sinctewtoltia ite , „. . ir °ben , gti accident which Lille met on her ou molq. - Nog 1) the4o 11;t,,4fIvas h,,i,„,""r•---A meeting of Span's • h bond 'lt the ti ),,,-.411,,,,,,-:. yesterda3- t tal e into consideration _ 'lt e-gree ,''' , l of the on' I? 11 t f the overdue Coupons of evtr-Nreihrer Cent. Stock!. Ch th ° o recommendations of til4,iiie of"thef bondholders will'I:: adopted, by which any ociwwle e, , 1,1,'w bonds be prevented, and means Id Coupons, ue pO4 the lit. the remaining half of the 0 .. _,. clu'lPrAk 'Vanilla Cove-i-ntuent It some future pet iou t' lt er v, Xlk ' b lei Pkt work -bNPAS•--The officials at t e 1%44 4 14 th e f 3e., 41:1Xi011,8 to let the in -door paupers par -11,,,, f'ir th, 4 9th' of Frid a • ir gave leave themlyettrelCht, l ?,, tela many jcouwlede tgo,gclothing in " CI thtlii-itt'llter that they might appear respectable -444a1ttl With their uew drvsaes. I THE SPORTING NOTES. No. CX LV. REMINT3CENCES OF NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, WITH A FEW HINTS CONCERNING THE SPORT OF THE PRE SENT WEEK AT NEWTON AND HEREFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—The past Second October Meeting at head quarters, though not the most brilliant one on rec has eff't oted vast changes in the chances of innumerable horses engaged in Stakes of importance, as yet veiled by the curtain of futurity. It is a curious fact, that out of thirty-one stakes and ten matches decid.el during the week, Sir Joseph Hawley only ran one horse, and that Teddington for the great match, which it is now known through the length arid breadth of the land was only just won. The Fyfluld Baronet, it is said, cleared above five thousand on it. Sir Joseph's game seems to be a curious one—scratching all his horses fur the Cesare witch, and running none for any other raco during the week, except fur Else aforesaid match; one would think he must be in high dudgeon at somebody or something. The Goodwood stable won the majority of stakes; they, however, only numbered five; et which Mr. Gratwicke won three, and the Duke of Richmond two. The confederates, Messrs. Payne and Greville, carried away a couple of stakes, and four matches. The two years old running of the week does not say much for the quality of the next year's three years old. The following may be con sidered as having lost what chance they once had for the Derby, and thrown entirely into the helpless class:— namely, Father Thames (a second edition of Runny e me& all over); Little Harry (who, however, yet might improve, but I am afraid it is hopeless); colt by Faugh a-liallagh, out of Delia; Canterbury (oae of the . presumed wonders of the Goodwood stable); Harbinger (another of the Sussex wonders); Ambrose (fitted for a distance); Sr. Andrew; Caracara; Theodine; Peacock; The Old Lad; Stockwell; Ftlius ; and 11-sperus. Thus one short week has annihilated the pretensions of fourteen candidates for next year's Derby, six of whom have created no little sensation in the betting market during ' the last three months. Lord Ribblesdale's lucky purchase, Kingston, though by no manner of means a horse suited fora distance, will clear a few of the mile stakes at the spring meetings of next year; his chance for the Derby is but a eery 80-6,) one. Red Hind every time she runs gives evidence of staying powers and the most undeniable speed, which may make her a most dangerous, opponent for every thing she runs for; if she keeps in her present form, I think the Oaks of 1852 may be booked a cer tainty for her. The Prendergast Stakes was just won by a head, which says hut little for the winner, Maid stone; I venture to predict that not one of the four who contested) the stake will ever catch the judge's eye in the " Great go" on the Downs of Epsom .next year. The sport of the present week is of the mixed or half and-half character, combining flat racing and steeplechasing. The Newton Autumn Meeting come inencee the steeplechase campaign of the season 1851-2. Ms meeting comes off to•morrow; and, from the rather imperfect accounts I have received from head quarters, I am induced to believe that the South Lan cashire Steeplechase, over four miles of good country, will be won by PETER SIMPLE, list 21b, or Isaac, lOst 101 b, Verax, lOst 21b, well up. It has been ru moured that the British Yeoman and Lucy Neal will go, which I think however is very dubious; should these two be found at the post, I must go for the YEOMAN and raTER SIMPLE, instead of the latter and Isaac. For the eff chance don't forget Verax. The Free Handicap Hurdle Race I f incy will go to LITTLE QUEEN Or DE FAULTER, Queen of the May being next best. The Hereford Autumn meeting commences on Thurs day with the Hunters Stakes, two miles and a quarter. For this stake I can discover nothing that stands a chace of deliriving COGIA or UPTON of the victorious laurels. The Herefordshire Stakes (flat race), two miles and a quarter, is a bit of a mystery. If Dawson can't win it, t must look to HEART OF OAK or AvIA to do the thing wot's right," Bushranger being well up. The Hurdle Race mat ked for Friday, one mile and a half, over five flights of hurdles, looks well for FUGITIVE, lOst 121 b; or COGIA, lOst 81b. The Grand ISteeplechase, over four miles of fair bunting country, is booked by the stable pretty nearly a certainty (if such things as certainties can be found in steeplechasing) for the five years old,. BEDFORD, The City Gold Cup will depend much on ,he result of the Herefordshire Stakes run the previous ,lay; fancy, however, leads us to select Sir Robert, Lon ginus, and 7 heorein, as the most attractive of the lot. The market for the Cambridgeshire is of a very unstable nature; the prices varying every:day, .and in some instances several points, without any apparent cause. Newminster is the only one who seems to stand at all steady, his price being 7 and Bto 1. Webs holds a very dubious position, sometimes being quoted at the head of the list at an uncommonly short price, at other times not having admirers at any sacrifice. vlountain Deer, at 12 to 1, remains tolerably firm. Curl, like unto Eliza Middleton, is gradually falling from her high estate, 100 to 6 being her quotation yes terday. The Prime Minister, by his being kept in the market, one would infer is to be the representative of W'adloa's stable; I however think that Wadlow will either start two, or three, including the Prime Minister, instead of him solely. • On Thursday or Friday will appear my analysis of the last great Handicap cf the season, containing the latest iutiirmatiou from all quarters. I am, Sir, yours, fk,e., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Oct. 21, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA ETERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 11 to 2 agst Sir J. Hawley's Breba-6 to 1 taken freely 8 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken and afterwards offered 14 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer 100 to 6 agst Mr. Dslamere's Curl—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Hallord's Prima Minister—taken 18 to 1 agat Mr. Carew's The lleriot 20 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd's Darkie 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken 25 to 1 agat Mr. Waring's Manifold Breba was in immense force, the takers going on as long as 6 to 1 could be got; New miaster was also in con siderable favour; the quotations against the other horses returned were little more than nominal. Nancy was scrotcbed at half-past four. THE CRITERION STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke HEREFORD STEEPLECHASE. 2 to 1 agst Bedford DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. S. Hawke's Wornersley—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Caledou's Barbarian—taken HEREFORD STEEPLECHASES. Acceptances for the Grand Steeplechase. Mr. Davenport's Peter Simple 11st 41b—Mr. Daven port's Half-and-Half, lOst 81b 2 Mr. Anderson's Spring Buck, lOst 81b—Lord Lurgan's St. Helier, lOst 61b — Mr. T. Golby's Plough Boy, lOst 41b—Mr. Barling's Bedford, lOst—Mr. Thompson's Hardwick, 9st 10lb— Mr. Land's The General, 9st 101b—Captain Powell's Vulture, 9.3 t 81b—Mr. Dobbins's Resignation, 9st 81b. Hurdle Race Acceptances. Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, lOst 121b—Mr. Tresham's Cogia, lOst 81b—Mr. Ash's Gehenna, lOst 41b—Mr. Burtord's Maisemore Lass, 9st 41b. THE LYING-IN HOSPITAL, YORIC•ROAD, LAM BETIL—The quarterly court of the above charitable institu tion assembled yesterday in the board room. Thorns S. Cocks, Esq., M.l'., was in the chair; and the gentlemen pre sent were Augustus Robinson, Thomas Grissell, and J. Bar nard, Esq.., and Doctors Hutton, Reid, Cape, and Rigby. The four resolutions which had been proposed at the last court day, the 21st July, by Mr. A. Robinson, were read seriatim to the following effect :-1. That no vacancy in any office in the hospital should be filled up until the qualifica tions required, the salary and duties attached to the office, and whether any alterations in the same ought to be made, should have been duly considered by the weekly board. 2. That every such vacancy should be announced to the next weekly board, which should thereupon cause to be sent to every member of the committee notice of such vacancy, and of the qualifications required, and the salary and duties at tached to the same, which should be considered at the next weekly board. 3. That the weekly board, so specially sum moned, might adjourn the consideration of the question at their discretion. 4. That the weekly board should from time to time make such temporary provision for the fulfil ment of the duties of any vacancy as should enable the ser vice of the hospital to be efficiently carried on. After a short discussion these resolutions were confirmed. The minutes of the weekly board were then read and confirmed. The re port and accounts for the quarter were next read and ap proved. The total receipts fr om dividends o n stock, annual s a u n b d scr t L i e pt e i x on p s e , n collections , 501. 15s. 7d. ; SUDDEN DEATII.—Mr. W. Carter, last evening, held inquiry an i • at the William the F ourth, Surre y - g rove, W al - worth, as to the death of Mr. Richard Pell, aged 87, a gentleman of independent property, residing at 6, Westmore land-place, Walworth-common. 0a Thursday he was heard coming down stairs, and when he h ad reached near the bot tom he slipped and fell between the banisters and the wall. Mr. Broad, his son-in-law, who was in the garden, and de ceased's son, raised him up, and two surg eons, Mr. Simmons and Mr. Todd, were soon in attendance, but on their arrival pronounced him dead, probably f ro m apoplexy., It was only the da before he had been to the Bank of ngland to receive his dividends, and it is a singular fact that his wife died on the same da five years ago. The jury returned a verdict " The deceased died from natural causes." DETERMIN ED S UICIDE . — Yesterday evening a de termined suicide was committed by a man of the name of Joseph Lincoln, aged 47, bird-stulier, resid in g at No. 12, Queen-street, Long ' Acre. It appears that the unfortunate man spread some arsen i c on bread an d b u tter, and ate it , when one of the lodgers in the next room hearing the de ceased violently sick, went in, as well as the landlady, Mrs. ponaldson, when the man confessed to taking the p oison. Mr. Bennet, surgeon, was i 1 . t 1 -sent for, and promptly attended, when the , mmec la e y to St. unfortunate man was removed Giles's Workhouse deceased had been out of , where he expired. The . employment for some length of time and had been in a very de s • ponding way, ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOL ENT SOCIETY. --The usual quarterly general court held at the of this society was . Thatched-house TavernWatkin Owen Pell in the chair. yesterday;i Admiral Sir being ward-room efi l i , e 'v e vas resolved that assistant sur geons,rs, and naval instructors should be allowed to become members of the society, and the amount of subscription to he required Si. for life. The late Mr. a from them to be ss. yearly or queathed 150/. in Three per Cents,w, of Bayswater, having be termined that a letter of thanks to this societ, it was de of that be written to the executors gentleman. The income of expen diture 507/. 2;=. 4d having a 1. 35. 6d., and the , balau • of the society. Le of 1,212/. Is. 2d. in fa vourJuvENlLE GYMNASIUM Pon i B ......A juvenile UCH IN GIIAM PALACE. nle gymnasium has just been erected in Bucking ham Palace f or the use of the youthful members of the Family. it consists Of -i ne.it frame-work, nearly equate, upo n which apparatus an . h a:i been onBtrueted for a great atwitter of bvaily eAeri.isep., 945 64;2 SUN, LONDON, LITERATURE. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS CF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The retirement of Mr. Justice Patteson from the judgment seat which he has so long adorned is a great public loss. We rejoice, for the sake of this learned and upright magistrate, that he abandons the judicial be nc h w i t h un i mpa i re d faculties and— but for one infirmity —in the full vigour of his bodily powers. It is, however, et painful reflection that tor many years to come he might have rendered gcod service to the profession and to the public. The trade of a judge, like any other, mus t be slowly learnt if it would be fully m as t ere d . I t i s no t th e ecu t es t l aw y er nor the most eloquent advocate who makes the best judge. There is no Royal need to the exercise of the judicial faculty in the highest degree. A re markable union of sound common sense and intellectual vigour educed by industry and chastened by experi ence is the be s t qualification for the judge. We make no mention of honesty of purpose, for, happily, all question of wilful corruption is merely traditional among the presiding magistrates in Westminster ball. It is not often that all these qualities have been united in one person to so remarkable a de gree as in the eminent man, who is shortly about to vacate his seat upon the' bench. If not possessed of that glowing imagination which lest warmth to the flights of many of our forensic rhetoricians—if some what careless of extreme , subtlety and of mere fine spun deductions, the mind of Mr. Justice Patteson has always shown itself evenly balanced—always true to itself. The efforts of counsel to lead him astray from the substantial point at issue have invari ably failed in their effect. A sophism, however inge niously stated, was to him merely irrelevant. So clearly did he appear to see the real bearings of a case that he could scarcely be brought to appreciate the merits of a false view. There are not wanting judges in Westminster-hall at the present moment who rejoice to meet an advocate in the field of dia lectics, and to pierce him with his own rapier. Such was not the practice with Mr. Justice Patteson. He cook! or would do nothing more than meet the ingenious sophisms of counsel with simple truth, with one of those brief statements which appear so obvious when once uttered, but which yet are uttered so seldom. It would be in the highest degree incorrect to attribute this high judicial facility, how ever instinctive it might appear, to the mere gift of nature. It was natural, no doubt, in the learned judge of whom we are speaking; but it had been carefully cultivated by the industry of half a cen tury—some forty years of which had been spent in the study and practice of, the law—and upwards of twenty years upon the judicial bench. We are con fident the opinion of the profession will bear us out when we say that there _never sat in Westminster hall a judge more soundly versed in the principles of the common law than Mr. Justice Patteson. The rules of practice, too, were 'as familiar to him as the general spirit of English law, and in his hands were applied in a reasonable manner to the progress of a case. If we follow him into the Crown Courts we find him still acting with‘lihe same mod e r a ti on an d good sense—inflexibly jest, and yet leaning ever to the side of mercy arid humanity where it was possible without a dereliction of duty. We appeal to the recollection of all tpractitioners whether in chambers, on circuit, or ate Westminster-hall, if it be not true that, with a good cause in hand, they would have earnestly sought, and with a bad one they would have studiously avoided, the judgment of Mr. Justice Patteson. It would be übfair to omit all mention of that genial good humour and constant amenity of dis position which rendered practice before him so easy and agreeable to the feelings of a gentleman. This unvarying sweetness of eemper in all probability helped to maintain that peffect balance of mind which was one of his most strikink characteristics, and pro cured for him universal goodwill. The consciousness of a well-spent life and the Society and affection of his friends must henceforth bathe chief consolation of his retirement. For ourselvee t we would add our humble tribute of respect to the general voice, and express our hope that it may please Providence to grant many years of tranquillity and , enjoyment to so excellent a man at the close of so honourable a career. ADVEIITISER.—Wbat's in the wind ? There is something. It is not for nothing that the Marquis of Granby comes forward to stutter through a speech on Protection, of an houi and half's duration. That deed the Noble Lordperfermed at Waltham, in Leices tershire, on Friday last.: We do not envy those whose destiny it was to listen to an hour and a half of the sort of eloquence in which he deals. Hard, indeed, was their fate. The very fact of the Noble Marquis being announced to play the principal part on the occasion, had the effect of causing what in histrionic phraseology, would be called a thin hohse. It deterred many from " being present on the occasion," who otherwise would have given their countenance to the annual meeting of the Waltham Agricultural Association. If those who stayed away were legitimate subjects of congratula tion, those who were present were, by every acknow ledged rule of logic, objects of compassion. They themselves felt that they were so. They appeared, the reporter tells us, "moody and discontented." We do not wonder at it. Tne matter' for marvel would have been had it been otherwise. They had, on this particular occasion, peculiar causes of depression In addition to the dejection consequent on the lowness of prices, they had the fear of the Marquis of Granby's speech of one hour and a half before their eyes—a fear which the event too-surely realised. That any body of men, with such a n infliction hanging in ter rorem over their heads, Co u ld h ave looked aug h t e l se than " moody and discontented '' would have been a moral impossibility. With such a prospect before them, the most cheerful must have looked sad—the most light-hearted must h ave felt depressed. Th e fact of wheat being at 37 5. Gd. p er q uarter could not, for a moment, be c ompared, in •its depressing effect, with the cer t a i n ty o f a long harangue from t h e Noble Marquis being about to be inflicted on them. And if the mere anticipation caused so much moodi ness and discontent, what must have been the feelings of the Noble Lord's auditory when they came to en counter the reality ? If th ey l ooked so moo d y an d discontented bef o r e , what mu s t h ave b e en the ex pression of th e ir coun t enances when the no bl e ora t or was in the very mid s t o f hi s address ? Th en , indeed, there must have been seen such an assem blage of lugubrious countenances as were never before grouped together under similar circum stances. But our business is with the Noble Mar quis, and not with hi s W a l t h am aud i tory . Wh a t, we again ask, is i n th e w i n d ? T he question , to our apprehension, admits of an easy answer. We all know that there has been more than a month a va cancy in the Protectionist leadership. Disraeli abdi cated his functions as the Protectionist champion, in his Aylesbury speech. Lor4 Granby, there can be no doubt, is aspiring at the vacancy thus created. It is no secret, that he was ambitious of the honour, when Lord George Bentinck was snatched away by the hand of death from the Protectionist party. But he had then a far too formidable rival in the person of the Member for Bucks. The latter was chosen, by general consent, the Protectionist chief, and now that he has resigned the office a successor must be ap pointed. The Noble Marquis, in these circumstances, is again in the field, and certainly with greater chances of success, than on the former occasion. Then he had Disraeli to compete with. Now he has no man of greater calibre, or of higher preten sions, than Mr. George Frederick Young. This is the origin of the Waltham oration of the Nobl e e hv t ti Marquis. He aspires at the vacant leader. p the speech in question has in effect a ca ndidature. We leave the matter to be t with such a leader, it is not f or us to utter a word ssiowledeadnbdhes inw een him and them. if they are satisfied of dissent. The address of the Noble Marquis Of course, we makes no pretensions to reasoning. So far we have rl' a e' n pit e lhy en h d ini ed . with predictions. absence . of arguments, Lord that s spee.c hl wasl to arguments which a pro phetic Lord's previous efforts have deterred him from re newinglt might have been supposed the e success shal l Glyn h oe r e r a c t e n a i e b nun yosoaettdddubeoresafeel expected controversysx. Ic i ta t e b dt e het a o n prophecies. _ in the same way would Those who talk in this way the attempt: speak without reflection. What was he to do? Any which has attended the Noble a storm. The Noble Marquis port, say the sailors, do something. was so circumstanced, that he must And as playing the prophet was the only resource "t would be ungenerous to blame open to him, I him for what he has done. Argument was o u t o f the- question. To argue is not the vocation of the Noble Marquis; but to was deal in predictionsquite abilities, as it within the sphere of his a . would be within the sphere of any man who —just could string a score or two of sentenc es together. Had th e Mar quis of Granby attempted to reason his audience would at once have perceived his unfitne ss f or th e task. They would, in their own minds, have replied to his arguments as f a st as be used them, if, for cour tesy's sake, anything he advanced must h ave b een called by that name. But to speculate in prophecies was a safe adventure. Be his predictions what they might, there was not a ma n among his "moody a n d discontented" auditory wh o could have got up and not, one and all, be sooner affirmed that they would _ or later fulfilled. The Noble Mull is, M arquis therefore, entitled to credit for having displayed some tact in re sorting to prophecy, instead of attempting argument. But why venture his predictions through the medium of foreign e rs, instead of boldly hazarding them him self ? Lord Granby can hardly be said to have spoken at all i n hi s own person. He played the orator on this occasion through means of others. He called in the aid of M. Thiers. And when he could serve his purpose no longer, he laid violent hands on an obscure American, named Greasy—a before heard of by one out of ten thousand of our readers. But last, and worst of all, the Noble Marquis was compelled to resort to one of the most worthless and disreputable of all living authorities— that of the New York Herald—in his anxiety to make LESSONS IN FRENCH. On an entirely Novel • and Simple Plan. John Cassell. There is something very noble, and even affecting, in the ardour with which some of the most gifted men have aided the caue of education by their ele mentary writings. Of this we have had innumerable instances afforded us by intellects of every imaginable class and magnitude, from the coarse but vigorous capacities of Cubbett to the vast and comprehensive genius of the Emperor Napoleon. Among the la bouring ranks of the English community the grammar of Cobbett has long since risen to the position of a familiar favourite having at one period enjoyed a pe culiar and wide-spread popularity. Few, however, are at all acquainted with that masterly composition in wiaiah the great Napoleon sketched out the system he desired to be adopted in the instruction of his son, the King of Rome—a document which it would be well for those who are at present unacquainted with it to examine in the work in which it has been authentically preserved, namely, in the admirable memoirs of the veteran Count Montholon. Instances like the above are assuredly sufficient to indicate on the part of every elementary writer on works of education no debasement whatever of his intellectual faculties, but rather an elevation of them to one of the most dignified offices of humanity, that of teacher. It is consequently for these reasons that we are always eager to welcome every production of the like kind when we can, recognise in it qualities in any way deserving our commendation. The little book before us is among this number. It is, to our thinking, a work of a very remarkable character. Founded upon a plan which is correctly described upon the title•page as "entirely novel and simple," it enables any one previously altogether ignorant of the first rudiments of the French language to become master of it with astonishing rapidity and equally astonishing facility, and this moreover without the aid of a teacher—au aid in very other instance more or less indispensa ble. All this we may remark is accomplished in a series of easy lessons, twenty-five in number, lessons which already, through the" Working Man's Friend," appear to have led to very extraordinary results, as affording a means of instruction. What has even now been accomplished by the book under notice may be here briefly recounted in the opening words of the "Preface," words that one almost envies it man the happiness of being able to write. They are as fo lows : " The original publication of these Lessons was an event. They created es marked an effzet in educational literature, as the' Letters of Junius' did in the political. The Plan of the instructions was entirely new, both as a whole and in the details of the execution. Two cha racteristics were found above all in the Lessons—first, that French was acquired more rapidly and solidly by their study than by any other course or process, how ever expensive, hitherto attempted; secondly, so far from being dry or hard, they were entertaining and simple in exact proportion to their utility. The student who was surprised at his own progress, was not less surprised at the pleasantness of his new labours. The utile and the dulce were, for once, really and truly found together." Further, it is remarked of the writer's mode of con veying his information to his hitherto uninstructed readers" in . embodying his idea in the course of these Lessons he adopted the most rigid Doricism of style, rejecting every meretricious decoration, every thing that might even for a moment lure him from "the main point, or distract the attention which he concentrated on his design." The good effect of this resolution seems to have been very speedily demon strated in _ the amazing success achieved by his system. Proofs of its efficacy—proofs of the most incontrovertible kind—were afforded by hundreds of the bumbler members of the community—insomuch that the writer of the Preface is justified in saying— " We look on this AS one of the most striking and suggestive facts of our time ; it is an event on which to meditate—an event not void even of political re- ference, and of a bearing on the state of Civilization.' . - As an example of the admirable manner in which in formation is conveyed to the mind through the me diuni of these lessons, being rendered comprehensible to the most ordinary capacity, from the homely way in which it is enforced, we give the annexed lively and, humorous paragraph. It is penned; as will be readily apprehended, with a view to shop the imperative necessity of a careful atten tion to mood and tense. It runs thus : "My dear Sir,—l written the letter which was wrote by me last week, just after your friend was went, and before your second message was came. The thing von spoken of was so old that it was knew already. I never been so vexed as I have was on this occasion; in- deed I thrown away hope, for I was threw down in spirit. I was lay prostrate by the event. I seen what was never saw before. I fallen lower than I bad ever Pell in my life. My prospects are slew, and, he who slain them. is one whom I have drew cut of poverty. But I shall be took by you for a madman if I continue in this strain, so I will finish with the subject. I have strove in every way, I have did my best, I have bore many inconveniences, and, now that I am took at a disadvan tage, I will have did with those that have so took me," &c. Common sense tells us that an illustration of this kind must necessarily tend to impress a rule of grammar upon the inemory more forcibly and in delibly than any other plan that could be suggested. Such is the nature of the whole of this singular pro duction, a work which it affords us a feeling of genuine satisfaction to be able to recommend very earnestly to the poorer classes of our population. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 20. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Park and the Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by the Rev. Mr. Birch, took a drive in the Parks, in an open carriage. The remainder of the Royal children took their accustomed exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of. Morley, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, went out shooting this forenoon. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, attended Divine service yesterday morning, in the private chapel of the Castle. _ _ There was no addition to the Royal dinner party last evening. A deputation, including Mr. Beckford, Mr. M4G-regor, Mr. Raikes, and Mr. Westmoreland ; had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colt - nial-office. Captain Townsend, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. John King, delegate from the colony of Vic toria, had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Inc Right Hon. M. G. Baines, first Commissioner of the Poor-laws, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. THE MINISTRY—MR. COBDEN. An evening paper, a few nights since, stated that the office of Vice. President of the Board of Trade had been tendered to Mr. Cobden by Lord John Russell, on his assumption of office in 1846, and rather severely criticised the Honourable Gentle man's vanity in not accepting it, when a much abler man, Lord Granville, did not refuse it. The facts are these :—When Lord John Russell came into office in 1846, he offered the post of Vice- President of the Board of Trade to the Honourable Charles Villiers, who declined it. The office was ac cepted by Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P. for Manchester, who subsequently resigned it. Earl Granville was then appointed to the joint office of Paymaster of the Forces and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. As the former Lord Granville will take his seat in the Cabinet. The latter office is, we believe, destined for Mr. Wilson, M.P. for Westbury. How little did the Noble Premier estimate the abili- ties of Lord Granvile when, on his entry into office, he appointed him Master of the Buckhounds ; in other words, the Queen's head dog-keeper. It may be added that the office of Master of the Mint has ceased to be a Ministerial one, and very properly so. It is now a permanent one in the person of Sir J. Herschell. — There are now four offices, usually Cabinet ones, at present occupied by persons not of the Cabinet, viz., those of the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Paymaster of the Forces, and Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests.—Correspondent of the _Morning Advertiser. SIR JAMES GRAHAM VERSUS DR. CANDLISH.—It seems that the tribute of regard that was paid to Sir James Graham the other day, by making him a burgess of Aber deen, has given mortal offence to Dr. Candlish, who is, it appears on a crusade in the north at present. The Rev. Doctor, at a meeting of the Scottish Reformation Society on Monday last, took occasion to say, in the course of a long speech on the Papal aggression, that he thought when the Corporation of Aberdeen were giving the highest honour in their power to bestow, to the man of all others who had set himself up as the leading opponent of the measure demanded by the voice of the country, a t l eas t some explanation or pry test was required from the Protestants of Aberdeen, to show that the Town Council did not, at least on that point, speak the sentiments of the comm un i ty . There might be other grounds on which the fre e d om o f the City could be conferred on Sir James Graham, but it did strike a stranger as notice able, that such an honour sh ou ld b e pa i d to him (Sir J a mes Graham) just after finishing a session of laborious, i n d e fatigable, and persevering opposition to a meas ure w hi ch a ll the Protestants of the country desired to see carried out. Scotsnzan. DAniria ROBBERT.—Yesterday information was received p r t e li t a e t n etew of persona i n o g f t g l e , e n t l i e os n e t m o t l t y a a p p i i ) i e v a a r t a e n r c o e o t h n a t d o , wile professional business, succeethd i n pl un d er i ng t tu h rial e drl A esra r c e l i s way public-house, Entield-chase, of 731. in gold and silver, a valuable gold watch and chain, and other property. The same men have committed similar robberies at other homes. They both appear about thirty years of age, and are attired in Mourning, one being wry thin and pale, the other s tout, nueli seamed with the small-p9x, with sandy hair and whi6kera. EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1851 out a case in favour even of prophetic Protection. The marrow of his address consisted in extracts from the speeches and writings of M. Tillers, Mr. Greasy, and Mr. Gordon Bennett—one Frenchman and two Americans. We should like to know why the Noble Marquis, in his search for prophets of evil from the adoption of a free-trade policy, should have gone so far from home ? Why cross the channel in one case, and the Atlantic in the other tuo cases ? He doubt less ILA Lis reasons, though he did not condescend to inform his auditory what those reasons were. May we be permitted to venture a conjecture ? We take the secret of the matter to be this—that Protectionist prophets, of home production, have hitherto proved so singularly unfortunate in their predictions of dis aster to the country, from the repeal of the corn-laws, that even the farmers have ceased to repose any faith in them. There is, therefore, no alternative for Pro tectionist orators but to lug in the prophecies of those foreigners who foretell the destruction of all the in terests of any country which can be insane enough to abandon protective duties, and substitute for them a free and unfettered system of commercial policy. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Oct. 18, 1851 ... £16,487 17 9 ... ... 14,470 8 9 ••• ••• ••• Ditto, Oct. 19, 1850 Increase in 1851 ... London Terminus, Oct. 20, 1851. ... X 2,017 9 0 KELLY. —It DEATH OF LADY IiELLY.--It is with feelings of regret we record the demise of Lady Kelly, the wife of Sir the eminent barrister, and late her Majesty's K elly, t he Her Ladyship died on the 19th inst., after s F o it i z ic r i o t y or K . much suffering. The deceased lady was the daughter and heiress of Captain Mason, of Leith, Scotland. Sr, Fitzroy her Lady s hi p leaves issue:but one child, a daughter, By who is married t o a Y orkshire gentleman. THE LEVIATHAN IRON STEAMER OF THE PENIN SULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY. —The keel of the first of these enormous vessels was laid a few days since in Messrs. Mare and Co.'s building -yard at Blackwall, and is, perhaps, the longest and heaviest bar of iron ever forged, being about 320 feet in length, and weighs upwards of 1 cwt. to the foot. The massive iron framework is in a forward state, and will soon be put u p, w h en the outline of the vessel will be shown. She will be somet hi ng over 3,000 tons builders' measurlernent. The engines will b e direct acting, with four oscillating cylinders, each 851/t inches in diameter, with a stroke will benine feet, plac e d at an angle so that each pair of cylinders of i attached to each paddle-wheel, the whole formingan s4 Haggre gate of 1,200-h orse power. tier guaranteed speed is i wouldknots steamequal ,to froml 8 statute Southamptoni niles pteor Alexandria hour; . h . i 3 c , h o .7 rate milessh e —ine s ig i ht es d t a i y m s a a te n d d a t t not ooht less our than i hours. o,°st when complete for service 000/. THE NEW " HALTING PLACE," FARRINGDON STREET.—Another " halting-place," or lodge for public con. venience, companion to the one already in use at the Fleet street end of Farringdon-street, has been erected at the Hol born end of the latter street. Similar oracular inscriptions are engraven on the new lodge to those observable on the one which for some months past the London porters and others have been accommodated with, much to their comfort and convenience. The word " halt" is lettered in black on the gas lamps surmounting the roof of the n ew l odge, while a l o ne the sides of the walls of the small building these sen tences are inscribed-1. " Rest, but do not loiter." not leave your goods." SPECIE.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, W e f i nd in our New York advices the arrival at that port of 11. e mail-steamer Ohio, with 1,435,711 doll ars on freight. The steam-ship Tennessee left Panama on th e I st ult., - witl 1,700 7 0u0 dollars ih specie VIA her freight list. any other part of their route. To those who go by NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. way of Prance to Cologne this route will be ROYAL MARINES. 1 short er b y nearly cne hundred miles than the one at Second Li eutenants Couch and Bowker, of the present pursued through Malines, while to those who Plymouth division, have received an intimation from take Brussels in their way the detour by Namur does the Admiralty that they must either resign their not exceed ten miles. But the increased beauty and commissions or submit to a court-martial. Some attractiveness of the scenery makes the way seem p ecun i ar y transactions are said to be the Cause of I scarce half so long. Before Brussels has been left their Lordships' displeasure. behind ten miles, befor e th e country begins t o r i se turface, he flat covered expanse is changed i n t o a beauiful undulating 'ion of Royal Marines, was not b rought to a close at s with extensive plantation, until the rising of the court last evening. arriving at .Naniur, when it at once assumes Lieut. Edmund John Piper (1812) died last week the character of romantic and imposing. Namur at his residence in Herefordshire. He lost his leg in i self is a town well worth visiting, both on account the Adriatic, when a midshipman of the Northumber of its historical reminiscences and its own local pe- land, in an attack of a convoy, and was i n rece i pt of culiarities. Th ere i s scarcely a town in Europe which a pension of 911. 55. per annum. has so frequently changed its masters or undergone so APPOINTMENTS TO THE CRANE.—The following many sieg es , an d t h ough not presenting the noble and appointments have been made to the Crane, 6 :—Cow magnificent appearance of Antwerp and Ghent, yet, mender M`Donnell, Lieut. Geo. A. W. Welch (1851), .as a fortified town inferior scarcely to any in Europe Acting Master W. B. Brund (second master of e p t u iv te e d to str th en e g y, tb, ng it li m sh u rn st an al wwah y o - s, be interestin ancl 1844, and "acting master" of two or three ships), attractive fortunate]y, never Paymaster J. Mallard (1851), Clerk John Shepherd saw such a spectacle in his own country Here com- (1850); Master's Assistant, Daniel May. menses the most beautiful portion of the valley of the THE ENTRY OF BOYS IN THE NAVY. —The regula- Meuse, which has been compared to th e cour se of the Lions of the Admiralty for the entry of boys are well Wye in our own country, running in the same manner through overhanging rocks, around which known, and the consequence is, that there are always cluster plantations of dark larches, and above above a score of candidates to o ne vacancy. But the occasionally be seen p eep i ng the ruins of an moalyd most cruel injury is too frequently inflicted upon the tower, the remnant of the stronghold of some old parents of the poor boys by the ignorant statements . fi robber-knight, who exer c i se d hi s trade on the traffic of the ca sua l con t r ib utors to thenewspapers. Alr. Di nnen , i nspector of machinery afloat, with still side the greater part of the way , i n many places the of the Meuse. The river a n d th e rail run side by at Devonport, carry i ng ou t th e experiments the road being actually built into th e r i ver on a cause- engines o f t h e D esperate screw-sloop. They are said to be progressing satisfactorily, and that a great say way carried over islands formerly existing in the in be c i- f • .g fuel is likely to be the result. river, but have thus become joined to the mainland. Lucifer . steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander One of the stations a short way from Namur is Jackson, Andennes, the point at:which the Government propose at Devonport on Sunday afternoon. She went into with supernumeraries from Cork, arrived to throw a bridge over the valley in order to shorten harbour to coal, and proceeds to Woolwich to be the route between Luxembourg and Brussels. When paid off. Ranger, 8, Commander_ T. Miller, from the coast of this is effected a considerable amount of additional Africa, last from Portsmouth, arrived at Devonport traffic will be thrown on the line, and Andennes being then in the direct route to Namur and Liege from on Sunday morning, to be paid off. The Ocean, hired freight ship, is loading stores at the province of Luxembourg, will become a station of the Royal 'William Victualling yard, Stonehouse, for considerable importance. Proceeding on from here we come to Huy, the centre of the the Cape of Good Hope, line and the locomotive depot, where Mr., PORTSMOUTH DIONDAY.—Th e Birkenhead iron Stooks, the able an d i nte li gen t eng i n i neer , resi d es , steam-frigate, PORTSMOUTH, Salmond, arrived Here commences what may b e ca ll e d the most profit- at noon from the Cape of Good Hope, last from able portion of the line, and the remainder of the mouth. She left at Simon's Bay, OH the 12th ult , ,thet way runs through the centre of the important and Castor, 36, Commodore Wyrill, the Hermes steam improving, and manufacturing district which has sloop, Commander Fishbourne ; and the Seringap a _ grown up on the outskirts of Liege. The surrounding tam store-ship, Master-Commander Russell. country is now undermined for miles round with ex- , The Rhadamanthus steam troop-ship and the Dee tensive mines of coal and iron, and on each side of steam-vessel had both gone up the Buffalo with the line are numerous factories which supply levies. Belgium, France, and a great part of the continent with machinery and arms, besides a number of collieries, most of which have their branch tram roads from their establishments to the main line. Indeed this district may be styled the South Staffordshire of Belgium, and considering the short time that the Namur and Liege Railway has been opened, it is wonderful to remark how quickly the traffic has diverted on the line from the Meuse, formerly the great means of transport. We have no doubt that in a little space longer the whole of the goods traffic— which must be immense, far exceeding that of any other part of the country—must necessarily be carried on through the Namur and Liege Com pany. At Hemalle the line separates into two branches, one crossing the Meuse by a fine bridge, and running past Serraing, the extensive iron manufactures of Mr. Cockerill, and enters the town of Liege on the south side, while the other, keeping the northern side of the valley, forms a junction with the Government line from Malines and the frontiers of Prussia, at Liege. Throughout the whole route the line is built in the most substantial manna, and it is a posi tive relief to change for an hour the jolting and shaking of the ricketty, cheap-made Government line for the steady, easy motion of the Namur and Liege. The carriages are handsome and comfortable, the second almost as good as our first in England. The locomotives are of a substantial and durable character, mostly made by Cockerill, at Serraing, and we no ticed that some of them bore English names. The one which drew us was the " Lord Mayor Farncombe " and we were g l a d t o recogn i se his Lordship in such beautiful scenery, so far from the smoke and din of the City. The Belgians are not the sharpest people in the world, but the advantages offered to them by the Namur and Liege line running through their great and only manufacturing district—the only one, in fact, which presents any signs of life or animation— are so obvious that they cannot fail to appreciate them. At present the great obstacle to the progress of the company is the unfair and discouraging conduct pursued towards them by the Government, which, now that the line is opened, would gladly, take it into its own hands, and therefore seems determined to dis gust the company by all those ungracious acts to which petty Governments condescend. By one of the conditions of concession the company is obliged to carry the mails without remuneration—a circumstance which they are not slow to take advantage of; but when goods arrive at Liege for Namur, the Go vernment officials will transmit them along their own line, round by Malines, Brussels, and Charleroi, a detour of about 150 miles, in preference to sending them along the direct Namur and Liege line. Other instances might be cited of the jealousy ef the Government in keeping the company out of the direct traffic to Germany, but when the proposed extension of the Great Northern of France line from Charleroi is effected, which will make the distance from Paris to Cologne, en route of Namur and Liege, at least 100 miles less than it can be tra velled at present, they will no longer be able to pur sue this line of conduct, so disgraceful to themselves and harassing to the officials of the company. The company, however, have been fortunate in obtaining an efficient staff of officials, who look zealously after the interest of the concern, and evidently possess more than the requisite ability and knowledge for developing the resources of the locality through which the line passes. The heads of the department are Mr. C. F. Stooks, the engineer, and Capt. Hill, the inspector, whose duties seem to be confined to watching the progress of affairs on the spot, and re porting the result to the directors in Brussels and London ; but the active portion of the service, which is on a scale of considerable moderation, rests with Messrs. Hill, Longden, and Stanforth, three gentle men who not only thoroughly understand the business of traffic management, but are perfectly familiar with the manners and customs, the feelings and prejudices of the people who use the railway. The two first are stationed at Liege, the former in the central station in the town, and the latter at the station adjoining the state line, where the great bulk of the merchandise and minerals come upon the line. Mr. Stanforth is the superin tendent of the company's affairs at Namur; like his colleagues in Liege, he has a difficult post to fill in softening down the petty jealousies and combating with the paltry meddling policy of the state authori ties. Oa the whole, the working of the line may be looked upon as excellent, presenting a strong con trast to the miserable mode of doing business upon the Government railways, and if not equal, at least very nearly approaching the routine systems observed upon the best lines in England. The Mons and Manage Railway, which belongs to the same company, is a short colliery branch of some eight-and -twenty miles in length. It is the most profitable bit of railway in the kingdom, and is worked with great success under the supervision of Mr. Bell, a gentle man who has long been resident in the neighbour hood, and is perhaps the best manager of mineral traffic to be met with on the continent. The Orestes, 14, Commander Hawkes, Pantaloon, 10, Commander Parker, and the Penguin, 6, Com mander Etheridge, were in the M ozambique Channel. The Eolo, a prize brig, taken some time since by the Orestes, has been fitted out as a tender to the Castor. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Master• Commander Hoffmeister, arrived at the Cape from England, with troops, a few days before the Birkenhead left, bat the Sidon and Retribution had not arrived. WooLwicn, OCT. 20.—The Tyne troop and store. ship is t o b e t owe d f rom D ept f or d to Woolwich to. morrow to have some fittings applied, and on Monday next will embark Captain Domville's company, 10th battalion of the Royal Artillery, for a passage to Bar badoes. TE MPERAN CE DEMONSTRATION. .A. crowded meeting was held in the large room at Exeter-Hall last night, for the purpose of bearing a lecture on temperance by Dr. F. R. Lees, F.S.A., of Edinbu rg h, Mr. lieyworth, M.P., occupying the chair; and a mong t h e audience was a Mrs. Tracy, of America, attired in the full costume of a "Bloomer." The lecturer commenced by declaiming against the assertion recently put forth, that the object of this movement was other than temperance, that was to say true moderation, in dietetics, the use of proper articles on proper occasions, but total abstinence from all articles which were not proper; and the soundness of that doctrine was admitted as far back as the days of Aristotle. The question of temperance was not primarily a religious one, but a question of nature and fact, to be settled by experience. The dietetic doctrine of temperance and the intellectual and moral improvement of the human race were strictly in harmony. Of all the elements of human food which nature produced the teetotallers rejected nose. Did they reject the albumen which formed the principal element of grain ? No ; but they who drank wine and other intoxicating liquids always used that element in its decomposed state. So, too, with sugar. God made the sugar, but man made the alcohol. And it was an important fact that in manufacturing the articles of wine, beer, cyder, and porter in Europe alone—including of course the United Kingdom —more food was de stroyed annually than would support the entire popu lation of unhappy Ireland. The law of stimulants and the law of food were opposed to each other. Food satisfied, whilst stimulants but created:an appetite for more. The drinking system as a whole was not in accordance with the natural and divine law of food, and therefore could not be in accord ance with the highest physical and social inte rests of mankind. The lecturer then proceeded at considerable length to describe the properties of water, and its advantages to man. Water assisted digestion. Alcohol left the food undigested. Place a beefsteak in alcohol, and it would remain a beefsteak for 20 years, but put it in water, and the result would be di gestion or decomposition. Man could get alcohol only by first destroying the food produced by nature. Go to Experience, and see 'what was the rule of the Arctic voyagers who last went forth in search of Sir John Franklin. That rule was that the men on board the exploring ships should act upon the principle of the teeto tallers, and they were not permitted to use intoxicat ing drinks. It was found that they could better re sist the intense cold of the Arctic regions without alcoholic drinks than with them ; and Sir John Richardson had borne his valuable testimony to the fact that tea proved more refreshing than wine or spirits, " which," said he, " we soon ceased to care for, whilst the craving fur tea incressed."—(Cheers.) As the body itself was solid, so of course it was neces sary that that which was to supply the waste in the body should also be solid. But alcohol could not nourish the body, because it was not a solid. It lacked the nitrogen, the phosphorus, the sulphur, the potassium, and the iron, to assimilate it to the elements of toe body. There could not, therefore, be a more absurd propositioa than to announce that it could supply waste or give real strength to the body. The lecturer then proceeded to treat the question in its religious aspect, with the view of showirg that the Holy Scriptures gave their divine sanction to the principles of temperance, and concluded his very lengthy, though able, discoure amidst loud and general cheering. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. (From tte Liverpool Mail.) On Sunday morn i ng l ast, as the clock struck the hour of eight, a l a dy W 23 seen to emerge from her dwelling, in iSreck-road, Evertors. Her :m ions look and hurried step betokened, to the ca.nal observer, " that there WWI something in the wind," though, at the time " breath was stirring," save that of the gay pedestrian, whose true love flushed her idolised cheek, " giving it a presence of a &cleat sweet and wholesome odour." Tne fate of happiness, however, too often sealed in disguise, VVISii now to be sealed, signed, and delivered in the altaiacipaictyne! tu nz e u a rc c ie t r m uy e il n /ou a t ia . d '" mice gang aft few—a chosen band of true fidclity— " Destined to secrecy, no doubt " And the best laid agley ." In another part of the town, more thickly Populated, and precisely at the same hour, might be aeon emerging from his private dwelling a gentleman of fair proportion; " neat, trimly dressed," shorn of his daily weeds, " like stubble land at harvest home," and moving onwar d s ,at a very rea sonable pace towards a " half -way," hoine, evidently a place of meeting, whore a carriage was in attendance. waiting for fu rt h er orders. But, alas! the foulest the human passions —suspicion—had taken possessiondlaband gentleman's quarters, and quietly and unobse h rv t _ e ,!' . he been pursued, as he wenaed his way through the did his high ways and byways of "short cuts." then, obtaining ap pointment, and a carriage in attendance , pursuer perceive him enter the supposed ; i d l ers to follow in the possession of a cab, he gave strict of the carriage door, rear. In a few minutes the e b anging driver, grave indication that and the short whistle of thstreet N ce oso p o lace of ap. was passed with an on they were off. Street after h they stopped at a fine old church, in the rear, until at lenfgmommas, shall be nameless. Here the one-horse hackney cab still following w w ,h ar ic d h t , c f n o d r e t n h c e y :ake o steadfastly, advanced to they alighted, and few waiting a moments for rho master the altar, ceremonies. Nothing daunted, entered also the of rho e • not to forbid the bawls of matrimony (for she pursuer , too was aheroine entering of the fair sex), but merely to appease the appetite of curiosity. But where was the bride groom, and where was the bride? a They knelt at the altar, the organ had ceased, And the hands of the Livers were joined by the priest." It was now time for our heroine to beat a speedy re treat, having thus far remained unnoticed ; so also did the married couple to their separate places of abode, and the whole affair remains a complete secret for the present. The only telling influence which occurs is that of the pursuer singing the tune of the " Old Hundred" in the gentleman's hearing, but which he does not seem to comprehend. " The wiles and guiles that woman works, D ssembled in a gaudy show; The tricks and toys that in them lurks, The man that rears them will no t know.,, DARING HIGIIWAY ROBBEILY.—On Thursday evening, at the early hour of eight o'clock, a servant of Mr. Perry, of Catherine-place, Bristol, was sent by her master to procure change of a 51. note, to u grocer's stop at the top of Stokes'-croft; she had received the change, and was return ing house, when a person came behind her and, threw a rope across her throat, he then pulled her ba k wards, an d took from her the five sovereigns and decampe The poo r girl's s throat bears ample proof of the violence u by the ruffian, I to who took care to prevent her making any alu m b e f ore h e had Gale W eficapel--RriiteWirror. TUESDAY RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE IMPORTANT RAILWAY ARRANGEMENT. LivnarooL, OCT. 18.—The announcement made :o-day that an amicable adjustment has been effected of the protracted differences in regard to the entry of the Great Western Railway into this town or Birkenhead, has excited considerable interest both in Lancashire and Cheshire. We are happy to be en abled to state that the contest which has for so long a period been carried on between the Great Western and the London and North-Western Railway Com panies for possession of the last link of the Shrews bury lines, has at length been brought to a conclu sion. By an arrangement just entered into between the Great Western and the Shrewsbury and Chester Companies jointly with the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Company, the directors of the former have secured a through passage of their line to Birken head, upon condition that they shall not proceed via Runcorn to Liverpool. The whole of the bridges, embankments, and cuttings on the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction are easily adaptable for the broad gauge, which, it is generally expected, will be ultimately carried into effect throughout the whole line. In reference to these arrangements, the Mail observes :—" During the last few days depressing rumours have been rife that the arrangement recently entered into by the Great Western and Shrewsbury Railway Companies with the Birkenhead Company only indicates a determination on the part of the Great Western to push on to Liverpool by the south end of the town, if not to invade the Lime street station itself. We are, however, in a position to state positively that no such grasping intention exists. On the contrary, the allied companies are perfectly con tent with their intended terminus at Birkenhead, the transit to which will shortly be placed on a satisfac tory footing, while a good understanding will be sought and cultivated with the great Norrh-Western and all other neighbouring lines. It is felt to be infra dig. for boards of directors to step aside to con tradict such rumours, but this announcement may be relied upon as semi-official. It is firmly believed, in well-informed quarters, that this auspicious arrange ment as to the Birkenhead terminus, will open the door to an amicable settlement of all those untoward disputes which have so angrily and so injuriously agitated the railway world of late. If the wiser and more peaceful counsels of the above allied companies be followed up severally by the two great rival com panies, it needs no seer to predict that there will soon be a marked improvement in the market value of a really substantial railway property." FURTHER OPENING OF THE GREAT NORTHERN.--- The principal portions of the works on the main line of this company are now fast advancing towards com pletion. The different sections on the town lines, that is to say, from Peterborough to Grantham, Newark, Worksop, and Sleaford, are being pushed on with all possible dispatch, and the greatest vigour is being displayed in every department- A. very large number of hands are engaged on that part of the line between Corhy and Hangham, where the works are heavy, and include two tunnels. The loop junction to Corby is far advanced towards completion, and that across the valley of the Trent at Newark is finished. The stations are being rapidly proceeded with, and should nothing unfavourable occur the line will be opened for traffic early in the month of February. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.—The directors of this company hare for some time past been in com munication with the York and North Midland board, for a mutual agreement between the two companies, which would be equally beneficial t o b o th. W e are happy to say that the arrangements have been com pleted, and that in a day or two we shall be in a condition to lay the terms before our readers. In the meantime we may state that they are considered very satisfactory by both boards. CALEDONIAN.—The amount of compensation in re spect of certain lands in the barony of Gorhals, be longing to the city of Glasgow, that have been taken under the compulsory powers of their Act by the Caledonian Railway Company, who have deposited a sum of 20,0001. to meet the claim, has been referr e d to the determination of Mr. Anderson, banker, and Mr. J. Horne, land valuer of Glasgow. The extent of land taken is 48,436 square yards. The city claims 15s. a yard, and the railway company con tends that it is only worth ss. a yard. NEWPORT, ADERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD.--The works of this line have at length been commenced in the shape of a tunnel on the road from Monmouth to Abergavenny. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.—This company have no new works of any consequence now in hand They will have to go to Parliament for a Bill for powers to lease or amalgamate with the East and West Yorkshire Company, which will probably also comprise other powers. BLACKBURN.—In consequence of the great increae of traffic on this line, the directors of the company are making the necessary arrangements for the erec tion of a large station at Whalley, to which will be attached an immense range of goods' warehouses. NAMUR AND LIEGE RAILWAY. The majority of the railways on the continent owe their origin to English enterprise, while the principal trunk lines on the other side of the Channel have been constructed by English engineers and with English capital. Having exhausted the resources of our own country, it was natural enough that the rail way speculator should seek a field of operation in the different states of Europe ; but if the work had to be done over again itis exceedingly doubtful whether he would be so ready to invest his money abroad. Not that the railways themselves have proved unsuccessful in a pecuniary point of view, but because the various Governments, who were the first to benefit by them, have taken unfair advantage of the dependent situa tion of the British capitalist. The one sole object of those Governments would seem to have been nothing more nor less than obtaining a perfect railway system at other people's expense without making a n ade quate retur n f o r the benefits which it conferred upon them. Perhaps no other Government is more repre hensible on that score than the Government of Bel gium. The lines which they constructed with their own money, comparatively speaking, cost but a trifle, so lightly were the works made, and so parsimonious was the expenditure ; but not so the lines which have been conceded to private companies. They took care that those should be built like their own fortresses, to last for ever, and two or three of the Belgian provinces, which formerly could hardly support a three-horse diligence, are now supplied with lines that are scarcely inferior to those which belt our own manufacturing districts. How this is to be accounted for it is difficult to say, except it be that when once these undertakings were commenced it was thought better to go on with them rather than abandon them altogether, which most likely was th e very o bj ect that the Government all along had in view. The last of these lines, which has been formed with English capital, is the Namur and Liege Railway; and when the obstacles which the Government threw in the way of its dauntless promoters are taken into considera tion, the surprise is that it was ever brought to com pletion. But it has been completed in spite of police im pudence and the stupid surveillance of state engineers, and now it remains to be seen whether the Government will allow the concern to have fair play in its work ing operations. Up to the present moment they have shown no such disposition, and unless the company of proprietors, whose bard cash has been sunk on the banks of the Meuse, make a determined stand against the unblushing attempts that will be made to cheat them of their legitimate traffic, they may give up all hope of ever receiving any substantial return for their enterprise. The elements of success are to be found in the line, and if the managers can only se cure what is meant by the terms a clear stage and no favour, the railway may eventually become one of the best in Belgium. The open ing of the line throughout, from Namur and Liege, affords tourists who pass through Belgium to the Rhine an opportunity of viewing the valley of the Meuse, through which it runs, the most picturesque portion of the Belgia n t err i tory. From the sea to Brussels the country is of the most uninteresting cha racter, and the travell er t o the continent insearcho the beautiful, as h e i s dragged along at the maximum Government ra'.e of travelling, through a dull, flat, swampy-looking country, begins to fancy that he has left the best behind in his own little isle, and it is not until he gets within a few miles of the Prussian fron tier that he get s a s i ght of anything on the present route which the most enthusiastic lover of nature could dignify by the name of " ny " Now, how ever, that t h e N amur and Liege sceel Company have opened their lino through fur passenger traffic, no I travellers; ought to miss taking Namur in their way, as the scen er y through whichtheypass is of au en tirelY diffnelit citoaQoption how tbat to be found on Do° P er o P e r StrPO Of jo 00 f o ri 64 1 1 41 reldj / og r fril . rofrg ~c~~i ~m~