The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-18 00:00:00

I 1 10 -0 0 0 0 0 19.! 30. E. L WO hav e still to ne S tice E a D fair demand for Can:7y, se " , '414 Rereseed, at very tall prices. 4',ls scarcelyy doing. Linseed Cakes rub, h , business oag. In nil itener blab 111 !, e, Per bu s h . lls to 1.8 k astard lOs 1/ 8 T Brovvr, new 8 5 108 ares !t i-te ' new • • • • •• 65 ucl is Oci 0 1.,rew Winter •• 58 0(1 5s 6d •• •' '• •• • • 451st 5s Cd R ye •••, .1/er quarter .• 518 59s ClOve a r a it," ••• •• • 43 30s r\l'o';-,t7e E . 11. '("c t...) 3322, s : Lin !Zed 485 Tr efoil 2! 2 s 4 , 61 1 'zh er . 11 ThP.OUGH HOP IVE.S.2=ET.. till ai s a, tair demand for the nest colouty he n r e s P . ' n ;' 041),13Z,!n! year's growth at full prices. In other is well sa Ni jtrattil business is doing. The market, N_New riart Kent Factor's prices (viz., ready D S B a to Pc eliet.i, 923 to 1455; New Mid. m° Rent titis; . ; Nvcv Weald of Kent, ditto, 78s to 90a; New per-Zditto, 65s to 78s; New Farnhams, 100 a to 150 s CArraway ............ 29s %3• Coriander.• .. • • 19. 01• llempseed, per quarter 34s 35s Linseed, Lug. -owing.. 54s 56. Crikhina - •• • • .... 403 43, Baltic .. • • ...... 38s 44: Odessa •• •• 428 42s Litmed Cake, pr.l,ooo— .... .8/ 5s 9i 0• Foreign, per ton 6/ 55 71 54 'Rape Cakes, pr ton 4155 4/ 15 , Rapeseed,New,prlst 2610 s 271c8 SVEZTIETXEMID. stock into tticliwithstanclicir, that the imports of foreign , I'lith u .1 :1 last weak exhibited a slight decline comp s a t re b ( e l eotla; 'nose reported on this day mu rival hi t ~_e ret i lar,r,o for the time of ear. The total se'nnight, they p,liotaueurrted to 5,813 head. During the cor o re s spn a n r . cl a i u n.: - . ill 1 , ,,, 111184 7 wro received 4,529; in '", 5486 h ca d 1848, —, 17 , a Prorilli'cmT6 INTO LONDON IN TIIE EAST , WEEK. Pi gs. x 441. Bterdatil •;earl''s. , \ ql pi e , • z. ... 1,4 4 1, ••• Sheep. o Larn_bs...(:alv j es.... _ 14 utteA c i ., , ' .. 81 ... 490 ... ••• 10 ... ,folising4;".. —• • ..• ... .. -- 10 .. lilntl'', ••• 6A ... 242 ... : rc , .. 22 a 11,., .... ... ... .•• i„„...Rer ) , . 1.•,., 726 .. ...... ... 8 .. 1— Eo‘r,rdain ' -i° .. ." 2 " ... 1,170 ... ... 146 37 "•• •.. 6 1 ... 102 ... "' 43 ' Nil —% A • ... ; 9., 205 ... 190 S -- ma ''' " , - 4,263 ... ... . , i Donations durin the corresponding weeks in 443 1 and 1 847, we g re as under:— SPigs. Beasts. Sh eep. L am b s . Calves. , ;1i , 4 . 8 .. ....... 1,0:'0 ... 4 243 ... ... 1 09 ... 41 - Qi7 '''' . 9 0 1 , 793 ~. 129 ... the "*". 817 ... 3,580 '-. -- 132 * Lad of test, 1:10rillern outpc , ,rts only about 800 aris;he,'l). Calves, and Pigs have been received.. , ket ' hti di/ja from Ireland, direct by sea, fur t h h e ts mar above btatett,,,4, been confined to II Pigs. Fro•ln the be er e'i'f'd h -.. 61 the importsinto London it will P Eros; Ito“,,a,tlarge 11 rof beasts continue to reach us ; a ettl e d ;Lui, g ,. This is chiefly attributed to the any e 'l'l / 4 °i. thin g in Schleswig-Holstein.. Whilst tisa: t,lles, we shall doubtless have extensive import ti a l - 1 v :Pr i ii l 4 fT l ,°ngh the quality of the Jutland beasts °I 4 011;h . ; °r • Judging from the advises from most is :a s r o t ' s f Bt eek i t 7 el there do- not appear to be any scarcity 14 , 4 (.; I at eo uttry 's 'lt the shippers state thatlarge q s ,- ; .t i are being lost weekly by the shipments. The 4 ski o time of year su pp lies of h lh 'rb e ' 4 'day's mu 3 rket but their foreign stock quality was in e fed f w rior -4 sts vi i! ' 3 a slight ken as ' e in the arrivals of hom h eo w. /l eP iwa r , e k s h up this morning, . Their condition,tScot's, . e tefo rd °3 7 no rafans first-rate. The Primes . e i_, 84 ' 1 4 f 3 ,' "t' and ‘hort-horns, o f commaded a st auy . 1 11 ,q 1 in k „" 1 , 41 Y last' iv, k'' q aations, the irmer breed 'Pitt"' I ,"' 4 i Per Sibs! 1 u( most Other kinds only a th 4 A " :Illness was t .• nsa n c'ed, at unaltered currencies. WeetedC•ose of the rd trade ' a fair clearance had been i‘ , 4111 „140 -" ,_). ,l‘rolla Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nort .- o,'‘Zi'nr,S:taeo,.:'%.„-0. received about 2.300 shorthorns; from il l "tali 20 v ‘ Iliugland 300 of various , breeds; and from of ti lli " Q M ( d end rolled Scots. The remainder of titittSaLe4:Ythwa,,s.c,ihir.tly derived v from abroad. The supply k ti e to t h e _ i k4 , , not to say extensive, was fully ade 44,tap i.r.o wan.s . of the butchers. On the whole, the , t t iii. ~• ‘ `e Was in a sluggish state, yet the improv i e s : 1 4 4 44 the prices of Monday last was supported, _ l _ , e e 1411,1-00%1(11),Avna sellin t , ,, at 4s to 4s 2d per 81bs. VY Iktalist,,`" soPplied with Calves, which moved off slowly, N %-,its. Ir* Q. Prime small Pigs were scarce, l'titvi4l,:!' dear.r.p prices. the Pork trade was r- " e 11 1 ) 1 11 Y offering was not large. t,,,,.• Per Sibs. to slut the offal. ge.: 4 l * f" ,„, S. d. le s. d. s. d. to s. d. 1',Nit.,,,,,a!-...... 2 6 2 8 tnferlor SheeP pi__'',llbc-'Y . 2IA • n ual. Sheep 3 4 .... 2 10 . 3 3 2 6 4 414 C ee s i l i °t " . • • • • 3 . 4 3 3 8 2 C B2 3 ' a ° r a se-w q eel_le e d t di he tt r o 4 3 8 0 310 l A: eol lti e c .. 8.. .'•._ 3 10 4 0 Southdo oW t w of the woo) 0 0 0 0 11titi,Alta: di,..._ 14 5 2 8 3 6 !Mt:v:3logs Xtrzbv c i.ive 7 •••• 1 3 8 8 310 3 4 2 0 0 Sm ar a g llrorkers •••• 3 10 ..".••." 0 0 26( 0 Quarter old Pigs •.18 0 2 Nit s. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. „ 44 I Sheer, ( Calves. Pigs. 13 25,730 I 191 391 ~ it % SCOTCH. l" I Sheep. I 33 Calves. I T - east % ronEIGN SUPPLY. 419 , 1 Rheeo. I Calves. I No 8. itsl : a. Zltir 3,930 1 149 1 40 HALL. h - at iv G I 4:1 ' 4 AND x ' titilizig these mar -14 J-41, 6 of unta , v _ kined m eat up to ~ s tc r ' ie Past w k '•fallen off and the supplies ti et :II "-: having -' compare s e hiredtl,tighte in the metropolis being Pri %` 44lll general demand has ruled steady, and Nei of had a u u About 2,000 c ~. Pward - tendency. w 4 ioreign 4 netst have found buyers. li fit t A t Per Stone by the carcase. .„., .... s• tl. to s. d. i s. d. to s. d. A wlg . •• 2 2 2 4 ! linttoll,lllfsior 2 6 2 11 middling.. 210 3 4 ` . ... t telelfir.. • • 6 2 81 -- , .. , tire,,,,,", ' 210 3 2 ' — P raee - • 2 6 3 6 N....... ...ad .. 3 4 3 6 I perk, large• •••• • • . 3 g 4 4 le Zlo l).n ' -2 10 310 ' small ........ 1,,t11 1, - ,7 /741 1 AND SPITALFIELDS. -'lltuldtv:.,6oo tons of home-grown Potatoes have come ~i R e. - l itic e Mond 1 t coastwise and by land car ets ~,'‘r°l3:l abro a id a w s e , have received 14 baske ts 3 itsti'r,"in R otterdam,4s bags from Dordt, 3 ditto from ditto from Amsterdam, I i i , 114 10 ) 0' S ditto from Antwerp, 9 _ ~_ _Taal shipping Iltk i 'l4 from Rouen. The uontm" the whole. the cl s i 6 ,"Nip el d 4" , has now fairly commenced... On . .. .. 4 titi ox 7. r most kinds of Potatoes is inactive, at but little 10fitti li a Prices. Per Ton. 4 4:1 4 .4 sos vtch It ° gents. 70s to , nsa t :gents.. 50s to 65s b Qfitit, B,Cant or,' at 603 to 6 5 k k j tato g i ii 4 , 'L..... ''''' ... 50s to 65s '4tsi,"uawe.. —s to - si -. ‘Wri ...... 50s to 55sf 11 1 WOOL. 4 111 1! a ll t e;6 4 1 : t t he Pu i lt: i c i s t al c e i s m of Colonial Wool will be com rse on Thursday next, the t f4,,llitrwltlnt- About 25 ° 000 bales are declared, mos ly a " r ts 4ll goalie Ti auctions will last. about 84 i v l a h t. 1 t les. importsll3 into London were-84 gadl,,,, ~::-...das week's „ A 1..,,0, Bay, 12 No 4 tit atnburgh, 885 ditto Irons " 1 . g 444 At) 9 l " 4 o twerp, 340 bags from Santander, a ga from Ireland. ii.r tr ,* 4O sacks . .5 44. 4, 1114 annexed TALL , t it will be perceived that Ile ,ri el ts of Tallow into n London last week were i, ll ett . ,;: t '' 6,,703 casks, and that the deliveries were cort_- 1"312-caLY,1_,961 ditto. The heavy stock on hand, th6' 'ovhi c h i, a 1" the litiaotations 144" ' U" had depressing influence upon .the. ~rvery inactive, a t t . a further decline in To-day P Y.C. on tls4'ot is , e i ii ` i n t quite 3d per cw ad - th e first IT, ~ 1, 13 ` 3 ' owt at 37s 9d t o 38s, a a n r d 3B f s or 6 d d e t l o i delivery T three months of next year t ti .l )l lln tigh 1%7, 1. - 1 . Tallow 38a to 38s 3d per cwt. net The shipments from l ast„ 1 43 Fahur e h li, ` , 2d per Sltis. p iti .'Avie es. ~,, wer e still going on at the date of our '''..!-11-3e t° Lop here are now nearly 10,000 casks on --......,____ ~.,01,_ Per Ton. Essex Slims sos to 55s Kent Regents-- 60s to sOs Essex Regents 60s to 803 Middling Ware 35s to 453 Kentish Red Kid —s to s Chats N . p titt : o th , i s altr , • 1847. 1848. 1849. 1800. Nji Y. C, • 1 ' 3 ,781 18,017 33,712 41,041 51,332 bi s jery, •••. 48 s 05 44s 9d 45s 3d 37, Od to 37s 9d )t rotii `kst w eek ~to 48s 3a to 4556 d to 0s 0d 37s 3d to3Bs 05 thlo•l4l:unel... 2,901 2,744 ' 2.598 2,242 1,961 411'0 to 4 We ek ' 40,984 43,191 48,824 41,447 43, 2 77 , _ 1 02 e 3,023 500 90 548 6,703 • Top es . • 4 7,332 53,142 74,705 57,015 68,965 ' , : t r•Vt •• • • 528 6d 48 s 6d 47 s 65 39s 6d 41s Od itli tzrr OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERBBITRUZ. 1650 . 1849. 1848. 1847. 1846. I) tt t to -asks. Caeks. Casks. Casks. Casks. T Otft l it% 4°.41443•411-a 1 10,975 107,762 114,134 121,287 95,894 IZ e a ` ' '.lt , ,P' 4l ,sfr,. til ;•• 6,207 7,707 11,514 5,696 15,Z',50 7ek i B 4t :,11Par.(1.81: 1 17,182 115,469 125,648 126,983 111,244 4 !ll'ig 4ti t ` o6 •4 •• • 2,663 8,85 6 4,881 10 _ _ ,sb B 14 0 t '. Qu•• (1 11 .. 118,132 129,504 131,864 113,223 •- •• •• 5 102 57,992 53, 618 4)t h • , • .... 9,922 47,916 6 8 , 28 14 946 14,402 21 41 .. 1"9 17 ' 833 13,8 4 , 229 3,787 14 0 ;,. 5,448 3,781 5,025 , '• 7,638 14,342 12,720 10,564 11,551 Z' 41 ; 1,4 44 " . •• •••• 28 5029 4,172 . 6,615 6,689 ' 4 N ••.,., 3 ,326 5,598 8,268 9,264 7,486 •• 10,564 13,771 7,872 13,399 (5,330 3,759 7,568 568 9,161 2,653 1 10,975 115,838 1':0,0551126,170 108,586 gu t ,. ,_, -_-__-;...........__ ($i ti ''' j A 8 BENCH.—(THIS DAY. ) tti : t' e ll , i 1 4 " 0 , before Lord CAMPBELL and Justices •gb, --,..aIIDGE, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE.) %, kiS 1 E ATTE R , v t, -. 03 ti; . or THE SUNDERLAND .. DOCK COMPANY. 1 "te ' a l had been obtained in this case by Sir. F. sn ug , Of 4el calli ng upon the Sunderland Dock Company u tiot b:itr - etll l a s t ei o w b b ye t -a. certain he a a w n a d r l d ie m ss a r d s e .c in ra t v h e e n matter houici ‘4l.l,l4,l4titrbß_li.e.,t e 4 r i a d y e e . n li y w an ee a n g t ree - m m in e t n o t, dated 27th July, 184 . 7, an agreement with 4%1t-tluerltind Deck e ntered om any to make certain ,new It Contenderl r I t t and .or the s p um of 135, everything ~Is to be the usual terms, such as that. , 0001. The agree .444titi " (61 c to the satisfaction of the enginear, ,, an_ d e etimktetotltii4otek,atsiethaent! dispute should arise in the course or th as to the plans or specification, the same in fintti"! d'ecided by the engineer, whose decision should Z illeh'lld binding on all parties, As was ordinary ` 4 , tl cases, the mode of payment was, that when te itt,4l4irleer Certified that work had been done to b a -4 ton. " . 00 0/, the sum of 2,5001. was to be paid to hmr)tit t on. act thus leavin ten per cent. on the work ‘4lll lit 11011 ME ' hands of the Dock Company. Messrs. proceed 1 ,, i. t h at fd to execute the w . 5, 44 gi,_, i'grternent and eventually, .4 agree •c. , by the c‘‘na ' any under in 1849, notice a proviso contained in t h4t ,htneet, to determine the contract on the ground ..r Nitiv.;"e Work was not being executed to their et4 Jaa I°ll. After wards en 47an:'eu'et and 8 r ,,,' 5 to do away with that notice, _ v. t*tonreiErnental •- nt was drawr , up .. b . ... Ns - the Parties agreement h September, 1849, which tile " eutu 'On the -. 8 ... that supple ,AM avr a Y made a rule of court. .Y t„,,-tits,,,,...eemnt thr , notice was withdrawn, tha. orional "reeepti-- re'ivods and the contractors were direet t td at t a o t tfe r -~ with the works. It was also provided . le be mane in respect of the claims of the date of Zr 3 %," s3 r 4 up t 0 the 27th September, 1849 ; it "' dw „ .: 9 b -"Pplettental agreement, and the swat time. 11:1 Itill taaie within Eix weeks from that ..,, t1 1 : ,'d with rfent of the contractors being di `a ered ..e ttpw'tq that ward, they were ttiteii:t4lllltri°ttiall,e b t oar a d . of dire . ctors . 0— krii )' le dissatisfied a i e th f , : l :t e h% l) d:e c m c k i e s r ulC i . o oll l n l mo y o . w i P f l a i n tie , de d°, ideareference.s_a wc , s to be m• E .41 441;4- cony l. Sunn6thind, %41.105 e decsion was to 4CI lusive. The contractors S executed a considerable portion of the work after the 27th Septem ber, 1549, to the extent of between 20,000/. and CO.OOO/.; and wilt n the works vete finally completoi the con tractors sent in all thei r cleires, from the cement neereent of the contract down to the completion of the works. The award of their engineer adjudged that there was justly due and ovine from the Sunderland Dock Company to the centre eters the sum te 4.4221. 16e. in respect of their contras r e the erbitretor haying d, ducted the sum of 14,768!. is r re,pect of breack:e: , of contract committed by the coal ractors. There were twelve üb jections token by the ,le!ers. Craven ti the award, six of which were substant icily that the arbitrator had ex ceeded his authority in allowing counter-claims on behalf of the cox apany, and the seventh and principal objection was that the arbitrator hurl allowed the demands of the contractors for work done after the 27th September, 1849, when the supplemental deed was made. A further objection was, that the award was netspe under the original articles of agreement, whereas there was no submission under the original articles. Mr. W. H. WATsoen, Q.C., (with whom was Mr. D. Seymour) this morning showed cause against the rule on the part of the S und , rhind Dock Company. Ia answer to the el, lection that the arbitrator had adjudicated upon claims sent in by the con tractors in respect of work done after the 27th September, 1849, the fact was that Messrs. Craven never sent into the cot tp.tny any claim up to that date; but when the works w ere finished they sent in all their claims for work done from the commencerne.et of the contract down to the completion of the work. The bill of claims sent in by the contractors did not distinguish between the work done before the 27th September, 1849 ; and that which was - ,done afterwards. There was an agreement by parole between the perlies, and the Messrs. Craven having sent in claims subse quently to the 27th September, 1849, they could not move to set aside eh is award, because the submission was partly under the supplemental agreement and partly by parole. The Goers 'could only deal with an award so far as the submission was made a rule of court; they could not deal with it ethers it was partly by parole and partly by rule of court. He (Mr. Watson) also con tended that the award et sold not be set aside, because the agreement for the awar6 wait wholly independent of the submission to arbitration. The 11th objection was, that the award was bad, as profwssedly one and innivisibie; but he submitted that objection was untenable, there being one contract governing the whole time, and all the claims under that ecto:ract having been sent in, and the arbitrator having eeetermined on finding whet sum was due to the contractors, which was the result of the whole matters in di-puts between them. Mr. DecnY SEven.ana, on the same side, contended that the wording of the last clau.e of the original agreement was sufficient to cover anything that had been dune by the arbitrator. Sir F. THEsioEa (with whom was Mr. Atherton) on b, , half of the contractors, contended that the award proceeded entirely ore the supplements.' ugreetnent, which was wrong. The Court discharged the rule without giving any opinion as to the le , iilete o the ewerd. EXCHEQUER.---(THIS DAY.) (Sittit gs in Banco.) Their Lordships took ;be special paper to-day, but, no case involving any questii , n of general importatlce, was hew d during the inornizz. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall before Mr. Baron MARTIN altd a Common Jury.) DALE V. CLEGHORN. This was an action on trespass to rccover compensa tion in damages fir an assault. Mr. Bramwell conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. Humfrey appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff is an e;derly gentleman, and a clerk in a mercantile house, and the defendant, who is much younger in years, carries on the business of a merchant in Billiter-lane. It appeared that the plaintiff, who ries accompanied by his two daughters, and five more young ladies, was waiting on the 6th cf July last, about in the evening, at the Angel Inn, Islington, for the purpose of procuring an omnibus to Hackney. When an omnibus arrived be fouud there was sufficient room inside fur the party, and having en gaged their places, they were about to enter, whim the defendant insisted on having a sect before them. The plaintiff remonstrated with him on his conduct, where upon he gave the plaintiff a blow which knocked him down. For the defence it was costeuded that the action was a vexatious one, the plaintiff having given the defendant no opportunity of offering au apology. Mr. Baron MARTIN told the jury they must find a verdict for the plaintiff, but he thought it was only proper that the plaintiff. should at least have enabled the defendant to apologize before he resorted to the expense of a lawsuit. Verdict, for plaintiff, damages 40s. This finished the business at the present sitting. BAIL COURT.-' (THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) GARDENER P. DAVEY. Mr. COLLIER applied for a rule calling upon the in formant in this case to show cause why the rule for an information in the nature of a quo warranto should not be rescinded, and the defendant reimbursed his costs and charges. Last year Mr. Davey and another gentleman were candidates to represent one of the Exeter wards in the Exeter town-council, but the votes on either side being equal, the assessors gave their casting-vote in favour of Mr. Davey, and he was returned as the suc cessful candidate. It was afterwards discovered, how ever, that one of the burgesses named Couch had polled in the name of Crouch, and a rule for a quo warranto was obtained, calling upon Mr. Davey to show by what right he claimed the seat. That rule came on for argu ment some nine months ago, and the Court directed that the matter should go before a jury upon the informant putting in security for costs. The informant being a needy man, bad hitherto been unable to comply with this condition, and although two assizes had been held in Exeter the question in dispute had not been carried before a jury, nor was it likely that it ever would. Still, while this rule was hanging over his head Mr. Davey would not be permitted to take his seat in the council chamber, and he therefore prayed the inter ference of the Court in the manner already mentioned. Mr. Justice YATTESON asked if there was any prece dent for a motion like this. Mr. COLLIER was nct aware that there was any direct precedent, but there were cases in the books which by analogy bore upon the motion. For instance, the Court had frequently laid down the do ctri n e, that where a new trial was ordered on the performance of a certain con dition, and the condition was not complied with within a reasonable time, the rule could be rescinded with costs. Mr. Justice PATTESON said it never could have been intended that the informant could keep the rule alive for ever, and he should therefore grant the application. Rule nisi accordinv iv. TilE SUN, BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN R B. W. A. SLEIGH. This bankrupt, who had been a lieutenant in the army, and was proprietor of the British Army Gazette, came up on his application for certificate. Mr. Laurance appeared fur the plaintiff, and Mr. Linklater for the assignees, and offered no opposition. His Horroua inquired what was the cause of the bankruptcy? Mr. LaurtArzcE said that it arose from a negotiation respecting the paper, which the bankrupt had offered to sell for 2,000/.; bankrupt had been secretary to the County Service Club, and expected to have made the paper answer. The expenses were very moderate. ilis HONOUR granted a certificate of the aecond class 111ARLBRO'-STREET.-('r HIS DAY.) A DRUNKEN GENT.—Mr. James Mansh, gentleman, Gower-street, was charged before Mr. Bingham with being drunk and disorderly. Fret:, 311 A, stated that this morning, about half past one, he was on duty in Bluecross-street, when he saw the defendant, who was very tipsy, chasing a cat down the street, and behaving in such a boisterous man ner as to arouse the inhabitants in the street. Witness requested him to go away, when be (defendant) made use of a filthy expression and refused to leave. Witness then took him into custody. The defendant, who did not attempt to deny the charge, was fined ss. for being drunk. RUFFIANLY ASSAULT. —Henry Lucking was placed at the bar charged with assaulting Henry Field, the water man employed at the cab-rank in the Haymarket. The complainant, whose face was covered with blood, said, about four o'clock this morning ho was on the cab• rank, when he saw the prisoner acting as waterman, a privilege to which he had no right, and on witness cautioning him against doing so, he (defendant) struck him a tremendous blow in the mouth, which knocked out four of his teeth. The defendant was proceeding to further violence when a constable came up, and witness gave him in charge. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was fined 505., and in default committed for a month. FRIGHTFUL GUN ACCIDENT AT PECKHAM.—On Saturday au accident of a very frightful characteri took place at Peckham-fields, tent o named Thomas Groves, in the employ of the patent pottery works, Canal-bridge, Peckham, whereby it is feared he will lose - his life. He had killed several birds. On his return he placed his loaded gun, full-cocked, behind a haystack, with his right hand over the muzzle. The gun went off, blowing the right arm almost to pieces. He was taken, in a distressing condition, to Guy's Hospital, in a cab. He was examined without delay, and it was found that he bad received such serious injury that it was deemed necessary to amputate the limb at the shoulder joint, which operation was performed. The poor fellow is in a very precarious state, from the hemorrhage and shock to the system. • CHECKS TO INTEMPERANCE IN THE NAVY.—In order to &courage the use of ardent spirits in the navy, the Admiralty have oetermined that in future no drawback of the duty on spirits shall be allowed to the merchants in sup plying the officers of her Majesty's ships with spirituous liquors. It is reported that their Lorclillips have been led to this determination in consequence of an bppiication on the part of an officer in command, demanding the drawback on a large quantity of spirits he was about to s hi p . Their Lord ships' i egulation, however, can only apply to the home parts ; it will be futile at any foreign station. It therefore, just as wed have never been issued tor the god that will be produced, except that it evinces the desire o f the Admiralty to throw every obstacle in the way of inteniperance.—United Seretce Gazette. fo r a x t T i oE: EXTENSIVE. eengi given ROBBeRIES tba t F lino theh Tri BthE trd b v a e y llin s f, , tat i i n ,,n a s o avelling on the nd g l u s s l. t in bank iusow. railway carriage w a • i c t nr l a s i e Et r .lt i a s : Preston glCen.ine Na,n, Lancashire robbed s date August n a o sA t ertso,Colche ster robbed of them m o a r k l e e t / , . note, eight 51. Colchester t dealerl s e e . Nen or week,l d notes,cheque for I G or re s o ix o, g a u n l i ne c a o s,. ,a dr e a o w ie n he b s r etshterereis./.ll3natoitkeso,f aEnittigo t licounutabilial containing a l o 7. farmerin n :sus _bunk r c notes,bb e t i o f c O a n Ing - of two 20/., two 1 1 1 z. Ki A n C ly .1) ( o ill un b e le l s 'fr ., red morocco pocket-book la, four 51., and the rest 11. notes, all of the Bank. of s'cot - land, except a few of the email Rotes. IA N 0 AA lERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. The Royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Judkins, wish advices and letters frota New York to the 6th instant, arrived in the Mersey at half-past seven this morning. The Ash:has 300,000 dolls.. specie on freight. The Royal mail steam-ship Africa was passed by the Asia at 7 A.m., on the 7th inst. Among the AAa'3 passengers i 3 Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, on her retura from a tour in the New World. Great interest had been'awakened by the great meeting, relative to the Union, at New York. Among the chief features in the report is the following letter from the lion. D. Webster, Secretary of • State, in reply to an invitation to be present : "Franklie„ N.H., Oct. 28. " Gentlemen,—Nothing in the VC orld but regard to the state of my health prevents rise from accepting at once jour invitation nod assuring you of my presence at the • Union Meeting,' at Castle-garden, on Wednesday even ing next. I rejoice to know that such a meeting is called; I rejoice to know that it es ill be attended by thousands of ietelligent men. lovers of their country, party men doubtless, but abject slaves to no party, and who will not suffer eithes party clamour or party discipline to dry up wie,bin them all the fountains of love and attachment to the constitution of their country.—(Applause.) The voice of such a meet ing will be heard and respected; it will rebuke disobe dience to the laws actual or threatened; it will tend to check the progress of mad fanaticism; :it will call men who are honest, but who have been strangely misled, back to their duty, and it will give counsel :vice and courage to the faithful friends of union throng gout the land. " When the commercial interest of the great metro polis of the country speaks with united hearts and voices, expressing its conviction of the presence of the great danger, and its determined purpose to meet that danger, to combat with it and overcome it, the example is likely to rouse good men everywhere; and when the country shell be roused the country will be sari n—(Applause.) " I concur, gentlemen, in all the p olitical principles contained in the resolutions, a copy o f which has been sent to me; and I steed pledged so support these prin ciple:, pubiicly and privately, now cad always, to the full extent of my influence, and by thu exertion cf every , faculty which I possess. The emin et it men you have mentioned, and with whose names emu have done me the honour to associate mine, are well worthy of the prai,e which you bestow on them, lal fall never forget, and I trust the country will never forge t, the patriotism, the manliness, the courage, manifests( by them, in au hour of difficulty and of pr ril.—(Appl (vase.) " The peace measures of the last session are, the Texan Boundary Act, .the Act for Est tehlishing the Two Territorial Governments of New Me: ti eo and Utah, the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Tr wile in the district of Columbia:, and the Fugitive Slave I.tt,i ?. The last mea sure, gentlemen, is not such a measure as I had pre pared before I left tho Senate, and vihich of course I should have supported if I had reratibei A in the Senate. But it received the proper sanction of the two Houses of Congress, and of the President of 1.1 e United States. It is the law of the lend, and as such ia to he respected and obeyed by all good citizens. I hal e heard no man, whose opinion is worth regarding, deny its constitu• tionality, and those who counsel violent.; resistance to it, counsel that which, if it take place, is sure to lead to bloodshed; and to the commission of c a pital offences. It remains to be seen how far the deluded and deluders will go on in this career cf faction, lolly, Lad crime. —(Tre mendous cheering.) " There were honest and well-me a sing members of Congress who did not see their way ca early to support these great and leading measures of tthe last session. You are quite right in saying that the motives of these gentlemen ought not to be impeached. But the measures have been adopted, they have becor at a laws, constitu tionally and legally binding upon us all, and no man is likely to oppose them.—(Applause.) "No man is at liberty to set up, or reflect to sat up, his own conscience as above the law—(G r eat cheering)—in a matter which affects the rights of ot I iers, and the obli gations—civil, social, and political—at to to others from him. Such a pretence saps the four u lation of all go vernment and is of itself a perfect abs is rdity ; and while all are bound to yield obedience to flee laws, wise and well-disposed citizens will forbear tycim renewing past agitation and rekindling the flames of useless and dan gerous controversy.—(Cheers and app . lt ease.) "If we would continue one people la 'e must acquiesce in the will of the majority constituna .nally expressed; and he who does not mean to do that means to disturb the public peace, and to do what he c nto overturn the Government.—(Applause.) " Gentlemen, I am led to the aclopthx n of your last re solution, in an especial and emphatic is fanner, by every dictate of my understanding, and I eci brace it with full purpose of heart and mind. Its senti I neat is my senti ment. With you, I declare that I 're r ,ge myself under the banners of that party whose princi pies and practice are most calculated to uphold the co nstitution and to perpetuate our glorious *Utdon.'—(Cris of 'Hurrah!) " Gentlemen, I am here to recrn s my health, en feebled as it has been by ten months o:i excessive labour and indescribable anxiety. The air cd' these my native hills renews my strength and my spirt tt s. I feel its in vigorating influences while I um writi.a . g these few lines, and I shall return shortly to my pest. to discharge its duties as well as I can, and resolved i a all events that, so far as it depends on me, our Union al fall pass through this fiery trial without the smell of awns ke upon its gar ments.—(Civerwhelming cheers, and w ving of hats all over the assemblage.) " I am, Gentlemen, with very sines re regard, your obliged fellow-citizen and obdient serval t, " DANI EL WEBSTER. " To Messrs, F. S. Lathrop, Gerrard I :allock, Charles G. Carleton, P. S. Duryee, ommit tee, New York." Accounts from Washington, of the • evening of the sth inst., say— " The Republic denies officially that the President has ordered troops to Boston, with the vie 'of enforcing the Fugitive Slave Law. It states that t see communication has been received by the President frill n the Marshal at Boston, or any other Marshal, as to. anticipated vio lence; nor has the President any incites' relation that leads to the belief that any peculiar dispel ition of military force will be rendered necessary for th s - execution of the laws. The Republic adds that, shot l . el any exigency however arise, no doubt the President will discharge his duty; but expresses its belief that no £ orcible resistance will be offered to the laws." Much anxiety existed at WashitA gton relative to the peace of Boston. Rumours of an outbreak against ft he slave hunters had been current. The President, owever, was re solved' to suppress the disorders and enforce the law. Several slave hunters had been shot; in various parts of the Union. A proposition had la )en presented to the Virginia Reform Convention far the expulsion of all free negroes. On the 4tb inst. a grand dinner vP.as given to Amin Bev by the merchants of Boston. The Secretary of the Treasury heed issued the usual quarterly statement of revenue for the: . United States Treat , ury Receipts and Expenditures from the Ist of January to the 30th of Septetd ber, 1550. RECEIPTS. ________ ___ Dollars. F ro m customs ... ... ... 14,76 t,043 05 From lands ••• ••• ••• ... 317,082 96 From lean of '47 (Treasury notes fum le d) 116,050 00 From miscellaneous sources ... ... 425,264 64 15,622,440 65 EXPENDITURES. Civil, miscellaneous, and foreign inf:e courEe ..• On account of the Dolls. army, &u. 1,792,997 :35 Fortifications ... •.• 92,331 14 Dolls. ... 1,909,331 60 ---- 1,885,328 49 ndian department, &c. 148,521 54 Pensions 1,007,694 94 ------- 1,156,216 48 Navy ... ••• ••• ••• ... 1,408,732 73 Interest on public debt and Trectaliry notes ... ... • • Reimbursement cf Treasury notee 5,289 34 116,050 00 6,480,954 73 Treasury Department, Register'.'-office, Oct. 31. TOWNSEND lIAINEs, Register. Mr. George Thompson, the covn-law lecturer, had arrived at New York. Upwards of 60,0001. sterling value of gold had been reported en route from San VrAncisco. Late accounts had been received from California, by telegraph, vies New Orleans, at mouncing another great conflagration at San Francisco. We extract the following resume in detail front the journals:— " The steam ship Alabama, Captait Foster, arrived at New Orleans on Friday, the lit in, it, from Chagrvs, with late and important infolligeno from California. The Alabama brir.gs 108 passengers. " According to our brief telegraphic dispatch, dated on Friday at New Orleans, there has been another de arructive firo'in San Francisct:—the it conflagration This h la a s s t v d is is it a e s d ter th e a n t d s e d ity in wi t l h b e deintsle last six months. traction of over 100 . buildings. The loss is estimated at 500,000 dollars. "These repeated disaster& by floc ds and fires in Cali fornia have fallen heavily upon son se of our commercial houses ; and it is not unlikely, frota the immense accu mulation of goods for the fall and winter trade in San Francisco, that the losses upon our merchants will be as heavy from this third conflagratiOa titA teem either of the prtcediug, if the purport of our b rief dispatch may be relied upon. " San Francisco has to contend with two great disad vantages. It in built of wood, and. chiefly of pine, the most combustible of ell timber, which, after ex posure of six or seven months in the: ,dry season becomes as iullatows,hle as tinder. The lccrstion of the city, too, is rby th t l there intensei perhaps tha wi n di est i n the world,., a strong gale for e valley.rf Besides, de t e rust of th e d a y bl ow i ng i n from the sea, a suction eri,rte of feat necessityofth cs s great yienttearniorimp police system in San Francisco, a Is ruts and increasing loose population, and a great want ot 'fire-engines and an efficient flee department. The c ity, - therefore, has to run a'A the chances of its combustible materials, the effect of the late dry season, the wines, and a large idle popu lation; and the only wonder is that it has escaped so well. This last destructive fire v,.as immediately to be be retri( , yed, and although it' fell heavily upon the enter prising people of the new state, it did not add much to the fiLanuir....l crisis mentioned by the last arrivals. " But there is another side to the pictrre. The good and bad come together. By the. regular otcatcors— MONDAY the Georgia, Cherokee, and the Empire City—due in a few days, 3,000,000 of gold dust are expected. The winter or rainy season was attout setting in; the miners, with their gold dust, were leaving ate mines for San Francisco, had hence the unusual shipments anticipate d. The accounts from the mines are good. New discove ries continued to be made. " With plenty of gold, San Francisco and New York can submit to the losses of a fire and inundation now end then. " The passengers by the Alabama, as a matter et course, have considerable gold with them. " Annexed is reported as the latest aspect of the Sau Francisco marketr--, " Flour was in good request at 14 dolls. to 16 dolls. for Chili, in 2001 b. t.acks, and sweet Western at 11 dolls. 25c. to 12 &IN. Bricks were selling moderately at 20 dolls. to 25 dolls. per thousand. Coal had a downward tendency. Coffee quiet, and prices heavy, Lumber continued in good request, at steady and rather improv ing prices. Tea was not plenty, and prices in conse quence firm. Furniture was 'little inquired for. Provi sion market generally firm; sales of mess pork at 22 dolls. to 24 dolls., and prime at 16 dolls. Butter, 25c. to 40c. Lard, 18c. to 25c. Preserved meats were dull. Money market firm. Gold dust, 16 dolls. 12e. to 16 dolls. 25c." Toronto advices of the sth state that the Customs' revenue io the 31a of October amounted to 2,083,608 dolls., being an increase on the like period of Ist year of 866,176 dolls. At the precent rate of increase the provisional revenue for 1850 will exceed that of 1849 by 2,440,000 dolls. Accounts from San Juan da Nicaragua bring in formation of the arrest of Captain Ellery, of the steamer Orus, from New York. The steamers Orus end Director were up the river waiting to cross the bar. Hayti advices of the 16th ult. report a collision be tween the Haytians and Dominicans on the 9th ult. in the pass of Bormico. The Haytians were driven back with terrible slaughter. On the 11th ult. the Emperor marched with his troops for Petit Goapes against the enemy. Two Dominican schooners of war had captured a Haytian brig of War. Advices from Panama report that the health of the Isthmus was good. All rumours of revolution had died away. Numerous arrests have been nude at Caraccas for conspiracy against the Government. NEW YORK MARKETS, Nov. 6. Ashes—Continue steady with sales, 100 brls., at 5 dolls. 75c., and 6 dolls. 12ic. for pearls and pots. Cotton—The market continues very dull. There is no disposition to operate, and the sales are only 200 or 300 bales. Flour and Meal-In flour the market is hardly so buoyant, and the movement is less than it was. Some forced sales are being made at something off previous prices. The supplies are moderate, ard there is not much going into store. The sales are 10,000 brls., at 3 dolls. 874 e. to 4 dolls. 31c. for No. 2, and scarce; 3 dolly. 75e. to 4 dolls. 6c. for sour; 4 dolls. 56c. to 4 dolls. 62ic. for common and strait State; 4 dons. 56P. to 4 dolls. 69e. f o r mixed to strait Western; 4 dolls. 94e. to 5 dolls. for pure Genesee; 5 dolls. Ge. to 6 dolls. 31c. for fancy Ohio; 5 dolls. l2e. to 5 dolls. 31c. for fancy Genesee; 5 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 60c. for extra Genefe?; 5 dolls. 31r. to 5 doh , . 62ic. for extra Ohio. Canadian is in steady demand with sales 800 brls. at 4 dolls. 62ic. to 4 dolls. 69c. In Southern descriptions the market is very dull with small supplies. The sales are 500 Lrls. at 4 dolls. 94e. to 5 dolls. Meal is 4 dolls. 6e. for Jersey, with sales 300 brls , and 200 brls. Eastern at 3 dolls. 25c. Rye flour is unchanged; sales 200 brls. at 3 dolls. 19c. Buckwheat is in good demand at 1 doll. 50c. to 2 dolls. per 1001bs.; 3 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls. for lids. Grain-There is a good demand for wheat for export, and sales for home trae. The supplies are good of Ca nadian, but home grain is not very plenty; sales 26,000 bushels Canadian at 104 c. to 106 e. for mixed to white, 2,500 bushels mixed Ohio at 103 c. For corn the mar ket is a abase ersier and dull; sales 7,000 bushels at 70c, in store fir mixed, 71c. delivered, 7l c. for round yellow- the supply offered is small. In rye the market is buoyant, with sales 6,000 bushels at 74c. to 75c. the inside price to arrive. Barley is scarce and firm; sales 3,003 bushels good four-rowed at 91c. Oats continue without change; sales, Northern at 40c. to 41ic., Jersey 36c. to 39c. Iron is firmer, and 200 or 300 tons Scotch sold at 20 dolls. 50e., 6 months 19 dolls. 500. cash, with a sale on long time at 22 dolls. Hay is rather bet!,er for prime lots, with sales 3,000 bales 45c. to 60e. Lime—Further sales 4,000 brls Rockland at 85e. cash. Naval Stores—Crude Turpentine is steady and quiet. Sales 500 brls. Wilmington Rosin at 1 doll. 45e. deli vered, and 500 ditto white at 2 dolls. 75c. Spirits are 33c. with bales 150 brls. Oils—Linseed is firm, and lots have been picked up to the extent of 10,000 gals. at 76 to 77c. The ms.rket is now held at 78 to 80c. Whale is steady at 53 to 55c. Sales of a few hundred brls. Crude Sperm at the East at 1 doll. 25c. Manufactured is firm. _ _ Seed—Small sales of new Clover are making at Bc., and old at 7 to 'lie. Timothy is 15 to 18c. for mowed. Flax is scarce and high. Whisky is rather easier, and 150 brla. Prison sold at 27ic. Drudge is 27c. EVEN IN G, NOVEMBER 18, 1850. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 16. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family tock walking and pony exercise in the Slopes and Windsor Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to London this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Hon. * Charles Grey, and Lieut.- Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. His Ro3 al Highness and suite travelled by a spe cial train on the South-Western Railway, and re turned to Windsor Castle about two o'clock. The Earl and Countess of Granville arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove iu a pony phaeton in Windsor Park this after noon, his Royal Highness driving. Colonel Buckley and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon attended on horseback. The Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Lady in Wait ing on the Duchess of Kent, Baroness de Speth, and Colonel Bouverie (Royal Horse Guards). SUNDAY, Nov. 17. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. _ _ Her - Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided at the Council for the management of the Duchy of Corn wall, at the Duchy-office, Somerset-house, on Satur day morning. Mr. Macgregor had an interview with Earl Grey oa Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Oxford University Commission met on Satur day, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke, the Rev. 11. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. John son, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Lord Ashley had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. Lieutenant-General Sir John .Grey had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet on Friday, at the Home-office. Dispatches for the Governors of the West India Colonies were sent off on Friday evening from the Colonial- office. The Earl and Countess Grey had a dinner party on Friday at their residence, on Carlton•terrace. The company consisted of the Belgian Minister, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Elizs..beth Bul teel, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Henry Greville, and Mr. Harry Grey. The Countess Grey afterwards received an even ing party. The company included the Sardinian Minister, Lady Truro, Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo, Lady Georgina Bathurst, Miss Ponsonby, Mr. F. Calvert, Mr. Napier, Mr. Parker, Sir John M'Gregor, Miss Hardy, Mr. and Miss Bultee), Count and Miss Flahault, Sir George and Lady Grey, Mr. Pierre pont, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes, Mr. Fox Maule, Lady F. and Mrs. Bentinck, Mr. Holmes, Lady Ashley, Mr. Cowper, Lord Campbell and Miss Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne, Col. Rawlings, Mr. Bathurst, Earl and Countess Granville, and Mr. Montgomery. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING. The Derby (18 Subs.), was won by Mr. Etwall's Egypt; Mr. Morant's Merryman ran up. The Oaks (14 Subs.) were divided by Mr. Lawrence's Lucy Ashton and Mr. Bowles's Cashm(re. The Cup was won by Mr. Etwall's EH); Mr. Law rence's Lallah Rookh ran up. A NEW REMEDY FOR SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS. BY DOCTOR TURNBULL. (From the Lancet and London Medical Gazette, Nov. 15.] A few months ago, I observed that persons who are short-sighted, when looking at objects at a distance, partially close their eyelids, for the purpose of over coming the difficulty they find in discerning them. This action is instinctive; it is a natural effort to adjust the eye to an increased sphere of vision. It is well known that short-sightedness depends not only on con vexity of the corned, but also on convexity of the lens; and having no hope of being enabled to effect any alteration in the structure of the lens, my attention was directed to the iris, which I found to be, in such persons, generally much dilated. It then occurred to me that contraction of the iris has the effect of apparently lengthening the convexity cf the cornea, which ap proaches a circumscribed plane, that permits the rays of light to enter only in a straight line. The effect of this is obvious. The length of vision hereby necessarily be comes increased, and distant objects are brought within its range. It therefore struck m©, that if we could dis cover any substance which could be so applied as to con tract the iris, one cause of the defect of short-sightedness would be remedied. The result, lam happy to say, has .been most satisfactory. In the first instance, I applied the extract of ginger, which was rubbed for five or ten minutes over the whole forehead, with the view of acting upon the breeches of the fifth pair cf nerves. After wards I substituted a concentrated tincture of ginger, of the strength of cue part of ginger to two parts of spirit of wine, decolorised by animal charcoal. The success of this application was remarkable. In many cases it had the effects of doubling the length of vision. In some persons I found the iris was not much dilated, but very torpid. In these cases I applied the concentrated tinc ture of pepper, made of the same strength, and in the same manner, as the tincture of ginger. This I used until I observed that the iris had obtained a greater power of contraction and dilatation, after which I had again recourse to the tincture of ginger. This plan of treatment has been attended with the most signal success, and persona who were extremely short-sighted have very soon been enabled to lay per • manently aside their concave glasses. The best method I may observe, of testing the improvement of the sight during this treatment is not by taking a printed book, and holding it near, and then at a greater distance from the eves; this range of vision is much too limited. It is better to fix the attention of the patient upon a distant object, such as the brass key-hole cf a door, and by his stepping some paces backwards, so as to place himself at a greater distance from it, he will soon discover the pragress lie is making. So important a discovery as this will, I hope, be fairly tested by the members of our profession, who may rely on the success of the treatment I have recommended, if it be only judiciously and carefully carried out. It is possible that the advantage derived from the tincture, as above described, may be ascribed to the alkaloid prin ciple of piperin which is held in solution in the tincture of pepper. Manchester-square, Nov. 9, 1850. FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY COLLISION.—On Friday night last, about six o'clock, a fearful collision took place on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, near the Hudders field Junction, by which, although fortunately no lives have been lost or much personal injury sustained, an immense amount of damage has been done to the stock of the com pany, three engines being destroye.l and a train of carriages knocked to pieces. As far as we could learn at a late hour on Saturday night, the accident appears to have arisen as follows :—An engine which had been undergoing repairs in the engine shed on the main line, close to the junction, was being driven en in orderto its being shunted on to the line on which it was to be worked. In consequence of some sin gular mismanagement, it was brought into violent collision with the passenger train from Bradford. The shock was so violent as to smash completely the engine and tender, as well as the engine belonging to the passenger train, bringing the train itself to a dead stop. The passengers in alarm jumped out of the carriages, but had hardly time to becomeconscious of their fortunate escape when a goods train, we suppose from Leeds, dashed into the standing train, doubling up all the carriages in a moment and knocking them to shivers. The scene that presented itself after this second catastrophe is described as the most terrible that ever a railway accident produced, the entire line being blocked up with a huge mass of fragments of broken carriages and engines. It was re markable that none of the passengers were killed or injured by the flying splinters. The line was completely choked up, and men were immediately set to work to make a temporary line of rails for the transit of the usual traffic. It will be impossible in the meantime to estimate the extent of the damage. An inquiry will be promptly instituted into the circumstances connected with the catastrophe, Captain Laws having repaired to the spot immediately on .receipt of the telegraphic news of the accident. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —CON TRACTS FOR CARRIAGES.—The contract for extra carriages for the Exhibition of 1851 was let on Saturday. The directors had before them tenders from seven of the most respectable carriage-builders in the country, and they ac cepted that of Mr. Wright, of Salting, near Ringhorn, which was 25 per cent. lower than the highest, and about 5 per cent. lower than the next lowest tender. The price given for a carriage holding 40 persons is perhaps the lowest ever before submitted to, and is understood to be 1541. per carriage. TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATION.—A letter was received on Wednesday from one of the Transatlantic Packet Station Commissioners, au officer whose views were strongly expressed on this subject in the report of the Irish Railway Commissioners in 1833. In this letter he states that in de termining on the Irish port most suited to the purposes Of a packet station, " the claim of Cork should certainly not be omitted." The letter farther . stated that the commissioners were at present engaged drawing up a series of queries for the purpose of eliciting information, bat they did not purpose making a tour or receiving oral testimony, as they did not believe that the truth could be best determined by the examination or cross-examination of local parties. The ar rival of this letter was the occasion of another meeting of the joint committees of the Corporation, Harbour Commissioners, and Committee of Merchants, at which the Mayor was re quested to write to Lord Hobart, the Secretary to the Com mission, for copies of the queries.- Cork Constitution. Loss OF THE EMPEROR OF RUISIA'S STEAM.YACHT. —The loss of the Emperor of Russia's steam-yacht Peterhoff is confirmed. She ran on shore on .a fine moonlight night, mistaking the south-west of the islandoMesel for the north east. Mr. Waterman, jun., who designett•thefacht, was on board, and so, we believe, was' Sir Jo the con tractor and engineer. They were proCeNtg toltussia to de liver up the yacht to the Emperors Parade' have left Eng land to endeavour to recover the Machinery; These on litiard, we believe, were in very little &titer, aid comfortably enou gh got into the boat and lnlitlhd-. A: Russian naval officer was in company. The,yaalt.'iala iplured.to nearly threaeirthe of her Value. COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The stock market, since the last steamer, has not varied materially for Government and State stocks, but the fan cies have been buoyant and active. The sales have been very large and prices have had an upward tendency. There has been a fair amount of federal and state stocks sold. in exchanges there has been a fair business doing for this steamer, mainly at loi to 10i, but at the close the market fell off to 10k, with considerable sales under tele graph orders from the south. The supply was good. France were 5 17} to 5 16k; Hemburgb, 36 to 36k; Bremen, 80i; Amsterdam, 40k to 41. In freights the market is quiet. Engagements of 5,000 or 6,000 bris. flour, at 16ed. to 18d. Considerable quan tity of grain, at 4kd. to 44d.; cotton, deadweight, 15s. to 175. 6d. The supply cf money continues very abundant, and loans on good collaterals are made at 5 to 6 per cent., and on Government stocks at 44 per cent. Paper, of first-class sign tures, goes at 6 to 7 per cent. The trade in dry goods continues dull, though prices are especi a lly of cotton fabrics. The in creasednut s o h pretensions yeav of holders check the incipient de mand. Woollen goods show more activity than cottons, and stocks of all kinds, however, are greater than the detnand, and unless this increases considerably; the in creased asking prices can hardly be obtained. Brown and bleached shirtings and shcetings have advanced a fraction, but the sales at the advance are few. The stocks are still large. There is rather less doing in drills, but better prices aro obtaining, and the prospect of a speedy revival of the home demand is good. Thre is little inquiry for ex port. Osnaburghs, and bagging, Scas, have been in de mand, but mostly for British makes. Holders of do mestic Osnaburghs ask higher prices, which check the demand for them. Denims are in moderate request, at the-receut advance. Stripe'a and ticks are dull, but are held firmly. Cotton flannels are inactive. The market for printing cloths is steady, with less activity. Stocks are Gil.. Prints also are less inquired after for general consumption, though there have been one or two speculative purchases, limited, however, to c e r tain kinds; prices are low. Gingham a re dull,. e though orders for the sp r i ng trade are occu pying the manufactories. The stock of tnouselines de laines is very low in the first hands, whil e t h e deman d c ontinues good ,in for the late period of th e season. In t hi s branch, a future ginghams, orders are in course of execution f° a delivery, suitable for the s p r i ng tra d e . This marks were wholly made for stocks. The change decided l and one for the manufacturers, and shows a , sseys are change in American steady demand for such kinds of domestics. -um with h ea vy of sale, and with a large stock in comparis on ket, lower manufacture, as heretofore goodsgood demand. the demand, which is pressed on the mar 1 prices must be yielded. l s o h t . h s 4 and strong T at h e ey in are acc s u ta m p u le laV , :t i c:l" is th co o n u ! houses do not press the market, whi`' quently firm, with a fair and increasing could be only Large sales, however, if pressed, mo W stl o y ol ß len rit e i made at a decline, as th e one or two auctions are doing better. of the last week sho w t h at stuffs ales are making Shawls are in great r e q uest , an d large :re very satiafac. both of foreign and dom es ti c . Prices are very d u i!. tory and uniform. Cassitneres and satinets cc umulation in the with some decline. There is an a tirce and in request, stock of sheep's grey ; tweeds are scarce and jeans dull. es firm but blankets Flannels are in request and pr: ; silks is red uce d are heavy and drooping. The stock of in first hands, but heavy in second hands. Prices have of last week, from the ruled low, considering t h e prices but are now firmer excessive quantity sold at aucti e o ,_ diminishing, and the and steady. Auction sales is are to close for the season. trade of the auction room a The importati ons w ill soon increase..tap tor the spring trade,_e goods left o ver we i but from th e h eav y stocks of do not look f or an y ex cess. The goods imported w ill b e mostly for the peculiar demand of spring. Prices a r e higher in Europe of all goods. on the Continent for home and an increased busin ess is doing b o th in E ng l s nd an consumption. disc at this port for O c t o b er The insp.-as of merchandise September, i an d o f are to about the same extent i t asn specie 500,000 less. o o f f t h h l e i s s w P r e l. ! c k e o a f n t d h w ere brought to the i s l an d on --- WRECK OF THE STEAMER, SUPERB.--The remains Miss Jackson, two of the lamented vi c ti ms dofin St. the churchyard John's parish the afternoon of the 2d ins tant, b y the South- Western steamer, Captain James Goom brid g e, from St. hlalo, and are, we believe, to be removed to En g land. Two oth er bodies were found on the French coas t the same week, and there o e r a r s e buried —one, that of Mr. Sedgwic k ; the other believed to be inh DI r. this Lloyd is Ia n has d , a b n e d e n was fou n that of Mr. Frost, the engin eer. The bod y of ( a pparently 1 near this spot. The remain s of 13 of the victims o f this ca lamitous wreck have been thus recovered, viz.:—Dlr. and Mrs. Gosset, Craney (the boy), Mr. Wive (the cook), Mr. d on decently heinct t Jackson, his son and daughter, Mr. Rattenbury, Mr. Knott, Miss Price, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Lloyd. There yet, it is to be feared, remain to be regained from the sea the bodies of at least four or five other sufferers iu the wreck. Jersry Paper. , SUDDEN DEATO.--011 Friday morning Mr. CO. stable, a master painter, residing at Penshurst, expirek4uti denly in the booking-office of the South=Eastern, Rai*: station, at that place, under the following circuansLannos Mr. Constable was approaching the station with the in tion of proceeding to London, and when, within a short tance, seeing the train was at the station he began to n, hoping to be in time. On entering the booking-office, w ever, he staggered into the arms of the station-master, f ntly asked for a glass of water, and instantly expired. Dr. Ballard, WAS sent for and hastened to the station, but his services were unfortudately tOo htte to be of any avail. RAISING OF , THE THIRD BASSO .RELIETTO ON THE NELSON COLUMN. On Friday morning, the third basso-relievo, em blematical of the victories of Nelson, representing an event of the battle of Copenhagen, was raised to the place intended for its reception, on the east side of the pedestal of the column, in Trafalgar-square (a brief account of which appeared in The Sun of Saturday.) It is from the studio of Mr.. John Ternouth, the sculptor, and was cast in bronze by Messrs. Moore, Fressange, and Moore, of Baldwin's-lane, Holborn. The subject is founded on an event which occurred after the battle of Copenhagen, when Nelson wrote a letter to the Crown Prince of Denmark, which con- tained the following passage :—" Vice-Admiral Nelson has been commanded to spare Denmark when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag ; but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must sat on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies, of the English." To this note the Crown Prince replied, and inquired the particular object of Nelson's note, who wrote sus follows :—" Lord Nelson's object in sending the flag of truce was humanity ; he there force consents that hostilities shall cease, and thst the wounded Danes may be taken on shore. And Lord Nelson will take his prisoners out of the vessels, and burn or carry off his prizes as he shall think fit. Lord Nelson, with humble duty to his Royal Highness the Prince, will con sider this the greatest victcry he has gained, if it may be the cause of a happy reconciliation and union be tween his Most Gracious Sovereign and his Majesty the King of Denmark." The group represents Lord Nelson standing on the quarter•deck, handing the letter to Sir Frederick Thesiger, the bearer of the flag of truce, who is about to depart on his mission of mercy, while on the right is seen Captain Foley anxiously observing the dispatch of his commander. Other officers and seamen fill up the background, while two wounded sailors and a powder-monkey oc • cupy the front extreme points. The expression in the :several countenances is excellently portrayed, and prove that the artist has truthfully caught up the spirit that characterised this impor tant event. Tha several figures are upwards of eight feet in height, and the whole are finely moulded. The spires of the cathedral and the principal buildings of Copenhagen are seen in the distance, and are very finely executed. This memorable battle was fought on the 2d of April, 1801, and it was on this occasion that the Commander-in-Chief (Sir Hyde Parker), fearing, from adverse winds, that he should be unable to join Nelson with his squadron, ordered signals to be made for his return. The action at this time was becoming exceedingly warm, when the signal lieutenant reported that a signal was thrown out by the Commander-in• Chief for discontinuing the action. Nelson, on being apprised of it, requested it to be acknowledged, but not repeated, and kept the signal for close action still flying, and ordered it to be kept so, remarking to Foley, 6 ' I have only one eye; I have a right to be blind some times ;" and then, putting the glass to the blind eye, exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal." He added, " Keep mine flying for close battle : that's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast!" The result was a complete and signal victory, and near the conclusion of it he wrote the letter which has formed the subject of Mr. Ternouth's present highly meritorious design. In the course of the day many hundred persona inspected this interesting and national work. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The new tragedy of The Templar continues to draw crowded houses here every evening. We saw it again on Saturday, and are more than confirmed in the favourable opinion which we had previously formed of the high dramatic merit of this most inte resting play, of the admirably perfect manner in which the principal characters are delineated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, and of the splendour and magnificence of the rise en scene. The house was crowded to suffocation. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re ceipts of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN. —From Nov. 5 to Nov. 11 : Passengers, 194,803 t.; goods, 265,804 f.; total, 460,607 f. ROUEN. —From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9 : Passengers, 67.817 t.; goods, 81.7151.; total, 149,532. llivar.—From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9 : Passengers, 25,7651.; goods, 33,644 f. ; total 59,4091. ORLEANS.—From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10 : Passengers, 92,6431. ; goods, 117,1391.; total, 209,7871. BORDEAUX.—From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10 . Passengers, 43,2021.; goods, 41,4861.; total, 84,6881. VIERZON —From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10 ; Passengers, 46,649 f.; goods, 31,688 f.; total, 86,3871. BouLoartE.—From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10: Passengers, 16,749 f.; goods, 25,5181.; tofal, 42,2671. DIEPPE.—From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9: Passengers, 3,956 f.; goods, 8.5471.; total, 12,5031. NANTES.—From Nov. 2 to Nov. 8: Passengers, 19,5141.; goods, 8,338 f.; total, 27,852 f. t.'d'TR.A.SBURG —Frcm Nov. 4 to Nov., 10: Passengers, 78,952 t.; goods, 64,3841.; total, 143.3361. BALE.—From Nov. 2 to Nov. 8: Passengers, 25,1911.; goods, 28,7571.; total, 53,948 f. MONTEREAU.—From Oct. 29 to Nov. 4: Passengers, 9,4331.; goods, 13,412 C; OW, 22,8451. LYONS. —From Oct. 27 to Nov. 2: Passengers, 125,779 f.; goods, 44,8891.; total, 170,6681. CHARTRES.—From Oct. 28 to Nov. 3: Passengers, 27,0841.; goods. 9,921 f.; total, 37,0051. CARDINAL WISEMAN. At the conclusion of_ the ordinary business of the court at Guildhall, on Saturday, a gentleman appeared before Alderman Challis, to ask his advice relative to a point of general interest at the present time. He wished to know whether the late innovation by the Pope of Rome upon the rights of the Sovereign of this country rendered his emissaries, or those executing his com mands, liable to any penalty? He had in his band an Act of Parliament, passed in 1846 (9 & 10 Vic., c. 59), wherein it repealed certain Acts to enforce pains and penalties upon individuals for holding religious opinions contrary to the forms of the Established Church. One of the clauses, however, though it touk away the penalty for " bringing in and putting in execution of bulls, writ ings, or instruments, and other superstitious things, from the see of Rome, enacted that the same should be consi dered an offence against the law. Under this Act, was the conduct of Cardinal Wiseman. in carryine• out the instructions of the Pope, an offence punishable by a common information before a magistrate? Alderman Challis said that the Act alluded to by the party before hitn certainly took away the penalties in stituted by the 13th of Elizabeth, cap. 52; but at the same time any one might, be thought, constitute himself a prosecutor and complain of Dr. Wiseman (or any one else, acting in a similar manner, to forward the views of his Holiness) before any . justice of the peace of the dis trict in which' the offence was committed. He had no doubt that, a little imprisonment would do the Cardinal some good, but he would not like to send him to prison. However, he anticipated there would be no necessity to take such a step, as it was reported that the Cardinal had already received notice to quit London in forty eight hours. TUB NATIONAL CONCERTS.—The following were among the audience at Her Majesty's Theatre during the past week : —His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Marquis of Headfort and Lady Olivia Taylour, the Dowager Marchioness of Ely and the Ladies Loftus, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Marchioness of Westmeath, Lord and Lady Southampton, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Temple more, the Earl of Ellesmere and the Ladies Egerton, the Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, Lord Giffor d, Lord Clarence Paget, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord Ward and the Hon. Dudley Ward, Viscount Cauterbury, Lord Gerald. Fitzgerald, Lord Bateman ' Lord Macdonald, and the Hon. James Macdonald, the Earl of Compton, the Earl of Euston, Lord Walpole, Lord Wynford, the Earl of Mounteharles, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, Lord and Lady Naas, Lcrd and Lady Blanche Dupplin, Lord and Lady Frances Gordon, Viscount Malden, Captain and Lady Adela Ibbetson, Sir J. Burgoyne and the Misses Burgoyne, Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobus, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and the Misses Hope Vera, Hon. !Edmund Phipps, Lady Louisa Parker, Hon. Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Colonel and Lady Emilia Seymour, Hue Mrs. Villiers, Sir Henry Webb, Sir George Dashwood, Sir William Fraser, Colonel and L a dy S ara h Li n d say , H on . Mr. and Mrs. Osb orne, Mrs. Dodd, Mr. Montag ue Gore, ALP., lion. Colonel Liddell, H on . C o l one l Gordon (Grena dier Guards), Hon. General and Mrs. Meade, Mr. and Miss de Horsey, Mr. and Mrs. Brereton Trewlawny, Mr. and Mrs. Prideaux Brune, Mr. Hubert de Burgh and Miss de Burgh, Mr. Dawson Darner, Hon. R. Bourke, &c. DESTRUCTION OF COCKERMOUTII CHURCII, CUM BERLAND, BY FIRE.—We regret to state that the ancient and beautiful church at Cockermouth, Cumberland, was de stroyed by fire on Friday morning. Scarcely a portion, with the exception of the walls and the tower, is left standing. The fire must have broken out about two o'clock in the morning. An individual who passed by about half-past one o'clock, states that the church was then sate. A policeman, however, named Chapman, observed flames issuing from the edifice soon afterwards, and he gave an instant alarm. The whole town was soon in commotion, and the utmost activity was displayed in endeavouring to put a stop to the progress of the lire. Only one engine, however, was available, and there being butli small supply of water, every exertion was useless, and of this beautiful church scarcely anything is left but a heap of ruins. We believe that most of the church books and valuable records were preserved. It is, however, melancholy . to state that the valuable paintings in the church, winch were so much admired, were destroyed. The church which is destroyed, or chapel of ease as it has some times been called, was dedicated to All Saints. It was a magnificent building, and was situated on an eminence at the head of Kirkgate, Cockermouth. The church was enlarged and beautified in 1825. The Rev. Edward Fawcett, M.A., the present curate of the church, has held the living a great many years. The occurrence has been a very severe blow to him. It is at present supposed that the fire was caused by same pipes which had just been laid in the chancel to warm it through the winter. The Lord Chancellor, in the course of an argument on the working of an Act of Parliament, observed on Satur day, that he once heard a distinguished person describe the distinction between the English and the Irish to consist in this, " that the English contrived to make bad l aws work while the Irish contrived to make good laws fail." EXETER HALL.—The Hall will be reopened on Friday, the 29th instant, with a performance of the Messiah by the Sacred Harmonic Society. ,o-rr77 Ahs . ~i .~.....+ IRRIGATION IN We have of late had repeated occasion to nOtice e the magnificent schemes of irrigation. the froiebution-of which has for some time past been in progress both its , the north-west provinces and in the iladraa presi dency ; and in connexion with the inhjeef of 'the preceding article this leads us to turn our ettdneion' -- - to our own doors, where we have. river deltas scarcely inferior in anything save magnitude to those of the Nile, the Ganges, and- Godavery, laying waste for want of water—rivers . of the most magnificent dimensions flowing past, and pouring their unproductive treasures into the ocean. The Indus and the Taptee furnish examples of our meaning ; were the bounty of nature there made use of, and the unfailing stream applied to the irrigation of the fertile but at present unproductive soil s every decade of years would pay back to Int the cir e ital at the outset expended. A single experiment nould in such cases suffice to bring private enterprise into the field, were Govern ment not disposed to do more than show the example: the example once shown, individual capitalists would be delighted to relieve them of all future responsi bilities, and not only to improve the country for theist without charge, hut to pay them for permission to in trcduce improvements. We some months back mentioned an enterprise of this sort commenced, and to a considerable extent carried out, near Kurracbee, by one of a race remarkable for anything but peaceful pursuits. An enter prising Belooch of Kelat made an offer to Sir C. Napier to bring water from the hills to the sea in an underground tunnel or crease, after the manner of his country, without charge to the public, or further recompense for himself than permission to hold the lend he was able to irrigate for a term of years free of charge. Several miles of the work were actually executed, and may yet be seen on the line of road from the camp to the crocodile tanks. We are not aware of the reason of its discontinuance, but the pro jector, who would even in this way most probably have found his reward, naturally preferred the plan of his country to the much more economical plan of bringing water direct from the Indus. The wonder ful tunnels that traverse Affghanistan are obviously calculated, in the first place, to trap nt, a sufficient depth below the surface the springs which, when exposed, dry up before the summer sun ; and in the second place, to get over the diffi culty of surface undulations. The gain of avoid, ance of evaporation from constant tunnelling, especi ally through ground where arching would be requi site, is much more than compensated by the primary outlay and the limited capacity of a tunnel compared to that of a canal. But it' the less desirable system satisfied a Belooch that it would pay, how much more likely would the substitute suggested ensure an ample return ? The unfertilised portion of the delta of the Indus is as nearly as possible identical in all its cha racteristics with that of the Nile beyond the limit of the inundation ; both to the casual observer pre sent the appearance of a hard barren bed of clay— when more minutely examined both turn out to be the rich alluvia of the primary rocks of the distant mountains mingled with the detritus of the soft ter tiary limestones which wall in the basins of both rivers ; both are identical with those more favoured portions of the delta rendered fertile by the overflow of the stream ; and both are capable of being made, by the application of wafer, equal in productiveness to the most fertile of the lands which they adjoin. So it is with the Taptee. From Domus by the sea to far beyond Su rat, and so southward towards Bombay, we have a vast track of alluvial land—if less barren than the dessert of Lower Sinde mainly indebted to the rains for what fertility it possesses—for the greater part of the year yielding nothing. The Court of Directors might with perfect safety guarantee 10 or 20 per cent. on money expended on enterprises undertaken for the cultivation of such lands as these, with out the smallest fear of being called on for a shilling after the work was once well begun; and with the perfect certainty that whatever they might at the outset advance would be paid back in full so soon as returns began to come in, and re turned ultimately a hundred fold in the shape of the improved productiveness of the country. In both these cases Providence has provided with means of conveyance for the produce it only requires the in dustry of man to bring into existence. Along the margins, or through the centre of the promising lands reproaching us as the authors of their herren ness, sweep the waters of the ocean or those of travi gable rivers, and the boat or buggolow could at once receive its frieght from the fields whereon it.grew.— Boatbay Times. THE ARCHBISHOP of NEW YORK. In one of our morning contemporaries we find the following very important official document, which seems to have been the first issued by the newly created Archbishop cf this diocese since he received the pallium from the Holy Father of Rome : " New York, Oct. 22, 1860. " Dear Sir, —Having been present at the first ex hibition of your panoramic views of the Island of Cuba, I take great pleasure in expressing to you the satisfaction which I experienced on that occasion. I regard the views as of high artistic merit, and I can conceive of no entertainment more innocent, interest ing, and e instructive than that which your evening exhibition affords. Wishing you every success, " I remain with sincere regard, " Your obedient servant, " JOHN, Archbishop of New York. "Mr. 0. B. Loomis, New York." The Archbishop's approval of this exhibition is very important and very satisfactory. It reflects the highest evidence upon his good taste and critics judgment in the fine arts. But there are a number of other interesting exhibitions to be seen in this city—there is a wonderful collection of strange and curious articles in Barnum's Museum, for example, for which the certificate of the Archbishop might be of great advantage, in the present crisis. The woolly horse, of course, needs no apostolical affidavit, he hav ing been duly examined and pronounced upon by Colonel Benton at Washington. But, seriously, it is a matter of regret that Archbishop Hughes should lend, his archiepiscopal authority to the puffing a panorama. His positionis too high in the religious world, and his duties too lofty to justify his de scending to such trifles as newspaper puffing of catch penny paintings.—. New York Herald, ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. The inhabitants of the neighbouring town of Bury have been thrown into a state of unusual excitement, in consequence of a medical gentleman, of extensive practice in his profession, and of considerable lite rary attainments, having suddenly disappeared from the town and neighbourhood. Various conjec tures were entertained and expressed relative to the cause of his unexpected absence; some attributing it to his having business in London, others to the indulgence of a capricious whim, while others were suspicious that circumstances of a more serious character would shortly be dis closed. The latter opinion proved to be the most correct, for in a short time the Rev. Mr. Bell, Wes leyan minister in the Southport circuit, received the distressing intelligence that his daughter, who was governess in a respectable seminary in the neighbour hood of Soutbport, had suddenly taken• her departure without giving previous notice of her intentions; and as a gentleman bad been observed in, the neighbour hoop of the establishment whose conduct had excited suspicion, there was reason to fear that an elope ment bad taken place. A combination of circum stances proved that the suspicion wat not without foundation ; for the family of the medical gentleman, consisting of a wife and four children, were soon made sensible that the husband and father had sacri ficed " home and its relations" by seducing the daughter of a Wesleyan minister, with whom the family had been for some years on terms of intimacy. During a period of two months previous to the gentleman's departure this lady had been enjoying the bracing air of one of the watering-places in the northern division of Lancashire, and on her re turn home she had the mortification to find that her husband bad on that very morning taken his departure for London, having previously disposed of his cattle, &c., as a means of increasing the amount of money in his possession. In London the gentle man, whose name is Thomas Hatton Wardleworth, sold his professional practice to Mr. Fletcher, sur geon, and gave him instructions to go ?immediately to Bury, and take possession. Mr. Wardleworth is known as an author, and as one of the proprietors of the Bwry Observer, a monthly magazine, having an extensive circulation in the locality. Several articles from his pen have recently appeared, entitled " Home and its Relations, by a Medical Man."—Manchester Examiner. A comparison of the present prices of wheat, flour, and bread in London and Paris gives the following details:— The highest price of wheat of the first quality in Paris is 24f. per 1% hectolitre, which is equal to 365. Sd. per quarter; and the highest price of white wheat of the first quality in London being 48s. per quarter, it follows that wheat is 30c. dearer in London than in Paris. The highest quotation of flour of the first quality in Paris is 'i9f. 95e. the 100 kilo grammes, which is equal to 295. :11d. per sack of 2801bs. English ; and the highest quotation of flour in the London , market being 40s. per sack, it follows that flour is about 33 % per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The price of bread of the first quality in Paris is 27c. per kilogramme, which, is equal to 4%d. per' 41b. loaf English weight; and the price of bread in London at the full-priced shops being 614 d. per it than iin Paris. follows ,ri. that bread is 401 h per cent. dearer in London Lord Valletort's birth-day fell on Guy Fawkes Day, when some of the bonfires, suppose n d pal t et o aasal be dn at f y o r e. v t e h t e n P i ga r o p e a g p w a e r r t e y lit o f in h the honour of tr t a n d e e s to e b n l e s Lords pent a t Mount Edgcumbe.—Devonport Independent. His Imperial Highness the Prince Alexander of H ess e Darmstadt (son of the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia) and suite, arrived at the Royal Hotel, Leamington, on Saturda y, Marwick and anal c have Kenilworthsivisitednceastle.rrh Se w a Stratford-on-Avon, a n t e fo r d a - r o r n a - I .k: m o n e , n a t nd of hunting the Warwickshire country siz den a week la causing Lecuiugtcoll tc) all Withpariptuy, .---~' ~ I , to Of I• rioe ,0 c ori! rif3o o' s l The or d, So° 0° 0. 0 0 VI