The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-14 00:00:00

NY•) ~,. light 'es left r :e Von Cup a fog, Cher' Grace, r ecaps nd wils ipplied tier, o f ig WI Y 11819 Est not ece s of ea mer, Squ ire aodleet is 411) ifls, joisf la $ 15t. E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, PATEN T-LAW REFORM. - - - - The Committee appointed by the Society of Arts held their sixth meeting yesterday. The members present were the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., in the chair; Professors Sully and Woodcroft, Mr. George Brace, Mr. Henry Cole, Mr. Artur Symonds, Mr. R. S. Newell, of Gateshead, and Mr. Richard Prosser, of Birmingham. The following resolutions were adopted: — "1. That there shall be only one office for the trans action of business connected with the registration of in ventions and the payment or fees in respect thereof. "2. That every person desiring to register an inven tion should submit two copies of the specification of his claim, accompanied, in every case where it is possible, by descriptive drawings. "3. That the mode and procedure of registration be regulated by the Board of Trade, subject to a report to Parliament. "4. That any tribunal before whichi proceedings are commenced shall have power to refer any case for re port and certific.tte to the registrar, assisted by compe tent and scientific persons. "5. That it should be competent to an inventor to make disclaimers, and to rectify errors iu his specifica- tion at tiny plied. " 6. That the illegality of the registration being es tablished by the judgment or order of any competent tribunal, the registration be cancelled. "7. That registration should extend to the Unitcd Kint.,=d6rn of Great Britain and Ireland, and to the Chan nel islands." RAILWAY RE T URNS TRAFFIC RETIJ , 3SS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, 1850. NAME OF RAILWAY. I Receipts. BRITISII. .berdeen • • • .... Belfast and Ballymena • • • • • . •• • • •• •• Belfast and County Down• • • • • . • • • • .. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and Wes t York . • • • Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ••• • • • • • • • Caledonian._ ......... .... •. • • • • • • Chester and liolyhead. • • • • .... •• . • Dublin and Belfast Junction • • .. • • • • Dublin and Drogheda ••• • • • •••• • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown •• • • • • • • •• Dundee and Arbroath •• • ••••• • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen. • .. • • • • • • • • East Lancashire ........ Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .... Eastern Union ...... ..... ........ Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ Edinburgh, Perth, and Thlndee...... Furness Railway ... .......... 171% 22 236 :262 ii 6% 0518 U 1714 239 11% 167 3 4 9% 28 49614 u r lasipW, and South-WeStCrtl:. • Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Great Northern and E. Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •••••• • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle"... • .. Lancashire and Yorkshire.... • • • • • • • Leeds and Thirsk •••• • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and North Western ,_• L o ndon and Blackwall.... • • • • • • • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen . ••• • • Manchester, Buxton, and la atloek, &c. Manchester, Shetneld, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle • • • • „ _• • • • Midland Great Western (Irish) •• _ Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • ••_• • • • North British • • • • • • • • • • • • .. " • • • • • • North Statfordshira •••••••• • • • • • • • • £767 390 729 377 3,395 5,882 1,293 228 603 588 547 2,126 14,1;6 1,502 2,870 2,064 2,873 929 2,566 3,490 13,262 2,757 11,318 577 71 36,605 .North-WestAtrn •• • • ••••• • • • •• • 568 7,506 7,175 1850. Scottish Central • • • • • • • • .• • • • • • • • • Scottish Midland •••••••• • • • • • • • • . Sh rew sbury and Chester Shropshire Union .. • • •••••• • • • • • • • South Dev0n.................. Soath Eastern • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • South Wales .••.. • • • • ..... •• • • South York., Doncaster, and Goole . 4,428 288 ,252 583 146 917 557 19,065 1,030 1,969 2,903 3,880 6,161 2,179 391 880 684 33G 613 Ulster..••• •. •• ...... •• • • •• • • Waterford and • Limerick • • West Cornwall • • • • •• • •• •••••• •• Whitehaven Junction .•• •• • • •• •• •• York and Newcastle, and Berwick . York and North Midland. •• •• •• •• 1,069 325 1,322 335 1,285 7,681 1,609 712 609 3,362 3,547 1,859 3,527 2,010 248 3,157 888 6,481 4,098 13,434 3,177 14,764 791 285 37,791 208 11,615 5.843 692 7,842 7,400 'U 6,0 2 13,646 6,814 FOREIGN. Amiens and Boulogne. •• •• •• ••••• • Dieppe . •• .._.._....••..•• •• •• • • • Meiiierenn and Troyes .......• • • • Northern of France - •• •••• •••• • • • Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) ........ Orleans to Bordeaux .... • • Paris and Orleans .....• •••••• • • •• Paris and Rouen. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Rouen and Havre.• .............• -511 G 1,213 658 16,046 2,349 2,809 7,017 5,441 2,071 1,233 954 18,040 3,151 3,310 7,813 5,904 2,188 ----- C R ULMLEIGIL—TURNIP MATCH.-011 Monday last, about ten persons met for the purpoie of weighing turnips _to decide a bet between Mr. Cann, of Uppacott Farm, Chawley, and Mr. Wreford, Chulmleigh. 'lhe former chal lenged the latter for one sovereign ( which was spent by way of a dinner at the Red Lion, Chulmleigh), that his turnips should weigh two tons per acre more than Mr. W. Bond's, of Chulmleigh. Eight land-yards were weighed for both par ties. Mr. Catin's turnips weighing 20 tons 14 cwt, 1 qr. 24 lbs. per acre, and Mr. Bond's weighing 18 tons 19 cwt. 2 qrs. and 16 lbs. Sir. Cann therefore lost the bet by about 29 lbs. A person has suggested that Mr. Cann's field should not be worth more than 7s. 6d. per acre, and Mr. Bond's 30s. per acre. Mr.. Cann has won two prizes for turnips, and the silver cup at the two last agricultural meetings in this place.— Western Times. Mr. HarneF, poulterer, of Spalding, has now 3,000 geese feeding in his yard. They consume twenty-five sacks of oats every day, and 200 buckets of water. The tremen• dons - cackling caused by this feathered congregation, to gether with that of turkeys, guinea-fowls, and other fowls innumerable, is indescribable. Stamford Mercury. A MELODRAMATIC MAIDEN.—" Well, Anne, have you consented yet to be the wife of Mr. White?" " No, I didn't quite consent." " Wh y not? I think he 18olvielYs'you." "Yes, but he d i d n't p ile u p the a g on y hi g h enough. When I give my hand to a wooer, I want him to call upon the gods to witness his deep devotion to me. I want him to kneel at my feet, take one of my hands between both of his, and, with a look that would melt an adamantine rock to pity, beg me to take compassion on his dreadful suf ferings ; and thel want him to end by swearing to blow his brains out on then pot, if I do not compassionate his miseries." —American Paper. FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT.—The throw-off of Mr. Farquharson's hounds, which met at Burton-gate on Monday last, was unhappily attended with a fatal result. Admiral Payne, a gentleman resident at Weymouth, just as the fox broke cover on Higher Burton Farm, fell from his horse in a fit of apoplexy, and died in a few 'minutes. The unfortunate gentleman was between 70 and 80 years of age. —Dorset County Chronicle. THE Etsutay.L--During the past week the drift boat* have heeirraliii . giriiin 1,000 to 5,000 pilchards mixed with' herritiki;“, Th e tity any iduring -- 0 4m.5t.40 years..,: Ap, raapy .as 15 to 20 esitchea ,of halm have exceeded. quan . bnrupeactat bays been tw o (6 ' nt u; they sell at • • PeFPr e Y last. purchaSed- i rpil hardS brought 555. per With ' t ih he e :2 s l e s i t ne in " ;;: i — t l e s o s rn tate wa/ d l 4' G w a ti z i : b tt e e . . lll' to be sent from Spain Pacific. . and England, e t r o o letterse to nag r e uandthe ATeistal Convention is in t'_.oatoi pay onSaturday 'progress between- Spain the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE ( It t a h tioe. . There the plaintiff inquired of a clerk .if h; Th e, clerk) remembered his having snows' him a tteos t o e cle rk replied he did. The plaintiff asked the (eerie tt. return ti:e tieket. The clerk said he had it not, end wieed h ad -us upstairs to see the secretary, with whom ire ho an interview. The secretary. in answer to a gdes ivor..,'Y the plaintiff, said he could give the plaintiff no h am 'atton about the ticket, for it had passed out of his i 4t The plaintiff then said he sould ut the meter t i t ,!_uis atto r ney's hands. The secr h etary p said he might Crls he thought proper. c 'ss'-xaras 7 „ -neu by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL — My `Rif t , • d p i rt j itt er. : . is a greengrocer and I am an ornaments' (A laugh.) When I went out to New l'oik I ) ,,, I !, 0 0t telt° my family with me; I wished first to see t i; l vt the enterprise answered. I was taken poorly in w e chest in New York.—(Laughter.) The plaintiff and tits. re companions, not only in misfortune but in enlist -e ,4 1 ' d e l bh . en we were in America. The climate of Phila plj,„tas too hot for both of us. When I saw the b or C et t in Whitecross-street Prison, he said there was 4'ing wrong going on. h i s A i ss Elam, the plaintiff's sister, deposed that she as- Pack tour of her brother's boxes when he left su r e! l ", which contained his linen, plate, an engine, .Ical instruments, and many other articles of value. li s i °s s'Examined by street,y brother had been at 38 6, Oxford before he left Englend. -49 " a human machine maker" there. He is about tti4, Years o f Air age. Be.-••• 13 .- Stewart—l live in Somers-town, and know ePlaiteiff. I remember visiting him in the Queen's qe, , e e 4 h Prison in the autumn of last year. At his re -IV:it, I Went to inquire at the London and North tie tern Railway station for certain goods of his, the sse ti °T which I took with me. I saw one of the clerks, i ik 'ked if the goods were safe. He replied that they to 6 ll, l . lt fa- The plaintiff then asked me, on going back slxi I) to clear the goods, saying they would cost me 14 twelve shillings. I said I would, if possible; but e st not, as'l could not spare the money. After he t t n e out of the Bench I gave him back the ticket. He EVwards told me the goods had been taken to Mrs. thit ia house, in Castle-street, and I accompanied him 1 10 ,1 r a little before Christmas. I saw Mrs. Sears, hes„, 4o " . esoribed the person who brought the goods to her kr Ihtt '"illiam Elam, the father of the plaintiff , proved the i l eon, the plaintiff, left England for Am erica on Itt,s'" of August, 1848. In December, 1848, witness Loudon, at which time the plaintiff had a large plat to trade , consisting of surgical instruments. T h e It h ,"tiff formerly carried on business as a surgical in letorat4ent and gun-maker, in Huddersfield, with his tli ti l e r. Re then removed to London, and carried on h o r e l lia business, except the gun-making. After the prison, witness saw him in 336, os d-street, the place where he had carried titti !neas before going to America. Accompanied toi n "toatiff to the railway station in December, 1849, itpPire about the goods. The clerk of whom they lo se said said they had the goods all safe, and promised Ohti e e - ,l t hani to the plaintiff's residence next day, if the ItsG would send the ticket in a letter to the railway Dlsi i n t• As soon as they returned from the station, the ttl e i;" Wrote a letter to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, causer the ticket for the goods in it. Some person next day at the plaintiff's house in Oxford-street, beli e , he was a detective officer from the railway - 7 0 ' lie asked for the plaintiff, and stated that he si' R '" some person had got the goods from the station itl,C et itions name, and that they had been delivered 44:M 1 e-street. The plaintiff proceeded to Castle t' arid was absent there about an hour. he lteess admitted, in cross-examination, that he had an insolvent. Itid r i t Granvill e , a physician in London, deposed that he tic - 11° W 1 1 Mr,Alfied Elam, the plaintiff, as a sur htei Ini trument-maker for five or six years. Witness tidergot instruments from him. The plaintiff had a con roliekble stock . of goods of various kinds at his pre (The k Oxford-street. - °ass was proceeding when our report left.) tX (R e ur IiQET HIS DAY.) ' f --t the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) HEDGES V. COWDEROY. loSshtß A ; action was brought to recover 241. 10&, for the se eit '; a horse, whose death was alleged to have been . ), t 'aned by the negligence of the defendant. lAti h r t ;• James and Mr. Wordsworth appeared for ts ( 1" . ". and Mr. Ilumfrey and Mr. Miller for the de n Mit. of ,u,AMEs in stating the case to the jury, said as the Pp rh le plaintiff was being driven at a slow pace along ott 1 ; 1 7" , on the 24th of February last, the defendant's tod e I ls met it near th e C o llege of Physicians, and was th e ato uring to get ahead of a van which was going in lti,vBl3le direction. The omnibus was proceeding with the; 4r eat rapidity, and it came in violent collision with tir ld ' a n, the shaft of which struck the plaintiff's horse dent pene trated hi s s id e , an d u lti m at e ly occasioned his S e .„ l ock jaw having supervened. fskt e ', er iti witnesses were called, who proved the above kr . ti *ad e •• u 3 truEY addressed the jury for the defendant, th cflatended th a t th e a cc ident was occasioned entirely d iet " driver of the van, who checked his horse and ti by th a t means r a n the shaft into the plain orse. 4(1 t CPPort of his case several witnesses were called, the etti c ' er r ilvidence directly contradicted that adduced on M r. j !Ide, Th e ; `" 11. -a proceeded to reply, but was interrupted . by lq ui titpry, who said they had agreed upon their verdict - I not , wish to hear the Learned Counsel's address. evi• -ke*. fur the plaintiff; damages, 241. 103. CN T T hp l 'RON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY,) _ _ . 3t1d t , 4 „ ( , / Court set this morning for the purpose of giving g• - "ent i u several cases standing over for judgment. SOMERVILLE V. HAWKINS, kr, Justice gave judgment in this ca se . The sell an Was brought upon words spoken, imputing theft.. n ue plaintiff had formerly beea in the employment of e defend ant, an d some time after his discharge he Visite.l the d efendant ' s premises, and was conversing With som e of the workmen there, when the defendant came up and said, " I discharged this man for theft, do You have no communication with him either in public or private,or I shall think you are as bad as he is." The action th e tried before Lord Chief Justice Wilde; he held that ;to words were a privileged communication, and that . i s u: defendant was entitled to a verdict on the general t :e.. The defendant's counsel offered to ga ou with tor ease on the plea of ustification, but the plaintiff Il_ttled to do so, and the , defendant was nonsuited. A 4 .. trial had been moved for on the ground of misdi t;;;_on. but the Court were of opinion that the direct ion Learned Judge was correct, and that the words f or s: ,e a privileged communication, The rule must there to Tdischarged. —Rule discharged. other oases in which judgment was given were of ,Lorportanev. the Electric e MAULE said that judgment in the case of Nte Telegraph Company v. Brett must be posht ht as the removal of Lord Chief Justice Wilde, wo tried the case, and the complicated nature of the "' li ad thrown great difficulties in the way. A. Bastard litie l4 ,,,.l"rt. STAR GONE OUT.—Mr. _ ' °P itlcliW a3 gone over to the Church of Rome. It is a capital co pper fur the Jesuists—he is worth 20,000/. a year, every 1 :110 i iti ut. it, and bod • and soul the creature of the priests. uein - "St gentleman, who was devout as a faqueer, hath ia g _en ill terms with ' the body which God gave him, stariv_e tev:;l(l walloping it most frightfully—so they say. 1i r e-e B t (4 . for the mimkifying of Yealmpton Church —he tlymehlished the rest of England Conservative Journal, at 4 1l "th ' 9 • 11 d has been one of the main backers of Bishop baser Jotts at . ; . 1 1 his legal conflicts, on behalf of baptismal re le th - c - ,' ° n: 'lt is reported that he bath given his property Mite(' the to Andrew Cross Baker, who formerly t h,ough . '" Luminary, in Exeter, and didn't edit it badly— Ith e pgant Harington and Father Kit would interfere C ' learned nonsense - but he bore it all patiently. t . a tk4 h; have really succeeded to the paper, you will not t arn Rail flogging his body, or starving his viscera—if he Pt a , 4 ? n ianCatholic, he'll do the walloping by deputy, and .the n„" is Pensation,from the Pope to eat his grub as thouo ahs qe c iii w ard monitor cries cupboard." However, g, l v oe tr . i witia him touching the Tractarians, A. C. B..is an . 4 4 ter t W-ght, and above doing a mean or shabby thing. — s 2'imes. .144114ITIllrIELD CATTLE SHOW. exhibition f ear Y closed last evening, afterlaving received during the .tr ellap Pr : ced ing days an unprecedented amount of public pa cty p er l,-• It would be ver difficult to estimate the number kAt e h, -- -ns who have visited the show this year. Foltu- 161qin' such an inquiry is not necessary, and it is sufficient Vllll „a that the popular favour extended to the exhibition ittul :e a very beneficial effect, strengthening its resources, eh ?aiding the committee to carry out the objects of .he l'ilrenL ll ,,a more enlarged manner than has hitherto been at 'lldielt—',,`4. The market was rather better yesterday,. and tetra t he exhibition closed last evening very few animals e jtb t ' e d, unsold. The anniversary dinner of the members • ' A 'ave : L ab took place in the evening, at the Freemasons c 'illiie t e The Duke of Richmond, president of the club, oc ' the chair, and was supported, among others, by the . gentlemen :--The Earl of Hardwicke, Sir Watkin • lio n. - " t rell, Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., Mr. J. Villiers Shelley, 11. e llrY Wilson, Mr. C. T. Tower, ,Mr. R. Barker, Mr. tlobi z l l lidreth, Professor Simmonds, Mr. I Mechi, Mr. Eisher do wn s ' Captain Sibthorp, &c. About eighty gentlem en sat st ate d n the course of the evening, the Noble Chairman . cif t b that, notwithstanding the flourishing condition the Year was last year, it was in a still better condition this liaiu m ""ing sufficient money in hand to pay a ll the pre ; (Chins next year without touching the sub scri p tion — ti le 7 11 -) It was impossible for all thosq who h ad visited •of the not to agree with the judges and the old members ee club, that the stock exhibited this year was not only arn numerous, but of far greater merit than any show n in pier years. 3 .„9°NDITIO N OF WESTMINSTER BRIDGE .--Another 14 7 1 %has nearly passed, and this crazy ohi structure still re - the na an eyesore, and, what is even worse, a hindrance to f or .t.,raffic of our noble river. A Bill was passed last year c ,, me construction of a temporary bridge, which it was iz,olculated would occupy fifteen to eighteen months building. tw n st4 P has yet been taken, and therefore it is evident that ob : Winters must elapse before another thoroughfare can be Lained. What is most to be dreaded, perhaps, is an accu mulation of ice above. One would almost imagine it was trPosely left to be waspsswet away, and thus save all trouble in i e 'natter. There 6 41 .? since, that the new structure should be carried across Whitehall wharf, in Cannon-row, that is, to the south of 7; ol ' l mnd-terrace ; and it was further suggested , by widening rarles-str ee t, an d th e r emoval of two or three houses in t kstreet, that an excellent thoroughfare would be ob . i t ' n dJames's-park, and thus to tne district of eigravia; by this plan Great George-street and Parliament , Itluare would be relieved of an immense traffic, and the imme frate approaches to the Houses of Parliament rendered more .ee from the danger attending the constant clash of lianascar titisnutrizt ,But.. whether this plan be adopted or is high timinsometliing was, pte.rmined „ der •!- -4. , /0 lo ;11 , ~:; ce ratIVENT GUTT A TERCIJA . SOLEDk.' ~800T47 e". Sul " S .WantiiSm4--Slightly warm tfie . NG, NOVIV ') munice,of the solo, and .press: into it a lattle.,kand or co arse , fiery "P' with , golution or a few Atlas, fasten a shred ,of ( t ) . o ,.arse canvas or anything of the kind, down the inid , lle i of rt u r , l' agle t will found fa lilst 'ordinary - genii, mut if A 4 C u 4 soo n be replaCea. IV:either or, th9se plans a person ••. 43 ,e,441:p1ed to walk mu Safer. LITERATUE. 1. A Bone fo Pick for the Pope awl Cardinal! Wisoan. 2. The ProtesZant House thit Jach Built. 3. The Anti-Popish Lituni. 4. Papal Aggression Considered. By a Barrister. The above batch of pamphlets eli re ate to the Papal aggression. The first is a modernised version of a pamphlet originally published in the reign of James 1., exposing the arrogant pretensions of Rome. Its republication is very well timed. The second is a clever adaptation of lione's idea of turning - nursery rhymes to political purposes, and neither in wit nor words is "The Protestant House that Jack Built" at all inferior to its far-famed predecessor, which made the fame of Hone and of George Cruikshank. We give as a specimen the following illustration to the portrait of the Queen : " This is the Lady so nobly born, Who will keep down the Priest ail ehavc.n and shorn, And guard our rights both night and morn, And take care of the Wealth which the house Cloth adorn, And also the Birds that crowed in el::? m.)sn, Who frightened the Prii:st all shaven shorn, Whose state was late all tatlerod and torn, And like an outcast all forlorn. • To save his life was obliged to fly In a Footman's brwelss' of Plush—so sly, Whose home is guarded by Frenchmen. OM oh! Those ' Sons of Liberte' who kiss his 7 !! ! Who owns the ' Bull' so fierce and so bold. Yes, this was the furious Tyrant of old, Who would trample all down, From the cot to the Crown, Who would toss the Bull-dogs, Who will worry these stupid and blind I'laq-eats, Who out of this House ought to keep all the Rats. But who don't act like Cats, For they join with the Rats, With their tales so fine, And their teeth so sharp, Would this House undermine. That was formed in part by men whose lives were staked, Whose flesh was burned, and whose bones were baked, And the cement of which with their blood was slaked, And this is the Protestant House that Jack built. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN." This is certainly one of the cleverest among the many clever jeux d'esprit which,: Mr. Clayton has recently published. No. 3 is a pamphlet of a more serious character, and concludes with a comparison between Protestantism and Romanism. No. 4is a . defence of the Pope's proceedings, .which the author himself, in a P.S., says contains nothing that had not been ad vanced in Cardinal Wiseman's manifesto, and which, th:refore, it is unnecessary further to notice. A DISSERTATION ON THE RIGHTS TO THE SEA ,SHORES, 6v. By J. Jerwood, Esq., M.A., Barrister-at-Law. - This little volume has been written with especial reference to Mr. Sergeant MerewetOer's published Speech on the Rights to the Sea Shores, and to the Soil and Bed of Tidal Harbours and Navigable Rivers. The inferences drawn by the Learned Ser geant, and the application of the cases which he cited, are strongly impugned by Mr. Jerwood, who, in the present compilation, maintains his positions with great learning and ability. FINE ART S. A FALSE MOVE. This is an admirable caricature in allusion to the Papal aggression. The Pope and John Bull are playing ch2ss. " Check to your queen, John !" says the man ihith the triple crown. "Pooh ! pooh ! your Bishop is out of his place, man," is John Bull's cool reply. The subject is admirably conceived ; the countenances are full of expression, and the artist, whoever he may be, will be found a formidable rival to H. 13, in his own peculiar style. N7OI:4VE': - i.l - 1.1,:d2T0N STEEPLECL.II.ISE.—FIuDAY. liflut;icap of 20 SJVi. ea h, 10 ft, and 5 ollly if cli,el/r,J, 11)0 adthd ; the seeoria to sa:e his Four u iic.. (2S 51166., 15 of wboni tteclred.) Mr. W. Vey er's Vain llar, 5 yrs, 1 0 131 b (Darling) 1 Mr. Storay na The Vititith, aged, 11st I lb...(Taylor) 2 Mr. CaTew's British Yeoman, aged, list 71b (Mason) 3 The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. Canningham's Peter Simple, aged, I Ist 31b (Frisby) ; Mr. Cartwright's Maurice Daly, aged, 9vt 13Ib (Oliver); Mr. W. Vevers's Voigeanee, aged, gat 13Ib ; and Mr. Morgan's Catharine, 6 yrs, 9st Blb (Archer). The winner is objected to. The Selling Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added. Three miles. Mr. B. Land's Frank, 6 yrs, list 61h, 501 (Owner) 1 Mr. Connor's The Oaks, Ilst 71b. 1001. (Byrne) 2 The Unlucky One, Limping Kate, and Redstreak, also ran. The Tiardlo Race Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added. Twice round and a dis. (15 Subs.) Mr. °Hirer's R.,scue (late Revolt), lOst 61b (Owner) 1 Mr. B. Land's General, aged. lost 41b (Owner) 2 The following ulsJ ran:—`testa, aged, list 41b; Miss Collingwood, aged, lOst 1214 ; St. Helier, 5 yrs, 10A 9ib ; Pt•ter, 6 yrs, Sit 121 b ; Cogia, 4 yrs, 9st 111 b ; Isalc of York, 4 yrs, 9.it 111 b ; and Warwick, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b. BUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag lids. will meet on Tues. at the Maidenhead station; Fri., Harlington-corner—at 11. Durham County hds., Mon., Byer's•garth, near Sher burn; Wed., Brancepoth Castle; Fri., Stony-gate-101. Harworth hds., Tues., Middleton-one-row; Sat., Hu worth. village-10i. Newcastle and Gateshead harrs., Mon., Hylton-bridge; Fri., Benton-square-10. laydon hds., Wed., Spring-plantation; Sat., Padpool —9. Tindale hds., Tues,, Polam; Thurs., Black Heddon— Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon., Glairvilles Wootton. B. V. H. hds., Tues., Kennel; Fri., Copse-house, near Badsworth hds,, Tues., Owaton; Thurs., Darrington; Sat., Cudworth-10i. Mr. Lumley's lids., Mon., Shooter's-hill; Tues., Jockey-house; Thursday, Sandbeck-park; Fri., Grove —lOl. Bramham-moor hds., Mon., Arthington; Wed., Burn; Fri., Wighill-park; Sat., Deighton-bar-1 0 i. Rufford hds., Mon., Kelham; Tues., Walesby-village; Thurs., o..;siegton ; Sat., Park. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Swallow-village ; Thurs., Laughton-wood; Sat., Thornton Abbey- 11 . Lord Henry Bentinck's hds., Mon., Gautby; Tues., Stainfield- hall; Wed., Hackthorn; Thurs., Banton; Fri., Thonoek; Sat., Magin-moor-11. Sir Tattoo Sykes's hds., Mon., Pluekham; Wed., Howsham-house; Fri., Birdsall-house-10i. Holderness lids., Mon., Burton Constable ; Tries., Warter-hall; Thurs., Sproatley; Sat., Beverley Grand Stand-101. Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race-course; Sat., Dyke. Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket-hill; Thurs., Tels combo Tye-10i. Southdown hds., Mon., King's Head, Horsebridge; Fri., Ram Inn, Fie-101. Dumfriesshire hds., Teus., Rockhall; Fri., Lockerbie hill. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Himbleton ; Wed., Hun dred Houses; Fri., Bredon-hill-10i. Warwickshire hds., Mon., Newbold Pacey ; Tues., Mitford-bridge; Wed., Weston Village; Thurs., Snit terfield; Fri., Wroxton Abbey; Sat., Little Alne-1 04. Shropshire hds., Mon., Fox, Albrighton ; Thurs., Acton Burnell-101. Lord R9clesdale's hds, Mon., Hevthrop; Wed., Addle strop-gate; Fri., Tangley; Sat., Wileot-103 - . Herefordshire hds., Tues., Hall Court; Fri., Aeon bury Priory. Mr. Giles' hds., Tues., Chances Pitch Turnpike; Fri., Redmarley Village-10. Upton-on-Severn harrs., Tues., Castlemorton Church Ludlow hds., Tues., Mary knoll ; Fri., Stanage-park —lO. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Duke's Head, Copthorne; Wed., Coolhurst Lodge; Fri., Slinfold vil lage-14 Mr. Conyers' lids., Mon., Hatfield Town-10i. Essex Union hds., Wed., Rattendon Bell; Sat., Ash ingdon Wants. Mr. Lushington's hds., Mon., Surrenden; Thurs., Whitehill; Sat., Rainham-11. Fowlescombe harrs., Wed., King's Arms, Ivybridge. The Pytchley hds., Vlon., Dec. 16, Upton-hall, Wed., Stanford-hall; Fri., Kelmarsh; Sat., Cold Ashly-101. ' COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Dec. 13. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings, His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-' ing this morning, attended by the Earl of Listowel, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, R.N., Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Howard, Lord Edward Howard, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Canning, Lord and Lady Mahon, Sir James and Lady Graham, Sir David Dundas, and Sir James Clark, left the Castle to-day. The Royal dinner circle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and the Earl of Liverpool. Her Majesty's private band will attend in the Castle after dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, visited - her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were— Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of üba, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat three hours. The High Sheriff of Bedfordshire had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, and delivered to the Right Hon. Baronet an address against Papal Aggression, for presentation to the Queen. The Trans-Atlantic Packet-station Commissioners held a meeting yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Present—Earl Granville, chairman ; Hon. William Cowper, Sir James Gordon, Sir J. F. Burgoyne, and Captain Ellerby, and Lord Hobart, secretary. The Earl of Carlisle returned to town yesterday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Mr. Bruyeres had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. The Marquis of Clanricarde returned to town yes terday from a visit to her Majesty at Windup Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. Present—the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. An appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " Brayne and Edwards v. Bather" (part heard), was resumed, and was again adjourned. BEAUMONT INSTITUTION, MILE-END--The direc• tors of this establishment treated its subscribers and member to a grand concert on Tuesday evening last, when the fol lowing favourite vocalists officiated :—Mrs. Newton, Miss Birch, Miss Poole, Miss Lizzy Stuart, Mr. Whit worth, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. G. Tedder, with Mr. R. A. Brown as conductor. The songs, &c., were selected from the works of the most eminent native and foreign composers. The merits trf the artists above-mentioned are already so well known and established th a t little may be said of their performances on this occasion than that they delighted the audience. It was one of the ladies' (Miss Stuart) first appearance at this institution ' and if we may judge of the reception her songs rec eived, the di rectors will indulge the members to have her included among the corps en all occasions they repeat the entertainment. She sang the songs and pieces allotted to her with great taste and talent; and experience will establish her also among the metropolitan favourites. Mr. Whitworth was in excellent voice, and acepitted himself in his usual accomplished manner. OMNIBUS REGULATIONS AND THE POLlCE.—Orders have been issued from Scotland-yard to the police to make a minute inspectio n of all the omnibuses plying to and from different parts of the metropolis, and printed and elaborate queries have been sent out to be filled up arid sent in to the Commissioner. The object which the Commissioner has in view is that of having these vehicles so constructed as not only to give sufficient accommodation to the number of pas sengers for which they are licensed, but to prevent the pre sent pressure of the feet of those passengers sitting at both corners of the upper end of the omnibuses not consistent with decency, and frequently most disagreeable to the feel - ings of modest females; and this desirable object Mr. Mayne is of opinion can be accomplished by a change he has pointed out. Another object in view is that of preventing the pre sent mode of overloading the tops of omnibuses, and coin pelting the inside passengers to squeeze themselves into a space much less than that which is consistent with ease or comfort. Indeed many of the vehicles which have been mea sured have been found to be less by 32 inches (or the neces sary space for two passengers) than that for which they were licensed. The new regulations will compel the proprietors of all omnibuses to have a proper table of fines placed in a proper and conspicuous. part of their vehicles, which will prevent great trouble and annoyance. THE NEW REGULATIONS OF THE MASTERS IN CHANCERY. A memorial numerously signed by some of the leading members of the legal profession has just been presented to the Lord Chancellor, setting forth the inconve niences attendant upon the new regulations adopted by the Masters in Chancery for the hearing of causes', and matters. The Lord Chancellor, in acknowledging the receipt of the memorial, states that he will give his best attention to the subject, with a view to a remedy that shall be convenient to the professiou and;beneficial to the suitors of the Court of Chancery. The itettneil of the Incorporated Law Society are also considering the whole subject, to ascertain if .possible what will be the bist remedy; and the various Masters in 2'hllabeeeirn3g'' with whom these regulat ions mainl y rest, are also conferred with on the question. • FRENCH' FLoinit.—The vessel Amity, which has arrived in the River from lye, has brought 434 sacks of flour, ex the vessel, gmelie and ,iarie, wrecked on her voyage from Caen :to this country. _ SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The public have been requested to suspend their judgment as to the merits of the contro versy between the Bishep of London and Mr. Bennett, in a letter Clem Sir John Harlington charging the Bishop with on unfair statement of the dispute. We have now the whole correspondence before us, and must confess ourselves, in the absence of any commentary from Mr. Bennett or his friends, totally at a loss to conceive in what material point the correspondence in full differs from the abridg• sent of it as put forth by the Bishop of London. The precise grounds of Mr. Bennett's resignation— namely, the not being permitted to introduce into the church of St. Barnabas all the irregularities at once which may be found scattered through all the parish churches of England ; the hardship of being debarred from making the house of prayer a kind of ecclesiastical album or scrap book, in which, without the trouble of hunting for isolated anomalies, they might be found altogether like the objectionable passages in an Index Expurgatorius, are left exactly the seine as they were. The only addition that we can find of am importance is a profession of faith which, coupled with the one contained in Mr. Bennett's letter to Lord John Russell, is curious as evidencing what a clergy man of the Church of England, whose earthly head is the Queen, whose rule of faith is the Scrip ture, and the Scripture only, may believe, may avow, and may still remain within her bounds. Mr. Bennett, in these documents boldly as serts the infallibility of the Church (which is not the Church of England), whose servants, kings and statesmen are ; he treats the Royal supremacy as intolerable tyranny, sneers at the Established Church as the tool, the instrument, the creature, the ford of statesmen, as Eras tian in spirit, and barren and lukewarm in its care of souls when compared with the Roman Catholic Church, and declares that if the theory of an Act of Parliament Church be carrried out by governing her by a power external to herself, many more clergy will follow the most holy and most learned among them who have already gone to Rome. The man who writes thus is no longer insidious, he is a bitter and outspoken enemy to the Church and Consti tution of this land. He has withdrawn his allegi ance from our Crown and his obedience from our laws, to confer it on a metaphysical abstraction, ex tending through all time, pervading all space, which no one has seen, no one has heard, no one has touched, but of which all we know is that he is its self-consti tuted and unhesitating expositor. The existence of this impalpable essence, the duties which it requires from us, and the precepts which ;t teaches, the laity are not to presume to speculate on for themselves, but to receive them with implicit faith from the sacer dotal body to whom their teaching is intrusted. Theology, according to this school, is a matter with which the laity have no right to meddle—they must leave it to their betters, the sacerdotal mediators who manage all these things for them. We agree with Mr. Bennett that politicians have nothing to do with theological controversy. The truth and soundness of his opinions will therefore be unquestioned by us. Whether the substitution of impalpable abstractions for tangible realities, whether the placing the mitre above the Crown, the Church above the Bible, and the clergy above all, be or be not the real essence of Christianity, we do not now discuss; but we claim the right to give our opinion on a plain question of morals, and to tell Mr. Bennett that whatever be the place where he and his restless coadjutors ought to take up their abode, that place is most assuredly not the Church of England ; his own argument is conclusive on this point. In his opinion, the infallible is sacrificed to the fallible, the spiritual to the temporal, the heavenly to the earthly Church; why, then, to use the expression of a more distinguished convert, Dr. Newman, does he bear about with him the body of this death ? Why does he cling to is Church which speaks, a ccording to the same w rit e r, with the stammering lips of ambiguous formularies ? Why, when he has discovered what is good, and what is evil, does he range himself on the side of the evil, if his heart, his principles, his feelings, his convic tions, are against us ? Why is his name, his bodily presence, his external seeming with us ? We can not even see, on his own principles, what part he can claim in that infallible Church in which he be lieves, since it is only through the medium of that Erastian, barren, lukewarm, Act of Parliament Church of England that he claims connexion with the infallible Church. The infallible, universal Church is the essence, the Church of England is the accident. How, upon Mr. Bennett's principles, can the latter give admission to the former—the sha dow to the substance, the nonentity to the reality ? Mr. Bennett and the one thousand eight hundred clergymen who, he says, have denied in writing the supremacy of the Queen, are much deceived if they thick they can palm off such doctrines, coupled with such acts, upon the people of England as a mere ques tion of theology, and shelter themselves behind the right of private judgment, which, in the same breath that they claim it, they surrender at the feet of their phantom Church, 'Whether their doctrine be true or not is a question of theology ; whether their acts be conformable to their doctrines is no question of theology, nor yet of consistency, but of bare and ob vious morality. We do not say that they are schismatic, for we do no t presume to dogmatize ; we do not say they are inconsequent, for their doc trines are coherent and systematic; but we assert that by remaining in the Church of England, which they have brought themselves to despise and revile for being governed as she always has been governed ever since the Reformation, they are guilty of a moral obliquity which deprives them of all claim to the respect and good opinion of honest men of any sect. It is vain for Mr. Bennett to plead the right of private judgment, in which he does not believe. That right, like other rights, has its limits, and these ex tend not beyond the domain of speculative theology. In matters of honesty we know no right of private judgment—no allowance for diversity of opinion; the law is precise and absolute, and an honest man as little dreams of a deviation from it as from the axioms of mathematical science. Nobody objects to Mr. Bennett's private opinions, it would be a viola tion of the right of private judgment to do so; but we do object, and without any infraction of the right of private judgment, that he, holding these opi nions, should be the clergyman of any church of the Establishment. Mr. Bennett threatens us with secession as well as resignation, and predicts that when this process is complete the Church of England will be little more than dry bones. We do not participate in this alarm. It is a fearful thing, no doubt, that any portion of the system should be come diseased, but when once the disease is fully es tablished the welfare of the sound part demands that it should be eradicated, and the excision is a cause, not of danger, but of aafety. Mr. Bennett has shown by his letter to Lord John Russell how little he re spects the feelings or admits tlae judgment of the laity, unless indeed those feelings take the form of a morbid appetite for Romanism. Mr. Bennett has shown by his letter to the Bishop of London how little be re spects that canonical obedience in which be is bound to his bishop. A man who can neither treat his superiors with deference, nor his inferiors with mo deration and fairness, may be fit for ma n y thin g s, but is certainly not fit for the ministry of a decorous and well-ordered Church, whose ritual and doctrines are part of the law of the land, receiving from the State ample temporal endowments and a modifie d spiritual pre-eminence only on condition of her ob. serving that very moder a tion and temperance which Mr. Bennett so superciliously discards. We do not think that the lamentation Of certain of his parishioners will find an echo beyond the limits of his parish. Those who, as Sir John Harington informs us, hays hitherto been kept from joining the Church of Rome by means of the " beautiful ceremonial of St. Paul's," will have little cause to regret a change which will place them at once in the third heaven of ceremonial observances. Protestants will except to his doctrine ; consistent Tractarians to his insubordination ; all mo derate men to a resignation which seems rather to have been dictated by the mortification of his taste in ecclesiastical esthetics than by any attempted coercion of his opinions in more weighty matters. JOURNAL OF INDS . TRBU -This theory is based LLION on the IST THEORY 01' MONEY. as s umpti on that money ou g ht to p ossess intrinsic _ U value, and requires that it should be coined out of gold, silver, and copper. The English system orders that copper shall be legal tender up to twelve pence ; thatlegal tender up to 405.; and that f beyond 40s. gold, of a definite silveror all shall sums weight and definite fineness, shall alone be legal tender. Were this theory consistently acted upon, not a single bank n ote could be circulated. The currency would b e exclusively metallic. As wou ld arrest the future progress suchof civilization,system m and probably throw back agricul ture, manufactures, trade, shipping and com merce, to the state in which they existed during the epoch of the Plantagenet or Nor man princes, the bullionists have been compelled to compromise with their fundamental principle. Ac cordingly, the Act of 1844 permits the Bank of Eng land to issue notes to the extent of 14,000,000 of pounds sterling against the permanent and floating debt due to it by the Government, without compelling that establishment to hold in its coffers an equivalent 14,000,000 in bullion ; the provincial banks of Eng land are allowed to issue 8,000,000; the banks of Ireland, 6,000,000; and the banks of Scotland 3,000,000. Thus in the aggregate a paper circula tion of 31,000,000, without the guarantee of any metallic basis whatever, is authorised by the very bullionist legislation which declares it to be a funda mental principle that money ought to possess intrinsic value. It should be noted that no debt whatever is due to •the provincial, Irish, or Scotch banks, so that the Act of 1844 extends to them a privilege on totally differeut grounds from those which sanction the issue of 14,000,000 of notes from the Bank of Lngland ; in the latter case there DECEMBER 14, 1850. is a pretext, however shallow and flimsy, for violating the main principle ; in the former there is none w hat ever. The system stumbles on the very threshold. The theory next requires that the Bank of England and all other banks of issue shall hold gold iu their coffers in exact equivalency to the amount of notes issued in excess of the authorised circulation of each. Assuming then that the Bank of England had 7,000,000 of gold in its coffers, it would be permitted to issue 21,000,000, of notes, of which 14,000,000 would represent the debt, and the remainder the 7,000,000 of sovereigns ; but if 1,000,000 of those sovereigns were drained out from the cellars, then the Act of Parliament compels the withdrawal from circulation of 1,000,000 of notes, and the total issue of paper would be reduced to 20,000,000. This is styled by the bullionists the self-acting principle. The theory next enunciates the principle of convertibility, which requires that every note should be convertible or exchangeable into gold at the demand of the holder, when he presents is at the counter of the Bank of England. By this con trivance it is assumed and asserted, that, even with a paper note circulation, the whole currency is essen tially metallic; but this is not true, since no metallic auarantee whatever exists for the convertibility of the :31,000,000 of unsecured notes which the Act of 1844 authorizes to be circulated. In defence of the sys tem it is urged that there is no likelihood of all the notes being presented at once ; nor indeed is there when credit is sound, and confidence unshaken ; but that is a sorry system which can only be depended on when the mercantile horizon is unclouded, and no danger threatens ; to say the least, it makes the bullionist scheme a lottery subject to the chapter of accidents ; and the experience of the panic of 1847 showed that a few of the London bankers could and would have stopped the Bank of England in that year, had not the Bullionist Act of 1844 been suspended by a Treasury letter. Gold may be drained from the Bank in two ways. It may be required for exporta tion to foreign countries to pay an adverse balance of trade. This happens when the value of goods im ported exceeds the value of goods exported. The drain may be an internal one. This happens when the people are fully employed in useful productions, for to raise and circulate an increased amount of produce obviously requires an increased amount of money. Incidental to both these states, and consequent upon them, is private hoarding, which locks up gold and prevents its flowing into the ordinary channels of circulation ; this is the result of panic. To these diversified operations and results the Act of 1844 applies one uniform and inexorable rule, the Bank, in all cases, being compelled to contract its issue of notes exactly in proportion to the drain of gold. We pro ceed to show in what manner the action of the law is destructive of industry. The rational remedy for a foreign drain of gold would be the additional produc tion and export of commodities, in order that the ad verse balance of trade might be squared by barter; but this the law prevents; for as gold disappears, the circulation of notes is contracted, the interest of legal tender money rises from its forced and artificial scar city, and discounts are only obtained by the favoured few at a ruinous cost. The manufacturers, therefore, so far from being able to add to produce, are com pelled to close their factories and dismiss their opera tives. Still, however, commodities must be forced out to the creditor countries to check the drain of gold; and as all future production is arrested while the pressure lasts, no alternative remains but to export goods already in existence. They must be sold at any sacrifice, however much below the cost of production. By this destructive process, gold is brought back from foreign countries to the cellars of the Bank of England, and the adverse balance of trade is rectified ; but it can only be done under the bullionist theory by suspending industry, and ruining manufacturers and merchants. This consequence is indeed avowed by Mr. Jones Loyd, now Lord Overstone. In his "Remarks on the Management of the Circulation," p. 38, he thus expresses himself :—" Against the actual exhaustion of its treasure by a drain through the foreign ex changes, the Bank, under almost any circumstances, has the power of protecting herself ; but to do this, she must produce on the money market a pressure, ruinous from its severity ; she must save herself by the destruction of all around her." Such is the scheme which unreflecting legislation deems best suited to this commercial country. In times past the export of gold has chiefly been caused by large im ports of foreign corn required in deficient harvests. Surely there is a refined cruelty in the bullionist system which dooms us to a famine of money, by the very effort which saves us from a famine of food; it only allows life to be preserved by the bankruptcy of fortunes. In this stage of the argument it is im ported to ask, whether the rich who consume without producing, who buy but do not sell, suffer any injury by the operation of the system at all equivalent to that which is sustained by the employers of labour, and by those who live on wages? So far from this being the case, it is certain that they derive a positive and considerable benefit from the periodical prostrations of industry ; for when these occur, the prices of all commodities fall in the home market just as low as in the markets of exportation; and a fall in prices is only another term for expressing a rise in the value of money. It is clear, then, that during the pressure which continues till the ex change between the debtor and creditor countries is brought to par, the purchasing power of all fixed in comes is increased; so that they who are rich in such incomes are benefited by monetary panics. Selfishness make this class friends and all', s of buliionism. Another result of the system is its effect on tax ation. Nominally the taxes remain the same, that is to say, they are computed in " pounds" whether the country is in a state of commercial confidence or commercial panic; but while a panic lasts they are practically increased ; for in a general fall of prices a man must give more goods for a " pound" than when prices are high. If a tax is levied on a house amounting to ten pounds, and the inhabitant is selling his goods at a remunerating price, the tax may fall on him with comparative lightness; but in a panic, when the prices of his goods decline, he may have to sell twice as many goods for the same amount of money he received when prices were re munerating; in which case the tax of ten pounds nominally so expressed in money, becomes twenty pounds when expressed in commodities. In this manner all producers suffer ; but the rich annuitant, fundholder, mortgagee, placeman, and pensioner, are all reversely affected ; what they economise in the general fall of prices goes far to discharge their tax or even to discharge it in full. We pass now to an internal drain of gold, the mischief of which is as dis astrous as when it arises from a foreign drain. We have already stated that when this former species of drain occurs, :it indicates a high state of industrial activity ; indeed it never can happen unless the people are fully employed, and as wages must increase under such circumstances, an increase of money to pay them becomes an inevitable necessity. 'Whatever the de mand for more money may be among the employers, the Act of 1844, leaving no discretion to the Bank of England, the limitation of paper issues cannot be ex ceeded; the same rigid rule, of course, acts upon the country banks. The employers, therefore, are com pelled to demand gold, or to suspend or contract their operations, since the law prevents the further emission of notes ; they take the gold, and with it for a brief time continue their business ; ,but as the gold is drained away from the Bank cellars, the Act of 1844 comes into merciless operation, and the circulation of notes meets with an immediate check. But the evi, day is only postponed by the employers; indeed they have accelerated their own doom by taking gold from the Bank, which has merely afforded them a tempo rary respite. There is no longer sufficient legal ten der money to carry on internal trade. The Bank must save itself, and Mr. Jones Loyd has shown us how it can be done, and how it must be done. Discounts cease; all pecuniary accommodation is suspended; there is no longer any confidence be tween man and man ; all undertakings are checked, even the most useful, while the greater number of them are wholly arrested ; employment ceases, wages disappear, the poor-rates are increased. Such was the case in 1847 ; for when the panic of that year occurred, the foreign exchanges were in favour of England both on the continent of Europe and in the United States of America. Mr. Cotton, Governor of the Bank of England, when examined before the Lords' Committee on commercial distress, deposed that from the Ist August to the 30th Oc tober in that year, 1,373,000/. was purchased by the Bank ; but that 2,200,000/. in sovereigns went out into the country in consequence of the internal demand, on which account the bullion in the Bank had decreased, although the importation from abroad was steadily progressing. Here, then, is a case in point, in which it is confessed that the bullionist sys tem checks production. The bullionist answer to this charge is, that the evil complained of does not arise out of their system, but out o f over Troduetion. To which we reply by asking, In what sense are we to under stand the operative force and significancy of the pre position "over" prefixed to the substantive produc tion ? It cannot with truth be said that productio n is " over" the natural wants and necessities, the na tural appetites and desires of the people, unless it can be proved that every man, woman, and child have more of all the good things of life than they desire to possess ; but such a state of things has never oc curred, and consequently, in the sense referred to, the doctrine of over-production is a fallacy. The only rational interpretation of the phrase that remains is, that the production of commodities has been " over" the amount of money required for their circulation. Under this view we establish a very clear case of the under-production of legal tender, the instrument of exchange, instead of an over-production of the goods to be exchanged. Bullionist legislation, therefore, decides that it is better for the industrious classes to be deprived of employment and food than to allow the cellars of the Bank of England to be drained of gold. This theory requires that the number and amount of commercial transactions shall always be limited to the quantity of bullion that may from time to time be longed in the cellars of the Bank. This in sentient metal is thus made by Act of Parliament, the Master of the sentient being, Man, instead of being his servant. It becomes the despot of intel ligence, and the law of progress must be stayed to humour its caprices. Were the bullionist theory a truth mankind could never have emerged from barbarian till gold mines had been discovered, the art of smelting perfected, and the machinery of a mint been brought into effective operation. The continu ance and multiplication of the human race would have depended, not on the fertile surface of the earth, but on a metal concealed in its bowels. Our manu facturing interest now requires a larger and more certain supply of cotton than the United States can furnish ; it seeks it from British India, but railways are there required to bring the cotton to the shipping ports. What obstacle prevents the immediate com mencement of this useful an remunerating effort of industry ? India has within herself all the needful materials of construction ; but the bullionist theory re quires that they who propose to build a railway which i❑ the future shall be worth 5,000,0001. sterling, must possess in the present, that is to say, before the work is commenced, 5,000,000/. of sovereigns of full weight; and for the loan or use of these, must pay interest to usurers. The law then of 1844 which seeks to guard the Bank of England against an internal drain, is a law for limiting in dustrial employment, as it confines all enterprise within the narrow range of a golden girdle. From the fallacy of over-production, the bullionists pro ceed to the fallacy of over-population. Were we to prohibit hank notes entirely, as the bullionist sys tem in its integrity demands, and confine ourselves to a metallic currency, we should be over-populated, in reference to money, even with a fiftieth part of our present numbers ; for money is a tool to work with, and if a law prohibits the increase of tools, the population, in reference to tools, may at any moment be rendered artificially redundant; while in reference to land, mines, navigation, manufactures, and other lucrative sources of labour, the population may be wholly inadequate. The truth is, that bullionist legislation withholds from able and willing labour the power of being self-sustaining, and having com mitted this wrong, then declares that labour is in excess. These economists create the very evil over which they affect to mourn. The bullionist system is designed to check credit, and yet the system itself is based on credit; for we have seen that 31,000,000 of notes are allowed to be issued without any me tallic basis whatever; this issue therefore is clearly a credit issue, and contradicts the whole theory. The object of these remarks has been to put bullionism on the defensive. Its authors assume that the system is perfect, although they take for granted the funda mental point in dispute. Without a shadow of reaso❑ they have decided that money ought to, and of neces sity must, possess intrinsic value, not observing that though the Author of Nature created gold, it was man who coined it into sovereigns. They appear to ima gine that the ore fresh dug from the mine was im pressed with a mint mark. The theory investigated shows that when a foreign drain of gold takes place, all existing stocks of goods must be sacrificed, to tempt foreigners to restore the bullion; that when an internal drain takes place, the most useful works must be suspended. In both cases it is clear that bul lionism ruins industry, increases poor-rates, aggra vates the pressure of taxation, and by depriving the working classes of employment and wages, creates discontent, and not unfrequently prompts to sedition. It is a form of idolatry which enriches its priests by beggaring its worshippers. ALADDIN. MININ G INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) A very extensive business has been transacted this week in every class of mines, of whicb, however, the dividend ones have absorbed the greater portion, and a marked rise in their value may be noted partly from this cause, but also from the improved prospects of se veral of the leading concerns. For instance, East Pool have advanced from 90 to 105; South Wheal Francis, from 600 to 640; West Providence, 41 to 50; East Tol gus, 9.} to 20, and others in proportion. Buyers, how ever, still complain of the want of a general market for mining shares, the establishment of which we feel as sured would largely increase investments. A strong ar gument in favour of the vigorous prosecution of lead mines, and particularly those whose ores are rich in silver, is presented by an article in the Times, of the 9th inst., wherein is shown that the increase of population, and the industrial operations consequent thereupon, combined with other causes of a more transient cha racter, are creating an additional demand for silver coin all over the world, and thus enhancing its value; whilst gold, from a superabundant supply (estimated at ten mil- lions sterling per annum fro — California alone), must undergo a depreciation in value, simply because it is likely to be less demanded for the purposes of circulation. The improvement noticed in the metal trade gene rally during the last few weeks continues unabated. Leal is in improved demand, at somewhat firmer prices. The market for foreign tin has been in a most excited state, and a very extensive business has been done—full 20,000 slabs having changed hands at advancing prices. English tin has advanced 3/. per ton, and tin-plates con tinue in good demand at full prices. Copper is steady, and without alteration. Another cargo of copper ore, 484 tons, has arrived at Swansea, from Cuba. The sales of copper ores at Redruth. on Thursday, amounted to 2,674 tons, producing 19,8091. 17s. 6d. llerodsfoot mine sold 80 tuns of silver-load ore, at 11/. l7s. 6d. per ton. The Glenwalur Mine, Wicklow, has sold 66 tons of lead ore, at 101. 10a. per ton. The Keswick Mines sold two parcels of lead ore-10 tons ut 111., and 5 tons at 10/. 10s. per ton. Two camels of lead ore from the Driggith Mine pro duced-10 tons, 11/. 10s., and 6 tons 91. 10s. per ton. Wheal Mary Ann sold 90 tons of lead ore, at 191. Bs. 6d. per ton—the biddings for which varied from 151. 10s. by the Combmartin and North Devon Smelting Com pany, to that of the purchasers, Messrs. Locke, Blackett, and Company. The lead ore raised at the Lisburne Mines in Novem ber amounted to 287 tons, of which 162 tons were from Frongoch, 117 toss from Logylas, and 8 toss from Graigoch. The report from the Nanteos Mines states that the five weeks' sampling amounts to 52 tons of lead ore-36 tons from Bwlchgwin, and 16 tons from Gwaithgoch. At the Goginan Mines SO tons of silver lead were sampled on the 10th inst. The 120 fathom level west is improved, and now yields 2 tons of ore per fathom. At the Bog Mine, Cardiganshire, the lode which has just been cut in the cross-cut north, in the 46 fm. level, is expected to yield 10 cwts. of lead ore per fm. Several branches remain to be cut. At East Crowndale, the returns for Nov. will, it is es timated, amount to 6 tons of black tin, and the mine generally is improving. Two parcels of black tin from Drakewalls Mine were sold-5. 1 2 - tons at 45/. 12s. 6d., and 3} at 401. sa. per ton. The first sale of tin from the Warleggan Consols Mine produced 47/. and 33/. per ton. A discovery of some magnitude has taken place at Great Sheba Consols; the lode is said to be 9 ft. wide, carrying ore throughout, in the adit level; 70 men are employed in erecting machinery. It is supposed to be the Devon Consols lode. At Old Pulberro Mine (St. Agnes), the 60 fm. level west is much improved; the lode is nearly 4 ft. wide, 2ft. of which is good work. Two tons of good ore were ob tained from a length of 4 ft. The tin dressing is going on tolerably well. At Bat Holes, the lode in the deep adit is worth 71, and the stopes 161. per fathom. A cross-cut has been driven to Woodvein lode, and the accounts received are encouraging. Cook's Kitchen has greatly improved during the last two or three days, especially the north lode, where a great quantity of very rich copper ore has been raised. A dividend of 51. per share has been declared in the Cwmystwyth Mine. The Dolcoath Mine accounts show-By copper ore sold, 6091. 53. Id.; tin, 2,4031. 18s. Id.; arsenic, 1371 19s. 7d.; sundry receipts, 1971. 15s. 6d.--_-3,345/. 18s. 2d. Mine cost for September and October, 2,3091. 3s. 4d.; land and water rents. 1681. 183. 6d.; merchants' bills, 7 I ls. Bd.; dues, 651. I Is. Bd.-leaving profit of 291. 12s. Bd.; the liabilities of the mine, which, at the end of August last, were 2,7341. Is. 9d., being thereby reduced to 2,704/. 9s. Id. At the Lamherooe Wheal Maria meeting the recent discovery on the B lode formed a subject of prominent interest, and the details given by Mr. Murray, which will be found in another column, afforded much satis faction. That gentleman stated that he had never in his experience seen a more promising copper lode, and he anticipated the most important results from its workings. The hinds in hand, it is supposed, would defray the ex penses of the past month. The shares forfeited to the mine are 306 out of 2,048, and it was resolved that the mine shall in future consist of 1,742 shares. The East Tywarnhale accounts show-Balance, July 31, 63/. 15s. 4d.; mine costs, Aug., Sept., and Oct., 3051 . 6s. 6d.; merchants' bills, 1471 Os. 11d.=--5161. 2s. 9d.-By call of 2/. per share, 5121.-leaves balance in favour, 41. 2s. 9d. A call of 3/. per share was made. The East Wheal George Mine account showed-Total expenditure to the end of Nov., 2,365/. 15s. id.-Re ceipts from three calls, 2,048/.; ores sold, 216/. Is. 3d.; leaving balance against the adventures, 101/. 14s. sd. The reports from Capts. S. Lern and Pomroy were fa vourable, and it was believed that no further call would be required. At the Tavy Consols meeting the accounts showed- Balance at lasi meeting, 3471. 7s. 3d.; mine cost for Sep tember, 2221. I Gs. B d.; October, 2311. 2s. 3d.; dues, 501. 4s. 11d.; merchants' bills, &c., 251. 15s. 103.=57 71. 6 3 . I ld.—By calls, 3455. I0s.; sales of ore, 510/. ss. 11d.— showing balance against mine, 231. 1 Is.; add estimated liab lines, 4201.=4431. I Is.; ores due and now for sale, 2701.—leaves mine in debt, 1731. lie. It is expected that as the cost will henceforth be touch less than here tofore, and that all possible reductions have been made in the expense!, a monthly profit will be shown in future, the ground in the shaft through which they are sinking giving hopes of a considerable improvement in the lode at the next level. At the 'Wheal Sarah meeting it was determined that the working of the mine be resumed on the plan recom mended by Mr. Murray in his report. A balance of 2331. 14s. 4d. remaining in the sands of Mr. Wiseman was directed to be applied to the payment of the mine debts. Mt. Crofts, the secretary, tendered his resigna tion, on the ground th a t hi s o ther avocations precluded his giving the necessary attention to the affairs of the 001:01)411, At the Wheal Vincent meeting it was resolved that s(?•ft4.- call of 2s. 6d. per share should b.: made, and steps taken to obtain the payment of calls in arrest.. Mr. Murray ~• gave a very favourable account or the capabilities of the mine, and stated that two tons of tin ore could be raised frotn the new shaft per month, with a good profit to the adventurers. At Wheal Trefusis meeting, the accounts presented and passed showed a balance against the adventurers of 1101. 17e. 2d.; the debits, inclusive of the balanoe against the mine at the end of August, merchants' bills, &c., were 6921. 4s. 10d. The sum collected on last call was 504/.; tinstuff sold, 771. 7s. 81-leaving the balance as etated. A call of 10s. per share was made. The report on the mine was of a satisfactory character. At the meeting of the Ithoswydol and liaeldeddon ad venturers the accounts showed-Mine cost for October, 149/. Bs. Bd.; Nov. 152/. 7s. 6d.; balance due on previous account, 475/. 10s. Bd. -7 7 71. Gs. I od.-Ca,h received on last call, 210/. 65.; ores sold, 1261. 15s. lod.-leaving balance, 4404 55.; which will be reduced by proceeds from lead just sold 771. 165., and arrears on calls 1431. 175., to 218/. 12s. A call of 9 s, per share was made. The report from Captain Edward Davies, after detailing the operations in progress at the mine, stated that " the composition of the lode in Pro.i•ser's level has entirely changed during the past two month. The lust cross-cut in the end et the level has intersected the com mencement of a course of orey ground ; the lode is 10 ft. wide, from north to south walls, and is subdivided by two branches or joints, which corm the lode into three divi sions ; the central division is 5 feet wide, composed of cape], quartz, blende, and lead ore, the blende being iu large solid masfes, unit the had from minute strings and spurs up to lumps nearly 3 lbs. weight. Oa the north side of the middle portion of the lode there is a great ' loch,' or vugh, filled with a gossatmy matter, chiefly oxide of iron, each side of this loch having an incrustation of crystallised quartz. Evidently some mighty process is, or has been, going on in this one of nature's laboratories, and it is hoped that it will prove to be the mineralisation of the lode." At the end of October they shipped 6 tons 13 cwt. of lead, per the Sluice, and have now about 5 tons dressed. If the weather continue open, they will dress from 8 to 10 tone this month. The cost for December will be from 1201. to 1301., and which, it is expected, there will be sufficient lead dressed to meet. 1 At the Dyfngwm Mining Company's meeting, on Wednesday, the report of the resident captain, with a supplemental statement, and the accounts, were read. The present account showed receipts and expenditure for the past four months, the agent having neglected to forward the accounts in due time for the pre vious meeting. From those then submitted, it appeared that, during the past tour months, the ores sold amounted to 1181. 4s. 9d.; in addition to which, the amount re ceived for calls was 6634 7s.=- -- 731/. I ls. 9d.; while th e cost for the months ending Nov. amounted to 714/. 3a.. Sd., and sundry payments, 231. I Is. 10d.; in all 7371. 15s. 6d., which, added to e balance due on the former account of 239/. 12s. Id., gave a total of 9771. 7s. 7d., thus leaving a ba'ance of 195/. 15s. 10d., carried forward against the mine. The amount of calls in arrear was stated to be 31/. 165., and the assumed return from sale of ore, not included in the account, 634 At the Trelusback meeting, the accounts for Sept. and Oct. showed—Balance from last account, 1,0571. Os. Bd.; costs and merchants' bills, 539/. 18s. 7d.-1,5961. 19s. 3d. By call in October, 1,0244, leaving balance against the adventurers, 5724 19s. 3d. At Pendarves Consols meeting, the accounts showed a balance against adventurers of 312/. 3.. 7d., on the operations of the preceding three months. The cost up to the end of Sept., including merchants' bills due, was 793/. 16s. 10d.; to which add balance at last account, 7531. 7s. Gd.—By cash on calls and ores sold, 1,235/. 03.9 d.; leaving balance as stated, in liquidation of which a call of 10s. per share was made. The report of Messrs. Richards and Thomas, read at the meeting, con tains no feature of peculiar interest. At the South Tamar Consols two-monthly meeting, the account showed—Mine cost for Septembev, 6361. 7s. Ild. ; October, 6341. 15s. 9d. ; di s count, 5/. 15s. Bd.. =1,2761. 19s. 4d.. By amount received in cash, and bill for ores sold, inclusive of balance of last account, 2,2621. 15s. Bd.; leaving balance in favour of mine, 9851. 16s. 4d. The balance of assets over liabilities is 1,4561. 13s. ld. The estimated payments before the next meeting are 1,4791.35. 3d.; and the value of ores to be sold this month is calculated at 1,3001. The accounts were passed. Two reports, from the ma naging agent, were read, stating that there is a great improvement in the 30 fm. level—the lode in the bottom being worth 20 to 25 cwts. of rich ore for silver. About 90 tons of ore will be supplied shortly. At the East Tamar meeting, the statement of accounts showed—Expenditure for the last two months, 1,175/. 17s. 9d.; by balance of last account, 4831. Bs. Id.; cash on account of call. 666/. 10s.—leaving balance against adventurers, 55/. 19s. Bd. The estimated liabilities, in cluding payments fur the nest two months, amount to 1,467/. 18s. 4d.; while the estimated receipts during that period are 2,984 19s. I Id.; leaving balance of assets over liabilities, 1,5171. Is. 7d. Reports from Mr. J. %Volferstan were read to the meeting, in which a gradual improvement of the lode at the 70 fathom level is no- tired; the other ends, and all the pitches being as pro ductive as before, while there is a prospect of an in ereasd quantity of ore, estimated at 70 tans, for the next sampling. - - The report read at the first West Providence meeting from the purser states that the steam-engine and pump ing machinery are in course of construction. It is ex pected that a quantity of silver•lead ore can be brought to surface when the water has been forked, and the indi cation; generally are highly favourable for the prospect' of the shareholders. ~:} The accounts presented at the Gustavus meeting . showed a loss on the three months' op e rati o ns to end of September of 1,272/. 1.55. 8,1. The labour cost end mer chants' bills wero 1,3801. 15s. 3d.; balance of last ac count, 407/. Os. 5d.- - -=1,7871. 15s. Bd. By cash on call, with materials sold, 5151.: leaving balance as above. It was resolved that a call be made pro rate in liquidation of the amount. In the report of Messrs. Richards and Dunkin the heavy balance against the adventurers is accounted for by the cost incurred in repairs of engine and other necessary expenses, which for the next twelve months will, it is estimated, be comparotively light. In other respects the report is ss,tisfactory. At Trowan Consols meeting, the accounts for July, Aug., and Sept. showed—Ey ores sold (less dues), 3901. 12s. 5d.; call in Aug. 751. Ws. = 4661. 2s. sd. Balance from last account, 84/. 93. 6d.; costs and merchants' bills, 375/. 3s. 7d. = 4591. 13s. Id.; leaving balance, 61. 9s. 4d. At Chyprase Consols meeting, a series of resolution was agreed to relative to the management of the mine, of which Capt. J. Mitchell wu.s appointed agont—a com mittee was also chosen. The report detailed the work ings since the commencement, stating that thss enginr shaft is now down 20 feet, and the sinking is still in progress, measures being in preparation for drahaing the mine. Capt. Mitchell states that "a more pro ductiv ! stratum of ground for mineral wealth he never met wi th," and sanguine expectations of success are enter: when the lodes are cut in the 20 fm. level. A p urser and trustees were likewise appointed. Shares in the following mines have charged Ltrids during the past week:—Bodmin Moor, Calstock Unik‘ed• Warleggan, Devon and Courtenay, Pracsi Cons( \ls, East Wheal Reeth, Wheal Tom, Cambo.'ne Co sole, Trannack United, Mill Pool, West islant-)'• mwyn, Wheal Augusta, Henuock, West Wheal Virgin • East Balleswidden, Cook's Kitchen, Tolcarne, , Alfred Consuls, West Providence, Alfred Consols, . 13 ° 11 ,: ford United, East Gunnis L a k e , E ast T amar Cot, 'L'ols. Kirkcudbrightshire, Wheal Mary Ann, Trefusis, lawny, Tretnayne, Tregardock, Merllyn, South Tarn -oirt West Tolgus, Black Craig, Wheal Prudence, Holmbu I•ht Great Sheba, West Phoenix, Daren, Fortescue, Pet Sr Tavy, and Kingsett and Bedford. In Foreign Shares transactions have not been eaten. • sive. Business has been done in Imperial Brazilian, Cobre, General Mining, and St. John del Rey, generally at some advance on the quotations of last week. United Mexican fluctuated considerably on Friday, prices vary ing from 6i to si, but they subsequently rallied, and could not be obtained under 6. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market was mcse active to-day, and prices have somewhat improved. Great Western Stock closed at 704—Ditto, New 17/. Shares, 4i di,. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 13. STOCK EXCHANGI.—The share market was very firm to day, and prices had an upward tendency. The traulsac lions were as follow:—Caledonian, 10 1 4—Ditto, Clydesdale Junction, 38—Chester and Holyhead, 16/ 4 —East Lancas hire, Preference, Quarters, 7%—Edinburgh, Y. and D. (lat'e E. and N.), 7—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 56 , A — Ditto, Fifths, 7 14 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 14 1 4—London L tnd North-Western, 125 3 / I —Ditto, New Quarters, 4 p.— pit to. Fifths, 5 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), p.—Manchester, Stu. I liad, and Lincolnshire, 26 1 4—Ditto, Preference, 10%- Midland, 45—Ditto, Halves, 19 15-16, dis.—Ditto, Conso.:s B. and. D., '2s Ditto, Erewash Valley, 60 1 4—South-Eastern and Dover, 22—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 15%—Ditto (unpaid up), 3 1 4 dis.—York and North Midland, 23% — Waterford and Limerick, 16 3 4—Paris and Rouen, 24%. MANCHESTER, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Somewhat advanced prices hays been realised to-day, and the market generally has indicated a firmer tone. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was again unusually good to-day, and prices generally advanced. The sales re ported were as follow :—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 61. Cs. 3el. dis.—Ditto (B), dis.—Ditto, Preference. 91. 135. 9d.—Shropshire 'Union, 3 dis.—South Staffordshire, 3 1 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 8 dis.—London and North estern, 126. • 6: , . YORK, DEC. 10. STOCK EXCIIA.NGE. —The transactions to-day were ai follow:—Caledonian, 10%—North British, S—Scottish Can-. tral, 13—York and North Midland, 24%. PENNY BANKs.—These admirable institutions have already taken firm root in the metropolis, and are fast ex tending over the country. We regard them as schools. in which the people are taught the best practical lessons of fore thought and economy. They are the schools of temperance also, for most of what is deposited there is rescued fron the beershop. In Whitechapel, 8,000 depositors have presented themselves in less than nine months; and their united accu mulations amounted in that time to about 2,0001., or an ave rage of ss. to each depositor. A small sum, truly; but, re member, it is only a beginning. The man who has once learnt to practise self-denial, and to economize, will be en• couraged to proceed, by the grateful feeling of satiefact,'on which it invariably yields. lie will go forward, and his strength will grow. Every lean will act in his sphere es a missionary of providence. Habits of forethought will thu a extend through society, and all classes will, in course of time, experience its blessings and benefits.—Eliza Cook's JouniaL. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—At a meeting of the Council of this institution on Thursday the follewin members of the College were admitted Fellows, having an • dergone the necessary examinations on the 3d and sth inst. :4 —Messrs. William Ilutherford Aucram, Valparaiso, South America, diploma dated October 11, 1539; John Orsboru,, Bitterne, near Southampton, January 10, 1840; and JIMMIE; Robert Lane, Grosvenor-place, itay,2B, 1847. Lout h 0311' . 110 0 ° : ' ; Cer pal - Iwo oder , sose► 1 bbeeir; Nor Og f°" ) I P hip' it olt.► 1 Anthr iliii° l4 01 rgb red' to Ilig ' 1 111614 , 08i/ d olee",0 6)' * Pg r ,f tfret. 1 04/ Se gdi :10 4 , 1 ' tow 1 6 1, 1 OP' y '~a