The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-24 00:00:00

: e e l , , Si;j 7 .. Davisoeand an . 1 7.-- ;a t llisfilliivel.t• a Cant and even cle rk] „e, Nattering of the Cann dialect, wnich is consi iltsfead'leeorst of the Ch' language,a disadvantage, diplomatist,oPurpese. He -4f being proposedbeneficialinsoestle is undertaking. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. F or 8. BOMBAY, WEDNESDAY, Oar. 15. 4 4. iket7 o 4 n , t easo, ns given in our number of the . llth, the 11; t hem: lo es wary quiet. We have no alteration to note ravritre r, ef cotton fabrics. We have obtained a report of i 4 2, e ns in cotton to goods, which we subjoin. The t!lerehtial.l continues to maintain itself at a high price, and ktte th e e been about 4,500 bales exported to Great Britain k titi• , - PUbli eatinß of our last overland report. tt n W . e cannot 444' 14 anY declin e • just now. of .."' and 3,ar___ arem prices of raw co th :Jaie apoit2%; vrealising remunerating a rates • prices trittaight hasha e risen slightly. The imports during 00t.,„ been heavy, as will be seen by a reference e nii,)•?..t below; meantime sales have been extensive. i10,:,..._4.:1.40tierni tarraknestaccotitn,ntisi.me.issrlevithout alteration, and with tt,,,, maket has been. subjoin . ourem we a e r k ks k , itle liee of , very quiet during the ~_.., )t OrolA t t ne aPproach of the Dewallee Festival, will and, in te„, - itc.ontinue so. 14a4,,t, I,seaeireal?th. to make 'purchases at the close of their , 'I t 4, re, .noe vest:eok for a corresponding reaction, lac h ave dy business with the Hindoo new kr and of any transactions in cotton fabrics. Prick rrater.twist about 200 bales have been sold at P,,,, 4Elienvio 1,,, ectt o , eo : A op THE BOMBAY MARKET. ett ,Seat,tiv, mimics firm. Prices of Jumbooseer, Broach, eltotatio:v,he quoted at from 89r. to 90r. per candy, and Ve 4 00 4 1 : for good may be depended on. f o i l fro % Vt cotton from Bombay to Great Britain and virg;,....eePternber 27 to October 13 inclusive are the te,, , T° Gre at Ti rt ..., Ille, 4,38 5} ' 44 tri• 1 /,Itto• 21:3 17:666 cwt. To China. "re rantnl 4 , ll ,, e y a ,,,, 1,928 1 1 Half ßales (1 , itto, 167 e, 41 . T h •----We have to note an advance on some 9,107 mds. , 'chews:, quotation for orange is nominal. I,:aff,o4'l, .Large stock on hand at 3ir. to 3ar. per lb. it t The e 0 /,‘• 4 24 r. ei geed descriptions may wii i , o_,e,/, lit i . ler lb. be quoted at q i nttlip, ' of Bengal quoted at 54r. to 6r. per bag, but Rine PertNll°llll.4latelV arrived. pp4rat rpnnlin some demand, and may 4 ' e le i ,' l3 hntc 1 I t , cam, ° e scarce, 65r_,per candy ~.• Tellicherry, be quoted at 9r. Ztehe,o): • uhite, 4r er .13 b mauna. i'd'il at frol:nearl shells-14'0d o t ra aY ly • priors may be lng, an r, to in era e supp 6ed ' Br. to qr. for i ia , ,tkll I d 6 11 .. to 7r ur f . per cwt. for_ g No dem , and. lF a et te t , : sl--- I) :reld i l a nt rri °d :e_ r r,a l t n e, m eri eu o t r. no t in demand. t ` 4,3 ay , be quoted a tts g a at- -Pipii, 34r. to Mr. ita.airateauWenilla scarce, coarse abundant at 3lr. kailarttaL, he;:cr,eoftSieda.ni there is a moderate ply,suand ;4ited`4l ti--Market well su l' : ces are higher than 1 . ttarbled being at 9 1ed r, io p 9 ri ir. per cwt. ; some i t k i er et St r „. e ikofed - '•)lef ° `'n to demand • market overstocked. a t 12 alike, in. et 5 thMekran el rue„,„ rto e t , e market. Some -er eiareet "r• Per candy arrived ; 0Veyi1•95,.. p er supplied to extent of demand. We quote er t tp, 4 ,,_ it si, 74,1 ; for good ammoniac, 28r. to 30r. / p )er lielaiirnmel; t en ., 90 r• per Surat maund; 1 ti ., 1 e1 3 14,r• t o f l i,.nlin, 30r. per Surat maund f:s f r or r first sort ;. yt all. A l`e,th.....Per cwt. 0 loo r , per k..::ene.tOrl; am.„ surger size (first sort), t o 9.r• very little in . piae• t, am _au , or. to 75r. per ditto ; 315,i1u demand t ' 'eet t ame • hoor4 e rlloe,,, rately Supplied, and may 17;;1.lIaloP"la`1 1 , Y 1 .! r td3'. be quoted at ''4l. ilor oTtle and ti• -li t a quantity expected.. ected. 41 't ns ' 7 Per 'el " , and Cow Hides—HidasexP c o , k3 'q t .... 4 ey rt. et te li :fo ti t teteies,:f it i e le first hands . quoted at 4r. per barrel. tt h to .° corks Aar to I c i Tallty . quoted at lir. to 2r. per gross, ac .I_ta,rket well supplied. ta l',l‹,e44l)er d i 4 tto ciernan4 ; quarts' kitull'h '..,°oalttatio, ..-- I, l r. per dozen ; 28r. to i l i r:sto ; l ., l..7l ,, aileci,ish _. ‘ l , e quote current prices of iron brae 5 0r. to Sir. ; British bar, nail round, e`o le r. ' 41 .1eet; c1114 e, 3 21 r. to 33r. ; rod . na ils, I‘ , op at. • 6r. t o 6.1. r. . I R• 4 in'-eorrs,„ , ' hoops, 51r. to 6r. , r; rater'le b4Pricet!may be taken as fellows .—Sheath - P eru 5,6 2 2 ; 60r. to Ol cwt.• ditto old 50r. to S Pelt %e t it ; i n . ot r. per , sediver g . s, 53r. S t 4 NH; ]arg„ plat ssr. to 50r. , size, 151 r, ; Sh •''el a ' 4l b. pi a : s, lor. ; for medium I,,tat 44 be qe,),t'_e,s stir.l to 161 tr. P,141e4...,aban0 Oir. to 11r. per keg of 1 cwt. ki t e fi q 'ilay bes'Eult, 1 01 r. to 104 r. per cwt. w!att 2 - "W e do glinted at 10Ir. ct. to ° lto I . t ' to le t Itot hear of any tansytions, and quote 15e e adep per cwt - r 4u . l'er c resent . k r Ail, s'i't, quotations may be received at 14r. ),t4t 4 , ''Or ti . I s tferi a NA - business has been done at 95r. to 100 r. 15e, Pla t are -au sheet, In d. Prk 'M b Z t ea,'lnand• We have beard of 17r. per box eiebeseders - .ere ( ' and ref use d ; 20r. per box are (lo b s'N v v .t Bec4re'44l.4d, unless we have fresh arrivals, that ,pit, Laiire, "(tile -", Merge stook pound. itap t i) Gr to • ,,et tn „,, on hand at Ba. Rhityiy 41.4;,:4r..peurueraly supplied. per Good English to 3r. for good ; de tie ni e r. t e o , gin, 2 puon ; French brandy in wood, a A 1 4 , - , 0 .1. 2r. p er ier• per gallon tte pi. qiitt do: gall On. Teal,little 0 % t 'l' flg, market supplied to the extent of no- Ileti,dltt':,,443 stirdileL6thhing doing, and quotations quite,_7r. ; k al t , l4 op:. Oe te ,, P's at 60r. each ; Saunders':, 3 el. brand beingl ) ewers no quotation. W_ s' e r have lar wt 0 • offered so low as at 2ar. p P r t e lt .at g lt iree.4, tu'ritelits,i4o(l, rice quite nominal. 1,450 r. to 1,500 r. lai h d t. C°4l hint , is little t 'et, p e r ton , and f •tonnage available, minal at t f or re 'ght may be considered no l A k either to Great the f candy for the 1 (a -ge._ e ° niter, and 15r. per all, - - ue . Lon don at six. months, Is. 10%d. to , Op, `o e t ' kark 4°IslEY MARKET. l itli 4 4 tl i, ct,Was stew CALCUTTA, Oar. 7 q o jk, Nen b us dY and money in greater abund oo _ tt,° l le l . tit 4 111 l'ltt i , liess closed for the Doorgah F jah 7, 1`" as fr, untie si 1, upward ' 4 h... ll.ci t'ar P lv- ` be - 'a . re risen, and show an . t ele!, ei tri R v a t , tt, t o : n een by our quotations, especially the .i, 411tuliithaetihieateeeded, and sellers are not disposed irlp q " ° °lr le;2 t ° at ten months' date. fTt, bay te t i, c0v,,,,, , ve no alteration to notice. N eu e•i Five e seer .e'et'tlilexT SECURMES. , ti ''N ef, ; ti ai l A ci er eeliive per Cent....Prem. 2 5 1 0 8 , a , 2 6 2 0 0 NL,Porileilraliiirt'oB°.4,.,e°l3rdtritegetnot..n..u..m..l7e; ',,' 212 6 8 1.1 kb 11 ' P '''''''' ''' '' • '''''''' ...DiLt. 2 8 ~ 2 12 I: ai pl t • dit to ** ***** 112„ 2 0 ,4, znlicii, „._ . ............... ~ kkla e B4 ek ........ .„ Z A 7 I K SHARES. n. l! ~,2. 1 1k ' • ... ' ° a Ra. (4,000) Prem. 2,750 a 2,800 , - ri tt - 'et ti .... , ... . ~ (1,000) >, 225 ~ -' 3 u ,liil 112 r i lz . : .. .. .. .. ' ' ~ (50 0 ) ~ 27 5 . ~ 280 900 Pet ii i, q.,,,i, .... (500) ~ 190 ~ ~,,, 414411111 d °: ......... ''', O „ 200 „ .-syu i ' vill t he 1 1 3 ;1 1 1 1 , 1 0 4 4 11 gust, at the rate of 10-14-9 A sl., ------..4....._e gal Shares. ettt AN oN. a:BINA-77-- t Ptm 'llTh ItA'RKETS, AUG. 26, 1845. 'll 4 l 20 t ,,,e We s 4. Bombay th: 1 1 1 4 1, t tm ,,, uo b ai 0, iaombay during the month, are come kli P ' t pt i evio a 4a les ( :, B ' it . The market has been considerably l'' 0 %. 6 S ' l q4°t at s-quen tlY made at a much lower !ate, ~l i4„ , e1,. tin ß al °ll3, The highest sale we hear of, is at 'tp ' l lCli at 8 e -4) nt the average. We hear of a small I) ,„ ll l ol :. 4„. „, fli w e attt hed e ,ae lie d tt, go b oenia dilv command but of very middling quality. ,i:ti,q% , i t k ~.,„ ay., be n Banda wo . uld . rea_ . 4 2es4 th u . cot ton iii, o sales of Tinnivelly. ' 'e oe , I g : l . at th e ,18 computed at 90,000 bales, about ,i. , , t 4 tll a 'air sc a l e airie time last vear. The cleara Nue„%toe Yarn ev chancee and as the imports will not be large 1 elg,, to hope for improvement. li- 4 ' Ayer 4:4'0 numbers 1 demand, and price ttl, togattit:t,ths rnhers still saleable less l'are_/)kksh ' IRlatrtellnPreeedentely dull. The dealers have .. 1 ' 1 11 ) ; . 1 11 ,, lei()thitlfis• C.'oreoeseeni•-,t to be amore large " ti tt4,_if eh krey a ulatt Whites are more saleable in either quantity e • m in . 'ktil th e a lobs, l on a they were, but 72 reeds of tt Wre,an glealets • Pair quality of greys are being kart:l3.so '°ods Domes 2 d ols e but cannot be sold. LC w ill e-erita.7:7,,oniestics', 40 vds. by 40 in., very dull tiel:oe,...teds„coleh,„,,,an4lltt,iwi..lls, 30 ydie by . t'i in., being very !1,1 nh 'l4 f -1,018.75 cents. , I;,'''l S dolatis, So alien about 20 cents ; pnrple and scarle t ai e ." , ; brown, os 40 ce eents; tnazarine blue, 8 dols. 70 cents; Wiel r eie' l ltt, 1 ,, 7 dole. greet, 7 dols. 75 cents' light blue, ~tera,,'te 5t,? 18 .. ; aSh and vll 6 dols. and 6 dols. Obiktt',lAe* j, k 01( 1 1 : by no i n - ea e ns ow e ' xcessive, and here lai a 'th Plet at . rs amongst the Chinese, present rates e ad, tepe,.....altied 144410t-thol, to2,,avebeen dull, and late quotations barely 04,114 -- 9 a i te ..._.) cents long the full quotation. eeufailiq,:!Ear,Osale.able ; the best assortment of colours ard til opeer m :b as, will not command 20 dole. - t boy eo w Tiler, is ' L as. 10 cents ; bar and bolt, 2 dols. 6o lateNe t;era eratill good deal in the hands of foreigners, 041 43 ' 4 n o ' :give much above those quotations if i ts to t 8 th04,. 11 t,,,tY ; but as the foreigners will hold for , t.,: r 4. ( ,!DeA ' o f' ',4 l'-ngland, and as there will be no fresh le o*l-.lPected ‘ ° t aorta time, an advance may confi.- . -f iP et uti ' e a htlid r it h st ; i ; tl t ile ekt petty good, 5 dole, to 5 dols. 25 cents long ii,,,:,:,:il,,,b,,,,',,.°„:.k„„orfehsa,Laditsfoarndr Berea issmall, and part of may be kiel4ll'4illeiteltid S traits 18 d e ols ep The , demand from the it ock lit4 Y : ktve h N tios e citiote-depairLgood demand for some time past, laktttZtlehen b et °l4 * 5 0 cents long, with a reduced got for 4 . te r d e _ ~ li e , ~ ii!t_l . e h,en._ land -10 dole. 50 cents obtainable. ~ke)`7l, kiTiJarti,,,le very scarce -4 dols. long may easily !ttle,itptletda 1.77,1147e",_,1Na,nd 3 dols. 50 cents for Straits. ;,,m ',,lutla and te, other" e been two importations, one of olia,.a.le d e Zut 5 ~,;i(i.T 4.000. The first sold readily . at ,151..(ktIttit. t; and the sate the .second has rather fright -00425 'mll,, ame price ca.finot be got for it at 8 . '414 t ° dro o . i (10,v yes er n ,...„ p Arracan can hardly be sold at 1 % ierior ealera, _mita or Belli at 1 doL 50 cents. etliatehtluernitreoleem'Tele wanted ; the stock of both good ab 4 tt ert lea a t 78 °. a b agatelle ,• good may be sold in j.tre ~,5 t 11 4 erits t han ° (I ° lB ., and infer' r ma be moved oe, , k er ajt tl ei fi le 'wee?, eneourawga.nis ever the cas i e o before y ; Bengal r u g ktia,_°,thra t, but this • A good business has be - , done ;Te lt _e le tk _ ro % ti:t wea known to be in ey ecution of rkt r lo triaritet' ell-illtry, which had ber me time N 'reti t as 635 d01e,,. Thess were mostly for ~n some which !leansa li t to 675 but but „.tit tt ti i on del, , b allied to 650'.(t015. and 655 dols.; i'Pli e I nept 'ller teact IA rallied to tett dols. ; Old Patna 1.6 the atap, --, and m a y b, e , much farther, but for the large h e ,"R te,"‘ up th r eceded quoted 715 dols.; the Il e "' v eep - 'tom e c oast. er b - ~_ agm , JIN A i 3 j inn ,. _ e and sent to that quarter Pr 'via l d "ts arri.,.3le, RUA the markets there must a l kt at l l t tO a Iv y 111P,5 hourly be expected from OptQe„l.4urit,_°;lB Rill ;ill! amount, laid in at rates which i nati ~.41.4, ematris literate, a fall may be antici ri Na l ci a l : hecor ue ` ui 2O do's. t01.,..481,), •very, scarce, and good will readily a e rtl eer,,ee 5 „., ,, eo sehjeTrEly `,' of cottl,o'3ltTs• ki t/11 144 i, ti, shall, only l- fi u ring the past week were Ply /t loojt,,altet ille,eB wires ve ° F r, sue chops being reported ruling from the e t ,; to e ,:k tor, the epa,4l'nling to thos e ~ 4 . 1...„ ,_ but ke ehin : ; ornewnat lower Pricy re ‘,'tteetP opo r iii n s seas on f ro t in Naew the much redue d's a p 'e ee„4 ite y ~,n_nt. irterenT.,ll.e Sin. tche-kye diairicet, wiuth u4:eltipeac‘, tel •aaterfai red,,e7, rrorn the Moning am Rehm:, tit4oanaoef.9no '''.40,70,,,,ut.,1e5e0 cl'oLpiesuotpprorensienngt fat" „Ot not to (I,:°. th o , 1 , , but 01 `,,. r? settled. Of *, 'aye a rrived, and ee titl4,e,Abou,ll,, ev e er Si x ° cows 40 chops or so ' 1 2 ehop a n 1 a I, . 1 , 4t are settled. a 4 hoes been taken at 40 It 11l Vm. THE SUN, LONDON, :dONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2+; 1845 Flowery Pekoe—About 800 Oiests have been sold during the - week, making the sales of the new crop amount to 2,000 chests, at 40 taels for fair Pekoe with Flowery,.to-94 taels for fine very flowery. _ _ _ . Caper—The stock now on hand of plain is about 20,000 ten catty boxes, for which 17 to 20 taels is wanted, and 2,009 half chests at 16 to 18 taels. These prices being too high for the present state of the market in England, the sales are very trifling. Scented kinds are in demand, and some 15,000 ten catty boxes of the new crop have been sold at 35 to 40 taels. _ _ Orange Pekoes—Very little doing in plain; in the scented kinds, which are this year rather above the average quality, some activity prevails, and 4,000 to 5,000 half chests have been bought at 53 to 60 taels. For one very fine parcel 64 taels is wanted. These prices show an advance of 7 taels on last year's rates. _ _ Ning Yong—Sales just now are small, and for the English market only, but the total quantity settled for amounts to 14,000 half chests, and 10,000 ten catty boxes, at prices ranging from 23 to 44 taels, being last year's rates. Old Congou and Souchong.—ln these kinds, purchases of small extent continue to be made, at 13 taels for good ordi nary, to 17 to 70 for but middling, blackish leaf. About 16,000 chests of Congou, and about 2,000 chests Souchong, remain on hand. Greens—New teas of the inferior kinds, Taiping, are daily expected, but the superior sorts will not arrive for six weeks. The crops are said to be of good average quality and quan tity—prices equal to last year's are talked of. Canton sorts remain at previous quotations—the transactions in them for the English market supporting prices. Silk—Nothing doing; the supply of Canton hardly enough for the native wants. No. 3,290 dots. No one seems dis posed to open the market for the Nankeen arrived down, the prices demanded being so much higher than those ruling in the north. Cassia—Want of tonnage prevents transactions. We hear of a purchase of 1,500 picnic for the American market. No drug ship loading for England at present. Camphor—Some has been sent rid Singapore. Sugar—We hear of nothing doing. Quicksilver-128 dole. per picul ; no demand. Vermillion-61 dols. 50 cents. per box ; ditto. Freights—Several ships have been taken up for London at 4/. 10s. There is a demand for ships to proceed to Shang hae and load ; 5L ss. would be given, besides some freight up. Exchanges—On London, six months' sight, 4s. 9d. Ac cepted Company's bills have receded from 227 to 225, and are wanted. Mexican dollars scarce at 3 per cent. Sycee for duty 6 per cent. ' • SHANGHAE, AUG. E. Tea—Business in teas and silks continues brisk. The great run has been upon Moigiug teas, and likewise Hobow kinds. Pekoes of fair quality are in the market, and some true Nan keen green teas I have also appeared. Prices are very high, the teamen being very extravagant in their demands. Gunpowder, 60 taels. Hysone, 80 tack. Silk—Operations in silk have been extensive; fine Tsatlee is worth 440 dohs., and best Taysaan 360 dols. Opium—The drug market has given way from 10 dols. to 15 dole., the rates at Woostmg were, for Patna 805 dols. and for Malwa 825 dole. Saltpetre—Dull of sale. Shirtings—Of 70 reed. 3 doll. 20 cents. .... ... ... . ..... American Drills-2 doll. 90 cents Woollens are in fair request; an importation of fine broad cloth, say 70 pieces of Maurine blue, 20 pieces of black, and 10 pieces of light 'Glue, would bring 3 doll. Camlets (Englislo are taken at 24 doll. A good assort ment would command that price.—China Mail, Aug. 28. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.--Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked for some time in the pleasure grounds within the Castle precincts. On the return of her Majesty and her Royal Consort their Royal High nesses Princes Albert and Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, Lord Portman, Lord Charles Wellesley, Colonels Bowles and Wylde, left the Castle on a shooting excursion. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for their early pony and walking exercise yesterday forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses were taken a carriage airing in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and the royal party at the Castle yesterday afternoon. The Earl Delawarr took his departure from the Castle yesterday. The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, La Marquise d'Harcourt, and Mr. Wm. Harcourt. The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. . Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended and performed the remainder of the evening in the Castle. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their early exercise in the pleasure-grounds in the vicinity of the Castle. The Royal Family were all taken their accustomed airings this morning The Queen, Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, with the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rey. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cohourg attended Divine service to day in the Th.man Catholic Chapel, at Clewer. Madame Ange!et was in waiting en the Princess. The Duchess of Kent attended Divine service this morning in the parish church. Her Royal Highness afterwards visited her Majesty and ler illustrious visitors. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Baron Knes( beck was in waiting on his Royal High ness. _ _ The Duke of Cambridge went on a shooting excur sion to Coombe wood on Saturday. His Royal High ness honoured the Duke of Somerset with his company at dinner, at his residence, Wimbledon Park. Sir John reify had an interview wits► the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir John also visited Sir Robert Peel. His Excellency Baron 3Dedel had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen last Friday, at the Foreign office. The Bishop of Loudon and Lord Ashley had an inter view with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Dispatches from the Cape of Good Hope were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Lady Peel arrived in town on Saturday afternoon from Drayton ManOr, Staffordshire. The accounts of the health of the Viscountess Vil liers, received in town on Saturday, were favourable. • The Duke of Wellington, the I)uke of Rutland, and -Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon. At the daily service, the prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and the les sons by the Rev. Dr. Vivian. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was, "I will sing of thy power" (Green). Mr. Turle presided at the organ. Lord Sheffiild, Ernest Bruce; and G. Paulet, were among the nobility present. RAILWAYS. If any one looked for illumination as to the course of railway legislation in the next session from Sir Robert Peel's Tfsmworth speech, he must have been \wildly disappointed. It .will not do to leave railway legislation next session as it has been left hitherto—to jobbery. Last year the Railway Bins looked formidable, and the force of circumstances extorted improvements in the constitution of Conlmittees, for which Mr. Ewart and other Members had long laboured thanklessly and in vain. Much was done last session in the way of improvement, but much less than might have been done, and should have been done, and must be done, to meet the infinitely more formidable array of Railway Bills now waiting for Parliament. The heads of the Govern ment—the leaders of parties—kept aloof from the railway questions: it was left to Lord Granville Somer set and the business Members of the House of Corn.. mons, or rather, we should say, to Lord Granville Somerset, who could always fall back on the strength of the Government it he could not get his way otherwise. But a greater head than Lord Granville Somerset's will be wanted next session. If Sir Robert Peel tries to shirk railway questions next session, we trust he will have them forced upon him. The time is come when it will no longer suffice to have particular schemes separately adjudicated upon by Select Committees, however well constituted. The ques tion of existing and proposed railway accommodation must be looked at as a whole ; and Parliament must do its best to bring all the lights'of statistics and political economy to bear upon the practical problems—what is the maximum of additional railway works which Parlia ment can now safely authorise, and in what parts of the United Kingdom is additional railway accommodation most needed ?' Will Government propose a Committee to investigate these questions ? We had hoped for some sign from Sir Robert that he had been looking et the railway question as a statesman—we had hoped for some guidance from the Prime Minister for our expectations of the next session. Ile had an opportunity the other day, at Tamworth, but the oracle was mute, and never was sublime mediocrity more full of platitude than, when spade in hand, in the mighty presence of King Hudson, he addressed the Trent Valley Directors and his own loving subjects of Tamworth : " I have always attempted to reconcile the perform ance of tho3e public duties which official station imposes on me with the duties which I own to my constituents, and to' the inhabitants of this borough." This is the key to the past course of the Cabinet as to rail way questions. They generally leave them alone. During the time given by the House of Com:awns to Railway I3ills they, stay in Downing-street. But does a Bill come on which interests a Cabinet Mi nister's constituency, he is there to ♦ote for it. Had the Trent Valley Bill had to fight its way through the House of Commons (it may or may not have done so)—had it required to have standing orders dispensed with or vioated in its favour,—Sir Robert would have "reconciled his public duties with the duties which he owes to his constitutents and his borough" by being in his place to vote for the Bill. Mr. Goulburn did about as bare-faced a piece of jobbing in this way, for a saint, as can be ima gined, last session. The Cambridge and Lincoln Bill was thrown over in Committee for a great engineering mistake: no one dreamt of its trying to rise again. But lo! the Member for the town of Cambridge is a Govern ment underling ; Mr. Manners Sutton, the Member for the University of Cambridge, is a Cabinet Minister— Chancellor of the Exchequer. The influence of the two might command the aid of the Treasury itself for a motion to reverse all the usual proceedings of the House in favour of this Bill.• Mr. Goulburn left the finances of the country to take care of themselves an hour sooner than usual, that day, to go and vote, ay, speak for this motion. This is what Sir Robert calls, " reconciling official duties with those duties which he owes to his constituents and his borough." It was greatly to the %redit of Lord Gran ville Somerset's honesty that he opposed and defeated this attempted Goulburn job. Improved as the constitution of Railway - Committees was in the last session—further improved as it may still he in the next session—it is, as we have already said, idle to suppose that a mere repetition in the next session of the old course of sending Bills, or sets of Bills, after they have managed to cross the pons asinomus of standing orders, to separate Committees will be satisfactory. Of the innumerable railways now asking to be constructed, there must be a selection, aed a selection made on prin ciples. A railway Bill of comparatively small utility-- where the small prospect of traffic has prevented rival projects, and where landowners' opposition has been staved off—will pass unopposed, while interested opposi tion may defeat another scheme of unrivalled public ad vantage on some formal or technical ground. There must be some mode of comparing the merits of railway schemes—some scale of utility must be formed. A Committee appointed to consider the whole • question may do this—separate Committees never can. We may forgive something to the gout, and to the Premier's late mortifying defeat in the Cabinet ; but still, when a god is brought down from the skies to turn up the first sod for a railway, one cannot help re quiring something more edifying from his divinity, than a discovery that inns languish, when railroads carry passengers beyond them, or that railway directors, to show themselves better than gamblers, must endea vour to " combine the greatest degree of velocity in travelling with the greatest degree of safety to the tra vellers." Why, even King Hudson at his side could have said something newer than this. The office of Comptroller of the Customs at Dover having become vacant by the retirement of Mr. Kelsey, the situation has been filled by the promotion, at a reduced salary, of Mr. Peake, the first clerk at that port ; and, as Dover has been reduced from the second to the thir4,class of ports, advantage has been taken of this opportunity to regu late the salaries of the subordinate officers accordingly; the result of which is,' that no promotion takes place among the other clerks, and the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Peake's elevation to the comptrollership willnot be filled up. By this arrangement a saving to the public of 330/. a year has been effected. —Observer. MR. WAGIIORN AND THE INDIAN MAIL.—The Pr csse has an article by M. Alexis de Valon, upon the at tempt of Mr. Waghorn to establish the passage of the Indian mail yid Trieste, in which it points out the importance of preserving the transit through France, and at the same time that it blames the Government for apathy in not establishing a direct service from Marseilles to 'Alexandria, it vents its spleen egainst Mr. ll' aghorn. "Let him," it says, "make his experiments, and let England afford him every possible assistance, it will turn to the. advantage of France, for should a new service be established by way of Trieste, what will be the result? We will annul th e conven ti on made by M. de 'ltiontebello in 1840 respecting the passage of the English post. Once free, we will establish an opposition to the ser vice of Trieste, which it could not pssibly compete with, since our transit would he half as quick again. The English line of steamers from Marseilles to Alexandria will more over by this act be suppressed, and our steamers will resume their former monopoly. " This reflection is very simple," remarks M. de Talon, " and I am astonished that it has not hitherto been made." As a means of competing with the EnAlish steamers between Marseilles and Alexandria, the writer recommends Government to alter the days of departure from Marseilles from the 4th to the 12th of each month. " The steamers," he says, " instead of starting seven days before the English boats,ought to start 24 hours later, carrying sufficient coal to make the passage without touching at Malta, so that our vessels, which are faster than the English upon that line, would arrive in Egypt at the same time, notwithstanding that they start one day later. Thus they would be enabled to bring letters, news of the Bourse, telegraphic dispatches, &c., of a more recent date than the English boats. Our Government has made an equally clever choice of the day of aepartdre from Alexandria, which is the 20th of each month ; this selection no doubt has been made lest they might chance to be troubled with any dispatches or passengers from India, for the Bombay mail arrives at Alexandria on the 22d, just two days after the departure of the French steamer." DISTRESSING ACCIDENT ON LONDON-BRIDGE.- - . Saturday, about noon, the following distressing accident oc curred on the centre of London-bridge to a young man named William Ford, whose friende reside at No. 10, Trafal gar-road, Greenwich. It appears that he was an omnibus conductor, in the service of Mr. Nelson, of Greenwich, The vehicle left the Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-street, with several passengers inside, and when they reached the place above-named, the foot-board on which he was standing gave way, and his left leg became entangled in the ironwork of the back part of the carriage, which caused him to be dragged several feet along the roadway. The foot passen gers who witnessed the occurrence, called out to the driver, but before he could stop the horses, his left leg was fractured just. above the ankle, and other parts of his person were very seriously contused. He was carried with all speed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was readily admitted, and attended to by the house-surgeon. Last evening he was going on favourably. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT FRESH WHARF, LONDON BRIDGE.—Saturday morning an accident, attended with se rious consequences, occurred to a man named Richard Dyer, aged 35 years, a native of Brixham, Devon. It appears that the unfortunate man was first mate of the schooner Gratitude, which was moored off the upper side of Fresh Wharf; Lon don-bridge. He was engaged with . several other men in unshipping a cargo of walnuts, and whilst turning a windlass for the purpose of getting the bales out of the hold, the man who had charge of the other handle ran away, leaving Dyer in charge of the machine, but the pressure be came so great that the handle overpowered him, and before he could get out of the way, it struck him on the left temple, inflicting a frightful lacerated wound. The force of the blow knocked him backwards, and before he recovered himself, the handle caught his left leg, which it fractured just below the knee. He was picked up in a n insensible state, and placed in a cab and taken with all speed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was placed under the care of Mr. South, the house , surgeon. He is going on as favourably as possible. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT. BILLINGSGATE MARKET On Saturday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a shocking accident took place in Billingsgate Fish Market to a man named William Leader, aged fifty, a porter. It seems that he was engaged by a gentleman to carry two large pads of fish to an eating- house in the City, and whilst walking along the lower end of the market he fell to the ground underneath the load, which was nearly two hundred weight. He was lifted up and conveyed to a neighbouring surgeon's, but his injuries were of such a nature that it was found necessary to obtain a stretcher from the Tower-street station-house, upon which he was placed, and carried by four City policemen to the accident •ward of St. Thomas s Hospital, where it was_ found that he had sustained two extensive fractures of the right leg. He was instantly attended to by Mr. Jackson, the surgeon, and the poor fellow, who resides in Falcon court, White-street, Borough, lies in a very exhausted con dition. THE SEA SERPENT. — The New York correspon dent of the Cincinnati Gazette makes the following statement concerning the bones recently and now exhibited in this city as those of a sea-serpent :—"I suppose there is little doubt but that it is all a piece of trickery on a most magnificent scale. A shut time since Dr. Wyman, of Boston, Professor of Comparative Anatomy, W&' conversing with Dr. Ly ;1 1 , the geologist, about it, when they both agreed it was a de r eption, but concluded to say nothing about it, till they could examine it, as Dr. Koch's character was above reproach. But here a few days ago, Dr. Wyman, who was on his way to Virginia, stopped to see it. Ile immediately pronounced it a deception. The backbone he said, is composed of the vertebrm of several whales carefully fitted to each other, while the claws are made of certain species of the nautilus. Dr. Wyman is a thorough anatomist, having spent several yearii in the best surgical schools of Europe, and hence de tected the character of the skeleton before him at a glance, — American Paper.- TEXAS. (From the Houston Telegraph, Oct. 15.) Several gentlemen have lately arrived from Corpus Christi, and they represent the health of the United States troops at that post to be excellent. There are over three thousand troops now at or near that post, and scarcely a single soldier is dangerously sick. Great numbers of strangers from all sections of Texas and from the United States are congregating at Corpus Christi. Many of them are dissipated ' • and the grog Shops are crowded to overflowing. A Mexican, sup posed to be a spy, was captured near the camp a short time since. He had formerly held a commission in the Mexican army. He was detained a short time in cus tody ; but as no fears were entertained that his repre sentations could do any harm, he was permitted to return to the Rio Grande. The President has promoted Captain nays to the rank of Major, and Lieutenant Gillespie has been promoted to the rank of Captain. Two companies of Rangers, under Captains Price and M.'Culloch, have lately been organised, and it is probable they will soon be mus tered into service on the frontier. The agents appointed by the Government to conclude a treaty with the Comanches, met those Indians on the 15th ult., at Torrey's trading house. Pahayuca, Mocha chuka, and several others who represented themselves as principal chiefs of the Comanches, were present at the council. This, we believe, was the fifth attempt that has been made by our Government to conclude a formal treaty with this perfidious tribe ; and the Indians ap peared as timid and suspicious as at the first council. Comparatively few of their warriors attended. When they first arrived at the trading house they would not be induced to encamp near the house ; and the Government agents were compelled to go out and encamp with them to gain their confidence. They evidently feared that they were to be punished for the outrages committed near Austin a few months since. The agents, however, succeeded in gaining their confidence so far, that at the close of the council the chiefs came forward and de clared that they were now assured that the white men were the friends of the Comanches, and expressed a de termination on their part to maintain a permanent peace with our settlers. We place little reliance upon their professions. It is not a little singular that about the same period this council was held, a party of Mexican traders from the Rio Grande came into Corpus Christi, and reported that they had met with a body of two hun dred Comanche warriors, who permitted the traders to pass unmolested, and informed them that they were going. to Matamoras, agreeably to the invitation of the Mexican ofiicers,.and that they intended to take part with the Mexicans against the Americans. It will be remem bered that at a former council held with these Indians they expressed dissatisfaction because the agents of our Government gave them so few presents. Prhaps they think by making overtures to the Mexican Government they can obtain a large quantity of presents, more valuable than any that they have yet received from us. There is little probability, however, that they ever can become the faithful allies of the Mexicans, for they have been accustomed from their infancy to look on Mexicans as their natural enemies; and it would be as difficult for them to act in concert, as for wolves and deer to dwell harmoniously together. The military power of this tribe has been long since broken, and it is a matter of but little consequence whether they remain at peace or at war with our Government. We have been not a little amused recently to notice the ex aggerated accounts published in the northern papers respecting the formidable numbers and the prowess of this perfidious and imbecile tribe. Some of those papers represent the Comanches as mustering from 15,000 to 20,000 warriors, and as able to cope, man to man, with the American cavalry. The Comanches, as far back as 1835, could not concentrate at any one point more than 1,300 warriors, and the tribe has been so much reduced by constant war with the Mexicans and Texians within the last five years, that they have not been able to muster more than 400 or 500 warriors in any of their expeditions. Their warriors are generally armed with bows and arrows and lances, and are withal so cowardly, that they are seldom or ever known to attack a force of the Texians, even when they have the advantage of numbers of three to one. Two companies of dragoons could traverse the whole country occupied by the Co manches with impunity. The two tribes, Lipans, and Tonkawas, are preparing to abandon their late encampments of the tributaries of the Gaudalope and San Antonio, and intend removing high up on the Colorado, to occupy a portion of country lately granted to them by the Comanches. Many of the warriors of these tribes have intermarried with the Comanches. The presence of the United States army on the western frontier has caused the price of provisions toi adVance to an unprecedented extent in that section. At the last accounts, corn was selling at Aransas and Corpus Christi at one dollar and fifty cents a bushel—sweet potatoes at the same rate, and very few could be obtained. The army is stationed at such a distance from our dense set tlements, that most of its supplies of provisions will be brought from New Orleans at a cheaper rate than they can be procured from any of the settlements of western Texas. Beef, however, can always be procured in our western counties at a cheaper rate than it can be obtained perhaps in any part of the United States. The commis saries of the army will have little difficulty in procuring an abundant supply of beef in any of our western settle ments at a cent to a cent and a half a pound—and the beef from the Rio Grande can doubtless be obtained at a still lower rate. (From the Houston Star Oct. 16.) On the south bank of the St. Gabriel, in Milam county, about fifteen miles above the confluence of that river, with the Little river, there are many relics of an ancient town or village. No houses are standing ; but the surface of the ground for an extent of several acres, is strown with stones and large rocks, some of which have evidently been hewn for building stones. They are strewn about in such a marine.- as to leave no doubt that they formerly formed the walls of buildings which are now destroyed. A large darn formed by these stones extends nearly across the river, which at this point is about a hundred feet wide. This dam is sixty feet long and five or six feet thick. The river has washed away a portion which formerly connected it with the opposite bank% A small ditch extends from the river above the dam along the edge of the hill which skirts the valley in which the village is situated, and appears to have been used for the purpose of irrigation. Whether these ruins were formerly the habitations of Spaniards or of the aborigines of the country, we have been unable to ascertain. We consider it quite probable that this place was formerly occupied as a missionary or mining station by the Spaniards, shortly after the conquest of Mexico by Cortez. for the action of a sound public opinion, in order that the states may be held to the performance of their duty in sus taining and keeping inviolate their public faith. This was most clearly exhibited in the refusal of European capitalists to negotiate, a loan with the United States Government at a period when capital was abundant and the rates of interest low. The Six per Cent. Stock of the United States went begging throughout Europe unsuccessfully, notwithstanding the knowledge that the Government had fulfilled, to the nicest point of honour, all its public engagements, and that it stood before the world free from the weight of a single dollar's debt. It cannot be denied that this was owing en tirely to the discredit thrown upon the country by the defal cation of the states. Since that period we think we see a better and a sounder state of public feeling manifested on this subject, and have witnessed with a high degree of pleasure the efforts that are now making by some of the defaulting states to restore their long-lost integrity. In Indiana the matter has been lately brought before the citizens, and the report of a public com mittee is before us, iu which sound and upright views are maintained in reference to their state obligations. We re joice at these important movements, and feel encouraged to hope that, ere long, the credit of all the states will be restored, and their public faith redeemed from the reproach to which it has so long been subjected. THEATRICALS IN AMERICA. (From the New York Herald.)_ _ _ There is no diminution in the success of theatricals in the United States. Wherever talent is found in a per former it is appreciated in a very substantial manner. The astounding success of De Meyer and Templeton in this country is a proof of the truth of this. Leopold De Meyer, the lion pianist of the age, having concluded a brilliant career at the Park Theatre is about commencing a series of concerts in this city, at the Ta bernacle. Templeton has exceeded his most sanguine expecta tions of success, and after having delighted the New Yorkers for a fortnight, has gone to Boston, where he gave his first concert on Monday evening to a large and fashionable audience. The Deans, after having fulfilled an engagement in Baltimore, have now commenced their third engagement in Philadelphia, where they are drawing crowded houses. Their next engagement will probably be in this city. Miss Delcy and Rophino Lacy 1111 e returned to this city from Philadelphia, where they gave a series of eight concerts, with pretty good success, considering the people were very much engaged in dections and other affairs of public interest. They gave a concert in Balti more, which was numerously and fashionably attended. They purpose bringing out at the Park, on the 17th inst., the new opera of the Bride of Lannnermoor. This piece has never been performed in this country, and, according to repute on the other side of the water, it is one of considerable interest, abounding with beautiful music. The Seguins and Mr. Frazer have left Boston and gone to Philadelphia. Ole Bull is in Philadelphia. He will return to this city in time to take passage in the Havre packet of the 6th. Ile has given a concert here which was considered his last, but many of his friends and admirers are de termined that he shall give us another before he leaves. Mr. Crisp and the American actress, Mrs. Mowatt, are in Boston. T. D. Rice is playing his round of negro characters in Boston. The Swiss Bell-ringers are on their way to Mexico, EGYPT. ALExANDRIA, Nov. 7.—The Pacha is still at Cairo, where he received, on the 25th ult., the portrait of her Majesty Queen Victoria from the hands of Col. Barnet, the British - Consul- General. His Higuess's reception of the beautiful and costly present was marked by much enthusiasm, and he frequently and warmly expressed to those around him how much and deeply he felt the attention of her Britannic Majesty. The picture was exhibited in the reception room of the palate at the citadel for some days, and afterwards was removed to the harem at Shubra. The Paella entertained Col. Barnett and some British officers and residents on the subsequent day at dinner in the city palace.; By the French steamer from Marseilles, which reached this on the 31st ult. % an officer from the French Government ar rived, bearing the highest decoratien of the Legion of Ho nour to the Paella from the King of France. Mr. Rimlour, a highly respectable member of the British commercial community of this city, died from rapid liver disease on the Ist instant. _ Measures are at length being taken by this Government with a view towards the final adjustment of the transit of mails and passengers through Egypt. The details of the schemes have not so far been allowed to transpire, but it is expected they will soon be published. The Pacha has 'issued an edict forbidding the export of corn from his territory for a period of three months, appre hending the past harvest may barely meet the consumption of the country. Trade is brisk here, especially the import operations, which, until lately, were exceedingly languid. Merchants look for ward to improved consumption, and better prices for both Manchester and Birmingham manufactures. Exchanges rate on England by this packet at 95/ to 96i for good commercial paper at three months date. COWES, ISLE . OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY.— The promoters of Mr. Punch's pretty plaything not having succeeded in obtaining the levels of the Hot-cross-bun, have decided on deferring the undertaking for the present. It may not be generally known how exten sive the work was they had to accomplish : they had actually to obtain levels for a line of rails 15 miles in length ! MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Thursday next is said to be the day fixed for the marriage of Mr. Oglander, son and heir of Sir William Oglander, Bart., of Nunwell, Isle of Wight, to 241iFs Leeds, sister of Sir Joseph Leeds, Bart., and of the lady of Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Montagu. The Ajax, 72, one of the tough ones of Trafalgar and Tou lon, was towed into this harbour on Monday. She is to have her upper deck taken off by the Messrs. White, and con verted into a 50-gun steam-frigate, fitted with a screw-pro peller, and is one of :a new and much improved description of guardships, which are to be jury-rigged and stationed at our principal ports, to be ready to act as occasion may require them. She is to be taken into the Medina dock next spring tide. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to com mand the College of Chymists to assume the title of the Royal College of Chymistry. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has accepted the office of President of that institution, and presented it with a donation of 1013. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BURGES CAMAC. —We have to notice the demise of the above gallant Major- General, a Peninsular officer, who died after a short illness, at Duffryn Park, the seat of Mr. Bruce Pryce, in Glamor ganshire, on Monday last. ANOTHER (RUMOURED) VACANCY AT WINDSOR —WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.—There appears now to be very little doubt that another vacancy in ilia representation of Windsor is on the eve of taking place, by the appointment of Mr. Neville to a commissionership—said to be of the Customs. It is not expected, however, that Mr. Neville will again offer himself to represent the borough in Parliament, but that his future labours will be exclusively devoted to the performance of the duties appertaining to his new appoint ment. It was reported this morning, that under these cir cumstances, the Hon. Mr. Lawley, an officer in the 2d regiment of Life Guards, will offer himself as soon as the vacancy has been declared by the acceptance of a Govern ment appointment by Mr. Neville. This rumour, whatever foundation it may have in fact, has been pretty generally circulated in tI4 town sir.ce the morning. The Ron. M. Tollemache, likewise of the same regiment, has also been spoken of as one of the candidate'', in the event of a vacancy. RAILROAD SURVEYING IN WINDSOR PAEK.-A short time 'since a person, who was engaged in surveying one of the projected lines of railway' (said to be from Great Grimsby to London ), which will (if permitted) intersect some portion of the royal domain at Windsor, was observed by her Majesty in her drive through the Long Walk into the Great Park, industriously pursuing his labours. The fact was in stanced by some three or four red flags, which had been stuck in the ground close to the carriage drive. Her Majesty, who immediately commanded the carriage in which she was riding to stop, sent one of the equerries in attendance to order the surveyor to desist. The royal command, at the time, was of course strictly attended to. The next morning, however, (but little more surveying over the royal property being re quired for the purposes of the projected company) the work was again commenced, and completed within one hour after sunrise. We understand that Mr. John Dickenson, Assistant Comptroller of the Customs, and brother of the gentleman lately deceased, who formerly held the important post of Comptroller-General, has been appointed to that office by the Lords of the Treasury. The salary of the Comptroller is 8001. f:a•year. Several promotions in that particular branch of the establishment will take place in consequence of Mr. Dickenson's promotion. Governor's Island, in Boston harbour, says the Journal, has been purchased by the United States Govern ment, of Henry G. Andrews, of Boston. The commanding position of Fort Winthrop, upon its summit, when repaired and fortified, will, with the other fort, make Boston as safe from foreign attack as any city in the Union. HORRIBLE 'MURDER NEAR KNOWLN.—A murder under circumstances of a peculiarly atrocious character, has been committed upon the person of a respectable old man, named Treater, a farmer, residing in a lone house, situate in the parish of Berkeswell, midw a y between the Coventry and Hampton Railway stet:ions. The old man appears to have been of a most ecerslntrie character, so much so, that he would not allow a;,y person to sleep in the house with him. He breakfaSced last Monday morning with a boy named Satch well, whom he employed about his grounds, and afterwards went with hum into a field, to point out the work he wished to be done in the course of the day; a short time after wards the old man returned to his house, and eves not again seen alive. At ten o'clock the boy obsorved that the shutters of the house were closed. Thin circumstance does not, however, seem to have excites any particular ateention in his mind, it being customary for the old man to do this whenever he left the house. About one o'clock the lad went to the ho we to obtain his dinner, and finding the doors closed, he . mocked loudly several times, but received no answer. lie then went away, but returned in the evening, and fige following morning, the house still remaining shut tip, this circumstance gave rise to suspi cion, and on Wednesday morning the door was broken open, and on searching the house the body of the old man was d;4covered in a closet, covered with blood, and on examin ir4 the corpse an immense cut was observed on the back part of the head. A carpenter's axe and a bill-hook lay near the body, both of those having quantities of blood and hair clotted round the edges. The state of the house made it evident that the main object of the villains was plunder, every drawer and cupboard having been ransacked, and it is generally believed that the old man kept a considerable sum •f money in the house. An inquest was held yesterday (Fri day), but no new facts were elicited. rRB AMAZING CARELESSNESS OF COLLIERS.— It was Professor Faraday, we think, who amused the British Association by stating that when he was in the Has well pit. observing the preparations fur a blast, and holding a candle in his hand, he inquired, " Where is your gunpower?" when a collier answered, "You are sitting upon it, sir." A still grosser act of incaution, and, unhappily, disastrous in its consequencies, may now be recorded. Two pitmen, named Dickenson and Crozer were last week " decanting" some gunpowder, and one of them was smoking his pipe at the time. The powder exploded, the men were blown up by the blast, and they are now totally blind.—Gateshead Observer. DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—On Tues day morning about one o'clock, a gang of about ten or twelve poachers were discovered at their vocation in Sandridge cover, Melksham, by Bell and Punting, Mr. Bruges' keepers, who in trying to take two of them into custody, were set upon by the whole gang and very roughly handled. Two shots were fired at Wells, which fortunately missed their aim, though one of them carried away the skirt of his coat. The poachers lost the barrel of a gun, some bludgeons, &c., in the affray. Eleven men have . been taken into custody by the police on suspicion of being engetoct .this afair, and are awaitiog their examinatiou.—Friltshire Independent. LITERAT URE. POEMS by ELIZA COOK. Third Edition. Illustrated, Several years have elapsed since these poems made their first appearance : during that period. they have made rapid and unceasing progress in public favour— they have spread through the length and breadth of the land, and resounded even in the " far west." Wherever they have been known they have been appreciated and admired, and the cause is simple—their charm is nature; they breathe the language of truth, the spirit of genuine, unaffected feeling. They seek not to impress the under standing or arrest the fancy ;, they speak to the heart, and they do not speak in vain. What wonder, then, that their fame is universal. Science and phi losophy may interest the learned, but the voice of feel ing is understood by all. Only the favoured few are endowed with high intellect, but every human being has a heart. True, somehre shrouded by pride, or chilled by avarice • many are concealed by the empty nothings of the world, but even the coldest and sternest has some common sympathies, some chords that will re-echo to the voice of truth— " One touch of nature makes the whole world kin," And this is the secret of -Liss Cook's success. In her writings wo find no foreign ornaments, no studied phra-es, no strivings after effect—all is genuine, simple, and un affected. The language is beautiful and the style me lodious. The authoress has been extolled by critics, and admired by thousands, but no praise can be so gra tifying as the following incident, which powerfully il lustrates the truth and feeling of her poems : " One of my friends who happened in his travels to con verse with a wretched-looking felon at a penal settlement in Australia, was much struck by the acute suffering the man betrayed when questioned about his home and relatives, ' Let this tell you how I think of them,' said the miserable offender; there, see, I have almost worn it out with read ing over and over again,'—and he polled forth a tattered piece of dirty paper, on which was copied in rude unformed hand, ' Our Native Song.' His eyelids fell, and his lips compressed, as he unfolded the blurrel scrawl, and glanced over the stanzas. He commenced reading them aloud, but when he came to the line, Some lay his mother taught her boy,' his voice broke, and he wept like a child." The most elaborate commendation would be feeble, com pared to this heartfelt acknowledgment, this genuine tribute, well deserved by one who has followed nature in her wild and varying course,— " And caught her beauty from the day—her music from the wind." The following is a copy of the poem, it needs no com ment, the tears of the felon are its highest praise : Our native song! our native song! Oh ! where is he who loves it not? The spell it holds is deep and strong, . - Where'er we go, whate'er our lot. Let other music greet our ear With thrilling fire or dulcet tone; We speak to praise, we pause to hear, But yet—old yet—'tis not our own! The anther, chant, the ballad wild, The notes that we remember long— The theme we sung with lisping tongue—. 'Tis this we love—our native song! The one who bears the felon's brand, With moody brow and darken'd name, Thrust meanly from his father land, To languish out a life of shame; Oh ! let him bear some simple strain— Some lay his mother taught her boy— Hell feel the charm, and dream again Of home, of innocence, and joy ! The sigh will burst, the tear will start, And all of virtue, buried long— The best, the purest in his heart, Is waken'd by his native song. Self-exiled from our place of birth, To climes more fragrant, bright, and gay, The memory of our own fair earth May chance awhile to fade away: But should some minstrel echo fall, Of chords that breathe old England's fame, Our souls will burn, our spirits yearn, True to the land we love and claim. The high ! the logy ! in weal or woe, Be sure there's something coldly wrong About the heart that does not glow To hear its own, its native song. The third edition of this work makes its appearance at a fitting time. It is truly a Ch , utmas present. Its kindly feelings, its earnest generosity, its simple unos tentatious piety, and the spirit of charity and sympathy which pervades the whole, render it a most appropriate book for the coming season—an admirable Christmas present for old or young. It is adorned by numerous highly finished illustrations, including a full-length portrait of the authoress, and the vignette, which con tains five minature scenes , is of peculiar delicacy and softness. THE LATE CASE OF MURDER AND PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS.—The twelve Judges, before whom the im portant question of international law, in this case, was argued on Saturday. the 15th, have not yet been able to come to a de cision, and have intimated their wish that the points should be argued again by civilians from Dactore-commous ; the 3d of December has been fixed * 0* argument by one Learned Doctor on either side in the Court of Exchequer. The respite of the prisoners, which expires to-morrow, has been extended to meet the delay consequent upon this arrangement.— Observer. TUB OXFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We ob serve that the above society has just elected W. Harington, of Brazennose College, their president for the ensuing year. The live new members of the committee, it is remarked, are all among those who signed the address to the proctors for preventing the condemnation of Tract 90. This society is following fast in the steps of the " Cambridge Cattaden."— Church and State Gazette. BIRKENHEAD.—TURN•OUT OF WORKMEN AT THE NEw Docxs.—Con Wednesday last a portion of the labourers employed on the works connected with the new decks struck for an advance of wages. In the morning about 300 of them assembled in Cannon-street, and marched in a body from thence to Chester-street, where they dispersed shortly after wards. During the afternoon some stones were thrown at several of the men who had refused to leave off work, and there was a second meeting in Chester-street, when the police were called out. The men who had assembled were, however, very peaceable, with the exception of one or two of the leaders, who used some violent and threatening language to the police, which led to their being taken into custody. The parties who hay.e struck are termed the day men, and we understand they seek an advance from 2s. Bcl., and in some cases 26. 10d. to 3s. per day. Yesterday numbers of them were loitering abo 'at the streets.—Liverpool Mercury. LIGHTING MINES BY E L ECTRICITY.—M. Delarive has succeeded in obta.'ning a brilliant light for lighting mines by the ga l van i c b attery. His pile is composed of severa l concentric cylinder s of co pp er or platina, separated by n orous cylinders, and fortni 'lg a series of four or five couples. An amalgam of liquid zinc, or what is preferred, an amalgam of potassium, is the positive metal; and a solution of sul phate of copper, for copper 0 "lenders, and chloruret of platina for platina ones. Th e diffi cu i, les in maintaining a constant light has been overcome by ern, eloving small hollow cylinders of coke, similar to those used in .. I lamp. A ring, or disc, of - and arranged like the Wicks of metal is placed above these, and of the same diameter; and the electric current thus passes Bunsen's pile, but smaller, ? D e tween the two. The cur rent must be made to pass from the coke cylinder, that the particles of carbon, which are ca rried off, may fall again by their own weight. The whole is placed in a glass globe, which must be hermetically scale d. There is no occasion to form a vacuum in it, as the small portion of oxygen is so soon absorbed; but; it must bs careful ty excluded from the outer atmosphere. The pile is fitted wi th two metalic wires—one commimicating with the cylinder Of charcoal, and the other with the metallic conductor. CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS AND NEGLECT OF DUTY AGAINST AN ENGINE DRIVER. At Chelmsford petty sessions, on Friday, Andrew Wrzght, an engine driver, in the service of the Eastern Counties Rail way, was charged under the Act 3d and 4th Victoria, with being found drunk and incapable of taking care of his engine on the 15th instant. The investigation, which lasted nearly six hours, excited considerable interest, the Court being crowded with the employes of the railway. Mr. Widdicombe, from the office of Mr. Duncan, the solicitor of the Company, appeared to sup port the charge ; and Mr. B. W. Rawlings, solicitor of Rom ford, for the accused. Mr. Widdicombe briefly stated the case, and said that the present proceeding was taken under a public Act of Parlia ment for the regulation of railways, the 13th section of which gave the magistrate the power of sending a person to prison for any term not exceeding two months, with or without hard labour, should they be satisfied with the guilt of the party charged with a similar offence to that of the accused. They had the power, in addition, to inflict a penalty of any sum not exceeding 101. By the 14th section of the same Act, should the case be one of a flagrant nature, they had the power of sending the prisoner for trial at the quar ter sessions. when, on conviction, the party was liable to be imprisoned for any time not exceeding two years. The Act gave the magistrates summary power. Therefore, should the case be proved against the accused, he should call upon them to act summarily on the present occasion. He begged to state that the Eastern Counties Company had, for the safety of the public, ordered the investigation to be closely pur sued, not with any degree of personality or harshness to wards the accused, but solely to show the public at large that the slightest charge of neglect of duty against any of their servants should be strictly investigated. Evidence was then gone into, no fewer than twelve wit nesses being examined on behalf of the prosecution. From their evidence it appeared, that on Saturday night last the defendant left Colchester as engine-driver of the up cattle train about five minutes past ten, and according to three witnesses who conversed with him, he was quite sober. On arriving at about seven hundred yards from the Witham sta tion, Packer, the guard, observed the red light in the centre of the line (the signal to stop). Instead of doing this, the accused went on one hundred yards beyond the station, al though, according to Packer, there was plenty of time for him to have stopped before reaching the station on seeing the red light. Packer then thought the accused was drunk, which supposition was strengthened when they reached a place called Boreham. At this place there is no station, but two white lights are placed at the spot to denote a crossing. On arriving at this spot the defendant reversed his engine and went back for one hundred yards, but on being spoken to by the guard; again reversed •the -engine and went on to Chelmsford. Here the guard informed the night porter that the accused was drunk, and incapable of taking charge of the engine. Mr. 11PKenzie, the station master, was called up, and being also of opinion that the defendant was in liquor, he was given into custody, and the train was taken on to London by another driver. Mr. Rawlings addressed the bench at some length on-be half of the accused, and called a host of witnesses, all in the employ of the company, who saw the accused at the Chelms ford station, and who swore that ho was not drunk, and was quite capable of taking the train to London. Mr. Scott, the superintendent of the locomotive depart ment, gave the accused a most excellent character for so briety, and said that every one, when they heard of the charge against him, was greatly surprised. After a most minute and patient investigation, the accused was discharged, the chairman remarking that he trusted it would act as a caution to all engine- drivers not to take any thing to drink when in the performance of their duties. IPSWICH INCOME-TAX COMMISSIONERS.—Accounts lave reached us from various parties that the affairs of the :ncome-tax Commissioners in this town, are neither con- ducted with courtesy, good feeling, and, we were about adding, common good faith towards those who seek for justice at their bands. Whether this is occasioned by the Commis sioners themselves, or through their functionary, we are not informed. We are told that surcharges on grounds the most frivolous have been made, and a wide feeling prevails that this cannot be done either through inadvertence or a fairly grounded presumption that such surcharge approaches nearer the income than the return made. At any rate, where an official addition has been made to the presumed taxable income of a person, the Commissioners should at least perform so much of their duty as requires them to hear the appeal of the party, particularly when they have themselves fixed the day of appeal. Wednesday last was a day of appeal, the time of hearing eleven o'clock. Though appealing parties were present, not a Commissioner made his appearance until two o'clock, then only one, and it is said the proceedings dragged their slow length along until half-past three, when an adjournment took place until Thursday, in order, says a correspondent, that " Mr. Gross might go home to dinner." On Thursday, a few Commissioners attended,. it is true, but only, we suppose, after they had been told, that if parties who had attended punctually on the previous day were called by their business and professions many miles on the next, that the Commissioners must take the con sequence. The tax itself is surely odious enough, without being rendered more so by those whose duty it is to render it less disagreeable.—Suffolk Chronicle. THE COLLIERIES.—The principal coal-masters in this county appear to be apprehensive of another strike, and are evidently preparing for the emergency. Immense quan tities of coal are being stored up at the Babworth, the Cinder hill, and other collieries. Nor is such an anticipation un reasonable. The great demand for labour, superadded to the greatly increased demand for coal which the new railways occasion, render a strike probable. The colliers, too, are well organised by their trade unions, and meetings frequently take place. One of these assemblies was held at Ilkeston on Saturday last ; of course the proceedings were private. The men, however, are now in a better state, as respects employ ment and wages, than they were some time back.—Notting ham Review. ALARMING HIGH TIDE AND NARROW ESCAPE. Saturday morning, between one and two o'clock, great excite ment prevailed among the inhabitants of Ewer-street, Gravel lane, and Bankside, which at one time threatened the most serious consequences. The dwellings are chiefly inhabited by poor Irish persons, some of whom sleep in the rooms on the ground floor and cellars. It appears that soon after mid night the inmates were awakened by hearing a rushing of water coming into their apartments from the common sewer at the rear of the premises. Much alarm prevailed, and after considerable difficulty they got out of their beds in their night clothes and wended their way through the water, which was nearly knee-deep. Various things were completely spoiled by the inundation, which they attributed to the heavy rains on Friday. The inhabitants of this part of Southwark the re constantly subject to these fl o odings, which are owing to defective state of the sewers. DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP ABEONA BY FIRE. — The following is an extract from the log-book of the barque Diamond, Pearse, commande r, of this port, which arrived here, Newport, from St. John's, N. 8., on Saturday, 15th instant, after 33 days' passage Monday, Nov. 10th, wind S.E., lat. [5O, 16 R. long., by chronometer, 8 30 W. ; at 1 r.m., saw smoke . on the weather bow,—supposed it was a steamer. On nearing, it proved to be a ship on fire. Passed to leeward of her; tacked, and stood towards her. She was a mass of fire on deck, except a small part forward ; her bowsprit was out, and her masts under the bows. She had a gilt female bust head, and a hoard, with the words New Ross,' in gilt letters, floated alongside. Supposed to be a ship of 500 tons, timber laden. At 3 P.M., hauled our wind, and proceeded." by subsequent accounts, it appears that the ill-fated ship was the Abeona, of New Ross, from Quebec to Waterford. We have heard that her crew were safely landed at Liverpool a few days ago.—Monmouthshire Merlin. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A BUTCHER'S BOY. Saturday an accident of a very painful character occurred to a boy named William Howe, aged fifteen years, in the employ of Mr. Butler, the butcher, carrying on business in High-street, Southwark. The lad, it appears, was directed to reach a joint of mutt on f rom a hi g h h o ok, and while so engaged his foot slipped off the steps, and in his descent his left hand got fastened on th e h oo k. His cries attracted the attention of the shopman, who upon going to his aid, dis covered that the poor fellow was completely suspended, and before he could extricate him, the flesh of the hand gave way, and he fell to the floor. He was removed to the nearest sur geon's residence, but the limb was so dreadfully lacerated that be advised his removal to Guy's Hospital, where he was immediately placed in bed and put under the care of Mr. :Morgan, the house surgeon. He was on Saturday in a very exhausted state from the hemorrhage consequent upon the injuries, which were certainly of a most frightful character. AMERICAN STATE DEBTS. - - (From the New York Courier and Enquirer, of Oct. 22.) The legislatures of the different states being shortly to meet, it is hoped and expected that some earnest and efficient measures will be adopted by that portion of them who have neglected to fulfil their obligations to their creditors, to secure the prompt and regular payment of the interest upon their debts, and also for the gradual extinguishment of the principal as it becomes due. It is now time that the delinquent states should enter upon the discharge of this great duty; for there never was a period more propitious than the present for :euch a purpose, when the whole country is enjoying a high state of prosperity, and all branches of trade are in a flourishing and profitable condi tion. Besides the justice of the measure, it is the obvious in terest of those states to commence some efficient action on the subject; and, could no other appeal be made to tbem, this alone should be sufficient to stimulate them into the adoption of a wise and honest policy in reference to their public obligations. There can be no doubt that the resto ration of their credit, by the adoption of measures calculated to inspire confidence in their good faith, would, in the course of a few years, give a powerful stimulus to their population and resources, and enable them to provide for the payment of their debts without any serious burdens upon the labour and industry of their citizens. The manifest injustice of the present indifference of the defaulting states to the just claims of their creditors needs no comment; and the period has arrived when some earnest and efficient efforts should be made in order to remove the stigma which rests so heavily upon them in the eyes of the world. The question of state faith is one which should rise above all party considerations, and receive the unanimous support of all classes, without reference to their views or opinions upon other political subjects. It is a great moral question in which there cannot be any serious difference of opinion among citizens ; and, however difficult or embarrassing may seem the task, they are bound by every principle of duty and good faith to meet it cheerfully, and with an honest desire to render justice to those whose claims have been so long and seriously neglected. The temporary insolvency of some of the states, in conse quence of the severe financial embarrassments which for a time prostrated the business and resources of the whole country, may be no just awe of reproach. It is the con tinued indisposition of the people of those states to submit to the necessary sacrifices to meet their obligations, which ren ders them obnoxious to the censure of the world. Now that the country has revived from its difficulties, and prosperity has once more given activity and profit to every branch of industry, there can be no justification for their neglect to pro vide for these claims. The rapid growth of the western states, notwithstanding the embarrassments which surround them, cannot but satisfy every candid mind that no very serious obstacles exist against the adoption of a system which shall provide for the gradual and final extinguishment of all their obligations. We allude more particularly in these remarks to the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan—states which are gradually filling up with an industrious, enterprising, and intelligent population, and which will, in a few years, be abundantly able, from the vast increase of their resources, consequent upon this increase of their population, to pay all their obligations without difficulty. The debts of some of the smaller states of Europe are greater than those of either of the three states alluded to above, and yet the confidence in their integrity and good faith has never been brought into question. In 1841, when Indiana ceased paying the interest upon its debt, the population of that state was very nearly 800,000, and that of Illinois was probably something over half a million. Since that period a large increase has taken place, both in their population and resources, and consequently in their ability to pay their indebtedness. It is now nearly four years since the last semi-annual pay ment of the interest, by the state of Illinois, upon its debt. An addition of 24 per cent. has thus been added to the prin cipal, the obligation to pay which is equally binding upon her honour and good faith. The legislature at its next ses sion should authorise the issue of new bonds to meet this sum, and adopt a revenue system which should enable her to provide for all future payments. This cannot be a serious difficulty for her people, and the entire debt of the state could be finally extinguished without serious embarrass ment to her citizens. The people must do something for themselves. It is patiently, and now wait with reasonable hope for some action n g e e i n t o h r e o r s t u y s just or o th h e o i r n e o s r t f d o i r t o t r sh who to d havee pe n d entirely u o upon a the d on the part of the legislature for their relief. Th e se remarks apply wit h equal force to the states of In diana and Michigan, and we trust that the time is not far distant when all the great western states will adopt the wise and honourable course of redeeming their obligations, with out which it will be in vain for them to hope for the sym pathy or respect of the world. The inviolability of state faith is a subject in which every state of the union is deeply interested, for whatever tends to bring dishOnour on the character of a single state Affects more or less the honour and character of the confederacy. It is a subject, therefore, of national importance, and, calls CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES. The South-Western Railway Company are constructing a new set ( f carriages at their extensive locomotive establish ment at Vauxhall, on a new and improved plan, the carry ing out of which will no doubt enhance the comfort and convenience of passengers, as well as tend to increase that se curity in travelling which has to the present time been so effectively maintained by the Company. It appears that, although some have already been in work, they are princi pally set apart for the new - branch lines intended for opening next year. In the first-class carriage, even to the most inexperienced eye, improvement is perceptible to a great extent; safety, convenience, and beauty, appear to have been severally Btu died in drawing out the design. The seats are formed with springs, and the back linings are provided with the same, they being so elastic as to afford the greatest possible comfort, and, in the event of any accident, would no doubt cause a great reduction in the shock that might be consequent on such, and which in the general sys tem of construction might be attended with a serious, if not a fatal result. In addition to the usual door and side-glasses, there is a light frame composed of very fine wire gauze, which is very neatly painted, and which, when it is found necessary to lower the glass for the admission of air, may be raised up, and so answer the twofold purpose of partially admitting air and of avoiding dust. The interior is also provided with two lamps of neat work manship, and is lined with blue cloth, furnished with broad lace of handsome pattern. The body is painted and varnished in the usual style, the doors bearing the Company's arms. The carriage is mounted upon painted wooden wheels, which appear to be of a superior construction, and of which the Company's superintendent is patentee ; they are similar to those on which the royal vehicle on the South-Western line is mounted, and are remarkable for uniformity and neat ness of construction throughout. It may be added that their safety has been tested on several occasions. They also pos sess the advantage of making very little noise, and are wholly void of the disadvantage which characterises to a great ex tent wheels having spokes—that, to use a professional term, of fanning the dust. Turning to the second-class carriage, to which the im provement has been extended, side-lights and doors have been provided similar to those of the first-class ; but it has not the gauze frame. The third-class carriage is of very serviceable make no doubt, but it still maintains a degree of plebeian character. The above alterations in the locomotive department have met with the approbation of the several Govetnment officers, and the names of many eminent persons might be mentioned who have pronounced the new carriages to be superior to those of any other line in England. It may be stated that the South-Western Company, in thus looking to the accommodation and safety of the public, have set an example which it is to be hoped will be followed in other quarters. Perhaps it might be as well to add, that in Ireland im provement has extended still further, the second-class car riages on the Dublin and Kingstown and the Dublin and Drogheda lines, actually possessing second-class accommoda tion equal to the first-class in England. TRANSPORT OF TROOPS BY RAILWAY. _ _ _ Sir Willoughby Gordc;:QUarter:Master-General of her Majesty's Forces, was examined on Wednesday before the Broad and Narrow Gauge Commission, relative to the facili ties of conveying troops by railway, and the obstacle which a break in the gauge would occasion. The following is the substance of his evidence : For the last three years and a half, ending the 30th of June, there were conveyed by railway 212,000 persons, of whom 9,600 were women, and 11,000 children, without a single ac cident being reported—a security previously unknown by any' other mode of conveyance for troops. Has no preference for 01) broad or narrow gauge. Knew nothing of their compara tive merits. Had never any want of accommodation on either. All the railway companies were anxious to meet the views of the Horse Guards. Had as much accommodation as if the railways were under his own direction. By the Chairman—ln case of war, could the railways be available for the defence of the country? Witness—Certainly. The effect of the rapidity of the railway was such, that they could do as much with a small army as could have formerly been done with a large one. The break of a gauge would diminish these advantages. The practical inconvenience would be similar to that of a ferry. Great inconvenience would result from want of cover. I know the stations at Paddington and at Slough, and am enabled to speak of them. The break of a gauge at Slough would cause great inconvenience from the delay that it would occasion. It would be very inconvenient to unpack the baggage and ammunition after they had been once stowed away. The effect to cavalry would be the same. When cavalry were removed, the horses were placed in boxes lightly nailed up, and they came out of them after a journey of 100 miles perfectly fresh. The removal of in fantry, which might be accomplished in nine hours by rail way, would require seventeen marchings to effect the same distance. The expense by railway is less. With regard to cavalry, the horses cost no more than if they were in stable; the only expense is for men. The Dhairman—Do you think the Government should keep a portion of the railway stations for the carriages and boxes for the horses? _ _ _ _ _ _ Witness—ll, the time of war it might be desirable to have a stock of carriages and boxes at the disposal of the Government. In my opinion an uniformity of gauge would be advantageous. It has been suggested that in case of an insurrection, there would be a danger that the railways might be broken up. I do not think that could be easily done. If such a thing was expected, patrols might be stationed on the line ; the military would take care to provide against anything of that kind. The Chairman—What would be the effect of lines of rail. way along the coast in a military point of view? Witness—During the last war, we bad large bodies of troops along the coast in Kent, Sussex, and Devonshire, at a great expense ; but now we could concentrate our forces at one point. When the last war first broke out, we had troops in Essex, Norfolk, Northampton, and so on northward. We had, besides, large bodies of troops in Kent, Sussex, Hamp shire, and Devonshire, which were all separate corps, and could not be moved without great labour and expense. In a similar state of things, it would be much better to concen trate them at a central point in the interior, to be conveyed to the coast as might be required. The Chairman—Then you think this point should be a focus, with radii diverging to the coast. Have you formed any opinion where that point should be fixed? Witness—l have not. That would have to be decided on. There might be more than one point. The Martello Towers, which it was at one time suggested should be sold, might be very useful in repelling the approach of hostile steamers. This closed General Gordon's examination. STATE OF TEA FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Nov. 21.—The sales effected in foreign wools this week have been only very mo derate in extent, but prices remain steady. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Nov. 21.—We have not any alteration to report this week. Sales are limited, and prices rather lower. LEEDS.—There have been very flat markets at both our Cloth-halls during the present week. Little is doing except assorting very sparingly for stock and for direct orders. The manufacturers have been acting with great caution for some time, and there is scarcely half the quantity or goods making as compared with their operations two months ago. The con sequence is that there is no great accumulation of stock, not withstanding the dull markets of the last few weeks. Prices are steady. There have been very few 'Ayers in the town during the week, and in consequence business has been as usual at this season dull in the warehouses. Trade in the neighbourhood of Dewsbury has so fallen off that several mills which wrought full "tele have now begun 1 to work only by daylight.► LEICESTER.—The ordinary dullness at this season pervades the general trade. The stock in the manufacturer's hands is" light. The fancy hosiery and glove demand has fallen off this week. No alteration has taken place in the price of yarns; woolstaplers not being able to purchase at remunera ting prices from the farmers, are firm in holding stock.— Leicester Journal, Friday, • BRADFORD MARKET, TH Th UIISDAY.— C business doing in wool is only trifling, and chiefly in matching sorts, of which the supply in the market is fully equal to the demand. Low hogs and wethers are only in slight request, and may be had a shade cheaper. We regret we cannot learn anything more cheering in yarn. The inclination to curtail is' in no way lessened, but daily additions are made to the number of those who are working short time. The number of unemployed work-people is considerable, and the prospect for the winter is very dreary. The business done in pieces is very similar to last week, without any alteration in price. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENLNG.—In business matters are getting as dull and depressed as they can well be; the sudden re-action is becoming alarming, let the cause be what it may. Shirtings of low qualities arc 10 per cent. lower, and yarns 114 d. to 1 3 / 4 d. per lb. lower than they were when quotations were the highest. Our merchants' stocks may be safely said to have deteriorated 10 per cent. in value within the last two months; which, on stocks of 100,0001. value—and there are many such—is very serious. The market closes heavily, and will no doubt further recede. Yarns are also dull, as well as lower. STATE OF THE LACE AND HOSIERY TRADES—The de pression in the lace trade still continues, though it is ex pected the buyers now in the market will clear off a fair quantity of goods as soon as prices appear settled; a large L portion of the business now doing is much under prime cost price. The hosiery trade is without alteration. The making of silk lace is exciting great attention in this vicinity, and the discovery of brass combs used in the Leavers machines, has enabled manufacturers to produce silk nets clean from the machine.—Notting ham --- d _ GRETNA GREEN.—This celebrate scene of clan destine marriages, situated in Dumfries-shire, near the mouth of the river Esk, nine miles north-west from Carlisle, is th us described by Pennant :—" At a short distance from the bridge is the little village of Gretna, the resort of all amorous couples, whose union the prudence of parents or guardians prohibits. Here the young pair ma y be instantly united by a fisherman, a joiner , or a blacksmith , who marry from two guineas a job to a dram of whisky. But the price is gener ally adjusted by the information of the postilions from Car lisle, who are ill the pay of one or other of the above worthies; but even the drivers, in case of necessity, have been known to undertake the sacerdotal office. This place is distinguished from afar by a small plantation of firs, the Cyprian grove of the place, a sort of landmark for fugitive lovers. As I had a great desire to see the high priest, by stratagem I succeeded. He appeared in the form of a fisherman, a stout fellow in a blue coat, rolling round his solemn chops a quid of tobacco of no common size. One of our party was supposed to come to explore the coast ; we questioned him about the price, which, after eying us attentively, he left to our honour. The Church of Scotland does what it. can to prevent these clandestine matches, but in vain ; for these infamous couplers despise the fulmination of the Kirk, and excom munication is the only penalty it can inflict." The first person that twined the bands of Hymen at famed Gretna, is supposed to have been a man named Scott, who resided at the Rigg, a few miles from the village ' about the year 175 0 . He was accounted a shrewd crafty fellow, and little more is known of him. George Gordon, an old soldier, started up , as his successor, and after him came the notci Joseph Pais ley, who first obtained the name of the " blacicsmitN allu of sive to Vulcan's employ-in.-a as the celestial•priest _ feematri m o n o y f . oneOn hmuonrderethdanguoinneeaoacf.asit n h d e earned o t r h e e iant han i, han d some that B=4 and sa f old Deerhurst, and one or two others, paid --- , . „ h m a a d n many eof beenthe p inferior rnden t fees m lived merrily and yet died igbwtehreayseo large, that the priest, r rich. em a r k ß a u p t o h li e e liked a to hihsissbnoctoessotle too w Aft en f ef o r r t t a e t, d a n ee, e a d t s e o trade, and at present there are, we e two or more rival Joseph Paisley, the field lay more open eve,i in the practitioners at Gretna. The marriage of Lord Wesmoreland w ith the great heir ess of Mr. Child, the banker, is remembered for one circumstance. The fugitive pair being closely,ur sued, and nearly overtaken when within a few miles of "the border," the Earl, to gain a start of ten minutes, drew a pia , tol and shot the leading horse of Mr. Child's carriage.: The eldest daughter of this Gretna wedding, Lady Sophia_ Amu z • _ ' inherited the great fortune of her grandfather, including Child's bank at Temple-bar, and having married Lord Jer sey, became mother of the Lady Adela Ibbetaon.—Patrician." '` ~~. Nom. bet !ro.