The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-21 00:00:00

All parsons begin to find that " money is very scarce." indus trious, The failure first of the small, but prudent and shopkeeper follows, then that of the great and powerful merchant. Panic, confus.on,and ruin now pervade the country, till . the Chancellor of the Er ohequer sits down and writes a letrer authorizing the Bank to increase the circulation of the country by an issue of notes, and the panic is at an end.. The panic is at an end, but years must elapse before the ruined families, the demoralised operatives, the merchant re duced in the scale of society, and the farmer driven from house and home, can be placed in their former position.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now all this has been and will be again the Case. The manufac turers are now well off, but let gold be withdrawn from the Bank, and its issues contracted, and ruin must again overtake them. I do not know that.the effects of a contraction of the currency can be ex.. plained in a more practical and impressive manner than was done by Mr. Cobden, before the Parlia mentary Committee on banks of issue, in 1840. This was his statement I could adduce a fact derived from my own expe rience that would illustrate the heavy losses to which manufacturers were exposed in their operations by those fluctuations (in 1837) in the value of money. "lam a calico printer; I purchase the cloth, which is my raw material, in the market; and have usually in warehouse three or four months' supply of material. I must necessarily proceed in my operations, whatever change there may be—whether a rise or a fall in the market. I employ 600 hands, and those hands must be employed. I have fixed machinery and capital, which mast also be kept going; and therefore, whatever the prospect of a rise or fall iu prices may be, lam con stantly obliged to be purchasing the material, and con tracting for the material on which I operate. In 1837 I lost by my stock In hand 20,0001., as compared with the . stock-taking in 1835, 1836, and 1838; the average of those three years, when compared with 1837, shows that I lost 20,0001. by my business in 1837, and what I wish to add is, that the whole of this loss arose from the de preciation in the value of my stock. " My business was as prosperow; we stood as high as printers as we did previously; our business since that has been good, and there was no other cause for the losses I then sustained, but the depreciation of the value of the articles in warehouse in my hands. What I wish particularly to show is, the defenceless condi tion in which we manufacturers are placed, and bow completely we are at the mercy of these unnatural fluc tuations. Although I was aware that the losses were corning, it was impossible I could do otherwise than proceed onward—with the certainty of suffering a loss on the stock; to stop the work of 600 hands, and to fail to supply our customers would have been altogether ruinous; that is a fact drawn from my own experience. I wish to point to another example of a most striking kind, showing the effect of these fluctuations on mer chants. I hold in my hand a list of 36 articles, which were imported in 1837, by the hones of Butterworth and Brookes, of Manchester, a house very well known; Mr. Brookes, is now Borough-reeve of Manchester. Here is a list of 36 articles imported in the year 1837, in the re gular way of business, and opposite to each article thsr is the rate of loss upon it as itarrived, and as it was sold. The average loss is 37} per cent. on those 36 articles, and they were imported from Canton, Trieste, Bombay, Bahia, Alexandria, Lima, and in fact all the interme diate places almost. This, I presume, is a fair guide, to show the losses which other merchaats incurred on si milar articles." It was probably the having suffered so severely from the effects of a contracted currency that induced Mr. Cobden to make such energetic and persevering efforts for the repeal of the corn-laws, and thus Sir Robert Peel's Bills were the cause of the agitation which was directed against the protective duties en the produce of the agriculturist. But having re garded the general effects of a contraction of the currency, let us, to make it plainer, take a particular case. A B produces in a year 10.000 articles, which he sells at 5, each, his profit on them being, we will say, ls. each, and his whole profit, therefore, 5001. a year. Let the articles be reduced in price one-tenth, that is, let his commodities be sold for 45.. 6d. each, his profit then is reduced to 6d. on each article, and his annual income to 2501. Now, he may be told that the price of other things is reduced, as the farmer is now told, and that therefore he is as well off as he was before. Bat though he now gets for 4501. as many articles of consumption as he before got for 5001., he loses 251/. by the sale of his productions ; and he therefore gains 50/. by the reduction in price and loses 2501. I say nothing about his taxes, rent, and other fixed payments, which probably remain the same, and are to be paid out of dimini-hed profits. Now see how the effect of a reduction of prices acts upon the farmer. I have here a table headed "Corn, Taxation, and Rent," compiled by the writers at Bir mingham, who, under the signature of Gemini, have long scientifically and disinterestedly laboured to dif fuse a knowledge of the question of the currency. By this it appears that the taxes in 1815, the most expensive year of the war, were 72,210,5121., and the average price of wheat being 655. 7d. a quarter, the quantity of corn necessary to pay the taxes was 22,020,994 quar ters, while the taxes in 1849 being 52,951,749/., and the average price of wheat 445. 3d. a quarter, the quantity necessary to pay the taxes would be 23,932,993 quarters, or more than in 1815. And taking the rent of 200 acres of land at 30a. an acre, as estimated in quarters of wheat in the year 1815, it would take, at 655. 7d. a quarter, 91 quarters 4 bushels to pay the rent, while for the same farm in 1849, with wheat at 443. 3d. a quarter, it would require 135 quarters 4 bushels. With these facts before him can any farmer doubt that the money laws affect him as well as the laws about corn ?—(flear, hear.) But, I say, that not only the farmer, 'but, every industrious producer must be injuriously aff,:cted by this low scale of prices. It is quite true that the manufac turing interest at present is comparatively prosperous, for though the profits of the manufacturer are lower, the wages of the skilled workman are not proportion ably reduced, and he gets the advantage of cheap food. It frequently happens that after a period of great depression in the manufacturing districts, the number of skilled workmen being reduced and no new hands havin g l earne d th e t ra d e, t h e supply of skilled labour when trade revives being limited, a high rate of wages is paid. But as the market be comes supplied with fresh labourers, if the profits of the master remain small, it is impossible that wages should continue high. With a contracted cir culating medium there must be a forced cheapness of commodities, and labour toils in vain to overtake this forced cheapness. For let the producer work harder and make twice as many things, still, if the quantity of money be not increased the price must suffer a further decline, and though he works harder he gets no more profit. in this way the producer is forced, by competition between man and his fellow man, to give more of the produce of his industry for the same monied price, and by this forced cheapness the labourer i s groun d d own t o t h e po i nt of starva tion. I hav e rea d w i t h muc h i nterest the excellent articles which have appeared in the Morning Chronicle, under the head o f " L a b our an d the Poor, " of which it may truly be said, that they contain more import ant and authentic information on the condition of the labouring classes of this country than all the Parlia mentary reports upon the subject which have ap peared. In a speech recently made at a meeting by Mr. U. Mayhew, the writer of the letters on the state of the metropolitan districts, after saying that " the mania for cheapness" lay at the root of all the evils of the system , he said th a t " th ere was now a general desire prevalent to possess things at a cheap rate, without regard to the manner in which they might have been come by ;" and, after alluding to the " scenes of misery and horror " at this moment in existence, he declared that he had not yet arrived at the remedy. Now Mr. Cobden, and those who act with him, appear to think that the remedy is to be found by getting the raw material cheap, by satisfying cheap labour by means of cheap bread, and by sup plying the consumer with everything cheap. But the people of this country can, I think, never prosper under this system. F or , h owever c h eap the raw ma• terial may be, and h owever c h eap l a b our may b e, competition will overtake them both. More goods must be supplied f or t h e same money, and the result will be that, without a sufficiency of the circulating medium, the profits of the manufacturer will be kept down to the lowest p oss ibl e po i nt, and the poor ope rative, who has nothing but his labour to sell, will yearly become less able to exchange that labour for a sufficiency of the necessaries of life.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In this dreadful contest between capi tal and labour, which we have seen going on in this country for the last thirty years, the great capitalist, by laying in a large stock of the raw material in a time of panic, at a ruinously low price, may obtain much wealth, but the poor man must suffer most severely. And this is the way i n w hi c h a peacea bl e an d indus trious population are tran s f orme d i n t o Ch ar ti s t s an d Socialists. For, as Mr. Wolverley Attwood has elo quently said, " H uman na t ure h as b ut a li m i te d hapacity of endurance; there are bounds to the suffer ings which instinctive aubmission; and the hope of a better to bear w ia il s l il prevail on the human frame and mind diaappainte lce th . These .. bounds passed, and that hope a tacit li e spirt casts off . the habitual restraints which renders almost i t n an . order of things long established a m t uor of , and .i become at once opposed to the whol:sysstne arrangement."—(Hear, hear.) What appears t "cla the remedy for all this has been repeatedly pointed out. out. It consists in the establishment of such a cur rency medium as may be capable of expansion with the increase of population, and the increase of com modities produced by that population for sale. With gold, at its market price, a safe and adequate cur rency might without difficulty be provided. An ob jection was recently made to my attributing to Mr. John Taylor the plan for a national or taxation money. I have not the pleasure of being acquainted with Mr. Banister, the gentleman who makes this ob jection, but am happy to know that we have so able a supporter of the cause, who has long studied the question. In a pamphlet, published in 1847, he says, still i the writer's opinion f or many years h as . b een, an d s, that the Government should issue' paper, and which paper should be t a k en f or t axat i on ," &e. Mr. Banister is not, I believe, acquainted with Mr. Jolla, THE SUN, Taylor, or he would not, I feel assured, speak of him in the depreciating terms which he does. I respect Mr. Taylor as a man of talent, research, and originality, and as having for many years moat dis interestedly laboured in this cause, but my respect for him is increased by his total want of any petty jealousy or unwillingness to accord to any one the fair share of merit due to him for his exertions in the cause. He has written so much, so long, and so well on the currency, that he can well afford to allow full credit to every currency re former.—(Hear, hear.) In a letter which I lately received from Mr. Taylor, he says,—" I would let all the world claim and get the merit of the plan of currency, if the Legislature would but adopt its provisions, and it is one sign of the hopefulness of our cause when men begin to claim a participation or priority in the announcement of the proposed system 1 of money. With me the first idea was sketchedin the pamphlet published in 1821, entitled The Restoration of National Prosperity shown to be immediately Practical.' I wrote and published a more detailed pl In, in the London Magazine, about 1823, 1824, and repeated it, with illustrations, in all my pamphlets, in 1832, 1833, 1836, &c." What ever system of paper money the Legislature may ultimately adopt, Mr. Taylor's "Essays on Money," and on the " Standard and Measure of Value," as well as other works. will always command high estimation from every one who philo- sophically studies the theory of monetary science.— (Cheers.) And now, gentlemen, I will not detain you any longer, and I beg to thank you for your kind attention. It is impossible to look at the future of England without many anxious forebodings. We see at this time great manufacturing activity and great agricultural depression. We see the various classes of society opposed to each other ; and, above all, we have an increased and increasing population, requiring every day the devotion of increased means to educate, to employ, and to support them. But if we be true to ourselves we need not despond. There was a time when the world, with a man who then appeared to be the world's master (Napoleon), was opposed to us, when our financial, social, and political difficulties were many and great, and dark clouds hung heavily over our country's destinies. What then enabled England to weather the storm ? We had a skilful and resolute pilot at the helm. But whence came the means to man the ship? The common sense of the English :people, making use of their powerful agent, representative paper money, as Mr. Alison, the historian of the French Revolution says, saved the country. The same agent is as powerful in peace as it was in war; only let our monetary system be re vised and we shall see England rising triumphantly over all her difficulties, and diffusing throughout the world the peaceful blessings of commerce, civilization, and Christianity.—(Universal applause.) Before I sit down I beg leave to propose for the office of joint secretary of this society a gentleman, the son of one of the oldest, most respected, successful, and intelli gent agriculturists of this county, for whom I have the greatest respect, and who will, I feel assured, fill the office with equal credit to himself and advantage to the society, Mr. Enoch Hedgkinson —(Applause.) Mr. ROBERT BARER seconded this resolution, which was supported by Mr. W. Wilkinson (the se cretary), who cordially agreed in the proposition, and was carried unanimously. He then proposed, and Mr. Johnson seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. T wells, which was passed unanimously, and he having re turned thanks, the meeting broke up. NEW NOVEL, by the Author of "EMILIA WYNDHAM." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., LETTICE ARNOLD, By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," " THE IVILMINGTONS." Ere., " We cordially recommend this admirable and beautiful story to our readers. It is a healthy moral tale—truthful and practical—told in a most charming manner. In it we find all the graces which so eminently adorn and recommend the author's preceding efforts. There is the same kind spirit ahiinating every illustration, the same benevolent purpose, the same truthfulness of delineation." —Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. EIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. THIS EVENING. Last Week of the Berlin Choir. Labitzky's - ,Great National Quadrille of all Nations, with Pour Bands - and Double Chorus, comprising 262 Performers. Macfarren's Serenata, The SL E EYE it AWAKEN El). Haroun Alraschid, Mr. Frank Bolda ; Abou Hassan, Mr. Sims Reeves; Zulieka, Madlle. Angri. Slaves, Guards, &c., by the Chorus of the Establishment. Band of the Ist Life Guards, Band of the Grenadier Guards, Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and a Corps of British Military side Drums. The English Chorus, and Choir of the Berlin Chapel Royal. Angri. Frank Bodda, and Sims Reeves ; Moligue, Hayward, Barret, Baumann. Richardson, Remusst, Franc, Arban, and hatti. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—K. Balfe. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Lablizky. Conductor of the Choristers of the Berlin Ckapel Royal —Herr Neidhardt. Promenade (admitting to the Half-Circles, Gallery/ 1 6 and Pit Stalls) .. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Boxes and Stalls to be bad at the Box-office, where Programmes of thiA performance may be obtained. Correct Books of the Serenata, countersigned by the Hon. Secre tary, to be had only in the Theatre. All' trhers are fraudulent and incorrect. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Itefresh merits and Wines. &e., &e. THEATRE ROYAL, ELAYMARRET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Wall be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Duncan, Mr. Rogers ; Macbeth, Mr. Macready ; Banqu ), Mr. Howe ; MacdulL Mr. Davenport; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Warner; Hecate, Miss P. Horton. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Peter White, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. Atter which a new Farce' called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Klteflyer,. Mr. Boyce ; Major Stitt Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. _ _ To conclude with a Terpsichorian Burlesque called ESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, I'. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss rfroolgar. and Miss K. Vitzsvilliam. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA CRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR, Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath. cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which BETSY BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Hatt" Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Murray. o conclude with TWICE KILLED. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksel'ers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may ' e taken at the Boa-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVLNING, Will be performed PHILIP OF FRANCE AND MARIE DE MERANIE. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, H. Farren, N n - ton, W. Fa ren, jun., Johnstone, G. Cooke, Diddear ; Miss Helen Fauclt, and Mrs. L. Murray. To be followed with NOT TO BE DONE. To conclude with ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of 3ladame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SE'VE HIM RIGHT. To be followed by MY HEART'S IDOL; or, A Desperate Remedy, In which Messrs. C. Mathews, G. Vining, Bellingham ; Madame Yes iris, Miss Kenworthy, and Miss I. Dickenson will appear. To conclude with THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE. ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a new and original pectacle, entitled THE ENCHANTED PALFREY ; or, The War rior of the Crescent. To succe. (led by an Inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of `quitation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians ot the Establishment To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. IMI'OBTANT TO RAILWAY OFFICERS.—The director', of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have re solved that, in future, they will n , t give any allowance or compensation to their servants in cases of death or injury arising from accidents, "as they have an opportunity, by the payment of a small premium periodically, to insure an ade quate sum in case of injury, and to provide for their families in the event of death." In consequence of this resolution, the manager, Mr. Latham, has issued a general order, urging upon engine -drivers, firemen, and guards, the necessity of availing themselves, forthwith, of the benefits held forth by the Railway Passenger Assurance Company.— Glasgow Daily Mail. THE INDUS STEAMER.--Nearly 140 passengers booked to go by the Oriental Company's steamer Indus, which left Southampton yesterday with the Indian mail ; among them was Sir John Grey, Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Forces. Sir John leaves England on the 24th inst., and will join the Indus at Malta. Such was the large number of passengers by the above.named steamer, that her officers were compelled to give up their berths, for which they receive a handsome equivalent from the Oriental Company. Major Edwardes purposed to return to India by this steamer this voyage, but he has now booked himself to go out on the 20th of January next. The Indus is full of cargo. Amongst it is a large amount of specie, about 80,0001. sterling, prin cipally in Indian rupees. During the last two years the Pe ninsular and Oriental Company's steamers have landed at Southampton about 4,000,000 of rupees in number, which are now rapidly leaving this country for India. DUTY OF A JUDGE.—In the course of an argu ment in Vice-Chancellor Bruce's Court on Monday Mr. James Parker read from the not e s of t he trial a passage of Mr. Justice Patteson's charge to th e jury , in which that Learned Judge said that a judge is bound to understand all Acts of Parliament, and that one of the most difficult duties a judg e had to pertorm was to interpre t modern s tatutes, and that he could not quite clearly understand the Act before him. Sir J. K. Bruce observed that Mr. Justice ratteson wag a person from whose opini , in it was very dangerous to differ, he being so generally right; but for the first time in his life, he felt compelled to dissent from part of what had been read as the cha rge t o th e j ur y, f o r hi s Honour did not think a judge was bound to understand all Acts of Parliament, how ever a judge might be bound to try to comprehend them, and ! that was hard enough. World—a great inn, kept in a perpetual bustle by arr vale an a l (Lapin urea ; by the going away of those who have just paid their bills :cud the debt of Nature; and the coming of those who will soon have a similar account to settle.—Eliza cook's Journal. ° e r re TrneEqueEstAer tEoR RAILWAY T a e Cr il o l 3 I P R A' I N A Y I4 . — S I N I Ve P a N tat e e ° th u a N t T lS l l E r s . Betts has definitively resigned the office of chairman to the Eastern Counties Railway Company. That gentlemen sent in his resignation consequent on an accident he met with some weeks since, but was subsequently urged by his col leagues in the directory to re-consider the matter. After g iving every co nsideration to the wishes of hi s co ll eagues, iir . Betts continues to adhere to his original intention. LONDON, HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tu DAT —Morning 36 min. after 2 ! Evening 57 min. after 2 To-Mo&aow— Morning 16 min. after 3 I Everting 36 min. atter 3 THE WEATHER.— Su OFFICE, NOVEMBER 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.68 ; a rise of nearly an inch since yesterday. WIND N. to N.N.E. cald breeze, and cloudy, dull weather It rained all the afternoon and evening of yesterday. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. The State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.-The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOrra-Wind N.W., storm-rain. Powrsmourn-Wind W., strong breeze-overcast. BRIGHTON-Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. flasusas -Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain. NmrrnmarroN- Wind S.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE -Wind S.W. strong breeze-overcast. BASINGSTOKE -- Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. BRISTOL - Wind W., strong breeze-overcast. READING-Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain. GREENWICH-Wind S., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. SWINDON-Wind IV., gentle breeze-rain. OXFORD - Wind S.W. strong breeze-rain. COLCHESTER- Wind gentle breeze-overcast. CAMBRIDGE-Wind S., strong breeze-partially cloudy. RUGBY- Wind IV., gentle breeze-heavy rain. BIRMINGHAM -Wind S.W., calm-heavy rain. YARMOUTH-Wind S.E. gentle breeze-overcast. CONWAY-Wind N. N E., strong breeze-partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD-Wind N., hard wind-overcast. MANCHESTER-Wind N. E., fresh breeze-rain. LANCASTER-Wind S W., gentle breeze-overcast. WHITBY-Wind S., gentle breeze-overcast. DARLINGTON-Wind E., gentle breeze-showery. SHAP-Wind N. W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. SUNDERLAND-Wind E., gentle breeze-rain. CARLISLE-Wind N gentle breeze-cloudy. BEArrocK-Wind N., strong breeze-rain. BERWICK-Wind N.E., strong breeze -overcast. EDINBURGH - Wind E., hard wind-heavy rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN) -Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain. LEIGHTON-Wind S.E., strong breeze-overcast. COLCHESTER-Wind S.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM-Wind S., strong breeze-partially cloudy. FETERBOROUGH-Wind S.W., gentle breeze - partially cloudy. CREWE -Wind S.W., strong breerst e -partially cloudy. LlvEtwooir—Wind S.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. LEEDS - Wind S. W., gentle breeze - partially cloudy. YORK-Wind S., strong breeze-rain. LANCASTER-Wind S.E., strong breeze-partially cloudy. SHAT'-Wind S., strong breeze-rain. WHITEHAVEN-Wind S.E., strong breeze-overcast. CARLISLE -Wind S., strong breeze-cloudy. BEtrrocK-Wind S.E.-strong breeze-overcast. EDINBURGH- Wind S.E., gentle breeze- cloudless. DUNDEE - Wind S.W., strong breeze-cloudy. „a. kt:stN. N chr 9 • • /..) • Ng& 4 1 - 4 Oen 01 ienina e‘-'3:l4tlt, LONDON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1850 Revolutionary ideas have extended even as far as the Celestial Empire. From the latest dispatches, it would appear that the revolt, long fermenting in the land of the parasol and the pagoda, has swelled at last into a really formidable insurrection. Rumours of all kinds were, of course, afloat as to what had already occurred, and likewise as to the supplementary disasters that might be expected. In one direction the imperial army was falling back, in consequence of having en countered a severe and unexpected discomfiture. In another the local magistrates were flying before the rebels on the road to Pekin. Here one consider able town was being sacked by the conquerors, there another was groaning under the horrors of bombardment. Opinion was divided as to whether the forces of the Brother of the Sun would be suffi ciently powerful, or rather sufficiently capable of immediate concentration to repulse the violators of the public peace and the assailants of his imperial au thority—or whether the Chinese EMPEROR would be driven by the emergency to call in British assistance. Certain it was, under any circum stances, that the situation of affairs was most urgent, and that an instant decision one way or the other was absolutely requisite. As an es i dance of the necessity existing for some immediate settlement of these difficulties, it is only needful to observe that the army of the revolutionists, number ing no less than 50,000 men in the aggregate, had pro ceeded to within a distance of only one hundred and twenty miles from Canton. Hitherto, moreover, it would appear that this redoubtable body had triumphed over all obstacles, had compelled the militia to fly before them in panic, had routed even the Imperial soldiers, and had reduced the surrounding country to a com plete state of subjection. The reality of these events had forced itself upon the judgments of the most incre dulous among the English merchants by reason of the black mail levied upon all commodities passing within reach of the insurgents. From this particular alone it will be perceptible that the rebel army is less ac tuated by high political motives than by a lust of power and spoliation. Scarcely a reasonable conjecture can be formed of the origin of these singular disturbances. No motive whatever had as yet been avowed by its leaders ; and the whole seemed to have been fomented less by demagogic agitation than by the natural cupidity of men inimical to all ordinary restraints and enamoured of the lavish spoil and law less life of banditti. Out of these sentiments, rather than out of any noble ambition for political improvement, the whole scheme appears to have sprung, armed to the teeth, and ready to crush all military opposition. Upon the course pursued by the EMPEROR the fate of his dynasty is most assuredly more or less dependent. Either he will put an end to the movement by a vigorous act of generalship, or he will find himself compelled reluctantly to demand the aid of British intervention. Under the former contingency he will be enabled, no doubt, to repress for a while the marauding spirit which, during the last few years, has convulsed the greater portiort of his dominions—but without any prospect of thoroughly eradicating the vices of incipient rebellion. Under the latter contingency his rule may discover an im mediate and appreciable security—but while accept ing the beneficial influence of British support, he will be inevitably dooming his power to a gradual and ultimate absorption. -Directly the Anglo Saxon race obtains the irou s-rw, the spot on which to move the lever of its enormous influence, then commences that system of indirect appropriation which in the end eats into the very heart of a kingdom, however remote or gigantic. The fact has in a great measure been illustrated by the British Government in almost every quarter of the globe, but nowhere so remarkably as in the empire immediately contiguous to that presided over by the Chinese EMPEROR. The progress of our power as conquerors over the various provinces of Hiudostan has been altogether of too remarkable a character to have escaped the observation of the Chinese Government. From having witnessed the consequences of our invasion of those provinces, first in the aspect of protectors, and lastly in that of lords paramount, the Ministerial admirers of the Celestial Potentate will be anything but desirous of placing him, by a similar course of proceeding, within the grasp of a power so dangerous in the multiplicity of its appropriations. Nevertheless, although the Im perial Councils at Pekin may be reluctant to call into its assistance a friendly authority more perilous, because more insidious and potential than the openly hostile one which it is at present solicitous to vanquish—it must be evident that it is not in any way any wholly insur moundrrteabbaleoebdstafrcolems. so ln d d o e in ed g , by there may be found a precedent so striking of its kind as to induce the Chinese ruler and the statesmen of his despotism to waive all their terrors of Anglo-Saxon subjugation, and at once annihilate the hopes of their assailants by availing themselves of our friendship. This precedent is none other than the memorable circumstance of their requiring and receiving the aid of our military and naval armaments against the pirates in festing the oriental seas. Having consented once to acquire security at our hands, they may again per.. chance commit themselves to the like protection— though this time we cannot but regard the chant;, of any such requisition as in the highest degree impro bable. For one thing it must be remembered that the danger is not external but internal, not along the maritime frontiers of China but in the interior of those dominions. Consequently the Celestial EM PEROR would be anything but solicitous to admit our forces within the sacred barri e r s o f that __ territory. which has never yet been allowably and openly trod den by the feet of races deemed by its inhabitants to consist only of barbarians. The sanctity of the THURSDAY EVENING, NOV EMUR 21, lB5O. Chinese soil will no', after so many centuries of insulation from the rest of the human family, be opened to the desecration of our footsteps for any light reasons or under any ordinary circumstances. Of this we may rest satisfied. The customs conse crated by the practice of so many successive genera tions will not be abandoned at the first glimpse of peril, at the first blast of the horns of a body of free booting insurgents, no matter how formidable they may be intrinsically and numerically. Without desiring to witness the commencement on our part of a system of Chinese spoliation, we may yet be permitted to look forward with hope to some remarkable turn of events such as would lead to our closer intimacy and more frequent intercourse with the Chinese population. The moral, political, and intellectual stagnation of that ancient and, in many respects, distinguished race, has been now of too long continuance to admit of its wholesome perpetua tion. At a period when the whole genius and ambi tion of mankind appears to be fermentating prepara tory to some great and hitherto unprecedented ad vancement, it is melancholy to witness the continuance of their ancient torpor among the Chinese multitude. To behold its abandonment we must now, more than ever, aspire : and, as a possible step towards this ens, the revolutionary movement in the interior of the empire is, to a certain extent, a source of satisfaction. The Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law has rendered many valuable services to the community. Numbering among its members parsons of profound learning and Vast experience, who have attained the greatest eminence in the legal profession, it is by no means surprising that the existing abuses are clearly exposed, and suitable remedies suggested fur the consideration of the Legislature. These abuses may be sufficiently obvious to persons of all classes in society. It requires no great degree of legal lore to understand the enormous injustice per petratedunder the_existing Chancery system, and the harassing delays and ruinous expenditure to which the suitors are subjected ; but it is easier to de nounce the evil than to provide a fitting substitute. The utmost caution, the calmest deliberation, must be used, or the remedy may prove worse than the disease. A new system, hastily and rashly adopted, might prove more mischievous, more intolerable than that which has been so generally complained of—so unequivocally condemned. When an eminent judge of the Court of Chancery, in pronouncing a decree, declared it to be " the usual decree ,for destroying an estate according to law," no controversy can exist as to the imperative necessity for the intro. &action of large and comprehensive measures of Chancery reform. Bat to what extent shall the pruning knife be applied ? Where shall the intended innovations stop? Is it intended to overturn the en tire edifice, to abolish the Court altogether ? or is it merely desired to cleanse and purify it from the filth and excrescences that have grown up during succes sive ages, until at length they have arrived at such rank luxuriance as to convert what was intended to be, and which, under a judicious system, might have been a blessing to the community, into a curse—what should have been a means of relief into an instrument of oppres sion and persecution ? These are interrogatories that must be seriously pondered over before any fitting re - sponsescan be returned—problems, in the due solution of which the interests and welfare of society are in volvedin no ordinary degree, and the modern CEDlrus who undertakes the arduous duty of unravelling the mysteries of the legal Sphynx must be thoroughly acquainted with the subject in all its varied ramifi cations, so as to trace each abuse to its source, to ascertain the fountain whence it sprung, and the means by which it might be diverted from its usual channel. The probable consequences of any new rule of principle or practice must also be accu rately calculated, so as to ascertain that its meaning cannot be perverted or made to operate in a manner totally opposed to the objects for which it was origi nally framed and promulgated. On Monday evening a matter of more than usual. importance was brought forward at the meeting of the society. Mr. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, an American barrister of high standing, and one of the commis sioners who proposed the New York code, which abolished the distinction in procedure between law ' and equity in that state, attended and clearly and distinctly explained the nature of the sweeping changes that had been introduced, and their effect during the period that they have been in operation. The alteration was indeed one of no ordinary magni tude; it was of a truly radical character, striking at the very root of the matter. It appears that New York had originally, and until ct ithin the hot three years, a judicial constitution very like that of England. There was the Court of Chancery in every respect analogous to our own, guided by the same principles. The decisions of English Chancellors or judges in equity were quoted more frequently, and more strongly relied on, even than their own. And the admirable works of Judge STORY and of some of his eminent brethren prove that we also may receive valuable instruction from the other side of the " broad Atlantic.' There was also the Supreme Court, corresponding to our Queen's Bench. The divisions of law and equity were in fact as clearly observed as at West minster and Lincoln's Inn. As, however, the sum , fruit will spring from the same seed, complaints arose in New York, as well as in England, of the delays and expenses of the equitable tribunal, and of the occasional defeats of justice by an over-rigid adhe• rence to the strict rules and technicalities of the common law. But there to discover an evil was to insure prompt attention to the mean• by which it might be eradicated ; there is not the same slavish adherence to mischievous forms, merely because they have been in existence for centuries. An erroneous system will not be perpe tuated merely because it is "An aged vice, - a grey in;quity." The wisdom of our ancestors is only respected when it is really shown to be "wisdom," and gross and palpable folly is not dignified by the epithet. Com missioners were appointed to investigate the matter, and to report on the nature of the most efficient remedies. There learned men faithfully discharged the important trust confided to their charge, and the result of their recommendations has been —the total abolition of the CourtChancery ll. in the st a t e o f N ew Y or k !! l But this The good p o i n t s o f b o th s y s t em , ts n f was a of law and equity were r e t a i ne d, th e b a d ones discarded. A ___ h appy mixt ure o f l aw an d equity not calculated to render substantial justice in all cases: was erected on the ruins of both systems, which was entrusted to the administration of the Supreme Court. The old forms of pleading were abolished, and thencefor ward there was to be but one form of action! . I The natural system of pleading was adopted, that is, such a system o f allegation as the litigants would adept in familiar life in asking advice, or stating the case to an arbitrator. The plaintiff put in his complaint, stating the fa c t s , t h e defendant his answer. The plaintiff might reply, but there the pleadings closed! These are, indeed, important alterations, but we are assured by M r . FIELD that " no difficulty had arisen in the practical working of the system, but very great c onvenience and the same code had been adopted in other states al ready." This is powerful evidence of the value and efficiency of the new code, the novelty and importance of which will justify a closer examination as to the principles on which it is formed, and th a t we may be assured it will speedily receive in the Society for 1 Promoting the Amendment of the law. The memorial to the LORD MAron, expressing the feeling of the merchants, bankers, traders, and others of this city, that a Tribunal of Commerce would be a great boon for the comm ercial world, a n d request ing his L or d s hip t o call a public meeting, in order that the feeling of the citizens of London may be fully taken on the subj, , ct, has now grown to a most ponderous roll of parchment; the originator of the movement, Mr. FRANCIS LYN a, being determined, as it is said, t o conv i nce th e doubtful, at a first s i g ht, that the feeling is universal, that " the commercial law of this country is not administered with that simplicity which its circumstances, as Kell as truth and justice, demand." The memorial has been signed by firms of the very highest respectability, representing the following trades :—the corn, wine, spirit, coal, tea, drug, colonial and foreign trade of the country. In a few hours last week upwards of one hundred leading houses in Mincing-lane signed the memorial; and j although the members of the Stock Exchange are not immediately connected with commerce, they have marked their sense of the wisdom of the movement, by signing the memorial to the LORD MAYOR, the cheirman of their committee leading. the way. Such, to the present time, is the history of this movement' to which may be added the pleasing fact that Liver pool, Manchester, and Glasgow have declared their sympathy with the movement, and readiness to do anything to add weight to it ; and h n o can wonder at such a simultaneous burst, when all so well know that thousands upon thousands of cases, only fit for an Arbitration Court, or Tribunal of Commerce, are never referred till every expense of every sort has been exhausted, under the guise that a judge and jury in the Nisi Prius Courts was the only proper place for its decision; and wh-n, at last, there, with all the fees paid, and nothing farther left but labour for the professionals, then the gentlemen in silk dis cover, as they modestly tell the judge, who quickly agrees, that "the matter might be more satisfactorily settled by being referred." The merchants are now quite sick of this honourable species of robbery, on the part of the honourable profession ; and therefore now with one voice demand a Court of Arbitration or Tribunal of Commerce, wherein, at a trifling cost, they may settle their commercial disputes. The public feeling is now so ripe on the subject that the lawyers cannot avert the change, as they know, though their name be Legion ; and the most respectable are now wisely ready to second the mer chants' present movement, founded, as they must see it is, on common sense and simple juatice ; and many thousand cases, which now remain in abeyance, must continue so to do till the law is altered. Tribunals of commerce are of extreme antiquity ; and it was the vice which naturally grows out of an artificial state of society that brought into being our present system . "invented for the creation of costs, and not for the due administration of justice ;" giving to quirk and quibble a victory but too often over truth and justice. It has been a lucrative field for those lawyers, who love so to make money. Holy Writ points at sach a system in the 29th chapter of Isaiah, 20th verse—" The terrible one is brought to nought; and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off; that make a man an offender for a ward." In a short history of Com merce, by LEONE LEVI, we read that the Italians instituted in 1160, by the Constitutum usus of Pim, tribunals of commerce ; and, at this time, it is well known, they wo, k well in France, Flanders, Rhenish Prussia, and elsewhere in Western Europe, and the very best effects are acknowledged. Take France for an example, 220 special tribunals are established in the most cohlmercial departments, and there are Also 170 civil tribunals, which also take cognizance of commercial matters. In 1846 there were introduced 207,279 new CASe3 before thes. , 390 tribunals, 177,446 mere brought', .ore the 220 special tribunals, and 29,833 only before the civil tribunals, judging com mercial matters. There can be no doubt that the law in this country has not kept pr" with the needs of our fast-growing society; and that we are living in a day when truth and justice refuse to be trammelled! Two great Qubjeets are now attracting public attention—Law and Religion—and it is somewhat remarkable, that :WO of the boldest champions now before the public should be Mr. LYNE, of No. 6, and Dr. CUMMING, of No. 7, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square ; and we expect Cardinal WISEMAN will find Dr. CUMMING 28 tough this afternoon, at the Hanover- square Rooms, on the subject of Romish oaths, as opposing lawyers will find Mr. LYNE, at the forthcoming meeting at the Mansion-house, in opposition to quirk and quibble. The success of the latter gentleman is as necessary as that of the former to keep Gospel truth alive in this country. We are convinced every fudge on the bench must at times feel how unjust and cruel it is, after a man has expended vast sums of money, labour, and anxious care to get his matter settled quickly, to be told by the judge that he has done no good for himself, as his case was one for a court of arbitration, and not for a court of law ! Is this justice ? ME F ;N Cam. REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following communicated note appeared in the Moniteur du Soir : " The Patrie ,) I this day concludes an article on the present state of Germany with a violent attack upon an allied Government (Russia). It is the duty of the French Government to protest against this article in the most tormal manner. The sole policy of the Government is that which is clearlr and honestly laid down in the Message of the President°, the Republic. The Government knows no other. It has always given the example of respect for nationalitiss and foreign government. It will never de part from this line of conduct" (communicated by Minister for Foreign Affairs). The article in the Patrie warned the Government of the designs of Russia and her vassal Austria on Prussian and German independence, and urged the Necessity of France coming forward for the protec tion of Prussia, should necessity require it ; the ar ticle is understood to have been written under the dictation of the PRESIDENT himself, and to express his entiments, while the contradiction emanates from General LARITTE, the representative in the Cabinet of Absolutism and Legitimatisin. The Patrie of yesterday has the following observa tions on this communicated note : " The Minister of Foreign Affa;rs thenght it neces sary yesterday to publish in the Moniteur a communi .;ated note, iu which he protes s against our article of Saturday on the affairs of Germany. We are forced to avow that in reading this note we experienced a move : went of surprise perfectly jastifiasle. Why was this note Published ? What necessity was there tor it? The Minister of Foreign Affairs points to the Messag , of th e President of the Republic. So do we. What says the Message? That the Government will remain neutral between Prussia and Austria, up to the day on which French interests should be engaged and compromised in the struggle. We said nothing else ; only, we explained what, in our opinion, French interests demanded from the foresight and patriotism of our Government. What did we say that could call for the intervention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs? Did we call for war? Far from that; we expressed the most sincere desire for the maintenance of peace. Have we made an appeal to the revolutionary passions which Prussia has sometimes the wrong of over-exciting against conservative opinions from which Austria never departs? Certainly not. In fine, have we demanded that France should espouse the cause of Prussia, no matter what occurred? Our attitude iu the Danish question has in advance replied to that question. Such a thought cannot be found anywhere in our two articles on German affairs. We merely foresaw the case where Austria, aided by Russia, might desire to annihilate Prussia. In that case, there could not be two lines of policy to follow, there could be only one— that which Louis XIV. followed before Napoleon, and which Napoleon followed after Louis XIV.; that which the restoration adopted, for that policy is neither poli tical nor monarclia,l; it is better than that, it is French. That policy is the one which prescribes to France to prevent Austria from increasing beyond measure on the Rhine and the Po; it is that which counsels her not to imprudently allow Russia to extend her arm to our frontier. Who could disapprove of it?" The Ministerial paper, it will be seen from the above, protests against the ambitious designs of Austria, and declares that France will interfere to prevent her from beyond measure increasing on the Rhine and the Po. On the other hand, the equally Ministerial Constitutionnel gives the following warn ing to Prussia : " Does Prussia believe that it would be sufficient for her to triumph over Austria, and to subdue the second rate kingdoms? That this question would not, from being German, become European? European equili brium could not be broken with impunity. France, whom no immediate interest calls at this moment beyond the Rhine, would not allow to be modified to her de triment the neighbourhood created for her by the trea ties of 1815; she would not permit there should be esta blished along her frontiers an uninterrupted dominion that would isolate her from the continent; she would not allow to be overthrown to her prejudice the actual pro portion of forces. France, whose arms have so often re established in their estates the Palatine Electors and the Electors of Bavaria, could not without dishonour permit any power to de , t , ey, or absorb 'the second-rate states which are her traditional allies; to do so would amount to the abandonment of all her interests, and the deser tion of her past history; it would bo to desert the policy uniformly followed by Henry IV., Richelieu, Mazarine, Louis XIV., V • canes, and Napoleon. France has made Kings beyond the Rhine, and these Kings shall not he turned into subjects." The National, which believes that the Govern ment has joined the great Ab4olutist and obscurantia conspiracy, of '.ich Russia and Austria are the heads, has the A:Mowing excellent remarks on the re cent increase in the army : It is only four months since General d'llautpoul de manded an extraordinary credit of 12 400,000 francs. It is not enoug ! His successor, General Schramm, asks a supplement to this supplement of 10 400 000 f. as the consequence of the Presidential decree, a hich has ordered the immediate incorporation of 40.0000 men taken on the contingent of 1849. We have paid upwards of sixty millions for the Roman expedition against a friendly Republic, we must now pay for putting France in a condition to go to the support, in case of need, of Austria and her allies, who are in the way of complet ing the destruction of the liberties of Germany and of securing there the preponderance of absolute Govern ments. Thus are the words of the President becoming translated into clear and precise acts." Oa the same day General SCHRAMM presented a vote of credit for the proposed increase in the army. It was ordered to be referred to the Bureaux. "It was rem irked cn Mondiy," says the Pouvoir, " that General CAVAIGNAC abstained from voting in the ballot on the election of General LAIIITTE." Although there was no considerable amount of business transacted at the Bourse, the price of Govern ment stock was firm, and the improvement which took place after 2 o'clock was well maintained to the close. The Five per Cents. opened at 92g. 90c., fell to 92f. 75c., and rose gradually to 931. 35c , at hich price they closed. I'Le Three per Cents. closed at 581.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 7871. 50c.; Rouen, 610 f.; Havre, 246 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 4621. 50c.; Avignon, 187 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 375 f. ; Basle, 1271. 503.; Bordeaux, 387 f 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3421. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 241 f. 25c.; the New Piedinontese Loan, Ssf. MUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 -Central of' France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14 3 4—Dutch Rhenish, 2 3 A—Northern of France, 14% Orleans and Bordeaux, 2'4—Paris and Stras. bourg. 8 3 4 Rouen and Havre, 9.3.l—Sambre and Meuse, 27 —West Flanders, l.'X 3 ex div. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived. Their contents ore unimportant. The Bolsa was closed. GERMANY. The news from Germany which has arrived is, as usual, of a contradictory nature, some the journals declaring that everything indicates war, others as serting that the negotiations between Austria and Prussia have taken a decidedly pacific turn. From Berlin we learn that on the 16th there was another fall in the funds, which was attributed to the increa ing agitation in the provinces, and to the addresses which had been voted to the KING, calling upon him to stop in the path of concessions to Austria. On the other hand, we find, in the Austrian Observer of the 15th, an article in which it is stated, " from a positive source," that the Austrian Government has already complied with all the essential points of the demands of the Austrian Cabinet. This journal adds that Baden and Hamburgh are to be evacuated ; the Prus sian troops in Electoral Hesse are to confine them selves to the military passes ; all the officers and Prussian volunteers have been recalled to the duchies; the dissolution of the College of Princes and of the Union is promised, and the free conferences for the re-organization of Germany are to commence in the course of the month. A letter from Kiel, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the Prussian Cabinet has informed the Provisional Government of the duchies that it is to reduce the army, and that if this be not done Prussia will do nothing to oppose the occupation of the duchies by the federal troops. All this, if true, is important, as it shows a determi nation to settle existing differences by negotiation ; but the most important information is from Electoral Hesse. According to accounts from various points of that territory, the Prussian General had given notice that an armistice with the federal troops had been agreed to. Some of the accounts say that the armistice is limited to a Reek; others, that it is with out limit, but may be terminated at any time by either party, on giving twenty-four hours' notice. The fact of an armistice having been made, however, is a proof that both Austria and Prussia are desirous of preventing any colli,ion which might interrupt the negotiations fur the maintenance of peace. I I'AL In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 16th, the Bill for the further continuance of the treaty of commerce with France was passed by 104 votes out of 107. The motion of Signor ROSEI, Lim, proposing that the Bills left unfinished at the close of the present session should be continued in the following one, without having to recommence them, was set aside by the adoption of the order of the day. In the same sitting the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce stated that no treaty of commerce had been stipulated between England and Piedmont, adding that those two countries were on the most friendly terms with each other, and that he was happy to as sure the Chamber that the good understanding exist ing bet veen them was daily increasing. On the Bth inst. a sum of 510,695 scudi (3,060,000 francs), paper money, withdrawn from circulation during the preceding month, was burnt at the Palazzo Borromeo, at Rome. Prince PIGNATELLI Rurro, a member of the family of the Dukes of Monteleone, died at Naples on the 7th. " GOD AND MY RIGHT." ENGLAND SPEAKING TO THE POPE'S LEGATE. Clayton seems determined to give Cardinal Wise man no rest; he has here produced another excellent caricature, in which our gracious Sovereign is repre sented as addressing to the Cardinal from her throne the immortal words of Shakespere What earthly name to interrogatories Can task the free breath of a sacred Queen? Thou canst not, Cardinal, devise a name Sc, slight, unworthy, and ridiculous, To charge me to an answer, as the Pope. Tell him this tale; and from the mouth of England Add thus much more;—That no Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our dominions; But as wo under heaven are supreme head, So, under Him, that great supremacy, Where we do reign, we will alone uphold Without the assistance of a mortal hand: So tell the Pope; all reverence set apart To him, and his usurp'd authority." The Cardinal exhibits a ludicrous look of terror, and seems to feel that he is in a scrape, and to wish him self well out of it. THE PAPAL AGGRESSIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At a public meeting, held at the Guildhall in this city to-day, for the purpose o f p ro t est i ng against the Papal aggression, and agreeing to a loyal address to her Must Gracious Majesty upon the subject, Captain Murray (a citizen) struck at the root of the evil, and moved an amendment to the ad dress, to the effect, " That her Majesty would be graciously pleased to adopt measures for removing trom the Church, and from place, office, and emolu merits within the Church, those ministers professing Tractarian principles." This amendment being seconded by Alderman Plummer, was carried by an immense majority. If such a clause had, or even now were to be introduced into the loyal addresses laid before her Majesty, it would considerably strengthen the good and wise in tentions of Lord John Russell.—l acs, sir, &e . Canterbury, N0v.20, 1850. A MICUS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. EMPiON V COLQUHIJON. SIR,—In your report of this case in The Sun of yes terday. the de&ndaut's name is wrongly spelt. It should be as above, and not "Colanham." This correction is ecPs*ary, as there might be a gentleman on the Stock Exchange of the latter name.—l am, Sir. &c , H. GRAINGER, Solicitor fur the Plaintiff. 27, Bucklersbury, Nov. 20. 1850. Love can excuse anything except meanness ; bat meanness kills love, cripples even natural affection: without esteem true love cannot exist.—Eliza Cook's Journal. The Mlrylebone Exhibition Committee of 1851, yesterday received subscriptions of 211. from the carriage department, end 111. is. from the engineering department (London division) of the Great Western Railway. These two liberal subscriptions are understood to be but the first instalment from these departments. Orders have been issued from Scotland yard for the enrolment of the superannuated police, who will be called out for duty during the approaching Exhibition in 1851. THE DEVOURING ELEMENT. --The police foree.— Punch. CARDINAL WISEMAN.—We understand that several of the Foreign Ambassadors have paid their respects to the Cardinal since his arrival at St. George's Cathedral. At Seville there have been great rejoicings on the Cardinal's promotion, it being his native city. The Cardinal was the guest of the Archduke of Tuscany and of the Emperor of Austria on his way from Rome to England. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS.—The American mail steamer Arctic, Captain Luce, sailed from the Mersey yes terday forenoon, on her return voyage to New York. Con trary to usual practice, the Arctic sailed direct from the Huskisson l)ock, where she has been lying, the capacious gates of which, eighty feet wide, were opened at tide time, and having got up her steam, received the mails and passen gers (about fifty-five in number), she steamed out of dock, an proceeded down the river in beautiful style, amid the cheers of a large number of spectators who had assembled to witness her departure. The Baltic, Captain Comstock, the third ship of this line, would leave New York on the 16th instant, and is expected at Liverpool about Tuesday next. Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is an honest innn. —Eliza Cook's Journal. Lis DEAD or 1850. The year 1850 has been remarkable so far fur the deaths of notable persons. Among them we may notice those of the President of the United States, and ex-King of France, the Emperor of China, the President of St. D,mino. the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Robert Peel, one of the most distinguished Prime Ministers England ever had ; John C. Calhoun, one of the oldest se nators in the United States; Sir Francis Jeffrey, the mas terly critic; Wordsworth, the Poet Laureates; Neander, the able defender of Christianity; the Rev. Dr. Judson, the venerable American Baptist Missionary; Mar garet S . Fuller, the vigorous American Essayist; Jacob Hays, High Sheriff of New York, and a termr to evil doers" fur over half a cen tury ; and a host of others of less mark. SNOW IN THE PYRENEES.—The snow has already mind several accidents in the Pyrenees. A few days since two women were buried in a snow-drift, arid a man belonging to Saint Jean Pied de Port perished in a similar manner, while h Pape returning front the Spanish vill age of Changona. Frencr. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury and Mr. John Talbot, who arrived at Rome from the south of France, intend to depart from that city early in the ensuing month for Sicily, for the winter. Mr. Talbot's health is stilt delicate. BLOOD MO NEY. — Paying to see the Chamber of Horror° at Madame Tuaaud's..—Punch. '............'."‘""..."......e.m0r........................5.r ..r. .........": 1 L L 0 YD'S SHIPPING.--( THIS PA Y') LONDON, Nov. 21.—Wind at DOOR N.W., moderate hrePze and fine. of KINGKJODING, Nov, 11.-0 GESChWester, Di . um, Konigsberg to London, was stranded noar All_r e gab Bth inst.; crew aved. A schoo ner or brig, ha! unknown, drove on shore near Nyemundegaab 7th hist THESTED, Nov. 9.—The Hendrich, of PaPPehrli St. Pwersburgh to Antwerp, drove on shore last tug MANDAHL, Nov. 4.—The Lykkens Prove, AS° to Londe n, put into Keleyen Oct. 24, leskY. Augu ste, LANGOESUND, NOV. 11.--The Christian .....--_A,,,, Breving to London, put back to this p ort Nov. 7. le' and with loss of deckload, 80., and must discharge. , , HJORRING.—The Dic., of Althagen, Raberg during a heavy gale from W. last night; er' saved. CARLISLE, Nov. 19.—Wind W., f h --Arra. 141111* res . Quebec. CLYLE.—T he Boadecia, Callao. r a rlebl LUBECK, Nov. 16.—The Strider, NY ° -- Q' to this port, is totally wrecked near ViTasa; crew 6 posed to be drowned. to Ler ELSINORE, Nov. 15.—The Fuchsia, Neastodt 1 1 5 eon • . , put in to-day leaky. rAO v . WEYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Arrd. Fleece, .uon-- Loodianah Exeter, leaky.... Arrd. L was strandea _el; IYERPOOL, Nov. 20. Wind N. N . B.NB' Loist , Calcutta; Caaton, Paraiba; Ma rla 1 3 0, e0 e 0 1 6 , Honduras. Sid. Beloochne, Bombay; Ayres; Esther Ann, Pernambuco; Richard Alsop , N ot Orleans; Arctic steamer, New York. The re / s c oot been any weather here, either wind or rain, to , 16 0 be fur the great fall in the glass yesterday, but it I hw aril t ought that a heavy gale prevailed to the Grade,sett bib and westward. The Schilizzi, from Rio 0 :11 (11 arrived leaky, having struik on the Bar comihg_even oil September. The Margaret schooner was rir ic torill shore in Llandudne Ba crew saved. Th e ere% schooner, of Aberdoney, Y on ; shore near Abergate; saved. very sire, DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind W.S.W. to S.SV., , 0 , 1." and c actually.—Acrd. Norma, Vallesen, Valparali, $ O F ha ra lc, Columbine, Sierra Leone; Leila Ind St' "i"o.The Emily, of and from HalLf),oo-eaell. Thomas received damage, having struck off v ca tl v illa t ° L SHOREHAM, Nov. 20.—The Mary A"' m 'clerg °° here oTnod TORBAY, , which put in here 23 NOV., W ing Ull repairs, has proceeded. weather ' oery stri bdee . :: Odessa, e xpert bad 1,,, A sit y ne , rtdh N aey ov m . fre 2 od O mi . t — err T a h n e ean, Maria Feoaratunat, . 4 w h en s he 'lOO s an w d ept, carried away sails, and received other s o ots r board.swas compelled to throw part of cargo (w he ~, A7.NDERSIPOOT, Nov. 19.--The Elba, d and f or Cer7 from Swansea , during a heavy gale this raoroiVlij°ll w i atrr, struck on the New Patch; tbe crew lef t oollo t d it' o n w k t i , g a s u t d ate it dirsifteixngpecatleodogehsehorweilsviithheefftrreeclei Pest Amroth. ,Til e ew 111 MILFO Maria brigantine, o . f an.d—forinQaee.nstown• "' l e IP both anchorsßp' &wad lc:v near l9 th7rorickSs W I ; e a r C .As s : t o l i e a li g h l O g i is Point, h where she was scuttled, to prevent her g 'i r os l f f e rocks. The Mavis, from Wexford, pa rte ibis site; anchors, and went on shore in St. Bride's 13a9 it; site ; expected to become a noon, and is 1 , came (.2 ' ( 4 , a:vd.RYE,'. strucke. o Quebec Ott BUDE, Nov. 20.—The Briton bargile °` isoroo6' t 2 , S : hooGovff,..l .„.0t Gloucester, s tme Creek;ro, 20.—The l. n i i e t g b , i g a l, i s G e 1 1 s p s e g c en xt tide. 1 • 115 5" P.. CON . STANTINOPLE The A t ' Aillic plated hrr r • ' Nov.' '— c u e p e o d n in a g b i d l :o tt w e 3 ; le a th f :e C t r i e v ' repairs, and is taking in c argo. z g slA FALMOUTH, Nov. 20. Wind N. s,,,, °° ` d e A rr(i ' !,_on, ea , ilt , 0 el , Wineer,Gc4 rorareneLgeionhantdhle i t 3 l, o ° , : t 6 ll ll l :: cu r r.g ee w : r ye ' TOWN, Nov. Nov. 19.—The Fame, of this P.", t , strd d , Attempts will be made to save her. ancy :Ap i7.o 6 - 0 4 ' 0 ABERDEEN, Nov. 19.—The N tnherfooristahicshpaltsiccie:oti;ihser col! f o 11° J a ep,,,,, e 4 tbil morningort, for H duringatn bu r a g i heavywa s galew cke d s in E Stoll e D " 00 , 7evid ot°l7tabLei:o%oFtcii-odo, DUNDEZ, Nov. 19, refieß"tch. e i i s 00 sh ore oe o. II ii Lb o l L o y w ri n E v A ez N s t o r v o n. 20, — 1 nTighhet,Raenacittcoofrlotiriscitikeecppecifteofirto hthae W est Have, and will be s a w a reck ; cr ew ,, s o - t $ 5 Ol to Newport, is on the rocks ' in the bays s° ho (01 become a total wreck ; cargo washing oh t to re elt JO ( 11 RHYL, Nov. 20.—The Victoria, of A . 13 ,e,1j e , 1 130 ) the Bristol Coannel, came on shore in Ali' ° night, with loss of mainmast; crew sav ed ' ° IP° Bay this morning; garelt The Mar Elizabeth,i,o no n w R EL oa s nEd :l3 N c o o v nt . a l c o t . i . it,hheeßAoandosvciiiont“pbael;(ll osfy fri ' lsio,w er c YARMOUTH, Nov.N K lAG 9 E $ 3 0 lost bowsprit, e L r e i v wT2 e rhop.e-0 caved,o I , aah r rec a n. n , Q o o n u tf : s yl ehe the,o, r r e t i 0 J P mal3:, t° i Grangemouth,pool, K o nigsbe rg to Hull, put in here Y es ,. l ' SO P .:0 11 and must discharge. has put in to-day lee" and discharge. —.. AY') n. MARKET NEWS. —(TI-1.,15,,Pa to il ; NEV/GATE AND LEADS,'" — a tf, ,- . lll f ori, We had a steady demand for the best P s i yeis b n ",66 and Pork, at full prices. In other kin ds j i itio o _ , ;5 - 0 little doing.—Beef . from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; ' 7g ad r to 38 Sd; Veal, 3s to 33 10d; Pork, 33 t° i'l by the carcass. Cl ave d SMITHFIELD. — Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31 " r e. Z.3.Y DT.a.rizzirS. jBii , pi- . supply, and Supply good , N a D nd . 31 04 to 41 4s • and Straw , ll 811 ' to per j' to p lor d ' C A luver, 31 03 to 4143; and Straw, li 25 r° li d P I full average 1. 7 3 E l c sa t t a A P toE tradeM oadowH l a l y, 2s 2 t : O S . 9i and sluggish d eMati-. 9I 14 ' I"4l4sM;a ,„ to r iot Clo " v r t i,l oirlf Trade rather dull, at late rater. NEAT MiIIiZEZTO. Aa p As s , t ed l SOUTHALL, Nov. 20.—Our market to"," i d ,D 0 :' 1 0 supplied with each kind of fit stock, ill r; V porgy' business was doing, as follows:—Bee f ` ll3- J Mutton. 3s 41 to 4s 2rl; Veal As 8 ' I :end 'd o S VIr t raHw,alyi 2321'0'119 P° 3 ,4 d to - 0. 0 0, 3. 4d to 3a 10:1 per 81bs to siiik the oirs l° :i gbeeP of ROMFORD, Nov. 20 Prime Beasts a" - to t i fie „ - sto! off steadily, at very full prices; otherwl'e - 4s; Pb- to 7 was in a sluggish state. Beef from 33 2d t i , ° r k, 5 4 ' O 4ll , 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; " -(i t ' o 2s a f its 101 per 81bs. Quarter-old Store Pigs , 1 , 8 ,,0 - 51 1 t I c il lro., ° a El AILSUAM, Nov. 20.—Although the 1 7 - 0064 6 P 3s s l uggish state, prices were well supporteFe• ISi f 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 34 6ri to 43 4d; v ell ' I 0 1' 3s 8d • ,Pork, 33 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. ta .. ,1 1° ARIINDR N ov. L, N curreticies. Beef, from 3s 6d 311d°13' to 43; 1 0 0 4s 2d• Pork , t 3s 41 to 3a 6dper 81bs. ho sioe 9s ,retl' c tE ua u t s ht s oa c nd t , e a d 3n i s r u t 61.) t i : . - tao d; d s ) 4 ' st is 9 o2 m . " — di ea; 0 , kv u e, r et ,a m la.Bn a r d3 k s e f : a r f a r 0, : c : s i i ' 68 ,d 3' i i. 1 0 CHICHESTER, Nov 20 —A P full eversg ° 01 c li. 4 0 the g oer 4d w oof 3s 2:1 to 33 8d nc%. .e ~t o3o . 0 9 p er Bl bs ; Suckling Co",' and Quarter-old Store Pig ' •, 18s to 22i oleo' _........ ----- 6:ES . 0 5 ili g CORN AVER A 01 e Taso'Ao A ,trAll," GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF .' , t ile i'• OP' fro: the Week ended Nov. 14. 1850, made up frt—zsglo i tOtri Inspectors in the different Cities and Tolvt lBl ' per Imperial Quarter. 1 oA r ti I °' WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. i I fl id I 25 6 RICE .. I 39: 10d 1 24s 1d 1 17s 2d 245 , 4 1, P O DUTIES ON FOREIGN C°ll'.olo' I ' , HEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. 11% ()(1 1, is Od is Od is Oct lls Ofi ~ p I' A.S I a lg o QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN TII. - sye, " ; Wheat, 82,560; Barley, 78,239 ; Oats, 24. 07; 3,998; Peas, 1,488 quarterS. _.---- 11 NEW M USIC' r n 07 Addle THERE'S MUSIC IN THE frl--, d by Yr ROAR. B a ll a d. W r itt en a nd Cone s- a tb , Tebbett. t io . f at , e ti The words of this ballad are very Pib e 01- , e rfll melody is graceful, expressive, and 6 ,. t ,,, tbe `„s,rt a exquisitely simple; and being witu,rd 00" V" compass of an ordinary voice, this bab a . ro onl . to become a f avour it e i n ever y drawl • accompaniments are admirably arra n g e 11: ° stor/ previous pronounced TILE B commendations of tu" beinib 10 Our • XPO,FITOR. N°.lll if semi-official arrived it ht , pr-:„ v ° if w _ on fi jrussttiafirrallreea7r: seem pf importan g ce l , when, the of inventions, e e k fully be the preparing all en a d • •t Prealictivb°l x e a _ s in i s 0 , 18 51 .0 , o ments act time willhibitionamet ; 11 1 n sp y recorder assum e weeicifailt Oil portion of This week, among the Prinoil' /4°T''; designs an d e l ,ro3belli/4: factures. umberiare—a view of Warkworth flarbottirliodoo and, a sketch of the Lord Mayor 64 an d °III ; carria mere' g l e, and a oo il lt n l°%ethe f tbe i" ii t' with la mentioned outline of the exquisite model o v . b ibitie,' en townof the/. Bovcekrps bracket __ c ioned to be transmitted to the great °„rofti--$ proved blind roller ptlha ket through h woodcuts are likewise scattered in WO / registeredh ug the letterpress. One represents 139. c oh boot, another Allman s ele tf e t gS ifil ; lamp, a third Smith and DitoP fro las° • tf Kidd's patent , a fourth a looking-BA oiler glass-silvering manufactory'. pposio; of useful suggestions are thrown out in th e iDe fr ° i ts columns the ingenuity of which we to obl e " R EGENT e following paragraph' Ta tbio I/ e et , street men are have liked a portion to have been P s i 0 .; wood and stone, in h e bees. boo r .:I bag ex • periment. We e manner o f a c „ ro ot , r 0 prevented no* believe such a ivetbd f ord e d A P Ise. an d, at the camp time a f ,o , hold for bore ~ The literary ' s. ~,kiia, I, able and as much contributions are, generally sp..toroi , much to the pirpose, as the P l ' lustrations. Cook's journal. hie ' cris A y. d_ti E ls i t iz io a nis either intemperate zeal, or 1 0 and ot. ar ) 5 ' i ;; ib i e l l r li : THE ANCESTOR OP LORD JOHN ''''' V itc.4oo; Wr, Lam Lord Russell, the Christian patriot made libation of his blood in the cause of religi!o ~ 1 to e 0 sealed the sacrifice with these glorious words •sna,iii;c4r, lived and now die of the reformed religion, a tr ue di 0 (1 110 Protestant, and in the communion of the Ch . ty ~„ to ni lend; though I could never comply with or rise_ rti obil t heights of some people, I wish with all my. 5131,1 °",.,rotestsids differences were removed, and that all sincere P o rote s i lls would so far consider the danger of PoPerY $ s an d lees our heats, and agree against the common enei;Ts's'entergt sll the Churchmen would be less severe, and the sj, scrupulous; for I think bitterness and perseeu"u!:_d do 51, 0 times bad, but much more now. I did believe, r',. iit tli),, that Popery is breaking in on this nation , and tP 'r o°g' o n the belr who advance it will stop at nothing to c arry -.,, e t heir t ot pros dot —I am heartily sorry that many of gtlbe ing hand to it. But .1 hope God will presers? _ i n fall religion and this nation, though I am afraid it T ‘ very great trials, and very sharp sufferink4