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Wind W.S.W. to W.—Arrd. 4.larlon, Norway, fur Foy • Anna Sophia, Jansen, Dint ac, for J - " 8 '1; Lord Dun ' cae, Burton. London, for South 1t5,;,5; Wenskr3ena, Wterb,nd, Shields, for Alexandria. ut Flower ot Y ar ..; 11 hl' row, ~..,t. Mi c hael's. ae s. Low - lid .), Ls.ropr Nov 3 Arrti Rose, Slay free, li , ~ e sb • ' ' • ' orw..g, for Exeter, with damage. sth. The Escape, iirnolShielti3 to Curtha , ena, was assisted into the roads ut ni ght, having been t 'on shore on the Ship wash Sand, *rld_ has b:?en brought into the harbour making water. VII' MARGATE, Nov.s. Independence, ll New , York. PorA3ISGATE, N ov.E ein s.—Wind. W.—Arrd. PP , k•wyd, Amsterdam. lii t , iv E,R, Nov. s . —Wind W.N.W., strong.—Artd. l ''"' l 'ulg, Onega, for Shoreham. I LutrlES'„Nov. s . —Wind W.—Sld. Laiy Sale, South- OFFtn•—"; wisimonde, London. ge l• r" WIGHT, Nov. I.—Fama, Wasa, for Mar ,; Boreas, Flensburg, for West Indies. MARK...........--_____—..... ET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) Colo r ~., Alt ," rACHAN GE-WEDNESDAY de v gn the supply of English Wheat on sale in to to 11: 6 , 111 1i ' r ket was small, the demand for all kinds, owing °lngzi, - I, dm e t ed lintuber of buyers in attendance , was in a Plied' -7 '`itte, at Monday's prices. We were well sup at full Fo reign Wheat. Selected samples were el ten. . Y last week's quotations; but all other kinds were ff freeiy l4 lower to purchase. Malting Barley moved 9 tilli n " a t fall rates of currency; but grinding and chs any g 'ells were very dull. Malt commanded scarcely oriatatention with a fair average quantity on offe t r. 01 55 ru i t ' a u tll Oats were quits as dear; but all other ar i_- sets 1 e " h eavY, if we except Foreign Flour , in which "ge sales took place. ..."-----.................ut1VALS TM' :s WEE Wheat. Qjs • Qrs. I Qrs. 2(l Qrs. 590 880 1,280 Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Etigit ot geot c h .. '' I _ 1 6,420 " "'"! 1 ,510 I 1 3,990 1 MT. F 1404(n:roe ROP I V :A WL— slug or au ~ Mela St k inds o f Hops the demand is in a_very Theate, and late rates are barely supported. Th e ~, , W ILITECIIAPEL. _ goner trade has ruled heavy to- day, as follows: Ve a l , i . mkt 23 to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 6d; by the • 6 i to 33 4 d; Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per Blbs, e e lrease. - ...................... T h CRAN CERY.—(THIS DAY.) e Lord Chancellor sat to hear appeals to-day. IcEATE V. PINK. th il ; Eiclefeti,lber arguments in this part-heard appeal f . r a o n m d heday ed thist were re s 181" ra h e orn h i t n e g Vice-Chanc . ellor ()LP.; gt and occupied the Cou rt the The question in dispute in the CAW is as .to the 'huh. -Per application of the proceeds of an estate in -left, lICILLS' COURT.— ( THIS DAY') Thu furth If W iche . they arguments,. the Rolls ed the Master of the wheileunie" occup ied Le_ d a y in the part-beard cause of Vlet ' r TIIIS DAY.) CHANCERY. —1 was occupied egjo,be Vice-Chancellor Knight Bru ce and bankruptcy %Ie."! Morning with a part-heard motion ` I,llthi!rl,? .of no interest. the th e °'• v 'co Chancellor Rolfe heard ex r directions. ex ceptions and fur ' DAY.) qtjElsi'S BENCH. --(THIS • (Sittings in Banco.) ANOTHER. . e w.lo thELIGI4III3 v. ltiuGenßu AND D before Wigh t -" case, which was tried York, a verdict was feum ca3,au., et the last assizes for si r „:,°r Me plaintiff for 8001. 49. Mr. 'rustic e s - -e.. Taxszaea this morning c hoir eaU be 4 36 Why that verdict should not tion of the Ha w trim s oni . . granted, first, upon t applied he construe t 'e!tct in the case as to whether there s f e n t r a a sid ru e le an t d o Detained in the a his Lordsh ip's . bad 8 cont. ct, as was verdict being con eCOlidly on to d o f th e was a opinion; warrant tr ar ,, . , . o groun of Odessa wheat, . 7to the evidence. The action was for the breach of - ee..__ wk. ‘iract upon the sale of a cargo "lee had h • board d • to in A n ._ e. eels shipped on a entere in i;`,l"' The contract in question w 3 • ;41etYatiw84a7altoabliddelltnvdeerredit mercha ntable a vessel called the as the condition and of and description ei Il k , : the same quality : t ca .u rt u ai l n l quantity of 0 uvieesthesited. Th a voyage o f . )5, arrived atghty dessa th„e da . • e velzej'after examination o I the oargo it eppeared to h d and, according Hull a upon caw__ are been heet.-, to tee clpseription • plaintiff's w it ne sses , not core which w • given by the tat , as le t.e fore part g°Qa Coridit inn, but that Part of tk ave r iv the vessel was. There was state n of the corn , the t% e!I by the plaintiffs as to the in the o m e i v d i d d l e e n and e e e, af t er hltat t d it app€ ared tha Ith en 6 lt Ws9 shipped at Odessh; . an necessary thatthe he., Zu'ia is put into a granary thr"e‘e'f, oUld not be too continually turned; and,t corn Ns n o e ' t 4 °4, and it is large quantity o.inkhe h whatever sa eh as tdO.Uht is high, the i c t _o i r s n is generally about here Ntel. all the witnesses 1 . 18 Was would be lia ble year 1 Of M itY ryas the very worst portion theof t old by the y a ble to be bested that i the PlrEliai,taillEfiPtnent of that kind. The deelpfloniewnac)s, occurred s in the h i , ap e there a remarkable gate ‘,s__,-..lotiff'3 case, because he j,Z • 1 8 to the ales. There waa ano as that there was a ee:i t il c esde by the plaintiff, which w t nh: l e r evidence g ro und o w f h e a h t : ) 416 11 13 °e Yin fits'ttea nam e ly, that by t t h h e e re measuremen t feesti,took piece tho Custom-house e th.' f'6,lY-one quarters between th Ns e btll of le.ding and the amount on was given for 141.141,1; lied in respect of that a verdic t w a h m i e o h u nt the e tat do e t y d question now was, eh tt , the first and most important It Ppe a r the contract imported been ll ik ' o nd, etdec l the defendant wou a ld the g oods did ere e,. suPeosing it turned out that n warranty , t have ? ipeetutrrea Pond with the sample. Then, ag the evi tietles 6 the verdict beiug contrary to evidence , laintiff was dee ei that was given on the part of the of 11 in giving ain, with re he ; .Itt in two remarkable respects, fi rst a __,. the rortt-Ziece at all with respect to the co ndition n givingt he evidence ell it witi %hipped at Odessa, and t he n h b), whatever as to the amount whic h given, btod alih , of the corn. There was iliac) pr oofcioewisoioetiiuiroleoodanlciwtoshena the sel l , e , s, hY the plaintiff that the corn eon4ri,°B gainaged corn. satreucirlitT ref 'icier. -1,, ull they . of tie se , v d a t r h r e ari r t n y l , e u o n n d t s h a e lo question as to the re„, •t• evielence hefor® giving their decision tuning notet. 4LLEu r ,' NEWS' Eb LIBEL IR Tut 44 yoRKsHIREMAN , . PAPER---Ricittabs3x V. woDsoN. . 111 th is Case, which w • f or libel, tried re thtlY 4t the ass: -214 an action th e ~defeud,t . -ZeB at York, a verdict was 44. VV . tr. ttpw ieri uk• WATSON, q.c., on the part of the p laintiff, given far vtl..`et° the Court this day fur a rule that the , . th re should not be a new trial, on the . ground 'Richard- verdict • The p la intiff 4 01 1 it was against evidence. Pto showcause reqlsetab. solicitor at York, and a gentlema n • its , the I,01.0! tlitY, having been, on Aria 's the pro Dictator n r ) r, oft hat ity, and the defendant tost eii;,"' the Porkshiseman, two OcCaslO of high . tor s of J o. ' It appeared that at a meeting of the re ectin " %ion Bank of York a discussion arose been lost a newspaper published in there. 1,,a thond which was alleged to have . di e name 00e of a that bank there were two managing vets fa -ittertt was kr. Hudson a _ as Waitea liar to everybody ' Mr ' . Richardson , . th h e a p -t bank, Zret hsif!e a share h older or d i r e ctors, director gentleman ot w t hos iite.intiAd., trhsk°llleafti:etl WI:1414BI e°ars La en to manager of the had been manafgaorne de- Isleetio at falle;,7st4hltsh"' w ho in consequent' o proved that lit, pi n e i.4 his ecc oun ta t e s nt The fact wa s the tveurreties, has solicitor L and one Of th.sltinson had given security to the n bathnnet occasion S father, had died. 0 *ere surety wished to be released, and instrue b t a io n n k s , t n . ° Pr 41'41 t° Mr. Richardson, All Net Srl . fresh bondandto cancel the old one. the so cites of tr hichardson had to do was, atii toehe hank, to draw a fresh bond, to get the t.rsiiaticel the old one In reference to this tran s action _ .rernan esa;l4hig observation appeared in the Yoritshi leading telt iPoPer, hei .simply,it aeaxecuted, ee. ..to onging to s e defendant, as a stil t ' ' '.l coestitutel the alleged libel:— ilhtt olfittprost,sarrtiling otis Cs-urious Ex °sures --There were sundry c e u e rt Bank on Thursday last. Union rePvelation.s. made at the annual m ,t eert iiini I. eters of the Union . c)c teia,:iY.would appear as if there existed a . charter every 444 -11n4gernen' artifice, and defalcations in 44 3,113°4 company' over hich Mr. George bed; y::"Jauses Richardson have had control. I,k.veayv. `he ea:Tvs that the late manager of the Union Ban h linds r on .. !irce%:,__qrawn to the tune of some 20,0001. or therea b o uts ,lik e ,6,ootirtnces reduced that sum to something % NW`, It unfortunately happens, however, for lose thst,'"olders that they must make up their minds t,) n _ , I:lteer a,h‘teolley either by artificte, or negligence, or frau d, -: °ttler CRUSe. The original bond given by b . 41t ell tn t„ nti ger as a security for his integrity is non eat . e tf°rat ;;:a4, while the second bond, substituted for tn is Itt ene - ." drawn up by ji, to be considered assn much tvasY' paper. p 1 Mr. J Richardson or h er. ~b is otit at e to accept as true all that transpire d ''last''' f.ir "1-.) ilbtiotlY knows where the original d .hasig,onnoe -;°th directors and • solicitor profess . entire e eia fortl' its whereabouts; most probably th the this missing, e p ut . shareholders to say whether, trans ttetwiii etrve fether or fathers of these mys terious t it is . destroyed. . further tei,ehi4,lllsY not fortify theMSe" aga'a' should be trustad"; Our own opinion is that no man mi.:tate d v iith 4 4,,t% responsible situtstion who is near a him. 14 1 f, htitr• nutlson• That man is not only ho ill . eCTrlipted every one around him. ‘ ° h lders." Ile rtleillar e e l • t o the shart 41e. Prit; that we lelve o be the iill44_ i'v atson) contended that there could not corrupt point out 14,:r7 deubt that that was a libel. but / ' e4mteLL—lt is clearly a libel on Mr. Hudson, ItT4 h t At t ut els (olphatically)—No, Mr w n r- Hudson'e counsel. my Lord; bu t r4ettntlt , right tu state my opinion when his nam e quite satt o ~t,.`c", that the result of the examination was Tti4l)-€:,l its to his conduct in these matters. ypitT oftatually granted a rule to glow cause. Sacks 580 THE SUN, E.X.CtIL QUER.-(THIS DAY) (6o ;Lags BREACH OF PROMISE OF NAREIAGE—MILWARD V. LITTLEWkiOD, This w.s an ac'ion for bmach of promise of mar• tried bjore Mr. Parhe at the late as:.izes at Chest,r, and in which a vdic. was found for the plaintiff !or 2001. Mr. 6,rAeatit 11. JONES applied for a rule to set aside the verdict and for a new trial, or to arrest the judgment on the ground of the bulk of the evidence being against the verdict, and of excessive damages. It appeared that the plaintiff, who was a widow, and the mother of two children, kept the Wheatsheaf public-house, in Macclesfield, to which the defendant, who was a corn. broker, carrying on business at Huddersfield, but at the time tin entire stranger to the plaintiff, repaired as a guest on Saturday, the 3d of November, 1849, in com pany with a friend named Wilson. An acquaintance soon sprung up between the parties, and as early as the following Monday the detencLnt made an oiler of marriage to the landlady, which was accepted. He rk mained at t..e Wheatsbeaf nearly three weeks, during which time, it appeared, he co habited with the plaintiff. He then left somewhat abruptly. She Ll.orved him to Oidbaw, and went to the Roy-. 1 Oak, which was kept by his brother; she there inqaired tor Harry Littlewood, and was told both by the de:undallt'S sister and sister-in-law, that he was a married man, and was then in Yorkshire with his wife and faintly. The plaintiff at first disbelieved the infor mation. In Oldham she met with a friend of the de- feudant's named Davenport, who told h , :r that he was at Manchester, and at her request he accompanied her th:tner, st:e paying all the expenses. At Manchester they succeeded in finding the object of their pursuit, and who t,)ok them to a public-house, where they all regaled themselves with tea at the defendant's expense. She entreated him to return with her to Macclesfield, but be said he was unable to do so then, promising to visit her again very shortly. He accordingly returned o❑ the 19th of December, and in a few data afterwards the plaintiff shut up the Wheatsheaf and took a private house, which she furnished, in the expectatio❑ that the defendant intended to fulfil his pro mise. Great intimacy continued to exist between them until she gave birth to a child, when plaintiff deserted her. The Learned Counsel now contended that as the plaintiff knew well that the defendant was a married man she was not entitled to so large an amount of da mages. Mr. Baron PARKE—The jury found that the promise was accepted in irmoranee of the defendant's marriage. Mr. tiergeaLt JONES —A witness who was a friend of the defendant told her repeatedly that he was a married man, but abe said, •' Married or not, she would keep his company." The Learned Counsel then argued that even if a bona fide promise had been made and accepted, it was a general promise, and not that the marriage should take place ou a particular day. It ~.as possible that the promise was to marry the plaintiff on the death of his wife. The COURT refused to grant a rule on any of the grounds mentioned, considering that it was entirely within the provicce of the jury to judge of the amount of damages. As to the right of a man to make a pro mise to marry a woman at the death of his wife, the Court entirely agreed with the decision in the case of " Wilde v. Harris." Such a practice was quite incon siiteut with the devotedness and love which ought to exist between a man and his wife; and nothing but the decision of the highest authorities in the kingdom would compel the Court to think it was the law of the land. Rule refused. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) No business of any general importance or interest was Tansacted in this court during the morning. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PATTEsoN.) EXECUTORS OF PETRE V. DUNCiMBE. Mr. JAMES, Q.C., applied to the Court tor a rule to show cause why the damages in this case should not be reduced from 9,7531. to 6,3081. The question involved in the matter for the consideration of the Court was, whether or no interest was recoverable on payment made by a surety to an annuity deed. In 1823 the de fendant granted an annuity of 6001. a year to a Mr. Downes, and the Hon. Edward Petre, deceased, became surety for securing its due payment, while the de fendant himself granted Mr. Petre an indemnity deed. The defendant made default in payment of the an nuity, tii,d in his lifetime Mr. Petre paid up the ar rears, to the extent of 6,3081., for the recovery of which his executors brought the present action. The jury, however, who tried the case, not only found for that amount, but awarded interest, which they had no power to do, making the total damages no less than 9,753/. It was true the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., chap. 42, authorised juries to award interest on debts between debtor and creditor, where debtor contracts to pay at a particular time ; but, in a case like this no such pawer existed, because when Mr. Petre paid each instalment he ought, as ho had a right to do, so to have at once called upon the defendant to refund him the money. The Court would perceive that if interest were recoverable in cases of this nature, a surety would have the option of allowing a long period to elapse before he called upon his principal to refund, in order to obtain a large umount of interest.—Application granted. IN RE BLACKBALL. Mr. OGLE moved, in the matter of an arbitration, for a rule to show cause why the award of the umpire should not he set aside. It appeared by the affidavits that a dis puted debt was reft:rrk d to the arbitration of two gentle men, who could not agree, and each proposed a distinct umpire, to which the other objected. For the purpose, therefore, of getting over this difficulty, they hit upon the plan of writing the names of the two proposed umpires on' two distinct pieces of paper, and having put the slips into a hat, the first that was drawn out was to be the umpire. This mode of wectiou, however, was contended to be illegal, as the Courts hal laid it down as a rule that the appointment of an umpire must not be a matter i f chance, but must have the sanction of the will and judgment of the two arbitrators, and hence it was insisted she award in this case was nut valid. Rule granted. BANKRUPTCY,-(THIS DAY.) IN RE NAIRNE. To-day was appointed for an adjourned dividend meeting i❑ the case of this bankrupt, who formerly cdr ried on business as a stockbroker in Warnford.court City. The bankrupt speculated largely in shares, &c., and misappropriated some Exchequer-bills, &0., for which he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Out of one of these cases a question arose at the last meeting, on a proot tendered by the Rev. Mr. Bunce fur 2,0001., the value of some Russian Bonds, which the bankrupt had converted to his own use. The facts were these :—Mr. Bunce had given money to the bankrupt to invest in Russian Bonds, which he did, but retained them for some time by con sent ; the dividends were paid up to the Limo of the bankruptcy, when it was discovered that bankrupt had sold the bonds soon after he got them. Kr. Bunco commenced a prosecution, which, however, was abandoned, as was ulleged on the part of the assignees, on payment of costs, but bankrupt was convicted on an indictment preferred by a Mr- Spurgen, who had been defrauded out of Exchequer-bills to the amount of 1,8004 Mr. Spurgeu was admitted to prove fir that sum, but an objection a,: taken to the claim by Mr. Bunce, on the ground that he had not prosecuted with effect, and therefore was not entitled to the civil remedy. On the contrary, it was contended that there was no proof of any compromise, but supposing there had been, it was not a compromise of felony but of misdemeanour. His florrourt said that in such a case, if it were not a felony it ought to be made one, and he should adjourn the case for the examination of Mr. Bunce, and it would become an inquiry whether there was not a probable cause to suspect felony - , if so, as he had not prosecuted, the proof could not be admitted; the policy of the law being to compel a person to do his duty to the public before he sought his private benefit. Mr. STEELE now appeared, and said that Mr. Bunce had unf .rtunately died since the last meeting, and there fore could not be examined, and the proof was now tendered on behalf of the executors. Mr. lIILLIEARY renewed his argument, and said that Mr. Steele had admitted to him that the costs had been paid, therefore Mr. Bunce could not have maintained an action against the bankrupt. The assignees had had no notice of the death of Mr. Bunco, or they would have brought bankrupt up on a habeas. Ills HONOUR said that one of the objects of the exa mination of Mr. Bunce was to see whether the bankrupt ought not to have been indicted for felony instead of misdemeanour, and if so, Mr.l3unce would not have been entitled to his civil remedy until he had pro,ecuted. Ile should not name any farther meeting till bankrupt had undergone his sentence. The meeting was then adjourned. SECONDARIES:-(THISDA.Y.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) JAMES AND ANOTHER V. THE ENFIELD AND EDMONTON RAILWAY COMPANY. The plaintiffs iu this case are Mr. James and Mr. Sawyer, who were retained as joint solicitors of the En field and Edmonton Railway Company to obtain an Act of Parliament for the usual purposes. The Act was obtained, after . which the directors disposed of their right to the Eastern Counties Railway Company. The present action was brought to recover the sum of 741., wl:ich plaintiffs had expended in counsels' fees. Mr. BAGLEY appeared for the plaintiffs, but the de fendants allowed judgment to go by default. A verdict was therefore given for the amount claimed. AIREY, v. PARSONS AND ANOTHER. The plaiutiff in this action is an underwriter, and de fendants were in partnership as insurance brokers. The action was brought to recover 141. 3e. 6d. for premiums on insurances. The action was originally brought against Parsons alone, who admitted the debt, but he pleaded in abate ment that he had a partner named Reynolds. A second action was then brought against both, and Reynolds ad mitted his liability, but defendant pleaded that he asi not indrb•ed. Eyidence was then adduced, proving defendant's ad mission, and a verdict was given tor the amount claimed. MIDDLESEX SE S SIONS. (THIS DAY.) Ruse Hamilton pod Jane Ingram were indicted for etealiug, on the 28th of October, from the person of James Martin divers moneys, his property. The pri soners pleaded not guilty. Martin said be was a Chelsea pensioner, and on the 28th October he met the prisoners near EAton bridge,. Pimlico, and alter some conversation treated th.m to POMO Alter he had left the public-house a ''llicemau asked him it he had lost anything, and upon searching his pockets found that among other things he had wit a medal of the Thames Tunnel cad a franc piece. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMB A podee-eotistable stated that the medal and franc piece were found upon Hamilton. Ingram denied the c''stge, and Hamilton said t) at the things were given her. The jury returned a verdict of Gull against ton, and acquitted Ingram. The prisoner Hamilton was then sentenced to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction. MARLBRO'-STREET—( THIS DAY.) I~IURDERUUS ASSAULT ON A FEMALE. William Benton a stout 3 oung fellow, about six feet high, was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with violently as saulting. Elizabeth Harris, a❑ unfortunate woman re siding in Cromer. street. The prosecutrix, whose flee and head were covered with blood, and who altogether presented a dreadful :appearance, deposed that about three o'clock this morn ing she was in Oxford-street, when the prisoner, whom she had never seen before, came up to her and requested her to give him some money. She said she had not got any, and bade him go on. He then laid hold of her and put his hand down her bosom; she struggled with him , and ventually got fcom his clutches, and was running away when he caught hold of her again, and struck her a tremendous blow on her face and knocked her down, and while she was lying on the pavement he kicked her about the head and other parts of the body with hi, heavy-nailed boots. She called " Police" and " Murder," and a constable came to her assistance and took the prisoner into custody. The prosecutrix was subssquently conveyed to the hospital, where her wounds were dressed, and she was now in a very dangerous state from the injuries she had received. Javons, 89 0, was on duty in Oxford-street when he heard screams of " Murder" and " Police," and on running to the corner of Dean-street he saw the prosecutrix lying on the pavement in a pool of blood which was flowing from her head and mouth. Witness placed her in a door-way, sod with another constable went after the prisoner, who was running away. Directly the prisoner saw them, he said, " You if you attempt to take me, I will kick the front of your skulls in." They then closed with him, and attempted to take him, but such was his vio- ' lence that they were obliged to have the assistance of five more constables to convey him to the station. The prisoner denied the charge, and said his boots were too thin to inflict such wounds as the woman bore about her. The prisoner's boots, by the direction of the magis trate, were examined by Robards, the assistant gaoler, and found to be an inch thick in the sole, iron-tipped, and thickly studded with nails. A kick from them would be sufficient to kill an ox. The prisoner was remanded for a week. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Having very recently had occasion to travel from London to York and back upon the Great Northern Railway, which our readers will remember was opened to the public in August last as far as Peter borough, it affords us the greatest pleasure to bear our testimony to the general merits of the line, as a safe, speedy, and commodious means of transit from the metropolis to the ancient city of York. For the first ten or twelve miles from London, the line runs through a series of short tunnels, working its way into the open country among and underneath the in numerable small picturesque hantets which cluster around the vicinity of this metropolis. It then pro ceeds through Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, in a straight line, to Huntingdon, passing in its course Hatfield, Welwyn, Stevenage, Hitchin, Arsley, Big gles wade, Sandy, and St. Neots. From Hatfield it ap pears originally to have been the intention of the company to throw off branches right and left, to Hertford and St. Alban's, and from Sandy to the town of Bed ford, but those works for the present remain in a state of abeyance. From Huntingdon the lines goes on to Peterborough, through Holme, and several other small towns; thence, going through Lincoln shire, it diverges by a loop further towards the sea coast, to the Wash and Boston ; thence it proceeds to Lincoln ; and thence on to York, by way of Bawtry, Askerne, Doncaster, and several other important towns in the East Riding of York. From Bos ton there is a very important branch to Hull and Great Grimsby, running parallel with the sea coast throughout its entire length, and intersecting the principal towns in its way. Up to the present time the direct line from London to York is only com pleted as far as Peterborough, but the unfinished por tion, running straight across the country from Peter borough to Retford and Bawtry, by way of Newark upon-Trent, is now in course of rapid con struction. Some faint idea may be formed of the magnitude of this gigantic undertaking, when we state that the line from London to Peterborough cost no less a sum than 3,000,0001. The importance of that portion of the undertaking, irrespective of its forming a considerable part of the direct line from London to York, is indicated by its now affording a new and continuous route from the metropolis, by Peterborough, to Boston and Hull ; by Lincoln and Retford to Sheffield ; by Doncaster to Wakefield, Leeds, York, and the northern counties of England, and thence into Scotland. The distance by this route from London to Hull is 173 miles, including the New Holland ferry, and to York 210 miles. The distance saved between London and York, even by the present comparatively circuitous route, is nine miles, and between London and Peterborough and London and Lincoln nearly thirty miles. Such is a concise description of the general direction which the Great Northern Railway takes. The object of its directors is to develope the local traffic of the dis tricts traversed by the main line and loop, and to afford the utmost facilities for the interchange and transmis sion of passengers and merchandise from and to the lines of other companies communicating therewith, without injuriously competing with them. It is considered, as a whole, one of the best constructed lines of rail way in the kingdom by persons who have travelled upon it, and who are competent to form an opinion of its merits. The engineering works throughout are of the most ample, substantial, and permanent kind, whilst the carriages and general appointments of the line are characterised in a remarkable degree by taste, skill, convenience, comfort, and completeness. The country it traverses is remarkably picturesque, with the exception perhaps of Lincolnshire, which our readers know is flat and marshy. Imagination cannot conceive more beautiful landscape scenery than that which the line intersects on its way from the metropolis to Peterborough. Woodland and water, hill and dale, meadow and arable land of the (richest quality, sweetly commingling, and dotted over and diversified in every direction by towns and hamlets, chateau-houses, and church spires, the traveller is en chanted as he speeds on his way through Hertford shire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire. Seen, as was our lot, in early morn, when the sun, just peep ing above the horizon, bathed the woodland heights in a sea of golden light, and under an autumnal sky, when the gladsome earth bore on its bosom the fruits of an abundant harvest, and the va riegated tints of the umbrageous woods spoke both of beauty and decay—when sir and sky were vocal with the melody of birds, and the jocund song or whistle of the ploughboy as he " drove his team afield "—the exquisite repose and beauty of landscape scenery so endlessly rich and varied as that, sheds over the mind and heart, susceptible of emotion, an influence touch ing and ennobling in the enjoyment, sweet in the recollection. From Peterborough to Lincoln, by way of Boston. the country through which the line runs being ex tremely flat, is almost wholly destitute of interest. One sight, however, on this portion of the journey, gives rise to some degree of reflection. For miles over miles thereabouts, the line runs alongside—on the very banks, in:fact —of one of those large river-canals which used, not many years ago, to carry on their bosoms the passenger traffic and merchandize between all the important towns of the midland counties of England especially. As the train sped along the banks of this great highway, it was cu rious to observe how completely its waters were deserted, and how the traffic which aforetime it wafted from place to place was now divided and borne to its destination by a rival power with almost the velocity of the wind, and which mocks the highway it has supplanted by travelling along its very margin. Could the Duke of Bridgewater have had but the faintest foreshadowing of this mighty change when he conceived and was working out his great canal scheme, how he must have faltered in the execution of his purpose. The expectation of the directors at present we believe is, that the station at King's•cross will be erected and fit for use, and the remainder of the direct line to - York be completed towards the end of next year, thereby realising one of the prime ob jects of the company—the shortening the journey from London to York by thirty miles. for which we l h V a e ve r e t h f eer bestre cl a s u o t r o e r t days , ately after the re- assem bling of Parliament, to introduce a tha ti t g A o li t n o ist t e h rs e i f n a t e end, iminedi measure for the extension of the electoral qualification. We are now enabled to add, that not only will the contemplated measure greatly enlarge the number of voters in cities and boroughs, but that it will make a great addition to the county constituencies. One of its leading provisions has been men tioned to us; but it would be premature to promulgate it until it has formally received the sanction' of the Cabinet. W e may, however, mention, that should the provision in question be adopted, of which we believe that there can be little doubt, it will add nearly 300,000 to the county consti tuencies of England and Wales. We can farther state, that, with the view of making the intended measures as complete and satisfactory as possible, Ministers have lately caused in quiries to be made into the operation of the present electoral system in different parts of the country.—Advertiser. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The usual monthly , ' meeting of this society took place on Monday evening, Mr. G. R. Waterhouse, Presid en t, i n t h e c h a i r. The Rev. Joseph Greene, Miss Stonford, and Thomas Thompson, Esq., were elected subscribers to the society. Mr. Shepherd exhibited a specimen of noaagria canna; that was henna. phrodite. Mr. S. Stevens exhibited three cocoons of a bombyx, from Columbia, in each of which he had found two pupa;; he also exhibited the four new coleoptera, de scribed by Mr. Newman in the Z oo l og i st. M r . J. F. St e phens exhibited specimens from Scotland of dictyopterus aurora and tinea ochraeeella of Tengstrom ; the latter had been found by Mr. Weaver in ants' nests. Mr. Bond exhibited several rare lepidoptera, taken at Ventnor in August. A specimen of cleilephila celerio was exhibited by the President on the part of Mr. G. Ransome. Papers, by Mr. Saunders, on Australian longicorus; by Mr. Hewitson, on new papili-, oaidw; and by Mr. Westwood, OA evania, were then rod. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. Yesterday being the anniversary of the gunpowder plot, the appointed services were read in the several churches, together with the Act of Parliament passed in tee 3.1 James I. for the observance of the day. The royal standard was hoisted at the Tower, Somerset house, the Admiralty, the church of St. Martin-in the-Fields, &c., and the shipping in the river and the docks were decorated with flags. At one o'clock salutes were fired from the Tower, St. James's-park, Woolwich, and at the several forts and garrisons throughout the kingdom. The recent unpopular proceedings of the Pope has had the effect of giving quite a new character to the —of late years—almost forgotten celebration. From an early hour yesterday morning the bye streets of the metropolis and its suburbs were rife with the effigies of " Guido Fawkes," while crowds of urchins in all directions called upon her Majesty's liege subjects, in sonorous tones, to Remember, remember, the fifth of November! Gunpowder treason, and plot. As the day advanced, " Guys of larger growth" presented themselves in the more frequented tho roughfares, attended by numberless idlers, who kept up a running fire of pellets against the Pope and Popery. In some cases an attendant carried a bowl of whitewash and a brush, with which ever and anon be inscribed on the walls and pavement, in rude characters, "No Popery," "No wafer-gods," "No Catholic humbug," and similar anti-Romanist ex pressions. The Guys were received with more than usual welcome by the populace, and the conductors of the several groups found no difficulty in levying handsome " mail" on the' passengers. An impression having obtained that some demon stration on a large scale would be made in the vicinity of the Catholic cathedral in St. George's-fields, a great many persons assembled at that neighbourhood about mid-day. Beyond the occasional appearance of an itinerant " Guy," however, these parties found nothing to gratify their curiosity. Two or three householders, probably apprehensive from the proximity of their residences to the Romish church, that they might be considered "followers of that faith," and thus meet with rough treatment, exhibited placards, bearing loyal and anti-Romanist inscriptions. One lusty Protestant, in letters three inches deep, called upon " God to preserve Queen Victoria from the Pope and Popery ;" another inveighed against the worship of " wafer-gods;" and a third expressed his unmitigated contempt for all " Catholic humbug." In brief, with these few exceptions, there was nothing to distin guish the district of the Romish cathedral from any other part of the metropolis. About half an hour after noon, there issued from the purlieus of Farringdon-market into Fleet -street, a "group of Guys," which—as well from their colossal size, as by the amusement and laughter taey occasioned on their progress through the streets — must be fairly pronounced the pageant of the day. This group had evidently been "got up" by some zealous anti-Romanists, regardless of cost. It con sisted of about fourteen figures—animate and inani mate—presided over by a colossal Guy, about sixteen feet in height, who elevated in his chariot—a van drawn by two horses—was compelled to bow down considerably before he could be made to pass beneath Temple-bar. This pageant included an animate effigy of the new Cardinal Archbishop of Westroiaa. ter, attired in the gaudy • canonical robes of the Romish church, and wearing the red and broad brimmed hat appertaining to his office. The cardi nal was supported on the right by a waggish fellow, habited in the robes of a nun, and upon the left b y a jolly fat monk, w h o l eere d impudently under his mask at the passers-by. There was also a second figure of a monk looking very lugubriously, and labelled " St. Guy—the Martyr !" An animate figure, holding a brush and a pale of whitewash, inscribed, " Holy water for the penitent !" A man in barrister's robes, and three or four masks, completed the group. The van bore two large inscriptions, the one " Cardinal St. Impudence going to take possession of his diocese in Westminster ;" and the other "Guy Fox going to be canonised in St. George's•fields ; " and several smaller ones, such as "No Popery !" &c. On its ap pearance in Fleet-street this group attracted an im mense crowd, who greeted it with loud cheers and laughter. Several police officers were in attendance, and, accompanying the procession to the confines of the City, gave to it something of an official character. After passing through Temple-bar the " cardinal " and the " Guy" were conveyed through the Strand and Covent-garden Market, thence back into the Strand to Charing-cross, and after passing up Regent street and down Bond-street, returned through Whitehall over Westminster-bridge to St. George's fields, where they arrived shortly after four o'clock. Although a great concourse of persons attended this procession throughout the whole route indicated, there was no attempt at disturbance of any kind during the day , _ _ The next most imposing " Guy" preambulating the streets was an equestrian effigy—also of colossal size —which confined its wanderings to the eastern dis tricts of the metropolis, and, like its western proto type, was accompanied by a very great crowd of spectators. Other " smaller fry" thronged the streets until 1 late hour. The police regulations for the prevention of fire works had the effect of confining the pyrotechnic displays to the suburban districts of the metropolis, in some of which very extensive bonfires and other demonstrations took place. . . At seven o'clock several thousands of persons as sembled in the Cambridge-heath-road, Bethnal-green, and the various avenues adjoining, for the purpose of witnessing the destruction by fire of the effigy of Car dinal Wiseman, with those of the eleven bishops. The piece of ground selected was the green, which was granted for the purpose by Miss Eastman, the freeholder. On this space a pile of several loads of faggots, under which were some tar barrels, was placed. The effigy of the Cardinal was raised on a stage properly suspended in the centre of the pile, and those of the bishops were attached to poles. A splendid display of fireworks followed, a band playing the National Anthem, which was enthusiastically responded to. About dusk, notwithstanding the precept from the Lord Mayor,some thousand of persons took possession of Tower-hill, and a continuous discharge of pyro technics was kept up without the least intermission for several hours. Whilst the fireworks were being letn a off, a lar "His Holiness " o was led int o th e ground. The animal donkey, figure, repre sen ti ng wore a cardinal's hat, and on its tail was placed a large placard, on which was printed " This is Wiseman, which produced roars of laughter. Se veral persons, representing "ri g ht rev , fat h ers, " walked at the side of the animal. So great did the crowd at length get that it was found necessary to have a large body of police under Mr. Inspector Tod hunter, to preserve something like order, and the property of the inhabitants. At Bonner's-fields the effigy o f t h e Pope, i n his full canonicals, was destroyed i n th e presence o f an immense number of persons, wh o testif i ed t h e i r ap probation by hearty cheers, mi ng l e d w i t h cr ies of "Down with the Pope" and a co n ti nuous discharge of fireworks. __ _ guard At the Surrey side of the water similar expressions of public disapprobation were evinced last night; and owing to the large number of fireworks discharged it was apprehended that some mischief might ensue. The firemen of the London Brigade were, therefore, ordered to be in constant readiness, in case their services might be required. Up to ten o'clock last night, however, no accident of an y i m portance had happened. At Richmond the inhabit an t s s h owe d their disap proval in every conceivable way o f t h e a ppointment made by the Pope. Th e discharges of fireworks, and the destruction of the Pope's effigy, proceeded with great spirit. At Hampton Court, Kingston, Blackheath-park, Guildford, Godalming, and various other places, there were also anti-Popery demonstrations. A t Exeter there was a grand procession of Guys, in which the Popes, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Inquisitor-General, the new Popish bishops and the Romish priests disguised as Puseyite clergymen, all appeared in appropriate costumes. The priests disguised as Puseyites chaunted the fol lowing song as the procession proceeded : " We stick firm to the loaves and fishes, And hold fast with very great care; It is clear if we give up cur livi ngs, We cannot yet live upon air. Sing fal de lal, &c. " The world no doubt hypocrites Call Uas And bid us act honest and fair, But what can wo do with our wives then, For they cannot yet live upon air. Sing fal de Jai, &c.,, The procession entered the C a thedral-Yard about half-past eight, and moved round the yard. The procession stopped at intervals, for those who liked it, to kiss the great toe of the Pope, and then proceeded to the bonfire, where the Pope and Cardinal were hanged on a gibbet, and burnt with all the indignity heaped upon them, which their late daring and impu dent, but at the same time contemptible usurpation of power over the British people deserv es. The round bish opsthaendbotnhfierei, and then kicked into it, thenqu i 3 itor-general were the n Licked band playing " God Save the Queen, and the people singing— "Frustrate their Popish tricks, Confound their politica. God save the Quee n. " Notwithstanding these general expressions o' tte popular feeling, no outrage of any kind appears to have taken place. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council is appointed to meet in ti e Exchequer Chamber, Westminster, on Tuesday next, the nth in s t., to settle the roll of Sheriffs for th e En suing year. . . &c.—(CONTINUED.) FRASER. We entuo enl 'o th, attentive perusal of all re acti.maries, Young Englanders, Protectionists, Char tists, SoL:laiists, uotiimat,ists, et. hoc gums omne, the perusal of the opening► article of Fraser for this mouth. It is entitled " Comfortable Doctrine of Compensations," and it proves by various instances that every one of the magic changes of these eventful tunes, howsoever they may have overwhelmel some with sorrow and perplexity, have more than compen sated for the temporary and partial evil they have occasioned by the permanent good they have brought about, and that even the sufferers themselves are ulti mately compensated. Take, for instance, the case of the present low price of agricultural produce : " In the first Face, there is the compensation. often overlooked but not the less real, of a diminished price of the first necessaries of life to the producer himself, to his family and household; secondly, the farmer can procure at a more economical rate the produce which he does not raise, but which he requires fur the feeding of stock; thirdly, it' he have previously paid wages duly proportioned to the then price of food, he can safely re duce thew, and if a just rent, he may demand a reduc tion at least proportioned to the landlord's gain in the shape of cheap provisions. Further, as cheap food re sults from large production, he must of necessity employ rather more than less labour, and so still further reduce the poor•rate already diminished by the low price of food consumed within the workhothe. The burden of county-rates is also diminished; for cheap food means a lower expenditure on the inmates of prisons, and a re diroion in the numfer of commitments. All these com peosations, however, are trivial when compared with the great gain to the nation by a diminished price of the first necessaries of life. Does not all history teach us that cheap food means, not merely less crime and less paup, , rism, but less political excitement—in orderly com mu,,ities fewer riots, in turbulentones fewer revolutions? Riots and revolutions are, as we all know, the common consequences of want of employment in dense town po pulations; and that want of employment is always co incident with a high price of provisions, and rapidly dis appears as the price of food falls. In our English towns, with our liberty of action and speech, dear food and scanty occupation, if they proceed beyond turbulent public meetings, show themselves in conflicts with the police; but in Paris the same causes work out into revo lutions. We are convincei that all the revolutions of France have been really due to these causes, and not to mere political theories; and just because the price of food is now very low, we do not look forward to another revolution emanating from that centre of turbulence till we again enter upon the cycle of dear food. One obvious advantage of this view of the case is, that it lowers dis turbances and revolutions from the high dignity of chil dren of the intellect and conscience, to the less flattering parentage of the appetite cheated of its due supply of food. If we are right, and more faith is really to be placed in the low price of food than in the sword of Chan , gamier, the English agriculturist, in common with the rest of the world, may thank what he regards as a per sonal calamity for the peace which is so necessary an ele ment in the prosperity of all nations, and of all the in dividuals of which they consist. " The rationale of this order of compensations is very simple. A low price of food immediately affects every consumer in the kingdom. He pays less for the loaf of bread, and the pence which he thus saves are spent in clothi❑g, books, and other common necessaries, and in luxuries bordering upon them. The demand on the retail dealer is soon felt in the wholesale warehouse, and thence is transmitted to the great seats of manufacture. In this way the depression of the agriculturist leads in evitably to the elevation of the manufacturing interest. The two will then, for the first time, flourish in harmony, when cheap food shall be fully compensated bytincreased production. This, according to the modern school of political economy, is the destined work of free trade, with its corollaries of free labour and diminished taxation." The writer gives us a still stronger case, viz., the case of the slop system. Of this system he says : "Even this evil is not without its bright side. By providing cheap clothing for the masses, it has met a demand which it was of the first importance to supply, and has been instrumental, to a certain degree, in di minishing the numbers of ragged and ill-dressed people. But it has had another good result. It has brought, within much narrower limits the old system of doing business at the West•end, by means of long credits and high-prices —a system which compelled the punctual paymaster to discharge the debts of dishonest noble men and gentlemen, who were accordingly clothed at his charge, very much to their own satisfaction and his disgust. Through the competition of Messrs. Moses, llyam, and Nicoll, this system has happily received its death-blow, to the great relief of poor parsons, doctors, and lawyers." Very rich men, who know not the value of money, or very unprincipled men, who pay their debts by a periodical appearance in the Insolvent or the Bank ruptcy Courts, may magniloquently rail against the purchasers of cheap goods ; but the industrious man, who honestly pays his debts, hails the cheapness of provisions and of clothing as a blessing. Our friend, the Naturalist, gives us much curious infor mation concerning the habits of the turtle tribe, and intersperses his communication with much gastrono mic lore touching the cooking and feeding of the green species, the furnishers of Callipee and Calli pash ; and a New Yorker continues his sketches of American Society. We have also reviews of Captain Hervey's " Ten Years in India," of M. Romieu'e work onCresarism," of M. CAnacbe's Life of T. 11.. leyrand," and a very interesting paper on the Wel leons in Transylvania BENTLEY. The present is an excellent number of the Miscel lany, the papers are numerous, are all well-written, and the charm of variety has been effectively secured. The opening paper, " A Sketch of the Siege of Mool tan," by John James Cole, will be read with much interest. Mr. Cole was assistant-surgeon in the allied army —that army which was created by the genius and exertions of Major Edwardes, of whom we have an engraved portrait in illustration of the article. Mr. Cole was with Major Edwardes during the whole of the Mooltan campaign, and has, in this vivid sketch, recorded his reminiscences of it from the rais ing of the troops by Edwardes and Courtland, to the moment when the fisg of England waved upon the walls of the captured city. Mr. Robert Bell's admirable novel, of " The Ladder of Gold," is fast drawing to a conclusion ; in the present instalment we learn that Crickey Snaggs is the his use son of Raggles, who had intrusted 5001. for use to the care of Richard Rawlings, and this Ri chard Rawlings declares is the death-bed secret of so of whichiog,Lelo,,rdhCadhaartlteesmEpttoend, Charles Eton himself has been most dangerously, if not mortally, wounded in his duel with Henry Win ston, and his danger brings out the character o f L or d William, his haughty uncle, . a much more am i a bl e taoctngamik on e the informationmuch. Lord light ; the ice of aristocracy is thawed by grief, the proud noble discovers that he has a he ar t, an d t h e lord becomes a human being. In this mood of mind he appreciates the quiet, unobtrusive virtues of Mar garet, and for the first time in his life treats her with kindness. The author of " Lord Bacon in Adversity" contributes a pleasant, gossiping zoological paper on lions, and Abraham Elder a " screaming " co micality entitled " Tne Prince of Zooloo," which we commend to the perusal of all well-to-do trad esman w h o may chance to be afflicted n o nti th n e ues pr h e i s s en present instalment amusing s ketc hes giveso f S u p s a n a is n h alife, animate d d with an emigration f ever . M r . D rummond Wolff description of a bull-fight. The " Inedited Letters of Mrs. Piozzi" are continued, as is the amusing paper by Mr. Charles Lanman on "Trout-fishing in the United States," and the comical biography of the Louisiana " Swamp Doctor." We find also in the present number a translation of the Count de Manta- livet's recently published memoir, " King Louis Philippe and his Civil List ;" but seeing the Count de Montelivet was himself the Intendant of the Civil List, and is, therefore the person of all others, next to Louis Philippe himself, the most personally interested in making out a "good case," we must confess that it would have been more satisfactory to have had the evidence of some unbiassed person in corrobora tion of the statements of the Count de Montalivet. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 5. Her Majesty walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, accompanied by Lord Sey mour, and attended by Lord Byron, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Lord Sey mour, will join the royal di nne r circle this evening. Sir George Grey arrived in town last evening his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his official residence in Downing-street yesterday even ing, from his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. from SOUTLI-EASTERN RAILWAY--ASHFORD, RYE, AND HASTINGS BRANCIL—The electric telegraph is completed and at work on this line as far as Rye. In consequence of an extensive slip near Hastings the line will not be opened for traffic for at least three weeks. It is satisfactory to be enabled to state that the Commissioners of Railways are of opinion that the whole of the alterations made by the South- Eastern Company, but objected to by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company, arc consistent with the public safety, and not prejudicial to the public interests, and that as to some of the alterations, they are calculated to improve the line. RETIRING PENSIONS OF JUDGES. —Lord Denman is the only Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Erskine the only Pdisne Judge in England, now enjoying a retiring pension. There is at present no judge from the common law courts in Ireland receiving a retired allowance. In Scotland the Lord President of the Court of Session and two other judges have at present retiring pensions, and there are no less than five ex-Chancellors at this moment in the receipt of the retired allowance—viz., Lord Brougham, Lerd Lyndhurst, and Lord Cottenham in England, and Sir Edward Stigden and Lord Plunkett in Ireland. MADAME ANNA THILLoN.--We understand that this fascinating artist will appear, in conjunction with Mr. Hudson, the celebrated Irish comedian, in a new musical and dramatic entertainment, to he given, in the course of the present month, in one Of OK leading macaw-mat 1850. AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES. THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF AGRI CULTURAL TENANCIES; with Forms and Precedents. By George Wingrove Cooke, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Author of " A Treatise on Inclosures," &c., &c. Bvo. London, 1850. Mr. Wingrove Cooke, of the Home Circuit, is one of those toiling lawyers who fill up a long vacatio❑ with a long task. When others hie away to rustling stubbles and breezy hills these laborious sons of Themis retire into their inner chamber, shut their doors about them, and, having summoned their calf-skin-bound familiars to their aid, cast—an octavo. An example, by the way, to our agricultural friends, how men in other pursuits are obliged to rely upon their own efforts, and to strive, to labour, and to compete for business and for eminence. The result of Mr. Cooke's long vacation is a very remarkable book—remark able, not because it is a good law book with cases and statutes, and contents and index, all in good order and well put together. A man who knows his business has no great difficulty in compiling such a thing, and the production generally vouches more:for the author's power of plodding than for his power of brain. Mr. Cooke might have perpetrated a hundred professional volumes without attracting our attention ; nor, although conveyancing is A science, which Lord Coke supposes Began about the time of Moses, should we have cared to follow him through a labyrinth of cases and covenants. But this volume, without intending it, and while pur portiag only to tell country attorneys how to draw farming leases, and landowners how to check their agents' valuations, in reality lays bare a state of law and a social evil which few persons could suspect to exist even i❑ a code of laws made entirely by land lords. It seems that the law as between a farmer and his landlord differs from that which rules the bargains of any other classes. If a baker sets up an oven, or a brewer sets up a set of vats for the purpose of carrying on his business, the fixtures remai❑ his own, and he can take them away when his tenancy ceases. If a farmer sets up a thrashing machine, a barn, a feeding shed, or a steam-engine, it imme diately becomes the property of the landlord, who may turn him out with half-a-year's notice, and take possession of the whole without one farthing compen sation. We only wonder that the same rule does not apply to the farmer's stocks and his household furni ture ; and indeed it might just as rationally be applied to his wife and daughters. Again, it seems that if a farmer agree with his landlord that he will spend one, two, or three thousand pounds in draining and im proving the farm (and without such agreement all the improvements might be taken possession of without compensation),if the estate is entailed the next possessor is not bound by the agreement, and the farmer may be turned out on his landlord's death without any no tice whatever. Such is the state of the law between landlords and their farmers, and in the face of this our Stanleys and Richmonds have the coolness to exhort their tenants to spend capital upon the land. " You want skill—you want enterprise. Why don't you drain ? Try subsoil ploughing—buy manures—adopt high farming—raise double crops," shout the noble founders of Protectionist societies ; and the press re echoes the cry, and comfortable citizens wonder that farmers won't carry on their business like cotton spinners, and invest the proper amount of capital to ensure a return of profit. No wonder that such harangues fall upon dull ears. Swift is said to have preached a short charity sermon in these words:— "He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord ; my brethren, if you like the security, down with your money." The farmers do not like the security but as they dare not say so, they silently act upon their convictions, and the land is scantily cultured, and so it will continue to be as long as landlords have the monopoly of law-making, and use their power to make such laws as these. Mr. Cooke sees the only remedy in written agreements, which shall provide the compensations that the law desires. On this sub ject he says, in his preface— `• Written contracts, whether in form of agreements or leases, are grown into more general, but still not into very general, use throughout the kingdom. The ordi nary class of farmer—with not too much capital, no exuberant enterprise, and little confidence in new sys tems, but with considerable shrewdness and great talent for bargaining—prefers the elasticity of a parol contract. Reductions of rent, allowances for improvements, and the lax culture obligations of the custom of the country, are all opportunities for constant haggling, and, unless the agent be a very shrewd, hard man, fur constant putty victories. No wonder that a simple verbal tenancy is preferred by this class, to security for improvements they never intend to make, sad covenants for good husbandry precisely defined. "Gradually, however, cunning must give place to wis dom; and this class of farmers must surrender to stran gers, or must be succeeded by sons who have learned the necessity of an exact demarcation of their rights and obligations. Little advantages gained, small reductions, occasional allowances, are as nothing when compared with the vast yearly difference of produce raised from the same land, by a farmer who drains and highly manures and a farmer who does nut. Yet he must be too improvident a man to bo a good farmer, who should invest in the land capital sufficient fur high cultivation, without some security that a change in the ownership of the estate (whatever well-founded confidence he may have in the present landlord) may not at any moni,nt bring a no:ice to give up firm, improvements, and capital, and leave it all, uncompensated, to a stranger. If the modern system of husbandry is to progress until it be comes universal, precise written contracts roust extend over the land with an equal pace. It will la, conceded that a species of contract, which thus bids fair to con trol the management of all the land of England, deserves more especial consideration than it could receive in those general works whereut it formed but a very subordinate subdivision." Mr. Cooke has collected all the precedents of agree ments that have been adopted by landlords who are inclined to deal justly with their tenantry, and we are not surprised to find that these are the men who are least heard of as Protectionist spouters. Among those who are the advocates of tenant right, and who —know what's right—not only so, But also practise what they know," are Lord Yarborough and Earl de Grey, the Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Tollemache of Cheshire, Mr. Par kinson of Ley Fields, Mr. Woollett Wilmot, Mr. Bartholomew of Wragby, Mr. Badcock of Launces ton, and many other eminent liberal landlords and agriculturists, whose different schemes of tenant right allowances are all set forth in the book. These landowners are inclined to consult their own interest and their tenants by doing common honesty, but there are numbers upon whom mere ex ample will be thrown away. When we open this book we wonder that it never was written before; and when we find that no such book existed before we cease to wonder that farming leases are on all hands admitted to be expensive sheep skins, filled with absurd stipu lations impossible to reduce to practice. Mr. Cooke has now armed the country attorney with a full knowledge of all the mysteries of corn-rents, crop ping, and manuring, and the land agent with all the legal knowledge necessary to draw a farming agree - rnent. He has explained in his preface the peculiar facilities he has enjoyed for combining the two sciences of law and agriculture, and obvious as was the neces sity of such a book to meet what the Protectionists call the agricultural crisis, there was probably no other man than himself, in either profession, who could have written it. We hope it may lead not only to the professional reputation and profit which the author no doubt very fairly had in view, but also to a revision of the whole state of the law upon this subject, and a little justice to the agricultural tenant. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I trust to your truthfulness to insert this answer to your attack upon the prebendaries of St. Paul's. 1. The prebendaries are not members of the Chapter. 2. They have not the slightest , authority in the Cathe dral. 3. All of us who wore appointed since the Ecclesiasti cal Reform Act derive no revenue from the Cathedral estates. Our appointments are entirely honorary, and although we are happy to receive this mark of distinc tion from our Bishop, we have no ambition of the addi tional honorary title of "Twopenny Showmen of St. Paul's." Let the blame of so odious an act rest with those to whom it attaches, the Dean and four Canons, who have the whole and sole control of the Cathedral. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A PRBENDARY. P.S. I enclose my na me f or y our sat E isfaction, not for publication. NEW PIER AT RYDE.—An earnest movement is being made for the erection of a noble pier, worthy of Ryde. Surveys and estimates have been made, and a plan is in course of execution. It is proposed to have it of galvanised iron, about three times the width of the present one, with head in proportion, and to be furnished with a tram-road and carriages for the accommodation of passengers. It will run from the Dover a little to the east of Ryde, Where good approaches can be secured easily, the ground' being yet Un occupied. There is no want of capital to carry it through the opposition anticipated from the proprietors of the present old pier, whose want of spirit and liberality in forwarding the improvements proposed last year, have induced the present movement; and those who would have been the last to re move the traffic from its present site, are forward now to sup port the measure, from a conviction that, like the New Steam Company, it is the only way left to keep pace with the re quirements of the day. AN ADVENTURE AT WOINIBWELL'S MENAGERIE. — A youth at Durham, while visiting Wombwell's menagerie, laid his hand upon the paw of an African lion, which was protruded beneath the bars, a familiarity which the brute resented in a tearful manner. With the quickness of light ning the animal laid hold of the unhappy intruder by the hand, and drawing him close against the bars of the cage, with his other paw he fastened upon his head. The cries Of the lad instantly attracted the attention of the keeper, who flew to the spot, and after severely beating the infuriated brute upon the paws, compelled hint to relinquish his hold. The whole proceeding was the work of a moment, but the unfortunate lad retains traces of his fearful rencontre, which he will bear with him to the grave. klis head and both his hands are lacerated in a terrible manner, and in addition to which he has received several severe scratches on the throat and neck. The tumult occasioned in the menagerie by this incident .is indescribable. —D u rham Ad - t RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. I EXETER, YEOVa, AND DORCHESTER. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of this company was held yesterday afternoon at the London and `..!:outh-Western Railway Com pany's offices, York-road, for the purpose of consider ing the existing relations between the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Company, and the London and South- Western Company, and of taking such steps with re ference thereto as s h ou ld a p pear to t h e meet i ng to b e expedient; and for other special purpo.ses. Mr. Wool mer in the chair. After a few preliminitry remarks, the Chairman said that the following report had been drawn up that morning by the board of directors, to be submitted to the consideration of the meeting : " In conformity with the wishes expressed by the pro prietors present on the 27th of August last, this special general meeting has been called for the purpose, as stated by the notice, of considering the existing relations between this company and the .Lond,n and South- Western Railway Company, and of taking such steps with reference thereto as shall appear expedient. " The directors observed that, at the recent meeting of the London and South-Western Company, powers were given to the directors of that company to make such arrangements in respect of this undertaking as should appear fitting and just ; and the directors learn that the London and South-Western board have, in order to carry out this object, appointed a committee to meet a committee of this company. This course ap pears to the board likely to lead to a satisfactory result, and they therefore recommend that the proprietors should appoint such a committee from their own body, including such of the directors as are not nomiaees of the London and South-Western Railway Company. And that the committee be authorised to confer with the committee appointed by the London and S out h- Western Company's board, and either report their re commendations to a future meeting of this proprietary, or proceed without such a report to carry nem out as may seem best. The definition and extent of such powers the board would leave in the hands of the meeting, and they have deemed it right to direct that the proper Gazette and newspaper notices should be given in the present month o f f an ap plication to Parliament for a dissolution of the company, and for enabling the legal completion of such arrange ments,between the two companies as may be found expedient. These notices it may be unnecessary to follow up by the introduction of any Bill into Parlia ment, but the board are of opinion that the time for publishing notices should not be allowed to pass with out the company being placed in a position to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session if necessary, and have given directions accordingly." The CHAIRMAN then moved that the above report should be received. Mr. PARSONS seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to questions, informed the meeting that, in the event of their adopting the recommendation of the directors, it would be for the committee nominated to ascertain at whose expense a Bill such as that alluded to should be brought into Parliament. There were only two members of their board, so far as he knew, who were not nominees of the London and South-Western Company. The proportion of shares held by the General Com pany and by the London and South-Western Com pany respectively, was as to I, the exact number being—General Company, 21,000 ; London and South-Western Company, 35,000. It was then moved by Mr. WILLIAMS, seconded by Mr. J. DRAY, and, after some conversation, carried, " That a committee should be appointed, consisting of five shareholders, namely, Messrs. Woolmer, Par sons, Edwards, Boyd, and Day, three to form a quorum, though the concurrence of four members should be necessary to any definite arrangement that might be entered into ; and that this committee should be empowered to negotiate with the directors of the London and South-Western Railway Company relative to the existing relations between the company and the London and South-Western Company, and to conclude such arrangements as they may consider for the interests of the company; and that such com mittee be empowered to take any steps that may be necessary to carry such arrangements into effect." Mr. CHAPLIN assured the meeting that in all that regarded the London and South-Western Rtilway Company the committee would be met in the most friendly and liberal manner, and b.l had every reason to believe that the conference would be attended with the most satisfactory results. The matter would be discussed freely, honourably, and impartially. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. DUNGARVAN ELECTION. Mr. John Francis Maguire, of the Corh Examiner, is abuut to redeem his pledge, and has already issued his address to the electors of Dungarran. It is a long and ably drawn up document, and such as leaves no room for doubt as to the political principles of the candidate. He is, of course, a Repealer, and anti- Churchman, and an advocate of tenant-right. Touching the question of protection, Mr. Maguire observes— " Believing, in my inmost soul, that there cannot be a wilder delu&ion than Oust which supposes a restora tion to a protecting duty on foreign cern, I shall not dwell on that subject, save only to say this much, that even were protection possible of attainment, which I am thoroughly convinced it is not,--aa I believe the manufacturing and trading communities of England would rise in rebellion rather than consent to relinquish the advantage of a free trade in the staple article or lite,—l should not seek Ix it, and for two reasons; in the first place, because I bold it to be im politic and inhuman to impose a tax on the food of the poor, and, in the second, because any notion of a re turn to protection would only lead to a vigorous re newal of the worst form of rack-renting, and prevent that equitable settlement of the land question which its so essential to the welfare of every class and interest in this country." Mittton EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS), THE STEEPLECHASES. The Surrey Hunt Steeplechase. Trust• me-not ... ... I L%nequenet Whitley ... 2 ... 3 ••• ••• The Autumn Steeplechase. Spring Buck ... British Yeoman Gulnare ... ... ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 Five ran. No race for the Aristocratic Stakes. MR. HENRY HALLAM.—We have received with great regret intelligence of the death of Mr. Henry Hallam, only surviving son of the eminent historian of the " Middle Ages." This melancholy event took place at Sienna on the return of Mr. Hallam and his family from a short visit to Rome. It will be remembered by the large class of friends and admirers to whom Mr. Hallam is justly endeared that a similar misfortune, almost identical in some of its circum stances, bereaved him several years ago of an eldest son, whose genius and whose virtues had singularly endeared him to all his contemporaries. So sudden and so painful an affliction has seldom fallen twice upon the same family; and it is increased by the premature close of another lite rich in every promise of personal excellence and professional dis tinction. THE MURDER IN JERSEY.—The following are the ternis of the verdict of the jury which sat to inquire into the means whereby Mrs. Carlton came by her death :—"That the said Mary M'Donald, wife of Edward Carbon, or Carle ton, died of the consequences of a wound inflicted by the said Carlton, or Carleton, ou his said wife, with a knife or other instrument." On Saturday Carlton was brought before the Jersey Royal Court to plead to an indictment tramed against him by the Crown officers for witul murder. He, through his advocate, entered a plea of "Not Guilty," and with reserva tion of the point that the indictment was not in accordance with the verdict. Carlton seemed quite at his ease before the Court, betraying no signs whatever of anxiety or fear. SOUTH WALES IRON WORKS. — lncreased activity is apparent in portions of the great mineral field in South Wales, particularly in the neighbourhood of Bridgend and Maesteg. It is currently reported that the Maesteg Iron Works, which have been closed during the last four years, will very shortly be reopened under extremely favourable circumstances. At the Garth works an increased number of men have been employed, and in the underground works greater activity is visible. Surveys have been undertaken preparatory to the formation of new tramways, the' opening of fresh levels, and extension of air and ventilating pits. The Lyhvi works are likewise to be enlarged by the addition of a new mill , to the finishing department. —Carmarthen Journal. AMERICAN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—Our engineers have not yet thought 5t to give the American eye/ern of carriages a trial, although they appear not unworthy of it. For our own part, we are induced to think that it would be a great convenience to be able to stand upright in a carriage when tired of sitting—that we would rather take a cup of coffee or a chop on the way, than be compelled to leave a half-tasted meal at Swindle'em station (where we have paid at a rate that justifies the present occupant giving 20,0001. fur the good will), or else have to stop at Birmingham an hour, when we don't want to stop at all—that a little artifi- , cial warmth during winter would not be unacceptable in this climate - and that, finally, atter enduring all this and much more, it would be a more sensible plan to take our tickets toward the latter end of the journey than to keep us wait ing some ten minutes outside the station while that enliven ing ceremony is being performed. The complaint of a tra veller that the draught is unpleasant in a long undivided carriage would apparently be met by giving each double seat a blind, which might be drawn tit pleasure, but we do not think there is much weight in this objection, or the Ameri venieece for the comfort of their passengers, would not tole cans, who provide ice water in summer, and a place of con rate such an a rrangement.—Artiran. M AG NIFICENT SPECIMEN OF NEE DLEWORK.--0120 most ingenious and wonderful artistic productions o f the kind which we have ever seen has this week been of the most us by a journeyman tailor, residing in Lancaster, w it in the " crystal palacel in 1851 The nam e of the tailor is Brayshaw , and his work consists of atcoeunterpane, on which with the needle he has:wrought a gre at varie t y laid ho befo intends e xhibit in g o f artistic designs—designs which, ex ce pt on close inspection, could not be attributed to anything but the I pencil of a painter. The colours are beautifully varied, and contrasted, and consist of pieces of cloth so disposed ia to QM wins groups sad Ogurese—Carliele Journal. 2 144 64 co n . P c)- , coo' le IoP her o Jefe 3 130 1 ' chic' The P 4)/3' AP ° 000' fall ° r%