The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-20 00:00:00

tv ai NEW MUSIC. 'LODIES. By C 4 0 ,1 GS AND AIL A ver e 8 Alachay an d Sir nary li' Bishop. 111 be end b eau tif u l en t e rprise has recent l y 1 4 6 attired upon by the proprietors of the L o7l 'lon News, being no other than the 4 "d ther e f ore a l so t h e conserv ation, of the Zltltxl,l llll3i e of England. It is intended that thi s shall accP ore in regard to the lovely e of °or native land, vvlia.t was about d th . e Lardt - i t b lle nt of the present century accomplished n veil' exquisite melodies of Ireland. There d itlY for this step if the people were It' tll 4" e ,.? °ll ' in this matter of witnessing a great ;top 1 4 1 ,•"'tic preservation. Wiliout some such 't/Ili o r part of an adventurous composer we ttit ku 'a to lose one by one the most precious o 4110fatl g o tr easures. It is our stnse of this fact , y its ; Loapertance which induecs us the more o ltlfi l t : welcom e w h at, un d er any c ircumstances, th lke acceptable. In order to dernonstrat e t reriders how fully entitled the enter he r % e re -eerred to is to their confidence — t, calculated to accomplish a benefit ' ll l4ll - e 141 . 1 Y desirable—it is only necessary ello s , k r ° the names of the two gentlemen i tt :',,eds its conduct . has_ been entrusted. to'Sl3"' t4a Y is to accomplish for the "English i elo w , ; h at„ was , formerly accomplished for the 'N A u•e4 by lhomas Moore. He is to adspt 41 4; 1144 poetical in rhythm, and unexceptione h seliti reent. Sir Henry Bishop is, on the 11 N t o : to arrange the old melodies of Eng tg Ike 1 / V symphonies and accompaniments, t.e ,eft ,L°traerly done in regard to . h t' i ttli t ,: ° , 4 ies of Ireland by the kindred genius 1411-- Stephenson. As the first instalment of L N et p e p - l a " exquisite serial we have grouped to 7 • 'els than five very lovely and celebrated " When Daisies Pied," is the opening t ,. tl . lt i ti„ • di g taken from the original of Tho b ra n 2 - s k•lhaus Arne, written somewhere about one .0 Ow l : l 4 g°. This Charles Mackay has rendered ° tee by the' grace ' of his new verses en ioTh. lit'l4° Cuckoo." As the second we have . some CkshVtaezas called " The Wintry Winds, .to e h o f," The Vicar of Bray," originally in r, layford's Dancing Master. " The pG .1% toe title of the new version to the well- L t Y of " Sally in our Alley," and the 1 . 14 1,14 this is so much to our taste, and so we ll • the til e Power s of Charles Mackay, that we let the pleasure of its quotation • "THE BOATMAN. 1114 bride 41 r - e' Sally in our Alley.') 'The e_.grooin smiled a happy !mile, Ata we Ve was sweetly blu3hing, % A ka e t h o water's tranquil breast T he e rie n " of bells came gushing. 1.1 " 41313 :Aids 1 h'd or watch'd the light 11 Puo th • lu g ' 4 % i v 0 ripple's qeivcr ; , Who "utvii diwm'd the boatman's face Sic, fellowed them o'er the river. '' l N ) 1 1 ' l3 oars; his thoughts were sad. ee l , l , sl ghteen years in summer ~.1ii,w ., 0 ! tho s t ream I row'd the bri.le, the b o p u s tcro, a fairy comer. t t 43 to th l ug gaily, as to-day, bd k i r e font they brought her; 4 At ch e r ; t"11:1 mother wept fur joy 444 a, 'Wait% of their &righter. 1 kiy il e l i ° 4 ll .° o more acmes the stream— ttlvs kind thoughts possess her! - a t h , q ' d h. n ee , p ra , and bridal guests, s gun ,),' that Heaven may bless her. , Tht, la 41411:.s bright, each heart is light, Q Sil a h o ugh rings loud and merry, , i ~ eor e ,,, t b 4l of welcome from the shore Athi rd min o'er the ferry. ) 4 Witi, A i n° she must cross the 111 A, ri v I tie each, our lord and master; b h ow b er Bee that mournful day - !' Air, l o atman, row us faeter! 11 oat ttlith A s sns a ' , row, your oars are slow, a 1 ,,, es, and love is pressing, L Ilelicilleashall earn a double fee, il! ° the „ lour lady's blessing." O, " t es U A t e nee r Pon the melodies, written by SiF y. St B of 4 ' 'll " 'Ming one of the most distinguishing 4.14 4 4g rest th tl :e enterprise, we observe with no la s' at Il Y i ti 1 0 ‘" We are indebted for this favourite air ti , the e ,ur Alley" to Harry Carey, a compo- Itopth arlY.part of the eighteenth century. As 4 00 n th at er eion before moreover, ', - va l it • us, is gratifying, NiS e b eta t I s note for note as Sir Henry Bishop NI Light ° have heard it sung by Incledon. Rt,,, 4 ti zo Of Love " is the name now given by Y i ked 4it Y to" Packin ton's Pound," a melody 41 4. , 1 s e tt. Gay's Beggar's Opera, and composed, 111:°, th e -) as far back as the time immediately f IN girt l ie vession of Queen Elizabeth. Ti t h ittio e arlt Regal Beauty," ' Vat' -"'led tcomposed either by ka 11„ I e Gr pn 0 the song again, is t . he new ‘ l OO vast - r -- -e, or by Loveridge, the author of l' t li; l ath • • ''' - 'et . of Old England ter‘44„4,,,eesevt,tlasmi,gei).37 t,re 1, el Cu l ",e melody on Dr. Greene, in pre "—[Sir Henry pOpU the air alluded to being loved a Bonnie Sea )l,,,, rea l tie h are ir Sally our national aaty ied f . the first traces of , It! l'il l 4 °ln some degree of obscurity by Sir 4 11 NI k °P) an d adapted to new words by Dr. c i 1. Iteh a ~ tli t trs of Y• That it will be welcome to the Id Dre' s°1• If? we cannot doubt from the men 7 It ee je4 itself and the celebrity both of the poet 1 I °Pris ,‘: h tlleu„, pos er engaged un the enterprise. 'We 4 4; u tii the;: e iv rta k king as one ,honourable, in every °Ptn ent. " 0 are now pledged to the public fcr 4 b --------- ~ i k4 k ; C 14.1. a ~ w E ,„ s e I ,'''ette e „„ " A RAT AND A SNAKE. -- Th e tt - uox, an 'e7 o a gentleman of the town had ft rat t tle- e tie 1 1 3 bet,' desiring to see what kind of a figh t i?• 11 k,,, 1p h Illt!I hi,7..ech his snakeship and a rat, put a re n i, - tii 4l te,7„7f in t i" o ._ The snake struck at the . rat, l wh o c w ,il u Iblttl V . tie ',, o learters . with an enemy, like . all and ards, o tte o.lte hi:ttacked his adversary with apill , Zlt , '' l ct I'' on the he gained a „ ° T y e „ e head and neck until_ nd eon ' Nleelc l th • T he snake died of his wounds in a few P peed wh at ;1 5 rat was killed by a d e g ; but we are not t Nl AL til e se e e e tc allle of the do g that killed the rat . that ktit lia at, - `ja 47 ai tat lay in t lie bo a s that Charley built.— , e s . r te . 'Vie t r %lellee r k e tti e °sem at Of the excessive cold which has re- PO, e 4, Nvitil Stockholm_ , a great number of dogs have N 41 ,) th,,,laadriess. Unbapply says the Hamburgh 14 -4 ritu about the streets' and attacked several , 1 isperae t„, tit 0 both a ti teek of bullion held by the Bank . o . j tl6/ ove zt b ePartnients during the month ending the ite7oi' 3 ~s ee e t r n WaS 1 5,777,254/ , being a:l h in a c r r d eas a e de o - f • mei 24l Pared with the previous mon. , % qt it ' '' whey compared with the same period last ti v t 'k e Otlee ti itt''lt, tll Yo ' tk ail3AT.—The screw-steamer Glasgow, Oh i ls t i at G l air rived in the Clyde last night at eleven Olt, 4 3% fiv e gow this morning, after a - ' 4 ' NI hou beingrecord for a k i lt hi e lef t , o urs, the quickest on passage efonly - ",1f;,;',3' 26 dew York at the same time as the Atlantic, ee "a e a oars behind it, She brings 45 passengers, I s t :ly r ile. k , i o „„„„ i ~..4 1, 0ii of , OF LORD PAISMUBK.--The serious IL - tlitt e .', / are is announced by the S . cotea -, a c count tate his Lordship Sktte N t ki lt e ' llB PA to have slightly 1 t t Sa itil d fro an o.—The numerous omnibusesrunto ho a pe „ l in Chelsea aid the Strand and Picca d i ll y rhe''• fa re t c he metropolis, have announced the adoption ti4teroar 'or the whole of the distance to and from 11.04.1ibe,:z;Oenhelsea, and the Bank, for the first time since te' ct ° l lllohe this important line of road were first este-, k ll 'o h e l : 4h ho have now, therefore, the me . ans . o f ti kte l e r „: - `ta by the numerous vehicles on this line 1 )4 se, " slaw-, westminster or from Knightsbridge by the r Lsall fare b uses from Bromton &c to the Bank, to telsle,' 4l Uher ec r t ti. for the entire distance;' and this, itm_uast. oi l hi s ' "rough one of the main arteries of the an n 011 3 , 44 eee ll " , believed that althou girtttt aler ke - oe roade an important redi g ic i t t io t n he in F trei d r in f g ar t e ° S. 4 q 4 01 ,_1 the active opposition started on the Oxford ' yi. Ili '° l ll line of road, the proprietors will, r ee a a c- - ' IN I4 3 r edact' e 4,4 sad I, obedience iote of the fare on the Chelsea and NI% ch tae ta_ to the general desire, before long 11 , iii, fo r % Tag° of passengers from the Edgware-road 0 . 14.'1r1. 4 : - "., with a 2d. fare from Tottenham-court -14re Zur the. entire distance, which arrangements b -ea tt'llerai satisfaction to the immense mass of pas istittalll 16 Meat important road. tsittetateetoil,auvraE.—For the first time in his .1, 1 „,_ Ir. Farren is to produce a pantomime as . a . 0!i e „ v..velty, The piece has been for some time in 4 tr • Q ti io nd all the resources of the theatre will be litit!"t, Qnd .t.,a, The title is Red Rufus, or Harlequin F a ct, 'cee ete L'aecy. k b4.4 4. 1 1. ()F th ' e C e A e al h° l-1 11.LL.—The following. are the 4ket h. oi ld 0 Itlemen who passed their exatmnation in the 4!trO, 04 7,,ctiee of medicine, and received certificates to I , !tai i tl, 1, n u e u rsdaY, the leth of December :-Henyy John . 44 t ili k to"711: 1 % -n e; Vrederick Brooker Fuleher, le ti te. Ev e s Ne wcastle-on-Tyne; Josiah Maidstone, Ramskill, Leeds; ' 11. , 8, Devonport • Robert Brockman Newhouse, . i4l -Y Powell Bannister ; v tin tt, and James 111`Cann, Ire eN. qUe D ~,, 41' 1 4 °7 i/ri uted ajtil" • R —Frem an official paper te f re ti, tereB l B t h lgezli t iat a t c h k e et n s u , m an b d er of vessels, ex pleasure yachts 1 ae t4:llll a d ee the harbour, was in the year 1,513, the regis ar ~al, e , "" of which amounted to 163,270 tons. qt -Al gtin rece nt death of 10 t nd etao ziAar LEGAcy.—By the 11 . 4, se NI ,of the Grange of Barry, Mr. Thomas _Le ee W, 17to r l e tt h at t lin sixteen years has been employed as A .n d . er k . : 0%7 , 4 %4 6 Port of Dundee, has succeeded to an i . ia ne e 1 1 "Usr • ntioe . 45 : 0 001. On Tuesday last Mr. Low resig er d e 4: 1 1 tle". •vri the docks, where his weekly wages l b ve 14z, 9411 eek, to enter on the possession of the a o I l i t t c Y• He is upwards of 60 years of age. ZAtt! hav e b ce". IN ' 4, :itit .eell informed that it is definitely arranged le:Z- 1 ero t n l° L n " Inspector -General of the Cavalry sha . l . l,b e e 0 ,7, --e e tie r ,, - ; "is Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridg , qt1 1 ,; 4 , •„ of the promotion of Lieut.-General Brother- Its I st of that hi e Roy sq. G. il it, Aril next. al Ilighnees will assume his duties t* la vit lea • Y °LING DIP It is with sincere re oig f _ r what ~. N, folli the Hon. Member for Scarborough is suf ole las, The indisposition arising from an attack of (4stetht'o Curling' on. Gentleman' is at present at the seat . of 04 . ing ' ES T, liingidown, near Deal.- Shippmq r h t lk",_ 4 lA Q Nmtq% k r. 4 , ' , ALT A/SD ALKALI COMPANY.—Yes aIt, the _,,T.,. Jones brought in a claim fur 2,0001., with 4 1 0 , t ,3 , et ac ipesideration alleged b ing the transfer. to the tt al „"q e e ee .e . lice for manufacturing British alkali, :cal), ~,t l: ,, k ar e trcls. The official manager said he was not 'lliii . q,!rtliit , ,!t, the company had received the ® from qabi t zu Mast therefore resist the application. After '''' c ti 4 el9l3, the question was postponed. T E SU N, CHANCERY REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l observe in some able articles on the sub ject of Chancery Reform, the position has been taken up by the press, that there is no neceseity for re taining the Court of C oancery as a separate errat jsdi c tion from the courts of common law; and, in fact, the law of the country may be more beneficially and cheaply administered by one tribunal. P;ihaps, however, it may not have struck you how very little additional legislation is required to effect this desirable object. Now that the Amendment cf Evidence Act has passed, by which plaintiffs and de fendants are themselves competent and compellable to give evidence in an action at law, little more i; wanted to effect the desired result than an enactment that time jurisdiction of the common law courts shall extend to the recovery of any demand in respect of a le g ac y under a will, a distributive share under an intestacy, and of the balance of a partnership account. A simple law to this effect would for all main practical pur poses relieve the people from the incubus of Coan ccry, by enabling them to resort to a more speedy and economical tribunal. As a practical man, I am convinced there is no sound reason why jurisdiction on these questions should not be given to the courts of common law. Where the amount in dispute is under .501. it has been conferred on the county court, and been found to work most beneficially ; and the common law courts now equally possess ail the powers and ma chinery requisite to enable them to deal with the subjects referred to. I have recently been consulted by two young ladies in a case which illustrates the hardship and absurdity of the present state of things, They have had a legacy of 2001. each left to them by the will of their grandmother, and also half the residue of her personalty, per haps 3001. more, all to be paid to them on their coming of age. The remaining half of the residue happens to be bequeathed to their cousins, who are now infants under 21. The solicitor to the trustees has received, and now has in band, rriost of the trust moneys. The two legatees, being of age, have applied foi their legacies, there is no dispute as to the sufli• ciency of the assets, but the solicitor (wishing, it is to be feared, either to delay payment, or that the money shall be disbursed in Chancery costs), de clines to pay the legacies until the whole question of the residue is wound up and settled by the Court. I threatened proceedings, but in order to forestall these, and to prevent any settlement at law, the solicitor has filed a bill in Chancery for an account, at the suit of the infante, though neither they nor their parents were aware of the bill, or would have consented to one being filed; there is however no help for it. The cause must go on, and yet when it comes before the Court there will be no decision, but by the decree the accounts se IA be referred, as a matter of course, to he investigated by the Master; or, as Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, in a recent case, expressed it, a decree is obtained to destroy the estate in due course of law. Before the Master the parties are riot brought face to faces or orally examined, but the investi g ation i s conducted 7 by the system of written interrogatory and affidavit. And the report, when after month?, o r, as is commonly the case, years, it has dragged its s l o w length through the Master's office, may be ex cepted to and overruled by the Court. Under such circumstences the legatees must think themselves for tunate if they only lose their legacies, and the infants are very likely to lose their residue. How different would have been the case if the par ties had been'able to bring the question before the county or common law courts. The executors and par ties interested would have been summoned, them selves and their witnesses examined face to face, the accounts gone into viva voce before the judge, admis sions made, vouchers and documents produced, and in the course of a month or two, and at a comparatively trifling expense, the legacies recovered , or at least the whole case adju'dicated upon with as much equity and fairness as human means permit of. The inherent defect of the Court of Ch an cery, and from which the other courts are free, is that it is based upon the Pontifical law and the system of written procedure. What indeed can be more absurd than the mode of proof in this court ? The depo sitions of the parties and examination of w itnesses are in writing, and in reply to written interro gatories—ofLen; too, taken ex parte, and at their own private residence, sometimes through the medium of an examiner, but never in open court, or before the Master or Judge himself, who tries the cause. Is this a mode o f arriving at truth ? If there were an intention of fraud or concealment, can anything more be favourable to it than this private examination ? Can anything he more conducive of delay ? A game at c h e ss played by correspondence is tedious, but it is no thing to this law game played.in writing, where the lawyers are paid by the folio. Indeed, I think it must be obvious to any one whose mind is not utterly clouded by prejudice, that the nature of the question in dispute can neve r make it necessary, t hat a worse mode of arriving at truth should be adoptedin prefe rence to a better mode, in other words, that whether the question be legal or equitable, it never can be necessary, as to disputed facts, to pursue the system of written interrogatory and examination through the medium of third officers, in preference to oral evidence given face to face before the judge himself. To believe that the Court of Chancery has any peculiar powers for the benefit of the subject is an error. "It is quite a mistake (as Blackstone re marks) to suppose that it is the business of the court of equity to abate the rigour of the common law — both are equally bound by fixed rules and precedents ; there is not a single rule of interpreting laws whether ( quitably or strictly, that is not equally used by the judges in the courts oth of law and equity." And again,—" A little liberality on the part of the common law judges, by extending rather than nar rowing the remedial effects of the writ of trespass on the case, might have effectually answered all the pur poses of the Court of Chancery, except that of obtain ing a discovery by the oath of the defendant?'— " Blackstone's Corn.," vol. 3, p. 430 1.2 and p. 51. As Lord Chancellor C ottenham remarked,—" There is no man who knows the manner in which juststice see is administered in the Cou rt of Chancery, but mu that its power is totally ina de q uate to the promp it t and proper performance of t he duties that devolve upon , and that parties only come to the court when dire ne cessity compels them." Indeed, of all absurdities, an b surd mode of administering justice is one of injures all, c onnected an d the dissatisfactio n and hearthurningt with it are probably more galling than the loss of property itself. To the man who withholds another's rights, the Court of Chancery operates rather as a protection than a terror, and behind its shield of ob structien and delay however, defies the fair suitor. I trust and believe, h that the reme dy will s hortly be applied. The good sense of the public, aided by your own able endeavours, and of the press, even now demand a change ; and I am persuaded that the remedy, to be effectual, must either be by abolishing the present written mode of examination and proce dure in the Court of Chancery (and Lord Brougham's proposed Bill for enabling these courts to refer ques tions of fact and account to the County Court Judges, instead of the Masters, would be very efficacious in this direction), or by conferring on these latter courts full jurisdiction RS to those fertile sources of Chancery abuse, via., questions of legacies, intestacie s, and partnership estates. I am, Sir, your obedient, faithful servant, W. C IIALLINOR. A Member of the ance Reformof the Association for Chry . seek, December, 1851. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE BY FIRE.— On Thursday night last, a working man named David Berry, who resided in a cottage near King's-mil, Huddersfield, with his wife and four children, retired to rest in the upper room or chamber of his dwelling, but they had not beep in bed many bouts before Berry was awoke by finding th o e lower room fill e d with fl am es, which were rapidly making their way into the chamber, then tilled with smoke. He awoke his wife and children, and did the best he could to secure their escape. He succeed ed in forcing his way through the ettin flamassistes, un fastening his co tta g e door, and speedily gg ance. Before, however, aid had arrived at the cotta ar ge, three been of the ch ild ren , boys, aged eig ht, five, and two yes, had suf focated by the smoke, and the mother and the other child had been so severely burnt that there is little chance of their recovery. Berry himself is also much injured. His wife was far advanced in pregnancy. The poor man had been out of work for the last three months, and to eke out a. sab sistence his wife has been in the habit of taking in washing, and the fire, it appears, arose from some clothes which had been hung to dry at the front of the fire having by some means got ignited. A Cow IN A PASTRYCOOK'S. _, On Thursday morning much alarm was created in the vicinit career of Middle sex Hospital by the following mischievousof a cow belonging to Mr. Shaw, of Wells- street, who had sent a man with a horse and cart to his farm at Hendon to fe ga tch v e di up rec the animal, which, being young and very lively, he - tions should be brought by a halter to its neck and fastened to the tail board. This was done, and the cow avin bedge haved quietly throughout the journey, the ro h pe was untied on reaching the cow-shed door in Wells street, when, finding its head loose, it immediately scampered off the same way bad come, butting at every one who attempted to stop it. Having knocked down a boy and a man, who were thrown some yards, it went along Mortimer -street at the same speed, till coming to Great Portland-street, it turned sharply therein. A lady and gentleman, who were on the pavement a yard or two oft; sought shelter in the shop of Mr. James, pastrycouk, No. 13. The animal bolted in after them, and before they could make good their retreat, the counter-flap being down, butted each so violently as to tear their dresses to ribands, besides inflicting much personal injury. Inlits plunging it broke down the c ounter, destro y ing the pastry a nd glass dishes, when it suddenly slipped doken, falling on its side. Some ropes where then thrown over its head, and being fastened, tied to one of the hind legs, in whichinto posi the - tion, by the ai d of several p ersons, it was dragged street and taken to a shed. THE lIAT REFORM —This movement, commenced in 13irmingham a few weeks ago, by G. Linnaeus Banks, and which has extended itself to several other towns in the neighbourhood, is progressing most rapidly and favourably, " Kossuth bats" may now be seen, not only in the hatters' shops, but also at public meetings, and concerts, and even in the open streets. T he Ist da y of January is the, time fined for the public generally to adopt it. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROIII TILE MOT:SING PAPERS OP TUIS DAY. liERALD.—Spitd of the angry growls of some of our co oteniporeries ' whose maxims of right and wrong are measured by their prejudices, we must uphold that Louis Napoleon was justified in the course which he has punned. It may be very well to tell U 3 that there were no overt acts on the part of the Assembly which could warrant such violent pro ceedings ; it may suit the temper of losers to affirm that the President was bound to wait and see what his opponents would do before he resorted to force. This is the language of men who have been antici pated in their designs by one more bold and more energetic than themselves ; but it is not the dictate of reason nor of sound policy. " There is no ques tion," says Lord Bacon, " but a just fear of immi nent danger, though there be no blow given, is a law ful cause of war." Tnat the danger was imminent no one can doubt who has studied the temper of the Assembly, or of the men whose names have gained more than usual nototis ty by their present restraint. That some of the most leading politicians who graced the debates of the lszt two months with no common share of fluency and virulence, made no secret of their hostility to the very person f Napoleon, is notorious enough. lied not their schemes been defeated, the very men who are now loudest in their exclamations at the outrage done to the laws would themselves have been the foremost in elefendieg the line of con duct which Napoleon has turned against them selves. It is absurd of them to talk of law and constitutional order, which they have daily endea voured to bring into contempt; it is monstrous for men whose conduct was marked with the selGsh and narrow, the mean and tricksy spirit which characterised so large a portion of their political conclave, to come forward and claim the sympathy of Europe, as if their lives had been devoted to the welfare of their country=as if; indeed, their con duct and votes in the Assembly had been such as befitted immaculate statesmen, and had not been dis graced by intrigues, by insubordination, by con fusion, by clamorous ant furious passions, which will long make it remembered in the annals f Europe as the most disgraceful assemblage that ever professed to deliberate for the interests of a great nation. It is quite time that it should be swept away— that the farce should have been played out—that the possibility of a revival under any such adulterine phases should be removed. We might have wished, perhaps, that such a result could have been effected without loss to the subject or without restraint to his personal liberty ; but there are times and there are men that cannot be judged by the ordinary maxims by which other states and other men are regulated. There are periods when in the body politic, quite s s much as in the natural body, violent diseases admit no other than violent remedies ; when the physician who confines himself to ordinary rules is a traitor to his psnient, and the strictest observer of the letter of the law is the greatest violator of its siirit ; —the summum jus is become summa injuria. That the present conjuncture is such a one, no one can, for a moment, doubt. The loudest oppugners of Napoleon's coup de main do not attempt to justify the proceedings of the Assembly; no one raises a voice in defence of their doings, or pretends to see in their conduct any real love, much less any indi cations of self-sacrifice, for those great principles of government which can alone restore peace and order to France. The only spirit by which they were go verned was that of hostility to the man who was the most popular in their nation ; who alone has shown, in all the convulsions by which his unhappy country has been lacerated, some consciousness of his duty as a ruler, and some ability to have his rule observed; who alone, amidst the furious follies of the Mountain, or the Utopian republicanism of Cavaigoac and his followers, has shown some sense of what is prac ticable and useful—some indications, at all events, of power and ability to rule, and rule well, as far as the circumstances of the time will allow. No wonder, that having treated him as a puppet, they are now furious at their disappointment; that intend ing to have made the President a tool, they have long found that the weapon has recoiled upon them selves. Their conduct towards him has been that of mean and malignant spirits, who have fallen into their own pit, and been duped by their own devices. The offence never to be forgiven is to have been outdone by a men whom they had intended to over-reach, and whose intellect they had despised. They have shown all along that they never intended that Napoleon should rule de facto ; they have vio lated, if not the strict letter of the Constitution, yet its meaning and its spirit, in making the voice of the people, which they professed to respect, a nullity— so far at least as that voice was heard in declaring that Napoleon should be the head of the Government. They could not shut their eyes to the fact, that the vast majority of the nation gave their votes to him, not on the mere supposition that he was to be a puppet in the hands of the Assembly, but that he was to pos sess and exercise a far larger amount of power than the Assembly ever felt it convenient or agreeable to acknowledge. Throughout they ha.d been the ag gressors; they have been the men who have been setting the constitutional liberties of the people at defiance ; they have been undermining the right of popular opinion in their attacks upon the President, who is the representative of it. The people of France must now be the judge--they alone can decide who is the real aggressor, who has been the true obstacle in the way of improvement and of good order. They who have been so loud iu professions of respect for the sovereignty of the people, who have lauded the people of France as the light of the nations, who have spoken of the late revolution and its consequences as " the revelation of a new gospel"—they, surely, of all men, will nut have the effrontery to decline a decision from those whom they affected to respect and almost to idolise. The men who professed to consider that the remedy for all evils, social, moral, and intel lectual, was to be found in a republican mode of government, can scarcely, with any degree of decency, disclaim their own work; the idolisers of republican enlightenment can only, with a very bad grace, now turn round and condemn as partial, blind, and frivolous, whats only a few weeks since, they would have exalted to the skies as the very perfection cf all schemes which it had ever entered into the heart of man to conceive. Our contemporary pursues another method. He has leave to be erratic—expert in prophesying when the event is passed—slow, so.' lean, and sonorous in administering advice when it is too late—he gratifies his readers occasionally with a long chapter on his political visions and experiences. Monarchy, republicanism, and despotism fall before bis pen like the hopeless Trojans before an intellectual Ajax—" the Chamber of Deputies was too narrow"— " the National Assembly had repudiated its own existence"—" Monarchy failed from the obliteration of the aristocratic element"—until the hapless patient is left under this political physician in the same state as Sencho Panza in his government of the island of Barrataria. We will, however, do our con temporary one piece of justice, slow as h e i s in re ndering justice to other men—we will give him credit for not being of that vile exception which he has so readily applied to others of the morning prints. He never formed an exception ; however erratic his course may be, he is always sure to come in at the death; aiunt ? aio ; negant ? nego. He will be no martyr ; be has no inclination to suffer for any poli tical or religious pecuelaiarhitiya. own a o h c a o v in e ci b d e e ea w ra i e th u th a e opinions of others ,h- w mrtyastoefr easiness of fee ; p a n o d p u w l a F t t , h is t h b e e c l i o k m e e b e w ld i a th es h a i as in a a g p r r e o a p t e in former times, when the mountain will not come to M e hemet, Mehoinet will go to the mountain. It does not often happen that all prophets are so fertile in expedients. TIMES. --A very interesting return to an or der of the House of Commons has been made by the management of Lloyd's. We find in it an abstract of all collisions, accidents, and wrecks of vessels, and the number of lives lost in each year, since the Ist day of January, 1847, till the 31st day of December, 1850. In other words, here we have placed before us a sort of index of all the misadventures that have occurred at sea for the last four years, so far as they have fallen within the knowledge of Lloyd's. The register is sufficiently dry and bald. Sentiment is sacrificed to statistics. We scarcely know how to convey an idea cf this curious blue-book to our readers otherwise than by superficial measurement. It contains 193 pages, each page averages about 70 lines, and each line contains the record of a disaster. Supposing we open the book at random, we find an abstract of the mishaps that ,occ urred on the 26 th of February, 1847. Thus ran the first half-dozen lines of the page, line for line as in the original : Vessels. Tonnage. Nature of accident. Lord Ravensworth 361 Put back to Shields, laid on shore. Andre Felix Amaury Ulrica At Malta, been on shore. Horatio Prince George 482 Wrecked at the Dardanelles. To abandon the tabular form of the original, we find that on the same day the Mogul was wrecked at Barber's Point, the Aura went on shore at the Dar danelles, the Princess Royal got on shore at Bombay the Surrey put back to Moulmein, having been on shore ; the Lady Nugent, a 642 ton ship, in the Straits of Singapore came into contact ; the Johns sank off Point Roinania ; and the San Antonio was abandoned at sea. Such are the contents of the first thirteen lines of page 11 of Lloyd's register as transferred to the blue- book. Now, if we mul tiply 193 by 70—the number of pages by the number of lines—we find that the return com prises an account of 13,510 accidents at sea. Let us divide this by 4, the number of years over which the return travels, and we have 3,377 and a fraction to represent the mishaps of each year. This yields, within a trifling fraction, 65 accidents, wrecks, &c., for each of the 52 weeks of every year, and, consequently, rather more than 9 for every period of 24 hours. As a last result, we may take as a fair deduction from Lloyd's return that an accident of some sort or other, within ¶he knowledge of the com mittee, occurs at sea as nearly as may be at intervals of 21 hours throughout the year. It must not, of course, be understood that every accident implies a total wreck, with the loos of all hands. If a ship carries away any of her important spars, or, on en tering her port, strikes heavily against a pier, whereby , serious damage is occasioned, the accident is duly re gistered in this pithy chronicle of Lloyd's. Never theless, as we glance up and down the columns, it is no exaggeration to say that two-thirds of the accidents recorded are of the most serious description. One ship is crushed in the ice near Liebau—another is burnt out at sea—a sloop is capsized at St. Kitt's—or a huge merchantman founders off Cape de Gatt. Thus the re cord continues for well nigh two hundred pages, filled with these brief memoranda of loss, and misery, and death. We are unable to say to what degree this re gister of Lloyd's can be accepted as a fair index to the tragedies which are of such hourly occurrence upon the surface of the cceac. The rnachiaery brought into action by the directors of this great establishment for the information of the underwriters and of the mercantile community certainly appears to act upon every quarter of the globe. Would it, how ever, embody the information collected at New York for the benefit of the United States ? In short, does this register contain an abstract of all that is known with regard to accidents at sea ? How does it deal with the cases of those ships concerning which nothing is known other than that they sailed away from a particular port, and have since not been heard of? We can readily coeceive that whatever information is received at any British port, or any port within the British possessions, is transferred to the central establishment at the Royal Exchange. Are we also informed of what is known in fo reign countries as to the losses of their own shipping on their own shores, when no British seaman, or seaman trading to a British port, has been a witness of the disaster ? We cannot tell how this may be. It would have been very desirable, for the information of the general reader, to whom the system of Lloyd's register is not a matter of course, had the return been accompanied with a few prefatory remarks, explaining the sources of these returns, and the principal points on which they were defective. If all were known, we fear that the average of acci dent or wreck every 21 hours would be fearfully in creased. Let us take the case of the small fishing craft which sail from our Cornish and northern ports to the herring and other fisheries. A gale might swamp one-half of the little squadrons—would Lloyd's books record the fact ? So throughout the world. A very heavy per-centage of the loss of life which occurs by peril of the winds and waves happens in the small coasting boats, whose owners, in one fashion or another, seek a livelihood on the fringes of the sea, We much suspect that, could we obtain a per fect knowledge of all the mishaps that occur on the sur face of this unstable element, the average loss would be fearfully increased in amount, and would be repre sented by still more untoward proportion than 1 loss to 2- hours. In all probability a serious loss or total wreck every hour would tally more closely with the truth of the facts. It would not, however, be to much purpose turning over the leaves of this terrible record unless we could derive from them some practical in formation whereby such disasters may be prevented, or at least greatly diminished in number for the future. It would be in vain for us to hope that nauti cal skill and the science of shipbuilding can ever be brought to that degree of perfection, that sea and land travelling shall be brought to the same level of se curity. But a very cursory glance will suffice to show that the accidents which occur to ships suited to the stations upon which they are employed, and—according to the natural presump tions of the case—ably manned and commanded, are comparatively few in number. Bad ships, bad crews, and bad commanders afford but a sorry chance for a successful voyage. The natural tendency of the great extension of commercial intercourse, of the in creased necessity of high speed, and consequently the employment of larger and better craft, under the com mand of more competent men, will infinitely diminish the number of accidents at sea. How often is it that we hear of a disaster occurring to any of the noble ships owned by the leading members of the shipping interest ? The truth, too, must be told. The inca pacity of too many of the masters in the British mer e intile marine has been the pregnant cause of loss to - their owners and death to their crews. Men scarcely competent to take the responsibility of an ordinary day's work, or, if competent, of notoriously intemperate habits, were placed in command of sea-going ships, through the parsimony or nepotism of the owners. The consequences that might have been expected naturally ensued. We find the results of these improper appointments in Lloyd's books, There was no kind of security, no guarantee of any kind, that a man was competent for the discharge of the duties he undertook. The remark, we are ashamed to say, applied with greater stringency to the British merchant service than to any other. The masters in charge of ships from the United States and Baltic ports were far above the average of their British compeers, if we except the commanders of the very best class of ships, trading to the Indian and Chinese seas. This evil, too, is in the course of remedy. The result of the educational clauses in the Mercantile Marine Bill of last session will no doubt be to provide ao f well-trained men, from among persons for command. W e will not, even so, p resume whom much our larger shipownerserli°dy c an select the most competent pests and collision, but at least it is not too much to to say that there will b e an end of a ll p eril from tern predict that one - half o f t he ac cidents w hich occur to seagoing ships might be av oided. The mere state ment that, according to Lloyd's books, a disaster at sea occurs once every 2i. hours, should call attention to the point. DAILY NEWS.—The Chancellor of the Exche quer, in his speech to the people of Halifax on Thurs day, described his great faith in the value of know ledge, and his conviction that education should be' ex tended in this country. Mr. C o bden, who sat be side Sir Charles Wood, made th e M o st of this admis sion by reminding the Hon. Member of her Majesty's Ministry that every particle of the substance on which knowledge is conveyed —every printer of the child and every newspaper of the mane-hags to bear a heavy, mischievous, and indefensible tax. The earnest and intelligent men who exert e d th emse l ves at the close of last and the beginning of the presant year to pro cure the abolition of the p a p er d ut i es, mea n, we un derstand, to renew their exert i ons b e f o re Parliament again assembles. They a re prepare d t o contend that the paper duties—being an injurions restr iction on praiseworthy industry, a s t o PPage ()Abe very sources of revenue, and suicidal therefore to the purpos e proposed—ought to be ab o li s h e d . Though it may be alleged by nonchala n t or greedy reeep ients of taxa tion, that the wants of the Government will not permit the smallest diminution of revenue, th e advocates of the abolition of paper duti es h ave muc h , cause to be stopped by such flim s yb a rrier. A. t n h a e t i i r o s n . rich The and proper r o sur plus, let it be reiterated, always has.reference to ex isting expenditure, which is never likely to be more wantonly excessive than when self-Beide too good a at Ministers n o s v t e h r an aotherp ex re e s r i t d io esPe u to r irf s or by propos ing the abolition of taxation is not die supposed ex igencies of the Government as mapped out by Lord John Russell and Sir Charles Wood, st the suggestion of the Horse Guards and Admiralty.and Ordnance Boards; but the injustice or inconvenience of a tax, compared with the value of the services it is imposed to pay for. Before restrictions on eadustry be tole rated—because Sir C. Wood has expended every farthing he can lay his hands on—it must be demon• strated that no portion of the Government expenditure can be dispensed with. The usual official insinuation is, that the dividends will be unpaid and national credit annihilated—that the navy will. be dismantled and national security endangered—that the judges will be unsalaried and justice not administered, if all the money be not granted which the Government demands. No just man would impair the national credit, endanger the national security., or lessen the efficiency of the courts of justice. But, with the performance of great duties, numerous assumptions of injurious power are coupled, for which men in office make the people pay as munificently as for essential services ; and a reduction of taxation which would compel the Government to lessen these as• Bumptious, and limit the sphere of its operations, would be doubly beneficial. We are advocates of a reduction of taxation, because we believe that the expenditure of the Government is in various ways wantonly excessive, and might be greatly reduced—with! great advantage to its cha racter and great benefit to the public. The question at issue is not whether the Government will come to a standstill if it be required to forego the 810,555/. ss. 711.—the produce of the paper duties, as stated for 1849—but whether that sum might not be saved by wise retrenchments. In fact, a large por tion of the public expenditure is wasted on "services which inflict injury on the nation, and should be dis pensed with even if given gratis, instead of costing vast sums of money as they do. The Government is a trustee for the taxpayers, and every farthing of the money it expends for purposes not conducive to popu lar advantage, is surplus revenue which ought not to be levied at all—much less levied by duties restricting industry. The first step towards levying the paper duties is, to make every man who desires to become a paper-maker register himself and take out a licence. The next is, to have his premises surveyed by an ex cise officer, and every room in them marked and num bered. Before he commences business he must make a true and particular entry, in writing, of all his mills and premises, and every implement he uses in the manufacture of paper of every description ; he must state v hat kinds of paper he means to make, and every engine, press, vat, and machine, is to be distinguished and numbered. The Government as sumes a lordship over industry, and claims a right to control its exercise. It requires to be paid four pounds four shillings before it will allow a man to become a paper-maker, The licence confers a privilege; it is LO N DON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEI4IBEIt 20, l6si . an advantage from which other men are restricted unless they pay; and usurped by the Government from the rest of the community and sold to the ma nufacturer. It is a pecuniary mulct for him on other men, it is a restriction or an impediment; and com bined with the numerous other restrictions imposed by the law, prevents many men from joining paper making with some other occupation, or carrying it on in a small way, and thus extending competition to the advantage of the public. The licence and the regu lation create a limited monopoly, and—derived from the age of the Tudors and the Stuarts—is a con tinuation of abuses which in their time provoked the memorable resistance of our ancestors. Having created a sinister interest far the manufacturers, many of them are loath to resign it. The abolition of the duties would let in competition, and deprive the present paper manufacturers of a privilege which they have paid for. Many of them, therefore, under the influence of this sinister interest, work with the Government and keep alive the monopoly. This is found to be the case in all trades subject to the Ex cise laws, such as brewers, maltsters, distillers, and soap boilers, all of which are confined to compara tively few hands. The division and the union of employments in the manner most beneficial to the people are alike impeded by such regulations. Num berless persons are prevented from finding suitable occupations—competition is checked, and the consumer is injured. In 1801—the date of the earliest returns to be relied on—the quantity of paper subjected to duty was 31,699,5371h5. ; in 1849, the latest com plete returns in our possession, it was 132,132,6571b5., or between these two periods it had increased four fold. Between the same periods the population was more than doubled, but the number of licensed paper makers decreased. In England and Scotland, for which alone the returns are complete, they were, in 1801, 446, and in 1849, only 381. In this last year, the number in the whole empire was only 419, or 27 less than in England and Scotland alone in 1801. Thus, with a fourfold increased production of paper, an almost insatiable demand for it, and a wonderful increase of population, the number of paper-makers fell off between 1801 and 1849,14 8.10 per cent. In other manufactures, of which the pro duction is in demand, and which have been much improved—such as.. co►ton-spinning—a continually , increasing number of masters and of men find em ployment, but in the manufacture of paper the reverse is the case. Happily for the community only a few of our arts and trades have been (seized on by our Government and subjected to excise restriction ; or employment must diminish population decrease, and England, instead of being prosperous and tranquil, would be shattered and, convulsed like France and Austria. The mind may be helped to form a just view of the consequences of the system by supposing it extended to all trades—every occu pation and employment being subjected to excise licenses, restrictions, and; regulations; and then it is plain, from the example of the paper duties, that the advantages of society would be confined to a few, the condition of the bulk would be deteriorated, and the number, strength, and riches of the whole be enor mously diminished. From the decrease in the num ber of paper-makers, the increased consumption of paper is plainly not due to them. It arises of course from the demands of those engaged in unlicensed oc cupations, who have increased in wealth and numbers. The extension of the paper manufacture, therefore, and even its continued existence, is due to the pros perous unlicensed trades of the community. Greatly as the consumption of paper has increased, it would have increased much more rapidly, giving employ ment to a much greater number of hands, and distri buting it, and distributing wealth more equally , through society, had the manufacture not been sub jected to excise duties. What it might become under perfect freedom, we may hereafter find an opportunity of discussing. One thing we may meanwhile hope —it is, that Sir Charles Wood, if called upon to pre pare another Budget, will not forget how the tax on paper limits the increase of that knowledge he spoke in favour of at Halifax on Thursday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WESTBURY STEEPLECHASES.—THURSDAY. Free Handicap of 10 sou. each, 5 ft, and 50 added. (11 Subs ) Mr. B. Laud's General, llst llb (Owner) 1 Mr. Theobeld's Hinton, 10st 31b (T. Burrows) 2 Mr. Williams's Flirt, lOst (J. Holman) 3 Mr. Haddy's Fiftem-pounds-no-object, lOst (Sadler) 0 Mr. Elmore's Everton, lOat (Winkle) 0 Mr. Rhys's Bata Kearney, 10st (R. Treen) 0 Mr. Vevers's Venice, lOst (Stevens) 0 Mr. Palmer's Baptiste, list 71b (T. Davies) 0 Mr. Cartwright's Thurgarton, list 011iver) 0 Batting-3 to 1 each agst Thurgarton and Venice, 6 to 1 agst General, 7 to 1 agst Fifteen-pounds-no-object, and 10 to 1 ogst any other. Won by a length; the same between second and third. The Selling Stakes of 5 sm. each, 2 ft, and 25 added. (5 Subs.) Mr. Symond'sYoung Lottery (1001), list 71b(Ablett) 1 Mr. B. Laud's Frank (500, list (Owner) 2 ?.fr. Haddy's Vulture (304 lOst 71b...... (J. Sadler) 0 Mr. Rhys's Kate Kearney (50/.), list Treen) 0 Mr. Cartwright's Vixen (301.), lOst 71b (I'. 011iver) 0 Even on Young Lottery, who won by two lengths, and was sold for 102/. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 soup. each, 1 ft, and 20 added. (7 Subs ) Mr. Nash's Kossuth (201.) Mr. Flower's Factory Girl (301.) (T. Burrows) 2 Mr. Gordon's Madcap (20/.) The winner was sold for 331. HANDICAP FOR THE GREAT METROPOLITAN Age ct. lb. candlewick 5 G 4 Bird-on-the-Wing 3 6 2 erantic - 3 6 2 darpsichord 4 6 2 Letterpress Alerry Bird 3 6 0 Hasham Adine Etigh Sheriff eelopidas 3 5 13 Ischia E by Ithuriol, out of Sorella's dam 3 5 12 Young Troublo• some 4 5 11 Curl Perjury . ... 5 5 11 3ardolph 3 5 11 Scarecrow Hyacinth 3 5 10 Blood Royal Ready Reckoner 3 5 7 Ciaresfoot Hack Audrey 3 5 7 Old• Rowley 3 5 7 .3 by Melbourne, out of Sally War foot foe Miller [ogratitudo 4 5 5 Janina 3 5 5 3 Cyclops 5 Surprise (h b) 6 Follow-me-lads 5 Burndale .... 3 5 3 4 Bishop 3 5 3 4 Mary Ann 3 5 2 Stamford 4 5 1 4 Snowdrop 3 Plumstead 3 Poodle 3 5 3 rested 3 5 C Etheiwulf Sir Charles Napier 3 4 V 3 Lady Amyott 2 Captain Flash 3 4 l, o Este, by Auckland 3 4 1: 0 Urbanity 3 4 1 0 F by Ratan, d by Melbourn 13 C by Cotherstone, 2 out of Wryneck 3 4 1 12 F by Lanercost, out _ _ cif Jemima Benita 3 4 6 Czarina Barbara Bell Royalty Uncle SAM . 3 4 6 Eller Miss Bundy Snarry 3 4 0 Truth (pays for feit) 4 8 12 ?OINTMENTS. MINING INTELLIGENCE; (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The progressive consolidation of business oa the Mining Exchange, by a much larger attendance of members than heretofore, is tending to a considerable increase in the transactions in shares of good repute. This effect has been particularly perceptible during the present week; the demand, however, having proved much beyond tho supply, of dividend shares in particu lar, which aro very firmly held. Doubtless the influ ence of capital may be also traced in these circumstances either from its natural accumulation or its abstraction from less favourite sources of investment. The specula tive class of mines have also met with a fair share of at. tention; and where improvements are announced, a cor responding rise in value is the immediate consequence. Without being over sanguine, we venture to predict a still more satisfactory state of things in this market, in proportion as the basis cf the buintess becomes ex tended. In the Metal Marlett—Copper continues very active, and quotation well maintained. Lead maintains its im proved position. Ia tin, the smelters have advanci d the price of blocks, ingots, and bar tin, 31. per ton, the price s , now being respectively S7s., 87u., fled 8S .pe r cwt livered in London, Liverpool, or Behitot, ,2i per" de cent. discount for cash. This advance is likely to be main tained, even should r. further rise not take place, () w i nce to the want of stock at the present time, wed the esti' mated produced cf the next guar crly yield from the re spective tin mines falling considerably short of the ex pected demand. Foreign has been extensively dealt in. In Spolter the market is in a feverish state, a quantity at about 7,000 tons having been taken cut of the stock by a wealthy cotapany, has raised the price, ut which there are buytrs, but few sellers. 'low it will eet!le, time will show. In the Ballion Market-Mmican raid South Ameri can dollars, buyers nt 4'. 111i.1. per cz. Bai%siiver con taining gold, all gold above 5 grains in the pound to be paid for, ss. lit per oz, standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. Old. per oz standard, Bar gold ; 775. 94. per ea. Spanish Doubloon!, 78s. 9.1. per Columbian Doubloons, 78s. 61 per oz. American Eagles, 765. 21d. per cz At West Caradec meeting., on Thursday, at the Wthe Hart Tavern, Bishopsgat+.-street, a dividend of 4/. per share was made. The profits on the two months' work ings was 1,5141. 14a, and a balance remains in band of 1,6001. At the Levant Mine meeting, a dividend of 2/. per share was declared. At the Stray Park, Catnborno Venn, and Wheal Francis Mines meeting, on the 12th mast , the accounts for Sept. and Oat. showed-Balance against adventu rers last account, 669/. 2s. Ild.; tutwork cost, 342/. 2s. 7d.; merchants' bills, 1671. 17s. 44.; tribute on ores sold Oct. 2, 801. 35.2.1.; subsist, 1221. Is. Id.; lord's dues, 20/. Is. 21=1,4014 Bs. 31-137 copper ore sold Oct. 2, 4281. 6s. 84.; tin, 53/. 3 3 . Gd, ; profit on Wheal Francis, 239/. 19s. Bd.; leaving balance against the adventurers, 679/. 18s. 53. By copper ores at Stray Park, 388/. Os. 7d.; ditto Wheal Francis, 786/, 123. 2d. At Wheal Trelawny meeting, on Monday, the Bth inst., the accounts showed-Balance in hand last ac- count, 1,882/. 7s. 5J.; silver.lead ores sold, October, 1,739/. 21; Nov. 1,7844 2s. 84 ; D ec . 1, 1,4861. (computed)=6,B9ll. 19s. 3d. Tutwork for four months, ending Sept., 2,1951. 15e.; tribute, 4301. 18s. 4d.; car• riage of ore and materials, 1651. 2s. 51; dressing ore.' 5881. 19s. 100 ; lord's dues, 3511. 12s. 24.; coal's 4331. 16s. 3J.; merchants' bills, 1,2651. I Is. 91; sundry payments, 1,047/. 15!.; Charles Trelawny, Esq., for compensation for land destroyed, 134/. 15s : leaving balance to next account, 272/. 13s. 63. About 500 of the foregoing charge is for work dune fur the new engine,and for the purpose of paying for the same a call of 5/. per share was made. At Wheal Zion meeting, at Bath, on Wednesday, the 9th Dec. (T. E. Stubbs, Esq, iu the chair), the ac counts showed-Cash in hand last account, 2241. 445. ld.; received for calls, 42/.; discount, &c., 31. 55.; advanced by the purser, 1281. 16s. 51=398/. 15s. Ga.-Paid ba lance for Sept., 6/. 7s. 1 Id.; Oc'. cost, 349/. 133. 6d.; leaving balance to next account, 421. 14s. Id. A call of 2s. 60. per share was made. At the Butterdon Mine quarterly meeting, on :the Bth inst., the accounts showed-Balance account, 3511. 15s. 14.; cost for July, 151/. 15s. 93.; Aug., 1901.55. Id.; Sept., 2081. ss. 9d.==9021. is. Bd.-By call, September, 812/ ; leaving balance to next account, 901. Is. Bd.; to discharge which, and carry on future operations, all of 153. per 812th share was made. At Dolcoath bi-monthly meeting on the Bth inst., the accounts showed-Ores sold, 3,357/. Bs. 84.; old iron, &c., 1571. lie. 10d.-----3,5151. Os. 61. Cost for September and October, 3,4321. 2s. 11d.: leaving a profit of 821. 17s. 7d.; which, deducted from debt to end of August, 2,1161 4s. 4d., leaves balance to next account, 2,0331. 6s. 9d. At Penhauger Mine meeting on tho Bth inst., the ac counts showed—Cost four months, end October, 2331. 16s. 2d.; cost of steam•engine and shears, 3991.=632/. 16s. 2d. By cash in hand last account, 1631. 17s. 9d.; call, September, 4061: leaving balance against the ad venturers, 621. 18s. 5d.; to meet which a call of 2s. 6d. per 812th share was made. At Trelusback Mine meeting, on the 9th instant, the accounts showed-13alance from last account, 3691. 3s. 7d. ; labour cost, September, 1931. Bs. 10d. ; October, 1811. 7s. 51. ; subsist, 61. ; merchants' bills, 1561. Is. 61 = , 595/. Is. 41. By call, 5121.; clothes money, 41. 9z. 5.1: leaving balance to next account, 3781. 11s. I Id. A call of 7s 6d. per share was made to discharge the same. At the South Plain Woc:d meeting, on the 9th inst. (T. Camplin, Esq., in the chair), the accounts showed- Balance last account, 16S1. 2s ; calls, 1641. 155.='132/. 17s. By labour cost, August, 74/. Os. 5d.; September, 741. 4s. Id ; merchants' bills, 41/ 17s. Id. : leaving ba lance, 1431. ss. 53. Tho warms amounted to 3201. 2s. 5d.; and liabilities, 4011. 145.: showing balance of the latter over assets, 811. 113. 73. At the hi-monthly meeting of Groat Bryn Consols Mine, on Wednesday (W. Garher, Esq , in the chair), the accounts showed a balance in hand of 2,8451. 183. sd. At the quarterly general mcating of the East Wheal Russell adventurers, held on Wednesday, the accounts showed a balance of 283/. 6s. 63. in favour cf the mine, and a balance of assets over liabilities of 1501. 17s. id. At the Devon Consols North meeting, held on Thurs day, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 1.9021. 6s. 7d.; interest on Exchequer-bills, 3/. 12s. 61.=1,9061. 2s. ld.-Coat Oat., 551. 193. 9d.; Nov., 67/. 3s. 61; secretary's salary and office rent, 12/. 12s ; printing, &c., 7/. 13s. 6d : leaving balance in favour of company, 1,7621. 13s. 41; the report was considered f avoura bl e . At the Dalrhiew Copper Mine bi-monthly meeting, on Thursday, the purser's accounts showed a balance of 615/. ss. 6d. to the credit of the mine. The works were uninterrupiedly continued. The finance committee of the Coed Mawr Pool Lead Mine met on Saturday, when the accounts showed a ba lance of 750/. Bs. 3d. remaining after the discharge of all liabilities, including the cost of the machinery, mine buildings, and a residence for the captain ground, the groui, which have been erected and finished in a substantial manner. At the Condurrow meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance last account 55/. 3a. 6d.; ores sold, 1,729/. 4s. 11d.=1,7841. Bs. 5d.-By labourcost October and November, 1,2951. 12s. 31; merchants' bills, 3141. As. 5d.; dues, 86/. 98. 31: leaving balance in hand, 871. 17s. 6d. At the Castle Dinas meeting, on the 10th inst. (Mr. W. Vivian in the chair), the accounts showed-Balance last account, 2171. 10s. 4d ; call, 3964=613/.IU 4d. By labour cost, August, 271. 12s. 101.; September, 1171. ss. ltd.; October, 101/. 12s. 10d; second instalment pur chase money, 133/. Gs. Bd.: leaving balance in hand, 2331. 12s. ld. At the North Basset bi- monthly meeting, on Wed nesday, the accounts showed-By sale of ores, &0., 2,5691. Is. 4c1.-Mine cost, 1,702/. 6s. Bd.: leaving balance in hand, 8661. 14s. Bd. . At the Melia-Lyn-Pair Mine meeting, at the Raven Inn, Aberdovey, on the 11th inst., the secretary read a statement of the accounts, showing a small balance against the mine, when a call of Ti. per share was made, for the purpose of working and the erection o f a new crusher, which is immediately wanted, having large quantities of ore now on the surface. At Wellington Mine bi-monthly meeting, on the 16th instant, the accounts showed-July labour cost, 1831. lls. lia.; August, 1891. lls. 6d ; merchants' bills, 33/ 165.; income tax, 141. Ils. 81; dues, 81.75. 2d...-.4291. 188. 3d. Copper ore sold, 1361. Bs. 5d.; tinstuff, 141. 25.: leaving balance against the adventurers, 279/. 7s. 10d.; add balance from last account, 1271, 10s. 2d.: leaves to next account, 4061. 18s. A call of 1/. per share was made. At the East Pool Mine bimonthly meeting, on Tues day, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 2331. 12s. 10d.; labour cost, October and November, 879/. 193. 7d.; merchants' bills, 298/. les. 41.; dues, 361. 13s. 1,4491. 2s. 2d. Copper ore sold, 917/. 4s. 31; arsenic, 34/. 10s.; tin, 148/. 93.4 d.; water drainage, 1004: leavin g balance to the next account, 248/. 18s. 7d. At West Wheat Darlington meeting: tae accounts showed-Labour cost for eight months, ending Sept., 471/. Os. 2d.; merchants' bills, 2,382/. 53. 21=2,858/. ss. 4d. By call, 1,2801.: leaves a balance against the mine of 1,578/. ss. 4d. A call of 25/. per 64th share was made. At Wheal Catharine quarterly general me e ti ng (C, J. Wickler, Esq., in the chair), the accounts showed- Balance from last account, 401/. Is. 111.; by call of ss, on 1,024 shares, 2161-.675/. ls. 11d.-Payments in August, 39/. 75.; September, 65/. 12 1 . 4d. ; O ct., 931. i 4, 6d.; merchants' bills, 181/. 14s. 7d.: lea v i ng balance. in* favour of the adventurers, 267/. 3s. 6d. During the week shares have changed hands in Devon Great Consols, Alfred Consols, West Alfred Consols, North and West Basset, St. Aubyn and Grylls East Buller, Trelawny, South Tamar Ma a Pro vidence, Garreg, Trevelya n, Russell, Mary Ann, \Vest , an , West Speedwell, Chiverton, Trearvah don, East Boringdon, Zion, Alit' arr l i Valley, Bedfordßorl Uni ted, Wheal Golden, Mining Company of Ireland, West 1-Crib, Polgooth, North Tamar Consols , West Wheal Rose, East Trescoll, North Trel West Callington, St. Agnes Beacon, Galt-y -Myna Wicklow Copper, West Tolgus, Condurrow,- Wheal Tom, South Tolguv, Wheal St. Agnes, &a. In Foreign s h ares t h e dealings have been in-Se. John del Rey, Cobre, Santiago, and United Mexican. The market for the Californian gold mining shares has been quiet during the week, with little change in prices, in the shares officially marked in the Stuck Exchange, a moderate number oftran , sections has occur red, be s ides occasional. dealings tne others, but there is no particular movement, although i the a , ce : Lints of the still increasing yield of quartz mining n California, even with the inferior mechanical means available there, are so stimulating. It is satisfactory to notice that the corn panics lately established hey() appear to percei ve th e ne cessity of promptitude in carrying out their ar rangements. A large portion of the passengers taken out by the Medway, Roy al Mail packet, which left Southampton tor the W es t I nd i es ' on Wednesday, consisted' of miners, including the staff of the Agua Fria and IiGUYCAU Monde eQulptuliesi, The STAKES. Ago st. lb' . Nancy - 4 9 Clincher Ring of Oude 5 8 10 Eithiron Vatican Landgrave Cariboo Hernandez The Ban 4 8 5 Miss Ann Backbiter Duc-an•Durras Chatterbox Marlboroughßack 4 8 2 Neasham 4 8 G Musician ... Barcelona Old Mtn TuckEr 6 7 12 Vampyre a 7 12 Bordeaux Sir Charles 5 7 10 Chief Justice The Marquis 4 7 10 Raby Mark Tapley Fug,leman Hippolytus Brother to Truth- teller Sir Ito wland Tren chard Cock Crow 4 7 Herbert Calculator lanthe 4 7 Ctimus 4 7 Melford .. a 7 Kelquade (late 3d of May) Hesse Homburg Officious Lough Bawn C by Harkaway, out of Duo and Durras's dam Grand Duke Young England Calmar Terpsichore 5 7 Tophana a 6 Tom Holtby Pendennis Kick-up- the- Dust 4 6 Combatant Hungerford 4 6 John of Berwick 5 6 Don Pedro 4 6 Antigone 4 6 Achy ranthes Grey Tommy 3 6 Knock Knoll Harp Sister to Cloth worker 5 6 7 Kathleen 5 6 6 HUNTING AP. Her Majesty's staghds., Tues. Uxbridge-common; Fri. Iver-heath-11. Brookside burrs, Mon. Newmarket-hill; Thurs. Telt combe Tye-10i. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon. Holmbush-lodge; Wed. Kingsfold ; Fri. Champion's-gate-101. Worcestershire hds. Mon. Feckenham• Wed. Bromr grove Liekey; Tiddesley-wood-14. Herefordshiro hds., Tues. Rotherwas; Fri. Yezor. Lord Redesdale's lads., Mon. Bolter's. barn; Wed. Loughborough-gate; Fri. Now-barn; Sat. Blenheim —loi. Ludlow hda., Tues. Bucknell ; Fri. Norton's-camp-10i. Ledbury hds., Tues. Suckley; Fri. Bromsbarrow heath-10i. Upton-upon-Severn harm, Tuts. Ripple-10i. Wheatland hds., Mon. Willey Park; Sit. Wenlock —lO. Newcastle and Gateshead harrs., Mon. Heddon-en the-Wall ; Fri. Crook-gate-10. Morpeth harm, Mon. Bothal Village; e F d r . i N . v li ii a i r in tio t r o d n - ; bridge-10i. Haydon tide., Wed. Esp-hill; Sat. tho Kennel— 9. Tindsle hds., Mon. Swinburne Castle South Lodge; Thurs. Romley Village; Sat. By well-10i. Durham county hds., Mon. Twizel; w. Fri. Seahatn-lodue-101. Baby hds., Mon. Summerhoute ; Wed. Wi nston . bridge; Fri. second mile -stone from Bishop Auckland 1 —loi. The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon reach 2 59,8001. Of this 60,0001. is in gold for Alexandria and Ceylon, and 199,800/. in silver for Madras, Bom bay,Calcutta, Singapore, and Canton — the proportio4 for Calcutta b e i ng 147,0004 last quotations of these shares are—Ana Fria, i to / i prem ; West Marivss, i to -,1 di!.; Ave Maria, i to i dis.; Golden Mountain, 1 16 dia. to 1-16 prem.; Nou veau Mond:), I to 4 pram. The &qua Fria Gold Mining Company have received from Colonel Flea:tont a re. newed lease, extending the original term from seven to twenty-seven years. The prosecution of mineral enterprise in Australia is likewise engaging an increased amount of attention, as is evident from the number of go ld m i n i ng and gold re ducing projects already submitted to the public, in addi tion to the large number of embryo schemes which have not yet attained that degree of consistency. The shar es of the new English and Australian Copper Smelting Company, which has contracted for the smelting of the Burra Barra ores, are regarded with favour, and corn maDd a prim. of -to ;. 'The British Australian Gold Mining shares also are firm at / to i prem. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETU NS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Mlle 3 NAME OF RAILWAY. opened, 1851. Receipts. 1850. 1851. BRITISH. Abcrdcen .................... Belfast and Ballymena:— Belfast and County D0wn........ Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .... Bristol and Exeter • • • • •••• • • Chester and liolyhead.• • Cork Blackrock, and Pasa6e .• • • ni) D ': aal l ni s. a d d DK B ri e on l g : ii, s ew t d, J av u .n. n .. e : t• : o : n . D aaDti n ,: i t i tde d ,re : : : : : r ; :: : : • h k .. r i lir . o 111 . • • n ti;crdeeuJunction Dundalk and Enniskillen— •• • • GEE E: lxda a ' a stiff s ' it t t lg e bbeo r r , : : n a rrag ' , U C ; : ::l a l u e h y .... •••• Cre l • ut-ve - ........ GreatG F r ur e a n t e and 7n ••• • • • a ndVV E 'e • e l eWi . Great Western ... Irish South Eastern • :•• • • • • Lancaster and Carli s l e . •••••• • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshir•e• • • • • Leeds and Thirsk ***** • •' • • Liverpool, Crosby, and• Southport„•• • • •• London and North Western . London and 81ackwa11.....: • • • •• • • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. •-• . Londonderry and Enniskill en ...: Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock •&• • • Manchester, Sh eftl eld, and Lincohahu Bic Manchester and South Junction— .. Maryport and Carlisle •• •• Midland .. •. • - ...... • • • „.•.• Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• Monklands •• • Newcastle and Carlisle North British North Staffordshire • • ............ North-Western ....... .. • • Scottish Central Scottish Midland .......... •• •••• .• Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester ...• •• • • .... Shropshire Union •••••••• •......... South Devon .• • • • •• South Eastern • • • South Wales .. ••.••••• • • • • • • South York., Doncaster, and Goole .• Taff Vale •• .................... Ulster „ Waterford and Limerick .• ...... West Cornwall • • ...• ............. Whitehaven Junction .• • • • .• • • York and Newcastle, and Berwick York and North. Midland. •• X 1,391 527 181 1,116 33 2'i33 I Ssy4 189% 94% 49 3,515 7,532 2,3E9 110 (27 837 552 414_ €59 'SS £1,115 584 13 599 3,395 6,96 2,278 1C3 4 : 31 19 C 8 79 322 4,010 14,87 G 1,736 3,230 2,029 368 3,432 10,402 4,150 16,838 128 3,523 1b,507 11/04 .265 41,268 782 8,039 9,195 115 6,426 599 22,196 1,997 .11.54 2,210 3,341 Ma& FOREIGN. Central of France •• ..... • • • • • • • • • Dutch Rhenish •• 31 a ria Antonia ontereau end TroycS •• • • • • • • " •• Northern of France •••• • • " •• • • Orleans and Bordeaux.. • • • • • • • • • Paris and Lyons • • • • • • •• • • • • Paris and Orleans ..... .• • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen . • ... .. Paris and Strasb urgh • Rouen and Ilavr e • • • • • Tours and Naute,s•• • • • .... 412% 134% 240 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WAPPING. Yesterday morning, about a quarter to one o'clock, as a policeman was walking his beat i n G reat - Hermit age-street, Wapping, he discovered that the premises, No. 11, Crown -court, leading out of that str ee t, were on fire. The premises in question are a double house, with one front door, but two staircases, and were let like two separate houses, the front portion, containing four rooms over each other, to Mr. James Stiff, and the back to Mr. James Cander. The fire broke out in the front parlour, and rapidly ascended the front staircase to the second floor, where Mr. Stiff's family were in bed. The first act of the policeman was to arouse the inmates and to help the family of Mr. Siff down the staircase of Mr. Candor's house, and a messenger having been dis patched to Wcllclose-square and other stations, several engines of the brigade, as well as the West of Eng land engine and a private engine from the neighbour hood, wero promptly on the spot. The fire, however, had by this time such a firm hold of the building, which, although a double house, was merely run up with laths and plaster, that it was impossible to save the front of it, which was entirely burned out, and the latter portion, although not eurnph tely destroyed, is rendered quite un tanantable. The home, No. 8, Great Hermitage-street, in the occupation of T. J. Norrie, the back part of which comes within a few 3 and of the premises in which the fire originated, v.7as at ono time in considerable danger of being destroyed, the window frame of the back room second tlx.r being on fire; the indefatigable exertions of the firemen, however, in an almost miraculous manner, prevented the flames from extending, although consider able damage was done to this house and the furniture by water and removal. 7'HE PREMIER AND THE MANCHESTER REFORM CONFERENCE. At the late Reform Conference held at Manchester, the following resolution was adopted :—" That the follow ing gentlemen be a deputation for the purpose of seeking an interview with Lord John Russell, to represent to him the general views of this conference, and to urge upon him the propriety of in'reducing a measure of reform calculated to meet the views and enpectations,of this con ference:—The Right lion. T. U. Gibson, M.P., R. Cob den, M.P., J. Bright, M.P.. Sir Joshua Walraesly, M.P., J. Kershaw, M.P., John Williams, M.P., Sir E.Armitage, George Wilson, Manchester; Alderman Forbes, Bradford; Alderman Carbutt, Leeds; Edward Baines, Leeds; F. Crossley, Halifax; George Had field, James Watts, Manchester; H. Ashworth, Bolton; P. J. Dixon, Carlisle ; the Lord Pro vost of Edinburgh; G. W. Harrison, Wakefield; W. Biggs, Leicester; R. W. Philips, Manchester, W. Raw son, Manchester; C. E. Rawlins, Liverpool; and Charles Potter, Thrwen. Mr. Milner Gibson was requested on the part of these gentlemen to lose no time in seeking an interview with the Premier, but on reaching London we believe that ho found his Lordship had loft town for Woburn Abbey. The Hon. Gentleman has since written to Lord John Russell to ask the honour of an interview for the deputation, and the following is the reply:— " Woburn Abbey, Dec. 13, 1851. " Lord John Russell presents his compliments to Mr. Milner Gibson, and is sorry he cannot receive a depu tation from the conference which was lately held at Manchester on the subject . ..Of Parliamentary reform. "It appears to him that there would be great incon venience in receiving deputations from particular dis tricts on a subject of this nature, in which the whole country is interested." CAPTURE Or A SEAL AT APPLEDORE.—One of these amphibious animals, so common in high northern lati tudes, but so rare on our coast, was seen swimming about in Appledore-pool on Thursday morning last by William Henry Fishley, the Waterman who plies the ferry between Apple dore and Instow. Having a gun with him, he fired at the seal, and struck it on the side; he lost his object for a short period, but on its again coming to the surface he repeated his fire, and the third shot mortally wounded the animal, which immediately made towards the shore and endeavoured to walk away as fast it could. Fishley followed, and struck it over the head with a boat's oar; the seal caught the oar in its month, and did not quit its hold until it had lost two of its front teeth in the struggle. It was then taken to the boat and conveyed to Barnstaple, where it was exposed to view at the Star Inn. It is a full-grown specimen, and x hibits an extraordinary affinity to the canine tribe. E z e e t e - r Dying Post. GLOUCESTER, ADERTSTWITII, AND CENTRALIVALES RAlLWAY.—Yesterday a meeting in this matter was held, before the blaster in Chancery (Tinney), to consider the validity of a variety of o u t s t an di ng claims, about sixteen in number, the principal being 3,000/. from Mr. Saunders, soli citor; 5,0001. from Messrs. hill and Everill, 4321. from Messrs. Ravenhill, 35C/. from Mr. hawker, the secretary; 500/. from Mr. Thompson, engineer; 1621. from Mr. Powell, and others, in all amounting to between 1000/. and 15. 0001 ' Mr. Hetherington opposed these claims on behalf oftP. e shareholders for the official manager, against sere c a le l rabe soli citors, who attended in support of them. Aftercons' discussion, the Master allowed them simply as al leg ed claims, giving the parties liberty to turn them n ;at articular indivi duals action at common law, and as against particular on inquiry, duals or general members of the comP. y C u means of a call in might be found liable to pay the sam a lebtsproved by discharge of debts. ERY TRADES.—The last Eird. TIEIE LACE AND are e ot commercial affairs in this town rivals from America alto gether for the pr ospects of a more cheering character t" 7. le anefited by the improved state of af fairsbe more extensive ) - rosp • ects and lace ; the former will, perhaps. as regards both more particularly as regards fancy goods—. last advices, . class of block laces. But the time for a certain there, but the latter will also benefit partially by the manufacture of goods for the ensu orders for the giving out _ de there has passed, as it takes some time to *lig spring trade ' orders to any extent, unless manufacturers should complete be foolish enough to . especially have goods on hand in anticipation of demand, which the experience of past years has taught them v ery wisely to avoid. The demand for h os i ery goods gene rally remains without much alter a ti on. Some few orders have been received from London houses in tl e general trade for spring goods, but these orders are only yet very partial, as it is commonly supposed that January is early enough for these parties. The stock of goods held by hosiers generally is smaller than usual for the average of years ; and in this business particularly there is a prospect of a remunerative business for some months in the en.uing year at all events, The lace trade depends so much upon the whim and eaprice of fashion, that it would be idle to speculate much upon its prospect; its condition also may be more or less or deteriorated, and will doubtless b e kept in some uncer tainty, by the p resent and prospective condition of E ure l' e Ko tlingitant Journul. i m proved The mercantile advices from on London state that the fluctu :tions in the rate of exchang alteration e in the were very great, and were affected by ever) on gold was still quotatiun of French Rentes. The prem ium ent . From Milan it was vienna of the 16th 30 per cent., and on silverin a few days, stated that silk had risen 8 The accounts and that the market sbowed increase of business, American from Trieste also describe an n as very low, being much in de cotton, the stock of which yarn was sought at Advanced prices, mud. At Vienna cotton y 25° r per r i a great er activity_ cen t . ?4 1 I"; l'2 539 5 173 241 U 49G €OB 3,464 11,515 1,706 3,371 2,033 163 3,353 6,515 4,121 15,632 _ . 128 3,749 14,183 .614 265 41,465 651 6,30 b,as 112 4,865 SGO 20,693 1,220 764 2,95 0 3 . 1 70 4,514 403 1.545 655 1,351 427 1,521 9,314 687 1,358 2,111 824 368 189 13,212 6,659 3,100 140 1,009 18,748 3,320 5,675 . 8,034 5,835 4,734 2,351 528 1,658 614 1,386 543 1 ,450 1 0,233 1 ,354 1,460 2,637 OE3 266 189 13,025 7,518 3,811 804 7:33 :5 Q 57 3,608 7,050 4,90 G 7,642 bic il 0 ' o j Igor