The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-20 00:00:00

l cab duty dec a i' caso. fot he pf, uCe Wlt" reer cOrdiDg l Y ho P deCid d ber 3 . V"— t be Pr r la be Ad@ ir .3 o„fa irlY 6 un der 111 ' „ n ag' Jur the Ml' do; bullito coolP e 11 Court. 0 , . ielt risdiction, p p s ir ti e at wberj ovo u fore - „wide 611 c rt ° cisiov , l eir e,ll opt Vi a l . s piti, /11 apP" co pe,. t imp s b ad ee tbey eal'• ld 0' 0 ; befOr e b:tr•/ r go ,(L the )°° : . o boP e l, „ noe D o t 1 36 PP u, sp o Of s tate ß i do 0, eto li Rill, 10 ` s flO s ,ddition i:h , s r/ ,dshlP9' pA • 4 0 .) , #0,7 P et e it ,. xo 4 1 „ o io': e' 1 1 ot o 13 ,0 e, t o V I oclie t tb ere o "O' r ) ce ° o g ,s ed or, ol 4, Thanks FINE ARTS. SIR ED TV/ N LAADSEEII, R A. to the enterprise ofof the Yillar ket, a series of remarkable engravings _ o .. Mr. Maclean,. "eently been published from the celebrateddegni eures of have Sir Edwin Lindseer. The . artist e.s ..r. i s .. t_ei with the carrying out of thist upsreortiepttolf, l ' o i nt. pt 4", except in regard to the ti e r el T i ng) lincl that a recent one,. by . the graver of , °°'aai Landseer. As testimonies of prints hreo.t those two eminent engravers, the series es of the abili reisflieitng before us are in l eve e r respect eminently 41.PerceY•tibl Theyadvancement the youngest, and st ale , h ia , e reveal w in y cannot but think, a t etetif existence . no means the least . useful or the least r . al of the arts the one which owes its .408 ~ 1°441 Y to the researches of Lionardo, the ad .o r n oi o te . , , pri nce Albert Durer, and the ingenious called d servati t forth the Rea•ca'e upert, the art which has ca who have 14b r 8 of 80 many distinguished men, men Of i ll itl r A e d in the studios of Strange . , of Doo, of Heath, engravers of ate () 'en, and of the many admirable lesBt wil.daY, among whom not on any account the aitiyeosticeable are those whose names two o ve been al kbo,, eca,d. Fortunately for the now under tan ,trieetioned,they have in the instance d enviable opp3oirlera.tion beea afforded a very rare gentlemen a n enhancement of thei r h un itY for the extension and thes°Pularity. The have been e s from the hand world anew those masterly painting for npewered to give hi of Sir I'd •• L d which have acquired this co hi, _, , %in an seer From te6h a ,coaost unprecedented reputation. many leilii ''eriAcadenaician the public has obtainedwhich ll,, il a lit eVid e e in '- s hitherto flees of those p . powers which we are "41111 uteertttptedbeen, andhesyin he must always tiae,,l* Wholly and entirely unrivalled. Yet d re - t a v. 9 much whether among numeroushis s lineation of kaiem i°,,Nshing achievements in the among those Wie s t, ''e he has ever surpassed some . Of v have b through toy ax. _ . ere been . . multiplied engravings. In speaking . ba g! e s ali g .. c,t and exquisite extraordi to the nag es of course, exclusively r as a dog painter. I v ° Woold of Sir Edwin Landsee among his h ,°rirs to of course yield the preference . which he has ,'etelet ._!nose remarkable pictures in the loftiest gesitieswith his skill in this particular _magi. e ll ilios, ', a Poetic significance and a fecund i affords N kd_ `zsott s; `4, st abl e tee m and Titania," for example,.rgard to 1 , 1 l seee testimony of our meaning in droll and :I.lstii:kle combination of powers—that was emi -4141,, 'le which in its character must tbh, , Shag . indubit a, s he ranks Perian, and whic memorable l'titi;terpieoead among the artist'smost we should say, Pit N's b on . tqually, or we believe . ter of lofty as mo, ktloti, )ourable to him as a pain . - ictures, rt ible ' Were his two glorious companion p am_ _ aettic 1 414 4 aof , ip eace ,, and e W ee ," preserv.end rn_g. a Y oth r as resplendent triumphs of art theinlas thera ttllort alley; at Marlborough House, knoss hlOis, Collectio • "Highland Shepherds" . Nil °ll the ev n• • His . must be commended . in , tl, at o, rals o. e of migration, or_ replete k with an delNdi eor t eUlogiure as a W Whether for t t ' ety or Y variety of excellences. last-mentioned will k h , e E4 ifor eaturalness, the .l meri '4+ol radY reale b das pre-eminent y . . e a ,, ,as h ., : , rn ere . a lance, in the tretees o "r gat be recognised at g his pipe of e al tt eo, oo 7r the old patriarch smoking of the le l :whi s h "8 than in the restive movements per tp, gt i ti t , as Perhaps the most conspicuous Every 41a5 Motle of adventurers. , eet eseb ti 37 group . Edwin Landseer s e„ pitt eis, remembers Sir tamer, 1 h ‘IIP turn Of " Van Ainburgh," the lion his , o ~, o f et 'pisti: the royal lord of the forest . , and t n ~a 3 o . teerliti l s re of the " Duke of Welling o ' on the I ° Nr,`"Y the Alarchioness of Douro, i klli 'Ono Manywill also hear in recollection eNt s °' three; V. e hand into the well de te e '1,41411 en ey nis master where the d tt Li B ,Phe s d, t° ,°f the "Last Mourner," the coffin he - k 8 Uog is gazing wistfully . rt 4 rtecl at humble and le y el eott Master in the room of his vast maj° - t Ni 4 tb sse age, while the minds of the over these lt e qes t of's'o may happen to glance ill revert t ice nnr artist's b • one successes w . s Ivo edo,,, bygone 1 brated picture 11, ti eel ) , h .ot not, to the more celebrated P, l ' it t e has risen into celebrity; . o tt ~ th., B , principally of e Hawki kl, l ' b ) for example, as that the 'lll'.'ltos, `h°L'rtraYin the' f amily Franc of Lord 4 '4141 -C)/V ,the 8 Earl Ellesmere ;or that . of N Abb~ 4 u Pros o -,Y, than which Sir Edwin has possibly worthy t heNt st • e'r an yin all respects more . ~ , v , I,a. Thing these works 'Ntt"ba,,t It not, however, upon with a , t te ,I ) 1)s, s at present to dilate. It is rather_ iha'of th - , we have to deal— eel, as i o e artist s power \e'rtsb teßard to which he has so long shown lha sal ad altogeth matchless and unapproachable , .rk o _ e ~, . er marvellous capacity for teal'.a,estioatu hi s very species. As :Yle oe t of h, of members of t . he . canine we 'lti ) 4 bea ls Ueequalled skill in this particular SCrIll (014 titlitil Plates here submitted to our LOf .tea Yohter Way sufficient. p Pr, fa,...:,.a lovers both of nature and qlsjeae oa ' u t i rr i. r to the the Law," or as ttl ill Y"P‘ Laeying Down.and Macaws," or as , t„ i Eito ~AVourite Terrier . tPslatle„' Patiiels " In the first of these sin the elos t,`,‘lons, vvith . little exaggeration . as to - i tl, ' IV qt°W ° into the of the principal per h iri !t oll. a h ave . s. faces fun so quiet and yet so ceist l " e ns toe.,4_ than of compensates for any . such NA h, e extra rnan .. 1 figure in the t, kj,,:a 01)0„, .I,lRatice. The judicial Doge and all rltit'•4lte " s ` n rin. all the dignity of a : 1 41 : ,°: the ',24 8 Chancellor In the second everything, the "'elpagrtioro'einutest detail; is admirable, from spa des kee,l3,,P9eeldelrive.birds On the perch to ftrhnemthe ir;,,lllabijorn.eatll chewing the feather, 4 ii foe h ~,g the biscuit in its beak, to Islay paws and his aAilita,ed eith'"°rsel with his uplifted • li t N„q, t fte be 'llsPlication. In the third, again,lady t"e rent oil herPreter as a composition—the iritlite 4'norit v olUpt cushions, and her glossy le ri R . q „___ uous t,i'rio4 Or()IIIII`L'IuPed about her in equal repose, k 401240 fro4i'u,,,a.rrning in every particular. The t rtil t , R 4 % tll, tvialta," besides being in itself a t ble also as lite t ;'' te," brillia,',‘ of his tribe, is acceptable as ll ti "r 1 th' "‘ BPeCi f unmitigated ugliness. ,h i e h is, h naen o picture, en t tit th tre i, h °w ever, is the other I tr it t ' tial u " Place like Home," a picture . in 410arlinR A tI V ti• • incarnations N se te „ tie r e leers are very t 54R i gretful humility. "Dignity and t 4 tb of the last plate ' Inee "' e deg tion it ea y 4 p%,,, , gna . and Of th our t il ,; 4s ti li ~"‘ series of engravings ‘it 4t hrti'4t ea are almost disposed to ' regard look ar c h L 8 4 ai r ''' ol q ttal f avourite. We love the . k hay 6 f . ea! 'nastier out o f his kennel, „N s . a Sn eo .ca 4 , , peering 1 serenity ; nay, the s l ots 1 , 8 4 'N afiS hoperturbab e rt, little, Re a tame Pscsiiiio e etion even for t . hat . pe u from l iili 4 ehd aPertn,n of a terrier, bristling P his ‘ti ; N'il iOrd i '`e, side by side with the I NNe °f SirY , °r llpanion. Altogether Ple a d 4 o 'l'l. vedwi L. dseer and they t l4 ' B % h n an ' sincerest lil 'rite nn th hay cause for the .___. pq.•s t, e ap p st k e ap,er. earance of these exquisite l. t_ua t. i t les t ote, . illts from of the most de igh .a tie h eto ositi o some ecee s , °esere • e .11' Added to the number teta'tts s , the eh: ''"at Good Doggie,"which last , 1114k,recr-00. ahe:rfn. of every visitor to the Royal kOngOith hPclog, panting,and well ragged, paws be 'tN , boli f 1' taiiP-ears and his shaggy Otte . 11 . e S• t ed to , oi .4% Sir td .getner. Such are . the subjectshis 'ti, b lot t • - lble eh . v.". 1.1 Lanclseer for the display of grand ys,, r if , th_ ilites, the glossy spaniel, the lqesatklkht eiarollicking Newfoundland, the re Ite",Of s t l sli , .'svery glance with intelligence, and, rsd t qa e ye t‘ne terrie, giving forth from ev ss 4 0 b , eBB Of his of the quickness, smartne , 9'i, .., 'itsPosition. 'll 6 es HA' HAMPDEN. By t4i 4 Yvvb ti t - rs ° h ere rhr Ahn Burnet. 4 t t trite seat oughout the vast and scattered do . - Oho4a lot i lk et tritain the likeness of an illustri she ac IlaraPdei' under all dream t'l h eeptabi ), must hilt, 94 h e. The one before us, drawn and tstl 1 /4 r () 11 turn t • drawn - e a o f , , erri eh , e, rs about the most c tit ete Irses,,-euer to have ever witnessed. It WAtei' jest ' re d. bY every liberal -minded Eng- N 4fit 4.41k1 as T a P°l e should prize the portrait a Tell, ) ea e-Yrolean that of Hofer, a Switzer 10 tk i 'e l s ;rl tbtlt ertoman that of Rienzi, a South c,(,,,,tse(h or tolivar, a Spaniard that of Espar kto rt prof that . • • Hungarian 0, NA% at of Lamartine, a ung ' a " an American that of Wash ,l b e sil e,e4se .1; 4, -4 - 1 we`iie tees HORSE ON THE N.,4tilclon.` IVA TEla 00. Painted by R. Gi t " h k Pi ttl e o i tlite-° N I , Illost poetical Picture of " the Duke" le l: :, °1 ebY thb een painted, just as the companion Oh Kee Batne ill-fated artist was about the fit. leal 14% liot. ever painted of e the. Em.i 4 5te th e '' are pourtrayed with their back qi Itati 4 Pectat - and both ' II II ' 4 q t 0 4, i v or, both at sunset, I,ll y 1i.,04 ill --,apc.)leon on the rocks of St. Helena, is Itis,ige.raeo the harvest fields of Wat • erloo The elltss la l' '3l that Emperor's coun- I,NI Alt o , - , Whereas, the. . e l „e. 1 3 gather ccealed, the Duke's is visible e i ,;!le di Y his side stands his favourite charer, 411 th ' e t i 4l 'et are the Flemish reapers toiling tt r eornsladen waggons. .!;I‘,"Pdtt u . ---- i.,.,54j111S ALM A.NA CK AND CA. I 'Pr'', ~ a lt 1 852. By Cuthbert W. lass,*ele, years7.n.S., and William Shaw, Esc • tie,il+,Z)rt it,.,. has this useful publication received eiclo I:,e'"e farmers ef the United Kingdom, \Vi, ° r l a m it is incite especially compiled, and 1 . ack Sh e ~, 's' ar e Pee w 8 ay- now be considered as the (.4 1 1 4 1 so 11qt 4ecellence of the British agricultur!s h . f, ,q„ I 'Y Ili eurprised at the reat popularity whic ', c is 't a prised Publi cationttained. Mr. 4 Pc ol , ohtl,, has a Farmer's En.. ti t . , 1 , Q, 50 , ull barbs editor of The . ,„ 1 1 4 % i! ) ''')up, ' wiiii Shaw, the editor of t e ,- s ie. . am vest.' evse-tvg.azine, are looked up to as autho leeleeleo4 7gticulturist in the kingdom. The ' '411.r Muietains the high character r !th '"ra. of tt ' r ltli 411 ' ii 'Pale - is di ate t 'ts of specs bth p en i nsular and 41 /tii "4 tiler 13entin e y e , of k . ,f 4 ilteile,xception.oatin,ols.ooto.lto 4%70f00ri. Alexandria, an wh d o r l i e a, s NS iiiprig.4:9Dg, lit GAUICI` SUN AMERICAN NEWS, ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY ETENING. By the arrival of the United States mail steam ship Pacific, Nye commander, we have received ad vices from New York to the Bth instant. She brings 45 passengers and 850,000 dolls. in specie. Among the passengers is Father Mathew. The screw steam-ship City of Glasgow, Wylie commander, sailed from Philadelphia for Liverpool on the 6th inst. The steam-ship Ohio arrived at New York on the sth instant, with advices from San Francisco to the Bth instant, and 30,000 dolls. in gold• dust on freight. The steam-ship Oregon had arrived at Panama with upwards of 2,000,000 dolls. in gold-dust on freight, and 1,000,000 dolls. in the hands of pas sengers. There was no news of importance from California. The difficulties with the boatmen on the Isthmus had been settled. The steam-ship Prometheus arrived at New York on the 6th instant, from San Juan del Sud and Havannah, with advices from the latter place to the Ist instant, and 600,000 dolls. in gold-dust in the hands of passengers. The steam-ship Independence had arrived at San Juan del Sud, from San Francisco, with 150,000 dol lars in gold-dust. The advices from Havannah are devoid of interest. The United States steam-ship Caroline, from San Francisco for Panama, has been compelled to put into Realejo, unable to proceed, in consequence of the vessel being i❑ an unseaworthy state and ma chinery damaged, and had landed her passengers, 250 in number, many of them in a dying state from fever. Under date Washington, November 5, it is stated that Mr. Webster had drawn up some important dis patches declaring the policy of the United States Go vernment with regard to the right of search, which is involved in the pretensions of England and France to a right to interrupt American vessels on the high seas, and visit and search them to prevent hostile ex peditions from that country to Cuba. It is also said that Austria had sent a note to the United States Government, declaring that it will look with concern and regret upon any special recognition of Kossuth by the American Government. Accounts bad reached New York of the destruc tion of a whaling ship by a whale. From California we have dates to the 2d ult. From the Californian papers we extract the following sum mary of events : " We have cheering intelligence to send by this steamer in respect to both the placer washings and the quartz mines round about this mountain city. We can state with the fullest assurance that never were the miners more encouraged than now, and never was there a more reasonable prospect of a rich harvest for their labours. Not that every company or every individual is actually washing out pounds of gold weekly. Many are scarcely obtaining enough to pay their board bills, and yet they are well pleased and feel as though they were fast accumulating for tunes. These are scattered all along the dry gulches and ravines, throwing up dirt which they have tried sufficiently to know that it is rich. When the rains come, or the water is led along from the rivers by the extensive waterworks constructed for this purpose during the present season the miners will have no thing to do but wash out and pocket the gold. The drains and tail ditches are now being made, the rocks removed which cover up the precious metal, and the earth thrown up to mellow in the sun and air, and thus get ready for an easy washing. Piles of dirt have thus been thrown up which could not be bought for hundreds, we might say thousands of dollars—all the work of two or three short months. In some places, also, the hill sides are being dug off, where they are connected with rich leads in the mountains, from which, during the revolution of centuries, more or less gold has been gradually sliding down along with earth, loosened by successive rains and snows. At Jamestown this is especially the case. The vast plain, extending from Shaw's Flat northward, is also being dug all over its surface and carted away. There is no telling how rapidly fortunes would be accumulated if a constantly running stream of water were present, so that carts, horses, and all the concomitant troubles could be dispensed with. Since the sailing of the last mail steamer the result of the recent State and Con gressional election has been so far ascertained as to secure the election of the entire democratic State ticket and the two democratic candidates for Congress. The democrats claim an average majority exceeding 1,000, but we do not think it will reach that figure. The Legislature is largely democratic. From all parts of the State we have the most encouraging in telligence of the success of the miners, and we hazard nothing in saying that the present yield of the mines exceeds that of any former period. The season so far has been very favourable to the success of the various damming companies throughout the State, and the result has been large yields in that depart ment of mining. The prospects for the approah ing rainy season are still more encouraging. During the dry season great numbers of miners, who have not been operating along the beds of creeks and rivers, have been engaged in raising dirt in the dry diggings to wash when the rains afford them the requisite supply of water. Besides a steady business is now being prosecuted by the various quartz companies, particularly in the vicinity of Nevada city and along the tributaries of the San Joaquin. These companies will be able to prosecute their labours as well in the rainy as in the dry season. It may be well to remark that the quartz business apcears to be that which, to a considerable extent, is attracting the attention of capitalists as a source of investment. The extensive outlay fur costly machinery, in order to prosecute this branch of mining successfully, neces sarily limits it to those who have accumulated the re quisite capital by other and cheaper modes of mining, and to those other capitalists who are ready to make heavy investments. It appears to be a matter of debate among miners as to the comparative richness of the northern and southern quartz veins. The companies, however, established in either section, upon an economical basis, are doing, so far as we can ascertain, as well as the most sanguine could desire. Many fail of success from the want of a practical acquaintance with this mode of mining. From whet we hear we are led to expect for the ap proaching winter a very large increase upon the yield of the last. In the political world the great point of interest just now is, as to who will be the United States senator in the place of Colonel Fre mont. The democrats have many candidates, among whom may be numbered Colonel Winn, T. J. Henley, Colonel Weller, Hon. David C. Broderick, Hon. Nathaniel Bennett—Colonel Fremont having retired from political life, as we hear. These are all the de mocratic candidates we hear of. The capital of the State has recently been removed by order of the Go vernor, from Vallejo to San Jose, the former seat of Government. This was done in consequence of non compliance with the bonds of General Vallejo, as is alleged, which were taken at the time of the re moval. The Vigilance Committee have, it is said, disbanded, leaving in organization an executive corn miqee, who are authorized to call together the members upon an emergency. The city is rapidly spreading, and now presents that massive appearance which always distinguishes a city from a village. Many large and elegant brick and stone buildings have been erected since the fires of May and June. The burnt districts may be said to have been built up again. Made is reviving, and the prospects are encouraging. It is to be hoped that we may escape the ravages of fire hereafter. Society also is under going great and gratifying changes. Every steamer brings an accession to the number of American ladies, and schoolhouses and romping children have already ceased to be novelties in our midst. In the line of amusements, theatres, bull fights, horse and foot races are the order of the day. Indeed, the Olympic games are revived, and men are likely to resort to these amusements until the superior charms of home attractions intervene as a substitute. We must not forget to notice the gratifying fact that horticulture and agriculture are engaging the atten tion of our people throughout the State. We think the products of our soil (with the exception of grain) the present year will nearly equal the wants of our people. The choicest vegetables, in every variety, are produced in almost every section of the State, and our tables in this respect, as well as others present a variety not unsurpassed by any state in the Union. There seems to be but little doubt as to the existence of valuable silver mines in California. We have from time to time beard of discoveries in various parts of the southern country, but the following in the ac count,Stockton whi c h we take from a somewhat l eng thy article Republican, is sufficient to settle the question :—`Early in the present year the exploring expedition l e ft Stockton, and we believe resulted in t frequently found nothing tangible, a lth ough Mr. H. W. Wallis, of th i s city, showed us specimens from the region Four Creek s , where ens i deposits we r e found in incal culable amount s . of i n the Indeed thi s i s th e f orm in which it appears to us, s il ver i s nlos Ca lifornia. It i s a ki nd of black sulphuret of silver, is blackish, brittle, cellular.. --affording g l o b u les of silver at the blowpip e . , and it is also f oun d in Spaniards call it negrillo, Mexico. The specimens large 10 to 50 in lO masses in Peru and richness,we have s een h ave b e en of 0, different degree s o f analysed specimensse dbMoffatt brought and d o n dc the amount of silver y i n w variousith . the sp f o e I c l i o m w e i n n s g . varying from wn by Mr. Wallis were lt (in a ton we i g ht o f ore ... dolls. 206 40 res s u v : Silver Gold Some four years ago, ' Mr. C. Lead 27 90 in the nei hb Gibbes, who has neighbourhood of Mount 1,5001 b. been surveying Diablo, informs us that_ he_ hadg discovered traces of silver in that neighbourhood, though in 'Mud form we THE LONDON, could not ascertain. We believe that that gentleman is at the present time absent on the inquiry. The discovery which has called forth these remarks is one which has been made by Mr. Joshua Holden, of Sonora. The following is the communication we have received oa the subject. It is authentic, and may, we believe, be relied upon : " SONORA, SEPT. 22.—Mr. Holden has discovered a very extensive silver mine, which prospects 50 cents per pound silver, and 15 cents per pound gold, with other associated metals. If the mine proves as rich as the prospect, it will be worth all the gold mines in the southern district. To-morrow Mr. Holden and party will start out for the purpose of commencing regular mining operation.. I have seen a piece of the ore, which is the richest I ever saw. The Indians in all the northern country are represented as exceed ingly troublesome and dangerous. It has become impossible to travel through the country, except in large parties and well armed, as the savages invariably murder every isolated individual. This state of things has a most disastrous effect upon the interests of that section of the state. It *as broken up many of the smaller interior settlemenf4; has stopped the working of many of the most productive mining tracts, and has almost entirely annihilated the business of the merchants and packers who have been engaged in supplying the miners from the coast towns. A gene ral uncertainty and stagnation of trade and business are fast following this unfortunate position of affairs, and nnless the Indian Commissioner or the State Go vernment soon adopt some measures for the eradica tion of this evil, the northern country will be most lamentably and disastrously retarded, if not utterly ruined." DUNKIRK, Nov. 3.—The wind has been blowing a perfect gale since nine o'clock on Saturday evening and steam-boats and vessels have not left this port since the beginning of the storm. The propeller James Wood made the point yesterday morning with the crew (six in number) of the schooner Home, which was dismasted about 10 miles north-west from this place. DUNKIRK, Nov. 4.—The weather still continues unsettled. A cold north-west wind is blowing, causing a heavy sea, and boats are running very irregularly. Snow fell in some parts of the country nearly the whole of yesterday. Vast quantities of butter and cheese are daily arriving here and transported via New York and Erie Railroad for eastern markets. A break in the road has caused great irregularity in the trains on the Erie road. BUFFALO, Nov. 3.—The splendid steamer Empire State ran against a pier at three o'clock this aftornoon, and with great difficulty was got into the river,where she after wards sunk. The propeller St. Joseph was totally wrecked in Thunder Bay, Lake Huron, during the gale yesterday. All hands were saved. BUFFALO, Nov. 4 —The schooner Pilgram went ashore off Gilbert Point, Conneaut, on Sunday, and is a total loss. The crew were all saved. BOSTON, Nov. 3.—Captain Bush, of the schooner Harriet Neal, which arrived at Provincetown Oct. 31, from the North Atlantic Ocean, having been missed from his berth on the night of the 20th ult., and not since heard of, the crew of the vessel have been arrested on suspicion of foul play, and are now under examination. There had been some previous dissatis faction between Captain Bush and the crew. PRESENT FROM JENNY LIND TO SALVI.—We learn that, before leaving Buffalo for the west, Jenny Lind made a present to that excellent artist, Salvi, of a very beautiful cigar case, of massive gold, and of exquisite workmanship. On one side is represented in relief the grand works of the immortal Italian, Benvenuto Cellini ; on the other side is shown the poor Republic of Rome, strangled by her false sister of France, being bound with a cord, which is held by the leagued desposts ; in the distance, on the one hand, is the British lion asleep, while, on the other hand, Pius IX., surrounded by his cardinals, dis tributes blessings and indulgences to the Lazzaroni, the Croats, the Spanish, French, &c. This work reflects the highest credit upon the artist by whom it was executed, as likewise upon the fair songstress for having selected such a design, whereby to mark her horror at the iniquitous assassination of the Roman Republic. This is another added to the many marks of esteem which Signor Salvi has so often received, and so justly merits, both as an artist and a highly respectable citizen. The money market was easier on the Bth inst. The stock-market was very buoyant. Foreign exchanges continued very firm, with an upward tendency. Bills on London, 1101 to I; Paris, 51. 15c. to 51. 13ic. for 60 days; Amsterdam, 41/ to i; llamburgh, 36} to ; Bremen, 79f to 80. The cotton-market was dull. 5,000 bales had changed hands since the sth instant, at ic. to c. lower rates. 500 barrels of ashes had been sold at enhanced rates. 500 tons of Liverpool coal had been sold on private terms, and a large amount of Scotch at 5 dolls. 75e. cash. The flour-market was de pressed; corn meal scarce, and wanted. Demand for wheat firm, but not active. English and Scotch had been sold at advanced rates. 100 tons of English lead sold at 37 dolls. 5c., and lit) tons Spanish at 4 dolls. 50c. 2,000 barrels of turpentine sold at 3 dolls. Rosin firm. Provisions were inactive. Freights.—To London—Flour, ls. 9i., and tur rntine, 2s. per barrel; measurement goods, 253. to 305.; heavy goods, 203. To Liverpool—Flour, Is. per barrel ; grain, 44. to 4id. ; heavy goods, 20s. To Glasgow—Flour, 15. 6d. To Havre—Cotton, per lb. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7.—Cotton is firm. Sales to• day, 3,000 bales, at Tic. per lb. for strict middling. Sales yesterday, 4,000 bales, making the sales for the week 32,000 bales. MOBILE, Nov. 7.—Cotton-market firm. Sales of the weak, 2,700 bales. CHARLESTON, Nor. 7.—Cotton Srm, and market tending upwards. Sales to-day, 2,200 bales, at 63. to 6irc. per lb. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals at New York—The Excelsior, Enterprise, America, Winifred Scott, and David Cannon, from Liverpool; the Westphalia, from Bremen; the Miami, from Tralee; the Leibnits, from Hamburgh; the Caro line and Mary Clarke, from Havre, and the ildrmonia, from the Clyde. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR Nov. 19. The Royal dinner circle yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, the Hon. Charles Gore, and Sir George Couper. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and the Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family took their usual exercise. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty to-day at the Castle, from Frogmore, and partook of luncheon. The Hon. ,Charles Gore took 'his departure from the Castle to-day. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing .street. Present—The Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, , Sir John Herschel, Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. 11. Bateson (Secretary). Mr. H. G. Gordon, Chairman of the Oriental Bank Corporation, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes terday, on a visit to the Speaker of the House of Commons, at Heckfield, near Hartford-bridge. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office, yesterday, to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, and Hong-Kong. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Governor of Canada. LECTURES SUGGESTED BY PRINCE ALBERT. — The letter which his Royal Highness Prince Albert addresssd a few weeks ago to the Society of Arts, suggesting a course of lectures on the probable results of the Exhibition, has been acted on by the council of that body, who have put forth the following as the first part of the course :—Nov. 26. Rev. W. Whewell, D.D., F.R.S., Master of Trinity, Inau gural Lecture on the general bearing of the Exhibition on the Progress of Art 'and Science. Dec. 2. Sir 11. de la Beebe, C. 8., F.R.S., Mining, Quarrying, and Metallurgical Processes and Products. Dec. 10. Professor Richard Owen, F.R.S., Animal Raw Products. Dec. 17. Jacob Bell, Eq., M.P., Chemical and Pharmaceutical Processes and Products. Jan. 7, 1852. Dr. Lyon Playfair, F.R.S., on the Chemical Principles involved in Manufactures shown at the Exhibi tion, as a proof of the necessity of an Industrial Education. Jan. 14. Professor J. Lindley, F.R.S., Substances used as Food. Jan. 21. Prof. E. Solly, F.R.S., on the Vegetable Substances used in the Arts and Manufactures in relation to Commerce generally. Jan. 28. Rev. Professor B. Willis, F.R.S., Machines and Tools for Working in Metal, Wood, and other Materials. Feb. 4. J. Glashier, Esq., F.R.S., Philosophical Instruments and Processes. Feb. 11. Richard Kensman, Esq., Machinery and Civil Engineering generally. Feb. 18. Captain Washington, R.N., Shipping, particularly Life Boats, in Class VIII. March 3. I'rofe►sor J. Forbes Rovle, F.R.S., the Manufactures of India- THE POST •OFFICE ROBBERY AT LEEDS.—On Tuesday the examination of John Gainforth, a clerk in the Leeds post-office, on a charge of robbery, was entered into beford D. W. Nell, Esq., at the Leeds Court-house. The branch from which the money was rem•tted was Settle, and the amount stolen is 3401. The evidence taken went to show that the prisoner had access to the letters in the post office, he being employed as a sorter and in the delivery at the window of the post-office. Mr. Edward Brook, sharebroker of Leeds, stated that the prisoner paid him 2001. on the 4th of November, and that sum included 451. in notes of the Yorkshire Banking Company, which notes were stopped on his presenting them at the counter of the bank in Leeds on Saturday morning last. It also appeared i hat the prisoner had been engaged in extensive railway specula tions, and that on the 17th of the present month, the day on which he was apprehended, he was indebted to Mr. Brook a balance of 8001., for which he had given acceptances on the day before. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and at the close of the case he was remanded for a week. It is proposed to erect a monument, in Heptonstall Church, in the parish of Halifax, to the memory of Dr. ISlatthew Sutcliffe, a native of that chapelry, who was Dean of Exeter in the reign of James 1., and the founder of Chelsea College. TI-lURSDAY EVENING, THE DEAD DUKE—A PICTURE. (From the Times.) Death has knocked at the door of a Royal palace. After a long life, though an ordinary reign, the oldest Sovereign in Europe has been summoned to his ac count, and Ernest, King of Hanover, now sleeps with his fathers. In these days the demise of a German Crown would in itself be no unimportant subject of comment, but in the case before us we are invited to considerations of more intimate attraction than the tortuous politics of allied Cabinets or the constitutional prospects of foreign States. Ernest, King of Hanover, was also Duke of Cumberland, and under this familiar title his life was chiefly passed and his reputation vir tually earned. For more tha❑ GO years he was an English Prince, filling no undistinguished position in the eyes of the British people. So rapidly do gene rations pass away and succeed, that this once remark able name is now perhaps nearly forgotten, and it is to a chapter of past history that we must turn for the character of a man who but last week was amongst us still. If we measured our observations by the charitable canon of the proverb, the remarks we could now offer would be scant indeed, for the good to be said of the royal dead is little or none. Though born of a father who styled himself a Berkshire gentleman, and who was as truly an English Sovereign as had ever worn a crown, Prince Ernest partook neither in disposition nor sympathies of that character by which our coun trymen are distinguished, nor could we convey a better idea of the portrait before us than by describing it as that of a bad German prince of the last century. He was wholly German ; German in feature, German in tastes, German in principles, and German in man ners. His ideas were never assimilated to the consti tutional temperature of English opinions. He regarded the people as they might hare been regarded by a Landgrave of Hesse, and contem plated his own position as it might have been con templated by a Prince of Hohenzollern. In our own days we have not to look far to discover that Germany can produce princely scions as vir tuous and as accomplished as those of any age or country, but in former times it was otherwise, and at those Courts which were so rudely swept by the re volutionary hurricane the prevailing type was that which found but too faithful a reproduction in the Duke of Cumberland. Of all the eons of King George the Third be was the one of whom least good could be said or hoped by a people most loyally anxious to hope and say all. At the period, indeed, when ordinary considerations were absorbed in a na tional struggle, when constitutionalism was little dis cussed, and public opinion but imperfectly formed, the manly stature, undaunted bearing, and notorious in trepidity of young Prince Ernest found a certain fa vour in the eyes of volunteers and militiamen ; but, when thews and sinews ceased to be appreciated, and brute courage became less marketable, the fame of the Royal Duke declined. That he would have fought for English independence as unflinchingly as any Dragoon in the ranks, and carried to the terrible con test an obstinacy which no dangers could subdue, were points of common notoriety; but with these qualities of stubbornness and valour his royal virtues may be said to have terminated. As time wore on, and as the advance of intellect brought with it the agencies of political progress, the opinions and habits of the Duke of Cumberland became more and more opposed to the spirit of the age. His Royal Highness never con cerned himself to disguise his sentiments, to restrain his passions, or to conciliate the affections of those who might possibly have been one day his subjects. Relying on the victory which had been apparently declared for absolutism, inflexible in his persuasions, and unbending in his demeanour, the Duke treated popular opinion with a ferocity of contempt which could scarcely be surpassed at St. Petersburgh or Warsaw. In his pleasures he asserted the license of an Orleans or a Stuart, and although in this respect he wanted not for patterns, yet rumour persisted in attaching to his excesses a certain criminal blackness below the standard dye of aristocratic debauchery. It is but reasonable to presume that a man so uni versally obnoxious should have suffered to some ex tent from that calumny which the best find it difficult to repel, and practical evidence was furnished in cer tain public suits that the probabilities against him fell short of legal proof. The impartial historian, however, will be likely to decide that there was little in the known character of Prince Ernest to exempt him from sore suspicion touching what remained concealed. Towards the close of the Duke's English career an extraordinary concurrence of political circum stances procured for his Royal Highness a renewed consideration in some classes of society, though the same causes prejudiced his reputation still further in the eyes of the public at large. When the descent of the Crown to King William IV. had deprived the old Tory party of that support which they had been accustomed to seek in the person of the Sovereign, the eyes of bigots, obstructives, and alarmists were cast anxiously round for a new patron, and they found their fittest representative in the Duke of Cumberland. His fierce effrontery and his indomitable stubborn ness were once more in request. All who believed the British Constitution to be involved in the mainte nance of rotten boroughs and sinecures; all who feared Cobbett or hated Brougham, all who thought that concession was ruin, all who talked of dying rather than yielding, and all wbo groaned at the apostacy of a liberal King, turned for countenance and hope to the faithful Ernest. In him they discerned a prince after their own heart s , t enac i ous o f ar i s t ocr atic privileges, reckless of popular opinion, and prepared by hereditary courage and obduracy to dare the worst which revolution might bring. We should raise a smile of incredulity on the reader's lips by alluding to conspiracies which in those times of ferment were conceived to have a real existence, but it must ever be recognized among the greatest of England's bless ings, that qualities so repugnant to British feeling were never united in one person with a lawful title to the British Crown. There was once a Duke of Cumberland, of whom even worse things were said than of him who has now expired ; and yet this sanguinary instrument of party hu w t r oh at e h r,, ~ t hid s e a" n ec n du rse d curse of ul S ti c m ot a l t s e n ly d," to and " inhu man amid general and resp ec tf u l mourn i ng. It is grave is pos sible that Ernest Augustus may experience a somewhat similar reverse of notoriety. That the Duke of Cumberland can be regretted by the people of England is more than the most resolute eulogist of royalty could venture to affirm ; but Hanoverians may readily find matter for repining in the loss of their King. It was a fortunate circum stance for all parties which transferred the departed Prince from the British House of Peers to the here ditary liiegdom of his ancestors. By this convenient removal the Duke gained oblivion for his faults and opportunities for his talents. He assumed a new ca pacity in a new scene, and considerably less was required of him under circumstances which enabled considerably more to be given. The King of Ha nover had outlived some of the vices of the Duke of Cumberland, and Germans brought a less rigorous judgment than Englishmen to the politics and morals of their Prince. A bad English Peer made a re spectable German Sovereign. King Ernest was not deficient in knowledge either of himself or others, and the munificent dotation which he continued to draw from the British Treasury enabled him, at our expense, to exercise a liberality and forbearance ex ceedingly gratifying to his immediate subjects. Above all, he possessed a resolute decision of charac ter which, however unfortunately it may have ope rated under different conditions, appeared to extraor dinary advantage at the crisis of continental thrones. Bewildered by the revolutionary din, and oscillating ignominiously between fear and rage, resistance and concession, the clique of crowned heads suffered greatly by contrast with a Sovereign who at least knew his own mind and was prepared to abide by his opinions. In the European convulsion, therefore, King Ernest maintained the stability of his throne and the tranquillity of his people without damage from revolution or reaction. As kings, indeed, are for hi in the scenes of his rau rt computed on the continent, he in he em w o a r s y an m a ay ble fi a n n d d even a popular Monarch, an per haps, in his ancestral dominions . a sympathy which it m wo a u nh ld oo b d e ovraitnhetolabnedspoefakhis THE PARKS. —Yesterday the ornamental waters in the parks and Kensington-gardens were frozen over, the ice being in some parts nearly half an inch in thickness. In consequence of the immense number of persons who visit the parks during the frosty weather, and the many ac cidents which occur by the breakage of the ice, the Royal Humane Society have placed d ra g s against a number of trees, in such a position as can be used by any person in case of emergency. Should the cold weather continue, it i s the intention of the society to er ect tents in all the parks, which will be fitted up with the necessary apparatus to re ctors life, so that those who may unfortunately get im mersed in the water, may be immediately conveyed to them, and placed under the care of the men employed by the society. AMERICAN FIRE-ARMS IN TUE EXHIBITION.— The following parties have obtained the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the T reasur y to receive . samples for their own use of Colonel Co lt ' s revolver pistols from the American department of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in Hyde-park, viz.: — Lieutenant- Colonel Gordon, of the Grenadier Guards; Lieutenant- Colonel Inglis, of her Majesty's 32d Regiment, about to pro ceed to India; and Mr. G. Douglas, who is about to proceed to Australia; and their Lordships have directed the proper ' authorities at the Exhibition Building to permit their delivery for the desired purpose. REDUCTIoN OF THE NUMBER OF STEAM-BOATS ABOVE AND BELOW L ON DON-BRIDGE. —Now that winter the may be said to have commenced a great nu m b er o f t h e steam boats which used to run during the fine s eason to Ri c h mond , Putney, B a tt ersea , Cremorna• gardens, and Vauxhall , have Duringe se if d, Exhibition n Ramsgate, the Hyde-park &c. been laid up i n or dinary for this year , as well as those to Greenwich time‘\ rool o w f i t c h b e , Gravesend, Thames never presented such a flotilla of loaded steamers, and no doubt th e com p a nies reaped a golden harvest. A SHOWMAN'S ORATION.—Ladies and gentlemen, there s Daniel in the den of lions. These are the lions and that is Daniel, who you will easily distinguish from the lions by 1141 bible cotton umbrella uzle; I* arm, INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday (Sir William Cubitt, President, in the chair,) the paper read was " A Description of a new Metallic Manometer, and other Instruments for Measuring Pressures and Temperatures," by M. Eugene Bourdon, of Paris. In the course of manufacturing a coiled copper worm for a still, one side becoming flattened by ' accident, internal pressure by a force pump was applied, to restore the cylindrical form, and to the astonishment of the author, as the pressure increased, the coiled tube unwound itself, until it became nearly straight. This induced further experiments, which resulted in the production of the various instruments described in the paper, and exhibited to the meeting. The transverse section of the coil was that of a flattened tube, which when acted upon int e r na ll y b y the pressure f steam, or any other fluid, bad a ten dency to uncoil itself, as the density increased, and to return to its original form, on the pressure being removed. If it was exposed to external pressure, or a partial vacuum was created within it, the tendency of the tube was to coil itself up into a smaller dia meter. In the former case, as the tube uncoiled itself, its side s became more convex, and its capacity became greater ; and, in the latter instance, the capacity diminished as the sides collapsed and approached each other. It was on this relation, between the capa city of the tube, or the amount of convexity of the sides, and the diameter of the coil, that the action of the instrument depended. If a flat band of metal was bent round the circle, its transverse form remained unaltered, but if a semi-cylindrical, or gutter-shaped band, was bent into a circular coil, its convexity was diminished ; and if the circle formed by it was of small diameter, the band became almost flat 'in the transverse direction. It being then a law of general application, that a surface which was curved in two directions, could not have its curvature increased in one direction, without its curvature being dimi nished in the other direction, and vice versa, the action of the instruments in measuring pressure or temperature was easily understood. The variation in the thickness, or capacity of a curved flattened tube, was shown by filling the tube with a liquid, and attaching to the centre of its ex ternal periphery, a small glass tube; when every change of curvature produced a corresponding motion in the liquid in the tube ' • for as the tube w as straight ened its capacity increased, and as it curled up again it diminished. The change in the thickness, or capacity of the tube being proportional to the variation of its radius of curvature, it was found, by experiment, that the motion of the extremities of the tube was in propor tion to the pressure applied, so that the indications were equal for equal increments of pressure ; this fact greatly facilitated the construction of the indicating instruments. The simplest form exhibited, was that of the steam pressure gauge, in which rather more than one con volution of flattened tube was employed; one end being attached to a stop-cock, in connexion with the boiler, and the other extremity carrying an index pointer, which traversed a scale graduated to given pressures per square inch; on the steam being ad mitted, the tube uncoiled, and the pointer indicated the amount of pressure to which it was subjected. When a greater range of motion was required, the lever, instead of being placed on the axis of the index, carried a toothed segment, which, working into a pinion on the spindle of the index, increased the ex tent of indication. This arrangement was adapted for barometers, in the construction of which the air was exhausted from the flattened tube, which was then hermetically sealed. The pressure of the at mosphere acted on the exterior, and was balanced by the elasticity of the tube, which varied in curvature with every variation on the pressure of the atcao , sphere. - Many ingenious modifications of the principle, and adaptations of it to various purposes, were described. The construction of thermometers, by a spiral flat tened tube, was extremely novel and good ; that also of a pyrometer, for measuring high temperatures;was equally clever. The steam-engine indicator became a very simple instrument, avoiding the error which was to be allowed for the friction of the piston of the ordinary instrument. The instruments were stated to be very generally adopted in France, where the Government inspectors of steam-engines used pressure gauges on this prin ciple in verifying the accuracy of all the other in struments they found attached to the engines under inspection. At the French Exposition of 1849, M. Bourdon received a gold medal, and at the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park he was rewarded by a council medal. Mr. POLE, Assoc. Inst. C E., exhibited and ex plained an instrument of his invention, called the "Prismatic Clinometer," for measuring angles of elevatio❑ and depression. It was an application to vertical angles, of the principle of Captain Mater's Prismatic Compass, in which the angle is read by a prism, at the same time that the sights are directed to the object. The advantages of Mr. Pole's instru ment were, its portability, it being only about three inches diameter and three-quarters of an inch thick ; —its simplicity, durability, and safety in carriage ; the convenience and facility with which it could be used ;—and its accuracy. The various applications of the instrument were explained, and also a modifica tion of its construction, by which it could be com bined with the Prismatic Compass, and a new com pound instrument thereby produced, which would be exceedingly useful in topographical investigations. Mr. C. MAY, M. Inst. C.E , directed the attention of the meeting to some specimens of iron ore, now being extensively raised, in the neighbourhood of Middlesbro'•on-Tees, by which as great a revolutio❑ would, probably, be caused in the iron trade of the North of England, as the discovery of the black band ore in Scotland had produced some years since. This ore was found in a bed of 15 feet to 18 feet in thick ness, close to the surface, amidst cheap fuel, and within a few miles of a seaport, and as it contained from 33 to 35 per cent. of iron, its advantages were already so fully estimated, by the proprietors of some iron -works, where there were eleven blast fur naces, that they had ceased working their former mines, and conveyed this ore a distance of fifty-five miles, by railway, with advantage to the quantity and quality of the iron produced. The meeting was adjourned to Tuesday evening, November 25, when the following paper will be read, " On the Application of Machinery to the Manufac ture of Rotating Chambered-Breech Fire-arms," by Colonel S. Colt, U. S , America. A MBER•TIPPED CIGARS.--The enjoyment of the more refined votaries of the" Indian weed" has been mate rially enhanced by a neat invention, recently patented. By means of this ingenious process of fixing a thin coat of amber on the ends of cigars, cigar smoking assumes quite a new character. No longer the tobacco-chewing, mouth fouling, spitting operation that is has hitherto been ; it may now be conducted with all possible cleanliness, neatness, and comfort, the em py ruma ti c o il and tobacco juice being kept out of the mouth, whilst the pure flavour of the leaf is preserved in full perfection. This invention must quite su persede the cigar tube, which, though it served to keep the mouth clean, altogether spoiled the flavour of the cigar. A MAN AND HIS WIFE SUFFOCATED BY A CHAR COAL FIZE.—On Sunday morning last, a gardner named Peeks, living at Hawkwell, near Rochford, and his wife met their deaths under the following melancholy circumstance : They had recently added a bed-room to their dwelling, and the new wall not being dry, on Saturday night, induced also by the coldness of the weather, they incautiously made a fire with charcoal in the apartment in which they slept. On the following morning .they were found by their only child, a daughter ten years of age, in their bed lifeless. Deceased, we understand, were about thirty years of ;age. —Esser Herald. DEATH IN MILLDAM/ PRlSON.—Yesterday an in quest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the above-named prison, to inquire into the death of Maria Clarke, aged 22. It will be remembered that this female was convicted and sentenced to death at the last Suffolk assizes, for having murdered her illegitimate child, by burying it alive in a field. Subse quently a number of benevolent persons prepared a petition to the Home Secretary, praying that her life might be spared. Sir George Gr, , y having taken a favourable view of the case, the sentence was commuted to transportation for life; and on the 18th of September last the convict was sent to the Penitentiary, Millbank, preparatory to her final removal from this counfry. Here her conduct was marked by great pro - priety. In the course of October, having till that period been employed in the laundry, she was seized with a fit of illness, which continued till the early part of the ensuing month, when she was removed into the infirmary, where she received the greatest kindness and attention. Medical aid, however, proved unavailing, and she died on Sunday last from a severe attack of dysentery. It having appeared in the course of the investigation that the female prisoners were employed in the laundry from six o'clock in the morning till ju rors expressed seven in the evening, several of the expressed their opinion that such labour was too severe, unless sufficient time was allowed for healthy exercise. A verdict of " Natural death from dysentery" was returned. DEATH OF SIR JOHN COPE, BART.--We have to record the demise of this baronet, so well known as an ad mirer of the sports of the field. He expired on the 18th inst. at Bramshill Park, Hants. The deceased baronet was the second son of William Cope, Esq., of Bri& den Place, Kent, by the daughter of Benjamin Greenwood, sq., of bt. Mary's Cray. The deceased gentleman, who was patron of one living, succeeded his brother in 1812. The first baronet was twice High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and represented the borough of Banbury in Parliament. TL deceased is succeeded by his son. Sir John Cope kept an excellent pack of hounds in the county of Hants, and was remarkable for his advocacy of the eports of the field. The Queen, on the occasion of her visit to the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfieldsaye, in: 1844, caled upon Sir John Cope at Bramshill, but the lion. Baronet was absent from home. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY SALTOUN.--ThiS venerable Lady expired a few d a y s s i nce, at her residence in the metropolis, at the advanced age of 92. Her Ladyship was mother of the present Lord Sattoun, so distinguished for his services as a military commander, and was the daughter of Simon Fraser, Esq., an East India Director. DEATH OF LORD MAcxmazlE.---The demise of J. IL Mackenzie, &q., lately a senator of the College of Jus tice, took place on Monday evening, at Belleville, near Edinburgh, his Lordship's private residence. Mr. Macken zie, who was a son of the author of the " Man of Feel ing," and other works of high repute, was called to the bar in 1799. General Marchand, one of the most distinguisbed Generals of the E mp i re, d i ed on the 12th instant, at his chateau of St. lernier, near Grenoble, in the 86th year of hie Age.. NOVEMBER 20, 1851. H.E ALTROFLONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The effect of the increased cold in the weather is now perceptible in the weekly returns of mortality. In O c t o b er, the number of deaths registered in Lon don did n o t i n during the greehe it fell to 861 ; eater part t of any week exceed 981, and in the fourth temperature w th - e e ek m l 52 degrees. In the week ending Nov. y oll m th ea w n as 8, the mean temperature was only 40 ellast it was 40 2 ; and contemporaneously degrees ; wee with this fall the deaths rose in the former week to 989, and in the last to 1,022. In corresponding weeks of the ten years 1841-50, the average number of deaths was 992, which a cor rection for i ncrease o f population becomes 1,091. The 1,022 death s reg i stered in the week ending last Sa turday show a d ecrease of 69 on the estimated amount. Last week the num b er of deaths ascribe of the zy mo ti c or ep i demic class was g2 d to diseases 36, showing no important difference from the usual amount at this season. Eighteen young five adults o f 15 years and upwards, pe iv r e s r ons, and e carried off by small-p ox . I n f our of the 23 cases it is stated that the patients had received vaccination. On the 14th November,!at 6, George-street, Grosvenor s the daughter of a s t a bl eman, aged 3 years, die d a r o e a, t ` variola confluens (6 weeks),•ulcers in various parts, irritative fever, asthenia." On the medical certificate it is stated that the deceased had not been vaccinated, and assistance was not sought till the pustules had desquamated universally." Mr. Jay, the registrar, adds that " this is an instance of the prejudice against vaccination which prevails in too many instances among the poorer classes." The three cases following occurred respectively on the_4th, 6th,and 10th November in the Small-pox Hospital :-- An itinerant musician, aged 27 years, who bad been vaccinated (when young) in Parma, and had one indistinct cicatrix, died of "small-pox, confluent, modified, with low fever (19 days)." A draper from Lambeth, aged 18 years, who had been viccinated when young, at Salisbury, and had had " two excellent cicatrices," died of " small-pox confluent, with delirium, diarrheas, gangrene (34 days)." A clerk from Chelsea, aged 19 years, pox, confluent, unprotected (11 days)." In the preceding week the deaths caused by scar• latina were .59 ; last week exhibited a decline in this disease, the number being reduced to 43. It seems to prevail considerably in the district of Stepney, where seven deaths were registered. The daughter of a journeyman bricklayer, aged one year, died at 2, Thomas-street, Grosvenor -square, of "scarlatina, cyanche maligns (11 days)." The ventilation of the house is described as defective. Oa the 12 November, at 67, Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, the son of a bootnaaker, aged 2 years, died of "scarlatina (6 days)." Mr. Goodhugh, the registrar, adds that the family in which this death occurred was mentioned in the report for the week ending Nov. Bth, and the house which they occupied was then described. The child now registered is the second that has died of the same disease; their illness, probably having been produced or aggravated by the foul state of the pre mises. The father of the children states that he has spoken to the ,landlord several times, but without re ceiving any attention. It is generally admitted that nearly all the houses on t he north side of Eagle street are in a very defective condition as regards drainage. The houses, which are let out in single rooms, are in a dirty state, while the ventilation is very insufficient. lin the sub-district of Hackney-road, at 40, Tur ville-street, the 8011 of a beerseller, aged one year, died of " scarlatina" (8 days), convulsions (8 hours). Mr. Murray reports that " the house stands in a close and crowded neighbourhood, immediately opposite two gully-holes, the exhalations from which are very offensive. In Ratcliff, at 3, Bere-street, on 6th and 7th Nov., the daughter and son of a tobacco-piper maker, aged 10 months and 4 years respectively, died of scarlatina anginosa, after 5 days' illness; and at 14, China walk, Lambeth, the son of a painter and glazier, aged one year, died of " scarlatina maligna (14 days) ;" two other members of the family baying been carried off by the same disease within 14 days. At 17, Seven-step-alley, Aldgate, the son of a tailor, aged 20 months, died of "pertussis, asphyxia." The surgeon of the parish and medical attendant of this case writes on his certificate that "the place where the child died is unfit for human habitation, and fatal to all children." Last week measles was fatal to 15 children, hoop ing-cough to 22, crop to 10, diarrhoea to 26 persons, dysentery to 4, influenza to 2, purpura to 1, and scurvy to 1, remittent fever to 3, puerperal fever to 5 (besides 4 other cases of women dying after child birth), rheumatic fever to 3, and erysipelas to 16. Four children died of syphilis. The fatal cases enumerated under typhus amount to 58, exactly the same number as in the previous week. The son of a carpenter, aged 4 years, died at 29, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, of typhus, after 15 d ays ' illness. Mr. Yardley, the registrar, mentions that " the yard at the back of this house is very small, and there is a privy in it which is very offensive at times. A drain leading from the privy passes immediately under the cistern which supplies the house with water. and which is consequently impregnated with the stench. The unhealthy character of the dwellings in the Colonnade has attracted the attention of the parochial authorities, who are taking steps to im prove it." On the Lower-common, Putney, a traveller, aged 52 years, died on the 9th November of "typhoid fever, aggravated by intemperance and exposure to damp and cold on an open common (14 days), effu sion on the brain (12 hours)." Mr. Miller, the re gistrar, adds—" The medical officer informed me that the removal of this patient to the union infirmary was repeatedly urged to no purpose; he would not be removed from the tent away from his tribe." Amongst other causes of death, 123 persons, of whom 105 were in middle life, died of phthisis or consumption, 66 of bronchitis, 68 of pneumonia, 18 of asthma, 4of pleurisy, 3 of laryngitis. Two lives were destroyed by intemperance; a child died in 7 hours of " irritation of the air passages caused by swallawing a piece of walnut; and on the 12th Nov., in Bethnal-green, a gas-stoker, aged 45 years died, according to the verdict of a coroner's jury, from " the deleterious effects of mussels eaten on the pre vious night. " small THE HON. R. J. WALICER.—We are glad to learn that ➢ir. Walker, late secretary to the Treasury in the United States, whose admirable report on free trade and protective duties exercised so much influence in bringing about the last modifications of the American tariff, has been invited to a public dinner at the Albion Hotel, on Tuesday next, the 25th instant. We understand that the directors of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Commercial Associa tion have cordially and zealously joined in promoting this tribute of respect to a gentleman, whose able exposition of sound principles of commerce and finance have entitled him to the esteem and admiration of all free-traders.—Man chester Guardian. OUR RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL.—On Wednesday last, a deputation from the Manchester Commercial Asso ciation, consisting of Messrs. T. H. de Castro, S. Jordan, and W. Harding, had an interview with Lord Palmerston, at the Foreign-office, on the subject of the relations between this country and Brazil. The interview lasted upwards of an hour; and its result was reported by the deputation at a meeting of the directors of the association, held on Monday last.—Manchester Guardian. The boa constrictor which swallowed and disgorged the blanket at the Zoological Gardens was brought to Eng land by Captain Fulton, of her Majesty's ship Hercules, from St. Lucia, West Indies, and presented by him to the pro prietors. It was seven weeks on board without tasting food, though repeatedly offered. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--A valuable assortment of articles illustrative of the raw produce and manufactures of Sweden has just been presented by the Government of that Dountry to the Royal Commission, and will prove an im portant addition to the trade collection now in process of formation at the Crystal Palace. CONCERT OF BLIND CuirmnEx.—Yesterday the children of the School for the Indigent Blind entertained a large assembly of ladies and gentlemen, by bperforming a , Li k o n e of sacrwith ed view music t o fromaid t be funds Handel, of Mozart,the M institution. end el s- s T so e h l h e e n c p pieces were given with remarkable taste and precision, and it was stated that many of the pupils are qualifying themselves to become organists of chapels and churches. REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH. —The rumour runs here that John Henry Gurney, Esq., of Easton Hall, near Norwich, will become a candidate for the representation of that are city at li the ensuing general e l ec ti on. Mr. Gurney's opi nions beral. The parishioners of St. Michael, Cornhill, have presented the Rev. Thomas Bennett, M.A., a purse of 70 guineas, as a token of their esteem for the great increase which has taken place in the congregation at St. Michael on a Sunday evening, since his appointment to the lectureship of the parish. The Rev. James Aspinall, Rector of Althorpe, Lincolnshire, has, at the request of his parishioners, given them a lecture, the result of his experience of the Crystal Palace. So general was the interest felt in the subject, that Mr. Aspinall was solicited to repeat his lecture twice in his own parish, and has now delivered it, with ex temporaneous additions and rec o ll ect i ons, at four or five other neighbouring places. In the advices from Berlin yes t e rday it appears that the loan o f a b out 2,000,0 0 0 1 . sterling authorised by the Prussian Chambers during their last session is to be raised for the construction of the Eastern Railway. It was thought likely it would be chiefly obtained in London, but the con trary opinion prevails here since the credit of Prussia seems to render such a step unnecessary. OPENING OF TUB NEW COURTS OF LAW AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL.—We understand that at a meeting of the St. George's Hall and Courts of Law Com mittee, held on Saturday, it was resolved to open the new courts of law at the approaching assizes. The commission will be opened on Saturday, the 6ih of December.—Liverpool Mercury. SOLICITORSHIP OF THIS TREASURY.—It will be use ful to the public to be informed that the office of Solicitor for the Affairs of her Majesty's Treasury, which has for some time been located at Gwydyr louse, Whitehall, has n ow been removed back to the Treasury-chamb ers . °w laGia 14FINEMENT.-A coroner's jury having sat on the body of a young lady who hung herself in conse uence of disappointment in love, returned a verdict— pica la tut notAtio c Cupid. METROPOLITAN COALIIISSION OF SE WERS. Yesterday a special court was held at the Greek street offices, Soho. Commissioners present :—.Mr. Lewes (chairman), Mr. Allason, Captain Vetch, Captain Dawson, a n d 111 r. Ha wes . The first business transacted was receiving and ac cepting tenders for the construction of works. There were twelve tenders sent in for executing a brick sewer, &c., at Shrubland-road, Dalston, for which the engineer's estimate was 4201. The tender of Mr. Hills, amounting to 352/., was accepted. The next contract was for similar works in Caversbarn-street and 'smeller-street, Chelsea; the engineer's estimate for which was 6881. The lowest tenders in this case were referred to the engineer for his decision there upon; as was also done in the case of the projected works in the Kentish -town-road and Warren-street, Camden-town, which had been estimated by the engineer to cost 1,882/. The next subject WA 8 to consider the propriety of accepting tenders fur works in London-streer, &c., Greenwich; and, at the suggestion of the chairman, the engineer was directed to ascertain whether the authorities of Greenwich Hospital had provided sufficient outlet for ithe additional sewerage, before the Court should de finitively decide upon the works. The clerk then read the financial statement to the Court, from which it appeared that the balance in hand on the 15th inst. amounted to 8,1801. The Court ordered payment for works and officers' salaries to be made to tho e x t ent of 5,2801. 18s. 9d., which would reduce the balanc e to 2899/. ls. 3d. Captain Dawson then moved, " That th e order of the Court of the 4th July, 1851, W hi c h directs that the expense of constructing certain sewerage places at Lee, inthe a county of Kent, be paid, one half thereof works in D cre-street and other by a special half out of the districat d r the lands, tenements. and and their a ur . premises, py . tenances, to be speciall district, be rescinded, frayed wholly out of then bourne, district." He obsery principleworks back notice of this motion because y benefited, and the remaining appeared rate eo upon p ,f. o nt the e the occupiers vens b o u r D o e f districtthat such expenses be de d rates of the Raves . that th be bad giv rn to b which som e w p , a ell talc a n k ...la l f no o gl r ) g i rt theht os considerationserious ohjec objectio ns founded osi the. thatns had th e been main raised line o b ;f e b a e saue Lee-road, as far as Church-street, ordered to be executed as an outlet for threeady been of Dacre-street, &c., be should content himseslefwterage sent with moving, " That the plan and reporta pre regard to Dacre-street and other places at Leewibeh referred back to the engineer for re-consideration and alteration, to enable the works to be charged upon the district rate." The motion was agreed to. Sewers were then ordered to be constructed, agreeably to re ports from the surveyors, in the following districts: Eastern division of the Westminster Sewers, works estimated at 4151.; Ranelagh district, 401.; Holborn division, 2781. Bs. ; Finsbury division, 997/. ; Spite!. fields, &c., level, 5231.; Hackney-brook level, 171. 155.; Tower-hill level, 160/. ' • Limehouse level, 25/. ; P op l ar district, 621. 10 s . ; an d Surrey and Kent district, 2761. The construction, repair, and trapping of gullies, also ordered, amounted to 91/. 18s. 6d. additional. A great portion of the sitting was occupied in hearing sum monses against owners and occupiers of property who bad failed to execute works of improvement according to notice, but none of the cases involved any matter of public interest. The Court a f terwar d s a dj ourne d . R its e ms Ic E yo u ,n N adt i 05207 DES soiree uofe Quee n s st nh eA winteri Anne -street. e s t .' a r seasoneae n The g t ho h e t as t ovi h re r s o e wy as sr i oo e w t r y de ne g de d a by the celebrated Beethoven Septet No. 1, for wind and stringed instruments, which was most masterly executed by Messrs. Goffrie, Hancock, Gantz, T. Snelling, T. Mann, Boose, and Oald ; as well as the Trio of Beethoven, in the second part of the soiree, by Messrs. Gollrnick, Hancock, and Boone ; and both pieces were listened to with great appreciation by the elegant audience; whilst songs and solos were well supported by Miss Magner, Miss Mary Rose, Madame Lemaire, Mr. Swift, Mr. Rummel, Mr. Klos, Mr. Wusteman, Mr. J. Case, who every one individually were most enthusiastically ap plauded. Thalberg's grand fantasia from Don Pasquale was most elegantly played by Madame Goffrie, as well as Mr. Gollinick's own compositions, which were by his delicate touches exquisitely executed, finishing the evening to the greatest admiration of the whole audience. THE WooDcocx.—On the 30th ult. John Hannay, Esq., shot a woodcock on the estate of Mollance. A fine woodcock was shot by Mr. Corrie upon his lands of New tonards, on the 27th ult. This is the first we have heard of this season. Mr. Welsh, of Furthhead, also killed a very good one on the 28th.—Dumfri es Courier. FIRES IX LONDON.—The records kept by the brigade officials exhibit a great increase of fires in the me tropolis and its suburbs, as compared with former years. Since the formation of the force it is gratifying to observe that the amount of property destroyed is considerably less. There appear to have been no less than 900 fires broken out in the metropolis daring the present year. MORAL MAXI3I3 FOR EMIGRANTS.--A sovereign in the hand is worth a lump of gold in the bush.—Punch. As AGED PAIIPER.—HeIen Church, aged 100, was on the 3d inst. admitted into St. Pancras workhouse. For the last 16 years she was maintained and supported by a kind lady at St. John's Wood, in whose service she had formerly lived; but the lady's circumstances becoming al tered fur the worse, the centenarian was compelled to seek the shelter of a workhouse. The Preston , Chronicle narrates a very shabby trick of a perion who had undertaken to get three o r f our friends off to Bolto n , b ut w h o f ound the whole of the railway carriages fur that town full. Buttoning his top -coat en militaire, and giving himself an official air, he put his head through one of the carriage windows, calling out " All here for Bury?" The passengers, alarmed at the idea of going in that direction, left the carriage, leaving seats enough for the party and some to spare. On the dislodged passengers find ing they had been unseated unnecessarily, the train was about to start, so as many as could get in returned to their carriage, glad to set off h omewar d s. Th ose whose places were taken had to console themselves as they best could until another train was got ready. ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF TUE PERPETUAL MOTION. —The Courrier de la Gironde states that a civil engineer of Bordeaux, named de Vignernon, has discovered the perpetual motion. His theory is said to be to find in a mass of water, at rest, and contained within a certain space, a continual force, able to replace all other moving powers. The above joarnal declares that this has been etrected, and that the machine invented by M. de Vignernon works admirably. A model of the machine was to be exposed at Bordeaux for three days, previous to the inventor's departure with it fur London. FURTHER DISCOVERY OF ANTIQUITIES AT STROOD. —Within the last few days a discovery has been made in that rich field of ancient remains the Temple brick-yard, at Strood, near Rochester, consisting of earthenware melting pots, crucibles and ladles, such as are known to have been applied in the fabrication of money. Antiquaries, however, are divided in opinion as to their date, but the one which ap pears to be the most feasible is that which ascribes their date to the time when the Romans were predominant in Britain, for large quantities of cast money, both of silver and brass, were then made, and it is generally suppo3ed that the cast money was not genuine. Since the Roman sway, until very recently, we have had no coin in circula tion that even if it could be cast, which is doubted, would have answered the purpose of forgers to cast, and when the practice of casting spurious coins was resumed, a metal was used which was fusible at a lower degree of heat than would require an earthen crucible. A REDEEMING FEATURE OF FREE TRADE...- " Well," said a gossip to a friend in the street, a north coun try shipowner, a short time ago, " how does the world use you now? " " Why," was the answer, "I have had a pretty good year myself; but trade's very bad—very bad. Luckily a ship of mine, at Rio de Janeiro, picked up a cargo of sugar for :New York. I made a pretty good thing o' that." " A t hsoamveethgiontg that w t with o car u go is fr i o t m no ß t i ; o „to "Yes,ew wYoerks—hotuhladtn's, 3 u vo nder the old navigation-laws; there is some good in free trade." We need hardly say that this cargo of sugar will not be found in our Parliamentary shipping returns. Mr. George Frederick Young will pervert the absence of the vessel from our own ports into an argument against free trade—the fact being the contrary.— Gateshead Observer. SIR JAMES GRAHAM A CULTIVATOR OF FLAX.. Mr. Brown, steward to Sir James Graham, has been on a visit to Ireland for the purpose of acquiring information as to the cultivation of flax. The Right Hon. Baronet is about to make an experiment on the Netherby estate he, or some of his tenants, are to be the growers.—Carlisle Patriot. MALDON..—A BLOOMER MlssiNG.—Last week, this town was extensively placarded, announcing that a Miss Carr, an American l a d y, would on Thursday evening lecture on Bloomerism, and show to the women, and eke to the gen tlemen, too, how delightful a lady looks in pants. Curiosity of course was excited, for Maldon can boast as good a stock of this quality as any other town of its size. The lecture room was surrounded at the appointed hour, but there w er e no 11,ghts, cam e t no lady ; i n f act, the last railway car in, but l no Mi.:2s Carr was th ere ; an d t h e compan y at . a in high b hig e h en n du ia dg a e e on th a e t vtilacetinmes of mishap or a h wdr i rs, wondering whether departed ax et . h_er z t g h sev Herald.Heraldey 185 1' 1 1 . 1 - - B We e R a :f ° verb 7 a n=ions i p X '..about he d much t suffering there will be a very short rice crop might be 5 g - places to a fearful extent, itself in some is beginning to show The weather still keeps hot during the chiefly putrid fever.ree days' 8, rain would bring in the cold day, but two or three can not , b b e n a t s d a o m ub e t, and if weahvavdeabnnycolm3polirilraAaican:h,aPicv:e:rlisl.T9l s much. The whole of this year has noble that has been experienced for a not confined to our locality, hut extending from long time, . the panjaub, as also down the east coast of the Ceylon to r u oß A HORSE !—At Itotlaerbam bb w see e 3r a ,n . t o h tz e h r „a a nl n does most i relieveao unseasonable aw be ° tc alarm ing, he' Sicknessr r e Statutes, on Monday week, a gentleman who wanted a feed of provender for his horse, sent his servant man with a shil ling to buy some " chop" for a bait. The simple fellow, un used to stable parlance, went to a pork-butcher's shop, and invested the whole shilling in pork chops, with which he hastened back to his master and the hungry horse. INGRATITUDE.—Garrick applying to Lord Rock ford to appoint a Mr. Glover, a surgeon in the Essex militia. says—" He is a most skilful, worthy man, a good writer, and a steady friend t o Government. I have known him long, he is much beloved, and the worst thing I ever heard of him was, that, by his skill in his profession, he recovered a thief. after he had hung half an hour, and which thief, before he had healed the circle the rope had made, picked Glover's pocket by way of gratitude, and never thanked him for his good offices." —The late HINT TO A. HIGHFLYING LAWYER. —Th e .0 wee Judge Peace of the Supreme Court of the State a of n UPI; e a ff n n o r t t ed be w fa a r g e . hlin A , y a o n u d n once li m , se rowwnag av h e i and was seemingly lf m on ki the g first wings of his imagination into the seventh rule on the desk two or threetimes, g ha la d w t y h e r dear sir. Don't tonished orator, " Hold on, hold on, my . . . . go preparing for a higher ascent, w h h e en etxhenlajinnidigneg to a stru t c h k e hia as. court." t h , iper, for you are already out of thejarlathettott a the