The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-19 00:00:00

The pw rison er rx?ressed hi s regre t, an d said be ell he as knockin g at hi s own d oor. Otiieno a ' AßDl NE tiDe 4 d the pri soner 10 s . or t e n days' iin ‘ nt.--Thu fine w:is paid. A , - 11,1 BEET.--(THIS DAY . ) I NQ "" AT Tim INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION EGIL . B." , th ., N iIYBE-PARY Thomas Miller, a carpenter, %ea. :. la'eltittgied before Mr. Bingh,in with stealing a quuntity Ilee sr er "wa and two pieces of wood, the property of a t . ox and Henderson, builders, esx. V) . e 'r alb Henderson, deposed that he was time keeper to Parit e "eal'ors at the Exhibition bni:ding in Ilya tai,h e pris ocer was employed as a cat penter there. tell t , just as he was about leaving his work, wit aa informEd that ha (prisoner) had a quantity ! , t pp w 5 about him, and he (witness) accordingly he 444' 1 , 11 .M and took him into the office, where heh he tk,, ttly ulna with robbing the prosecutor, denied. Witness then sent for a constable, " . 14 11,i atid fil li t e y d e b hte : g in il :Iarge. ' The prisoner was subsequently w d ' and about three dozen screws and two pieces to the Crm found upon liboli t tl. b ad no tight to the property, and as him. The were Tl le — 2,0 00 offenc es, employed on the building the prosecu 1110-eer to dettr others from committing similar offeoces, u g V 't it th • tok t. their duty to make an example of the de- Th e d to i t , erendant in answer to the charge, said he had i Lid t ' ll tin of stealing the screws or the wood; . he had kr. e n s Tb et ews in his pocket all day while about his work. CRA ii ;7"alit committed him for trial. tor e GP ASSAULT —John Simmonds was . place b d 4at ,! — th r : ll , ln ghalll L eha . r.ed with creating a dlstur - tlatt N,fieen's Theatre, Tottenham-street. le tte- et4le ale the constable employed Mr. James, the . h s (,)f the theatre, stated that last night his attention the se el ti leti to the defendant, who was standing on o f ne th o e ,k4di e to il in the pit, to the great inconvenience o 17(de l f e - Z d e a a u clb e tl e requesting him to sit down, th ettla t sailed nim with very abusive and filthy 1, t '' ead otherwise created such a disturban t c h e e , gokselltneas was obliged to eject , n 411 : 1 kiet i da k ing which the defendant t h h i r m ew h f r A m m down ••uttibi "ial with great force several times. the Pt eat t hat t time came up, and assisted him in taking police I,tieitoner station. Ill YhaP iea ner laid he had no idea that he was doing radar tn e. tri St anding on the seat; in fact he was obliged L k, B.' ) Dia a view of the performance. 7„tt th:l4kx said the defendant ought to have known tvi in ir to behave himself in such a riotous manne t r z -114 ea-- civilly requested to descend from the seat, 1441)4%. liassult th officer. He should fine him be (gri ttedet. W-itah• f 0 the assault, and . advise him to c it tlng the next time he went to a theatre. 7 , THE INCOME-TAX. th SII I i T EE EDITOR OF TILE SUN : -,4ti1..--lt glad to see your attention directed to e lhroveetolerable grievance the income-tax. Noon x , i ke ii 4 , r ' e au feel the annoyance inflicted by this ta ''iv Delnittercial man. The lawgivers who impose ti ta - k 8 „," h ave no more sympathy with the sufferers_ Patio ''ao sitting, on a winter's evening, by a good th, 11 r fir e e i" °lnsid e o ptnpathises with the traveller who, on ~. 4 pi t i l the house, is exposed to all t e pelting ''hieh . e as storm. It is not the ania ount of the ta ri x_ til eol l .s the principal objection—it its the very pr . i . ;t4itil unequaltt which renders it arbitrary, inquisio tct: , and unjust. I allude: to the tax 0 0. Pert y e ariiing from industry ; not from fixed pr . - N', al , l and or buildings, because of these the in of Illeota:rced and publicly ' known, hitt in the case s o PrsoeX'erived from industry, what is the coarse at t 1 1 4 01: 11 ,,g 1 Suppose a merchant . is assessed a th ese L a n d 44t creditr annum • every man in business knows character ' are invalu.able to him ; let b atav a r destroyed, and his business will also, as l a s ;Niue „eonsepience, be destroyed. lle app l ea t ,00 0 1 L.ne charge because he has lo !t, say 2,000 .o I)pealyustead of having gained 11,0001. But . his 1 4 illib 'shhat admitted without a sea rcbing examr . a e ,, - e i!? into the state of hii affairs. t o c 'i s 'q i- s la t ed in the humiliating position of being -t eaD -4-s " °ll ed, of having his woe d doubted, and 1 84 - „ s e rtquired to I reduce his b:oks. Will . any till% rill reb p e ctability i and good standing submit to to /Pd aila i s , ul ! atcl degradation, and to Commissioners so : 11 4114 n e 15 himself equal in society I' but he must h -a ; t her'h -r , PaY this unjust assessme fat. Allow that, CI los es tll ,exPose the situation of his affairs, reveal t .s t i .4ol,,,rza , ii:e.,s t i h n at he pays the tax, which he knows io Alsti e "Jilit t , ,sax, what is the consequ:ence ? The kitoiove4ll3ent. his heart, and he becomes ahater is illiBi.riclable,f()r the in343', therefore", this iniquitous procedureh. in. isfs n 0 e ex C e e e m p missioner must have t ?st,iet,44l povver to prevent fraud. There . t by the rapeal of the tax. rid kve yt a . ° Pnle t rcial Man who has realitv ed proper b ty, Prl3lll'' ` lt la l and or buildings, d(:.es not object . i s ec v a t is t i o . ols 44 the taX on such property, because that . here is not hich f°4 r fixed ' and of well-known income, and there derivable e objection as to that w No atl4erivable from pti a r e ld .tamely An t, lb s e am recariousnelis of trade. his itithoriscircurnstances --urnit P to another prying into . but the pre sent income-tax °, l4 nsi vA es , this prying, ' and in the most insulting . and 'ltis e -- ' n rib ; in fact, it makes an Englishman a kikeioeenVellable to appear before his master,the l lNti ft ia : l. ' , and bound to answer every impertinent .o o a rn s, . all "" 'gulch said Commissioner may choosent English- mat's this freedom? And talk about an E a this - , tild A "-le bein g his castle, when he may be g com- N i e 4 to leave that castle for the purpose of an ta(itlig every question which shall r expose all those t ° his circumstances which h e would not reveal it is just like the 'lck 4 l i atarest friend. In fact,the object is to make the ate l Z l INoisition, where . s ot b e ' eliminate himself, ifThe tax can keeoreoade a just tax. possible. A mrchant makes a return 11 1)% In g to the best of his knowledge, calculating dab c ertain outstanding debts a ' after l a good, and yet the th e Iv e has paid Ptodh tie of his property falls, as in railroad shares or c ome e ' in fact, the component elements of his in 4tia-iate always varying, and of uncertain value. tir lit " ltl , Possible to fix a man's income from . trade ac eosnTh'e7, but the compulsory examination bef . o s re_ !leg/I-Pitmen, like a criminal before a judge, w 1.. 1 a . 11 1 1 -ati cin to which no British merchant will will- k 1 b u mit. I am, Sir, yours, SzcETA. , Li v , ‘P _ Z `° ol , Nov. 16, 1850. The VOTING MACHINE. . °°t es ' p 'lewl 3 7- lovented machine for taking th o e_ ; ,000 (1 ; the Assenabl and for which a credit . f 411 a t - 4ranes has been Y v ' oted, was yesterday exhibited v b ant tiv % °l 4djoinierr th e Chamber. It offers the ad 44 anh s of undoubted correctness and great rapidity. to; represectativ v, n will be provided with a small . _ I t ette; rl w , p l t i e.4 his name will be inscribed in gold box fi s. e „ 1 4 ; i , 8 b eix Vll ontain ten bulletins for vo bulletins ": 3 4 : e ari ( n for:, 1 and five blue (against). These d It l e e t : - c e s ,i e " s ist of small oblong pieces of polishe or r 4 , til n a tati .,,sve on each face the name of the re o -_ The urns, which are chefs d'teuvre I: *hit, lais 'ul hare two distinct compartments, blue and f l'ill ite ' st arr i ti ged in such a manner that the bulletin t Ill tth —t?e t cannot enter into the blue compartmen , the v 4 blu e bulletin s into the white one. Any error in o lit e ,C. e faherefore, becomes impossible. The pieces h r 14 iiik,l4„lling into the urn, do not lie across each other t but are piled up regularly, one on the o . t , `tt " enlVer rod, with numbers inscribed on it, so Ne: k eitigle all ~ or glance is sufficient to tell how many th e he , N ", r against are contained in each urn. When ehi rod f t " are collected the ushers will withdraw ladNl, 'rn , each urn, and place it in a p . iece of ma iielie , 11 1 , r1 the tribune and which will immediately. b l t itsh - „"ue nunaber of votes for or against. The secre .s - made - ve 0 111 to add them up, and when the addition is h tu i!' ) , ) l t u he t •lhav Y e oiy to touch a lever, and the bulletins ` l e 0 4 L'at the secretaries who have counted the co es t4a . At ti, y, without moving from their seats, also t ie '(' ''bite ones, and so check each . other. The 1.11 11 41411 er ot i th e vote ' will be thus known in a positive ' NI 4 a l'iiv minutes. By the aid of six lists, N'ta 11 P beforehand, and corresponding to a number t4kiti?vet\-" °n e of the corners of the bulletins, the 41l be names for the Moniteur, which formerlyledto bla,:lJnencilednaico,nswidielTabbele time, and frequently _ Q n p err cr , performed in ten minutes. ?, the 4 0 1 , 1 1 . 0 CLIII3.—A histrionic club, for members t il ,lopos ied u t nive . r.siti es , is in course of formation; by who a m son the 8 0 give a series of six performances every se _ ti l t il tua t t lale t ; j f er e t ,e_a's, or some ct . her . theatre at Use West-end. thtillotlak,,tatzteurew club are in circulation, and we ende r" eor ia i„ e . hrst essays of the members are to be made in 14 1 „ 411 1 Per T° GET SLEEP.—How to get to sleep is, to -4; I:18, wi lo l n s , a matter of high importance. Nervous p.er ,14113, , re troubled with wakefulness and excite . abiiit., , , litm a. qiialtilatedtroorrirl it l i ti n, eXtr u e rn a'f i e ti :: w g hea te e nd u en s c; of blood to the brain, with pressure of a b n. loo t d h t e o p t u h l e sa b t r io a n in s keeps N I , -re often • • t Nit; . Painful. Let us rise and chafe the . body and the . 4 . Pron, ' tB With a rough to , A el, or rub smartly with . the hands, „ . " 4 blo,,ete circulation and to withdraw the excessive amount . "ertie n ', from the brain, and they will fall asleep in a few 7, °(14 1 1 ; 8 ' A. cold bath, r a sponge bath, and rubbing, or a vil: 1 - . 11 ? or a rapid walk in the open air, or going up and 4i/ 4 p „s.'alra a few times 'tat before retiring, will aid in equal 411et`iretilation and Promoting sleep. These rules are smple, t t ° thstisY of a Pplicati P on in castle or cabin, and may minister ` , l' 44 ortifort3 of thousands who would freely expend money 41t eP." 1111°4 Yrie to promote ''‘ nature's sweet restorer, balmy rp 1)0 t (I. IICI li ttp lt ; ' I - - ) EAL, AND CINQUE PORTS RAILWAY.--. ,1 rtl w n ,. - ng before his Honour Master Broughapi, yeste n r: ' ti b ' tit to Consider the claims ' of creditors, the list of c o o ial Irl L i taa ries having Fas been settled. Mr. Croysdell, tl h ie_ ffi iliiitiiwleyrireports that there is due from the Sout . tl, I tIR fro "Vany a sum of 8 , 385/.. the amount of an undern ..s eN,-.--oml that company to ' repay the expenses incurred . i W hicC iat of the Bill not being obtained in Parbamcn, a t n or . Nri ttl Z verdict bad been given against the chairman, h d !ati,, of 1,33 been paid into court. l is %1,334/. still standing in Commercialtb rr e ilisa,if pad 'ABlatnkaa, _ba d,.will,‘. i. 4(te :f re 2 e o t s ed, enable the official manager to declare di t o i • a lliong the shareholders. 111: S'etilonlll4gra ve, of Calcot Park, un dergone of couching, and be the skilful management has tit eal attendant isprogressing favourably. We are 41 fori t 14INGTON AND SEAMER BAILWAY ra- Patl y :‘ , 4 , that the York and North Midland Railway C o Nth re no busily engaged in completing. this n railway, "d thj in extend it to the harbour at Bridlington Quay. 440 etti s r o tb ! afford much additional acconunodation.—BaU NO ,rt; P B 111 THE SUN, DRURY-LANE THEATRE. JULLIE:`.•;',6 CoNcEi;,T;3. For a bold, jubilant, crovvd-stii ring cor-urition, commend us to M. Jullien. The "Army and Navy Quadrill,s" have each had their ovation. Long slumbering melodies, which worked up the hearts of our grandsires, have bsen evoked and stirred, es ii) the la of peace, with the memorio; of past prowess. But Jullien is not wholly anti-Cobdenie in his gymnathies. He can tune you the shepherd's pipe as well as the martial trumpet—nay, more, he can array trumpet, drum, and cymbal, beside the amorous oboe and the sprightly fiddle, and make tl - :ein blend their voices in the hymen of peace. Last night raw him in his height of glory and pride of success. The Great Ex hibition of 1851 has begotten in his brain a grand " inspiration." To say that that " inspiration" has assumed the form of a quadrille will be enough for all who know to what superb dimensions that class of composition expands itself under M. Jullien's wand. Tier upon tier rise the merry minstrels, some in the garb of peace, others in the trappings of war. Instruments are there, various as the myriad melodies gathered from all regions. The bands of the Royal Artillery, the 2d Life Guards, and the Coldstream Guards (under their respective conductors, Collins, G. Cooke, and the ve teran Godfrey), ancient allies of M. Jullien, were on this great occasion reinforced by some score of drum mers of the French National Guard, under the pic turesque direction of M. Barhier, the tambour-major. This corps made the hearts of the audience leap, and brought a rosy tint upon many a fair cheek, with their • pas acceleres, redoubjes, reveilles, rappels, marches, end other military ordonnances of the French army. To the curious in the art of drumming, their performance is a rare treat. The execu• tion of a diminuendo passage in the rappel was a most masterly performance. After solos by Lavigne, Pratten, Collinet, those renowned guitarists, the Messrs. •Cii , bra ; Souslle, on the Corno-Musa ; Sommers ' on the Borebardon ; Cioffi, Koenig, Strea ther, and Baldacci, we find ourselves hurried along in the " March of all Nations." " The Morning of the Inauguration," we quote M. Jullien's emphatic precis, "of the Grand Exhibition is supposed to have arrived. The great city, which, for the first time shelters such masses from all parts of the known world, is, as yet, tranquil, when, at day-break, the festival is ushered in by the sounding of the chimes of London, echoed far and near from each surround. ing belfry. Soon the city is in movement, and the multitudes hasten towards the same goal, all eager to behold the most stupendous realization of human in dustry recorded in the history of the globe. A tre mendous shout bursts forth, and the welcomed nations, one and all, join in the cry—' God Save the Queen.'" This is epic, and it is something more; for it is in terpreted to those who might happen not to have a programme by the vivacious gestures, the flickering baton, and the übiquitous gloves of Jullien. Nothing was wanting to the most complete success, except, it may be, a little more individuality in the gigantic octo-basso, which filled a larger space in the eyes than in the ears of the audience. The most cordial wel come was given to the French corps, whose martial appearance and decorous recognition of the national feeling, when more particularly challenged upon the playing of the national anthem, commanded the ge neral admiration of a crowded and enthusiastic au dience. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new drama from the pens of Mr. Robert Brough and of Mr. Bridgman, a new aspirant for dramatic fame, was produced here lust evening with the most complete success. It is entitled Jessie Gray, and Madame Celeste, of course, acts the part of the heroine; she is supposed to he the niece of a benevo lent apothecary, Dr. Gray (Mr. 0. Smith), who is in practice in Loudon, and whose assistant Jokes (Mr. G. Honey) is the " funny man" of the piece, being over head and ears in difficulties, in love (with a marchande demodes cleverly acted by Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam), and in terror, lest he should be arrested for hav ing, as he thinks, poisoned a footmen by mistake, and being, moreover, haunted by that perpetual bugbear of all unfledged medicos, " going up to pass." Jessie Gray is loved by Philip Harville (Mr. Boyce), the nephew of Sir Richard Harville (Mr. H. Hughes), a cold-blooded haughty man, who determines to prevent what he considers a mesalliance by exciting the jea lousy of his nephew. To effect this he works upon the fears of Jukes, and forces him to give Jessie an opiate, and when she is asleep to introduce himself and the housekeeper into her bedroom, so that their shadows are seen at thewindow by Philip, whom he has taken care to have in waiting in the street. In agony Philip declares that he will now marry in accordance with his uncle's wishes, and he sees Jessie to take leave of her. The scene between Jessie and Philip is admirably wrought up, and was acted with intense feeling by Madame Celeste. Her expression of agony when she hears herself falsely accused was harrowing. Still, however, there is some feeling of love for Jessie yet lurking in the heart of Philip ; and the Baronet, to make all secure, determines to have her seized and conveyed away to sea in his yacht. For this purpose he engages Pro fessor Chester (Mr. P. Bedford), a gentleman who, having some years before gone to New South Wales at the public expense, has returned to England at his own, and is getting his living as the Hercules of a poses plastiques exhibition. The professor is secreted in Gray's house, and there he overhears a conversa tion between Jessie and the Doctor (Gray), from which it appears that Jessie is not the doctor's niece, but an orphan whom he had found deserted at an hotel in Paris, and had adopted . The Professor likewise discovers that Gray's housekeeper, who is assisting in the plot for the abduction of Jessie, is no other than his own wife, from whom, for various reasons, he is anxious to keep the fact of his existence a secret. The scene now changes to the house of the Baronet, where the denouement takes place. There is a large and fashionable party there, and the salons are crowded with dancers ; the Doctor cane, and is shown into a parlour; he demands a private interview with the Beronet, and after some difficulty obtains one; he reproaches him with his conduct to Jessie, and his remonstrances are received by Sir Richard with sneers and contempt. Soon, however, the attention of the Baronet is awakened, the Doctor speaks of years gone by, of a secret marriage, of a wife deserted, and of a child lost —the proud man now beseeches the apothecary to say all he knows, that wife was his, that child was his, and that child is Jessie Gray. He is overwhelmed with anguish and remorse, when Jessie herself enters, accompanied by the Professor. The Professor had discovered the secret of Jessie's parentage, had saved her, and had sent his own wi f e to sea in her stead. Of course matters are now satisfactorily arranged, and Jessie is united to Philip, while Jukes, having " passed," is married to his pretty marchande de modes. We know not to which of the authors the credit is due of the construction of the plot of this drama ; if to Mr. Bridgman, he has exhibited an arlistical know ledge of play building infinitely superior to that of many an old and favourite playwright. It is one of the best constructed dramas ever put on the stage; the incidents arise naturally out of each other, and all tend to the development of the plot ; while the comic characters, which usually are mere hors d'auvre, are in Jessie Gray so con nected with the drama as to form necessary parts of the ensemble, and to be actively engaged in bringing about the denouement. The piece was well acted, Madame Celeste was admirably fitted in the character of Jessie Gray, and acted it in that intensely im passioned manner which is so peculiar to her, and in hich none other can approach her. Mr. IL Hughes, in his line the best melo-dramatic actor on the stage, acted the contemptuous, haughty, calcu lating villain with a cool assumption of superiority that told immensely ; he seemed an incarnation of intellect without feeling ; but when the heart was touched in the last scene, his acting was full of agonizing passion. No one understands the art of contrast better than this gentleman, or employs it more artistically or more effectively. O. Smith, albeit unused to the melting mood, acted the part of the virtuous Apothecary with becoming unction, and used his white pocket-handkerchief with due de corum ; and Paul Bedford, as Hercules, was very funny. The great G hit of the night, howe , .er, was the Jukes of Mr. G. Honey, he acted it with a dry quaint humour that took the audience by storm ; he kept them in a roar of laughter the whole time he was on the stage, and at the conclusion of the drama was honoured with the first call. Henceforth he takes his station among the best of the humorous ac t o rs of the day. The piece is admirably put on the stage, and is a decided hit. The theatre was crowded in every part. POOP. RATES IN CLESEENWELL. -- On Saturday upwards of 400 summonses were issued from Clerkenwell Court against different householders of that parish 6d for arrears the of poor rate, which h as latterly increased to . .in pound. [ADVERTISEMENT. -- Another Sufferer from a Liver Complaint cured by Holloway's Pills.—The wife of a respectable tradesman residing in the neighbourhood of Thra stun was suffering for more than two y ears from a severep liver complaint, during which period she received the best medical advice, but without deriving the slightest benefit therefrom. She then made trial of Holloway's Pill, and by their us e alone she has been restored perfect health. Th name of the party cured is not made public, but Collier, bookseller, Thurpstone, can vouch for the au thenticity of the case. These p ills are also an in fallible remedy for indigestion, bilious attacks , head aches, and disorders of the stomach.—Sold by all Druggists Band, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, '244, St London. The large and beautiful estate of 13,0, in t} e north-eastern part of this county, the property of Fri' deaux John Selby, EN., of Twizell ]louse, Belford, con taining 1,320 acres, and hitherto let at a rental of 1,76 0 / and which has been for several months in the rn,altet, has, it is stated, been sold to Hugh Taylor, jun , Esq., of t he Coal Exchange, London , for the sum of 47,006/.—Netvcastle .journal. - William EJye, E 1 .., master shipwright, has been directed to examine and report on the caiscoors and docks at the new works, Keyham. —.Devonport Independent. HARRISON AINSWORTH'S ROMANCES. Vol. XI.—.JA (Jr; sHErp.ARD. There is a dignity in the silence preserved by Mr. Ainsworth in reference to his literary assailants. " Jack Sheppard" eppears in his new and popular form without any prefatory notice whatever. We cannot but regard the circumstance as in the higheet degree hounurahie to the disposition of the novelist. Nevertheless, while appreciating the amenity of tern • per evinced by the emission, we cannot but regret that the author of " Jack Sheppard" has not given utterance, in some measure at least, to those senti•• wents of indignation which must inevitably have been long cherished by him with regard to his literary assailants. After so many virulent attacks as have at different periods been directed against the popularity of Mr. Ainsworth's writings, with a view to deteriorate his reputation, we should have rejoiced to hear from the lips of our author himself some reply, no matter how scornful or incidental. Not that we regard his popularity as needing any vindication, in reference either to the selection of his subjects, or to their treatment as romances. On the commencement of the present admirable re-issue of his collected fic tions we took occasion ourselves to expose the folly, not to say the egregious injustice, of assailing Mr. Ainsworth as the first offender in a style of narrative which had been tolerated more or less in most of his literary predecessors and contemporaries—in some instances eulogised even in terms of extravagant enthusiasm. It can scarcely be forgotten by the lovers of modern literature, that in answer to a charge somewhat similar to the one here hinted at, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton penned a response to the hypercritics, in the form of a most cogent and mas terly pamphlet. In that brochure the poet-novelist, taking his text, as it were, from the higher orders of imaginative composition, maintained that the consi deration of crime was the essential prerogative of the tragic dramatist, and that upon the same reasoning it was also a no less allowable theme for the tragic romancist. eEschy lus may be said, indeed, in a great measure to have based his celebrity upon the accept ance of this principle. Sheksoere again, with a like appreciation of the veritable attributes of the "poet" or creator, infued the same ghastly truth into his most remarkable masterpieces. It would be somewhat difficult, we conceive, to show that the atrocities perpetrated by Clytemnestra have ever been surpassed by the most villanous criminals whose sinister histories have been recorded in the pages of the Newgate Calendar. Neither to our thinking would it be less embarrassing to demonstrate the existence of a greater amount of depravity in the housebreaker, whose hands were never stained with blood, and whose principal shame was that of having adopted burglary as his profession, than in the re morseless thane whose investiture with the diadem of royaltylrose out of one of the most dastardly mur ders ever perpetrated—that of an aged guest slumber ing under his roof—and whose continued possession of the sceptre was attributable only to a series of bloody assassinations. The heinous infamy of Macbeth has never yet been considered suf ficient to remove him beyond the pale of our sympa thies. Yet criminals we might almost say infinitely small in comparison are regarded as altogether with out the reach even of our regard or consideration. It may be said, or rather is said, that in the one instance the grossness of the crime is in a manner sublimated by its poetic treatment, whereas in the other instance the felon is submitted to our notice in his natural as pect through the homelier medium of a prose narra tive. Than this we can conceive no more shallow or more preposterous argument. Instead of justifying the dramatist at the expense of the novelist, the circumstance does exactly the reverse. For, assuredly, vice may be invested with attraction and crime with a sort of diseased sublimity by their celebration in the lofty numbers of pussy—while the portraiture of either the one or the other in the humbler guise of a prose description re webs their more obvious and undeniable characteris tics. Hence it is that the delineation of the darker phases of humanity by the hand of the novelist ap pears to us calculated to be beneficial rather than pernicious—revealing atrocity in its true form, and dragging before us crime in its very nakedness, not tricked out in the pomp of a poetic masquerade. A fanciful theory has been advanced by Mr. Disraeli, if we recollect rightly, in his psychological romance of " Contarini Fleming"—to the effect that the poet having breathed out his soul to the world, first in ballads, then in odes, then in epics, then in dramas, after employing as the medium of his inspiration all the ingenious styles of composition, the idyll, the elegy, the sonnet, the hymn, the psalm, and the la mentation, has at length, in a more perfected age of civilization, adopted, as the vehicle of his thought, the form of the rhymeless and tltythmless, but still poetic, romance. Whether this notion be strictly correct, or otherwise, it is certain that the novelist is the child, or descendant, of the poet, and that, as one epoch spoke through the tragic or comic drama, our own speaks through the prose romance. As the heir of the poet, the novelist is, therefore, entitled to the use of those great prerogatives for merly enjoyed by his predecessor, and, among these, not one is more inestimable in its influence or mere capable of judicious employment, than the preroga tive according to which crime and criminals may be delineated. Fielding felt this when he penned the history of that most despicable wretch, the thief taker " Jonathan Wild"—Godwin felt it'when he made the interest inspired by a murder the main-spring of " Caleb Williams"—Scott felt it when he caused the evil practises of Dirk Hatterick to infuse a charm into the pages of " Guy Mannering"—Bulwer when he celebrated the life of the highwayman " Paul Clifford" Dickens when he painted the grim and bloody figure of Sykes flying from the corpse of his paramour, in those powerful chapters which precede the close of " Oliver Twist." Actuated by the same sentiments, Harri son Ainsworth wrote his enthralling romance of " Jack Sheppard." A narrative of more absorbing interest we cannot cell to our recollection. Once commenced, it is idle to think of putting it aside until read to its conclusion. Every leaf contains an incident, and these incidents are chiefly of the most breathless character. From the storm on the Thames, magnificently described at the outset, to the exe cution of the hero, with which, of course, the story is brought to an appropriate termination, the work rivets the attention of the reader, and that too by the strong and legitimate power of the descriptions. Throughout "Jack Sheppard" the crimes of the more diabolical characters introduced are always held up to unmitigated detestation, as may be especially seen by reference to Jonathan Wild—the Jonathan Wild of Henry Fielding! Poetic justice is done to the vices and felonies of the hero by his being ostentatiously conducted to the gallows at Tyburn ; and our sympathies are excited towards Jack simply because of his possession of some excellent qualities, or through the admiration very justly ex cited by his daring and even wonderful escapes from confinement. In the person of Thames Darrell and in that of Winifred Wood, the author has well vindicated his capacity for the de- • lineation of the more gentle aspects of humanity. Mrs. Sheppard herself, the mother of the burglar, is charmingly conceived, and it is impossible not to recognize fine traits of a better disposition than might be expected even in poor Blueskin. Among the most vigorous portions of the work, al way s excepting the account of Jack's escapes from incarceration, is the passage relating to the assassina tion of Sir Rowland Trencleard in the well-hole, by the thief-taker and his Jewish satellite, Abraham Mendez. It reveals in the intellect of Mr. Ains worth that- supreme command over the horrible which, if he had been a paiater instead of a novelist, would have induced' him to portray such incidents as that transpiring in the prison of Ugolino. For our selves, one or the most masterly and interesting chapters in the romance is the one in which Jack is visited at Newgate by Sir James Thornhill, Gay, Figg, and Hogarth. Happily, however, for Mr. Ainsworth, the time has passed by when a detailed criticism on " Jack Sheppard" was requisite to introduce it to pub lic consideration. All that remains far us at present is briefly to notify the fact of the present republice tion, a republication the more interesting when it is remembered that this eleventh volume comprises. perhaps, the most remarkable of ail the fictions of Harrison Ainsworth, with the single exception of the " Miser's Daughter." GREAT EXHIBITION, 1851.--Messrs. J. and R. M'Cracken, of No. 7, Old Jewry, have this day rec.'ived a further consignment from the Russian Commission, consisting of 129 pachages, which they are taking steps to deposit with the previous consignment under the re gulations establisheil by the Board of Customs for the custody of the goods from the northern ports, until the building in Hyde-park be ready to receive them. THE EXHIBITION or 1851. —Notwithstanding the additional gallery accommodation which it has already been determined shall be attached to the building in Hyde-park, it appears that still further space is deemed requisite, and to 7110 estimatesnStr C teats, &c., e Ez s a c. m , provide for which Mr. B. Edgington has, at the request of Mr. Digby Wyatt., attended several days, and given nume rousterd suggestions to effect the required extension by frn'ans of understooday was ea.ndltyiessdesired re n d ., eto increasedfurnish space to be thus given will comprise an area of about 350 square feet. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—Her Majesty's Commis sioners have received information that the President of the United States has given orders to the Secretary of the Navy to place at the disposal of the United States exhibition com mittee a vessel of the national marine, of such a character es will be most useful in conveying the articles destined for the Industrial Exhibition of London free of charge to the con tribr. tors 'Pitt: ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR OF GLASGOW UNivEnsurv.—The majority for Sheriff Alison is, numeri cally, a majority greater than has ever declared itself since the triumphant return of the late. Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Macaulay, it is true, had a majority is each of the four nations, but his numerical majority was not so large as that of Mr. Sheriff Alison. The prevailing sentiment appears to be that Lord Palmerston will not expose Mr. Macaulay to the invidious task of recording his vote against so large . numerical majority of the voters.—Edinburgh Courant. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1850. beyond doubt that the chief authorities view their movements with no mail alarm, and are p'f in every possible way to protect the city from their violence. As regards the origin of the pre-ent outbreak, it will be remembered that in April, 1849, large bodies of militia were in training, as was believed, to oppose their o ci r t g y a . niz ltt i i o s n ry averred aa bu h tt i h e e h a ee u i t t ho th ri e tics hief any attempt on the part of foreigners to cuter the hj t t h o a f t they were raised to defend the city against large numbers of lawless persons then in arms in the provinces, and some of the proclamations assigned this as a motive for calling on the people to subscribe funds to main tain the militia. The Peking Gazettes of the above period record the defeat and capture of 51;2, for which Sti, Ye the Governor, and others, were honourably noticed ; and the death of a Major slain by robbers in Ying-teh, one of the districts in which they are at this moment in chief force, and the magistrate of which, with his subordinates, was rewarded in a decree of August, 1849, for the capture of some 140 of them ; but up to the 25th of July last numerous memorials and rescripts have appeared, on the other hand, regarding the disturbed state of Hu-nan and Kwang-si, which two provinces are conterminous with each other and with Kwang tung. In December the authorities of Hu-nan reported the extermination of 300 and odd banditti in Sin ning, not far from the borders of Kwang-si ; but in the following month an officer was stated to have been killed in conflict with some of the band, and in April a general officer and others were degraded for not giving a better account of them. In May the same province reported the destruction of five hundred and more, and the dispersion of the rest, who had fled into Kwei-chau, a province also conterminous, on their western fronts, with Kwang-si and Hu-nan. The capture of Li Yuen-fah, the leading " rebel" in the latter, not long after procured for the Gover nor-General of Hu-kwang the honorary title of guardian of the Crown Prince, and post humous honours were awarded in June to a Major and other officers killed in action with the banditti of Hu-nan and Kwang-si. A decree of the 25th of July directed the Governors of these two provinces and of Kwei-cbau to be vigilant in pre venting parties of them from crossing the frontiers of their respective jurisdictions. During the period under review there are three notices in the Gazette of robbers captured or posthumous honours awarded to officers slain in their pursuit in Kwang-si. It is utterly silent respecting their proceedings in Kwang tung. The common belief is, that the band now so for midable is composed of natives of all three provinces. They were active in the summer months in the south of Kwang-si, and either stormed or held to ransom two district cities, if not more, in its south-west ter ritory, which rests, so to speak, upon Kwang-tung. They are said to have pushed northwards within the limits of the former province, until they reached its easternmost department, whence, after sacking the district town of Ho, they appear to have passed into the district of Ying-teh, and thence into that of Tsing-yuen, the city of which is but 120 miles from Canton, and only separated by two districts from those on the common border of which the city itself is situated. A note, received this mornirg (28th), states that on the 4th lust., a party of them sacked Kinchau, a district town Lien-chau, the West De partment of Kwang-tung, the chief city of which was still in a state of siege. The place in question is not tar from the borders of Kwang-si and Tonquin. We have of course no better authority for stating their progress and present position than native cot.: respondents, who differ widely in dates and details. Two, however, who have no connexion with each other, agree in stating that the Government troops have been frequently beaten during the last two months; that reinforcements are being sent out with- out intermission ' • that Shap-'ng-tsai and another ex pirate, who had been, like himself, taken into the army, had been captured and held to ransom by the insurgents, and a large body of reclaimed pirates who had accompanied them cut to pieces or dis• persed ; that an expectant prefect, a civilian of some importance, had fallen into their hands, the men under his command, who were from the east of the pro vince, and a most disturbed region, having deserted in large numbers to the enemy ; and that the gentry and people had responded to the invitation of the Government to arm themselves for the protection of the city. Rewards have been offered for the appre hension of suspicious characters; and all amusements, processions, &c., calculated to attract a crowd of people, forbidden. Sand and stones are said to be piled up inside the gates, which would be thus rendered defensible, when closed, if an alarm were given ; and water vats have been filled near public buildings, in case any attempt should be made to fire the city. Of Sil, we bear that he has been, and is seriously indisposed ; but that the Emperor has refused to sanc tion his retirement, requested on the plea of ill-health. Both our native correspondents declare that he is de graded four steps, but desired to remain at his post, and that the Governor of Kwang-si has been sent pri soner to Pekin, in obedience to an order contained in a rescript, to answer for his mismanagement. One of them writes that an Intendant in Kwang-si in despair had destroyed himself by swallowing gold ; also that Sii himself had in July last accompanied a portion of the force known as the Governor. General's division, to the district of Tsing-yuen, and having sustained a defeat, had fallen back upon San Shwui. This last item of intelligence deserves little credit. Those pre ceding it are entitled to more, but a late account con tradicts a previous report that ;he Governor of Kwang-si had poisoned himself, and shows him to be actively .engaged in opposing the robbers on the Eastern border of his government. It is further rumoured that some time since Su represented that Kwang-si was in a state of rebellion. The term employed, however, would be applied to any body or individual offering a continued resistance to constituted authority and by no means warrants the assumption that this movement is of the revolu tionary character with which some foreigners are:dig posed to invest it. The chiefs, as is common on such occasions, have taken to themselves titles of awful grandiloquence, such as " The Realm-subduing Gene ral," " Generalissimo of the whole Empire, sweeping clean to the North, rising up as the Dragon," &c. &c. Dangerous as may be the temptation to the disaffected it these vagabonds continue to hold their own for some mouths, we have as yet no shadow of ground for be lieving that their aim is the subversion of the Tartar dynasty. Some diaurbancEs, but purely of a local nature, by.d taken place at Shanghae. MASSACRE ON BOARD THE FRENCH SHIP ALBERT. (From the Overland Friend of China of Sept. 8 Our issue of the 24th August recorded th e re 'r ture of the French ship Alb er t, o f Di eppe , Captain ir' Jean Pain, from Cumsingmoon for the west coast of South America. That vessel was chartered to carry 180 coolies, some of whom, shipped for Don D. Elias through the firm of A. A. Ritchie and Co., received previous to departure the sum of 8 dolls. each, re payable out of a salary of 4 dolls. per month, accru ing on their arrival at Lima, for services to be ren dered as general servants, the contract being made for a period of five years. Besides the captain, chief mate, boatswain, cook, and a crew of six' seamen, there were two passengers on board. hi latitude 32 N., longitude 139 E., on the 7th in stant, about six A.M., the coolies, who had secretly possessed themselves of arms, rose en masse. The captain, driven from his cabin to the top of the round house, had his throat cut, and was thrown overboard immediately. One of the passengers was murdered in his cabin, the cook shared the same fate in his galley, and the mate—chased up into the main top, seeing no chance of escape, desperately precipitated himself among the miscreants, one of whom he killed instanter, and desperately wounded another. The poor follow was immediately dispatched and consigned to the deep. The boatswain, Luis Argentine, was then directed to steer the ship back to China, and the course was altered from N.N.E. to S. by W. ac cordingly. Five days afterwards, in lat. 28 N., long. 133.37 E., a severe gale was experienced from the S.F., veer ing to S.S.W., during which the top-gallant masts went over the side. On Thursday, off Pinghoy,. a pilot went on board who was directed b y the Chinese to steer for Canton. One hundred of them left the vessel in the first boats going alongside. Forty left yesterday morning, and the remaining forty came i into this harbour with the vessel n the afternoon, when they were immediately taken from her to the police-station She is in a . sad state. Packages of silk shavvii, tea, lacquered ware, vermillion , medicines, &c., have been broken open and divided i nto lots, of which several still remain on board. B efore leaving, some of them very quietly removed the barometer, a chronom e t er , anti com pass from the captain's cabin, and tack them away altogether. Twenty-four of them are supposed to have arrived here as soon as the vessel. Four meal were captured by our indefatigable Deputy Superintendent of Police Mr. Caldwell, just as they were leaving for Macao. Their p a cks, containing silk shawls a n d agr e em ent s with the Albert, leave no doubt as to their being part of the gang.—Sept. 28. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES OF INDIA, RE- PoRTED SINCE THE DEPARTURE F THE MAIL, ocT. 3. Queen's Troops—Captain F. B. Bayly, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, et Guile, Sept. 17. Madras Troops—Lieutenant W. 11. Jowett, 10th Na tive Infantry, at Sanger, Sept. 11 ; Ensign J. Gage, 23d Light Infantry, at stia, La board the E.srl of Hardwick, Feb. 25. B.ngal Troops—Lieutenant W. Young. 7th Light Cavalry, at Lanckur, Sept. 16. Ensign A. F. M. Camp bell, 69111 Native Infantry, at Agro, Sep'. 23. Lieute- T - T7 - Ifly .41.1 lev ILA A. N lt INDIA AND CHINA. Dispa;ches, letters, and papers, in anticipation of the Overland mail have arrived. The dates are— Celeutta, Oct. 8 ; Madras, Oct. 12 ; Bombay, Oct. 17; and China, Sept. 28. (From the Overland Bombay - Times, Oct. 17.) SUMMIRY.—Another nevvsless fortnight forms sub ject of complaint to the newspapers, and congratula tion to the people. From the Ist to the 10th of Octo ber, thunder storms were experienced in Western India, and stormy weather seems to have prevailed all over the country from Ceylon to the extreme north-west frontier. The Governor-General and suite leave Simla on the Ist November, and proceed via Roopur, Hooshearpore, Pethunkote, and Deena nuggur, to Lahore, and after a halt there of three weeks, to Peshawur by the usual route. Heavy rain had latterly somewhat interfered with the com forts of the noble party at Cheni, but they continued in excellent health. It is reported to be intended to fortify, arm, and garrison the principal strongholds in the Puejaub, with a view, we presume, of diminishing the number of troops at present deemed requisite for its safety. The state of the Kohat frontier is still matter of much concern, and it seems an open question whether it might not be more wise to leave this part of our possessions to the charge of the tribes themselves than to maintain it at the pre sent charge and risk. Sir C. Napier is understood to have recommended that we should subsidise the tribes, and the gallant chief is the last man to recotn mend the purchase of peace could it be obtained on any other terms. A scientific survey of the Salt Range has been ordered, by the Governor-General. Mr. Pardon, who is to have charge, is ordered to be in Lahore by the Ist of November. Lieutenant Robertson has been ordered to commence a scientific survey of our frontier bordering Jamoo instead of the Ravee. Government have engaged the services of Mr. Murdock as engineer in the in-ward at Roor kee. The Government of Bengal have resolved to levy a toll on the Grand Trunk-road ; no thing could be more wise than to extend the means of intercourse in all directions, making the people pay for the roads some trifling fraction of what they directly gained by them. It is a most serious misfortune in India that Government is looked to for everything; the people will do nothing for themselves, and the country, which might so easily be so greatly improved, is left alone. Government will not venture to tax the people for their own ad vantage, and are unwilling to trust to the ordinary means of recompense for requital. Tremendous rain occurred near Midnapore in the end of September, 13 inches having fallen betwixt the 22d and 27th. This is nothing to what occurred at Rsjkote on the 27th July, when 27 inches of rain fell in 24 hours-33 in two days. The heaviest fall known at Bombay was on July 25, 1840, when 13 inches fell in 24 hours. The country around Purneah has been so flooded that the destruction of the rice crop was apprehended. The coal in Upper Assam is at present being exten sively worked by a Calcutta copartnery. The chief objection in the way is the difficulty of navigat ing the Berhampooter, and the expense in con sequence of bringing the mineral to market. The Maharajah Dhullec'p Singh has had a residence assigned to him at Futtyghur ; he is under the supervision of Colonel Goodwyn. The Maharajah Goulab Singh, of Jamoo, has sent a collection of shawls, and other articles of Cashmere manu facture, to Lahore, for the great London Exhibition of 1851. They are valued in all at 10,0001, and are besto wed in tree gift on the trustees. The contribu tions of the other Hill Chiefs around are numerous and costly ; amongst them is a suit of steel armour inlaid with gold, from the Raja of Naha. Amongst other things are models of weapons and implements such as ought to be interesting. Nanuck Shahaie rupees to the value of 320,000/. are now on their way from Lahore to be re-coined at Bombay into Com pany's rupees. One of the parties condemned for murder at the late Criminal Sessions was executed on the 11th ; the other criminal was reprieved, and will, it is supposed, be pardoned, from the questionable nature of the evidence against him, and the fact of the man who was executed having distinctly declared the day before his death that he was not present in the house at the time the murder was committed. A ser geant of the Bengal artillery, by name M‘Keoun, las been convicted at Bareilly of the murder of his wife; he ran her throuch with a sword while under the influence of opium. Severe sickness has of late been prevalent at Hanoi and the country around. There were in the end of September 300 of the Hurrianah Light In fantry and 180 of the 11th Irregular Cavalry in hos pital, with scarcely a man of either corps at the station fit for work. The rain, which had begun to f►ll in quantities on the 28th ult., would, it was hoped, improve matters. Cholera had been raging around Agra, and some fatal cases had occurred in the city. The foundation-stone of a new church on the Mount-road, Madras, was laid by the bishop on the sth instant. The Great Indian reninsula Railway has advertised for contracts for the em bankment across Sion Marsh, six miles from Bom bay; it is about half a mile long, and is the prin cipal work on the line. Major Kennedy, private secretary to Sir C. Napier, has been appointed consulting railway engineer to the Bengal Govern ment, in room of Mr. Simms, returned to Europe, on a salary of 2,500r5. a month, or 3,000/. a year. The French frigate Poursuivante having completed her repairs went out of dock on the Cth instant. Her stay amongst us is said to be dependent on instruc tions expected by next mail from France. A splendid entertainment was given to the admiral and officers of the Byculla Club on the 4th. The ball, which took place at the club last night, is understood to have been mainly got up on their account. They visit the Caves of Elephanta on Saturday under the auspices of Commander Jenkins, gunnery instructor; a splendid entertainment awaits them in the caves. They have expressed themselves much gratified by the attention bestowed upon them while among us. Mr. J. S. de Vitre, deputy collector of customs, died at the presi dency on the morning of Saturday last. A large body of the merchants and others of Bombay have memo rialised the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to extend the mail communication to the most northern ports in China at present opened to fo reign commerce—namely, Shangliae and the other ports on the north-eastern coast. CHINAThe intelligence respectin g the rebellion in Chi na is, to say the least, vague and imperfect. We give below, from the China Mail, a sketch of its suppo sed . origin. We extract the following summary of news from the Zion-Kong Overland R eg i s t er : The past month has hot b een prolific, of any in cidents of moment, and littl e i s l e f t us to state in a sum mary. The general health o f t he trooos i n the garrison has improved, and mortality h as no t been so ri fe as it was in the two preceding mon th s . The sick of the 59th, removed on b oar d s hi p, rap idl y r ecovered, and the sick list daily co n ti nues to di m i n i s h. W e shoul trust that during succeedi ng seasons, d timiary measures being adopt e d at a, pro per precau proper time, we shall not have cause to comment on and lament over the fearful mortality which has been witnessed in the garrison this season. The French ship Albert, with Coolies from Cum singmoon to Callao, came into this harbour yester day, the Coolies having risen and murdered the cap tain and others; a detailed account will be found below. A serious mutiny occurred on hoard the Kelso, on her passage from California to this port. The movements of a rebellious body of men from the province of Kwang-si has created some excite ment among the Chinese in Canton. Very correct accounts of their doings and intentions are not readily obtainablo. It is s a id that some of the Im p erial troo p s with some officers of distinction, having been led into an ambuscade, were all captured. The foreign trade Lai been in some degree injured, the Chinese dread ing the saf e ty o f goo d s in transmi ssion to the in terior. The Rustonajee Cowasjee ha s not arrived. No ho p e is now entert a i n ed o f liar safety. Her l'avjesty's screw -sloop Reynard sailed f or Loochoo and the northern ports on the 17th inst., having the Lord Bishop , of Victoria on board. Her Majesty's brig Arab sailed for_England on the "Stb. ._._ (Frj:n the-Overland Friend of China, Sept. 28.) be Chinese autumnal and other festiVals have been celebrated in the colony this year with more than usual splendour. The overland mails arrived on the 10th instant. News of the melancholy death of Sir Robert Peel caused general distress, and was feelingly dwelt upon by the Lord Bishop on the Sunday following the re ceipt of the intelligence. We have had several arrivals from California, one vessel, the Whitby, bringing back her entire cargo of wooden houses. The Kelso arrived from San Francisco on the 14th ins ant, having three members of her crew in irons, one of them being shot through the breast by the captain (tones), whose life the miscreant, with three others, appears to have determined on taking. For the details of this case, so far as we have them, we refer our readers to the extracts in another part of this parer. DISTURBANCES IN KWANG-SI AND IiWANG-TUNG. (From the China Mail.) Reports of the outrages committed by banditti within HO miles of the city of Canton, the capture of district towns, and success against the Government forces sent to sublue them, continue to arrive daily. There a 3 usual, much discrepancy between the ac counts, both as re„a►ds time and place; still it is nant-Colonel E. 11. 1 - 4 icl!ow, Artillery, at Dum-Darn, 1 Sept. 26. APPOINTMENTS, Pr.( MOTIONS, &C., ANNOUNCED SINCE DISPATCH Or LAST OVERLAND MAIL, OCT. 2. HER MAJESTY ' S TROOPS. _ Infantry-60th Regiment (Rifles)—Lieutenant Ni cholson has been allowed leave to 31st December, to en -1013 him to rejoin. 86th Regiment—Captain Rawlins has obtained leave to Bombay, from Ist November to 31st :December. 94th Regiment—Lieutenant G. N. Brediu has been tried by general court-martial at Ban galore, and senteccfid to be severely reprimanded; son tercel approved and confirmA. 98th Regiment—En sign P. E. Quin promoted to Lieutenant, from 21st bep tember, vice Moller, deceased. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 6. There is no alteration in the money market 10 re mark upon. The share market continues quiet, and the following may be called the rates of the day :—Bank of Bombay, 194 per cent. premium; Oriental Bank, 12 per cent. discount; Commercial Bank, 11 per cent. discount; Agra Bank. 5 per cent. discount. The ()dental Bank has just declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. Government securities are rather dull, at—for the Five per Cent. Open Loan, 996; and for Company's Fours, 84;; Transfer Loan may be quoted at 116 to 117; and bicca Fours, 88A ; in Sicca Fives we hear of no transactions. Business is our import market during the past fort night has been less active even than during the period reported on our last, and the sales effected have been to a very small extent considering the season of the year, which has heretofore been generally active during the month of October. This state of matters will probably continue till the termination of the Dewalee holydays, which take place early next month. The amounts re ceived from the interior of the prospects of the harvest have not been such as to encourage the native dealers to speculate. In the export market considerable activity has prevailed during the past week, and large quantities of cotton have been purchased for the home market. In other produce little has been done. Cotton Piece Goods—The market for piece goods has been duller during the past lortnight than it has been for some time, and prices of nearly all descriptions have falen to a greater or less extent. (Grey Goods—Domestics have sold to an extent of 4,400 pieces, at prices varying from sr. la. to 12r. per piece. They are in moderate inquiry by the Arab dealers for dyeing, but the prices offered by them are far from their real value. Shirtings—Sales, 1,150 pieces, at 5r.15a, to 6r. 6a.dull, and prices less by an anna or so a piece than at date of last report. T Cloth— Sales, 700 pieces, at 2r. 148. Demand extremely dull. In longcloths we have heard of no sales. Madapollems —Sales, 6.000 pieces, at 2r. 114 h. to 2r. 121 a. per piece. For both these and jacconets a reduction in price has been submitted to, but of the latter no sales have been reported. Dhoties—ln small request, the only sale re ported being one of 966 pieces, at 11r. per piece. Bleached goods have been almost totally neglected, the only sales we have heard of being jacconets 400 pieces, at Sr. 2a. to Br., and 802 pieces lappets at lilt*. to 24r. For longcloths of good quality a little demand has existed—no sales, but the coarser descrip tions are uninquired for. The same may be said of madapollams and mulls. Dyed and fancy goods— There has been scarcely any inquiry for Turkey red, good of the only sale reported being one of 100 pieces twills at 11r. Of coloured prints 3,360 pieces have been sold at 2r. 9a. to 3r. 13a. A fair inquiry exists for mulls, purple and bleached, and Turkey red starched, low book muslins, dhoties, low lappets and lappet scarfs, prints of suitable patterns, and dyed orange madapol lams. For Swiss lappets of the better qualities, }mimes mulls, book muslins, and orange and zebra dresses s there has been no inquiry. Cotton y am—The sales amount to 30 bales mule and the same quantity water twist, with 55 cases ball thread. In dyed yarn we have no sales to report, though orange is in some little demand. In the sales effected a decline in price has been submitted to. Metals—Copper—Nearly all descriptions have de clined in value, except South American, which retains its former price, but it is very dull. Iron—Englith bar has further given wsy, while hoop and nailrod are dull at former prices. Sheet has somewhat imptoved. No transactions have taken place in Swedish bar on the spot, but a sale " to arrive" has had effect at previous quota tions. Sneedish steel uninquired for. Pig and sheet lead aro in slight inquiry. Tin plates aro steady, and apelter Cochineal—We have not heard of any sales. but the price has somewhat improved. Stocks still continue very heavy. Saffron—We hear of a sale of 775 lb. at 124 per lb. The better quality is in tolerably good inquiry. Woollens—The only sale reported is one of 3,312 yards flannel, at Ba. per yard. Beer—Allsopp's continues steady at 80r. per hhd., and is very scarce. Of Bass's about 100 hhds. have been disposed of, at 75r. per hhd. Spirits—Very little doing. Tho only sales effected have been in brandy, as follows:-90 hogsheads, at 2r. 5a.; 100 at 2r. 6a. per gallon: and 1,000 dozen cases, at 7r. per dozen. Marine Stores—No sales. Canvas and cordage dull. Oil of linseed, spirits of turpentine, and white paint, in inquiry. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The purchases amount to 5,950 bales and 2,675 candies, chiefly for the English market, at a considerable reduction on the former extravagantly high rates, dealers having been induced to accept of much lower prices owing to the large supplies daily coming to market, and the last advices from England giving a com paratively unfavourable account of the home markets for the staple. The exports during the present year to Eng land and China have been respectively about one-eighth larger, and one-fourth smeller than during 1849. Opium—About 800 chests of the drug will be taken on to China by the steamer starting for Hong-Kong on the 19th. At the date of our last the price of opium was 1,250 r. per chest. Last advices being unfavourable the price bas fallen to 1,175 r. Freights—The rates of the day are 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 15s. to Liverpool; to London, 21. 12s. 6d. per ton; and to China, Br. to 9r. per candy. These rates have been ruling during the past two days, being a consider able improvement on those obtainable a week back, veral thousands of bales of cotton having then been shipped for both London and Liverpool at 21. 10. There are now six vessels cn the berth for London and 10 for Liverpool. Exchange—The rates of the day are—six months' sight, 2s. lid.; and 60 days' sight, 2s. Oid., with a ten dency to rise still higher, as the market is abundantly supplied yeah first class paper. The transactions for the present mail have been to a limited extent. CANTON MARKET, SEPT. 26. IMPORTS. Cottons—The account of high prices ruling in Eng land brought by last mail has induced importers to hold for higher rates, while the disturbed state of the pro vince prevents the Chinese from increasing their stocks. Raw Cotton—The soles of Bombay amount only to 14,000 bales, at 7.0 to 7.3 for No. 1, 7.7 to 8.0 for No. 2, 8.0 to 8.5 for No. 3. Bengal we quote 8.1 to 8.4; sales, 1,200 bales. Of Madras some 4,400 bales have been sold, 7.0 to 7.6 and 8.1 to 8.5. Cotton Yarn has declined. We quote Nos. 16 to 26, dolls. 25 to dolls. 26 50; 28 to 32, dolls. 26 50 to dolls. 28; 38 to 42, dolls. 27 50 to dolls 29. Stock, 3,900 bales, against 6,560 at the same period last year. Long Cloths—During the month 40,000 pieces grey, and 15,000 pieces white have been disposed of, at, for the former, 565. weighing 51- to 51 catties, dolls. 2 5 to dolls 2 20; 645. to 665. weighing 6.1- to 6i catties, dolls. 2 35 to dolls. 2 40; 68s. to 725. weighit,g 7, 1 ,- to 7i catties, dolls. 2 55 to dolls. 2 60; and whites dolls. 2 to dolls. 2 10 for 545. to 585., dolls. 2 40 to dolls. 2 60 for 645. to 665, and dolls. 2 70 to dolls. 2 95 for 68s. to 725. American Goods—ln drills no transactions are re ported; prices nominal at dolls. 2 20 for 30 yards, and dolls. 290 for 40 )ards. We quote sheeting dolls. 2 30. 4,000 pcs. jeans sold at dolls. 2 70 to dolls. 2 20. Woollens—First quality goods remain as last reported, but inferior have declined. Spanish Stripes.—Our quotations are, scarlet dolls. 1 20, purple, dolls. 1 10, darte bluc., 98c., black 82e., brown, dolls. 1 11, light blue, dolls. 1 02, yellow, dolls. 1 02, green 93c., ash, dolls. 1 03, gentionella, dolls. 1 45 for best marks; and other qualities 20 to 25 cents lower; sales 6,000 pea. Long Ells-6,000 pos. of these havo been also disposed of at the following quotations:—Scarlet, dolls. 7 60; purple, dolls. G 70; dark blue, dolls. 7 45; black, dolls. 5 93; brown, dolls. 7 80; light blue, dolls. 7 60; yellow, dolls. 7 25; green, dolls. 6 70; ash, dolls. 6 05; gentian, dolls. 7 10 for first quality, and other goods at 25 to 30 cents lower. Camlets-400' pea. English and 200 PCs. Dutch have been sold at dolls. 20 to dolls. 23 50 and dolls. 16 to dolls. 21 respectively. Habit Cloths—Dulls, 1 10 to dolls. 1 20. Medium Cloths—DollS. 1 30 to dolls. I 40, and dolls. 2 10 to dolls. 2 50. Lastings--Dolls. G 75 to dolls. 7 for 25 inch, and dolls. 13 to dolls. IC for 31 inch goods. , Metals—lron—Nallrod, dolls. 2 40 to dolls. 2 60; hoop, dolls. 2 60 to dolls. 2 80; bar, dolls. 2 50 to dolls. 2 60; small round, dolls. 3 80 to dolls. 4; wire, dolls. 725 to dolls. 8 25. Lead—American, dolls. 660 to dolls. G 70 nominal; English, sales, 1,000 pica's, at dolls. 640 to dolls. 6 50. Speller, dolls. 5 10 to dolls. 5 20; tin plates, dolls. 9 50 to dolls. 10, sales 300 boxes; steel, dolls. 4 to dolls. 4 80; tin, no stock. Giaseng—Dolls. 70 to dolls. 90 for crude; dolls. 120;to dolls. 140 for clarified. Cochineal—Java, dolls. 80 to dolls. 90; Mexican, dolls. 130 to dolls. 140; stock moderate. Straits and Indian Prodneo—Rice—Arraean, dolls. 1 30. Rattans-4,000 pieuls sold at dolls. 2 80 to dolls. 3 50 for Straits, and (10115. 3 70 to dolls. 3 80 for Banjer- massing. Perper—Sales, 300 piculs, at dolls. 640 to dolls. 650. Bectlenut —ln the beginning of the mouth, 3,500 piculs sold at dolls. 3. Present quotations, dolls. 2 75. Sandalwood —Sales of all descriptions, 3,200 pietas. We quote South Sea dolls. 470 to dolls. 5 10. Sinde, dolls. 2 70 to dolls. 2 90; Malabar, dolls. 9 to dolls. 10 50; and Timor, dolls. 3 80 to dolls. 5 80. Opium—A considerable demand for Patna has ex isted throughout the month ; previous to the 31st ult., prices were as high as 465 dolls., but on the arrival of the Clippers with the 9th sale drug, they immediately fell to dolls. 447 50 to dulls. 451 50. In Malwa, there is no change to note. Turkey has declined. To-day's quotations are—Malwa 590 dolls., Patna dolls. 451 50, Benares dolls. 457 50, Turkey 440 dolls. EXPORTS. Teas—Black—Throughout the month the tea mar ket has bf en in a state of considerable activity, a brisk demand prevailing for all kinds of tea, and generally at Lull rates, the exceptions being Ning Yong and Kokue 0 aloonas, which have been settled at easier rates. Congou—The total quantity bought since the opening E of the market is about 330 chops at 15 A . taels f ti lit, 18 to 20 mei:, for good i f cond class Moning, at. t, _to, '---- 26 taels for finest first class. Stock in Canton a b l'Bll- " to 170 chops, and fresh arrivals are stopped by the dia--t.4: turbances in the interior of the country. Souchong-35 chops in all sold at 15, 1 2 - taels for com mon, 22 taels fur fair, and 26 to 32 taeis for good 0 line—leaving 86 chops in stock. Flowery Pekoe—About LOCO chests sold during the _ __ mouth a; 32 to 45 for flowery to good flJwi r; 2,500 chests left. Plain Orange Pekoe-800 to 1,000 half-chests taken for America, L,t 18 to 21 taela, Icavinz 1,000. Plain Caper-3,000 b,xes and 400 btachests for the Cape, at 18 . 0 19 laeli - ; about 100 boxes in stock. .Ankoi Souchong• and Pouchong-2,500 half-abesta taken for the United States, at 18 to 19 taels, leaving in stock about 5,000. Ning Yong and Kokue—Fully 20,000 packages have been taken, principally for the United States, at 22 taels for Ning Yong Oolong, and 23 to 26 tads for superior to fine Kokue Oolong. The stock in Can ton is about 35 ; 000 half-chests, and the quantity arriv ing small. Scented Orange Pekoe and Caper—The demand for these kinds still continues, a quantity equivalent to 5,000 half-chests for tho former being settled during the month at 16 to 20 taels for fair to good in half-chests, and 24 to 32 taels for fine to finest in boxes. Of the latter, caper, 6000 boxes have been taken at 16 to 23 taels for fair to fine. Green—Canton Young Hys on ; nearly 5,000 half-chests are reported at 12 to 15 tact: for fair to good, and 22 to 30 tads for the best. Of gunpowder, 5,000 half-chests, at 13 to 15 taels for common to fair, and 20 to 25 taels for good. Raw Silk—No. 1, 298 dolls.; No. 2, 272 dells.; yel low, 262 dolls. to 288 dolls. Silk Piece goods—No change. Cassia—Sales continue for America at dolls, 16 25, Camphor.—Dolls. 14 50. Rhubarb—No. 1, 55 dolls. Cassia Oil-203 dolls. Anal& Oil-108 dolls. Vermillion-47 dolls. Star Annis—Dolls. 10 75. Cassia Buds-18 dolls. F REIGHTS. On England, 3/. 3s. to ni. los. To the United States. 13 dolls, to 20 dolls. k .s.`• EXCHANGE AND BULLION. On London, first class bills, 4s. 9d. to 4s. 100.; on India, Co.'s bills accepted, 226 r. to 227 r. California gold, 16 dolls. per oz. troy. Gold-leaf, dolls. 22 90 per tad. Sycee, 3.8 per cent. premium. Carolus dollars, 1.5 per cent. premium. Mexican, 2.5 discount. CHINA. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong-Kong, August 31.—The Sunda, from Lon don; Sept. I—the Lord Ashley, from Sunderland; the Admiral Zoutman (Dutch) from Newcastle; the Crisis, from Liverpool; s—the Zuleika. from Liverpool; the Metropolis, from Sunderland; 6—the Albert Edward, from Liverpool; the De Roomtrot (Dutch) from New castle; 18—the Randoll, from London; 22—the Eu phrates, from Liverpool. At Shanghai, Aug. 26.—The Emily, from Liverpool; Sept. .1 —the Equator, from London; 2—the Emma Colm, from London. DEPARTURES FROM GREAT BRITAIN. From Hong-Kong, Aug. 25.—The Superb, for Liver pool; 29, the Aden, for Liverpool; Sept. 16, the Mi nerva, fur London; 17, the Anne Madean, for Cork; 18, her Majesty's brig Arab, for England. From Whampoa.—The Janet (American), Aug. 25, for London—the Magellan, the 26th, for London—the Queen of England, the 27th for Liverpool—the Argo naut (American), the Oriental (American), the Ar chitect, (American), and the Menzies, the 27th, for London—the Astarte, the 28th, for Liverpool—the Thomas Sparks, Sept. 7, tor London—the Naomi, the 9th, for the Clyde—the Forfsrshire, the 10th, for London—the James Watt, the 10th, for Cork—the Eliza and Hester, the 10th, for London—the Roman (American), the llth, for London—the Sir R. Sale, the 17th, for London—the James Bibby, the 23d, for Liver pool—the Ganges, the 24th, for London—the Fortitude and the Somnauth, the 26th, for London. From Shanghai—The Fanny, Chapman, Aug. 12, for Cork—the Mencius, the 13th, for Liverpool—the Plan tagenet, the 13th, for London—the Cornhill, the 14th, for Louden—the Orixs and the Salus, the 21st, for Lon don—the Palembang (Dutch), Sept. 9, for London—the Elizabeth Moore, the 12th, for Liverpool. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 8. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Haddington arrived at Suez on the sth inst., with the Calcutta mail of October 7, and 82 passengers, who proceed this morning to Malta and Southampton by the Ripon. Lord and Lady Torrington, from Cey lon, are among the passengers. Sir W. Gomm, Commander-in-Chief in'lndia, and Lady Gomm, arrived here on the Ist instant, by the Austrian steamer from Trieste, and are to embark at Suez on board the Haddington, for Calcutta. There has been much fever prevailing here, at tended with unusual mortality. Among the deaths last week were those of Mr. W. B. be Gros, Private Secretary to the Consul• General, Mr. Murray, Dr. P. O'Connor, and Mr. Finnie, surgeon-dentist. Her Majesty's sloop Racer arrived here on the 31, and left again on the Gth on her beat along the coast of the Mediterranean. ITassan Pasha, President of the Council of Cairo, is shortly expected on his return from Constantinople, where he has been well received by the Sultan, to whom be explained satisfactorily some little differ ences which had existed between Abbas Pasha and the Sublime Porte. Trade here is tolerably brisk, but prices of wheat and beans are kept too high in proportion to the pre vailing rates in England. Cotton is well supported. Shipping is wanted. Exchange on London-97 piastres per pound sterling. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 18. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented hertMajesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert taking their usual early morning walk. The same cause prevented the Royal Family taking their accustomed airing,. The Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Lady in Wait ing on the Duchess of Kent, and Baroness de Speth. The Rcv. Charles Marshall (Vicar), Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., and Mr. Deputy Obbard, with Mr. A. H. Smith (Vestry Clerk), a deputation from St. Bride's parish, accompanied by Mr. Masterman, at tended at the Home-office yesterday, to convey to the Secretary of State for the Home Department the petition to her Majesty against Popish aggression. The Chairman of the Poor-law Board had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Oxtord University Commission met yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Dowing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., and the Rev. Professor Powell. A deputation from the Whitechapel Association for Promoting Habits tending to the Cleanliness, Health, and Comfort of the Labouring Classes, had an inter view with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home office. The deputation consisted of the Rev. W. W. Champneys, Rector of Whitechapel; the Rev. John Lyons, Rev. C. B. Gribnle, Mr. C. H. Freeman (Churchwarden), Mr. W. H. Black, Mr. G. Byron, Mr. J. Liddle, Mr. Hill, Mr. Christie, Mr. Venables, and Mr. G. H. Simmonda (Secretary). The Bishop of Jamaica had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Lowe, from Nova Scotia, had also an interview with the Noble Earl yesterday. Mr. Masterrran, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. B. Har rison had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. The Earl of Suffolk had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Edward Harman had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yes terday. DEATH OF SIR LUMLEY ST. GEORGE SKFFFINC• TON, BAP.T.— This Baronet., so long known as the author of many dramatic pieces, died a few days since, at the advanced age of 82. The deceased inherited the title on the demise of his father in 1815. DEATH OF MR. RAPHAEL, M.P. FOR ST. ALBANS.. —We have to record the demise of this gentleman, who ex pired on the 17th inst. at Surbiton-place, Surrey, aged 75. Mr. Raphael was a Whig in politics, and was returned for St. Albans on the last general election by a large majority. By religion he was a Catholic, and was a munificent sup porter of the Romish Church, to whose ministers within ths last few years he, it is said, presented for building purposes the sum of 100,000/. The deceased was very wealthy. Mr. Raphael was the only Roman Catholic 141.1'., save Mr. Moore, of Mayo, who opposed the Jewish claims. Some years since he was returned for the county of Carlow, in conjunction with the late Mr. Vigors, but was unseated by petition. The alleged misappropriation of the sum of 2,000). by the late Mr. O'Connell, in connexion with the return, gave rise to a pro. tracted inquiry. The deceased was of Armenian extraction. Ile possessed property in Sussex, Surrey, and other English counties, and was the builder or the new town of Soil:Ron, on the South-Western b ailway. Miss KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL, "NATIIALIE."—* In its notice of this charming work, the Atheruzum " Nathalie' is the love- story of a wayward heart. The tale is by much Miss Kavanagh's best, as it is her longest, ima ginative effort. Its manner is gracious and attractive; its matter is good. A sentiment, a tenderness, are commanded by her which are as individual as they are elegant. We should not soon come to an end were we to specify all the delicate touches, and attractive pictures which place Nathalie' high among books of its class." In extracting a specimenie%ser even' s o which descriptive n i th e p rg e a rs tea u t b h r e i and vdeclaress Kavanagh ti tis one n or Do Lamartine need have disdained to affix their of Mis sig natures." BoSTON BATH COMPANY.—Yesterday his Honour, Sir William Home, having settled the list of contributories, Mr. Head, official manager, stated that in order to pay off the liabilities a call of 13/. per share oa 250 shares would have to be made, amounting to about 3 ,7 50 /. In making his call, credit will be given to those who paid Si. per share. The promoters of the undertaking expended considerable sums in buildings on two acres of ground, and in boring f or spa ani mineral springs in Boston. 0 1 1 " .4'2 s • 1 is ich Ist, Lnd r the (bell '•) .0 15 e eit4 ,cer i fo r , :ip ... ,s' op. (.) Pr i o f idie 0 P er• 110 OP of with 110% irof o,; 0 0 ' iiil O h ee l° 1 Of t he go oo' 79 t i f Dr in.