The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

Ditt o p r,„, . &saws -.. fi;tt.,.3,ner Ce n t 1i,.,"u e la l ,Ntw D eferred %kith:24ll4i above payable in . L 5 0 ,11 59 tit ''ipdepreetireCa O e li nt t . h l e 2 Guild 5B %g 3-A Clnt. Corti '4 t %., ...........e t 8 tA2 t i.() V - '- " T IP ING (THIS DAY.) in 4 , l ‘tb Ni) k ' P *— ' 4 sup ' l ' -Ec. 9. -.Wind at noon S.W., light breeze Llctwive'QudY wetlic.r. 4 tr oila N; Pt, Nov. 22.—The Montauk arrived here i,6' ew Orleans, was in contact with the Sun h lli;i:,. n stent on the 10th inst., and received damage. 'tit 'l' had three holes in her bows, and became very i?; has since reached Ilay.innah. 14,144 x, NOVA SCOTIA Nod. 27.—The Rival, went Lti rsni:4ll', Nova S-otia, Shediac, for the Clyde, ,°vti. o ,, re and Iva; wrecked, on the S.W. reef w e of -°r's Island 1r h Nov.he Lord Cl,-.ret!don, 11 4 / ' e • 8, , to Liv j e t rpo k ol, e w . ent on shore 18th inst., ' •tnCeed high' l4 , and dry. The Galate_s, uebec , to ST w ent on shore on Magdalen Island, 28th Occ. w Jori e Otttv yo IathEWFOUNDLAND.—r Mary brigantu , 0 York s port, has been lost I'nChance Cove, titv eel ' 4ti ' ll elle Bal lard, and it is feared all hands have 411 tic, aP° .,,°L, DEC g,--Franklin, Wilmington; Con nilltv:iilt Aeet Yo . rl( • Edinburgh, St. John's,' New `lir, e 4; N' ' be• China, ditto; Agn es ' ' P 4 ' Irla' g" e" K' bee New 01- 4 44 ; i wera's bland. Off port, l ane ' The Ltella. ,‘)!o4t;Tr...Y__brig, has been condemned ,hia at Fernando Po. of Hamburgb, w;',4te,,,t;'-'4;T, DEC. B.—The Sop . I t4t h •. 1) 11 ; r gh to Lynn, was abandoned after contact i ',iii ejr'ticass Royal stamer, London to Hamburgh, tts'stg''.:rew savcd ' ti ° - 1- °1 • 1) , I) e • B.—The John, of and from New is feQxt,,&::',ll4,on, k g(;t onThorpness Reef this morning, qii;vt4 o ;:eft to become a total r wreck; crew saved. 114,Plittir, h o g' Dec. B.—The Matador, Newcastle to 41 app,,' pat ia leaky and must discharge, having 41,1t.C1.4id0n the L ' eman Sand ? sth inst. Ail tu• Mary, Swan River. Put back, Sir rztqr 912 tour, Sydney, New South Wales. ditto; Pk 4 )1:81111.Arrd. India, Quebec; Majes t ic,; il itt , L t, , til li t e to el :' ditto ; Thomas Henry, ditto Julius t,itil;?l,bc-Arrd. Argo, Cuba. . 6) 1 1h to t iv 4 ,, , DEc. s.—The Alnwick Packet, Ham li,'", ar,d "", has put in with considerable damage 4.. t ilk nlust repair. . 43 iiii ß il T h z . , Nov. B.—The Ocean, Tampico to Tus -111 here in distress. t 4 ........................_______ . _ _ bit4tl V;btictOti _ • ..444 VoLv kffr--EtmPToN STEEPLECHASE. (THIS DAY.) Y I tLp - CTRIC TELEGRAPH.) „. . r 12 ... .• •.• an m ___ • IN on in a canter. ~ AR 4 ql , Ok k NEWS. —(THIS DAY.) Plantation has been quiet, and the O k i 41 4 4 .1 gained early last week was not main -1;1%e t it a hhds See Of 4,130 bags Mauritius ai ll s et Pn, ;lethal. more than 3,000 found t;ately ;° 35 s for y e ll ow , an d 26s t o 29 3 for 1 -11 e. l • Il gal u PPorting p rev i ous ra t es . Of 1,865 ,Vi Apo bet' 4 11 ' u tly all sold at abo . ut previous Z 1 , 44 2 1 44 of 80() bags Madras were barely Ge to 'l fully 6d decline, yellow 27s 6d to 31,, 01 4 11 4% , 26 5. and l ow soft Clete kind 22s 6d to O t 6 4 t 5 ,° ,30 0 b ags met b r i s k compe ti t i on , an d hhtt li ` 8 advance ; y e ll ow 30 s 6d t o 32 5 , and 24a qN 1 : 11 e b(otrutity landed last week at the East and t„i t 2 was 1,480 hhds 75 tierces 294 brls; ~16 0 10 , 4 , 25,e1 ; _t 1 for home consumption 1,515 hhds The stock in the same places is i t et l ' t ge eN4dl2 tieres 4,496 barrels. Nl l , q ui et at th e c l ose o f l as t wee k. ke,h4 l lll4 efeo. tna rket h as been firm. Of the quantity T 6 3 52 4 0 hi': at the E ast an d W est I n di a D oc ks, 11 te ti t t l i14s 6 '';,,t/lere were taken for home consump %ll4l,„lll th e "cis, and exp or t e d 100 puns 132 Mids. sli te Places 14,483 puns , Lttlq refi a 3 00 bags Bengal offered at auction Qin. 9 „„ s per cent sold at 265, a for which ki c t ' l ' was held. 41 .4 7 , f 5 r4 vel. ba gs Bourbon Cl oves sold at 6d per lb, 1), kr I s t P,y i h "; •is 37s per cwt on the spot, and eoe Ili eee erit c t , Bat wee ea for home use were rather smaller ee —II.—(THIS DAY.) ,tot k , N II ,I ;la actio —wLEy V. CAMP. Ot t. ,Cl l :L c lde t i + ll ,, 01 assumpsit to which the . def t e h n; 111 d 4 are" bill e r e , general issue and fraud in e l a, eciared upon. q 4 l: l ii lt: t r) i tl o4 (l l9,el k.; e t ti t y_pe , ared for the plaintiff, and Mr. e w" he V ence. zeh bro ught to recover 4001., the amount NI • "' , g h. Moot, 81 der,.. w hich the defendant had accepted, r .410 4 . 1 441 44 ae e . hor for which was a valuable and „yee h 'held t° ,se, called " Heart of Oak," which N l ll e , at /,:he defendant. To establish the case t.Lt k i l h otittide t , s t 111 Herefordshire, was called to ' mtN C 4- . 6 acceptance, but no evidence was 4 'ol boN toc)ra,stderation. Qb„ Kan objection to the form of the bill, 4 , 11 1 11 ( ile 0 th e 11 4 4 t ru t the t the bill was addressed to no one, th kt 'ePta r , of uo drawer, but the Court held def e , t " of the defendant across the bill re v th ei , r altogether. 1 1 11 l ite tin letie tll , l4n ed a verdict for the plaintiff, and t o , Lee ~,e _ Flaineed with interest. ktmi'lt, he e uz issted to demur to the evidence. ‘ 4 O N fe° the 4 J usTecE had neve heard of such eta e , r Of i t r 01. 0 :4,7 b ar, wnen he commenced his early but h o 't( ll :er t , "ide ne had never mot with an in k, ko 0,„ h eat nisi prius was demurred to. liii.a4:PtieeB4,"llo alternative. then, but to tender a 4 N12 . I, o ;t 11 ,3 a_ p p i t ° aid! Lordship's opinion of the law. "k l (4 t !thwilitee " t ior a speedy execution. ia t „ th ) sTece directed an execution to eoa rt tc : e s B the money was immediately t 0 e s 4l . ll cle the decision on the bill of 46 te the last e r • day of sitting at Nisi Prius at A'Jr ‘!t11),/ T cy .—(T HIS DAY.) ux ed la • 11rwoi.k for the last examination of this 4, 4l th'lNl."'N, lir, nc lyn Pugilist, and described as of t4Ptlie'tikrt,--e_insed victualler. V , ovb ,ue at ; 4 l n py.eared on behalf of the bankrupt, 010 "leh are"louentnent in consequence of the el be ark! i t w (:f a voluminous nature, not having tifko t ti iNtpo, a Proposed that the examination 4 1, th Ni rl oi ' . 1 bou t esdixUntil the audit meeting, which weeks. notert:the assignees not making any objec "nt took I, l‘ll t 4 . 4) (1 " ES EX SESSIONS. 0 1 , yh , (THIS DAY.) ee t) ,, ea ere e for steal . °ee, aged 29, journeyman printer, th e of G leg a great coat of the value of 21., , e eOrp e r 41 t(t 4 114 0te os tan Palmer. 'Of t — gag W as arraigned he stated that his NI NE a p e 4 th e ald that - h ayne to defend him. te Ilea e had received no instructions , 4 et h ea rr, nor had he heard of the case till Npp i a, uy a 0 nlB shamef u l s y s t em of fraud was t k ae:: li tue, ra ,„, ". %hangers-on a b ou t th e police courtsoll,4l4.ll:j 'led h 0 e btined money from the friends 4 %..roper Pretence of engaging counsel and it a +ae of men sures for their d e fence. Lie feared 04 wag the e b same system of extortion, and ho pE tihder'sutiOlred into rigidly. The Learned ' ° ° ,l to say, that if the friends of the 'ee t, e 1) !Ite tit4 Y been cruelly imposed upon, he k; z ll te 44 etlee . u t tithe the toes to himself, and under , defence with the permission of the 1 1, 4 t2ar TeN O ' Nr e 1 a : :1 ' 0 E made some complimentary re 4/,:tiiktirealied7ne, and th e f r i en d s o f th e pri s oner Lit i ,Npi e d th at tact appeari ng , the case proceeded. ti oy elen, the p r i soner had been until recent l y ei the r eof Mr. Palmer, Savoy-street, Strand, discharged, had occasional access , h 41 g Itti on, 2°, 1 . 1 4h he took advantage to purloin the . 1 / 4 kl bnefe t , ce tile Property of Mr. Palmer, jun. e leltett d . he admitted the facts, but said that to cot riaki 004tep I . l ' h ng, and he could not be guilty of oti pd p ad been in his right senses. I ce *lle s ° b 1 1.,, upon inquiry, his previous 4,,,kti,„ t ', a good one, and the Court in ih • theed him only to three months' im krstitt tt I t tke,„ (II "STREE 'T HIS DAY.) t N h ,A. ( MuSEMENT.— Wm. Kirkman, jun., A, a 1,, L 1 de ßeri ./nes Fol rester, and Lllen yson, h iter ' L ed on the charge sheet es gentlemen, Or©ftne class term d " unfortunate," were ° o' • Ha ' rd • e • drunk and 4i t h t , ° 'e wick with bang r' t t 0 11s1 bl IV'e %e a , „ e ... 199 C said, about five o'clock that 0;:t0o Re on duty in Jermyn-street, when he saw kte d b; and five females come out of Nathan's 14104., 4 1 to fi f , l ,`, r() etly the women got into the street t evt . ‘t th 'e" , , and ersuch disturbance that I v l l t , ea.t.o Nes th: w aY. They all went into the Hay u: w omen commenced another " mill." '1 ) 41 . the m en were i n li quor an d urg ing tau ppia " assistance and took them to the th e ° ll ere, Nvb 1 1'k "ntrifi ° pleaded intoxication, and ex cl . e 11 A , of e _ o en F fer the offence, were discharge .310..1 "n of each for being drunk. M ae 've te (eese et yt t y,le, fat s " 131, E. Henry Alfred Davis was 1 / 4 ,% , qeh 0 Y r epresenting himself as a police h•'tr, P 4,1 j,rtrYn, landlord of the Three Crowns, It M is e ar t hs pri,'o3;ll-street, said about eleven o'clock t4 } ,1 1, Nee, 411 t entie ' e r eame into his house and said ho *etc, her Majesty , I.l.l sl pp^l ,,area nt hot”e. to apprehend certain Complainant Old him, qit u his duty, and if not to go le e ?•ee Defendant refused to do either, mid 1 1 ,' 4 4 Ph e „ 1 . 1.6 li (4 141 , li e nd p e r _lsonee ( 1 1 mr, he handed him over to a trot had since apologised for having t 4 : o bw kit. `"r fi cused not to do , so again. 114 s hi ees n e V the priso ner 10s., and cautioned ofr a 3 constable again. THE SUN, MURDER IN SOMERSETSHIRE. Beau, DEC. B.—The re-examination of the priso ners, Eliza Flower, Jacob Winc ll.erlee: V. ind pall, and Stephen Box, charged on suspicion of being implicated in the horrible murder of George Bush, at Preston, near this city, as already reported in The Sun, was proceeded with this afternoon, at the office of the magistrates for the Bath division of the county of Somerset, before W. Long, Esq., Mayor of Bath, W. V. Jenkins, Esq., and Captain Duff. Harriet Windmill this morning told the gaoler that she should speak the truth before the magistrates ; but upon being brought up she refused to make any statement, The first witness called to-day was George Wind mill, brother of the prisoner, Jacob Windmill, who stated that he lived next door to his brother. It was the same cottage in which they lived, but the two residences are divided by a thin partition, which en ables persons to hear others talking on the other side. Between seven and eight o'clock on Monday, the night of the murder, be heard Mr. Thomas apply to his brother for rent, and saw him go away again. About half-past eight he heard two persons leave his brother's house and close the front door. He heard his brother's voice as one of them, and thought the other person was his wife. He heard no more till a quarter past ten o'clock, when he heard his brother and his wife talking. Witness did not hear them come in. Ile was sure it was a quarter past ten, because he looked at his timepiece. The prisoner, Harriet Windmill, cross-examined the witness at great length, as to whether he did not hear her and her husband laughing between the time he had spoken of, and whether he did not also hear his sister's voice ? But to all of her questions the witness replied in the negative. Nehemiah Rogers was the next witness examined —He stated that he was a coal-miner, living at High Lyttleton. On Wednesday, the 3d December, he was at Priston whilst the inquest was going on, and had some beer at the Ring of Bells, and gave Eliza Flower some of it. As he was leaving she called him aside and told him he would meet her husband on his way, adding, " Tell my husband to keep in the same story as I." He did not know what story she meant. He met her husband and told him to make haste down to his " missis." Eliza Flower—Did I not tell you to tell my hus band to make baste down with the children ? Wit ness—Yes. Prisoner—Did I not tell you to tell my husband to tell the children to speak the truth ? Witness — There was nothing said about the truth. You told me to tell your husband to keep in the same story as you was in. Thos. Drake, inspector of police, then produced the statements made by the prisoners to him before their apprehension. Upon asking Jacob Windmill to ac count for his time on Monday, Dec. 1, he made the following statement :—" On Monday last, the day of the murder, about four in the afternoon, I came up from the pit where I work. I went home, and stayed at home until I went to bed about half-past eight. ii did not go out that night at all. At four o'clock on Tuesday morning I got up and went to work again, and at one in the afternoon I came up again, and went to George Flower's to dinner. Whilst I was at din ner I first heard of the murder from my wife. I had not heard of it before from any one. My wife told me I was to wash my skin, and go ' down to the ground where the body was found. I did so ; but the body was gone out of the field. I went to church and there I saw the body on a hurdle. I afterwards went down to the Ring of Bells, to George Flower's wife, and waited there till she came home. I cam home with her, and had supper there, and re mained there all night. I got up at four this morning (Wednesday), and went to work until four this afternoon, when I came up, and went to George Flower's, where I remained until Inspector 'Drake came to me." The prisoner declined asking the witness any ques tions upon his statement. The statement of Stephen Box was as follows : From five o'clock on Monday night—the night of the murder—until nine I was at George Flower's house. Mr. Flower and the two boys were there. Harriet Windmill came in about seven o'clock for some beer for her husband. Mrs. Flower kept saying she could not think how it was that George did not come home. I cannot tell whether Jacob Windmill was there or not. I left Eliza Flower's about nine o'clock, and went home to bed. I got up at four next morning (Tuesday) and went to work. I left work about three in the afternoon. I heard of the murder at the it. I came home and washed and went down to Eliza Flower's. George Bush's sister was there and several others. Harriet Windmill and George Flower asked me to go down to Priston and tell Eliza to come home. I went down and met Eliza in the field where the murder was committed, with Hezekiah and Jacob Windmill. I came home with them. Harriet Windmill's statement was almost a repeti tion of her husband's. Eliza Flower's statement gave an account of the deceased leaving her house to go to the sale on Mon day, and to the children returning on Tuesday morn ing, and acquainting her that they had found the deceased murdered. She mentioned Box being at her house on Monday night, but said nothing of Windmill. In other respects her statements were of little interest. Sarah Dagger, wife of Samuel Dagger, coal mer chant of Farmborough, and sister of the deceased, deposed to receiving her brother's box from Eliza Flower on Wednesday . She broke it open, but found only six farthings a nd a few trifling articles in it. Witness had heard the deceased complain at different times that he had lost mone y out of his box at Flower's; but that he always found the box locked after. He also said there were several persons who visited the house whom h e did not like, and that he thought he should leave before next summer. The whole of the prisone rs were then again re manded till Friday. A reward of 1001., 50 1 . being by the Secretary of State and 501. by the churchwardens of Tiinsbury, has been offered for such informa tion as will lead to the conviction of the perpetrators of the horrible deed. A free pardon is also offered to any accomplice, not the actual murderer, who shall turn Queen's evidence. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—For the public information, I beg to hand you a copy of the following request. I am, Sir, &c., J. A. NICEIOLAY. 82, Oxiord•street, Dec. 4, 1851. TO JOHN AUGUSTUS NICHOLAY, ESQ., Chairman of the deputation from the metropolitan parishes on the subjeot of Reform in the Administra tion of the Sewerage and Drainage of the Metropolitan District, &c. &c. Sir,—We, the undersigned " district rate-payers," beg to hand you the annexed copy of our protest* to the Centralised Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, against any distraint or sale of our goods and chattels fur the exorbitant amount they have assessed, as a " district sewers rate." And we request you will do ❑s the favour to lay our said protest before the deputations at your earliest convenience, in order to this matter being taken into consideration by them, or at a public meeting, for our guidance. (Signed) Richard Dover, John Palles, William Buck land, William Rowlett, Henry Clark, Fre derick Lomax,R. P. Munro, Jams Peter, John Whittaker, Richard Wood, Robert Paws, Henry Duke, William Mills, P. McDowall, William S. Allen. * Vido our journal of 24.5 th ultimo. ------ --- DESTRUCTION OP A FLOUR-MILL By FIRE, AND Sanious LOSS OF LIFE.-.-NENVARK, DEC. B.—This morning a mounted messenger ga llo p ed into this town with the an nouncement that at Fiskerton, near Southwell, a few miles from Newark, a flour-mill had become ignited by friction. Whilst carrying bags of grain and flour from the store-room four of the men eng a g ed in this .arduous duty were unhappily buried in the r uins of a large portion of the building, which tell whilst they were en g aged within its precincts. At noon two of the bodiesad e for had been the others found, and now (three P.M.) s earch is being m. CLEANSING THE CITY STREETS.—Mr. Elliott has given notice of motion to the Court of Common Council as t follows " e d : - t - o a rr d h o a p t t , t a h s e t h a y e s C t e o m m Commissioners s f e s l i e o a n n e a r s n g o f theS w s e t r r s e e h ts a v o e f d. the- City by means of street orderl , ie a s r , w it h i i s ch th w e will inlz,unseoaf this y creased expense of 7,030/. a e , Court that such extra ex p ense shoul _ grant out of the City parse, ratlierthan b d y b a e n a d d e d fr it a i y o e n d to by th a e t t a e n r tt i s o n f e d th at e local taxes imposed on the citizens andbheabeni City." It is expected that th e motion will an early sitting of the Court. PRESENT PROM KOSSUTH TO CAPTAIN WEEKS,— Kossuth has presented to Captain John Weeks, of the Madrid, a handsome silver goblet, as a token of esteem for the kindness and attention he received from him on the passage from Gibraltar to Southampton. ROYAL MARINES, WOOLWICH, DEC. B—Lieutee nants Evans and Walton, with 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, and 71 privates of the W o olwich division, are under orders to proceed to join her Majesty's ship London, 90, at Sheerness; the rest of the detachment will be supplied from the Chatham division. The officers of the Woolwich division, with such officers who have served at Woolwich, have given orders to Mr. Phillips to execute a f ull-length portrait of Major-General Parke, C. 8., their lat e comman dant, and when finished it will be placed in the m ess-room of the division as a memento of the esteem in which he has always been so justly held. Lieutenant Vaughton, of the Woolwich division, has obtained two months'" leave of absence from the 4th inst. EXHIBITION or 1851.—The following is a list, from the return made to the Ex ecu ti ve C om mittee, on Sa turday evening, of the countries entirely cleared from the building up to December 6th : - Spain. P or t uga l, Tunis, Jer sey, Sw'itzerland, China, Bahamas, isforth Germany, Russia , Van Diemen , s Land, Greece, Persia, Sardinia, Tuscany, E as tern Archipelago, Rome, Netherla n d s , Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Saxony, Nova Scotia, New Zealand Bermuda, New Brunswick, St. Helena, South Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Jamaica, and West Australia. SIR JOHN GLADSTONE, BART. —This venerable gentleman has, for some precarious state been in a very s tate of health. ' Dr. J. _ . Simpson, Edinb urg h, has been in a ttendance. Sir John rallied a little on Wednesday, but was yesterday afternoon much weaker, and beli eve d to be near his latter end. He is surrounded by all the members of his very attached family.—Montrose Review. 16 5 y; LONDON, TUESDAY WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH OUR CONVICTS ? LETTER IV. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART., M .P &c. &c. &c. Sir,—Since I had the honour of addressing you upon this important subject, a friend has brought under my attention two most important facts, of which I had not been aware, and so confirmatory of the opinions which I have expressed, that I am induced to trouble you with this letter. One is contained in a letter written by the Bishop of Melbourne, wherein he declares, "That after the most anxious desire to elicit the truth, and with a strong prepossession in favour of the plan which has been adopted, of sending out convicts, after a certain period of probation in England, with a ticket of leave, he is compelled to say, and the opinion of all is the same, that they are the worst class, as a class, of the whole community. That the evils resulting from the immigration of the expirers appear to have been tar less than those caused by the introduction of the exiles ; that by far the greater number of the notori ous thieves and bad characters about the towns con sist of the latter—the gaol is full of them, that his Lordship's feelings are so completely changed, that he should regard the arrival of a ship with convicts as even less mischievous than that of one with pardoned exiles." Surely these statements of facts emanating from so high a character as the Bishop of Melbourne must establish the truth of the proposition I advanced, that it would be far better to adopt the reformatory dis cipline in the colonies than in this country. The second important fact, of which I was not aware, is, the following passage in the petition to the Queen, from the committee of the New South Wales Association : " Humbly but confidently submitting, that if the state of society in the mother country, and a due re gard to her own safety, forbid that she should retain within her own bosom the criminals whom the law now subject to transportation, it is her bounden duty as a Christian nation to find for them some place of refuge—if on this continent so remote from the several colonies of the Australian group, and under such strin gent and salutary regulations as to preclude their in gress into any of these colonies, without the express concurrence and consent of the several colonial Legislatures." Do, Sir George Grey, look at the sentence in italics, and say if it is not the identical plan which I submitted to you last year ?—and cn this basis it is not yet too late to enter into a compromise with these important colonies, alike honourable to them and to the mother country. By the existing law the immense country north of thirty degrees of latitude may be separated from Mew South Wales ; let this be immediately done, and then say to the association—That if they will withdraw all opposition to the introduction of convicts to remote parts of the new district, and of Western Australia, under similar stringent and salutary regulations to those which you have so wisely and so effectually in troduced into Portland Island, that on your part you will agree that no more convicts shall be sent to any place south of the thirtieth degree of latitude. Then give the plan which I proposed a fair trial. If it succeeds you will have conferred on our native land and upon Australia an inestimable benefit; and you will receive the blessing of thousands whom you will have converted from criminals to useful members of society. If it shall fail—and success cannot be se cured for the best of plans—you will have performed your duty, and no man can honestly charge you with rashness in attempting to carry out the views of a Stanley and a Graham on this difficult subject. The idle activity of the Colonial-office will eagerly grasp at the offer of some colonists in Western Aus tralia to receive convicts on the old terms—viz., by assignments and tickets of leave--a continuance of the old abominations. Yet it will save the office trouble, and is not that something, although productive of the continuance of discontent. Will you give your sup port to the continuance of a system which has been denounced by sagacious men e.s bad in theory, and which has produced in pracdce such lamentable results P—l have the honour to remain, Your very obedient and faithful servant, RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Dec. 1, 1851. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 8. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended Di ♦ine service yesterday morning, at the parish church at Whippingham. The Rev. T. Protberoe officiated. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. C. E. Stewart and Mr. Carter transacted business yesterday at the railway department of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office, yester day, from the Governor of Ceylon. Dispatches wore sent off last evening to the Governor of Ceylon. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and Sir Edward Ryan, attended. An appeal from British Guiana, Watson v. Llacketts," was commenced. Tho case was adjourned. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for .he week ending December 6, 1851: Passengers (19,618), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £3,686 14 7 Corresponding week in last year 3,156 19 7 Glasgow, December 8. THE REV. WILLIAM JENRIN(L—The long pending appeal to the Archbishop of Canterbury by the Rev. Wil liam Jenkins against the Bishop of Llandaff's refusal to in stitute him to the rectory of Michaelstone-y-Vedw, to which he had been presented by Colonel Tynte, has been decided in favour of the appellant, his Grace having reversed the refusal of the Bishop, and ordered the institution of Mr. Jenkins. MINES...—. MONDAY EVENlNG.—Transactions have taken place to-day in Alfred Consols, South Tamar, West Alfred Consols, Merllyn, &c. This being settling-day in Agua Frias and Ave Manias, there was more activity in the Californian Gold Mining shares, the market leaving off very good, and with an upward tendency. The last quotations are as follow :—Agua Fria, 34 to 1 prem. ; Nouveau Monde, 14 to % prem.; Anglo-Californian, to I ,l t prem ; Golden Mountain, prem. ; Ave Maria, IA to par; West Mari posa, 3-16 to 1-16 dis. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT KENSINGTON.— Last night Mr. Wakley, M.P., coroner for Middlesex, resumed and concluded an investigation into the cause of the death of Robert Wodlen, aged 28, a plasterer, who was killed on the 29th ult. by the falling of a large portion of a pile of buildings in the course of erection, in the Gloucester-road, Kensington. Evidence was gone into as to the sufficiency of the control of the architect over the ma terials used in the building, and upon the question of their strength and quality; after which the jury returned the fol lowing verdict We find that Robert Wodlen was acci dentally killed by the falling of the cornice of the parapet of certain houses , the property of Mr. John Inderwick, situated in Gloucester-road, Kensington, upon the 29th No vember, 1851 ; and we further find, that the cause of the ac cident was by reason of the bad materials furnished by Mr. laderwick ; we also find that Mr. Bean, the surveyor, was to blame for having permitted the work to proceed under such circumstances." GALLANT ACTION.-011 October 7, at 8 r.m., just as her Majesty's ship Waterwitch was anchoring at Mon rovia, a boy named Clarke fell overboard out of the fore rig ging. Captain Gardner, though dressed in heavy blanket clothes and thick boots, instantly jumped overboard from aft and saved the boy. His good example was followed by Mr. Legge (mate), Mr. M'Callum (carpenter), and J. Palmer (the G. R. cook). At the time all the sailors in the ship were aloft furling sails. There was a strong tide running, and it was perfectly dark. Luckily they were all picked up, and the next day were again fit for duty. The Duke of Newcastle, who has been indisposed, is, we are happy to say, now considerably improved in health. We regret to learn that the venerable Lord Skel mersdale is lying seriously ill with an attack of erysipelas at Rode Hall. The Countess of Darhy and other members of his Lordship's family have been summoned to attend his Lordship. DEATH OF LADY CAROLINE KING.—WO regret to state that this lady died on Saturday last, in Chosham place, having given birth to a son on the previous day. Her Ladyship was sister to the Earl of Portarlington, and was in her 3", id year. In 1847 the deceased was married to Captain George St. Vincent King, R.N., the brother of Sir Richard Duckworth King, Bart. FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—A special general meeting of this charity was held yesterday, in the board room, Westminster-bridge-road; Mr. Evans in the chair; when ten females were selected for admission from a long list of candidates. ADULT ORPHAN INSTITUTION.—Yesterday a special general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this charity was held in the offices of the institution, Regent's-park, at which four contributory wards were chosen from a list of six candidates. The charity, it appeared from the report, is now in a very satisfactory condition, and the educational progress of the inmates is most gratifying. VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION TO DECAPITATION— EXTRAORDLNARY FATALlTY.—Yesterday (Monday) morn ing, at an early hour, the body of a young man, named John Charlton, was found dead on the line of railway which runs from Nottingham to Mansfield. He is the nephew of Richard Charlton, a gamekeeper and publican, who was accidentally shot and killed by the explosion of a gun-barrel in his pocket at Radford, last Friday. This seems to have affected the young man's mind so much as to induce him to commit sui cide, by laying on the rails, near Barford workhouse, just as the last train was approaching from Mansfield on Sunday night. The engine and carriages had completely smashed his head and one shoulder to pieces, severing them from the body. At a coroner's inquest, before Mr. Swann, yesterday (Monday) afternoon, a verdict to the effect that the deceased c ommitted suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind was returned. Joseph llume has received the honour of a burgess ticket at the hands of the authorities of Elgin. At the last meeting of town council the clerk read an acknowledgement of the honour from Mr. Hume.—lnverness Courier. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION FROM THE RIVER MERSEY TO AUSTRALIA.—The Government Commissioners of Emigration have arranged that the ship Mangerton shall sail from Birkenhead with Government emigrants to Aus tralia. This is the first vessel which they have dispatched from the Mersey. —Liverpool 'finks. The demand for agricultural labour in Yorkshire is greater than it has been for some years past, and higher wages are asked and obtained.—Carli4c Journal. EVENING, THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OP THE CAMBRIA. [A summary of the subjoined intelligence appeared in The Sun of yesterday.] LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The British Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Leitch, entered the Mersey this morning, shortly before nine o'clock, with the mails, and 25 passengers, from the United States and Canada. The Cambria left Boston at one o'clock at noon on the 25th ult., and Halifax at three r.'. on the 28th. The Cambria, after leaving Halifax, experienced throughout her entire homeward voyage very severe gales from the north-east, with heavy seas. The Cambria brings 607,800 dollars in specie. By this arrival we have three days' later intelli gence from the United States and Canada than that brought by the Baltic. The Royal mail steam-ship Asia arrived at Halifax on the morning of the 24th, and at Boston on the afternoon of the 25th, after a run hence of 10 days 8 hours and 20 minutes mean time. At three r.ar., on the 30th ult., the Cambria passed a steamer, supposed to be the United States mail steam-ship Humboldt; and on the 2d inst., at one P.M., exchanged signals with a large steam-ship, sup posed to be the United States mail steamer Pacific. The steam-ship Empire City, from Havannah, &c., arrived at New Orleans on the 20th ult., with 800,000 dollars in specie in the hands of passengers, and 441,000 dollars on freight. The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic arrived at New York on Sunday morning, the 23d ult. The steam-ship Glasgow, from Glasgow, arrived on the same day. The cause of the detention of a part of the New York mail was, no doubt, a severe snow storm with very tempestuous weather which prevailed on the night of the 25th, during which we regret to record that a boat belonging to the Royal mail steamer Asia, which had arrived that afternoon, was capsized on her return from a visit to the Cambria, and four of her hands—two of them married men belonging to Liver pool—were unfortunately drowned. The intelligence brought by the Cambria is meagre and not of much importance. The inquest on the bodies of the children killed by the sad catastrophe in Greenwich-avenue was pro ceeding, and great interest felt as to the probable ver dict of the jury. The following are extracts from the New York papers : Scarcely was the ink dry which recorded the late fearful tragedy in Greenwich-avenue, where nearly 50 innooent children lost their lives, and 50 more were laid upon beds of suffering and anguish, when our ears were assailed with the sickening intelligence of another catastrophe, which, though not so grandly horrible in its results, is, nevertheless, mournfully sad. The facts of this new case of death and destruction are as follow :—At a few minutes past twelve o'clock yesterday, just as the men employed in the printing press factory of Messrs. Hoe, at the corner of Broome and Sheriff-streets, had stopped work to eat their dinners, a tremendous crash was heard, and at the next moment it was discovered that the top part of the side wall or gable end of the building which stood next to the blacksmith shop, had fallen. The black smith shop was a one story building, and the wall, a part of which fell, was four stories high, being part of a building used by Messrs. Harmon and Co., brewers, of No. 12, Sheriff-street, as a malt-house. The upper loft was used as a store-room for grain, and there were 9,000 or 10,000 bushels of barley in it at the time. There are usually from 18,000 to 20,000 bushels of grain in this same loft, and Mr. Harmon was about to have several thousand bushels stored there to-morrow. The wall was evidently weak, and was not securely anchored to the timbers near the roof. At the time the wall fell there were but few men in the blacksmith shop, as most of them had gone to dinner. Had the accident hap pened half an hour later the loss of life must have been fearfully great. The distance of the top of the wall above the shop was so great that the falling mass gathered great impetus before it reached it; and when at length it did strike the roof, it hardly met with a perceptible resistance. A great quantity of grain followed the bricks and mortar, and all lay together a shapeless mass of ruins. The men of the establish ment went to work clearing away the rubbish, and soon came to one of their companions, Robert Sears, who was severely hurt, but not mortally. It was said at one time that his sight was destroyed ; but this it is hoped will prove not to be the case. Going on with their labour, the workmen came to and released the body of another of their companions, named Wm. Conquest, who was alive, but who was also badly in jured. They worked on, and soon found the lifeless body of Enoch S. Brown, a blacksmith ; and after re moving still more of the timber and grain, they disco vered the body of Walter Mathews, who was also dead. This completed the list of the missing. Several of the workmen had narrow escapes, and one of then was actually hit by one of the timbers, while another stood in the midst of rubbish which had fallen all round him—yet, wonderful to say, he was un touched, or at least entirely unhurt. Mr. Conquest is the foreman of one department of Messrs. Hoe's es tablishment, and had just returned from Philadelphia. He entered the shop for the purpose of shaking hands with some of his fellows, when he was assailed by the falling mass. He was removed to his residence in Delaney-street, in a state of mental derangement, but is not so seriously injured as Mr. Sears. The latter was taken to his house in Williamsburgh, where were also taken the remains of the deceased Mr. Brown, he having been, when alive, a resident of that city. Mr. Matthews belonged to East Brooklyn. He was a native of England, 30 years of age, and has left a wife to mourn his loss. Mr. Brown was also a native of England, 43 years of age, and has left a wife and five children. His brother was buried in the ruins at the Hague-street explosion, but released himself and went to the aid of his companions, where a piece of wall fell and buried him for the second time ; but be was after all saved. He was at the scene of this disaster, and took charge of the remains of his brother. The news brought from Europe by the steamer At lantic caused the price of cotton to run up one-fourth of a cent. at New Orleans on the 24th. Four persons were arrested on the 22d at Syracuse, charged with being concerned in the recent riots and slave rescue. A dispatch was received from Ontario on the 22d, wh t i h c a h t stated region, a t t k h e perfect s at l a inresof Lake hur ricane was blowing in , deeply laden with grain, had been ashore at Oswego, mitous season to boats nav and fears were appre hended that sad accounts would w with a heavy fall of snow. The brig Empire s w ta h n i d e i h ng the commenced numerous other vessel s . gating the lakes. Notwithstanding T o fi u . soon be received from Is has been a most cala during the greater part o f i maritime t disasters. great the fo severity of d a y t , 11 e w n e o b r a t h v e east storm, heard of but few serious on the 20th and lasted The police of New York, fur Maximilian Benedict, alias stands charged with the seductionmki some of t t h i m e e w ipast,fe of m have r. been on the alert for a reported Hungarian, named G. H. Taylor, a wealthy erchant residing in Lon don, who charges this elope with him to this co o u f ntrl i Hungarian refugee, not only with the seduction of hisbut inducing her to 1,200 dollars' worth wife, taking with them over consisting of watches, jewellery and property, t l e °4' s s r ap pears, from the affidavit made by Mr. and money. It Justice M'Grath, one of our.efficientby Mr. Taylor before visitor, and also represented as a o f ne n of a t s he a that, about six months th police justices, in London accused was intro duced into his family friend en unfortunate d his acquaintance Hungarian refugees. Soon T w a it y h lo t r h , e a fam yo il a y o h g e caoomdmtbenoucegdbt male love to Mrs. his persuasive arts, concluded to elo p e with him who, on ; and in so doing, aided by the seducer, robbed her hus band of the above named amount of property and decamped. As soon as the husband ascertained she had eloped, supposing they had gone to France, he went in pursuit. First he went to P a • rls, and not find ing them there he continued his pursuit to Prussia, Austria, and other countries, of which he learned the character of Benedictin all to be swindler, and had frequently been arrested. Eachknownas a of these places proving unsuccessful, Mr. T aylor r. con cluded to come to New York, and took passage in the steam-ship City of Glasgow, which arrived at this port on Saturday night last. On • inquiryafter his erring wife he ascertained that the swindlel had latter palmed himself off on Mr. Genin, theas one of the Hungarian refugees and followers ofG Governor Kossuth, and was then residing in the house of Mr. Genin, who had taken him and his reputed wife under his roof as one of the Hungarian patriots, Mr. Genin having been led to believe that his to him representations were true, from similar statements made other parties, relative to the identit y of Mr. Benedict. by On these charges preferr ed b y Mr . Taylor, officer Jones took both the parties into custody, and con veyed them before Justice MGrath, and on searching his person there were fou nd a g old w atch and chain , valued at 250 dollars, together with a n elegant snuff box, worth 50 dollars, and a gold finger ring. All this property was identified b y Mr. Ta y lo r as belong ing to him, and of his ow n p ro p ert y , having been stolen by this Benedict, who, it seems, was not satis fied with stealing his gold, hut robbed him of his wife besides. The magistrate committed the accused to prison to await a further hearing. The wife was taken charge of by her husband, who, it seems, is willing to overlook the past if she will never do so any more. The New York papers publish a letter from Mr. J. S. Trasher, the Havannah editor, dated in prison at Havannah, Nov. 14, in which he denies explicitly that there have been found among his papers any documents which compromise any one in any manner whatever. Mr. Trasher had not been tried on the 14th instant, and the story brought by the Georgia, DECEMBER 9 1 1851. which sailed from Havannah on the 15th, to the effect There is more desire evinced to forward the busi that he had been sentenced t o the galleys for eight ness of the country expeditiously. The hours of meet years, is undoubtedly erroneous. ing have been altered, and the quorum reduced from Miss Catherine Hayes had a most successful con- 17 to 13. cart at Albany on the evening of the 24th. It was No measure of importance bad been brought for very fully attended, the large church being com- ward up to the time of the departure of the steamer. pletely filled, and many standing in the galleries. The The markets were dull, but in consequence of few applause on the appeara nce o f Mi ss H ayes was most arrivals, p r i ces were maintained. There has been little enthusiastic, and she was rapturously encored in nearly change worthy of note since last advices. all her pieces. Messrs. Braham and Mengis were The Trent left Tampico on the 7th of November, very favourably received. four days aft er time, a and, in consequence of the Files of Mexican papers had been rec e i ve d a t N ew dil a t ory habits of the authorities and boatmen at that York to the sth Nov. port, upwards of 600,000 dolls. w as l e f t a t the bar. The great subject of discussion in the newspapers Camarjo, in the state of Tamaule as, Mexico, is is the revolution on the Rio Grande. It has given still in the hands of the insurgents, ,and in the co for a more embittered party strife, and for mand of a Mexican officer, Caravajal. He has laid renewed and more violent attacks on Arista's Admi• down a scale of duties about half the Mexican tariff, nistration. The Administration sees in the move- appropriating half for his own use. On the frontier ment only what itsleaders proclaim—an effort to force Rio Grande smuggling is now carried on to a great the Government into an aband onmen t o f it s l ong - ex t en t. cherished restrictive sy s t e m. Th e o pp os iti on , on th e S TATIONS or HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS. --H er Ma contrary, affect to look deeper, and to discern a hidden jesty's brig Helena, Captain de Conroy, sailed from motive for the acts of the insurgent chiefs ; they per- Antigua for Grenada on the 7th November. Her ceive a design to establish an independent Republic, Majesty's brig Persian arrived at Antigu a on the and finally to consummate annexation to the United Bth, and left same day, in pursuit of Helena. Grey.. States. The fury of the opposition is even carried so town, Nov. s—Her Majesty's schooner Bermuda ; far that they actually a ccuse G enera l A va l os o f b e i ng St. Th omas ' s, N ov. 19—her Majesty's schooner in league with Caravajal. By his act of raising the Scorpion; Jamaica, Nov. 15—In2aurn, Arrogant, prohibitions, he has, they contend, violated the law, Albion, and Calypso. Sailed from Jamaica—Persian and virtually made himself an accomplice in the for Barbadoes, Devastation for Bermudas, Express for movement. Propositions have been brought forward Greytown, and Alarm for Havannah. Cumberland and to remove him from the command, and bring him to Sappho, from Halifax and Bermuda, for Jamaica. and also to dismiss all those officers of the cue- STATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S STEAM S' toms who have obeyed his orders. The folly of this conduct is in striking contrast with the tact displayed by Avalos. Had he not taken the course which is now so bitterly denounced by many of the Mexica❑ papers he would not have been able to rally a single man to the standard of the Government, and Caravaj al, in stead of meeting a determined resistance at Matamo ros, would probably have entered the place in triumph without being compelled to use an ounce of powder. That officer himself was the first to complain of Avalos for taking off the prohibitions on the ground that it alienated from him the support of the people of Ma tamoros. The Derwent, St. Thomas's, 19th Nov. ; the Avon, Spanish main ; the Trent arrived at St. Thomas's, 19th Nov. from Mexico; the Conway, on route to Belize and Havannah ; the Eagle, at Barbadoes, 13th Nov.; the Esk, at St. Thomas's. SHIPS SPOKEN WITH ON RETURN VOYAGE.—The northers experienced by the Trent in the Gulf o f Mexico detain e d h er f our d a y s after time at Tampico, and delayed her arrival at St. Thomas's two days after time. The Dee, homeward, has had fair winds and fine weather for the season. 6th Dec., barque Alexander, 10 W., 48 N. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—The stock market opened rather feverish this forenoon. Erie Shares fell off one half, while other stocks did not materially vary from yesterday's quotations. There was a good demand for Government stocks at full prices; Ohio 6's, of 1870, wero better. At the second board United States' 6's, of 1867, sold at 1 advance. Erie Shares declined i; Morris advanced i; Erie second mortgage, i; Long Island, i; Haarlem closed at the morning's rates. Balance in the Sub-Treasury, 3,203,530 dolls. Sterling exchange quiet at 10 to 10i; sales at tof to 10g. Money in fair supply, at rates favouring borrowers at call. Cotton—The market is very active. The sales to day have been 4,000 bal es . _ - Breadstuffs—The demand for flour is steady. Sales of 16,000 barrels of State and western ordinary have been made at 3 dolls. 38c. to 4 dolls. 1210. Canadian and pure Genessee are quoted at 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. 25c. Wheat remains unaltered in value. The last sales were 3,700 bushels of Genessee white at 88c. to 1 doll.; 2,000 bushels of Maryland, at 920.; 2,500 bushels of Michigan, at 83e.; and some Canadian at 87ic. Business in Indian corn was active, with sales of 40,000 bushels, unsound, at 59c. to 59c., and mixed at 60c. to 60ic. Provisions—The value of pork has an upward ten dency; 400 barrels new mess have changed hands at 15 dolls. to 15 dolls. 12ic., and at 13 dolls. 62ie. to 13 dolls. 75c. for prime. The quotations for beet and lard are unchanged. Beef hams are quiet, witk sales at 13 dolls. 75c. to 14 dolls. per 2201 b. Tobacco—The only transactions that we have heard of to-day are 100 hhds Kentucky, which brought 4ic. to 7ic. Iron—Holders of iron experience a good demand; 320 tons Scotch pig have been sold at 20 dolls. to 20 dolls. 50c. six months. Freights—To Liverpool engagements have been en tered into for cotton at 5.32 d.; flour at ls.; and grain, in bulk, at 4d. WEST INDIA and MEXICAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. B.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Dee, Captain W. Allan, with the usual mails, arrived this morning at half-past ten o'clock, in charge of Lieutenant Denehy, R.N., Admiralty agent. On the homeward voyage of the Dee she experi enced unfavourable weather throughout, and was de tained two days at St. Thomas's for the Gulf mails. The latest dates brought by the Dee are as follow: Vera Cruz, Nov. 8 ; Tampico, 7 ; Chagres, 10 ; Carthagena, 12 ; Jamaica, 13 ; Demerara, 12 ; Tri nidad, 12 ; Barbadoes, 14 ; Grenada, 13 • Porto Rico, 18 ; Antigua, 16 ; Santa Marth a , Oct. 29 ; Grey Town, Nov. 4; Panama, 7; San Francisco, Oct. 15 ; St. Thomas's, Nov. 19. On freight the Dee brings 337,771 dolls. in gold, 1,635,780 dolls. in silver, 74 serons of cochineal, 14 serons jalapa, 27 barrels pimento, 213 bales of sar saparilla, 1 case of tortoiseshell, 17 cases arrowroot, 4 cases succades, 10 boxes manna, and about 20 packages of sundries. Am — ongst the specie are 38 packages marked " M.D.," of the value of 112,468 dolls., supposed for the Mexican dividends. GREY TOWN, Nov. 5.—A number of Americans (about 600) are at this port from San Francisco, with no conveyance to take them to the States. The small steamer that runs on the lake Nicaragua, on coming down the river to the rapids, approached too near before turning, and came down stern first over the rapids ; ten or twelve persons are reported to have been drcwned, having in their fright jumped over board. Nicaragua and all posts of the interior are tranquil. The route from California by the Lake Nica ragua has been adopted by most of the Americans returning. The report of their privations and diffi• culties, however, is sufficient to deter others from following the route. There is little doubt, when the railway from Navy Bay is completed, that the Nicaraguan route will be abandoned. 150 Ameri cans embarked on board the Dee for Chagres, hoping to find some conveyance thence to the States. Provisions are scarcely to be had, these sudden in fluxes of adventurers making great havoc on the small supplies sent to Grey Town. CRAGRES, Nov. 10.—The late disturbance at this place between the boatmen of the old town or In dian side of the river, and the American boatmen, the latter wishing to monopolise the whole traffic, has caused great excitement, and though hostilities have ceased on either side, it is feared this is but a temporary lull. The Governor of Panama has been down, and purposes garrisoning Fort Lorenzo, so that, should a disturbance main break out, there is but little doubt, from the superior and formidable position of this port, that tie newly-erected town of the Americans will be completely destroyed, and every inhabitant killed or banished. The natives, it is said, will stop at nothing wken once blood is shed. The difficulty in quelling the disturbance was great. The natives will listen to nonce but the British, and it is here stated that, but for the timely interposition of the co mman d er o f one of the Royal Mail steamers, the matter would have ended only in the extermina tion of one side of the belligerents, or, at least, in con siderable bloodshed. The Panama Railroad is now rapidly progressing; it is now half a mile beyond Zatoon, nine miles from the sterminus in the Bay of Simon : seven miles are made,, but not continuously, leaving thirteen miles to be thaished to Barbacases, where the Chagres River is to be bridged ; but until that can be accomplished the )fiver will be ferried by boats from the point of Coraito to Barbacases, and on to Gorgona to Panama is twenty miles. The most difficult and expensive part of the line is done. It will be completed to Barbacases about next August, and to Gorgona by about the followink ; May, and Panama by about July, in two dry season, s from the time they break the ground. The line will be sound and sub stantial, according to the system of railway structure, in the opinion of several eminent; engineers who have visited it. The fillings are of red clay, it is well drained, and the heavy rains of the present season have not in the least damaged it. JAMAICA- Our correspondence from this i3land extends to the sth November. There has been a severe gale, •vihieh did injury to the shipping in different parts of the country. " CHOLBRA.—There have occ tarred two cases in the parish of Trelawny this week,. one at Westonfabel estate, when the head man, named. Fowler, died ; and the other on York estate, also fat al. The disease has broken out with great violence in the Maroon Town district, in the parish of St. James.. A person of the name of Waite returned to his Lame within a mile and a half of Maroon Town, from. Montego Bay, on Friday ; he was attacked, and dits d with the disease the same night. The next mornin, g, Saturday, his wife, son, and daughter were all # ound dead in the house. Thus, in the short space )f a few hours, a whole family was swept off by this insidious disease. " SMALL-pos.—This disease :has now become epidemic. It is extending itself tl aroughout the pa rish, and the poor people are dy it ig daily from the want of proper attendance. You to .y better judge my surprise than it is possible for me t o depict it, when I tell you that those persons who are afflicted with 1 1 this loathsome disease have been s yen walking about the highway adjacent to their resit lences. This fact itself is sufficient to render the d'is ease fatal. It is serious matter for consideration, the present state of a this and our sister parishes, St. J - nines and Hanover. Unless the Legislature enacts a s' ;tingent law, during their present sitting, f or sanitary purposes, including: the punishment of th ose persons who shall neglect to provide medical and other neces nary attendance for the sick, we are likely to beco. ate depopulated in a few years." The Legislature of the count ry assembled on the 28th of October, when his Excell'Rncy addressed them i in an unusu a ll y s h ort speech. t was co . they by answered the Governor accordint ey. No interruption to public businesB ensued. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. JAMAICA. (From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelliyencer, Nor. 12.) GENERAL REMARKS. The market has been unusually quiet during the past fortnight; but owing to the moderate receipts, prices have been generally well sustained. Business with the provinces is likely to be checked to some extent by the re-appearance of cholera in an epidemic form in the parish of St. Janiei, and its prevalence on the south side districts. The weather has been unusually severe throughout he island. REVIEW OF DIARYETS. [Unless specifically stated to the contrary, long, or duty paid prices are always given, and are to be con sidered as wholesale prices. In filling small orders, higher rates have to be paid.] Butter—lrish continued to advance in value imme diately after our last issue, and 10id. to 11d., and sub sequently (for 50 firkins of the last receipt) 12d. was obtained. The stock is light, and holders are firm, at the last named rate. Halifax in tubs and kegs has been place at 9d., and American, in kegs, at the same figure. __ _ - Oil—Cod has been selling freely at 2s. iid. per gallon. A parcel of 20 casks lard has been placed at 4s. 3d. to 48. 6d. Lard—ls rather inactive at Sd per lb. Pork—Mess is held for 945. per barrel. Prime is quiet. No sales have transpired beyond the usual retail operations. - Salmon—No. 1 has been moving freely at 725. per brl. Hams—lrish are iu excessive supply, and difficult of sale. Primo Lancashire are becoming scarce, and are worth Sid. per lb. There are very few American at market. Soap—We have no operations of any moment to report. Candles—Are inactive at 6d. to 6id. per lb. 300 boxes Cooke's have changed hands at the last-nasnied figure. - Cheese—Double Gloucester of prime quality is wanted. All the parcels by the last arrival from Liverpool were worm-eaten. Lumber—White pine is abundant and inactive. We quote it at 725. to 765. per 1,000 feet. Beef—A parcel of 50 barrels has been moved at 50s. in bond. No other operations of any moment have oc curred. Tongues—lrish pigs, in half barrels, are wanted. Brandy—The stock is declining, but we have pat hoard that prices have advanced. Geneva—May be quoted at 7s. per case in bond. Corn—United States is worth 7s. to Bs. per bag of two bushels. The market is bare of South American. Rum—Has been placed at 35. lid. to 3s. 3d. per gallon, duty paid. Sugar—Fair is very scarce, and would command 18s. to 205.; dark and middling bring 14s. Gd. to 16s, 6d. Some parcels of very dark have been sold at 108. to 13s. per 1001bs. Pimento—May be quoted at 3-1-d. per lb. The re ceipts are still on a moderate scale. Coffee—There is not any at market. Logwood is worth 365. per ton. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Colonial Bank-90 days, 3 1 per cent, premium. IP 77 60 days, Iper cent. premium. 30 days, 1 , per cent premium. Of Jamaica Bank-90 days, per cent. premium. St fIP 60 days, 1 per cent. premium. 77 ,f 30 days, per cent. premium. Merchants' Bills, 90 days, par. ON NEW YORK. Merohaata' Bills, 60 days, 1 per cent. premium. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE VOTE BY BALLOT. It will, we doubt not, be in the recollection of our readers, that about,six or seven weeks ago we stated that we had the best reason to believe that, notwith standing all Lord John Russell's previous hostility to the ballot, he had then begun to waver on the subject, and even to feel inclined to make secret voting a part of the new Ministerial measure of Reform. We are now enabled to state, in positive terms, that the Pre mier is prepared to acquiesce in the vote by ballot, provided he can get his colleagues in the Cabinet to concur with him. The ground on which the Noble Lord reconciles his present readiness to agree to the ballot with his previous decided opposition to it, is this—that while he still thinks it i s unnecessary, in asmuch as a fair expression of the opinion of the electoral body can be obtained without it, he does not, on the other hand, see that it can do any harm, and as the great bulk of the people are clamorous for it, and deem it indispensable to the election of proper persons to represent them in Parliame nt, he does not think the Legislature can do wrong in ac ceding to their wishes. But it is right we should add, that though the Premier be favourable to the ballot, to this extent, there is a strong party in his Ministry who are thoroughly opposed to it. It is clear, therefore, that the question, whether the Whig Cabinet are to concede the ballot or not, depends entirely on the people themselves. If it is to be wrung from the hostile members of Lord John Russell's Ministry, it can only be so by bringing popular opinion and feeling to bear upon them. Let the necessary pres sure be applied without delay, and the thing :will be done at once. The concession will be extorted from the adverse members of the Whig Adminis tration.—Advertiser. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASE. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Cunningham na Lucy Neal 6 to 1 agst Mr. Thompson na Hardwick 6 to 1 aget Mr. Davenport na Peter Simple 7 to 1 agst Mr. G. Bourke's Carrig WOLVERHAMPTON HURDLE STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Cunningham na Little Queen 7 to 1 agst Mr. Redputh's Ormsby METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 400 to 10 agst Mr. Pilling's High Sheriff—taken CHESTER CUP. 45 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder-50 to 1 taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Martinson's Nancy—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley—taken and afterwards offered 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Wilkinson'a Neasham DERBY. 18 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur—taken to 20(U. 25 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Kingston —t to lOU 1,000 to 20 aget Mr. G. Arnold's Little Harry—taken The betting was limited, and entirely without interest. SALE OF MR. CAREW'S HUNTERS—YEirre..E.u.ruIOAOaYSs.. Guin 23 e Bo a oo s. T M h a e at N er ig W ge a r l !!!!! .......... 110 Sir Tatton 250 ;Woldsman ............ 105 Jack .................... 1( 9 )? 225400 G rayl inguunehurch ..... Hendon! The Cardinal 185 Melbourne ............ 83 White Stockings In T r h id e a C y lever One Aristocrat l5O Brown Stout The Sweep _UNGARIAN AND POLISH CONCERT AT THE HANO VER-SQUARE ROOMS. —W e iu aid of the funds of perceive that oat Tuesday next, Miss Kate Hickson intends Literary feelings of sympathgiving a grand evening concert the Hungarian committee and of the Association of the Friends of Poland, under the patronage of Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. Actuated hy the profession to which she she has, by her kind and and u g el e o n n e g ro s, sity so characteristic of the amiable exertions, secured the co-operation of many distin guished artists, ever ready to extend their assistance to the unfortunate exiles. Miss Louisa Pyne, Mrs. Weiss, Miss Pane, Miss Allain, Miss Poole, Mademoiselle Coulon, Mr. Swift, Herr Stoffregen, Mr. Weiss, signor I'iatti, Mr. Orovz, Mr. Ramenyi, Mr. Blagrove, and Mr. Charles Salamau, have promised their powerful services on this interesting occasion. We trust thrt the friends of freedom will also second the noble efforts of Miss Kate Hickson, and thus contribute to forward the object of so benevolent an tuider • taking. The arrival of 120,0001. gold from the United States yesterday, and of nearly 400,0001. in gold and silver by the West India packet, tended to strengthen both the stock and share market. On the other hand, an exportwill again take place to day by the Brazil steamer Severn, e but it is T n h o e t R ex e p v ec . B ted . ItNoreebxbc:emd A105.e,00 has been presented to the perpetual curacy of Sheen, in the county of S diocese of LichLeld i patron, A. J. B. top©, 9q., tanbr4 cid °eel N.. UP. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. CHRONICLE.—We are always glad of any op portunity of removing a controversy out of the region of personality. In our remarks upon the present state of the beer trade, we h ave , o f course, freely avaled ourselves of the names of B arc l ay and Perkins, and the other members of the great Dodecarchy ; b ut t o us they are mere names, and we only use them be cause they happen to represent and embody the fact s of which we complain, and because it is inconvenient to describe living systems under algebraic symbols. Still, it is well to remember that it is against a system, rather than against individuals, that we are fighting. And this consideration at once disposes of the ad cap tandum argument—which it surprised us to see urged by a sensible correspondent—that the good use which certain brewers are said to make of their money is some justification for their exorbitant gains. Our complaint is, that the trade is in an unhealthy, unjust state—that the public pay more for their beer than they ought to pay—and that they cannot, as matters stand, help themselves, because, by a combination of ' influences, partly caused by legislation, and partly by an accidental peculiarity of this particular business, consumers cannot avail themselves of that legitimate corrective of competition which the natural remedial energies of commerce would otherwise supply. This is the fact ; hence arise the brewers' extortionate at the ,p,ryofietz; b a u n t d a blyhow ohlaamriteanbtlaetbwey.eakarean;swieorakto schools they support, and the churches and chapels which they build"—as though it were not a prin ciple both of r e li g i o n and of common honesty to prefer mer cy to sacr i f i ce, an d or di na ry j us ti ce to extraordi nary almsdee d s. Al msg i v i ng , as a privat e v i rtue, is fair dealing and honesty whole trade. And this leads us to the plea which is urged by other corre spondents, is it is an unimpeachable m i 7 is es t d e i rm ili u o t. spondents, that we cannotnoset-o p ff ro a p a r i l n y st the absence of state of the beer trade a in charging political economy that a tradesman is doctrine, we have expresslyiust price he can get. But so fa doubt a tradesman may charge what he can get , but a consumer that it has a correlative. No admitted it—only we say presupposes the other. Under ordinar y e from f e xc e ta e ol p lr Ut r oollbnea, becausel3 r g s this ent may also do what he can to reduce the char these things regulate themselves whatever The one liberty , circumstances brings the matter to a naturpinael.tilteißvoenul,t. if f which neither ibuuyaenryngoirvesnellcearsec,antbcnotm competition the ctio h a a ll p y pe im ns . , possible—which is our argument in pra caseof the beer trade—it is of no u se t o " re i terate a principle," viz., that tradesmen may ask for their go o d itic s . w il l " ever they please. The maxim may b e very true. but it does not apply. It is true when it receives its natural complement, viz., the possibility of competition ; that is, it is true sub muclo—it it true when the tradesman acts upon it at his peril. But there is no peril to the brewer ; f or his charges are not in the face of competition, and hi s business is virtually, though not formally, a protected one. The cases of merchants, artists, labourers, literary persons, are not parallel—simply because, in all these instances, either competition is possible, or there is the presence of those imponderable elements, genius and the like, to which, as competition is im possible, the ordinary measure of value does not apply. Admitting, then, that the privilege to make what " what one can of one's own" is both morally and economically defensible, we reply that it is so only as regards ordinary productions where the trade is open, and extraordinary ones where, as in the case of a poem or a picture, rivalry is out of the question. Barclay and Perkins or their advocates must be prepared to show, either that, as a fact, anybody with capital, can, under the licensing system, safely compete with them ; or else that th e i r b eer, like the " Paradise Lost," has qualities which are not to be represented by the usual standard of value. Again, it is said that the brewers are the best judges whether they ought to sell at fixed, or at fluctuating prices. Possibly; we say nothing about the brewers' powers of judgment ; but we take leave to observe that the public is the best judge whether it will buy at fixed or fluctuating prices. Beer and bread are the two chief commodities in universal use of which it can be said that the amount, and therefore the value, of their raw material is contingent on the accidents of the seasons ; and when it is asked why the principles which regulate the trade in the one should be totally and diametrically opposite to those which are applied to the other—why the selling price of manufactured wheat should follow one rule, and the price of manufactured barley obey a flatly con trary one—it is no answer to say that the brewers are the best judges. For their own interest they no doubt are ; but what we want is, to get the consumer to look to his interest ; and we may safely assure ourselves that—his attention once fairly roused—he will require good evidence before believing that be is benefited by an abnormal, exceptional, anomalous, and utterly unbusinesslike mode of trading. Having said thus much in answer to one of our critics, " A Constant Subscriber"—who at least writes like a gentleman and a politician —we turn to " A Brewer," whose letter will be found in another column. We could not desire to have our view of brewery econo mics better illustrated than by what "A Brewer" himself suggests—the analogy of our own business. It is quite true, as he states, that paper is cheaper than it was, owing partly to improvements in the manufacture, and partly to the fiscal reductions of 1836 ; but it is also true that we give the public twice as much paper, and twice as much news, for their money, as we did in those days when the daily journal was only a single sheet. That is to say — in language which may perhaps be more in telligible to our correspondent—we have doubled the dimensions of our barrel ; and when the public is very thirsty, or our wort doubly attractive, we broach gratis a supplementary cask. But perhaps some inquisitive reader may rejoin, " How about the stamp ? The duty on newspapers has been reduced from 4d. to ld. ; but you have only reduced your price from 7d. to 5d." We only wish the brewers could answer our queries half as well as we can meet this. In the first place, the fact is that, of this 33. difference, a considerable portion was only nominal ; for, under the old system, the Stamp-office always allowed a discount of 20 per cent.—thus re ducing the actual duty to "rather under Sid." (see M'Culloch). Such was the price which, prior to 1836, we paid for one part of our raw material, viz , the licence to publish. In that year, this tax of "rather under 2kd." was reduced to Id.—thereby relieving. the newspaper business to the extent of " rather under" Siid.; and forthwith all the daily papers came down from 7d. to sd.—that is to say, we gave the public 2d., and kept to ourselves the indi visible bonus of " rather under" one farthing. But let the reader consider what we have to do with this accidental extra profit of" rather under" one farthing. Think of the enormous additional expenses in our manufacture since 1836. We need but name the gradual, and now definitive and absolute, adoption of the double sheet —the increased outlay on foreign correspondence in the different capitals of Europe— the necessity of meeting the public demand for a vastly larger amount and a better quality of original writing—and the increased and increasing cost of news itself; occasioned by railway expenses and tele graphic dispatches. What, then, is the result? Will the emphatic "Brewer" stand to his challe p ng e e se ? nt H d er a e are our books—here is our proof of larger measu res and better beer. We have shown both how th e pr i ce of our chief raw material, viz., news, a n d our other can expenses, comparel have of the daily late newspaper a p a e d r y a o n f c e t d n . Everybodyr e and its predecessor in 1836 ? Can the porter of 1836 and the porter of 1851 bear a similar investigation ? Will sa histrandee'hiatestit'rebt3ieditetdinhe; e " h An have e Brewer" sho wr : s i h n o w n ours,i how public when his raw ma t er i a l has been cheapened? The very thing which we want the brewers to do, we have ourselves done. We have given the public, either in reduced price or in increased measure, more than the fulle s t b enef i t of every reduction that has . been made i n th e cost price of our commodity One of the b rewers ' advocates told us someth ing .ty about his clie n t s losin ls. on ever tss,h,eeywsilelll.giveln ex c h ange f or t hi s g y b a rrel of beer pape,. margin of profit —so them th e demonstrable a faenthat,so very narrow i s a news r supplement im pudent fable, very close-h au l e d i s our would involve a positive loss on every copy sold, of our ordinary paper, i. ent—and C. without su pplem this, too, indepen dentlywere not its cost defrayed by advertisements. The cost price of every co py .. lid. Paper ••• •• • printing—is : 1 Stamp • • , .. 1 A of ge th n e cy ex o pe f nnesewsomfan Total ... •.• 3id• --leaving us just one penny three farthi ngs out of our fivepence, wherewith to pay all th e expenses of mana gement,.reportirg, expressing , t e l egraphs, lite rary composition, domestic and foreign correspond ence, rates, and taxes —not forgetting the tax levied by the Twelve Ty rants on our beer. It is only necessary to add that the experiment of lowering the pike of a daily newspaper has been tried by others as well as ourselves —and that, in every instance, experience proved it to he utterly impracticable. We su:pect that " A Brewer " will get small thanks from his friends for his unlucky reference to the trade of newspaper pro d uc i ng. At any rate, the public may judge whether our preaching and practice are so very discordant ; and we may safely challenge the brewers of Lo n d on to ma k e out suc h a financial statements able lel toi that which the daily press of the me tropolis i THE NEW PRUSSIAN LOAN.—Advices from Berli mention that the new Prussian loan for a sum equal to about 2,250,0001. wa s expected to be brought out forthwith. It is unde rs t oo d that the stock will bear 4i per cent, in terest, and be issued at 991, with the certainty of not being paid off for five years. The Seehandlung Commercial So ciety will take half the amount, and the other ha livvill be for the pablio, 0 dole lit. 01 1.. 0 10 00 1 se tb