The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-11 00:00:00

. TH E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING I OCTOBER li g 1850. .._____ ~........._ . ...-. phial MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. LORD TR.URO. . T "MAGAZINP( . [(17530.,5 , 3 A, C. [E It 1. .2.,:i',!: PIT,T.) I .' ' Iti i,i i► , , i .._,,..„.4 t , .!.._', I. tk PL-; 2 i , ..,-.,„,;i f: l ; ', , .• ~. IA • . •-• 3° : - "., '-, , -3 4 ;, . ~_. L, ?. ,:. i_ i !i;':, I 3-71-- -- r -- ,- - -. - r-... -1 .- --- 7 ---- \ -- T - 7 , 7 rIN - 7 - t , 7 . 7 - 7 T" ••c• -- 77 77 1 - ;, -,-- r - (--- - .7 - - -;-- -7 , ,•-•- - ' - 7 , - 17 -• ';' •l r` 7• -. . - ---, r- f• - : --....-- ----, - 7 -- .7 - 7 1 - 5-, • „- - i . , I,o:isit r '''' '&":`,‘ ~:'' •'• 4 1' 0 ' , :', '' ' -,,,,,,,;•;; of r-, , ,-,i.,,f r .14 e ~., , f l Thei:e aro iew bubjects to w liicl - , our attention can -M. " " NE ` '''' ''g ' 2 117 ‘" • ;:- 0 ; 6 ii");.3.3 0 1 .11 10 ri , [0.1 , ;I I t[[ heer b, , niure usefully drawn than to lhe example of those - , _. 13e:,i+ies a vaii44 about 4 PP-als a:,ti bail c4ses. There Were . two ' epp:',llB and public men who have cat ved -7 , 1:41, their own fortunes, No. 1.-An Abstract of the NA Produce of tile ReventAa of Great - Britain An , ;it,‘ Years end Quai iei'S ended it,th ut (.),::1,-,As .., 16,e'.), au 1. tu oi Jci.;Aei, i..).:0, si.,,v,iii i ; s k etc h t , , 11 , i v,,,, , , a ~ awl eleven bail eases. the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. and Lave forced their way onward by the impulse of EnIOUS CHARGE . AGAINST A POLICEMAN.-J ohn prverstheir own ardent aspiration. England is fertile in - The Ch ante p. an ex.poliecman of the D divis;on was in- 1 QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ; QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended Oct. 10. Quarter ended Oct. 10 into " American At ~----- , ended [ 1 ,- ---,--- -, ended Meted for ind , centiy assaul . ting Eliza Langio , rd . cn Mho such examples ; and the profession of the law has fur- r--. r-------"----, r--- - A ---- 1 Letters upon the pr , to go 27th of June list. The prisoner pleaded not gut;t3. nished them beyond any other, a fact to which the Jau. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Oct le.l Jan. 5, April 5, • July 5, Oct. 10, Oct. 10, 1849 1849 1843 1849 1849 1850 1850 1850 1853 150 Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. and Pacific Oceans, " ; th e Mr. PAYNE having stated the case for the prosecution, Peerage list hears ample testimony. -___ -_-,, ___ _ __ - called Aire% E::z i Langford, who stated that the pri- Eloquence has been usually regarded as a quality x x x £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ merly under the nau marl- Customs ••••••• • • • • • • • 4 , 682 , 395 4,593,119 4,128,777 5,253,272 18,657,563 4,720,630 4,432,584 4,333,708 5,251,883 18,738,805 Customs ..... ..... • 81,242 .... 1,389 toner was, beforsi this c.:.e, a policeman in the D division. which is sure to win its way from the bar to the Excise • • 3,253,162 1,820,575 3,020,602 , 4,237,577 12,381,916 1 3,625,061 1,859,473 3,125,225 4,103,343 12,913,102 Excise . -. . •• •• 184,234 piss, and Requlbiur She i esided at that time with her husband in an empty ictou. senate, but in the present day mere eloquence is by Stamps. •.............. 1,472,598 1,549,171 1,6 [9,697 1,6 , 6,747 4,328,213 1, 509 , 860 1,538 , 1 25 1,590,767 1,507,028 6,145,780 Stainps . ..... .... .... 182,433 ..... 179,719 Romans." Nichols: hou%s in the Vlctoria- road, Kensingtun. The prisoner Taxes ................ 1,921,013 143,101 2,054,730 203,057 4,326,901 'j 1,897,961 177,231 2,073,281 18ti,613 4,335,086 Taxes ..... Elarry no means all that is wanting ; nevertheless, what Property Tex•• •••• •• •• 424,43 4 2,011,519 1,033,240 1,914,006 5,383,199 I ! 44!,,394 2,069,608 1.026,835 1,867, 64 5,413,701 I Property Tax• •• ear " id 00,- -r-PA'hy. of Dawkinl and wiabed to look over Cicero has said of it will always hold good, pracipue ~ . 10st-office 198,000 231,000 196,000 224,000 852,000 II 152,000 231,000 210,000 227,000 820,000 I Post-office .... .... 32,000 .... 3,000 1 •• .. " Smyrna, the city C rown Lands ••••• • • • • • 30,000 40,000 40,000 20,000 130,000 11 CO,OOO 40,000 40,0 20,003 60,000 ; Crown ands 30,000 &Gal h tha house . Ciltunp asked wh , ,,nlier husband was coming server jioruit sempirque dominata est, and there is ( Miscellaneous .. ... •.. 21,709 98,792 70,140 21,902 212,543 58,408 47,960 81,474 28,727 216.569 3iiscellaneous •• • • entifli ome, and she sail at 9 ' 1-- 1 •d h. said trat he But - .... 4,825 •• • • = -- should . f . " '."' no ' . . no likelihood that its influence will ever fail. _ crew wait or hn2l,. After t-p-ing .ome tina , Daw- Total Ordinary Revenue 12,003,311 10,495,277 ,12,163.186 13,610,561 48,272,315 1,12,473,114 10,395,931 12,681,2.[0 13,192,458 48,743,043 1 Total .• ...... 685,141 214,433 9,825 427,928 THE LA 1 bell the value of this aLquirement is growing every day China Money •• • • ... .. 84,284 84 284 : 1 .. , .. .. .. [ ,China Money ...... r k , , i n . , 6 . _, w, e'' , t., a as ,a 3 ' • a3' • After be %tent away tl i e d0 , ,r . • . .... 84,284 •• • • •• . • ueg• oa. tner was no on•-.• there, and she asa . ed him if less and less. The schoolmaster is going the round Imprest Moneys, &c. • • 123,895 204,361 109,572", 120,134 558,265 ,I 1 , 2,087 301,759 135,827 121,615 634,288 ! Imprest Moneys, &e. 126,023 From the Ladies' erdata .... 1,481 •• .. he had run 4 the bell. lle then stood between her and Repayments e rAdvances 140,695 87,648 17[[,841 166,199 565,333 , 124,909 91,400 138,289 293,313 698,411 . Repayintsofidynes. 133,028 .... 127,414 .. • • valuable companion re. of Europe, and one visible consequence of his tour is _ - the inne d _, an increasing demand fur integrity and plain speak- Total Income • • 12,352,185 10,787,236 12,443,902 13,896,894 49,480,267 ,i 12,723,3.0 10,789,140 13,005,406 13,607,886 50,125,742 Total board, the assault. r door and, after some conversation, committ.o , • . 944,192 `i9 ,717 138,920 427,928 bay.. Sic struggled and called out, and he tried J u g' to carry her up stairs. At length he desisted and left No stronger evidence can be adduced in proof Amount applied to Con- - - - - Il 298,71 , f Deduct. Deduct the characteristics 1138,920 pourtrayed-the lie Cher.. solidated Fund* .. •• .. 8,974,147 5,897,300 7,220,278 8,298,974 30,390,699 II 8,236,315 5,967,008 8,200,639 8,779,169 31,183,131 of this than the gradual progress of Lord Truro to ' L Decrease Increase 113 r, she told her husband what had ceicurrcd when he Hoy- the height of professional eminence. Ditto, as Advances .•. • • 184,380 185,554 393,077 490,426 1,253,437 I 374,172 296,337 291,823 421,384 1,383,716 the Year. came home. The ordinary business of the bar affords no very Ditto, as part of , Ways & Increase Decrease Quartet. 1 289,008 4, ns was nothiiin g BALLANTIVE cross-examined the wituess, bat extensive scope for the display of oratory. A case particular was elicited, means or thel ear-. 3,193,658 4,704,432 4,830,517 5,107,494 17,836,131 1 4,112,823 4,525,795 4,512,944 4,407,333 17,558,895 645,475/ on False as the float istant;Total ..• • • 12,352,185 10,787,286 12,443,902 13,896,894 49,480,267 112,723,310 10,789,140 13,005,406.; 13,607,886 50,125,742 Alfred Dawkins, and .William Langford, the hoc- are singularly beaut ae silo of critn. con., or an action for the breach of a promise of • Exclusive of Advances. hand, corroborated the statement given above. marriage, may give room for a favourable exhibition a, and SON: fan ba da r n . L BALLaserrNE addressed the jury for the de- No. 11.-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the IGth October, 1849, and the 10th October, 1850. 'Mid trees that rail submit of it but such cases are not within the every-day em ployment of an advocate. The attributes most ~... -it October smiles, ( _e:_.l. r ,„•,i Trurn eminently nossessed. •msggPi...----'' 1 /Mart arq pm - IPa Oct. 10. il 1 Quarters ended Oct. 10. Fresh bubbling wit ar.......eii_ i.....i.: ns wall istant ; ae siStf 5, and 1 about rith all onigg" y, Ayie 6 I July, Lugust, e coy Mr. Sergeant ADAMS summed up, and The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty of the a - Rauh." -a por good. ;veiling larters. . being ne pro tuditiel inferior a total ) qua" Sin n3eV aye o°' cloy on% bad 0 it busi - T orted• Flour. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS told the prisoner, that having been distnissQd from the force, he had received part punishment, and therefore sentenced him to one month's hard labour in the House of Correction. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and Mr. WITHAM said the plaintiff had acted the part of a very prudent woman in doing as she had done. ------- 1 , 101 1 /' _____--, Sack.' 1120 - 0,500' ell SOP ' quala ' Worst., de rub ° Lhstwid' 6bly 164 n trb deo Sleat 01 1 have u° r in sale,. love d oR ;e Hog§ hee 11' Calf. r.tvo'j; O 6 S• JO 8 A I 0 9 O 0 6 2 8 4 ' 0 O 211' pigs 80fr rice. 12 own 01 busin et. d„ to 8 4 "' JO 8 2 f 0 6 in 4 to in oll t doing I : old 1 1 ° 9 5,000 L to 11:--1 1e1/ , nt 1 8s; 01) pock - ° /6 )een 110. at for tiji 6d ,to 1! 13a to 44 ' to 4° go „°; )ngal od w 370 to good 31 0 4 ras, 0 1 and g ° h s I bre, OS :41 br OP' e at eel a t 30. i fe a r 6d. 613 . 'now 10. and I 'l4 :ood, .. i . i A d to . 1 ; 4 l and P: r . ere a e t • b g big so id 36$ 350. lc, tho We e in o ye CeY::, O ?hint ti' d it 5 0 41: to. . 09 J av" s l 4 o 53s to - is to 461/ lb , i per et 71 70. id to 7 Pia ' r lb. rate.6d to Is above ti , s i to 286 6 Iss 6ct et it IMO 0 2 62 ebeh o I'lo'l o 9 ,Q sed tt ill, aG passe., Of fav9U' or m ave steeril e i ; ere taUe toedghor War lt- 0 hieb nigh 1 •1 °' eral of For: gat it r e 3ERBIVP,t ide up tP' th Amen , :ets direc i t 118th il! 9 '; tie even lo l ils due i 24th it 3 ! i i M a ils 0 1 6 led on th whet fr o , 1 1 inst. v i a ladez, 10 0 i evening t , a 2 6 ' , i an _ 4 , 0 0 ning°. h . ; " i the el'ellt nst.: S e p t es (ex ce n r ; -:han3lo to 06 4 re sent !" co nditl° ll ; itian res!,6e, [y are 5 '4 ar e gres' o i 1 his 01 The e o f o ith dot as warclea e, the s e : v , giver C B OW - STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Arthur MiEnvoy, a veteran who fought under Wel lington in seven battles, and amongst others that of Waterloo, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged under the following circumstances:— Polic e - constable, 192 A, depose.' that he was on duty in Whitehall yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, when three ladies came to him lin a most excited state, and, pointing to the prisoner, who was a little way off, said that that man had assaulted them. Witness meat to the prisoner, and found him going through all the manoeuvres of soldiering. He had a large,crab stick, which he was flourishing about his head, to show that h e was master of the s word e xer c i se . Witness suc ceeded in getting him away into .Parliament-street, where ho, with his stick, charged a gentleman as if in the act of bayoneting him ; and then, rushing from the custody of witness to a female who was passing, he greatly alarmed her by pointing his stick at her as if in the act of firing. He was ultimately taken to the station. The prisoner in defence stated that he bad re ceived_ his quarterly pension yesterday, and unfortu liatalY he met some friends whom he treated to some drink, which soon took effect upon him, owing to a bullet wound in the head which he received at Waterloo. Mr. HENRY could not pass unnoticed the assault com spitted, but under the circumstances he would mitigate the fine to 10s., which was immediately paid. MA RLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—John Walker was brought be fore Mr. Hardwick charged with stealing a looking glass value 21., the property of M rs . C oo k, l oo ki ng - g l ass manufactur er , 54, Upper Maryl e b one - s t ree t. The prosecutrix stated that about eight o'clock last night she was upstairs, in her room over the shop, when she heard the shop-bell ring, and on going down to an iuer it, s h e f ound the prisoner and a neighbeur of hers the shop. On inquiring the reason of their calling, she was informed by her neighbour, that he had caught the prisoner leaving her shop with a large looking glass under his arm, and as he suspected the prisoner had had stolen if, he detained him until witness had Seen him. Witness looked over her stock, and missed the glass produced. On examining the shop door she found that a hole had been cut in a square of glass just over the fastening. She then sent for a con !node and gave him in charge. Mr. Burton said he saw the prisoner and two other Men lurking a b out M rs. Cook ' s shop. All at once the prisoner left his companions, and went into her shop, where he remained about thtee minutes, when he cause out with a looking-glass under his arm. Witness, sus pecting the prisoner h a d sto l en i t, ran after him and br ought him back to Mrs. Cook's, who sent for a con stable and gave him in charge. glass The prison er , i n d e f ence, said a man gave him the to take to Cavendish-square, and on his w ay ther e h e was collared by the last witness, who tax e d him with stealing the glass.—Committed for trial. Thi:re are lbw subjects to our attention can b: , usefully drawn than to the example of thute paha men who have calved ,7,ut, their own fortunes, and have forced their way onward by the impulse of their own ardent aspiration. England is fertile in such examples ; and the profession of the law has fur nished them beyond any other, a fact to which the Peerage list bars ample testimony. Eloquence has been usually regarded as a quality which is sure to win its way from the bar to the senate; but in the present day mere eloquence is by no means all that is wanting ; nevertheless, what Cicero ha said of it will always hold good, pracipue semper jloruit sempirque dominata est, and there is no likelihood that its influence will ever fail. But the value of this acquirement is growing every day less and less. The schoolmaster is going the round of Europe, and one visible consequence of his tour is an increasing demand fur integrity and plain speak ing. No stronger evidence can be adduced in proof of this than the gradual progress of Lord Truro to the height of professional eminence. The ordinary business of the bar affords no very extensive scope for the display of oratory. A case of crint. con., or an action for the breach of a promise of marriage, may give room for a favourable exhibition of it, but such cases are not within the every-day em ployment of an advocate. The attributes most wanted, and which Lord Truro eminently possessed, was the untiriug perseverance with which he mas tered the details of his client's case, the clearness with which he placed it before the jury, and the care with which he brought all its leading points under their consideration. The case of " Small v. Atwood" was a memorable instance of this. It was a labour to which few other minds than his own would have been equal. No attorney thought his ease safe that had omitted to retain Sir Thomas Wilde as his counsel. He came into court prepared at all points; his adversary never took him by surprise, for, knowing well where the weak points of his own case lay, he gathered up his strength to apply it where it was most wanted, and his success rewarded his caution. His independence was based on the consciousness of his own strength — his moral courage was put to the test very early in his career. Judge Best, afterwards Lori Wynford, having laid down a principle fatal to his client's case, Ser geant Wilde tendered a bill of exceptions ; hat it was well founded may be inferred from its never coming on for argument. The judicial displeasure incurred by such a step would have operated as a bar to the future success of a less intrepid advocate, but in this case it had a contrary effect; it secured him against any future attempt to put him down by autho rity, as in such a contest no judge would willingly expose himself to the chance of being beaten. But in no instance was he ever wanting in his respect for the Bench; he felt, however, that his first duty was to his client, and he never sacrificed the one to obtain favour from the other. Quarters ended Oct. 10. 13,906,534 13,618,836 AMERICAN NEWS. C AT The dive OLYMPI rtissement from T the HE ballet RE. of the Peri, which i s k nown as the Sultan's Dre am , was produced here last evening with great and deserved success. The principal characters were performed by Ma dame Louise and Mdlle. Adele, who excited quite a fsrore by their elegant and effective style of dancing. In the course of the divertissement a new and very effective pas was introduced, it is called Le Pas des Quatre Nations, and is danced by the pupils of Ma dame Louise. In this pas Miss L. Coleman more particularly distinguished herself by the very graceful manner in which she danced and acted La Francaise she seems to have been thoroughly imbued with the spirit ofl a B elle France. The ballet was completely successful, and the house was crowded in every part. The same principle governed his conduct when, at a more advanced period of his professional career, he passed through the offices of Solicitor and Attorney- General. In no instance was he ever known to disavow the principles of constitutional liberty. In no debate in the House of Commons was he ever found arguing on the side of arbitrary power, or giving a hasty utterance to ill-considered opinions. He never threw his arguments into the scale without weighing them. His party knew the value of his support, and he never withheld it. Lord Truro was distinguished in early life for the clearness and quickneskor his apprehension, two ines timable requisites for a lawyer. He is gifted, more over, with an iron constitution, which no mental exertion can weary. In this respect he resembles Lord Brougham, whose herculean vigour of intellect not only fits him for the endurance of labour, but makes even its intensity an enjoyment. There are few men with minds so constructed. If Lord Truro has not that gigantic span of intellect which dis tinguishes the ex-Chancellor, his endowments are not of less practical value. There is no topic of legal discussion with which he is not more or less familiar. His store of legal information is not only ample for his purpose, but is always at hand. His memory affords him a ready reference to the reports which encompassed the four sides of his library. In the arduous pursuits of the profession this accompaniment is indispensable. Lord Coke was proverbially learned in the law ; he was the oracle of the age in which he lived, and posterity still do him homage. But his commentary upon Lyttleton is lost in the voluminous mass of laws which load the shelves of the student in the present day. The progress o f statute le g islation has swept both the one and the other out of memory. The folios of that day, with their pages doubled down and dogs-eared, are now never disturbed but to wipe the dust from them. As reason advances mankind become impatient of jargon and mystery. It is in human nature that it should be so. As time wears on the demand for common sense increases, and if the supply is not equal to the demand things go wrong ; and law reform becomes the most urgent of outcries. This outcry has been raised, and with a voice, too, that has made itself heard ; R result for which we have reason to be thankful. To Lord Brougham belongs the praise of having led the way, and Lord Truro, we feel assured, will not be slow to follow it. As regards the Chancellorship it would appear that a new division of labour is contemplated, having for its object the more prompt administration of justice. That the forensic duties of the Chancellor are too much open to interruption from political require ment has been a frequent subject of complaint by Chancery suitors. There is no one more competent than Lord Truro to suggest a remedy for this evil, or that would more promptly give effect to it. [The above had been mislaid, it should have ap peared a month ago.—En. Sun.l INT RAMURAL INTERMENTS AND MR. WALKER. W e have bad occa s i on to mention that a committee as bee n f ormed in London to get up a national testi !tonial favour of Mr. Walker, surgeon, universally known and praised as the originator of the grave-yard eio rm, now st r iki ng l y successful i n many parts o f t h e Fountry. An address has been issued by this body, aywhich th ey notice their friend's earnest self-de g effort s f or the benefit of the country in one most i mportant departm en t o f soc i a l arrangement— rather, _ we ought to say, of flagrant mal-arrangement. Alike b y hi s writings, by lectures, by evidence before , 11 . Committee o f t h e House of Commons, charged with !Ile investigation of th e su bj ec t o f i n t ermen t s; M r . Walker has rendered inestimable service to the sani tary cause. H e has done more ; he has vindicated the sanctities of the dead, and elevated the feelings of the community in the case of departed mortality. In the,ap of Peal the committee it is observed— ., The publication of succeesive editions of many thousand books, the large expenditure connected with the diffusion of information through the press and by public me e ti ngs, to say nothing of the time and atten • .: "°a abstracted from professional pursuits —these things involve an outlay and demand a devotion which "'toot be adequately repaid, requiring, as they do, that individual peculiarity of mind which, as it can not be I.urchased, admits of no scale according to 'which its recompense may be justly fixed." It is well k nown th at Mir. \\Talker has most se riously negle c t e d hi s pr i va t e f ortune i n the prosecu tion of a scheme of public importance. Let us trust the nation will not prove ungrateful, but by liberal Measures at once mark their esteem for a benefactor, and also stimulate others to enter upon new measures of reform and amelioration. We are much gratified to find that strenuous measures are being adopted by the committee in London for securing the object we have the pleasure of warmly recommending._ Greenock Advertiser. Advices from South Australia have arrived to the 25th of June. The estimates were under consideration in the Legislative Council, and had been freely discussed. Mining enterprise continued to be vigorously prosecuted, and fresh discoveries of interest were reported to have takes► place. Burra Burra shares had advanced, and were last CHARGE. Permanent Debt .......... .„ „ ...... . ...•...•. .. •••••••.• Terminable Annuities...• •• ... • . •••• . Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund Sinking Fund .............................................. ....... The Civil List •• •••••• •• •.. Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund .......•••••. ...... •• • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • . For Advances LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. By the Pacific, Captain Nye, we have advises from New York to the 29th ult. The Pacific was advertised to leave New York on the 28th; but when about to leave the wharf her paddlebox came in contact with a shed, by which a gentleman named Walker was killed, and others in jured. Some of her floats having been knocked off, it was considered advisable to detain her until the following morning. The Pacific passed the mail steam-ship America, Captain Shannon, hence, at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, about 620 miles from Liverpool. The America had made ,very fine progress considering the detention consequent upon the humane conduct of her commander in towing a dismasted vessel into Waterford, and the heavy gales she had experienced up to the time of being spoken by the Pacific. In Congress no proceedings of importance had oc curred, excepting a small fracas between Senators Foote and Fremont, which was, however, fortunately settled. The Herald describes the scene in appro priate language : " A small fight occurred in the Senate antechamber between Senators Foote and Fremont. Mr. Foote had said, in debate, that to pass certain propositions for Ca lifornia would be a disgrace to the Senate. Mr. Fre mont asked Foote out, complained of his language, and said it was ungentlemanly; Foote resented with a blow. They then both clinched.' Jenny Lind was at Boston, singing at concerts. Such was the excitement that as much as 625 dolls. had been given for a single ticket. All the attempts of the Protectionists to raise the tariff on British goods had failed. Congress had passed a very valuable Bill for se curing reciprocity of trade and navigation with Ca nada. Flogging in the navy has been prohibited by Con gress by a vote of 131 to 29 ; and the grog ration, which has been considered a frequent cause for its infliction, has been abolished ; the estimated cost of the ration is to be added to the sailors' wages. No little surprise is expressed at a prospect of new trouble regarding another descent upon Cuba. It is said that an expedition is on foot for the conquest of Hayti, and making that island the centre of opera tions against the other. All this may be mere rumour, but certain it is that Mr. Webster has considered it of sufficient importance to warrant his ordering the im mediate departure of two vessels of war for that quarter, and has desired the attendance of the Spanish Minister at Washington. There had been a moderate demand for sterling ex change for remittance by the Pacific, without change in rates, the best bills being at 10 to 10i per cent. premium. The packet-ship New World, Captain Knight, from this port, arrived at New York on the 27th, with 770 steerage passengers, and not one single case of sickness on board. _ Total Charge .... • • • • • • • THE POLISH BALL. - With their accustomed liberality the members of the Court of Com- Inon Council of the city of London have, we are rejoiced to perceive, kindly granted the use of the Guildhall, with all its Lord Mayor's-day trappings, to Lord Dudley Stuart and the friends of Poland, for the purpose of bolding the annual ball for the benefit of the distressed Polish refugees in this country. The knowledge of the fact that the use of the Hall was granted for this purpose by an unani- Mous vote, and the the announcement of the grant was rect-ived with enthusiastic cheers, cannot but be gra tifying to the friends of Poland, who, we trust, will do their duty as nobly as the members of the Court of Common Council have performed theirs. The Surpkis •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Surplus of Revenue on the sth July, 1850, after providing for the Charges for that Quarter, was— •• .. To which is to be added the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund on 10th October, 1850 ...... ........... • The Amount issued in the Quarter ended 10th October, 1450, in part of Sums granted by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services .................... • • • • • • • • • • •• .. • • •• • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • ..• • • • • The Surplus Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the Consolidal Services in England in the Quarter ended 10th October, 1850 ...... quoted 180 buyers. The Governor of South Australia, in his finance minute laid before the Legislative Council on the 23d of May last, gives some interesting statistics of the trade of the set tlement. The population on the 31st of March last ex ceeded 54,000 of the European race. The immigrants in 1849 were 13,824, of whom 6,769 paid their own passage, and 7,055 arrived at the expense of local funds. The fenced land had been increased in 1849, as compared with 1848, from 126,613 acres to 138,710 acres. The Customs revenue in the year ended the sth of April, 1850, had increased, as compared with the corresponding period last year, 20 1 h per cent., viz., from 62,610 i. to 15,379/. The imports increased in value 344 per cent., viz., from 471,5391. to 632,6/0/. The exports decreased one-half per cent., viz., from 485,9511. to 483,4751. The tallow ex ported was 5,571 cwts., against 3,867 cwts. the previous year; the wool exported reached 1,841,1311 b., against 2,243,0861 b. ; the wheat exported to Great Britain and else where was 14,497 quarters ; meal and flog r, 1,924 tons. The amount of tonnage inwards and outwards had increased 43 per cent., viz., from 112,338 to 160,497 tons. Two measur es which had been brought forward for public discussion corn rised an ordinance for regulating internal distillation, and also a system of a penny postage throughout the colony. By the latter a loss of revenue of:about 1,4001. per annum would, it was estimated, be incurred. - - The Turkish Ambassador was presented to the Pre sident at Washington on the 21st. The Washington Republic states that recent ac counts from California in part confirm the prediction of Com. Ap. Catesby Jones, that " forty millions will be obtained there, during the course of another year, by working and digging." That gentleman traversed the country with a view to a knowledge of its agri cultural capabilities,' he being a practical farmer himself, and he came to the conclusion that four fifths of the country are valuable for agriculture. He saw wild oats and wild mustard covering fields as far as the eye could reach, and of the most luxuriant character. A large tract had been cultivated in corn, and affording every appearance of a heavy crop in the dry and hot season. A ditch has been thrown up as a fence around this corn field ; and the earth forming the embankment had afforded a luxuriant growth of lettuces, onions, &c. The country was a sheet of verdure, and yet without a drop of rain ; neither is there any dew, as he had found by camping out in the hottest weather. There would seem to be something in the climate, soil, or atmosphere, which supplies the place of rain and dews in the vegetable creation. Forests of white oak, whose trunks are six or eight feet in diameter, exist, and some of the trees are so ancient that they are fit only for fuel. Timber is abundant and valuable. Philadelphia was visited by a terrific thunderstorm on the 27th. Several buildings were struck by lightning, amongst them a Roman Catholic chapel and the North American office. Several persons injured and stunned; no lives lost. In the Supreme Court, in the case of Catherine N. Forrest v. Edwin Forrest, Judge Edwards had given his decision upon the writ of ne exeat. He said the writ of ne exeat had been abolished by the code ; and that, as he considered the writ for the arrest of the defendant had not been regularly issued, the order must be that Mr. Forrest be discharged from arrest. A terrible accident occurred on board the steamer Kate Kearney, at St. Louis, on the 25th ult., by which a number of lives were lost. She was on her upward trip when one of her flues collapsed. Four persons were instantly killed, beside nine who were severely scalded, and some of whom it is thought cannot survive. The cabin passengers escaped un hurt. The boat was towed back to St. Louis. Considerable excitement bad been occasioned in New York by the arrest, under the new law, of a fugitive slave, who had resided in New York for some years. He was brought before the authorities, and ordered to be taken to Baltimore in custody, and to be then given up to his owner, which order was at once carried into effect. It is understood that there are several hundred fugitive slaves in New York, for the arrest of whom warrants will be forthwith issued. The coloured population are in a t is said,stateo t f o g r r e e s a is t t ex citement,by and have determined, it ;once any further attempts to carry out the new law. dates last year-an increase this season of 662 bales. The total foreign export this yea- is 34,307 bates more than last, say 26,008 bales increase to Great Britain, 1,742 increase to France, 5,602 increase to the north of Europe, and 955 increase to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 9 929 bales less this season than last, and there is a decrease in stock of 13,367 bales. The sales since our last are 1,600 bales-making a total for the week of 4,100 bales. To-day there has been a fair demand, and the sales amount to 1,400 bales, priocil ally for export. Atlantic Ports. Gulf Ports. Low to good ordinary ... 12 4 to 13 1 e. - 124 to 13 1 0. Low to good middling ... 13i to 14c. -13 k to 144 c. i Middling fair to fair ... 14 , -1 to 14ic. 14 to 15c. Fully fair to good fair ... 14 1 c. -15 c. The arrivals have been. from Texas , 12 2 bales; New Orleans, 9 bales; Mobile, 23 1 bales; Florida, 100 bales; Georgia, 986 hales; South Carolina, 633 bales; North Carolina, 33 bales; Philadelphia, 109 bales. Total, 2,223 bales. Total import, since the Ist inst., 16,878 bales. Export, from the let to the 24th of September:- 1850. 1849. Cotton ... 32,039 bales ... 13,828 bales. Export from the United States:-Since the Ist of September, 1850, 55,537 bales; same time, 1849, 21,230 bales. Exported from the Ist to the 24th of September:- 1850. 1849. Cotton goods ... 3,443 packages ... 2,897 packages. Breadstuffs-Flour-The market for the low grades of State and Western flour was lower. The demand for export aas good. Canadian was in fair request, with sales of 3 000 61s. at 3 dolls. 87i for sour; and 4 dolls. 75c. to 4 dolls. 87kc. for fresh new ground. Indian corn was something firmer, with a fair inquiry for ex port arid for filling contzacts. Corn meal was less ac tive, at 3 dolls. 12ic. for Jersey. Wheat iu moderate supply, with a firm market. Provisions-Pork-There was a fair demand, at. lower rates. Sales-10 dells. 56e. for mess, and 12 dolls. 37kc. to 12 dolls. 500. for clear. Beef in local de mand at former rates. Cut meats were firm, at 34c to 4c. for pickled and dry shoulders, and sic. to 6c. for hams. Lard was firm, at 71e., 500 kegs prime at 74c. to 7ic. Rum-The demand was active for export, with sales of strictly prime at 3 dolls. 50c. to 3 dolls. 75c. Sugars-A fair inquiry for sugars, with a very firm market. Tobacco-The market for the present week has been firm, and sales moderate. Ashes-The market was steady for both sorts, with sales of 150 bbls. at 5 dulls. 87kc. to 6 dulls. for pearls, and 6 dolls. 12c. for pots. Coif , e-There was an active inquiry for Rio to-day at llic to 12- 1 4 0. Freights-The freight market was inactive. For cotton, rates were steady at 3-16 d. For wheat and corn sd. was asked, and firm; 15s. to 20s. for dead weight. .ed Fund, and for the payment of Supply 5,439,866 1,292,376 5,478,468 1,288,161 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Ashland, Rice, and Castilian, Graves, hence at New York. Nova Scotia, Corning, from London, at New York. On the 21st of September, in lat. 40 30, long. 69 30, exchanged signals with the American Congress, from New York for this port. Niagara steamer, Stone, hence at New York, 27th ult., making the passage in twelve days, nineteen hours, forty-five minutes, from dock to dock. 10,350 98,895 409,282 490,426 THE LATE S TORM.—lntelligence has been received from different parts of the coast of several disastrous wrecks, attended with loss of life, during the recent storm. On Wednesday a fishing lugger, named the Henry, arrived at Yarmouth, and the master reported the loss of two fine vessels upon some dangerous shoals a few miles from that port. It appeared that during the violent gale on Monday the lugger was riding at anchor under the Leman and Owen sand, when the crew observed a fine ship of between 250 and 3C3 tons bu , den, supposed to have been engaged in the north trade, coming upon the shoal,. The wind was blowing a hurricane at the time, and on the ship striking the sea made a perfect breach over her, and she speedily went to pieces. Shortly afterwards another vessel, of about the same site and build, under press of sail, was seen driving towards the sands, upon which she struck. The crew made vigorous efforts to get her off, in which they were successful, but the ship almost immediately sank in deep water. The fearful state of the weather prevented the lugger from rendering the least assistance, and the crews of both vessels, number at least 20 men, were lost. Other casualties have been re ported. The mate and a seaman belonging to the Dove, from Shields to London, were washed overboard from that vessel and drowned, off Spurn Point. Several wrecks and numerous collisions have occurred on the Welsh coast, but none of them appear to have been attended with any serious loss of life. 859,589 98,855 420,518 421,384 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURE , DAY, OCT. 10 —Her Ma jesty's yacht Fairy, Master-Commander Welch, is ordered to be in readiness at Gosport on Saturday, soon after noon, to embark her Majesty and the Court for Osborne. Her Majesty is officially reported to leave Buckingham Palace for this port at ten A.M. on the above day. _ _ 7,791,195 6,117,339 8,566,975 5,051,861 ROYAL M AIL S TEAM P ACKET COMPANY. A general meeting of proprietors in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was held yesterday, when a dividend of 21. Per share was declared for the last half-year, free of income tax, payable on and after the 15th inst. The report of the directors is very satisfactory. The working account of the company exhibits an iucrease in receipts of 11,7151., and a decrease of expen - diture of 1,767/., making the surplus 13,4811. 16s. 101. more than iu the first halt of the year 1849. The directors allude to the conclusion of the nego tiations for the River Plate and Brazil packets, and the re newal of the contract for the service of the West India, Mexican, and South American mails, with her Majesty's Government. The Brazilian mail service will commence in the beginning of the next year, for which five new ships are nearly ready for sea. The advantage in the saving of time by the present route to the West Indies, which commenced OR the 2d of August, is referred to, and the directors finally congratulate the proprietors upon the prospect of a full remu neration for their capital, enterprise, and patience. IIioNMASTERS QUARTERLY MEETINGS. But- THURSDAY.—The mi eting in the Town -hall to day was well attended, and the settlements generally were deemed satisfactory. The state of the iron trade has already been sufficiently discussed, and the proceedings in Birming ham elicited nothing new upon the subject. Some trifling differences of opinion, as is always the case, were expressed as ta what may be considered the present nominal prices of iron, but the q uo t a tions given yesterd a y may b e taken as approaching the truth. There are small masters who will not be governed by the decisions of the preliminary meet ings of the trade, and from these no doubt interior qualities may occasionally be purchased under established prices. It is a question, however, among the merchants of Birming tained. hare and Liverpool whether present rates can be main- Dudley The fil i al meeting o f th e quar ter t a k es p l ace at en Saturday. RO YAL SEA-13A.T6tING INFIRMARY.—A general . ay court of g overnors and friends of this institution was held yesterday at the Lond o n C o ff ee -h ouse, L udgate- hi 1 , A l der- Man Gaiks in the chair. The business transacted was almost entirely of a formal character. The annual dinner of the charity was fixed to take place on Thursday, the 31st inst., the Lord Alayor having kindly consented to preside, when a l arge attendance of the friends andsupporters of this valuable institution is anticipated. The Blenheim, 60, Captain Henderson, C. 8., has been taken up to her moorings to-day from the west shore. The Illustrious, 72, Captain Yates, will be paid off on Saturday. NVOOLWICH, OCT. 10 . —Lieutenant Meynell H. M. Mundy (1846) was examined yesterday as to his proticiel,cy in the knowledge of steam naviga tion by Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engi neer at the factory of thi3 dockyard, and having pissed satisfactorily, received his certifi cate. Lieutenant Mundy is the sixth officer who has passed here during the present week, after a course of study of three months, the usual period. There are now only two officers at the factory here studying steam, and six vacancies, which are expected to he filled up this week. 13,908,534 13,618,836 621,651 5,051,861 5,673,512 4,407,332 1,266.180 quite as ready with the sword as the pen were deno minated " fighting pursers." Mr. Dunn was purser of the Spartan at the taking of the islands of Ischia and Procida, of four ships under the batteries of Ter racino, and during her services in the Adriatic. S-rved as secretary to Commodore Spranger at the taking of the lonian Islands, and in command of a boat, with a Greek crew, captured a French privateer of 4 guns, when he was slightly wounded. He was officially mentioned for having taken charge of a division of guns in the Spartan's action with a Neapolitan squad ron, in the Bay of Naples. He was also secretary to the late Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew and Sir Robert Moorsom. _ _ ORGAN PERFORMANCE.-0a Wednesday evening, Mr. Adams, the celeb r a te d organist, exhibited the qualities of a new organ, just finished by Mears. Gray and Davison ' fur the Centenary Wesley an C h apel , of Boston, Lincolnshire' to a large company of ama t eurs, a ssembled at the manufac tory in the New-road. It is a noble instrum en t, remar k a bl e not only for its magnitude and power, but the exceeding richness and mellowness of its tones. It has th ree manua l s from the eight4eet C to Fin alt ; the pedal organ extends from the sixteen-feet C to two octaves and a fourth. There are two bellows, one for the manuals, and the other for the pedal organ. The dimensions of the instrument are, twenty-six feet high, twenty-three feet wide, and eighteen feet deep. It has 49 stops , and 2,490 pipes. Mr. Adams's performance was of a popular cast, rather than in the s e ver e and profound style, of which he is well known to be a great master, and which is peculiarly adapted to the genius of thi s king of inArunien.s. But it was ‘veil suited to the occasion, and exceedingly elegant aud pleasing. His principal pieces were selected taum the vocal works of Hamel: " Gentle airs," " Oh, hail I Jubal's ly re," the chorus, " I'e Sous or Israel," from Joshua, and " Wh en His loud voice," from Jepththa. He alw played the second org an concerto, with an extemi.orary fugue ; en extemporary fantasia, introducing airs 11% m Don Giovanni; and a melange of airs by N.l giber and Marschner. The works at the Pavilion are carried on with all postible dispatch. i The ceilings and pain: e d windows n the music-room are so far finished that the workmen yester day commenced removing the scaffolding. On the com pletion of the rooms the Pavilion committee intend to re commend that the purchase of this estate be celebrated by a whole suite of rooms, which when lighted up will dinner, with a ball in the evening, and to throw o p en the dazzling and magnificent appearance.—Brightoa Gazet te of yesterday. present a Tea POET RoGuus.—Mr. Samuel Rogers is among , our recent arrivals. We are happy to say that the venerable , poet is in good health, although still suffering from the effects of his late accident. Mr. Rogers occupies one of Mr. Nugee's fine houses in Eastern-terrace.---Brighton Gazette. Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, ar rived at Queenstown, from Portsmouth, on Tuesday, to embark troops for the West Indies. She must have caught the full force of the late gale. Dauntless, 24 gun frigate, Captain Halsted, will go out of Portsmouth Harbour this day, and will be paid advance at Spithead on Monday, before proceed ing to Queenstown to wait further orders. Thetis, 38, Captain Kuper, C. 8., was ordered to sail yesterday from Devonport for Rio Janeiro, to join Rear• Admiral Reynolds' squadron, weather per mitting. Volcano steam-vessel is not to be sent to Sheer ness, but is to be rigged for commission at Woolwich. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MONEY MARKET. ._ . .. Mr. Trickett at the conclusion of the examinations of the officers studyin g steam proceeded on one month's leave of absen ce . The Peterhoff steam-yacht, fur the Emperor of Russia, bad her compasses adjusted to-day, while swinging in the import East India Dock at Blackwell, preparatory to her departure for Monday next. Mr. 11 Sr. Petersburgh on ---ergreaveg employment of the employ nt uf Messrs. George and Sir John• Rennie, has been appointed chief engineer of the vessel, and his pay will be 201. per lunar month, or for thirteen months per annum. The vessel is now so nearly completed in her internal arrangements as to present a very fine appearance. Splendid mirrors and beautifully-carved and gilded supports to marble surfaces for flower vases have been put up, and riebly-carved bookcases and large ottomans stuffed and c overed with green morocco surround the entire of the principal cabin, and green velvet has been used for the ladies' cabin. It may be mentioned that on trying the indicator after the last experimental trial it was found that the actual power given out by the engin es, nominally 140, was 602-horse p ower , w ith 36 to 37 revolutions per minute, and a pressure of from 15 to 16 pounds, o f 1.873 or a mean pressure on th e pistons 2 pounds. This was a great performance, but it shows what an immense power it takes to force a flat-bottom l vesse , such as the Peterhoff, at 141 knots per hour through NEW YORE, SEPT. 29.—There was considerable ani mation in the stock-market to-day. A greater portion of the transactions to-day were for cash. Most of the fancies advanced a fraction. Government and state stocks and railway bonds were in better demand, and the market closed firm. At the first board United States Sixes went up per cent.; Canton Company 1 ; Newhaven Railroad, ; Norwich and Worcester, /; Reading Railroad, 2; Rochester and Syracuse, 2, from last sale. Reading Railroad had fluctuated considerably , within the past day or two. At the second board yes terday there were large sales at a decline of lh per cent. from prices current in the morning; and at the first beard to-day there were sales at an advance of 2 per cent. on prices current at the close yesterday. There ware large orders in the street to-day fur United States ' Sixes, on roreign account, some of which were fulfilled and some withdrawn for the present. United States Coupon Sixes sold to-day at 191 per cent. premium. At the second board all the fancies improved but the Reading Rsilroad ; the Et ie Income Bonds slightly declined ; the Hudson River Railroad ad vanced 4 per cent. ; the Haarlem, I; the Morris i; the Portstm uth Dry Dock, -4-; the Reading Railroad fell off per cent. The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port to-day amounted to 108,051 dolls.; payments, 34 964 dolls. 50c.—balance, 5,431,163 dells. 62v. Thu Readosg Railroa.l Company transported to Philadelphia f. r five days, ending the 26th Instant, 42,915 tens of coal. Total this year, 894,387 tons, against 867 965 tons for the same time last yu ar. roe steam-ship Paciti , , for Liverpool. leaves to-morrow morning at six o'clock. She takes out about 200,000 dolls. in api cis, principally silver. Cotton—The market fur the past three days has been nearly at a standstill, the sales orily amounting to 1,600 bales. In prices we h:i.ve little change to note, though there is evidently no disposition to operate at present prices. The receipts (since the Ist instant) at all the s hipping ports are 18,956 hales ? against 17,794 to same NEW the water. Master-Commander Saun ders, proceeded to the Arctic regions in the spring of 1849, with provisions for Ca p tain Sir James Ross's expedition, she took out a number of letters for the officers and crews of the Enterprise and Investigator, and they were this morning returned to Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent at Woolwich Dockyard, to be delivered to the parties who forwarded them, w has just returned from the North Star having fa iledho m to eet those vessels. Commander Forsyth, his unprecedented voyag e in search of Sir John Franklin, in the Arct i c regions, had a lengthened interview with the First Lord of the Admiralty Hon, yes terday, and personally related to the proceeded to Hasler, to meet Baronet the particulars of his late expedition. The an d Sir John Richardson. gallant officer has since Captain it E. Parry Commander Edward Tatham (1846) has been ap pointed to the command of the Geyser s t eam - s l oop , commissioned at Woolwich. This gallant officer passed his examin ation in 1831, and obtai n ed his first commission in January 1838. As 4 Lieutenant he served in the Melville 74 (Cape) ; Columbi ne, 16 (West and East Indies), first of the Belvidere, 38, in the Mediterranean, aid hen of the Spartan, 26, West Indies, and was pro moted to the rank of Commander by Lord Ellenbo rough whilst fitting o ut the Raleigh, 50, at Chatham, for rising from hi s bed in a cold night in April, jump ing overboard, an d saving the lite of a m a ri ne a t th e peril of his own. As a Commander he was re-q -ointed to the sa me ship, and ,was p aid off in her this year from the coast of South America, where she car ried the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. Surgeon James Swift (1799), on the list of sur geons " unfit for service at sea, died at Worcester, aged 76. Paymaster James Dunn (1806), died on Tuesdly last, aged 68. ornernan, He wi..s one of the Elli o t, Ull oc k, and Johns class, w h o b e i ng M H • MA G.A ZINF9, , !(7c —(COY TIN UT:D.) OXTJ J. Be 6 l,Tes a variety cf l cis f miscellannus tales and sketches, tht4 New adwiliey bas this month three r - :ry instructive and interesting articles—au investigation into " American Antiquities," a continuation of the Letters upon the propused Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," and a " Criticism upon a Recent Work on Lymne, Richborough, and Reculver, for merly under the names of Portus Leinanis, Rutu pia, and Requlbium ports and strongholds of the Romans." Nicholas Michell's novel " Hester So merset," continues with undiminished interest. " Smyrna, the city of Figs," is the subject of an amus ing paper. INCOIIE. Customs • • • . EXCISQ ••••• • • • • • • Stamps • • • • •. • .. Property Tax . • • • • • • • • • Post-office • • • • • • .... ........ Crown Land 5................ Miscellaneous • • • • • ......... . Imprest and other Moneys • • . Produce of the sale of Old Stores .. • • Repayments of Advances... ..... 1849 1 1850 5,253,272 4,299,217 1,6E6;747 203,e57 1,914,006 224,000 20,000 21 ,902 34,924 85,210 166,199 5,251,883 4J 14,293 1,507,028 16 6,613 1,867,864 227,000 20,000 28,727 49,352 72,263 293,813 THE LADIES' COOIPANION. From the Ladies' Companion—a most graceful and valuable companion for the boudoir—we quote the following appropriate " Sonnet to October," in which the characteristics of the month are most happily pourtrayed—the lines which describe the brilliant autumnal tints, as a hectic verdure, False as the flush on sad Consumption's cheek," are singularly beautiful and effective ! SONNET-OCTOBER. "'Mid trees that rain their lavish gold around, October smiles, on either hand a vat Fresh bubbling with the vineyard's juice, the ground Meanwhile budding Crysanthemums, whereat Pale Flora weeps, for these foretell her doom, — A stern imprisonment, till rosy Spring Laughs o'er her chains and lifts her from the tomb. Now fields look bleach'd, and summer swifts take wing. O'er all the woods a hectic verdure reigns False as the flush on sad Consumption's cheek; While bitter portents moan along the plains, And distant mountains wear an aspect bleak. In every gale we hear some farewell sigh, And red leaves murmur as they fall, • We die r E. E. M. K." T VT - P Y I Tri_ LIGEYCE. be Lint day of Mlehaelmas Term, the Vice- Chancellor and Proctors' nomination of the following- gr.:ltlNnen to filo ofliec of met with the a. pruval or the house, viz. :—Tire Rev. John Matthias Wilson, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Fellow of Corpus Christi College ; and the Rev. William Linwood, M.A. Student o Christ Church, " In Literis Humanioribus ;" and the Rev. G. Henry Sacheverell Johnson, Fellow of Queen's College, "In Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis." The Rev. Dr. Bliss, Principal of St. Mary Hall, and the Rev. Edward Wetherell Rowden, Fellow and Sub wraden of New - College, were again appointed clerks of the market. bLilig Uor regation this In the same Congregation the following degrees were conferred, viz.:— BACHELORS or ARTS—Robert Henry Gatty, Tri nity College ; Joseph Clark, Magdalen Hall ; Thomas Williams, St. Edmund Hall. The Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology (Dr. Ogilvie) intends to begin his course of lectures of the present term on Tuesday, the 29th of October. The Regions Professor of Ecclesiastical History (the Rev. Robert Hussey, 8.D.) proposes to begin his lectures this term on Monday, October 28, with two classes, one entering upon the course of history, the other a year's reading in advance. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 10.--ELEcrioN or UNIVERSITY OFFICERS.—At a Congregation holden this day the undermentioned gentlemen were appointed to the offices described at the side of their respective names : PROCTORS.—Rer. Arthur Thacker, M.A., Trinity College; Rev. John Fenwick, M.A., Corpus College. SCRUTATORS.—Rev. William Haughton Stokes, M.A., Caius College ; Rev. John Newton Peill, 8.D., Queen's College. TAIORS.—Rev. H. G. Hand, M.A., King's Col lege ; Rev. W. Marsh, M.A., Trinity Hall. MODERATORS.—A. Cayley, M.A., Trinity Col lege ; Rev. T. Gastrin, M.A., Jesus College. KEEPERS OF THE UNIVERSITY CHEST.—The Master of St. Peter's College; Rev. John Gibson, M.A., Jesus College ; Rev. John Hays, M.A., Christ's College. At the same Congregation the following degrees were conferred : M.A.—De Lisle de Beauvoir Dobree, St. Peter's College ; W. W. Kirby, Queen's Col!pg,". The following gentlemen were admitted ad eundent: —W. Battescombe, M.A., Pembroke College, Ox ford ; Patrick Fraser, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin. TRINITY COMA G fi.—The undermentioned ni. tubers were this morni ,, g elected fellows of this suciety : Berry, Davies, Vaughan, Edwards (W. F.), Elwyn, Thrupp. LAW—The Regius Professor of Laws has this day given notice that the following is the order of the Law Classes for 1849 50:— FIRST CLA , S—thmings (Curies), Hammond (Clare), Waraker (Sidney). SiCOND CLASS—Wielie (Christ's), Parry (Em npinuel), Codner (Caius), Weston (Christ':), Grim (Christ's), Home (Corpus). Swinbaru (Corpus). PASS DEGREIE.N (ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY) Carter (Emmanuel), Frances (Trinity HID), Han son (Eintnanu4-1), Lancaster (Christi.), Lewi, (Cath. Hall), Pugh (Emmanuel), Veasey (Trinity), Wood (Christ's), Yorke (Johu's)—Appleton (Queens'), Finch (Queens'), Mousley (Magdalene), Sparrow (Magdalene). The Professor's lectures will commence on Mon day, November 4. The arrangement of subjects will be that pursued in the Second B )ok of Hallifax's Analysis. The lectures will be delivered in the Law School, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Satur daye, at eleven o'clock A.M. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 8. Her Mejesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove this morning to the Forest. His Royal High ness went out deer-stalking. The younger members of the Royal Family took their usual exercise. There will be no addition to the Royal dinner party this evening. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy Governor, were present. Sir Alexander Spearman, Secretary and Comptroller-General, attended. Tne Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New Zealand and South Australia. THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. BRUSSELS, OCT. 9. A supplement to the Moniteur, dated ten o'clock, contains the following "We have only received this morning the follow ing bulletin issued yesterday morning at Ostend:— "' No important change has taken place since last night in . the state of the Queen; the fever was, how ever, not so violent last night, and the weakness is, consequently, less this morning. " Sir ROBERT CARSWELL, D.M. JAINSENS, D AL H. GUENEAU DE MUSSY, D.M.P. " Ostend, 7.'" At noon a second supplement of the Moniteur was isiued, with news up to midnight preceding. It Writes that during the evening her Majesty v‘att Ices calm than in the course of the day. The pule v,as week and frequent. WEDN ESDAY NIGHT, OCT. 9. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was ,saved yesterday : " The Queen suffered great oppression the whole of yesterday, -Happily, she was less disquieted during the night, and her Majesty enjoyed beveral hours' sleep. This morning there is a slight improvement n the state of her isjesty. " SIR ROBERT CARSWELL, D.M. FR. JANSENS, H. GUENBAU DE MUSSY, D.M.P " Ostend, Oct. 8, Ten A as." The Duchess of Orleans and the Duke de Ne mours are expected in the course of to-morrow ; we are happy to add that the natural excitement of meeting her mother and brothers and sisters has had no prejudicial effect upon our beloved Queen. Her Ma jesty has addresed an autograph letter to the Arch bishop of Malines, thanking him for the prayers put up for the restoration of her Aisjesty. Prayers have also been offered up by the Israe litish communities, and to-day a solemn service was to be held at the chief Jewish synagogue. Although the season is already far advanced a great number of visitors remain here, in consequence of the presence of the Royal Family. THE STORM AT DOVER.-DOVER, THIIRSDAY...- Owing to the disastrous effects of the atom that visited the coast, all operations connected with the works of the har bour of refuge are suspended. Divers have succeeded to-day in fishing up out of 18 feet water one of the valuable diving•bells out of the three that were sunk and employed in the construction of the great packet-pier, which, after three years' labour, has been carried out 650 feet into the sea. It is eventually to be carried out 800 feet. one of the masonry of the pier has been injured, but all the travel ling cranes and the huge piling were drifted out to sea. Deane, the diver, who was employed on the wreck of the Royal George, is to be here to raise the other diving-bells, which weigh about five tons each. Mr. Burgess, the repre sentative of Mr. Walker, the Government engineer, was down here to-day to superintend the operations. There are 200 men employed by Messrs. Lee, the co►itractors, on the works, and it is expected that on all the apparatus being recovered they will resume work in a fortnight. About 700 acres of sea room are to be taken in to make the harbour, and this will occupy another three years. It is now under stood that should most of the machinery and apparatus be recovered uninjured, the damage, which was confined to it alone, and which has been greatly exaggerated, will be under 4,000/. The diving-bell got up to-day is uninjured. During the whole of Sunday night the wind blew with terrific force, but we have not heard of any resulting accident in Brighton. The boats from Brighton and other places employed in the herring fishery off Yarmouth en countered the gale. One boat lost all her nets, and a man broke his collar bone. Another, the Wellington, belonging to Mr. Cheesman, fared better. She brought home 15,000 fish.—Brighton Gazette. POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.—FAVERSHAM, WED NESDAT.— Some alarm was created here yesterday morning by an explosion occurring at the well-known powder mills o f measrs. Hall, at Ospringe, in the outskirts of this town. Providentially, the workmen were not in the mill at the time, and, as tar as can be ascertained, not a soul appears to have been hurt. The building in which the explosion took place was destroyed. GREENOCK NEW HARBOUR.—Thursday next has been definitively fixed upon by the provost and magistrates as the day for laying the plate in honour of the completion of the new harbour, which it has been resolved to deno minate, in honour of her Majesty, the Victoria Harbour. The day will, we believe, be observed as a holiday in town. It would be preincure to announce the arrangements of the procession and ceremony, as these are yet only in progress, but will be sffieially announced in our next. As we have already mentioned, the foundation stone of the Wood Asylum will be laid with masonic Intiours on the same day, Annvadiately after the ceremony at the Victoria Harbour. The barque Geelong, belonging to Messrs. Potter, Wi!son, and Cu., of Glasgow, and at present in the pi rt of London, is three years and two months old, nine months of which have been spent in poll. Slum launched she has sailed over a distance of 113.000 miles, being at the rate of 130 miles per diem on a straight o urse. She has been three voyages to Calcutta and one to Port Philip. On her last voyage the time occupied in going round the world was only six months, during two months and ten days of which she lay in port; thus leaving only three months and 20 days as the actual time occupied in the circumnavigation of the globe! Rather smart woik this. On her last passage gocrtu t out she passed no less thahnta/besehnips her and, d to fo crownne ah,,lsd ex traordinary history, such as the care with which she has been sailed by her skilful com mander, Captain W. Wyse , by w h o m the above fact s are attested, ' that we understand she has still the same masts in use as when she first started. — Greenock Advertiser. NOVEL BALLOON ASCENT.—The grand ascension of the aeronaut Montemayor, who announces that he has dis covered a certain mode of directing a balloon, is fixed for the 19th of November. He will attempt to proceed from Madrid to London. ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. According to the principles laid down in its pro spectus, believing that the heart needs to be educated as much as the head, the aim of Eliza Cook's Journal is always to appeal to the feelings as well as to the intellect. With this view, the whole publication is pervaded by a generous loving spirit, and those vices which more especially interfere with the gentle charities of domestic life, are reprehended with just severity. As examples of which, we may cite the tale of "The Flirt," the essay on " Vulgar People," " Ad versity's Friend," " Light out of the Cloud," the lines on " Gentle Words," &c. In a mournful but very effective poem, "The Trysting Place," Eliza Cook chides the dissen.ions of the quarrelsome, and the exclusiveness i:f the proud, ri-mit.ding them of the " try sting place" where ail shall wiogle together. " No matter whether purple rubes, or lersr-rags we wear ; No amble wall, or golden plate, can raise a bar between The corners to the trysting-place—the churchyard green." More beautiful yet are the following " Stanzas," one of the most beautiful and feeling effusions of the gentle poet-heart they so touchingly pourtray:— " No, net for worlds would I resign This full and fevered heart of mine, Though some quick pulses in it dwell, That thrill and tremble, shrink and swell, With that intense and fearful pain Which locks the lip and burns the brain! No, not fcr worlds would I give up The drop ( , f nectar in my cup, Though that one drop may render all The draught beside of deeper gall! No, not for worlds would I forego The throb of rapt ecstatic glow, When kindling glances se( m to meet, Of sunset flush, and noontide heat; Though oft the gorgeous glow may mark My breast, to leave it still more dila. I I would not lose the poet piwer That feels the thorn, and sees the flower With sharper thrust, and gladder mirth, Than more undreaming ones of earth. No, not for worlds would I resign This fond. work, poet-heart of mine; For well I know this weak heart finds A music in the running rills— A voice upon the western winds— A shadow on the misty hills— Which, if it were a colder thing, Streams, winds, and mountains would not bring! " It maketh me Creation's heir To all that's beautiful and fair; It holds me with a secret tie To the sweet lilies of the field; It links to the star-lit sky; It talks to wild birds flitting by, And lets me look upon the book Of Life's strange fairy tale, unsealed! " What though it has some strings that ache, And quiver till they well nigh brekk? It is the same, electric strings That have the might of Angels' wings To raise and waft this heart away, Above its common home of clay. 'Tis round those strings rare magic clings And Joy's seraphic fingers play. " It bends to Nature's holy charm, And twineth, like a Lover's arm, With sweet devotion—true and warm— About its idol's worshipped form; I , quails, it weeps, it throbs, it fears, With ur,known pangs and unseen 'ears; It feels, perchance, a keener goad, To urge it onward with its a•i, Yet, yet it has some hops so bright, such love-titic::, flooding it with light, Tnat God and Heaven seem to be Familiar glories unto me; And n:t for worlds would I rein Tilts weak, f Aid, poet heart of mine, While it can taste immortal cheer Amid the bitter heibs grown here!" MISCELLANEOUS. Ainsworth's Magazine for October contains some additional chapters of " The Lancashire Witches," and continuations of " The Confederates," " Val dorno," and " Jacob van der Neess ;" " Richmond, a Pastoral in Fmk.," by Mrs. White ; some sweet lines on " 'lasso," by W. Braihiford ; and one of E. P. Rowsell'a very excellent essays, " Aid to Talent," are among the best of the shorter contributions.—Tait considers the important subject of " University Re form," and suggests that an attempt to reform from " without" will retard the more beneficial reform from " within."—The Eclectic Review is more than usually excellent this month ; the two first arti cles, criticisms upon " Carlyle's Pamphlets" and " Leigh Hunt's Autobiography," are necessarily full of interest.—The Farmers Magazine is as usual well calculated to assist farmers in carrying out Lord Stanley's excellent recommen dations.—The London Journal of Patent Inventions contains some interesting accounts of new inventions. —The Colonial Magazine considers " Slavery and its Defenders," and contains also articles on " Clari fying Sugar," on the " Proposed Ship Canal," the " White Man in Hayti, and the Negro Race in the United States," " Captain Payne's Illustrated Map of Ceylon," " Steam to Africa from England and the United States," and a variety of Colonial and East Indian intelligence.—Sharpe's, Chamber's, and the People's Journal, for October, are as excellent as the majority of their predecessors. In the former " Lewis Arundel" is continued with its wonted spirit ; in Chambers' we find some capital " Sketches of Every day People ;" and in the People's Journal the "Song of the Electric Telegraph," by E. L. Blan chard, which, after celebrating the marvels of the electric wire, expresses a beautiful aspiration— . " That a bond of such magical union Might link every heart unto heart." —The Working Man's Friend continues to prove itself worthy of its title, and the Family Herald, as usual, offers a pleasant collection of original and se le c t ma tter of entertainment.—" Mr. Vevers o n Littl e Tommy " makes his appearance in the Sp or t sman .— The Looker-on is graced with an original poem, by Robert Montgomery, "The Orphan Sisters.".—Tbe Church of England Magazine, the Catholic Magazine, and the Rambler are, for th e most p a rt, d evo t e d to reli gious considerations , and generally display discrimina tion and ability in the choice and composition of their contents. —Mr. Knight's serial publications, M. Land We Live In, Half-Hours with the Best Authors, Pic torial .Hulf. Hours, and the imperial Cyclopedia, scarcely require commendation, their various excel lences being so generally known. The Imperial Cyclopedia of the British Empire is adorned this month with beautiful views of the public buildings of Brighton, Cheltenham, and Cambridge.—The Belle Assemblie, under the judicious direction of Mrs. Cros - I land, is always attractive and interesting ; and Li • Follet, every month proves itself deserving of its place as " the glass of fashion." THE Naw STAMPS ACT.—The stompers at Somer set-house have been engaged fur the last three weeks from 9 A.M. till 9. r.st (Sundays excepted), in preparing for the new Act which comes into operation this day, redudng the stamp duties on eiortgages. leasos, conveyances, agteements, &c. The quantity of parchment sent in to be stamped has been so great that they have been obliged to have a special locality tOr the purpose, divided into departments for London and the county diwtricts. During the present week no less than 2;0,000 to 3 0,000 stamps under the new Act have al ready boen delivered to the parties, so as to enable them to have a portion to commence with it. It will be at least a mouth or six weeks before the ',resent deman , a can be corn pleted. The employes at the Stamp office receive extra pay I for the over-time they are engaged in stamping. EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE.—At the weekly meet ing of the Havant Board of Guardians (of which Sir John A. Ommanney, K.C.B , is chairman), held on Tuesday last, not one application for relief was made to the board. It is also worthy of nose, that no application bad been made during the p.evious week to the relieving officer. This is the second time that the board has bad a blank day, so far as pauper re lief is concerned—a fact without precedent or parallel in the good old times of protection. Y•) TILE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—Advices from Newbury port (N.A.) mention that Captain J. W. Dodge, of the schooner Isabella, had fallen in with people who informed him that some Esquimau' Indians had picked up a cask, inside of which was a tin canister, containing papers, which were brought into Indian Harbour to Captain Norman's trading post on the 20th of July. The papers were said to contain information rela . tive to the expedition of Sir John Ross, but the nature of the information Captain Dodge could not learn, as they were sent to Sandwich-bay under seal, to be shipped to England by the schooner Escort, of London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 10 to 6 agstlMr. Gratwicke's Landgrave—taken 12 to 1 agst Sir R. Bigot's Essedarius—taken 12 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Backbiter 20 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Wanota 20 to 1 agat Mr. Pilling's Lady Eden 25 to 1 agst Mr. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo 30 to 1 agst Mr. Nevill's Letitia 30 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Mnlgrave 35 to 1 agat Mr. Mangan's Russborough At the commencement of business 2 to 1 was laid to a considerable amount agst Landgrave, but at the close 10 to 6 was taken freely. Essedarius was backed for about 100 L at 11 and 12 to 1, the other horses quoted being almost friendless. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 9 to 2 agat Mr. Gratwicke's Landgrave--5 to 1 taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian CLEARWELL STAKES. Even on Mr. Halford's Prime Minister 4 to 1 agst Mr. H. Johnson's Confidence DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Lord Entielo's Hernandez 1,000 to' 30 sgst Mr. Greville's Ariost. - ,—taken 500 to 15 agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee PERTH RACES.—i.% EDNESDA.Y. The Caledonian Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15ft, and only sif declared, with 150 added. Two miles. (12 Subs., 7 of whom declared.) Mr. J. Brown's Haricot, 3 yrs, 7st Sib Oates) 1 Mr. Thrift's John Dory, 4 yrs, 7s, 41b ...(liobertson) 2 Lord Eglinton's Elthiron, 4 yrs, Bst 101b...(MarloA ) 0 6to 4 agst Eithiron, and 2to 1 agst Haricot. Won Eltuiron ran the wrong hide of a post, and was Fulled up. Plate of 501. given by the Perth Hunt. Heats once round and a dis. Mr. Jolly's Swaledale, 4 yrs (G. Oaks) 1 1 \lr. Anderson's Sir Astley Cooper, 3 yrs I)uke of Athol's Pawnbroker, aged 0 3 Mr. Smith's Gulliver, 4 yrs ... 2 dr Lord Eglintou's Belus. 4 yrs 3 ilr Ur. Roman's Aspasia, 5 yrs 4 dr Captain Thldan's Woodland, 4 yrs sto 2 agst Gulliver, and 3 to 1 agst Belus Won cleverly. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING —The di rectors of the Eastern Counties R.iilway have announced several special trains for the ensuing races. On Mon (lay and Tuesday trains (first-class carriages oily) will leave Bishopsgate station at 8 30, A M., returning from Newmarket ak 5 45, and on Tuesday, Cesarewit,di day, cheap train will leave at 7, A.M., returning at 6.45, P.M., the fare for the double j. uruey 7e. only ; and on oaturday next, for the convenience of fiainers, &c., a train will run from Chesterford to Newmarket, in con nexion with the 2 30 P M. train from London. STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION AT LONDON-BRIDGE.— Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, an ace dent happened on b - oard the screw steam-boat knoWn as the Erin's Queen, lying off Cotton's-wharf, London-bridge,•by which the head engineer was instantaneously killed, and the lives of two or three others greatly jeopardized. It appears that the vessel, which belongs to Messrs. Henderson, Oglevie, and Co., of London and Belfast, arrived in the river on Tuesday last, and after discharging her cargo at the above wharf she we.. reladen with her return car4o. Last evening, half-past five o'clock having been appointed for the time the steamer was to start on her downward voyage, the crew were busily engaged in getting the steam up. Whilst so employed it was perceived that one of Ithe screws of the " slutch-hole" was rather loese, when John Ferguson, the engineer, and two other men, proceeded into the engine room for the purpose of repairing the defect. The unfortu nate engineer having desired one of the stokers to hold a light fer him, was in the act of screwing up the bolt, when it broke, and almost instantaneously the steam and boiling water rushed out with such force as to blow the poor fellow as far aft as the bottom of the cabin deck. The man who was standing at his elbow with the lamp, although struck on the arm by the iron bolt, managed to rush up stairs, as did also another of the crew, and, strange •as it may seem, neither received the slightest personal injury. Ferguson, the engineer, on the contrary, was quickly covered with boiling water, and owing to the clouds of steam which ascended the hatchways, some time elapsed before any one could descend to render the least assistance. At length, the steam having somewhat subsided, Captain Silly, the master of the stesm-packet, and several of his crew, descended, when they beheld a fearful scene, for on the floor of the engine-house, near to the cabin deck, was lying the unfortunate man, so scalded that when touched his flesh peeled from his body. A medical man was quicklyhe in at. tendance, who pronounced life quite extintt. T body was therefore removed to the dead-house to await an in vest. The deceased has left a widow and two children to mourn their loss. COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT OLDHAM.—ELEVEN Lives LOST.—An alarming accident occurred on Wednesetty last, in the coalpit of Mr. Thomas Butterworth, " enabled Bent, Oldham. From the particulars we have been eeabled hurriedly to learn, it appears that about two o'clock on that day, while some twenty rive or thir y colliers were at work in the mine, a portion of the roof fell in and broke the wire gauze covering of one of the Davy limps with which all the miners were provided. The consequence was the inataatrititeriged nition of a mass of carburetted hs drogen which had g in the mine, caw ing a most terr tic explosien, and immediate death to those who were in the neigbourkood. Eleven bodies have been taken from the mine, but it is rumoured that nine or ten more have been destroyed by the awful calamity. Ten men have been recovered alive, but it, is feared that some of the number will not survive the injuries which they have sustained. The mine has only been worked a few years ; but (it is supposed chiefly in consequence of the want of an air pit) many accidents have taken place, thoagh not attended with such fatality as the present. THE 13 XIG HTON B REA KW AT ER.—The Breakwater Committee have had an interview with the directors of the Lon , lon and Brighton Railway Company relative to the pro• posed breakwater off Brighton; and we are informed that the company are entitely favourable to the projoct. On Tuesday the committee event to London for the purpose of obtaining an interview with the directors of the Chain Pier Company ; but in the absence of Captain Sir Samuel Brown, the projector of the pier, the conference was poatpoLed till Sir Samuel could atteud,—Brighton Gazette.