The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

THE LATE SIR CHARLES NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "De mortuis nil nisi bonum vitiis nemo sine Ink SIR,-It was with feelings of profsund regret that I read the most ungenerous, unfeeling, and unjust remark, as the concluding paragraph of an obituary "on the death of Sir Charles Napier," in Allen's Indian Mail of the 20th instant. The writer of the article in question, after making some slight comment on the decease of that illustrious and immortal hero, most uncere. moniously and coolly remarks, that "he (Sir Charles) was a turbulent, headstrong, and vindictive man. The assertion of his claim to a larger portion of the Scinde booty than was at first assigned to him, and which could be realised only at the expense of his comrades in arms, shows that he was not a disinterested one. His nepotism was the more reprehensible, seeing that it was his prac tice to accuse all persons of power or influence of abue. ing their opportunities. His career in Scinde was, in a military point of view, one of the most glorious in modern history ; but the cause was rotten ; the con quest of Scinde was unjust, and all the splendour of vic tories achieved, not by chance, but by profound military skill, cannot wash out the original stain which marks the quarrel. The general's brother laboured as hard to defend the conquest of Scinde, as did the general him self ;to achieve it. Indeed, the whole family of the Napiers seem to have entered into a solemn league and covenant' to puff themselves and to revile all the world beside. Nothing could be in worse taste than the at tempt of Sir William Napier to make a speech on the solemn occasion when the bones of his deceased relative were consigned to that dim abode to which all must at some time descend. It was, moreover, an indecorum without any precedent, as we believe, to give it a colour. No one stepped forth under the dome of St. Paul's to pronounce a panegyric on the Great Duke ;' and mag nificent as was Sir Charles Napier's military fame, it was not enough to excuse the ill-considered step attempted by his brother." It is, I boldly assert, as malicious and shameful a libel 'as ever was written by a man styling himself an Englishman, and calls forth from your readers generally the loudest condemnation. Now, Mr. Editor, with Your wonted impartiality, allow me to make a few brief remarks, which will, I am sure, convince your readers and Yourself, that the statements above alluded to are as I have represented them. I cannot conceive why such words were printed by the Editor of Allen's Indian Mail, that if lie wished to please the Court of Directors of the honourable East India Company, under whose patron. age he is living, he has greatly mistaken that honour able body, as they are all too generous to approve of such illiberal criticism, and they appreciate the ines timable services of the deceased too well to allow them selves to be prejudiced by such controverse statements. Even had Sir Charles possessed the failings imputed to him, surely as the grave has closed over his remains they should be for ever buried in oblivion. The following extract from the Lahore Chronicle, dated Sept. the 24th, 1850, relative to Sir Charles Napier, will serve as a preamble to the refutation I am about to make . "The period of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief's stay in India is now rapidly drawing to a close, and although his career has been but short, it has been in many respects beneficial to the army at large. Indeed, it is a question if any of his predecessors have been distinguished by the same unbending firmness and perseverance in the cause of reform. He has in a great measure rid the army of some who, wearing the garb of authority, exhibited the conduct of rogues and impostors, and bore the character of drunkards and gamblers, oppressing the weak and misleading the simple, by awarding them the punishment which justice and law inculcate, thus displaying in full and indelible colours as a beacon to others the errors and consequences of their course. " That the name of his Excellency will go down to posterity with the; glow of affection and the breath of applause, none but the prejudiced reproved will deny." The attempt of the editor of the Mail, if I rightly de signated him, is like that of a pack of hounds barking on the appearance of the moon, which does not prevent its lustrous beam ; or that envious set who attempted to lessen the powerful rays of the sun by throwing dust at it. To return to Sir Charles. During his residence in Indiahe was beloved by all honest and good men, although he certainly was a terror to the wicked. There are such innumerable instances of his liberality, humanity, and strict impartiality, that to narrate all of them would fill volumes ; therefore, I will content my self with mentioning a few of them, the truth of which I can vouch for, and no doubt many of your readers were eye witnesses of the facts I am about to mention. A native commissioned officer, in consequence of ill health, resigned the service of the Hon. East India Company, with marks of distincton and medals. Being a young man and used to active service, when he recruited his health he went to Lahore in search of a situation, and tried all his friends, but he found it was impossible to obtain access either through them or his own resources to the authorities, who were constantly surrounded by a host of myrmidon Chuprasees ; he was consequently at the brink of starvation, and in total despair of obtaining the means of subsistence. At this time Sir Charles Napier arrived, and with his followers encamped at Lahore. The young man, with a me morial, waited in the way of his Excellency, who, seeing a petitioner, drew in the rein of his charger, took the memorial, and, without any ceremony, desired the petitioner to follow his Excellency to the tent, where he not only heard all he had to say, but obtained him a suitable appointment, which he stills fills, with credit to himself and satisfaction to his superiors, at Lahore, and thus rescued him from degradation and misery. Mr. Editor, this is one amongst thousands of instances. Sir Charles, without pomp or ostentation, habituated himself to go through the encampments, lis tened to the grievances of the soldiers, checked their de predations and extortion on villagers, and did not at any time allow their bad actions to go unpunished ; he stopped them from taking away they fowls, eggs, fuel, and other provisions of the peasantry without payment; he was ever accessible to all, and never considered any thing too troublesome or inconvenient, if he could pro mote the happiness of others by attending to it. The result was obvious, and there are myriads who will never think of him without regretting his loss to the greatest possible extent. His courage was unbounded, he never enter tained the least fear of being assassinated ; and in time of war was frequently known to venture into the very teeth of the enemy. he p revented poor Indian travellers and merchants from bein g assaulted and whipped by young military officers, and made an example of one or two of the latter at Lahore. he often assisted cashiered and unfortunate officers in P e cuniary p o i nt of view, from his own private purse, alth ough he was compelled to dismiss them from the service by la w and h onour ; an d i n i nstances where me a n nd if h gres seds he nobly forg o t a ll p r i va t e resen t men t s , their "tild do them no good by sp ea ki ng o f th em , be the one wer e t sunk in oblivion rather than he would I and afraid ex p o se them t o the wor ld. able tune, and l and taking up too much of your valu- I will that o f your numerous rea d ers, t h ere f ore r conclude nev er i hy assuring you, Mr. Edito r , th a t I h ave Charle s . any Way been personally connected with Si r Na pier, n nor did I ever receive any favour in my life from him. The only Companyy was for a few moments in London, w h en I with a nativ e f r i en d o f Si r Ch ar l es ' s to i nterpret to jam as lacquainted w ith hi s re l a ti ves , an d th ere f ore disinterested in the affair in making these ob servations as th e man in the moon himself.—l am yours 'verY obed iently, London, Oct. 1,1853 A. AN INDIAN OBSERVER. i,,,,l;Vire g l adly giv e i nsert i on to these generous words of "Lugn and ation and homage --homage age--homage for an illu s t r i ous h ero , • . inthgihomage--homage against his most base and despicable traducers, There is bitter truth in every syll a bl e p enne d by correspondent. —ED. or THE Surr.] ..........._ .._ c, , .. : DEATH PllOll OBESITY.---The oavannart II etas says " One of our city physicians has handed us the following Fxtract from a letter written to him by a professionalsn... ibrother in the up -country, describing a somewhati . War ease we believ e of rare -- occurrence in me .n d , ica i l ... pra in c . nlay - t , ' et:l,44'oEl4ns put in a slip to give yo lace, who h ad % eatla from the rapid accumulation ua i. s' oe;a i t a . ' We tva e /43117 ig man residing 18 miles from tir P yearsone of t i l f tue Atthe h e .he m rac es ona r . _ rl increase Yft,ghed 565 lbs. He continued age of 22 . he vitte atfliesh until he reached a little ov a e n r d comfort g , du Go al o ly ihs t . o ; to hinaself:Cdget about with tolerable ease a fine e state, an d and interest. tended to his plantin interest ; he had Some four We e k s looked after it withcare in flesh very rapidly, a nd a r r, he . com inenc i d increasing s. lib per day, then it was found he gain:l4aea 1 . 1 Last week he died suddenly his chair, ov I think from aeon illlitttlefirst over 21bs. per day. mnlation of fat around th heart. Three days his death he weighed 6431 bs , ' and had he been weighed the day of his death no d o prior to 6601b5. I have often seenubhii d his family a m he a w nd ou v l i d sit h e aveone over few months ago professionally.L-New York Commercial 4 vertizer. ce leb G LOUCE3 TEH ration was BARToN PAIR. This famous agr i cu lt ura l held on Wednesday and Thursday. Cattle and stock of every description have been selling at very high prices, particularly store pigs, which were U.04.ing17 clvar.—Cltatenitani, Chronicle. tur." LITERATURE. Ailieford. A Family History. By the author of John Drayton. 3 vols. Hurst a n d Black e tt. This is one of those tales that charm by their natural style, and'are effective from their truthful. earnestness. Not that these pages are common place records of ordinary events, the annals of the poor " are not always short and simple." Tempta tion and trial abound in the walk of life here de picted, and although circumscribed in its limits of action, passion and suffering may be boundless therein. The events are all of the past as we be hold them ; they are given to us by the solitary one of the family, who looks down from a quiet and serene old age on all the strife and strug gles of his youthful pilgrimage. On the whole, melancholy is the characteristic of the story, and it is as well that it should be so, for the end of such as Jamie is generally awful. Not that he was so much sinning as sinned against, but it will be found commonly that the easy trusting dupe of artful men falls a victim to their devices, while the origi nators of the crime escape the immediate conse quences. Although saved from outward disgrace, the wretched youth, born for better things, could not surmount the reproaches of his conscience. Not of so fine a nature, or so feeling a disposition, Tom Cockburn was able to hold up his head, after he had endured the sentence of the law. The best passages are to be found in the second volume, which describes poor Jamie's gradual downfall from a high eminence of prosperity, with brilliant prospects brightening his future, to the lowest de gree of wretchedness, an outcast flying from the light of day, pursuers on his path, his outraged master tracking his steps like an avenging spirit. The insinuating progress of the evil ever present in the conduct of Jamie, although slumbering at times, and giving rest and peace to their quiet happy little home, is most ably shown forth. Vain were the efforts of his brother giving up his projects of a home of his MN n for a time, and assistinghim with his scanty earnings, vain the exertions of his unfortu nate young wife who strove with all her might to render him happy, vain too were the prayers of his mother, the warnings of his friends ; above all, his own sense of the danger. With everything to in duce him to keep right on the one side, and with only a brief acquaintance with people he disliked on the other, he chose to rush into the snare. In the final scenes of the unequal struggle, when the lynx-eyed Donald Clerk paces night and day by the warehouse, his interest in Jamie turned to deadly hatred, when Sybil sits in their room above convul sively plying her needle to cheat the slow hours of her watch, when Willie enters his brother's apartment every evening from his work, fearing to learn the events of the day, while every hour may bring the catastrophe, the interest becomes intense, and the excitement is increased when nowhere can the fugitive be found. Friend and foe turn night into day, but he is undiscover able. At last, after the lapse of some days, he creeps to his home in the country, some distance from Edinburgh, and after some con sultation it is agreed that Jamie, Sybil, and their infant child shall depart by night to seek their for tunes in some foreign country, but at the eleventh hour another danger has to be surmounted. Willie, the watchful brother, sees a light in the garden, and concealed himself by the shutter at the win dow, lie beholds the face of the bearer of the lan tern—it is that of their enemy, Donald Clerk. The watchful old man has come to look for himself. The officers of justice had already searched the pre mises, but he steals out by night to seize his prey. " I went myself to the front of the house, following Donald Clerk. He had found out already the un shuttered, uncurtained kitchen window. I opened softly the unused 'front door,' which the rounded projection of the staircase entirely hid ; and gliding out into the gloom behind him, stood among the trees, watching what he watched, and with still greater interest keeping my eye upon himself. " Marget has drawn her deal table before the fire that she may see better the business she is now about, for no candle aids Marget's evening labour. And spread its buttons upon the table, its long skirts depending, and buttons glittering in the fire light, stained with mud, and creased into many a hopeless fold. Marget is brushing with all her might, and vainly attempting to smooth in to decent order the great coat—Jamie's well-known gar ment—which Donald Clerk has seen coming and going at his warehouse door for many a peaceful day. All un conscious of the eye that flashes out a glow of fierce s atisfaction at sight of this sure token, Marget care fully smoothes and brushes with something of the half fantastic delicacy of tenderness which dictated to my mother so many elaborate preparations for our poor prodigal's return. And the cheek of the spy without reddens with excitement, and his eye glows fierce and lurid under his heavy brow. His prey is in his very grasp " got a moment was left for their eternal farewell ; they were hurried away only half prepared to seek a shelter in a new world. Jamie, the child of so much love and labour, escaped that pressing dan ger, and the morrow of that awful night saw him safe from his pursuers, but he could not escape from the effects of those horrors. Worn out in body and mind, he perished after a few years. William, the brother, who narrates these events, wandered about for many years abroad. He was disappointed in the object of his affections, Mary Burnet, who behaved most unfeelingly to him, and lie was not more fortunate in his attachment abroad. Greta, the heroine of his fancy, to follow whom lie travelled from place to place, was married to an English traveller. After a long and weary life he settled down in peace in the old home of his youth. His only companion was a son of Sybil by her second marriage, whom he adopted. The idea of Sybil's marriage again is a painful one, and does not answer any purpose in the story ; she died very soon after. Elizabeth, the heroine of so many adventures in her early days, who was taken with her parents in that perilous midnight journey, en livens by her beauty and gaiety the dreary waste of the deserted home. After her marriage, her little brother remained to cheer the lonely old man, who had seen the young, the lovely, and the loved vanish away from him in succession, till his home and his heart, alike rendered desolate, could only be re-peopled by the memories of the past. Observations on the Mineral Waters of Homburg. By F. H. Prytherch, M.D. Third - Edition. This little volume will be found to prove a manual of exceeding utility to those who resort for health's sake to the celebrated waters of Homburg. A scientific analysis is given of the different " brun nen," or springs ; their respective efficacies are clearly explained, and minute directions afforded for the guidance of the patients who have occasion to resort to their curative qualities. Some very valuable observations are contained in the pages of the work on cuticular and nervous diseases, indi gestion' consumption, and many of th e ill s w hi c h flesh is heir to. Dr. Prytherch speaks from twelve years' extensive practice in the use of mineral waters ; and the results of his observation and ex perience are embodied in an intelligent and instruc tive form. Visitors to the bracing climate and mineral springs of Homburg will find him a safe and agreeable expositor and guide. 13; 20 20 50 20 20 50 20 The Zoist. No. XLIII. It will be found from the October number of this remarkable periodical, the number but just pub lished, that the Journal of Cerebral Physiology and Mesmerism still has Dr. Elliotson as its most conspicuous contributor, and certainly, of all the writers in the Zoist, the most intelligent and inde fatigable. A curious case is described by him in the new instalment of the publication with which his name has long since come to be identified—the case of a young man suffering from Delirium Tre mens, successfully treated by Mesmerism. The following statement is also notable " Extraction of an Upper Molar Tooth, with partia consciousness of pain, on August Ist, 1853.—A very ro bust and intelligent young woman came to me from a neighbouring town to have a tooth extracted during mesmeric sleep • but as she had never before been mes merised, I doubted whether this would be practicable, for she had only a few hours to spare, and during them had to transact some other business before returning home by the train. However, I succeeded in producing mesmeric sleep in less than ten minutes. I then applied the forceps, and endeavoured to dislocate the tooth. She screamed violently, and laid hold of my hands. I soon loosened them and extracted the tooth. She was in the act of rinsing her mouth with warm water when she awoke, and said she had felt a slight pain, but had not the least recollection of having screamed or grasped my hands." At the close of the current number of the Zoist will be found (under the double-query " Can Pro fessor Faraday never be Wrong ? or is Table turning all a delusion ?") an ingenious argument in opposition to the deductions of a great living phi losopher. PROPOSED STATUE OF PRINCE ALBERT IN HYDE-PARK. —We see with very great pleasure that the Lord Mayor has put himself at the head of a movement for carrying out an idea suggested and more than once urged in these columns, that of commemorating the great industrial gathering in Hyde-park by a statue of the illustrious Prince to whore active and energetic co-operation it owed so much of its success. Lord Granville, as vice chairman of the commission for that Exhibition, very properly, in our opinion, when applied to on the subject, considered himself disqualified from taking the initiative, or, indeed, any ostensible part in the matter, though it has, we are sure, his lordship's very hearty approval. The Lord Mayor, therefore, assumed the leadership— addressed the provincial mayors for support, we believe with great success—and maintained the right of the me tropolis to take the first place in what is nevertheless a national movement. We cannot doubt that the Lord Mayor's project will have a large acceptance, and that such a sum will be forthcoming as will secure a work worthy of the unparalleled fact which it has to record.— At/I,omm. PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen ... . - ... 88 _ St. all Do., s. No. 2 7 c ... - - ... St. 100 !Bri & Ex. , 4 p p. . a. St ... -- 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... „.. St. 100 ,Caledonian .£lO 9B 102 98 x d 15 all 'Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent 161 --17 i 174 6i 6.11 1 Cork&Bandon 5i p.e ... ... 64 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Juuctior 6 64 3?, all , l'astA nglian (.e3 103) 6 per cent. ...... 5 all Do. (1;5) 7 per cent 4i 5 7, 2 Do. (717 x) 7p. et i 1 p 6' all Eastern Counties 9x tension, sp. c. 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L am , 33 35 34 4 3 I all Submarine Tele ' o-ra i ) , [OO 281 Van Diemen's Lam' 14 16 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1858 SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) LATER PROM THE BRAZILS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Businesa Shr. Paid. Bauman. Leasing this day this day, Compans. 50 all Bedford and London & N. West. ... 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee._ Gt.Westn 30/ all Do. witl•outgriDo • ..• 304 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do ... 304 all Do.wtht guar. Do ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.kN.W. 98 102 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 4B —5O St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 140 145 141 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 30 32 100 all Hrtipl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. . • 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 106 108 25 all Do. h Shares. Do 53 .94 122 all Do. I Stu- 'es. IDo 27 28 134 all Lon.&Greonw S. Eastern 132 14.1 20 all Do. Preference ID° 254 —26 i 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 iOO Do. 6 per et. 54 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. 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St. John De , Rey 324 33!. 1 2 Carsons's Creek 40 all Cobre Co ; per 42 —45 5 1 Colonial Gold 2 in 14 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 25 all Do. Pre. 7 . 4 p. cent 6 7 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 22 3 d 22 20 all General l4 —l6 15 2 all Great Nugget Vein gp 3 all Great Polgooth 24 2 d 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. C 0... 1 all Mariquita 6 4 d 10 9 Mexicau&S.Americn 64 7 1 all New Granada ga d 1 all Nouveau Monde.— 5 1 Port Philip — M 1 all Quartz Rock td 50 all Rbymney Iron • ••• 15 Do. New — 30 102 Santiago de Cuba 3 4 1 all South Australian — d 10 7 Tin Croft ........ 5 28i all United Mexican 34 4 34 1 all Waller .. 1 all West Granada a 1 all West Mariposa 4 d 1 all Yuba 2 — t d LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The clipper-ship Swordfish, Capt. Cobb, arrived in the Mersey yesterday, after another very rapid run. She left Pernambuco on the 3d ultimo, and consequently made the trip in 28 days. The general news of the Swordfish is quite devoid of interest. The rate of exchange on this country was 27g. Freight—Sugar, in cases, 455. ; and bags in pro portion. Cotton to Liverpool, -id. to 5-16ths. The Royal Mail steamer Tay, from Southampton, ar rived at Pernambuco on the Ist, and left on the 2d of September, for Bahia and Rio Janeiro, with 60,0001. in specie for the latter port. From Bahia our dates extend to the 31st Aug. There was little or no change in commercial mat ters. Sugars were said to be getting very scarce. Exchange was quoted 28d. Freights—Sugar, 40s. to 355. to the Channel and Mediterranean ; cotton to Liverpool, ie. ; rosewood, 40s. per ton. We have also advices from Rio Janeiro to the 25th August. The Prospero, from hence, arrived at Rio on the 16th. No news of interest. Ex change ' chane 28d. Fr e i g ht s to the United States ruled at 50e'c. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Basilian don* this day. Aberdeen ...... Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £20..... Bristol & Exeter Caledonian... ....... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon..., Cork, Black. & Pais. Dublin &Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Abor- deen Junction Do. New ....... ....... 1 East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (.£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do. . . Do., B. & C. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds.... ...... Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern....... Liv.Crsby.&Sontb.pt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright. & S.Cst. London &N. Western' Do. Fifths D0.,10/. 5h.,M&8...0 London 4 S. Western Do., £5O ••••• • Do. £4O • ••• • Landri7.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Mau. & Lin. Un. Midland . Jo. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Do., New... ........ Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Dc., i A Deferred Do., f B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Wcstrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland._ Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... .... Vale of Neath.......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick %Vest Cornwall.. Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 20 -- 21 4 - 4i 8i - 91 12 - 10 •.3 16 18 5 4 c. 91 93 47 48 15 17 44 . 7 4.6 7i - 8i 3 - 366 11# - llg 36 - 40 27 - 29 60 - 62 6 -7 6 19 - 21 L7ll - 721 46 - 48 21 - 123 101 - 103 179 - 80 85 90 10 12 p 61 7d 7ict 4i 3id, 12 —12 i 71 par 1 p 92 96 101 —lO2 d 75 - 76 13 12 d 12 11 d 18 . 22 d 57 58 33 35 1 52 55 'l 3 / 4 d p 4 30 47 . - EO 4 —3 d 25i —26 i 8— 10 2 64 - 6 d 7* 7i par 2 p 36 - 38 85 - 87 55 - 57 60 - 65 24 2dis 16 - 18 8 - 9 12 -- 13 4 - 34 15 - 17 57 - 58 34 - 35 3 - 4 28 - 30 2i 3 14 15 .1 •• • ..... ... - 9 8 - ... 60 61 91 9 d 3id 4 , 4 452 MABKET NEWS _(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is firm, with moderate sales. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,310 hhds, 281 tierces, 905 brls ; there were taken for home consumption 1,354 hhds, 205 tierces, 692 brls. Th e s t oc k i n the same pl aces is 12,865 hhd s , 1971 tierces, 4,745 brls. COFFEE.—There was more inquiry for native yesterday afternoon, but the article is expected to be duller upon the political news. WResuturndia Docks ta Thequantiy7l7 puns, 3 landedlast week hhds; ekat there w theEasta e u r d e taken for home consumption 213 puns, 10 hhds ; and ex. ported 68 puns, 45 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,501 puns, 396 hhds. SALTPETRE.—BengaI, 2,842 bags, about half sold pub licly, low mid 10i to 5i per cent. refraction, at 284 6d to 30s. The rest, good and fine, were taken in at 30s to 31s for 2 to 6 per cent, refraction. SPICES.-958 bags Singapore black, at auction, were taken in at 4;d for mid s ift e d , b ut 399 bags white sold at Rad to Bgd for mid dingy. Mace-3 cases realised 3s for slightly wormy. Nutmegs -31 cases Singapore sold at 2s 7d to 3s 2d for brown, and 2s 10d to 3s for mid limed. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 57s 6d per cwt on the spot, and town 59s 6d. TEA.—The public sales are in progress. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow hay, 31 5s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 415 s to 61 Os ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 415 s to 5/ 16s ; and straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 185 per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3112 s to 51 54 ; clover ditto, 4110 s to 61 Os ; and straw, 11 8s to 1/ 16a per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. THE EAST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Indus, Captain Joy, arrived this afternoon about three o'clock, with the heavy portion of the East India and China mails. Her latest dates are Alexandria, Sept. 20 ; M a it a, 23 ; Gibraltar, 28. The Indus brings 9 passengers, and a freight consisting of-1 box containing nuggets of gold, 1 bale tobacco, 8 Egyptian curiosities ; 4 cases of opium, 165 bales of silk, and 19 cases 72 bales flax, 17 bales wool, 6 cases shawls, 152 bags of gum, 142 ditto sugar, 14 casks elephants' teeth, 7 ditto mother of pearl, 2 ditto ivory, and 30 packages general merchandise. The Indus reports passing the Tagus off Cape Finisterre. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 2. Her Majesty, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, drove yesterday afternoon to Invercauld, the re sidence of Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson. The Viscountess Canning was in attendance upon her Majesty. Prince Albert went out deer-stalking. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent and suite from Abergeldie. Mr. Frederick Dundas had an interview with Vis. count Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his official residence in Downing-street yesterday evening from Ha. warden Castle, Cheshire. Dispatches were sent to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong yesterday from the Colonial-office. Dis patches were received from the Governors of the West India Islands and the Governor of Canada yesterday. HARVEST HOME ON THE ROYAL FARMS NEAR WIND SOR.—On Saturday afternoon, "the long-accustomed feast of harvest home," was celebrated on the Norfolk, Flemish, and Bagshot farms, all of which are in the oc cupation of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The whole of the regular labourers and harvest-men, number ing altogether about 100, were regaled with a substantial repast of prime roast beef and plum-pudding, in a spa cious barn at Norfolk-farm. Mr. Brebner, the Prince Consort's farm-bailiff, presided. The rustic banquet was graced by the presence of Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, clerk-marshal to Prince Albert, Lady Mary Hood, and their youthful family. MORE PERSECUTIONS AT FLORENCE. By a letter dated Florence, Sept. 20, we learn that the sister of Miss Cunninghame and the Rev. Mr. Gor don, having received a warning from some friend that they were about to be arrested and thrown into prison, managed to effect their escape, and repaired to Leghorn, where they took refuge on board the Modeste, under the flag of Lord W. Crompton. They were charged with the crime of reading the Scriptures with some Italian friends. Miss Cunninghame, we learn, has been removed to one of the condemned cells. She has been permitted to hire her bed—a deal board being the only substitute which the cell affords. She has also been allowed the use of a bath. She is permitted to see her mother, but only for half an hour in the course of the day. The police boast that they have the names of about 50 persons enaged in the work of proselytism, and among the number are three or four English ladies, whose letters are opened at the post-office, without even the shadow of a disguise. The Grand Duke is said to have declared that he considers the discovery of Miss Cunninghame's guilt (!) as a special interposition of Divine Providcance, which has afforded him the means of executing s gnal chas tisement on English missionaries. His ministers have in vain suggested a more prudent course—their in fluence is counterpoised by that of the confessor. In the meantime the decision of the English Government is awaited by Tuscans as well as English with breathless interest. Above all, the Tuscans are asking each other, can this really be an Englishwoman who is treated with such foul indignity ? Will England bear it tamely, that one of her daughters shall be doomed for ten years to a felon's cell for doing that which the v;rtuous and good among all classes of her countrymen must justify and applaud llf so—if she has so degenerated from the spirit of Elizabeth and Oliver— then has she become a " geographical expression," and nothing more. The Tuscan reactionary policy is but part of one great conspiracy against civil and religious liberty. The agents of that policy seek to strike terror into their own subjects, by showing them that England is now power less and despised, unable or unwilling to protect her own subjects, far less to stretch out a helping hand to the suffering in other lands. BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following return was issued from the Bank yesterday. It is to be presumed that the acceptance of new stock thus shown to have taken place must have come from persons at some distant part of the globe, who were unacquainted at the time with any un favourable changes in the money market : BANK OF ENGLAND. AMOUNTS OF NEW STOCKS ACCEPTED THIS DAY. Three-and-a-Half per Cents £5,000 Two-and-a. Half per Cents Nil. Exchequer Bonds Nil. DIVIDEND DAY AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—Notice was issued yesterday at the Bank of England and South Sea House that the October dividends will be in course of payment to the public on Thursday, the 13th inst., and that th e t rans f er for the undermentioned annuities, due the 10th inst., will be reopened as follows, viz. :—Bank Stock on Wed nesday, the 19th inst. ; Long Annuities and annuities for terms of years, on 'Wednesday, the 19th inst. ; 31. ss. per Cent. Annuities, on Thursday, the 20th inst. ; and Reduced 31. per Cent. Annuities, on Friday, the 21st. The former mode of weighing gold in the bullion-office of the Bank of England by pounds, ounces, penny weights, and grains is discontinued, and the only weights now in use in that office are of denomination of the Troy ounce and its decimal parts. South Sea House.—The transfer books for South Sea Annuities will also be re opened on Wednesday, the 19th inst. THE MIDDLESEX RE GISTRATION.—Yesterday, Mr. Shadwell, the barrister appointed to revise the list of voters for the county of Middlesex, opened his court at the White Horse, Uxbridge, and proceeded with the districts of Cowley, Harefield, Hayes, Hillingdon, Ickenham, Norwood, Ruislip, Uxbridge, and West Drayton. The objections on both sides amount to upwards of a thousand, and there are numerous claims urged by both the great political parties ; but a new feature in these proceedings has arisen from the opera tion of the act passed in the last session of Parliament, which was introduced by the noble lord the member for the county, which limits the term of polling to one day. The Registration of Voters Act, the 6th and 7th of Viet., o. 18 sec. 36, enabled voters not resident in the county to poll, upon application to the barrister, at any booth which might be most convenient to themselves ; and it also enabled voters resident in the county to poll at the booths more immediately adjacent to their own residences, irrespectively of the situation of the property for which they vote. The privilege has not hitherto been exercised to any great extent ; but now that the new act for limiting the polling to one day comes into force it will be found to be an extremely important and salutary provision, and hence it is that there were yes day a great number of these new claims to be allowed to vote at the most convenient and proximate polling places. Mr. T. A. Jones appeared for the Conserva tives ; Mr. W. H. James, as hitherto, represented the Middlesex Registration Office ; and Messrs. Le Breton and Davies represented a new registration society, sup ported by a section of the Liberal party in the country. SYDNEY RAILWAY.—The last Australian papers de scribe the progress of the works of the Sydney Railway, the first line attempted in the colony, and also give an outline of its history. Its length is to be 40 miles, from Sydney to Goulburn, through Param a tt a ; b u t, a lth oug h the company obtained its act of incorporation in 1849, little progress was made until very recently, owing to the total want of competent persons to undertake a work of the kind. The gold discoveries, however, gave it an impul se , an d, un d er a guarantee o f 5 per cen t. of from the provin c i a l G overnment , t h e fi rs t 100,0001. capital was raised, the shares for which now re comm and that the a premium of 10 per cent. It also a of 150,0001., on condition of naming one are employed, Government have agreed to make a di r p e Es h e a b i s f cr o i f pt t io h n e board of directors. At present 200 men ave completed, wooden rails being y down. been and the first two miles of thelraotbea The rate paid to the common femploying 500. It is omderhers is 6s. ner day, hoped that the line may and the first inland town) in about miles from Sydney, and the company are desirous o e be finished p t o o ra P ri a lya ra llr m aeia a dd tta (16- upon the most reliable au- icLtreoThumoeußrirterrhp —We have been assured, u th rp e o p se r s ov o i f si p o a n r s i ia o m f etnhtearNy e r w err ß os e e fo ic : I , will be annexed to the borough of a year THz a N nd zw a h it al Bill, the Leaming ton ft. • - tiVD. Wthoan:wtyic,kt,hafotrutnhaeerp COMMITTAL OF TWO OMNIBUS DRIVERS FOR MANSLAUGHTER. YesterJav Mr. Brent resumed and concluded, in the Middlesex Hospital, an adjourned and very protracted I inquest upon James Mason, aged 53, who for many years kept a shell-fish stall at the corner of Mortimer street, near Portland-street, and who fell a victim to the reckless furious driving of two omnibuses. During the two days' inquiry, the inquest room was crowded, espe cially by omnibus proprietors and their servants, anxious for the result. Mr. Humphreys attended on the part of the proprietor of the Hackney and Clapton omnibus, and Mr. Lewis for the proprietor of the Islington and Chelsea omnibus, the two vehicles that caused deceased's death. Mr. Neale watched the proceedings for de ceased's widow and orphans. In answer to a question from the Coroner, Mr. Tibbetts, summoning officer, said that, although summoned, the drivers of the omnibuses were not present. Willian - a Bowles, residing at 5, Chandos-street, deposed that on the night of the 17th ult. he was standing near deceased's stall a few minutes before nine o'clock, when two omnibuses came racing up Mortimer-street from Regent-street, and turning sharply round into Great Portland-street, one of them, the Chelsea and Islington, which was the nearer to the footway, came upon de ceased and his son before they could get out of the way. The wheel caught deceased, and crushed him with such violence against the street-post that the resistance almost brought the vehicle to a standstill. The driver 1 acked the omnibus, and deceased, who groaned piteously, and was partially insensible, was released and removed to the hospital. The driver alighted and waited until his badge number was taken. The driver of the other om nibus, the Hackney and Clapton, continued his furious course up Great Portland -street. Deceased's son was also injured. The omnibuses came up Mortimer-street nearly abreast, the Islington being a little a-head. De. ceased could not get out of the way, so rapidly were they going, and the affair was so instantaneous. Wit ness could not state the pace the omnibuses were going at. They were evidently racing. Other customers as well as witness were at deceased's stall when the catas trophe occurred. James Mason, deceased's son, who still suffered greatly from his in es, stated th a t on t h e n i ght in question he was assisti juri g his father at the stall, when he was alarmed by the loud rattling of the omnibuses as they rapidly approached him, and he instantly drew himself upright to the escaf stepthem struck him on the head, and the wheel dragged off the skirts of his coat. Upon re covering from the fright he found that the spectators had released his father from his jammed position. Had not witness drawn himself up he would have met the same fate with his father. So sudden was the affair, that it was impossible for his father to escape. Other evidence having been adduced, The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter against Titus May and John Wood. The Coroner accordingly made out their committal to Newgate, and handed the warrant to Mr. Tibbetts for the apprehension of the accused. THE MIDLAND OBSERVATORY. At a special meeting of the town council, held in the Nottingham Guildhall, on Saturday, it was unanimously resolved that three acres of land on the Forest, or six acres on Mapperley-plain, be presented to the Observa tory Committee, as a site whereon to erect the proposed Midland Observatory, on condition that, should any other site be preferred, the corporation be allowed to purchase their land back again for the sum of 500/. With this grant the amount required has now been made up to within a little more than 1,0001. of the sum required ; and, as the committee appointed to carry out the undertaking are prepared to guarantee that the de ficiency shall be supplied, Messrs. Lowe, Bradley, and Chapman have been deputed to wait upon Mr. Lawson, at Bath—the munificent donor of the instruments and 1,000 guineas towards the erection of a suitable build ing —and upon the Lords of the Treasury, for the pur pose of making final arrangements. The council were much gratified upon being informed that his Royal Highness Prince Albert bad forwarded a donation of 100 guineas, and that the Lords of the Treasury are prepared to grant their promised contribution of 2,0001. This 2,0001. is given on condition of the remaining 8,0001. being raised by private subscription, and on the under standing that meteorology is to form the main and most important object to be attained by the establishment. Mapperley-plam, the site which it is generally believed will be preferred, is situated at the northern extremity of this borough, about a mile and a half from the town. Being high, and remarkable for the dryness of its atmo sphere, as well as for the surpassing beauty of the land scape, it will, no doubt, in a few years, be one of the _most attractive places in the midland counties. The elevation is so great, and the air generally so clear, that Belvoir Castle, and even Lincoln Minster, may be seen thence with the naked eye. RAILWAY AND MINING COMPANIES.—A bill is to be ntrodueed in the ensuing session to give more extended powers to the constituencies of railway and mining com panies in relation to the acts of their directors. THE FORTIFICATIONS AT DEAL.—The works at No. 1 Battery are progressing favourably. The founda tions of the sea wal are completely laid, and enclose the whole of the battery. The foundation is laid 15 feet below the surface of the ground, and the wall is to be varied to a height of 15 feet about the surface. It is to be composed of solid brick-work, four feet thick, and laid in cement. Another wall, 20 feet high, is to be erected within this, and the centre is to be filled up with concrete ; and upon the summit of the latter are to be fixed 68-lb. cannons, which from their position will command a full sweep of the Downs. THUNDERSTORMS.—On Saturday heavy showers of rain and hail fell at Manchester from an early hour, and in the afternoon several heavy peals of thunder were heard here. The rains were continuous during the greater part of the night, and frequent and heavy showers fell on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon there was a second thunderstorm, accompanied by a heavy fall of large hailstones. The sun shone out for a short time during the day with considerable power between the showers. In the evening the temperature fell very considerably, and during the night frost set in. On Monday morning a hour frost had left its impress upon the fields and hedges, and in some places water was covered with ice. SHIPMENTS or SPECIE.—The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Euxine amount to 501,7501., of which 30,0001. is gold for Malta, Alexan dria, Ceylon, Hong-Kong, and . Canton, and 471,7501. is silver for Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singa pore, Hong Kong, and Canton. The amount of specie brought by the West India packet is not so large as had been anticipated, but is still very considerable, being about 540,0001. From New York the sum is 50,000/. ALLIANCE CLUB OARS RACE.—The members of the Alliance Club rowed a four-oared race yesterday, for a number of valuable prizes, consisting of oars and rudders, and sets of valuable gold studs. The course extended from Messrs. Searle's to Nine-elms. After contesting the preliminary heats very warmly, the following took their places for the grand heat :—Messrs. Jones, Barrett, Tenant, Sore, and Holland (coxswain), pink ; Turner, Hopkins, Wing, Hotz, Bennett (coxswain), green ; Con stable, Greenland, Loveday, Potter, and Fawcett (cox swain), yellow ; Chapman, Cooper, Dawson, Sibley, and Tubbs (coxswain), red. They effected a capital start, and were oar and oar a considerable distance ; pink then drew slightly, but were closely waited upon throughout the race by green, who were only beaten by little more than a clear length. THE RECENT SUICIDE IN FRENCH -STREET, DUBLIN.-- At length a clue to the identification of the wretched man who shot himself recently in a disreputable house in the above street has been obtained. Some time ago (on the 25th of August it is stated) a clerk of the Messrs. Mein, wool merchants ofJedburgh, in the South of Scot land, committed two forgeries upon one of the banks there, and absconded with the proceeds, amounting to 7181. He had not s i nce been heard f, although the usual search after him had been made. The persons whom he robbed in Jedburgh having learned through the papers the particulars of the suicide here, and read the description of the deceased, suspected that he might be the culprit ; and one of the directors of the Jedburgh bank, who is also a magistrate of that borough, but whose name we could not ascertain, arrived in Dublin of Saturday, and having seen the miniature of the suicide, at once pronounced it t o b e th a t o f th e a b scon di ng clerk. He also recognised the deceased's handwriting in the memorandum book, and states that there can be no doubt whatever as to the identity. One of the Messrs. Mein is to arrive in Dublin to-day, when the body will be again exhumed for identification. We are informed that the unfortunate man, MacFarlane, as he now may be called, was married, and has left a wife and one child.—Daily Express. THE COMING BREVET.—The difficulties which stand r_ald in the way of a brevet are many more an d greater than our our readers in general suppose. If credence i given to the "quid num:" at the clubs, the great gr diffi culty experienced is to obtain the consent of th e eTr ca eas pta u in rY s to the disbursement of 2s. a day for each o f . I t s _ now said to be promoted to brevet majorities. It the captains that a compromise will be made, and that only whose commissions are dated In 018ti402 will n be eluidne eluded in the promotion. The prorePgsiro t to learn, been all the captains of 1843 has,m of the Exch equer ; positively rejected by the Ch ancellor Lord Hardinge has found great difficulty in obtaining and it is generallybeliedthe brevet even f or t h ose of 1842. The necessity forthbep,7Bm4o6, was tionof so tl s ie eif c e o v l i o d n e e n i ts d o wn to the 9th of No vember, was offer e d at the T ein er r - easury • and, that hardly any oppos i tion as pro motion to be colonels and lieute nant-colonel ; costs not one penny, the extent in each of those ranks e believe, left he in bre vet will Lord Hardinge' s an d Mr. Sidney Iwlaesrbowrt's bands. T probsbl y be gazetted in N o vember, but efforts we know are used by interested Mi parties litary Gazette. to have it postponed a not h er year.—Nava/ and IMPORTANT AMERICAN C ONTENTION.—Among the thousand conventions held in the United States of doubtful utility, one has just clo se d th a t prom i ses some good ; and an o th er still more important is to assemble in Washington in October. The first was a meeti ng o f the librari ans and bibliopolists of America, Nearly all the public libraries of the country were represented ; vast deal of information was elicited ; and some mea sures of practical concern to all scholars devised, which premise substantial improvements in the modes of col lecting, binding, arranging, indexing, cataloguing, and preserving books, &c. The second is to be a national gathering of the presidents and directors of railways, to adopt a uniform code of laws for their management, to devise measures for the prevention of accidents, and to establish a system of careful vigilance throughout the nation. Everybody feels the necessity of this move ment, and it promiees the meat benign reoulto. Paid 100 8 18} 100 J.OO all all 83 all 100 zu 25 25 'it. 50 St. 10 St. St. St. 15 50 St. 100 all 100 all 8 17? all 100 100 100 100 60 li 60i 7a 45 6 4i 49i 7i 15i 8i 7 44i 4 i lli i i i 61 2 21 191 73 i 1i 2i 122 102 1001 2i 1 80 79 pm 62 3 6IY lot 1!! 7t 9323 102 A / 76 7 19; i 58} 8 9 7i 8 47i 8 11 11 37 8 63 4 34591 7i 8 i 7; ,LLOYD'S SEPPLVG.-(TRIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 4.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy, with rain at tinies.--Th e wreck of a vessel, of about 290 tons, straight stern, white streak, black dorts, totally dismasted, decks gone, and no cargo to be seen, was passed in lat. 34 N., long. 48 W., by the Thames (s), at Southampton. GRAVESEND, Oct. 3.—The Araby Maid, from Sunder land to Mauritius, has come here with damage, having been in collision. HARWICH, Oct. 3.—The Ticio, of Sunderland, frem Shields to Dieppe, foundered this morning in 9 fathoms inside the Long Sand, having been struck by a sea yester day, when she spr ung a l ea k. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 3.—Wind, N.W. to W. Arrived— Sutlej, London, for Calcutta ; H.M.S. Sidon, Cork.—The brig Kingston-by-Sea is reputed to have been run into and sunk, yesterday morning, off Hastings, by a ship of about 800 tons ; one man killed. SHIELDS, Oct. J.—Arrived—Regent, Quebec. Sailed— St. Jago, Newhaven, U.S. Put Back—The Earl Douglas (s), for Rotterdam, machinery damaged. WARKWORTH, Oct. 2.—Arrived--Eleanor, Amsterdam, for Leith, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c., and topsides strained. BRIDGEWATER, Oct. 3.—Arrived—Ada and Manna, Quebec. BRISTOL, Oct. 3.—Arrived—Brilliant, St. Stephen's ; Artenus, Newfoundland. Sailed—J. W. White, and Macdonia, New York ; Romulus, North America. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 3. Sailed—lndia, Hobart Town ; Anglesea, and Earl Derby, Sydney ; Birmingham, Mel bourne; Patriot King, Bombay; May, Punta Arenas; David Harrison, Bahia. GLOUCESTER, Oct. 3.—Arrived—.Wm. Willmett,! St. John's, N.B. ; John Walker, Quebec. BARROW, Oct. I.—The Warrior, on shore west of Wal ney lighthouse, has been got off and into this harbour. Cacklgul, Oct. I . — Arrived—Stnom, Quebec. DEATH OF LORD ANDERSON. The announcement of the death of this excellent judge and amiable gentleman will be received with ge neral regret, not only by his personal friends and the members of the profession of which he was a distin guished ornament, but by all of the general public who may have come in contact with him in private or pro fessional intercourse. The melancholy event took place in London at an early hour on Wednesday morning. His lordship was on his return to Scotland from the Continent, to resume his duties as one of the judges on circuit, and though on landing at Folkestone, on Mon day, he felt indisposed, he proceeded after a day's de lay to London, where, however, fever supervened and terminated fatally, as we have stated. Lord Ander son, whose valuable life has thus been suddenly cut short at the age of 55, was a sound lawyer and a hard worker, as all those who sought his professional ser vices, and especially those who employed him as a consulting counsel, well know. He was a Conser vative in politics, and obtained his distinctions as a member of that party ; but he was not a prejudic -d or even a very keen politician, his profession aid art and general literature baring more attractions for him than political life. He was called to the bar in 1818, and became Sheriff of Perthshire when, in 1834, on account of the singular movement which gave Sir Robert Peel a brief lease of power, Mr. M'Neill became Solicitor-General. To that office Mr. Anderson suc ceeded on the death of Sir William Rae in 1842, when Mr. M'Neill became Lord-Advocate. Mr. Anderson's own tenure of that high office last year was more brief than even the momentary elevation of the Protectiolics, with whose fortunes he identified himself, and now it is our sorrow to record that his career on the bench, for which he was so well fitted by his talents and his con scientious use of them, has been equally short. For some tinie before the Protectionist Ministry came into power he had been chosen by the Faculty of Advocates as their Dean, and this office, by affording much oppor tunity for encouraging the younger members of the pro fession, brought into notice his kind and amiable dis position and gentle manners. These were attributes thoroughly founded in his character which no success or elevation in life could affect, and few men have left a more pleasing recollection among those with whom he was brought in contact through his active and useful life than Adam Anderson.---Scotsman. JENNINGS v. THE SCREW SHIP COMPANY. On Saturday a case of great importance to the ship ping interest of England came before Mr. Ryland, who presides at the Sheriff's County Court, Guildhall. The case is, per se, a simple one • but a great principle with respect to th e cons t ruc ti on o f an act of Parliament is in volved. We may premise that by what was considered the custom of the trade, engineers and firemen on board steam-vessels going foreign voyages are entitled to a per centage or commission on all coals shipped at foreign stations in the course of the voyage. To this charge, which amounts to and is claimed at is. per ton upon all coals shipped during the voyage, whether put on board by the labours of the engineers and firemen, by the crew of the vessel, or by any other persons, great objections were made by the great steam companies, who consi dered that all they ought to pay was the wages that were agreed upon, and in order to test this question, it was resolved by the men that one of their own mem bers should bring an action. An action was accord ingly brought by a man of the name of George Jen nings, a fireman on board the Mauritius steamer, which belongs to the General Screw Ship Company. It appears that this vessel sailed from Southampton under the command of Benjamin Jame' Elder, and was bound for Calcutta, and that during the voy age she took in coals at St. Vincent, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, and on her homeward voyage took in coals at Ceylon, the Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and St. Vincent. By the plaintiff, as representative of the engineers and firemen, it was contended that on every ton of coals taken in at foreign stations they were entitled to is. per ton. The number of tons taken during the outward and homeward voyage was 4,575, the amount on which, at is. per ton, would be 2281. 155., of which sum 331. 4s. had been paid to the seamen, and the re maining sum of 1951. 118. was claimed by the engineers and firemen. Mr. Smith, attorney for the plaintiff, claimed 101. ss. as his share, with 19 others, of the sum of 1951. 11s. According to the usual arrange ments of the trade, the engineers and firemen were entitled to Is. on coals shipped at foreign ports, whe ther they had assisted in getting the coals into the ship or not. Mr. Sleigh contended, on the other side, that the plaintiff should be nonsuited. The claim was not tenable, because a release of all c l a i ms d ue t o th e plain tiff had been given by himself. He was engaged at 41. a month, with a special reservation that in case of his giving a release he should be bound to abide by it. Upon returning to Southampton he gave that release, and he contended that the release being in conformity with the 98th section of the act of Parliament, the plaintiff had no further claim against the company. After a great deal of discussion, the Judge (Mr. Ryland) decided that the act of Parliament left him no discretion, and the summons must be dismissed. By this decision, a question affecting several thousands a year has for the present been set at rest. SIR EDWARD BLAKENEY.—The gallant Commander of the Forces in Ireland has so completely recovered as to be able to walk out every day. WOOD PAVEMENT IN OXFORE-STREET. The works having been advanced with so much ripidity within these few days, that the removal of the whole of the wood pavement has been effected, and replaced with sub stantial granite block paving, the entire line of road, from the Regent-circus as far as Old Cavendish-street, has been reopened for traffic, to the great convenience of the immense number of vehicles of all kinds tra versing this great line of road to and from the west end of town and the City, and the public generally. The small portion of the street between that point and Bond-street now only remains closed, which causes com paratively little inconvenience, and which, however, will soon terminate, as the remaining portion of Oxford-street by this time entirely completed, and will immediately be thrown open to the public. The thoroughfare at the end of the street, near Tottenham-court-road, is now completed, and thrown open for traffic, and as soon as the small portion of the street between Old Cavendish and Bond-streets is re-opened, the whole of this fine line of street will be open, and in a complete and perfect by granite character, s state of repair, the whole of the w oo d an d other paving t a o n n d e m bl o o r c e k a p d a a v p i t n e g d o h f a a vin su g b n st o n w nt b ia e l en an r d ep d l n ac ra ed ble b to one of the busiest and most impoxtant of the metro politan thoroughfares. CLOSING OF THE TRAFFIC OF CHANCERY -LANE.-- Yesterday morning workmen were busily engaged in taking up the pavement of the roadway at the lower end of Chancery-lane, from Fleet-street, for the u ose of its being en ti re l y relaid, the traffic of that purpose portion of the lane being entirely stopped. In Fleet-street the whole of the granite was relaid, and the concrete infused on Saturday, but the workmen were unable to finally complete the works 0) as to admit of general traffic from the Strand to the City for omnibuses and other heavy vehicles. This morning the last layer of gravel was laid down, and the apparent imperfections in the pavement levelled and cemented, so that in a few hours the general traffic will be fairly resumed from the Strand to the City. In the Strand the general repair of the roadway has not been completed in a very satisfactory manner, so that many holes and ruts still remain, but the relaying down of the pavement on the south side of St. Clement's Church is a great improvement, the former pavement being on a slope towards Essex-street ; but as relaid it is made more level, thereby rendering less liability to the horses slipping, a more certain footing being afforded. THE ARMY.—Major-General James Jackson has, we conclude, resigned the Cape command, to which he had been appointed. In the " Army List "of the present month neither the general nor his aides-de-camp occupy the places assigned to them in last month's 'List." Lieutenant-Colonel Routh and Lieutenant G. M'Gold. rick have exchanged places, the former taking the bar rackmastership of Bristol, and the latter of Canterbury. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robe, C. 8., has ceased to be deputy quartermaster - general at Mauritius. Brevet Major Rose, of the 55th Foot, has been appointed an extra aide-de-camp to the Governor of Gibraltar, vice Captain the Hon. A. F. Egerton, of the Grenadier Guards. Dr. D. Dambreck has succeeded Dr. Hawkey as staff surgeon of the London recruiting district. Lieutenant Dowling, 20th Foot, has succeeded Lieu tenant Eager, 40th Foot, as superintending officer of the Glasgow district. Our readers may remember a para graph inserted in our paper a short time since re lative to the existence of grave dissensions between a fi e ld officer and a junior major of one of the crack i n Dublin garrison, which ended i n tl . corps le adm onionti of both parties. We regret to hear that _ recent events of a most serious nature have b een a subject of mutual re oncecriminaration likely bet to ween the Parties, and, unless stayed at , e It is said, however end in that a most u n pl easan t manner . the authorities, not liking the complexion of the affair, have signified their readiness to accept mutual hushed up. We ex p l anations, and that it may yet be tinues in the 76th Regiment, to find that desertion still coa- Regiment, and, since the arrival o the corps in ofAmerica, upwards of 60 men have des e rt e d, three-fifth s Fred • whom have b een f rom th e h ea d- quar t ers at,,erickton, owing to the ready f a cility a ff or d e d theta the count r y p eop l e i n gu idi ng an d ass i st i ng them into the States.—United Service Gazette. CHARGE OF WILFULLY PROPAGATING SMALL -PDX.— A serious case, under the new Vaccination Act, has just arisen in Devonshire. A woman, living in the village of Tedburn St. Mary, a few miles from Exeter, wished her children to have the small-pox, and, according to a custom which seems to have prevailed in the rural dis tricts, she determined that they should receive it by con tagion. Accordingly she sent her child ren , i n th e ca re of a nephew, named William Peimsaul, to Crediton, that they might get it from the servant of a respectable farmer, who was ill of the disease. The farmer's wife took a handkerchief which had been worn by the serv ant, and tied it round the children's necks. They soon afterwards caugh the disease. The wife of the farmer, and the mother of the children, were brought up before the magistrates of Crockernwell , sitting in petty sessions, and charged with the offence. The former was com mitted to prison for a week, but the latter escaped, it is believed, through the perjury of the nephew, who was thereupon charged with the offence. On Monday last he was brought up, he was so dangerously ill that the charge could not be gone into. The chairman (Baldwin Fulford, Esq.) told him that the magistrates were un willing to proceed against him in the present state of his health, but he wished it to be understood that in all cases where persons were found to endanger the lives of their children, by exposing them to the small-pox in the way narrated above, the magistrates would inflict the extreme penalty of the law. If death had ensued to the children, the parties concerned would have been trio for their twee. Cou ,wing Idard be to This tions out- that pub- ;Tess ont ce of rs of ober r in in- the the rtes. s of new rary fined hick A of the 1 be to the ae- L H. ages M. cted. ares in the ely, cree pain set riff, Dms, New First rates Ro line ) be- Less, and that be au the the the :ers. 3. in npt has , on ;ood ern• scan its tied irs, igly I to e of 1 of •e-- 61 . all 100 all 100 20 11 1100