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S COS f oe RetUrn s Lad and P EA, Is 10u • I 465r5A5i I r):,1 :• 0 De 321; 40 0 ; to 2s Pe ' a r 180; clo d 3s P er er 0 0 , 155 1 0 5 a 2s per . 6 0 113 rat follo-3 sa; to a t bs , l9l per JO iv rn o no" t% 0 one . 10 r vs r l P e 0 beer to ve., s legg i O 3$ ton, 4s 0 ,1 a to FAST O, of 0- D r; ;I,etli t ' o r• I a lter c A d cof 3 ,. b i rdel on' • te ) asso el ies 4 1 ilts , 1 t l i eir f see t o v on 0 1 „,,P a 0 ,0 c tioo 5 . t ie 000 1111 10 3 eot s 9. 1 Y biog of t' e its no f in l P" o ° th e t yes lire sir boo', ro ,re , t t he ✓S t .L.F2',ERATURE. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood. —Professor Johnston indulges the yeaders of Maga, this month, with a second instal 'ment of his ingenious disquisition on " The Nar cotics we indulge in"—a paper destined to re-appear n a comprehensive work relating to " The Che *istry of Common Life," and which we are rejoiced to observe is announced for speedy publication. The concluding chapter of this work will be remem bered by many, we doubt not, as having already " appeared in Black woo d un d er th e arres ti ng titl e o f The Circulation of Matter." Conspicuous among the criticisms in the number of the magazine before us, is the elaborate review of " Haydon's Auto biography." Of course. It would be difficult just now to take up any periodical which does not refer directly or only incidentally to the editorial labours of Mr. Tom Taylor, in regard to the diary of the painter of " Curtius" and "The Mock Elec tion," of "Waiting_ for the Times" and the " Mus lag Napoleon." Everywhere, for the last half-year; have we been haunted by that grim spectre of the Mist lying stark deadbefore the easelsustaining the Commencement of his last historical composition. The 'reviewer in BlackivoOd enters upon the some et embarrassing task of criticising this singular contribution towards the annals of modern art in England with some severe and admirably-deserved strictures upon the majority of those who have elarailled cHaydon's Autobiography" in the pageEV the different periodicals. "We fear," says the *writer, "that, of late, there has been considerable deterioration in the tone of contemporary criti cism ;" adding, in explanation of the remark, that works which in themselves contain nothing either 'interesting or memorable have been puffed into liotice'on account of the Celebrity of the editorial accoucheur, or the former reputation of the larty to . whom they more particularly refer." llustrations of this are adduced in the mention of " Moore's Memoirs," edited by Lord John Russell, as well as by the reception accorded to " Lord 1 1611ancl's Reminiscences." Nay, observes Maga "w-"even in the domain of poetry, fustian has been mistaken for inspiration." It is a melancholy truth, and a truth as contemptible as melancholy. After this criticism, come two contributions of a very different character, one referring to " Brute Life in the Alpine Regions," the other relating to " The Romans in Scotland"—the latter suggested by Mr. Stuart's researches, and the former by the re searches of M. Tschudi, the naturalist. Further on, Blackwood gives us "A few more words" on that in terminable "University Reform," and still further, " A Few Facts" on that everlasting "Turkish Ques tion." Immediately after the paper (already men tioned) referring to Narcotics, the reader will be gratified to find four charming little "Poems by H. J. K.," in one of which the successor of Delta sings very prettily of a slowly-grown but lasting love, as contrasted with a passion as sudden as evanescent " The gourd that in a night appeared, Next noon had withered on the sand ; The oak a hundred years have reared, For ages crowns the land." " Athens in 1853" is graphically depicted by one contributor, and " Paris in 1853" by another, Which other, by the way, is dignified by the title of " Our Commissioner ;" and a remarkably chival rous and gallant gentleman " Our Commissioner" appears to be, as well as a right shrewd and pene trative observer. Witness his allusion to the beautiful Empress Eugenie, of whom he writes, " She is as sweet and gentle a lady as ever it was our fortune to look upon"—adding, " None of her portraits do her justice." " Fromhenceforth," he exclaims in conclusion, " From henceforth our glove is perpetually in the ring against all comers, as champion a routrance of the Empress Eugenie —always saving and excepting our Sovereign Lady the Queen." For the secret of which enthusiasm - we may refer to the circumstance of the young Empress of the Third Napoleon being distinguished by an unmistakeably national characteristic—a "refined Scottish expression" of countenance. Fraser.--Regina for November amuses his sub scribers with Part 11. of " Uncle Peter," as well as with a second paper anent the "Morals of Queen Elizabeth." As another contribution towards the history of the Second Golden Age we have "Ex tracts from the Journal of a Visit to New South Wales in 1853." A delightful chapter on " Pro pertius" is evidently the utterance of one not less Tefined in taste than ripe in scholarship. Not so the " Thoughts about Shelley and Byron"— thoughts as vulgar and confused as they are con tradictory and superficial. " Anatomy in Long Clothes" is the odd title of an essay replete with curious and interesting information. " Dartmoor Prison" is elsewhere minutely described in all its complicated arrangements—as are also in two other contributions, the North American Fisheries and the Chinese Insurrection. Bentley's Miscellany.--The three chapters of " Aspen Court" chronicle strange events. The flint describes a stormy scene at Mr. Wilmslow's Louse, at which a partie earl*, consisting of Lord Itookbury, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmslow, and Bernard Cfirtyon, have an awkward conversation. The second and third chapters tell us the adventures of the three young ladies who were left in such a dis agreeable position in the last number. Owing to 'an accident, the illustration is postponed to the 'next month. An incident of Australian life twenty years ago, though presenting a contrast to the present time in many respects, unfortunately bears too much resemblance to the accounts of highway. ' robbery and attacks on travellers that we now re ceive. " A Journey from Westminster Abbey to St. Peter's" is continued, and there. is also an additional instalment of the " Life of an Architect." As the approach of the an niversary of the 18th of November draws the attention to the memory of the great warrior, it may be interesting to peruse the " Random Re collections of Campaigns under the Duke of Wel lington !" The anecdotes of "My Monkey Jacko" do not inspire us with any great respect for his tribe, as he appears to have been a somewhat dis agreeable companion. While faking him in the railway in a bag, the monkey very inopportunely put his head out as the railway official was claim ing the tickets. The man insisted that it was a (kg, and must be paid for. In vain the monkey Was called forth and exhibited—it was a dog, and must be paid for. The owner, thinking to carry n'a the joke, produced a tortoise which he carried, and asked if that was charged for. " No, sir," re- Plied the learned official, after consulting his supe rior, "No charge for them, they be insects !" Of course, there is an article on Turkey. It is, how ever, not modern, but ancient Turkey which is brought under our notice. Thck poetical contribu tions consist of a sonnet to the cypress, and some agreeable verses called " Pleasant Days." Colburn's New Monthly.—Colbum's commences 'with a romance of " Carlton Gardens," in which a crossing sweeper named "Gruffy," renders very es sential service to an unwarypatron of his who suffers himself unwisely to be entrapped by some gambling associates. The sweep overhears their plans and defeats them. "An IMperial Visit" is an entertain ing narrative of the visit of the Emperor and Em press to Dunkerque. " Travels in the North," is a notice of the journey of a Swedish gentleman through Lapland, Siberia, &c. " Walks up Hill" is a lively sketch. A criticism on Bryant occupies the eighth number of " American Authorship." We are sorry to see the author of "The Unholy wish," who has the capacity for producing tales of sustained interest and superior style, allow his 'writings to degenerate into mere chronicles of the horrible. The present story of " St. Martin's Eve" is of an appalling nature. A stepmother, Whose husband was dead, after much ill-usage of 11 ,is son, a little boy of five, suffered him to set -unnself on fi re , and then locking him in the room left him to burn to death. To suppose that many wo men were capable of such superhuman wicked ness would be an insult to human nature. There may be, and there doubtless are, exceptions of great cruelty and crime, but certainly a refinement o ,f barb ar it y , t o w hi c h a rap id mur d er wou ld seem '4 l ing, is not to b e i n t ro d uce d as a natural or pro bable occurrence. An article on the interesting subject which has recently revived our curiosity respecting the Polar Seas, is entitled " The North- Zest Passage." " Chronicles of a Country Town" p continued, an d all we can say in pity for the Misfortun es and domestic misery of its hero is, that l ',incere and sensible men are so eas ily deceived 4 , 1 a %t imposed on by heartles s an d designing women, y deserve to suffer for it. We miss from the 12 : 1 ' . ~tiesl pages this month the pleasing verses of 1,7 ‘ . •"" i 4s of CarpenMi ch ter, and the talented and melodious N. ell. Ai nstvorth's.—The lovers of the marvellous may here find much t o please them in the romanti c an d a wl t l stori es presented to their notice. "Is ho a merely amusing. A "OCOr ? " i s an exception to the usual style ; it is young gentleman introduces himself into the h ouse un d er pretence of b e i ng a d °e, rantor, and pl aye d his part exceedingly well. tions coise de Foix" contains some serious reflec on the wretched fate of that young and lovely Woman.. She was singularly unfortunate. De .eiv.ed into believino• that her husband wished for he .r. in Paris, upon astening thither he treated her coldness and harshness, which, by arousing _ 4 7 yride, hurried on her ruin. " Dark Re .l4l.fieeence of my First Curacy," is a most painful L 4 , 1 0 3; it contains the adventures of a mau for 7_ 4 _, La no interest can be felt. He entered all l'uct4 of bad company, then enlisted twice de ) THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1853. pears that he had agreed for the man to be his steward for the term of ten years, but taking a dis like to him, he wished to eject him, but was not able to do so legally. The steward presented a petition to the Queen, in which he set forth his wrongs and injuries. It is observed here, that the " fact of Meere having maintained his ground against a man of Raleigh's rank and position, shows not only that he must have had some posi tion too, and certainly considerable nerve, but also that he had friends who supported him." The sheriff, and the Lord Howard were in his favour. " Cotele and the Edgecumbes of the Olden Time " is continued, and gives a brief summary of the principal members of the family. There are several anecdotes worthy of attention. An Edgecumbe, in Richard the Third's time was suspected of favour ing the Earl of Richmond, and was driven to take shelter in the woods. Being closely pursued, he had recourse to this stratagem :—He put a stone into his cap, and flung it into some water near. His 'enemies supposed he had drowned himself, seeing his cap there, and he contrived to escape. The incident is also mentioned of Lady Edgecumbe being interred in a trance. The sexton, hearing she was buried with rich jewels on, opened the coffin, and endea voured to remove them. The sudden shock re called her to life, and his horror may be imagined. The lady returned home, and lived for many years after. " The Parish Girl" is a most melancholy little poem. " Notes on Mediaeval Arts in France and Germany" gives a description of the cathedrals on the Rhine. It is remarked : " The picturesque towns and villages which line the banks of this noble river are ever-varying objects of in terest and instruction. Remains are found of every period, from the time when the Roman eagle was triumphant throughout the dominion of the Franks, and several contending factions of the middle ages, down to the present day, when it is claimed by more than one nation as a legitimate boundary to their empire, and it displays, in consequence, vast fortresses and fortified lines, which seem to give but little promise of universal peace." • " Mayence Cathedral" contains a monument to the memory of Heinrich Frauenlob, or, " Henry Praise the Ladies," the Minne-singer. He was buried on the eve of St Andrew's, 1318, with marvellous solemnity—" his corpse was carried by ladies from his dwelling-house into the place of burial." There was reason for this tribute being paid to his memory by those whose praises he had celebrated in life, for Henry was the last of the Minne-singers. "It was long before such another would sing the ladies' praise, for in his grave was for ages entombed the tender feeling of German song." Heidelberg, Basle, and Strasburg, are likewise adorned by statues of great beauty. In the latter, the richly-painted glass has a spleh did effect. It seems as if the sapphire and ruby had been borrowed to transmit the light. The Art Journal.—The most pleasing en g raving in the Art Journal for this month is entitled " In old Hyde Park." The rural appearance of the scenery is very curious. The remaining plates are a statue of innocence, and a portrait of " The Songstress" Miss Stephens, who became Countess of Essex. No. 24 of the great masters gives us David Teniers, the younger. There are numerous other articles on matters of artistic interest. SHARE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 50 50 20 50 8128 1100 8 184 100 100 100 8i 100 RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. 52i 3 16 113 100 17,1 all .100 42a !100". 'lOO 474, 17111 44 12,i 1 103 2 4 : •,,,o 81i 1 /- Iwo 11i 100 3i' 100 64 m 96 1031 4 33 121 731 29 21 61 160 Business this day. FEARFUL RIOT AT BLACKBURN. APPLICATION FOR THE MILITARY. Nov. 1, 9 P.M. This town has this day been given up to lawless violence, and another instance has been furnished of the incapacity of the borough for self-govern ment. The occasion of the riot was the election of councillors for St. Peter's ward ; but it was evi dently pre-organised, as during the night before gangs of men paraded the streets and disturbed the inhabitants. At ten o'clock great confusion prevailed, and the banks and many shops were closed. From that time till four p.m. the principal thoroughfare, King-street, was in the hands of two contending mobs, who, with stones and iron-bound bludgeons, strove for the mastery. , The whole of Mr. Hornby's windows were smashed in ; stones being procured in abundance from some paving operations going on at this time. Aldermen Hoole and Dugdale are sufferers, and the wounds in flicted must be of a serious character. The autho rities were conscious of their inability to cope with the insurgents, and no effort was made, the whole day, to put down the riot. This circumstance caused the most cruel apprehensions to many respectable families. The magistrates met this evening, and have engaged a posse of special con stables and a special train in communication with the military at Burnley. The mobs were headed and led on by respectably dressed men, apparently the overlookers at the mills. It is to be deplored that many of the mills were closed to-day. The inhabitants of this borough have been compelled to conclude that the franchise lit possesses is only a source of bitter animosity, and of risk to life and property. serted, and three times ran away from prison ; at last he returned to his native village, where he met with an old fellow-clerk of his youth, who had just returned from a term of transportation, to which he had been sentenced for forgery. Not content with all their past errors, these two worthies no sooner met than they resolved on crowning their atrocities by murder. Ac cordingly they attacked and killed a man then returning home with money. They were unwise enough to bury the body in a new bridge that was then being built. Sixteen years afterwards the waters overflowed in a storm and destroyed the bridge. The body was discovered in the ruins. A trial was arranged, at which a not very learned judge decided in favour of the guilty party, and the affair was left in mystery. On his death-bed the hero of this sketch sent for a clergyman, but he dared not divulge the fatal secret while his fel low in guilt was still alive. Some years after, this clergyman received a visit from a strange female, who gave a packet into his hands containing the awful events referred to. Considerable ingenuity is displayed in the arrangement of this story, but it may be questioned whether the author's talents could not have been better employedc, " Queer People" is a very amusing sketch • it is divided into sections of " People who ought know, very Queer People, and People who will think about it." " Nicholas Flamer is continued. For the first time for many months the " Confederates" is ab sent. Dublin University.—There is an interesting bio graphy in this number of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan, who was colonel of the Life Guards to James the Second, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland, and afterwards general officer in the French service. He died at the battle of Landen ; it is remarked that it was a soldier's death on a glorious and memorable field, but that it would have been looked back to with less regret if he had been permitted to fall at the head of his own Irish Brigade. In conclusion, it is said, "Of Patrick Sarsfield's busy life very few details can be gleaned from authentic sources. He was a man of action rather than a man of letters, more fitted for the field than the bureau. It is even unknown where he was buried, or if any monument was erected to his memory ; but his name perpetuates itself, and requires no sculptured marble, nor elabo rate epitaph, to keep it fresh and glowing in the memories of his countrymen." "Narrative of an Excursion to the Limbos, in Spiritual Com pany," by the author of " The Bachelor of the Albany," is a very amusing sketch, in which all the ephemeral wonders of the day are sup posed to be consigned to the limbo of failures, Table-moving, Mesmerism, Quackery, French Constitutions, Annual • Parliaments, &c. •" Sir Jasper Carew" is continued in three chapters. " Secret Service" is a very mysterious one, in which the hero overhears some plot against him by two strangers.. The second is called "Discoveries," in which he revisits his native village, and finds all his friends departed. The " Ordeal" is the descrip tion of Margot's entrance into the world, previous to becoming a nun, and renouncing its pomps for ever. Instead of returning, however, to the shade' ' of the cloister, she fled ts;the glare of the stage. In "Rhymes for November," there are some good verses. Some entitled " The Oaks of Gleneigh" are here given : Oh ! think of the days when the crags hoary masses Bent o'er oar green forest in Houra's wild passes, When the grey wolf was king of the forest and mountain, And the red deer ran free by the blue torrent's shore, When the prey scarcely rested at eve by the fountain, Swept on by the spear of the wild creachatiore ! 'Twas a brave time—a wild time—the hills seem to mourn Till the splendour of glade and of forest return ; Yet is not their splendour as wild and as shaggy, Where the huge blasted roots of that forest remain, Wide spread o'er each deep cave and precipice craggy, Sending scions of strength to the blue sky again? Afar where Molanna in thunder is flowing, Afar in Gloneigh are these strong scions growing— They spring from the stream, and they tower from the ledges Of the, huge rocks which frown o'er that wild fairy dell : Like young guardian giants encircling the edges Of the deep silent pool, and the moss-wreathed well. How thick in the Summer their green leaves were shining! How sere and how scattered at Autumn's declining ! But the wild hills shall see them far greener than ever, When Winter hath fled from the bright looks of May. Ah ! thus should Adversity's children endeavour To breast the rude blasts, like the oaks of Gleneigh ! Colburn's United Service.—The United Service opens with an article on " The Turkish Crisis." A paper on the recently published "Journals and Correspondence of Sir Harry Calvert" is the next that engages attention. " The State of Austria" and " The Organisation of the Russian Army" are on' subjects of similar interest. " A Treatise on Small Arms" is continued, and also the " Extracts from the Journals of the late Major Macready." The "Editor's Portfolio" touches on two points of general interest—the Arctic Expedition, and the Peace Incendiaries. The following extract is from the first paper, and ably describes the critical posi tion of Russia : "However tempting may be the prize—and to be enthroned on the Golden Horn, with one foot in Europe and the other in Asia, is enough to turn the head even of the Czar of all the Russias—still it cannot be denied that his present position is one of great peril ; a single move in a wrong direction may be productive of the most fatal disasters ; the contingency even might arise—which should fall, Russia or Turkey ? for, notwithstanding his clever government may have succeeded in impressing the world with a belief in the great strength and vast resources of the Russian empire and security from attack, it contains within itself all the elements of a dangerous conflagration. Independently of Poland, which would hail even the Sultan as a deliverer, the whole of the numerous population inhabiting the vast territory ex tending from the Baltic to the Khirgis Steppe, are dis contented with his rule ; to say nothing of the Cossacks, the Tartars of the Crimea, and numerous other powerful tribes on the Black Sea and elsewhere, whose nationali ties have been absorbed in his unwieldy empire, and who would most assuredly, in the event of his armies receiv ing a check, rise and assert their independence ' • while, at same time, we might expect to hear of at least a hundred thousand of those hardy mountaineers of the Caucasus, the Circassians and the Lesghians, with their allies the Tartars and the Persians, carrying fire and sword into the heart of his empire. Besides, to add to his difficulties, and to those of his allies, the tide of de mocracy would roll onward from the plains of Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bessarabia, to Hungary and Croatia, and from thence spread into Austria, Germany, and -Italy, overwhelming in its progress the landmarks of kingdoms, thrones which have stood for centuries, and all the institu tions which have bound society together since the dawn of civilisation." Tait's Edinburgh Magazine.—The first article in Tait's is the most superior. It is the last of the series of essays on " A Triad of great Poets, their Temperaments, Genius, and Art." Milton, Dante, and Aschylus are sufficiently suggestive subjects. The following fine passage is the conclusion : " The free-will and fallibility of mankind—there lies the material of our three grand religious poets. They strove to mould this primal subject in the form of the sacred mythology of their churches, already popular with reflecting and pious minds. They chose different sides of it for illustration. Milton ascended to the source of that sad contradiction, between the actual de gradation and the noble destiny of our race, in ' That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world and all our woe ; lEschylus limited himself to exemplifying the self-in I flicted vengeance of excessive passions, and the earthly punishment of the wicked, by the whetted knife of Fate, and the Fury, with dark-bosomed ire;' Dante endea voured to expand the process of retribution throughout three spiritual worlds, and to show the eternal conse quences, as well as the intrinsic character, of all the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or bad. "We have finished. The kinship of the great Poets, whose names have been often mentioned together, has been clearly made out. The line that we predicated, drawn from the centre of their hearts, and predominating in the artistic course of their genius, depends on their single-minded consistency in the pursuit of a fixed moral aim. They dealt truly with the realities of human life, and did not evade its difficulties. They made use of ' pity and terror' to 'purge the heart' of the world with the medicine of tragedy. It was among the mountains, and by the plaintive sea, that we began to study them in this comparison. The hills and the waves, the clouds and stars—these invariable objects of poetical invocation —are mighty and sublime ; but there was, in the books we carried with us in the h ear t we c arr ied with us , that knoweth its own bitterness and joy, the strife of its own hopes and anxieties, and its own insatiable wishes, a power beyond this things on earth, of the ocean and the sky • a moving interest, a n i nes ti ma bl e i mpor t ance . And, if we could recal, in 'person, these victorious souls —if we could meet the large eyes of lEschylus gazing ' at the fiery eruption of Etna which he saw, thinking how the huge bulk of a flame-spitting Titan lay crushed beneath the tortured mountain—if we could walk on the lonely Appenine paths with Dante, or enter into the sublime darkness of Milton—we would not question them of scenery or natural phenomena. No ; taught by these masters of the knowledge of life, we would learn what it behoves ourselves to do and to suffer ; we would receive, across the shifting ages, the agreement of their testimony to God, virtue, and immortality. " Priest and People" continues with diminished interest. The "Darien Canal," and the " Maine Law" will attract the learned. The " Alderman and his Visitor," a sketch, is meant to show that by neglecting the health and well-being of the poor around them, the rich bring disease and death to their own hearths. The remainder of the contents is unimportant. Th 3 Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Re view.—The first article in this number is entitled " Sir Walter Raleigh at Sherborne:! It commences the account of the dispute that arose between Raleigh and John Meere, whom he had appointed overseer to his newly-acquired property, It ap- MISCELLANEOUS. Sharpe's London Magazine gives us an association of amusing tales and sketches, among which we may mention, " Harry Coverdale's Courtship," by Frank Smedley, and " Holidays in Berkshire," by Angus Reach. The en g raving of " The Departure" is very pleasing.—The National Miscellany opens with a lively paper on "Travelling in England." Ruskin's " Stones of Venice," and "The Greek and Russian Churches" are also among the subjects. A " Memoir of Araffo" will be read with interest. " The Interesting Pole," a tale commenced in this number, promises, we fear, a melancholy conclu sion. Seventeen Patents are described in New ton's London Journal. We ought, indeed, to ad vance in refinement and comfort when so many improvements are made every month.—Lawson's Merchant's Magazine has papers on " Decimal Coinage," and "The New Stamp Act," besides other points of commercial interest.—The Illus trated London Magazine has contributions from the Hon. Mrs. Norton, W. Carleton, Captain Mayne Reid, Horace Mayhew, and a number of others, whose names are a sufficient recommendation.—Le Follet has unusual attractions in this number. In addition to the three graceful coloured plates, there is .a sheet of embroidery patterns, and a double sheet of cloak and mantle fashions.—Routledge's Illustrated Book of Domestic Poultry treats of the varieties of the " Polish Fowl." — Handley Cross,' and The Dodd Family Abroad, by Charles Lever, are progressing in monthly parts.— Hogy's Instructor is a useful miscellany, which also provides entertainment. Mr. Cassell has recently published, in preparation for the ensuing year, The Magazine of Art Almanack, The Emigrant's Alm,anack, and The Irish Exhibition, all possessing various attractions.—The Historical Educator and Magazine of Art are continued as usual.—Cham bers' is an agreeable and instructive companion, and The Pocket Miscellany has reached the twenty third volume, a sufficient proof of its value.— Rome Thoughts is a cheap moral serial, and The Charm a delightful magazine for juvenile readers. Number seven of The Poultry Book, published by Orr and Co., has three handsome coloured plates, the finest representing a peacock. The Family Friend, and Family Tutor, are instructive and useful serials. The Newcomes. No. 11. By W. M. Thackeray. If Homer ever nodded, it was certainly not in Beta, rather we should opine as far on as Upsilon. Here, however, is " Arthur Pendennis, Esq.," dozing off in his armchair in the second number of " The Newcomes," and provoking among his readers, we fear, a kindred drowsiness. Mr. Thackeray commences the fourth chapter of his new serial by the candid avowal—" If we are to narrate the youthful history, not only of the hero of this tale but of the hero's father, we shall never have done with nursery biography." And yet the whole of the next thirty pages relate almost ex clusively to the youthful history of Clive New come notwithstanding that acknowledgment. If we get him at last out of the long clothes we find him at the close of the • present instal ment of the fiction advanced no farther than the jacket. Scarcely a single incident is re corded by the novelist—not one of any importance whatever. Corresponding with the inequality of the letterpress, it may be observed of the illustra tor that Mr. Doyle succeeds better in several of the small woodcuts than in the more pretentious etchings. Colonel Newcome still shines in the story as the " bright particular star" among all the characters yet introduced. Following him in his morning peregrinations the reader will be de lighted, we doubt not, to find himself conducted into the Temple chambers of Arthur Pen dennis. Where we obtain a glimpse once more of dear old George Warrington, smoking his short pipe, and in no way disconcerted on being discovered under the operation, any more than he would have appeared, had the visitor, instead of Colonel Newcome, been a personage as august as the Archbishop of Canterbury. Clive's uncles are rather elaborately depicted—Newcome Brothers—Sir Brian Newcome being a bald-headed nonentity, and his brother Hobson a sort of com promise between, a city man and an agriculturist. Another of the family, son and heir to Sir Brian, appears in the pert little coxcombical person of Barnes, or, as he is familiarly termed, Barney New come—Barney, at least, when addressed by that large young officer of the household troops, Charley Heavyside. We shall look eagerly to the third number of " The Newcomes'! for some glimmering of improvement. Dick Diminy. No. 11. By Priam. Comical though the initial chapters of Dick Diminy were, as all those know well enough who glanced through them on their appearance on the first of October—yet more comical is the new instalment. Our sporting novelist, rejoicing under the nom de plume of " Priam," is evidently conscious of hav ing opened up a vein rich in the golden ore of amuse ment. His natural vivacity would help to carry him over greater difficulties than he is likely to encounter in his new adventure. Wherefore, the readers of " Dick Diminy" m a y anticipate the dis covery of a store of fun in the progress of that most delectable jockey's Life and Adventures. THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.—Notwithstanding the very advanced period of the year we regret that it is not yet in our power to say that harvest operations have been completed in this district. In several parts of the county, particularly in the westward, where it joins Lanarkshire, many fields are yet uncut, and in more numerous instances the grain, where reaped, has not been gathered, and still remains exposed to the elements. The greater portion of the grain thus unhoused can never, we fear, be brought into the market. The weather still alternates between wet and fair ; and gives no promise of steadiness.—Bdinburgh. Advertiser. IMPORTATION OF GOATS INTO WALES.—Large flocks of goats have recently been imported into Wales from the Highlands of Scotland. This step has been rendered necessary by the almost total extinction, in many parts of the principality, of one of the original inhabitants of the country. This scarcity of the goat has aricen from the extensive inclosure of barren and waste lands, for the purpose of agriculture, and the number of planta tions made of late years ; these joined with the fact that the tenants have been discouraged from keeping up the breed, have materially operated in rendering scarce this hardy animal. The milk of the goat is very nutritious ' and its quantity considerable for the size of the ani ma l. A Cabinet Council will be held at the Foreign-office on Monday next at 2 o'clock, !Aberdeen ... Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastu. Juuct... Birming. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh di Cheshire Jima Do. Chesh. & Birk., 250 and £25 Cons. Do., £20..... ..... Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester 6z Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Pei th&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian.. Do., (XlB E dr H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock ,Do., New A East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D x, Wst. Riding Uu Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. Loud. Bright & S. Cst. Lond. and N. Westn, Do. Fifths Do .10/. Sh. , M&B 0 London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £40.. Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.SheL&Linclu Do.,Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. pirmn g. & Derby Midid. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. &Ilrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.. . Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., a B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Bi mg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St osk Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,i o Do. Oswestiy Shropshire Union South Devon SOuth Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do.. Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase [York & N. Midland PREFEREN I iAberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) per cent Do: (£5) 7 per cent. Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. .., Do. 41 p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn. Westin. (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 41 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. C. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Man., Shef., & Sares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO . Do. £6 hiarypt.kCarl.4 — p.c Do. 4i per cent iDo.. Consol.6 p.c.St. 1110. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4A per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. Guar. 5 per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c. Do Shrews. &Birm.N.G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfil.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and, _Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref. Do York&N. Midland H. and S. 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Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juuct. of France Grand Trunk Canada Shares and Bonds Gt .Western of Canada Shares . Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof Luxembourg Do. (Railway) , Do 'Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & Mediterrau Ntadras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) _ _ (Northern of France 1 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip 1 West Flanders Pp, 5i per c. Pref,, 3 2 d 4 2d 12 —l3 2Ap 2 2d 3 3/p Ad lip, 2 24p1 - 2, lid] 8 4 Idl 5 5 1 1 1 11 P 6i - 71 3 - 34 12i -- 13 74 -- 8§ 16i -- 16 p, 39 -- 41 35 -- 36.} 2 -- 4 p 3 -- I IBi - 1 19i ld -- par 8 1 a- ; p 2 - 4p 3 4 I. 7 dio i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Company• Closing Prices Yesterday. RAILWAYS. Paid. 50 25 13t 20 20 all 100 all .100 all all all all all ,100 Bedford and Bletehley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. dr Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.dr Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. Do. f Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Batas. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar. . London Sz' ' N. West. Gt.Wostn Do L. &N. W. Caledon.. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Mild Do Do S. Eastern Do 'Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midl(l.l Stckton Darlingt. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre 100 100 18a E. Count , Do Do L.&N.WH &Tin&Yk IDo 99 - loi 49 51. 138 - 142 30 - 32 107 109 534 5 e4 26 276 134 4 144 214 256 2i - 3 98 7_ 16,5 59 - 61 Do. Shares. Roystn.& flit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Rothand Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Steordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per'. Gt Noithn Do lAncash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt ' Do GtWestn Wiltsggonust 1 137 - 142 137 - 142 MINES. dis '2 li 29 - 30 ' 95 -- 97 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold 4d par 10s. all' Anglo Californian d— par 1.0 2 Australasian . ll 4 d 20 5 Australian 1 , all. Australian Cordillera $ id 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id par 1 all riritish Austria. Gold $ d 20' 13.5 British Iron 35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm 6 7 6i 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiada 2i 3 2A 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 34 —36 1 Carson's Creek 40 all Cobra Copper 4l —43 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Miu. of Eng 55 —65 25 all Do. Pref. 7h p. cent 5 7pxd 5 all English and Austria Copper Smeltg•Co 24 3 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget p 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 $ 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 64 7 6$ 1 all New Granada d— par 1 all Nouveau Monde P! 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg 5 1 Port Philip l2 d 1 all Quartz Rock ld— par 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — 30 10$ Santiago de Cuba 4 5 41 a 1 all South Australian . • d 10 7 Tin Croft .5 7 5 288 all United Mexican 2 . 8 2i 31 1 all Waller — dis 1 all West Granada P d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 73 —75 176 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China d— d 11 100 25 Colonial — • 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian li —11 d 20 15 • Lond. Chart. Bk. of ' Australia iP '5O 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 22 24 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 33 • 35 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22; National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 45 47 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland „. 10 all Do. New • 5 1 Royal Austrin.Bkg & Gold Imp Co dis— par 25 all South Australia 39 41 25 all Union of Australia 7l 73 ... 28 Do. New 7i 8 50 10 Union of London lB 40 all. Union of Madrid , MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 40 41 431 2 3 20 12 AustraLsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australis. Royal Mail . 50 38i B r it. American Land 55 60 100 32i Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace —n if 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 20 3 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 16 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel • 10 3 Netherlands Land l6 Ad 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 60 all Peninsular & Oriental ... 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 37 6 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.......- 100 28} Van Diemen's Land 15 —l6 LLOYD'S SHIP PI N G.-(THIS D AY.) LONDON, Nov. 3. -Wind this d ay a t Noon, E.N.E. ; light breeze, and dull cloudy weath er . RAMSGATE, Nov. 2.r—The Catherine, Harilepool to ' Exeter has been assisted'in here ver y l ea ky, having struck on the Pier-head. _ . -- DOVER, Nov. 2.—Wind, S. to S.W. Arrived—Louisa. Newcastle to Plymouth, to stop a leak. FALMOUTH, Nov. 2.—Wind, S.W., moderato breeze. Arrived—Jessie, St. John's, Newfoundland, for London ; Humboldt, Singapore, for Bremen ; Warrior, London, for Jamaica ; H.M.S. Dolphin, Portsmouth, for the Coast of Africa. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2. -Wind, S.W. Arrived—John, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 2.—Wind, S.E. Sailed —La Plata (s), West Indies. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 2.—Wind, S.W. Sailed.—Blaxona, Hong Kong ; Gerardus Jacobus, do. YARMOUTH, Nov. 2.—The John, of Hartlepool, for London, is very leaky, having been on the North Scroby Sands, but will proceed with extra hands.—The Mathilda, off and for Brest, also struck on the same sands, and came off very leaky, and was put ashore ; should the weather continue fine, she will be got off and brought into port. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 2.—The Compeer of Salecombe, has been assisted in here in a sinking state, having struck on Harry Furlong's Reef.—The Keer Apparent, bound to Liverpool, is on the Platter Rocks, but is expected off. CLYDE, Nov. I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Maria En gracia, Havannah ; Zetland, St. John's. DUNDEE, Nov. I.—Arrived J oseph Weir, Callao ; Her vine, Davies' Straits, Bo'NEss, No. I. Arrived—Jane, Davies' Straits, with even fish (about 75 tons oil). GRIMSBY, Nov. I.—Wind, S. Sailed—Queen of the Isles, Mauritius, via Swansea. I , IWPORT, Nov. 2.—Sailed—Vistale, Rio Janeiro ; General Beny, New Orleans. LIMERICK, Nov. I.—Arrived—Jane Black, Quebec. FATAL, Oct. 20.—The Challenge (American ship), Can ton to London, has put in in very leaky, and the passen gers had been obliged to take their turn at the pumps. FREDERECKSHAVN, Oct. 25.—The Licence, of and for Rostock, from Sunderland, was stranded on Hertsholm last night, and throwing cargo overboard. ELSINORE, Oct. 28.—The Marchioness of Breadalbane, Liverpool to Narva, grouuded yesterday, and is rather leaky. G I BRALTAR, Oct. 25.—Th e M ary B ay l ey, Galatz to Queenstown, stranded on the beach on the 18th inst., but got off on the 20th, and proceeded. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursdity, 10.30 a.m. Wind, S.S.E., moderate, and foggy. Arrived—Levant, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Thomas Brocklebank, Calcutta. Off Port—Jacob A. Westervelt, from New York, and Queen Victoria and Britannia, ships. ISLE OF MAN, Nov. 1. Portions of the wreck of a vessel have come ashore at different points of this island; one piece is marked " Apame" in gilt letters. The Apame, from Liverpool, for Lisbon, put into Beaumaris Bay on the 29th of Oct. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 1. Wind, S.W., moderato. Arrived—Thomas Edward, from Barbadoes. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10 a.m. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Wind, calm, fine ; tide, two hours flood. Nov. 2.—Arrived—Nuova Carolina, from Odessa. Sailed—Stadt Dordrecht (s,) for Dort. Nov. 3.—Arrived—Rhine (s), from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy (s), Antwerp ; Giraffe (s), Rotterdam. Sailed—Vice-Admiral Gebuis, for Hobart Town ; Arid, Algoa Bay ; Hugo Grotius, Geelong. DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wind S.E., light. Passed—Prince George, from London for St. Lawrence ; Mary Ann, do. for the Cape and Madras ; Northern Light, do. for Cape and Madras (not, as reported, on the Ist) ; Wyckcliffe, do. for Launceston ; Marian Zogury, do. for St. Michael's. Lad y of the Lake, Caroni, H. Li - Sailed— Syria , S ta g , duina, Thomas Blyth, Barrick, Rosoberry, Amherst, Billow Queen, Isabella, and Johanna, with the whole of the outward bound. WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS. The second of these popular concerts, last night, was quite as well attended as the first, and equally as good. The programme was a mixed one, the first part being chiefly devoted to music of a high class, the second to lighter matters. The first consisted almost entirely of Mendelssohn's unrivalled music in " Midsummer Night's Dream," which, under the skilful direction of Mr. Bene dict, was executed with much precision and brilliancy. The vocal solos were entrusted to Miss Birch and Miss Poole, of whose merits it is unnecessary to speak. Miss Fanny Ternan, daughter of the well-known actress, sang with great success Dr. A rne ' s b eautiful melody of " Where the Bee Sucks.'' This was her debat at Exeter Hall, where she will, no doubt, be an acquisition, having a light and very agreeable soprano voice, which appeared to have been well cultivated. In the second part of the concert, "My pretty Jane," by Mr. Augustus Braham, was followed by Guglielmi's " Gratias agimus tibi," by Miss Birch. Festa's quaint madrigal, " Down in a flowery vale ;" a pianoforte performance by Mdlle Coulon ; songs by Miss Isaacs, Miss Poole, and Miss Dolby ; an Italian scena. by Mdlle. Norie ; and other miscellanea succeeded. The last-named young lady, Madamoiselle Norie, made_ her debut at the previous concert, on which occasion she obtained a most favourable reception. She has a mezzo soprano voice of great beauty and sweetness, and it was heard last night to very much advantage. She promises to occupy a very prominent position in her profession. At the third concert Mademoiselle Clauss is announced to play Beethoven's " symphony " in C minor. DREADFUL FIREWORK EXPLOSION AT CIiATILdAf. Yesterday afternoon a terrible explosion took place at the workshops of Mr. Henniker, a gun-maker, residing at Hammond-place, Chatham. Mr. Henniker and his three sons had been engaged for some time past in pre paring a large quantity of fireworks for the approaching sth of November, and yesterday they were busy exe cuting a large order for squibs. At the time of the explosion there were at work in the factory Mrs. Hen niker, aged 50, and her three sons, aged respectively 20, 14, and 10 years ; Mr. Henniker only a short interval previously having left the premises. Mrs. Henniker was in the act of leaving the workshop, having in her apron a large quantity of squibs, when, from some unexplained cause, the whole of them became ignited, the roof and one side of the workshop were blown away and every article of furniture in that portion of the premises was demolished, The three youths were nearly covered with the falling materials. The eldest son, who saw the ignition take place had the presence of mind to snatch up a case containing about 251bs weight of gunpowder, which he hurled over an ad joining wall, and thus in all probability a large sacra fice of life and property was prevented. As soon as the flames were sufficiently extinguished to allow persons to enter the ruins, Mr. Henniker was found fearfully burnt and scorched, and apparently dying. The son, aged 14, was also greatly injured by the explosion and much burnt. Mrs. Henniker was immediately removed to the Chest Arms tavern, and Mr. Fayle, of the firm of Bell and Fayle, was promptly in attendance ; but when this report left, small hopes were entertained of her recovery. The second son also lies in a precarious state. The two other sons though much injured and burnt about the head and body, are pro gressing favourably. MEMORIAL TO BELLOT. ( From Punch. One noble heart the more bath ocean stilled, A heart that throbbed with brave humanity And generous fortitude, which nothing chilled But the grim water of the frozen sea : Down to the deep, in doing well, went he. No son of England—yet shall that be said, Such kindred with the hero as we claim? For we all mourn a brother in the dead, Although from France he drew his birth and name, Honour to France, increased by Bellot's fame. Shall that fame have no other monument Than pile of toppling ice-crags for a tomb, A frostwork chantry, where, through cleft and rent, The north wind sings his dirge, and sunless gloom The Northern Lights are cressets to illume. He died for England—so did one who might Like him have perished, yet not so have died ; And when his spirit wakened into light, Nelson, perhaps, was first that welcome cried, Remembering what like fate his youth defied. But had the floe engulphed that fearless boy Chasing the sea•bear on its faithless track; Our more than Hector—for he saved our Troy— It then had been our heavy doom to lack : And valour, unrenowned, had gone to wrack. Not so with him in glorious fight who fell, For fellow-man, with elemental foes. They for their native land who die, die well ; But better yet, more notably than those, Died he who sank amid the Arctic snows. His country was his kind— in noblest strife, Whose victors only suffer—did he fall ; Thus did-this gallant tar lay down his life : Rest his brave soul with such good sailors all, Beneath the flag of their High Admiral ! STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Nov. I.—ln our own market we had a more cheerful tone yesterday, occasioned by greater ease in the money market, and by an apparent probability of the resumption of negotiations on the Russo-Turkish question. The sales of the day have been very small, but prices are well sustained by the absence of all pres sure to effect sales. The " turn-out" at Preston and Wigan exhibits an appearance of unabated obstinacy. ROCHDALE, Oct. 29.—We have had an extremely dull market, with very little business doing. The merchants are unwilling to purchase only at reduced prices. There is a decided fall in the price of wool, varying from lid. to 2d. per lb., and the manufacturers buy for immediate use only. In the warehouses the country orders are much more limited than is usual in the beginning of No vember. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. I.—Business in the market to day is almost at a stand. There has been a very quiet day. With the exception of a few deliveries to order, very little has been done in either the Cloth-hall or the manufacturers' shops. The wool trade has also been flat. In London the finer qualities of wool are fully per lb. cheaper ; while the lower, or coarser quali ties, scarcely find purchasers. ESCAPE OF Two PRISONERS.—ShortIy before the closing of the Marylebone police court on Monday, Addey, the jailer, went into one of the cells to bring out . e a prisoner, when he found that two men who bad b loocked up, one of them charged with highway rof! be en g and another with felony, had made their escape perforated, and the ceiling of the cell was an iron plate fastened by screws, which had by some afforded for the mea ns or other been drawn out. Ait a perture wasthus egress of the fugitives one of wh om left behind him a coat, and the other a jacket. They must have made their way over the roof, and alighted in Paddington-street, One prisoner was an associate of Hackett, the burglar. who some time ago escaped from a cell at the Marl borough Police-court. T On Tuesday Mr. G. S . Brent CORONER'S INQUES-s -held an inquest at Islington, touching infant three weeks Mgr. John death o f an old, the son of r. Canham Read, of Rydon Cottage, Rydon-street. The child being slightly "chafed " a lotion was compou n d e d f or it, at Mr. Atrill's, 1, South-street, New North-road, and a prescription for Mr. Read was also sent h ome a t th e same time. There being no lab e l s on the medicines, the child's grandmother gave it one of the powders, thinking it was a cooling medicine ; it however caused the child's death. After a long inquiry the jury returned the fol lowing verdict—" That the deceased's death was caused by taking the poisonous powder in mistake, and that great blame was attributable to the druggist who sent the powder for not using sufficient caution in not pro perly labelling it." COLLISION AT SEA.—The schooner Emerald Isle, from London to Liverpool, was run into on Sunday night by a brig, name unknown, painted black, and apparently a Danish vessel, which bore on her course, never stopping to render assistance. The Emerald Isle sank in about half an hour, the crew escaping in the boats ; and, after beating about for 17 hours without food or water, landed safely at Laxy, Isle of Man. 391 8 47 i 8 7t 341 i i THE 110 P DUTY FOR 1853. The following is an account of the duty on hops of the growth of the year 1853, distinguishing the districts, and the old from the new duty Districts. Barnstaple Canterbury Derby Gloucester Hants Hereford Isle of Wight Leicester Lincoln Northampton • Oxford Reading Sheffield Ware.. . ... Worcester Duty. £l9 0 6i ..... 61,407 9 74 •.••• 52 11 84 41 6 8 .•.. 8,056 4 94 ••.• 14,393 14 5 4,065 7 9 5 3 9 104 15 7 5 0 31 0 7 10i 17 13 8 254 3 7 41 6 2 3,246 1 3i £91,710 7 9 Old duty, at id. 12-20 per lb. £50,222 19 4j New duty, at id. 8-20 per lb. 37,121 6 5i Additional duty of 5 per cent., per Act 3d Viet., cap. 17.... 4,366 111 £91,710 7 9 The above are the only districts from which the returns have reached this office. The whole will be published as soon as the remainder are received. L. S. LYNE, A. C. G. Inland Revenue Office, Somerset-House, Nov. 2, 1853. THE LATE MRS. G. G. RICHARDSON. Died at Forge, Canonbie, on the 9th ult., Mrs. G. G. Richardson, well known to the literary world by her poetic and other publications. She had read extensively, and few possessed a mind so highly-cultivated, or could render themselves more agreeable or instructive as com panions. She had a just sense of religious truth, and her mind was deeply impressed with its principles. She was well acquainted with the Holy Scriptures, and with the writings of the best Di'vines ; she was also charitable in word and in deed. She lived greatly respected, and died much lamented by all who knew her.—Durnfrics Courier. [For upwards of 20 years it was our happiness to enjoy the close and continuous friendship of Mrs. G. G. Richardson ; and not only have we a melancholy plea sure in adopting every word of eulogium which our con temporary bestows upon her memory, but we have no hesitation in saying that such a combination of moral worth and intellectual acquirements, smictified by a firm faith in Divine revelation, as was exhibited in Mrs. Richardson's character, is very rarely to be met with. Her's was one of the most generous natures we ever knew. And let us add that in her uniform demeanour she was remarkable for all those qualities which consti tute the true Iady.—EDITOR MORNING ADVERTISER.] THE WET SEASON. The following is the amount of rain-fall at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the last three months of 1852, and the first nine months of 1853, with the ave rages of corresponding periods for 37 years Rain Average of in inches. 37 years. 1852. October 3.8 November 6'o December 2 . 6 2 . 3 1 . 9 Average of 38 years. 1.8 I'7 1 . 6 1.8 2'l 3 . 7 2'6 2'5 2'5 January February March April May June July August September 1853. 2 . 0 0 . 9 1.5 3 . 1 1.6 2 . 3 6.0 2.2 2.4 34 . 5 27'1 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. BEVERLEY—Nov. 1. The Liberals here have obtained a great victory. The Tories, aided by a section of the Liberal party, made great exertions to carry their candidates. They had a shop for fillip.- up voting papers close by the polling booth, and about noon a party entered, and found a banker's clerk and a confederate busily engaged paying the voters. The prices varied from 7s. 6d. to 20s. The Liberals acted on the strictest principles of purity, and have determined to prosecute every case of bribery. In the Minster ward three cases of personation on the part of the Tories were detected, and the guilty parties will be punished. The council now consists of eleven Libe rals and ten Tories. There will be three aldermen to elect on the 9th of November, in the room of one Libe ral and two Tory aldermen, whose term of office will then expire. The following is the result of the poll : MINSTER WARD. Mr. George Ireland (Liberal) 314 Joseph Hind (Liberal) 3ll Gregory Page (Liberal) 292 TORY CANDIDATES REJECTED. Mr. Wm. Crosskill James Baker Thomas Waddington 236 SAINT MARY'S WARD. Mr. J. F. Charnpney (Tory) 230 Charles Arden (Tory( 235 David Boyes (Liberal) CANDIDATES REJECTED. Mr. W. S. Wreghitt 2ll Esau Shipstone 174 ,Tames Stephenson l6B SHIPPING RETURNS. A return lately printed of the shipping and tonnage of the United Kingdom furnishes a complete account of the progress of British and colonial shipbuilding from the year 1814 to the present time. One of the most re markable facts presented by this statement is the con stant tendency shown to increase the size of vessels. In 1814 the average capacity of all the ships constructed in Great Britain during that year was 122 tons, while in 1852 it was 235 tons. Hence, although the aggregate of new tonnage per annum has nearly doubled, the figures having been 86,075 tons inlBls, against 167,491 l as t year, the number of vessels built each year has re mained nearly stationary, the total having been 706 in 1815, and 712 in 1852. In colonial-built ships this ten dency is observable to a still greater extent, their aver age capacity having been only 84 tons in 1815, while in 1851 it had risen to 207 tons. At the same time the advance of the colonies has been such that, notwith standing the vast increase in the average capacity of their ships, the number constructed likewise shows an extraordinary augmentation. In 1815 they built 131 vessels, with a total capacity of 11,069 tons, and in 1851 the number was 680 vessels with a capacity of 141,116 tons. In the face of all the apprehensions on account of the repeal of the Navigation Laws, the total tonnage of English vessels annually constructed since that event has shown a steady increase, and last year it was larger than at any former time, with the excep tion of 1840 and 1841, when an unusual addition was made in consequence of a speculative mania that had prevailed for some time at Sunderland. In the co lonies the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1848 were the most active ever known ; and, although after the latter year, during which a great stimulus had been imparted by the demand for freight occasioned by the famine which had just been experienced on this side, a reaction took place, there has subsequently been a steady reco very, until in 1851 the figures again rapidly approached the total from which 'they had receded. For 1852 the colonial returns are not yet complete, but they will pro bably show a considerable further advance. The same document gives an account of the number of vessels belonging to the several ports of the British empire in each year, from 1814 to 1852 inclusive. From this it appears, that in 1814 the total of vessels was 24,418, with an aggregate capacity of 2,616,965 tons, bemploying 172,7 86 men and boys. Last year the num ber 34,402 vessels, with a tonnage of 4,424,392 em ploying 2 4 3,512 men and boys. During the years, therefore, the increase of v esse l s alto4l per cent., of tonnage to 72 p er cent., interval tons, of 39 wa s equal and of men to 40 per cent., the augmentation of capacity and the improvements in construction causing a compa rative economy in the number of persons employed. A return is likewise given of the number of foreign s hips purchased by British owners since the repeal of the Navigation Laws—namely, in 1850, 1851, and 1852. From t t y h is of i t a n, p4p9e9a tons,rs , t ah t i n t 85 e o t ; o 2a6l with a were-57,capacity a w o iittyh ofa tons in in to l n B s, s2 in . l l B t s i l s. ; e a v n id d en 2 t B , ,twheitrhefoarec,afproamcittyhoofde6olil424o which occurred after the first year of experience, that British builders have nothing to dread from the superior ability or cheapness of foreign competitors. Thursday burst THE FLOODS KENT -2s c night l as t a heavy stormofA thunderBan.d lightning over the valley of the Medway, after having at an earlier hour in the evening inflicted considerable damage upon the shipping and dwelling houses on the south western and south-eastern coasts. It was accompanied by a literal deluge of rain, which, descending on Friday from the uplands, poured into the river, and gradually overflowed its banks at numerous points, till some hun dreds of acres of land between Penshurst and Maidstone were under water. On Friday also and in the course of that night there were frequent and heavy showers aug menting the body of water to such an extent that the bed of the stream could not carry off the flood, and the neighbouring fields and meadows were completely inun dated. On Saturday morning, consequently, the Fair-mea dow, at Maidstone, with some of the meadows above and below the bridge, resembled a lake, and apprehensions were entertained that the bottom of High-street and the foot of the West Borough would be rendered wholly im passable without boats. On Saturday night and Sun day the flood abated, and the river at present does not exceed its average depth. The Essex Herald says I n consequence of the long continuation of heavy rains, the agricultural o perations of seeding have been seriously retarded, which has caused much fearful ap prehension in the minds of the farmers for the fate of their next year's crops, and an equal amount of anxiety amongst the people as to their future supply of food. The floods have risen as a matter of course, and deluged land abutting upon rivers, stopped the operations of mills, and otherwise damaged property," St. St. St. St. 1 100 100 100 100 13A 20 20 50 6 all 100 all 50 20 20 25 21s. 100 20 110 100 16i 10 St. St. 100 100 100 100 10 25 10 1.0.6 100 all 3 100 10 20 20 20 65 4 31 i 8i i 5 31 4