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Per Elba. to a inferior Beasts-- s i 2 to 3 B d. •?ond q ua lity v... 310 4 0 Prime large Oxen.. 4 2 4 r, Prim e Scots . 4 8 410 Large Coarse Calves 310 4 6 Prim e small ditto .. 4 8 410 Sucklin g Calves —2l 0 30 0 Inferior Sheep 3 6 310 NEIXTGAT7a ANX The general demand was Wore mostly supported. At per stone d. to s. d. a. d. to P. d. e. Beef,lnferlor...... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior •. 3 4 3 6 • middling .... 210 3 2 -- middling •• 38. 4 0 grime large •• 3 2 3 4 --- prime .... 4 2 4 6 ▪ prime small 3 6 38; Pork, 1arge...... 310 4 6 Yeal '•'• • * - small .• 8 5 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os to. BOROUGH HOP MAREET. The actual amount of the duty having somewhat ex ceeded the estimate of many parties, the demand for all kinds of Hops—especially as no speculators aro coming forward—is in a very inactive state, and, to effect lavge sales, lower rat s must be submitted to. Yearling and old Hops may be purchased on unusually low terms. NEW 110PS:—per cwt. Sussex pockets ... 2/ 15s to 31 6s Weald of Kent ditto ... 3/ to 31 lOs Mid and East Kent ditto 31 3s to 515 s COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been decidedly firmer this week, and there has been an ad vance in the quotations, with a large business doing. Barbadoes fine yellow, 43s 6d to 44s 6d, mid 39s to 41s, and brown 37s 6d to 38s per cwt. St. Lucia good yellow went at 39s to 40s 6d, aid fine brown 34s to 34s 6d; Tobago good yellow 32s 6d; and Dominica mid brown 33s 6d per cwt. Refined standard lumps have been £3a 6d to 545 per cwt. EAST INDIA.-8,337 bags Mauritius sold 6d to Is higher ; very fine yellow like Barbadoes, 47s 6d ; fine brown, 33s 6d to 34s 6d, and good strong grey, 33s to 39s per cwt. Bengal has been in fair request at full rates. Madras has realised 29s to 34s per cwt. FoREIGN.—Porto Rico has been sold at 37s to 39s for low and mid, at 39s 6d to 455 for good and fine, and at 37s lid to 41s for washed. COFFER.—Jamaiea has been sold at 33s to 57s 6d per cwt. Ceylon has been in fair demand at 28s to 65s per cwt for sound. Java has been taken in at 325. The market generally has not been active for this staple. Mocha has been sold on rather lower terms ; good yel low 58s to 58s 6d, and yellow long berry 70s. Pea berry Ceylon has been at 54s to 66s per cwt. Cocos.—Trinidad has been sold at 39s to 42s 6d per cwt, and some as high as 48s. RUM.—Leeward Island proof has been at is Bd, Jamaica, mid and good at 3s 6d to 3s 9d for 33 to 35 per cent. over, and East India p! oof at ls 6d per gallon. SPICES.—White Pepper has been taken in at 41d per lb., Malabar has been sold at 2id to 3d per lb, and Mace has realised 2s 7d to 2s 10d per lb. RlcE.—There has been a further advance. Low White Bengal is 12s to 13s, and good and fine 14s 6d to 16s per cwt. TEL—Of 11,600 packages put up at the public sales, Only about 3,600 sold. But mid Congou went id to Id per lb cheaper, and medium quality Gunpowder 2d to 3d per lb cheaper. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 44s 6d to 45s per cwt, and Town 48s 6d per cwt. link the offal. s. d. to s. d. Second quality duto 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 Southdown Wettter 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool 4-5 Large Hogs ......4 0 4 5 Small I'orkers •• .. 4 8 5 2 Quarter old rigs • .19 0 25 0 Lambs .. 0 0 0 0 X.M.5.23 7EPT AT.L. in a sluggish state, yet prices )3 , the Carcase. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR, after disposing of the un opposed lunatic petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard appeal motion of COTHER V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. J. PARKER replied to-day in this case, and The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed his judgment. CROCKETT V. CROCKETT. _ - This case came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram. The facts of the case may be shortly stated as follows : J. Crockett, by his will, dated Macao, 15th M arch, 1831, directed " that all and every part of his pro perty should be at the disposal of his most true and lawful wife, Caroline Crockett, for herself and her children in the event of any unforeseen accident hap pening to himself. The testator died at Macao in June, 1837, leaving Caroline Crockett, his widow, and five children surviving; and soon afterwards administration of the testator's estate, with the will annexed, was granted to the widow by the proper authorities at Macao. In September, 1837, the widow, who had been ad vised th a t, un d er t h e w ill , s h e was a b so l u t e l y entitled to the whole of the testator's property to her own use, executed a voluntary deed, whereby, after directing the sum of 15,0001. to be remitted to this country, she settled that sum upon trust for herself for life, if she should so long remain unmarried, and after her death or marr i age upon trust f or fi ve children of the test a t or . One Sof the children afterwardsd ied, and the bill was filed by the four surviving children against the widow for an account of the testator's estate, and praying a declaration that the children were entitled under the will to the tes tator's property jointly with the widow, and that the deed o f S eptem b er, 1837, w as not binding upon them. At the hearing of the cause in 1841, the Court made a declaration that the children took an interest in pos sess i on i n t h e t es t a t or ' s pro p er ty a t his decease, under the testator's will, and that the deed of September, 1837, was not binding upon them ; and directed that th e w h o l e i ncome of t h e testator ' s residuary estate should he paid to the mother during the infancy of the children, or until further order, she maintainingand educating them in a pruper. manner. Upon the eldest of the children attaining his majority he presented the present petition to the Court, for a transfer of his p or ti on o f the fund , and upo n the hearing of the p e titi on t h e question was,, whether the word " disposal" in the w ill conferred u p on the widow the power of distributing th e capital of the fund amongst the c hild ren, or whether s he he was en titled thereby on l y to the care a n d custody of the income b e l ong i ng to the childr en durin g re n during their minoriti es . Th e Vi ce- Chancellor Wigram held that the widow and her children took a joint in terest in the resid uary estate of the testator , and, after directing the p or ti on o f the petitioner to be p aid to him, ord ere d th at t h e d i rection which he had pre viously made should be continued as to the mother and the infant children, and from that judgment the present appeal was brought. Mr. Walker and Mr. Busk appeared for the appel lant, and Mr. Romilly and Mr. Roundel' Palmer were counsel for the respondents. The case on behalf of the appellants had not con cluded when his Lordship rose, shortly after two o'clock, to attend the pricking for sheriffs in the Court of Exchequer. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) SOUTHAMPTON, MANCHESTER, AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY SCHEME.—PORSONS V. MUNTZ AND OTHERS. This was a bill filed by the plaintiff, praying for a decree ordering the defendant to pay him a sum of 897/. 9s. 11d. Mr. K. PARKER opened the case, and, from the Learned Gentleman's statement, it appeared that the plaintiff, who is a solicitor, projected in August, 1845, a scheme called the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway. The undertaking was advertised, and being favourably received, on the 19th of August, 1845, the necessary preliminaries, entering it at the Register-office, &c., were made. A meeting of those favourable to the project was held on the 27th of the same month, when a full statement of the probable return that the shareholders would obtain from the scheme was made by Mr. Parsons, which was so satisfactory that a resolution was agreed to approving of the project. A provisional committee, of which the defendant was a member, was appointed, and they appointed a sub-committee. The defendants consented to act, and had done so ever since. It was also resolved that the committee thus appointed should not be held personally responsible for any costs that might be incurred in the formation of the company, which should be defrayed out of the funds that might be subscribed. Mr. Parsons continued to act as soli citor of the company, and incurred considerable ex penses. Several applications were made for shares, of which a considerable number were allotted, and a deposit of 21. 2s. paid on each share. The capital required for the undertaking was 1,200,000/., to which 40,0001. had been subscribed. On the 9th of November, 1845, the plaintiff was superseded and directed to send in his account, which he accordingly did, claiming 8971. 9s. lid. 2001. of that sum was paid him, and the present bill was then filed. It ap peared that, subsequent to the filing of the bill, the defendants tendered the plaintiff a sum of 4001. in liquidation of his demand, which he refused. The defendants, in their answer, alleged that they were not personally liable, and that the plaintiff had not established his claim. (The case had not concluded when our report left.) QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco ) The Court took the demurrer paper this morning ; no case of public interest came on for argument. The Court rose at an early hour, in order to attend the pricking for sheriffs in the Exchequer-chamber. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIi DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN-RE MORSE. This bankrupt described as of Neithrop, Oxford, woolstapler, came up to pass his last examination, . which had been adjourned for further accounts. It appeared that he had carried on business for 40 years, doing business to the extent formerly cf . 20,0001. per annum, yet had never kept any books. He had banked with the same firm for 20 years, and their predecessors for 20 years, but his credit was stopped a few months since, which mainly led to his bankruptcy. His present debts are about 1,0001., and the assets about 300/., but it is expected tlh:t property under a settlement will be recovered, in which event the estate will pay 20s. in the pound, and leave a surplus. The assignees were now satisfied that the best account the bankrupt could render had been put in and has passed his examination, His HONOUR, however, considered that the non keeping books bmr,unted to reckless trading. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Berore Air. Secondary POTTER.) GIBSON V. SHAW. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 71. for rent. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. It appeared by the evidence that in 1845 the de fendant took p irt of a warehouse in Stoney-lane, Borough, at the yearly rent of 301., but he ultimately shut up the p'ace and sent the key to the plaintiff, who accepted it, and now sought to recover the quarter then becoming due. It was proved that the defendant now resided within the city of London, in which place he admitted the debt. The defence was, that the action being for rent the venue was local and ought to have been laid in Sur rey, where there was a county court. In reply, it was urged that the admission in the City formed a good ground of action, and justified its being brought in the superior court, as at the time the writ was issued the new Act for recovering small debts in the Sheriffs' Court, London, had not passed. The Learned SECONDARY held in favour of plain tiff, but said that the point a 3 to whether an action for use and occupation was local was open for argu ment before the Court above, and he would retain the writ for four days for that purpose. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Anne Jones, a young girl of very lady-like appear ance and address, and whose connexions were said to be most respectable was indicted for feloniously attempting to steal a purse from the person of a woman whose name is unknown, at the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. The charge against the prisoner depended solely upon the testimony of one of the company's officers, who stated that shortly after the arrival of the train from Bristol, and at a time when there were a number of passengers in the station he saw the prisoner standing beside a lady who was leaning over the balcony, and saw her put her right hand into the lady's pocket, when he seized hold of her arm before she had time to withdraw it. She had no luggage with her. Upon taking her into custody, she offered to take the officer to her residence, and prove to him that she was a most respectable person, but he declined, and took her to the station-house, where she was searched, and two gold watches found upon her, besides a quantity of other property, with respect to the acquirement of which she afforded the most satisfactory account, having stated where she bought the watches, which was found, upon inquiry, to be true. When asked where she came from, by the train, she said, " From Liverpool." Mr. Sergeant WILKINS addressed the jury for the defence. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE summed up, and the jury, after a lengthened deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, to the evident satisfaction of a very crowded court. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Joseph Cunningham was brought before Mr. Arnold, charged with being found in the public street in a state of nudity, at half-past two o'clock this morning. Police-constable 110 H stated that he was proceed ing on his beat at the above time, in Coventry-street, Mile-end-road, when his attention was directed to an entire suit of man's wearing apparel, hung upon some iron railings in regular succession before seve ral of the houses—first, a hat, then a coat and waist coat, next a pair of trousers, and lastly, a pair of shoes and stockings. He at once removed them, and had not proceeded many yards ere he perceived a man naked with the exception of his shirt, which was adhering to his skin, in consequence of the torrents of rain, which was then pouring down, having thoroughly saturated it, and well-nigh drowned him self. He was conveyed to the station-house at Spitalfields, where he was properly attended to by Sergeant Coleman and others, but a considerable time had elapsed before he was made conscious of what had happened. The unfortunate man appeared to be still labour ing under the effects of what he had endured, and The MAGISTRATE discharged him with an ad monition. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Plum, clerk to the guardians of the poor of St. Giles's, Camberwell, applied to Mr. Norton for upwards of thirty summonses against the owners of houses in Bukley-street, Peckham New-town, for nuisance. lie stated that the place was rendered a focus of pestilence by the extraordinary negligence of the inhabitants and their landlords. The houses were all occupied by Irish people of the lowest order, who had imported and adhered to the habits of their own country, A filthy pool of stagnant water extended the whole length of the street, and sometimes over flowed into the houses. The parochial authorities had in vain remonstrated, although the inhabitants themselves were sufferers, as the place was seldom without fever. Sedgely, the beadle, stated that there were at present sixteen cases of fever in the locality. The whole district was in danger of contagion. Mr. NORTON immediately granted the summonses. DREADFUL CALAMITY.— CINCINNATI, OCT. 15. — The Fashville papers just received bring intelligence of an awful calamity at that place, the effects of the storm on Tuesday evening last. The lightning struck the powder magazine, causing an awful explosion. The re port was equal to the loudest earthquake. The destruc tion of life and property was immense-100 houses wore destroyed or injured, and ten dead bodies hare been already taken from the ruins. PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—This Society have deposited two powerful levers at the South wark side of London-bridge for the gratuitous use of carmen whose shaft-horses may fall down in descending the dangerous declivity from Tooley-street to Welling ton-street, to raise the load from off the poor animals and enable them to rise. A portion of Franconi's celebrated equestrian troupe, from Paris, consisting of seventy-five ladies and gentleman and twenty-four splendid horses, arrived at the St. Katherine's-wharf yesterday by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Venezuela, from Havre. PRODUCE OF THE URAL MINES.—The Oesterreichis cher Beobachter states that the produce of the Crown and private mines in the Ural, during the first six months of the present year was 166 poods of gold and 29 of platina. THE BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Yes terday evening a meeting of the committee and members of the above institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the transaction of business, and confirming the rules. The report congratulated the supporters of the charity on the great success which, considering the shortness of time it has been established, the committee had met with ; the treasurer reporting that he had paid into the hands of the bankers, on account of the Belief Fund, 2451. 9s. 10d., and on account of the Building Fund. 163/. Ils. ad., making a total of 4091. Is. 4d. The report concluded with expressing a hope that it was only necessary to announce to the masters of the different branches of the building trade that such an institution exists, to insure support. Amongst the subscribers are William Cubitt, Esq., M.P., S. M. Peto, Esq, M.P., &c. PERSHORE.—ACCIDENT.-011 the night of Wed nesday last a temporary bridge, which h a d b een erected _ . for the purpose of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolves hampton Railway works, near Wyre Piddle, fell in. A gentleman, who was travelling from Evesham in his gig, in the darkness of the night, very narrowly escaped driving into the chasm, and it is almost wonderful that no fatal :accident occurred during the night. On the following day a boy was posted near the spot, to warn off travellers to take a more circuitous route. We un derstand that the accident was attributable to the work men having incautiously undermined the supporters of the bridge.—Worcestcrshirc Chronicle. • last, Lord Reidhaven gav e a b attue i n the principala ur ay SHooTING fr‘ GL EN -U RQUIIART. - 011 S t d covers surrounding the house of Balrnacaan. The party were in all four guns, viz. his Lordship, the Hon. George Stuart, Brodie Dunn, Esq., of Milton -Brodie, and Francis Palmer, Esq. The sport commenced at ten o'clock, and between that hour and four, the party bagged 312 head, consisting of pheasants, hares, rabbits, and 12 woodcocks. The shooting gives great credit to Mr. Stewart, gmekeeper to Lord Reidhaven, for his having succeeded in rearing so fine a stock of game (pheasants being unknown in this glen three years ago), as well as for the admirable way in which he conducted the battue, with a large number of beaters.—lnverness Courier. A SMUGGLER CAPTURED.—The Vigilant, revenue cutter, Captain Gowliard, arrived off Chatham on Tues day afternoon, with a smuggling cutter, of about 35 tons, called the Ilinnah, of Maldon, having a crew of four able fellows. The cargo of this vessel has been lodged at the Custom-house, Rochester, and consists of 125 bales of tobacco, of 50Ibs. each, and 500 packages of snuff. The import duty would be about 1,3001. This smuggler was captured at the Nore, on Monday night, after a spirited chase of half an hour. A NEW SOPRANO.—We perceive by the Dublin papers that Mr. Allen, the accomplished tenor, has in troduced a pupil of hii own to the stage, in the person of Miss Julia Harland; and that the success of the young lady has been complete. Her voice is described as a soprano of considerable strength and exquisite sweetness. The opera selected for her debut at the Theatre Royal Aas the Sonnambula, in which she sus tained the character of ihnina to the Elvino of her pre ceptor, and according to the Dublin critics she has ' achieved a great triumph. Since the opening night Lucia di Lammermoor and Loder's Night Dancers have been produced to crowded audiences, and Mr. Calcraft, the manager, has offered terms to induce Mr. Allen and his fair pupil to prolong their stay. DARING HIGHWAY ROBEERIES,—OH Thursday near Wolverhampton, Mr. John Griffiths , nd robbed ; a few minutes be eveningo the-Oa Oak last , Farm Iron Works , was attacked biy,h.hiltps,igh jwaymen a fore Mr. s G t e o o u r r g b e ri ß dg o e rr , a w so a n s , a o t_ f un.. of Penn, escaped from the same p art y throu g h the sitoirbibtinofgthoins , ho o r n st . his O r n e u' Friday i n d a3 froM i r ee men are cus o y Ashwood, Kingswiuford. r tacked and rob bed by weTahrmed highwaymen, near for this latter outrage. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 9.—From the report of the re ceipts of railways in the month of September, it appeared that they amounted to 1,636,124 francs, being 96,000 francs more than in the month of Sep tember last year. The increase amounts to 27,0001. for passengers, and 55,000 f. on goods. A slight di minution has taken place on the transport of goods, which is easily accounted for by the fact that the foreign travellers, who mostly pay for their goods, reached the culminating point in August. From 1845 to 1846 there was an increase of 791,407 f., or 81 per cent. The increase of 1847 has exceeded that of the preceding year by 912,6441., or 5 per cent. While the budget has calculated upon an increase of only 14 per cent., the end of the year will show a surplus of more than a million. ANTWERP, Nov. 9.---Our market was perfectly calm to-day in commodities of every kind. VIENNA, Nov. 3.—The very unsatisfactory report from London this day, and especially that the funds had fallen 3 per cent., being noted NI, caused no little alarm on our exchange, although it made no particular impression on our other funds. Ferdinand's Northern Railway was quoted at 1521, but at the close it was only 150 f. to 1501 f. The fall in the Venice Milan shares was still more remarkable ; they suddenly fell from 971 to 944 to 95. Our inland funds remained firm, and the Five per Cents. as well as the Four per Cents. experienced no change. The report which has been generally circulated, through the medium of the Breslau Gazette, that the four last failures in Leghorn has occasioned a loss of a million and a half to our trade, and that this blow must in duce further consequences, is groundless ; at all events as yet nothing of that kind has transpired in our commercial world. _ ST. PETERSBURGH, OCT. 29.—There is a general stagnation of business or every kind, and with an ample supply of goods there is no activity in the market, and both buyers and speculators are quite dispirited. BERLIN, Nov. 6.—We cannot say much that is new respecting our Bourse ; the general tendency, however, is rather favourable than otherwise, and although there is no great improvement in the ex change, this is entirely attributed to the want of speculation. We have scarcely ever seen our ex change in so passive a state as at present. N either good news nor bad from abroad cause any sensible impression ; and it is evident that under such circum stances business must be extremely dull. The news of the late fall in the English funds, the rise in the discount of the Bank of Amsterdam, the movements in Switzerland, &c., would at other times have caused great reactions here. Now, however, by means of the Prussian Bank, our financial circumstances are such, that ample opportunities are given to the share holders to keep firm hold of their effects, and hence desirable bargains are seldom offered for sale. In this respect the working of that bank must be consi dered as highly beneficial, and it is the more gene rally surprising that, while the exchange is so regular and animated, the bank shares do not obtain a higher course. To-day some were offered f o r sa l e a t 104. Our railway shares remain, on the whole, the same as last week. The state of our corn trade remains unchanged; wheat has not risen in price, rye is ani mated. Very little is done in barley, which is offered at higher prices, but cannot maintain them. HAMBURGH, Nov. 6.—The arrivals here are but small, especially in our corn market, but trade has been more animated, particularly with England. THE CHOLERA.—Moscow.—Since the 17th the number of cholera cases here has daily decreased. On the 22d there were 229 patients, the greater number of whom gave hopes of recovery. GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN.—OH the evening of the 2d of November, the Austrian Ambassador in Swit zerland, Baron Von Keisersfeld, with his attache, M. Von Hofmann, arrived at Constance, and on the 3d embarked on the steamer for Breganze, where he will probably take up his residence till the war in Swit zerland is decided. VIENNA, NOT. s.—The Austrian Observer con tains the following :—" The Austrian Ambassador is said to have informed the Vorort to-day that he has received orders from his Court, on the breaking out of the war in Switzerland, to withdraw to neutral ground ; at the same time, however, to make the declaration that Austria in no wise interfered in favour of either of the belligerent parties, but would remain quite neutral, and that the friendly peaceful re lations of this power with the confederates should undergo no change in this respect." We are authorised to declare that the Imperial Ambassador in Switzerland, Baron Von Keisersfeld, who, since the breaking out of the disturbances in the confederacy, has removed his post from Berne to Zurich, has sent in a notification to H. Zehnded, the Burgomaster of Zurich, that in pursuance of com mands from his Court, that at the moment of the breaking out of the civil war he will leave Switzer land and return to Breganze.—Flanders Mail, No vember 10. _ - - - DUTCH FUNDS.—AMST3IIDAN, NoT. 9. Money. 13111 s Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. •• • • . 53% 54 Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • 64 64% Ditto, 4 per Cent....• ...• .• ........ 83% 83% Amort Syndic, 3 per Cent.. ...• Commercial Company, 4% per Cent •• 160% 161% East India Loan, 4 per Cent• • •• • • 83% 83% Exchange on London, at sight ........12 lb Two months.• ••• • • 11 • 93 On Hamburgh, at sight •• .. 35 , 25 Two months.• .• • ••• • ...... 34 62 On Paris • ••.• • • ........ i 6 62 Twomonths. •• •• • • .• 56 12 HAMBURGH BORSENILALLE, Nov. 9. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents .............• .. 104 Bank Shares .. •• •••• • • ............ 1600 Anglo-Russian Loan ..• •• • • 103% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 100% 100% Ditto let serieslnscription.• • • •....... 101 — Ditto,Nope andCo.,3d and 4th series.. 94 Ditto, in Certificate •••. • . • • .........• 94 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• • • 56% Ditto Stieglitz .. • . ...... ....... 86 86 Spanish New 5 per Cent.. • • Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent• • Dutch Actual Debt, 23% per Cent. ••• • • Ditto 3 per Cent. .....• •• .• •• •• • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 79 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 80% 88 % National Bank Shares • . ...... •••• • • •• EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 29.—His Highness the Vice roy, who has been staying in Alexandria all the summer, left for Cairo yesterday morning on the ap proach of winter, the cold weather not being so much felt in the capital as it is here. The usual salutes from all the shipping in the harbour and the forts in and about the town were fired on the occasion, and all the European Consuls-General are preparing to follow the Pacha up the Nile. The last accounts from Malta report Ibrahim Pacha's health to be improving, and it is hoped by all the well-wishers of Egypt that he will soon be enabled to return to this country, as, in the event of his death before that of Mehemet Ali, some disturbances might arise with regard to the Viceroy's successor. As a proof of the very good understanding at pre sent existing between Mehemet Ali and the Sultan of Constantinople, the following fact may be men tioned :—Some time ago the Sultan, wishing to send troops to Syria and Tunis, applied to Mehemet Ali for the loan of his fine steamer, the Nile, which was immediateV placed at his orders. When Ibrahim Pacha was about leaving for Malta, in the beginning of this month, the Viceroy wrote to Con stantinople for the return of his steamer for the use of his son ; but the Nile being then at sea, fhot utefao t rin h tstindht e hhteeoh Sultan immediately sent one of his finest steamers, which, however, arrived here too late, as Ibrahim Pacha's health would not permit him to wait, and he proceeded to Malta in a French steamer. Said Pacha, Mehemet Ali's second son, and Admiral of the fleet, is at present in the Delta, occupied in settling accounts with the overseers of his estates ; and his mode of proceeding is quite peculiar to this country. He causes the overseers to be brought begin before him by and making asks e t x h n e u m s e fso,r and m money e y say ; they tbey invariably have crops reortep o-s nmbsma forthcoming. dtn n nl bag e 3 ,bes c s , f watereho o hsor aert ,to i t. nhbtigehne Saidet twiomb whole administeredhoe Pacha, canals ain s ede e annh a l su s a o o bmnu n atbqhl b eueiot a rninhn i g:e i est n swfh g aggei ihtrlbvhesooeeodouin; without ntsdtri unfavourable, orders y hii feet,ss cattle have not multiplied during the season ; the overseers reply that the young ones have died off; the lashes are again brought into play and the bullocks make their is samesystem appearance. 'Phis is pursued throughout Egypt, and is discreditable both t o th e landlord and the tenant; but there is this t o b e sa id in favour of the latter, that he knows too well th a t, were h e to pay his ay rents at once, or to show the pr o p er num b er of cattle without first submitting to a few s cores of stripes the soles of his feet, the proprietor, ever suspicious, would immediately imagine that he must have still more money, and still more cattle by him, and the tenant would, in that case, go on receiving stripes in numerable without having it in his power to mitigate them. Lieutenant General Sir Charles Napier and family proceed to-morrow morning, by the French steamer, to Malta, where they intend to perform quarantine, and then go on to Nice, to spend the winter there,for the benefit of Lady Napier's health. During his stay in Alexandria General Napier went over the new fortifications at present in the course of erection round the town. He also visited the shipping wharves and the extensive stores which have recently been built along the canal, and where the greatest activity exists in this season of the year, owing to the large quanti ties of produce which are arriving from the upper country, and where numberless camels, donkeys, and porters are to be seen all day long, conveying grain from the boats on the canal to the stores, and from the stores to the shipping wharves in the harbour. There is at present a great deal,of fever prevailing in Alexandria, and the average number of deaths during the last month has been thirty-six daily, whilst in ordinary times it is only fourtien. LITERATURE. ROBIN HOOD. A Fragment. With other Frog- 1 meats and Poems. By Robert Southey and Caroline Southey. A bequest to posterity, from Robert Southey, in the form of a poetic fragment, and that fragment commemorative of rare Robin, the outlaw of the greenwood, is a phenomenon in literature not to be treated slightingly. Little as we esteem the charac ter of Southey as a politician, and much as we con sider his genius overated as a bard, we should be in sane to deny that he was a man of extraordinary parts, of ripe and varied scholarship, and of remark able eloquence as a writer. " Kehamah" would vouch of itself for his imagination ; " Thalaba," for his do minion over language, rhetoric, and metrical grace fulness; " Roderick the Goth," for his intense and epic forcefulness ; " Mary," for his skill as a ballad monger; " Nelson," f or hi s capac ity as a biographer ; and the " Doctor,"--th e o ld ram bli ng , crazy, gossip ping, good-for-no ug ht o f a D oc t or —for his book wis dom and his app rec i a ti on o f s l y , dry, and costive humour. Southey had a genius for an age but not for all time. That he had genius it would he absurd to deny, but that his genius had in it anything of permanence it would be equally absurd to maintain. His intellect was lambent and evanescent as a meteor, not luminous and eternal as a constellation. It was the dross that shone in the fire of his vitality like precious metal, but which, when the fire was extinguished, was only dust and ashes. It was not that pure gold which passes through the fire only to come forth refined, and to be treasured up for ever and for ever. It was the blooming apple of the Dead Sea, not the golden apple of the Hesperides. In this respect his name will be of secondary importance when that of Samuel Taylor Coleridge is chronicled among the bright lights of the illustrious departed. The preface to this posthumous work is a plaintive annotation by the widow of Robert Southey, telling us of the conceit in which the fragment of " Robin Hood" originated, and constituting another chapter in that endless homily which teaches man that all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Th e w i ses t of the human race, Solomon, the Ki ng o f J erusa l e m great truth not mor e emp h a ti ca lly. I spoke this t has been written. The versifi ca ti on o f " Robin Hood" is peculiar—odd--eccentric, as all who have read "Thalaba" may imagine, for it is written in the metre of "Thalaba." That, in spite of its grace and occasional tenderness, it is altogether unworthy of Robin Hood, not to say of Much the Miller, of Maid Marian, of Scarlet and Little John, we must protest. But it is avowedly a fragment, and the writer of that fragment, after passing through the darkness of a mental demise, has gone into the valley of the Shadow. Peace be to his memory ! We say.it with a vivid sense of his moral and political tergiver sation. From a scrap of verse ;descriptive of March we transcribe the following lines : those marked by us in italics are delicious, and fraught with sylvan beauty. It was one of the last outpourings of the love of Southey's heart for nature : 6 , The noontide walk Not undelightful now, though thro' the wood, The greenwood lingering still, no gentle gale Around the foliage of o'erhanging boughs Melodious moves: what though the vernal mead No rich profusion spreads of golden flowers That laugh luxuriant in the summer sun, Yet o'er the sober green the willing eye Dwells with a tranquil joy: what though the grove Lifts not its leafy honours now, adorned With mid-year freshness, or the many hues Of autum ; pleasant is it to behold The grey ash spreading wide its naked arms; The beech, beneath whose red, dry, rustling leaves Bursts the young bud secure, or the broad elm, Thro' all whose infinite branching the new sap Flows first revived and brightens the brown bud, Pleasant the earlier dawn, the warmer ray Of noon, the evening twilight's lengthening hour. Rough is thine entrance, March! yet welcome thou. We know the better season draweth nigh, And welcome the rude winds that herald it." There is a spontaneous suavity in these lines which cannot but be affecting to those who cast a retrospec tive glance over the career of the dead poet, and re member the vigour of his virile intellect before it was blurred by the mists and paralysis of imbecility. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part XV. By Albert Smith. In this number, Christopher having discovered that the late Sir Frederick Arden was married to Mar garet Ellis, and that he is the only child of that mar riage, proceeds at once to Arden Court to vindicate his rights. Gudge and his wife are installed there, and set poor Lady Arden at defiance. Sir Frederick and his bride Fanny Hamper, arrive just as Gudg e, who is a leetle intoxicated, has insulted Lady Arden in the grossest possible manner. On hearing of his conduct, Sir Frederick seized hold of Gudge's neckcloth, which was tied in a miserable close juggling-looking knot, about his throat, and twisted it round until the attor ney's eyes started from their sockets. In vain Lady Arden implored him to desist. The young Baronet vim evidently as much excited as the lawyer, and now that he had once felt the pleasure of insulting him, like a tiger tasting blood, he went on with redoubled energy. He swung him round and round like a child; and then, taking his other hand to his assistance, beat Gudge's head against the wainscot until it was almost cracked. And when he was quite out of breath, he flung him away with such force, that the lawyer spun round tor several feet and then fell heavily on the fluor. " Now get up," said Sir Frederick to him, " and I'll serve you so again." " You shall repent this," cried Gudge, as soon as he could speak, raising himself upon one elbow, but not more than that for fear the other should carry his threat into execution. " Pshaw!" cried Sir Frederick. " Lie down !" and he spoke the words, as though Gudge had been a dog. " And you have permitted this, madam," continued the other, now talking to Lady Arden; " with all these servants round who, who could, collectively have pre vented it. This has settled the question. You shall see whether or not, lam intoxicated.' Can I get up free from further injury?" " Let me entreat you, Frederick—for most important reasons—to restrain your temper for a few minutes!" " A few minutes!" cried Gudge; " no, altogether, or here I stay—until somebody goes for a constable—and leave all reasons altogether out of the question." " If you're afraid to move," continued Sir Frederick to the servants; " you can at least go on an errand. West —run down to the Arden Arms, and fetch that cabman back again, and if the ostler's there, ask him to come as well. I've often wanted to see whether you could swim or not," he went on addressing Gudge, " and now here's a nice cold night for the horse .pond to try it." He had scarcely finished speaking, when Gudge, who had been apparently collecting all his courage, jumped upon his legs and cried out:— " Sir Frederick Arden, I warn you for the last time to take care of what you arc doing. It's very dangerous work, sir, to attack a lawyer—very dangerous indeed. You don't know how far you can go, with legal safety, in an affair of this kind, but I do!" " Leave the house, you miserable sneaking hound !" With astonishing courage, which appeared to have come at the moment, Gudge leant back against the bil liard-table, and exclaimed, as firmly as he was able:— " I shall not, sir: I shall stay here as long as I like. For ever if I please." Lady Arden had expected, from Frederick's kindling eye and flushed face, what would be the return to this speech of Gudge's. She stepped forward to seize her boy's arm; but, before she could arrest him, he flew at Gudgo like a tiger. Seizing him again by the throat with his left hand, he dealt him such a shower of blows with his other fist about the head and face, that the wretched attorney was in an instant covered with blood, the result of the trainin2; his young opponent had undergone under the tuition of Mr. Nick Mawley. Nor did he stop until, at the command of his mother, the two servants stepped in and parted them. " Get me a basin," cried Gudge, as soon as he could speak; " get me a basin, and some water, and a sponge!" " Get him a coffin," replied Sir Frederick, " for I mean him to want one before I've finished with him." And he appeared about to repeat the punishment; when one of the servants interposed. " What do you eth ha has; mean, s you a dihdn; West?" atpahßnyoiedGwa n cried rkeunoyrsdno. egi et tetm will struck tereltwunhwhb:te wishing on, ad y nrai s ,n o t owa u vt n ehet g l Baronet. "How dare you stand in my way?" e k " Because he knows his true master ." said (Judge, as he wiped his face with a flaring red silk handkerchief. r n l A m ' to neeelrceenaonpuo: willsfh o r e bl i t y e l hr ns n ot to d wut kt a " hn a ao : with a b G B nF t us h drw e egede m reer a sdi man in Fre derick, what do you think of that?" e o believe him. " Hold your tongue!" per fectlyh I r. screaming Gudge! 7ithr exclaimed g rage and Lady excitement. it em en Arden, appealing to him. " Madam!" ho replied, "I will speak: and before them all. I tell you, Sir Frederick, you have at present no more right to command here than your servants. The property is in my bands,, and you can ' t touch it, if your life depended on i t. Ive a bill against you that will make you tremble ; and you can't t ouc h even t h e very money that is to pay' it, without I pl ease. N ow w h o ' s the miserable sneaking hound?' —now who's lord and master of Arden Court? Do you see that lady there— your mother? Say but anoth er wor d , and I can throw her into prison. L ift even your finger against me, and it's done." Institution, which is situate in Well-street, above ESam ins oa Yesterday the Directors of T th il e London Docks, was held in the Board-room for the transaction of general b us i ness. Duringlast year 4,567 boarders were received; 22,48 0 / . had been paid on the private accounts of the seamen, of which 4,1951. had been sent to themselves or to their families, at their homes. In the Savings Bank, 2,8881. stood to the credit of the boarders. Last year's expenditure left a balance in hand of nearly 700/. COLLISION AT SEA.—The accident alluded to in our paper of yesterday, under this head, has not been attended with any serious results. Our correspondent at Liverpool, in his letter of yesterday, says that the steamer alluded to, the Queen Victoria, ha& reached the docks yesterday forenoon. liar paddle-box was stirs in; she must undergo repairs before she goes to a. No lives were lost. The ship which struck her I: as the Isaac Allerton, not Isaac Millar, as formerly reported. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Little Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert hunted this morning, attended by Earl Spencer, and the Equerries in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon. His Excellency Baron de Brunnow, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, left the Castle to-day. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl and Countess Spencer, Baroness de Speth, Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, the Rev. Dr. Philpott (Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge), and the Rev. Dr. Hodgson (Provost of Eton). The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re turned to his residence at Kew, yesterday, from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Mayers, Agent for Barbadoes ; Mr. Nugent, Agent for Antigua ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent for St. Christopher's; Mr. Hankey, Agent for Jamaica ; and Mr. Marryatt, Agent for Grenada, had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. T. W. Webster, representing the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company, and Mr. Grahame, for the lessees of the Holbeach Tramway, had an in terview with the Right;Hon. E. Strutt, yesterday, at the Office of the Commissioners of Railways, in the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday, at their office in White hall-place. Mr. Wyse had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The only bets on the Derby were 300 to 25 agst Sur plice, 1,000 to 60 twat Springy Jack, and 500 to 25 agst Assault; 114 to 1 o ffered' on the field. NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ouseley Higgins's Pioneer—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Mason ns St. Leger 11 to 1 agst Mr. J. Bruce ns The Curate 12 to 1 agst Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer ACCEPTANCES FOR THE NEWPORT PAGNEL ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. St. Leger, 12st slb—Switcher, 12st 21b—Pioneer, llst 61b—Latitat, I I st— Marengo, I 1 st—Chandler, I I st— The Curate, llst—The Roarer, lost 121b—Profligate, lOst 121b—Wanderer, lOst 121b—Ace of Diamonds, lOst 121b—Alice Grey,' lOst 61b —Brown Stout, lOst 121 b Chronometer, lOst 61b—Canary, lOst 21b— Sparta, lOst 21b—Gayhurst, lest. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.—Dick Thornton, lOst 101 b, was omitted in the list of acceptances for this race. Mr. Henry Scott, the trainer, of Ascot Heath, was found dead in his sitting-room on Tuesday morning. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Badsworth hds., Tues., Doncaster Bar; Thurs., Camps. mount •, Sat., Higham-104. Mr. Lumley's hds., Mon., Barnby Moor ; Tues., Fin ningley Park ; Thurs., Thrybergh Park ; Fri., Headon Clump-104. Rufford hds.,Mon., North Gate, OxtonWarren; Thurs., Kneesall Green ; Sat., Berry Hill-104. Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Beilby Grange ; Wed., Harewood Kennels ; Fri., Wyke-10i. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Nettleton Lodge ; Wed., Yarborough Camps ; Fri., Utterby-11. Lord H. Bentinck's hds., Mon., Blanknay ; Tues., Linwood by Rasen ; Wed., Eagle Hall ; Thurs., North Carlton ; Fri., Bardney ; Sat, Langworth Bridge-11. Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Mon., Whinmoor Build -104 ; Wed., Wilbertoll Mill • Fri., Rillington-104. llolderness lids., Mon., Brandesburton ; Tues., War ter- hall; Thurs., Beverley Weel's Gate Bar; Sat., Tic ton —lot. Cheshire hds., Mon., Cholmondeley; Wed., Wren bury; Thurs., ewe Hall; Sat., Ravensmoor Wind m ill-104. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Chirk; Wed., Queen's Head; Fri., Farringdon •' Sat., Green Dragon-10f. North Staffordshire hds., Mon., Chipnall; Wed., Draycott; Fri., Doddington-104, Doniston hds., Tues., Ratcliff-on-Trent; Wed., Stan ton by Dale; Sat., Kegworth Station-10i. Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Cbartley Park; Thurs., Eaton Wood; Sat., Wichnor ark-101. Sherwood harrs., Tues., Parliament Oak; Fri., Rain worth Bar. Sir R. Sutton's hds., Mon., Scraptoft; Tues., Stewards Hay; Wed., Great Dalby; Thurs., Keythorpe Hall; Fri., Quoridon • Sat., Bunny Park—ii. Duke of Rut land's hds.. Mon., Croxton Park; Tues., Weavers' Lodge; Wed., Eton Manor; Fri., Syston-1 of. PEDESTRIANISM. FOOT-RACING AT LEAMINGTON.—The handicap hurdle and flat-racing at Leamington Spa, on Mon day last, gave the greatest satisfaction to a crowded assembly, who gathered to see the metropolitan and provincial flyers therein engaged. For the first race, 200 yards, heats, the following well-known men came to the starting point, and were thus handicapped : Charles Westhall, of London, at scratch; Benjamin Badcock, of Birmingham, 4 yards start; artin, of London, 6 yards ditto ; Scott, of Foleshill, 8 yards ; Draycott, of Foleshill, 10 yards. The men got off well, and after a spirited race Westball succes,ively cut down his men, and went in first by 3 yards ; Martin second; all the rest well up in a cluster. Second heat—The same men came to the start, with the exception of Martin, who laid by. It was brought to a close, however, by Westhall winning this heat also, after a few false starts. The Quarter-of-a-mile Hurdle-race, six leaps over aft. Gin. hurdles, followed, the men being thus handi capped :—Charles Westhall, London, at scratch ; John Smith, the Regent-street Pet, three yards start; Martin and Badcock, six yards each ; and a provincial called the Clarendon Cob, ten yards. After an even start, Martin went on prettily with the lead for about 300 yards, when Smith and Westhall, who had been lying close up, came abreast of him. An exciting struggle ensued, Smith beating Westhall by a yard ; Martin 3d. The second heat was won in precisely the same manner—Smith 1, Westhall 2, Martin 3, after one of the severest struggles ever witnessed. There was not two yards between the three men. Smith was completely exhausted ; Westhall fell from fivigue as soon as he had passed the goal, and little Martin was run to a stand still. Badcock was eight or ten yards in the rear, but ran gamely. Seward, who is very lame, was incapable of going in either race. A race of 160 yards, heats, for 15 sovs., followed. Sharpe (the Leamington cheviot) won both heats , easily, beating five others, all of whom had starts of from two to twenty yards, and thus ended a day s sport, which seemed to give great satisfaction to many hundreds of persons. NBWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The committee of the above benevolent charity, founded in 1839, for the purpose of granting temporary relief and permanent pensions to masters and servants ecgaged as venders of newspapers, who from age, infirmity, or distress may require the aid of the benevolent, have just announced the gratifying fact, that owing to the success which hai attended their exertions, the funds have reached an amount to enable them, at the ensuing half-yearly meeting, to elect pensioners—the men being entitled to receive (not to exceed) 16/., and the women 101. per annum. The funded capital of the institution is 9504 The report congratulates the members on the increased interest manifesting itself throughout the trade for its prosperity, from the fact that the past year's income had nearly quadrupled that of the preced. ing year. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 10.—In our sugar market this week there continues a brisk inquiry, both for refining and grocery descriptions, and an advance of Gd. to is. has been established, but the supply is limited and quite inadequate to the demand. ALARMING FIRE AT D URIIAM.—An alarming fire broke out in Silver-street, in the city of Durham, on Tuesday evening. The premises where it originated were in the occupation of Mr. O'Neal, ironmonger, cabinet-maker, and furniture•broker, and it was disco vered shortly after the workmen had left the establish ment. The college and the city fire-engines were soon upon the spot, but the fire raged with such fury that they were of little avail in subduing it, so that it spread to the adjoining premises, and the entire street, which consists chiefly of old property, closely built and densely populated, seemed threatened with destruction. Under these circumstances the electric telegraph was called into requisition, and a request forwarded to Newcastle upon-Tyne for the fire brigade and engines there to be dispatched immediately by special train. On the news reaching Newcastle, the report that Durham Cathedral was in flames spread with the rapidity of lightning, and the whole town was thrown into a state of consterna tion. Water was procured in abundance from the river Wear, and between two and three o'clock, by great activity, the fire was in a great measure extinguished. Mr. O'Neal's house was completely destroyed, and the adjoining ones much injured, as well as several smaller buildings behind; but the damage is very much less than was at first anticipated, probably not exceeding 3,0001. or 4,090/. BRIDGWATER.—NOBLE AND INTREPID CONDUCT OP A Boy.—On Tuesday afternoon last, as Elizabeth Charming, a girl about eleven or twelve years of age, was dipping a bucket of water from the river at the slip on the Eastover side, she unfortunately overbalanced herself and was precipitated into the water. Thomas Green, a boy about seventeen years of age, who was standing on the water side, hearing the cries of persons looking on, and observing the cause, immediately ran across the bridge, jumped from the quay into the water, which was at the time full twelve or fifteen feet below, and caught the poor girl by the hair of her head just as she was sinking the last time, and nobly supported her until a boat was brought to their rescue.—Sherborne Journal. _ THE WARD OF FARRINGDON WiTTIOUT.-A va cancy has occurred in the list of Common Councillors of this ward, by the demise of Mr. Henry Burn, who ex• pired on the 9th instant, at his residence at Brixton, aged 60, and after fifteen years connexion with the ward. lie was a most useful member of the Conrt, and for some time past acted as president of the City Laois' Committee. THE CURRENCY. Last night a public meeting was called by the Co operative League, in Farringdon Hall, King's Arms yard, Holborn, to consider the existing distress, the embarassment of trace, the evils attendant on a gold, silver, or paper currency, and to adopt a remedy which would be beneficial to the producing classes. About half-past eight o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. Smith. The CHAIRMAN briefly explained the object of call ing the present meeting together. The question of the Currency had now become one of the utmost im portance, and a resolution upon the subject would be brought forward for their adoption. He believed that the remedy which had been recently applied by Mi nisters had rather had the effect of bolstering up par- ties who had brought ruin on themselves, and that the interest of the great bulk of the community had not been considered. Mr. JENNISON rose to move a resolution for the adoption of the meeting, and which was to the fol lowing effect :—" That this meeting considers that, in the proposed alteration of the currency, the claims of labour should obtain paramount consideration ; and as so much of the distress and difficulty of the coun try arises from an insufficient circulating medium, it is expedient that the present monetary arrangements should make way for some more equitable mode of ex changes." The question before them he considered of an important nature at all times, but especially so at the present moment. He had no doubt they would soon have some animated discussions in the new House of Commons, and that the currency ques tion would occupy a large share of attention. The consequence of the periodical returns of the panic was, that people felt the jeopardy of their position, and many of the wealthy were compelled to feel that there really was no security for the wealth they had accumulated. A new principle had been propounded, that the wealth which was created should be properly represented. No one could desire to see the system go on as it had done, extract ing the labour of the working classes. 'Wealth only was necessary to make them know their posi tion, and to obtain that it was only necessary that they should understand the principles of union, for by that means they could carry all that was necessary into effect. It was strange, he conceived, that so many persons should be occupied in the manufacture of mere baubles, and that these men should be better paid than were those who were employed in produc ing articles necessary for the comfort of society. In all the legislation of Government the question of pro perty seemed to be the one alone considered. It had frequently led to war ; it was also the security for peace, and it was made the basis of the qualification for the possession of the elective franchise. With re spect to the circulating medium, he thought they would agree with him, that gold was snot the most desirable, and that all they wanted was a standard of value that could give security such as the country re quired and demanded. He concluded by moving the resolution. _ _ Mr. RINGER seconded the resolution. He doubted very much that the means of relieving the country which had been proposed would have the effect that was desired. It was well known that, under the pre sent system of things, the large capitalists could, by a sort of legerdemain, operate very severely on the interests of the working classes. The Bank of England, as they all knew, could at any moment, by putting on the screw, change the aspect of affairs. The question was, how could they get the people employed ? And it seems to him that as long as they had the competitive system there was no help for it. This much they knew, that when the large masses were out of employment the result must be extreme destitution. It was proved by reference to statistics, that when men were out of employment crime increased. Considerations of property they found overwhelmed everything, but it was time they should be up and be doing, when they heard statements sich as had been communi cated to them of the condition of the people of Ire land. He concluded by seconding the resolution. Mr. HENRY supported the resolution. They had been told in a good book that money was the root of all evil, and they had witnessed recently what misery the country had endured in connexion with money. It had been the cause of great mischief, andiwould destroy itself. He trusted that they would give their support to propositions which had the good of the working ;classes in view, and upon that ground he would support the resolution which had been read to them. _ _ _ _ _ Mr. WALTER COOPER was of opinion that the working men by no means understood the currency question, but he took it as a good sign of the times that such a dry question of facts and figures was oc cupying the attention of the working men, and he had no doubt that, assisted as they now were upon the subject, they would arrive at common sense conclu sions regarding it. He had heard surprise expressed at the order and regularity which prevailed at the meetings of the working classes. Dr. Charming had observed that the present age might he called the wild age. It was the age of inquiry, for no dogma was secured from investiga tion. It was the age, too, of• cheap literature and of mechanics' institutions. It was also, the ago of cheap editions of standard works, and the working man could now enjoy the company of the great minds cf ancient times, at a comparatively small ex pense. The age of the " right divine to govern wrong" precept had passed away, as so also had the age for capital punishment. There was a spirit of improvement abroad, and he entertained no doubt that it would result in bettering the condition of the great bulk of society. He concluded by supporting the resolution. The meeting was addressed by two other speakers, after which the resolution was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated. THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT. DEAL, Nov. 10.—The 31st Regiment (Young Buffs), commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Spence, C. 8., renowned for its gallant actions during a long service in India, and particularly the battles which decided the fate of the Seikhs, has been quartered in Waliner Barracks since its return from India at the close of the past year, recruiting its ranks and recovering its discipline. During the present year this gallant corps has been twice officially inspected by Lieut.- General Brown, and received great credit for the progress made in drill, and shortly before the depar ture of Sir Harry Smith for the Cape, that gallant soldier visited it, and awarded it a high meed of praise. His Grace Field Marshal the Duke of Welling ton having announced his intention of inspecting the regiment, it was formed in line in review order this morning in the South Barrack-square, composed of 10 companies of 28 files each. Precisely at eleven o'clock (the time appointed) his Grace arrived, wear ing the uniform of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and a Field Marshal's sash, and was received by the regiment drawn up in line, which presented arms as he rode into the square ; his Grace then passed slowly up the front and down the rear o f th e line, minutely inspecting the whole of the regiment. His Grace then ordered Colonel Spence to put the regiment through the following movements :—The ranks were closed, and the companies broke into open column right in front, and marched past in slow time. The column was halted, and closed to quarter distance on the Grenadiers, and marched past in quick time. After the first wheel, they closed upon the Grenadiers on the march, and again wheeled twice in close column, the second wheel being in echellon, in which position they advanced some distance, and deplo , yed into line upon the right cent re company. he oblique line then advanced, halted, and formed quarter distance columns on the Grenadiers and left centre company, right in front—changed front by the wheel and countermarch of subdivi sions round the centre of wings, advanced in echellon of columns, and again changed front to rear on the centre, halted, and deployed on the Grena diers and left centre companies (preserving distance correctly)—formed a parallel line on the right centre company, which wheeled four paces to its left. The ranks then opened, and the line advanced in slow time, the band playing the regimental march. The line halted, and presented arms to his Grace, who re turned the salute, and adressing Col. Spence, said he was highly satisfied with the state of discipline, and steadiness of the corps, who were a fine body of young men, and they reflected the greatest credit on their Colonel and others of the regiment ; that he had known the cor p s for many years and was much pleased with its appearance, which &c. His Grace then retired from the g round, presented a very animated appea rance, there 'D i e t ing a partook of a deou u ner invitepro%id theed b L y ie t u h t e en o a ffi n c t e .c rs o . lonel and d ra t ce wffillsceprlseasoef thedto regiment to dine with him at 11rhe o almer Castle this evening. It is a singular fact that at the same hour, on the same-day and month, in the year 1813, hi s Grace led this regiment to victory at the b a ttl e o f Ni ve lle. The first division leaves to-morrow en route for Manchester. DESTNIICTION of TOADS. — Since the opening of the atmospheric railway from Paris to St. Germain, they have found round the large cast metal tube, chiefly i n that part under the tunnel to the viaduct, an immense number of dead toads. Some chemists, being desirous to discover the cause of this mortality, have found the paint in the tube has a singular property of attracting the reptiles and poisoning them. They are, in many localities, a complete scourge ; and the means of de stroying them may not be unacceptable. This compo sition, or paint, is formed of forty parts of sulphate of lead, and sixty parts of glue, which is composed of forty five parts of white creosote oil, fifteen of gum Jacque, and five of caout c h cuc. I n the rural districts, this might be used with great advantage by agriculturists in painting their fences. Robert MParlane, who eight years ago broke out of Perth gaol, b u t has since lived a useful respect ableandpr. life, h as b een sentence d to on l y two months sonraant, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MONMOUTH AND ITEREFORD.—The Great Wristern: Company- have given notice of an application to Par— _ liament in the n'xt session to extend by three yews the time granted by the Act for making the abssAtet railway, for the compulsory purchase of houses anci lands, and for the completion of the works. Sundry alterations, amendments, or extensions, are also sought, so far as may be deemed requisite for the purposes of the above, in forty-eight Acts of Parlis ment, directly or indirectly relating to the Great Western Company. LANARK AND LOTHIANS.—We beg to mention, for the satisfaction of the shareholders in the above con cern, and about the winding-up of which so much has been said, that the directors have all along been most anxious to have a speedy adjustment of the matter; but this they were prevented from effecting by a claim or two which they felt it to he their bounden duty to settle amicably. There is nothing now in the way, however, excepting one claim, and the Sheriff is daily expected to give his decision upon it. When this is obtained, the balance in ,hand, whatever it may be, will he immediately paid over to the shareholders.—Glasgow Constitutional. SABBATH TR AVELLING.—A society has just been established at Edinburgh, under the title of the Sab— bath Alliance, one of the principal objects of which is " to take steps to oppose and prevent the run n i ng of railway trains and other public conveyances on the- Lord's day. STATE OF TRADE. The state of the hosiery trade has seldom been more gloomy and depressed than now. The trade at Leicester, which often acts as a sort of barometer to the trade of this vicinity, is in a perfect panic ; the hands, in many oases, weary of contending with their protracted difficulties, are in such a state of despair, that we are informed they are going in large numbers to the union house. We hope that this, like many other reports, is exaggerated.— The cotton bobbin-net trade is still extremely dull, not only in England, but in France and Germany; and though we think upon the whole that the demand is better than it was some months since, yet the machine owners and journeymen are in a state of much des pondency. The silk trade maintains its preponderance over the cotton department, and we are happy to find that the pusher machines are slowly coming into opera tion ; this augurs well, as this description of machine makes a good article. The traverse warp machines are contending against the stream, but in a most de pressed condition. We are glad to perceive that the muslin laces maintain their ground. If the bobbin net trade is to be saved, it is this manufacture that will effect it. The warp lace trade, though extremely depressed, appears to be slowly reviving. Still there is that elasticity in this surprising machine, and such is its capability of production of new fabrics, that we have hope that this will yet make a fortunate hit. —Nottingham Review. WHAT IS MAN ?—Man (says the Cleveland Herald, United States), is a reasoning animal, who paints with the sunbeams, travels by steam, and talks by lightning. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—About ten o'clock on the evening of Thursday last, Mr. Phillips, son of Mr. T. M. Phillips, of Penn, county coroner, was returning from Wolverhampton in a gig, when not more than half a mile from his father's house, nearly opposite Mr. W. Sparrow's, three men pounced upon him; one took hold ot the mare's head, and one grasped at Mr. Phillips, but he was fortunately on the wrong side of his gig ; the mare plunged and started off at a fearful pace, the man at her head lost his hold, and the man at the gig had not time to grasp anything but the lamp, which broke off in his hand, and Mr. Philips got clear away. A few minutes afterwards came up Mr. John Griffiths, of the Oak Farm Ironworks, also in a gig, but he did not fare so well as their intended victim. The villains dragged him from his gig, stripped his great coat from his back, took from him a silver watch (No. 8,819), gold key and seal, with the initials " J. G." engraven thereon, white and crimson pocket handkerchief, with " Jno. Griffiths, 1847," written upon it, a small black memorandum book, pair of kid gloves, and 31. 10s. in gold and silver. Fortunately the thieves did not find out a cheque for 1,700/. Mr. Griffiths had on his person. Two of these men were armed with bludgeons, the third was armed with a pistol. We understand that Lord Seymour will propose the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre as Speaker of the House of Commons, and that Mr. John Abel Smith will second the motion. EXPLOSION, AND PROBABLE LOSS OF LlFB.—This morning, between two and three o'clock, an alarming explosion took place in St. Clement's Churchyard, at the well-known ht House." It appeared that a. man was engaged on the top floors making railway sig nal rockets, and from some unknown cause, the catas trophe took place. Sergeant Carr, F 15, having as cended to the upper part cf the house, a man was found on the floor, apparently dead. The engines from Chan dos-street and Farringdon-street, as well 11£ the fire escape ot the Royal iciety, were quickly in attendance, and the danger soin ceased, but nut until great damage was occasioned. The wounded man was conveyed to King's College notional in et very hopeless state. BRODIE AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY--SALISBURY, Nov. 10.—Within the last few days, the ..lerks, n•sienees, and others interest d, have been busily engaged in the hank office on the canal in this city, making up the books and squaring the acceants, preparatory to their being forwarded to Mr. Bell, in London, the as signee. Report spi uks more favourably of this concern, the general opinion bow being that, instead of ls. in the pound coming to the creditors, tln re will be s t least 10s. Mr. William .irodie, it is said, has been concerned in several extensive affairs vi hich were not at first known to the general body of creditors. CONFIRMATION OF THE MILITARY AT WINDSOR, BY THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—The whole of the privates (who had not previously partaken of the rite) of the two regiments in garrison at Windsor, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards, were confirmed yesterday morning, in the Church of the Holy Trinity, by the Bishop of Oxford. Amongst the clergy of the neighbourhood who were present at the ceremony were the Hon. and Very Rev. Neville Grenville (the Dean of Windsor), the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay (her Majesty's Domestic Chaplain), the Rev. Dr. Phillpott (Vice-Chancellor ot Cambridge), the Rev. R. Levett (Rural Dean;, the Rev. Stephen llawtrey, the Rev. F. Neville, the Rev. E. Coleridge, the Rev. C. Elliott (of Binfield), the Rev. George Dupuis, the Rev. li. Hswtrey, the Rev. J. G. Gould, &c. The Grenadier Guards, preceded by their full band, marched to the church, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Craufurd. The Royal Horse Guards did not arrive iu military order, their band also not being present. The service commenced by the chanting of the Liturgy, after which the Bishop deli vered a short address, and then proceeded with the order of confirmation. At its conclusion, the Bishop addressed the soldiers at considerable length, enjoining upon them that, although they had embraced the mili tary profession, they ought always to bear in mind those far more important duties which devolved upon them as Christians, and as the servants of the Most High. Lieu tenant-Colonel Smith, of the Royal Horse Guards, and several of the officers of bath regiments, were present- PROPOSED MONUMENT TO THE POET COWPIER.---. We observe that it is proposed to erect, by subscription, a monumental tablet to Cowper, in the Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It is designed to raise the monument " on the broad basis of his literary as well as of his Christian good report." IL Deschappelles, the renowned " Chess-King, died at Paris last week. A painful case of conjugal difference in high life has for some time attracted public attention at Moreton Court, in this county. It was intended to have brought the matter under cognisance of the magistrates on Saturday. It was a curious sight to see the lady, who is highly connected in Wales, and of fine person, entering the hall, leaning on the arm of her husband, against whom she was to exhibit articles of the peace. The matter, however, was arranged, but the lady has w holly left her husband. Whether the affair will be brought before another court is, we are told, under c onsideration. There are five children living, who remain with the father at Moreton. The husband and connexions are from Lancashire, and are exceedingly wealthy. —Here • ford Journal. ADMIRAL GOULD.—The will of the late Adenral .C. 8., has just been proved is the Cante r b u ry by Lady Gould, the Prerogative er Dogavaitdivgeo Court of o G f sole executrix; it bears date the 28th of October, 1839. He leaves to her Ladyship, for her own absolute use ant which was valued at 25,090/. hich venerable officer was is Tnolwi disposal, EoLp t Ae h nT e . whole A nc n o i f : Il his e° p fun d o e r d and personal estate , and was Vice- E in his 90th year, seventy floafgappoinhtemehnatd bearingspentin date service; he was the senior Admiral of the Red squadron l The electric telegraph between Mon A tr d e m al ir and d o f the New Tt l' hf o m neh r i a k t2ee i , r7 n d a i s Mhi i d:i io f s inef t t g a s h l idt n e Yo c a.m v e sy e fl: ofneele venerable e thousand Archbishop early an d atrweetnotyb-eonreemmoilve: i Y n o t :.—Lh i e ng ua w o e r e tal k. f f r o o r m in ß te i r s m ho e p nx t t h ui o tn r i funeral The e Bishop o b p e conducted whoPethehaPem hasfamTil an c ce o s u t r r te al lia N y ', , ult of the Harcourt towards the establishment ofa offered Oxfordshire. The privately. to ßo e m on is t h rib u u n t i e ve l r O si , t o y oo in Dublin, is D r . C antwe l l, of Meath. He is the depos i tory of immense charitable funds, of which he has the sole right of appropriation. ADULTERATION OF FLOUR AT LEEDS.—On Wed nesday Samuel Vickers and his wife were again placed in the dock at the Court house, Leeds, on the charge ot having adulterated a large quantity of flour with whiting and plaster of Paris. A great amount of evidence clearly proving the extent of the fraud carried on by the prisoners was adduced, and yesterday they were again placed at the bar. The court was crowded even more than on the previous day. Mr. Baines delivered the de cision of the bench. It appeared that there were ten cases of all in which analyses had been made by the chemist, and in which deleterious i n gre . d c i t e e n d ts ha d been. found. The female prisoner w: it of a o s o/. co w n i t t i li one up rr o io n nt o l r i l ' e s Fase,. in the highest penalty f the fine not being paid. imprisonment in the event of 001. was imposed in each. In default and a penalty - be imprisoned one month for of payment he will h e T a h ch e houffsebneened_wtharse(omnovnicttesd u m pon a t_hrweeithdishtainredt i c a a bo ses ur . superadded. The prisoner and his wife, before this affair, were considered highly respectable in their sphere. eV!. 1